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On September 28, 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:

Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1637 [also known as “St. Lorenzo Ruiz and companions”] (Filipino [1], Spanish [4], Japanese [9], French [1], Italian [1] ... 14 men [9 Dominican priests, 2 brothers, 3 laymen] and 2 women [Dominican tertiaries] ... martyred at Nagasaki between 1633 and 1637 [beatified 1981, canonized 1987])
----- St. Anthony Gonzalez [Antonio] (Spanish, Dominican priest)
----- St. Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia [Domingo] (Spanish, Dominican)
----- St. Francis Shoyemon (Japanese, layman)
----- St. James of St. Mary Kyusei (Japanese)
----- St. Jordan of St. Steven [Jordán de San Esteban] (Spanish, Dominican)
----- St. Lawrence Ruiz of Manila [Lorenzo] (Filipino, married father of three, martyred [crushed after hanging upside down for three days] in 1637)
----- St. Lazarus of Kyoto (Japanese, layman, leper)
----- St. Luke of the Holy Spirit [Luca del Espíritu Santo] (Italian)
----- St. Magdalen of Nagasaki (Japanese, Dominican tertiary)
----- St. Marina of Omura (Japanese, Dominican tertiary)
----- St. Matthew of the Rosary Kohioye (Japanese)
----- St. Michael de Aozaraza [Miguel] (Spanish, Dominican priest)
----- St. Michael Kurobioye (Japanese)
----- St. Thomas of St. Hyacinth Hioji (Japanese)
----- St. Vincent de la Cruz Shiwozuka (Japanese, Dominican priest)
----- St. William Courtet [Guillaume] (French, Dominican priest)

St. Annemund of Lyons (French, king's counselor, bishop, d. 658)
Bl. Bernardine of Feltre [Bernardino] (Italian, Franciscan priest, teacher and preacher, died at about age 55 in 1494 [beatified 1654])
Holy Martyrs of China [also called “St. Augustine Zhao Rong and companions”] (87 Chinese, 13 Italians, 12 French, 6 Spanish, 1 Belgian, 1 Dutch ... 120 people [83 men and 37 women] ... 29 ordained and 91 non-ordained [7 bishops, 18 European priests, 4 Chinese priests, 1 European brother, 7 European sisters, 83 Chinese lay men and women (including 7 seminarians and 11 catechists)], whose names and stories are known, are representative of thousands of Catholic clergy, religious, and laity who were martyred [beheaded, strangled, shot, etc.], sometimes after torture, between 1648 and 1930)
[All 120 were canonized in 2000, but they had been beatified individually or in groups as follows: 5 who died in 1747 or 1748 were beatified in 1893 ... 13 who died between 1814 and 1856 were beatified in 1900 ... 14 who died between 1648 and 1862 were beatified in 1909 ... 29 who died in 1900 were beatified in 1946 ... 1 who died in 1900 was beatified in 1951 ... 56 who died in 1900 were beatified in 1955 ... and 2 who died in 1930 were beatified in 1983]
{Note: Some of these martyrs are also commemorated individually or in a smaller group on other days during the year.}
--- [Bishops:]
----- St. Anthoninus Fantosati of Santa Maria della Valle [Antonino] [baptized Antonio (Anthony)] (Italy, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 58 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Francis Fogolla of Montereggio [Francesco] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 61 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Francis Serrano Frias of Guenejea [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican priest [bishop-elect], tortured [branded, etc.] and strangled at age 53 in 1748 [beatified 1893])
----- St. Gregory Grassi of Castellazzo Bormida [Gregorio] [baptized Pierluigi (Peter Louis)] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 67 [beatified 1946]))
----- St. John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse of Ville-de-Lezoux [Jean-Gabriel] (French, religious of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, died in 1815 at age 65 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Louis Versiglia of Oliva Gessi [Luigi] (Italian, Salesian, shot to death at age 57 in 1930 [beatified 1983])
----- St. Peter Sanz y Jorda of Asco [Pedro] (Spanish, Dominican missionary to Philippines and China for over 30 years, tortured and beheaded at age 67 in 1747 [beatified 1893])
--- [Priests:]
----- St. Alberico Crescitelli of Altavilla (Italian, missionary priest [member of P.I.M.E.], tortured and beheaded at age 37 in 1900 [beatified 1951])
----- St. August Chapdelaine of La Rochelle [Auguste] (French, religious of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, tortured and beheaded at age 42 in 1856 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Augustine Zhao Rong of Su-Tchuen (former soldier, died due to neglect in prison at age 59 in 1815 [beatified 1900]))
----- St. Caesidius Giacomantonio of Fossa Acquilana [Cesidio] [baptized Angelo] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 27 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Callistus Caravario of Cuorgné Canavese [Callisto] (Italian, Salesian, shot to death at age 27 in 1930 [beatified 1983])
