Not All Saints are Either Italian or Irish

Some Catholics seem to have at least a year’s worth of Saints’ feast days memorized.

I’m not one of those Catholics. The up side of this is that I’ll run across new-to-me Saints now and then. Like Francis Xavier Seelos. Today is his feast day.

Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R., (January 11, 1819 – October 4, 1867) was a German Redemptorist missionary, who worked in the United States, particularly in parishes serving immigrant communities on the American frontier. Near the end of his life, he travelled[!] to New Orleans to minister to people affected by a yellow fever outbreak. He later contracted the disease and died from its complications….”
(Francis Xavier Seelos, Wikipedia)

I rambled on about Saints a few times, including this:

• “Saints, Depression, Assumptions, and Me” (March 23, 2024)
  • Dealing With Depression — and Suicide
  • Assorted Saints
    • Teresa of Ávila: Mystic and Troublemaker
    • Becoming a Saint [poor health and a messy death are optional, but not required]
  • Poverty, Terminal Illness, and Ham Sandwiches