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On January 25, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Ananias of Damascus (Syrian, healed blindness of Saul of Tarsus and baptized him [Acts 9:10-19], martyred in 1st century)
St. Apollo of Heliopolis (Egyptian, hermit, abbot, c. 395)
St. Artemas of Pozzuoli (Italian, early martyr)
St. Bretannion of Tomi (bishop in Eastern Europe, c. 380)
Sts. Donatus, Sabinus, and Agape (early martyrs)
St. Dwynwen of Anglesey (Welsh, princess, nun, c. 460)
Bl. Emmanuel Domingo y Sol of Tortosa [Manuel] (Spanish, parish priest, founded Congregation of Diocesan Workers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 72 in 1909 [beatified 1987])
St. Eochod of Galloway (Irish, missionary in Britain, d. 597)
St. Joel of Pulsano [Gioele] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1185)
Sts. Juventinus and Maximinus of Antioch (soldiers, martyred in Syria in 363)
St. Poppo of Stavelot (Belgian, soldier, Benedictine abbot in France, emperor's advisor, died at about age 69 in 1048)
Sts. Praejectus of Clermont and Amarinus of Volvic (French ... bishop and Benedictine abbot ... martyred by stabbing in 676)
St. Publius of Zeugma (Roman? hermit, abbot in Syria, c. 380)
St. Racho of Autun (French, bishop, c. 660)
Bl. Teresa Michel of Spinetta Marengo [baptized Maria Antonia, nee Grillo Chavez] (Italian, widow, founded Daughters of Providence, died at age 88 in 1944 [beatified 1998])

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 25, 2005

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-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), January 25, 2005.