St. Nicholas, Alexandra, and Companions
Last Romanov rulers of Russia and martyrs. Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra are considered martyrs for the Russian people and were canonized soon after the Russian Orthodox Church was established in exile, following the Russian Revolution and the assassination of the Tsar and his family. Joining the Tsar and Tsarina as saints were their children, Alexis, Tatiana, Olga, Marie, and the famed Anastasia, along with a large number of monks, nuns, and priests who died because of their direct associations with the imperial family. The veneration of the last of the Romanov rulers of Russia has been especially heightened in the last decade, given the collapse of the Soviet Union and the lifting of the oppression against the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in Russia.
St. Ansueris
Benedictine martyr with twenty-eight companions. Ansueris was a nobleman and abbot of St. Georgenberg Abbey, near Ratzburg, in Denmark. He and twenty-eight other monks were stoned to death by the Wends following the death of Emperor Henry III.
Bl. Ceslaus
Born c. 1184
Kamień Śląski, Silesia, Poland
Died 1242
Wrocław, Poland
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 1713 by Pope Clement XI
Feast 16 July
Blessed Ceslaus was the son of a noble Silesian family and possibly St. Hyacinth's brother. Hee was ordained, became a canon in Cracow, Poland, a provost at St. Mary's in Sandomir, went to Rome, and was received into the Dominicans by St. Dominic. Blessed Ceslaus preached in Poland, Silesia, Pomerania, and Bohemia, was spiritual adviser to St. Hedwig, was elected provincial of the Polish province, and became prior of a priory at Breslau. His prayers were credited for the defeat of Tartans attacking Breslau in Silesia during their invasion of 1240. His cult was confirmed in 1713. His feast day is July 17.
Ceslaus, O.P., (Polish: Czesław) (c. 1184 – c. 1242) was born in Kamień Śląski in Silesia, Poland, of the noble family of Odrowąż, and was a relative, possibly the brother, of Hyacinth of Poland.
Biography
Having studied philosophy at Prague, he pursued his theological and juridical studies at the University of Bologna, after which he returned to Cracow, where he held the office of canon and custodian of the church of Sandomierz.
About 1218 he accompanied his uncle Ivo, Bishop of Cracow, to Rome. Hearing of the great sanctity of Dominic of Osma, who had recently been attributed the miracle of resuscitating the nephew of Cardinal Stefano di Fossa Nova who had been killed in a fall from his horse,[1][2] Ceslaus, together with Hyacinth, sought admission into the Order of Friars Preachers.
In 1219 Pope Honorius III invited Dominic and his companions to take up residence at the ancient Roman basilica of Santa Sabina, which they did by early 1220. Hyacinth and Ceslaus along with their companions Herman and Henry were among the first to enter the studium of the Dominican Order at Rome out of which would grow the 16th-century College of Saint Thomas at Santa Maria sopra Minerva and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in the 20th century. After an abbreviated novitiate Ceslaus, Hyacinth and their companions received the religious habit of the Order from Dominic himself in 1220.[3]
Their novitiate completed, Dominic sent the young friars back as missionaries to their own country. Establishing a friary at Friesach in Austria, they proceeded to Cracow whence Ceslaus was sent by Hyacinth to Prague, the metropolis of Bohemia.
Labouring with much fruit throughout the Diocese of Prague, Ceslaus went to Wrocław, where he founded a large priory, and then extended his missionary labours over a vast territory, embracing Bohemia, Poland, Pomerania, and Saxony.
Sometime after the death of Hyacinth he was chosen the Provincial Superior for Poland. Whilst he was superior of the convent of Wrocław all Poland was threatened by the Mongols. The city of Wrocław being besieged, the people sought the aid of Ceslaus, who by his prayers miraculously averted the impending calamity. Four persons are said to have been raised to life by him. He died at Wrocław. His tomb is located in the Church of St. Adalbert in Wrocław.
Having always been venerated as a blessed, his cult was finally confirmed by Pope Clement XI in 1713. His feast is celebrated throughout the Dominican Order on 16 July.
