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12 December 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 12

Bl. Thomas Holland


Feastday: December 12

Death: 1642



English martyr. Also known as Thomas Sanderson and Thomas Hammond, he was born at Sutton, near Prescot, Lancashire, England, in 1600. Thomas left England to study at St. Omer, France, and Valladolid, in Spain, and entered the Jesuits after ordination in 1624. Going home, circa 1635, he worked to aid the Church in the isles for seven years until his arrest in London. Thomas was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn.


Thomas Holland (1600 at Sutton, Lancashire – executed 12 December 1642 at Tyburn) was an English Jesuit priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.


Life

Holland was born in Lancashire, possibly son of Richard Holland, gentleman. He attended the English College at St. Omer's and subsequently in August, 1621, went to the English College, Valladolid.[1] When the abortive negotiations for the "Spanish Match" were taking place in 1623, Holland was sent to Madrid to assure Prince Charles of the loyalty of the seminarists of Valladolid, which he did in a Latin oration. [2]


In 1624 he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Watten in the Southern Netherlands, and not long after was ordained to priesthood at Liège.[3] He took the missionary oath 29 December 1633 and served as minister at Ghent and prefect at St. Omer's, where he acquired the nickname, bibliotheca pietatis ("Library of Piety") because of his vast knowledge of the ascetical life.[3]


He made his solemn religious profession as spiritual coadjutor at Ghent (28 May 1634) and was sent on the English mission the following year, in hopes that the change might improve his health.[1]


Holland worked in London, sometimes assuming the aliases of Saunderson and Hammond. He was an adept in disguising himself, and could speak perfect French, Spanish, and Flemish. He had to stay indoors during the day and only travel at night because of the priest-hunters. His health did not improve.[4]


He was eventually arrested on suspicion in a London street returning from a sick call, 4 October 1642, and committed to the New Prison. He was afterwards transferred to Newgate, and arraigned at the Old Bailey, 7 December, for being a priest. There was no conclusive evidence as to this; but as he refused to swear he was not, the jury found him guilty,[1] to the indignation of the Lord Mayor, Isaac Penington, and another member of the bench named Garroway. On Saturday, 10 December, Sergeant Peter Phesant, presumably acting for the recorder, passed sentence on him. On his return to prison Holland heard many confessions.


Some Capuchin friends smuggled in supplies so he could celebrate Mass one last time. Soon after his last Mass he was taken off to execution. There he was allowed to make a speech and to say many prayers, and when the cart was turned away, he was left to hang till he was dead.[4]


 Our Lady of Guadalupe

 குவாதலூப் அன்னை 

இடம்:

தேபியாக் குன்று, மெக்சிகோ நகரம்

(Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City)

தேதி: டிசம்பர் 12, 1531

சாட்சிகள்:

புனிதர் ஜூவான் டியெகோ

(Saint Juan Diego)

வகை: மரியாளின் தரிசனம் (Marian Apparition)

கத்தோலிக்க புனித ஒப்புதல்: அக்டோபர் 12, 1895

குவாதலூப் அன்னைக்கு திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோவால் புனித முடிசூட்டும் விழாவின்போது

(During the Canonical Coronation granted by Pope Leo XIII)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்: 

குவாதலூப் அன்னை பேராலயம், தேபியாக் குன்று, மெக்சிகோ நகரம், மெக்ஸிகோ

(Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, Mexico)

திருவிழா நாள்: டிசம்பர் 12

பாதுகாவல்: மெக்ஸிகோ, அமெரிக்க நாடுகள், ஃபிலிப்பைன்ஸ், செபு

"குவாதலூப் அன்னை" என்பது இயேசுவின் அன்னையாம் தூய கன்னி மரியாளுக்கு கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் வழங்கப்படும் பெயர்களுள் ஒன்றாகும். குறிப்பாக இது, புனிதர் ஜூவான் டியெகோவின் மேற்போர்வையில் பதிந்துள்ள மரியாளின் திருவோவியத்திற்கு அளிக்கப்படும் பெயராகும். இத்திருஓவியம், தற்போது மெக்சிகோ நாட்டின் தலைநகரான மெக்சிகோ நகரிலுள்ள (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) குவாதலூப் அன்னை பேராலயத்தில் பாதுகாக்கப்படுகின்றது.

இப்பேராலயமானது, மெக்சிக்கோவின் மிகவும் புகழ்பெற்ற சமய மற்றும் கலாச்சார சின்னமாகக் கருதப்படுவது மட்டுமல்லாது, உலகின் அதிக திருயாத்திரீகர்கள் தரிசித்த கத்தோலிக்க திருத்தலமுமாகும். இவ்வோவியத்தில் இருக்கும் அன்னை மரியாளுக்கு மெக்சிக்கோவின் அரசி, என்னும் பெயரும் உண்டு. குவாதலூப் அன்னை என்னும் பட்டத்தின் கீழ் ஒருகாலத்தில் ஃபிலிப்பைன்சின் பாதுகாவலியாகவும் அன்னை மரியாள் அறியப்பட்டார். (ஆயினும் இது 1935ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை பதினொன்றாம் பயஸால் நீக்கப்பட்டது). 1999ல் திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் அருள் சின்னப்பர் குவாதலூப் அன்னை என்னும் பட்டத்தின் கீழ் தூய கன்னி மரியாளை அமெரிக்காக்களின் பாதுகாவலி, இலத்தீன் அமெரிக்காவின் அரசி, மற்றும் கருவிலிருக்கும் குழந்தைகளின் பாதுகாவலி என அழைத்துள்ளார்.

திருவோவியத்தின் வரலாறு:

புதிய உலகின் பூர்வீக இனமான அஸ்டெகிலிருந்து மனமாறி கிறிஸ்தவ மறையினைத் தழுவியவரும், ஏழை விவசாயியுமானவர் ஜூவான் டியெகோ (Juan Diego). அக்காலத்தில் ஸ்பேனிஷ் பேரரசில் மரியாளின் அமல உற்பவம் விழா டிசம்பர் 9ம் தேதியன்று சிறப்பிக்கப்படும் வழக்கம் இருந்தது. இவ்விழா நாளான டிசம்பர் 9ம் தேதி 1531ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூவான் டியெகோ அதிகாலையில் தனது கிராமத்தில் ஆலயம் ஏதும் இல்லாததால், மெக்சிகோ நகரிலுள்ள ஆலயம் ஒன்றில் திருப்பலியில் பங்கு கொள்வதற்காக தேபியாக் குன்று வழியாக நடந்து சென்று கொண்டிருந்தார். அப்போது, அக்குன்றின் உச்சியில், சூரியனைப் போன்ற பிரகாசமான ஒளியைக் கண்டதாகவும். அதிலிருந்து இனிமையான இசையைக் கேட்டதாகவும் நம்பப்படுகின்றது. பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து ஒரு பெண்ணின் குரல், டியெகோவை அக்குன்றில் ஏறி வருமாறு அழைத்தது எனவும் டியெகோ அங்கு ஏறிச் சென்றபோது, விண்ணக மகிமையில், பிரகாசமான ஒளிக்கு மத்தியில் தூய கன்னி மரியாள் நிற்பதைக் கண்டார் என்கின்றனர். கன்னி மரியாள் டியெகோவின் தாய்மொழியான “நஹுவாட்ல்” மொழியில் (Nahuatl language) பேசி, தனக்காக ஒரு சிற்றாலயம் கட்ட வேண்டும் என மெக்சிகோ நகர ஆயரிடம் சொல்லும்படி டியெகோவை அனுப்பினார் என நம்பப்படுகின்றது.

டியெகோவும் மெக்சிகோ பேராயரான “ஜுவான் டி ஸுமர்ரகா” (Juan de Zumárraga) என்பவரிடம் சென்று அதனைத் தெரிவித்தபோது, ஆயர் டியெகோவை நம்பவில்லை. அடுத்த நாளும் ஆயரிடம் சென்று தனது ஆவலைத் தெரிவிக்குமாறு பணித்தார் அன்னை மரியாள். அதேபோல் டியெகோ ஆயரிடம் சென்று சொன்னதும், அக்காட்சிக்கு ஓர் அடையாளம் தருமாறு அப்பெண்ணிடம் கேட்குமாறு ஆயர் டியெகோவிடம் கேட்டுக்கொண்டார். அன்று மாலையே டியெகோ அன்னை மரியாளிடம் நடந்தததைச் சொன்னார். அன்னை மரியாளும் அடுத்த நாள் காலையில் அவரின் வேண்டுகோளை நிறைவேற்றுவதாக உறுதி கூறினார். ஆனால் டியெகோவின் மாமா “ஜூவான் பெர்னார்டினோ” (Juan Bernardino), திடீரென கடும் நோயால் தாக்கப்பட்டதால் அடுத்த நாள் அங்குச் செல்ல முடியவில்லை.

இறந்து கொண்டிருந்த தனது மாமாவுக்கு இறுதி திருவருட்சாதனம் கொடுப்பதற்காக, டிசம்பர் 12ம் தேதி, ஒரு குருவை அழைக்கச் சென்றார் டியெகோ. அப்போது அன்னை மரியாள், டியெகோவைச் சந்திப்பதற்காக தேபியாக் குன்றின் அடியில் இருந்த சாலையில் டியெகோவுக்கு காட்சியளித்து அவரின் மாமா நலமைடைவார், இறக்கமாட்டார் எனவும், உடனே தான் முன்னர் மூன்று முறை காட்சியளித்த தேபியாக் குன்றின் உச்சிக்குச் சென்று அங்கு பூத்துக்குலுங்கி இருக்கும் மலர்களை பறித்துக்கொண்டு தன்னிடம் வருமாறு கூறினார். இந்தப் பாறைக் குன்றின் உச்சியில் எந்தப் பூக்களும் பூக்க வாய்ப்பில்லை என்பது டியெகோவுக்குத் தெரிந்திருந்தும் அவர் அங்கு சென்றார். அங்கு அழகிய பூந்தோட்டம் இருப்பதைக் கண்டார். அவைகளைப் பறித்து தனது மேற்போர்வையில் பொதிந்து வந்து அன்னை மரியாளிடம் கொடுத்தார். அந்தப் பூக்களை அவரது மேற்போர்வையில் அழகுபடுத்திக் கொடுத்து அதை ஆயரிடம் கொண்டு போகச் சொன்னார் அன்னை மரியாள். ஆயரை நம்ப வைக்க, தான் தரும் அடையாளம் இதுவே என்று சொல்லி அனுப்பினார்.

