Saint Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad
Also known as
Maria Elizabetta Hesselblad
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Fifth of thirteen children born to Augusto Roberto Hesselblad and Cajsa Pettesdotter Dag. Raised in the Reformed Church of Sweden. Due to economic hard times, the family moved regularly.
Maria emigrated to New York at age 18 to seek work to support her family back in Sweden. She studied nursing at Manhattan's Roosevelt Hospital where she worked as a nurse from 1888, and did home care for the sick and aged. Her work took her into the large Catholic population of New York; her interest in the Church grew, and she came to see it as the place closest to Christ. She converted to Catholicism, receiving conditional baptism on 15 August 1902 by the Jesuit priest Giovani Hagen at Washington.
Pilgrim to Rome, Italy in late 1902, receiving Confirmation there. She returned briefly to New York, but then sailed back to Rome to start a religious life. Settled at the Carmelite House of Saint Bridget of Sweden on 25 March 1904. In 1906 she got permission from Pope Pius X to take the habit of the Brigittines (Order of the Most Holy Saviour of Saint Bridget).
She worked to restore the Order in Sweden and Italy, especially in Rome. She returned to her homeland in 1923, ministered to the poor, and tried to revitalize the Brigittine movement there. Received control of Rome's Brigittine house and church in 1931. Established Brigittine foundations in India in 1937. Saved Jews and others persecuted by the Nazis by giving them refuge in Rome; in 2004 she was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for this work.
Born
4 June 1870 at Faglavik, Alvsborg province, Sweden
Died
24 April 1957 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
Canonized
5 June 2016 by Pope Francis
Saint Wilfrid of York
Also known as
• Wilfrid of Ripon
• Vilfrido, Wilfrith
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Son of a Northumbrian thegn. His mother died when Wilfrid was a boy, and he never got along with his step-mother. At age 14, partly to escape the miserable family life, he was sent to the court of Oswy, King of Northumbria (part of modern England). He studied at the monastery of Lindisfarne, England for three years, then accompanied Saint Benedict Biscop to Rome, Italy where he studied under archdeacon Boniface. He stayed in Lyon, France for three years to study the monastic life, and became a monk, but left during persecutions of the local Christians. He was appointed abbot of the monastery at Ripon, England for five years, and placed it under the Benedictine Rule. Priest.
He was instrumental in bringing Roman liturgical practice and rules to the region, working influentially at the Synod of Whitby in 664. Bishop Colman and several of his monks, opposing the new practice, withdrew to the north. Wilfrid was chosen as the new bishop and travelled to France for ordination, considering the dissenting northern bishops to be schismatics. He returned to England in 666, nearly dying at the hands of hostile pagans when his ship wrecked on the coast of Sussex. However, he had taken so long to come back that Saint Chad had been chosen to replace him. Wilfrid retired to the monastery at Ripon and evagelized in Mercia and Kent. In 669 Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury explained to Saint Chad that Wilfrid should have the see; Chad withdrew, and Wilfrid resumed the bishopric.
During his tenure Wilfrid worked to enfoce Roman ritual, founded Benedictine monasteries, and rebuilt the minster of York, all while living a simple and holy life himself. He became embroiled in political discord when he encouraged Queen Etheldrida to move to a convent when she no longer wished to live with her husband, King Ecgfrid. When Archbishop Theodore subdivided Wilfrid's diocese to reduce his influence, Wilfrid appealed to Rome. Pope Agatho ruled in Wilfrid's favour, and the three intruding bishops were removed. However, when Wilfrid returned to England King Ecgfrid accused him of buying the decision, imprisoned him at Bambrough, then exiled him to Sussex.
Wilfrid worked as a missionary in heathen Sussex. He reconciled with Archbishop Theodore, who had also been working in Sussex, in 686, and when Aldfrid became king of Northumbria, Theodore insured Wilfrid's return from exile. He served as bishop of Hexham, and then of York again. However, when he tried to consolidate the dioceses again, the king and Theodore opposed him, and Wilfrid was forced to appeal again to Rome in 704. Through a series of meetings, synods and rulings, Wilfrid became bishop of Hexham and Ripon, but not York. In the end Wilfrid accepted, deciding that the result of this turmoil was that everyone involved had agreed to the authority and primacy of the Pope and the Vatican, the principle he had fought for all along.
