On July 25, 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. James the Greaterof Galilee(Israelite, son of Zebedee and Salome,brother of St. John, fisherman, apostle of Jesus, martyred by the sword [first Apostle martyred] c. 44) Bl. Angel DariusAcosta Zurita of Naolinco[Ángel Darío] (Mexican, orphan, parish priest for three months, martyred [shot in church] at age 22 in 1931 [beatified 2005]) Bl. AnthonyLucci of Agnone[Antonio](Italian,Franciscanfriar, bishop, died 18 days before his 70th birthday in 1752 [beatified 1989]) St. Christopherof Canaan(Palestinian,carried people across a stream, martyred c. 251) St. Cucuphasof Scillis(North African, nobleman, martyred in Spain in 304) St. Ebrulfof Bayeux(French, hermit, abbot, d. 600) Sts. Felix and Florentiusof Rome(Italian, soldiers, martyred in 235) St. Glodesindof Metz(French, abbess, c. 608) Bl. JohnSoreth of Caen[Jean] (French,Carmelitepriorgeneral, died at aboutage 51 [cholera] in 1471 [beatified 1865]) [commemorated by some on the 30th] St. Magnericusof Trier(German, bishop, d. 596) Bl. Marie Therese of the Child JesusKowalska of Warsaw[Maria Teresa od Dzieciatka Jezus] [baptized Mieczyslawa] (Polish,Poor ClareCapuchinsister, martyred by Nazis atDzialdowo [Poland] at about age 39 in 1941 [beatified 1999]) St. Mary of Mt. CarmelSallés Barangueras of Vich[Maria de Monte Carmelo] [baptized Carmen] (Spanish,virgin, foundedSisters of the Immaculate Conception for the Instruction of Children, died at about age 63 in 1911 [beatified 1998, canonized 2012]) St. Nissen (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick,abbot, 6th Century) St. Paulof Gaza(Palestinian, martyred in 308) Bl. PeterCorradini of Mogliano[Pietro] (Italian,Franciscanpriest, died at about age 48 in 1490 [beatified 1760]) [commemorated bysome on the 30th] Sts. Theaof Gazaand Valentinaof Caesarea(Palestinian, tortured, early martyrs by burning)
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