On July 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, "Our Lady of Mount Carmel." We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Athenogenesof Pontus(probably from Asia Minor [now known as Turkey], theologian, bishop, early martyr by fire) Bl. BartholomewFernandes dos Martires of Lisbon[Bartolomeu] (Portuguese,Dominicanfriar, archbishop of Braga, died at age 76 in1590 [beatified 2001]) Blessed Martyrs of Brazil (27 Brazilian, one Portuguese, one Spanish, one French ... twoJesuitparish priests and 28 parishioners ... tortured and martyred by Dutch Calvinist fanatics and local Indians in 1645 [beatified 2000]) [Some of the horrible tortures endured: limbs were severed ... headscut off ... bodies burned ... eyes, tongues, and noses torn off. One childwas pinned to a tree trunk, and another sliced in half with a sword.Bl. Matthew Moreira had his heart ripped out through his back, as he cried: "Praised be the Blessed Sacrament".] ----- Bl. Ambrose FrancisFerro[Ambrosio Francisco] (Portuguese, priest) ----- Bl. Andrewde Soveral[Andre] (priest) ----- Bl. AnthonyBaracho[Antonio] ----- Bl. AnthonyVilela Cid[Antonio] (Spanish) ----- Bl. AnthonyVilela[Antonio, the younger] and his son ----- Bl. DominicCarvalho[Domingos] ----- Bl. Francisde Bastos[Francisco] ----- Bl. FrancisMendes Pereira[Francisco] ----- Bl. JamesPereira[Diogo] ----- Bl. Johnda Silveira[João] ----- Bl. JohnLostau Navarro[Jean] (French) ----- Bl. JohnMartins[João] and seven young companions ----- Bl. Josephdo Porto[Jose] ----- Bl. ManuelRodrigues de Mouraand his wife ----- Bl. MatthewMoreira[Mateus] ----- Bl. SimonCorreia[Simão] ----- Bl. StevenMachado de Miranda[Estêvão] and his two children ----- Bl. Vincentde Souza Pereira[Vincente] ----- Bl. [name unknown]Dias(son of FranciscoDias) St. Domnioof Bergamo(Italian, martyred c. 295) St. Eustathiusof Side(Pamphylian [from part of what is now Turkey], patriarch [bishop] of Antioch, opposed Arian heresy, c. 338) St. Faustus (martyred [crucified and shot by arrows] in 250) St. Fulradof Saint-Denis(French,Benedictineabbot, counselor to emperors, d. 784) St. Generosusof Poitou(French,Benedictineabbot, c. 682) St. Helierof Tongres(Belgian, hermit on British island, martyred in 6th Century) Bl. Irmengardof Chiemsee(German, princess,Benedictineabbess, d. 866 [beatified 1928]) Bl. JohnSugar of Wombourne(English, priest, martyred at about age 46 under James I in 1604 [beatified 1987]) Bl. Miloof Selincourt(French,Norbertineabbot, d. 1159) St. Reineldisof Saintes(Belgian, nun, martyred by pagan Huns c. 680) Bl. RobertGrissold of Romington(English, layman, martyred under James I in 1604 [beatified 1987]) St. SinachMacDara(Irish or Scottish, fisherman, 6th Century) St. Sisenandusof Badajoz(Portuguese, deacon in Spain, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 851) St. Tenenanof Léon(British, hermit inFrance, bishop, c. 635) St. Valentineof Trier(German, bishop,martyred c. 305) St. Vitalianof Capua(Italian, bishop) St. Vitalianof Osimo(Italian, bishop, d. 776)
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:00:03 +0000
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