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26 June 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜூன் 26

 St. Marie Magdalen Fontaine


Feastday: June 26



Martyred Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. She was superior of the congregation's house at Arras when the French Revolution erupted in the country With three members of her community, Mary Magdalen was guillotined at Cambrai, France. She was beatified in 1920.





Bl. Jane Gerald


Feastday: June 26

Death: 1794




Nun and martyr. A member of the Sisters of Charity of Arras, France, she was arrested in 1792 by officials of the French revolutionary government and guillotined at Cambrai.



St. Alexander


Feastday: June 26

Death: unknown




Martyr with Abundius, Antigonus, and Fortunatus, probably in Rome. Bede records the martyrdom in Thessaly.


Saint Vigilius of Trent (Italian: San Vigilio di Trento) is venerated as the patron saint and first bishop of Trent. He should not be confused with the pope of the same name.



Life

According to tradition, he was a Roman patrician, the son of Maxentia and a man whose name is sometimes given as Theodosius.[3] His brothers, Claudian and Magorian, are also venerated as saints.


Vigilius was educated at Athens and seems to have been a friend of Saint John Chrysostom.[3] He then went to Rome.


In 380, Vigilius settled in the city of Trent and was chosen as the city's bishop. He may have been consecrated by either Ambrose of Milan or Valerian (Valerianus) of Aquileia. Ambrose donated the episcopal insignia and showed a paternal solicitude for Vigilius. As bishop, Vigilius attempted to convert Arians and pagans to Nicene Christianity and is said to have founded thirty parishes in his diocese. He is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Trent. A letter attributed to Ambrose encourages Vigilius to oppose marriages between Christians and pagans.[3] Vigilius also preached in Brescia and Verona, which lay outside of his diocese.


His companions during his missions were Saints Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander, who were sent by Ambrose to assist Vigilius.[4] Tradition makes these three natives of Cappadocia. A work called De Martyrio SS. Sisinnii, Martyrii et Alexandri is attributed to Vigilius.[3]


Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander (Sisinio, Martirio e Alessandro) were killed at Sanzeno after they attempted to convert the local population there to Christianity. Vigilius forgave their killers and had the remains of the three men sent to John Chrysostom in Constantinople, as well to Simplician, Ambrose's successor, in Milan. Milan would later give some of those relics back to Sanzeno in the 20th century, where they rest in the Basilica dei Ss. Martiri dell'Anaunia.[4]


Vigilius is associated with the legend of St. Romedius, who is often depicted alongside or astride a bear. According to Romedius' hagiography, Romedius once wished to visit Vigilius, a friend of his youth, but Romedius' horse was torn to pieces by a wild bear. Romedius, however, had the bear bridled by his disciple David (Davide). The bear became docile and carried Romedius on its back to Trento.[5]


Death


Punta San Vigilio, where Vigilius is said to have been killed

According to a much later tradition,[4] Vigilius, who had been accompanied by his brothers Claudian and Magorian as well as a priest named Julian, was killed in the present-day parish of Rendena, in the Rendena Valley, where he had been preaching against the locals there, who worshipped the god Saturn. Vigilius said Mass and overturned a statue of the god into the Sarca River. As punishment, he was stoned to death[6] near Lake Garda at the area called Punta San Vigilio.[3]


Ironically, a statue of the god Neptune stands in front of Vigilius' shrine in Trent today.


Veneration


Theatre playbill for the S. Vigilio Fair in 1857, preserved in the Municipal Library of Trento


Trent Cathedral with the Fountain of Neptune

Vigilius was buried at a church that he built at Trent, later expanded by his successor Eugippius, and dedicated to Vigilius. This became Trento Cathedral.[3] He was immediately venerated after his death, and the acts of his life and death were sent to Rome, and Pope Innocent I, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "seems to have made a formal canonization, for Benedict XIV calls Vigilius the first martyr canonized by a pope.”[3]


Vigilius’ arm was removed as a separate relic and placed into its own reliquary in 1386.[3] He is venerated in Tyrol.[3] A German farmers’ saying associated with a 2nd feast day of January 31 was: "Friert es zu Vigilius / im März die Eiseskälte kommen muss!" (“If it freezes on St. Vigilius’ Day, frost will come in March!”).[2] There are similar sayings associated with other “weather saints.”





Bl. Teresa Fantou

அருளாளர் தெரசா ஃபேன்டோ (1747-1794)


இவர் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் பிறந்தவர். 

 


இவரை இவரது தாயார் சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே இறைநம்பிக்கையில் வளர்த்து வந்தார். இதனால் இவர் தனது இருபத்தைந்தாவது வயதில், புனித வின்சென்ட் தெ பவுலைப் பாதுகாவலராகக் கொண்ட அன்பின் பணியாளர்கள் சபையில் சேர்ந்து பணி செய்ய தொடங்கினார்.


இவர் தன்னுடைய சபை அருள்சகோதரிகளோடு சேர்ந்து, நோயாளர்களைக் கவனித்துக் கொள்வதும், இல்லங்களைச் சந்திப்பதும், குழந்தைகளுக்குக் கல்வி கற்றுக் கொடுப்பதுமாக இருந்தார்.


இப்படிப்பட்ட சூழ்நிலையில்தான் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் புரட்சி வெடித்தது. இப்புரட்சி திருஅவைக்கு மிகப்பெரிய அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருந்தது. குறிப்பாக, கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் உரோமைக்குப் பணிந்து நடப்பதை விடுத்து பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அதிகாரத்திற்கு பணிந்து நடக்கக் கேட்டுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டார்கள்.


இதற்கு இவரும் இவருடைய சபை அருள்சகோதரிகள் மூவரும் மறுப்பு தெரிவித்ததால்,  கலகக்காரர்கள் இவர்களைத் தலை வெட்டிக் கொன்று போட்டார்கள்.


இவருக்கும் இவரோடு இறந்த அருள்சகோதரிகளுக்கும் 1920ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை பதினைந்தாம் பெனடிக்ட் அருளாளர் பட்டம் கொடுத்தார்

Feastday: June 26

Death: 1794



French martyr. A member of the Sisters of Charity in Arras, during the French Revolution, she was arrested by republican authorities and guillotined at Cambrai.Teresa and her three companions, Francoise Lanel, Madeleine Fontaine, and Joan Gerard were beatified in 1920.




Blessed Andrea Giacinto Longhin


Also known as

• Andrea of Fiumicello

• Andrew Longhin

• Andrew of Campodarsego

• Bishop of the Catechism

• Hyacinth Bonaventure Longhin



Profile

The only son of Matthew and Judith Marin, poor and pious tenant farmers. He early felt a call to the priesthood. Against the wishes of his father, he became a Capuchin novice, taking the name Andrew of Campodarsego at Bassano del Grappa, Venice on 27 August 1879 at age 16. He studied at Padua and Venice in Italy, made his solemn profession on 4 October 1883, and was ordained on 19 June 1886.


Spiritual director for young religious for 18 years. Taught at the Capuchin seminary at Udine, Italy. Director of Capuchin teachers at Padua in 1889. Director of theology students in Venice in 1891. Capuchin Provincial Minister at Venice on 18 April 1902 where he came to the attention of the future Pope Saint Pius X. Bishop of Treviso, Italy, consecrated in Rome, Italy on 17 April 1904, a see he would hold for 32 years.


He entered the see with reform in mind, and spent five years travelling from parish to parish, preaching and becoming close to his parishioners and clergy, many of whom resisted his reforming efforts. He reformed the diocesan seminary, improving the quality of teaching and spiritual formation. He promoted spiritual retreats for the clergy, and worked with lay groups, especially those involved in the Catholic social movement, supporting the right for workers to organize. He encouraged religious orders to work in his diocese; male institutes went from 7 to 12, women's from 10 to 24 during his bishopric, and these included houses of Franciscans, Passionists, Salesians, Carmelites, Somaschi Fathers, Camillians, and Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Friend of Saint Leopold Mandic.


During the air and ground attacks that destroyed Treviso in World War I, Bishop Andrew stayed at his post, and told his priests that they could leave if they were ministering to refugees. Andrew became the center of work in the community, organizing help for soldiers, the wounded, the sick and the poor. Because he refused to ally himself with any of the war parties, he was convicted of defeatism, and was imprisoned with several of his priests. Upon his release, he resumed his work of ministering in his diocese, and rebuilding the city and the 47 parishes that had been destroyed, and was eventually awarded the Cross of Merit war decoration.


During the post-war years, Bishop Andrew worked with many lay groups to help keep the Catholic social movement as Catholic as possible. He insisted on non-violence and loyalty to the Church, which put him at odds with the growing Fascist movement. In 1920 he supported Leghe Bianche, a Christian union movement. Pope Pius X chose him as Apostolic Visitor to Padua in 1923 and then Udine in 1927 to 1928 in order to return unity between the priests and bishops of those dioceses.


Born

22 November 1863 in Fiumicello di Campodarsego, province and diocese of Padua, Italy as Hyacinth Bonaventure Longhin


Died

• Friday 26 June 1936 in Treviso, Italy of natural causes following an eight-month illness

• interred in the cathedral of Treviso


Beatified

• 10:00 am Sunday 20 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II

• his Cause began on 21 April 1964

• his beatification miracle involved the 1964 cure of Dino Stella from diffuse peritonitis




Saint Josemaria Escriva


Alsoபுனிதர் ஜோஸ்மரியா எஸ்கிரிவா ✠

(St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer)

 


குரு, சாதாரண நிலைவாழ்வின் புனிதர்:

(Priest; Saint of Ordinary Life)


பிறப்பு: ஜனவரி 9, 1902

பார்பஸ்ட்ரோ, அரகன், ஸ்பெயின்

(Barbastro, Aragon, Spain)


இறப்பு: ஜூன் 26, 1975 (வயது 73)

ரோம், இத்தாலி

(Rome, Italy)


ஏற்கும் சமயம்: 

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)


அருளாளர் பட்டம்: மே 17, 1992

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)


புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 6, 2002

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)


முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்: 

அமைதியின் அன்னை, ஓபஸ் தேயி-யின் தலைமை ஆலயம், ரோம்

(Our Lady of Peace, Prelatic Church of Opus Dei, in Rome)


நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஜூன் 26


“புனிதர் ஜோஸ்மரிய எஸ்கிரிவா டி பலகுயர் ஒய் அல்பஸ்”, (Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás) “ஓபஸ் தேயி” (Opus Dei) (ஆங்கிலம்: கடவுளின் பணி) (English: Work of God) என்னும் பொது நிலையினருக்கான கத்தோலிக்க நிறுவனமொன்றினை நிறுவிய ஸ்பெயின் (Spain) நாட்டின் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க குரு ஆவார். “ஓபஸ் தேயி” (Opus Dei), நாம் அனைவருமே தூய வாழ்க்கை வாழ்வதற்கு அழைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறோம் என்றும், சாதாரண வாழ்க்கை புனிதத்துவத்திற்கு ஒரு பாதை என்றும் கற்பிக்கிறது. குறிப்பிட்ட உறுப்பினர்களால் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டு, திருத்தந்தையால் நியமனம் செய்யப்படும் கத்தோலிக்க குருவின் ஆட்சியின் கீழுள்ள இந்நிறுவனத்தின் பெரும்பான்மை உறுப்பினர்கள் பொதுநிலையினரும் மதச் சார்பற்ற குருக்களுமேயாவர்.


2002ம் ஆண்டில் இவருக்கு புனிதர் பட்டம் அளித்த திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல், “புனிதர் ஜோஸ்மரிய எஸ்கிரிவா கிறிஸ்தவத்திற்கு சாட்சியம் பகர்ந்த தலையானவர்களுள் ஒருவர்" என்றார்.


இவர், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் தலைநகரான “மேட்ரிட்’டிலுள்ள”  “கம்ப்லுயுடென்ஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில்” (Complutense University of Madrid) சிவில் சட்டமும் (Civil Law), ரோம் (Rome) நகரிலுள்ள “லடெரன் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில்” (Lateran University) இறையியலில் (Doctorate in Theology) முனைவர் பட்டங்களும் வென்றார். 


43 மொழிகளில் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்ட, (The Way) என்னும் பெயரில் இவர் எழுதி வெளியான இவரது புத்தகம், பல இலட்சம் பிரதிகள் விற்பனையாயின.


ஜோஸ்மரிய எஸ்கிரிவா மீதும் இவரது நிறுவனமான “ஓபஸ் தேயி” மீதும் சர்ச்சைகளும் – முதன்மையாக, இரகசியங்கள் தொடர்பான குற்றச்சாட்டுக்களும் எழுந்தன. உயர்தரம், வழிபாட்டு முறை, ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் ஜெனரல் பிராங்கோவின் சர்வாதிகாரம் (Dictatorship of General Franco) போன்ற வலதுசாரி காரணங்களுடன் அரசியல் ஈடுபாடுகளும் சரிச்சைகளில் சிக்கின.