Blessed Pavol Gojdic
Also known as
• Pavel Peter Gojdic
• Peter Gojdic
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Son of the Greek-Catholic priest Stefan Gojdic and Anna Gerberyová. Attended elementary school at Cigelka, Bardejov and PreSov, finishing in 1907. Studied theology at PreSov, Slovak Republic and then Budapest where he consecrated himself and his work to the Sacred Heart. Finishing his studies on 27 August 1911, he was ordained soon after. Worked briefly as assistant parish priest with his father. Prefect of the eparchial seminary, and taught religion in a higher secondary school. Supervised protocol and the archives in the diocesan curia. Assistant parish priest in Sabinov. Director of the episcopal office in 1919.
In a surprise move, he joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great at Cernecia Hora on 20 July 1922, making his vows on 27 January 1923, and taking the name Pavol. Apostolic administrator of PreSov on 14 September 1926; during his installation he said, "With the help of God I want to be a father to orphans, a support for the poor and consoler to the afflicted." His first official act was a pastoral letter on the 1100th anniversary of the birth of Saint Cyril, apostle to his Pavol's people.
Bishop on 7 March 1927; his episcopal motto: God is love, let us love Him! Promoted the spiritual life of the clergy and laity. Founded new parishes, and insured proper and valid liturgical celebrations. Built orphanages, founded the Greek-Catholic school in PreSov in 1936, and supported the publications Messenger of the Gospel and Thy Kingdom Come. Great devotion to the Real Presence and the Sacred Heart.
Apostolic administrator at Mukacevo in Slovakia on 13 April 1939. Due to difficulties between Pavol and the local government, he tendered his resignation from the position. The Pope refused to accept it, and instead ordained him residential bishop of PreSov on 8 August 1940. On 15 January 1946 he was confirmed in his jurisdiction over the Greek-Catholics in the whole of Czecho-Slovakia.
The Church in the region received a serious blow with the seizure of power by the Communists in 1948, and their immediate fight against the Greek-Catholic Church. Bishop Gojdic refused to submit the Greek-Catholics to Russian Orthodoxy, or dismantle the Church in accord with Communist ideology. The government isolated him from the clergy and the faithful, and simultaneously tried to bribe him with offers of support and power if he would break from Rome. "I will not deny my faith," he said. "Do not even come to me."
On 28 April 1950, the Communists outlawed the Greek-Catholic Church. Bishop Pavol was imprisoned, and in a show-trial in January 1951, convicted of treason. Sentenced to life without parole and stripped of civil rights, he was moved from prison to prison, constantly abused; in response he prayed in silence, and celebrating the liturgy in secret. In the amnesty of 1953, his sentence was commuted to 25 years in prison, which in practical terms was a life sentence. At one point he was advised that he could straight from prison to PreSov, on condition that he become patriarch of the Orthodox church in Czecho-Slovakia; bishop Pavol explained that this would be a sin against God, a betrayal of the Holy Father, of his conscience and of the persecuted faithful. His sentence continued, the abuse continued, and his health finally broke; he spent his remaining months in the prison hospital, and died there.
Bishop Pavol was legally rehabilitated on 27 September 1990, and has posthumously received the Order of T. G. Masaryk - II class, and with the Cross of Pribina - 1st class, one of the great honours of his native land.