Born
634 in Northumbria, England
Died
709 at Oundle, Northhamptonshire, England
Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Also known as
• Euphrasia Pelletier
• Marie of Saint Euphrasia
• Mary Sainte-Euphrasie Pelletier
• Rose Virginie Pelletier
• Rose-Virginie Pelletier
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Born during the French Revolution. Studied at Tours, France. Joined the Refuge of Our Lady of Charity at Tours on 20 October 1814, an order devoted to rescuing "fallen" women and those in danger of going on the game. She took the name Marie-Euphrasie, and made her religious profession on 9 September 1817. Superioress on 26 May 1825.
Founder of The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (Good Shepherd Sisters) at Tours on 11 November 1825, and established their monastery at Angers, France on 31 July 1829; this congregation has the same mission, but is a contemplative order. She was recognized as Superior-General of the Congregation on 9 January 1831, and received approval from Pope Gregory XVI on 16 January 1835.
The Congregation has sisters working in Italy, Germany, Belgium, England, Algeria, the United States, Canada, Egypt, Ireland, Austria, India, Chile, Malta, the Netherlands, Australia, and Myanmar. By the end of her life, there were over 2,000 sisters established in 100+ houses on five continents; this rapid expansion led to her being known as a patron of travellers.
Born
31 July 1796 at Noirmoutier, Vendée, France as Rose Virginie Pelletier
Died
24 April 1868 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France of natural causes
Canonized
2 May 1940 by Venerable Pope Pius XII
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
புனிதர் ஃபிடேலிஸ்
மறைப்பணியாளர், குரு, மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: அக்டோபர் 1577
சிக்மரிங்ஞன்
இறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 24, 1622
க்ருஸ்ச், சீவிஸ் இம் ப்ரட்டிகவ் (தற்போதைய ஸ்விட்சர்லாந்து நாட்டின் பகுதி)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
முக்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: மார்ச் 24, 1729
திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் பெனடிக்ட்
புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூன் 29, 1746
திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் பெனடிக்ட்
முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:
வெல்ட்கிர்ச்சேன் கபுச்சின் துறவு மடம், ஃபெல்ட்கிர்ச், ஆஸ்திரியா
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஏப்ரல் 24
பாதுகாவல்: மறைபரப்பு பேராயம்
புனிதர் ஃபிடேலிஸ், கப்புச்சின் (Capuchin friar) சபையை சேர்ந்த கத்தோலிக்க அருட்பணியாளரும், கல்வியில் சிறந்த பேரறிஞரும், மறைசாட்சியும் ஆவார். இப்புனிதர் தற்போதைய ஸ்விட்சர்லாந்து நாட்டின் "சீவிஸ் இம் ப்ரட்டிகவ்" (Seewis im Prättigau) எனுமிடத்தில் தமது எதிர்ப்பாளர்களால் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார்.
“மார்க் ராய்" (Mark Roy) என்ற இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட ஃபிடேலிஸ், தற்போதைய ஜெர்மனி நாட்டின் சிக்மரிங்கன் என்ற நகரில் கி.பி. 1577ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரது தந்தையார் பெயர் "ஜான் ரே" (John Rey) ஆகும். நல்ல வசதியான குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த ஃபிடேலிஸ், "பிரைபெர்க்" (University of Freiburg) பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் சட்டம் மற்றும் தத்துவம் ஆகியன கற்றார். தாம் பயின்ற பல்கலையிலேயே தத்துவம் கற்பித்த இவர், சட்ட கல்வியில் முனைவர் பட்டம் வென்றார். தமது மூன்று ஆசிரியர் நண்பர்களுடன் இணைந்து இத்தாலி, ஃபிரான்ஸ், ஸ்பெயின், போன்ற ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளுக்கு பயணம் மேற்கொண்டு புதிய மொழிகளை கற்று ஆழ்ந்த அறிவை பெற்றார்.
ஏழைகளின் வழக்கறிஞர்:
மார்க் ராய், தனது வழக்கறிஞர் பணியை 'என்சிசீம்' நகரில் "ஏழைகளுக்கு நீதி" என்ற இலட்சியத்துடன் தொடங்கினார். செல்வந்தர்களால் ஏமாற்றப்பட்ட மற்றும் வஞ்சிக்கப்பட்ட ஏழை மக்களின் வழக்குகளை எடுத்து நடத்தி நீதியை நிலைநாட்டினார். எவ்வித இலாபத்தையும் எதிர்பாராமல் இலட்சியம் ஒன்றை மட்டுமே முன்னிறுத்தியதால் சக வழக்கறிஞர்களின் இன்னல்களுக்கு உள்ளாகி மனமுடைந்தார்.