மரணத்துக்குப் பிந்தைய இவரது புனிதர் பட்டத்துக்கான தயாரிப்புகள், சில கத்தோலிக்கர்களாலும் உலகளாவிய பத்திரிக்கையாளர்களாலும் கணிசமான கவனத்தையும் சர்ச்சைகளையும் ஈர்த்தது. “ஓபஸ் டேய்” (Opus Dei) (ஆங்கிலம்: கடவுளின் பணி) (English: Work of God) சம்பந்தமான சரித்திரம் பற்றின புலன் விசாரணைகளில், வாட்டிகனின் “ஜான் எல். ஆலன், ஜூனியர்” (John L. Allen, Jr) உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு உலகளாவிய பத்திரிக்கையாளர்கள் ஈடுபட்டனர். பல குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கள் நிரூபிக்கப்படவில்லை என்றும், அவை ஜோஸ்மரிய எஸ்கிரிவா மற்றும் அவரது நிறுவனங்களின் எதிரிகளால் உருவாக்கப்பட்டவை என்றும் கூறப்பட்டன.


ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:

“ஜோஸ் மரிய மரியானோ எஸ்க்ரிவா ஒய் அல்பாஸ்” (José María Mariano Escrivá y Albás) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், ஸ்பெயின் (Spain) நாட்டின் சிறு நகரான “பர்பஸ்ட்ரோவில்” (Barbastro) பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இப்புனிதரது தந்தை “ஜோஸ் எஸ்கிரிவா ஒய் கொர்ஸன்” (José Escrivá y Corzán) ஆவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், “மரிய டி லாஸ்” (María de los Dolores Albás y Blanc) ஆகும். இவர், தமது பெற்றோரின் ஆறு குழந்தைகளில் இரண்டாவதாகப் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். வியாபாரியும் ஜவுளி நிறுவனமொன்றில் பங்குதாரராகவுமிருந்த இவரது தந்தை வியாபாரத்தில் நஷ்டப்பட்டு, திவாலாகிப் போனார். அதன் காரணமாக, 1915ம் ஆண்டு “லோக்ரோனோ” (Logrono) நகருக்கு குடும்பத்தை அழைத்துச் சென்ற தந்தை, அங்கே ஒரு ஆடைகள் கடையில் எழுத்தராக பணியாற்றினார்.



உறைபனியில் வெறும் கால்களுடன் நடந்து சென்ற துறவியொருவரின் காலடித் தடங்கள், தம்மை ஏதோவொன்றுக்கு தேர்வு செய்திருப்பதாக இவரை உணர வைத்தது. தமது தந்தையில் பரிபூரண ஆசியுடன், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் குருவாகும் தயாரிப்பில் ஈடுபட்டார். 1924ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 20ம் தேதியன்று, “சரகோசா” (Zaragoza) நகரில் திருத்தொண்டராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார். 1925ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 28ம் நாளன்று, அதே நகரில் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார்.


செபமும் தியானமும், கடவுளுடைய சித்தமாக அவர் கருதினவற்றை இன்னும் தெளிவாக புரிந்துகொள்ள அவருக்கு உதவியது. 1928ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 2ம் நாளன்று, கத்தோலிக்கர்கள் தங்களின் மதச்சார்பற்ற பணிகளில் தங்களைப் பரிசுத்தப்படுத்திக்கொள்ள “ஓபஸ் டேய்” (Opus Dei) (ஆங்கிலம்: கடவுளின் பணி) (English: Work of God), ஒரு வழி என்பதனைக் கண்டுணர்ந்தார். 1928ம் ஆண்டு “ஓபஸ் டேய்” (Opus Dei) நிறுவப்பட்டது. 1950ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் பயஸ் (Pope Pius XII) அதற்கு இறுதி அங்கீகாரம் வழங்கினார்.


ஜோஸ்மரிய எஸ்கிரிவா, 1975ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், 26ம் நாளன்று, தமது 73 வயதில் மரித்தார். known as

Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer



Profile

One of six children born to Jose and Dolores Escriva; three of his siblings died in infancy. His father was a small businessman, and when his business failed in 1915, the family moved to Logroño, Spain. As a young man, Josemaria saw the bare footprints left in the snow by a monk; the sight moved him, and kindled a desire for religious vocation. He studied for the priesthood in Logroño and Zaragoza, Spain. His father died in 1924, and Josemaria had to simultaneously support the family while studying. Ordained in Zaragoza on 28 March 1925.


Assigned for a while to a rural parish, and then in Zaragoza. Moved to Madrid, Spain in 1927 to study law. Following a profound spiritual retreat, Josemaria founded Opus Dei in Madrid on 2 October 1928, opening a new way for the faithful to sanctify themselves in the midst of the world through their work and fulfillment of their personal, family and social duties. The next few years were spent studying at the University of Madrid, teaching to support his mother and siblings, ministering to the poor and sick, and working to build the foundation of Opus Dei.


Religious persecution in the Spanish Civil War forced Josemaria into hiding, and he ministered covertly to his parishioners. He escaped across the Pyrenees to Burgos, Spain. At the end of the war in 1939, he returned to his studies in Madrid. Doctor of law. Retreat master for laity, priests, and religious.


On 14 February 1943 he founded the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, united to Opus Dei. Josemaria moved to Rome, Italy in 1946, and earned a doctorate in theology from the Lateran University. Consultor to two Vatican Congregations. Honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. Named a prelate of honor by Pope Pius XII.


Opus Dei received the approval of the Holy See on 16 June 1950. Josemaria travelled frequently throughout Europe and Latin America to work for the growth of Opus Dei, and by the time of his death, it had spread to five continents with over 60,000 members of 80 nationalities, and today has over 80,000 members, most laymen.


Born

9 January 1902 at Barbastro, Spain


Died

• 26 June 1975 of natural causes in his office in Rome, Italy

• interred at Prelatic Church of Our Lady of Peace at Viale Bruno Buozzi 75, Rome, Italy


Beatified

• 17 May 1992 by Pope John Paul II

• the beatification miracle involved the cure in 1976 of Carmelite Sister Concepcion Boullon Rubio from the nearly-fatal cancerous form of lipomatosis following prayers by her family for the intercession of Father Josemaria


Canonized

• 6 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II

• the canonization miracle involved saving a surgeon's hands from a career-ending disease




Saint José María Robles Hurtado


Additional Memorial

21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution



Profile

Born to a fervently Catholic family, the son of Antonio Robles and Petronila Hurtado. Entered the seminary of Guadalajara, Mexico at age 12. Ordained on 22 March 1913 at age 25 at Guadalajara.


Consecrated to the Sacred Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, and in 1918 founded the Congregation of Victims of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus (Hermanas del Corazón de Jesús Sacramentado) at Nochistlan, Zacatecas, Mexico. The congregation was dedicated to pastoral health and education, assisting orphanages, and conducting missions. Today it is known as the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.


Parish priest in Tocolotlan in 1920. During the persecutions of the Mexican Revolution, priests were outlawed; parishioners urged Father Jose to run, but he could not abandon his people. He was arrested on 25 June 1927 for presiding at Mass in private homes; he was at a make-shift altar when soldiers broke in to grab him. Hanged from an oak tree the next day, after having blessed and forgiven his captors; he kissed and blessed the rope, and put around his own neck so no executioners would not be guilty of the murder. One of the Martyrs of the Cristera War.


Born

3 May 1888 at Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico


Died

• hanged on 26 June 1927 at Quila, Jalisco, Mexico

• relics at the church at Tecolotlan


Canonized

21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico




Blessed Giuseppina Catanea


Also known as

• Pinella (childhood nickname in her family)

• Sister Maria Giuseppina of Jesus Crucified

• Marie-Joséphine de Jésus crucifié



Profile

Born to the Italian nobility, Giuseppina was known as a pious girl with great care for the poor, a devotion to Mary and the Eucharist, and for praying her rosary whenever she had a chance. She developed the heart condition angina pectoris in 1912, later contracted spinal tuberculosis, and was eventually confined to a wheelchair. Against her family’s objections, she joined the Carmelites on 10 March 1918. Following a pair of visions of Saint Francis Xavier, Giuseppina was miraculously cured on 26 June 1922; word leaked out and people from all over the region came to learn from her. In 1932 she received approval from Pope Pius XI to found a cloistered house of Discalced Carmelites; she took the name Sister Maria Giuseppina of Jesus Crucified and made her solemn profession on 6 August 1932. Sub-prioress in 1934. In 1943 she developed multiple sclerosis, began to lose her sight, and in 1944 was again confined to a wheelchair. As intructed by her spiritual director, she began writing an autobiography and spiritual journal for the benefit of the sisters who might learn from her. Chosen vicar in early 1945, and then prioress on 29 September 1945, a position she held the rest of her life.


Born

18 February 1894 in Italy


Died

14 March 1948 in Naples, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

• 1 June 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

• beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral in Naples, Italy presided by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe



Saint Vigilius of Trent

இன்றைய புனிதர் :

(26-06-2021)


புனித.விஜிலியஸ்

ஆயர், மறைசாட்சி


பிறப்பு

353

    

இறப்பு

405


இவர் தனது இளம் வயது கல்வியை உரோம் நகரில் பயின்றார். பின்பு தனது 20 ஆம் வயதில் தனது குடும்பத்தை விட்டு பிரிந்து ஏதென்ஸ்(Athen) நகருக்கு சென்றார். அங்கு மிக கடுமையான, ஏழ்மையான வாழ்வை வாழ்ந்தார். இவரின் வாழ்வு, பார்த்தவர்களை பரவசமடைய செய்தது. இவர் ஏழ்மையின் இளைஞர் என்று பெயர் பெற்றார். பிறகு குருமடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருவானார். அப்போது 384 ஆம் ஆண்டு டிரிண்டைன்(Trient) ஆயர் இறந்து போகவே விஜிலியஸ் டிரிண்டைன் ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். இவர் ஆயர் பொறுப்பில் இருக்கும்போது, தன் மறைமாவட்டத்தில் எண்ணிலடங்கா ஆலயங்களை எழுப்பினார். பின்னர் அவ்வாலயங்களில் விசுவாசிகளை நிரப்ப, மறைமாவட்டம் முழுவதும் கால்நடையாகவே சென்று நற்செய்தியை பறைசாற்றினார். அவ்வாறு மலைப்பகுதியில் சென்று நற்செய்தி போதிக்க சென்றபோது, மலையிலிருந்து ஒரு பெரிய கல் அவரின் மீது விழவே, அதே இடத்திலேயே உயிர் துறந்தார்.


செபம்:


நற்செய்திக்கு சான்று பகரவே வந்தேன் என்று மொழிந்த இறைவா! நற்செய்தியின் மீது கொண்ட தாகத்தாலும், உம்மீது கொண்ட அன்பாலும் புனித விஜிலியஸ் தன் உயிரை நீத்தார். நாங்களும் நற்செய்தியின் மீது ஆர்வம் கொண்டு, வார்த்தைகளை வாழ்வாக்கி வாழ்ந்திட இறைவா உம் வரம் தாரும்.


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Also known as

Vigilio



Profile

Roman patrician, son of Theodosius and Maxentia. Brother of Saint Claudian and Saint Magorian. Studied at Athens, Greece where he developed a reputation for learning and sanctity. Friend of Saint John Chrysostom. Settled in the region of Trent, Italy in 380. Chosen bishop of Trent by the faithful of the area. Worked to help the poor, and opposed usury. Friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan. Nearly ended paganism in his diocese, and worked to bring Arians back to orthodox Christianity. Missionary to the areas surrounding his diocese, founding 30 parishes. Worked with Saint Sisinnius, Saint Martyrius and Saint Alexander about whom he wrote De Martyrio SS. Sisinnii, Martyrii et Alexandri. Killed when he overturned a statue of Saturn in the one the few remaining enclaves of such pagan worship. Pope Benedict XIV called Vigilius the first martyr canonized by a pope.


Born

c.353


Died

• stoned to death on 26 June 405 near Lake Garda in the Val di Rendena

• buried in Trent, Italy





Saint Anthelm of Belley


Also known as

• Anthelm de Chignin

• Anthelme, Anthelmus



Profile

Born to the nobility. Priest. Provost of a cathedral chapter. He got caught up in Church politics, and sought ecclesiastical positions to increase his power and authority rather than ability to serve. A visit to the Carthusians at Portes changed his view of his vocation, and he felt drawn to the monastic life. At age thirty, Anthelm renounced his offices, and retired to the Carthusian monastery. Within two years he was prior of the mother house at Grande Chartreuse; the monastery flourished and increased in both numbers and holiness. During the Schism of 1158 he supported Pope Alexander II, earning him the enmity of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Bishop of Belley, France; he was so beloved that the town was briefly known as Anthelmopolis. Several years later, Anthelm retired to solitude at Portes. Within months he was asked to serve as prior of the community there. Two years later Anthelm retired to Grande Chartreuse, but was recalled to help mend a schism between King Henry II and Thomas a Becket in England.


