June 5 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, June 5, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Boniface of Crediton [baptized Wynfrith] [Apostle of Germany] (English, Benedictine priest, missionary in Germany, archbishop, martyred [probably axed] by pagans in Holland in 755)
Sts. Adaler, Hadulph, and companions (Benedictine monks, co-workers of St. Boniface, martyred in Holland in 755)
St. Dorotheus of Tyre (Phoenician [Lebanese], bishop, martyred [clubbed] in Greece c. 362)
St. Dorotheus of Gaza (Egyptian, abbot, c. 640)
St. Eoban of Utrecht (Irish, Benedictine priest, missionary with St. Boniface in Germany, bishop in Holland, martyred in 755)
St. Felix of Fritzlar (German, Benedictine monk, martyred by pagans in c. 790)
Bl. Ferdinand the Constant (Portuguese, prince, martyred [neglect in prison] by Moslems in Morocco in 1443)
Sts. Florentius, Julian, Cyriacus, Marcellinus, and Faustinus (Italian, martyred by beheading in 250)
St. Franco of Asserigo (Italian, Benedictine hermit, c. 1275)
Sts. Marcian, Nicanor, Apollonius, and companions (Egyptian?, martyred c. 304)
Bl. Meinwerk of Paderborn (German, bishop, d. 1036)
St. Sanctius of Cordova (French, prisoner of war, emir's guard in Spain, martyred by Moslems in 851)
St. Tudno of Caernarvon (Welsh, 6th century)
Sts. Zenais, Cyria, Valeria, and Marcia (early martyrs)

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), June 05, 2002

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-- (_@_._), June 05, 2002.

[From a letter by St. Boniface:] "In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course. Let us stand fast in what is right, and prepare our souls for trial. Let us wait upon God's strengthening aid and say to him: 'O Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations.'
Let us trust in him who has placed this burden upon us. What we ourselves cannot bear let us bear with the help of Christ. For he is all-powerful, and he tells us: 'My yoke is easy, and my burden light.'
Let us continue the fight on the day of the Lord. The days of anguish and of tribulation have overtaken us. If God so wills, 'let us die for the holy laws of our fathers,' so that we may deserve to obtain an eternal inheritance with them."

-- (_@_._), June 05, 2002.

Jmj

On June 5, 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. Boniface of Crediton [baptized Wynfrith] [Apostle of Germany] (English, Benedictine priest, missionary in Germany, archbishop, martyred [probably axed] by pagans in Holland in 755)
[Please scroll up to read a quoted passage from St. Boniface.]

Sts. Adaler, Hadulph, and companions (Benedictine monks, co-workers of St. Boniface, martyred in Holland in 755)
St. Dorotheus of Tyre (Phoenician [Lebanese], bishop, martyred [clubbed] in Greece c. 362)
St. Dorotheus of Gaza (Egyptian, abbot, c. 640)
St. Eoban of Utrecht (Irish, Benedictine priest, missionary with St. Boniface in Germany, bishop in Holland, martyred in 755)
St. Felix of Fritzlar (German, Benedictine monk, martyred by pagans in c. 790)
Bl. Ferdinand the Constant of Santarem [Fernando] (Portuguese, prince, martyred [neglect in prison] by Moslems in Morocco in 1443)
Sts. Florentius, Julian, Cyriacus, Marcellinus, and Faustinus, of Perugia (Italian, martyred by beheading in 250)
St. Franco of Asserigo (Italian, Benedictine hermit, c. 1275)
Sts. Marcian, Nicanor, Apollonius, and companions (Egyptian?, martyred c. 304)
Bl. Meinwerk of Paderborn (German, bishop, d. 1036)
St. Sanctius of Cordova (French, prisoner of war, emir's guard in Spain, martyred by Moslems in 851)
St. Tudno of Caernarvon (Welsh, 6th century)
Sts. Zenais, Cyria, Valeria, and Marcia (early martyrs)

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), June 05, 2003.


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