Saints A to Z Game II

[JFT]

Picking up where the first one left off:

Saint Wynwallow. Feastday/Memorial: 3 March; 28 Feb. (translation of his relics).

Son of Fragan, a Welsh noble who had emigrated to Brittany to escape the Saxon Invasion. Ward and spiritual student of Saint Budoc on Lauren Island. Monk. Following a pilgrimage at age 20 to key Saint Patrick-related sites in Ireland, Wynwallow founded the Landevennec Monastary with eleven fellow monks in Brest.

More information on this saint can be found on his profile at http://saints.sqpn.com

[JFT]

Originally Posted by JFT

Picking up where the first one left off:

Saint Wynwallow. Feastday/Memorial: 3 March; 28 Feb. (translation of his relics).

Son of Fragan, a Welsh noble who had emigrated to Brittany to escape the Saxon Invasion. Ward and spiritual student of Saint Budoc on Lauren Island. Monk. Following a pilgrimage at age 20 to key Saint Patrick-related sites in Ireland, Wynwallow founded the Landevennec Monastary with eleven fellow monks in Brest.

Saint Xystus II. Feastday/Memorial: 7 Aug.; formerly 6 Aug.)

[AnneMary]

Originally Posted by JFT

Saint Xystus II. Feastday/Memorial: 7 Aug.; formerly 6 Aug.)

St. Wenceslaus, King and Martyr ( Feastday 28 September )
He ruled his kingdom rather by kindness than authority. He succoured orphans, widows, and all the poor with the greatest charity, sometimes even carrying wood on his shoulders, by night, to those in need of it. He frequently assisted at the funerals of poor persons, liberated captives, and often visited the prisoners during the night, assisting them with gifts and advice. It caused great sorrow to his tender heart to condemn even the guilty to death. He had the greatest reverence for priests; and with his own hands he would prepare the wine to be used in the sacrifice of the Mass.

[JFT]

Originally Posted by AnneMary

St. Wenceslaus, King and Martyr ( Feastday 28 September )
He ruled his kingdom rather by kindness than authority. He succoured orphans, widows, and all the poor with the greatest charity, sometimes even carrying wood on his shoulders, by night, to those in need of it. He frequently assisted at the funerals of poor persons, liberated captives, and often visited the prisoners during the night, assisting them with gifts and advice. It caused great sorrow to his tender heart to condemn even the guilty to death. He had the greatest reverence for priests; and with his own hands he would prepare the wine to be used in the sacrifice of the Mass.

Saint Ytha. Feastday: 15 Jan.

Born in Ireland, possibly to the royal family. She founded a convent in Hy Conaill, County Limerick, Ireland, which attracted a large number of nuns.

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Saint Ytha. Feastday: 15 Jan.

Born in Ireland, possibly to the royal family. She founded a convent in Hy Conaill, County Limerick, Ireland, which attracted a large number of nuns.

Saint Zygmunt Szczeny Felinski. Feastday/Memorial: 17 Sept.

Archbishop of Warsaw, Poland on 6 January 1862, arriving there 9 February 1862...the city then being besieged by Russian forces.

Info. and links can be found on this profile at http://saints.sqpn.com

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Saint Zygmunt Szczeny Felinski. Feastday/Memorial: 17 Sept.

Archbishop of Warsaw, Poland on 6 January 1862, arriving there 9 February 1862...the city then being besieged by Russian forces.

Blessed Joan of Aza. Memorial: 8 August.

Castilian noblewoman. Mother of four by her husband Felix de Guzman, warden of Calaruega, Burgos. Lay woman noted for her physical and spiritual beauty. Popular devotion sprang up almost immediately upon her death ca. 1190. The cultus to her was confirmed in 1828.

More information can be found on this profile at http://saints.sqpn.com

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Blessed Joan of Aza. Memorial: 8 August.

Castilian noblewoman. Mother of four by her husband Felix de Guzman, warden of Calaruega, Burgos. Lay woman noted for her physical and spiritual beauty. Popular devotion sprang up almost immediately upon her death ca. 1190. The cultus to her was confirmed in 1828.

Saint Byrnwald. Feastday/Memorial: 21 December.

Eighth-century priest who is venerated at Brampton. No other information survives.

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Saint Byrnwald. Feastday/Memorial: 21 December.

Eighth-century priest who is venerated at Brampton. No other information survives.

Saint Cyrinus of Lentini. Feastday/Memorial: 10 May.

Brother of Saint Alphius and Saint Philadelphius. Martyred during the prsecutions of Emperor Decius.

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Saint Cyrinus of Lentini. Feastday/Memorial: 10 May.

Brother of Saint Alphius and Saint Philadelphius. Martyred during the prsecutions of Emperor Decius.

