St. Vincent of Leon
Feastday: September 11
Death: 554
Spanish abbot and martyr. The abbot of St. Claudius monastery in Leon, Spain, he was martyred by Arian Visigoths. There is some confusion as to the date of his death. Some lists state that he died about 630.
Bl. Peter Ikiemon
Feastday: September 11
Death: 1622
Japanese martyr. Peter was seven when, with his father, Blessed Bartholomew, he was beheaded at Nagasaki. His feast day comes one day after two other young martyrs of Japan, Peter Nangashi and Peter Sanga.
St. John Gabriel Perboyre
Feastday: September 11
Birth: 1802
Death: 1840
Beatified: 10 November 1889 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized: 2 June 1996 by Pope John Paul II
Nothing happens by chance. Neither life, nor death, nor vocation. JOHN GABRIEL PERBOYRE was born in Montgesty, near Cahors, in southern France, on 6 January 1802 into a family which gave three missionaries of St. Vincent and two Daughters of Charity to the Church. Such an environment exuded faith, simple and healthy values, and the sense of life as gift.
The one who "calls by name" seemed to ignore him as a teenager. The call came to his younger brother Louis for entrance into the seminary. John Gabriel was asked to accompany his younger brother for a time, while waiting for him to get adjusted to the surroundings. John Gabriel's presence at the seminary, then, happened by chance and he should have left quickly. But chance revealed to the astonished eyes of the young man unexpected horizons: that in the seminary he had found his path.
The Church of France had at that time just emerged from the throes of the French Revolution with the red-colored garments of martyrdom for some, and with the pain of the apostasy of many. The panorama at the beginning of the 1800's was desolate: buildings destroyed, convents sacked, people without pastors. Thus, it was no accident that the ideal of the priesthood appeared to the young man not as a feeble arrangement for life, but as the destiny of heroes.
His parents, surprised, accepted the choice of their son and accompanied him with their encouragement. Not by chance, his paternal uncle Jacques was a missionary of St. Vincent. This explains why in 1818 the missionary ideal matured in the young John Gabriel. At that time, the missions meant principally China. But China was a faraway mirage. To leave meant never to find again the home milieu, taste its flavors, enjoy its affections. It was natural for him to choose the Congregation of the Mission founded by St. Vincent de Paul in 1625 for the evangelization of the poor, the formation of the clergy, but above all to push those very missionaries toward holiness. The mission is not propaganda. The Church has always demanded that the proclaimers of the Word be spiritual persons, mortified, full of God and charity. In order to illuminate the darkness in people, a lamp is not sufficient if there is no oil.
John Gabriel did not think in half-measures. If he was a martyr it is because he was a saint.
From 1818 to 1835 he was a missionary in his own country. First, in his formation period, he was a model novice and student. After his priestly ordination (1826), he was charged with the formation of seminarians.
The missionary attraction
A new factor, certainly not haphazard, modified John Gabriel's life. The protagonist was once again his brother Louis. He also had entered the Congregation of the Mission and had asked to be sent to China where the sons of St. Vincent had had a new martyr in the person of Blessed Francis Regis Clet (18 February 1820). During the voyage, however, the young Louis, only 24 years of age, was called to the mission in heaven.
All that the young man had hoped for and done would have been useless if John Gabriel had not made the request to replace his brother in the breach.
John Gabriel reached China in August of 1835. At that time the Occident knew almost nothing about the Celestial Empire, and the ignorance was reciprocal. The two worlds felt a mutual attraction, but dialogue was difficult. In the countries of Europe one did not speak of a Chinese civilization, but only of superstitions, of "ridiculous" ceremonies and customs. The judgments were thus prejudices. China's appreciation of Europe and Christianity was not any better.
There was a dark gap between the two civilizations. Someone had to cross it in order to take on himself the evil of many, and to consume it with the fires of charity.
After getting acclimated in Macau, John Gabriel began the long trip in a Chinese junk, on foot, and on horseback, which brought him after eight months to Nanyang in Henan, where the obligation to learn the language imposed itself.
After five months, he was able to express himself, though with some trouble, in good Chinese, and at once threw himself into the ministry, visiting the small Christian communities. Then he was transferred to Hubei, which is part of the region of lakes formed by the Yangtze kiang (blue river). Even though he maintained an intense apostolate, he suffered much in body and spirit. In a letter he wrote: "No, I am no more of a wonder man here in China than I was in France ... ask of him first of all for my conversion and my sanctification and then the grace that I do not spoil his work too much..." (Letter 94). For one who looks at things from the outside, it was inconceivable that such a missionary should find himself in a dark night of the soul. But the Holy Spirit was preparing him in the emptiness of humility and the silence of God for the supreme testimony.
