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09 January 2021

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 10

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ஜனவரி 10

தொடக்கத் திருஅவையில் கிரேக்க மொழி பேசும் கைம்பெண்கள் சரியாகக் கவனிக்கப்படவில்லை என்றொரு பிரச்சனை எழுந்த பொழுது, திருத்தூதர்கள் அப்பிரச்சனையைச் சமாளிக்க, நற்சான்று பெற்றவர்களும் தூய ஆவி அருளும் வல்லமையும் ஞானமும் நிறைந்த எழுவரைக் கவனமாகக் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார்கள். அவர்களில் ஒருவர்தான் இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் நிக்கானோர்.

இவர் எருசலேமைச் சார்ந்தவர். எருசலேமில் சிலகாலம் தங்கிப் பணியாற்றிவிட்டு சைப்ரசிற்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கச் சென்றார்.

அங்கு இவர் கடவுளுடைய வார்த்தையை மிகத் துணிவோடு எடுத்துரைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்த வேளையில், உரோமையை ஆண்ட வெஸ்பாசியன் என்ற மன்னன் இவரைக் கொலை செய்தான்.

St. Nicanor

Feastday: January 10

Early martyr and one of the seven deacons of Jerusalem. A resident of Jerusalem, he was chosen by the Apostles to minister to the needs of those requiring assistance in the Holy City. According to tradition, he went to Cyprus where he was put to death during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, although this is now believed unlikely.

St. John Camillus the Good

Feastday: January 10

Death: 660

Bishop of Milan. The Lombard invasion had left Milan a vacant see, and John was chosen to fill the position. He was a relentless enemy of the heresies of his era and was called "the Good" for conspicuous holiness.

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

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✠ நிஸ்ஸா நகர் புனிதர் கிரகோரி ✠

(St. Gregory of Nyssa)

கப்படோசியன் தந்தை/ நிஸ்ஸா மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர்:

(Cappadocian Father/ Bishop of Nyssa)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 335

நியோசேசரே, கப்படோசியா

(Neocaesarea, Cappadocia)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 395

நிஸ்ஸா, கப்படோசியா

(Nyssa, Cappadocia)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodoxy)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

லூதரன் திருச்சபை

(Lutheranism)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 10

நிஸ்ஸா நகர் புனிதர் கிரகோரி (St. Gregory of Nyssa), கி.பி. 372ம் ஆண்டு முதல், 376ம் ஆண்டு வரையும், பின்னர் கி.பி. 378ம் ஆண்டு முதல் அவரைது மரணம் வரை பதவியிலிருந்த “நிஸ்ஸா” ஆயர் (Bishop of Nyssa) ஆவார். இவரும், இவரது மூத்த சகோதரரான புனிதர் “பாசில்” (Basil of Caesarea) மற்றும் புனிதர் “கிரகோரி” (Gregory of Nazianzus) ஆகிய மூவரும் “கப்படோசியன் தந்தையர்” (Cappadocian Fathers) என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டனர்.

தமது மூத்த சகோதரர் “கிரகோரியிடமிருந்த” (Gregory of Nazianzus) நிர்வாகத் திறனும், செல்வாக்கும் இவரிடம் இல்லாதிருந்தது. ஆனால், “மூவொரு இறைவனுக்கும்” (Trinity), “நீசென் கிரீட்” (Nicene Creed) எனப்படும் கிறிஸ்தவ இலக்கணத்தில் பரவலாக பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட சின்னத்துக்கும் பெருமளவில் பங்களிப்பாற்றிய, ஆழ்ந்து கற்ற இறையியல் அறிஞர் ஆவார். கிரகோரியின் தத்துவ நூல்கள் “ஆரிஜென்” (Origen) எனும் கிறிஸ்தவ இறையியல் கிரேக்க அறிஞரின் செல்வாக்கு பெற்றன.

இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் முற்பகுதியில் இருந்து, கிரகோரியின் கல்விப் பணிகளில், குறிப்பாக உலகளாவிய ஆர்வத்தில் கணிசமான அதிகரிப்பு ஏற்பட்டிருந்தது. இது அவருடைய பல பாரம்பரிய இறையியல் விளக்கங்களுக்கு சவாலாக விளங்கியது.

கி.பி. சுமார் 335ம் ஆண்டு, “கப்படோசியாவின்” (Cappadocia) “நியோசேசரே” (நியோசேசரே) நகரருகே செல்வந்தர்களின் குடும்பமொன்றில் பிறந்த கிரகோரியின் தந்தை, “மூத்த பாசில்” (Basil the Elder) என்று அறியப்படுகிறார். “எம்மெலியா” (Emmelia of Caesarea) இவரது தாயார் ஆவார். இவரது பெற்றோர் மிகவும் பக்தியானவர்கள் ஆவர். இவரது தாய்வழி தாத்தா, ரோமப்பேரரசர் முதலாம் “கான்ஸ்டன்டைன்” (Constantine I) காலத்துக்கு முன்னே கிறிஸ்தவ மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டவர் ஆவார். கிரகோரி மற்றும் அவரது சகோதர சகோதரியர் நால்வரையும் புனிதரான இவர்களது தாய்வழி பாட்டி “மேக்ரினா” (St. Macrina) வளர்த்தார்.

கிரகோரி, அமைதியான மற்றும் சாந்தமான குணாம்சங்கள் கொண்டிருந்தார்.

இவருடைய தாயார் “எம்மெலியா” (Emmelia), மற்றும் சகோதரி “மேக்ரினா” (Macrina) ஆகியோர் இவருக்கு வீட்டிலேயே ஆரம்பக் கல்வி கற்பித்தனர். அவரது மேல் படிப்பு பற்றிய சரித்திர ஆசிரியர்களின் கருத்துக்கள் ஐயங்கள் ஏற்படுத்துகின்றன. “ஏதேன்ஸ்” (Athens) நகரில் உயர்கல்வி தொடங்கிய இவர், “செசேரா” (Caesarea) நகரில் கல்வியை தொடர்ந்தார். பாரம்பரிய இலக்கியம், தத்துவம் மற்றும் ஒருவேளை, மருத்துவமும் கற்றார். தமது மூத்த சகோதரரான பாசில், மற்றும் பவுல், யோவான், மற்றுமுள்ள அப்போஸ்தலர்கள், மற்றும் தீர்க்கதரிசிகளே தமது ஆசிரியர்கள் என்று கிரகோரி கூறுகிறார். இவரது சகோதரர்களான “பாசிலும்” (Basil) “நவ்கிரேஷியசும்” (Naucratius) துறவியராக வாழ்ந்த காலத்தில், கிரகோரி ஒரு சொல்லாட்சிக் கலைஞராக தமது மதசார்பற்ற வாழ்க்கையை தொடங்கினார். ஆயினும், அவர் ஒரு பயிற்சியாளராக செயல்பட்டார்.

இந்த காலகட்டத்தில் கிரகோரி, “தியோசேபியா” (Theosebia) என்ற பெண்மணியை திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டார் என்பது அறியப்படுகிறது. சில சமயங்களில், ஆதி கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுவழி சபையின் பெண் திருத்தொண்டர் என்றும் புனிதர் என்றும் அறியப்படுகின்றார். இது சர்ச்சைக்குரியது. எனினும், மற்ற வர்ணனையாளர்கள், திருத்தொண்டர் “தியோசேபியா” (Theosebia), கிரகோரியின் சகோதரிகளில் ஒருவரென்றும் கூறுகின்றனர்.

பேரரசன் “வலேன்ஸ்” (Emperor Valens), கி.பி. 371ம் ஆண்டு, கப்படோசியாவை இரண்டு மாகாணங்களாகப் பிரித்தார். இவை, “கப்படோசியா பிரைமா” (Cappadocia Prima) என்றும், கப்படோசியா செகுண்டா” (Cappadocia Secunda) என்றும் அறியப்பட்டன. இது திருச்சபை எல்லைகளில் சிக்கலான மாற்றங்களை விளைவித்தது. அதன்பேரில், பல புதிய ஆயர்கள் உருவாக்கப்பட்டனர். செசேரா நகர தலைவராக இருந்த இவரது சகோதரர் பாசிலின் ஆதரவுடன், கிரகோரி புதிய மறைமாவட்டம் “நிஸ்ஸா” (Nyssa) ஆயராக கி.பி. 372ம் ஆண்டு தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார்.

ஆயராக, கிரகோரியின் கொள்கைகள் அவருக்கு எதிராகவே திரும்பின. அவற்றால் அவர் பல்வேறு பிரச்சனைகளை சந்திக்க நேர்ந்தது. கி.பி. 375ம் ஆண்டு, “டெஸ்மாதேன்ஸ்” (Desmothenes of Pontus) எனும் அரசியல்வாதி, தேவாலயங்களின் நிதிகளின் மோசடி மற்றும் ஆயர்களின் ஒழுங்கற்ற அருட்பொழிவுகள் மீதான குற்றச்சாட்டுகளில் கிரகோரியை சிக்கவைக்கும் முயற்சியாக, “ஆன்சிரா” (Ancyra) எனுமிடத்தில் ஒரு சபை கூட்டத்தை ஏற்பாடு செய்தார். அதே வருடம் குளிர்காலத்தில், அவர் அரச படைகளால் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். ஆனால் அவர் தப்பித்துச் சென்றார். கி.பி. 376ம் ஆண்டு, “நிஸ்ஸா” எனுமிடத்தில் நடந்த ஆலோசனை சபை (Synod of Nyssa), கிரகொரியை விடுவித்தது. ஆயினும் கிரகோரி, கி.பி. 378ம் ஆண்டு, தமது ஆயர் பதவியை திரும்பப் பெற்றார். இது, ஒருவேளை புதிய பேரரசர் “கிரேஷியன்” (Emperor Gratian) அறிவித்த ஒரு பொதுமன்னிப்பு காரணமாக இருக்கலாம்.

கி.பி. 379ம் ஆண்டு, “அந்தியோக்கியாவில்” (Synod of Antioch) நடந்த பொது ஆலோசனை சபையில் கலந்துகொண்டார்.

கி.பி. 381ம் ஆண்டு நடந்த “கான்ஸ்டண்டிநோபில்” (First Council of Constantinople) முதலாம் பொது சங்கத்தில் கலந்துகொண்டார்.

கிரகோரி, கி.பி. 395ம் ஆண்டு, கப்படோசியாவின் நிஸ்ஸா எனுமிடத்தில் மரணமடைந்தார்.