டியெகோ, மெக்சிகோ பேராயரான “ஜுவான் டி ஸுமர்ரகா” (Juan de Zumárraga) என்பவரின் முன்னால் போய் நின்று, தனது மேற்போர்வையைத் திறந்து காண்பித்தார். அதிலிருந்து மலர்கள் கொட்டின. ஆனால் ஆயர் மற்றும் டியெகோவின் கண்களையே நம்ப முடியாத வகையில் டியெகோவின் மேற்போர்வையில் அழகிய அன்னை மரியாளின் திருஉருவம் பதிந்திருந்தது. டியெகோ எப்படி வர்ணித்திருந்தாரோ, அதேமாதிரியான உருவம் அதில் இருந்தது. அதே நாளில் அன்னை மரியாள், டியெகோவின் மாமா “ஜூவான் பெர்னார்டினோ” (Juan Bernardino) முன்பும் தோன்றி நலம் அளித்தார். பெர்னார்டினோ, தனக்கு நடந்த புதுமையையும் ஆயரிடம் கூறுமாறு அன்னை மரியாள் சொல்லியிருந்ததை டியெகோவிடம் சொன்னார். அத்துடன் தனது இந்த உருவத்தை “குவாதலூப் அன்னை” என்ற பெயரில் அழைத்து தனக்கு வணக்கம் செலுத்துமாறும் பெர்னார்தினோவிடம் அன்னை மரியாள் சொல்லியிருந்தார். இன்றளவும் ஏறக்குறைய 500 ஆண்டுகளாக அன்னை மரியாள், இப்பெயரிலேயே இங்கு அழைக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறார்.

Also known as

• Holy Mary of Guadalupe

• Virgin of Guadalupe

• Maria de Guadalupe



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Guadalupe is, strictly speaking, the name of a picture, but the name was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around the church. It makes the shrine, it occasions the devotion, it illustrates Our Lady. It is taken as representing the Immaculate Conception, being the lone figure of a woman with the sun, moon, and star accompaniments of the great apocalyptic sign with a supporting angel under the crescent. The word is Spanish Arabic, but in Mexico it may represent certain Aztec sounds.


Its tradition is long-standing and constant, and in sources both oral and written, Indian and Spanish, the account is unwavering. The Blessed Virgin appeared on Saturday 9 December 1531 to a 55 year old neophyte named Juan Diego, who was hurrying down Tepeyac hill to hear Mass in Mexico City. She sent him to Bishop Zumárraga to have a temple built where she stood. She was at the same place that evening and Sunday evening to get the bishop's answer. The bishop did not immediately believed the messenger, had him cross-examined and watched, and he finally told him to ask the lady who said she was the mother of the true God for a sign. The neophyte agreed readily to ask for sign desired, and the bishop released him.


Juan was occupied all Monday with Bernardino, an uncle, who was dying of fever. Indian medicine had failed, and Bernardino seemed at death's door. At daybreak on Tuesday 12 December 1531, Juan ran to nearby the Saint James convent for a priest. To avoid the apparition and the untimely message to the bishop, he slipped round where the well chapel now stands. But the Blessed Virgin crossed down to meet him and said, "What road is this thou takest son?" A tender dialogue ensued. She reassured Juan about his uncle, to whom she also briefly appeared and instantly cured. Calling herself Holy Mary of Guadalupe she told Juan to return to the bishop. He asked Mary for the sign he required. She told him to go to the rocks and gather roses. Juan knew it was neither the time nor the place for roses, but he went and found them. Gathering many into the lap of his tilma, a long cloak or wrapper used by Mexican Indians, he came back. The Holy Mother rearranged the roses, and told him to keep them untouched and unseen until he reached the bishop. When he met with Zumárraga, Juan offered the sign to the bishop. As he unfolded his cloak the roses, fresh and wet with dew, fell out. Juan was startled to see the bishop and his attendants kneeling before him. The life size figure of the Virgin Mother, just as Juan had described her, was glowing on the tilma. The picture was venerated, guarded in the bishop's chapel, and soon after carried in procession to the preliminary shrine.


The coarsely woven material of the tilme which bears the picture is as thin and open as poor sacking. It is made of vegetable fibre, probably maguey. It consists of two strips, about seventy inches long by eighteen wide, held together by weak stitching. The seam is visible up the middle of the figure, turning aside from the face. Painters have not understood the laying on of the colours. They have deposed that the "canvas" was not only unfit but unprepared, and they have marvelled at apparent oil, water, tempera, etc. colouring in the same figure. They are left in equal admiration by the flower-like tints and the abundant gold. They and other artists find the proportions perfect for a maiden of fifteen. The figure and the attitude are of one advancing. There is flight and rest in the eager supporting angel. The chief colours are deep gold in the rays and stars, blue-green in the mantle, and rose in the flowered tunic.


Sworn evidence was given at various commissions of inquiry corroborating the traditional account of the miraculous origin and influence of the picture. Some wills connected with Juan Diego and his contemporaries were accepted as documentary evidence. Vouchers were given for the existence of Bishop Zumárraga's letter to his Franciscan brothers in Spain concerning the apparitions. His successor, Montufar, instituted a canonical inquiry, in 1556, on a sermon in which the pastors and people were abused for crowding to the new shrine. In 1568 the renowned historian Bernal Díaz, a companion of Cortez, refers incidentally to Guadalupe and its daily miracles. The lay viceroy, Enríquez, while not opposing the devotion, wrote in 1575 to Philip II asking him to prevent the third archbishop from erecting a parish or monastery at the shrine. Inaugural pilgrimages were usually made to it by viceroys and other chief magistrates. Processes, national and ecclesiastical, were laboriously formulated and attested for presentation at Rome, Italy in 1663, 1666, 1723, and 1750.


The clergy, secular and regular, has been remarkably faithful to the devotion towards Our Lady of Guadalupe, the bishops especially fostering it, even to the extent of making a protestation of faith in the miracle a matter of occasional obligation. Pope Benedict XIV decreed that Our Lady of Guadalupe should be the national patron of Mexico, and made 12 December a holiday of obligation with an octave, and ordered a special Mass and Office. Pope Leo XIII approved a complete historical second Nocturne, ordered the picture to be crowned in his name, and composed a poetical inscription for it. Pope Pius X permitted Mexican priests to say the Mass of Holy Mary of Guadalupe on the twelfth day of every month, and granted indulgences which may be gained in any part of the world for prayer before a copy of the picture.


The place, called Guadalupe Hidalgo since 1822, is three miles northeast of Mexico City. Pilgrimages have been made to this shrine almost without interruption since 1531-1532. A shrine at the foot of Tepeyac Hill served for ninety years, and still forms part of the parochial sacristy. In 1622 a rich shrine was erected, and in 1709 a newer, even richer one. There are also a parish church, a convent and church for Capuchin nuns, a well chapel, and a hill chapel all constructed in the 18th century. About 1750 the shrine got the title of collegiate, a canonry and choir service being established. It was aggregated to Saint John Lateran in 1754. In 1904 it was created a basilica, with the presiding ecclesiastic being called abbot. The shrine has been renovated in Byzantine style which presents an illustration of Guadalupan history.


Patronage

• Americas; New World

• Central America

• Mexico

• New Mexico

• Pojoaque Indian Pueblo

• 12 dioceses

• 3 cities




Saint Spyridon of Cyprus


Also known as

• Spyridon of Corfu

• Spyridon of Korfu

• Spyridon of Kerkyra

• Spyridon of Tremithus

• Spyridon of Trimithon

• Spyridon the Wonder Worker

• Spyridon Thaumaturgos

• Spiridion...



Additional Memorial

11 August (Corfu)


Profile

Known as a pious youth as he grew up on Cyprus. Shepherd. Married, and father one of daughter. Both his wife and daughter became nuns, and he became a monk at Mount Carmel.


Bishop of Tremithus, Cyprus. Spiritual teacher of Saint Tryphillius of Leucosia. Fought Arianism. During the persecution of Galerus, his right eye was torn out, his left calf cut off, and he was sent to forced labor in the Spanish mines. The Edict of Milan eventually freed him, and allowed him to return to his see, and attended the Council of Nicaea and Council of Sardica.


Legend says that he once ordered a gold ingot to resume its true form; it immediately turned into a serpent.


Another time, while listening to a deacon read Scripture, he saw that the lector was using his speaking ability to draw attention to himself, not the word of God. He silenced the deacon who immediately developed a stammer, understood his error, and lost all desire for people to notice his diction.


Converted a prominent philosopher by using a chunk of pottery to explain the Christian concept of the trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit, unified but distinct). He explained that pottery is made of the three elements of earth, fire, and water, and yet is unified into a single object. During this mini-lesson, water flowed from the bottom of the shard as fire miraculously billowed from the top - hence his patronage of potters.


Born

270 on Cyprus


Died

• c.348 of natural causes

• incorrupt corpse


Patronage

• against flood

• potters

• sailors

• 3 cities in Greece


Representation

• wearing a pointed cap

• shepherd standing in a sarcophogus

• shepherd's cloak

• holding a barb or awl or something similarly pointed referring to the gouging out of his eye



Saint Finnian of Clonard


Also known as

• Finian of Clonard

• Finden of Clonard

• Teacher of the Irish Saints



Profile

A pious youth, he founded three churches in Ireland while still a layman. Studied in Wales under Saint Cadoc of Llancarvan and Saint Gildas the Wise. Monk. Great admirer of Saint Patrick. Considered one of the great founders of Irish monasticism. Founded the monastery at Clonard, Meath, Ireland c.520 which lasted a thousand years, and was a training center for great Irish saints. Spiritual teacher of Saint Columba of Iona, Saint Columba of Terryglass, Saint Ciaran of Clommacnois, Saint Brendan the Voyager, Saint Nathy, Saint Nennius, Saint Ruadhan of Lorrha, Saint Daig MacCairaill, and others. Maintained close relations with the British Church. Often referred to as a bishop, there is no evidence he was ever so consecrated.


Legend attributes many miracles to him. Birds would gather around him because of his gentle holiness. Reported to have cleared parasitic insects, worms and vermin from the island of Flathlom and the regions of Nantcarfan. One story says that he fended off a party of Saxon raiders by causing an earthquake to swallow their camp.


