Jmj

Today, April 18, 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. Agia of Mons (Belgian, Benedictine nun, c. 714)
Bl. Andrew Hibernon (Spanish, Franciscan brother, d. 1602)
St. Apollonius the Apologist (Roman, senator, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 190)
St. Calocerus of Brescia (Italian, army officer, early martyr)
St. Cogitosus of Kildare (Irish, monk, biographer of St. Brigid, 8th century)
St. Corebus of Messina (Sicilian, prefect, martyred c. 138)
St. Deicola (English, founder of abbey, 7th century)
Sts. Eleutherius and Anthia (Greek, bishop and his mother, tortured and martyred c. 138)
St. Eusebius of Fano (Italian, bishop, d. 526)
St. Galdinus of Milan (Italian, nobleman, cardinal archbishop, papal legate, died in his pulpit in 1176)
St. Gebuinus of Lyons (French, archbishop, d. 1080)
Bl. Idesbald of Dunes (Belgian, Cistercian abbot, d. 1167)
Bl. James of Oldo (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, widower, priest, prophet, d. 1404 [incorruptible])
St. John of Janina (from Asia Minor [Turkish], tailor, martyred [buried alive] in 1526)
St. Laserian of Leighlin (Irish, nobleman, abbot, bishop, c. 639)
St. Pedro de San Jose Betancur ["The St. Francis of the Americas"] (Spanish [from Canary Islands], shepherd, Franciscan tertiary in Guatemala, founder of Congregation of Hospitalers Bethlehemite, d. 1667 [canonized 2002])
St. Perfectus of Cordova (Spanish, priet, martyred by Moslems on Easter in c. 850)
St. Wicterp of Augsburg (German, bishop, d. 749)

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 19, 2002

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Jmj

On April 18, 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. Agia of Mons (Belgian, Benedictine nun, c. 714)
Bl. Andrew Hibernon of Alcantarilla [Andres] (Spanish, Franciscan brother, d. 1602)
St. Apollonius the Apologist of Rome (Italian, senator, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 190)
St. Calocerus of Brescia (Italian, army officer, early martyr)
St. Cogitosus of Kildare (Irish, monk, biographer of St. Brigid, 8th century)
St. Corebus of Messina (Sicilian, prefect, martyred c. 138)
St. Deicola of Bosham (English, founder of abbey, 7th century)
Sts. Eleutherius and Anthia of Illyrium (Greek, bishop and his mother, tortured and martyred c. 138)
St. Eusebius of Fano (Italian, bishop, d. 526)
St. Galdino of Milan (Italian, nobleman, cardinal archbishop, papal legate, died in his pulpit in 1176)
St. Gebuinus of Lyons (French, archbishop, d. 1080)
Bl. Idesbald of Dunes (Belgian, Cistercian abbot, d. 1167)
Bl. James of Oldo [Giacomo] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, widower, priest, prophet, d. 1404 [incorruptible])
St. John of Janina (from Asia Minor [Turkish], tailor, martyred [buried alive] in 1526)
St. Laserian of Leighlin (Irish, nobleman, abbot, bishop, c. 639)
Bl. Mary Ann Blondin of Terrebonne [Marie-Anne] [baptized Esther] (Canadian [from Quebec province], virgin, founded Congregation of Religious of St. Anne, d. 1890 [beatified 2001])
St. Peter of St. Joseph Betancur of Villaflores [Pedro de San Jose] ["The St. Francis of the Americas"] (Spanish [from Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands], shepherd, Franciscan tertiary in Guatemala, founder of Congregation of Hospitalers Bethlehemite, d. 1667 [canonized 2002])
St. Perfectus of Cordova (Spanish, priet, martyred by Moslems on Easter in c. 850)
Bl. Savina Petrilli of Siena (Italian, virgin, founded Institute of the Poor Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, d. 1923 [beatified 1988])
St. Wicterp of Augsburg (German, bishop, d. 749)

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 18, 2003.