Born

1105 at Savoy


Died

1178 in France



Blessed Khalil Al-Haddad


Also known as

• Ya'Qub of Ghazir

• Yaaqub El-Haddad



Profile

Third of five children. Teacher in Egypt when he felt a call to religious life. Franciscan Capuchin monk, making his perpetual vows in 1898. Ordained in 1901, he was assigned to the Bab Idriss monastery in Beirut, Lebanon. Working tirelessly for the physical and moral improvement of the local people, he founded and built churches, schools, hospitals and orphanages. Founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross in 1930 to care for the elderly, the disabled, the mentally handicapped and the incurable who had been abandoned by families and authorities. Left 24 volumes of transcribed sermons given in Lebanon, Palestine, Iran and Syria.


Born

1 February 1875 in Ghazir, Kesrwan, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon


Died

26 June 1954 in Beirut, Lebanon of natural causes while holding a cross


Beatified

22 June 2008 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Andrii Ischak


Also known as

Andrij, Andriy



Additional Memorial

27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe


Profile

Greek Catholic. Studied at universities in Lviv, Ukraine, and Innsbruck, Austria. Doctor of theology in 1914, receiving his degree from the University of Innsbruck. Ordained in 1914. Teacher at the Lviv Theological Academy in 1928. Pastor of the Archeparchy of Lviv for the Ukrainians at Sykhiv. Martyred by retreating Soviet soldiers who passed through his village.


Born

20 September 1887 at Mykolayiv, Lviv District, Ukraine


Died

murdered by Soviet soldiers on 26 June 1941 at Sykhiv, Ukraine


Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine



Saint Pelagius of Oviedo


Also known as

• Pelagius the Martyr

• Paio, Pelayo



Profile

Left with Moors at age 10 as a hostage for his captured Christian uncle. Three years later, when Pelagius had not been ransomed, he was offered his freedom and a reward if he would convert to Islam and denounce Christianity; he declined. Martyred at age 13.


Born

c.912 at Asturias, Spain


Died

• tortured to death in 925

• relics moved to Leon, Spain in 967

• relics moved to Oviedo, Spain in 985




Blessed Mykola Konrad


Also known as

Nicholas Konrad



Profile

Greek Catholic. Studied philosophy and theology at Rome, Italy. Ordained in 1899. Taught in high schools in Berezhony and Tereboblya. Taught at the Theological Academy in 1930. Parish priest at Stradch. Pastor of the Archeparchy of Lviv for the Ukrainians. Martyr.


Born

16 May 1876 at Strusiv, Ternopil District, Ukraine


Died

tortured and murdered by NKVD agents on 26 June 1941 in the forest outside Stradch, Yavoriv, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine


Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine



Blessed Raymond Petiniaud de Jourgnac



Profile

Priest in the diocese of Limoges, 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

3 January 1747 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France


Died

26 June 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France


Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Volodymyr Ivanovych Pryima


Profile

Greek Catholic. Layman, married and a father. Cantor and choir director at Stradch. Martyred with Father Nicholas Konrad while returning from a sick call.



Born

17 July 1906 at Stradch, Yavoriv, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine


Died

tortured and murdered by NKVD agents on 26 June 1941 in the forest outside Stradch, Yavoriv, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine


Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine



Saint David of Thessalonica


Also known as

• David the Dendrite

• David the Tree-Dweller



Profile

From his youth, David was known for his contamplative, prayerful personal piety. Hermit outside Thessalonica for 70 years, including three years living in an almond tree.


Born

5th-century Mesopotamia


Died

• 540 of natural causes

• relics translated to Pavia, Italy in 1054



Saint Iosephus Ma Taishun


Also known as

Giuseppe, Joseph, Ruose


Profile

Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Physician. Catechist. During the anti-Western, anti-Christian persecutions of the Boxer Rebellion, most of Joseph's family renounced their Christianity; Joseph refused to. Martyr.


Born

c.1840 in Qianshenzhuang, Dongguang Co., Hebei, China


Died

26 June 1900 in Wangla, Dongguang Co., Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint John of Rome


Profile

Servant of Constantia, daughter of Constantine. He refused to join the household of Julian the Apostate when he became emperor, and was secretly martyred in his own home. His name is listed in the "Communicantes" in the Canon of the Mass. A basilica in Rome, Italy is named for him.



Born

Roman


Died

• beheaded

• interred under the basilica of Saints John and Paul



Saint Paul of Rome



Profile

Servant of Constantia, daughter of Constantine. He refused to join the household of Julian the Apostate when he became emperor, and was secretly martyred in his own home. His name is listed in the "Communicantes" in the Canon of the Mass. A basilica in Rome, Italy is named for him.


Born

Roman


Died

• beheaded

• interred under the basilica of Saints John and Paul


Saint Babolenus of Stavelot-Malmédy


Also known as

Babolin, Badolenus, Papolenus, Papolin


Profile

Travelling missionary bishop in 7th-century Netherlands. Close friend of Saint Remaclus. In later life he retired to lives as a prayerful monk at the monastery of Stavelot-Malmédy (in modern Belgium).


Died

• c.700 at the monastery of Stavelot-Malmédy, Belgium of natural causes

• buried at the abbey church at Stavelot-Malmédy



Saint Hermogius of Tuy


Profile

Uncle of Saint Pelagius of Cordova. Benedictine monk. Bishop of Tuy, Spain. Founded the abbey at Lubrugia, Spanish Galatia in 915. Captured by Moors and imprisoned in Cordoba, Spain with Pelagius for his faith. He was later freed, but Pelagius retained as a hostage for his behavior. Placed in a position where he could not actively promote the faith, he resigned his bishopric, and retired to live as a monk at Ribas del Sil.


Born

at Tuy, Spain


Died

c.942 of natural causes



Saint Maxentius of Poitou


Also known as

Masenzio, Massenzio, Maixent


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Severus of Poitiers. Monk at a monastery in Poitou, France, a place now Saint-Maixent in his honour; he eventually served as abbot. He was highly esteemed by the local laity whom he sheltered during invasions. Known as a miracle worker.


Born

c.448 in Agde, France


Died

518 of natural causes



Blessed Bartholomew de Vir


Also known as

• Bartholomew of Laon

• Bartholomew of Foigny


Profile

Bishop of Laon, France from 1113 to 1151. Helped Saint Norbert of Xanten with the founding of the Premonstratensians. Built the Cistercian abbey at Foigny, France in 1121; late in life he retired from his bishopric to spend his remaining years as a prayerful monk.


Died

1157 of natural causes



Saint Edburga of Gloucester


Profile

Born a princess, the sister of King Osric of Hwicce (an area in modern Worcestershire, England). Benedictine nun, consecrated in 710 by Saint Egwin of Worcester. Abbess of Saint Peter’s Abbey in Gloucester, England where she served about 20 years.


Born

late 7th century England


Died

26 June 735 in Gloucester, England of natural causes



Blessed Sebastian de Burgherre


Profile

Mercedarian friar at the convent of Montpellier, France. Sent to Africa to ransom Christians who had been enslaved by Muslims, he was replaced one of the them and served as a slave for 10 years in Algeria before he could be ransomed back himself, never losing his faith.


Died

Mercedarian convent at Montpellier, France of natural causes



Saint Pezenne


Also known as

Pazanne, Peccina, Pecinne, Pexine, Pezhenn, Pitère, Piterre, Pithère



Profile

Pezenne fled to France from Spain during the persecutions of Diocletian in the early 4th century. In the area of Niort, France she helped Saint Macrine found a small monastery.


Born

late 3rd century Spain



Saint Terence of Rome


Also known as

Terentianus


Profile

Layman soldier and commander of an imperial Roman bodyguard during the reign of Julian the Apostate. Father of at least one son. Witness to the death sentencing of Saint John and Saint Paul. Convert. Martyr. Some sources say that his son was martyred with him.


Died

Rome, Italy



Saint Albinus of Rome


Also known as

Albinus of Cologne


Profile

Martyr.


Died

• in Rome, Italy, date unknown

• relics brought to the church of Saint Pantaleon in Cologne, Germany c.990 by Empress Theofano

• relics re-enshrined in a new reliquary in 1186 and moved to the treasury of the cathedral in Cologne



Saint Perseveranda of Poitiers


Also known as

Pecinna, Pezaine


Profile

Holy virgin who, with her sisters Macrina and Columba, founded a convent in Poitiers, France.


Born

Spain


Died

c.726 at Sainte-Pezaine, France while fleeing a thief



Saint Salvius


Also known as

Salvio


Profile

Bishop near Angouleme, France. Missionary to the Flemish in Valenciennes (in modern France) with Saint Superius. Murdered by a greedy local noble who opposed the work. Martyr.


Died

c.768 at Valenciennes (in modern France)



Saint Barbolenus of Fosses


Also known as

Babolen


Profile

Monk at Luxeuil Abbey, Burgundy (in modern France). Abbot of Saint Peter's Abbey (later known as Saint Maur-des-Fossés) in northern France.


Died

c.677



Saint Deodatus of Nola


Profile

Deacon to Saint Paulinus of Nola. Archpriest of Nola, Italy. Bishop of Nola.


Died

• 26 June 473 of natural causes

• buried in Nola, Italy

• relics translated to Benevento, Italy in 839



Saint John of the Goths


Profile

Bishop of the Goths in South Russia. Noted defender of religious images, opposing the iconoclasts. Driven from his see by invading Khazars, and never able to return.


Died

c.800 of natural causes



Saint Superius


Profile

Missionary to the Flemish in Valenciennes (in modern France) with Saint Salvius. Murdered by a greedy local noble who opposed the work. Martyr.


Died

c.768 at Valenciennes (in modern France)



Saint Dionysius of Bulgaria 


Profile

Archbishop from Bulgaria. Missionary to Russia. Built a monastery in Novgorod.


Died

1180 in Kiev, Russia of natural causes



Saint Corbican


Profile

Eighth century hermit in Netherlands where he was known for his charity and endless help to the local people.


Born

Ireland



Saint Medico of Otricoli


Also known as

Medicus


Profile

Martyr.



Saint Acteie of Rome


Profile

Martyr.


Died

in Rome, Italy, date unknown



Saint Soadbair


Also known as

Soadbar


Profile

Bishop in Ireland.



Martyrs of Africa


Profile

Four Christians who were martyred together - Agapitus, Emerita, Felix and Gaudentius.


Died

unknown location in Africa, date unknown



Martyrs of Alexandria


Profile

Three Christians who were martyred together, but we really know little more that the names - Agatho, Diogenes and Luceja.


Died

Alexandria, Egypt, date unknown



Martyrs of Cambrai




Profile

Four Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul nuns at Arras, France. Imprisoned together in 1792 and executed together two years later in the anti-Catholic excesses of the French Revolution.


• Jeanne Gerard

• Marie-Françoise Lanel

• Marie-Madeleine Fontaine

• Thérèse-Madeleine Fantou


Died

guillotined 26 June 1794 at Cambrai, Nord, France


Beatified

June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV


24 June 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 25

 St. Selyf


Feastday: June 25

Death: 6th century


Hermit in Cornwall. He is perhaps to be identified with St. Solomon, who has the same feast day.


Saint William of Vercelli

மொன்டே விர்ஜினே நகர தூய வில்லியம் (ஜூன் 25)




இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் வில்லியம், இத்தாலியில் உள்ள வெர்செல்லியில் 1085 ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஒரு செல்வச் செழிப்பான குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தார். தொடக்கத்தில் இவருடைய வாழ்க்கையில் எல்லாருமே நன்றாகப் போய்கொண்டிருந்தது. இப்படிப்பட்ட தருணத்தில் இவருடைய பெற்றோர் இருவரும் இவரைவிட்டுப் பிரிந்துவிட, இவர் தன்னுடைய உறவினரின் பராமரிப்பிலே வளர்ந்து வந்தார்.




வில்லியம் சிறுவயது முதலிலே பக்தி நெறியில் சிறந்துவிளங்கி வந்தார். ஒருசமயம் இவர் ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் உள்ள தூய சந்தியாகப்பர் ஆலயத்திற்குத் திருப்பயணம் மேற்கொண்டார். அங்கு அவர் சென்றுவிட்டுத் திரும்பும்போது துறவியாக வாழவேண்டும் என்னும் ஆசைகொண்டார். அதனடிப்படையில் இவர் மொன்டே சொலிகோலி என்னும் இடத்தில் துறவற மடம் அமைத்து ஜெப தவ வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.




