Jmj

Today, May 13, 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. Abban of Abingdon (Irish, monk in England, 2nd century)
St. Agnes of Poitiers (French, abbess, d. 588)
Holy Alexandrian Martyrs (Egyptian, martyred in 372)
St. Andre Hubert Fournet (French, parish priest, co-founder of Daughters of the Cross of St. Andrew, d. 1834 [canonized 1933])
St. Anno of Verona (Italian, bishop, d. 780)
St. Erconwald of London (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 686)
St. Euthymius the Illuminator (Georgian, abbot, translator, d. 1028)
Bl. Fortis Gabrielli (Italian, Benedictine hermit, d. 1040)
Bl. Gerard of Villamagna (Italian, crusader, Franciscan tertiary, hermit, d. 1242)
St. Glyceria of Trajanopolis (Roman, virgin in Greece, martyred c. 177)
St. John the Silent (Armenian, monk, hermit, exorcist, healer, died in Palestine in 558)
St. Mael of Bardsey (French, hermit in Wales, 6th century)
St. Merewenna of Rumsey (English, Benedictine abbess, c. 970)
St. Mucius of Byzantium (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest, martyred in 304)
St. Natalis of Milan (Italian, bishop, c. 740)
St. Onesimus of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 361)
St. Peter Regalado [Pedro] (Spanish, Franciscan, reformer of friaries, d. 1456)
St. Servatus of Tongres (Armenian, bishop in Netherlands, d. 384)
St. Valerian of Auxerre (French, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 351)

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 14, 2002

Answers

-- (_@_._), May 14, 2002.

(Sorry. Just found out that St. Andre's memorial was moved to May 16.)

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), May 16, 2002.

Jmj

On May 13, 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. Abban of Abingdon (Irish, monk in England, 2nd century)
St. Agnes of Poitiers (French, abbess, d. 588)
Holy Alexandrian Martyrs (Egyptian, martyred in 372)
St. Anno of Verona (Italian, bishop, d. 780)
St. Erconwald of London (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 686)
St. Euthymius the Illuminator of Iberia (Georgian, abbot, translator, d. 1028)
Bl. Fortis Gabrielli of Gubbio (Italian, Benedictine hermit, d. 1040)
Bl. Gerard of Villamagna [Gerardo] (Italian, crusader, Franciscan tertiary, hermit, d. 1242)
St. Glyceria of Trajanopolis (Roman, virgin in Greece, martyred c. 177)
St. John the Silent of Nicopolis (Armenian, monk, hermit, exorcist, healer, died in Palestine in 558)
St. Mael of Bardsey (French, hermit in Wales, 6th century)
St. Merewenna of Rumsey (English, Benedictine abbess, c. 970)
St. Mucius of Byzantium (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest, martyred in 304)
St. Natalis of Milan (Italian, bishop, c. 740)
St. Onesimus of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 361)
St. Peter Regalado of Valladolid [Pedro] (Spanish, Franciscan, reformer of friaries, d. 1456)
St. Servatus of Tongres (Armenian, bishop in Netherlands, d. 384)
St. Valerian of Auxerre (French, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 351)

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 13, 2003.