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On March 6, 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. Agnes of Prague [Anežka] (Czech, princess of Bohemia, Poor Clare abbess, died at about age 76 in 1282 [beatified 1874, canonized 1989])
St. Baldred of Strathclyde (Scottish, bishop, hermit, died at about age 64 c. 607)
St. Balther of Tinningham (British, Benedictine priest, hermit, d. 756)
St. Basil of Bologna (Italian, bishop, d. 335)
St. Billfrith of Lindisfarne (British, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 758)
St. Cadroe of Waulsort (Scottish, Benedictine abbot in France, d. 976)
St. Chrodegang of Hesbaye (Belgian, chancellor of France, bishop of Metz, ambassador to Vatican, died in France at about age 60 in 776)
St. Colette Boilet of Calcye [also known as Colette of Corbie] [baptized Nicolette] (French, carpenter's daughter, Poor Clare superior, founded 17 convents, mystic, died in Belgium at age 66 in 1447 [beatified 1604, canonized 1807])
St. Conon of Mandona (Nazarene [Galilean], gardener, martyred c. 251)
St. Cyril of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], Carmelite priest in Palestine, prior general, died at an advanced age c. 1235)
St. Evagrius of Constantinople (from Asia Minor, patriarch (archbishop), c. 380)
St. Fridolin of Sackingen ["Apostle of the Upper Rhine"] (Irish, missionary, Bendictine abbot, died in Switzerland c. 540)
Bl. Helen of Gnesen [Jolenta] (Hungarian, princess, widow of Polish duke, Poor Clare superior, d. 1298 [beatified 1827])
St. Heliodorus (African, martyred in 3rd century)
Bl. Jordan of Pisa [Giordano] (Italian, Dominican priest, theologian, died at about age 56 in 1311 [beatified 1838])
Sts. Kyneburga, Kyneswide, and Tibba of Dormancaster (British ... sister princesses and a relative ... Benedictine abbesses and nun, 7th century)
St. Marcian of Tortona (Italian, disciple of St. Barnabas, bishop for 45 years, martyred by crucifixion in 120)
Bl. Ollegarius of Barcelona (Spanish, Augustinian canon and prior, bishop of Barcelona, archbishop of Tarragona, died at about age 77 in 1137 [beatified 1675])
St. Sezin of Guic-Sezni (British, bishop in Ireland, died in France c. 529)
Bl. Sylvester of Assisi [Silvestro] (Italian, nobleman, first Franciscan priest, d. 1240)
Bl. Thaddeus Dulny of Kszczonowice [Tadeusz] (Polish, diocesan seminarian, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 27 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Venustus of Milan (Italian, early martyr)
Sts. Victor, Victorinus, Claudian, and Bassa (Bithynians [from part of what is now Turkey], early martyrs)

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 06, 2005

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