இவர் அங்கிருக்கின்ற செய்தியைக் கேள்விப்பட்டு, நிறைய இளைஞர்கள் அவரைப் பார்ப்பதற்கும் அவரிடமிருந்து ஆலோசனை பெறுவதற்கும் வந்தார்கள். அவரும் அவர்களுக்கு நல்லவிதமாய் ஆலோசனைகளை வழங்கிவந்தார். ஒருசில நாட்கள் கழித்து, வில்லியம் அங்கு வந்த இளைஞர்களின் வேண்டுகோளின் பேரில் மொன்டே விர்ஜினேயில் துறவற மடம் அமைத்து, அங்கு ஜெப தவ வாழ்க்கையில் முழுமையாய் ஈடுபட்டு வந்தார். இவரிடத்தில் பயிற்சி பெற நிறைய இளைஞர்கள் வந்தார்கள். அவர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் இவர் நல்லதொரு வழிகாட்டியாய் செயல்பட்டு வந்தார். ஒருசில இளைஞர்கள் துறவுமடத்தில் ஒழுங்குமுறைகள் கடுமையாக இருக்கின்றன என்று சொல்லி, மடத்திலிருந்து வெளியேறினார்கள். அத்தகைய சூழ்நிலையிலும் இவர் மடத்தின் விதிமுறைகளைத் தளர்த்தாமல், முன்பு பின்பற்றப்பட்டு வந்த, விதிமுறைகளையே பின்பற்றிவந்தார்.




ஒருசில ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகு துறவற மடத்தின் தலைவராக ஜான் என்பவர் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். இந்த சமயத்தில் நிறைய துறவு மடங்கள் நிறுவப்பட்டன. இப்படி துறவு மடங்கள் மேலும் மேலும் வளர்ந்து கொண்டிருந்த சமயத்தில் வில்லியம் 1142 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜூன் மாதம் 25 ஆம் நாள், இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

William of Monte Vergine


Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Orphaned as an infant, and raised by relatives. Pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela, Spain at age 14. There he decided on a life devoted to God. Hermit for two years at Monte Solicoli where he healed a blind man. Friend of Saint John of Pulsano. Started a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands, but discerned that he would be of more use to God in Italy.





Hermit at Monte Vergiliano (Monte Vergine). There his reputation for holiness attracted many disciples. In 1119 he formed them into the Hermits of Monte Vergine (Williamites) with a Rule based on the Benedictines; five other houses were formed by its members during William's life, but only the original survives today. When some of the hermits began to grumble that William's austerities were too hard to match, he, Saint John, and a small handful of brothers left in order not to be a cause of dissension.


When their hermitage burned, the Williamites moved to Monte Cognato, and into the area of Naples, Italy. Advisor to King Roger I of Naples who built him a hermitage at Salerno, Italy. Founded monasteries in the Naples region.


Legend says that William began mining the stone and digging the foundations for the church on Montevergine when his only companion and helper was a single donkey. One evening, a wolf charged from the forest, killed and ate the donkey. William ordered the wolf to take the donkey's place. The wolf, understanding that he had interrupted God's work, bowed his head, and began hauling the loads of stone. Tradition says that the same wolf still prowls the mountain, ready to help those who are in danger and call upon the name of the Virgin Mary.


Born

1085 at Vercelli, Italy


Died

25 June 1142 at Guglietto, Italy of natural causes


Patronage

Irpinia, Italy




Blessed Paolo Giustiniani


Profile

Born to the Venetian nobility, the son of Francesco Giustiniani and Paola Malipiero. Studied theology and philosophy at the University of Padua. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands in 1507 which left with a desire for the religious life. Joined the Camaldolese hermits in 1510. He became a travelling reformer, going from one hermitage to another to help them returned to proper Camaldolese discipline and teaching. Part of the general chapter of 1513 that helped unify and regularize the conventual and hermitic sections of the Camaldolese. Prior of the hermitage in Camaldoli, Italy from 1516 to 1520. Ordained a priest in 1518.



While serving as prior, Blessed Paolo obtained permission from Pope Leo X to found a order of hermits devoted to the original rule as written by Saint Romuald. He founded the Society of Saint Romuald, also known as the Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona or Montecoronesi in 1520. Founded the hermitage of Monte Cucco in 1521, and wrote the constitutions of the new Order in 1522. In 1524 the four existing hermitages held their first general chapter and chose Paolo as their Prior-General. Imprisoned briefly in Macerata, Italy and then in 1527 in Rome, Italy when the city was sacked by the mercenary Lutheran Lanzichenecchi; he was imprisoned and tortured with Saint Gaetano da Thiene but escaped.


Born

15 June 1476 in Venice, Italy


Died

• 25 June 1528 in the hermitage of San Silvestro de Monte Soratte, Rome, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the nearby crypt of San Silvestro, his grave was lost over the years when the hermits had to abandon the site

• relics re-discovered in 1932


Patronage

Society of Saint Romuald



Blessed Dorothy of Montau

புனித.டோரட்டீ (St.Dorothea of Montau)


பிறப்பு 


6 பிப்ரவரி 1347


ஒஸ்ட்புராய்சன், Germany


இறப்பு 


25 ஜூன் 1394


மரியன்வேர்டர், Marienwerder





இவர் ஓர் விவசாய குடும்பத்தில் மகளாக பிறந்தார். தனது 16 வயதில் திருமணம் செய்தார். திருமண வாழ்வில் ஓர் எடுத்துக்காட்டான வாழ்வு வந்தார். கணவருக்கு நல்ல மனைவியாகவும், குழந்தைகளுக்கு அன்பான, பண்பான தாயாக திகழ்ந்தார். தனது 44 ஆம் வயதிலேயே தன் கணவர் இறந்ததால், தான் பிறந்த ஊரில் இருந்த ஆலய பணிகளில் தன்னை ஈடுபடுத்திக்கொண்டார். மரியன்வேர்டர்(Marienwerder) என்ற ஊரிலிருந்து பேராலயத்தில் Reklusin பணியையும், ஆன்மீக வழிகாட்டியாகவும் திகழ்ந்தார். உதவி கேட்டு வந்த எல்லா தரப்பு மக்களுக்கும் தன்னால் இயன்ற உதவியை செய்து, ஏராளமான மக்களின் வாழ்வில் ஒளியேற்றினார். இவர் இறைவனிடமிருந்து பலமுறை தரிசனம் பெற்றதாக இவரின் பாவசங்கீர்த்தன ஆன்ம குரு கூறுகிறார். மனதாலும், உடலாலும் துன்பப்படுகிறவர்களும், தேர்வில் வெற்றி பெறுவதற்கும் இவர் துணையாக இருந்து இறைவனிடம் பரிந்து பேசினார். இவைகளில் எப்போதும் நற்பலன்களையும் பெற்றார். இவர் பொறுமையின் சிகரம் என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

• Dorota z Matowów

• Dorothea of Montau

• Dorothea Swartz

• Dorothea von Montau

• Dorthea von Montau



Profile

Peasant, one of nine children. Married at age 17 a wealthy swordsmith named Adalbert or Albrecht of Prague (in modern Czech Republic). Bore nine children, only one of whom survived; the girl became a Benedictine nun. Difficult marriage; she suffered abuse from her husband, but she encouraged him in his trade and his faith. Went on a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy in 1389, fell ill, and was forced to stay for many weeks, during which time her husband died at home. Widow. Nun at Marienwerser. Great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament; the absorption of the Eucharist "agitated her like boiling water; had she been allowed, she would willingly have torn the host from the priest's hands to bring it to her mouth...." Lived in a 6x9 foot cell. Visionary. Prophetess. Miracle worker.


Born

6 February 1347 at Gross Montau, Prussia, one of the states of the Teutonic Knights (modern Matowy Wielkie, Poland)


Died

25 January 1394 at Marienwerder, Kwidzyn, Prussia (in modern Poland) of natural causes


Beatified

9 January 1976 by Pope Paul VI (cultus confirmed)



Saint Moloc of Mortlach


Also known as

Lua, Luan, Luanus, Lugaid of Les Mór, Lugaidh, Lugide Lis Moer, Luoch, Mallock, Molaug, Molluog, Moloag, Molua, Moluag, Murlach



Profile

Born to the Irish nobility. Educated in Bangor Abbey, Ireland. Spiritual student of Saint Comgall of Bangor. Legend says that one day as Moloc stood on a rock on the Irish shore, the rock broke away, sailed across the sea, and came ashore on the island of Lismore in Loch Linnhe. However he travelled there, Moloc and Saint Comgall worked as missionaries in Scotland, Moloc ranging far and wide to the Picts. Founded monasteries on the Isle of Lismore, and at Rosemarkie and Mortlach in the territory of the Picts; Saint Malachy claims that Moloc founded 100 monasteries in Scotland.


Born

c.530 in northern Ireland


Died

• 25 June 592 in Rosemarkie, Scotland of natural causes

• buried at Rosemarkie

• remains later moved to the Isle of Lismore and re-interred in the cathedral named for him

• some relics enshrined in Mortlach, Banffshire, Scotland in a monastery founded in 1010 in thanks for a victory obtained through the intervention of Saint Moloc

• his crozier is in the possession of the Livingstone chief of Clan LacLea as an hereditary trust


Canonized

1898 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)




Saint Tigre of Maurienne


Also known as

Tecla, Thecla, Thècle, Tigride, Tigris



Profile

Lay woman in the late 6th or early 7th century from Maurienne, Gaul (in modern France) swore that she would obtain a relic of the body of Saint John the Baptist, to whom she had a great devotion, and bring it back to her city. Having travelled to a shrine that was supposed to contain such relics (possibly in Sebaste or Alexandria, Egypt or somewhere in the Holy Lands; records vary), she was told that she could not have any of them. Rather then give up, she took up a life of fasting and prayer in front of the shrine, asking that Saint John provide her with a relic. After three years of this, a shining thumb suddenly appeared over the altar. Tigre put it in a small, golden reliquary, and went home. She gave the relic to the keeping of the cathedral (today Saint-Jean-de-Mauirenne), gave away her remaining possessions, and lived the rest of her life as a hermit, seeing other people only when she went to Mass. Saint Gregory the Great recounts her story as an example of perseverance, as described in Luke 11:8 – "I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence."


Born

Valloires, Mauirenne, Gaul (in modern France)



Saint Domingo Henares de Zafra Cubero

புனித தோமினிக் ஹெனாரஸ் (1764-1838) June 25

ஜூன் 25 

புனித தோமினிக் ஹெனாரஸ் (1764-1838)

இவர் ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் உள்ள ஒரு சாதாரண குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர்.


சிறுவயதிலேயே கடவுளின் அழைப்பை உணர்ந்த இவர், தோமிக்கன் சபையில் சேர்ந்து, 1790 ஆம் ஆண்டு அருள்பணியாளராக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார். ஒரு சில ஆண்டுகளிலேயே இவர் ஆயராகவும் திருப்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.




இதன்பிறகு இவர் பிலிப்பைன்ஸ் நாட்டிற்கு வந்து, அங்கிருந்து வட வியட்நாமிற்கு வந்து, கடவுளின் வார்த்தையை மக்களுக்கு எடுத்துரைக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.




வியட்நாமில் இருந்த மன்னன், யாரெல்லாம் கிறிஸ்துவைப் பற்றிய நற்செய்தியை மக்களுக்கு எடுத்துரைத்தார்களோ அவர்களைப் பிடித்துச் சிறையில் அடைத்து வைத்துச் சித்திரவதை செய்து வந்தான். மேலும் கிறிஸ்துவைப் பற்றிய நற்செய்தியை அறிவிப்போரைத் தன்னிடம் பிடித்துத் தருவோருக்குத் தக்க சன்மானம் தருவதாகவும் அறிவித்தான்.




இதனால் வியட்நாமில் இருந்த மக்கள், மன்னன் கொடுப்பதாகச் சொன்ன பணத்திற்கு ஆசைப்பட்டு, கிறிஸ்துவைப் பற்றிய நற்செய்தியை அறிவித்து வந்த அருள்பணியாளர்களையும் ஆயர்களையும் மன்னனிடம் பிடித்துக் கொண்டார்கள். அப்படித்தான் மக்கள் ஆயர் தோமினிக் ஹெனாரஸையும் மன்னனிடம் பிடித்துத் தந்தார்கள்.




மன்னனோ ஆயர் தோமினிக் ஹெனாரஸை 1838 ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஜுன் 25 ஆம் நாள், 117 வியட்நாம் மக்களோடு தலையை வெட்டிக் கொன்று போட்டான்.




இவருக்கும் இவரோடு கிறிஸ்துவுக்காக இறந்தவர்களுக்கும் புனித திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் யோவான் பவுல் 1988 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுத்தார்

Also known as

• Dominic Henares

• Domingo Henares



Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam


Profile

Born to a poor family. Joined the Dominicans at the Santa Croce monastery in Granada, Spain in 1783. Missionary to the area of modern Vietnam, sailing on 29 September 1785 and arriving in the Philippines on 9 July 1786. While studying theology at the College of Saint Thomas in Manila, he was assigned to teach, as well. Priest, ordained on 18 September 1790. Chosen co-adjutor vicar apostolic, with Saint Ignatius Delgado, of Eastern Tonkin, Vietnam and titular bishop of Fez on 9 September 1800 by Pope Pius VII. Bishop of Phunhay, Vietnam in 1803. Arrested with Saint Francis Chieu at the beginning of the government persecutions of Christian missionaries. Martyr.


