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On January 19, 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. Albert of Cashel (British, 7th century)
Bl. Andrew Grego of Peschiera [Andrea] (Italian, Dominican friar, missionary, miracle worker, died at about age 85 in 1485 [beatified 1820])
Bl. Anthony Fatati of Ancona (Italian, bishop, d. 1484)
St. Arcontius of Viviers (French, bishop, martyred c. 9th century)
St. Arsenius of Corstantinople (Turkish, convert from Judaism, bishop of Corfu, died in Greece in about 959)
St. Bassian of Lodi (Sicilian, bishop, d. 413)
Bl. Beatrix of Lens (French, Cistercian nun, c. 1216)
St. Blaithmaic of Iona (Irish, abbot, martyred [hacked to pieces] by pagan Danes in England c. 823)
St. Branwallader of Jersey (Irish or Welsh, monk, bishop, 6th century?)
King St. Canute IV [Knud] (Danish, monarch, supporter of missionaries to the Danes, died at about age 46 in 1086 [canonized 1101])
St. Catellus of Castellamare (Italian, bishop, 9th century)
St. Contestus of Bayeux (French, bishop, c. 510)
St. Fillan of Ptiienweem (Irish, monk, hermit, abbot, c. 777)
St. Firminus of Gabales (French, bishop)
St. Germanicus of Smyrna (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], youth, martyred [thrown to beasts] in 156)
St. Henry of Uppsala (English, missionary in Scandinavia, bishop, martyred [by axe] in Finland c. 1156 [canonized 1158])
Bl. Joseph Nascimbeni of Torri di Benaco [Giuseppe] (Italian, parish priest, founded Little Sisters of the Holy Family, died at age 70 in 1922 [beatified 1988])
St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar of Korczyna [Józef] (Polish, bishop of Przemysl, died at age 82 in 1924 [beatified 1991, canonized 2003]) [commemorated by some on March 28]
St. Lomer of Corbion (French, shepherd, hermit, abbot, d. 593)
Bl. Marcellus Spinola y Maestre of Madrid [Marcelo] (Spanish, cardinal archbishop of Seville, died at age 71 in 1906 [beatified 1987])
Sts. Marius, Martha, Abachum, and Audifax (Persian, parents and two children, tortured and martyred [father and sons beheaded, mother drowned] on pilgrimage in Rome c. 270)
St. Nathalan of Aberdeen (Scottish, bishop of Tullicht, d. 678)
Sts. Paul, Gerontius, Januarius, Saturninus, Successus, Julius, Catus, Pia, and Germana (North African, martyred in 2nd century)
St. Pontian of Spoleto (Italian, martyred in 169)
St. Remigius of Rouen (French, archbishop, c. 772)
St. Thomas Placidi of Cori [Tommaso] [baptized Francesco Antonio (Francis Anthony)] (Italian, shepherd, Franciscan priest, died at age 73 in 1729 [beatified 1786, canonized 1999])
St. Wulstan of Worcester (English, Benedictine prior, bishop for 32 years, died at about age 86 in 1095 [canonized 1203])

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), January 19, 2005

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