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Today, May 29, 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. Bona of Pisa (Italian, leader of pilgrimages to Compostela, d. 1207)
Sts. Conon and Conon (father and son, widower and deacon, tortured over fire and martyred by racking in 275)
St. Cyril of Caesarea (Cappadocian [Turkish], child, martyred by the sword c. 251)
St. Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce (English, pilgrim, died in Italy)
St. Gerald of Macon (French, Benedictine monk, bishop for 40 years, d. 927)
Bl. Gerardesca of Pisa (Italian, widow, c. 1260)
St. Joachim (Italian, abbot)
St. John de Atares (Spanish, hermit, c. 750)
St. Maximinus of Trier (French, bishop in Germany, among the greatest opponents of Arian heresy, c. 349)
St. Maximus of Verona (Italian, bishop, 6th century)
Bl. Peter Petroni (Italian, Carthusian monk, d. 1361)
St. Restitutus (Roman, martyred c. 299)
Bl. Richard Thirkeld (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1583)
Sts. Sisinnius, Martyrius, and Alexander (Italian, martyred in 397)
St. Theodosia (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], nun, opposed iconoclast heresy, tortured and martyred c. 745)
Bl. Ulric of Einsiedeln (Swiss, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 979)
Sts. Votus and Felix (Spanish, biological brothers, hermits, c. 750)
Bl. William Arnaud, Bl. Bernard of Rochefort, Bl. Stephen of Narbonne, Bl. Raymund of Carbonier, Bl. Bernard Fontanier, Bl. Admer, Bl. Garcia d'Aure, Bl. Peter the Notary, and four companions ["Martyrs of Toulouse"] (French, travelling preachers [Dominican, Franciscan, Benedictine, lay], three inquisitors and companions, martyred [some in a church sanctuary] by Albigensian heretics in 1242)

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 30, 2002

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Jmj

On May 29, 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. Bona of Pisa (Italian, leader of pilgrimages to Compostela, d. 1207)
Sts. Conon and Conon of Iconium (from Asia Minor [Turkish], father and son, widower and deacon, tortured over fire and martyred by racking in 275)
St. Cyril of Caesarea (Cappadocian [Turkish], child, martyred by the sword c. 251)
St. Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce (English, pilgrim, died in Italy)
St. Gerald of Macon (French, Benedictine monk, bishop for 40 years, d. 927)
Bl. Gerardesca of Pisa (Italian, widow, c. 1260)
St. Joachim (Italian, abbot)
St. John of Atarés (Spanish, hermit, c. 750)
Bl. Joseph Gerard of Bouxières-aux-Chênes (French, priest, religious of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of the Immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary, missionary in Africa [modern Lesotho], d. 1914 [beatified 1988])
St. Maximinus of Trier (French, bishop in Germany, among the greatest opponents of Arian heresy, c. 349) St. Maximus of Verona (Italian, bishop, 6th century)
Bl. Peter Petroni of Siena [Pietro] (Italian, Carthusian monk, d. 1361)
St. Restitutus of Rome (Italian, martyred c. 299)
Bl. Richard Thirkeld of Durham (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1583)
Sts. Sisinnius, Martyrius, and Alexander, of Milan (Italian, martyred in 397)
St. Theodosia of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], nun, opposed iconoclast heresy, tortured and martyred c. 745)
Bl. Ulric of Einsiedeln (Swiss, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 979)
Sts. Votus and Felix of Zaragoza (Spanish, biological brothers, hermits, c. 750)
Blessed Martyrs of Toulouse (French ... eleven travelling preachers [Dominican, Franciscan, Benedictine, lay], inquisitors, and companions ... martyred [some in a church sanctuary] by Albigensian heretics in 1242)
[In addition to a Benedictine prior, whose name has been lost, they were:]
----- Bl. William Arnaud [Guillaume] (Dominican priest)
----- Bl. Bernard of Rochefort (Dominican priest)
----- Bl. Stephen de Saint-Thibery of Narbonne [Etienne] (Franciscan priest)
----- Bl. Raymond of Carbonier (Franciscan priest)
----- Bl. Bernard Fontanier (diocesan priest)
----- Bl. Admer (diocesan priest)
----- Bl. Garcia d'Aure (Dominican brother)
----- Bl. Peter Arnaud [Pierre] (layman)
----- Bl. Raymond de Cortisan (priest)
----- Bl. Fortanerius (diocesan priest)

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 21, 2003.