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Today, February 21, 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. Peter Damian (Italian, swineherd, teacher, writer, Benedictine monk, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, d. 1072)
St. Avitus of Clermont (French, bishop, d. 689)
Sts. Daniel and Verda (Persian ... priest and virgin ... martyred in 344)
St. Felix of Metz (French, bishop, 2nd century)
St. George of Amastris (Armenian, hermit, monk, bishop, c. 825)
Sts. Germanus and Randoald (German, Benedictine abbot and prior, martyred by the sword c. 677)
St. Gundebert of Senones (French, bishop, Benedictine hermit, c. 676)
St. Irene (Spanish, sister of Pope St. Damasus)
Bl. Nicholas of Vangadizza (Italian, Camaldolese priest, c. 1210)
Bl. Noel Pinot (French, priest, martyred by the Revolutionary guillotined [while vested for Mass] in 1794)
St. Paterius of Brescia (Roman, monk, bishop, d. 606)
Bl. Pepin of Landen (French, duke, minister to three kings, c. 646)
St. Peter of Majuma (Palestinian, scribe, martyred by Muslim sheik in 743)
St. Robert Southwell (English, Jesuit priest, horribly tortured for years and martyred [hanged] by Elizabethans in 1595 [canonized 1970])
St. Severian of Scythopolis (Palestinian, bishop, martyred by Eutychian heretics c. 452)
St. Valerius of Astorga (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, d. 695)
Sts. Verulus, Secundinus, Siricius, Felix, Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus, and nineteen companions (North African, martyred c. 434)

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 24, 2002

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Jmj

On February 21, 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. Peter Damian of Ravenna [Pietro Damiani] (Italian, swineherd, teacher, writer, Benedictine monk, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 65 in 1072)

St. Avitus of Clermont (French, bishop, d. 689)
Sts. Daniel and Verda (Persian ... priest and virgin ... martyred in 344)
St. Felix of Metz (French, bishop, 2nd century)
St. George of Amastris (Armenian, hermit, monk, bishop, c. 825)
Sts. Germanus and Randoald of Trier (German, Benedictine abbot and prior, martyred by the sword c. 677)
St. Gundebert of Senones (French, bishop, Benedictine hermit, c. 676)
St. Irene (Spanish, sister of Pope St. Damasus)
Bl. Nicholas of Vangadizza [Niccola] (Italian, Camaldolese priest, c. 1210)
Bl. Noel Pinot of Angers (French, priest, martyred by the Revolutionary guillotined [while vested for Mass] in 1794)
St. Paterius of Brescia (Roman, monk, bishop, d. 606)
Bl. Pepin of Landen (French, duke, minister to three kings, c. 646)
St. Peter of Majuma (Palestinian, scribe, martyred by Muslim sheik in 743)
St. Robert Southwell of Horsham Saint Faith's (English, Jesuit priest, horribly tortured and martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I at about age 34 in 1595 [beatified, 1929, canonized 1970])
St. Severian of Scythopolis (Palestinian, bishop, martyred by Eutychian heretics c. 452)
St. Valerius of Astorga (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, d. 695)
Sts. Verulus, Secundinus, Siricius, Felix, Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus, and nineteen companions, of Hadrumetum (North African, martyred c. 434)

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 20, 2004.