April 27 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, April 27, 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. Adelelmus of Flanders (Belgian, hermit, d. 1152)
St. Anthimus of Nicomedia (Bithynian [Turkish], bishop, martyred by beheading in 303)
Bl. Antony de'Patrizi of Siena (Italian, Augustinian superior, d. 1311)
St. Asicus of Elphin (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, coppersmith, bishop, c. 490)
Sts. Castor and Stephen (Cilican? [Turkish], early martyrs)
St. Enoder (Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
St. Floribert of Liége (French, bishop, d. 746)
Bl. Hosanna of Cattaro [baptized Catherine Kosic] (Montenegran, Greek Orthodox reconciled to Catholicism, shepherdess, Dominican tertiary, d. 1565 [beatified 1928])
Bl. James of Bitetto (Dalmatian [Croatian], Franciscan brother in Italy, cook, mystic [miracles, levitation], c. 1485 [incorruptible])
St. John of Cathares (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbot, opposed iconoclast heresy, d. 813)
St. Laurence Hung (Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading c. 1802 [canonized 1988])
St. Liberalis of Ancona (Italian, priest, opposed Arian heresy, c. 400)
Bl. Maria Antonia Bandres y Elosegui (Spanish, religious sister, died at age 21 in 1919 [beatified 1996])
Bl. Mariana of Jesus [Mariana Navarra de Guevara] ["The Lily of Madrid"] (Spanish, Discalced Mercedarian nun, d. 1624 [incorruptible])
St. Maughold of Man (Irish, prince, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop on Isle of Man, c. 488)
Bl. Nicolas Roland (French, priest, founder of Sisters of the Infant Jesus, spiritual father of St. John Baptist de la Salle [founder of Christian Brothers], died at age 35 in 1678 [beatified 1994])
St. Peter Armengol [Pedro] (Spanish, nobleman, Mercedarian, hostage for eighteen Christian children in Africa, tortured, d. 1304)
St. Tertullian of Bologna (Italian, bishop, c. 490)
St. Theodore of Tabenna (Egyptian, abbot, c. 368)
St. Theophilus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, c. 427)
St. Winebald of Beverley (English, Benedictine abbot, c. 731)
St. Zita of Lucca (Italian, domestic servant, virgin, d. 1278)

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 27, 2002

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Jmj

On April 27, 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. Adelelmus of Flanders (Belgian, hermit, d. 1152)
St. Anthimus of Nicomedia (Bithynian [Turkish], bishop, martyred by beheading in 303)
Bl. Antony de' Patrizi of Siena [Antonio] (Italian, Augustinian superior, d. 1311)
St. Asicus of Elphin (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, coppersmith, bishop, c. 490)
Sts. Castor and Stephen of Tarsus (Cilician? [Turkish], early martyrs)
St. Enoder (Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
St. Floribert of Liége (French, bishop, d. 746)
Bl. Hosanna Kosic of Cattaro [baptized Catherine] (Montenegran, Greek Orthodox reconciled to Catholicism, shepherdess, Dominican tertiary, d. 1565 [beatified 1928])
Bl. James of Bitetto [Jakov] (Dalmatian [Croatian], Franciscan brother in Italy, cook, mystic [miracles, levitation], c. 1485 [incorruptible])
St. John of Cathares (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbot, opposed iconoclast heresy, d. 813)
St. Laurence Nguyên Van Huong of Tonkin (Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading c. 1802 [canonized 1988])
St. Liberalis of Ancona (Italian, priest, opposed Arian heresy, c. 400)
Bl. Maria Antonia Bandres y Elosegui of Tolosa (Spanish, religious sister, died at age 21 in 1919 [beatified 1996])
Bl. Mary Ann of Jesus Navarra de Guevara of Madrid [Mariana] ["The Lily of Madrid"] (Spanish, Discalced Mercedarian nun, d. 1624 [incorruptible])
St. Maughold of Man (Irish, prince, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop on Isle of Man, c. 488)
Bl. Nicholas Roland of Rheims [Nicolas] (French, priest, founder of Sisters of the Infant Jesus, spiritual father of St. John Baptist de la Salle [founder of Christian Brothers], died at age 35 in 1678 [beatified 1994])
St. Peter Armengol of Tarragona [Pedro] (Spanish, nobleman, Mercedarian, hostage for eighteen Christian children in Africa, tortured, d. 1304)
St. Tertullian of Bologna (Italian, bishop, c. 490)
St. Theodore of Tabenna (Egyptian, abbot, c. 368)
St. Theophilus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, c. 427)
St. Winebald of Beverley (English, Benedictine abbot, c. 731)
St. Zita of Lucca (Italian, domestic servant, virgin, d. 1278)

If you have anything to share about these 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/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 27, 2003.


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