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Today, July 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. Ambrose Autpert (French, tutor of Bl. Charlemagne, Benedictine abbot in Italy, exegete, c. 778)
St. Arsenius the Great (Roman, hermit in Egypt, c. 450)
St. Aurea of Cordova (Spanish, widow, nun, martyred by beheading in 856)
Bl. Bernard of Rodez (French, Benedictine abbot, cardinal, papal legate to Germany and Spain, d. 1079)
St. Epaphras (Greek?, disciple of St. Paul [Col. 1], bishop, martyred in 1st century)
St. Felix of Verona (Italian, bishop)
Bl. Hroznata (Czech, widower, Norbertine monk in Bavaria, martyred by starvation in 1217)
St. Jerome of Pavia (Italian, bishop, d. 787)
St. John Plessington (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1679 [canonized 1970]) Sts. Justa and Rufina (Spanish, biological sisters, potters, tortured [racked] and martyred in 287)
St. Macrina the Younger (Cappadocian [Turkish], nun, d. 379)
St. Martin of Trier (German, bishop, c. 210)
St. Stephen del Lupo (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1191)
Bl. Stilla of Abenberg (German, virgin, c. 1141)
Pope St. Symmachus (Sardinian [Italian], archdeacon in Rome, elected to papacy in 498, reigned until death in 514)

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), July 19, 2002

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Jmj

On July 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. Ambrose Autpert (French, tutor of Bl. Charlemagne, Benedictine abbot in Italy, exegete, c. 778)
St. Arsenius the Great of Rome (Italian, hermit in Egypt, c. 450)
St. Aurea of Cordova (Spanish, widow, nun, martyred by beheading in 856)
Bl. Bernard of Rodez (French, Benedictine abbot, cardinal, papal legate to Germany and Spain, d. 1079)
St. Epaphras of Colossae (Greek?, disciple of St. Paul [Col. 1], bishop, martyred in 1st century)
St. Felix of Verona (Italian, bishop)
Bl. Hroznata of Tepl (Czech, widower, Norbertine monk in Bavaria, martyred by starvation in 1217)
St. Jerome of Pavia (Italian, bishop, d. 787)
St. John Plessington of Dimples [alias William Scarisbrick] (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 42 under Charles II in 1679 [canonized 1970])
Sts. Justa and Rufina of Seville (Spanish, biological sisters, potters, tortured [racked] and martyred in 287)
St. Macrina the Younger of Caesarea (Cappadocian [Turkish], nun, d. 379)
St. Martin of Trier (German, bishop, c. 210)
St. Stephen del Lupo of San Liberatore di Majella [Stefano] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1191)
Bl. Stilla of Abenberg (German, virgin, c. 1141)
Pope St. Symmachus of Sardinia (Italian, archdeacon in Rome, elected to papacy in 498, reigned until death in 514)

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 19, 2003.