December 2 -- today's saints and blesseds

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Jmj

On December 2, 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. Aurelia of Rome (Italian, virgin, martyred by beating c. 256)
St. Chromatius of Aquileia (Italian, priest, friend of Sts. Ambrose, John Chrysostom, and Jerome, scriptural commentator, d. 407)
Sts. Eusebius, Marcellus, Maximus, Adria, Paulina, Neon, and Maria Martana, of Rome (Italian ... priest, deacon, and others ... martyred c. 256)
St. Hippolytus of Rome (Italian, martyred by scourging c. 256)
Bl. John Amero of Baeza [Juan] (Spanish, Dominican brother, d. 1566)
Bl. Liduina Meneguzzi of Giarre [baptized Elisa Angela] (Italian, daughter of farmers, virgin, religious of Institute of the Sisters of St. Francis de Sales, hospital nurse in Ethiopia, died [cancer] at age 40 in 1941 [beatified 2002])
St. Oderisio of Marsi (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, cardinal, poet, d. 1105)
St. Paulina of Rome (Italian, virgin, tortured and martyred c. 256)
St. Pontian of Rome (martyred c. 259)
Bl. Raphael Chylinski of Poznan [Rafal] [baptized Melchior] (Polish, cavalry officer, Franciscan parish priest, died at age 47 in 1741 [beatified 1991])
St. Silvanus of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], monk, bishop of Troas, c. 450)
St. Vivian of Rome [also known as Bibiana] (Italian, virgin, martyred by flogging c. 361)

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), December 02, 2004

Answers

[Note: I am copying the following two indented messages from the old, obsolete "saints" thread for this day of the year, so that the old thread can later be deleted. JFG]


John, After St. Vivian was martyred. Her body was left for the hungry dogs to eat, but none would touch her. She was buried two days later.

St. Vivian pray for us.
David

-- December 03, 2001.


Thanks for the beautiful addition, David!
Even the dogs recognized the saint's holiness and would not defile her, though evil men would.
JFG

-- December 03, 2001.


-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), December 02, 2004.

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