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On February 24, 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. Adele (French, queen, widow, died at about age 75 in 1137)
St. Betto of Sens (French, Benedictine monk, bishop of Auxerre, d. 918)
Bl. Ida of Hohenfels (German, countess, widow, Benedictine nun, c. 1195)
St. John Theristus of Calabria [Giovanni] [“theristus” means “harvester”] (Italian, son of slave, monk, miracle worker, d. 1129)
Bl. Mark dei Marconi of Milliarino [Marco] (Italian, Hieronymite monk, died at about age 30 in 1510 [beatified 1906])
St. Modestus of Trier (German, bishop, d. 489)
Sts. Montanus, Lucius, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, Rhenus, and two companions, of Carthage (North African [from what is now Tunisia], disciples of St. Cyprian, martyred by beheading in 259)
St. Praetextatus of Rouen (French, archbishop, martyred by stabbing in 586)
St. Primitiva of Rome (Italian, virgin, early martyr)
Bl. Robert of Arbrissel (French, university chancellor, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 69 in 1117)
St. Sergius of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], magistrate, monk, martyred in 304)
Bl. Thomas Mary Fusco of Pagani [Tommaso Maria] (Italian, priest, founded Congregation of the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood, died at age 59 in 1891 [beatified 2001])

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), February 24, 2005

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