Jmj

Today, May 11, 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. Aloysius Louis Rabata (Sicilian, Carmelite friar, d. 1490)
St. Anastasius and companions (Italian, military officer and household, martyred by beheading in 251)
St. Anastasius of Lérida (Spanish, early martyr)
St. Ansfrid of Utrecht (Dutch, knight, archbishop, Benedictine monk in Germany, d. 1010)
St. Anthimus (Roman, priest, martyred by beheading in 303)
St. Asaph (Welsh, bishop, c. 600)
Bl. Benincasa of Montechiello (Italian, Servite hermit, d. 1426)
St. Comgall of Bangor (Ireland, soldier, hermit, abbot, d. 603)
St. Credan (English, hogherd)
St. Evellius of Pisa (Italian, counselor to Nero, martyred c. 66)
St. Francis di Girolamo (Italian, parish priest, later a Jesuit, rural missionary, d. 1716)
St. Fremund of Dunstable (English, hermit, martyred in 866)
St. Gangulphus of Burgundy (French, knight, hermit, martyred by spear in 760)
St. Ignatius of Laconi (Sardinian [Italian], poor farmer, Capuchin brother, weaver, beggar for forty years, d. 1781 [canonized 1951])
St. Illuminatus of San Severino (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 1000)
St. Illuminatus of Assisi (Italian, disciple of St. Francis, c. 1230)
Bl. James Walworth and Bl. John Rochester (English, Carthusian monks, martyred [hanged in chains] in 1537)
Bl. Julian Cesarello de Valle (Istrian [Croatian], Franciscan c. 1349)
St. Lua of Killaloe (Irish, nobleman, abbot, 7th century)
St. Majolus of Cluny (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 994)
St. Mamertus of Vienne (French, bishop, d. 475)
Sts. Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius (Roman, martyred in 304)
St. Possessor of Verdun (French, magistrate, bishop, c. 485)
St. Principia (Roman, virgin, c. 420)
Sts. Sisinius, Diocletius, and Florentius (Italian, martyred by stoning in 304)
Bl. Vivaldus (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, d. 1300)
St. Walbert of Hainault (Belgian, count, c. 678)
St. Walter of L'Esterp (French, Augustinian abbot for 38 years, d. 1070)

If you have anything to share about these holy peole, 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 11, 2002

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Jmj

On May 11, 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. Aloysius Rabata of Randazzo [Aluigi] (Sicilian, Carmelite friar, d. 1490)
St. Anastasius and companions (Italian, military officer and household, martyred by beheading in 251)
St. Anastasius of Lerida (Spanish, early martyr)
St. Ansfrid of Utrecht (Dutch, knight, archbishop, Benedictine monk in Germany, d. 1010)
St. Anthimus of Rome (Italian, priest, martyred by beheading in 303)
St. Asaph of Llanelwy (Welsh, bishop, c. 600)
Bl. Benincasa of Montechiello (Italian, Servite hermit, d. 1426)
St. Comgall of Bangor (Ireland, soldier, hermit, abbot, d. 603)
St. Credan of Cornwall (English, hogherd)
St. Evellius of Pisa (Italian, counselor to Nero, martyred c. 66)
St. Francis of Jerome of Grottaglie [Francesco di Girolamo] (Italian, parish priest, later a Jesuit, rural missionary, d. 1716)
St. Fremund of Dunstable (English, hermit, martyred in 866)
St. Gangulphus of Burgundy (French, knight, hermit, martyred by spear in 760)
St. Ignatius of Laconi [Ignazio] (Sardinian [Italian], poor farmer, Capuchin brother, weaver, beggar for forty years, d. 1781 [canonized 1951])
St. Illuminato of San Severino (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 1000)
St. Illuminato of Assisi (Italian, disciple of St. Francis, c. 1230)
Bl. James Walworth and Bl. John Rochester of Terling (English, Carthusian monks, martyred [hanged in chains] under Henry VIII in 1537 [beatified 1886])
Bl. Julian Cesarello of Valle (Istrian [Croatian], Franciscan c. 1349)
St. Lua of Killaloe (Irish, nobleman, abbot, 7th century)
St. Majolus of Cluny (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 994)
St. Mamertus of Vienne (French, bishop, d. 475)
Sts. Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius, of Rome (Italian, martyred in 304)
St. Possessor of Verdun (French, magistrate, bishop, c. 485)
St. Principia of Rome (Italian, virgin, c. 420)
Sts. Sisinius, Diocletius, and Florentius, of Osimo (Italian, martyred by stoning in 304)
Bl. Vivaldo (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, d. 1300)
St. Walbert of Hainault (Belgian, count, c. 678)
St. Walter of l'Esterp [Gautier] (French, Augustinian abbot for 38 years, d. 1070)

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 11, 2003.

John if you get a chance there is a gent on this thread who needs some help I was not sure what to say to him, regarding his marriage. Blessings

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=009Usx

-- kiwi (csisherwood@hotmail.com), May 11, 2003.

This is to add the name of an heroic man, just beatified in Slovakia by our pope ...

Bl. Basil Hopko of Hrabske (Slovak, Byzantine bishop, imprisoned/tortured/poisoned by Communists, d. 1976 [beatified 2003])

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 13, 2003.