----- St. Elijah Facchini of Reno Centese [Elia] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 61 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Francis Diaz del Rincon of Ecija [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican, died in 1748 at age 35 [beatified 1893])
----- St. Francis Mary Lantrua of Molini di Triora [Francesco Maria] [baptized Giovanni (John)] (Italian, Franciscan friar, strangled at age 56 in 1816 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Francis Regis Clet of Grenoble [François- Régis] (French, Vincentian missionary for 30 years, tortured and strangled at age 72 in 1820 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Francis Fernández de Capillas of Baquerín de Campos [Francisco] ["Proto-martyr of China"] (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Phillipines, first Christian martyr in China, tortured and beheaded at age 41 in 1648 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Joachim Rojo Perez of Hinojosa [Joaquín] (Spanish, Dominican missionary in Philippines and China for 36 years, tortured and strangled at about age 57 in 1748 [beatified 1893])
----- St. John Alcober Figuera of Gerona [Juan] (Spanish, Dominican, strangled at age 54 in 1748 [beatified 1893])
----- St. John Peter Néel of Sainte-Catherine-sur-Riviere [Jean-Pierre] (French, member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, died in 1862 at age 30 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Joseph Mary Gambaro of Galliate [Giuseppe Maria] [baptized Bernardo (Bernard)] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 31 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Joseph Yuan Zai-de of Pe-Choui-Hien (stranglied at age 51 in 1817 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Leo Ignatius Mangin of Verny [Leon-Ignace] (French, Jesuit, died in 1900 at age 43 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Modeste Andlauer of Rosheim (French, Jesuit, died in 1900 at age 53 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Paul Denn of Lille (French, Jesuit, died in 1900 at age 53 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Paul Liu Han-zuo of Lezi (died in 1819 at age 41 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Remy Isore of Bambecque (French, schoolteacher, Jesuit missionary, ordained priest in China, died in 1900 at age 48 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Thaddeus Liu Rui-ting of Qunglai (died in 1823 at age 50 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Theodore Balat of Saint-Martin de Tours (French, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 42 [beatified 1946])
--- [Franciscan Brother:]
----- St. Andrew Bauer of Guebwiller [Andrea] (Italian, died in 1900 at age 34 [beatified 1946])
--- [Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, served the poor, all beheaded in 1900:]
----- St. Mary Adolfina Dierkx of Ossendrecht [Marie-Adolphine] [baptized Anna Katarina (Ann Catherine)] (Dutch, factory worker, domestic servant, died at age 34 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Mary Amandina Jeuris of Schakebroek [Marie-Amandine] [baptized Paulina] (Belgian, nurse, died at age 27 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Mary Clare Manetti of Ponte Santa Maria Maddalena [Maria Chiara] [baptized Clelia] (Italian, died at age 28 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Mary Hermina of Jesus Grivot of Beaune [Marie-Hermine-de-Jesus] [baptized Irma] (French, tutor, superior of sisters martyred, died at age 34 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Mary of Peace Giuliani of Bolsena [Maria della Pace] [baptized Maria Anna (Mary Ann)] (Italian, organized an orphanage, died at age 25 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Mary of St. Justus Moreau of La Faye [Marie-de-Saint-Just] [baptized Anne-Françoise (Ann Frances)] (French, farmer, overcame great crisis of faith in China, died at age 34 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Mary of St. Natalie Kerguin of Belle-Isle-en-Terre [Marie-de-Sainte-Nathalie] [baptized Jeanne-Marie (Joan Marie)] (French, peasant, died at age 36 [beatified 1946])
--- [Lay men and women:]
----- St. Agatha Lin Zao of Ma-Tchang (virgin, school teacher, catechist, died in 1858 at age 41 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Agnes Cao Gui-ying of Wu-jia-zhai (widow, died in 1856 at age 35 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Andrew Wang Tian-qing of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 9 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Ann An Jiao of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 26 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Ann An Xin of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 72 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Ann Wang of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 14 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Barbara Cui Lian of Xiao-ti-an (died in 1900 at age 51 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Chi Zhu-ze of De-zhao (catechumen, died in 1900 at age 18 [beatified 1955])