Born
17 July 1888 at Ruské Peklany, PreSov, Slovak Republic as Peter Gojdic
Died
• 17 July 1960 in the prison hospital at Leopoldov, Hlohovec, Slovak Republic of illness and maltreatment received in prison
• buried in the prison cemetery with a marker reading only "681"
• relics translated to PreSov on 29 October 1968
• relics relocated to the chapel of the Greek-Catholic Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in PreSov on 15 May 1990
Beatified
4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Alexius of Rome
உரோம் நாட்டின் புனித அலெக்சிஸ்
குணமாக்குதலும் உதவுதலும்
திருப்பயணியர் மற்றும் பிச்சைக்காரர்களின் காவலர்
அலெக்ஸிஸ் என்பவர் அலெக்ஸியஸ் மற்றும் அலெசியோ என்றும் அழைக்கப்பட்டவர் உரோமை நகரிலுள்ள உயர்குடும்ப பெற்றோருக்கு ஒரே மகன். சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே அலெக்சிஸ் மதப்பற்று மிக்கவராக இருந்தார். ஓர் அரசிளங்குமரிக்கு திருமணம் நிச்சயிக்கப்பட்டு, அவரை ஆடம்பரமாகத் திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டார். திருமணம் நடைபெற்ற அந்த இரவில் அலெக்ஸின் மனைவி அவரை விடுவிக்க மனிமிசைந்தார். அவர் இரகசியமாக தனது தந்தை வீட்டிலிருந்து விடுவித்துக் கொண்டு சிரியாவுக்கு கால்நடையாகச் சென்றடைந்தார். அவர் அங்கு குடியேறி ஒரு பிச்சைக்காரராக, எடிசா மாதா கோவிலிலருகில், ஒரு குடிசையில் 17 ஆண்டுகளாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். அந்த நேர்மையான கிறிஸ்தவர் தனக்குத் தேவையானதை மட்டும் பெற்றுக்கொண்டார். இதற்கிடையில் அலெக்சிஸின் பெற்றோரின் பணியாளர்கள் அவரைத் தேடி சிரியாவுக்கு வந்தனர். அலெக்சி‘க்கு மகிழ்ச்சியும் எதிர்பாராத அதிர்ச்சியுமாக அவர்கள் அலெக்சிஸை அடையாளம் கண்டுகொள்ளவில்லை. அவர்கள் அவரை பிச்சைக்காரன் என்றெண்ணி அவருக்க பிச்சை போட்டனர்.
கடவுளின் மனிதர் :
கன்னிமரியாள் அலெக்சி‘க்குக் காட்சி தந்து, அதிசயமாக அவரிடம் பேசியதையும் அவரைக் கடவுளின் மனிதர் என்று அழைத்ததையும் கண்டு, அலெக்சிஸ் எல்லோருக்கும் தெரிந்த மனிதராக மாறினார். மறைவாக வாழமுடியாமல், தர்சு நகரிலுள்ள தூய பவுலின் இல்லத்திற்கு செல்ல கப்பலேறினார். ஆனால் இத்தாலியில் உரோம் நகரை நோக்கிக் காற்று வீசியதால், அவர் உரோம் வந்து சேர்ந்தார். அலெக்சிஸ் தனது குடும்பத்தாரின் வீட்டுக்குச் சென்றார். அவரது பெற்றோர் அவரை இனம் கண்டுகொள்ளவில்லை. அலெக்சிஸ் தங்குவதற்கு இடம் கேட்டதின்பேரில், படிக்கட்டுகளின் கீழ் படுத்துறங்க அனுமதி அளிக்கப்பட்டது. அங்கேயே மேலும் 17 ஆண்டுகள் தங்கியிருந்து ஜெபிப்பதும் குழந்தைகளுக்கு மறைக்கல்வி கற்றுக்கொடுப்பதுமாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். இறப்பு தன்னை நெருங்குவதை உணர்ந்த அலெக்சிஸ், அவர் தனது வாழ்க்கைச் சரிதையை பற்றி கதையாகக் கடிதத்தில் எழுதினார். 404 ஆம் ஆண்டு போப் நிகழ்த்திய திருப்பலியில் ஒரு அசரீரீ குரல் கேட்டது. கடவுளின் மனிதரைத் தேடுங்கள், அவர் உரோமுக்காக வேண்டுவார். கடவுள் அவருக்கு செவிசாய்ப்பார். அவர் வெள்ளிக்கிழமையன்று இறப்பார். அந்த வாரம் அலெக்சிஸ் படிக்கட்டின் கீழ் தனது கையில் கடிதத்துடன் இறந்து கிடந்தார்.