St. Gregory of Nyssa

Feastday: January 10

Birth: 335

Death: 394

Gregory of Nyssa St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330-c. 395) was a younger sibling in a family that gave the church many years of service and at least five saints. Before entering the monastery of his brother, Basil the Great, Gregory was a rhetorician. He may have been married, although some scholars believe that his treatise On Virginity argues against that. He became bishop of Nyssa c 371 or 372. Arians accused him of mismanagement and deposed him in 376. On the death of the Arian, Valens, two years later, he was restored to his see. He attended the first Council of Constantinople in 381, after which he traveled in Transjordan (Arabia) to settle disputes in the churches. During a trip to Jerusalem, he was forced to defend his Christology, although he was then and is now well-known for his Trinitarian theology. In 394, he attended a synod in Constantinople and is thought to have died shortly after that when mention of him in church records ceases. His best-known works are the Catechetical Oration, The Life of Moses, and the Life of St. Macrina (his sister).

Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen (Greek: Γρηγόριος Νύσσης; c. 335 – c. 395), was bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death. He is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism. Gregory, his elder brother Basil of Caesarea, and their friend Gregory of Nazianzus are collectively known as the Cappadocian Fathers.

Gregory lacked the administrative ability of his brother Basil or the contemporary influence of Gregory of Nazianzus, but he was an erudite theologian who made significant contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity and the Nicene Creed. Gregory's philosophical writings were influenced by Origen. Since the mid-twentieth century, there has been a significant increase in interest in Gregory's works from the academic community, particularly involving universal salvation, which has resulted in challenges to many traditional interpretations of his theology.

Blessed Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon

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Marie of the Conception

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Born to the French nobility, the daughter of Baron Charles de Trenquelléon and Marie-Ursule de Peyronnencq de Saint-Chamarand, she was related through her mother to Saint Louis IX; she was baptized when only a few hours old. Her father, the baron, fought on the side of King Louis XVI in the French Revolution in 1791, which led to exile for him and his family to England in November 1791, then Spain in 1797, then Portugal in 1798, back to Spain in 1800, and finally a return to France in 1801. Adèle made her First Communion on 6 January 1801 in San Sebastian, Spain, and received Confirmation on 6 February 1803 from the bishop of Agen, France.

In her early teens, Adèle began to feel a call to religious life, and wanted to join the Carmelites, but her mother convinced her to wait till she was grown to make the decision. On 5 August 1803 Adèle and some like-minded friends founded the Little Society, an informal group for spiritual study and support which Adèle encouraged by active correspondence, and which by 1808 had about 60 members, laity and priests. Adèle started visiting the area sick at home, and brought poor children to her home to teach them the faith. Learning of a group founded by Blessed William Joseph Chaminade in Bordeaux, France, the Sodalities of Our Lady, that was similar to the Little Society, Adèle began corresponding with Chaminade. By 1809 the Society had been modified to be more like Chaminade's Sodality.

On 20 November 1808, Adèle rejected an offer of marriage and concluded that she would enter religious life at some point. Family obligations and government edicts, however, delayed her work until 1816. With some guidance by Chaminade, Adèle renounced her inheritance in favour of her brother, Charles, said good-bye to her family, and with some like-minded members of both the Society and Sodality, she moved into a vacant convent in Agen, France and started the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Marianist Sisters). The Sisters combined the contemplative nature of the Carmelites with a mission to teach, Adèle served as their first superior, and the group made their first vows on 25 July 1817.

Adèle became friends with Saint Émilie de Rodat in 1819, and the two corresponded regularly. The Sisters continued to grow, but Adèle's health began to fail. From 1825 on she was restricted to a correspondence ministry, and spent the last months of her life working for the expansion and recognition of the Sisters. The Sisters continue their good work today with about 340 members spread out in Togo, Ivory Coast, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, South Korea, Japan, India, Spain, France and Italy.

Born

10 June 1789 in Castle of Trenquelléon, Feugarolles, Lot-et-Garonne, France

Died

• 10 January 1828 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France of natural causes

• buried at the Marianist Sisters convent in Agen

Beatified

• 10 June 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in Agen, France, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

• her beatification miracle involved a healing through her intercession in the diocese of Novara, Italy

Patronage

Daughters of Mary Immaculate

Blessed María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña

Profile

The fourth of seven children born to Tomas Rodríguez Sopeña, a lawyer, magistrate and administrator, and Nicolasa Ortega Salomon. Eye surgery at age eight left her with limited sight the rest of her life. A debutante at age 17, Maria did not care for the wordly life, and fearing that her parents would stop her, she secretly began working with the sick and poor. This was a time when a lady of her standing in society would never be found in the poor neighborhoods, never working with the poor herself. But Maria's faith gave her endless confidence, and she was motivated by a desire to have "one family in Christ Jesus"

In 1868 when she was 20, Maria's father was transferred to Puerto Rico where he eventually became a state attorney; the rest of the famly moved to Madrid, Spain. There Maria found a spiritual advisor and began catechizing women in prisons, hospitals and Sunday schools. The entire family moved to Puerto Rico in 1872 during a time of schism and religious disruption, and she found a Jesuit priest to be her spiritual director. Maria's poor sight ended an attempt to join the Sisters of Charity, and when she tried to work on her own, the religious upheaval limited her to visiting only the sick in the safety of a military hospital. When the situation settled she founded the Centers of Instruction and the Association of the Sodality of the Virgin Mary who staffed the Centers. There they taught reading, writing and religion, and provided medical help where needed.

Maria's mother died, her father retired, and the family returned to Madrid in 1877. Maria became the matriarch of the family, found a new spiritual advisor, and resumed her work with the poor and sick. Following the death of her father in 1883, she joined a Salesian convent. That lasted ten days; she realized that the cloistered, contemplative life was not for her.

In 1885 Maria opened a center where the poor could bring social problems to be resolved, and which was similar to a modern half-way house, helping prisoners return to society. The terrible conditions of the poor that she witness led to the formation of the organization Works of the Doctrines; due to anti-clerical attitudes in the 20th century, these became known as the Center for the Workers. In 1892 she founded the Association of the Apostolic Laymen (Sopeña Lay Movement), and in 1893 she received government approval to expand her work into eight poor and crowded Madrid neighborhoods.

In 1896 she began working throughout Spain, founding additional Works of the Doctrines. She made a pilgrimage to Rome in 1900, and received approval to form a religious institute to continue the work of the Works and Association. With eight companions and co-workers, she founded the Ladies of Catechistical Institute on 24 September 1901 in Toledo, Spain. She founded the Social and Cultural Work Sopeña (OSCUS) which received government approval in 1902, papal approval in 1907, and is today known as the Sopeña Catechetical Institute. Maria was chosen Superior General of community in 1910, and they expanded into the Americas in 1917. Her legacy continues today in the Sopeña Catechetical Institute, The Sopeña Lay Movement and the Sopeña Social and Cultural Work working in Spain, Italy, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

Born

30 December 1848 in Velez Rubio, Almería, Spain

Died

10 January 1918 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes

Beatified

23 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II

சபை நிறுவுனர் பிரான்சிஸ்கா சலேசியா லியோனி அவியட் Franziska Salesia Leonie Aviat

பிறப்பு

16 செப்டம்பர் 1844,

சேசான்னே Sezanne, பிரான்சு

இறப்பு

10 ஜனவரி 1914,

இத்தாலி

முத்திபேறுபட்டம்: 27 செப்டம்பர் 1992, திருத்தந்தை 2 ஆம் ஜான்பவுல்

இவர் தனது இளம் வயதிலிருந்தே துறவியாக வேண்டுமென்று விருப்பம் கொண்டு வளர்ந்தார். இவர் அதிக திறமை இல்லாதவராக இருந்ததால் இவரைப் போன்ற மற்ற பெண்களால் இழிவாக கருதப்பட்டார். எதையும் செய்ய இயலாதவர் என்று ஒதுக்கப்பட்டார். அனைவராலும் வெறுக்கப்பட்ட இவர், ஆண்டவரின் பார்வையில் உயர்ந்தவராக காணப்பட்டார். இவர் தனது 22 ஆம் வயதில் அருள்தந்தை அலோய்ஸ் ப்ரிசன் Alois Brisson என்பவரை அறிந்து, அவருடன் தன் உறவை வளர்த்து அவரை தன் ஆன்ம குருவாக கொண்டு வாழ்ந்தார்.

இவர் அருள்தந்தை வழங்கிய ஆலோசனையின் பேரில் பல்வேறு விதங்களில் பல ஆன்மீக காரியங்களை திறம்படச் செய்தார். பின்னர் அருள்தந்தை அலோய்சின் உதவியுடன் இத்தாலியில் சாலெசின் புனித பிரான்சு Heiligen Franz von Sales என்ற சபையைத் தொடங்கினார். அதன்பிறகு ஏராளமான முதியோர் இல்லங்களையும் பள்ளிகளையும் உலக அளவிலான பல தொழிற்சாலைகளையும் தொடங்கினார். இவைகள் அனைத்தையும் நிறுவிய ஒரே ஆண்டில் இத்தாலி மற்றும் உலகின் பல பகுதிகளிலும் வெகு விரைவாக பரவியது.

Saint Francisca Salesia

Also known as

• Frances de Sales Aviat

• Francesca Salesia Aviat

• Francisca Salesia Aviat

• Francisca Salesia

• Françoise de Sales

• Fransiska Salesia Aviat

• God's Little Instrument

• Leonia Aviat

• Leonie Aviat

• Léonie Aviat

• Léonie Françoise de Sales Aviat

• Mother Francoise

• Mother Françoise de Sales Aviat

Profile

Daughter of Theodore Aviat, a shopkeeper, and Emilie Caillot. Baptized 17 September 1844; Confirmed on 2 July 1856. Educated at the Visitation School in Troyes, France from age eleven to sixteen. With Father Louis Brisson and Mother Marie Therese de Sales Chappuis, she founded the Sister Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales in Troyes, dedicated to helping young women who poured into the cities during the Industrial Revolution. She took the Salesian Rule for the congregation. She entered religious life on 11 April 1866, took the veil on 30 October 1868, taking the name Sister Frances de Sales, and made her final vows on 11 October 1871. Superior of the Institute in 1872. Opened homes and schools for working class girls. Exiled from France on 11 April 1904 due to religious persecution and anti-religious legislation. She rebuilt her congregation from Perugia, Italy, and the Order was approved by Pope Saint Pius X in 1911.