----- Sts. Elizabeth Qin Bian and Simon Qin Kun-fu of Nanpeiluo (mother and son, died in 1900 at ages 54 and 14 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Francis Zhang Rong of Qizi Shan (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 62 [beatified 1946])
----- St. James Yan Guo-dong of Jian-he (died in 1900 at age 47 [beatified 1946])
----- St. James Zhao Quan-xin of Liu-lin-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 44 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Jerome Lu Ting-mei of Mo-kou (catechist, tortured and beheaded at age 47 in 1858 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Joachim Hao Kai-zhi of Zha-zuo (catechist, beheaded at age 65 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. John Baptist Luo Ting-ying of Qing-yian (servant, beheaded at age 36 in 1861 [beatified 1909])
----- St. John Baptist Wu Man-tang of Xi-he-tou (died in 1900 at age 17 [beatified 1955])
----- Sts. John Baptist Zhao Ming-xi and Peter Zhao Ming-zhen of Bei-wang-tou (died in 1900 at ages 56 and 61 [beatified 1955])
----- St. John Baptist Zhu Wu-rui of Lou-tcho-ang (died in 1900 at age 17 [beatified 1955])
----- St. John Chen Xian-heng of Cheng-du (catechist, died in 1862 at age 42 [beatified 1909])
----- St. John Wang Kui-ju of Qi (died in 1900 at age 25 [beatified 1955])
----- St. John Wang Rui of Xinli (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 15 [beatified 1946])
----- St. John Wu Wen-yin of Dong-er-tou (died in 1900 at age 50 [beatified 1955])
----- St. John Zhang Huan of Nan-she (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 18 [beatified 1946])
----- St. John Zhang Jing-guang of Fuj-ing Cun (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 22 [beatified 1946])
----- St. John Zhang Tian-shen of Jia-shanl-ong (catechist, died in 1862 at age 57 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Joseph Ma Tai-shun of Qian-sheng-zhuang [also known as John Baptist] (died in 1900 at age 60 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Joseph Wang Kui-xin of Qi (died in 1900 at age 37 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Joseph Wang Yu-mei of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 68 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Joseph Yuan Geng-yin of Hui (died in 1900 at age 47 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Joseph Zhang Da-peng of Du-yun (catechist, died in 1815 at age 61 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Joseph Zhang Wen-lan of Ba (seminarian, beheaded at age 30 in 1861 [beatified 1909])
----- Sts. Lang Yang and Paul Lang Fu of Lu (mother and son, died in 1900 at ages 29 and 7 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Lawrence Bai Xiao-man of Shui-cheng (beheaded at age 35 in 1856 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Lawrence Wang Bing of Gui-yang (catechist, tortured and beheaded at age 56 in 1858 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Lucy Wang Cheng of Lao-chun-tan (died in 1900 at age 18 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Lucy Wang Wang of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 31 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Lucy Yi Zhen-mei of Mian-yang (virgin, school teacher, catechist, died in 1862 at age 47 [beatified 1909])
----- Sts. Magdalene Du Feng-ju and Mary Du Tian of Du-Yong-he (daughter and mother, died in 1900 at ages 19 and 42 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mark Ji Tian-xiang of Yan-zhuang-tou (died in 1900 at age 66 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Martha Wang Luo Man-de of Zun-yi (widow, messenger, beheaded at age 59 in 1861 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Martin Wu Xue-sheng of Chu-chang-bo (catechist, died in 1862 at age 45 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Mary An Guo of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 64 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary An Ling-hua of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 29 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Chi Yu of Da-ji (died in 1900 at age 15 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Du Zhao of Qi-feng-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 51 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Fan Kun of Da-ji (died in 1900 at age 16 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Fu Gui-Lin of Luo-po (died in 1900 at age 37 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Guo Li of Hu-jia-che (died in 1900 at age 65 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Wang Li of Wei (died in 1900 at age 49 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Zhao Guo of Zhao-jia-cun (died in 1900 at age 60 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Zhao