இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 08

 St. Frodobert

Feastday: January 8

Death: 673

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

Our Lady of Prompt Succor

Also known as

• Notre Dame de Bon Secours

• Our Lady of Quick Help

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patronage

• Castellammare del Golfo, Italy

• Kercem, Malta

• Louisiana

• New Orleans, Louisiana, archdiocese of

• New Orleans, Louisiana, city of

Blessed Eurosia Fabris

Also known as

• Eurosia Fabris Barban

• Mamma Rosa

• Rosina Fabris

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

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

Born

27 September 1866 in Quinto Vicentino, Italy

Died

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

• buried in the church in Marola di Torri

Beatified

• 6 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Vincenza, Italy

Saint Severinus of Noricum

 நோரிகம் நகர புனிதர் செவரினஸ் 

பழங்குடியின மக்களின் கூட்டமைப்பான "நோரிகம்" அப்போஸ்தலர்: 

(Apostle to Noricum Federation of Tribes)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 410

தென் இத்தாலி அல்லது ஆப்பிரிக்கா

(Southern Italy or Africa)

இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 8, 482 

ஃபவியானே, நோரிகம் (தற்போதைய ஆஸ்திரியா)

(Favianae, Noricum (Modern Austria)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

சேன் செவேரினோ துறவு மடம், நேப்பிள்ஸ், இத்தாலி

(Abbey of San Severino, Naples, Italy)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 8

பாதுகாவல்:

நோரிகம் (தற்போதைய ஆஸ்திரியா) சேன் செவேரோ, இத்தாலி, ஸ்ட்ரியானோ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Also known as

Severino of Noricum

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

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

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

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

Born

c.410 in North Africa

Died

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

• relics moved to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Feltre

• relics moved to Castellum Lucullanum in Naples, Italy

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

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

Patronage

• against famine

• linen weavers

• prisoners

• vineyards

• Austria

• Bavaria, Germany

• Linz, Austria, diocese of

Saint Gudule of Brussels

Also known as

Ergoule, Goedele, Goelen, Gould, Goule, Gudula

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19 January in the diocese of Hamme and Moorsel

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

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

Born

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

Died

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

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

• relics translated to Moorsel, Belgium

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

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

• relics destroyed by Calvinists on 6 June 1579

Patronage

• Brussels, Belgium

• single laywomen

Saint Apollinaris the Apologist

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

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

Also known as

• Apollinaris Claudius

• Apollinaris of Hierapolis

• Claudius Apollinaris

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

Died

c.175

Readings

We therefore grossly deceive ourselves in not allotting more time to the study of divine truths. It is not enough barely to believe them, and let our thoughts now and then glance upon them: that knowledge which shows us heaven, will not bring us to the possession of it, and will deserve punishments, not rewards, if it remain slight, weak, and superficial. By serious and frequent meditation it must be concocted, digested, and turned into the nourishment of our affections, before it can be powerful and operative enough to change them, and produce the necessary fruit in our lives. For this all the saints affected solitude and retreats from the noise and hurry of the world, as much as their circumstances allowed them. - Saint Apollinaris

Saint Erhard of Regensburg

Also known as

• Erhard of Ratisbon

• Erhard of Ardagh

• Erhard of Bavaria

• Erhard of Sax

• Erhard the Scot

• Erhard Scoticus

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

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

Born

7th century Irish

Died

• c.686 of natural causes

• interred at Regensburg, Germany

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

Patronage

• against cattle diseases

• against eye diseases, eye problems or eye pain

• against plague

• bakers

• blacksmiths

• cattle

• cobblers, shoemakers

• hospitals

• miners

• Regensburg, Germany

Saint Thorfinn

Also known as

Torfinn

Profile

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

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

Born

at Trondhjem, Norway

Died

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

• miracles soon reported at his tomb

Saint Lawrence Giustiniani

Also known as

• Laurence Giustiniani

• Lawrence Justinian

• Lorenzo Giustiniani

• Patriarch of Venice

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

Born

1 September 1381 at Venice, Italy

Died

• 8 January 1455 at Venice, Italy of natural causes

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

Canonized

16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII

Blessed Edward Waterson

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

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

Born

at London, England

Died

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

• the prison horses refused to drag Edward to the scaffold

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

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Titus Zeman

Profile

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

Born

4 January 1915 in Vajnory, Bratislavský, Slovakia

Died

8 January 1969 in Bratislava, Slovakia of heart failure

Beatified

• 30 September 2017 by Pope Francis

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

Saint Pega of Peakirk

புனித_பெகா (673-719)

ஜனவரி 08

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

எல்லா வசதிகளும் இருந்தும் இவரும் இவரது சகோதரரும் துறவியாக வாழ தொடங்கினார்கள். 

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

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

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

Also known as

• Pega of Croyland

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

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

Born

in Mercia, England

Died

c.719 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Saint Albert of Cashel

Also known as

• Albert of Regensburg

• Alberto

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

Born

English

Died

800 at Regensburg, Germany of natural causes

Canonized

19 June 1902 by Pope Leo XIII

Patronage

• against arthritis

• Cashel, Ireland

• Cashel and Emly, Ireland, Archdiocese of

Saint Lucian of Beauvais

Also known as

Lucien, Lucius

Additional Memorials

• 3 June (Eastern Church)

• 15 September (translation of relics)

• 16 October (consecrated of his church)

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

Born

Rome, Italy

Died

290 at Beauvais, France

Patronage

• Beauvais, France, city of

• Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis, France, Diocese of

Saint Wulsin of Sherborne

Also known as

• Wulsin of Shireburn

• Ultius, Vulsin, Wulfsin, Wulfsige

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

Died

• 8 January 1002 of natural causes

• relics translated to Sherborne, England c.1050

Blessed Kristian Hosius

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

Born

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

Died

8 January 1570 of natural causes

Saint Atticus of Constantinople

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

Born

4th century at Sebaste, Armenia

Died

10 October 425 in Constantinople of natural causes

Saint Agathon of Scete

Profile

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

Died

c.370 in Scete, Egypt of natural causes

Blessed Jacques Corbeau

Also known as

Jacob

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

Born

latter 16th century France

Died

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

Saint Dominica of Constantinople

Also known as

• Dominica of Carthage

• Dominique...

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

Born

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

Died

c.474 in Constantinople of natural causes

Saint George Chozebites

Also known as

• George of Choseba

• George of Choziba

• George of Chozibita

• Georges, Gregor, Gregory

Profile

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

Born

Cyprus

Died

c.620 of natural causes

Blessed Nathalan of Aberdeen

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

Born

near Aberdeen, Scotland

Died

c.678

Blessed Giacobella Mary of the Cross

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

Died

3 August 1643 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes

Saint Athelm of Canterbury

Also known as

Atheim, Athelhelm, Aethelm, Aethelhelm, Adelmus

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

Died

923 of natural causes

Saint Garibaldus of Regensburg

Also known as

• Garibaldus of Ratisbon

• Gaubald...

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

Died

762 of natural causes

Saint Theodore of Chora

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

Died

c.595 of natural causes

Saint Eugenian of Autun

Also known as

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

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

Died

latter 4th century in Autun, France

Saint Helladius

Also known as

Elladio, Hellade, Hellas

Profile

Lay man martyr.

Born

African

Died

burned to death in a furnace in Libya

Saint Maximus of Pavia

Also known as

Maximus II, Massimo

Profile

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

Died

514 of natural causes

Saint Carterius of Caesarea

Also known as

Karterios

Profile

Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

304 at Caesarea, Cappadocia

Saint Ergnad of Ulster

Also known as

Ercnact, Ercnacta

Profile

Nun who received the veil from Saint Patrick.

Born

5th century Ulster, Ireland

Saint Theophilus the Martyr

Profile

Deacon. Martyr.

Born

African

Died

burned to death in a furnace in Libya

Saint Emilian

Also known as

Aemilian, Aemyliani, Aemylianus

Profile

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

Saint Maximian of Beauvais

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Missionary to Beauvais, France. Martyr.

Died

290 at Beauvais, France

Saint Julian of Beauvais

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Missionary to Beauvais, France. Martyr.

Died

290 at Beauvais, France

Saint Patiens of Metz

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Fourth bishop of Metz, France in the second century.

Patronage

Metz, France

Saint Afflinus

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Bishop. No other information has survived.

Saint Patheus

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Martyr. No other information has survived.

Martyrs of Greece

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

Martyrs of Terni

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

Died

270 in Terni, Italy

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 07

 St. Felix & Januarius

Feastday: January 7

Martyrs of Heraclea.

St. Nicetas of Remesiana

Feastday: January 7

Birth: 335

Death: 414

Bishop and missionary. A friend of St. Paulinus of Nola, he was named bishop of Remesiana in Dacia, and was dedicated to advancing the Christian faith in the region. He was also the author of several theological works, and has been credited by many scholars with the authorship of the great hymn, Te Deun.