Born

16 September 1844 at Sezanne, France as Leonia Aviat

Died

10 January 1914 at Perugia, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

• 25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II

• her canonization miracle involved the healing of the paralyzing spinal disease of a 14 year old girl from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Saint Peter Orseolo

Also known as

Peter Urseolus

Profile

Born to a wealthy, noble, and prominent family. Married at age 18 to Felicitas, and the father of one son, Peter, who became the Doge of Venice in 991. Admiral and commander of the Venetian fleet by age 20. Rid the Adriatic Sea of pirates.

Chosen Doge of Venice on 12 August 976, the day after a revolt, the murder of his predecessor, and a fire that destroyed much of the city. Built hospitals and orphanages, started reconstruction of the Cathedral of Saint Mark, and began social programs to help widows, orphans, pilgrims, and the abandoned. He poured much of his own fortune into the effort, and within two years Peter had restored law and order, and rebuilt much of the city. Rightly considered one of Venice's greatest rulers.

In the night of 1 September 978, believing his duty to the world fulfilled, and possibly feeling crushed by it all, Peter secretly left Venice for the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa in the Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain, not even telling his family of his plans. Benedictine monk. While the move was sudden, it was apparently something he'd been considering for over a decade. When his wife learned of his move, she approved; they'd lived chastely since the birth of their son, and she knew of his spiritual yearnings. Spiritual student of Saint Romuald at Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa at whose suggestion he built a hermitage, and retired even further from the world, spending the rest of his life in solitude and prayer.

Born

928 at Rivo alto, Province of Udine, Venice, Italy

Died

• 10 January 987 at Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa Abbey, Pyrenees mountains, France of natural causes

• his tomb became a site for pilgimages and miracles

Canonized

• recognized in 1027 by the bishop of Elne, France

• cultus confirmed by Pope Clement XII in 1731

Saint Paul the Hermit

Also known as

• Paul the First Hermit

• Paul of Thebes

• Paul the Anchorite

• Pavly, Pavlos

Additional Memorial

15 January (Eastern calendar)

Profile

Paul grew up in an upper-class, Christian family. He was well educated, fluent in Greek and Egyptian. His parents died when the boy was 15. When the persecutions of Decius began a few years later, Paul fled into the desert to escape both them, and the machinations of his brother Peter and other family members who wanted his property. He lived as a desert hermit in a cave the remainder of his 113 year life, surviving off fruit and water, wearing leaves or nothing, spending his time in prayer; legend says a raven kept him supplied with bread. Late in life he came to know, and was buried by Saint Anthony the Abbot. His biography was written by Saint Jerome.

Born

c.230 at Lower Thebes, Egypt

Died

• 5 January 342 of natural causes

• grave reported to have been dug by desert lions near his cave who guarded the body

• buried by Saint Anthony the Abbot

Patronage

• basket weavers

• clothing industry

• hermits

• weavers

Saint William of Bourges

Also known as

• Guillaume de Bourges

• William Berruyer

• William de Don Jeon

• William the Confessor

Additional Memorial

8 November as one of the Saints of the Diocese of Evry

Profile

Member of the family of the Counts of Nevers, his father Baldwin planned a military life for William. Educated by his maternal uncle, Peter the Hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, France. Drawn to religious life from an early age, William became a priest, canon of Soissons, and canon of Paris. Monk in the Order of Grandmont, noted for his austerities, his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and for the time spent praying at the altar. Internal dissension in the Order caused him to leave Grandmont for the recently formed Cistercians, taking the habit at Pontigny. Abbot at Fontaine-Jean in Sens, France. Abbot at Chaalis near Senlis, France in 1187.

Reluctant archbishop of Bourges, France in 1200, accepting the position only after receiving orders from the general of his order, and from Pope Innocent III. Lived an even more austere life, defended clerical rights against the state, cared personally for the poor, sick, imprisoned and debauched, and converted many Albigensians in his diocese to orthodox Christianity. Witnesses claim he performed 18 miracles during his life, and another 18 after his death.

Born

12th century in Nevers, France

Died

10 January 1209 at Bourges, France of natural causes while in prayer

Canonized

17 May 1217 by Pope Honorius III

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(ஜனவரி 10)

✠ அருளாளர் பத்தாம் கிரகோரி ✠

(Blessed Gregory X)

184வது திருத்தந்தை:

(184th Pope)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1210

பியசென்ஸா, தூய ரோம பேரரசு

(Piacenza, Holy Roman Empire)

இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 10, 1276 (வயது 66)

அரேஸ்ஸோ, தூய ரோம பேரரசு

(Arezzo, Holy Roman Empire)

முத்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஜூலை 8, 1713

திருத்தந்தை பதினொன்றாம் கிளமென்ட்

(Pope Clement XI)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 10

பாதுகாவல்:

அரேஸ்ஸோ மறை மாவட்டம்,

ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் மூன்றாம் நிலை

(Diocese of Arezzo, Franciscan Tertiaries)

"டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி" (Teobaldo Visconti) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், பத்தாம் கிரகோரி என்ற பெயரில் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் 184வது திருத்தந்தையாக கி.பி. 1271ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், முதலாம் தேதி முதல், கி.பி. 1276ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், பத்தாம் தேதி - அவரது மரணம் வரை ஆட்சி புரிந்தவர் ஆவார். இவர் "மதச்சார்பற்ற ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின்" (Secular Franciscan Order) உறுப்பினரும் ஆவார். கி.பி. 1268ம் ஆண்டு முதல் கி.பி. 1271ம் ஆண்டு வரை மூன்றாண்டுகள் நடந்த திருத்தந்தைத் தேர்தலுக்குப் பின்னர் இவர் திருத்தந்தையாக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் சரித்திரத்தில், திருத்தந்தை தேர்வுக்காக நடந்த தேர்தல்களில் மிக அதிக காலம் எடுத்துக்கொண்ட தேர்தல் இதுவேயாகும்.

இவர், "லியோன்” எனுமிடத்தில் “இரண்டாம் மகா சபையை" (Second Council of Lyons) கூட்டி புதிய திருத்தந்தைக்கான கட்டுப்பாடுகளை உருவாக்கினார். இக்கட்டுப்பாடுகள் திருத்தந்தையர்கள் “ஐந்தாம் அட்ரியான்” (Pope Adrian V) மற்றும் “இருபத்தொன்றாம் ஜான்” (Pope John XXI) ஆகியோரால் செல்லுபடியாகாததாக ஆக்கப்பட்டிருப்பினும், அவை இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டு வரை அமலில் இருந்தன. பின்னர், அவை திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுலால் (Pope Paul VI) திருத்தி அமைக்கப்பட்டன.

ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:

"டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி" (Teobaldo Visconti) ஏறக்குறைய கி.பி. 1210ம் ஆண்டு, "பியசென்ஸா" என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இவர், "இத்தாலிய உன்னத வம்சாவளி" (House of Visconti) குடும்பமொன்றின் உறுப்பினர் ஆவார். இவர், கி.பி. 1231-1244 ஆண்டுகளில், “ஸிஸ்டேர்ஸியன் கர்தினால்” (Cistercian Cardinal) மற்றும் "பலஸ்ட்ரினா" ஆயராக இருந்த (Bishop of Palestrina) "கியகொமோ டே பெகோராரி" (Giacomo de Pecorari) என்பவருடன் தம்மை இணைத்துக்கொண்டு பணியாற்ற தொடங்கினார் என்று சொல்லப்படுகின்றது.

திருத்தந்தை தேர்தல்:

ரோம் நகரில் அப்போதிருந்த கர்தினால்களின் பிரிவினை மற்றும் ஒற்றுமையின்மை காரணமாக, திருத்தந்தை “நான்காம் கிளமென்ட்” (Pope Clement IV) அவர்கள் மரணத்தின் பிறகு, சுமார் இரண்டு வருடங்களும் ஒன்பது மாதங்களும் அவரது பதவி காலியாக இருந்தது. "விட்டெர்போ" (Viterbo) நகரில் நடந்த "கர்தினால் கல்லூரி" (College of Cardinals) மாநாட்டில், இத்தாலி மற்றும் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாடுகளின் கர்தினால்கள் சரிசமமாக பிரிந்தனர். ஃபிரெஞ்ச் கர்தினால்கள், ஃபிரான்ஸ் (France) நாட்டின் அரசன் “ஒன்பதாம் லூயிஸின்” (King Louis IX) தம்பி “சார்லசின்” (Charles of Anjou) செல்வாக்கினால் தமது நாட்டுக்கே திருத்தந்தை பதவி வேண்டுமென்றனர். சார்லஸ் சதி செய்து, ரோம் நகர அதிகார சபை (Senator of Rome) அங்கத்தினராக வெற்றியும் பெற்றான். முழு இத்தாலிய தீபகற்பத்தினதும் அரசியலில் அடிக்கடி தலையிட்டான்.

கி.பி. 1265ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 23ம் நாள், ரோம் வந்த சார்லஸ், திருத்தந்தை நான்காம் கிளமென்ட்டின் (Pope Clement IV) அனுமதியுடன் தம்மை "சிசிலியின்" அரசனாக (king of Sicily) பிரகடணம் செய்துகொண்டான்.

தேர்தலுக்கான முட்டுக்கட்டைகள் விலகாததால் "விட்டெர்போ" (Viterbo) பிரஜைகள் கர்தினால்களை அங்குள்ள ஆயர் அரண்மனையில் அடைத்து வைத்திருந்தனர். அவர்கள் அங்கேயே சந்திப்புகளை நடத்தினர். இறுதியில் ஆயர் அரண்மனையின் கூரைகள் கிழித்து எறியப்பட்டன. இறுதியில் கர்தினால்கள் ஒரு தேர்வுக் குழுவை ஏற்படுத்தினர். தேர்வுக்குழுவின் முடிவுக்கு அரை மனதுடன் இசைவு தெரிவித்தனர். இதன் காரணமாக, ஃபிரான்ஸ் மற்றும் இத்தாலி ஆகிய இரண்டு நாட்டவர்களையும் ஒதுக்கினர். வெளி நாட்டவரான "டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி" முழு மனதுடன் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். இங்ஙனம், திருத்தந்தை தேர்வு இரண்டு வருடங்களும் ஒன்பது மாதங்களும் இழுக்கடித்தது. தேர்வின் முடிவுகள் "டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி"க்கு முழு ஆச்சரியத்தைத் தந்தது.

