July 30 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On July 30, 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. Peter Chrysologus of Imola [“chrysologos” is Greek for “golden word”] (Italian, adult convert, bishop of Ravenna, fought paganism and Monophysite heresy, great preacher, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 70 c. 450)

Sts. Abdon and Sennen (Persian, coopers, buried remains of martyrs, martyred in Rome in 3rd or 4th century)
Bl. Archangel of Calafatimi [Arcangelo] (Sicilian, hermit, Franciscan friar, d. 1460 [beatified 1836])
Bl. Edward Powell, Bl. Richard Featherstone of Brecknock, and Bl. Thomas Abel (1 Welsh, 2 English ... counselor of Queen Catherine/ confessor and tutor of Princess Mary/ queen's chaplain ... martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Henry VIII in 1540 [beatified 1886]) [Bl. Thomas died at about age 43.]
St. Ermengytha of Thanet (British, Benedictine nun, c. 680)
Bl. Everard Hanse of Northamptonshire (English, priest, martyred by hanging under Elizabeth I in 1581 [beatified 1886])
St. Hatebrand of Olden-Klooster (Dutch, Benedictine abbot, d. 1198)
Blessed Hospitaller Martyrs of Spain (64 Spanish men, 7 Colombian men ... 71 members of Order of the Hospitallers of St. John of God [6 priests, 47 brothers, 13 novices, 1 postulant, 4 oblates], martyred in Civil War in 1936 [beatified 1992]) [In the list below, assume "Spanish" unless "Colombian" is mentioned.]
--- Priests:
----- Bl. Braulio Maria Corres Diaz de Cerio of Torralba del Rio [baptized Pablo (Paul)] (died at age 39)
----- Bl. Cristinos Roca Huguet of Milins de Rey (died at age 37)
----- Bl. Francis Arias Martín of Granada [Francisco] (died at age 52)
----- Bl. Frederick Rubio Alvarez of Benavides de Orbigo [Federico] [baptized Carlos (Charles)] (died at age 74)
----- Bl. John Jesus Adradas Gonzalo of Conquezuela [Juan Jesús] (died at age 58)
----- Bl. Joseph Mora Velasco of Cordoba [José] (died at age 50)
--- Brothers:
----- Bl. Arthur Ayala Niño of Paipa [Arturo] (Colombian, died at age 27)
----- Bl. Arthur Donoso Murillo of Puebla de Alcocer [Arturo] (died at age 19)
----- Bl. Benedict Joseph Labré Mañoso González of Lomoviejo [Benito José Labré] (died at age 57)
----- Bl. Benjamín Cobos Celada of Palencia (brother, died at age 49)
----- Bl. Caesar Niño Pérez of Torregutierrez [Cesar] (died at age 58)
----- Bl. Carmel Gil Arano of Tudela [Carmelo] (died at age 57)
----- Bl. Caspar Páez Perdomo of Unión [Gaspar] (Colombian, died at age 23)
----- Bl. Cecil López López of Fondón [Cecilio] (died at age 35)
----- Bl. Clement Díez Sahagún of Fuentes de Nava [Clemente] (died at age 75)
----- Bl. Constantine Roca Huguet of San Sadurní de Noya [Constantino] (died at age 41)
----- Bl. Cosmas Brun Arará of Santa Coloma di Farnes [Cosme] (died at age 42)
----- Bl. Dositheus Rubio Alonso of Madrigalejo [Dositeo] (died at age 67)
----- Bl. Eugene Ramírez Salazar of La Ceja [Eugenio] (Colombian, died at age 23)
----- Bl. Eusebius Forcades Ferraté of Reus [Eusebio] (died at age 61)
----- Bl. Euthymius Aramendía García of Oteiza de la Solana [Eutimio] (died at age 58)
----- Bl. Faustino Villanueva Igual of Sarrión (died at age 23)
----- Bl. Flavius Argüeso González of Mazuecos de Valdeginate [Flavio] (died at age 59)
----- Bl. Gonzalo Gonzalo Gonzalo of Conquezuela (died at age 27)
----- Bl. Hilary Delgado Vilchez of Cañar [Hilario] (died at age 18)
----- Bl. Hyacinth Hoyuelos Gonzalo of Materrepudio [Jacinto] (died at age 22)
----- Bl. Francis Xavier Ponsa Casallach of Moya [Francisco Javier] (died at age 20)
----- Bl. James of Cádiz García Molina of Moral de Calatrava [Diego de Cádiz] (died at age 44)
----- Bl. Jerome Ochoa Urdangarin of Goñi [Geronimo] (died at age 32)
----- Bl. Jesús Gesta de Piquer of Madrid (died at age 21)
----- Bl. John Anthony Burró Más of Barcelona [Juan Antonio] (died at age 22)
----- Bl. John Baptist Velázquez Peláez of Jardín [Juan Bautista] (Colombian, died at age 27)
----- Bl. John of the Cross Delgado Pastor of Puebla de Alcocer [Juan de la Cruz] (died at age 22)
----- Bl. Julián Carrasquer Fos of Sueca (died at age 55)
----- Bl. Julián Plazaola Artola of San Sebastian (died at age 21)
----- Bl. Knute Franco Gómez of Aljucer [Canuto] (died at age 65)
----- Bl. Lazarus Múgica Goiburu of Idiazabal [Lázaro] (died at age 69)
----- Bl. Martinian Meléndez Sánchez of Malaga [Martiniano] (died at age 58)
----- Bl. Melchiades Ramírez Zuloaga of Sonsón [Melquiades] (Colombian, died at age 27)
----- Bl. Michael Rueda Mejías of Mordi [Miguel] (died at age 21)
