Jmj

Today, May 15, 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. Isidore of Madrid [Isidro] (Spanish, farmer, husband of St. Maria de la Cabeza, d. 1130 [incorruptible])
St. Achilles of Thessaly (Greek, bishop, c. 330)
Bl. Andre Abellon (French, Dominican priest, d. 1450)
Sts. Bertha and Rupert (French, mother and son, hermits in Germany, 9th century)
St. Britwin of Beverley (English, Benedictine abbot, c. 733)
St. Caesarea (Italian, hermitess)
Sts. Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and companions (French, martyred by barbarians in 260)
St. Colman McO'Laoighse (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
St. Dymphna of Gheel (Irish, virgin, martyred by her incest-minded father in Belgium c. 650)
St. Gerebernus (Irish, priest, baptizer and companion of the fleeing St. Dymphna, martyred by beheading c. 650)
St. Halward of Oslo (Norwegian, nobleman, martyred by arrows c. 1043)
St. Hilary of Galeata (Italian, hermit, abbot, d. 558)
St. Isidore of Chios (Greek, layman, martyred c. 250)
Bl. Leonardo of Camaldoli (Italian, Camaldolese hermit, c. 1250)
Bl. Maria Magdalena Albrizzi (Italian, Augustinian prioress, d. 1465)
St. Nicholas the Mystic (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], bishop, d. 925)
Sts. Peter of Lampsacus, Paul, Andrew, Dionysia, and Decius (from Asia Minor [Turkish], tortured and martyred in 251)
St. Silvanus of Tabennisi (Egyptian, actor, hermit, 4th century)
St. Simplicius (Sardinian [Italian], martyred [buried alive] in 304)
Sts. Torquatus, Caecilius, Ctesiphon, Euphrasius, Hesychius, Indaletius, and Secundius (missionaries sent by apostles to Spain, martyred in 1st century)

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 15, 2002

Answers

-- (_@_._), May 15, 2002.

Jmj

On May 15, 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. Isidore of Madrid [Isidro] (Spanish, farmer, husband of St. Maria de la Cabeza, d. 1130 [incorruptible]) [On U.S. “particular calendar”]

St. Achilles of Thessaly (Greek, bishop, c. 330)
Bl. Andrew Abellon of Saint-Maximin [Andre] (French, Dominican priest, d. 1450)
Sts. Bertha and Rupert (French, mother and son, hermits in Germany, 9th century)
St. Britwin of Beverley (English, Benedictine abbot, c. 733)
St. Caesarea (Italian, hermitess)
Sts. Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and companions (French, martyred by barbarians in 260)
St. Colman McO'Laoighse of Oughaval (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
St. Dymphna of Gheel (Irish, virgin, martyred by her incest-minded father in Belgium c. 650)
St. Gerebernus of Gheel (Irish, priest, baptizer and companion of the fleeing St. Dymphna, martyred by beheading c. 650)
St. Halward of Oslo (Norwegian, nobleman, martyred by arrows c. 1043)
St. Hilary of Galeata (Italian, hermit, abbot, d. 558)
St. Isidore of Chios (Greek, layman, martyred c. 250)
Bl. Leonard of Camaldoli [Leonardo] (Italian, Camaldolese hermit, c. 1250)
Bl. Mary Magdalen Albrizzi of Como [Maria Magdalena] (Italian, Augustinian prioress, d. 1465)
St. Nicholas the Mystic of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, d. 925)
Sts. Peter of Lampsacus, Paul, Andrew, Dionysia, and Decius (from Asia Minor [Turkish], tortured and martyred in 251)
St. Silvanus of Tabennisi (Egyptian, actor, hermit, 4th century)
St. Simplicius of Sardinia (Italian, martyred [buried alive] in 304)
Sts. Torquatus of Guadix, Caecilius of Granada, Ctesiphon of Verga, Euphrasius of Andujar, Hesychius of Gibraltar, Indaletius of Urci, and Secundius of Avila (missionaries sent by apostles to Spain, martyred in 1st century)

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 15, 2003.

St Isidore, whose feast is today, is Patron Saint of the Internet. Right?

-- Sara (sara_catholic_forum@yahoo.co.uk), May 15, 2003.

Jmj
Hi, Sara.
I cannot find anything stating that it has been made official yet.
Please take a look at this article.
JFG

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), May 16, 2003.

Jmj
Hi again, Sara.
We both aren't thinking!
The St. Isidore who was proposed, in the 1990s, as patron saint of computer users and the Internet, is not the saint whose feast is on May 15. Rather, he is Bishop St. Isidore of Seville, whose feast is April 4.
JFG

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), May 16, 2003.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE SAINTLY CAUSE OF FR. FLANAGAN OF BOYSTOWN AT www.elphindiocese.ie

On May 15th every year mass is celebrated in rememberance of fr. flanagan who died on may 15th 1948 in berlin while working for children's needs on behalf of the U.S Government.

-- Rev. Spiritual Director (communicate@esatclear.ie), June 22, 2003.