தேர்தல் முடிவுகள் வந்த வேளையில் விஸ்கன்ட்டி பாலஸ்தீனத்தில் இங்கிலாந்தில் அரசர் முதலாம் எட்வர்டின் (King Edward I of England) தலைமையில் சிலுவைப் போரில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்தார். உடனடியாக அவர் அதிலிருந்து விலகி செல்ல விரும்பவில்லை. சுமார் ஆறு மாதங்களின் பின்னர் ரோம் நகர் திரும்பினார். விஸ்கன்ட்டி ஒரு அருட்பணியாளர் அல்லாத காரணத்தால், அவர் உடனடியாக கி.பி. 1272ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், பத்தொன்பதாம் நாளன்று, குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார். பின்னர், ஆயராக திருநிலைபடுத்தப்பட்டார். கி.பி. 1272ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 27ம் நாளன்று, புனித பேதுரு பேராலய திருத்தலத்தில் (St. Peter's Basilica) திருத்தந்தையாக ஆட்சிப் பொறுப்பினை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

Pope Blessed Gregory X

Also known as

• Teobaldo Visconti

• Theobald Visconti

Profile

Worked for Cardinal Jacopo of Palestrina. Archdeacon of Liege, Belgium. Assigned to preach the last Crusade. Accompanied the Crusaders to Palestine, and was still there when elected Pope; he was elected before being ordained a priest. Ordained on 19 March 1272. 184th pope.

Worked to restore peace between Christian nations and rulers, for the recovery of the Holy Lands from Muslims, and to reform the spiritual lives of clergy and laity. Called the Council of Lyons which briefly reconciled the Orthodox and Latin Churches. Tried to restore peace between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Tuscany and Lombardy, and excommunicated those who worked against the reconciliation. Crowned Rudolf of Habsburg as Holy Roman Emperor and settled the fight over the crown among German princes.

Born

1210 in Piacenza, Italy as Theobald Visconti

Papal Ascension

• elected on 1 September 1271 following the longest election in the history of the Church

• ascended to the throne on 27 March 1272

Died

10 January 1276 at Arezzo, Italy of a fever

Beatified

8 July 1713 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Anna of the Angels Monteagudo

Also known as

Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo

Profile

Educated at a convent. Over the objection of her family, she became a Dominican nun in 1618; she wore the veil for 68 years. Novice mistress for many years. Prioress at the monastery of San Caterina da Siena.

Born

26 July 1602 in Arequipa, Peru as Anna Monteagudo Ponce de Leon

Died

• 10 January 1686 in Arequipa, Peru of natural causes

• interred at the monastery of Saint Catherine of Siena in Arequipa

Beatified

2 February 1985 by Pope John Paul II in Arequipa, Peru

Readings

Bountiful God, you gave Blessed Ann the gifts of contemplation, of penitence and of charity towards her neighbors. With the help of her prayers and example may we worship you with this sacrifice of praise and learn what is pleasing to you through the signs of the times. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. - Dominicans

Pope Saint Agatho

Also known as

Agathon

Profile

Married layman and successful businessman for most of his life. In maturity he finally followed a call to God, and with his wife's blessing, he became a monk at Saint Hermes' monastery in Palermo, Sicily. Vatican treasurer. Pope.

As pontiff, Agatho brought his business skills to the throne, maintaining the accounting records himself. He worked to resolve a dispute between Saint Wilfrid of York and Saint Theodore of Canterbury concerning diocesan boundaries in England; this was the first known occasion of English bishops appealing to Rome for a decision. He condemned the Monothelite heresy, and wrote definitive texts concerning the nature of Christ's will; his writings and authority swayed the Council of Constantinople, and reunited Constantinople with Rome, though he died before the good news reaches him.

Born

in Sicily, possibly at Palermo

Papal Ascension

27 June 678

Died

10 January 681 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Patronage

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Saint Marcian of Constantinople

Profile

Member of a Roman family of Constantinople. Related to Emperor Theodosius II. Ordained in 455. He lived such an austere life that he was wrongly accused of the heresy of Novatianism. Treasurer of the great church Hagia Sophia. Appointed Oikonomos, a position second only to the patriarch in authority. Gave away huge sums from his family fortune, but always anonymously so as not to draw attention to himself. Restored several churches. Composed several hymns, and was known as a miracle worker.

One day as he rushed to the consecration of a new church, he encountered a miserable, nearly naked beggar on the street. Marcian gave the man all his clothing, keeping only his chasuble. When he arrived at the church, however, he appeared to be wearing a golden robe under the chasuble; Patriarch Gennadius even rebuked Marcian for dressing so richly. The saint then pulled off the chasuble to show he was naked.

Died

c.480

Saint Thecla of Lentini

Also known as

Tecla, Tekla

Profile

Daughter of Saint Isidore of Lentini; related to Saint Neofyta and Saint Neofytus. Thecla was a consecrated virgin, a form of nun that pre-dates congregations. She worked with the poor in Lentini until an unspecified disease left her paralyzed and bed-ridden for six years; she was healed by the prayers of three holy brothers who were immediately imprisoned. Thecla and her servant Justina bribed the guards to let them visit, feed and minister to the brothers and other prisoners until they were each martyred, and then the two women gave them a Christian burial.

Born

3rd century Lentini, Sicily, Italy

Died

10 January 264 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy of natural causes

Representation

• young woman holding a cross in one hand and the early church of Lentini in the other

• cross and olive branch

Blessed Giles of Laurenzana

Also known as

• Giles di Bello

• Bernardin, Bernardino, Egidio, Egidius

Profile

Raised on a farm at Laurenzana, Naples. Franciscan lay brother. Lived as a hermit in the garden of the Franciscan friary at Laurenzana. Noted for a great love of animals.

Born

1443 in Laurenzana, Italy as Bernardin de Bello

Died

10 January 1518 in Laurenzana, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

27 June 1880 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

Laurenzana, Italy

Saint Domitian of Melitene

Also known as

Dometianus, Dometien

Profile

Married. Noted scholar in literature, philosophy and Biblical studies. Widower. Monk. Bishop of Melitene, Armenia at age 30. Had a special ministry to the poor. Diplomat, sent by the Byzantine emperor to Persia to handle difficult negotiations. Corresponded with Saint Gregory the Great. Spiritual director of the emperor.

Born

c.564

Died

• c.602 in Constantinople of natural causes

• relics transferred to Melitene, Armenia (modern Malatya, Turkey)

Blessed Peter of Zeliv

Profile

Premonstratensian canon, entering the Zeliv monastery in Bohemia. Chosen abbot his house in 1406, he served until his death, 16 years later. When Hussite gangs under Jan Zizka came through the area in December 1421, Peter, his brother monks, and other local Catholics fled ahead of them to the town of Nemecky Broad, Bohemia (modern Havlíckuv Brod, Czech Republic). However, Zizka’s troops sacked of the city, captured the Catholics, and executed them. Martyr.

Born

late 14th century in Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic)

Died

executed on 10 January 1422 in Nemecky, Bohemia (modern Havlíckuv Brod, Czech Republic)

Blessed Fulk of Montdidier

Also known as

Fulco

Profile

Premonstratensian canon. Chosen the second prior of the Saint-Jean monastery in Amiens, France in 1130, he served as the leader of his house for his remaining 26 years; the house was elevated to an abbey in 1135, and Fulk became its abbot. During his leadership, the house attracted so many brothers that they outgrew their structures and they had to add another location outside the city, and it was used by the brothers who sought the quiet.

Born

late 11th century in Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France

Died

1157 of natural causes

Blessed Benincasa of Cava

Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot of La Cava, Salerno, Italy from 1171 to 1194. Helped found a new monastery at Monreale, Sicily, sending a hundred monks to staff it.

Died

• 10 January 1194 of natural causes

• buried in the crypt of La Cava Abbey

• relics to the Chapel of the Fathers at the monastery on 20 October 1675

Beatified

16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed)

Saint Arcontius of Viviers

Also known as

Arconzio, Arconce

Additional Memorial

19 January (diocese of Viviers, France)

Profile

Bishop of Viviers, France. Killed by a mob for defending the rights of the Church in a local matter. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded in 745 in Viviers, France

• interred in the church of San Vincenzo in Viviers

• relics burned by Calvinists in 1568

Saint Dermot of Inis Clothrann

Also known as

• Dermot of Clothrann

• Dermot the Just

• Diarmis, Diarmaid, Diermit

Profile

Abbot. Founder of a monastery on Innis-Closran, Ireland. Noted teacher, writer, and preacher. Spiritual director of Saint Kiernan of Clonracnois. Built seven churches on Quaker Island.

Died

542 of natural causes

Saint Aldo of Carbonari

Profile

Eighth-century hermit charcoal-burner in northern Italy known for his holiness.

Died

• buried in the chapel of Saint Colombano

• relics later transferred to the basilica of San Michele

Blessed Raymond de Fosso

Profile

Mercedarian friar. A redeemer who ransomed Christians who had been enslaved by Muslims in North Africa, working in Algeria and Mauritania.

Saint Thomian of Armagh

Also known as

Thomas, Toiman, Toimen, Tomianus, Thomianus

Profile

Bishop of Armagh, Ireland, from c.623. Involved in the controversy over the proper date for celebrating Easter.

Died

c.660 of natural causes

Saint Saethryth

Also known as

Sethrida, Séthride

Profile

Step-daughter of the king of the Angles. Half-sister of Saint Ethelburga and Saint Ethelfreda. Benedictine nun in a convent in Gaul. Abbess.

Died

660 of natural causes

Saint Petronius of Die

Profile

Son of an imperial Roman senator from the area around modern Avignon, France. Monk at Lerins Abbey. Bishop of Die, France c.456.

Died

463 of natural causes

Saint John of Jerusalem

Profile

Bishop of Jerusalem who worked to maintain orthodox Christian doctrine, and keep peace within the disputing factions within the Church.

Died

417

Saint Maurilius of Cahors

Also known as

Maurille

Profile

Bishop of Cahors, France. Known for knowing the entire Bible by heart.

Died

580

Saint Valerius of Limoges

Also known as

Valerio, Vaulry

Profile

Hermit near Limoges, France.

Saint Florida of Dijon

Profile

Young Christian martyr.

Died

c.180 in Dijon, Burgundy, France

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St. Vitalicus

With Revocatus and Fortunatus, martyrs executed at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey). Vitalicus was a bishop and the other two his deacons. No other details of his life are available. Feast day: January 9..

Bl. Tommaso Reggio

Feastday: January 9

Birth: 1818

Death: 1901

Beatified: Pope John Paul II

Tommaso Reggio (January 9, 1818 - November 22, 1901) was the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Genoa, Italy. On September 3, 2000, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

Not to be confused with Tommaso Raggio.

