January 11 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, Jamuary 11, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Alexander of Fermo (Italian, bishop, martyred c. 250)
St. Anastasius of Castel Sant'Elia (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 570)
St. Boadin (Irish, Benedictine hermit in France)
St. Brandan (Irish, abbot in France)
Sts. Ethenea and Fidelmia (Irish, princesses, disciples of St. Patrick, d. 433)
St. Francisca Salesia ["God's Little Instrument"] [baptized Leonie Aviat] (French, co-foundress and superior of Sister Oblates of Saint Francis of Sales, exiled from anti-religious France, died in Italy 1914 [canonized Nov. 25, 2001])
St. Honorata of Pavia (Italian, nun, c. 500)
Pope St. Hyginus (Greek, elected to papacy in 138, reigned until death [presumably martyred] in 142)
St. Leucius of Brindisi (Italian, bishop, c. 180)
St. Palaemon (Egyptian, spiritual father of St. Pachomius among earliest desert hermits, d. 325)
Sts. Paldo, Taso, and Tato (Italian, biological brothers, Benedictine abbots [succeeding each other], died c. 720, 729, 739)
Sts. Peter, Severus, and Leucius (Egyptian, martyred c. 309)
St. Salvius of Amiens (French, bishop, c. 625)
St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch (Cappadocian [Turkish], hermit in Palestine, abbot, died near Bethlehem in 529 at age 105)
St. Vitalis of Gaza (Egyptian, hermit, missionary to prostitutes of Alexandria, c. 625)
Bl. William Carter (English, married layman, printer's apprentice, tortured and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1584 [beatified 1987])

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John


-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), January 11, 2002

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-- (_@_._), January 11, 2002.

Jmj

On January 11, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Alexander of Fermo (Italian, bishop, martyred c. 250)
St. Anastasius of Castel Sant'Elia (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 570)
St. Boadin (Irish, Benedictine hermit in France)
St. Brandan (Irish, abbot in France)
Sts. Ethenea and Fidelmia of Connaught (Irish, princesses, disciples of St. Patrick, d. 433)
St. Frances de Sales Aviat of Sezanne [Francoise de Sales] [baptized Leonie] ["God's Little Instrument"] (French, co-foundress and superior of Sister Oblates of Saint Francis of Sales, exiled from anti-religious France, died in Italy 1914 [canonized Nov. 25, 2001])
St. Honorata of Pavia (Italian, nun, c. 500)
Pope St. Hyginus (Greek, elected to papacy in 138, reigned until death [presumably martyred] in 142)
St. Leucius of Brindisi (Italian, bishop, c. 180)
St. Palaemon of Tabennisi (Egyptian, spiritual father of St. Pachomius among earliest desert hermits, d. 325)
Sts. Paldo, Taso, and Tato, of Benevento (Italian, biological brothers, Benedictine abbots [succeeding each other], died c. 720, 729, 739)
Sts. Peter, Severus, and Leucius, of Alexandria (Egyptian, martyred c. 309)
St. Salvius of Amiens (French, bishop, c. 625)
St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch of Garissus (Cappadocian [Turkish], hermit in Palestine, abbot, died near Bethlehem in 529 at age 105)
St. Vitalis of Gaza (Egyptian, hermit, missionary to prostitutes of Alexandria, c. 625)
Bl. William Carter of London (English, married layman, printer's apprentice, tortured and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1584 [beatified 1987])

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), January 12, 2004.


I'm looking for info. on St. Brandan (NOT St. Brendan). Altho these two saints seem sometimes to be interchanged, they seems to be two separate people. Of what was St. Brandan the patron saint? I've been trying to obtain a St. Brandan medal, but to no avail. As a last re- sort, I'm thinking of having a jeweler fashion one, but we need some specifics. Please help.

-- Mary Danahy (cotton01@ameritech.net), February 28, 2005.

Mary, the most I can do for you is to suggest that you look at the following three pages, all from the same "saints" site. Perhaps you can sort things out and find what you need. (Not every saint is the "patron" of something.)

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb1a.htm [BRANDAN]

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/golden322.htm [BRANDON, AKA BRANDAN]

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb21.htm [BRENDAN, AKA BRANDAN]

God bless you.
John

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 01, 2005.


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