 Nicetas (c. 335–414) was Bishop of Remesiana, (present-day Bela Palanka, Serbia), which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea.[1]

Biography

Nicetas promoted Latin sacred music for use during the Eucharistic worship and reputedly composed a number of liturgical hymns, among which some twentieth-century scholars number the major Latin Christian hymn of praise, Te Deum, traditionally attributed to Ambrose and Augustine. He is presumed to be the missionary to the barbarian Thracian tribe of the Bessi.[2]

Because of his missionary activity, his contemporary and friend, Paulinus of Nola, lauded him poetically for instructing in the Gospel barbarians changed by him from wolves to sheep and brought into the fold of peace, and for teaching to sing of Christ with Roman heart bandits, who previously had no such ability.[3] However, it is doubtful whether these barbarians really were barbarians, or whether their mention is only a poetical topos. Indeed, Paulinus, who wrote a quite classical Latin poetry, probably used existing poetical authorities. For Dacia, where Nicetas was from, the poetical authority was Ovid, although the Dacia (probably the province Dacia Mediterranea) of that time did not correspond with the Getia where Ovid had been banished to.[4]

In 398, Nicetas made a pilgrimage to Nola to visit the grave of Felix of Nola.[5]

Lengthy excerpts survive of his principal doctrinal work, Instructions for Candidates for Baptism, in six books. They show that he stressed the orthodox position in trinitarian doctrine. They contain the expression "communion of saints" about the belief in a mystical bond uniting both the living and the dead in a certain hope and love. No evidence survives of previous use of this expression, which has since played a central role in formulations of the Christian creed.

His feast day as a saint is on 22 June.

Bl. Edward Waterson

Feastday: January 7

Death: 1593

An English martyr and a convert. He was born in London, England, and ordained in Reims, France. In 1592, he was returned to England to serve hidden Catholics. Edward was arrested the following year and executed at Newcastle. He was beatified in 1929.

Edward Waterson (? – 7 January 1594 (NS)) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He served the hidden Catholics in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Edward was arrested in 1593 and executed at Newcastle upon Tyne. He was beatified in 1929.

Life

Born in London, Waterson was brought up in the Church of England. As a young man he travelled to Turkey with some English merchants. In 1588, on his return, he stopped in Rome and was brought into the Catholic Church there by Richard Smith. The Pilgrim-book of the English College records his stay there, 29 November-11 December, 1588. Waterson proceeded to Reims, arriving there 24 January, 1589. He received the tonsure and minor orders on 18 August, 1590, subdiaconate on 21 September, 1591, diaconate on 24 February, 1592, and was ordained priest 11 March 1592.[1]

In summer 1592 Waterson returned to England, where legal restrictions on Catholics were severe, in order to minister to hidden Catholics. [2] Joseph Lambton, a young Catholic priest who was on the same ship, was arrested upon landing, but Waterson escaped.[3] However, he was captured by the authorities in midsummer 1593. Lambton was executed 31 July 1592. The sheriff then took part of the quartered remains and showed them to Waterson in an effort to frighten him, but Waterson viewed them as holy relics. Waterson was held until just after Christmas (OS), when he was hanged, drawn and quartered, as a traitor. When he was tied to the hurdle to be drawn to the place of execution, the horse would not move, so he had to be brought on foot. While incarcerated in the Newgate prison, Newcastle, he had attempted to escape by burning down his cell door

Saint Raymond of Penyafort

 பெனஃபோர்ட் நகர் புனிதர் ரேமண்ட் 

(St. Raymond of Peñafort)

மறை பரப்புவோர் சபை தலைவர்:

(Master of the Order of Preachers)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1175 

விலாஃப்ரான்கா டெல் பெநேடேஸ், கடலோனியா, அரகன்

(Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, Crown of Aragon)

இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 6, 1275 (வயது 100)

பார்சிலோனா, அரகன்

(Barcelona, Crown of Aragon)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1542

திருத்தந்தை மூன்றாம் பவுல்

(Pope Paul III)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 29, 1601

திருத்தந்தை எட்டாம் கிளமென்ட்

(Pope Clement VIII)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

புனித திருச்சிலுவை பேராலயம், புனித யூலேலியா பேராலயம், பார்சிலோனா, கடலோனியா, ஸ்பெயின்

(Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 7

பாதுகாவல்: 

நியதி - சமய வழக்கறிஞர்கள்; ஸ்பெயின்; அனைத்து தரப்பு வழக்கறிஞர்கள்

"பென்யஃபோர்ட் நகர புனிதர் ரேமண்ட்" (St. Raymond of Penyafort) பதின்மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டில் வாழ்ந்த ஒரு ஸ்பேனிஷ் டொமினிக்கன் துறவி (Spanish Dominican Friar) ஆவார். ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டு வரை அமலில் இருந்த, திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் கிரெகோரியின் (Pope Gregory IX) கத்தோலிக்க சமய சட்ட திட்டங்களை தொகுத்து எழுதியவர் இவர் ஆவார். இவர் வழக்கறிஞர்களின் - முக்கியமாக நியதி - சமய வழக்கறிஞர்களின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆவார்.

வாழ்க்கை:

புனிதர் ரேமண்ட், “கடலோனியாவின்” (Catalonia) “பார்சிலோனா” (Barcelona) அருகேயுள்ள "விலாஃப்ரான்கா டெல் பெநேடேஸ்" (Vilafranca del Penedès) என்ற சிறிய நகரத்தில் பிறந்தார். “அரகனின்” (Aragon) அரச வம்சாவழியின் உறவுகளை கொண்டு ஒரு பிரபுத்துவ குடும்பத்தில் இருந்து தோன்றியவர். பார்சிலோனாவில் ஆரம்ப கல்வி பயின்ற இவர், "போலாக்னா பல்கலையில்" (University of Bologna) உயர் கல்வி கற்று, சிவில் மற்றும் நியதி - சமய சட்டங்களில் (Civil and Canon Law) வல்லுநர் பட்டம் பெற்றார். கி.பி. 1195ம் ஆண்டு முதல் கி.பி. 1210ம் ஆண்டு வரை நியதி - சமய சட்டம் கற்பித்தார். கி.பி. 1210ம் ஆண்டு, போலோக்னா சென்ற அவர், கி.பி. 1222ம் ஆண்டு வரையான பன்னிரண்டு வருட காலம் அங்கேயே தங்கி இருந்தார். இதில் மூன்று வருடங்கள் "போலாக்னா பல்கலையின்" நியதி - சமய சட்ட பிரிவின் தலைமை ஏற்றார். அங்கே, அவர் புதிதாய் தோற்றுவிக்கப்பட்ட "டொமினிக்கன் சபையை" (Dominican Order) பற்றி கேள்வியுற்றார். போலோனாவிலுள்ள டொமினிக்கன் சபையின் முன்னவர் அருளாளர் “ரெஜினால்டின்” (Blessed Reginald) மறையுரைகளால் கவரப்பட்டார். தமது 47ம் வயதில் பார்சிலோனாவிலுள்ள (Barcelona) “டொமினிக்கன்” பள்ளியில் (Dominican Convent) இணைந்தார்.

கருணையின் அன்னை அர்ச்சிஷ்ட மரியாள் சபை:

(Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy)

கி.பி. 1218ம் ஆண்டு, இச்சபை நிறுவப்பட புனிதர் ரேமண்டும் ஒரு கருவியாக செயல்பட்டார். "பீட்டர் நொலாஸ்கோ" (Peter Nolasco) இவரை சபை நிறுவுதல் சம்பந்தமாக அணுகியபோது, இவர் அவரை உற்சாகமாக ஊக்கப்படுத்தினார். சபை நிறுவும் ஒப்புதல் வேண்டி அரகனின் அரசன் “முதலாம் ஜேம்சை” (King James I of Aragon) அணுகி ஒப்புதல் பெற்றனர். "ஸ்டடியா லிங்குவரம்" (Studia Linguarum) என்ற முதல் பள்ளியை "டுனிஸ்" (Tunis) எனும் நகரில் ஆரம்பித்தார். இப்பள்ளிகளின் முக்கிய நோக்கம், இஸ்லாமிய நாடுகளில் கைதிகளாய் இருந்த கிறிஸ்தவர்களை விடுவிப்பதில் டொமினிக்கன் துறவியர்க்கு உதவுவதாம்.

இவர், ஒப்புரவாளர்களுக்காக (The Summa de casibus poenitentiae) எனப்படும் ஒரு வழக்குகள் புத்தகத்தை எழுதினர்.

இவர், கி.பி. 1229ம் ஆண்டு, “சபீனாவின் கர்தினால் பேராயரான” (Cardinal Archbishop of Sabina) “ஜான்” (John of Abbeville) என்பவரின் இறையியல் நிர்வாகியாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். பின்னர், கி.பி. 1230ம் ஆண்டு, அவர் திருத்தந்தை “ஒன்பதாம் கிரகொரியால்” (Pope Gregory IX) ரோம் நகருக்கு வரவழைக்கப்பட்டு தனியார் சிற்றாலய குருவாகவும் பெரும் நிர்வாகியாகவும் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.