Tommaso Reggio (9 January 1818 - 22 November 1901) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Genoa from 1892 until his death. He was also the founder of the Sisters of Saint Martha.[1] Reggio distinguished himself during an earthquake that struck his diocese in 1887. He tended to the injured in the rubble and led initiatives to direct diocesan resources towards the displaced and the injured; while in Genoa he collaborated with Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini in tending to immigrants through a range of different pastoral initiatives.[2][3]

Reggio's cause for sainthood opened in 1983 though initiatives had been made prior to this to collect documents in relation to his life and episcopal tenure; he was named as Venerable in 1997 and the miraculous cure of a Chilean girl led to his beatification in Saint Peter's Square on 3 September 2000.[1]

Life

Education and priesthood

Tommaso Reggio was born in Genoa on 9 January 1818 to Marquis Giovanni Giacomo Reggio and Angela Maria Pareto; he was baptized on 10 January in the archdiocesan cathedral of San Lorenzo.[2] He made his First Communion and received his Confirmation on 10 April 1828 from the Bishop of Saluzzo Antonio Podestà.

Reggio received his initial education at home from a private teacher and then his high school education in Genoa from the Somaschi Fathers and on 1 August 1838 received his bachelor of law from the Genoa college.[1][3] On 24 March 1839 he decided to become a priest and underwent his philosophical and theological education in preparation for the priesthood. He received his ordination to the priesthood on 18 September 1841 after the conclusion of his ecclesial studies from Cardinal Placido Maria Tadini; he celebrated his first Mass in Gavi in Alessandria in the church of San Maurizio. On 15 July 1842 he graduated from the Genoa college in theological studies and received his doctorate in those studies in 1843. Reggio was appointed in 1843 as the vice-rector of seminarians in Genoa while later serving as the rector of seminarians in Chiavari from 1845 until 1851.[2][3] In 1851 he returned to Genoa where he served as the abbot of Santa Maria Assunta in Carignano since his appointment as such on 26 May. He helped found The Catholic Standard on 26 July 1849 which was a newspaper but was to later close the paper on 14 March 1874 (with its final issue) after the papal declaration that the faithful could not vote in elections. It also put to rest his hopes - and that of others - for establishing a political organization based on the teachings of the faith.[1]

Episcopate

He was named as the Bishop of Ventimiglia and as the titular Bishop of Tanis; he received his episcopal consecration in mid-1877. The diocese was so poor to the point that he had to travel on a mule to visit his parishes while making three pastoral visitations to the parishes in 1877, 1882 and 1889 while celebrating the first diocesan synod on 8 March 1880.[2] He founded the Sisters of Saint Martha on 15 October 1878 which he determined was to be a congregation devoted to caring for the poor. He opened new parishes and also organized three diocesan gathering of bishops and priests and focused on liturgical revival. In addition to this he set up teaching programs across the diocese and began the restorative work of the Genoa Cathedral.[3]

Following an earthquake in 1887 in his diocese he worked with the victims in the rubble and he ordered his priests to use all of their resources to help the displaced peoples.[1] He founded orphanages at Ventimiglia and Sanremo for those children who had lost their families in the quake. This great aid he rendered saw the Italian government award him as a Knight of the Cross of Ss. Maurizio e Lazzaro in 1887. In 1892 he asked Pope Leo XIII to relieve him of his duties but the pope appointed him instead as the Archbishop of Genoa where he was enthroned on 10 August in a grand celebration. He set up a network for immigrants and worked alongside Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini to that end. On 2 April 1892 he ordained August Czartoryski as a priest.[3][2] He celebrated an archdiocesan synod in 1893. Reggio also presided over the funeral of Umberto I on 8 August 1900 with papal permission to do so.[1]

Death

Reggio made a pilgrimage on 13 September 1901 to Triora due to the unveiling of a new statue of Jesus Christ on Mount Saccarello with diocesan priests; he could not ascend the mountain due to being struck with a sudden and violent knee pain forcing him to remain in bed. Infection soon settled in and worsened despite dressings and kneepads that failed to help heal him.[1] He died in the afternoon on 22 November 1901 at 2:20pm with his last words being: "God, God, God alone is enough for me". Ambrogio Daffra - his successor in Ventimiglia - said not long after his death: "I have witnessed the death of a saint". His remains were interred in Genoa after the funeral at the cathedral but later relocated in 1951. His order received the papal decree of praise from Pope Pius XI on 13 May 1928 who also granted pontifical approval later on 21 May 1935; in 2008 his order had 527 religious in 63 houses in countries such as Argentina and Lebanon. The first biographical account of his life was published in 1926.[3]

Beatification

The beatification cause opened on 26 May 1983 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" to the cause and titled Reggio as a Servant of God; Cardinal Giuseppe Siri oversaw the diocesan process of investigation from 1983 until 1984 when all documents were sealed and boxes and sent to the C.C.S. in Rome who validated the process on 23 November 1992. The cause's officials compiled the Positio dossier though submitted it to the C.C.S. in two parts in 1991 and later in 1994 for investigation. Six historians approved the cause on 24 November 1992 as did the nine theologians later on 23 September 1997 in a unanimous decision. Cardinal Giovanni Canestri convened a meeting of the C.C.S. on 2 December 1997 who approved the cause as well. Reggio was named as Venerable on 18 December 1997 after Pope John Paul II confirmed his life of heroic virtue.

Reggio's beatification depended on the approval of a miraculous healing that neither medicine or science could explain. One such case was investigated in Valparaíso in Chile in 1995 (Jorge Medina oversaw the diocesan process) before all the evidence was sent to the C.C.S. who validated the diocesan investigation on 18 October 1996. The medical panel of experts approved this case on 29 January 1998 as did the theologians on 5 May 1998 and the C.C.S. on 6 October 1998. John Paul II approved this miracle on 21 December 1998 and beatified Reggio on 3 September 2000 in Saint Peter's Square before a crowd of 80 000 people.

Miracle

The miracle that led to Reggio's beatification in 2000 was the miraculous healing of the girl Pabla Valdenegro Romero (b. 1979) who suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome - or polyradiculoneuritis - along with albumin-cytological dissociation ascending paralysis with cranial nerve involvement and quadriplegia as well as prolonged lung failure and two cardiac arrests as well as subcutaneous emphysema and other complications. This instantaneous healing came on 10 November 1985.

St. Marciana of Mauretania

Feastday: January 9

Patron: invoked to cure wounds

Death: 303

Virgin martyr of Mauretania. She was accused of vandalizing a statue of the goddess Diana. After torments, Marciana was gored by a bull and mauled by a leopard in the amphitheater of Caesarea, also in Mauretania.

Marciana (died 303) is venerated as a martyr and saint. Her legend states that she was a virgin from Mauretania Caesariensis (now Algeria). During the persecutions of Christians by Roman Emperor Diocletian, she was accused of having smashed a statue of Diana. Marciana was thrown to the wild beasts in the amphitheatre of Caesarea. She was gored to death by a bull and mauled by a leopard.

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இவர் (#Basilissa) அந்தியோக்கைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவர் ஜூலியன் என்பவருக்கு மணமுடித்துக் கொடுக்கப்பட்டார்.

இருவரும் இல்லறத்தில் துறவற வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்கள். இதில் என்ன சிறப்பு எனில், இவர்கள் தங்களுடைய இல்லத்தையே துறவுமடமாக மாற்றி, உண்மையான துறவிகளாக வாழ்ந்து வந்ததுதான்.

இருவரும் நோயாளர்களிடம் தனிப்பட்ட அன்பு கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். அதனால் இவர்கள் தங்களுடைய இல்லத்தில் நோயாளர்களுக்கென்று தனி இடம் ஒதுக்கி, அவர்களைப் பராமரித்து வந்தார்கள்.

இவர்களது காலத்தில் உரோமையை தியோகிளசின் என்ற மன்னன் ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை பிடித்துச் சித்திரவதை செய்வதும் கொலை செய்வதுமாய் இருந்தான்.

ஒருசமயம் அவன் இவர்கள் இருவரும் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் என்று தெரிந்ததும், முதலில் பசிலிசாவையும் அதன்பின்னர் இவரது கணவரையும் கொலை செய்தான்.

இவர் கொல்லப்பட்ட ஆண்டு கி.பி 304 ஆகும்.

St. Julian and Basilissa

Feastday: January 9

Patron: Basilissa is invoked against chilblains

Death: 304

Martyr with Anastasius, Anthony, Basilissa, Celsus, Marcionilla, and companions. Julian and Basilissa were married and used their home as a Christian hospital for the poor. Anthony was a priest, and Anastasius was a new convert. Marcionilla was the mother of young Celsus.They were martyred at Antioch.

08 January 2021

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 08

St. Frodobert

Feastday: January 8

Death: 673

Benedictine abbot-founder. trained by St. Waldebert. He was a monk at Luxeuil, France. He founded MoutierlaCelle Abbey near Troyes.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor

Also known as

• Notre Dame de Bon Secours

• Our Lady of Quick Help

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In 1727, French Ursuline nuns founded a monastery in New Orleans, Louisiana, and organized their area schools from it. In 1763 Louisiana became a Spanish possession, and Spanish sisters came to assist. In 1800 the territory reverted back to France, and the Spanish sisters fled in the face of French anti - Catholicsm. In 1803, short on teachers, Mother Saint Andre Madier requested reinforcements in the form of more sisters from France. The relative to whom she wrote, Mother Saint Michel, was running a Catholic boarding school for girls. Bishop Fournier, short-handed due to the repressions of the French Revolution, declined to send any sisters. Mother Saint Michel was given permission to appeal to the pope. The pope was a prisoner of Napoleon, and it seemed unlikely he would even receive her letter of petition. Mother Saint Michel prayed,

O most Holy Virgin Mary, if you obtain for me a prompt and favorable answer to this letter, I promise to have you honored at New Orleans under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor.

and sent her letter on 19 March 1809. Against all odds, she received a response on 29 April 1809. The pope granted her request, and Mother Saint Michel, commissioned a statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor holding the Infant Jesus. Bishop Fournier blessed the statue and Mother's work.

Mother Saint Michel and several postulants came to New Orleans on 31 December 1810. They brought the statue with them, and placed it in the monastery chapel. Since then, Our Lady of Prompt Succor has interceded for those who have sought her help.

A great fire threatened the Ursuline monastery in 1812. A lay sister brought the statue to the window and Mother Saint Michel prayed

Our Lady of Prompt Succor, we are lost if you do not come to our aid.

The wind changed direction, turned the fire away, and saved the monastery.

Our Lady interceded again at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Many faithful, including wives and daughters of American soldiers, gathered in the Ursuline chapel before the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, and spent the night before the battle in prayer. They asked Our Lady for victory by Andrew Jackson's forces over the British, which would save the city from being sacked. Jackson and 200 men from around the South won a remarkable victory over a superior British force in a battle that lasted twenty-five minutes, and saw few American casualties.

