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Today, April 2, 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. Francis of Paola [Francesco] (Calabrese [Italian], hermit, founder of Franciscan Order of Minim Friars, miracle worker, died in France in 1507)
St. Abundius of Como (Greek, priest, bishop in Italy, papal legate, c. 500)
St. Amphianus of Lycia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], opponent of pagans in Palestine, tortured and martyred by drowning c. 305)
St. Bronach of Glen-Seichis (Irish, virgin)
King St. Constantine II (Scottish, battled heathen invaders, martyred in 874)
Bl. Dominic Tuoc (Vietnamese, priest, Dominican tertiary, martyred in 1839)
Bl. Drogo of Baume (French, Benedictine monk, tender of flocks, 10th century)
St. Ebba the Younger (English, Benedictine abbess, martyred [burned with all her sister] by invading Danish pagans in 879)
St. John Paine (English, priest, tortured for nine months and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1582 [canonized 1970])
Bl. Leopold of Gaiche (Italian, Franciscan priest, professor, d. 1815)
St. Longis (Swiss, monk, priest)
Bl. María of St. Joseph [baptized Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo] (Venezuelan, co-founder of Augustinian Recollects of the Heart of Jesus, cared for poorest sick/elderly/orphans, d. 1967 [beatified 1995])
St. Mary of Egypt (Egyptian, reformed prostitute, hermitess in Palestine, c. 500)
Bl. Meingosus of Weingarten (German, Benedictine abbot, c. 1200)
St. Musa (Roman, mystic, 6th century)
St. Nicetius of Lyons (French, bishop, d. 573)
Bl. Pedro Calungsod (Filipino, carpenter, catechist, missionary with Jesuits to Pacific islands, martyred [hacked to death] on Guam at age 17 in 1672 [beatified 2000])
St. Theodosia of Tyre (Lebanese, virgin, tortured and martyred by drowining in Palestine in 308)
St. Urban of Langres (French, bishop, c. 390)

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), April 03, 2002

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Jmj

On April 2, 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. Francis of Paola [Francesco] (Calabrese [Italian], hermit, founder of Franciscan Order of Minim Friars, miracle worker, died in France in 1507)

St. Abundius of Como (Greek, priest, bishop in Italy, papal legate, c. 500)
St. Amphianus of Lycia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], opponent of pagans in Palestine, tortured and martyred by drowning c. 305) St. Bronach of Glen-Seichis (Irish, virgin)
King St. Constantine II (Scottish, battled heathen invaders, martyred in 874)
St. Dominic Tuóc of Tonkin (Vietnamese, priest, Dominican tertiary, martyred in 1839 [canonized 1988])
Bl. Drogo of Baume (French, Benedictine monk, tender of flocks, 10th century)
St. Ebba the Younger of Coldingham (English, Benedictine abbess, martyred [burned with all her sister] by invading Danish pagans in 879)
Bl. Elizabeth Vendramini of Bassano del Grappa [Elisabetta] (Italian, virgin, founded Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of St. Elizabeth, d. 1860 [beatified 1990])
St. John Paine of Peterborough (English, priest, tortured for nine months and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1582 [canonized 1970])
Bl. Leopold of Gaiche [Leopoldo] (Italian, Franciscan priest, professor, d. 1815)
St. Longis (Swiss, monk, priest)
Bl. Mary of St. Joseph Alvarado Cardozo of Choroni [María de San Jose] [baptized Laura Evangelista] (Venezuelan, co-founder of Augustinian Recollects of the Heart of Jesus, cared for poorest sick/elderly/orphans, d. 1967 [beatified 1995])
St. Mary of Egypt (Egyptian, reformed prostitute, hermitess in Palestine, c. 500)
Bl. Meingosus of Weingarten (German, Benedictine abbot, c. 1200)
St. Musa of Rome (Italian, mystic, 6th century)
St. Nicetius of Lyons (French, bishop, d. 573)
Bl. Peter Calungsod of Visayas [Pedro] (Filipino, carpenter, catechist, missionary with Jesuits to Pacific islands, martyred [hacked to death] on Guam at age 17 in 1672 [beatified 2000])
St. Theodosia of Tyre (Lebanese, virgin, tortured and martyred by drowining in Palestine in 308)
St. Urban of Langres (French, bishop, c. 390)
Bl. William Apor of Segesvar [Vilmos] (Hungarian, bishop, martyred in 1945 [beatified 1997])

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), April 02, 2003.