In chains for Christ
Unexpectedly in 1839 two events, apparently unrelated, clouded the horizon. The first was the renewed outbreak of persecution which flowed from the decree of the Manchurian emperor, Quinlong (1736-1795), which had proscribed the Christian religion in 1794.
The second was the outbreak of the Chinese-British War, better known as the "Opium War" (1839-1842). The closure of the Chinese frontier and the pretence of the Chinese government to require an act of dependence from the foreign ambassadors had created an explosive situation. The spark came from the confiscation of loads of opium stowed in the port of Canton; this action harmed the merchants, most of whom were English. The British flotilla intervened, and the war began.
The missionaries, obviously interested only in the first event dealing with the persecution of Christians, were always on their guard. As often happens, too many alarms diminished the vigilance. And that is what happened on 15 September 1839 at Cha-yuen-ken, where Perboyre lived. On that day he was with two other European missionaries, his confrere, Baldus, and a Franciscan, Rizzolati, and a Chinese missionary, Fr. Wang. They were informed of the approach of a column of about one hundred soldiers. The missionaries underestimated the information. Perhaps the soldiers were going elsewhere. Instead of being wary, the missionaries continued enjoying a fraternal conversation. When there was no longer any doubt about the direction of the soldiers, it was late. Baldus and Rizzolati decided to flee far away. Perboyre hid himself in the surroundings because the nearby mountains were rich with bamboo forests and hidden caves. As Fr. Baldus has attested for us, however, the soldiers used threats to force a catechumen to reveal the place where the missionary was hiding. The catechumen was a weak person, but not a Judas.
Thus began the sad Calvary of John Gabriel. The prisoner had no rights, he was not protected by laws, but was at the mercy of the jailers and judges. Given that he was arrested it was presumed that he was guilty, and if guilty, he would be punished.
Are you a Christian priest?
Yes, I am a priest and I preach this religion.
Do you wish to renounce your faith?
No, I will never renounce the faith of Christ.
They asked him to reveal his companions in the faith and the reasons for which he had transgressed the laws of China. They wanted, in short, to make the victim the culprit. But a witness to Christ is not an informer. Therefore, he remained silent.
The prisoner was then transferred to Siang-Yang. The cross examinations were made close together. He was held for a number of hours kneeling on rusty iron chains, was hung by his thumbs and hair from a rafter (the hangtze torture), was beaten several times with bamboo canes. Greater than the physical violence, however, remained the wound of the fact that the values in which he believed were put to ridicule: the hope in eternal life, the sacraments, the faith.
The third trial was held in Wuchang. He was brought before four different tribunals and subjected to 20 interrogations. To the questioning were united tortures and the most cruel mockery. They prosecuted the missionary and abused the man. They obliged Christians to abjure, and one of them even to spit on and strike the missionary who had brought him to the faith. For not trampling on the crucifix, John Gabriel received 110 strokes of pantse.
Among the various accusations, the most terrible was the accusation that he had had immoral relations with a Chinese girl, Anna Kao, who had made a vow of virginity. The martyr defended himself. She was neither his lover nor his servant. The woman is respected not scorned in Christianity, was the sense of John Gabriel's reply. But he remained upset because they made innocents suffer for him.
During one interrogation he was obliged to put on Mass vestments. They wanted to accuse him of using the privilege of the priesthood for private interests. But the missionary, clothed in the priestly garments, impressed the bystanders, and two Christians drew near to him to ask for absolution. The cruelest judge was the Viceroy. The missionary was by this time a shadow. The rage of this unscrupulous magistrate was vented on a ghost of a man. Blinded by his omnipotence the Viceroy wanted confessions, admissions, and accusations against others. But if the body was weak, the soul was reinforced. His hope by now rested in his meeting God, which he felt nearer each day.
When John Gabriel told him for the last time: "I would sooner die than deny my faith!," the judge pronounced his sentence. John Gabriel Perboyre was to die by strangulation.
With Christ priest and victim
Then began a period of waiting for the imperial confirmation. Perhaps John Gabriel could hope in the clemency of the sovereign. But the war with the English erased any possible gesture of good-will. Thus, on 11 September 1840, an imperial envoy arrived at full speed, bearing the decree confirming the condemnation.
With seven criminals the missionary was led up a height called the "Red Mountain." As the criminals were killed first, Perboyre reflected in prayer, to the wonderment of the bystanders.