It is still customary for the devout of New Orleans to pray before the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor whenever a hurricane threatens New Orleans.

Blessed Eurosia Fabris

Also known as

• Eurosia Fabris Barban

• Mamma Rosa

• Rosina Fabris

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Born to a farm family, the daughter of Luigi and Maria Fabris, she grew up with the nickname Rosina. In 1870, when Eurosia was four, the family moved to Marola di Torri, Italy where she lived the rest of her life. She had only two years of school, forced to leave in 1874 at age eight to help her parents on the farm. Rosina learned dress-making from her mother. She made her First Communion at age twelve, and joined the Association of the Daughters of Mary at Marola. She was strongly devoted to the Holy Spirit, the infant Jesus, the Cross of Christ, the Eucharist, the Virgin Mary, and the souls in the Purgatory. In her teens she taught catechism to children, and taught girls to sew. She received several marriage proposals but repeatedly turned them down.

In 1885 a neighbor woman died, leaving two children under the age of two, and Rosina began caring for them. She married Carlo Barban on 5 May 1886, and the two took in the children. The couple had nine more children of their own, and their home became a gathering place for all the children of the village; Eurosia received the new nickname of Mamma Rosa. Three of her sons became priests, and one of them was her biographer. Along with her endless work load as a mother, Rosa managed to maintain a deep prayer life. She was the core of her family in both spiritual and practical matters, and was known for her charity to the poor, feeding the hungry and nursing the sick. Widowed in 1930. Franciscan tertiary. Through her whole life her home was an ideal Christian community for family and friends.

Born

27 September 1866 in Quinto Vicentino, Italy

Died

• 8 January 1932 at Marola di Torri, Vicenza, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the church in Marola di Torri

Beatified

• 6 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Vincenza, Italy

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(ஜனவரி 8)

✠ நோரிகம் நகர புனிதர் செவரினஸ் ✠

(St. Severinus of Noricum)

பழங்குடியின மக்களின் கூட்டமைப்பான "நோரிகம்" அப்போஸ்தலர்:

(Apostle to Noricum Federation of Tribes)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 410

தென் இத்தாலி அல்லது ஆப்பிரிக்கா

(Southern Italy or Africa)

இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 8, 482

ஃபவியானே, நோரிகம் (தற்போதைய ஆஸ்திரியா)

(Favianae, Noricum (Modern Austria)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

சேன் செவேரினோ துறவு மடம், நேப்பிள்ஸ், இத்தாலி

(Abbey of San Severino, Naples, Italy)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 8

பாதுகாவல்:

நோரிகம் (தற்போதைய ஆஸ்திரியா) சேன் செவேரோ, இத்தாலி, ஸ்ட்ரியானோ

(Noricum (Modern Austria); San Severo, Italy; Striano)

நோரிகம் நகர புனிதர் செவரினஸ், ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதர் ஆவார். இவர் பழங்குடியினர் கூட்டமைப்பான "நோரிகம் அப்போஸ்தலர்" (Apostle to Noricum) என்றும் அறியப்படுகின்றார். இவர் தென் இத்தாலி அல்லது ரோம பிராந்தியமாயிருந்த ஆப்பிரிக்காவில் பிறந்திருக்கலாம் என்று யூகிக்கப்படுகிறது.

உயர்குடியில் பிறந்த மர்ம மனிதரான செவரினஸ், கிறிஸ்தவ மறை போதனைகளுக்காகவும் ஏழைகளுக்கு அவசியப்படும் பொருட்களை வாங்கி விநியோகம் செய்யும் நோக்கிலும் சிறைப்பட்டவர்களை மீட்கும் நோக்கத்திற்காகவும் நோரிகம் (Noricum) மற்றும் பவேரியாவிலுள்ள (Bavaria) "டனூப்” (Danube) நதியோரமாக பயணித்துள்ளதாக இவரைப்பற்றிய தகவல்கள் கூறுகின்றன.

இவர், நோரிகம் என்ற பழங்குடியினர் கூட்டமைப்புக்கு மறைபரப்பு பணியை செய்ய வந்தார் என்று கூறப்படுகின்றது. அதன்பிறகு ஆஸ்திரியா வந்தடைந்து மறைப்பணியை ஆற்றியுள்ளார்.

மறைப்பணியோடு தேவையிலிருக்கும் மக்களை இனம்கண்டு, பல்வேறு விதங்களில் உதவி செய்துள்ளார். கிறிஸ்தவ மக்களின் மனதிலும், அவர்களின் மத்தியிலிருந்து தாழ்வு மனப்பான்மையை போக்கவும் பெருமளவில் உழைத்துள்ளார்.

ஆரியன் இன மக்களுக்கும் கிறிஸ்தவ மக்களுக்கும் இடையில் இருந்த வேறுபாட்டை களைய பாடுபட்டார். சந்தோசமாகவும், சமாதானமாகவும் வாழ வழிவகுத்தார்.

இவர் "பஸ்ஸாவூ” (Passau) மற்றும் “ஃபவினே" (Favianae) ஆகிய இடங்களில் துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். அந்நிய இனத்தாரால் சூறையாடப்பட்ட பிராந்தியங்களில் நல்வாழ்வு மையங்களை நிறுவினார். கண்ட இடத்திலும் ஒரு கோணித் துணியை விரித்து உறங்கினார். தீவிர நோன்பிருந்தார். இவரது மறை பரப்பும் முயற்சிகளால் ஜெர்மானிய குறுநில அரசன் "ஓடோசெர்" (Odoacer) உள்ளிட்ட அனைவரிடத்தும் இவருக்கு பரவலான பாராட்டுதலும் மரியாதையும் கிட்டியது.

"அட்டிலா" (Attila) என்ற பேரரசனின் மேற்பார்வையின் கீழே "ஹுன்ஸ்" (Huns) எனும் சிற்றரசனுடைய படையெடுப்பால் ஆஸ்திரியா அழியும் எனவும் தீர்க்கதரிசனமாக கூறினார். படையெடுப்பினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு, இடம் பெயர்ந்து அகதிகளாய்ப் போன மக்களுக்காக மறுவாழ்வு மையங்களை நிறுவினார். ஆன்மீகத்தையும் ஆன்மீக கற்பித்தலையும் நிலை நிறுத்த மடங்களை நிறுவினார்.

செவரினஸ், "ஃபவியானே" (Favianae) என்ற இடத்திலுள்ள தமது துறவு மட அறையில் திருப்பாடல்கள் 150ஐ பாடிக்கொண்டிருக்கையில் மரணமடைந்தார். அவரது மரணத்தின் ஆறு வருடங்களின் பின்னர், அவரது மடத்திலிருந்த துறவிகள் துரத்தப்பட்டு, அவருடைய உடல் இத்தாலிக்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டது. முதலில் "நேப்பில்சில்' (Naples) உள்ள "கேஸ்டல் டெல்ஒவோவில்" (Castel dell'Ovo) வைக்கப்பட்டது. இறுதியில், நேப்பில்சின் (Naples) அருகேயுள்ள, அவருக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்ட "பெனடிக்டைன் துறவுமடமான" (Benedictine monastery) "சேன் செவரிநோவில்" (San Severino) அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது.

செவரினஸ், "துறவி, புனித அந்தோனியாரின் (St. Anthony the Hermit) குழந்தைப் பருவ பாதுகாவலரும் ஆன்மீக தந்தையும் ஆவார்.

Saint Severinus of Noricum

Also known as

Severino of Noricum

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Born to the Roman nobility. Gave away his wealth to live as a hermit in the Egyptian desert. Though he loved the quiet and contemplative life, he felt a call to spread the faith, and he followed it.

Evangelized in Noricum (part of modern Austria). Hermit near Vienna. Prophesied the destruction of Astura, Austria by the Huns under Attila. Established refugee centers for people displaced by the invasion. Founded monasteries to re-establish spirituality and preserve learning in the stricken region.

One winter, the city of Faviana on the River Danube was starving. Following a sermon by Severinus on penance, the ice cracked, and food barges were able to dock, saving the city.

Noted travelling preacher and healer throughout Austria and Bavaria. Established funds to ransom and rescue captives. Ate once a day, less in Lent, went barefoot, ignored the weather, and slept on a sackcloth that he spread on the ground where ever he stopped. Foretold the date of his own death, and died singing Psalm 150.

Born

c.410 in North Africa

Died

• 8 January 482 at Favianae, Noricum (in modern Austria) of pleurisy

• relics moved to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Feltre

• relics moved to Castellum Lucullanum in Naples, Italy

• relics enshrined in a chapel at the Benedictine monastery of San Severino, Naples in 910

• relics moved to Fratta Maggiore in Avera, Italy in 1807

Patronage

• against famine

• linen weavers

• prisoners

• vineyards

• Austria

• Bavaria, Germany

• Linz, Austria, diocese of

Representation

• pilgrim with a book

• abbot in a tomb with staff and crucifix

• preaching pilgrim

• with Odoacer (Severinus prophesied an invasion by him)

Saint Gudule of Brussels

Also known as

Ergoule, Goedele, Goelen, Gould, Goule, Gudula

Memorial

19 January in the diocese of Hamme and Moorsel

Profile

Daughter of Count Witger and Saint Amalburga; great-niece of Emperor Pepin; sister of Saint Pharaildis of Ghent, Saint Reineldis, and Saint Emebert of Cambrai. Niece and student of Saint Gertrude of Nivelle, who trained her in the religious life. The girl then returned to live at the family castle at Hamme.

Pious and devoted, she lived for her prayers and time in church. During her early morning visits to the church in Moorsel, Belgium the devil extinguished her candle, which would miraculously re-ignite. The flower called tremella deliquescens, bears fruit in the beginning of January; it's known as "Sinte Goulds lampken" (Saint Gudula's lantern) because not even the winter can extinguish it.

Born

c.time-line-650 in Hamme, Brabant (in modern Belgium)

Died

• 8 January 712 at Hamme, Brabant (Belgium) of natural causes

• buried in front of the church door in her hometown of Hamme

• relics translated to Moorsel, Belgium

• relics translated to the church of Saint Gery in Brussels in 978

• relics translated to the collegiate church of Saint Michel (later Sainte Gudule) in Brussels in 1047

• relics destroyed by Calvinists on 6 June 1579

Patronage

• Brussels, Belgium

• single laywomen

Representation

woman holding a candle, lamp, lantern or torch which a demon is trying to blow out, sometimes with a bellows

இன்றைய புனிதர் :

(08-01-2021)

அர்ச்.அப்போலினார் - மேற்றிராணியார் (கி.பி.175).