Born

c.470 at Myshall, County Carlow, Ireland


Died

• c.549 to 552 at Clonard, Meath, Ireland of plague

• relics originally enshrined in Clonard, but were destroyed in the 9th century


Patronage

• Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, diocese of

• Meath, Ireland, diocese of



Blessed Ludwik Bartosik


Also known as

• Father Pio

• Father Pius

• prisoner 12832



Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II


Profile

Eldest son of Wojciech, a poor shoemaker, and Wiktoria Tomczyk. With the help of his parish priest, Ludwik obtained a good education. Joined the Franciscan Conventual Friars in 1926, taking the name Pius. Studied in Franciscan seminaries in Sanok, then Lviv and finally Krakow, Poland. Ordained on 23 June 1935. Noted confessor at the Franciscan convent in Krosno, Poland. At the request of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Father Pius was transferred to the convent at Niepokalanów, Poland in August 1936 where he worked in a number of positions, including editor of the magazines Knight of the Immaculate, Little Knight of the Immaculate and Miles Immaculatae, all the while continuing to serve as confessor to his brother friars. Wrote a number of works including a noted book of Mariology. Imprisoned by invading German troops on 19 September 1939 and transferred to several prisons, finally ending at the Auschwitz forced labour concentration camp. He continued his vocation as confessor to other prisoners. Martyred in the Nazi persecutions of World War II.


Born

21 August 1909 in Kokanin, Wielkopolskie, Poland


Died

tortured to death during the night of 12 to 13 December 1941 in Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Nazi-occupied Poland


Beatified

26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Vicelin of Oldenburg

புனிதர் விசெலினஸ் 

"ஹோல்ஸ்டீன்" அப்போஸ்தலர்/ "ஓல்டேன்பர்க்" ஆயர்:

(Apostle of Holstein and Bishop of Oldenburg)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1086

ஹமெலின், லோவர் ஸக்சொனி, ஜெர்மனி

(Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany)

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 12, 1154

நியூமுன்ஸ்ட்டர், செல்ச்விக்-ஹோல்ஸ்டீன், ஜெர்மனி

(Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 12

புனிதர் விசெலினஸ், ஜெர்மனியின் "ஹோல்ஸ்டீன்" (Holstein) என்னும் இடத்திலுள்ள "ஓல்டேன்பர்க்" (Oldenburg) மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் ஆவார். இவரே "ஹோல்ஸ்டீன்" அப்போஸ்தலராகவும் மதிக்கப்படுகிறார்.

கி.பி. 1086ம் ஆண்டு, ஹமெலின் (Hamelin) என்னும் இடத்தில் பிறந்த இவர், சிறுவயதிலேயே அநாதையாகிப் போனார். அருகாமையில் இருந்த ஒரு கிராமத்தில் மத குருவாக பணியாற்றிய தமது மாமன் "லுடோல்ஃப்" (Ludolf) என்பவரின் பராமரிப்பில் வளர்ந்தார். விரைவிலேயே “படேர்போர்ன்” (Paderborn) என்ற நகருக்கு ரகசியமாகச் சென்ற இவர், அங்கேயே வாழத் தொடங்கினார். நண்பர்களையும் இருப்பிடங்களையும் உருவாக்கிக் கொண்ட இவர், அங்குள்ள பேராலய பள்ளியின் நிர்வாகத்தில் உதவி புரியத் தொடங்கினார்.

விரைவில் "ஹம்பர்க்-ப்ரேமென்" (Hamburg-Bremen) என்ற உயர்மறை மாவட்டத்தின் பேராயர் “ஃபிரெடெரிக்” (Archbishop Frederick) அழைப்பின் பேரில் அங்கே சென்ற அவர், அங்குள்ள பள்ளியின் ஆசிரியர் மற்றும் பள்ளி முதல்வர் பணிகள் செய்யப் பணிக்கப்பட்டார்.

கி.பி. 1122ம் ஆண்டு, “லாவோன்” (Laon) நகரில் தமது கல்வியை நிறைவு செய்தார். கி.பி. 1126ல் “மட்கேபர்க்” (Madgeburg) நகருக்கு பயணம் செய்ய தீர்மானித்த விசெலினஸ், அங்கு பேராயராக இருந்த “புனிதர் நார்பர்ட்” (St. Norbert) அவர்களைச் சந்தித்தார். பேராயர் தமக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்வார் எனவும் அதனால் தாம் அங்கே அடிமைகளாக இருந்த மக்களிடம் மறைபோதனை செய்யவும் விரும்பினார். ஆனால், ஒருசில காரணங்களுக்காக அது நடக்காமல் போனது. ஆகவே, அவர் “ப்ரேமன்” (Bremen) நகருக்கு திரும்பினார். அங்கே, ஆயர் “அல்பேரோ” (Bishop Albero) அவருக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு வழங்கினார்.

"ஹம்பர்க்-ப்ரேமென்" (Hamburg-Bremen) உயர்மறை மாவட்டத்தின் பேராயர் “அடால்பெரோ” (Hamburg-Bremen's Archbishop Adalbero) "போலாபியன்" அடிமைகளிடையே (Polabian Slavs) மறைபோதனை செய்ய அவரை அனுப்பினார்.

கி.பி. 1127ம் ஆண்டு, “ப்ரேமன்” (Bremen) திரும்பிய விசெலினஸ் சிறப்பான முறையில் மறை போதனை செய்தார். அவரது பிரசங்கங்கள் மக்களை ஈர்த்தன. சக மத குருக்களும் அவருக்கு புதிதாக ஒரு துறவிமடம் உருவாக்க உதவினர்.

கி.பி. 1149ம் ஆண்டு, பேராயர் “முதலாம் ஹார்ட்விக்” (Archbishop Hartwig I) விசெலினசை ஆயராக நியமனம் செய்தார்.

கி.பி. 1152ம் ஆண்டு, பக்கவாத நோயினால் கடுமையாக பாதிக்கப்பட்ட விசெலினஸ், தமது மரணத்துக்கு முன்னர் சுமார் இரண்டு வருடங்கள் வலி வேதனைகளால் அவஸ்தைப்பட்டார். நோயில் துன்புற்ற விசெலினஸ் கி.பி. 1154ம் ஆண்டு மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Apostle of Holstein

• Apostle of Obodriten

• Vicelinus, Vincelin, Vizelin, Wissel, Witzel, Wizelin



Profile

Born to the nobility and orphaned young. Studied at Hameln, Germany and in the cathedral school of Paderborn, Germany. Canon at Bremen, Germany. Teacher and principal of the school at Bremen. Spiritual student of Saint Norbert of Magdeburg who ordained him. Missionary to the Wagrian Wends in northeastern Germany in autumn 1126, and to Slavs in surrounding areas. Founded monasteries at Neumunster, Holstein, Segeberg, and Hogersdorf. In 1147 most of what he had built and done was wiped out in a series of raids by pirates; he and several of his priests fled back to the Empire. Bishop of Oldenburg, Germany in 1149; known for the spirituality of his flock, and for his good works for the poor. His last two years he suffered a painful paralysis of the right side of his body resulting from an apparent heart attack and stroke.


Born

c.1088 in the castle at Hemeln on the Weser, Lower Saxony, Germany


Died

• 12 December 1154 at Neumunster, Lorraine, France of natural causes

• re-interred in front of the altar in Bordesholm in 1332


Representation

bishop with a church sitting on his left arm



Saint Edburga of Thanet


Also known as

• Edburga of Minster-on-Thanet

• Bugga, Eadburga, Edburgh, Heaburg



Profile

Only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex, the 8th century royal family of Kent, England. Benedictine nun. Friend and spiritual student of Saint Mildred of Thanet. Abbess of Minster-on-Thanet Abbey in 716. She secured several royal charters for the abbey, and built a new church there. Skilled scribe and calligrapher. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy where she met Saint Boniface with whom she established a lengthy correspondence; her letters have not survived. She supported Saint Boniface in his missionary work, and copied manuscripts for his use.


Born

English


Died

• 751 at Minster-on-Thanet abbey of natural causes

• buried in the abbey church beside Saint Mildred

• relics translated to Saint Gregory's Hospital, Canterbury, England



Pope Saint Callistus II


Also known as

• Calixtus II

• Guido of Burgundy



Profile

Born to the nobility. Uncle of the Queen of France, cousin of the King of England, related to the German Emperor. Benedictine monk. Archbishop of Vienne, France for over 30 years. Created cardinal by Pope Paschal II. Chosen 162nd Pope in 1119. Ended the investiture conflict. Presided over the First Lateran Council. Fought simony and concubinage of the clergy. Funded construction and beautification projects in Rome.


Born

c.1065 Quingey, France


Papal Ascension

1 February 1119


Died

13 December 1124 in Rome, Italy of natural causes



Saint Columba of Terryglass


Also known as

• Colum mac Crimthainn

• Colum moccu Loigse

• Columba of Tirdaglas

• Columba of Tyrdaglas


Profile

Son of Crinthainn. Disciple of Saint Finnian of Clonard; administered Last Rites to Saint Finnian on his death-bed. Spiritual director of Saint Caemban, Saint Fintan, and Saint Mocumin. Founded the monastery of Tirdaglas (Terryglass) in 548, and served as its abbot. Visited Tours, France, and brought back relics of Saint Martin of Tours. One of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.


Born

at Leinster, Ireland


Died

• 13 December 552 of plague

• buried in Terryglass monastery



Blessed James of Viterbo


Also known as

• James Capocci

• James of Naples

• Doctor Speculativus

• Giacomo, Jacobus



Profile

Augustinian hermit at Viterbo, Italy . Received his doctorate from the University of Paris. Well-known theology teacher in Paris, France and Naples, Italy. Bishop of Benevento, Italy in 1302. Archbishop of Naples, Italy in 1303.


Born

c.1255 in Viterbo, Italy as James Capocci


Died

1308 of natural causes


Beatified

14 June 1911 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed)



Blessed Ida of Nivelles

Profile

Joined the Benedictine Cistercians at Kerkheim, Leuven, Belgium at age 16; the house, and Ida, were later moved to Rameige, Belgium, where she spent the rest of her life. Sister Ida was a mystic, a visionary and a miracle worker with a ministry of praying for suffering souls in Purgatory.


Born

c.1190 in Nivelles, Belgium


Died

12 December 1231 in Rameige, Belgium of natural causes


Patronage

• against toothache

• souls in Purgatory


Representation

• woman in a hospital bed holding the baby Jesus

• woman in a hosptial bed being given the baby Jesus by Mary



Saint Corentius of Quimper


Also known as

Corentin, Corentinus, Cury



Profile

Son of a British chieftain. Hermit at Plomodiern in Brittany. First bishop of Cornouaille, (modern Quimper), France, consecrated by Saint Martin. Signed the decrees of the Council of Angers in 453.