Also known as
• Alexis of Rome
• Alexis the Beggar
• The Man of God
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The only son of a wealthy Christian Roman senator. The young man wanted to devote himself to God, but his parents arranged a marriage for him. On his wedding day his fiancee agreed to release him and let him follow his vocation. He fled his parent's home disguised as a beggar, and lived near a church in Syria. A vision of Our Lady at the church pointed him out as exceptionally holy, calling him the "Man of God". This drew attention to him, which caused him to return to Rome, Italy where he would not be known. He came as a beggar to his own home. His parents did not recognize him, but were kind to all the poor, and let him stay there. Alexis lived for seventeen years in a corner under the stairs, praying, and teaching catechism to small children. At his death an unseen voice was heard to proclaim him 'The Man of God', and afterwards his family found a note on his body which told them who he was and how he had lived his life of penance from the day of his wedding until then, for the love of God.
Died
early 5th century
Patronage
• Alexians
• beggars
• belt makers
• nurses
• pilgrims
• travellers
Representation
• dying man with a letter in his hand
• man holding a ladder
• man in a pilgrim's habit holding a staff
• man lying beneath a staircase
• man lying on a mat
• old and very ragged beggar with a dish
• dish
• old man dressed as a pilgrim
• cross
• palm (his sufferings and patience led some to consider him a martyr)
Blessed Benigno of Vallumbrosa
Also known as
• Benigno Benizzi
• Benigno Visdomini
• Benignus, Bénigne
Additional Memorial
1 August as one of the Ten Blessed of Vallumbrosa
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May have been related to Saint John Gualbert. Young priest probably ordained in the region of Florence, Italy. He seems to have had a failure at clerical discipline; his biographer wrote that Benigno “fell into sin”. To re-examine his life and call to vocation, he made a pilgrimage to the graves of the apostles in Rome, Italy, after which, to reform his life, he joined the Benedictine Vallombrosans, c.1180. As a monk he became a model of penance, piety and humility. To concentrate on his penance, he lived as a hermit in a cell near the Vallombrosa monastery. Abbot of the San Salvi monastery outside Florence, Italy c.1190. Abbot of the Vallombrosa monastery and General of the Order in late 1201 or early 1202; he served for over 30 years and ruled during the period of the Order‘s greatest prosperity and expansion. He worked to maintain discipline to the Vallumbrosan Rule, and bring peace to Orders and houses in conflict of the claim of anti-pope Callistus III. Abbot Benigno enshrined the relics of Saint John Gualbert on 10 October 1210, built the new church in Vallombrosa, a project that took six years to complete, added more cells to the monastery for those desiring to live as hermits, and built an oratorium. In his final years, some time in 1234, Benigno gave up his leadership position, and retired to live in a hermit‘s cell, doing daily penance for the errors of his youth.
Born
c.1136 in Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy
Died
• 17 July c.1236 in Vallumbrosa, Italy of natural causes
• his grave was one of several that were rediscovered in May 1600; they were exhibited for veneration on 21 August 1600 while preparations were made for their enshrinement
• relics enshrined on 1 August 1604 in a new chapel of the church at the abbey of Vallumbrosa
Saint Colman of Stockerau
Also known as
• Colman of Melk
• Coloman, Colomannus, Koloman, Kálmán
Additional Memorial
13 October (traditional in the region of Austria)
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May have been of noble or royal birth. Monk. While on a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands, Colman was stopped by the Viennese on suspicion of being a Moravian spy; there was continual fighting between Austria, Moravia and Bohemia, and a stranger who spoke no German was immediately suspect. With no evidence other than being a stranger, he was convicted of espionage, tortured, and hanged with two thieves.
In the tradition of the time, the bodies were left to rot as a warning to others. Colman's body hung there for 18 months, incorrupt, and untouched by animals. Miracles were reported at the site, including the scaffolding taking root and putting out branches. In 1015, bishop Megingard transferred Colman's relics to Melk, Austria where they were entombed in an abbey on the Danube. The tomb became a site of miracles, and four popes have granted indulgences to those who call on his intercession. There is an annual blessing of horses and cattle held at Melk and near Füssen, Germany on his feast.
