June 23 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, June 23, 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. Agrippina (Roman, virgin, martyred c. 262)
St. Etheldreda (English, princess, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 679)
Bl. Felix of Cīteaux (French, Cistercian monk, d. 1113)
St. Felix of Sutri (Italian, priest, martyred by scourging in 257)
St. Hidulphus of Lobbes (Belgian, count, Benedictine monk, c. 707)
St. James of Toul (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 769)
St. John of Rome (Italian, priest, martyred by beheading in 362)
St. Joseph Cafasso (Italian, priest, moral theologian, college administrator, teacher of St. John Bosco, d. 1860 [canonized 1947])
Bl. Lanfranc Beccaria (Italian, bishop, d. 1194)
St. Libert of Cambrai (French, bishop, d. 1076)
Bl. Marie d'Oignies (Belgian, nurse of lepers, widow, hermitess, mystic, d. 1213)
St. Moeliai of Nendrum (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, abbot, c. 493)
St. Peter of Juilly (English, Benedictine monk in France, chaplain of nuns, d. 1136)
Bl. Peter James of Pesaro (Italian, Augustinian friar, c. 1496)
Bl. Thomas Corsini (Italian, Servite brother, beggar of alms, visionary, d. 1343)
St. Thomas Garnet (English, Jesuit priest, martyred by hanging in 1608 [canonized 1970])
St. Walhere of Dinant (Belgian, parish priest, martyred c. 13th century)
Sts. Zeno and Zenas (Palestinians, rich man and his emancipated slave, martyred by beheading c. 304)

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 23, 2002

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Jmj

On June 23, 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. Agrippina of Rome (Italian, virgin, martyred c. 262)
St. Etheldreda of Exning [also known as Audrey] (English, princess, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 679)
Bl. Felix of Cīteaux (French, Cistercian monk, d. 1113)
St. Felix of Sutri (Italian, priest, martyred by scourging in 257)
St. Hidulphus of Lobbes (Belgian, count, Benedictine monk, c. 707)
St. James of Toul (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 769)
St. John of Rome (Italian, priest, martyred by beheading in 362)
St. Joseph Cafasso of Castelnuova d'Asti [Giuseppe] (Italian, priest, moral theologian, college administrator, teacher of St. John Bosco, d. 1860 [canonized 1947])
Bl. Lanfranco Beccaria of Pavia (Italian, bishop, d. 1194)
St. Libert of Cambrai (French, bishop, d. 1076)
Bl. Marie d'Oignies of Nivelles (Belgian, nurse of lepers, widow, hermitess, mystic, d. 1213)
Bl. Mary Raphael Cimatti of Celle di Faenza [Maria Raffaella] [baptized Sanctina] (virgin, member of Religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy for the Sick, d. 1945 [beatified 1996])
St. Moeliai of Nendrum (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, abbot, c. 493)
St. Peter of Juilly (English, Benedictine monk in France, chaplain of nuns, d. 1136)
Bl. Peter James of Pesaro [Pietro Giacomo] (Italian, Augustinian friar, c. 1496)
Bl. Thomas Corsini of Orvieto [Tommaso] (Italian, Servite brother, beggar of alms, visionary, d. 1343)
St. Thomas Garnet of Southwark (English, Jesuit priest, martyred by hanging under James I in 1608 [canonized 1970])
St. Walhere of Dinant (Belgian, parish priest, martyred c. 13th century)
Sts. Zeno and Zenas of Philadelphia (Palestinians, rich man and his emancipated slave, martyred by beheading c. 304)

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 23, 2003.


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