On July 31, 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. IgnatiusLopez de Recalde of Loyola[Iñigo] (Spanish, nobleman, court page, seriously wounded soldier, hermit, pilgrim to Holy Land, evangelized Moslems, priest, founder ofSociety of Jesus [Jesuits]in Italy, died at about age 65 in 1556 [beatified 1609, canonized 1622]) St. Calimeriusof Milan(Greek, bishop in Italy, martyred [cast into well] c. 190) Sts. Democritus, Secundus, and Dionysius (early martyrs) Sts. EmmanuelLeVan Phungof Dan-nuocand PeterDoanCong QuyofBung(Vietnamese, catechist and priest, martyred [one garrotted at about age 63, one beheaded at aboutage 33] in 1859 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) St. Fabiusof Mauritania(Roman, soldier in Africa, martyred by beheading in 300) St. Firmusof Tagaste(North African, early bishop, tortured) Bl. FrancisStryjas of Popowo[Franciszek] (Polish, layman, martyred by Nazis at Kalisz [Poland] at age 62 in 1944 [beatified 1999]) St. Germanusof Auxerre(French, governor, bishop, opposed Pelagian heresy, died in Italy at about age 70 in 448) [Commemorated in Wales on August 3] St. Helenof Skövde[Elin] (Swedish, widow, c. 1160 [canonized 1164]) Bl. JohnColombini of Siena[Giovanni](Italian, merchant, magistrate, founded society ofGesuatiforlay brothers, died at about age 67 in 1367) St. Justinde Jacobis of San Fele[Giustino] (Italian,Vincentianmissionary in Africa, helped twelve thousand to convert, vicar apostolic of Abyssinia [now called Ethiopia], died at age 59 in 1860 [beatified 1939, canonized 1975]) Bl. MichaelOzieblowski of Izdebno[Michal] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 41 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Neotof Cornwall(British, dwarf,Benedictinepriest, hermit, c. 880)
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:22:18 +0000
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