Legend says that when a hermit, he fed on a fish that would regenerate after Corentius had taken a piece of its flesh.


Died

c.490 of natural causes


Representation

hermit with a fish



Saint Conrad of Offida

ஒஃபிடா குரு கோன்ராட் Konrad von Offida

பிறப்பு 

1237, 

ஒஃபிடா, இத்தாலி

இறப்பு 

12 டிசம்பர் 1306, 

அசிசி, இத்தாலி

இவர் தன் 14 ஆம் வயதில் புனித பிரான்சிஸ் அசிசியின் சபையை அஸ்கோலி பிசேனோ (Ascoli Piceno) என்ற இடத்தில் நிறுவினார். இவர் மிக எளிமையான, ஏழ்மையான வாழ்வை வாழ்ந்தார். குடும்ப வாழ்வில் தான் வாழ்ந்த எளிமையை விடாமல் தொடர்ந்து வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் ஊரெங்கும் சென்று வீட்டு வேலை செய்து தன் துறவற சபையை காத்து வந்தார். இவர் பிறந்த ஊரில் 2 ஆம் பிரான்சிஸ் என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் சிறப்பாக மறையுரை ஆற்றும் திறமையை பெற்றிருந்தார். வீதியெங்கும் சென்று மறையுரை ஆற்றினார். அனைத்து மக்களாலும், "சகோதரர்" என்றே அழைக்கப்பட்டார். 

இவர் 1265 ஆம் ஆண்டு அசிசி நகர் சென்றார். அங்கு போர்சிங்குலா லியோ (Portiancula Leo) வாழ்ந்த ஒரு சிறிய அறையை பார்வையிட்டார். பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து 14 செப்டம்பர் 1224 ஆம் ஆண்டு, புனித பிரான்சிஸ் அசிசி ஐந்து காய வரம் பெற்ற இடத்திற்கு சென்றார். அங்கிருந்த துறவற இல்லத்தில் 15 ஆண்டுகள் வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் இளைஞராக இருந்த போதிலிருந்தே கிறிஸ்துவின் மீது அளவில்லா ஆர்வம் கொண்டு, அவர் பணியை ஆர்வமுடன் ஆற்றி இடைவிடாமல் இறைவேண்டல் செய்து இறைவனடி சேர்ந்தார். 

Profile

Joined the Franciscans at age 14. Noted scholar who gave up his studies to be a cook in a convent. However, his superiors knew of his speaking skills and had him leave the kitchen for the pulpit, leading to a very successful career of preaching. Died while preaching.



Born

c.1241 in Offida, diocese of Ascoli Piceno, Italy


Died

12 December 1306 at Bastia, Umbria, Italy of natural causes



Saint Simon Phan Ðac Hòa


Profile

Married, father, family man, physician and mayor who worked with local charities and the missionaries working in the apostolic vicariate of Cochinchina (modern Vietnam). Imprisoned, flogged and executed for his faith in the persecutions of Minh Mang.


Born

c.1787 in Mai Vinh, Thua Thiên, Vietnam


Died

beheaded on 12 December 1840 in An Hòa, Quang Nam, Vietnam


Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Bartholomew Buonpedoni


Profile

Lay servant to the Benedictines in Pisa, Italy. Franciscan tertiary. Ordained at age 30. Village priest at Peccioli, Italy. When he contracted leprosy he gave up parish work to spend his remaining twenty years ministering to the lepers of his region, assisted by his long-time friend Blessed Vivaldus.


Born

San Geminiano, Italy


Died

1300 of natural causes



Saint Gregory of Terracina


Profile

Brother of Saint Speciosus. Spiritual student of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Benedictine monk at Terracina, Italy. Pope Saint Gregory the Great wrote of him in his Dialogues.


Died

c.570 of natural causes



Saint Agatha of Wimborne


Profile

Benedictine nun at Wimborne, England. Spiritual student of Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim with whom she travelled to Germany to help in the missionary work of Saint Boniface.


Died

790 of natural causes



Saint Colman of Clonard


Also known as

• Colman moccu Thelduib

• Colmanus


Profile

Related to Saint Finnian of Clonard. Monk. Abbot of Clonard Abbey.


Died

8 February 654 of natural causes



Blessed Martino Sanz


Profile


Friar and then Commander of the Mercedarian convent of Santa Maria della Mercede Arguines in Spain.



Saint Donatus the Martyr


Profile

Martyred with 23 companions.


Died

forced into a swamp to die of cold and exhaustion, date unknown



Saint Abra


Also known as

Abre


Profile

Daughter of Saint Hilary of Poitiers. Nun. Helped spread the faith around Poitiers, France.


Born

342


Died

360 of natural causes



Saint Cury


Also known as

Corentin


Profile

Fourth-century missionary from Brittany to the Cornwall area of England.


Born

Brittany, France


Died

401 of natural causes



Saint Synesius


Profile

Lector. Martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.


Died

stabbed with a sword in 275 in Rome, Italy



Saint Colman of Glendalough


Profile

Abbot of Glendalough, Ireland.


Died

659



Saint Hermogenes


Profile

Martyred with 23 companions.


Died

forced into a swamp to die of cold and exhaustion



Saint Cormac


Profile

Sixth century abbot in Ireland. Friend of Saint Columba of Iona.



Martyrs of Alexandria


Profile

A group of six Christians martyred for their faith during the persecutions of Decius. We know little more than five of their names - Alexander, Ammonaria, Dionysia, Epimachus and Mercuria.


Died

burned to death c.250 in Alexandria, Egypt



Martyrs of Trier


Profile

A group of Christians murdered together for their faith in the persecutions of Decius - Constantius, Crescentius, Justin and Maxentius.


Died

c.287 at Trier (in modern Germany)



Also celebrated but no entry yet


• Arnoldo Martin

• Bertrando de Mas

• Giovanni de Josa

• Israele di Dorat

• Pribyslava

• Therapon of Monzja

• Valerico


10 December 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 11

 Pope Saint Damasus I


Profile

Raised in a pious family; his father was a priest in Rome, Italy and Damasus served for a time as deacon in his father's church, Saint Laurence. Priest. Assistant to Pope Liberius. Chosen 37th pope in a disputed election in which a minority chose the anti-pope Ursinus. The two reigned simultaneously in Rome which eventually led to violence between their supporters and false accusations of Damasus having committed a crime.



His pontificate suffered from the rise of Arianism, and from several schisms including break-away groups in Antioch, Constantinople, Sardinia, and Rome. However, it was during Damasus's reign that Christianity was declared the religion of the Roman state. He enforced the 370 edict of Emperor Valentinian controlling gifts to prelates, and opposed Arianism and Apollinarianism. He supported the 374 council of Rome which decreed the valid books of the Bible, and the Grand Council of Constantinople in 381 which condemned Arianism.


Economic patron of his secretary, Saint Jerome, commissioning him to make the translation of scripture now known as the Vulgate. Damasus restored catacombs, shrines, and the tombs of martyrs, and wrote poetry and metrical inscriptions about and dedicated to martyrs. They state that he would like to be buried in the catacombs with the early martyrs, but that the presence of one of his lowly status would profane such an august place. Ten of his letters, personal and pontifical, have survived.


Born

• c.306 in Rome, Italy

• his family were Spanish in orgin


Papal Ascension

366


Died

• 11 December 384 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the Mark and Marcellianus catacombs in Rome

• bones re-buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso


Patronage

archeologists




Saint María Maravillas de Jesús


Also known as

• Maravillas Pidal y Chico de Guzmán

• Maria de las Maravillas Jesus



Profile

Daughter of Luis Pidal y Mon and Cristina Chico de Guzman y Munoz, the Marquess and Marchioness of Pidal; her father was Spanish ambassador to the Vatican and a very active supporter of the Church. She was baptized at the age of eight days, Confirmed in 1896, made her first Communion in 1902, grew up in a pious family, was known as an intelligent and religious child, and early perceived a call to religious life. She entered the Carmelite novitiate at El Escorial, Madrid, Spain in 1920.


On 19 May 1924 Maria and three sisters founded a house at Cerro de los Angeles, Madrid, the geographical center of Spain, and she took her final vows there on 30 May 1924. Prioress of the house in 1926. The house expanded so quickly that Mother Marvillas was sent to found another in Kottayam, India, which over the years has expanded to many other Carmels in that country. She returned to Spain, and in 1936, as part of the anti-clerical actions of the Spanish Civil War, she and her sisters were arrested, relocated to Madrid, and subjected to fourteen months of house arrest and harassment. In September 1937 Mother Maravillas and her community relocated to las Batuecas, Salamanca, Spain where they founded a new house.


In 1939 she led a group of sisters to restore the house at Cerro de los Angeles. From there she led an expansion of the Carmelites with houses in Mancera de Abajo, Salamanca in 1944, Duruelo, Avíla in 1947, Cabrera, Salamanca 1950, Arenas de San Pedro, Avíla in 1954, San Calixto, Córdoba in 1956, Aravaca, Madrid in 1958, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo c.1960, la Aldeheula, Madrid in 1961, and Montemar-Torremolinos, Málaga in 1964. To unite these and other far-flung houses, she founded the Association of Saint Teresa in 1972. The Carmel in la Aldeheula was hugely expanded with schools, a community of houses for the local poor, church, community halls and other structures in what effectively became a small town.


In all these works Mother Maravillas was known for her dedication for work and prayer, her humility and care of her younger sisters, and her dedication to the Rules and spirituality of the Discalced Carmelites.


Born

4 November 1891 in Madrid, Spain


Died

11 December 1974 in La Aldehuela monastery, Madrid province, Spain of natural causes


Canonized

4 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II




Blessed Arthur Bell


Also known as

Francis Bell


Additional Memorial

22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales


Profile

Studied at Saint Omer and at the Royal College of Saint Alban, Valladolid, Spain. Ordained in Salamanca, Spain in 1618. Joined the Franciscans in 1618. Worked in Douai and Gravelines in France, and Brussels, Belgium. He returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in 1634. Arrested and condemned to death for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.


Born

13 January 1590 in Temple Broughton, Worcestershire, England


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 11 December 1643 at Tyburn, London, England


Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II




Saint Daniel the Stylite


Also known as

Daniel of Constantinople



Profile

Monk at Samosata on the Upper Euphrates River at the age of twelve. When chosen abbot by his brothers, he declined. He made two trips to learn from Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder, and received that saint's blessing. Would-be pilgrim to the Holy Lands, but a vision of Saint Simeon caused him to travel instead to Constantinople where he spent the rest of his life. At age 42, Daniel decided to become a pillar-dwelling hermit like Simeon, and spent the next thirty-three years on one.


