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On March 10, 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. Anastasia the Patrician of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], virgin, d. 507)
Bl. Andrew of Strumi [Andrea] (Italian, Vallumbrosan abbot, d. 1097)
Holy Martyrs of Armenia (forty soldiers, martyred by freezing in 320)
St. Attalas of Bobbio (French, abbot in Italy, miracle-worker, d. 627)
Sts. Caius and Alexander of Apamea (Phrygian [from part of what is now Turkey], opposed Montanist heresy, martyred c. 172)
Sts. Codratus, Dionysius, Cyprian, Anectus, Paul, and Crescens of Corinth (Greek, martyred by beheading c. 258)
St. Droctoveus of Paris (French, abbot, c. 580)
Bl. Elijah del Socorro Nieves of Guanajuato [Elias] [baptized Mateo (Matthew)] (Mexican, peasant, Augustinian friar, parish priest, martyred [shot] by soldiers at age 45 in 1928 [beatified 1997])
St. Emilian of Lagny (Irish, Benedictine abbot in France, d. 675)
St. Failbhe the Little of Iona (Scottish, abbot, d. 754)
St. Himelin of Vissenaeken (Irish or Scottish, priest, died in Belgium c. 750)
Bl. John of the Holy Trinity of Florence [Giovanni] (Italian, Vallumbrosan monk, penitent ex-practitioner of black magic, hermit, c. 1380)
St. John Ogilvie of Banffshire (Scottish, nobleman, convert from Calvinism, Jesuit priest, tortured for months and martyred by hanging at about age 35 in 1615 [beatified 1929, canonized 1976])
St. Kessog of Lennox (Irish, prince, missionary bishop in Scotland, martyred c. 560)
St. Macarius of Jerusalem (Palestinian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 335)
Bl. Mary Eugene of Jesus Milleret de Brou of Metz [Marie-Eugénie de Jesus] [baptized Eugénie] (French, convert from atheism, founded and led Congregation of the Assumption [Assumptionists], died at about age 80 in 1898 [beatified 1975])
Holy Martyrs of Persia (forty-two early martyrs)
Bl. Peter de Geremia of Palermo [Pietro] (Sicilian, Dominican prior, miracle-worker, died at about age 71 in 1452 [beatified 1784])
Pope St. Simplicius of Tivoli (Italian, elected to papacy in 468, opposed Monophysite heresy, survived end of Roman Empire, reigned until death in 483)
St. Victor (early martyr)

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 10, 2005

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