கப்புச்சின் துறவி:
பணம், பொருள், பதவி என்ற உலகத்தின் போக்கும், நீதிமன்றங்களில் நீதிக்கு தண்டனை கிடைப்பதையும், ஏழைகள் அநியாயமாக நசுக்கப்படுவதையும் கண்டு மனம் நொந்து, தனக்கு உகந்த பணி இதுவன்று என உதறித் தள்ளி, செபத்திலும், தபத்திலும், தனது பாதையை செலுத்தினார். ஏழைகளுக்கு பணி செய்ய கப்புச்சின் சபையை நாடினார், ஆனால், இவரது செல்வ செழிப்புடைய குடும்பப் பின்னணி, மிகப்பெரிய படிப்பு ஆகியவை தடையாக இருந்தாலும் தொடர்ந்து போராடி கப்புச்சின் சபையில், கி.பி. 1612ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 4ம் தேதி, குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார்.
மறைபரப்பு பேராயத்தின் முதல் மறைச்சாட்சி:
பிரிவினை சபையினருக்கு சுவிஸ், பிரிகாளியா, பிரட்டிக்காவு, மேயன்பெல்ட் மற்றும் சுவபேயா பகுதிகளில் நற்செய்தியை முழங்கி பலரை மீண்டும் கத்தோலிக்க விசுவாசத்திற்கு மனம் திருப்பினார். இதனால் பிரிவினை சபையினரின் கடும் கோபத்துக்கு உள்ளானார்.
கி.பி. 1622ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 24ம் நாளன்று, சீவிஸ் என்ற ஊரில் உள்ள ஆலயத்தில் சில ஆஸ்திரிய அரசு சிப்பாய்களின் பாதுகாவலுடன் மறையுரையாற்றுகையில் கால்வினிஸ்ட் கிளர்ச்சியாளர்களால் (Calvinist agitators) தாக்குதலுக்கு ஆளானார். அவரை நோக்கி வெடித்த துப்பாக்கி குண்டிலிருந்து அதிசயமாக தப்பினார். உடனே அவர் அங்கிருந்த ஆஸ்திரிய சிப்பாய்களாலும் சில கத்தோலிக்க மக்களாலும் பாதுகாப்பாக வெளியேற்றப்பட்டார். எதிர் சபை நண்பர் ஒருவர் அவருக்கு தங்க இடம் தர முன்வந்தார். ஆனால், தமது வாழ்க்கை கடவுள் கைகளில் உள்ளது என்று கூறி மறுத்த ஃபிடேலிஸ், தமது இருப்பிடத்துக்கு திரும்பும் வழியில், ஆயுதம் தாங்கிய சுமார் இருபது கால்வினிஸ்ட் கிளர்ச்சியாளர்களால் (Calvinist agitators) வழி மரிக்கப்பட்டார். அவர்கள் அவரை கத்தோலிக்க விசுவாசத்தை கைவிட வற்புறுத்தினர். ஆனால், ஃபிடேலிஸ் தமது விசுவாசத்தை கைவிட மறுத்ததால் இரக்கமற்று கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார்.
கி.பி. 1746ம் ஆண்டு, புனிதர் பட்டமளிக்கப்பட்ட இப்புனிதர், ஆறு மாதங்களின் பின்னர் மறைசாட்சியாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டார்.
Also known as
• the poor man's lawyer
• Mark Rey
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Lawyer and philosophy teacher. Disgusted by the greed, corruption, and lack of interest in justice by his fellow lawyers, Mark Rey abandoned the law, became a priest, became a Franciscan friar with his brother George, changed his name to Fidelis, and gave away his worldly wealth to poor people in general and poor seminarians in particular. He was served his friary as guardian, and worked in epidemics, especially healing soldiers. He led a group of Capuchins to preach to Calvinists and Zwinglians in Switzerland. The success of this work, and lack of violence suffered by mission was attributed to Fidelis spending his nights in prayer. He was, however, eventually martyred for his preaching.
