Jmj

Today, January 20, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Pope St. Fabian (Roman?, layman elected to papacy in 236, reigned until martyrdom [by beheading?] in 250)
St. Sebastian (Roman born in France, soldier, martyred [beaten by clubs] in Rome c. 290)
Bl. Benedict Ricasoli (Italian, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 1107)
Bl. Daniel of Cambron (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1232)
Bl. Didier of Thérouanne [also known as Desiderius] (French, bishop, d. 1194)
St. Eustochium of Messina [baptized Smerelda (Emerald) Colonna] (Sicilian, noblewoman, Poor Clare abbess, born on Good Friday, died at age 35 in 1468 [incorrupt] [canonized 1988])
St. Euthymius the Great (Armenian, hermit priest, abbot, patriarch of Jerusalem, battled Monophysitism, died in Palestine in 473)
St. Fechin of Fobhar (Irish, abbot, c. 665)
St. Maurus of Cesena (Italian, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 946)
St. Molagga of Fermoy (Irish, abbot, c. 664)
St. Neophytus of Nicaea (from Asia Minor [Turkish], adolescent, martyred in 310)

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 20, 2002

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Jmj

On January 20, 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:

Pope St. Fabian (Italian, layman elected to papacy in 236, reigned until martyrdom [by beheading?] in 250)
St. Sebastian of Narbonne (Roman born in France, soldier, martyred [beaten by clubs] in Rome c. 290)

Bl. Benedict Ricasoli of Coltiboni [Benedetto] (Italian, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 1107)
Bl. Cyprian Tansi of Igboezum [pre-Christian name: Iwemma-duegbunam (Let human malice not kill me)] [baptized Michael Iwene] (Nigerian, teacher, parish priest, later a member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance [Trappists] in England, died at age 60 in 1964 [beatified 1998]) [One of his parishioners is now Cardinal Francis Arinze.]
Bl. Daniel of Cambron (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1232)
Bl. Desiderius of Thérouanne [Didier] (French, bishop, d. 1194)
St. Eustochia Colonna of Annunziata [baptized Smerelda (Emerald)] (Sicilian, noblewoman, Poor Clare abbess, born on Good Friday, died at age 35 in 1468 [incorrupt] [canonized 1988])
St. Euthymius the Great of Melitine (Armenian, hermit priest, abbot, patriarch of Jerusalem, battled Monophysitism, died in Palestine in 473)
St. Fechin of Fobhar (Irish, abbot, c. 665)
Bl. Mary Christine of the Immaculate Conception Brando of Naples [Maria Cristina dell'Immacolata Concezione] [baptized Adelaide] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of Sisters Expiatory Victims of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, d. 1906 [beatified 2003])
St. Maurus of Cesena (Italian, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 946)
St. Molagga of Fermoy (Irish, abbot, c. 664)
St. Neophytus of Nicaea (from Asia Minor [Turkish], adolescent, martyred in 310)

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 20, 2004.