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Today, June 14, 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. Anastasius, Felix, and Digna (Spanish, Benedictines ... two monks and nun at a double monastery ... martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 853)
Bl. Castora Gabrielli (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, widow, d. 1391)
St. Cearan the Devout (Irish, abbot, d. 870)
St. Dogmael (Welsh, monk, 6th century)
St. Elgar of Bardsey (English, hermit, c. 1100)
St. Elisha [also called Eliseus] (Israelite, prophet, successor of Elijah [Elias], 8th century B.C.)
St. Etherius of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 675)
St. Gerold of Fontenelle (French, courtier, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 806)
Bl. Hartwig of Salzburg (Austrian, archbishop, d. 1023)
St. Joseph of the Studium (Sicilian, monk in Greece and Constantinople, writer of c. 1000 hymns, fled iconoclast heretics, slave on Crete, bishop, c. 886)
St. Lotharius of Séez (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 756)
St. Marcian of Siracusa (Sicilian, bishop, martyred [thrown from a tower] by Jews c. 255)
St. Mark of Lucera (Italian, bishop, c. 328)
St. Methodius I of Constantinople (Sicilian, monk in Constantinople, opposed iconoclast heresy, patriarch, d. 847)
St. Nennus of Arran (Scottish, abbot, 7th century)
St. Psalmodius of Limoges (Irish or Scottish, hermit in France, c. 690)
St. Quintian (French, bishop)
Bl. Richard of Saint Vannes (French, Benedictine monk, d. 1046)
Sts. Valerius and Rufinus (Roman, missionaries to Gaul [France], martyred c. 287)

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 14, 2002

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Jmj

On June 14, 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:

Sts. Anastasius of Cordova, Felix of Alcala, and Digna of Tábanos (Spanish, Benedictines ... two monks and nun at a double monastery ... martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 853)
Bl. Castora Gabrielli of Sant'Angelo in Vado (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, widow, d. 1391)
St. Cearan the Devout of of Bellach-Duin (Irish, abbot, d. 870)
St. Dogmael of Cunedda (Welsh, monk, 6th century)
St. Elgar of Bardsey (English, hermit, c. 1100)
St. Elisha of Abelmeholah [also called Eliseus] (Israelite, prophet, successor of Elijah [Elias], 8th century B.C.)
St. Etherius of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 675)
St. Gerold of Fontenelle (French, courtier, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 806)
Bl. Hartwig of Salzburg (Austrian, archbishop, d. 1023)
St. Joseph of the Studium [also known as Joseph of Thessalonika]
(Sicilian, monk in Greece and Constantinople, writer of c. 1000 hymns, fled iconoclast heretics, slave on Crete, bishop, c. 886)
St. Lotharius of Seez (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 756)
St. Marcian of Siracusa (Sicilian, bishop, martyred [thrown from a tower] by Jews c. 255)
St. Mark of Lucera (Italian, bishop, c. 328)
St. Methodius I of Constantinople (Sicilian, monk in Constantinople, opposed iconoclast heresy, patriarch, d. 847)
St. Nennus of Arran (Scottish, abbot, 7th century)
St. Psalmodius of Limoges (Irish or Scottish, hermit in France, c. 690)
St. Quintian of Rodez (French, bishop)
Bl. Richard of Saint Vannes (French, Benedictine monk, d. 1046)
Sts. Valerius and Rufinus of Rome (Italian, missionaries to Gaul [France], martyred c. 287)

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.