ரேமண்ட், அரகனின் மன்னன் “முதலாம் ஜேம்ஸின்” (King James I of Aragon) ஒப்புரவாளராகவும் பணியாற்றினார். திருச்சபையின் விசுவாசமான மகனான மன்னன், சிற்றின்ப வேட்கைகள் நிறைந்தவனாகவும் இருந்தார். அவருடைய இவ்வேட்கைகள், அவரைக் குலைத்தன. ஒருமுறை, “மஜோர்க்கா” (Majorca) தீவில் நடந்த இஸ்லாமியர்களை மனம் மாற்றும் பிரச்சாரத்தை ஆரம்பிக்க வந்திருந்த அரசன், தம்முடன் தமது ஆசைநாயகியான பெண்ணையும் அழைத்து வந்திருந்தார். அரசனை கடிந்துகொண்ட ரேமண்ட், அவரது ஆசைநாயகியை விலக்கிவிடுமாறு பலமுறை வற்புறுத்தினார். ஆனால் அரசன் அதை மறுத்துவிட்டார். இறுதியில், தாம் இனிமேலும் அங்கே தங்கியிருக்க இயலாது என்றும் என்றும், பார்சிலோனாவுக்கு (Barcelona) செல்ல திட்டமிட்டுள்ளதாகவும் இவர் அரசனிடம் கூறினார். ஆனால், அவர் பார்சிலோனா செல்வதை தடை செய்த அரசன், அவரை யாராவது கப்பல் தலைவன் அழைத்துச் செல்ல முயன்றால் அக்கப்பல் தலைவனை தீவிரமாக தண்டிப்பதாகவும் எச்சரித்தார். ரேமண்ட் தமது டொமினிக்கன் துறவியர் நண்பர்களிடம், இந்த தொடக்க கால அரசனின் பொல்லாத செயல்களை விண்ணக அரசர் எவ்வாறு குழப்பப் போகிறார் என்பதை நீங்கள் விரைவில் காண்பீர்கள் என்றும், அவரே தமக்கு ஒரு கப்பலையும் தருவார் என்றும் கூறினார்.

பின்னர், டொமினிக்கன் துறவியர் கடற்கரைக்கு சென்றனர். அங்கே, ரேமண்ட் தமது கருப்பு நிற நீண்ட அங்கியின் ஒரு பாகத்தை கடல் நீரிலும் மறு பாகத்தை நிலத்திலுமாக விரித்தார். பின்னர், அவர் தமது டொமினிக்கன் நண்பர்களை அதில் தாவி வருமாறு அழைத்தார். ஆனால், விசுவாசமில்லாதிருந்த அவர்கள் அதற்கு மறுத்தனர். ரேமண்ட் தாம் மட்டும் தமது அங்கியின் மீது தாவி, விடை பெற்றார். காற்றில் சிலுவை அடையாளம் வரைந்தவுடன், பாய்மரக்கப்பலாக மாறிப்போன அங்கி, அதிசயிக்கும் விதமாக கடலில் பயணிக்க தொடங்கியது. அவரை மேலும் போகவிடாமல் தடுப்பதற்காக சுற்றிலும் படகுகள் வந்தன. அவற்றையெல்லாம் மீறி அவர் சென்றார். அவர் சாதாரண ஒரு மேலங்கியை படகைப் பாவித்து கடலில் பயணித்ததை பல கடல் பயண மாலுமிகள் கண்டனர். அவர்கள் மலைத்துப் போய் உற்சாகக் குரலெடுத்து கூக்குரலிட்டனர். 160 மைல் தூரத்தை சுமார் ஆறு மணி நேர கடல் பயணத்தில் நிறைவு செய்த ரேமண்ட், இறங்கும்போது, எண்ணற்ற மக்கள் நேரில் கண்டனர். அவர் செய்த இவ்வற்புதம், அரசன் முதலாம் ஜேம்சை (King James I) தொட்டது. அவர் தமது அவரது தீய வழிகளை கைவிட்டு, அதற்குப் பிறகு ஒரு நல்ல வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்தார்.

60 வயதானதும் தனிமை வாழ்க்கை வேண்டி ஓய்வு பெற்றார். ஆனால், ஒரு வருடத்துக்குள்ளேயே அவர் "அரகன் அரசின்" (Kingdom of Aragon) "டர்ரகோனா" (Tarragona) மறைமாவட்டத்தின் பேராயராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். ஆனால், அவர் அதை நிராகரித்துவிட்டார்.

கி.பி. 1236ம் ஆண்டு பார்சிலோனா திரும்பிய ரேமண்ட், நெடுநாட்கள் தனிமையில் வாழ இயலவில்லை. அவரை “மறை பரப்புவோர் சபை தலைவர்” (Master of the Order of Preachers) 1238ம் ஆண்டின் பொதுக்குழு நியமித்தது. அவர் உடனடியாக சபையின் துறவியர் மற்றும் அருட்சகோதரியரின் இல்லங்களுக்கு வருகை தந்தார். அவர் செல்லுமிடமெல்லாம் காலணிகள் இல்லாமலேயே பயணித்தார். இதற்கிடையில், சபையின் தலைவர் பொறுப்பிலிருந்து விலகுவதற்கான உட்பிரிவு உள்ளிட்ட, சபைக்கான புதிய அமைப்பு விதிகளை எழுதினர். பின்னர், அந்த உட்பிரிவை பயன்படுத்தி இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளுக்குள் அவர் தமது தலைவர் பதவியை ராஜினாமா செய்தார்.

கி.பி. 1275ம் ஆண்டு, தமது நூறு வயதில் மரணமடைந்த இவர், பார்சிலோனாவிலுள்ள "புனித யூலேலியா பேராலயத்தில்" (Cathedral of Santa Eulalia in Barcelona) அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

• Raymond of Rochefort

• Raymond of Pegnafort

• Raymond of Pennafort

• Raymond of Peñafort

• Raimund, Raymund, Raimundus

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Born to the Aragonian nobility. Educated at the cathedral school in Barcelona, Spain. Philosophy teacher around age 20. Priest. Graduated law school in Bologna, Italy. Joined the Dominicans in 1218. Summoned to Rome, Italy in 1230 by Pope Gregory IX. Assigned to collect all official letters of the popes since 1150. Raymond gathered and published five volumes, and helped write Church law.

Chosen master general of the Dominicans in 1238. Reviewed the Order's Rule, made sure everything was legally correct, then resigned his position in 1240 to dedicate himself to parish work. He was offered and archbishopric, but he declined, instead returning to Spain and the parish work he loved. His compassion helped many people return to God through Reconciliation.

During his years in Rome, Raymond heard of the difficulties missionaries faced trying to reach non-Christians of Northern Africa and Spain. Raymond started a school to teach the language and culture of the people to be evangelized. With Saint Thomas Aquinas, he wrote a booklet to explain the truths of faith in a way that non-believers could understand. His great influence on Church law led to his patronage of lawyers.

Born

1175 at Peñafort, Catalonia, Spain

Died

6 January 1275 at Barcelona, Spain of natural causes

Canonized

29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII

Saint Lucian of Antioch

புனித_லூசியன் (240-312)

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இவர் (#StLucianOfAntioch) சிரியாவைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவரது பெற்றோர் மிகவும் வசதியானவர்கள். 

இவரது வாழ்க்கையில் எல்லாம் நன்றாகச் சென்றுகொண்டிருந்த வேளையில்,  இவரது பெற்றோர் திடீரென இறந்து போனார்கள். இதனால் இவர் எல்லாவற்றையும் விற்று ஏழைகளுக்குக் கொடுத்துவிட்டு, துறவு வாழ்க்கை வாழத் தொடங்கினார்.

எடேசா நகருக்குச் சென்று திருவிவிலியத்தைப் பிழையறக் கற்றுக்கொண்ட இவர், அந்தியோக்கு நகரில் குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார். பின்னர் இவர் இறையியல் பள்ளி ஒன்றைத் தொடங்கி, அங்கு வந்த மாணவர்களுக்கு இறையியலைக் கற்றுத் தந்தார். 

இவர் திருவிவிலியத்தைப் கையால் பிரதி எடுப்பதில் மிகவும் வல்லவராக விளங்கினார். இவரது இந்தப் பணி புனித ஜெரோம், புனித ஜான் கிறிஸ்சோஸ்தம் போன்ற பலராலும் வெகுவாகப் பாராட்டப்பட்டது.

இவரது காலத்தில் உரோமையைத் தியோகிளசியன் என்ற மன்னன் ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களைப் பிடித்துக் கொடூரமாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்து கொன்றான். அப்படிப்பட்டவன் இவர் கிறிஸ்தவர் என்பதை அறிந்ததும், இவரைச் சிறையில் அடைத்து வைத்து, ஒன்பது ஆண்டுகள் பலவாறு  சித்திரவதை செய்தான். இதனால் இவர் "நான் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவன்" என்று சொல்லிக்கொண்டே 312 ஆம் ஆண்டு தன் இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்தார்.

Also known as

• Lucian of Drepana

• Lucian of Nicomedië

• Lucian of Nicomedia

• Lucian the Martyr

• Lucian of Samosata

• Lucianus...

Additional Memorial

15 October (Eastern Church)

Profile

Following the death of his wealthy parents, Lucian gave away his possessions, and studied rhetoric, philosophy, and Scripture under Macarius at Edessa. Lived as a hermit briefly in his youth. Ordained in Antioch. Spiritual director of Saint Pelagia of Antioch.

Head of a school of theology in Antioch; one of his students was Arius, founder of Arianism. Friend of Paul of Samosata and other heretics, and may have been excommunicated himself at one point, but later came back to full communion with the Church.

