May 6 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, May 6, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Antony Middleton and Bl. Edward Jones (English and Welsh, priests, martyred [hanged] by Elizabethans in 1590)
St. Benedicta (Roman, nun, 6th century)
Bl. Bonizella Piccolomini (Italian, widow, served the poor, d. 1300)
St. Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork (Irish, professor, 7th century)
St. Edbert of Lindisfarne (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 698)
St. Evodius of Antioch (Israelite, disciple of Jesus, bishop in Syria [succeeding St. Peter], martyred c. 69)
Sts. Heliodorus, Venustus, and 75 companions (African and Italian, martyred in 3rd century)
St. Justus (French, bishop)
St. Lucius of Cyrene (Syrian, teacher, bishop in North Africa, 1st century)
St. Petronax of Monte Cassino (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 747)
St. Protogenes of Carrhae (Syrian, bishop, 4th century)
Bl. Prudentia Castori (Italian, Augustinian abbess, d. 1492)
St. Theodotus of Cyrenia (Cypriot, bishop, c. 325)

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 06, 2002

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Jmj

On May 6, 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:

Bl. Ann Rose Custo of Genoa [Anna Rosa] [baptized Rosa Maria Benedetta (Rosemary Benedicta)] [nee: Gattorno] (Italian, mother of three, widow after six years, Franciscan tertiary, co-founded the Institute of the Daughters of Saint Anne Mother of Mary Immaculate, d. 1900 [beatified 2000])
Bl. Antony Middleton of Middleton Tyas and Bl. Edward Jones of St. Asaph (English and Welsh, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1929])
St. Benedicta of Rome (Italian, nun, 6th century)
Bl. Bonizella Piccolomini of Siena (Italian, widow, served the poor, d. 1300)
St. Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork (Irish, professor, 7th century)
St. Edbert of Lindisfarne (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 698)
St. Evodius of Antioch (Israelite, disciple of Jesus, bishop in Syria [succeeding St. Peter], martyred c. 69)
Sts. Heliodorus, Venustus, and 75 companions (African and Italian, martyred in 3rd century)
St. Justus of Vienne (French, bishop)
St. Lucius of Cyrene (Syrian, teacher, bishop in North Africa, 1st century)
St. Petronax of Monte Cassino (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 747)
St. Protogenes of Carrhae (Syrian, bishop, 4th century)
Bl. Prudence Castori of Como [Prudenzia] (Italian, Augustinian abbess, d. 1492)
St. Theodotus of Cyrenia (Cypriot, bishop, c. 325)

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 06, 2003.


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