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Today, February 12, 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. Antony Kauleas (Phrygian [Turkish], nobleman, abbot, bishop, d. 901)
Bl. Antony of Saxony, Bl. Gregory of Tragurio, Bl. Nicholas of Hungary, Bl. Thomas of Foligno, and Bl. Ladislaus of Hungary (from several nations, Franciscan friars, martyred in a Balkan nation in 1369 [not yet formally beatified, but honored locally])
St. Benedict Revelli (Italian, Benedictine hermit, bishop, c. 900)
St. Damian (Egyptian, soldier, early martyr)
St. Damian (Roman, early martyr)
St. Ethelwald of Lindisfarne (English, leather worker, Benedictine abbot in Scotland, bishop, c. 740)
St. Eulalia of Barcelona (Spanish, virgin, tortured and martyred by crucifixion in 304)
St. Gaudentius of Verona (Italian, bishop, c. 465)
St. Goscelinus of Turin (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1153)
St. Humbeline (French, Benedictine abbess, sister of St. Bernard, d. 1135)
Bl. James Fenn, Bl. John Nutter, Bl. John Munden, and Bl. Thomas Hemerford (English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1584)
St. Ludan of Alsace (French, pilgrim to Jerusalem, c. 1202)
St. Marina (Bithynian [Turkish], virgin)
St. Meletius of Antioch (Armenian, archbishop in Syria, died in Asia Minor in 381)
St. Modestus (Sardinian [Italian], deacon, martyred c. 304)
St. Modestus and Ammonius (Egyptian, early martyrs)
Sts. Modestus and Julian (North African, early martyrs)
Bl. Nicholas Saggio (Italian, Minim brother, d. 1709)
St. Sedulius ["The Christian Virgil"] (Irish, epic poet ["Carmen Paschale"] in Greece, 5th century)

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 12, 2002

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Jmj

On February 12, 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. Antony Kauleas of Constantinople (Turkish, nobleman, abbot, bishop, d. 901)
Bl. Antony of Saxony [Anton], Bl. Gregory of Tragurio, Bl. Nicholas of Hungary [Miklós], Bl. Thomas of Foligno [Tommaso], and Bl. Ladislaus of Hungary [László] (from several nations, Franciscan friars, martyred in a Balkan nation in 1369 [not yet formally beatified, but honored locally])
St. Benedict Revelli of Albenga (Italian, Benedictine hermit, bishop, c. 900)
Bl. Charles Meehan (Irish, Franciscan priest shipwrecked on Welsh coast, martyred at about age 39 under Charles II in 1679 [beatified 1987])
St. Damian of Alexandria (Egyptian, soldier, early martyr)
St. Damian of Rome (Italian, early martyr)
St. Ethelwald of Lindisfarne (British, leather worker, Benedictine abbot in Scotland, bishop, c. 740)
St. Eulalia of Barcelona (Spanish, virgin, tortured and martyred by crucifixion in 304)
St. Gaudentius of Verona (Italian, bishop, c. 465)
Bl. George Haydock of Cottam Hall (English, priest, martyred at about age 27 under Elizabeth I in 1584 [beatified 1987])
St. Goscelinus of Turin [Goscelino] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1153)
St. Humbeline of Fontaines-les-Dijon (French, Benedictine abbess, sister of St. Bernard, d. 1135)
Bl. James Fenn of Montacute, Bl. John Nutter of Lancastershire, Bl. John Munden of Coltley, and Bl. Thomas Hemerford of Dorsetshire (English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1584)
St. Ludan of Alsace (French, pilgrim to Jerusalem, c. 1202)
St. Marina of Bithynia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], virgin)
St. Meletius of Antioch (Armenian, archbishop in Syria, died in Asia Minor in 381)
St. Modestus of Sardinia (Italian, deacon, martyred c. 304)
Sts. Modestus and Ammonius, of Alexandria (Egyptian, early martyrs)
Sts. Modestus of Carthage and Julian of Alexandria (North African, early martyrs)
Bl. Nicholas Saggio of Longobardi [Niccola] (Italian, Minim brother, d. 1709)
Bl. Robert Middleton of York (English, Jesuit priest, martyred at about age 31 under Elizabeth I in 1601 [beatified 1987])
St. Sedulius of Athens ["The Christian Virgil"] (Irish, epic poet ["Carmen Paschale"] in Greece, 5th century)
Bl. Stephen Rowsham of Oxfordshire (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 35 under Elizabeth I in 1587 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Thomas Belson of Brill (English, layman, martyred at about age 24 under Elizabeth I in 1589 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Thomas Hunt of Norfolk [alias Benstead] (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 26 under Elizabeth I in 1600 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Thurstan Hunt of Carleton Hall (English, priest, martyred at about age 46 under Elizabeth I in 1601 [beatified 1987])
Bl. William Lampley of Gloucester (English, layman, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified 1987])
Bl. William Pike of Dorset (English, layman, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1591 [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), February 11, 2004.

Some schismatic bodies (and the less than 1% of Catholics who use a special permission to follow an older liturgical calendar) remember the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites on this day. But almost all Catholics of the Latin Church commemorate the Servite Founders on February 17 instead.

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), February 11, 2004.