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Today, May 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. Athanasius of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop, foremost opponent of Arian heresy, repeatedly exiled, Doctor of the Church, d. 373)
St. Bertinus the Younger (French, Benedictine monk, c. 699)
Bl. Conrad of Seldenbüren (Swiss, Benedictine brother, martyred in 1126)
Sts. Exsuperius, Zoë, Cyriacus, and Theodulus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], family of slaves [father, mother, sons], tortured and martyred by roasting c. 140)
St. Felix of Seville (Spanish, deacon, early martyr)
St. Gennys (English)
St. Germanus of Normandy (Irish?, missionary, bishop in France, martyred c. 460)
St. Gluvias (Welsh, monk, 6th century)
St. Joseph Luu (Vietnamese, catechist, tortured and martryed in 1854 [canonized 1988])
St. Mafalda (Portuguese, Cistercian nun, d. 1257 [incorruptible])
St. Neachtain (Irish, relative of St. Patrick, 5th century)
Sts. Saturninus, Neopolus, Germanus, and Celestine (martyred in 304)
St. Ultan of Péronne (Irish, Benedictine abbot in France and Belgium, c. 686)
St. Valentine of Genoa (Italian, bishop, c. 307)
Sts. Vindemialis, Eugene, and Longinus (African, bishops, tortured and martyred by Arian heretics c. 485)
St. Waldebert of Luxeuil (French, knight, Benedictine abbot for forty years, c. 668)
St. Wiborada of Saint Gall (Swiss, noblewoman, Benedictine nun, bookbinder, prophetess, martyred [axed] in 926)

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), May 02, 2002

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On May 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. Athanasius of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop, foremost opponent of Arian heresy, repeatedly exiled, Doctor of the Church, d. 373)

St. Bertinus the Younger of Sithin (French, Benedictine monk, c. 699)
Bl. Conrad of Seldenbüren (Swiss, Benedictine brother, martyred in 1126)
Sts. Exsuperius, Zoë, Cyriacus, and Theodulus, of Attalia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], family of slaves [father, mother, sons], tortured and martyred by roasting c. 140)
St. Felix of Seville (Spanish, deacon, early martyr)
St. Gennys (English)
St. Germanus of Normandy (Irish?, missionary, bishop in France, martyred c. 460)
St. Gluvias of Cornwall (Welsh, monk, 6th century)
St. Joseph Nguyên Van Luu of Cai-nhum (Vietnamese, catechist, tortured and martryed in 1854 [canonized 1988])
Bl. Joseph Mary Rubio y Peralta of Dalias [Jose Maria] (Spanish, Jesuit priest, d. 1929 [beatified 1985])
St. Mafalda of Arouca (Portuguese, Cistercian nun, d. 1257 [incorruptible])
St. Neachtain (Irish, relative of St. Patrick, 5th century)
Sts. Saturninus, Neopolus, Germanus, and Celestine (martyred in 304)
St. Ultan of Péronne (Irish, Benedictine abbot in France and Belgium, c. 686)
St. Valentine of Genoa (Italian, bishop, c. 307)
Sts. Vindemialis, Eugene, and Longinus (African, bishops, tortured and martyred by Arian heretics c. 485)
St. Waldebert of Luxeuil (French, knight, Benedictine abbot for forty years, c. 668)
St. Wiborada of Saint Gall (Swiss, noblewoman, Benedictine nun, bookbinder, prophetess, martyred [axed] in 926)

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), May 02, 2003.

UPDATE !!!

Blessed Joseph Mary Rubio y Peralta was canonized in 2003.

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), June 29, 2003.