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Today, June 7, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Anne of St. Batholomew [Ana Garcia] (Spanish, shepherdess, first to join reformed Discalced Carmelites [of St. Teresa of Avila], prioress, poet, d. 1626)
St. Anthony Mary Gianelli (Italian, parish priest, bishop, founder of Missioners of St. Alphonsus and Sisters of St. Mary of the Garden, d. 1846 [canonized 1951])
St. Aventinus of Bagneres (French, hermit, martyred by Moslems in 732)
St. Colman of Dromore (Irish, abbot, bishop, c. 610)
St. Deochar (French or German, hermit, Benedictine abbot, d. 847)
St. Gottschalk (German, prince, missionary, martyred in 1066)
St. Landulf Variglia (Italian, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 1134)
St. Lycarion (Egyptian, early martyr)
St. Meriadoc of Vannes (French, hermit, bishop, d. 1302)
St. Meriadoc of Wales (Welsh, hermit, bishop in France, c. 688)
Bl. Odo of Massy (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 967)
St. Paul of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], patriarch, exiled and imprisoned, martyred by strangling in Armenia c. 350)
Sts. Peter, Wallabonso, Sabinianus, Wistremundus, Habentius, and Jeremias (Spanish ... priest, deacon, three monks, old man ... martyred [beheaded, burned, scourged to death] by Moslems in 851)
St. Potamioena the Younger (Egyptian, young girl, martyred c. 304)
St. Robert of Newminster (English, Cistercian abbot, mystic, d. 1159)
St. Vulflagius of Abbeville (French, parish priest, hermit, c. 643)
St. Willibald of Eichstatt (English, prince, Benedictine monk in Italy, missionary and bishop in Germany, d. 786)

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 07, 2002

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On June 7, 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:

Bl. Anne of St. Batholomew Garcia of Almendral [Ana de San Bartolomé] (Spanish, shepherdess, first to join reformed Discalced Carmelites [of St. Teresa of Avila], prioress, poet, d. 1626)
St. Anthony Mary Gianelli of Cereta [Antonio Maria] (Italian, parish priest, bishop, founder of Missioners of St. Alphonsus and Sisters of St. Mary of the Garden, d. 1846 [canonized 1951])
St. Aventinus of Bagneres (French, hermit, martyred by Moslems in 732)
St. Colman of Dromore (Irish, abbot, bishop, c. 610)
St. Deochar of Herriedon (French or German, hermit, Benedictine abbot, d. 847)
St. Gottschalk (German, prince, missionary, martyred in 1066)
St. Landolfo Variglia of Asti (Italian, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 1134)
St. Lycarion (Egyptian, early martyr)
St. Meriadoc of Vannes (French, hermit, bishop, d. 1302)
St. Meriadoc (Welsh, hermit, bishop in France, c. 688)
Bl. Odo of Massy (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 967)
St. Paul of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], patriarch, exiled and imprisoned, martyred by strangling in Armenia c. 350)
Sts. Peter, Wallabonso, Sabinianus, Wistremundus, Habentius, and Jeremias, of Cordova (Spanish ... priest, deacon, three monks, old man ... martyred [beheaded, burned, scourged to death] by Moslems in 851)
St. Potamioena the Younger of Alexandria (Egyptian, young girl, martyred c. 304)
St. Robert of Newminster (English, Cistercian abbot, mystic, d. 1159)
St. Vulflagius of Abbeville (French, parish priest, hermit, c. 643)
St. Willibald of Eichstatt (English, prince, Benedictine monk in Italy, missionary and bishop in Germany, d. 786)

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 07, 2003.