Born
in the British Isles, exact location undetermined
Died
hanged in October 1012 at Stockerau, Austria
Patronage
• against gout
• against hanging
• against plague
• hanged men
• horned cattle
• horses
• Austria
• Melk, Austria
Representation
• monk hanged on a gibbet
• monk with tongs and rod
• pilgrim monk carrying a rope
• priest with a book and maniple
Saint Hedwig, Queen of Poland
புனித எட்விக் (St.Hedwig)
போலந்து நாட்டு அரசி (Queen of Poland)
பிறப்பு
1374
ஹங்கேரி (Hungary)
இறப்பு
17 ஜூலை 1399
கிராகொவ்(Krakau, Poland)
இவரின் தந்தை ஹங்கேரி நாட்டு அரசர் அன்ஜோய்(Anjou) என்பவரின் மகள் லூட்விக்(Ludwig). எட்விக் 10 வயது இருக்கும்போதே தந்தை இறந்துவிட்டார். இதனால் தன் தந்தைக்குப்பிறகு எட்விக் ஹங்கேரி நாட்டு அரசியாக முடிசூட்டப்பட்டார். தனது 11 ஆம் வயதில் யாகிலோ(Jagiello) என்பவருக்கு திருமணம் செய்து வைக்கப்பட்டார். அரசி எட்விக் மிகவும் பக்தியுள்ளவர். திருமணம் செய்யும் முன் ஞானஸ்நானம் பெறவேண்டுமென்று கூறி, தன் கணவரையும் அதற்கு இணங்கவைத்தார்.
எட்விக்கின் கணவர், எட்விக்கின் பக்தியை பார்த்து பரவசமடைந்தார். இதனால் எட்விக் செபிப்பதற்காக போலந்து நாட்டில் , தன் மறைமாநிலத்தில் ஆலயங்களை கட்டினார். 1388 ஆம் ஆண்டு எட்விக்கும், யாக்கிலியோவும் சேர்ந்து வில்னா(Wilna) என்ற மறைமாநிலத்தை உருவாக்கினர். இவர்கள் ஏழைகளுக்கும், கைவிடப்பட்ட பெண்களுக்கும், அனாதை குழந்தைகளுக்கும் எல்லா உதவிகளையும் செய்து வாழ்வை வழங்கினர். அவர்களுக்காக ஆலயங்களையும் பல கல்வி நிறுவனங்களையும் எழுப்பினார். 1297 ஆம் ஆண்டு தனது 23 ஆம் வயதில், தன் பெயரில் கிராகோவ் மறைமாநிலத்தில் இறையியல் கல்லூரி ஒன்றையும் கட்டினார். பின்னர் எட்விக் என்ற பெயரில் ஒரு துறவற மடத்தையும் தொடங்கினார். திருத்தந்தை 2 ஆம் ஜான்பால் திருத்தந்தையாக தேர்ந்தெடுத்தப்பின் 1979 ஆம் ஆண்டு போலந்து நாட்டை முதன்முறையாக பார்வையிடச் சென்றார். அப்போதுதான் எட்விக் என்ற பெயர் கொண்ட புதிய துறவற இல்லத்தைத் திறந்துவைத்தார். இவர் கிராகோவ் நாடு முழுவதும் பல நன்மைகளை செய்து, மக்களை வாழவைத்தார். எட்விக் இறந்தபிறகு கிராக்கோவ் மாநிலத்திற்கு சொந்தமான பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.
Also known as
• Hedwig of Anjou
• Hedwig Andegawenska
• Eduviges, Jadwiga, Jadvyga, Hedvig, Hedvigis
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Youngest daughter of King Louis I of Hungary. Because she was great-niece to King Casimir III of Poland, she became Queen of Poland in 1382 upon her father's death. She was engaged to William, Duke of Austria, whom she loved, but broke off the relationship in order to marry Jagiello, non-Christian Prince of Lithuania, at age 13 for political reasons. She offered her misery in this marriage to Christ, and she eventually converted her husband; Jagiello was later known as King Landislaus II of Poland after the unification of the kingdoms, a union that lasted over 400 years. Noted for her charity to all, but especially the sick and poor, and for a revision of the laws to help the poor.