Born
1577 at Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern, Germany as Mark Rey
Died
murdered 24 April 1622 at Grusch, Grisons, Switzerland
Beatified
24 March 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII
Canonized
29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV
Saint William Firmatus
Also known as
William Firmatus of Tours
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Canon and physician at Saint-Venance. Because of a divine warning against avarice, William gave all his possessions to the poor and spent the rest of his life on pilgrimages and as a hermit at Savigny and Mantilly. Known for his closeness to nature, his love of wildlife, and the unusual communication he seemed to have with animals. Legend says that at Dardenay during a drought, he saved the people by striking the ground with his pilgrim's staff, causing a spring of water to appear.
Died
1103 of natural causes
Saint William Firmatus
Readings
It is said of him that even the wildest birds would approach him without fear, and come and eat out of his hand, and take refuge under his clothes from the cold. When he sat by a pond near his cell, the fish would swim to his feet and readily allow themselves to be taken up by the servant of God, who put them back into the water without hurting them.
One day his clerk came running to him, and told him that a wild boar was ravaging the garden, and destroying nearly all the vegetables. William went to the fierce animal, and took it gently by the ear. The wild boar, as tame as a lamb, let itself be led by the saint into his cell; there it passed the night, and was only liberated early the next morning, after a kindly warning not again to destroy gardens belonging to its clergyman. It should be added that Saint William made the wild boar fast all night in his cell. - from "The Little Bollandists" by Monsignor Paul Guérin, 1882
Saint Egbert of Rathemigisi
Also known as
• Egbert of Iona
• Egbert of Lindisfarne
• Egbert of Northumbria
• Egbert of Ripon
• Ecgberht...
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Born to the Northumbrian nobility. Benedictine monk at the monastery of Lindisfarne, England. Unsuccessfully worked to stop King Egfrith from invading Ireland in 684. Studied at Rathmelsigi monastery, (modern Mellifont, County Louth) Ireland, and then served as a teacher to newer brothers. Once, near death from plague, he prayed for a longer life to have time to do penance; he vowed to live in exile, and never returned to England. Priest. Travelling bishop. Sent Saint Wigbert, Saint Willibrord of Echternach and other missionaries to evangelize the pagans of Friesland. He wanted to go to the foreign missions himself, but was instructed in 688 by a vision of Saint Boisil to work for reform of monastic life. In 716 he finally accepted the assignment, and travelled to Iona to the houses following the Rule of Saint Columba. There he spent 13 years gently, prayerfully convincing the monks to accept Roman ways, especially in the method of computing Easter. Died immediately following the celebration of Easter Mass.
Born
c.639 in Northumbria, England
Died
24 April 729 at the island of Iona, Scotland of natural causes
Saint Benedetto Menni
Also known as
• Angelo Ercole Menni Figini
• Angelo Menni Figini
• Benedict Mennu
• Benito Menni
• Brother Benedetto
• Brother Benedict
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Son of Luigi Menni and Luisa Figini, the fifth of fifteen children in the family. Brother in the Order of Saint John of God Hospitaler. Studied philosophy and theology at the Seminary of Lodi, Italy and then in the Gregorian Pontifical University of Rome, Italy. Ordained in 1866. By order of Pope Pius IX, in 1867 he began the restoration of the Saint John of God Order in Spain and Portugal. Founder of the Congregation of Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on 31 May 1881. A real Samaritan, he made the care of the elderly, abandoned children, polio victims and the mentally ill the guide of his life.
Born
11 March 1841 at Milan, Italy as Angelo Ercole Menni Figini
Died
• 24 April 1914 at Dinan, France of natural causes
• relics at the Mother House of the Congregation of Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ciempozuelos, Spain
Canonized
21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Mary Salome
Also known as
• Salome the Myrophore
• Irene (Greek equivalent to Salome)
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Wife of Zebedee. Mother of Saint John the Apostle, and Saint James the Greater. May have been a cousin of the Blessed Virgin Mary. One of the "three Marys," the holy women who ministered to Jesus during his earthly ministry, and may have accompanied him on his travels. Witnessed Christ's death on the cross, his entombment, and his resurrection. Mark mentions Salome as one of the women who came to anoint the body of Jesus on the morning of the Resurrection.
One gospel story that shows Jesus and Salome has her asking Jesus what places her sons will have in His Kingdom. Jesus responds that it is the Father who assigns places in the Kingdom and that James and John will have to follow His own example of humility and sacrifice to earn places there.
Legend says that after the Resurrection she went to Veroli, Italy and spent the rest of her life there spreading the Good News.
