March 12 -- today's saints and blesseds

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Jmj

On March 12, 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. Alphege of Winchester (British, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 951)
Bl. Angela Salawa of Sieprawie [Aniela] (Polish, virgin, member of Religious of the Third Order of St. Francis, d. 1922 [beatified 1991])
St. Bernard of Capua [Bernardo] (Italian, bishop of Carinola, d. 1109)
Bl. Dionysius of Ryckel ["Doctor Ecstaticus"] (Belgian, Carthusian monk, mystical writer, d. 1471)
Sts. Egdunus and seven companions (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred by suffocation [suspended over smoky fire] in 303)
St. Fina of San Gimignano [also called Seraphina] (Italian, sickly poor girl, died at age 15 in 1253)
St. Joseph Zhang Da-peng of Du-yun (Chinese, catechist, martyred at age 61 in 1815 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000])
Bl. Justine Francucci Bezzoli of Arezzo [Giustina] (Italian, Benedictine nun, died at about age 59 in 1319 [beatified 1891])
St. Louis Orione of Pontecurone [Luigi] (Italian, priest, founder of Hermits and Ladies of Divine Providence, founder of Little Missionaries of Charity, died at age 67 in 1940 [beatified 1980, canonized 2004])
[concluded below]

-- J. F. Gecik ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 13, 2005

Answers

[conclusion of above list]
St. Maximilian of Theveste (Roman in North Africa, martyred by beheading at about age 21 in 295)
St. Mura McFeredach (Irish, abbot, died at about age 95 in 645)
St. Paul Aurelian of Ouisman (Welsh, monk, bishop, spiritual director, d. 572)
St. Peter of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor, valet of emperor, tortured and martyred [slowly roasted] in 303)
St. Peter of Salassola (Italian, Benedictine, deacon, secretary of Pope St. Gregory the Great, c. 605)
Bl. Rustico of Vallumbrosa (Italian, Vallumbrosan abbot, d. 1092)
St. Simeon of Paphlagonia (Turkish, theologian, died at about age 72 in 1022)
St. Theophanes the Chronicler of Constantinople (Turkish, abbot, historian, exiled by iconoclasts, died in Greece in 817)

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

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 13, 2005.


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