Born

19 December 1765 at Baena, Córdoba, Spain


Died

• beheaded on 25 June 1838 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

• relics enshrined in Bui-Chu, Vietnam


Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Febronia of Nisibis


Also known as

Febronia of Sebapte



Profile

Beautiful young woman at Nisibis, Mesopotamia who had dedicated her life to God. During the persecutions of Diocletian, she was arrested for her faith. She was offered freedom if she would renounce Christianity, marry Diocletian's nephew Lysimachus, and stop him from joining the Church; she declined. Tortured, mutilated and murdered. Lysimachus, who had been leaning toward Christianity to begin with, converted along with many of the witnesses to Febronia's abuse; the judge, Selenus, went insane and killed himself.


This story became immensely popular, and in some of the re-tellings the tortures were described in ghastly detail. However, it was unknown before the 7th century, was embellished each time, and modern scholars believe it is likely to be fiction.


Born

3rd century


Died

304




Saint Prosper of Reggio


Also known as

• Prosper of Aquitaine

• Prospero, Tiro



Profile

A good student in his youth, especially of the work of Saint Augustine of Hippo; Prosper was known throughout his life for his holiness and purity. As an adult, Prosper moved from Aquitaine to Provence and settled near Marseilles, an area plagued with heresies. A layman, Prosper worked to increase these people's understanding, and to educate them in their mistakes. He became widely known for his work converting heretics, sometimes leading pilgrimages to Rome, Italy so heretics could hear the truth staight from the Pope. Secretary to Pope Saint Leo the Great in 440; he used the position to spread truth and teach against heresy, fighting endlessly against semi-Pelagianism.


Born

c.403 at Aquitaine (in modern France)


Died

c.460 of natural causes


Patronage

• Reggio Emilia, Italy

• Romano Canavese, Italy



Saint Solomon III of Bretagne


Also known as

• Solomon III of Brittany

• Selyf of...



Profile

King of Brittany (in modern France). Military leader who fought both Franks and Northmen; the Bretons count him among their national heroes. He repented for the crimes of his youth and when he was murdered, he was proclaimed a martyr.


Died

• 25 June 874

• buried at the monastery of Plélan

• body taken to Pithiviers, diocese of Orléans, France during Norman invasions

• a church was erected in is honour in Pithiviers

• some relics taken to the church of Saint-Salomon in Vannes, France

• church destroyed in 1793 in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution and relics to the cathedral in Vannes



Saint Maximus of Turin


Profile

First known bishop of Turin, Italy. In 451 he attended the synod of Milan where northern Italian bishops accepted the letter of Pope Leo I which set forth the orthodox doctrine of the Incarnation. Attended the the Synod of Rome in 465. Theological writer with 118 homilies, 116 sermons, and 6 treatises surviving.



Legend says that a cleric one day followed him with evil intention to a retired chapel. The cleric suddenly became so thirsty that he implored Maximus for help. A roe happened to pass by, which Maximus caused to stop so the cleric could drink its milk.


Born

c.380 at Rhaetia (in modern Switzerland)


Died

c.466 of natural causes


Patronage

Turin, Italy




Saint Phanxicô Ðo Van Chieu


Also known as

• Francis Do Minh Chieu

• Francesco Do Minh Chieu


Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam



Profile

Raised in a Christian family. Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin (modern Vietnam). Devoted himself to helping missionary priests. Aide to bishop Saint Dominic Henares de Zafra Cubero, with whom he was arrested and murdered in the persecutions of emperor Minh Mang.


Born

c.1797 at Trung Le, Liên Thùy, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam


Died

• beheaded on 25 June 1838 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

• relics enshrined in Bui-Chu, Vietnam


Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Adalbert of Egmond


Also known as

Adelbert, Aedelbert, Aedelbertus



Profile

Member of the Northumbrian royal family. Spiritual student of and fellow evangelist in Ireland with Saint Egbert of Rathemigisi. Deacon at Rathemigisi monastery. Evangelized in Friesland with Saint Willibrord in 690. Converted most of the people of Egmond by his preaching and his example. May have been abbot of Epternach; records are unclear. Archdeacon of the diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands.


Born

in Northumbria, England


Died

• c.740 of natural causes

• miracles reported at his tomb which became a pilgrimage site




Saint Eurosia


Also known as

Orosia



Profile

Born to the nobility. Promised in an arranged marriage to a Moor, she hid in a cave, but the smoke from her fire gave away her position. She was dragged from the cave by her hair and martyred. Very popular cultus throughout southern France and northern Italy.


Died

714


Canonized

1902 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)



Blessed John the Spaniard


Also known as

John of Spain


Profile

Migrated to France as a boy. Studied at Arles, France. Carthusian monk at Montreuil, France. Transferred to the Grande Chartreuse under Saint Anthelm of Belley. Founder and first prior of the charterhouse of Reposoir near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Drew up the first constitutions for the Carthusian nuns.


Born

1123 at Almanza, Spain


Died

1160 of natural causes


Beatified

1864 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)



Saint Cyneburga of Gloucester


Also known as

Cyniburg, Kineburga


Profile

A princess who wished to devote herself to God; to avoid an arranged marriage she fled to Gloucester and worked as a maid for a baker. The baker‘s wife, jealous of the young woman, killed her and threw her body into a well. Her body was recovered and buried nearby. Miracles began to be reported at her graveside, and when the relics were moved, the miracles followed them.


Died

relics translated by Archbishop Courtenay and Bishop Henry Wakefield of Worcester on 10 April 1390



Saint Gallicanus of Ostia 


Profile

Ranking officer in the imperial army of Constantine the Great. Roman consul. In 330 he retired from his military and political duties, moving to Ostia where he founded a hospital and spent the remainder of his life caring for the sick. In earlier times times he was described as being exiled to Alexandria, and martyred, but this was apparently not the case.



Died

c.362



Blessed Henry Zdick

Also known as

• Henry of Olomouc

• Henry of Olmütz


Profile

Bohemian prince; son of King Wratislas I. Bishop of Olmutz (in the modern Czech Republic) in 1126. During a pilgrimage to Palestine in 1137, he joined the Premonstratensian order at Jerusalem. On his return home, he introduced the order in several places in his diocese, and found them an abbey at Strahov (in modern Prague).


Died

1150 of natural causes



Blessed Burchard of Mallersdorf


Also known as

Burkhard


Profile

Benedictine monk at the monastery of Saint Michael in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. First abbot of the monastery of Mallersdorf in Bavaria in 1109.


Born

11th century in the Upper Franconia (in modern Bavaria, Germany)


Died

• 25 June 1122 in Mallersdorf, Bavaria, Germany

• relics enshrined in 1695



Blessed Guy Maramaldi


Profile

Dominican friar. Taught philosophy and theology. Founded a friary at Ragusa. Served as General Inquisitor for the kingdom of Naples (in modern Italy.


Born

at Naples, Italy


Died

1391 of natural causes


Beatified

1612 by Pope Paul V (cultus confirmed)



Blessed Fulgentius de Lara


Profile

Mercedarian friar. Went on several missions to ransom Christians enslaved by Muslims in Andalusia, Spain, and in Morocco; he freed over 200, preaching Christianity all along the way.


Died

1287 of natural causes



Saint Luceias


Also known as

Lucy


Profile

One of a group of 3rd century Christian prisoners of war who were sent to Rome, Italy by emperor Probus where they were publicly martyred; we do not have the names of the others.


Died

c.260 in Rome, Italy



Saint Amand of Coly


Also known as

Amandus, Amantius, Amatius


Profile

Founder and first abbot of Saint-Amand de Coly monastery, diocese of Limoges, France.


Died

6th century



Saint Solomon I


Profile

Married to Saint Gwen; father of Saint Cuby. Lived in Brittany in modern France. Murdered by heathens.


Born

Cornwall, England


Died

5th century Brittany, France



Saint Gohard of Nantes


Profile

Bishop of Nantes, France. Martyred with a number of priests and monks by Norwegian Viking invaders as he was celebrating Mass.


Died

843



Saint Selyf of Cornwall


Also known as

Levan, Levin, Selevan, Selyr, Silvanus


Profile

Sixth century hermit in Saint Levan, Cornwall, England.



Saint Molonachus of Lismore


Profile

Seventh century spiritual student of Saint Brendan. Bishop of Lismore in Argyll, Scotland.



Saint Gallicanus of Embrun


Profile

Fifth bishop of Embrun, France.


Died

c.540

23 June 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 24

 St. Orentius


Feastday: June 24

Death: 304


Martyr with Heros, Pharnacius, Firminus, Firmus, Longinus, and Cyriacus. According to the pre-1970 Roman Martyrology, they were seven brothers who were stripped of their positions in the Roman army and executed during the reign of co-Emperor Maximian.


Orentius was one of seven brothers, which included Cyriacus, Firminus, Firmus, Heros, Longinus, and Pharnacius. They were all soldiers in the Roman Army, who lost their positions for being Christians. They all suffered martyrdom, during the persecutions of co-Emperor Maximian



St. Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala ~ Mother Lupita


Feastday: June 24

Birth: 1878

Death: 1963

Beatified: 25 April 2004, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II

Canonized: 12 May 2013, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis


Saint Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala was co-founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Poor, and was the first mother superior of the congregation. She was beautified by Pope John Paul II on April 25, 2004, and will be canonized on May 12, 2013.


Maria was born on April 27, 1878 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Her father, Fortino, ran a religious goods store situated in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan. She had a special devotion to the Lady and she made frequent prayers in the basilica.



As a young woman, she made plans to marry, however she ended these plans as she felt called to religious life.


She then pursued religious life and co-founded a new congregation on October 13, 1901, known as the Handmaids of St. Margret Mary Alacoque and the Poor. Maria spent most of her time serving as a nurse and as the Mother Superior General of the congregation.


The Congregation grew rapidly and served ever more people. However, she was also devoted to poverty, saying that only by being poor can one be with the poor. She sometimes begged for money on the street to help meet the needs of the Congregation and the patients they served.


The sisters of the Congregation also served in nearby parishes and teaching catechism.


During the Mexican Revolution, a time of great persecution for the Catholic Church which lasted from 1911 to 1936, Mother Maria hid priests and even the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara in her hospital, saving them from their enemies.


Maria led the Congregation as it grew to 11 foundations in Mexico. Since her death on June 24, 1963, the Congregation has grown to include 22 houses in five different countries, with the most in Mexico.


Maria was declared venerable on Pope John Paul II on July 1, 2000, and beautified on April 25, 2004. She will be canonized by Pope Francis on May 12, 2013.




Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

திருமுழுக்கு யோவானின் பிறப்பு


(24-06-2021) 

ஹெப்ரோன் என்ற மலைநாட்டில் வாழ்ந்த எலிசபெத்து செக்கரியா தம்பதியினருக்கு அவர்களுடைய முதிர்ந்த வயதில் குழந்தை ஒன்று பிறந்தது. அக்குழந்தைக்கு விருத்தசேதனம் செய்யவேண்டிய எட்டாம் நாள் வந்தது. அந்நாளில் அக்கம் பக்கத்து வீட்டிலிருந்தவர்கள் அனைவரும் அங்கு வந்திருந்தனர். அவர்கள் குழந்தையின் தந்தையினுடைய பெயரான செக்கரியா என்பதையே அதற்குச் சூட்ட இருந்தனர். ஆனால் குழந்தையின் தாயோ, குழந்தைக்கு யோவான் என பெயரிடச் சொன்னார். இதை கேட்ட மக்கள் குழப்பம் அடைந்தார்கள். வழக்கமாக தந்தையின் பெயரைத்தானே மகனுக்குச் சூட்டுவது வழக்கம். ஆனால் இவர் உறவினர்களிடத்தில் இல்லாத வேறொரு பெயரைச் சூட்டச் சொல்கிறாரே என நினைத்து, குழந்தையின் தந்தையாகிய செக்கரியாவிடம், “குழந்தைக்கு என்ன பெயரிடலாம்?” என்று சைகை காட்டிக் கேட்டார்கள். அதற்கு அவர் ஒரு எழுது பலகையைக் கேட்டு வாங்கி, அதில் யோவான் என்று எழுதினார். இதைக் கண்ட மக்கள்கூட்டம் வியந்துபோய் நின்றது. அப்போது வானதூதர் கபிரியேல் முன்னறிவித்தது போன்று செக்கரியாவின் நாவு கட்டவிழ்ந்தது.

வரலாற்றுப் பின்னணி

திருச்சபை புனிதர் ஒருவரின் இறப்பை – விண்ணகப் பிறப்பைத்தான் – விழாவாகக் கொண்டாடும். ஆனால் திருமுழுக்கு யோவானின் இறப்பு விழாவைக் கொண்டாடுவதோடு மட்டுமல்லாமல், பிறப்பு விழாவைக் கொண்டாடுகிறது என்றால் அவர் திருச்சபையில் எவ்வளவு முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்தவர் என நாம் புரிந்துகொள்ளவேண்டும். திருச்சபை இறப்பு விழாவோடு பிறப்பு விழாவையும் கொண்டாடுகின்ற மற்ற இருவர் இயேசுவும் (டிசம்பர் 25), அன்னை மரியும் (செப்டம்பர் 08) அவர்.



