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Today, January 18, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Archelais, Thecla, and Susanna (Italian, virgins, tortured and martyred by beheading in 293)
Bl. Beatrix II of Este (Italian, niece of another Bl. Beatrix of Este, foundress of a convent, d. 1262)
Bl. Christina Ciccarelli [baptized Matthia] (Italian, prioress of Augustinian hermits, healer, visionary, d. 1543)
St. Day (Cornish?, abbot)
St. Deicolus (Irish, hermit, abbot in France, c. 625)
St. Diarmis (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
Sts. Faustina and Liberata (Italian, biological sisters, foundresses of a convent, d. 580)
St. Fazzio of Verona (Italian, goldsmith, founder of charitable society, d. 1272)
St. Jaime Hilario Barbel [baptized Manuel Barbal Cosan] (Spanish, member of Brothers of the Christian Schools [LaSalle Brothers] teacher, catechist, went deaf, gardener, martyred by firing squad in 1937 [canonized 1999])
St. Leobard of Tours (French, hermit, d. 593)
Sts. Moseus and Ammonius (Bithynian [Turkish], soldiers, martyred by burning in 250)
Sts. Paul, Recombus, Theonas, Papias and thirty-two companions (Egyptian, noblemen, missionaries, martyred by burning/beheading/crucifixion)
St. Prisca (Roman, virgin, early martyr)
St. Ulfrid [baptized Wolfred] (English, missionary in Germany and Sweden, martyred by pagans in 1029)
St. Volusian of Tours (French, bishop, d. 496)

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 18, 2002

Answers

[From Bl. Jaime Hilario Barbel, one of 97 LaSalle Brothers murdered during the Spanish Civil War:]

God be blessed! I'll pray for all of you in heaven. What more could I desire than to die for no other crime but that of being a religious and for having made my contribution to the Christian education of children? Dear father and family, I have been judged and condemned to death. I accept the sentence with joy.

-- (_@_._), January 18, 2002.

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On January 18, 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:

Sts. Archelais, Thecla, and Susanna, of Romagna (Italian, virgins, tortured and martyred by beheading in 293)
Bl. Beatrice of Este (Italian, niece of another Bl. Beatrice of Este, foundress of a convent, d. 1262)
Bl. Christine Ciccarelli of Luco [Cristina] [baptized Matthia] (Italian, prioress of Augustinian hermits, healer, visionary, d. 1543 [beatified 1841])
St. Day (Cornish?, abbot)
St. Deicolus of Leinster (Irish, hermit, abbot in France, c. 625)
St. Diarmis (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
Sts. Faustina and Liberata of Como (Italian, biological sisters, foundresses of a convent, d. 580)
St. Fazzio of Verona (Italian, goldsmith, founder of charitable society, d. 1272)
St. James Hilary Barbel Cosán of Enviny [Jaime Hilario] [baptized Manuel (Emmanuel)] (Spanish, member of Brothers of the Christian Schools [LaSalle Brothers] teacher, catechist, went deaf, gardener, martyred by firing squad in 1937 [canonized 1999])
St. Leobard of Tours (French, hermit, d. 593)
Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce of Torriglia [baptized Maria Giovanna (Mary Joan)] (Italian, Augustinian nun, d. 1947 [beatified 1997])
Sts. Moseus and Ammonius (soldiers, martyred in Bithynia [Turkey] by burning in 250)
Sts. Paul, Recombus, Theonas, Papias and thirty-two companions (Egyptian, noblemen, missionaries, martyred by burning/beheading/crucifixion)
St. Prisca of Rome (Italian, virgin, early martyr)
Bl. Regina Protmann of Braniewo (Polish/German, founded Congregation of the Sisters of St. Catherine, d. 1613 [beatified 1999])
St. Ulfrid [Wolfred] (English, missionary in Germany and Sweden, martyred by pagans in 1029)
St. Volusian of Tours (French, bishop, d. 496)

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 18, 2004.