Daniel lived on a series of pillars built for him by Emperor Leo I and other wealthy supporters, living in the open weather, standing each day until he collapsed. Ordained by Saint Gennadius. Many came to learn from the holy man, sitting at the foot of the pillar as he preached, celebrated Mass, gave spiritual counsel, and healed the sick who were taken up to his platform. Counsellor to Emperor Leo, Emperor Zeno, and the Patriarch of Constantinople; prophesied some of the political turmoil in which Zeno was involved. Daniel came down from his pillar only once - to convince Emperor Baliscus to abandon the Monophysite heresy.


Born

409 at Maratha, Syria


Died

• 493 near Constantinople of natural causes

• accurately predicted the date of his death, and near the end he had visions of angels



Saint Masona of Mérida


Also known as

Mausona


Additional Memorial

14 November as one of the Holy Fathers of Mérida


Profile

Born to the Gothic nobility, Masona was educated at the monastery affiliated with the Basilica of Saint Eulalia in Mérida, Spain. He was known as an excellent and pious student, and when he was old enough, entered the monastery. Chosen bishop of Mérida c.572. He built a hospital, staffed it with doctors and nurses, supported the work and expansion of churches and monasteries in the region, and was noted for his almsgiving to help the poor. He participated in the 3rd Council of Toledo in 589, which led to the conversion of the Visigoths to Catholicism, the Synod of Toledo in 597, and he helped bring Saint Hermenegild to the faith. In the persecutions of Catholics by the Arian king Leovigildo, Masona was exiled for a time. Late in life he tried to put some of the administrative duties onto archdeacon Eleuterio, but Eleuterio was swayed those seeking power over the diocese, and Masona returned to full-time work until his death. Saint Gregory of Tours wrote about him, Saint Isidore of Seville wrote to him.


Died

c.606 in Mérida, Spain of natural causes



Blessed David of Himmerod


Profile

Studied in Paris, France. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Clairvaux Abbey in 1131; spiritual student of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who accepted David after he had been initially rejected due to health problems. Assigned by Saint Bernard to found and lead the Himmerod Abbey, Trier, Germany in 1134. Miracle worker, healer, exorcist with the gift of prophecy.


Born

c.1100 in Florence, Italy


Died

• 11 December 1179 of natural causes

• buried in the chapter room of Himmerod Abbey

• relics transferred to a marble urn at the altar of the abbey church in 1204

• relics transferred to Trier, Germany in 1802 when the abbey was suppressed

• relics transferred back to the Himmerod Abbey in 1919 when the Cistercians returned to the house


Beatified

• in 1699 the general chapter of the monks of Citeaux authorized a memorial at Himmerod Abbey

• in 1734 the canon of Florence, Italy published a Life of David and obtained approval from Pope Clement XII to expose the relics for veneration



Blessed Franco of Siena


Also known as

Francesco Lippi


Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Spent a dissolute youth as a soldier in Italy. Near Sartiano, Italy he was blinded, and offered to change his life if he was healed; he was healed. Pilgrim to Rome, Bari and Loreto in Italy. Having heard the preaching of Blessed Ambrose Sansedoni in Siena, Italy, he was moved to retire from the world to live as a hermit and do penance for his earlier life. Joined the Carmelites, but continued to live as a hermit. Received visions of Jesus, Mary and the angels; had the gift of prophecy, and was beset by demons.



Born

13th century Grottoes-Siena, Italy as Francesco Lippi


Died

• 11 December 1291 in Siena, Italy of natural causes

• some relics enshrined in the Carmelite monastery in Cremona, Italy


Beatified

1670 by Pope Clement X (cultus confirmation)



Blessed Jerome Ranuzzi


Also known as

• Jerome Ranucci

• Angel of Good Counsel



Profile

Born to a noted middle class family; his father was later given rank in the noblity. Servite. Studied philosophy and theology in Bologna, Italy. Priest. Renowned for his learning and scholarship. Advisor to Duke Frederick of Montefeltro, Urbino, Italy.


Born

c.1410 at Sant'Angelo, Vado, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy


Died

c.1468 of natural causes


Beatified

1 April 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)



Blessed Severin Ott


Also known as

• Severinus

• Mariophylus Severinus

• Mariae servus Singularis


Profile

Norbertine canon of the monastery in Roggenburg, Swabia, Bavaria (in modern Germany). He was known for his deep prayer life, his personal penances, and his devotion to the Virgin Mary. Promoted pilgrimages to a shrine in nearby Sheissen. In his later years he withdrew to life as a prayerful hermit in a cell in the monastery, spending his life in prayer, spiritual communion and celebrating Mass alone.


Born

1627 in Germany


Died

noon 11 December 1708 of natural causes



Blessed Jean Laurens


Profile

Norbertine canon of the Averbode monastery near Diest, Brabant (in modern Belgium). Ordained in 1574. Sub-prior of his house and master of novices, he was known for instilling a zeal for the faith in his charges by his pious personal example. Vicar of Hechtel, Limburg, Belgium in 1586 when he was imprisoned by Protestants at war with the Church.


Born

1548 in Miskom, Kortenaken, Vlaams, Brabant, Flanders (in modern Belgium)


Died

11 December 1613 of natural causes



Blessed Pilar Villalonga Villalba


Profile

Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Member of Catholic Action. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.



Born

22 January 1891 in Valencia, Spain


Died

11 December 1936 in Burjassot, Valencia, Spain


Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Sabinus of Piacenza


Profile

Bishop of Piacenza, Italy. Friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan, he regularly read and commented on the first draft of Ambrose's writings. Dispatched by Pope Saint Damasus I to Antioch to suppress the Meletian Schism. Attended the Council of Aquileia in 381.



Died

420 of natural causes



Blessed Hugolinus Magalotti


Also known as

• Hugolino Magalotti

• Ugolino Magalotti



Profile

Friar Minor tertiary. Hermit.


Born

at Camerino, Italy


Died

11 December 1373 of natural causes


Beatified

4 December 1856 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)



Saint Cian of Wales


Profile

Sixth century soldier. Hermit in Wales. Servant to Saint Peris.


Born

Welsh




Blessed Martín Lumbreras Peralta


Also known as

Father Martín of Saint Nicholas


Profile

Augustinian Recollect priest. Martyr.


Born

8 December 1598 in Zaragoza, Spain


Died

burned alive on 11 December 1632 in Nagasaki, Japan


Beatified

23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Melchor Sánchez Pérez


Also known as

Father Melchor of Saint Augustine


Profile

Augustinian Recollect priest. Martyr.


Born

1599 in Granada, Spain


Died

burned alive on 11 December 1632 in Nagasaki, Japan


Beatified

23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Pens


Also known as

Peris


Profile

A cairn on the top of the Llanberis Pass in Wales is known as Corffwysfa Pens (the Resting-Place of Saint Pens), and there are traditions of pilgrimage to the hill to pray for the intercession of Saint Pens. However, no information about him has survived.


Patronage

Llanberis, Wales



Blessed Martino de Melgar


Profile


Commander of the Mercedarian convent of Santa Maria in Burgos, Spain. Noted for his personal piety and his support of the spiritual growth of the friars in his house.



Saint Aithalas of Arbela


Also known as

Aithelas


Profile

Pagan priest who was healed from a serious disease by the prayers of Christians; convert. Martyred in the persecutions of Shapur II.


Died

c.354 in Arbela, Persia



Saint Eutychius the Martyr


Also known as

• Eutychius of Spain

• Eutychius of Cadiz

• Eutuchius of Merida

• Oye


Profile

Martyr.


Died

4th century Spain



Saint Barsabas


Also known as

Barsabbas


Profile

Abbot. Known as a miracle worker. Martyred with twelve of his monks in the persecutions of the Sassanid King Shapur II.


Born

Persian


Died

martyred in 342



Saint Fidweten


Also known as

Fivetein, Fidivitanus


Profile

Benedictine monk at Saint Saviour Abbey in Redon, Brittany (in modern France). Spiritual student of Saint Convoyon of Redon.


Died

c.888 of natural causes



Blessed Dominic Yanez




Profile

Mercedarian friar in the convent of Santa Caterina in Toledo, Spain.



Saint Apseus of Arbela


Also known as


Acepsius


Profile

Christian deacon. Martyred in the persecutions of Shapur II.


Died

c.354 in Arbela, Persia



Martyrs of Saint Aux-Bois


Profile

Two Christian missionaries and one of their local defenders who faith in the persecutions of governor Rictiovarus - Fuscian, Gentian and Victoricus.



Died

beheaded in 287 in Saint Aux-Bois, Gaul (in modern France)



Martyrs of Rome


Profile

Three Christians murdered in the persecutions of Diocletian for giving aid to Christian prisoners - Pontian, Practextatus and Trason.


Born

imperial Roman citizens


Died

c.303 in Rome, Italy



Also celebrated but no entry yet


• Ludolf van Craeywinckel

• Luke of Chalcedon

• Maria Piedal

• Pablo di Merida

• Tassilo III

• Wilbirg


09 December 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 10

 Bl. Peter Tecelano

Peter Tecelano

Feastday: December 10

Death: 1287

 


Franciscan mystic. A native of Campi, Tuscany, Italy, he was trained as a comb maker at Siena. After the death of his wife he entered the Franciscans as a tertiary and served as nurse to the sick in a Franciscan hospital. He also toiled making combs. In his lifetime, he was reputed to be a deeply mystical and holy individual and was credited with miracles. He was beatified in 1802, in part because of miracles reported as occurring at his tomb.


St. Peter Duong


Peter Duong

Feastday: December 10

Death: 1838

Canonized: Pope John Paul II

Vietnamese martyr. A native of Vietnam, Peter served as a catechist and, with Peter Truat, was martyred by anti-Christian forces.



The Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam; French: Martyrs du Viêt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. On June 19, 1988, thousands of overseas Vietnamese worldwide gathered at the Vatican for the Celebration of the Canonization of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, an event chaired by Monsignor Tran Van Hoai. Their memorial is on November 24 (although several of these saints have another memorial, having been beatified and on the calendar prior to the canonization of the group).