Saint Ivo of Huntingdonshire
Also known as
• Ivo of Ramsey
• Ive, Ives, Ivia, Yves, Yvo
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Bishop. Hermit at Huntingdonshire, England. The city of Saint Ives (formerly Slepe), Huntingdonshire (modern Cambridgeshire), England is named for him. His gravesite was lost for years, but in 1001 four bodies were uncovered in an unmarked grave; one bore a bishop's insignia. A local layman had a vision that this was the body of Ivo, and all four were translated to the Ramsey Abbey. A spring soon appeared near the site of their interment, its waters known for healing miracles. A later vision convinced the brothers at Ramsey to keep the relics with the bishop's seal, and return the bodies of the three companions to Slepe.
Died
Huntingdonshire, England of natural causes
Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
Also known as
Mellitus of London
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Abbot of Saint Andrew's Abbey on the Coelian Hill in Rome, Italy. Sent by Pope Saint Gregory the Great as a missionary to England in 601. Worked for three years in Kent. Bishop of London, England in 604. Exiled to France for refusing to give Communion to apostates. Recalled to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury, England in 619.
Died
24 April 624 of natural causes
Saint Anthimos of Nicomedia
Also known as
Anthime, Anthimus, Antimo, Antimus, Antym
Additional Memorials
• 27 April (Martyrologium Hieronymianum; Roman Martyrology prior to 2001) • 28 December as one of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
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Bishop of Nicomedia. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for refusing to sacrfice to idols.
Died
• beheaded in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey)
• basilica erected over his tomb by Justinian
Our Lady of Bonaria
புனித_பொனரியா_அன்னை
ஏப்ரல் 24
1370 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஸ்பெயினிலிருந்து இத்தாலிக்கு ஒரு கப்பல் புறப்பட்டு வந்தது. அந்தக் கப்பல் இத்தாலியில் உள்ள சார்தினியா (Sardinia) என்ற தீவுக்கு வந்தபோது, கடலில் பெருங் கொந்தளிப்பு ஏற்பட்டது.
இதனால் கப்பல் தளபதி பயணிகளிடம், "கப்பலில் உள்ள பொருள்களை எல்லாம் கடலில் தூக்கப் போட்டால்தான் நாம் அனைவரும் உயிர் பிழைக்க முடியும்" என்று சொல்ல, பயணிகள் யாவரும் கப்பலில் இருந்த எல்லாப் பொருள்களையும் கடலில் தூக்கி எறிந்தார்கள். அதில் கனமான ஒரு மரப்பெட்டியும் அடங்கும்.
பயணிகள் கனமான மரப்பெட்டியைத் தூக்கிக் கடலில் வீசிய பிறகுதான் கடலில் புயல் அடங்கியது.
இவ்வாறு தூக்கி வீசப்பட்ட மரப்பெட்டி மறுநாள் கரை ஒதுங்கியது. அதைப் பார்க்கத் தீவில் இருந்த எல்லாரும் வந்தனர். அவர்கள் அப்பெட்டியைத் திறக்க எவ்வளவோ முயற்சி செய்தும் முடியவில்லை. அப்பொழுது கூட்டத்திலிருந்து சிறுவன், "இங்குள்ள துறவிகளில் ஒருவரை அழைத்து இதைத் திறக்கச் சொன்னால், அவரால் எளிதாகத் திறக்க முடியும்" என்று கத்தினான்.
உடனே அங்குத் துறவி ஒருவர் வரவழைக்கப்பட்டார். அவர் மரப்பெட்டியைத் திறக்கும் போது மிக எளிதாகத் திறந்து கொண்டது. அந்த மரப்பெட்டிக்குள் புனித கன்னி மரியா ஒரு கையில் குழந்தை இயேசுவை ஏந்தியவராய், இன்னொரு கையில் விளக்குத் தண்டை ஏந்தியவராய் இருந்தார்.
பின்னர் புனித கன்னி மரியாவின் இந்தத் திருவுருவம் துறவிகள் மடத்தில் வைக்கப்பட்டது. பின்னாளில் அங்கு ஒரு கோயில் எழுந்தது. மக்கள் புனித கன்னி மரியாவிடம் வேண்டியபோது அவர்கள் வேண்டிய வரம் கிடைத்தது. சார்தினியாத் தீவில் இருந்த மலேரியாவும் ஒழிந்தது.
