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Today, June 16, 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. Actinea and Graecina (Italian, virgins, martyred by beheading in 4th century)
St. Aurelian of Arles (French, bishop, papal legate, c. 550)
Sts. Aureus, Justina, and companions (German ... bishop, his sister, and others ... martyred by Huns in the midst of Mass)
St. Benno of Meissen (German, bishop, d. 1106)
St. Berthaldus (French, hermit, priest, c. 540)
St. Cettin of Oran (Irish, auxiliary bishop to St. Patrick, 5th century)
St. Colman McRoi (Irish, deacon, abbot, 6th century)
St. Curig of Llanbadarn (Welsh, bishop, 6th century)
Sts. Julitta and Cyricus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], mother and three-year-old son, martyred in 304)
Sts. Felix and Maurus (Palestinian, father and son, pilgrims who settled in Italy, 6th century)
Sts. Ferreolus and Ferrutio (from Asia Minor [Turkish], biological brothers, priest and deacon ordained by St. Irenaeus in France, missionaries for thirty years, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 212)
Bl. Guy Vignotelli [Guido] (Italian, disciple of St. Francis, priest, miracle worker, c. 1245)
St. Ismael (French, bishop in Scotland?, 6th century)
St. John Francis Regis [Jean-Francois] (French, Jesuit priest, nursed plague victims, evangelized illiterate farmers, model for the Cure d'Ars, died at age 43 in 1640)
St. Lutgardis of Aywieres (Dutch, Cistercian nun, mystic, d. 1246)
St. Similian of Nantes (French, bishop, d. 310)
St. Simplicius of Bourges (French, father of large family, bishop, d. 477)
St. Tychon of Amathus (Cypriot, bishop, fought the cult of Aphrodite, c. 450)

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 16, 2002

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Jmj

On June 16, 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. Actinea and Graecina of Volterra (Italian, virgins, martyred by beheading in 4th century)
St. Aurelian of Arles (French, bishop, papal legate, c. 550)
Sts. Aureus, Justina, and companions, of Mainz (German ... bishop, his sister, and others ... martyred by Huns in the midst of Mass)
St. Benno of Meissen (German, bishop, d. 1106)
St. Berthaldus (French, hermit, priest, c. 540)
St. Cettin of Oran (Irish, auxiliary bishop to St. Patrick, 5th century)
St. Colman McRoi (Irish, deacon, abbot, 6th century)
St. Curig of Llanbadarn (Welsh, bishop, 6th century)
Sts. Julitta and Cyricus of Iconium (from Asia Minor [Turkish], mother and three-year-old son, martyred in 304)
Sts. Felix and Maurus (Palestinian, father and son, pilgrims who settled in Italy, 6th century)
Sts. Ferreolus and Ferrutio (from Asia Minor [Turkish], biological brothers, priest and deacon ordained by St. Irenaeus in France, missionaries for thirty years, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 212)
Bl. Guy Vignotelli of Cortona [Guido] (Italian, disciple of St. Francis, priest, miracle worker, c. 1245)
St. Ismael of Menevia (French, bishop in Scotland?, 6th century)
St. John Francis Regis of Fontcouverte [Jean-Francois] (French, Jesuit priest, nursed plague victims, evangelized illiterate farmers, model for the Cure d'Ars, died at age 43 in 1640)
St. Lutgardis of Aywieres (Dutch, Cistercian nun, mystic, d. 1246)
Bl. Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Schinina of Ragusa [Maria del Sacro Cuore di Gesu] (Italian, virgin, founded Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, d. 1910 [beatified 1990])
Bl. Mary Teresa Scherer of Meggen [Maria Theresia] [baptized Anna Maria Katarina] (Swiss, virgin, Franciscan tertiary, co-founded Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl, d. 1888 [beatified 1995])
Bl. Peter Snow of Ripon (English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1598 [beatified 1987])
St. Richard Backedine of Chichester [also known as Richard of Wych] (English, chancellor of Oxford University, bishop, d. 1253)
St. Similian of Nantes (French, bishop, d. 310)
St. Simplicius of Bourges (French, father of large family, bishop, d. 477)
St. Tychon of Amathus (Cypriot, bishop, fought the cult of Aphrodite, c. 450)

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.