of Zhao-jia-cun (died in 1900 at age 17 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Zheng Xu of Kou (died in 1900 at age 11 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Mary Zhu Wu of Zhu-jia-he (died in 1900 at age 50 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Matthew Feng De of Xiao-Ba-shi (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 45 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Patrick Dong Bo-di of Gu-cheng-yin (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 18 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Paul Chen Chang-pin of Xing-ren (seminarian, died in 1861 at age 23 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Paul Ge Ting-zhu of Xiao-tun (died in 1900 at age 61 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Paul Liu Jin-de of Heng-shui (died in 1900 at age 79 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Paul Wu An-jyu of Xi-he-tou (died in 1900 at age 62 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Paul Wu Wan-shu of Xi-he-tou (died in 1900 at age 16 [beatified 1955])
----- Sts. Peter Li Quan-hui and Raymond Li Quan-zhen of Chen-tun-cun (biological brothers, died in 1900 at ages 63 and 59 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Peter Liu Wen-yuan of Gui-zhu (catechist, strangled at age 74 in 1834 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Liu Ze-yu of Zhu-jia-xie (died in 1900 at age 57 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Peter Wang Er-man of Gu-cheng-yin Cun (died in 1900 at age 36 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Peter Wang Zuo-lung of Shuang-zhong (died in 1900 at age 58 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Peter Wu An-bang of Liu-lin-tsuen (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 40 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Peter Wu Guo-sheng of Long-ping (catechist of 600 converts, strangled at age 46 in 1814 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Zhang Ban-niu of Tul-ing (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 51 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Peter Zhu Ri-xin of Zhu-jia-he (died in 1900 at age 19 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Philip Zhang Zhi-he of Shan-quin-gyu (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 20 [beatified 1946])
----- Sts. Rose Chen Ai-jieh and Teresa Chen Tin-jieh of Feng (died in 1900 at ages 22 and 25 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Rose Fan Hui of Fan (virgin, died in 1900 at age 45 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Rose Zhao of Zhao-jia-cun (died in 1900 at age 22 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Simon Chen Xi-man of An-yang (catechist, Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 46 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Teresa Zhang He of Yuan (died in 1900 at age 36 [beatified 1955])
----- St. Thomas Shen Ji-he of An-kao (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 49 [beatified 1946])
----- St. Zhang Huai-lu of Zhu-ko-tian (catechumen, died in 1900 at age 57 [beatified 1955])
St. Conval of Strathclyde (Irish, priest, missionary in Scotland, c. 630)
St. Eustochium of Rome (Italian, virgin, disciple of St. Jerome, died at about age 50 c. 419)
St. Faustus of Riez (French, abbot, spiritual writer, bishop, opposed heresies, d. 490)
St. Heliodorus of Antioch (Pisidian [from part of what is now Turkey], martyred c. 303)
Sts. Lawrence, Martial, and twenty companions (North African, early martyrs)
Bl. Lawrence of Ripafratta [Lorenzo] (Italian, Dominican priest, died at about age 83 in 1456)
Bl. Lawrence Shizu, Bl. Michael Kinoshi, Bl. Peter Kufioji, Bl. John Shozaburo, and Bl. Thomas Kufioji (Japanese, Augustinian tertiaries, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1630)
St. Machan (Scottish, bishop [in Ireland?])
Sts. Mark, Alexander, Alphius, Zosimus, Nicon, Neon, Heliodorus, and thirty companions, of Antioch (Pisidian [from part of what is now Turkey], shepherd and his six brothers with thirty soldiers, early martyrs)
Sts. Martin and Willigod of Romont (French, Benedictine abbots, 7th century)
St. Maximus of Ephesus (early martyr)
St. Paternus of Bilbao (Spanish, bishop of Auch in France, d. 150)
St. Simon de Rojas of Valladolid (Spanish, Trinitarian priest and superior, teacher, founded Servants of the Sweet Name of Mary, queen's spiritual advisor, died at age 71 in 1624 [beatified 1766, canonized 1988])
St. Tetta of Wimborne (British, Benedictine abbess, d. 772)
St. Thiemo of Meglin (Bavarian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, archbishop of Salzburg, exiled to Palestine, martyred by Moslems in 1102)
St. Wenceslaus of Prague [Vaclav] (Bohemian, duke and "Good King Wenceslaus," martyred [murdered by his brother] at about age 22 in 929)

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 28, 2004

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