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Today, February 24, 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. Adela (French, queen, widow, d. 1137)
St. Betto of Auxerre (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 918)
Bl. Ida of Hohenfels (German, countess, widow, Benedictine nun, c. 1195)
St. John Theristus (Italian, son of slave, monk, miracle worker, d. 1129)
Bl. Mark dei Marconi (Italian, Hieronymite monk, d. 1510)
St. Modestus of Trier (German, bishop, d. 489)
Sts. Montanus, Lucius, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, Rhenus, and two companions (Carthaginian [Tunisian], disciples of St. Cyprian, martyred by beheading in 259)
St. Praetextatus of Rouen (French, archbishop, martyred by stabbing in 586)
St. Primitiva (Roman, virgin, early martyr)
Bl. Robert of Arbrissel (French, university chancellor, Benedictine abbot, d. 1117)
St. Sergius of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], magistrate, monk, martyred in 304)

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 24, 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. Adele (French, queen, widow, d. 1137)
St. Betto of Auxerre (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 918)
Bl. Ida of Hohenfels (German, countess, widow, Benedictine nun, c. 1195)
St. John Theristus of Calabria [Giovanni] [“theristus” means “harvester”] (Italian, son of slave, monk, miracle worker, d. 1129)
Bl. Mark dei Marconi of Milliarino [Marco] (Italian, Hieronymite monk, d. 1510)
Bl. Mary Joseph Naval Girbes of Algemesi [Maria Josefa] (Spanish, laywoman, Third Order Carmelite, virgin, d. 1893 [beatified 1988])
St. Modestus of Trier (German, bishop, d. 489)
Sts. Montanus, Lucius, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, Rhenus, and two companions, of Carthage (North African [Tunisian], disciples of St. Cyprian, martyred by beheading in 259)
St. Praetextatus of Rouen (French, archbishop, martyred by stabbing in 586)
St. Primitiva of Rome (Italian, virgin, early martyr)
Bl. Robert of Arbrissel (French, university chancellor, Benedictine abbot, d. 1117)
St. Sergius of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], magistrate, monk, martyred in 304)
Bl. Thomas Mary Fusco of Pagani [Tommaso Maria] (Italian, priest, founded Congregation of the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood, d. 1891 [beatified 2001])

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 24, 2004.