Jmj

Today, February 3, 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. Blaise of Sebaste (Armenian, physician, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 316)
St. Ansgar ["Apostle of the North"] (French, nobleman, missionary in Scandinavia, archbishop in Germany, d. 865)
St. Aelred of Rievaulx (English, nobleman, Cistercian abbot, spiritual writer, d. 1167)
St. Anatolius of Salins (Irish or Scottish, bishop, hermit, 11th century?)
St. Berlinda of Meerbeke (Belgian, Benedictine nun, hermitess, d. 702)
St. Caellainn (Isish, virgin, 6th century)
St. Celerinus (Carthagininian [Tunisian], deacon, tortured, d. 250)
Sts. Celsa and Nona (Belgian, virgins)
St. Claudine Thevenet (French, co-foundress and superior of Religious of Jesus and Mary [as Sister Mary of St. Ignatius], d. 1837 [canonized 1993])
St. Deodatus of Lagny (French, Benedictine monk, 8th century)
St. Elinand of Froidmont (French, court singer, Cistercian monk, d. 1237)
Sts. Felix, Symphonius, Hippolytus, and companions (African, early martyrs)
St. Hadelin of Dinant (French, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, hermit, c. 690)
St. Ia of Cornwall (Irish, virgin, martyred in England in 450?)
Bl. John Nelson (England, Jesuit priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1578)
Bl. John Zakoly of Csanad [Janos] (Hungarian, bishop, Pauline prior, d. 1494)
St. Lawrence the Illuminator of Spoleto (Syrian, bishop in Italy, healer of physical and spiritual blindness, d. 576)
St. Laurence of Canterbury (Roman, Benedictine monk, archbishop in England, d. 619)
Sts. Laurentinus, Ignatius, and Celerina (African, martyred in 3rd century)
Sts. Lupicinus and Felix (French, bishops, 5th century)
St. Margaret of England (Hungarian/English, Cistercian nun in France, d. 1192)
Bl. Matthew of Girgenti (Sicilian, Franciscan friar, bishop, d. 1450)
Bl. Odoric Mattiuzzi (Italian, Franciscan hermit, missionary [in China, Tibet, Indonesia, Ceylon, Iraq], d. 1331)
St. Oliver of Ancona (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 1050)
St. Philip of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 578)
Bl. Simon Fidati of Cascia (Italian, Augustinian friar, d. 1348)
Bl. Stephen Bellesini (Italian, inspector of schools, Augustinian friar, novice master, parish priest, d. 1840)
St. Theodore of Marseilles (French, bishop, c. 594)
Sts. Tigrides and Remedius (French, bishops)
St. Werburg of Mercia (English, widow, Benedictine abbess, c. 785)
St. Werburga of Chester (English, princess, Benedictine superior, c. 700)

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), February 03, 2002

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Jmj

On February 3, 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. Blaise of Sebaste (Armenian, physician, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 316)
St. Ansgar of Amiens ["Apostle of the North"] (French, nobleman, missionary in Scandinavia, archbishop in Germany, d. 865)

St. Anatolius of Salins (Irish or Scottish, bishop, hermit, 11th century?)
St. Berlinda of Meerbeke (Belgian, Benedictine nun, hermitess, d. 702)
St. Caellainn (Isish, virgin, 6th century)
St. Celerinus of Carthage (North African [Tunisian], deacon, tortured, d. 250)
Sts. Celsa and Nona of Brabant (Belgian, virgins)
St. Deodatus of Lagny (French, Benedictine monk, 8th century)
St. Elinand of Pronleroy (French, court singer, Cistercian monk, d. 1237)
Sts. Felix, Symphonius, Hippolytus, and companions (African, early martyrs)
Bl. Francis Spinelli of Milan [Francesco] (Italian, diocesan priest, founded Institute of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, d. 1913 [beatified 1992])
St. Hadelin of Dinant (French, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, hermit, c. 690)
St. Ia of Cornwall (Irish, virgin, martyred in England in 450?)
Bl. John Nelson of Skelton (England, Jesuit priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1578 [beatified 1886])
Bl. John Zakoly of Csanad [Janos] (Hungarian, bishop, Pauline prior, d. 1494)
St. Lawrence the Illuminator of Spoleto (Syrian, bishop in Italy, healer of physical and spiritual blindness, d. 576)
St. Laurence of Canterbury (Roman, Benedictine monk, archbishop in England, d. 619)
Sts. Laurentinus, Ignatius, and Celerina, of Carthage (North African [Tunisian], two uncles and an aunt of St. Celerinus [see above], martyred in 3rd century)
Sts. Lupicinus and Felix, of Lyons (French, bishops, 5th century)
St. Margaret of England (Hungarian/English, Cistercian nun in France, d. 1192)
Bl. Mary Ann Rivier of Montpezat-sous-Bauzon [Marie-Anne] (French, co-founder of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, d. 1838 [beatified 1982])
St. Mary of St. Ignatius Thevenet of Lyons [Marie de Saint-Ignace] [baptized Claudine] (French, co-foundress and superior of Religious of Jesus and Mary, d. 1837 [canonized 1993])
Bl. Mary the Virgin Stollenwerk of Rollesbroich [Maria Virgo] [baptized Helena] (Bavarian, virgin, co-founded Congregation of the Holy Spirit, died in the Netherlands in 1900 [beatified 1995])
Bl. Matthew of Girgenti [Matteo] (Sicilian, Franciscan friar, bishop, d. 1450)
Bl. Odoric Mattiuzzi of Villanova [Odorico] (Italian, Franciscan hermit, missionary [in China, Tibet, Indonesia, Ceylon, Iraq], d. 1331)
St. Oliver of Ancona [Oliviero] (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 1050)
St. Philip of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 578)
Bl. Simon Fidati of Cascia [Simone] (Italian, Augustinian friar, d. 1348)
Bl. Stephen Bellesini of Trent [Stefano] (Italian, inspector of schools, Augustinian friar, novice master, parish priest, d. 1840 [beatified 1904])
St. Theodore of Marseilles (French, bishop, c. 594)
Sts. Tigrides and Remedius, of Gap (French, bishops, c. 6th century)
St. Werburg of Mercia (English, widow, Benedictine abbess, c. 785)
St. Werburga of Chester (English, princess, Benedictine superior, c. 700)

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), February 03, 2004.