Jmj

Today, March 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. Alphege of Winchester (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 951)
St. Bernard of Carinola (Italian, bishop, d. 1109)
Bl. Dionysius of Ryckel ["Doctor Ecstaticus"] (Belgian, Carthusian monk, mystical writer, d. 1471)
Sts. Egdunus and seven companions (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred by suffocation [suspended over smoky fire] in 303)
St. Fina of San Gimignano [also called Seraphina] (Italian, ailing poor girl, died at age 15 in 1253)
Bl. Joseph Tshang-Ta-Pong (Chinese, catechist, martyred in 1815)
Bl. Justina Bezzoli (Italian, Benedictine nun, d. 1319)
St. Maximilian of Theveste (Roman in North Africa, martyred by beheading in 295)
St. Mura McFeredach (Irish, abbot, d. 645)
St. Paul Aurelian (Welsh, monk, bishop, spiritual director, d. 572)
St. Peter of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], valet of emperor, tortured and martyred [slowly roasted] in 303)
St. Peter of Salassola (Italian, Benedictine, deacon, secretary of Pope St. Gregory the Great, c. 605)
Bl. Rusticus of Vallumbrosa (Italian, Vallumbrosan abbot, d. 1092)
St. Theophanes the Chronicler of Mt. Sigriana (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbot, historian, exiled by iconoclasts, died in Greece in 817)

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 12, 2002

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"My army is the army of God, and I cannot fight for this world."

Saint Maximilian

-- Choas (Choas@ivillage.com), March 12, 2003.

Jmj

On March 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. Alphege of Winchester (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 951)
St. Bernard of Carinola [Bernardo] (Italian, bishop, d. 1109)
Bl. Dionysius of Ryckel ["Doctor Ecstaticus"] (Belgian, Carthusian monk, mystical writer, d. 1471)
Sts. Egdunus of Nicomedia and seven companions (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred by suffocation [suspended over smoky fire] in 303)
St. Fina of San Gimignano [also called Seraphina] (Italian, ailing poor girl, died at age 15 in 1253)
St. Joseph Zhang Da-peng (Chinese, catechist, martyred at age 61 in 1815 [canonized 2000])
Bl. Justine Bezzoli of Arezzo [Giustina] (Italian, Benedictine nun, d. 1319)
St. Maximilian of Theveste (Roman in North Africa, martyred by beheading in 295)
St. Mura McFeredach of Donegal (Irish, abbot, d. 645)
St. Paul Aurelian of Cornwall (Welsh, monk, bishop, spiritual director, d. 572)
St. Peter of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], valet of emperor, tortured and martyred [slowly roasted] in 303)
St. Peter of Salassola (Italian, Benedictine, deacon, secretary of Pope St. Gregory the Great, c. 605)
Bl. Rustico of Vallumbrosa (Italian, Vallumbrosan abbot, d. 1092)
St. Theophanes the Chronicler of Mt. Sigriana (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbot, historian, exiled by iconoclasts, died in Greece in 817)

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 12, 2003.