இத்திருத்தலத்தை 2008 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட்டும், 2013 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை பிரான்சிசும் பார்வையிட்டனர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது
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Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the form of a statue of Mary and the Christ Child that was washed up at a Mercedarian monastery near Cagliari, Italy on 25 April 1370, apparently from a shipwreck the night before. Legend says that the locals tried to open the crate it was in, but only one of the Mercedarian monks could get the it open.
Saint Bova of Rheims
Also known as
Beuve, Boba, Bona
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Born a Merovingian princess, the daughter of King Sigebert of Austrasia; sister of Saint Balderic, aunt of Saint Doda of Rheims. Called to the religious life, she rejected a series of marriage proposal to become the first abbess of the Saint Peter monastery in Rheims, France.
Died
• 673 of natural causes
• relics at the Saint-Pierre Monastery, Rheims, France
Saint Diarmaid of Armagh
Also known as
Dermot
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Bishop of Armagh, Ireland in 834. Renowned for his learning. Driven from his see by the usurper Foraunan in 835, Diarmaid ruled for a year from Connacht, and then returned in 836. In 841 the see was destroyed by Vikings.
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Irish
Died
c.852 of natural causes
Saint Mary of Cleophas
Also known as
Mary of Clopas
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Mother of Saint James the Lesser. Sister of Our Lady. Present at the Crucifixion, and went to Christ's tomb on Easter morning. All else that we know about her is legend.
Saint Deodatus of Blois
Also known as
Dié, Deodato
Additional Memorial
22 August (Azeglio, Italy)
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Hermit near Blois, France. The town of Saint-Dié, France grew up around his cell. Bishop.
Died
c.525 of natural causes
Saint Sabas the Goth of Rome
Also known as
Sabas Stratelates
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Military officer of Gothic descent. Tortured and murdered with 70 unnamed companions in the persecutions of Aurelian for the crime of visiting Christians in prison. Martyr.
Died
drowned in 272 in Rome, Italy
Saint Hermirzius
Also known as
Erminio
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Martyr.
Died
• Rome, Italy, date unknown
• relics enshrined in a gilded wooden urn in the church of Saint Benedict in Perugia, Italy on 23 April 1662
Saint Authaire of La-Ferté
Also known as
Oye of La-Ferté
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Father of Saint Ouen of Rouen. Courtier to King Dagobert I of France. Known for his charity for the poor.
Died
7th century
Saint Doda of Rheims
Also known as
Deuteria, Dode
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Niece of Saint Balderic and Saint Bova of Rheims. Nun at and then abbess of the Saint Peter monastery in Rheims, France.
Died
• 7th century
• relics at the Saint-Pierre Monastery, Rheims, France
Saint Lupicinus of Lipidiacum
Also known as
Lupicino
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Sixth century wanderer and hermit, known for his piety, for carrying a large stone on his head as an act of penance, and for his healing with sick by making the sign of the cross over them.
Saint Alexander of Lyon
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Friend and worker with Saint Epipodius of Lyon. Imprisoned, scourged until his ribs showed, and executed with 34 companions during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius.
Born
Greek
Died
178 in Lyons, France
Saint Gregory of Elvira
Also known as
Gregory Bæticus
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Bishop of Elvira, Spain in 375. Fought Arianism in his diocese, refusing to compromise with heretics or heresy. Wrote a number of works on the faith and scripture.
Died
c.394
Saint Eusebius of Lydda
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Convert to Christianity after seeing the courage and faith of Saint George. Martyred for that conversion on the day after George's death.
Died
c.304 in Lydda, Palestine
Saint Leontius of Lydda
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Convert to Christianity after seeing the courage and faith of Saint George. Martyred for that conversion on the day after George's death.
Died
c.304 in Lydda, Palestine
Saint Longinus of Lydda
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Convert to Christianity after seeing the courage and faith of Saint George. Martyred for that conversion on the day after George's death.
Died
c.304 in Lydda, Palestine
Saint Neon of Lydda
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Convert to Christianity after seeing the courage and faith of Saint George. Martyred for that conversion on the day after George's death.
Died
c.304 in Lydda, Palestine
Saint Tiberio of Pinerolo
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Soldier of the Theban Legion. Martyr.
Died
3rd century near Pinerolo, Italy
Saint Dyfnan of Anglesey
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Founded a church in Anglesey, Wales.
Born
Wales
Died
5th century
Saint Honorius of Brescia
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Hermit near Brescia, Italy. Bishop of Brescia c.577.
Died
c.586
