June 13 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, June 13, 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. Anthony of Padua ["Hammer of Heretics"] (Portuguese, Franciscan priest in Italy, miracle worker, Doctor of the Church, d. 1231)
St. Aquilina (Syrian, virgin, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 12 in 293)
St. Augustine Huy Viet Phan (Vietnamese, soldier, helper of foreign missionaries, tortured and martyred [sawn in half] in 1839 [canonized 1988])
St. Damhnade (Irish, virgin)
St. Fandilas of Penamelaria (Spanish, abbot, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 853)
St. Felicula (Roman, virgin, martyred by starvation and dehydration c. 90)
Sts. Fortunatus and Lucian (African, early martyrs)
Bl. Gerard of Clairvaux (French, brother of St. Bernard, soldier, Cistercian monk, d. 1138)
St. Peregrinus of Aquila (Italian, bishop, martyred [drowned] by Arian heretics c. 600)
St. Rambert (French, courtier, martyred c. 680)
St. Triphyllius (Cypriot, lawyer, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 370)

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 13, 2002

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-- (_@_._), June 13, 2002.

Oops! I forgot to mention that my Confirmation patron saint, Anthony, was an Augustinian friar in Portugal before becoming a Franciscan missionary.
JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), June 13, 2002.

Jmj

On June 13, 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. Anthony of Padua [Antonio] [baptized Fernando] ["Hammer of Heretics"] (Portuguese, Augustinian friar in Portugal, Franciscan priest in Italy, miracle worker, Doctor of the Church, d. 1231)

St. Aquilina of Byblus (Syrian, virgin, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 12 in 293)
St. Augustine Phan Viet Huy (Vietnamese, soldier, helper of foreign missionaries, tortured and martyred [sawn in half] in 1839 [canonized 1988])
St. Damhnade (Irish, virgin)
St. Fandilas of Penamelaria (Spanish, abbot, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 853)
St. Felicula of Rome (Italian, virgin, martyred by starvation and dehydration c. 90)
Sts. Fortunatus and Lucian (African, early martyrs)
Bl. Gerard of Clairvaux (French, brother of St. Bernard, soldier, Cistercian monk, d. 1138)
Bl. Ignatius Maloyan (Armenian [Turkish-born], archbishop, tortured and martyred by Moslems in 1915 [beatified 2001])
St. Peregrinus of Aquila (Italian, bishop, martyred [drowned] by Arian heretics c. 600)
St. Rambert (French, courtier, martyred c. 680)
St. Triphyllius of Nicosia (Cypriot, lawyer, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 370)

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 16, 2003.


Please pray for my father, Anthony (named after St. Anthony), who died in November 2002...

-Greg

-- Greg Adas (gadas@familink.com), June 17, 2003.


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