September 4 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On September 4, 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:

Bl. Agnes of Bagno [Agnese] (Italian, Camaldolese nun, c. 1105)
Sts. Ammianus, Julian, Oceanus, and Theodore (martyred by burning at the stake c. 310)
Pope St. Boniface I of Rome (Italian, parish priest, elected to papacy in 418, reigned until death at about age 72 in 423)
St. Caletricus of Chartres (French, bishop, died at about age 51 c. 580)
St. Candida the Elder of Naples (Italian, virgin, martyred c. 78)
Sts. Castus, Magnus, and Maximus, of Galatia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], early martyrs)
Bl. Catherine Mattei of Racconigi [Caterina] (Italian, pauper, Dominican tertiary, virgin, visionary, mystic, died at about age 87 in 1574 [beatified 1810])
St. Cuthbert of Lyminge (British, Benedictine monk, bishop of Hereford, archbishop of Canterbury, d. 758)
St. Frezal of Mende (French, bishop)
St. Hermione of Ephesus (prophetess, martyr, c. 117)
St. Ida of Herzfeld (noblewoman or Charlemagne's court, widow, 9th century)
St. Marinus of Albe [Marino] (Dalmatian [Croatian], stonemason in Italy, bishop, hermit, 5th or 6th century)
St. Marcellus of Lyons (French, priest, martyred c. 178)
St. Marcellus of Trier (German, bishop)
St. Monessa (Irish, virgin, disciple of St. Patrick, died on the day of her baptism in 456)
St. Rhuddlad (Welsh, virgin, 7th century)
St. Rosalia of Palermo (Sicilian, hermitess, c. 1160)
St. Rose of Viterbo [Rosa] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, raised a dead person at age 3, preached in streets at age 10, prophetess, died at about age 18 in 1252 [canonized 1457])
Sts. Rufinus, Silvanus, and Victalicus, of Galatia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], children, early martyrs)
St. Salvinus of Verdun (French, bishop, d. 420)
St. Thamel and companions (converted pagan priest, his sister, and other, martyred in 125)
St. Ultan of Ardbraccan (Irish, bishop, 7th century)

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), September 03, 2004

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