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On August 22, we members of the Catholic Church family commemorate the "Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary."
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God, “saints” and “blesseds” whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Agathonicus, Zoticus of Bithynia, and companions (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey] ... patrician, philosopher, and disciples ... martyred in 3rd century)
St. Andrew of Fiesole (Irish or Scottish, Benedictine abbot in Italy, c. 880)
St. Antoninus of Rome (Italian, executioner, convert from paganism, martyred in 186)
St. Arnulf of Eynesbury (British, hermit, 9th century)
Sts. Athanasius of Tarsus, Anthusa of Seleucia, Charisius of Nicaea, and Neophytus of Nicaea (from Asia Minor ... bishop, noblewoman, and her slaves ... martyred c. 257)
Bl. Bernard Perani of Appignano [Bernardo] [baptized Domenico (Dominic)] (Italian, peasant, Capuchin brother, miracle worker, died at age 89 in 1694 [beatified 1795])
St. Ethelgitha of Northumbria (British, Benedictine abbess, c. 720)
Sts. Fabrician and Philibert (Spanish, early martyrs)
St. Gunifort of Pavia (British or Irish, early martyr in Italy)
St. John Kemble of Saint Weonard's (English, priest, martyred by hanging under Charles II at about age 80 in 1679 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])
St. Joachim of St. Anne Wall of Lancashire [aliases: John Marsh, Francis Dormore, Francis Webb, Francis Johnson] [baptized John] (English, Franciscan priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Charles II at about age 59 in 1679 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])
Bl. Lambert of Chézery (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1151)
Sts. Martial, Saturninus, Epictetus, Maprilis, Felix, and companions (martyred c. 300)
St. Maurus and fifty companions, of Rheims (French, priest and others, martyred c. 260-300)
St. Sigfrid of Wearmouth (British, Benedictine abbot, d. 688)
St. Symphorian of Autun (French, nobleman, martyred by beheading c. 180)
St. Timothy of Antioch (Syrian, priest in Rome, martyred by beheading in 311)
Bl. William Lacey of Horton and Bl. Richard Kirkman of Addingham (English ... widower/priest and priest/tutor, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1582 [beatified 1886])

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), August 21, 2004

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-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), August 21, 2004.