July 16 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, July 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, "Our Lady of Mount Carmel."
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Athenogenes (from Asia Minor?, theologian, bishop, early martyr by fire)
St. Domnio of Bergamo (Italian, martyred c. 295)
St. Eustathius of Antioch (Pamphylian [Turkish], bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 338)
St. Faustus (martyre [crucified and shot by arrows] in 250)
St. Fulrad of Saint-Denis (French, Benedictine abbot, counselor to emperors, d. 784)
St. Generosus of Poitou (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 682)
St. Helier of Tongres (Belgian, hermit on English island, martyred in 6th century)
Bl. Irmengard of Chiemsee (German, princess, Benedictine abbess, d. 866)
Bl. Marie Saint-Henri and Bl. Marie-Madeleine du Saint-Sacrement [baptized Marguerite-Eléonore and Madeleine-Françoise de Justamond] (French, biological sisters, Cisterician nuns, martyred [guillotined] by revolutionaries in 1794 [beatified 1925])
Bl. Milo of Selincourt (French, Norbertine abbot, d. 1159)
St. Reineldis (Belgian, nun, martyred by pagan Huns c. 680)
St. Sinach MacDara (fisherman, 6th century)
St. Sisenandus of Cordova (Portuguese, deacon in Spain, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 851)
St. Tenenan of Léon (English, hermit in France, bishop, c. 635)
St. Valentine of Trier (German, bishop, martyred c. 305)
St. Vitalian of Capua (Italian, bishop)
St. Vitalian of Osimo (Italian, bishop, d. 776)

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@desc.dla.mil), July 18, 2002

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Jmj

On July 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, "Our Lady of Mount Carmel."
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Athenogenes of Pontus (from Asia Minor?, theologian, bishop, early martyr by fire)
Bl. Bartholomew Fernandes dos Martires of Lisbon [Bartolomeu] (Portuguese, Dominican friar, archbishop, d. 1590 [beatified 2001])
Blessed Martyrs of Brazil (27 Brazilian, one Portuguese, one Spanish, one French ... two Jesuit parish priests and 28 parishioners ... tortured and martyred by Dutch Calvinist fanatics and local Indians in 1645 [beatified 2000])
[Some of the horrible tortures endured: limbs were severed ... heads cut off ... burned ... eyes, tongues, and noses torn off. One child was pinned to a tree trunk, and another sliced in half with a sword. Bl. Matthew Moreira had his heart ripped out through his back, as he cried: "Praised be the Blessed Sacrament".]
----- Bl. Ambrose Francis Ferro [Ambrosio Francisco] (Portuguese, priest)
----- Bl. Andrew de Soveral [Andre] (priest)
----- Bl. Matthew Moreira [Mateus]
----- Bl. Manuel Rodrigues de Moura and his wife
----- Bl. Steven Machado de Miranda [Estêvão] and his two children
----- Bl. Anthony Vilela Cid [Antonio] (Spanish)
----- Bl. Anthony Vilela [Antonio, the younger] and his son
----- Bl. John Martins [João] and seven young companions
----- Bl. ____ Dias (son of Francisco Dias)
----- Bl. John Lostau Navarro [Jean] (French)
----- Bl. Joseph do Porto [Jose]
----- Bl. Francis de Bastos [Francisco]
----- Bl. James Pereira [Diogo]
----- Bl. Vincent de Souza Pereira [Vincente]
----- Bl. Francis Mendes Pereira [Francisco]
----- Bl. John da Silveira [João]
----- Bl. Simon Correia [Simão]
----- Bl. Anthony Baracho [Antonio]
----- Bl. Dominic Carvalho [Domingos]
St. Domnio of Bergamo (Italian, martyred c. 295)
St. Eustathius of Antioch (Pamphylian [Turkish], bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 338)
St. Faustus (martyred [crucified and shot by arrows] in 250)
St. Fulrad of Saint-Denis (French, Benedictine abbot, counselor to emperors, d. 784)
St. Generosus of Poitou (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 682)
St. Helier of Tongres (Belgian, hermit on English island, martyred in 6th century)
Bl. Irmengard of Chiemsee (German, princess, Benedictine abbess, d. 866)
Bl. John Sugar of Wombourne (English, priest, martyred at about age 46 under James I in 1604 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Milo of Selincourt (French, Norbertine abbot, d. 1159)
St. Reineldis of Saintes (Belgian, nun, martyred by pagan Huns c. 680)
Bl. Robert Grissold of Romington (English, layman, martyred under James I in 1604 [beatified 1987])
St. Sinach MacDara (fisherman, 6th century)
St. Sisenandus of Cordova (Portuguese, deacon in Spain, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 851)
St. Tenenan of Léon (English, hermit in France, bishop, c. 635)
St. Valentine of Trier (German, bishop, martyred c. 305)
St. Vitalian of Capua (Italian, bishop)
St. Vitalian of Osimo (Italian, bishop, d. 776)

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), July 16, 2003.


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