Born
18 February 1374 in Buda (in modern Budapest, Hungary
Died
• 17 July 1399 during in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland in child birth
• miracles reported at her tomb
Beatified
• 31 May 1979 by Pope John Paul II (cultus confirmation)
• 17 December 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Canonized
8 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II
Patronage
queens
Saint Clement of Ohrid
Also known as
• Clement of Okbrida
• Kliment Ohridski
• one of the Seven Apostles of Bulgaria
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Student of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius in Moravia and Panonia. Building on their work, he helped found Slavic literature and culture in Macedonia. He was the first Slavic writer, translated dozens of works, wrote a biography of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and founded the first Slavic university in Ohrid. Friend of Saint Naum. Served in the Bulgarian court. Taught from 886 to 893 at Kutmicevica, being a great influence on over 3,000 students, many of whom became priests and spread the Slavic liturgy through the region. Spiritual teacher of Saint Constantine the Presbyter. Bishop of Belica, the first organized Slav Church on the Balkan Peninsula. Bishop of Ohrid. Founded Saint Pantaleimonth's monastery.
Born
9th century in the Thesaloniki district of modern Bulgaria
Died
• 17 July 916 in Ohrid, Macedonia of natural causes
• buried at Saint Pantaleimonth's monastery near Ohrid
Patronage
• Macedonia
• Ohrid, Macedonia
Saint Ennodius of Pavia
Also known as
• Ennodio of Pavia
• Magnus Felix Ennodius
• Magno Felice Ennodio
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Born to the Gallo-Roman nobility. Well educated in the sciences and rhetoric. Married to a wealthy member of the nobility. Recovering from a serious illness, Ennodius examined his life, decided to put away worldly things, and consecrated himself to God. His wife retired to a convent to become a nun, and Ennodius became a deacon, serving under Saint Epiphanius of Pavia. Taught rhetoric in Milan, Italy. Bishop of Pavia, Italy in 510 where he was known for his concern for the life of his flock in this world, and for their spiritual training. Twice served as legate for Pope Hormisdas to Emperor Anastasius in whose court he worked against the heresy of Eutychianism; on his second trip, in 517, he was so ill-treated for supporting orthodox Christianity that he had to escape the city. Some of his poetry, hymns and ascetical writings have survived.
Born
c.473 in Cisalpine Gaul (an area of modern northern Italy)
Died
• 17 July 521 of natural causes
• entombed in the church of San Michele in Pavia, Italy
Saint Andrew Zorard
Also known as
Sverad, Svorad, Swierad, Swirad, Wszechrad, Zoerardus, Zoërard, Zurawek, Zórawek
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Missionary hermit in the area of Olawa, Silesia (in modern Poland). Monk in Tropie, Poland. Hermit and then Benedictine monk on Mount Zobar, Hungary c.1003 where, at the request of King Saint Stephen of Hungary, he helped establish a hermitage. Spiritual teacher of Saint Benedict of Szakalka. Known for his austere, contemplative life and personal piety. A biography of him was written by Blessed Maurus of Pecs.
Born
c.980 in Opatowiec, Poland
Died
• c.1010 of natural causes
• relics translated to the Cathedral of Saint Emmeram in Nitra, Slovakia in 1083
Canonized
1085 by Pope Saint Gregory VII
Patronage
• Abbey of Saint Andrew, Cleveland, Ohio
• Hungary
• diocese of Nitra, Slovakia
• diocese of Tarnów, Poland
Saint Kenelm
Also known as
Cynehelm, Chenelmo
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Mercian prince, the son of King Coenwulf. Venerated as a boy king and martyr in the Middle Ages, though his biography became mixed with pious legends, one of which says he was killed on orders of his sister.
Mentioned in the Canterbury Tales's Nun's Priest's Tale. Venerable John Henry Newman made frequent pilgrimages to the shrine of Saint Kenelm's martyrdom. For many years the villagers of Kenelstowe, England celebrated Saint Kenelm's Day with the ancient custom of "crabbing the parson" - bombarding the parson with crab apples!