Noted Scripture scholar, working to insure that copyists made the most exact copies possible, correcting copyist errors by comparing against older texts in the original languages. His edition of the complete Bible, known as the Lucian Recension was used by many churches, and by Saint Jerome during his work on the Vulgate.

Arrested in Nicomedia during the persecutions of Diocletian, and spent nine years in prison. Dragged before the emperor as an example, he struggled to his feet and gave a great defense of the faith. He thrown back in the cells, given no food or water for 14 days, then hauled before the tribunal and interrogated; he answered all questions with "I am a Christian." Martyr.

Born

mid-3rd century at Samosata, Syria

Died

• tortured, starved, and run through with a sword in 312 at Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmid, Turkey)

• buried at Drepanum (later renamed Helenopolis)

Blessed Matthew of Agrigento

Also known as

Matthew Guimerà

Profile

Matthew was a Franciscan friar, joining the Order in 1391 at the convent of Saint Francis of Assisi in Agrigento, Italy; he made his profession in 1394. He studied theology in Bologna, Italy and Barcelona, Spain where he earned a degree and was ordained a priest in 1400. Travelling preacher in the region of Tarragona, Spain from 1400 to 1405. Master of novices at the Saint Anthony convent in Padua, Italy from 1405 to 1416. In 1417 he met and began to work with Saint Bernardine of Siena. Founded monasteries in Italy and Spain. Franciscan provincial vicar from 1425 to 1430. Commissioner General of Sicily from 1432 to 1440.

Chosen bishop of Agrigento by Pope Eugene IV on 17 September 1442. Bishop Matthew was a reformer, revitalizing the clergy, ending abuse, restoring clerical discipline, and prohibiting simony. This created many opponents in the clergy; when Matthew began distributing larger amount of charity to the poor, his enemies accused him of squandering the wealth of the Church, and when Vatican officials began investigating him, they included accusations of having an affair with a local woman. He was found innocent of all charges, but he decided that he could do more good for the faith outside the bishopric, and resigned his see in 1445 and returned to preaching, supporting monastic houses, and spreading devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus.

Born

1377 on the Via Arco di San Francesco di Paola in Rabbato, Agrigento, Italy

Died

• 7 January 1450 in the Franciscan monastery of Santa Maria di Gesù, Palermo, Sicily (in modern Italy) of natural causes

• buried at the Santa Maria di Gesù monastery

• miracles reported at the grave

Beatified

21 February 1767 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Canute Lavard

Also known as

• Canute Laward

• Canute of Schleswig

• Canute the Lord

• Duke of Jutland

• King of the Western Wends

• Knud Lavard

• Knut Lavard

Additional Memorial

25 July in Denmark for the translation of his relics

Profile

Second son of King Eric the Good of Denmark. Nephew of King Saint Canute of Denmark. Raised in the court of Saxony. Duke of Jutland with his court at Schlewig. Spent years defending against Viking raids. Supported the missionary work of Saint Vicelin. Father of King Valdemar I, who worked for Canute's canonization. King of the Western Wends in 1129. Canute's uncle, King Nils of Denmark, opposed Canute coming to the throne, and arranged his murder. Venerated in Denmark.

Born

c.1096 at Roskilde, Denmark

Died

• murdered in 1131 by his cousins Magnus Nielsen and Henry Skadelaar in the forest of Haraldsted near Ringsted in Zeeland, Denmark

• declared a martyr for justice

• relics enshrined at Ringsted on 25 June 1170

Canonized

1169 by Pope Alexander III

Patronage

Zeeland, Denmark

Saint Giuliano of Gozzano

Also known as

• Giuliano of Orta

• Julian, Julianus, Julien

Profile

Younger brother of Saint Julius of Novara with whom he studied in Athens, Greece. When Julius was ordained a priest, Giuliano was ordained a deacon so he could serve his brother’s ministry. The two worked to build churches and teach orthodox Christianity in the areas of modern Hungary, Bohemia and Poland in the wake of the Arian heresy. At the ascension of Emperor Theodosius I, the brothers obtained permission and support to become travelling preachers throughout the Roman Empire. Worked with Saint Ambrose of Milan. When Giuliano arrived in Gozzano, Italy on Lake Maggiore, he fell in love with the area and settled there, preaching and converting the people. He built a church of Santa Maria, which later was re-dedicated to San Lorenzo.

Born

c.350 in Aegina, Greece

Died

• 391 in Gozzano, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the church of Santa Maria that he had built in Gozzano

• relics enshrined in the basilica of Gozzano in 1691

Patronage

Gozzano, Italy

Saint Reinhold of Cologne

Also known as

• Reinhold of Koln

• Reinhold of Dortmund

• Rainald, Reinold, Reinout, Reynold, Rinaldo, Rinold

Profile

Relative of Charlemagne. Benedictine monk. Supervised building operations at Saint Pantaleon abbey, Cologne, Germany. Murdered by the construction workers; Reinhold worked harder than they did and made them look bad.

Died

• beaten to death with hammers by stone masons in 960 at Cologne, Germany

• body thrown in the Rhine River

• body later found through divine revelation

• relics transferred to the church of Saint Rheinold in Dortmund, Germany in 1059

• some relics transferred to Cologne, Germany

• some relics transferred to Toledo, Spain in 1616

Patronage

• against plague

• sculptors

• stone masons

• stonecutters

• Dortmund, Germany

Saint Valentine of Passau

Also known as

• Valentine of Mais • Valentine of Raetia • Valentine of Ratien • Valentine of Retie • Valentine of Rezia • Valentine of Rhaetia • Valentine of Rhétie • Valentin, Valentinus

Additional Memorial

4 August (translation of relics)

Profile

Monk. Abbot. Missionary bishop in Rhaetia, Switzerland, an area in the border region of modern Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Late in life he withdrew to live as a hermit near Mais, Austria.

Died

• 7 January 475 at Mais, Tyrol, Austria of natural causes

• re-interred at Trent, Italy in 739

• relics transferred to the Cathedral of Saint Stephen in Passau, Germany in 764

Patronage

• against convulsions

• against cramps

• against epilepsy

• against gout

• against plague

• cattle

• epileptics

• pilgrims

• poor people

• Passau, Germany, city of

• Passau, Germany, diocese of

Saint Tillo of Solignac

Also known as

• Tillo of Westphalia

• Tillo of Izegem

• Filman, Hillo, Hilloin, Hillonius, Hilonius, Theau, Théau, Thielemann, Thielman, Thillo, Tillmann, Tilloine, Tillon, Tillone, Tilman, Tilmannus

Profile

Kidnapped by raiders and brought to the Low Countries as a slave. Ransomed by Saint Eligius of Noyon. Benedictine monk at Solignac, France. Priest. Missionary in the regions around Courtrai, France. Eventually retired to become a hermit at Solignac.

Born

c.610 in Saxony (in modern Germany)

Died

• 702 at Solignac, France of natural causes

• relics destroyed by Huguenots

Patronage

• against fever

• against childhood diseases

• children learning to walk

• Gits, Belgium

• Izegem, Belgium

Blessed Marie-Thérèse Haze

Also known as

• Giovanna Haze

• Jeanne Haze

• Johanna Haze

• Marie-Thérèse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Profile

One of seven children born to the secretary of the last prince-bishop of Liège, Belgium. Could read and write by the age of four. She was drawn to religion from an early age, but was 50 years old when she finally found her vocation. Founded the Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liège in 1833, and served as its Superior General until her death; at that point, the Congregation had more than 50 houses and more than 900 sisters in service to the weak and poor.

Born

27 February 1782 in Liège, Belgium as Jeanne

Died

7 January 1876 in Liège, Belgium of natural causes

Beatified

21 April 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Aldric of Le Mans

Also known as

Aldericus, Aldricus, Audry, Elric

Profile

Grew up at Aachen, Germany, serving in the court of Charlemagne. Left court life at age 21 to study for the priesthood at Metz, France. After ordination he served for nine years as chaplain in the court of Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious. Bishop of LeMans, France in 832. Known for his personal sanctity, his execellent adminstrative skills, and for his work for his parishioners. When Louis died, Aldric supported Charles the Bald for the throne; this resulted in Aldic being exiled from Le Mans. He was reinstated to his see by Pope Gregory IV. Papal legate to King Pepin of Aquitaine, France. Aldic convinced Pepin to return Church property stolen by the throne. Took part in the Council of Paris and Council of Tours. Paralyzed for the last two years of his life. Some of his writings survive today.

Born

21 June 800

Died

24 March 857 at Le Mans, France of natural causes

Blessed Ambrose Fernandez

Also known as

• Ambrogio Fernandez

• Ambrósio Fernandes

Additional Memorial

6 February

Profile

Soldier in the Portuguese army. Worked as a trader and security guard for other traders in Japan beginning in 1571. He had a conversion experience, and entered the Jesuits as a lay brother in 1579 to assist their evangelization of Japan including acting as an interpreter. When Christian missionaries were exiled from Japan in 1614, Brother Ambrose stayed to help minister to covert Christians, working with Blessed Charles Spinola. When captured by authorities, he and some others were dragged to prison in Nagasaki and kept in a cage with no protection from the weather for 13 months until he died. Martyr.