ஆதியில் வேதக் கலாபனைக் கொடுமையாய் நடந்தேறி வந்தது. அப்போலினார் காலத்தில் அரசரும் பிரஜைகளும் சத்திய கிறீஸ்தவர்களை வேதத்தினிமித்தம் கொடூரமாய் வதைத்துக் கொன்றார்கள். அக்காலத்தில் உரோமை இராயனான மார்க்குஸ் அவ்ரேலியஸ் ஜெர்மன் தேசத்தின்மேல் படையெடுத்துப் போனான். அவனுடைய படைகள் தங்கியிருந்த இடம் மலைகளால் சு10ழப்பட்டு பின்னடைவதற்கு வசதியற்ற இடமாயிருந்த படியால், அங்கிருந்து தப்பித்துக்கொள்ள சாத்தியப்படாமலிருந்ததுடன், தண்ணீர் பற்றாக் குறையினாலும் இராணுவம் வருந்தித் தவித்தது. அந்நேரத்தில் எதிரிகள் போரைத் தொடங்க, கிறீஸ்தவர்களாயிருந்த இவனுடைய சேனையின் ஓர் பகுதியார் முழந்தாளிலிருந்து சர்வேசுரனைப் பார்த்துப் பிரார்த்திக்கவே, இடி முழக்கத்துடன் ஓரு பெரும் மழை பெய்தது. மழைத் தண்ணீரால் உரோமையர் தங்கள் தாகத்தைத் தீர்த்துக்கொண்டு எதிரிகளை எதிர்த்துப் போரிட்டார்கள். இந்த மழையால் எதிரிகளுக்கு மிகுந்த சேதமுண்டாக, அவர்கள் புறங்காட்டி ஓட்டம் பிடித்தார்கள். இந்த அற்புதத்தைக் கண்ட உரோமை இராயன் அதிசயித்து அந்தக் கிறீஸ்தவ படைக்கு இடி முழக்கப் படை என்று பெயர் கொடுத்தான். அர்ச்.அப்போலினார் இராயனுக்கு ஓரு விண்ணப்பம் எழுதி, அதில் கிறீஸ்தவ வேதத்தின் படிப்பினையை விவரித்துக் காட்டினதுடன், கிறீஸ்தவ சேவகர்களுடைய வேண்டுதலால் அவனுடைய கண்ணுக்குமுன் நடந்த அற்புதத்தையும் எடுத்துக்காட்டி, வேத கலாபனையை நிறுத்தும்படி அவனைக் கேட்டுக் கொண்டார். இதனால் இராயனுடைய மனம் இளகி, வேதத்தினிமித்தம் எந்த கிறீஸ்தவர்களையும் கொலை செய்யக்கூடாதென்று ஓரு சட்டத்தை வெளியிட்டான். அர்ச்.அப்போலினார் பல நூல்களைப் பிரசுரஞ் செய்து அர்ச்சியசிஷ்டவராக மரித்தார்.

யோசனை

சத்திய வேதத்தைப்பற்றிப் பேச நமக்கு சமயம் வாய்க்கும்போது, விமரிசையுடன் பேசுவோமாக.

---JDH---தெய்வீக குணமளிக்கும் இயேசு /திண்டுக்கல்.

Saint Apollinaris the Apologist

Also known as

• Apollinaris Claudius

• Apollinaris of Hierapolis

• Claudius Apollinaris

Profile

Second century bishop of Heirapolis, Phrygia. Held in high regard by other early saints including Saint Jerome and the historian Theodoret. Noted for writing a defense of the faith to Emperor Marcus Aurelius that reminded the Emperor of a miraculous victory that resulted from the prayers of Christian soldiers, and of his promise of protection for Christians. Worked and wrote against all the major heresies of his time, refuting them by logically destroying the heresy's philosophical roots. A prolific writer, most of his work has been lost over the centuries.

Died

c.175

Saint Erhard of Regensburg

Also known as

• Erhard of Ratisbon

• Erhard of Ardagh

• Erhard of Bavaria

• Erhard of Sax

• Erhard the Scot

• Erhard Scoticus

• Albert, Eberhard, Eberhardus, Eerhard, Erard, Erardo, Erhard, Erhart, Everard, Herhard

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Bishop of Ardagh, Ireland. Missionary to Bavaria, Germany working mainly around modern Regensburg. Assisted the archbishop of Trier, Germany. Bishop of Regensburg. Miracle worker. Baptized Saint Odilia of Alsace, which cured her congenital blindness. After his death a group of women formed a religious group called Erardinonnen (Nuns of Erhard) to pray perpetually at Erhard's tomb; Pope Leo IX gave them his approval, and they continued until the Reformation.

Born

7th century Irish

Died

• c.686 of natural causes

• interred at Regensburg, Germany

• his crozier is preserved as a relic in the parish church in Neidemunster

Patronage

• against cattle diseases

• against eye diseases, eye problems or eye pain

• against plague

• bakers

• blacksmiths

• cattle

• cobblers, shoemakers

• hospitals

• miners

• Regensburg, Germany

Representation

• bishop baptizing Saint Odilia of Alsace

• bishop with a book on which sit two eyes

Saint Thorfinn

Also known as

Torfinn

Profile

Cistercian monk at the abbey of Tautra. Canon of the Cathedral of Nidaros (modern Trondheim, Norway) by 1277 when he was a witness of the Agreement of Tönsberg. Bishop. Exiled by King Eric for supporting the Archbishop of Nidaros in a dispute over state interference in Church matters. Took refuge at the abbey of TerDoest in Flanders, Belgium. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Upon his return, Bishop Thorfinn fell ill, made a will to divide his meagre possessions, and died soon after. Father Walter de Muda, a monk who knew him, wrote a poem about Thorfinn, describing him as kind, patient, and generous, with a mild exterior and firm will against the evil and ungodly. Father Walter wrote the poem on parchment and hung it over Thorfinn's tomb.

The bishop had not attracted much attention in life, and was on his way to being forgotten. However, 50 years later, during a church renovation his tomb was opened. His remains gave off a strong and pleasant perfume. The parchment poem was still hanging near the body, still fresh and supple. The perfume of the relics, the state of the parchment, the reports of miracles around the tomb, and the reports of Thorfinn's holiness lead to approval of his cultus. Devotion soon spread through the Cistercians, and throughout Norway.

Born

at Trondhjem, Norway

Died

• 8 January 1285 at the Cistercian monastery at TerDoest, near Bruges, Belgium of natural causes

• miracles soon reported at his tomb

Saint Abo of Tblisi

Also known as

• Abo of Tibileli

• Abo of Tiflis

Profile

Grew up Muslim. Perfumer to Nerses, the prince of Kartli, a region of eastern Georgia. As a young adult, Abo became convinced of the truth of Christianity, but was afraid to convert openly as Georgia was under Muslim rule and conversion was a capital offense. For political reasons, his prince had to seek shelter in Khazaria north of the Caspian Sea, an area free of Muslim control; Abo and 300 other members of the court accompanied him, and Abo was baptized there. The prince and his party returned to Tblisi in 782, and for a few years Abo lived quietly as a "closet" Christian. However, in 786 he was exposed as a Christian, and tried for being an apostate from Islam. He confessed his faith at trial, was imprisoned, and martyred.

Born

8th century at Baghdad, (in modern Iraq)

Died

• beheaded 6 January 786 at Tblisi, Georgia

• his body was burned on the edge of cliff, and his bones thrown off a bridge into the Kura River

• his biographer, a contemporary named John Sabanisidze, swears a pillar of light was seen rising from the water the next day

Saint Lawrence Giustiniani

Also known as

• Laurence Giustiniani

• Lawrence Justinian

• Lorenzo Giustiniani

• Patriarch of Venice

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Born to the Venetian nobility; his ancestors had fled Constantinople for political reasons. Against his widowed mother's wishes, he chose against marriage and for the religious life. Augustinian canon regular at San Giorgio, Alga, Italy in 1400. Spent his days wandering the island, begging for the poor. Ordained in 1406. Noted preacher and teacher of the faith. Held assorted administrative positions within his Order. Reluctant bishop of Castello, Italy in 1433. General of the canons regular. Bishop of Grado, Italy in 1451; the see was then moved to Venice, Italy, and Laurence was named archbishop and patriarch by Pope Nicholas V. Noted writer on mystical contemplation. Had the gift of prophecy. Miracle worker.

Born

1 September 1381 at Venice, Italy

Died

• 8 January 1455 at Venice, Italy of natural causes

• interred at the basilica of San Pietro di Castello, Venice

Canonized

16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII

Blessed Edward Waterson

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

As a young man Edward travelled to Turkey with some English merchants. There he met and was befriended by a wealthy Turk who liked Edward so much that he offered his daughter in marriage if the Englishman would convert to Islam. Edward declined, but the incident set his mind on spiritual matters. The route home ran through Rome, Italy and Edward converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism in 1588. Entered the seminary at Rheims, France on 24 January 1589, ordained on 11 March 1592. Returned to England on 24 June 1592 to minister to his countrymen in hiding for their faith. Arrested for the crime of priesthood soon after, he was abused in prison for several months before being martyred.

Born

at London, England

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 8 January 1593 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

• the prison horses refused to drag Edward to the scaffold

• when the guards finally got him there, the ladder jumped around to keep them from climbing it until Edward made the Sign of the Cross over it

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Titus Zeman

Profile

Joined the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1931, and made his solemn vows on 7 March 1938. Ordained a priest in 1940. Chaplain, school council member and chemistry teacher. Helped Salesians in Czechoslovakia escape to Italy after Communists banned religious orders on 13 April 1950 and and began imprisoning members. Captured on 9 April 1951 during an escape attempt, he was interrogated, tortured and sentenced to 25 years. The abuse during his imprisonment destroyed his health; he was released in 1964, but never actually recovered, and his death is directly attributable to the injuries he sustained in prison. Martyr.

Born

4 January 1915 in Vajnory, Bratislavský, Slovakia

Died

8 January 1969 in Bratislava, Slovakia of heart failure

Beatified

• 30 September 2017 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated at the Church of Svätej Rodiny, Petrzalka, Bratislava, Slovakia, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

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இவர் (#StPegaOfPeakirk) இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்‌. இவரது குடும்பம் மிகவும் வசதியான குடும்பம். இவருக்கு குத்லக் என்றொரு சகோதரரும் இருந்தார்.

