March 9 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On March 9, 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. Frances Bussa of Rome [Francesca] (Roman, aristocrat, married forty years [from age 12], mother of three, widow, foundress of oblates known as Collatines, visionary, died at about age 56 in 1440 [canonized 1608])

St. Anthony of Froidemont [Antoine] (French, Benedictine hermit, 10th century)
St. Bosa of York (British, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 686)
St. Catherine de' Vigri of Bologna [Caterina] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, Poor Clare abbess, artist, prophetess, mystic, visionary, died at age 49 in 1463 [canonized 1712] [incorruptible])
Sts. Cyrion and Candidus (Armenian, martyred in 320)
St. Dominic Savio of Riva [Domenico] (Italian, peasant boy, student of St. John Bosco, died in 1857 at age 15 [beatified 1950, canonized 1954, the youngest canonized non-martyr]) [commemorated by some on May 6]
St. Gregory of Nyssa (Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], brother of St. Basil the Great, hermit, metropolitan (archbishop) of Caesarea, mystic, battled Arianism, Father of the Church, died between age 60 and 70 c. 400)
St. Pacian of Barcelona (Spanish, bishop, c. 390)
St. Vitalis of Calabria (Italian, hermit, founder of monasteries, d. 990)

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 09, 2005

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