Born

1551 at Sisto, Portugal

Died

in 1620 from a stroke caused by abusive conditions in Suzota prison, Omura, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Blessed Albert of Siena

Profile

Pilgrim to Rome, Venice, Pugulia and Mount Gargano in Italy, Compostella in Spain, and the Holy Lands. Camaldolese hermit. Beginning on 6 January 1156, he became a spiritual student of Blessed William of Maleval and lived an extremely ascetic life; he ate little, slept on the ground, and when he felt tempted, would roll in a pile of nettles. Miracle worker. He later wrote a biography of Blessed William, buried him after his passing, and built a small church and group of hermit cells over the grave.

Born

Monte-alceto, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Died

c.1181 of natural causes

Blessed Wittikund of Westphalia

Also known as

• Wittikund of Saxony

• Widukind, Wittekind

Profile

Raised a pagan. Duke of Westphalia (in modern Germany). When Communion was given to Christian soldiers on Christmas night, he had a vision of the Christ Child. He converted to Christianity, was sponsored into the Church by Charlemagne, and baptized in 785.

Died

• c.804 in Enger, Germany

• relics transferred to Paderborn, Germany

Saint Polyeuctus of Melitene

Also known as

Polieuto, Polyeuktos, Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos

Profile

Officer in the Roman legion. Convert. In his zeal as a new convert, he tore up the Valerian's imperial orders to persecute Christians, then smashed idols being carried in pagan procession. Tortured and martyred.

His story was well known to the ancients who built several churches with his name, including a huge one in Constantinople in which it was customary to swear legal oaths. His Acts were widely read, and formed the basis for theatrical tragedy.

Died

beheaded in 250 at Melitene, Armenia (modern Malatya, Turkey)

Saint Giuse Tuân

Also known as

Giuseppe, Joseph

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Married layman, a father, a family man and a farmer. In the persecutions of Tu Duc, Guise was ordered to trample on a cross to prove he was not a Christian. Instead, he knelt before the cross and began praying. Martyr.

Born

c.1825 in Nam Dien, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 7 January 1862 in An Bai, Tonkin (in modern Vietnam)

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Virginia of Ste-Verge

Also known as

• Virginia of Poitiers

• Virginia of Thonars

• Virginia of Tonars

• Sigrid, Verge, Vierge, Virgana

Profile

Shepherdess in the area of Poitou, France.

Died

• Deux-Sèvres, Poitou, France

• relics transferred to the church of Saint Vicent in Metz, France

• relics destroyed in 1793 during the anti-Church excesses of the French Revolution

Patronage

• against fever

• Sainte-Verge, France

Blessed Engelbert Beets

Profile

Joined the Premonstratensians in 1561 in the Averbode monastery near Diest, Brabant, Belgium. Ordained a priest and chosen Vicar of Rumen, Belgium in 1570. Fleeing ahead of Protestants forces, he moved to Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium where he applied himself to parish work, but when a Protestant army overran the area he was captured and executed. Martyr.

Born

c.1539 in Hoeleden, Brabant, Flanders (in modern Belgium)

Died

1579 in Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Flanders (in modern Belgium)

Saint Kentigerna

Also known as

• Caentigern

• Kentigerna of Loch Lomand

• Quentigerna

Profile

Daughter of Prince Kelly of Leinster, and Saint Coellen. Sister of Saint Comghan. Married lay woman. Mother of Saint Fillan. When her bother Comghan had to flee the country due to opposition to his dedication to the faith, Kentigerna fled to Scotland. Widow. Anchoress on Inchebroida Island in Loch Lomond where there still stands a church in her name.

Born

Ireland

Died

c.734 on Inch Cailleach, Scotland

Saint Cyrus of Constantinople

Also known as

Ciro, Cyr, Kyros

Profile

Monk in Amasra and Paflagonia. Bishop and patriarch of Constantinople, c.705. He helped prevent the new emperor from exacting some of the revenge against his political opponents. Deposed from his see in 712 when Emperor Filippico took the Byzantine throne, he spent his final years as a monk at the Chora Abbey in Constantinpople.

Died

714 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) of natural causes

Saint Cywyllog ferch Caw

Also known as

Cwyllog, Cywellog

Profile

Born a princess, the daughter of Saint Caw, King of Arecluta, a district on the River Clyde in Scotland. When Caw was turned out of his kingdom by the Picts, he and his family fled to Twr Celyn in Anglesey, Wales. Cywyllog founded the church in Llangwyllog, Wales. Legend says that she married Mordred, King Arthur’s traitorous nephew. Widowed, Cywllog retired from the world to live as a nun in the latter 6th century.

Blessed Athanasius of Attalia

Profile

A Christian living in Muslim controlled Smyrna in Turkey, he one day stated “There is no God but God.” Some Muslims heard this, decided that this was an official conversion to Islam, and demanded that Athanasius formally renounce Christianity. When he refused, Athanasius was accused of apostasy for leaving Islam after his conversion, and sentenced to be executed. Martyr.

Died

beheaded in 1700 in Smyrna (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Franciscus Bae Gwan-gyeom

Also known as

Francis

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

Profile

Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.

Born

c.1745 in Dangjin, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Died

7 January 1800 in Cheongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis

Blessed Leandro

Profile

Member of the Mercedarians. Noted teacher and scholar, he knew Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Chaldean, taught theology and the Bible, wrote commentaries and poetry.

Died

at the Mercedarian monastery of Santa Eulalia in Murcia, Spain of natural causes

Saint Anastasius of Sens

Also known as

Anastasius XVIII

Profile

Archbishop of Sens, France from 968 to 977. Started construction on the cathedral there. Great supporter of the monks of Saint-Pierre-le-Vin.

Died

• 977 in Sens, France of natural causes

• relics in the monastic church of Saint-Pierre-le-Vin

Saint Valentin II of Terni

Also known as

Valentine

Profile

Bishop of Terni, Italy in 494, consecrated by Pope Gelasius I; he served from 39 years.

Died

• 533 in Interamna (modern Terni), Italy

• buried at the church of San Zeno, Rocca San Zeno, Terni

Saint Emilian of Saujon

Also known as

• Emilian of Combes

• Aemilio, Aemilianus

Profile

Benedictine monk at Saujon, France. Hermit in the forest of Combes, Bordeaux, France. A well-known wine is named for him.

Born

at Vannes, France

Died

767

Saint Theodore of Egypt

Also known as

Theodor

Profile

Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Ammonius the Great in Egypt. One of the early desert hermits on the Nile. Mentioned in the writings of Saint Athanasius of Alexandria and Saint Gregory the Great.

Died

4th century

Saint Brannock

Also known as

Barnoc, Brannoc, Brannocus

Profile

Monk. Migrated to Devon, England. Founded a monastery at Braunton in Devonshire, and served as its first abbot.

Born

6th century Welsh

Died

buried at the monastery he founded at Braunton, Devonshire, England

Saint Clerus of Antioch

Also known as

Bilicerius, Lucerius, Licerius, Lycerius

Profile

Deacon. Repeatedly tortured to give up his faith before being executed. Martyr.

Born

Syrian

Died

300 at Antioch, (in modern Turkey)

Saint Julian of Cagliari

Profile

Believed to have been a count. Martyr.

Died

• martyred, date unknown

• relics discovered at Cagliari, Sardinia in 1615, and are enshrined there today

Saint Crispin II of Pavia

Profile

Fifth century bishop of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. Supported the acts of the Council of Milan.

Died

465 in Pavia, Italy of natural causes

Saint Benjamin of Brescia

Profile

Martyr.

Died

• 125 in Brescia, Italy

• his relics were re-discovered in 1529

Saint Maximus of Brescia

Profile

Martyr.

Died

• 125 in Brescia, Italy

• his relics were re-discovered in 1529

Saint Cronan Beg

Profile

Bishop of Aendrum, County Down, Ireland. Involved in the 640 controversy about the proper dating of Easter.

Died

7th century

Saint Senator of Verona

Profile

Bishop of Verona, Italy; records of his service vary from the late 3rd to the early 4th century.

Saint Crispin I of Pavia

Profile

Third century bishop of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy for 35 years.

Died

c.250

Saint Januarius of Heraclea

Profile

Martyred at Heraclea.

Saint Candida

Profile

Martyr. No other information has survived.

Saint Spolicostus of Greece

Profile

Martyr.

Saint Felix of Heraclea

Profile

Martyred at Heraclea.

Saint Polyanthus

Profile

Martyr. No other information has survived.

Saint Candida of Greece

Profile

Martyr.

Saint Pallada of Greece

Profile

Martyr.

Blessed Anselmo

Profile

Twelfth century Camaldolese hermit.

Saint Philo

Profile

Martyr. No other information has survived.

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 06

 St. Anastasius VIII

Feastday: January 6

Death: 4th century

Martyr. Anastasius was a Christian who was arrested, tortured, and slain at Syrmium, Pannonia.

St. Melanie

Feastday: January 6

Born in Placet Brittany, he was a monk when called to succeed St. Amand in the see of Rennes. He wiped out idolatry in his diocese , helped draw up the canons of the Council of Orleans in 511 and was highly revered by King Clovis. Feastday Jan 6.

St. Melanius

Feastday: January 6

Death: 535

Also called Mullion, bishop of Rennes, France, when the Franks were invading Gaul. He was a Breton by birth, much respected by the Frankish ruler Clovis.

 

This article is about the Bishop of Rennes. For the 4th-century, possibly legendary, Bishop of Rouen, see Mellonius.

