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On July 24, 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. Aliprandus of Ciel d'Oro (Italian, Benedictine abbot, 8th century)
Bl. Antony Turriani of Milan [Antonio] (Italian, physician, Augustinian Friar, hermit, died at about age 50 in 1694 [beatified 1759])
Sts. Boris and Glev [baptized Romanus and David] (Ukrainian, brother princes [sons of St. Vladimir], murdered at about age 15 to 20 in 1015 [canonized 1724])
St. Christiana of Termonde (British, princess, nun in Belgium, 7th century)
St. Christina of Bolsena (Roman, virgin, martyred by arrows in 4th century?)
St. Christina the Astonishing of Brustheim (Belgian, orphan, eccentric wonder worker, nun, died at about age 74 in 1224)
St. Christina of Tyre (Phoenician [Lebanese], virgin, early martyr)
St. Declan of Desi (Irish, bishop of Ardmore, 5th century)
St. Dictinus of Astorga (Spanish, one-time heretic, bishop, d. 420)
St. Germoc of Cornwall (Irish, chieftain who settled in England, 6th century)
St. Godo of Oye (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 690)
Bl. John Tavalli of Tossignano [Giovanni] (Italian, bishop of Ferrara, translated Bible into Italian, d. 1446)
St. John Boste of Dufton [or Boast] (English, priest, tortured [racked] and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 50 under Elizabeth I in 1594 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])
St. Joseph Fernandez of Ventosa de la Cueva [José] (Spanish, Dominican priest, missionary in Vietnam, martyred by beheading at about age 63 in 1838 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
St. Kinga of Esztergom (Hungarian, princess, Franciscan tertiary, queen of Poland, widow, Poor Clare nun, virgin despite 40 years of marriage, died at about age 68 in 1292 [beatified 1690, canonized 1999])
St. Lewina of Berg (British, virgin, martyred in 5th century)
Bl. Louise of Savoy (French, widow, Poor Clare nun, died at about age 41 in 1503 [beatified 1839])
Bl. Mary of the Angels of St. Joseph of Getafe [Maria Angeles de San José], Bl. Mary Pilar of St. Francis Borgia of Tarazona [Maria Pilar de San Francisco Borgia], and Bl. Teresa of the Child Jesus and of St. John of the Cross of Mochales [Teresa del Nino Jesus y de San Juan de la Cruz] (Spanish, Carmelite nuns, martyred [shot by Communists in the Civil War] at ages 30/58/27 in 1936 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Maria Mercedes of the Sacred Heart Prat y Prat of Barcelona [baptized Mercedes] (Spanish, sister of the Society of St. Teresa of Jesus, martyred by shooting at age 56 in 1936 [beatified 1990])
Bl. Maximilian Binkiewicz of Zarnowiec [Maksymilian] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis [beaten to death] at Dachau [Germany] at age 29 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Menefrida of Cornwall (British, virgin, 5th century)
Sts. Meneus and Capito (early martyrs)
Bl. Modestino of Jesus and Mary Mazzarella of Frattamaggiore [Modestino di Gesu e Maria] [baptized Domenico (Dominic)] (Italian, Franciscan priest, died at age 51 in 1854 [beatified 1995])
Sts. Niceta and Aquilina (early martyrs)
Bl. Nicolas Garlick of Dinting, Bl. Richard Simpson of Well, and Bl. Robert Ludlam of Radbourne (English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I [at about age 33, 35, and 37] in 1588 [beatified 1987])
St. Sigolena of Troclar (French, noblewoman, widow, Benedictine abbess, c. 769)
St. Ursicinus of Sens (French, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 380)
Sts. Victor, Stercatius, and Antinogenes, of Merida (Spanish?, biological brothers?, martyred in 304)
St. Vincent of Rome (Italian, early martyr)
Sts. Wulfhade and Ruffinus of Mercia (British, brother princes, martyred in 675)

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 24, 2004

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