Jmj

Today, July 18, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Blessed Alanus of Sassovivo (Austrian, Benedictine monk, hermit in Italy, d. 1313)
St. Arnulf of Metz (French, courtier, soldier, bishop, hermit, d. 640)
Bl. Bertha of Marbais (French, widow, Cistercian abbess, d. 1247)
St. Bruno of Segni (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, counselor to four popes, bishop, Vatican librarian, papal legate, d. 1123)
Bl. Dominic Nicholas Dat (Vietnamese, soldier, martyred by strangling in 1838 [beatified 1900])
Sts. Edburga and Edith of Aylesbury (English, princesses, Benedictine nuns, c. 650)
St. Emilian (Bulgarian, martyred in 362)
St. Frederick of Utrecht [Fridrich] (Dutch, bishop, martyred by stabbing in 838)
St. Goneri of Brittany (English, hermit in France, 6th century)
St. Gundenis (Carthaginian [North African], virgin, martyred in 203)
St. Hervé of Anjou (English, hermit in France, d. 1130)
St. Marina of Orense (Spanish, virgin, early martyr)
St. Maternus of Milan (Italian, bishop, c. 307)
St. Minnborinus of Cologne (Irish, missionary to Germany, Benedictine abbot, d. 986)
St. Pambo of the Nitrian Desert (Egyptian, abbot, c. 390)
St. Philastrius of Brescia (Spanish, bishop in Italy, opposed Arian heresy, champion of the poor, c. 387)
Bl. Robert of Salentino (Italian, Celestine abbot, d. 1341)
St. Rufilius of Forlimpopoli (Italian, bishop, d. 382)
Sts. Symphorosa, Crescens, Julian, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justin, Stacteus, and Eugene. (Italian, widow and seven sons, martyred c. 135)
St. Theneva of Glasgow (Scottish, princess, 7th century)

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 18, 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:

Bl. Alanus of Sassovivo (Austrian, Benedictine monk, hermit in Italy, d. 1313)
St. Arnulf of Metz (French, courtier, soldier, bishop, hermit, d. 640)
Bl. Bertha of Marbais [Berthe] (French, widow, Cistercian abbess, d. 1247)
St. Bruno of Segni (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, counselor to four popes, bishop, Vatican librarian, papal legate, d. 1123)
St. Dominic Nicholas Dinh Dat of Tonkin (Vietnamese, soldier, martyred by strangling in 1838 [canonized 1988])
Sts. Edburga and Edith of Aylesbury (English, princesses, Benedictine nuns, c. 650)
St. Emilian of Silistria (Bulgarian, martyred in 362)
St. Frederick of Utrecht [Fridrich] (Dutch, bishop, martyred by stabbing in 838)
St. Goneri of Brittany (English, hermit in France, 6th century)
St. Gundenis of Carthage (North African, virgin, martyred in 203)
St. Harvey of Anjou [Hervé] (English, hermit in France, d. 1130)
St. Marina of Orense (Spanish, virgin, early martyr)
St. Maternus of Milan (Italian, bishop, c. 307)
St. Minnborinus of Cologne (Irish, missionary to Germany, Benedictine abbot, d. 986)
St. Pambo of the Nitrian Desert (Egyptian, abbot, c. 390)
St. Philastrius of Brescia (Spanish, bishop in Italy, opposed Arian heresy, champion of the poor, c. 387)
Bl. Robert of Salentino [Roberto] (Italian, Celestine abbot, d. 1341)
St. Rufilius of Forlimpopoli (Italian, bishop, d. 382)
Sts. Symphorosa, Crescens, Julian, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justin, Stacteus, and Eugene, of Tivoli (Italian, widow and seven sons, martyred c. 135)
St. Theneva of Glasgow (Scottish, princess, 7th century)

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 18, 2003.