எல்லா வசதிகளும் இருந்தும் இவரும் இவரது சகோதரரும் துறவியாக வாழ தொடங்கினார்கள்.

ஒருமுறை இவரது சகோதரர் குத்லக் நோன்பிருக்கும்பொழுது, சாத்தான் இவருடைய வடிவில் சென்று, அவரைச் சோதித்தது. இதனால் இவர் தனது சகோதரருக்கு இதுபோன்ற சோதனைகள் வரக்கூடாது என்பதற்காக வேறோர் இடத்திற்கு சென்று நோன்பிருக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.

ஏறக்குறைய 15 ஆண்டுகள் ஒருவரையொருவர் சந்தித்துக் கொள்ளாமலேயே இருவரும் நோன்பிருந்து வந்தார்கள். இந்நிலையில் கிபி 714 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர் தன் சகோதரர் இறந்துவிட்டார் என்ற செய்தியை அறிய வந்ததும், அவர் இருந்த இடத்திற்குச் சென்று, அவரது அடக்க நிகழ்வில் கலந்து கொண்டார். பின்னர் இவர் அங்கேயே தங்கி நோன்பிருந்து வந்தார்.

இவர் புனித நாடுகளுக்குச் சென்றுவிட்டுத் திரும்பும் போது 719 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Saint Pega of Peakirk

Also known as

• Pega of Croyland

• Margareta, Pea, Pee, Pege, Peggy, Pègue, Pegia

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Daughter of Penwalh. Sister of Saint Guthlac of Croyland. Related to the royal family of the East Angles. Lived as a hermit in the Fens, Northhamptonshire, England near her brother. Once the devil took on her form to persuade Guthlac to break his vow to never eat before sunset. To prevent further attempts, Pega left the area and never returned in Guthlac's life. Anchoress near Croyland Abbey; a church was built on the site of her hermitage, and an Anglican convent dedicated to Pega survives to today. Peakirk (Pega's Church) is named for her. While en route to her brother's funeral in 714, she cured a blind man from Wisbech. Made a pilgimage to Rome, Italy and died before returning home.

Born

in Mercia, England

Died

c.719 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Saint Albert of Cashel

Also known as

Alberto

Profile

Evangelist in Ireland, especially around the city of Cashel, and may have been a bishop. Noted as an excellent preacher being "by race an Angle, in speech an angel." Evangelized in Bavaria (in modern Germany) with Saint Erhard of Regensburg. Suffered from arthritis in his back and hips. Pilgrim to Jerusalem, dying on the journey home. Some accounts list him as archbishop of Cashel, but that diocese did not exist in his day, and this is apparently an inference by later writers.

Born

English

Died

800 at Regensburg, Germany of natural causes

Canonized

19 June 1902 by Pope Leo XIII

Patronage

• against arthritis

• Cashel, Ireland

• Cashel and Emly, Ireland, Archdiocese of

Saint Wulsin of Sherborne

Also known as

• Wulsin of Shireburn

• Ultius, Vulsin, Wulfsin, Wulfsige

Profile

Benedictine monk. Spiritual student and close confidant of Saint Dunstan of Canterbury. Named by Dunstan c.960 to be superior of the restored Benedictine community at Westminster, England. Abbot of Westminster in 980. Bishop of Sherborne, England in 993; continued to serve as abbot. Rebuilt and revitalized the Church in Sherborne, and established a Benedictine monastery in his diocese. Several of his letters have survived the centuries.

Died

• 8 January 1002 of natural causes

• relics translated to Sherborne, England c.1050

Saint Lucian of Beauvais

Also known as

Lucien, Lucius

Additional Memorials

• 3 June (Eastern Church)

• 15 September (translation of relics)

• 16 October (consecrated of his church)

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Priest. Missionary from Rome, Italy to Beauvais, France. Worked with Saint Piaton. Martyred with Saint Julian of Beauvais and Saint Maximian of Beauvais.

Born

Rome, Italy

Died

290 at Beauvais, France

Patronage

• Beauvais, France, city of

• Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis, France, Diocese of

Blessed Kristian Hosius

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Premonstratensian canon in 1519 at the monastery of Tongerlo, Westerlo, Flanders (in modern Belgium). Kristian earned a degree in theology, then taught at his monastery and at the chapel in Roosendall. Parish priest in Vissenaken, Tongerlo, then in Oevel, and finally in Roosendaal. Known as “the father of the poor” for his charity and ministry to the poor, he was noted for keeping his city Catholic during the rise of Calvinism.

Born

later 15th century in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant (in the modern Netherlands)

Died

8 January 1570 of natural causes

Saint Atticus of Constantinople

Profile

Atticus supported the Macedonian heresy (i.e., the Holy Spirit is not God), opposed Saint John Chrysostom, and worked against him at the Council of Oak in 405. When John was exiled from Constantinople, Atticus assumed the bishopric in 406. He eventually realized his error, repented his opposition, and submitted to Pope Innocent I's rulings. He remained as bishop, but a virtuous and orthodox one, and an opponent of heretics.

Born

4th century at Sebaste, Armenia

Died

10 October 425 in Constantinople of natural causes

Saint Agathon of Scete

Profile

Around the year 364, Agathon retired from the world to live as a prayerful, austere hermit in the desert of Scete near Alexandria, Egypt. He supported himself by weaving and selling baskets in Alexandria; he often just gave them away to the very poor to use or sell as they saw fit. A real life Good Samaritan, he once found a foreign traveller ill on the side of the road; he took the man to an inn, looked after him, and worked in the city for four months to pay for the man’s room and expenses while he recovered.

Died

c.370 in Scete, Egypt of natural causes

Blessed Jacques Corbeau

Also known as

Jacob

Profile

Premonstratensian canon at the Saint-Augustin monastery in Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Chosen abbot of the house in 1603, where he served for his remaining 39 years, noted for his humility as a leader and charity to the poor. Near the end of his life, he and his brothers were forced to flee the monastery when the city came under seige, and he effectively died in exile.

Born

latter 16th century France

Died

1642 in Veurne, Flanders (in modern Belgium) of natural causes

Saint Dominica of Constantinople

Also known as

• Dominica of Carthage

• Dominique...

Profile

Raised in a pious family, when she was grown Dominica slipped away from her home and took ship to Alexandria, Egypt. There she lived with four pagan women, whom she converted to Christianity, and then lived the rest of her days as a prayerful, ascetic recluse. Reported to have the gift of prophecy.

Born

c.395 in Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunis, Tunisia)

Died

c.474 in Constantinople of natural causes

Saint George Chozebites

Also known as

• George of Choseba

• George of Choziba

• George of Chozibita

• Georges, Gregor, Gregory

Profile

After some time as a monk at the Choziba monastery in Palestine, George felt the need for solitude and withdrew from community life to live as a hermit in his cell, coming out only on Sunday to pray and discuss spiritual matters with his brother monks.

Born

Cyprus

Died

c.620 of natural causes

Blessed Nathalan of Aberdeen

Profile

Born to a wealthy Scottish noble family, he gave it up to live as a prayerful hermit, making a living by raising a garden, an occupation he considered "closest to divine contemplation." Miracle worker during an area famine. Bishop in Tullicht, Scotland. Built churches and conducted missions in his diocese.

Born

near Aberdeen, Scotland

Died

c.678

Blessed Giacobella Mary of the Cross

Profile

Cloistered Mercedarian nun, she was the first leader of the Mercedarian monastery in Madrid, Spain. Miracle worker.

Died

3 August 1643 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes

Saint Athelm of Canterbury

Also known as

Atheim, Athelhelm, Aethelm, Aethelhelm, Adelmus

Profile

Paternal uncle of Saint Dunstan of Canterbury. Benedictine monk at Glastonbury, England. Abbot of Glastonbury. Bishop of Wells, Somerset, England in 909. Archbishop of Canterbury in 914.

Died

923 of natural causes

Saint Garibaldus of Regensburg

Also known as

• Garibaldus of Ratisbon

• Gaubald...

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Benedictine monk in Bavaria, Germany. Ordained by Saint Boniface c.740. Abbot of Saint Emmeran monastery at Regensburg, Germany. First bishop of Regensburg.

Died

762 of natural causes

Saint Theodore of Chora

Profile

Maternal uncle of Empress Theodora. General of the Byzantine armies during war with the Persians in 528. Following the war, he retired from the world to live as a hermit in the mountains around Antioch. Founded the Chora monastery outside Constantinople.

Died

c.595 of natural causes

Saint Eugenian of Autun

Also known as

Egemoine, Egemon, Egemone, Egemonius, Egenion, Egmonius, Eugenianus, Eugenius, Igmonus

Profile

Latter 4th century bishop of Autun, France. Fierce opponent of Arianism, which led to his martyrdom.

Died

latter 4th century in Autun, France

Saint Maximus of Pavia

Also known as

Maximus II, Massimo

Profile

Bishop of Pavia, Italy. Attended the councils of Rome convened by Pope Saint Symmachus.

Died

514 of natural causes

Saint Carterius of Caesarea.

Also known as

Karterios

Profile

Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

304 at Caesarea, Cappadocia

Saint Ergnad of Ulster

Also known as

Ercnact, Ercnacta

Profile

Nun who received the veil from Saint Patrick.

Born

5th century Ulster, Ireland

Saint Helladius

Also known as

Elladio, Hellade, Hellas

Profile

Lay man martyr.

Born

African

Died

burned to death in a furnace in Libya

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-helladius/

Saint Theophilus the Martyr

Profile

Deacon. Martyr.

Born

African

Died

burned to death in a furnace in Libya

Saint Emilian

Also known as

Aemilian, Aemyliani, Aemylianus

Profile

A confessor of the faith. No details about him have survived.

Saint Maximian of Beauvais

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Missionary to Beauvais, France. Martyr.

Died

290 at Beauvais, France

Saint Julian of Beauvais

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Missionary to Beauvais, France. Martyr.

Died

290 at Beauvais, France

Saint Patiens of Metz

Profile

Fourth bishop of Metz, France in the second century.

Patronage

Metz, France

Saint Afflinus

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Bishop. No other information has survived.

Saint Patheus

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Martyr. No other information has survived.

Martyrs of Greece

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A group of Christians honored in Greece as martyrs, but we have no details about their lives or deaths. - Euctus, Felix, Januarius, Lucius, Palladius, Piscus, Rusticus, Secundus and Timotheus

Martyrs of Terni

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A group of Christian soldiers in the imperial Roman army. Executed during the persecutions of emperor Claudius. Martyrs. - Carbonanus, Claudius, Planus and Tibudianus

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270 in Terni, Italy

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