Died
• killed in battle in 821 at Clent Hills near Birmingham, England
• relics discovered after a vision and taken to the abbey of Winchcombe, England
Representation
• boy in royal robes holding a lily
• boy king trampling his disloyal sister
Saint Marcellina
புனித மார்செலினா (327-397)
இவர் இத்தாலி நாட்டில் உள்ள கால் என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவரது தந்தை ஓர் அரசு அதிகாரி. இவருடைய சகோதரர்தான் புனித அம்புரோஸ்.
354 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவரது குடும்பம் உரோமைக்குக் குடிபெயர்ந்தது. அங்கு சென்ற ஒரு சில ஆண்டுகளிலேயே இவருடைய பெற்றோர் இறந்து போனார்கள். இதனால் இவரே தன் சகோதரன் அம்புரோசையும், சகோதரி ஒருவரையும் பராமரிக்க வேண்டிய சூழ்நிலை ஏற்பட்டது.
இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் நோன்புக்கும் ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளுக்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வந்த இவர், தனது எடுத்துக்காட்டான வாழ்வால் தன் சகோதரர், சகோதரிக்கு முன்மாதிரியாக விளங்கினார்.
இவரது முன்மாதிரியான வாழ்வால் தொடப்பட்ட இவரது சகோதரர் அம்புரோஸ் பின்நாளில் அருள்பணியாளராகவும், தொடர்ந்து மிலன் நகரின் ஆயராகவும் உயர்ந்தார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
இவர் 398 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்
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Daughter of the Roman imperial prefect of Gaul. Elder sister of Saint Ambrose of Milan and Saint Satyrus. She moved to Rome, Italy when very young, and was raised by her older brothers. A consecrated virgin (like a modern nun), receiving the veil from Pope Liberius on Christmas Day 353 in Saint Peter's Basilica. Never cloistered, she lived with her mother, and in other private homes. Worked with Ambrose in Milan after his consecration as bishop. Noted for such austerities that her brother encourged her to relax in her later years. Ambrose dedicated his treatise on holy virginity to her.
Born
c.330 at Trier, Gaul (in modern Germany)
Died
• c.398 of natural causes
• buried in the crypt under the altar of the Ambrosian Basilica in Milan, Italy
Pope Saint Leo IV
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Cardinal-priest. 103rd pope. He saw the Saracens attack Rome, Italy in 846; upon his ascension, to prevent its recurrence he fortified the city and its suburbs, building a wall around the Vatican, fortifying the part of Rome still called the Leonine City. Rebuilt Saint Peter's Basilica. Rebuked Saint Ignatius of Constantinople for deposing bishops without his knowledge. Crowned Louis II joint Holy Roman Emperor with Lothair I in 850. Crowned Alfred as king of England in 853.
Born
Rome, Italy
Papal Ascension
847
Died
855 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
Saints Justina and Rufina of Seville
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A pair of sisters, the daughters of a potter who became potters themselves. A wealthy customer offered to purchase a large part of their earthenware for a very good price, but when the girls learned that the pots would be used in pagan rituals, they smashed them all. They were imprisoned and executed for heresy against the gods. Martyr.
Died
mauled by lions in 287
Patronage
• potters
• Seville, Spain
Representation
• jugs
• pottery
• pots
Saint Petrus Liu Zeyu
Also known as
• Peter Liu Ziyu
• Baiduo
Additional Memorial
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
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Layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. During the Boxer Rebellion, he was ordered by the Mandarin to renounce Christianity; he refused. Martyr.
Born
c.1843 in Zhujiaxie, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
Died
beheaded on 17 July 1900 in Zhujiaxie, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Frédégand of Kerkelodor
Also known as
Fregaut, Fridigand, Frégaud
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Spiritual student of Saint Foillan of Fosses. Missionary monk and then abbot at Kerkelodor Abbey near Antwerp, Belgium.
Born
Ireland
Died
c.740 at Deurne, near Antwerp, Brabant (in modern Belgium)
Saint Nerses Lambronazi
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Nephew of Saint Nerses Glaietsi. Bishop. Archbishop of Tarsus. Helped reunify Armenia with the Church of Rome in 1198. Translated many important Church documents into Armenian including the Rule of Saint Benedict, and Saint Gregory's Dialogues.
