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Today, February 26, 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. Agricola of Nevers (French, bishop, c. 594)
St. Alexander of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop, excommunicated heretic Arius, key figure at Council of Nicaea, trained St. Athanasius, d. 326)
St. Andrew of Florence (Italian, bishop, c. 407)
St. Dionysius of Augsburg (German, bishop, martyred c. 303)
St. Faustinian of Bologna (Italian, bishop, 4th century)
St. Fortunatus, Felix, and 27 companions (early martyrs)
St. Irene of Gaza (Egyptian, virgin, died in 490 at about age 20)
Bl. Isabelle of Longchamps (French, princess, sister of King St. Louis IX, lived with Poor Clare nuns, d. 1270)
Bl. Leo of Saint-Bertin (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1163)
Bl. Matilda of Spanheim (German, Benedictine hermitess, d. 1154)
St. Nestor of Perge (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, martyred by crucifixion in 251)
Sts. Papias, Diodorus, Conon, and Claudian (from Asia Minor [Turkish], shepherds, tortured and martyred c. 250)
St. Paula of St. Joseph of Calasanz [Paula Montal Fornes] (Spanish, seamstress, lace-maker, virgin, foundress of Daughters of Mary [aka "Pious School Sisters"], d. 1889 [canonized 2001])
St. Porphyry of Gaza (Thessalonian [Greek], hermit in Egypt and Palestine, bishop, d. 420)
St. Quodvultdeus [name means "What God wills"] (Carthaginian [Tunisian], bishop, died in Italy c. 450)
St. Victor of Troyes (French, nobleman, hermit, priest, d. 7th 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 27, 2002

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On February 26, 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. Agricola of Nevers (French, bishop, c. 594)
St. Alexander of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop, excommunicated heretic Arius, key figure at Council of Nicaea, trained St. Athanasius, d. 326)
St. Andrew of Florence (Italian, bishop, c. 407)
St. Dionysius of Augsburg (German, bishop, martyred c. 303)
St. Faustinian of Bologna (Italian, bishop, 4th century)
St. Fortunatus, Felix, and 27 companions (early martyrs)
St. Irene of Gaza (Egyptian, virgin, died in 490 at about age 20)
Bl. Isabelle of Longchamps (French, princess, sister of King St. Louis IX, lived with Poor Clare nuns, d. 1270)
Bl. Leo of Saint-Bertin (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1163)
Bl. Matilda of Spanheim [Mechtilde] (German, Benedictine hermitess, d. 1154)
St. Nestor of Perge (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, martyred by crucifixion in 251)
Sts. Papias, Diodorus, Conon, and Claudian, of Pamphylia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], shepherds, tortured and martyred c. 250)
St. Paula of St. Joseph of Calasanz Montal Fornes of Arenys de Mar [baptized Paula] (Spanish, seamstress, lace-maker, virgin, foundress of Daughters of Mary ["Pious School Sisters"], d. 1889 [canonized 2001])
St. Porphyry of Gaza (Thessalonian [Greek], hermit in Egypt and Palestine, bishop, d. 420)
St. Quodvultdeus of Carthage [name means "What God wills"] (North African [Tunisian], bishop, died in Italy c. 450)
Bl. Robert Drury of Buckinghamshire (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 39 under James I in 1607 [beatified 1987])
St. Victor of Troyes (French, nobleman, hermit, priest, d. 7th 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 -- 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 26, 2004.

Late in 2003 and early in 2004, Pope John Paul II beatified sixteen servants of God. The following one was assigned this calendar day for yearly commemoration.

Bl. Piety of the Cross Ortiz Real of Bocairente [Piedad de la Cruz] [baptized Tomasa] (Spanish, founded Congregation of Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 73 in 1916 [beatified 2004])

-- (jfgecik@spamfreeHotmail.com), May 07, 2004.