June 19 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, June 19, 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. Romuald (Italian, Benedictine abbot, founder of Camaldolese hermits, d. 1027 [incorruptible])
St. Boniface of Querfurt [baptized Bruno] (German, Camaldolese monk, archbishop, d. 1009)
St. Deodatus of Nevers (French, bishop, hermit, abbot in Germany, d. 679)
St. Deodatus of Jointures (French, bishop, hermit, Benedictine monk, c. 680)
Sts. Gaudentius, Culmatius, Andrew, and 55 companions (Italian ... bishop, deacon, and laity ... martyred in 364)
Sts. Gervase and Protase (Italian, twin brothers, sons of saints, martyred by beating and beheading in 2nd century)
St. Hildegrin of Châlons-sur-Marne (German, missionary, bishop in France, c. 827)
Bl. Humphrey Middlemore (English, Carthusian monk, died by hanging in 1535)
St. Innocent of Le Mans (French, bishop for over 40 years, d. 559)
St. Juliana Falconieri [Giuliana] (Italian, noblewoman, first superior of Servite nuns, d. 1340)
Bl. Odo of Cambrai (French, headmaster, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 1113)
Bl. Sebastian Newdigate (English, widower, priest, king's privy counselor, Carthusian monk, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1535)
Bl. Thomas Woodhouse (English, Jesuit priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1573)
St. Ursicinus of Ravenna (Italian, physician, martyred c. 67)
Bl. William Exmew (English, Carthusian sub-prior, martyred in 1535)
St. Zosimus of Spoleto (Italian, martyred in 110)

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 19, 2002

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Jmj

On June 19, 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. Romuald of Ravenna [Romualdo] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, founder of Camaldolese hermits, d. 1027 [incorruptible])

St. Boniface of Querfurt [Bonifaz] [baptized Bruno] (German, Camaldolese monk, archbishop, d. 1009)
St. Deodatus of Nevers (French, bishop, hermit, abbot in Germany, d. 679)
St. Deodatus of Jointures (French, bishop, hermit, Benedictine monk, c. 680)
Sts. Gaudentius, Culmatius, Andrew, and 55 companions, of Arezzo (Italian ... bishop, deacon, and laity ... martyred in 364)
Sts. Gervase and Protase of Milan (Italian, twin brothers, sons of saints, martyred by beating and beheading in 2nd century)
St. Hildegrin of Châlons-sur-Marne (German, missionary, bishop in France, c. 827)
Bl. Humphrey Middlemore (English, Carthusian monk, died by hanging in 1535)
St. Innocent of Le Mans (French, bishop for over 40 years, d. 559)
St. Juliana Falconieri of Florence [Giuliana] (Italian, noblewoman, first superior of Servite nuns, d. 1340)
Bl. Odo of Cambrai (French, headmaster, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 1113)
Bl. Sebastian Newdigate (English, widower, priest, king's privy counselor, Carthusian monk, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Henry VIII in 1535 [beatified 1886])
Bl. Thomas Woodhouse (English, Jesuit priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1573 [beatified 1886])
St. Ursicinus of Ravenna (Italian, physician, martyred c. 67)
Bl. William Exmew (English, Carthusian sub-prior, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Henry VIII in 1535 [beatified 1886])
St. Zosimus of Spoleto (Italian, martyred in 110)

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 19, 2003.


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