16 October 2020
✠ சிலேசியா புனிதர் ஹெட்விக் ✠(St. Hedwig of Silesia)கைம்பெண், துறவி:(Widow & Hermit)அக்டோபர் 16
புனித மார்கரெட் மரி அலக்கோக்(Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)திருவிழா : அக்டோபர் 16, 17பிறப்பு : 22 ஜூலை, 1647, லாட்டகொர், பர்கன்டி,பிரான்சு
15 October 2020
St. Agileus October 15
St. Agileus
Feastday: October 15
Death: 300
Martyr honored by St. Augustine. Agileus was a Christian and lived in North Africa. He is listed as being martyred in the city of Carthage during the local persecutions. St. Augustine memorialized him on his birthday with a sermon.
St. Antiochus October 15
St. Antiochus
Feastday: October 15
Death: 5th century
Bishop who tried to persuade St. Justus to resume his see of Lyons, in France. Antiochus, also called Andeol, was a priest in Lyons when St. Justus resigned as bishop and went to Egypt to become a hermit. Antiochus was sent to Egypt to persuade St. Justus to return to Lyons. When Antiochus went back to Lyons without Justus, he was elected bishop to replace the saint.
St. Callistus October 15
St. Callistus
Feastday: October 15
Death: 1003
Spanish martyr and companion of St. Mercurialis. Callistus was born in Huesca, in Aragon, Spain. Callistus went to France with St. Mercurialis to fight against the Saracens, dying in battle. Callistus and Mercurialis are venerated in the diocese of Tarbes, France.
St. Cannatus October 15
St. Cannatus
Feastday: October 15
Death: 5th century
A bishop of Marseilles, France, and successor of St. Honoratus.
St. Euthymius the Younger October 15
St. Euthymius the Younger
Feastday: October 15
Death: 886
Founder also called Euthymius the Thesssalonian or "the New." He was born in Galatia, and went to Mount Olympus in Bithynia circa 848. Sometime later he moved to Mt. Athos, Greece, where he gained a reputation as a preacher. He founded a monastery in Salonika, lived for some months in a tower, and then returned to Athos. There he built a monastery and founded another one. A few months before his death, Euthymius went to a solitary retreat, where he died on October 15 .
This article is about the Russian monastery. For the 5th century monastery in Palestine, see Laura of Euthymius.
The Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius is a monastery in Suzdal, Russia, founded in 1352.[1]
History
Foundation
The monastery was founded in 1352 by the monk Yevfimi from Nizhny Novgorod, invited by Grand Prince Boris Konstantinovich of Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod. The monastery, originally called the Spassky, was located high over the Kamenka River and served as a fortress to protect the town from any attackers. The original monastery buildings were made of wood, however, there is no data on their appearances. Monk Yevfimi (Euthymius) became the first archimandrite and lived here until 1404. Upon his death the monastery was renamed after him into the Spaso-Yevfimiev Monastery.[2]
The Great Battle of Suzdal happened right next to the monastery, that ended with defeat or the Russians. Vasily II of Moscow was captured and taken as a prisoner to Ulugh Muhammad sons Makhmud and Jakub. The Mongols sacked Suzdal and moved to Vladimir.
Late Middle Ages
The first wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour was constructed in 1507—1511 above the Saint Euthymius tomb. In 1594 a cathedral with four internal piers was built around this church. The old historical part was renamed into the St Euthymius aisle. The new Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour was built of white stone in a traditional Russian style.[3]
The monastery grew in importance in the 16th and 17th centuries after donations by Vasili III, Ivan IV and the Pozharsky family, a noble dynasty of the region. They financed the construction of the strong brick walls around the monastery in 1670—1680s, that replaced the old wooden wall. 11 of 12 wall towers were made in round faceted shape, except the main gate tower. It is 22 m high and decorated in traditional "uzorochye" style. Between the 16-17th centuries the monastery also got the Assumption Church, the bell tower and the seven-domed Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. The cathedral was built in the style of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal. Its interior contains restored frescoes by the school of Gury Nikitin of Kostroma, dating from 1689. The tomb of Dmitry Pozharsky lies by the cathedral wall.[3]
St. Flavia October 15
St. Flavia
Feastday: October 15
There is nothing known about Flavia other than she was martyred. The feast kept by the Western Church today is actually of St. Placid, "a monk and disciple of the Blessed Abbot Benedict, together with his brothers Eutychius and Victorinus, their sister, the maiden Flavia, Donatus, Firmatus the deacon, Faustus, and thirty other monks", who, we are told were martyred by pirates at Messina. The feast day is October 15th.
For St. Flavia Domitilla, see Flavia Domitilla (saint).
Saint Flavia is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was martyred at Messina along with her brother, the Benedictine monk Saint Placidus, their brothers Eutychius and Victorinus, Donatus, Firmatus the deacon, Faustus, and thirty other monks. They were killed by pirates. Their feast day is October 15.[1]
St. Fortunatus October 15
St. Fortunatus
Feastday: October 15
Death: 537
A Roman martyr about whom nothing is known.
St. Leonard Vandoeuvre October 15
St. Leonard Vandoeuvre
Feastday: October 15
Death: 1572
Abbot-founder of Vandoeuvre, now Saint-Leonard-aux-Bois, near Le Mans, France.
St. Sabinus October 15
St. Sabinus
Feastday: October 15
Death: 760
Bishop of Catania, Sicily He eventually left his see to spend his remaining days as a hermit.
St. Severus October 15
St. Severus
Feastday: October 15
Severus was born in Gaul. He worked as a missionary with St. Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes and went to England with them in 429 to combat Pelagianism there. He also worked along the lower Moselle river area in Germany and was named Bishop of Treves in Gaul in 446, a position he held until his death. His feast day is October 15.
Bl. Victoria Strata October 15
Bl. Victoria Strata
Feastday: October 15
Death: 1617
Blessed Victoria Strata, Religious (Feast day - October 15) Victoria was born at Genoa, Italy in 1562. At the age of seventeen she married Angelo Strata, with whom she had six children. When Angelo died in 1587, Victoria wanted to marry again because of the children. However, a vision of Our Lady convinced her to retire to a life of prayer, helping the poor and raising her children. After her maternal obligations were fulfilled, Victoria and ten other women took vows of religion in 1605, and this became the nucleus of the Blue Nuns. Victoria was elected Superior. A second convent was opened in 1612, and many houses were later established in France. Victoria died on December 15, 1617, and was beatified in 1828.
Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata (1562 – 15 December 1617) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun and the foundress of the Order of the Annunciation - or Blue Nuns.[1] Fornari was married for just under a decade and decided not to find another spouse after having a vision of the Madonna who instructed her to lead a chaste life of motherhood. The widow decided to found an order not long after this based on the Carmelite charism.[2]
Her beatification was held on 21 September 1828.


