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On November 25, 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. Alanus of Lavaur (French, Benedictine abbot, 7th century)
St. Alnoth of Weedon (British, herder, hermit, martyred in 700)
Bl. Bernold of Ottobeuren (Bavarian, Benedictine priest, c. 1050)
Bl. Conrad of Heisterbach (German, soldier, Cistercian monk, c. 1200)
Bl. Ekbert of Muensterschwarzach (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1075)
Bl. Elizabeth Achler of Waldsee [Elisabeth] (German, Franciscan tertiary, mystic, visionary, stigmatist, died on her 34th birthday in 1420 [beatified 1766])
St. Erasmus of Antioch (Syrian, martyred)
St. Imma of Würzburg (German, Benedictine abbess, died at about age 52 in 752)
St. Jucunda of Reggio (Italian, virgin, d. 466)
St. Katherine of Alexandria (Egyptian, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 310)
Bl. Louis Beltrame-Quattrocchi of Catania [Luigi] and Bl. Maria Beltrame-Quattrocchi of Florence [nee Corsini] (Italian, husband and wife for fifty years, parents of four, died at age 71 in 1951 and at age 81 in 1965 [beatified 2001, with three children present])
St. Mercury of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier, tortured and martyred c. 250)
St. Mesrop of Taron (Armenian, hermit, translated Bible, patriarch [bishop], d. 441)
St. Moses of Rome (Italian, priest, martyred c. 251)
Bl. Nicholas Steensen of Copenhagen [Niels] (Danish, bishop, died in Germany at age 48 in 1686 [beatified 1988])

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), November 20, 2004

Answers

Happy Thanksgiving! God bless, John.

-- Emily ("jesusfollower7@yahoo.com"), November 25, 2004.

The same (belated) to you and your folks, Emily. [I have been away on a trip. Thanks for topping threads!]

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), November 26, 2004.