March 1 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On March 1, 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:

Sts. Adrian, Hermes, and 22 companions (African, martyred c. 290)
St. Albinus of Vannes (French, abbot, bishop of Angers, died at about age 70 in 549)
St. Antonina of Nicaea (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], virgin, martyred by drowning c. 306)
Bl. Bonavita of Lugo (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, d. 1375)
Bl. Christopher of Milan [Cristoforo] (Italian, Dominican prior, prophet, d. 1484 [beatified 1875])
St. David of Cardigan (Welsh, prince, missionary priest, archbishop of Caerleon, founder of monasteries, died at about age 58 c. 601)
St. Eudocia of Heliopolis (Samaritan, repentant courtesan, martyred by beheading probably in 2nd century)
Pope St. Felix II (Roman, widower, great-grandfather of Pope St. Gregory the Great, elected to papacy in 483, opposed Monophysite heresy, reigned until death in 492)
Bl. Jane Mary Bonomo of Asiago [Giovanna Maria] [baptized Maria] (Italian, Benedictine abbess, mystic, died at about age 63 in 1670 [beatified 1783])
St. Leo Luke of Corleone [Leoluca] (Italian, abbot of Basilian monastery where he lived for eighty years, died at about age 100 c. 915)
St. Leo of Carentan (French, bishop of Rouen, missionary, martyred [beheaded] by Moslem pirates c. 900)
St. Roger le Fort of Ternes (French, nobleman, bishop of Limoges, bishop of Bourges, d. 1367)
St. Rosendo of Galicia (Spanish, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, bishop of Mondonedo, bishop of Compostela, died at about age 69 in 977 [canonized 1195])
St. Simplicius of Bourges (French, bishop, d. 477)
St. Swithbert of Friesland ["Apostle of the Frisians"] (British, Benedictine monk, missionary on Dutch islands, bishop, died in Germany at about age 65 in 713)

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), March 01, 2005

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