When his turn came, the executioners stripped him of the purple tunic and tied him to a post in the form of a cross. They passed a rope around his neck and strangled him. It was the sixth hour. Like Jesus, John Gabriel became like a grain of wheat. He died, or better was born into heaven, in order to make fall on the earth the dew of God's blessing.
Many circumstances surrounding his last year of life (the betrayal, the arrest, the death on a cross, its day and hour), are similar to the Passion of Christ. In reality, all his life was that of a witness and a faithful disciple of Christ. St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote: "I look for him who died for us; I yearn for him who rose for us. Behold, the moment is near in which I will be brought forth! Have compassion on me, brothers! Do not prevent me from being born to life!"
John Gabriel "was born to life" on 11 September 1840, because he always had sought "him who died for us." His body was brought back to France, but his heart remained in his adopted homeland, the land of China. There he gave his witness to the sons and daughters of St. Vincent who also wait to be born to heaven after a life spent for the gospel and for the poor.
St. Bodo
Feastday: September 11
Death: 678
Bishop, founder and brother of St. Salaberga. He was born in Toul, France, where he married. His wife became a nun with Salaberga, and he entered the Benedictines at Laon. He became the bishop of Toul, and founded abbeys at Etival, Bon-Moutier, and Affonville.
Leudinus Bodo[1] was a seventh-century bishop of Toul, successor to Eborinus, or Elbonirus.[2] He was a Benedictine.[3] He occurs in hagiographies. His feast day is Sept. 11.[4]
He is traditionally known as the founder of Bodonis Monasterium (the monastery of Bodo), later called Bon-Moutier (Bonmoutier, Bon Moustiers).[5] Bonmoutier is in the modern Val-et-Châtillon, Vosges.
He is said to have been born around 625, in Bassigny, to Gundoin and Saratrude of the Etichonids, a family of the Austrasian nobility. His sister was Sadalberga, who founded the monastery at Laon.[6] He founded also the Abbey of Étival (Stivagium, Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Étival[7]),[8] dated to 663[9] and the Abbey of Othonville, and died around 678.
St. Protus and Hyacinth
Feastday: September 11
Death: 257
Martyred brothers. Traditionally thought to be Romans, they were servants in the house of St. Philip who were arrested and executed for being Christians. The main source for details on their martyrdoms, their acts, is considered very unreliable, although the relics of St. Hyacinth, known to be entirely authentic, were found in 1845 in the cemetery of St. Basilla, Rome. This cult is now confined to local calendars.
For the 2nd-century martyr, see Hyacinth of Caesarea. For the Polish Dominican saint, see Hyacinth of Poland.
Saints Protus and Hyacinth were Christian martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian (257–259 AD). Protus' name is sometimes spelled Protatius, Proteus, Prothus, Prote, and Proto. His name was corrupted in England as Saint Pratt. Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus (in French: Hyacinthe; Spanish: Jacinto; and Italian: Giacinto).
The day of their annual commemoration is mentioned in the "Depositio Martyrum" on September 11, in the chronographia for the year 354.[2] The chronographia also mentions their graves, in the Coemeterium of Basilla on the Via Salaria, later the Catacomb of St. Hermes. The "Itineraries" and other early authorities likewise give this as their place of burial.[3]
Tradition
The martyrdom of Saints Protus and Hyacinth, from a 14th-century manuscript
Tradition holds that Protus and Hyacinth were brothers.[4] They served as chamberlains to Saint Eugenia, and were baptized along with her by Helenus, Bishop of Heliopolis. Devoting themselves zealously to the study of Sacred Scripture, they lived with the hermits of Egypt and later accompanied Eugenia to Rome. There, they were arrested for their Christianity by Emperor Gallienus (260–268). Refusing to deny their faith, they were first scourged and then beheaded on September 11.
The Graves of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth
In 1845, Father Marchi discovered the still undisturbed grave of St. Hyacinth in a crypt of the above- mentioned catacomb. It was a small square niche in which lay the ashes and pieces of burned bone wrapped in the remains of costly stuffs.[5] Evidently the saint had been burnt; most probably both martyrs had suffered death by fire. The niche was closed by a marble slab similar to that used to close a loculus, and bearing the original Latin inscription that confirmed the date in the old Roman Martyrology:
Thus both martyrs were buried in the same crypt. Pope Damasus I wrote an epitaph in honor of the two martyrs, part of which still exists.[6] In the epitaph Pope Damasus calls Protus and Hyacinth "brothers." When Pope Leo IV (847–855) transferred the bones of a large number of Roman martyrs to the churches of Rome, the relics of these two saints were to be translated also; but, probably on account of the devastation of the burial chamber, only the grave of St. Protus was found. His bones were transferred to San Salvatore on the Palatine Hill. The remains of St Hyacinth were placed (June 1933) in the chapel of the Propaganda College. Later the tombs of the two saints and a stairway built at the end of the fourth century were discovered and restored.