Born
1153
Died
1198 of natural causes
Blessed Sebastian of the Holy Spirit
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Mercedarian lay brother at the convent of the Holy Spirit in Lima, Peru. Miracle worker known to heal the sick by singing the Magnificat.
Died
1721 in Lima, Peru of natural causes
Saint Theodota of Constantinople
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Born to the nobility of Constantinople. Martyred in the iconoclast persecutions of Emperor Leo the Isaurian.
Died
735 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
Blessed Biagio of the Incarnation
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Mercedarian deacon at the Incarnation convent in Valdonquillo, Spain.
Died
1612 of natural causes
Blessed Arnold of Himmerod
Also known as
Arnoldus
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Cistercian monk at Himmerod monastery in Trier, Germany. Renowned for his personal piety.
Saint Hyacinth of Amastris
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Christian who cut down a tree dedicated to a pagan god. Martyr.
Died
Amastris, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey)
Saint Theodosius of Auxerre
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Bishop of Auxerre, France c.507 to 516. Attended the Council of Orleans in 511.
Died
516
Saint Turninus
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Priest. Missionary. Worked with Saint Foillan of Fosses in the Netherlands and near Antwerp, Belgium.
Born
Ireland
Died
8th century
Saint Cynllo
Also known as
Cynlio
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Several churches are dedicated to this saint in Wales, but no details about him have survived.
Died
5th century
Saint Generosus
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Martyr.
Died
relics enshrined under the high altar of the cathedral of Tivoli, Italy
Saint Gorazd
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One of the Seven Apostles of Bulgaria.
Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne
Also known as
Sixteen Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne
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Eleven Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters and two lay women servants who were martyred together in the French Revolution. They were the earliest martyrs of the French Revolution that have been recognized.
• Angelique Roussel • Anne Pelras • Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret • Catherine Soiron • élisabeth-Julitte Vérolot • Marie Dufour • Marie Hanniset • Marie-Anne Piedcourt • Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau • Marie-Claude-Cyprienne Brard • Marie-Françoise de Croissy • Marie-Gabrielle Trezel • Marie-Geneviève Meunier • Marie-Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine • Rose-Chretien de Neuville • Thérèse Soiron •
Died
• guillotined on 17 July 1794 at the Place du Trône Renversé (modern Place de la Nation) in Paris, France
• before their execution they knelt and chanted the "Veni Creator", as at a profession, after which they all renewed aloud their baptismal and religious vows
• the heads and bodies of the martyrs were interred in a deep sand-pit about thirty feet square in a cemetery at Picpus
• as this sand-pit was the receptacle of the bodies of 1,298 victims of the French Revolution, there seems to be no hope of their relics being recovered
• five secondary relics in the possession of the Benedictine sisters of Stanbrook, Worcestershire, England
• in 2009, the Stanbrook sisters, and the relics, re-located to Wass, Yorkshire, England
Beatified
• 27 May 1906 by Pope Pius X
• miracles proved during the process of beatification were
• cure of Sister Clare of Saint Joseph, a Carmelite lay sister of New Orleans, Louisiana when on the point of death from cancer in June 1897
• cure of the Abbé Roussarie of the seminary at Brive when at the point of death on 7 March 1897
• cure of Sister Saint Martha of Saint Joseph, a Carmelite lay sister of Vans of tuberculosis and an abcess in the right leg on 1 December 1897
• cure of Sister Saint Michael, a Franciscan of Montmorillon on 9 April 1898
Martyrs of Scillium
Also known as
• Scillitan Martyrs
• Martyrs of Scilla
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A group of twelve Christians martyred together, the final deaths in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Upon their conviction for the crime of being Christians, the group was offered 30 days to reconsider their allegiance to the faith; they all declined. Their official Acta still exist. Their names -
• Acyllinus • Cythinus • Donata • Felix • Generosa • Januaria • Laetantius • Narzales • Secunda • Speratus • Vestina • Veturius •
Died
beheaded on 17 July 180 in Scillium, Numidia (in North Africa)
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• The Humility of Mary
• Costanza of Aragon
• Livier
