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Today, May 16, 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. Adam of Fermo (Italian, hermit, Benedictine abbot, c. 1213)
St. Andre Hubert Fournet (French, parish priest, co-founder of Daughters of the Cross of St. Andrew, d. 1834 [canonized 1933])
St. Annobert of Séez (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 690)
Sts. Aquilinus and Victorian (from Asia Minor [Turkish], early martyrs)
St. Audas [also known as Abdas] and 28 companions (Persian [Iranian] ... bishop, seven priests, nine deacons, seven virgins ... martyred in 420)
St. Brendan the Navigator (Irish, priest, missionary [possibly sea-going], abbot, c. 583)
St. Carantoc (Welsh, prince, abbot, 5th century)
St. Carannog (Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
St. Domnolus of Le Mans (French, bishop, d. 581)
Sts. Felix and Gennadius (African?, early martyrs)
St. Fidolus of Aumont (French, abbot, c. 540)
St. Fort of Bordeaux (French?, bishop, early martyr)
St. Francoveus (French, monk, hermit, 7th century)
St. Germerius of Toulouse (French, bishop for fifty years, c. 560)
St. Hilary of Pavia (Italian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, d. 376)
St. Honoratus of Amiens (French, bishop, d. 653)
St. John Nepomucene [baptized Jan Woelflein] ["Martyr of the Confessional"] (Czech, vicar general of Prague, confessor to queen of Bohemia, tortured and martyred [drowned] by the king for guarding the secrecy of the confessional in 1393)
St. Maxima of Fréjus (French, virgin)
St. Peregrine of Auxerre (Roman, bishop in France, martyred in 3rd or 4th century)
St. Peregrinus of Terni (Italian, bishop, c. 138)
St. Possidius of Calama (North African, bishop, died in Italy in 450)
St. Primael of Quimper (British, hermit in France, c. 450)
St. Simon Stock (English, hermit, itinerant preacher, Carmelite prior general, received the brown scapular from Our Lady [private revelation], died in France in 1265)
St. Ubaldus Baldassini (Italian, bishop, d. 1160)

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 16, 2002

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Jmj

On May 16, 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. Adam of Fermo [Adamo] (Italian, hermit, Benedictine abbot, c. 1213)
St. Andrew Hubert Fournet of Maillé [Andre] (French, parish priest, co-founder of Daughters of the Cross of St. Andrew, d. 1834 [canonized 1933])
St. Annobert of Séez (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 690)
Sts. Aquilinus and Victorian of Isauria (from Asia Minor [Turkish], early martyrs)
St. Audas [also known as Abdas] and 28 companions (Persian [Iranian] ... bishop, seven priests, nine deacons, seven virgins ... martyred in 420)
St. Brendan the Navigator (Irish, priest, missionary [possibly sea-going], abbot, c. 583)
St. Carantoc (Welsh, prince, abbot, 5th century)
St. Carannog of Cernach (Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
St. Domnolus of Le Mans (French, bishop, d. 581)
Sts. Felix and Gennadius (African?, early martyrs)
St. Fidolus of Aumont (French, abbot, c. 540)
St. Fort of Bordeaux (French?, bishop, early martyr)
St. Francoveus (French, monk, hermit, 7th century)
St. Germerius of Toulouse (French, bishop for fifty years, c. 560)
St. Hilary of Pavia (Italian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, d. 376)
St. Honoratus of Amiens (French, bishop, d. 653)
St. John Woelflein of Nepomuk [“John Nepomucene”] [Jan] ["Martyr of the Confessional"] (Czech, vicar general of Prague, confessor to queen of Bohemia, tortured and martyred [drowned] by the king for guarding the secrecy of the confessional in 1393)
St. Maxima of Fréjus (French, virgin)
St. Peregrine of Auxerre (Roman, bishop in France, martyred in 3rd or 4th century)
St. Peregrinus of Terni (Italian, bishop, c. 138)
St. Possidius of Calama (North African, bishop, died in Italy in 450)
St. Primael of Quimper (British, hermit in France, c. 450)
St. Simon Stock of Aylesford (English, hermit, itinerant preacher, Carmelite prior general, received the brown scapular from Our Lady [private revelation], died in France in 1265)
St. Ubaldo Baldassini of Gubbio (Italian, bishop, d. 1160)

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 16, 2003.