Cult in England
St Protus and St Hyacinth's Church, Blisland in Cornwall was dedicated to Saint Protus. It is known locally as St Pratts.
Blessed Charles Spinola
Also known as
Carlo Spinola
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Born to the Italian nobility in a family that originated in Genoa. Studied at Nola, Italy, under his uncle Cardinal Filippo Spinola. Joined the Jesuits in Nola in 1584. Ordained in 1594. Missionary to Japan in 1594. It took three tries to actually reach the island, but he worked there for 18 years. Imprisoned and abused for his faith and his works in 1618. Spent four years living in a cage, bribing the guards with his food to obtain the necessities to conduct Mass. Martyred.
Born
c.1565 at Madrid, Spain
Died
slowly burned to death on 10 September 1622 at Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
Blessed Bonaventure of Barcelona
Also known as
• Bonaventure of Riudoms
• Bonaventura Gran
• Fra Bonaventure of Barcelona
• Miguel Baptista Gran Peris
Additional Memorial
24 November (Riudoms, Spain)
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The only child in a farm family, Francisco married at age 18, but became a widower just sixteen months later. He then followed a call to religious life, and Franciscan friar at the convent of Sant Miquel d'Escornalbou, making his religious profession on 14 July 1641 and taking the name Bonaventura. Over the next 17 years, he was assigned to convents in Mora d'Ebre, Figueres, la Bisbal d'Empordà and Terrassa where he served variously as cook, porter, beggar and infirmarian, and was known for his quiet, pious devotion to work, prayer and Franciscan spirituality. In 1658 he was sent to the area of Rome, Italy, to promote a return to strict observance of the Franciscan Rule; he founded four monasteries in the region. He was assigned to houses in Aracaeli and Capranica, and served as porter at Saint Isidore's College. In 1662 he founded the Riformella, a reform movement of retreats and spiritual meditation for his brother friars to bring them back to the original Franciscan spirituality; his writings about the "Retreats" received pontifical approve from Pope Innocent XI. Over the years he served as advisor to many, including Pope Alexander VII, Pope Clement IX, Pope Clement X and Pope Innocent XI.
Born
• 24 November 1620 on Carrer de la Butxaca (Pocket Street) in Riudoms, Tarragona, Catalonia (in modern Spain) as Miguel Baptista Gran Peris
• the street where he was born has been re-named in his honour
Died
• 11 September 1684 at the friary of Saint Bonaventure on the Palantine Hill in Rome, Italy of natural causes
• buried at the friary
• relics transferred to Riudoms, Spain in 1972
• relics enshrined in the tabernacle chapel in the church of Saint James the Apostle in Riudoms
• relics are processed through the town of Riudoms each 24 November during a celebratory feast devoted to Blessed Bonaventure
Beatified
• 10 June 1906 by Pope Pius X
• his beatification miracles included the healing of a woman in 1790 from injuries sustained in a fall from a horse
• his beatification miracles included the healing of a woman in 1818 who had fallen into a coma for three days following childbirth, and was brought back to consciousness through prayer and the imposition of a relic of Blessed Bonaventure
Patronage
Riudoms, Spain
Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
Also known as
John Gabriel Perboyre
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One of eight children born to Pierre Perboyre and Marie Rigal. At age 16 he followed his brother Louis to the seminary, and joined the Congregation of the Mission of Saint Vincent on Christmas Day 1818. Ordained in Paris on 23 September 1825. Professor of theology. Seminary rector. Assistant director of novices.
His brother died on a mission to China, and John Gabriel was asked to replace him. In March 1835 he sailed for China, and began his mission in Macao in June, 1836. A widespread persecution of Christians began in 1839, the same year England had attacked China. Father John Gabriel was denounced to the authorities by one of his catachumens, arrested, tried on 16 September 1839, tortured by hanging by his thumbs and flogging with bamboo rods, and condemned to death on 11 September 1840. Martyr. The first saint associated with China.