----- Bl. Nicephorus Salvador del Río of Villamorco [Nicéforo] (died at age 23)
----- Bl. Peter Mary Alcalde Negredo of Ledesma [Pedro Maria] (died at age 58)
----- Bl. Peter of Alcántara Villanueva Larráyoz of Osinaga [Pedro de Alcántara] (died at age 55)
----- Bl. Primo of St. Vincent Martínez Castillo of San Roman de Campezo [Primo de San Vicente] (died at age 67)
----- Bl. Proceso Ruiz Cascales of Beniel (died at age 49)
----- Bl. Protase Cubells Minguell of Coll de Nargó [Protacio] (died at age 56)
----- Bl. Reuben of Jesus López Aguilar of Concepción [Rúben de Jesús] (Colombian, died at age 28)
----- Bl. Roman Touceda Fernández of Madrid [Román] (died at age 32)
----- Bl. Rufinus Lasheras Aizcorbe of Arandigoyen [Rufino] (died at age 36)
----- Bl. Steven Maya Gutiérrez of Pacora [Esteban] (Colombian, (died at age 29)
----- Bl. Tobías Borrás Román of Villa de San Jorge (died at age 75)
----- Bl. Vincent de Paul Canelles Vives of Onda [Vicente de Pablo] (died at age 42)
----- Bl. William Llop Gaya of Villareal [Guillermo] (died at age 56)
--- Novices:
----- Bl. Angelo Sastre Corporales of Villalbo del Vino (died at age 20)
----- Bl. Anthony Llauradó Parisi of Reus [Antonio] (died at age 26)
----- Bl. Anthony Martínez Gil-Leonis of Montellano [Antonio] (died at age 20)
----- Bl. Anthony Sanchiz Silvestre of Villamarchante [Antonio] (died at age 26)
----- Bl. Dominic Pitarch Gurrea of Villareal [Domingo] (died at age 27)
----- Bl. Emmanuel López Orbara of Puente de la Reina [Manuel] (died at age 23)
----- Bl. Henry Beltrán Llorca of Villareal [Enrique] (died at age 37)
----- Bl. Ignatius Tejero Molina of Monzalbarba [Ignacio] (died at age 20)
----- Bl. Isidore Martínez Izquierdo of Madrid [Isidro]
----- Bl. John Alcalde Alcalde of Zuzones [Juan] (died at age 25)
----- Bl. Peter of Alcántara Bernalte Calzado of Moral de Calatrava [Pedro de Alcántara] (died at age 26)
----- Bl. Raphael Flamarique Salinas of Mendívil [Rafael] (died at age 33)
----- Bl. Thomas Urdánoz Aldaz of Echarri [Tomás] (died at age 33)
--- Postulant:
----- Bl. Joseph Ruiz Cuesta of Dilar [José] (died at age 29)
--- Oblates:
----- Bl. Acisclus Piña Piazuelo of Caspe [Acisclo] (died at age 58)
----- Bl. Edward Bautista Jiménez of La Gineta [Eduardo] (died at age 51)
----- Bl. Emmanuel Jiménez Salado of Jerez de la Frontera [Manuel] (died at age 29)
----- Bl. John Baptist Egozcuezábal Aldaz of Nuin [Juan Bautista] (died at age 54)
St. Julitta of Caesarea (Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], widow, martyred by asphyxiation in 303)
St. Leopold Mandic of Castelnovo [baptized Bogdan] (Dalmatian [from part of what is now Bosnia], Capuchin priest in Italy, heard confessions all day after Mass for forty years, died [cancer of esophagus] at age 76 in 1942 [beatified 1976, canonized 1983])
Bl. Manes de Guzmán of Calaruega (Spanish, elder brother of St. Dominic, Dominican friar in France, nuns' chaplain in Spain, d. 1230 [beatified 1834])
St. Mary of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Venegas de la Torre of Jalisco [María de Jesús Sacramentado] [baptized María Natividad] (Mexican, co-founder and superior of Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 90 in 1959 [canonized 2000])
Bl. Mary Vincent of St. Dorothy Chávez Orozco of Cotija [María Vicenta de Santa Dorotea] (Mexican, virgin, founded Congregation the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor, died at age 82 in 1949 [beatified 1997])
Sts. Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda, of Tebourba (North African, virgins, martyred in 304)
King St. Olav of Stockholm (Swedish, monarch for 30 years, convert who established Swedish Christianity, martyred by pagans c. 950)
St. Rheticus of Autun (French, bishop, opposed Donatist heresy, d. 334)
St. Rufinus of Assisi (Italian, early martyr)
St. Tatwin of Canterbury (British, Benedictine monk, archbishop, d. 734)
St. Ursus of Auxerre (French, hermit, bishop, d. 508)

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 30, 2004

Answers



-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), July 30, 2004.

The following heroic woman was accidentally omitted from the list above:

Bl. Sidonia Schelingova of Kriva [Zdenka] [baptized Cecilia] (Slovak, member of Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross, nurse, imprisoned by Communists, tortured, died at age 38 in 1955 [beatified 2003]) [Though she died in a hospital, she was declared a "martyr" by the Church.]

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 03, 2004.


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