Saint John Roberts

தூய ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ்

இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ், இங்கிலாந்தில் உள்ள நார்த் வேல்ஸில், 1577 ஆம் ஆண்டு பிறந்தார். இவருடைய குடும்பம் ஒரு செல்வச் செழிப்பான குடும்பம். அதனால் இவர் எல்லா வசதிகளும் கிடைக்கப்பெற்று மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

இவருடைய பெற்றோர் ப்ராடெஸ்டென்ட் சபையைச் சார்ந்தவர்கள். அதனால் இவரும் சிறுவயது முதலே பிராடெஸ்டென்ட் நம்பிக்கையிலே வளர்ந்துவந்தார். ஒருசமயம் கத்தோலிக்கத் திரு அவையைச் சார்ந்த குருவானவர் ஒருவர், கத்தோலிக்கத் திரு அவையின் போதனைகளையும் மறையுண்மைகளையும் எடுத்துரைத்ததைக் கேட்டுவிட்டு, ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ் கத்தோலிக்கத் திரு அவைமீது ஈடுபாடு கொள்ளத் தொடங்கினார். 1598 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர் பாரிஸ் நகருக்கு படிக்கச் சென்றபோது, அங்கு கிடைத்த ஒருசில கத்தோலிக்க நண்பர்களின் எடுத்துக்காட்டான வாழ்வால் ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ் கத்தோலிக்கத் திரு அவைக்கு வந்தார்.

நாட்கள் செல்லச் செல்ல கத்தோலிக்கத் திரு அவையின் போதனைகள் ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸிடம் பெரிய ஒரு மாற்றத்தைக் கொண்டுவந்தது. அதனால் இவர் ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டிற்குச் சென்று, குருத்துவ வாழ்விற்கு தன்னையே தயார் செய்து, 1602 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக மாறினார். இதற்குப் பின்பு இவர் அருட்தந்தை அகஸ்டின் ப்ராட்சா என்பவரோடு சேர்ந்து இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டிற்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கச் சென்றார். இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டில் கத்தோலிக்க நம்பிக்கையை அறிவிப்பது என்பது அவ்வளவு எளிதான காரியமாக இருந்துவிடவில்லை. அதற்கு இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டை ஆண்டுவந்த முதல் எலிசபெத் அரசியிடமிருந்து பயங்கர எதிர்ப்பு இருந்தது.

இதனைக் கண்டு பயன்படாமல் ஜான் ராபர்ட்சும் அவரோடு சென்ற அருட்தந்தையும் மாறுவேடம் போட்டுக்கொண்டு ஆண்டவருடைய நற்செய்தியை எடுத்துரைத்து, பலரையும் கத்தோலிக்க நம்பிக்கைக்குள் கொண்டுவந்தார்கள். இது எப்படியோ அரசிக்குச் தெரியவர, அவர், இவர்கள் இருவரையும் நாட்டைவிட்டே துரத்திவிட்டார். இதனால் இருவரும் பிரான்சில் உள்ள டுவே என்ற நகருக்கு வந்து, சில மாதங்கள் அங்கு தங்கி பணிசெய்தார்கள். ஆனால், அதே ஆண்டில் (1603) லண்டனில் கொள்ளைநோய் பரவிய செய்தியைக் கேட்டு, அங்கு உள்ள மக்களுக்கு உதவுவதற்காக ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ் மட்டும் அங்கு வந்தார். நோயினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கு இரவுபகல் பாராது உதவினார். ஆனால் ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ் இங்கிலாந்தில்தான் இருக்கின்றார் என்ற செய்தியைக் கேள்விப்பட்ட எலிசபெத் அரசி, 8 மாதங்கள் அவரை சிறையில் அடைத்துவைத்து சித்ரவதை செய்து அனுப்பினார். இதற்குப் பின்பு அரசி ஜான் ராபர்ட்சை நாட்டிற்குள் வரவேகூடாது என்று எச்சரித்து அனுப்பி வைத்தார்.

எனவே ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டிற்குச் சென்று டுவேவில் ஒரு துறவுமடத்தை நிறுவினார். அவர் நிறுவிய அந்த துறவுமடத்தில் ஏராளமான இளைஞர்கள் வந்து சேர்ந்து, துறவிகள் ஆனார்கள். இதற்கிடையில் 1606 ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஜான் ராபர்ட்சிற்கு மீண்டுமாக இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டிற்குச் சென்று நற்செய்தி அற்விக்கவேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணம் ஏற்பட்டது. அதனால் இவர் அங்கு சென்று நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். ஆனால் எலிசபெத் அரசியுடைய ஒற்றர்களின் கையில் மாட்டிக்கொண்டதால், சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டு சித்ரவதை செய்யப்பட்டார். ஓரிரு மாதங்கள் சிறையிலே இருந்த ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ், ஒருநாள் தப்பித்து வெளியே வந்துவிட்டார்.


இப்படி ஜான் ராபர்ட்ஸ் கத்தோலிக்க நம்பிக்கையையும் நற்செய்தியையும் மக்களுக்கு எடுத்துச் சொல்வதும், அரசாங்கம் அவரை சிறையில் அடைப்பதும், அதிலிருந்து அவர் தம்பித்துப் போவதுமாகத் தொடர்ந்துகொண்டே இருந்தது. 1610 ஆம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் 2 ஆம் நாள், இவர் டைபர்ன் என்ற இடத்தில் திருப்பலி நிறைவேற்றிக் கொண்டிருந்தபோது, படைவீரர்கள் இவரைச் சுற்றி வளைத்து சிறையில் அடைத்தார்கள். பின்னர் டிசம்பர் 10 ஆம் நாள், இவரைக் தூக்கிலிட்டுக் கொன்றுபோட்டார்கள். இவருடைய உடலானது டுவேவிற்குக் கொண்டுவரப்பட்டு அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது. இவருக்கு 1970 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Additional Memorials

• 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 John and Anna Roberts; his ancestors were princes in Wales. Raised Protestant, John always felt an affinity for Catholicism. He studied at Saint John's College, Oxford from 1595 to 1597, but left without a degree. He then studied law at the Inns of Court at age 21. In 1598, while travelling in France, he joined the Church of Rome at Notre Dame in Paris.


Entered the English College at Valladolid, Spain on 18 October 1598. He left the College in 1599 to join the Abbey of Saint Benedict in Valladolid. Benedictine novice at the Abbey of Saint Martin in Compostela, Spain in 1600. Ordained there.


Father John returned to England as a missioner, leaving on 26 December 1602, and entering the country in April 1603. Arrested in May 1603, and exiled. Returned to England in 1604, and worked with plague victims in London; arrested and banished again. Returned to England in 1605. During a search for suspects involved in the Gunpowder Plot, John was found in the home of Mrs Thomas Percy, and was arrested again. Though he had no connection to the Plot, he spent seven months in prison, and was exiled again in July 1606.


While in exile he founded a house in Douai for exiled English Benedictines; this house became the monastery of Saint Gregory. Responsible for the conversion of Blessed Maurus Scott. Returned to England in October 1607, was arrested in December, and sent to Gatehouse prison. He escaped, and spent a year working in London, but was again arrested. His execution was scheduled for May 1609, but the intercession of the French ambassador led to a reduction in sentence; he was exiled yet again.


Returned to England a few months later, he was arrested while celebrating Mass on 2 December 1610. Convicted on 5 December 1610 of the crime of priesthood. Martyred with Blessed Thomas Somers.


Born

1577 at Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, Gwynedd, northern Wales


Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1610 at Tyburn, London, England

• body taken to Saint Gregory's in Douai, France, but disappeared during the French Revolution

• two fingers are preserved at Downside Abbey and Erdington Abbey


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI



Blessed María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas


Profile

Born to pious parents, the daughter of Joaquín Riquelme y Gómez and María Emilia Zayas de la Vega. She received a good education, studying painting, singing, piano and languages. At age 7, Maria received a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus; she made a vow to devote herself to God, and consecrated herself to Our Lady of Carmel. Maria's mother died when the girl was 8 years old.



As she grew older, she explained her call to religious life to her father; he wouldn't have it, and arranged many social events for her; she wouldn't have it and ignored most of them to spend her time visiting hospitals and ministering to the poor. Any money she received, she gave away to poor young women to keep them from a life of prostitution, and to young men who felt a call to the priesthood.


When her father died in 1885, Maria tried to enter religious life, but health problems forced her to give up. She built a chapel at her house, and spent her time praying and helping the poor. Her work and personal piety attracted other like-minded women, and they formed a community which became the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Mary Immaculate. They received archdiocesan approval in 1896, and Mother Maria became their superior, serving the remaining 44 years of her life. The Missionaries continue their good work today in Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and the United States.


Born

5 August 1847 in Granada, Spain


Died

10 December 1940 in Granada Spain of natural causes


Beatified

• 9 November 2019 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Encarnación in Granada, Spain with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu the chief celebrant


Patronage

Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Mary Immaculate



Saint Eustace White


Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai


Profile

Convert to Catholicism which led to his anti-Catholic father cursing him and caused a permanent estrangement from his family. In 1584 Eustace began studies for the priesthood in Rheims, France and Rome, Italy, and was ordained at the English College in Rome in 1588. In November 1588 he returned to the west of England to minister to covert Catholics. The Church was going through a period of persecution in England, made even worse by the attack of the Armada from Catholic Spain. Arrested in Blandford, Dorset, England on 1 September 1591 for the crime of being a priest. He was lodged in Bridwell prison in London, and repeatedly tortured. At his trial he forgave the judges who sentenced him to death. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.


Born

1559 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England


Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 in Tyburn, London, England


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI



Blessed Giuseppe Antonio Migliavacca


Also known as

Arsenio of Trigolo



Profile

The fifth of twelve children born to Glicerio Migliavacca and Annunziata Strumia. Giuseppe entered the diocesan seminary in Cremona, Italy in 1863, and was ordained a priest in 1874. Parish priest in Cassano d'Adda, Italy. Joined the Jesuits in 1875. He founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix in 1893, and the sisters continue their good work today with hundreds of members in several countries. In 1902 Father Giuseppe felt a new calling, and became a Capuchin friar novice.