Born
6 January 1802 at Le Puech, near Mongesty, Cahors diocese, southern France
Died
lashed to a cross on a hill named the "red mountain", then strangled with a rope on 11 September 1840 at Ou-Tchang-Fou, China
Canonized
2 June 1996 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Joan Roig i Diggle
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Born to a poor family, the son of Ramón Roig Fuente and Maud Diggle Puckering. Educated by the La Salle Brothers, and then the Piarists. Student of Blessed Ignasi Casanovas Perramón and Blessed Francisco Carceller Galindo. To find work, his family moved to El Masnou, Spain, and while still in school, Joan worked as a store clerk and on a factory floor. Member of the Federación de Jóvenes Cristianos de Cataluña (Federation of Young Christians of Catalonia in El Masnou; he was soon entrusted with running the branch of the group devoted to children under 14. Known as a pious young man, Joan would spend hours lost in Eucharistic Adoration. Friend of Blessed Pere Tarrés i Claret. Entrusted with the Eucharist to bring Communion to the house-bound. During the Spanish Civil War, when the anti–Christian militia came to 'arrest' him for his faith, he quickly ate the Hosts to prevent desecration, hugged his mother, and left with his captors. He died forgiving and preaching to his killers. Martyr.
Born
12 May 1917 in Barcelona, Spain
Died
• shot multiple times over the night of 11 to 12 September 1936 in the cemetery of Sant Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Spain
• interred in a chapel in the parish of San Pere de Masnou, Catalonia, Spain
Beatified
• 7 November 2020 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain
Saint Elijah Speleota
Also known as
• Elijah Bozzetta
• Elijah Espeleota
• Elia, Elias
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Born to the wealthy nobility, the son of Peitro Bozzetta and Leonzia de Leontini. At age 18, to avoid an arranged marriage and answer a call to religious life, Elijah left home to become a pilgrim to Rome, Italy. He became a Basilian monk at Grottaferrata outside Rome, returned briefly to Reggio Calabria, and then he and a fellow monk name Arsenio travelled to Patras, Greece for further study. While they were away, Muslim Saracens invaded their home region, killing and enslaving Christians. When Elijah returned to Italy, he withdrew from populated areas to lived as a hermit in a cave near Melicuccà, Italy with two fellow monks, Cosma and Vitale; the word Speleota is Greek for “inhabitant of caves”. Word of their wisdom and holiness soon spread, and pilgrims regularly visited the caves for spiritual direction and advice.
Born
863 in Reggio Calabria, Italy
Died
• 11 September 960 at the Aulon monastery in Calabria, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the cave where he had dug his own grave with his hands
• on 2 August 1747, Antonio Germano unearthed his bones; the sight of them cured a serious medical ailment with which Antonio suffered
Our Lady of Coromoto
கொரோமோடோ புனித கன்னி மரியா
(செப்டம்பர் 11)
வெனிசுலா நாட்டில் உள்ள போர்த்துக்கியூசா மாகாணத்தில் உள்ளது குவானரே என்ற இடம். இங்கு 1591 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஒருசில மறைப்பணியாளர்கள் மறைப்பரப்பச் சென்றார்கள். இவர்களை பார்த்து விட்டு ஏற்கெனவே அங்கிருந்த கோஸ்பெஸ் கொரோமோடா இனத்தைச் சார்ந்தவர்கள் காடுகளுக்குத் தப்பியோடி, அங்கேயே வாழத் தொடங்கினார்கள்.
இதன்பிறகு 1651 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனித கன்னி மரியா கோஸ்பெஸ் கொரோமோடா இனக்குழுத் தலைவருக்கு ஓர் ஆற்றில் தோன்றி, "நீயும் உன்னுடைய இனத்தாரும் அருகே இருக்கும் மறைப்பணியாளர்களிடம் சென்று திருமுழுக்குப் பெற்றுக்கொள்ளுங்கள்" என்றார். உடனே இனக்குழு தலைவர் தன்னுடைய மக்களை மறைப்பணியாளர்களிடம்அழைத்துச் சென்று திருமுழுக்குப் பெறச் செய்தார்.
தன்னுடைய மக்களெல்லாம் மறைப்பணியாளர்களிடம் திருமுழுக்குப் பெற்றபொழுது அவர் மட்டும், 'நான் திருமுழுக்குப் பெற்றால் எனது பதவி பறிபோய்விடுமே' என அஞ்சித் திருமுழுக்கு பெறாமலேயே இருந்தார்.
1652 ஆம் ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் திங்கள் 8 ஆம் நாள் புனித கன்னி மரியா கோஸ்பெஸ் இனக்குழுத் தலைவருக்குத் மீண்டுமாக தோன்றி, திருமுழுக்குப் பெறுமாறு சொன்ன பொழுது, அவர் புனித கன்னி மரியாவைப் பிடிக்க முயன்றார். அப்பொழுது புனித கன்னி மரியா தன்னுடைய திருவுருவம் பதித்த ஓர் ஓவியத்தை அங்கு விட்டுவிட்டு, அங்கிருந்து மறைந்து போனார். அதுதான் கொரோமோடோ புனித கன்னி மரியாவின் திருவுருவம்.