ஆண்டவர் இயேசு சொல்வது போன்று திருமுழுக்கு யோவான் சாதாரண மனிதர் அல்ல, அவர் மனிதராகப் பிறந்தவர்களுள் பெரியவர் (மத் 11:11), மற்ற இறைவாக்கினர்கள் தாயின் கருவில் இருக்கும்பொழுது தேர்ந்து கொள்ளப்பட்டவர்களாக இருக்கலாம், ஆனால் திருமுழுக்கு யோவானோ தாயின் கருவில் இருக்கும்போது தூய ஆவியினால் முற்றிலுமாக ஆட்கொள்ளப்பட்டவர். (லூக் 1: 41), மற்ற இறைவாக்கினர்கள் மெசியாவைக் குறித்து முன்னறிவித்தார்கள். ஆனால் திருமுழுக்கு யோவானோ ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவின் வருகைக்காக மக்களைத் தயாரித்தார், அவர் வந்தபோது சுட்டிக்காட்டினார், அவருக்குத் திருமுழுக்குக் கொடுத்தார். அதனாலேயே திருமுழுக்கு யோவான் மற்ற எல்லா இறைவாக்கினர்களையும் விட உயர்ந்தவராக இருக்கின்றார்.

திருமுழுக்கு யோவானின் பெற்றோர்களான செக்கரியாவும் எலிசபெத்தும் நீண்ட நாட்களாகியும் குழந்தைப் பேறு இல்லாமல் இருந்தார்கள். இருந்தாலும் அவர்கள் கடவுளுடைய பார்வையில் நேர்மையுள்ளவர்களாக இருந்தார்கள் (லூக் 1:6), அதனால்தான் கடவுள் அவர்கள்மீது இரக்கம்கொண்டு அவர்களுக்கு குழந்தைப் பேற்றினைத் தருகின்றார்.

ஆரோனின் வழிவந்தவரனான செக்கரியா எருசலேம் திருக்கோவிலில் தூபம் காட்டுகின்ற முறை வந்தபோது உள்ளே செல்கிறார். அப்போது ஆண்டவரின் தூதர் அவருக்குக் காட்சி கொடுத்து, “செக்கரியா, அஞ்சாதீர், உமது மன்றாட்டு கேட்கப்பட்டது. உம் மனைவி எலிசபெத்து உமக்கு ஒரு மகனைப் பெற்றெடுப்பார்; அவருக்கு யோவான் எனப் பெயரிடுவீர்” என்கிறார். இவ்வார்த்தைகளைக் கேட்டு செக்கரியா, “இது நடைபெறும் என எனக்கு எப்படித் தெரியும்? நான் வயதானவன். அதுபோல் என் மனைவியும் வயது முதிர்ந்தவர் ஆயிற்றே” என்கிறார். உடனே வானதூதர் அவரிடம், “நான் கபிரியேல்; கடவுளின் திருமுன் நிற்பவன்; உம்மோடு பேசவும் இந்த நற்செய்தியை உமக்கு அறிவிக்கவும் அனுப்பப்பட்டேன். உரிய காலத்தில் நிறைவேற இருக்கும் என்னுடைய வார்த்தைகளை நீர் நம்பவில்லை. ஆதலால், அவை நிறைவேறும் வரை நீர் பேச்சற்றவராய் இருப்பீர்” என்று ஆணையிட்டுவிட்டுச் செல்கிறார். விவிலியத்தில் வயது முதிர்ந்த தம்பதியினருக்கு இறைவன் குழந்தைப் பேற்றை அளித்திருகிறார் என்பதைத் தெரிந்தபின்னும்கூட செக்கரியா வானதூதரின் வார்த்தைகளை நம்பாததனால்தான் அவர் வானதூதரின் சினத்திற்கு உள்ளாகின்றார். யோவானின் பிறப்புக்குப் பிறகு அவர்மீது விழுந்த சாபம் விலகுகின்றது, அவருடைய நா கட்டவிழ்கிறது.

செக்கரியாவிற்கு நா கட்டவிழ்ந்த பிறகு அவர், கடவுள் ஆற்றிவரும் இரக்கச் செயல்களுக்காக அவருக்கு நன்றி செலுத்துகின்றார். அதே நேரத்தில் தன் மகன் மெசியாவிற்கு முன்னோடியாக இருந்து ஆற்ற இருக்கும் பணிகளைக் குறித்து எடுத்துரைக்கின்றார். யோவான் வளர்ந்த பிறகு தன்னுடைய தந்தை முன்னறிவித்தது போன்று ஆண்டவருக்காக மக்களைத் தயார்செய்து, அவரை மக்களுக்குச் சுட்டிக்காட்டி, அறநெறிக்குப் புறம்பாக வாழ்ந்த ஏரோதின் தவற்றைச் சுட்டிக்காட்டி, அவராலேயே கொல்லப்பட்டு இறந்தார். திருமுழுக்கு யோவான் விவிலியத்தில் வந்த கடைசி இறைவாக்கினராக இருந்தாலும் அவர் மனிதர்களாய் பிறந்தவர்களுள் உயர்ந்தவராக விளங்குகின்றார்.


Also known as

• Iohannes Baptista

• Joannes Baptista

• John the Baptizer

• John the Forerunner

• John, son of Zachary

• Juan Bautista

• Yochanan ben Zecharyah



Memorials

• 24 June (birth)

• 29 August (death)


Profile

Cousin of Jesus Christ. Son of Zachary, a priest of the order of Abia whose job in the temple was to burn incense; and of Elizabeth, a descendent of Aaron. As Zachary was ministering in the Temple, an angel brought him news that Elizabeth would bear a child filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment of his birth. Zachary doubted and was struck dumb until John's birth.


Prophet. John began his ministry around age 27, wearing a leather belt and a tunic of camel hair, living off locusts and wild honey, and preaching a message of repentance to the people of Jerusalem. He converted many, and prepared the way for the coming of Jesus. He Baptized Christ, after which he stepped away and told his disciples to follow Jesus.


Imprisoned by King Herod. He died a victim of the vengeance of a jealous woman; he was beheaded, and his head brought to her on a platter. Saint Jerome says Herodias kept the head for a long time after, occasionally stabbing the tongue with his dagger because of what John had said in life.


Died

• beheaded c.30 at Machaerus

• buried at Sebaste, Samaria

• relics in Saint Sylvester's church, Rome, Italy, and at Amiens, France





Saint Bartholomew of Farne


Also known as

• Bartholomew of Durham

• Tostig, William


Profile

Descendant of Scandanavian immigrants to England. Because of the teasing he endured as a child, he changed his name from Tostig to William. A dissolute youth, he eventually left home to wander in Europe, possibly to avoid settling down in an arranged marriage. He experienced a conversion experience along with way, and emigrated for a while to his ancestral Norway where he worked as a missionary and ordained a priest.


William returned to England, and entered the Benedictine monastery at Durham, taking the name Bartholomew. He had a great devotion to Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, received a vision of him, and eventually moved into Cuthbert's old cell on the island of Farne, spending 41 of his remaining 42 years there. The only break came when a dispute with the only other hermit in the hermitage caused him to pack up and return to Durham; his bishop eventually ordered him to act like he had good sense, and return to his cell.


Born

12th century at Whitby, Northumbria, England as Tostig


Died

1193 at Farne, England of natural causes



Saint Alena


Also known as

Alène


Profile

Daughter of a pagan chieftain in an area in modern Belgium. Secret convert to Christianity. One night she slipped out to hear Mass at the chapel in Vorst, Belgium. Her father found out, and ordered guards to follow her; they winessed her walk across the river Senne to reach the chapel. When the guards reported back to the king, he decided that the Christians had bewitched the girl, and ordered the guards to bring her back. She refused, fought with the guards, and during the struggle one of her arms was cut or torn off. Martyr. An angel appeared and took the arm to the chapel where it was placed before the altar. Alena's parents were shocked, but her fierce faith led them to examine Christianity, and they converted. The chapel with her relics became a popular place of pilgrimage.


Born

early 7th century near Brussels Belgium


Died

c.640 in Vorst, Belgium


Patronage

• against eye trouble

• against toothache

• Vorst, Belgium



Blessed Theodgar of Vestervig


Also known as

• Theodgar of Vendyssel

• Dieter, Dietger, Dioter, Teodgaro, Theodgardus, Thøger


Profile

Studied theology in England. Priest. Missionary to Norway. Courtier to King Olav Haraldsson II. Known to heal the sick by praying over them. Went into exile in Sweden with King Olav in 1028. Missionary to the area of Jutland, Denmark; he was making little headway until one morning a spring of fresh water began to flow from where he had slept the night before; the locals knew a miracle when they saw it, and began to take Theodgar’s teachings more seriously. Built the first church in the region.


Born

Thuringia (in modern Germany)


Died

• 24 June c.1065 in Jutland, Denmark of natural causes

• buried in Vestervig, Denmark

• relics transferred to the church of the Augustinian abbey in Vestervig, Denmark on 30 October 1117


Patronage

Vestervig, Denmark



Saint Rumold

புனிதர் ரூம்போல்ட் 

St. Rumbold of Mechelen 

கிறிஸ்தவ மறைப்பணியாளர்/ மறைசாட்சி:

(Christian missionary/ Martyr) 

பிறப்பு: ----

அயர்லாந்து அல்லது ஸ்காட்லாந்து


(Ireland or Scotland) 

இறப்பு: ----



மெச்சலென்

(Mechelen) 

ஏற்கும் சமயம் :

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholc Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church) 

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

புனித ரூம்போல்ட் ஆலயம், மெச்சலென்

(St Rumbold's Cathedral, in Mechelen) 




நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூன் 24 

பாதுகாவல்:

மெச்சலென்; ஹம்பீக்

(Mechelen and Humbeek) 

புனிதர் ரூம்போல்ட்டின் சொந்த தாய் நாடு எதுவென்ற தகவல்கள் இல்லையெனினும், அவர் அயர்லாந்து அல்லது ஸ்காட்லாந்து நாட்டின் மறைப்பணியாளர் ஆவார். பின்னாளில், இரண்டு நபர்களின் தீய வழிகளைக் கண்டனம் செய்த காரணத்தால், அவர்களிருவரும் ரூம்போல்ட்டை “மெச்சலென்” (Mechelen) என்ற இடத்தினருகே துன்புறுத்திக் கொன்றனர். 




இவரது நினைவுத் திருநாள் ஜூன் மாதம், 24ம் தேதி, ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை, மற்றும் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகளால் கொண்டாடப்படுகின்றது. அயர்லாந்து நாட்டில் 3ம் தேதி கொண்டாடப்படுகின்றது. இவர் “மெச்சலென்; ஹம்பீக்” (Mechelen and Humbeek) ஆகிய இடங்களின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆவார். 


ரூம்போல்ட், ரோமில் ஒரு பிராந்திய ஆயராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டதாக நம்பப்படுகிறது. இவர் அயர்லாந்தில் (Ireland) பிறந்ததாகவும், “டப்ளின்” (Bishop of Dublin) ஆயராக பணியாற்றியதாகவும், இவர் ஒரு ஸ்காட்லாந்து அரசனின் (Scottish King) மகன் என்றும், புனிதர் “ஹிமெலின்” (St. Himelin) இவரது சகோதரர் என்றும், புனிதர் “வில்லிபோர்டின்” (St. Willibrord) மேற்பார்வையில் “நெதர்லாந்து” (Netherlands) மற்றும் “ப்ரபன்ட்” (Brabant) ஆகிய நாடுகளில் பணியாற்றியதாகவும், புனிதர் “கம்மாராஸ்” (St. Gummarus) மற்றும் பிரசங்கிக்கும் துறவி “ஃபிரெட்கன்ட்” (Fredegand van Deurne) ஆகியோரின் நெருங்கிய துணையாளர் என்றும் வாதங்கள் வைக்கப்படுவதுண்டு.

Also known as

• Rombauld, Rombaut, Rombout, Romuold, Rumald, Rumbold, Rumoldus

• Apostle of Mechlin



Profile

Benedictine monk. Friend of Saint Gummarus. Evangalizing missionary bishop with Saint Willibrord of Echternach and Saint Libert in the area of modern Netherlands and Brabant, Belgium. Martyr, murdered by two men whose sinful ways he had denounced.


Some writers indicate that he was the son of a Scottish king, some that his brother was Saint Himelin, and some that he was bishop of Dublin, Ireland.


Born

Ireland or England


Died

• martyred c.775 near Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium

• relics in a golden shrine in the cathedral of Mechelen


Patronage

Mechelen, Belgium




Saint Gohardus of Nantes


Also known as

Gohard, Gunardo, Goardo



Profile

Bishop of Nantes, France Murdered by Norman raiders while celebrating Mass with a large group of monks and priests. Martyr.