Born

13 June 1849 in Trigolo, Cremona, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (modern Italy)


Died

• 10 December 1909 in his convent cell in Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy of a brain aneurysm

• buried in the city cemetery of Bergamo

• re-interred in the cemetery of Cepino Imagna, Italy in 1940

• re-interred in the chapel of the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix in Milan, Italy on 13 October 1953


Beatified

• 7 October 2017 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition was celebrated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente in Milan, Italy with Cardinal Angelo Amato as the chief celebrant

• the beatification miracle involved the healing of Sister Ausalia Ferrario from pulmonary and intestinal tuberculosis; the miracle occurred in the chapel of the Sisters of Mary convent in Voghera, Italy on 17 October 1946 after those present at a Eucharistic Adoration prayed for the intercession of Father Giuseppe


Patronage

Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix



Our Lady of Loreto


Profile

The title Our Lady of Loreto refers to the Holy House of Loreto, the house in which Mary was born, and where the Annunciation occurred, and to an ancient statue of Our Lady which is found there. Tradition says that a band of angels scooped up the little house from the Holy Land, and transported it first to Tersato, Dalmatia in 1291, then Recanati, Italy in 1294, and finally to Loreto, Italy where it has been for centuries. It was this flight that led to her patronage of people involved in aviation, and the long life of the house that has led to the patronage of builders, construction workers, etc. It is the first shrine of international renown dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and has been known as a Marian center for centuries. Popes have always held the Shrine of Loreto in special esteem, and it is under their direct authority and protection.



Patronage

• air crews • Air Forces • aircraft pilots • Argentinian Air Force • Arpino, Italy • aviation • aviators • Belgian air crews • builders • construction workers • flyers • flying • Ghajnsielem Gozo, Italy • Guidonia Montecelio, Italy • Italy • Loreto, Italy • Spanish air crews •




Pope Saint Gregory III


Profile

Priest at Saint Crisogono Church in Rome, Italy; except that his father's name was John, nothing else is known about his life prior to being elected 90th pope by popular acclamation in 731. Noted for his learning and virtue. The beginning of his pontificate was troubled by the excesses of the iconoclasts. He called a synod in November 731 to condemn iconoclasm; iconoclast leaders responded by seizing papal territories and assets, and insisting on the ecclestiastical allegiance to the Patriarch of Constantinople. The end of Gregory's reign was troubled by the invasions of the Lombards, against these he sought the help of Charles Martel, establishing ties with the French crown that would echo for centuries. Gregory promoted the Church in northern Europe, supporting the missions of Saint Boniface in Germany and Saint Willibald in Bohemia, bestowed palliums on Egbert of York and Saint Tatwine of Canterbury, beautified Rome, and supported monasticism in general.



Born

• in Syria

• last pope born outside Europe until the ascension of Pope Francis


Papal Ascension

• elected on 11 February 731

• enthroned in March 731


Died

28 November 741 of natural causes



Saint Eulalia of Merida

 மெரிடா நகர் புனிதர் யூலேலியா 

மெரிடா நகர் மறைசாட்சி:

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 290

மெரிடா, ஸ்பெயின்

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 304 

மெரிடா, ஸ்பெயின்

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை 

மரபுவழி கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை 

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

சேன் சல்வேடோர் தேவாலயம்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 10

பாதுகாவல்: 

மெரிடா, ஸ்பெயின், ஒவியேடோ, வீட்டை விட்டு ஓடிப்போனவர்கள், துன்புருத்தப்பட்டோர், கைம்பெண்.

(Mérida, Spain, Oviedo, Runaways, Torture Victims; Widows)

புனிதர் யூலேலியா, அந்நாளைய “லூசிடானியாவின்” (Lusitania) தலைநகரான "எமெரிடாவில்" (Emerita) (தற்போதைய “ஸ்பெயின்” (Spain) நாட்டின் “மெரிடா” (Mérida) நகர்) "டயோக்லேஷியன்" (Diocletian) மற்றும் "மேக்ஸிமியன்" (Maximian) ஆகியோரால் துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்ட, பதினாலே வயதான ஒரு இளம் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க புனிதர் ஆவார்.

ஓர் பக்தியுள்ள கிறிஸ்தவ குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த இவர், குழந்தைப் பருவத்திலிருந்தே தனிமையில் செபிக்கும் வழக்கம் கொண்டிருந்தார். அக்காலத்தில் கத்தோலிக்க எதிர்ப்பு நிலவிய காரணத்தால், அவரது தாயார் அவரை கிராமப் புறங்களில் மறைத்து வைத்திருந்தார்.

ஆனால் அதையும் மீறி ஓடிப்போன பதினாலே வயதான கன்னிப் பெண்ணான யூலேலியா, “எமெரிடாவிலுள்ள” (Emerita) “கவர்னர் டாசியானின்” (Governor Dacian) அரசவைக்கு சென்றார். அங்கே, பலர் அறிய தான் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவர் என பிரகடணம் செய்தார். பாகன் மதத்தினரையும் பேரரசன் "மாக்ஸிமியானையும்" (Maximian) இழித்துப் பேசினார். அவரது தைரியம் அனைவரையும் பிரமிக்கச் செய்தது. தம்மை மறைசாட்சியாக வதைத்துக் கொல்லும்படி சவால் விடுத்தார்.

கிறிஸ்தவ மறையை பின்பற்றக்கூடாது என்றும், பாகன் மதத்துக்கு வந்துவிடும்படியும் எவ்வளவோ நயமாகவும் பயமுறுத்தியும் பார்த்த நீதிபதியின் முயற்சிகள் யாவும் வீணாயின. யூலேலியா இதை மீறியதால் சிறைப்பிடித்து செல்லப்பட்டார். படைவீரர்கள் இவரை கொண்டு சென்று தனிமையான சிறையில் அடைத்தனர். அவரின் ஆடைகள் களையப்பட்டன. வியக்கத்தக்க வகையில் பனித்துகள்கள் அவரது நிர்வாண உடலை மறைத்து அவர் ஒரு தேவதை போல காட்சியளித்தார்.

உயிருள்ள உடலின்மேல் நெருப்பு மூட்டினர். நெருப்பினாலும் புகையாலும் மூச்சு திணறியது. அப்போதும் கூட அவரின் நா இறைவனை புகழ்ந்து கொண்டே இருந்தது. இதனால் ஆத்திரமடைந்த படைவீரர்கள் அவரை அடுப்பிலிட்டு உயிரோடு எரித்துக் கொன்றனர். யூலேலியா மரித்த வேளையில், அவரது வாயிலிருந்து ஒரு புறா பறந்து வெளியே சென்றது.

யூலேலியாவின் கல்லறையின் மீது விரைவிலேயே ஒரு திருத்தலம் அமைக்கப்பட்டது. ஐந்தாம் நூற்றாண்டின் ஸ்பேனிஷ்-ரோமன் கவிஞர் "ப்ருடென்ஷியஸ்" (Prudentius) எழுதிய கவிதைகளில் யூலேலியாவை புகழ்ந்து பாடியுள்ள ஏடுகள் இன்றளவும் உள்ளன. அவரது கவிதைகள் யூலேலியாவின் புகழை மென்மேலும் உயர்த்தின. கி.பி. 560ம் ஆண்டு, 'மெரிடா' மறை மாவட்டத்தின் ஆயர் "ஃபிடேலிஸ்" (Bishop Fidelis of Mérida) யூலேலியாவின் கல்லறை மீதிருந்த திருத்தலத்தை புணரமைத்தார். ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் "விஸிகோதிக்" (Visigothic) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள இவரது திருத்தலம் மிகவும் பிரபலம் பெற்றது.


கி.பி. 780ம் ஆண்டு, இவரது உடலை "ஒவியேடோ" (Oviedo) என்னும் இடத்திற்கு அரசன் "சிலோ" (King Silo) கொண்டு சென்றார். அது தற்போது, கி.பி. 1075ம் ஆண்டு, "ஆறாம் அல்ஃபோன்சோ" (Alfonso VI) தானமாக அளித்த அரபு வெள்ளி சவப்பேழையில் (Coffin of Arab silver) இருக்கிறது.

Also known as

Aulaire, Aulazie, Olalla



Profile

A consecrated virgin who, from her early youth, wanted to be a martyr. During the Diocletian persecutions, when she was around 12 to 14 years old (sources vary), she went to the tribunal, and confessed her faith on her own initiative. Tortured and martyred with Saint Julia of Merida. Legend says that when she was thrown naked into the street, snow fell to cover her; later when her ashes were dumped in a field, snow fell on them to create a burial pall. Often confused with Saint Eulalia of Barcelona.


Born

c.290 in Spain


Died

tortured and burned alive c.304 Merida, Spain


Patronage

• Merida, Spain

• Oviedo, Spain

• runaways

• torture victims

• widows


Representation

• young woman with a cross, stake, and dove

• naked young woman lying in the snow



Saint Polydore Plasden


Also known as

Oliver Palmer


Additional Memorials

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of the English College

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


Profile

Son of a horn maker. Studied for the priesthood at Rheims, France and the English College in Rome, Italy. Ordained on 7 December 1586, he return to England to minister to covert Catholics during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I. Arrested on 2 November 1591 at the home of Saint Swithun Wells in Gray's Inn Fields while Saint Edmund Gennings was celebrating Mass. Executed for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.


Born

1563 in London, England


Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 in Tyburn, London, England


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI




Saint Angelina of Serbia

செர்பியா_நாட்டுப்_புனித_ஏஞ்சலினா (-1510)

டிசம்பர் 10

இவர் (#StAngelinaOfSerbia) அல்பேனியாவில் பிறந்தவர்; இவரது தந்தை அல்பேனியாவை ஆண்டு வந்த ஜார்ஜ் ஸ்கென்டர்பெர்க் என்பவர் ஆவார்.

சிறுவயது முதலே இவரது தாயார் இவரைக் கிறிஸ்தவ நெறியின்படி வளர்த்து வந்தார். இதனால் இவருக்குக் கிறிஸ்துவின்மீது மிகுந்த அன்பு ஏற்பட்டது. 

இந்நிலையில் செர்பியாவை ஆண்டுவந்த ஸ்டீபன் பிரான்கோவிச் எதிரிகளிடமிருந்து வந்த ஆபத்திலிருந்து தன்னைக் காத்துக்கொள்ள அல்பேனியாவை ஆண்டுவந்த ஜார்ஜ் ஸ்கென்டர்பெர்க்கிடம்  தஞ்சம் அடைந்தார்.

தன்னிடம் தஞ்சம் அடைந்த ஸ்டீபன் பிரான்கோவிச்சை ஜார்ஜ் ஸ்கென்டர்பெர்க் நல்ல முறையில் கவனித்துக் கொண்டார். நாள்கள் மெல்ல உருண்டு ஓடியபொழுது ஸ்டீபன் பிரான்கோவிச்சிற்கும் ஏஞ்சலா விற்கும் இடையே காதல் மலர்ந்தது. பின்னர் பெற்றோரின் சம்மதத்துடன் இருவருக்கும் திருமணம் நடைபெற்றது.