இவ்வாறு திருமுழுக்கு பெறாமலேயே இருந்த கோஸ்பெஸ் இனக்குழுத் தலைவர், தன்னுடைய வாழ்வின் இறுதிக்கட்டத்தில் திருமுழுக்குப் பெற்று ஆண்டவர்மீதும் புனித கன்னி மரியாவின் மீதும் நம்பிக்கை கொள்ளத் தொடங்கினார்.
1942 ஆம் ஆண்டு வெனிசுலா நாட்டு ஆயர்கள் கொரோமோடா புனித கன்னிமரியாவை வெனிசுலா நாட்டின் பாதுகாவலியாக அறிவித்தார்கள். 1944 ஆம் ஆண்டு அக்டோபர் 7 ஆம் நாள் திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரண்டாம் பயஸ் இதை உறுதி செய்தார். 1996 ஆம் ஆண்டு குவானரே என்ற இடத்தில் இருந்த கொரோமோடோ புனித கன்னி மரியாவின் திருத்தலம் தேசியத் திருத்தலமாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட்டோ இதனைப் பெருங்கோயில் (Basilica) என்று அறிவித்தார்.
Also known as
• Nuestra Señora de Coromoto
• Virgin of Coromoto
• Virgen de Coromoto
Additional Memorials
• 2 February
• 8 September
Apparition
8 September 1652 at Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela
Approval
1950 by Pope Pius XII
Article
Commemorates the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Coromoto, leader of the indigenous people in the forests near Guanare, Venezuela. Our Lady told the chief and his wife to go to the Catholic missionaries in the city, learn the faith, and receive Baptism; Coromoto shot an arrow at her, she vanished, and left behind a piece of paper with her portrait. The entire tribe, except for Coromoto himself, converted to Christianity; he was afraid of losing his standing in the tribe. Tradition says that he fled from the Baptism ceremony into the forest where he was bitten by a poisonous snake; this could be allegorical.
Patronage
Venezuela (chosen by the bishops of Venezuela on 1 May 1942; approved by Pope Pius XII on 7 October 1944)
Saint Paphnutius of Thebes
புனித பாப்னுடீயஸ், (ஆயர்)
St.Paphnutius,( Bishop)
நினைவுத் திருநாள் : செப்டம்பர் 11
இவர் பல ஆண்டுகள் பாலைவனத்தின் வாழ்ந்தார். பிறகு குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டு எகிப்து நாட்டில் ஆயராகவும் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். தன் மறைமாநில மக்கள் பாவமன்னிப்பு பெற வேண்டுமென்று விரும்பினார். இதன் வழியாக அமைதியை நிலை நாட்ட எண்ணினார். அதற்காக பெரிதும் உழைத்து, தம் மந்தையை மனந்திருப்பினார். பின்னர் தம் மக்களை நல்ல கிறிஸ்துவர்களாக வளர்த்தெடுத்தார். பல பாவமன்னிப்பு வழிபாடு வழங்கி , மக்களின் மனதை முழுவதுமாக இறைவன் பால் திருப்பினார்.
அப்போது 325 ஆம் ஆண்டு கான்ஸ்டாண்டின்(Constantine) என்ற அரசன் ஓர் கூட்டத்தை கூட்டினான். ஆயர் பாப்னுடீயஸை அக்கூட்டத்திற்கு வரவழைத்தான். தனக்கு தனிபட்ட முறையில் அனைவர் முன்னிலையிலும் மரியாதை அளிக்கும்படி ஆயரிடம் கட்டளையிட்டார்ன். ஆனால் ஆயர் அதை செய்ய மறுத்தார். இதனால் அரசன் கோபங்கொண்டு ஆயரின் வலது கண்ணை பிடுங்கி எரிந்தான். அக்கூட்டத்தில் திருச்சபைக்காக தன் கண்ணை இழந்தார் ஆயர். ஒரு கண்ணைக் கொண்டே 355 ஆம் ஆண்டு மீண்டும் தொழிற்சங்கக் கூட்டத்திற்கு வந்தார். அப்போதுதான் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு உடல்நலம் குன்றி இறந்தார்.
Also known as
• Paphnutius of Egypt
• Paphnutius the Confessor
• Pafnucius...
