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Today, March 7, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity (Carthaginian [Tunisian]... wife/mother and maid ... mauled by beasts and martyred by beheading in 203)
St. Ardo of Aniane [baptized Smaragdus] (French, Benedictine abbot, died in Germany in 843)
St. Deifer of Bodfari (Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
St. Drausius of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 576)
St. Enodoch (Welsh, c. 520)
St. Esterwine of Wearmouth (English, Benedictine abbot, d. 688)
St. Eubulus of Caesarea (martyred in Palestine in 308)
Bl. Frowin of Engelberg (Swiss, Benedictine abbot, d. 1178)
St. Gaudiosus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, c. 445)
Bl. Jermyn Gardiner, Bl. John Larke, and Bl. John Ireland (English ... secretary to a bishop and two diocesan priests ... martyred in 1544)
St. Paul of Prusa (Bithynian [Turkish], bishop, d. 840)
St. Paul the Simple (Egyptian, farmer, hermit, c. 340)
Bl. Reinhard of Reinhausen (French, headmaster, abbot in Germany, d. 1170)
St. Teresa Margaret Redi [baptized Anna Maria] (Italian, noblewoman, Discalced Carmelite, d. 1770 [canonized 1934])
St. Theophylact of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], monk, bishop, opposed iconoclastic emperor, imprisoned for 30 years, d. 845)
Bl. Volker of Siegburg (German, Benedictine monk, missionary, d. 1132)

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), March 07, 2002

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Jmj

On March 7, 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:

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage (North African [Tunisian] ... wife/mother and maid ... mauled by beasts and martyred by beheading in 203)

St. Ardo of Aniane [baptized Smaragdus] (French, Benedictine abbot, died in Germany in 843)
St. Deifer of Bodfari (Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
St. Drausius of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 576)
St. Enodoch (Welsh, c. 520)
St. Esterwine of Wearmouth (English, Benedictine abbot, d. 688)
St. Eubulus of Caesarea (martyred in Palestine in 308)
Bl. Frowin of Engelberg (Swiss, Benedictine abbot, d. 1178)
St. Gaudiosus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, c. 445)
Bl. Jermyn Gardiner of Winchester, Bl. John Larke, and Bl. John Ireland of Eltham (English ... secretary to a bishop and two diocesan priests ... martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Henry VIII in 1544 [beatified 1929])
St. Paul of Prusa (Bithynian [Turkish], bishop, d. 840)
St. Paul the Simple (Egyptian, farmer, hermit, c. 340)
Bl. Reinhard of Reinhausen (French, headmaster, abbot in Germany, d. 1170)
St. Theophylact of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], monk, bishop, opposed iconoclastic emperor, imprisoned for 30 years, d. 845)
Bl. Volker of Siegburg (German, Benedictine monk, missionary, d. 1132)

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), March 07, 2003.