திருமண வாழ்வில் இவர்கள் இருவருக்கும்  இறைவன் ஜான், ஜார்ஜ் என்ற இரண்டு குழந்தைகளைக் கொடுத்து அருள் பாலித்தார். இப்படி வாழ்க்கை மகிழ்ச்சியாகச் சென்று கொண்டிருக்கையில் ஏஞ்சலா தனது கணவர் மற்றும் பிள்ளைகளுடன் செர்பியாவிற்குச் சென்றார்.

அங்குச் சென்ற ஒரு சில ஆண்டுகளிலேயே இவரது கணவர் எதிரிகளால் கொல்லப்பட்டார். இதனால் இவர் கைம்பெண் ஆனார். இதற்குப் பிறகு இவர் தன்னுடைய இரண்டு பிள்ளைகளுக்கும் நல்லதொரு வாழ்க்கையை அமைத்துக் கொடுத்துவிட்டுத்  துறவற வாழ்க்கையை மேற்கொண்டார். 


துறவற வாழ்வில் முன்பு தான் வசதியான வாழ்க்கையை வாழ்ந்தவள் என்றெல்லாம் நினையாமல், மிகுந்த தாழ்ச்சியோடு சாதாரண பணிகளையும் செய்தார். தன் வாழ்வின் இறுதி நாள்களில் இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் நோன்பிற்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வாழ்ந்து வந்த இவர், 1510 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

• Angelina of Krusedol

• Angelina of Krushedol

• Angelina Arianit Komneni

• Angelina Brankovic

• Mother Angelina



Profile

Born to the nobility, the daughter of Prince Georg Skenderberg of Albania. Married to King Stefan Brankovic of Serbia, and with him live in Mexile. As a mother she concentrated on the Christian part of her sons' education. Widowed, she renounced her position in the world to become a nun and then abbess at the Krushedol abbey so she could spend her days in prayer and caring for the poor.


Born

late 15th-century in modern day Berat, Albania as Angelina Arianit Komneni


Died

• 1510 in Fruska Gora, Serbia of natural causes

• buried beside her husband and sons Stephen and John Maxim in Krusedol Abbey



Saint Swithun Wells


Additional Memorial

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



Profile

Married layman teacher in the apostolic vicariate of England. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for having provided shelter to priests, noteably Saint Edmund Gennings and Saint Polydore Plasden, hiding from the anti-Catholic authorities, and for permitting Mass to be celebrated in his house.


Born

1536 in Bambridge, Hampshire, England


Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 in Tyburn, London, England


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI




Saint Edmund Gennings


Also known as

Edmund Jennings



Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai


Profile

Convert to Catholicism at age 17. He studied and was ordained at Rheims, France in 1590. He then returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Martyr.


Born

1567 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England


Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Gray's Inn Fields, Tyburn, London, England


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI




Pope Saint Miltiades


Also known as

Melchiades



Profile

Pope during the time that Constantine the Great declared tolerance for Christians in the Roman Empire. Counted as a martyr on many lists due to the sufferings he endured prior to the toleration decree. May have been Pope when the Church was given the Lateran Palace which became the pope's residence and the seat of the central administration of the Church. Saint Augustine of Hippo thought highly of him, and mentioned him in his writings.


Born

Africa


Papal Ascension

2 July 311


Died

11 January 314 at Rome, Italy



Blessed Brian Lacey


Profile

Yorkshire country gentleman. Cousin, companion and assistant to Venerable Father Montford Scott Arrested in 1586 for helping and hiding priests. Arrested again in 1591 when his own brother Richard betrayed him, Brian was tortured at Bridewell prison to learn the names of more people who had helped priests. Finally arraigned down the Old Bailey, he was condemed to death for his faith, for aiding priests and encouraging Catholics. Martyr.


Born

Brockdish, Norfolk, England


Died

hanged on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England


Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI



Blessed Thomas Somers


Also known as

Thomas Wilson


Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai


Profile

Schoolmaster. Seminarian in Douai, France. Priest. Returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in London, sometimes using the alias Thomas Wilson. Arrested and condemned to death for the crime of being a priest. Martyred with Saint John Roberts.


Born

Skelsmergh, Westmoreland, England


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1610 at Tyburn, London, England


Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI



Blessed Bruno of Rommersdorf


Also known as

• Bruno von Braunsberg

• Brun


Profile

Born to the noblity in Braunschweig, Germany. Knight. He gave up worldly privilete and joined the Premonstratensians. Abbot of the Rommersdorf cloister near Engers am Rhein, Germany; he expanded the house and enlarged its library. Assigned by Pope Honorius III to preach Crusade in the Rhineland. Friend of Blessed Louis IV of Thuringia and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.


Born

12th century Germany


Died

10 December 1236 of natural causes



Blessed Marco Antonio Durando


Also known as

Marcantonio Durando



Profile

Priest in the Congregation of the Mission of Saint Vincent de Paul. Founded the Institute of the Sisters of Jesus the Nazarene.


Born

22 May 1801 in Mondovi, Italy


Died

10 December 1880 in Turin, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

20 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed John Mason


Additional Memorial

1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University


Profile

Layman. Servant to a Mr Owen of Oxfordshire. Arrested for harbouring priests in general, and Saint Edmund Gennings in particular, physically restraining the men who were going to arrest Gennings during Mass. Martyr.


Born

at Kendal, Westmoreland, England


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England


Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI



Saint Mercury of Lentini


Also known as

• Mercury of Leontium

• Mercurius of...


Profile

Officer in the imperial Roman army. Led a group of soldiers escorting Christian prisoners to trial during the persecutions of emperor Licinius and governor Tertyllus. Mercurius and many of his men were converted to the faith by the prisoners while on the road, and were martyred with them.


Died

beheaded in Lentini, Sicily, Italy



Saint Thomas of Farfa


Profile

Benedictine monk. Pilgrim to the Holy Land. Lived as a hermit near Farfa Abbey, Italy. Friend of the duke of Spoleto, Italy. Restored Farfa Abbey with the financial aid of the duke. Abbot.



Born

at Maurienne, Savoy, France


Died

c.720 of natural causes



Holy House of Loreto


About


The feast is so named from the tradition that the house where the Holy Family lived in Nazareth, was transported by angels to the city of Loreto, Italy. The Holy House is now encased by a basilica. It has been one of the famous shrines of the Blessed Virgin since the 13th century.



Saint Gemellus of Ancyra


Also known as

• Gemellus of Edessa

• Gemellus of Paphlagonia



Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.


Died

crucified in 362 at Ancyra, Galatia (Asia Minor)



Blessed Fulgentius of Afflighem


Profile

Benedictine monk at the monastery of Saint Airy in Verdun, France. When the monastery, was dissolved due to political conflicts, Fulgentius became monk and then abbot of the monastery of Afflighem, Belgium.


Born

latter 11th century in Wallonia (in modern Belgium)



Blessed Sidney Hodgson


Profile

Layman. Convert. Martyred for assisting priests during a period of English history when Catholicism was outlawed.


Born

English


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England


Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI



Saint Caesarius of Epidamnus


Also known as

• Caesarius of Durazzo

• Caesarius of Durrës

• Caesarius of Dyrrachium

• Cesare of...


Profile

One of the 72 disciples of Christ described in Acts. Bishop of Epidamnus (modern Durrës, Albania). Martyr.



Blessed Albert of Sassovivo


Profile

Born to the nobility, the son of Count Gualterio of Sassovivo, Foligno, Umbria, Italy who gave land to Blessed Mainard the land to build the Benedictine Holy Cross Abbey. Albert became a monk and later abbot there.


Died

c.1012 of natural causes



Blessed Sebastian Montanol


Profile

Dominican missionary to Zacateca, Mexico. When some natives treated the Eucharist with disrespect, Sebastian chastised them; they murdered him.


Born

Spanish


Died

murdered in 1616 in Zacateca, Mexico



Saint Sindulf of Vienne


Also known as

Dreiuls, Sindolf, Sindulfe, Sindulfus, Sindulphe, Sindulphus, Syndulphe


Profile

Bishop of Vienne, France. Attended councils in 625 and 630. Encouraged the monastic life in his diocese.


Died

c.669



Blessed Guglielmo de Carraria


Also known as

William of Carraria


Profile

Soldier. Mercedarian knight at the convent of Santa Maria d'Esteron in Menorca, Spain. Noted for his austere lifestyle and personal piety.



Saint Carpophorus


Also known as

Carpoforo


Profile

Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.


Died

martyred c.300 at Spoleto, Italy or Seville, Spain (records vary)


Patronage

Arona, Italy



Saint Guitmarus


Also known as

Guimar, Guimare, Guimer, Guitmaire, Guitmar, Guitmer, Vitmar, Vitmarus, Widmar, Widmer, Witmaire, Witmar, Witmer


Profile

Abbot at Saint-Riquier Abbey, Normandy, France.


Died

c.765



Saint Florentius of Carracedo


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Benedictine monk. Abbot of the house at Carracedo, Leon, Spain. Greatly esteemed by King Alphonsus VII.


Died

1156 of natural causes



Saint Deusdedit of Brescia


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Bishop of Brescia, Italy. Played a leading role in the councils convened against the Monothelite heresies.


Died

c.700



Saint Abundius


Also known as

Abundantius


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Deacon. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.


Died

c.300 at Spoleto, Italy or Seville, Spain (records vary)



Saint Maurus of Rome


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Child martyr, celebrated by Pope Damasus.


Died

Via Salaria, Rome, Italy



Saint Julia of Merida


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Martyred with Saint Eulalia of Merida in the persecutions of Diocletian.


Died

c.304 at Merida, Spain



Saint Hildemar of Beauvais


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Benedictine monk at Corbie Abbey. Bishop of Beauvais, France in 821.


Died

c.844



Saint Lucerius


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Benedictine monk at Farfa, Italy. Abbot of the house at Maurienne, France.


Died

740 of natural causes



Saint Valeria


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Roman martyr whose cultus was very popular in France during the time of Saint Eligius.



Martyrs of Alexandria


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A group of Christians murdered for their faith in the persecutions of Galerius Maximian. The only details that have survived are three of the names - Eugraphus, Hermogenes and Mennas.


Died

beheaded c.312 at Alexandria, Egypt



Martyred in the Spanish Civil War


Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:


• Blessed Agustín García Calvo

• Blessed Antonio Martín Hernández

• Blessed Emérico Martín Rubio

• Blessed Gonzalo Viñes Masip


Also celebrated but no entry yet

• Luca di Melicucc`