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Hermit. Spiritual student of Saint Anthony the Abbot. Monk. Bishop in Egypt. During the persecutions of emperor Galerius Maximinus, Paphnutius had his right eye torn out, his left knee crippled, and was sent to work in the mines, all as punishment for his faith. Rescued by emperor Constantine the Great in 313, Paphnutius resumed his pastoral duties and worked against Arianism heresy. Participated in the Council of Nicea, and afterwards worked to spread the Nicene Creed. Attended the Council of Tyre in 335 where he again had to oppose Arianism.
Blessed José María Segura Panadés
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Studied at the seminary of Valencia, Spain, and ordained a priest in the archdiocese of Valencia on 12 June 1921. Co-adjutor of Adzaneta de Albaida. Co-adjutor in Santa María de Onteniente. Noted for his work in youth ministry. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War for the crime of being a priest.
Born
13 October 1896 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain
Died
shot on 11 September 1936 in Genovés, Valencia, Spain
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed François Mayaudon
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Baptised at the age of two days. Priest in the diocese of Soissons, France. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
2 May 1739 in Terrasson, Dordogne, France
Died
11 September 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France of gangrene
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Sacerdos of Lyon
Also known as
Sardot, Serdon
Profile
Son of Saint Rusticus of Lyon and Hiberie de Limoges; nephew of Saint Viventiolus of Lyon; uncle of Saint Nicetius of Lyon; father of Saint Aurelian of Arles. Bishop of Lyon, France from 549 to 552. Presided over the Council of Orleans in 549. Advisor to King Childebert I.
Born
487
Died
• 11 September 552 at Paris, France of natural causes
• buried in the church of the Apostles (later renamed the church of Saint Nicholas), Lyon, France
Saint Leudinus of Toul
Also known as
Leudinus Bodo, Leudin, Bodon
Profile
Born to the nobility, the son of Duke Gundoin of Alsace and Saratrude of the Etichonids; brother of Saint Salaberga. Married to a pious woman named Odile. He and his wife each felt a call to religious life; Odile became a nun, Leudinus a Benedictine monk at Laon, France. Founded the French monasteries of Etival, Bon-Moutier and Affonville. Bishop of Toul, Austrasia (in modern France) c.669.
Born
c.625 in Bassigny, Austrasia (in modern France)
Died
• c.673 of natural causes
• buried in the crypt of Saint Mansuy
Saint Deiniol of Bangor
Also known as
Daniel
Profile
Son of a Celtic chieftain, possibly from the area of Strathclyde, Scotland; related to Saint Asaph of Llanelwy. Founded monasteries in Gwynedd and Flintshire. First bishop of Bangor, Wales, consecrated by Saint Dubritius. An evangelist and excellent shepherd of his people. Worked with Saint David of Wales. The cathedral of Bangor and several other churches were named in his honour.
Died
• c.565 of natural causes
• buried on Bardsey Island
Saint Theodora the Penitent
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A Christian woman, she fell into a life of sin for many years, had a conversion experience, returned to her faith, and lived the rest of her life as a penitent hermit in the deserts of Thebaid, Egypt. Living the rugged like of a desert hermit, no one knew she was a woman until she died and they were preparing her for burial.
Born
Alexandria, Egypt
Died
491 of natural causes
Saint Hyacinth of Rome
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Brother of Saint Protus of Rome. Servant in the house of Saint Eugenia in Rome, Italy. Arrested and martyred for their faith. Pope Saint Damasus wrote their epitaph.
Died
• burned alive c.257 at Rome, Italy
• buried in the cemetery of Saint Basilla, Rome
• relics transferred to the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Saint Sperandea
Also known as
Sperandia
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Relative of Saint Ubaldus Baldassini. Benedictine nun at Cingoli, Ancona, Papal States (modern Italy). Abbess. Mystic who received visions, one of whom told her to dress in a tanned pigskin with the bristles against her skin, and to use a chain for a belt.
Died
• 1276 of natural causes
• body incorrupt
Patronage
Cingoli, Italy
Saint Protus of Rome
Profile
Brother of Saint Hyacinth of Rome. Servant in the house of Saint Eugenia in Rome, Italy. Arrested and martyred for their faith. Pope Saint Damasus wrote their epitaph.
Died
• burned alive c.257 at Rome, Italy
• buried in the cemetery of Saint Basilla, Rome
• relics transferred to the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Blessed Baldassarre Velasquez
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Mercedarian friar. Imprisoned by Saracens in La Muela, Zaragoza, Spain, and ordered by them to renounce Christianiity. Instead, Baldassarre began preaching against them, their vices, their wickedness. He was then executed with 16 other Christians whose names have not come down to us. Martyr.