Detail of a fresco in Rennes Cathedral representing St Melaine (right) with Amand of Rennes (left)

Saint Melaine (Latin: Melanius or Mellanus; Cornish: Melan; Welsh: Mellon) was a 6th-century Bishop of Rennes in Brittany (now in France).

Traditional history

Melaine grew up at Plaz in Brain, near Redon. He was a pious child, often being punished for spending too long at his prayers. He became a monk and then abbot. He was nominated the successor to Bishop Amand of Rennes. Traditions recounted by Baring-Gould state that on the death of Amand, he was compelled by the local population to become the next Bishop, accepting the role with great reluctance; that he performed many miracles and put an end to heathen practices; and that following his death at La Vilaine, his body was placed on a boat which then returned to Rennes against the current without the assistance of rowers or sails.[1] (However, Louis Duchesne is of opinion that the Amandus reckoned among the bishops of Rennes at the end of the fifth century is the same as Amand of Rodez. He therefore excludes him from his list of authentic bishops of Rennes.[2])

During his rule, Clovis took over the area and Melaine became his trusted advisor.[3] He opposed immigration from Britain and attended the First Council of Orléans in 511. He died at Plaz in 530[3] and was buried in the Abbey Church of Notre-Dame en Saint-Mélaine in Rennes.[4]

Veneration

Melaine quickly became revered as a saint, especially after the wooden tower above his grave burnt down and his tomb miraculously survived. He has three feast days: 6 November (death), 6 January (burial) and 11 October (translation).

In Wales, his feast is celebrated locally on 10 October rather than 11 October at St Mellons, in modern-day Cardiff, though there is ambiguity over whether Melaine is the Saint 'Mellonius' said to have been born there.

In Cornwall, he is the patron of the villages of St Mellion and Mullion, where there is a tradition of his visit.[4]

In the English translation of the 1956 edition of the Roman Martyrology, he is listed under 6 January with the citation: At Rennes, in France, St Melanius, Bishop and Confessor, who displayed innumerable virtues, and with his thoughts ever fixed on heaven, passed from the world in glory.[5]

In the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology, Melaine is listed under 6 November, with the Latin name Melánii. He is mentioned as follows: 'At Rhedónibus (Rennes) in Brittany, bishop, who passed to God in the place called Plácium on the River Vicenóniam (Vilaine), where with his own hands he built a church and gathered a congregation of monks and servants of God'.[6]

The abbey church of Notre-Dame-en-Saint-Melaine in Rennes was dedicated to him.

Feast of the Epiphany

Also known as

Theophany

Memorial

• 6 January or

• Sunday between 1 to 6 January

Derivation

Greek: epi, upon; phaino, show

Article

Feast commemorating the manifestation of the glory of Christ to the Gentiles in the person of the Magi, as well as His Baptism and first miracle at Cana. Originating in the Eastern Church in the 3rd century, it soon spread to the West, where it is now commemorated especially for the apparition to the Magi. In England and many European countries it is popularly known as Twelfth Night (after Christmas) and is the occasion for the revival of numerous quaint customs. The feast is a holy day of obligation in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The office of the day is one of special beauty.

Saint André Bessette

 புனிதர் ஆண்ட்ரே பெஸ்செட் 

தூய திருச்சிலுவை சபையின் பொதுநிலை அருட்சகோதரர்:

(Lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross)

பிறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 9, 1845

மாண்ட்-செயின்ட்-க்ரெகொய்ர், க்யூபெக், கனடா

(Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Canada)

இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 6, 1937 (வயது 91)

மாண்ட்ரியல், க்யூபெக், கனடா

(Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Catholic Church)

கனடா மற்றும் ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள் மற்றும் திருச்சிலுவை சபை

(Canada and the United States, and the Congregation of Holy Cross)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: மே 23, 1982

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Pope John Paul II)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 17, 2010

திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட்

(Pope Benedict XVI)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

தூய சூசையப்பர் சிற்றாலயம், மாண்ட்ரியல், க்யூபெக், கனடா

(Saint Joseph's Oratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: 

ஜனவரி 6 (ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள்)

ஜனவரி 7 (கனடா)

"ஆல்ஃபிரெட் பெஸ்செட்" (Alfred Bessette) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட புனிதர் ஆண்ட்ரே பெஸ்செட் ஒரு கத்தோலிக்க புனிதராவார். இவர், "புனித திருச்சிலுவை சபையைச்" (Congregation of Holy Cross) சேர்ந்த குருத்துவம் பெறாத அருட்சகோதரர் ஆவார். ஃபிரெஞ்ச் - கனடிய ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க மக்களிடையே பிரபலமான முக்கிய நபர் ஆவார். புனித சூசையப்பரின்மீது தமக்குள்ள பக்தியின் வழியாக, ஆயிரக்கணக்கானோரை அதிசயிக்கத்தக்க விதமாக எண்ணெய் மூலம் குணப்படுத்தியதாகவும் வரலாற்று சான்றுகள் உள்ளன.

ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:

மாண்ட்ரியலுக்கு (Montreal) தென்கிழக்கே சுமார் நாற்பது கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவிலுள்ள "மாண்ட்-செயின்ட்-க்ரெகொய்ர்" (Mont-Saint-Grégoire) என்னுமிடத்தில் பிறந்த இவர் தமது பெற்றோருக்கு பிறந்த பன்னிரண்டு குழந்தைகளில் எட்டாவது குழந்தை ஆவார். (நான்கு குழந்தைகள் சிறு வயதிலேயே இறந்து போயினர்) இவருடைய தந்தை "ஐசக் பெஸ்செட்" (Isaac Bessette) தச்சுப்பணி மற்றும் மரம் வெட்டும் பணி செய்பவர் ஆவார். இவருடைய தாயாரின் பெயர், "க்லாதில்ட் ஃபாய்ஸி பெஸ்செட்" (Clothilde Foisy Bessette) ஆகும். ஆல்ஃபிரெடுக்கு ஒன்பது வயதாகையில் அவரது தந்தை துரதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக ஒரு விபத்தில் இறந்து போனார். நாற்பது வயதில் பத்து குழந்தைகளுடன் விதவையாகிப் போன அவரது தாயார் குழந்தைகளை வளர்த்தெடுக்க அரும்பாடு பட்டார். மூன்றே வருடங்களில் காச நோயால் அவதிப்பட்ட அவரும் இறந்து போகவே ஆல்ஃபிரெட் அனாதையானார்.

தேவ அழைத்தல்:

ஆல்ஃபிரெடின் அனாவாதரவான, பக்தி மற்றும் தாராளமனப்பான்மையான நிலையைக் கண்ட அங்குள்ள பங்குத்தந்தை, அவரை மாண்ட்ரியலிலுள்ள "புனித திருச்சிலுவை சபையில்” (Congregation of Holy Cross) சேர்க்க விழைந்தார். சபைத் தலைவருக்கு பரிந்துரை செய்து ஒரு கடிதம் எழுதினர். அவரது நலிந்த உடல்நிலையைக் கண்டு முதலில் அவரை சேர்த்துக்கொள்ள மறுத்தாலும் மாண்ட்ரியல் மறைமாவட்டத்தின் பேராயர் "இக்னேஸ் பௌர்கெட்" (Ignace Bourget) அவர்களின் தலையீட்டால் கி.பி. 1872ம் ஆண்டு, ஆல்ஃபிரெட் "சபையின் துறவறப் புகுநிலையில்" (Novitiate of the Congregation) சேர்த்துக்கொள்ளப்பட்டார். "சகோதரர் ஆண்ட்ரே" (Brother André) என்ற பெயரை தமது ஆன்மீகப் பெயராக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். தமது இருபத்தெட்டாம் வயதில் இறுதி பொருத்தனைகளை செய்துகொண்டார்.

ஆல்ஃபிரெடுக்கு "நோட்ரேடாம் கல்லூரியில்" (Notre Dame College) சுமை தூக்கும் பணி கொடுக்கப்பட்டது. அத்துடன், கூடுதல் பணிகளாக, கிறிஸ்தவ ஆலயத்தில் உள்ள புனிதப் பொருட்களைக் காக்கும் பணி (Sacristan), சலவைப்பணி, மற்றும் செய்தி மற்றும் தபால்களை எடுத்துச் செல்லும் பணி ஆகியன கொடுக்கப்பட்டன.

புனித சூசையப்பர் மீது அவர் கொண்டிருந்த பெரும் நம்பிக்கை மற்றும் பக்தியானது அவரைக் கவர்ந்திழுத்தது. பல்வேறு வழிகளில் நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்களை புனித சூசையப்பரிடம் மன்றாடும்படி தூண்டினார். நோயுற்றோரை காண அவர் சென்றபோதெல்லாம் கல்லூரி ஆலயத்தில் எரியும் விளக்கின் எண்ணெய்யை சிறிதே எடுத்து நோயுற்றோரின் உடலில் தடவி, புனித சூசையப்பரை நோக்கி செபித்து குணப்படுத்தினார். ஒருதடவை, அருகிலுள்ள கல்லூரி ஒன்றில் பரவிய தோற்று நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டோருக்கு உதவ ஆண்ட்ரே முன்னின்றார். நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டோர் ஒருவர்கூட இறந்து போகவில்லை. சகோதரர் ஆண்ட்ரேயின் செபமும் புனித சூசையப்பரின் அருளும் தங்களை குணப்படுத்தியதாக மக்கள் கூறினார். ஆனால், அவர் அதை மறுத்தார். சூசையப்பர் கௌரவிக்கப்படவேண்டும் என்றார். அவருக்கே நன்றி கூற சொன்னார்.

