SAINTS FOR FEBRUARY 13

 SAINTS FOR FEBRUARY 13

Bl. John Lantrua of Triora, Roman Catholic Franciscan Martyr of China, he was arrested, imprisoned, and strangled on February 7. Feastday Feb 13

St. Ermengild, 700 A.D. Queen and Benedictine nun, also called Ermenilda. The daughter of a king of Kent, England, and St. Sexburga, Ermengild married the king of Mercia. She helped spread the faith in Mercia until her husband's death in 675. She then became a nun at Milton at Minster, Sheppey. When her mother, who had served as abbess, retired, Ermengild succeeded to that Office. She then followed St. Sexburga to Ely, becoming abbess there also.  

St. Huno, 690 A.D. Monk priest of Ely, England, who aided St. Aetheldreda. Attending her in her last hours, Huna became a hermit in the Fens.  

St. Dyfnog. Welsh confessor of the Caradog family. He was venerated in Clwyd, Wales.  

Bl. Archangela Girlani, Roman Catholic Carmelite Religious, She was gifted with ecstasies and levitation and was reported to have performed miracles. Feastday Feb 13

St. Catherine de Ricci, Roman Catholic Dominican Religious, she experienced an "Ecstacy of the Passion" every Thursday from noon until Friday at 4:00 p.m. for twelve years.Feastday Feb 13

St. Modomnoc, 550 A.D. Irish bishop and a disciple of St. David of Wales. Sometimes called Domnoc or Dominic, he was a member of the royal Irish family of O’Neil and ended his years as a hermit at Tibraghny in Kilkenny When Modomnoc returned to Ireland after studying with St. David, swarms of bees left Wales to follow him, thus supposedly being introduced to Ireland.  https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/48 

B. JORDAN OF SAXONY, DOMINICAN