Born

8th century Angers, Neustria (in modern France)


Died

• 24 June 843 in the Cathedral of Saint Peter, Nantes, Marche de Bretagne (in modern France)

• buried in the cemetery of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Angers, France

• some relics enshrined in the cathedral in Nantes


Canonized

1096 by Pope Urban II



Saint Iosephus Yuan Zaide


Also known as

• Joseph Yuen

• Joseph Uen

• Josef Yuan Zaide

• Ruose



Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of Sichuan. One of the Martyrs of China.


Born

c.1766 in Peng Co., Sichuan, China


Died

strangled on 24 June 1817 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Amphibalus of Verulam


Profile

Cleric. Friend and co-worker with Saint Alban of Verulam. Marytred in the persecutions of Diocletian.



Died

• c.304

• relics enshrined in Saint Alban's Abbey in 1178



Saint Ivan the Hermit


Profile

Ninth century Bohemian courtier who renounced his high position to become a hermit.



Born

Bohemian


Died

• of natural causes

• buried by Saint Ludmila



Blessed Barbara of Bavaria


Profile

Born to the nobility, the daughter of Duke Albert of Bavaria (in modern Germany). She became a Poor Clare nun in Munich, Germany.


Born

15th century Bavaria (in modern Germany)


Died

c.1473 of natural causes



Saint Colman Oilithir of Ross


Also known as

• Colman the Pilgrim

• Colmán, Colmanus


Profile

Student of Saint Finbar in Cork, Ireland. Evangelist in the area of Rosscarbery, East Carbery, County Cork, Munster, Ireland.



Blessed Henry the Hagiographer


Also known as

Heric


Profile

Benedictine monk. Headmaster of the monastic school at Saint-Germain d'Auxerre. Noted hagiographer.


Born

at Hery, France


Died

c.880 of natural causes



Blessed Christopher de Albarran


Profile

Mercedarian priest. Missionary in area of modern Peru, Argentina and Paraguay. Martyred by Chiriguanos.


Died

• shot with arrows in 1566

• body burned



Saint Faustus of Rome


Profile

Faustus was one of a group of 24 martyrs who died together in Rome, Italy, date unknown. His is the only name that has come down to us, and no other information about him has survived.



Saint Agilbert of Creteil


Also known as

Agilbertus


Profile

Martyr.


Died

in Creteil, Gaul (part of modern Paris, France) in the period of the the 5th to 7th century



Saint Theodulphus of Lobbes


Also known as

Thiou


Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Belgium. Bishop of Lobbes.


Died

776 of natural causes



Saint Agoard of Creteil


Also known as

Agoardus


Profile

Martyr.


Died

in Creteil, Gaul (part of modern Paris, France) in the period of the the 5th to 7th century



Saint Germoc


Also known as

Gerome, Germoe, Germanus Mac Guill


Profile

Sixth century Irish chieftain. Brother of Saint Breaca. Monk. Late in life he moved to Cornwall, England.



Saint John of Tuy


Profile

Hermit near Tuy, Spain.


Born

9th century Spanish Galatia


Died

relics enshrined in the Dominican church at Tuy, Spain



Saint Simplicio of Autun


Profile

Born to the Frankish nobility. Married. Bishop of Autun, Gaul (in modern France).


Died

c.375



Saint Erembert I of Kremsmünster


Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot of Kremsmünster in Austria in 1050.



Saint John of Rome


Profile

Martyr.


Died

on the Via Salaria Antica, Rome, Italy



Saint Festus of Rome


Profile

Martyr.


Died

on the Via Salaria Antica, Rome, Italy



Martyrs of Satala


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Seven Christian brothers who were soldiers in the imperial Roman army. They were kicked out of the military, exiled and eventually martyred in the persecutions of Maximian. We know little more about them than their names - Cyriacus, Firminus, Firmus, Longinus, Pharnacius, Heros and Orentius.


Died

c.311 at assorted locations around the Black Sea

22 June 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜுன் 23

 Saint Joseph Cafasso

தூய ஜோசப் கபோசோ (ஜூன் 23)




இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் ஜோசப் கபோசா 1811 ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி திங்கள் 15 ஆம் நாள், இத்தாலியில் உள்ள காஸ்தல்நோவா என்னும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவருடைய குடும்பம் ஒரு விவசாயக் குடும்பம். ஆனால், பக்தியில் சிறந்து விளங்கிய குடும்பம்.




ஜோசப் கபோசா பெற்றோரிடமிருந்து கற்ற பக்தி நெறியில் நாளொரு மேனியும் பொழுதொரு வண்ணமுமாய் வளர்ந்து வந்தார். சிறுவயதிலே கடுமையான ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளை மேற்கொண்டு வந்தார். அதே நேரத்தில் அன்னை மரியாவிடம் மிகுந்த பக்திகொண்டு வளர்ந்து வந்தார். தன் மகன் இப்படி பக்திநெறியில் மேலோங்கி வளர்வதைக் கண்ட ஜோசப் கபோசாவின் தாயார் அவரைக் குருமடத்திற்கு அனுப்பிவைத்தார். அவரும் குருமடத்திற்குச் சென்று நன்றாகப் படித்து, தன்னுடைய 22 வயதிலே குருவாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.




குருவாக மாறிய பின்பு தூரின் நகரில் இருந்த ஒரு துறவு மடத்தில் அறநெறி ஆசிரியராக குருமாணவர்களுக்கு பாடம் நடத்தத் தொடங்கினார். குருமாணவர்கள் இவருடைய பாடவேளைக்காக மிகவும் தவமிருந்து கிடந்தார்கள். அந்தளவுக்கு இவர் மாணவர்களுக்கு பாடங்களை மிக எளிதாகச் சொல்லிக் கொடுத்தார். இவர் பாடங்களைச் சொல்லிக்கொடுத்ததை விடவும் இவருடைய வாழ்வு எடுத்துக்காட்டாக இருந்தது. அதனால் பலர் இவரை ஆன்ம குருவாக எடுத்துக்கொண்டு ஆன்மீகத்தில் வளர்ந்து வந்தார்கள். அப்படி இவரைத் தன்னுடைய ஆன்மீக குருவாக வாழ்வில் உயர்ந்த இடத்தை அடைந்தவர் ‘இளைஞர்களின் பாதுகாவலராக’ அறியப்படுகின்ற தொன் போஸ்கோ ஆவார்.




ஜோசப் கபோசா ஒப்புரவு அருட்சாதனத்தை வழங்குவதில் வல்லவராக விளங்கினார். எந்தளவுக்கு என்றால், இவரிடத்தில் பாவ மன்னிப்புக் கேட்க ஆயர்கள், கர்தினால்கள், குருக்கள் என பலரும் வந்தனர். இவரும் அவர்களுக்கு நல்லமுறையில் ஒப்புரவு அருளடையாளத்தை வழங்கி, ஆன்மீக வாழ்வில் அவர்களைக் கரை சேர்த்தார். ‘ஏழைகளே நீங்கள் பேறுபெற்றவர்கள்’ என்று சொன்ன இயேசுவின் வாக்குகளை தன்னுடைய வேதவாக்காக எடுத்துக்கொண்ட இவர் ஏழைகளுக்காக தன்னுடைய உடைமைகள் அனைத்தையும் விற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். அவர்களுடைய வாழ்வு வளம் தன்னால் முடிந்ததை எல்லாம் செய்தார்.




இப்படி பல்வேறு விதமான ஆலோசனைகளை வழங்கி, அவர்கள் மனந்திரும்பி வாழ்வதற்குப் பாடுபட்டார். இதற்கிடையில் இவர் தான் இருந்த துறவுமடத்தின் அதிபராகவும் உயர்ந்தார். இப்படி ஓர் ஆசிரியராகவும் பலருக்கு ஆன்ம குருவாகவும் சிறைக் கைதிகளுக்கு ஒரு நல்ல நண்பனாகவும் விளங்கிய ஜோசப் கபோசா, 1860 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1947 ஆம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை பனிரெண்டாம் பத்திநாதரால் புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Giuseppe Cafasso

• Priest of the Gallows



Profile

Born with a deformed spine, and into a wealthy peasant family; he was short in stature and crippled throughout his life. Ordained in 1833. Professor of moral theology at the ecclesiastical college at Turin in 1836. Superior of the college from 1846 to 1860. Retreat house director. Pastor of Saint Francis Church in 1848. Renowned confessor. Promoted devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Friend of and advisor to Saint John Bosco, having first met him when Joseph was 12 years old; Saint John wrote a biography of Saint Joseph. Uncle of Blessed Joseph Allamano. Founded religious fellowships.


Worked to reform prisons and prisoners, and to improve prison conditions in Turin. Ministered to condemned prisoners, winning converts. Once escorted 60 newly converted condemned to the gallows. Since many of the prisoners were hanged immediately after confessing and receiving absolution, Joseph referred to them as "hanged saints".


Born

15 January 1811 at Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy


Died

• 23 June 1860 at Turin, Italy of pneumonia, a stomach hemorrhage, and complications of his congenital medical problems

• his will bequeathed everything to aid the ministry of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo • Saint John Bosco preached the funeral Mass homily


Canonized

22 June 1947 by Pope Pius XII


Patronage

• captives, imprisoned people, prisoners

• prisons

• prison chaplains




Saint Etheldreda

 புனிதர் எத்தெல்டிரெடா 

(St. Etheldreda) 

அரசி/ இளவரசி/ மடாதிபதி:

(Queen/ Princess/ Abbess) 

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 636

எக்ஸ்னிங், ஸஃபோல்க்

(Exning, Suffolk) 

இறப்பு: ஜூன் 23, 679


எலி, கேம்ப்ரிட்ஜ்ஷைர்


(Ely, Cambridgeshire) 

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

ஆங்கிலிகன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion) 


முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:


புனிதர் எத்தெல்டிரெடா ஆலயம், எளி பிளேஸ், ஹோல்போர்ன், லண்டன்; முன்பு எளி ஆலயம் (தற்போது அழிந்துவிட்டது)


(St Etheldreda's Church, Ely Place, Holborn, London; Originally Ely Cathedral (Now Destroyed) 




பாதுகாவல்: தொண்டை நோய்கள் 




நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூன் 23 




புனிதர் எத்தெல்டிரெடா, ஓர் அரசர் குடும்பத்தில் மகளாக பிறந்தவர். இவர் ஒரு “கிழக்கு ஆங்கிலியன் இளவரசியும்” (East Anglian Princess), “ஃபின்லாந்து” மற்றும் “நார்தும்ப்ரியன்” அரசியும் (Fenland and Northumbrian Queen), “எளி” என்ற இடத்திலுள்ள துறவு மடத்தின் (Abbess of Ely) மடாதிபதியும், “ஆங்கிலோ-சாக்சன்” (Anglo-Saxon Saint) புனிதருமாவார். 




“கிழக்கு ஆங்கில்ஸ்” (East Anglia) நாட்டின் அரசனான “அன்னா’வுக்கு” (Anna of East Anglia) பிறந்த நான்கு புனிதர்களான பெண்களில் ஒருவர்தான் எத்தெல்டிரெடா. இந்த சகோதரிகள் நால்வருமே இவ்வுலக சுக வாழ்வினை துறந்து துறவறம் பெற்றவர்களேயாவர். 




எத்தெல்டிரெடா, கி.பி. 652ம் ஆண்டு, தமது பதினாறாவது வயதிலேயே “தெற்கு ஜிர்வ்” (South Gyrwe) நாட்டின் இளவரசனான “டோன்ட்பெர்க்ட்” (Tondberct) என்பவரை முதல் திருமணம் செய்துகொண்டார். தாம் ஏற்கனவே தமது திருமணத்தின் முன்பே கன்னிமை காப்பதாக இறைவனிடம் எடுத்துக்கொண்ட பிரமாணிக்கத்தின்படி, தன் கணவன் தம்மை நிரந்தரமாக கன்னித்தன்மையுடன் ஏற்றுக்கொள்வதற்கு இணங்கச் செய்தார். திருமணமான மூன்றே வருடத்தில், கி.பி. 655ம் ஆண்டு, அவரது கணவர் “டோன்ட்பெர்க்ட்” (Tondberct) இறந்து போனார். தமது கணவர் தமக்கு பரிசாக தந்த “எலி” (Isle of Ely) எனும் வரலாற்றுப் பிராந்தியத்திற்குச் சென்றார். 




அதன்பின்னர் தொடர்ச்சியாக, கி.பி. 660ம் ஆண்டு, அவர் “எக்ஃபிரித்” (Ecgfrith of Northumbria) என்பவரை அரசியல் காரணங்களுக்காக மறுமணம் செய்துகொண்டார். கணவர் அரியணை எரிய சிறிது காலத்திலேயே, கி.பி. 670ம் ஆண்டு, எத்தெல்டிரெடா துறவறம் பெற்றார். எத்தெல்டிரெடாவின் இந்த நடவடிக்கை, அவரது கணவர் “எக்ஃபிரித்” மற்றும் “யோர்க்” மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் (Bishop of York) “வில்ஃபிரிட்” (Wilfrid) ஆகியோரிடையேயான நீண்ட கால சண்டைக்கு வழி வகுத்தது. 