தொடர்ச்சியாக பல நோயாளிகள் இவரைக் காண வந்தபோது கல்லூரியில் பதட்டங்கள் அதிகரித்ததால், சகோதரர் ஆண்ட்ரே இனியும் தனது ஊழியத்தை கல்லூரி வளாகத்துக்குள் தொடரக் கூடாது என்று கல்லூரி நிர்வாகம் முடிவு செய்தது. கல்லூரிக்கு பதிலாக, அருகிலுள்ள “டிராம்வே நிலையத்தில்” (Tramway Station) நோயாளிகளைக் காண அவர் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார். அவரது நற்பெயர் மென்மேலும் பரவியதால் சகோதரர் ஆண்ட்ரே மிகவும் சர்ச்சைக்குரிய நபராக ஆனார். தூய திருச்சிலுவை சபையின் ஆசிரியர்கள் மற்றும் கல்லூரி மாணவர்களின் பெற்றோர் பலர் அவரை ஆதரித்தனர். ஆனால் பலர் அவரை எதிர்க்கவும் செய்தனர். பள்ளிக்கூடத்தின் நற்பெயருக்கும் எதிர்காலத்துக்கும் ஆபத்தானவராக அவரைக் கருதினர். குழந்தைகள் மற்றும் மாணவர்களின் ஆரோக்கியத்தில் அக்கறை செலுத்திய பிறர், தொடர்ந்து சகோதரர் ஆண்ட்ரேயைக் காண கல்லூரிக்கு வரும் நோயாளிகளால் மாணவர்களுக்கும் நோய்த் தொற்று ஏற்படலாம் என அஞ்சினர்.

கி.பி. 1904ம் ஆண்டு, ஆண்ட்ரே புனித சூசையப்பருக்கு ஒரு சிற்றாலயம் கட்டவேண்டி பிரச்சாரம் தொடங்கினார். கி.பி. 1924ம் ஆண்டு, புனித சூசையப்பர் திருத்தல பேராலய (Basilica named Saint Joseph's Oratory) கட்டுமான பணிகள் தொடங்கின.

91 வயதான சகோதரர் ஆண்ட்ரே பெஸ்செட் கி.பி. 1937ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 6ம் நாள், இறையாட்சி காண பயணித்தார்.

Also known as

Alfred, Alfredo, Andreas, Frère André

Profile

Son of a woodcutter, and eighth of twelve children. His father died in a work-related accident, his mother of tuberculosis, and he was adopted at age twelve by a farmer uncle who insisted he work for his keep. Over the years Andre worked as a farmhand, shoemaker, baker, blacksmith, and factory worker. At 25 he applied to join the Congregation of the Holy Cross; Andre was initially refused due to poor health, but he gained the backing of Bishop Bourget, and was accepted.

Doorkeeper at Notre Dame College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sacristan, laundry worker and messenger. He spent much of each night in prayer, and on his window sill, facing Mount Royal, was a small statue of Saint Joseph, to whom Andre was especially devoted. "Some day,” Andre believed, "Saint Joseph will be honored on Mount Royal.”

Andre had a special ministry to the sick. He would rub the sick person with oil from a lamp in the college chapel, and many were healed. Word of his power spread, and when an epidemic broke out at a nearby college, Andre volunteered to help; no one died. The trickle of sick people to his door became a flood. His superiors were uneasy; diocesan authorities were suspicious; doctors called him a quack. "I do not cure,” he always said; "Saint Joseph cures.” By his death, he was receiving 80,000 letters each year from the sick who sought his prayers and healing.

For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buy land on Mount Royal. Brother Andre and others climbed the steep hill and planted medals of Saint Joseph on it, and soon after, the owners yielded, which incident helped the current devotion to Saint Joseph by those looking to buy or sell a home. Andre collected money to build a small chapel and received visitors there, listening to their problems, praying, rubbing them with Saint Joseph's oil, and curing many. The chapel is still in use.

Born

9 August 1845 Mont-Saint-Gregoire, Monteregie Region near Montreal, Quebec, Canada as Alfred Bessette

Died

• 6 January 1937 of 'gastric catarrh' in the infirmary of Our Lady of Hope convent, Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• more than a million people paid their respects at his funeral

• buried in an alcove inside the crypt behind the Votive Chapel at Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Mont-Royal, Montreal

• his tombstone reads: Pauper, servis a humilis (a poor and humble servant)

Canonized

17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI

Saint Charles of Sezze

Also known as

• Carlo of Sezze

• Giancarlo Marchioni

• John Charles Marchioni

• Karl av Sezze

• Karl von Sezze

Profile

Born to a poor but pious rural family, he worked as a shepherd as a child. His family encouraged his vocation to the priesthood, but Charles was a terrible student, barely able to read or write, and had no hope of success in seminary. Franciscan lay brother at age 22 at Naziano, Italy. Poor health prevented his going on foreign missions, and he served in assorted menial positions, such as cook, porter, and gardener at friaries near Rome, Italy.

Once a friary superior ordered Charles, as porter, to give food only to traveling friars. When Charles strictly adhered to the rule, alms to the friary decreased. He convinced the superior the two things were related, and Charles was allowed to be more opened handed to travellers; alms to the friars increased.

He worked among plague victims in 1656. Charles wrote several mystical works, and at the direction of his confessor, his autobiography, The Grandeurs of the Mercies of God. He had a strong devotion to the Eucharist and the Passion. The simple lay brother was sought out for spiritual advice, and the dying Pope Clement IX called Charles to his bedside for a blessing.

Stigmatist, with a visibly open wound in his side; said to have been opened by a piercing ray of light that came from an elevated host during Mass at the Church of Saint Joseph a Capo le Case. The area of the wound was marked with a cross after his death.

Born

19 October 1613 at Sezze, Roman Campagna, Italy as John Charles Marchioni

Died

• 6 January 1670 at San Francesco a Ripa, Rome, Italy of natural causes

• entombed at the Church of Saint Francis in Rome

Canonized

12 April 1959 by Pope John XXIII

Works

• Birth of Holy Mary's Novena

• Christmas Novena

• Holy Settenario

• Invalid Path of the Soul

• Jesus Christ's Talk About Life

• The Grandeurs of the Mercies of God

• The Three Ways

Blessed Rita Amada de Jesus

Also known as

• Apostle of the Rosary

• Rita Lópes de Almeida

Profile

Daughter of Manuel Lopes and Josefa de Jesus Almeida. Hers was a pious family, reading and praying the rosary together every evening. She grew up in a time when Portugese Freemasons, with government support, were in open conflict with the Church. Churches and property were seized, religious houses closed, clergy attacked, and religious orders forbidden to accept new members. Rita felt a call to religious life and missionary work, but the suppression of the Church limited her chances; she was able to spend some time with some Benedictine Sisters at Viseu City, who taught her a lot about their way of life. Instead of travelling to the foreign missions, she began travelling from parish to parish, praying, teaching the rosary, and encouraging ordinary people to make the Church a key part of their life. Many returned to the faith and supported her, several young men proposed to her (which she rejected), and many other people opposed her, some threatening to kill her. She developed a great devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and a great desire to save souls.

At age 29 she entered the only religious institute still functioning in Portugal, the Sisters of Charity at Oporto, but did not find it fulfilling, and left. She felt a call to care for single mothers and their children, and with the help of a wealthy noble family in her home town, she obtained a house to start the work. On 24 September 1880 she founded the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph to help with this ministry. She started a school for poor children in her parish and soon opened several more across the country, staffed by the Sisters. Local authorities, hostile to Church, opposed the schools, and in some cases demanded that they close. In 1910 rebels drove out the monarchy, established a republic, and began a concerted persecution of the Church. All Church property was confiscated, all foreign religious houses left the country, and parochial schools were closed. Rita, some of her sisters, and some of the children in their care disguised themselves as gypsies, and moved back with her parents for safety. Her old home became her new base of operations; she gathered her scattered sisters, and taught local children in the house. In a move that kept the Sisters going, nearly all of them went to Brazil to teach the poor and spread the faith. Rita's health was too poor for her to travel, but she had finally become involved in missionary work, and died with the knowledge that her sisters were doing good.

Born

5 March 1848 at Casalmedinho, Ribafeita, diocese of Viseu, Portugal

Died

6 January 1913 in Casalmedinho, Ribafeita, diocese of Viseu, Portugal of natural causes

Beatified

• 28 May 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated at Viseu, Portugal

Saint Balthasar, Saint Caspar and Saint Melchior

Additional Memorial

23 July (translation of relics)

Profile

The Three Magi who brought gifts to the Infant Jesus.

Patronage

• against epilepsy

• against thunder

• epileptics

• furriers

• motorists

• pilgrims

• playing card manufacturers

• sawmen

• sawyers

• travellers

• travelling merchants

• Cologne, Germany

• Saxony

Saint Rafaela Porras y Ayllón

புனித_ரபேலா_மரிய_போரஸ் (1850-1925)

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இவர் (#StRaphealaMariaPorras) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவரது தந்தை ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் மேயரான பேத்ரோ அபத் என்பவராவார். 