Died
with arrows in 1588
Blessed Francesco Giovanni Bonifacio
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Priest in the diocese of Trieste, Italy. Martyr.
Born
7 September 1912 in Piran, Istarska, Italy (now in Croatia)
Died
11 September 1946 at Villa Gardossi, Krasica, Istarska, Italy (now in Croatia)
Beatified
4 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Matthew of Gravedona sul Lario
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May have been a soldier in the Theban Legion. Martyr.
Died
• relics re-discovered on 11 September 1248 and enshrined at the church of San Fedele
• church re-built in 1533 and re-named for Santi Gusmeo and Matthew
• relics re-enshrined under the main altar in a marble urn in 1637
Patronage
Gravedona sul Lario, Italy
Saint Gusmeo of Gravedona sul Lario
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May have been a soldier in the Theban Legion. Martyr.
Died
• relics re-discovered on 11 September 1248 and enshrined at the church of San Fedele
• church re-built in 1533 and re-named for Santi Gusmeo and Matthew
• relics re-enshrined under the main altar in a marble urn in 1637
Patronage
Gravedona sul Lario, Italy
Blessed Franciscus Takeya
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
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Son of Blessed Cosmas Takeya Sozaburo and Blessed Agnes Takeya in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Martyred at age 12.
Born
1610 in Nagasaki, Japan
Died
beheaded on 11 September 1622 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Blessed Bonincontri of San Miniato
Also known as
Bonincontro
Profile
A spiritual student of Saint Francis of Assisi, Bonincontri was one of the first Franciscan friars, helping found the Castrum Rudilphi convent in the diocese of Bourges, France. Known as a miracle worker.
Born
latter 12th century
Died
1230 of natural causes
Saint Emilian of Vercelli
Also known as
Aemilian of Vercelli
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Lived as a hermit for 40 years. Bishop of Vercelli, Italy. Attended three synods held in Rome, Italy by Pope Saint Symmachus. Lived to be over 100.
Died
• 520 in Vercelli, Italy of natural causes
• relics translated in 1181
• relics translated in late 17th century
Blessed Gaspar Koteda
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
Profile
Young layman catechist in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Dominican tertiary. Martyr.
Born
1601 in Nagasaki, Japan
Died
beheaded on 11 September 1622 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Blessed Petrus Kawano
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
Profile
Son of Blessed Marina Tanaura in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Martyred at age 7.
Born
1615 in Nagasaki, Japan
Died
beheaded on 11 September 1622 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Saint Essuperanzio of Zurich
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Servant of Saint Regula and Saint Felix of Zurch. During the persecutions of Maximian Herculeaus the two fled to Switzerland. They were found there near Zurich. Martyr.
Died
3rd century near Zurich, Switzerland
Saint Regula of Zurich
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Sister of Saint Felix of Zurich. During the persecutions of Maximian Herculeaus the two fled to Switzerland. They were found there near Zurich. Martyr.
Died
martyred in the 3rd century near Zurich, Switzerland
Saint Felix of Zurich
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Brother of Saint Regula of Zurich. During the persecutions of Maximian Herculeaus the two fled to Switzerland. They were found there near Zurich. Martyr.
Died
3rd century near Zurich, Switzerland
Blessed Thomas Bathe
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
Profile
Priest in the archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 11 September 1649 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Dominic Dillon
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
Profile
Dominican priest. One of the Irish Martyrs.
Born
Irish
Died
11 September 1649 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Richard Overton
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
Profile
Dominican priest.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 11 September 1649 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed John Bathe
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
Profile
Jesuit priest. One of the Irish Martyrs.
Born
Irish
Died
11 September 1649 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Peter Taaffe
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
Profile
Augustinian priest.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 11 September 1649 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Saint Patiens of Lyon
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Archbishop of Lyon, France. Worked with, and was highly praised by Saint Sidonius Apollinaris. Bishop Patiens donated all his income to the poor.
Died
c.491
Saint Almirus
Also known as
Almer, Almire
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Hermit at Gréez-sur-Roc, France.
Born
Auvergne, France
Died
c.560 at Gréez-sur-Roc, France
Saint Adelphus of Remiremont
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Grandson of Saint Romaricus. Monk and then abbot of Remiremont Abbey in eastern France.
Died
c.670
Martyred in the Spanish Civil War
Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:
• Blessed José Piquer Arnáu
• Blessed Josep Pla Arasa
• Blessed Lorenzo Villanueva Larrayoz
