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On July 7, 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. Ampelius of Milan (Italian, bishop, c. 672)
St. Angelelmus of Auxerre (French, abbot, bishop, d. 828)
St. Apollonius of Brescia (Italian, early bishop)
Sts. Astius of Dyrrachium, Peregrinus, Lucian, Pompeius, Hesychius, Papius, Saturninus, and Germanus (Greek [1] and Italian [7], bishop and refugee laymen, martyred [bishop crucified, others drowned] in Greece c. 120)
Pope Bl. Benedict XI Boccasini of Treviso [Benedetto] [baptized Niccolo] (Italian, raised by an uncle [a priest], Dominican master general, diplomat, cardinal bishop of Ostia, elected to papacy in 1303, reigned until death at about age 64 in 1304 [beatified 1736])
St. Bonitus of Monte Cassino (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 582)
Sts. Claudius, Nicostratus, Castorius, Victorinus, and Symphorina (martyred c. 288)
St. Ethelburga of Faremoutiers [also known as Ercongata] (English, Benedictine abbess in France, c. 664 [incorruptible])
St. Felix of Nantes (French, nobleman, bishop, peacemaker, d. 584)
St. Hedda of Winchester (English, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 705)
St. Illidius of Clermont (French, bishop, d. 385)
Bl. Laurence Humphrey of Hampshire (English, layman, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I at age 20 c. 1591 [beatified 1929])
St. Maolruain of Tallaght (Irish, abbot, c. 792)
Bl. Maria Romero Meneses of Granada (Nicaraguan, Salesian sister, cared for poor and children in Costa Rica, died at age 75 in 1977 [beatified 2002])
Sts. Medran and Odran (Irish, biological brothers, monk and abbot, 6th century)
St. Merryn of Cornwall (French or English)
St. Odo of Urgell (Spanish, military officer, bishop, d. 1122)
St. Palladius of Rome (Italian, bishop of Leinster in Ireland, missionary in Scotland, d. 432)
St. Pantaenus of Alexandria (Sicilian, catechist in Egypt, missionary in India or Ethiopia, c. 216)
Bl. Roger Dickenson of Lincoln and Bl. Ralph Milner of Stackstead (English, priest and plowman who helped him, martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I in 1591 [beatified 1929])
St. Sethrida of Faremoutiers-en-Brie (English, Benedictine abbess in France, c. 660)

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. Additional 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 07, 2004

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