ஆரம்பத்தில், எத்தெல்டிரெடா கன்னியாகவே வாழ சம்மதம் தெரிவித்திருந்த “எக்ஃபிரித்”, 672ம் ஆண்டு, தங்களது திருமணத்தை முறித்துக்கொள்ள விரும்பினார். அரசி நம்பவேண்டும் என்பதற்காக, வில்ஃபிரெட்டுக்கு லஞ்சம் கொடுத்து தமது செல்வாக்கை உபயோகிக்க முயற்சித்தார். இந்த தந்திரோபாயம் தோல்வியுற்றதும், மன்னர் தனது ராணியை வலுக்கட்டாயமாக கைப்பற்ற முயன்றார். எத்தெல்டிரெடா திரும்ப இரண்டு விசுவாசமுள்ள அருட்சகோதரியருடன் “எளி” (Ely) பறந்தார். தாம் கைப்பற்றப்படுவதை தவிர்க்க முடிந்தது. சிறிது காலத்தின் பின்னர் “எயோர்மென்பர்க்” (Eormenburg) என்ற பெண்ணை மறுமணம் செய்துகொண்ட “எக்ஃபிரித்” (Ecgfrith) கி.பி. 678ம் ஆண்டு, ஆயர் வில்ஃபிரிடை தமது நாட்டை விட்டு நாடுகடத்தினான். கி.பி. 673ம் ஆண்டு, எத்தெல்டிரெடா “எளி” (Ely) தீவில் ஒரு “இரட்டை துறவு மடம்” (Double Monastery) நிறுவினார். பிற்காலத்தில், 870ம் ஆண்டு, இவ்விரட்டை மடம் “டேனிஷ்” (Danish) எனும் மன்னனின் முற்றுகையின்போது முற்றிலும் தகர்க்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

Æthelthryth, Athelthryth, Audrey, Edeltrude, Edilthride, Ediltrudis, Ethelreda, Etheldreda



Profile

Sister of Saint Jurmin. Relative of King Anna of East Anglia, England. Princess. Widowed after three years marriage; rumor had it that the marriage was never consumated as Etheldrda had taken a vow of perpetual virginity. She married again for political reasons. Her new husband knew of her vow, but grew tired of living as brother and sister, and began to make advances on her; she refused him. He tried to bribe the local bishop, Saint Wilfrid of York, to release her from her vow; Wilfrid refused, and instead helped Audrey escape to a promontory called Colbert's Head. A high tide then came in - and stayed high for seven days; it kept her separated from her husband and was considered divine intervention. The young man gave up; the marriage was annulled, and Audrey took the veil. She spent a year with her neice, Saint Ebbe the Elder. Founded the great abbey of Ely, where she lived an austere life.


Etheldreda died of an enormous and unsightly tumor on her neck. She gratefully accepted this as Divine retribution for all the necklaces she had worn in her early years.


In the Middle Ages, a festival called Saint Audrey's Fair, was held at Ely on her feast day. The exceptional shodiness of the merchandise, especially the neckerchiefs, contributed to the English language the word tawdry, a corruption of Saint Audrey.


Born

c.636


Died

• 23 June 679 of natural causes

• body re-interred in 694; found incorrupt

• body re-interred in the Cathedral at Ely in 1106; found incorrupt



Blessed Mary of Oignies


Also known as

Marie d'Oignies



Profile

Born wealthy. From her early youth Mary felt called to the religious life, but she entered into an arranged marriage at age 14. She convinced her husband to live chastely, and to turn their home into a leper hospice. Mary gave away as much of her fortune to the poor as she could, and spent her days caring for lepers. She had a great devotion to Saint John the Evangelist, and a high regard for her contemporary, Christina the Astonishing. Later in life, she moved into a hermit's cell near the Augustinian house at Oignies, France and spent the rest of her life there, praying for souls in Purgatory, and giving advice to would-be spiritual students. Noted for visions, especially of Saint John and her guardian angel, ecstacies, prophecies, and psychic gifts; she ate no meat, dressed exclusively in white, may have been a stigmatist, and reported cut off pieces of her flesh to rid herself of desire for the world.


Born

1167 at Nivelles, diocese of Liege, Belgium


Died

• 23 June 1213 of natural causes

• buried at Oignies, France

• relics transferred to a silver reliquary in the church of Our Lady in Oignies in 1609

• relics transferred to the church of Saint Nicholas at Nivelle, Belgium in 1817



Saint Thomas Garnet


Additional Memorial

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University



Profile

Son of Richard Garnet, an Oxford don. Nephew of Henry Garnet, superior of all Jesuits in England, and in charge of the network of covert priests working among the Catholics who had refused to take the oath of Supremacy. Court page to the Count of Arundel as a boy. Because Catholic colleges had been turned over to aggressive Protestants, young Thomas went to the continent in 1593 to attend the newly opened Jesuit college at Saint Omer in the Low Countries. He studied for four years at the college of Saint Alban at Valladolid, Spain where he was ordained. Joined the Jesuits in 1604, but before he could begin his novitiate he was arrested for priesthood and lodged in the Tower of London. Exiled from England in 1606. He returned soon after to minister to covert Catholics, and worked near Warwickshire for six years, but his ministry ended in arrest during the round-up following to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. A plot was hatched to break Thomas out of jail, but he wrote his superior asking that the plotters not try. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.


Born

1574 at Southwark, England


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 23 June 1608 at Tyburn, London, England


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI



Saint Agrippina of Rome


Also known as

Agrippina of Mineo



Profile

Born to the imperial Roman nobility. Consecrated virgin, the closest thing at that time to a nun. Tortured and martyred during the persecutions of Valerian.


Born

imperial Roman citizen


Died

• beheaded or scourged to death (records vary) c.262 in Rome, Italy

• body taken to Mineo, Sicily by three women

• her tomb became known as a place of cures and miracles which led to her patronage against several things

• some relics now in Constantinople




Blessed Ioan Suciu


Profile

Born into a family of Greek-Catholic priests. Studied at Sant’Atanasio and the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum in Rome, Italy. Ordained a priest in the Romanian Greek-Catholic Rite on 29 November 1931, and earned a doctorate in theology. Chosen auxiliary bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino}, Romania and Titular Bishop of Moglaena on 25 May 1940. Chosen Apostolic Administrator of Fagaras si Alba Iulia, Romania in 1942. Arrested in 1948 by Communist authorities for his involvement in Christianity, he was imprisoned until his death 5 years later. Martyr.


Born

4 December 1907 in Blaj, Alba, Romania


Died

• 23 June 1953 in Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania

• buried in a mass grave in within the prison, his body has never been recovered or identified



Beatified

2 June 2019 by Pope Francis



Blessed Lanfranco Beccari


Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Chosen bishop of Pavia, Italy by Pope Alexander III in 1159. Known as a pious and charitable shepherd of his people. Had to fight civil authorities who wanted to seize Church property, and worked to recover property that had already been seized. When the civil authorities exiled him, he was restored to his diocese through the intervention of Pope Clement III. The endless wrangling and politics wore him down, and he eventually retired to spend his final years at the Vallombrosan monastery of the Holy Sepulchre near Pavia.



Born

c.1124 at Gropello, Pavia, Italy


Died

23 June 1198 at the Vallombrosan monastery of the Holy Sepulchre near Pavia, Italy of natural causes



Saint Zeno of Philadelphia

Profile

A wealthy noble. Soldier in the imperial Roman army. Seeing other Christians being martyred, he was led to become open with his own faith. He freed his slaves, gave away his wealth and possessions, and proclaimed himself a Christian before the governor; he was immediately imprisoned and tortured. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.


Born

3rd century in Philadelphia in Arabia near the Dead Sea (probably refers to Rabbath-Ammon east of Palestine, the modern Amman, Jordan)


Died

beheaded in 304 in Philadelphia in Arabia near the Dead Sea (probably refers to Rabbath-Ammon east of Palestine, the modern Amman, Jordan)



Saint Lietbert of Cambrai

Also known as

Libert, Liberto, Liebert


Profile

Born to the aristocracy. Archdeacon of Cambrai, France. Bishop of Cambrai in 1051. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands in 1054. Noted for the austerity of his life, and his determination in the face of persecution of the Church and the endless political power struggles of the time.


Born

Brabant, Belgium


Died

• 22 June 1071 of natural causes

• buried on 23 June in the Abbey of the Holy Sepulchre



Saint Zenas of Philadelphia

Also known as

Zena


Profile

Former slave of Saint Zeno. After being freed, he stayed with Zeno as a servant, and became public about his Christianity. Imprisoned, tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.


Died

beheaded in 304 in Philadelphia in Arabia near the Dead Sea (probably refers to Rabbath-Ammon east of Palestine, the modern Amman, Jordan)



Blessed Peter of Juilly

Also known as

Peter of Jully


Profile

Benedictine monk. Noted preacher. Friend of Saint Stephen Harding, and worked with him at the monastery in Molesme. Chaplain, rector and confessor to the convent of Juilly les Nonnais, France where he worked with Saint Humbeline. Miracle worker.


Born

England


Died

1136 of natural causes



Blessed Frances Martel


Also known as

Francesca



Profile

Mercedarian sister. Founded the monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain. Known for her personal piety and deep prayer life.


Died

buried in the church of the monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain



Saint James of Toul

Profile

Born to the Gallic nobility; brother of Saint Liliosa of Toul. Benedictine monk at Hornbach, diocese of Metz, France. Bishop of Toul, France in 756. Great benefactor of the Benedictines.


Born

at Berrigny, Haute Marne (in modern France)


Died

769 of natural causes at the tomb of Saint Benignus in Dijon, France



Saint Hidulphus of Hainault

Also known as

• Hidulphus of Lobbes

• Hidulf, Hydulfus


Profile

Count of Hainault in modern Belgium. Courtier at the royal palace of Austrasia. Married to Saint Agia. Helped found Lobbes Abbey which, with Agia's blessing, he entered as a Benedictine monk.


Died

c.707



Saint John of Rome

Profile

Priest. Martyred during the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.


Born

at Rome, Italy


Died

• beheaded in 362 in Rome, Italy

• a head at the church of San Silvestro in Capite, Rome, identified as Saint John the Baptist, was probably this John instead



Blessed Thomas Corsini of Orvieto

Profile

Member of the Servites. Served his house as a beggar. Visionary.


Born

c.1300 in Orvieto, Italy


Died

1343 in Orvieto, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

10 December 1768 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmation)



Saint Bilio of Vannes


Also known as

Bili


Profile

Bishop of Vannes, Brittany (in modern France). Murdered by invading Normans. Martyr.


Died

• c.914 in Vannes, Brittany (in modern France)

• buried at the chapel in Plandren, France that he had built



Blessed Francis O'Sullivan


Profile

Franciscan Friars Minor priest. One of the Irish Martyrs.


Born

Irish


Died

23 June 1653 on Scarrrif Island, Kerry, Ireland


Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy



Saint Liliosa of Toul


Profile

Born to the Gallic nobility, the sister of Saint Jacob of Toul. Gave the country estate of Bretancour to the monks of the Saint-Bénigne to build a church.


Born

8th century Gaul (in modern France)



Blessed Walhere of Dinant


Profile

Priest in Belgium. Murdered for his righteousness and venerated as a martyr.


Died

• 1199 in Onhaye, Brabant (in modern Belgium)

• relics enshrined in Dinant, Belgium



Saint Moeliai of Nendrum


Also known as

Moelray, Melray, Mochaoi


Profile

Baptised by Saint Patrick. Monk. Abbot of Nendrum Monastery.


Born

Ireland


Died

c.493 of natural causes



Saint Felix of Sutri


Profile

Priest in Sutri, Tuscany, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.


Died

scourged to death in 257



Blessed Lupo de Paredes


Profile

Joined the Mercedarians at age 34, and served for the next 80 (!) years at the convent of Santa Maria in Logrono, Spain.



Blessed Félix of Cîteaux


Profile

No information has survived.


Died

1113 of natural causes



Martyrs of Ancyra


Profile

A family of converts who were arrested, tortured, and sent in chains to Ancyra, Galatia (modern Ankara, Turkey) where he was tortured more by order of governor Agrippinus during the persecutions of Diocletian. Martyr. They were - Eustochius, Gaius, Lollia, Probus, Urban


Died

roasted over a fire and finally beheaded c.300 in Ancyra, Galatia (modern Ankara, Turkey)



Martyrs of Nicomedia


Profile

During the persecutions of Diocletian, many Christians fled their homes to live in caves in the area of Nicomedia. In 303 troops descended on the area, systematically hunted them down, and murdered all they could find.