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Today, June 21, 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. Aloysius Gonzaga [Aluigi] (Italian, Jesuit novice, caught plague from those he nursed, died at age 23 in 1591)
St. Aaron (French, hermit, abbot, 6th century)
St. Agofredus of Saint-Leufroy (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 739)
St. Alban of Mainz (Greek, missionary priest in Germany, martyred by Arian heretics c. 400)
St. Corbmac of Durrow (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
Sts. Cyriacus and Apollinaris (North African, early martyrs)
St. Demetria (Roman, virgin, martyr, d. 363)
Bl. Dominic of Comacchio (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 821)
St. Engelmund of Vebsen (English, Benedictine abbot in Holland, c. 739)
St. Eusebius of Samosata (Syrian, bishop, opposed heresies, martyred [hit by roof tile thrown by Arian woman] c. 379)
St. John Rigby (English, servant, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1600 [canonized 1970])
St. Lazarus (poor beggar of Jesus's parable [Luke 16])
St. Leutfridus (French, schoolteacher, hermit, abbot, d. 738)
St. Martin of Tongres (Belgian, bishop, c. 350)
St. Méen of Brittany (Welsh, abbot in France, d. 617)
St. Ralph of Bourges [Raoul] (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 866)
St. Raymund of Barbastro (French, Augustinian canon, bishop in Spain, d. 1126)
Sts. Rufinus and Martia (Sicilian, early martyrs)
St. Terence of Iconium (from Asian Minor [Turkish], bishop, 1st century)
St. Urciscenus of Pavia (Italian, bishop, c. 216)
Bl. Wolfrid of Hohentwiel (German, Benedictine abbot, c. 990)

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 21, 2002

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Jmj

On June 21, 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. Aloysius Gonzaga of Castiglione delle Stivieri [Aluigi] (Italian, Jesuit novice, caught plague from those he nursed, died at age 23 in 1591)

St. Aaron of Cesambre (French, hermit, abbot, 6th century)
St. Agofredus of Saint-Leufroy (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 739)
St. Alban of Mainz (Greek, missionary priest in Germany, martyred by Arian heretics c. 400)
St. Corbmac of Durrow (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
Sts. Cyriacus and Apollinaris (North African, early martyrs)
St. Demetria of Rome (Italian, virgin, martyr, d. 363)
Bl. Dominic of Comacchio (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 821)
St. Engelmund of Vebsen (English, Benedictine abbot in Holland, c. 739)
St. Eusebius of Samosata (Syrian, bishop, opposed heresies, martyred [hit by roof tile thrown by Arian woman] c. 379)
St. John Rigby of Harrock Hall (English, servant, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 30 under Elizabeth I in 1600 [canonized 1970])
St. Lazarus (poor beggar of Jesus's parable [Luke 16])
St. Leutfridus (French, schoolteacher, hermit, abbot, d. 738)
St. Martin of Tongres (Belgian, bishop, c. 350)
St. Meen of Brittany (Welsh, abbot in France, d. 617)
St. Ralph of Bourges [Raoul] (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 866)
St. Raymond of Barbastro (French, Augustinian canon, bishop in Spain, d. 1126)
Sts. Rufinus and Martia of Siracusa (Sicilian, early martyrs)
St. Terence of Iconium (from Asian Minor [Turkish], bishop, 1st century)
St. Urciscenus of Pavia (Italian, bishop, c. 216)
Bl. Wolfrid of Hohentwiel (German, Benedictine abbot, c. 990)

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 21, 2003.