Saint Dwynwen. Feastday/Memorial: 18 July.

A British princess who, because she became pregnant without being married, was thrown from a cliff by her family, but miraculously survived; having boarded an unmanned boat, and knowing that she could not return home, she sailed across the Firth of Forth to land at Culross, where she was cared for by Saint Serf.

Links with more information on this saint are listed on her profile at http://saints.sqpn.com

[AnneMary]

Originally Posted by JFT

Saint Dwynwen. Feastday/Memorial: 18 July.

A British princess who, because she became pregnant without being married, was thrown from a cliff by her family, but miraculously survived; having boarded an unmanned boat, and knowing that she could not return home, she sailed across the Firth of Forth to land at Culross, where she was cared for by Saint Serf.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton ~~ Feast Day : January 4

This first American-born Saint accomplished more in twelve years than most people do in a whole lifetime. From 1809 to 1821, the year she died, she laid the foundation for the Catholic parochial system in the United States, founded her Sisters of Charity, and ran her school and lived with her community at her headquarters in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

[JFT]

Originally Posted by AnneMary

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton ~~ Feast Day : January 4

This first American-born Saint accomplished more in twelve years than most people do in a whole lifetime. From 1809 to 1821, the year she died, she laid the foundation for the Catholic parochial system in the United States, founded her Sisters of Charity, and ran her school and lived with her community at her headquarters in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Saint Magnus of Fuessen. Feastday/Memorial: 6 Sept.

Priest. Benedictine. Spiritual student of Saint Columban and Saint Gall at Arbon (part of modern Switzerland). Became the superior of his house upon the death of Saint Gall. At the request of the Bishop of Augsburg, Bavaria, he evangelized in Eptaticus in the eastern part of Allgau, Bavaria.

More information can be found on this saint at his profile at http://saints.sqpn.com

[Gwyn]

Originally Posted by JFT

Saint Magnus of Fuessen. Feastday/Memorial: 6 Sept.

Priest. Benedictine. Spiritual student of Saint Columban and Saint Gall at Arbon (part of modern Switzerland). Became the superior of his house upon the death of Saint Gall. At the request of the Bishop of Augsburg, Bavaria, he evangelized in Eptaticus in the eastern part of Allgau, Bavaria.

St. GhislainFeastday: October 9

He was a Frank who became a hermit in Hainault and was founding abbot of a monastery there called The Cell (now St. Ghislain) near Mons. He encouraged St. Waldetrudis to found a convent at Castrilocus (Mons) and St. Aldegundus to found a convent at Mauberge. An apophrycal legend has him a native of Attica who became bishop of Athens, resign his See, went to Rome and was sent to Hainault, where he became a hermit.

[JFT]

Originally Posted by Gwyn

St. GhislainFeastday: October 9

He was a Frank who became a hermit in Hainault and was founding abbot of a monastery there called The Cell (now St. Ghislain) near Mons. He encouraged St. Waldetrudis to found a convent at Castrilocus (Mons) and St. Aldegundus to found a convent at Mauberge. An apophrycal legend has him a native of Attica who became bishop of Athens, resign his See, went to Rome and was sent to Hainault, where he became a hermit.

Saint Hypatius. Feastday/Memorial for this one: 29 Aug.

Bishop. Martyred, along with Saint Andrew, by Leo the Isaurian for their defense of icons.

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[JFT]

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Saint Hypatius. Feastday/Memorial for this one: 29 Aug.

Bishop. Martyred, along with Saint Andrew, by Leo the Isaurian for their defense of icons.

Saint Ivor (also called Saint Ibar and/or Saint Iberius). Feastday/Memorial: 23 Apr.

Uncle and teacher of Saint Abban, disciple of Saint Patrick. Missionary with Saints Kiaran, Ailbe, Declan, and others, in southen Ireland. He founded the Beggery Monastery on the island of Beg-Eire, and served as its abbot.

More can be found on this saint's profile at http://saints.sqpn.com

[Gwyn]

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Saint Ivor (also called Saint Ibar and/or Saint Iberius). Feastday/Memorial: 23 Apr.

Uncle and teacher of Saint Abban, disciple of Saint Patrick. Missionary with Saints Kiaran, Ailbe, Declan, and others, in southen Ireland. He founded the Beggery Monastery on the island of Beg-Eire, and served as its abbot.

St. Joannicus
Feastday: November 4
846


Hermit, prophet, and miracle worker who defied the Byzantine emperor Theophilus and his Iconoclast policies. Born in Bithynia, in modem Turkey, Joannicus was an Iconoclast until he was converted to the religious life at the age of forty. He became a recluse on Mount Olympus in Bithynia and a monk. Later, he defied the emperor and declared that sacred images would be restored to the Church. Empress Theodora did restore the icons.