தனது நான்கு வயதிலேயே தன் தந்தையை இழந்த இவர் தாயின் பராமரிப்பில் வளர்ந்து வந்தார். இவருக்கு 23 வயது நடக்கும் போது இவர் தனது சகோதரியுடன் இணைந்து,  துறவுமடத்தில் சேர்ந்தார். 

துறவுமடத்தில் இவரது வாழ்க்கை நன்றாகச் சென்று கொண்டிருந்த வேளையில், ஆயர் செபரினோ என்பவர் ஒருசில காரணங்களுக்காக இவரது சபையைத் தன்னுடைய மறைமாவட்டத்திலிருந்து காலி செய்யச் சொன்னார். இதற்காக இவர் மனம் தளரவில்லை. மாறாக, இவர் 15 அருள்சகோதரிகளோடு சேர்ந்து புதிதாக ஒரு சபையை தோற்றுவித்தார்.  சபை தொடங்கிய அதே ஆண்டில் அதாவது, 1878 ஆம் ஆண்டே திருத்தந்தையின் அங்கீகாரம் கிடைத்தது.

குழந்தைகளுக்குக் கற்றுக் கொடுப்பதையும், தியானம் கொடுப்பதையும் முதன்மையான நோக்கமாக கொண்டு தொடங்கப்பட்ட இச்சபை, மிகக் குறுகிய காலகட்டத்திலேயே விரைவாக வளர்ந்தது; இச்சபையின் தலைவியாக இவரே நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.

1893ஆம் ஆண்டு பணியிலிருந்து விருப்ப ஓய்வு பெற்ற இவர், அதன் பிறகு 32 ஆண்டுகள் இறைவேண்டலில் தன்னுடைய நேரத்தை செலவழித்து,1925 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி  சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு  1977 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுல் புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுத்தார்.

Also known as

• Rafaela Maria del Sagrado Corazon

• Raphaela of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

• Rafaela Maria Porras y Ayllon

• Raphaela Maria Porras

• Raphaela Mary of the Sacred Heart

• María of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Profile

Daughter of the mayor of Pedro Abad, Spain. Her father died when Raphaela was four years old. She and her sister Dolores (Pilar) joined the Sisters of Marie Reparatrice in Cordova, Spain in 1873. When Bishop Ceferino Gonzalez asked the community to leave his diocese, Raphaela and 15 novices stayed to form a new community. When they were ready to take their vows in 1877, Bishop Gonzalez presented them with a new rule; instead of taking vows, they left Cordova for Madrid, Spain. Raphaela and Dolores finally made their vows in 1877, forming the basis for the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, a congregation devoted to teaching children and helping at retreats. The congregation received papal approval in 1877. Raphaela served as the congregation's mother general, and the sisters soon had houses throughout Spain, and began to spread abroad. Mother Raphaela resigned in 1893, spending her remaining 32 years in quiet prayer at her congregation's house in Rome, Italy.

Born

1 March 1850 at Pedro Abad, Cordoba, Spain

Died

6 January 1925 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

23 January 1977 by Pope Paul VI

Blessed Peter Thomas

Also known as

Pedro Tomas

Additional Memorial

8 January (Discalced Carmelites)

Profile

Carmelite at age 21. Noted preacher and homilist. Order's procurator-general to the papal court at Avignon, France in 1345; while there, he entered the papal diplomatic service. Papal legate to Genoa, Milan, and Venice in Italy. Bishop of Patti, Italy and Lipari, Italy in 1354. Bishop of Coron in 1359. Papal representative to the Eastern Churches, working for peace, unity, and healing of the Great Schism. Papal legate to the East in 1359. Archbishop of Candia, Crete in 1363. Latin Patriarch of Constantinople in 1364. Preached Crusade against the Turks throughout Serbia, Hungary, and Constantinople, and travelled with the armies. Enjoyed a reputation among both Catholic and Orthodox spheres as an apostle of Church unity.

Born

c.1305 in southern Perigord, France

Died

1366 at Famagorta, Cyprus from wounds received in a military action in Alexandria, Egypt in 1365

Beatified

• 1608 by Pope Paul V (cultus confirmed)

• 1628 by Pope Urban VIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Abo of Tblisi

Also known as

• Abo of Tibileli

• Abo of Tiflis

Profile

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

Born

8th century at Baghdad, (in modern Iraq)

Died

• beheaded 6 January 786 at Tblisi, Georgia

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

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

Saint Andrew Corsini

Also known as

• Andrea Corsini

• Andres Corsino

• Apostle of Florence

Additional Memorial

9 January (Discalced Carmelites)

Profile

Following a wild and misspent youth, Andrew became a Carmelite at Florence, Italy in 1318. Studied at Paris and Avignon, France. Prior. Provincial of Tuscany, Italy in 1348. Bishop of Fiesole, Italy on 13 October 1349. Had the gifts of prophecy and miracles. Noted peacemaker between quarreling Italian houses.

Born

1302 at Florence, Italy

Died

• 6 January 1374 at Fiesole, Italy

• relics in the church of Sainta Maria del Carmine in Florence, Italy

Canonized

29 April 1629 by Pope Urban VIII

Patronage

• against civil disorder or riot

• Carmelites

Blessed Gertrude van Oosten

Also known as

• Gertrude of the East

• Gertrude van der Oosten

• Geertruida, Geertruyt

Profile

Born to a poor family, and when she was old enough Gertrude began to work as a servant to a rich family in Delft, Netherlands. She was engaged, but was jilted by her betrothed. Joined the Beguine convent at Delft. Received the stigmata and the gift of prophesy. The surname van Oosten is thought to have been a nickname given her due to her frequent repitition of the hymn Het daghet in den Oosten (The Day Breaks in the East).

Born

c.1310 in Voorburch, Netherlands

Died

• 6 January 1358 in Delft, Netherlands of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Hippolytus in Delft

Patronage

housekeeping staff

Blessed Macarius the Scot

Also known as

• Macarius of the Scots Monastery

• Macarius of Würzburg

• Macario...

Profile

Benedictine monk. Prior of the Scots Monastery Saint Jacob in Regensburg, Germany c.1138. First abbot of the Scots Monastery Saint Jakob in Würzburg, Germany, c.1139, and helped found a hospital there to serve pilgrims. Known for his good works, his simple ascetic life, and as a miracle worker.

Born

11th century Ireland

Died

• 1153 at Würzburg, Germany of natural causes

• tomb re-discovered in 1614

• relics re-interred at the altar of the monastery church in 1615

• the monastery was secularized in 1803, and in 1823 his relics were enshrined in the Lady Chapel at the market square of Würzburg

• chapel destroyed in 1945 during World War II

Beatified

1734 by Pope Clement XII

Patronage

against fever

Saint Juan de Ribera

Profile

Son of Peter de Ribera, a devout Christian who was also the Duke of Alcala, Spain, and viceroy of Naples, Italy. Educated at the University of Salamanca. Ordained in 1557. Professor of theology at the University of Salamanca. Highly regarded by Pope Pius V and King Philip II of Spain. Reluctant bishop of Badajoz, Spain on 27 May 1562. Reluctant archbishop of Valencia, Spain on 3 December 1568, serving for over 40 years. Ordered the deportation of all Moors from his see in 1609. Made viceroy of Valencia by King Philip III. Founded the College of Corpus Christi at Valencia. Friend of Saint Nicholas Factor, and his testimony was used in Nicholas' beatification investigation.

Born

20 March 1532 at Seville, Spain

Died

6 January 1611 at the College of Corpus Christi, Valencia, Spain following a long illness

Canonized

12 June 1960 by Pope John XXIII

Saint Macra of Rheims

Also known as

• Macra of Aisne

• Macra of Fere-en-Tardenois

• Macra of Fismes

• Macra of France

• Macre of...

Additional Memorials

• 2 January (Rheims, France)

• 11 June (translation of relics)

Profile

Lived in private vows of chastity and charity in Rheims, France. Tortured, mutilated and executed for her faith during the persecutions of governor Rictiovarius. Martyr.

Died

• 287 outside Fismes, Champagne, France

• re-interred at the church of Saint Martin, Fismes

• relics later enshrined the church of Saint Macra in Fere-en-Tardenois, France

Saint Erminold of Prüfening

Profile

Consecrated to God as a small child at the abbey of Hirschau, Germany. Educated by and professed as a Benedictine monk at the abbey. Abbot in Lorsch, Germany in 1110. Fearing his appointment had been bought, he resigned and returned to Hirschau. First prior of Prüfening Abbey near Regensburg, Germany in 1114; he became its abbot in 1117. Killed by a lay-brother of the community for what the killer saw as excessive strictness. Mistakenly described on some lists as a martyr.

Born

11th century Germany

Died

in 1121 at Prüfening Abbey, Germany by being hit with a piece of timber

Saint Peter of Canterbury

Additional Memorial

30 December at Saint Augustine's, Canterbury, England

Profile

Benedictine monk at Saint Andrew's monastery in Rome, Italy. Chosen by Pope Gregory the Great to work with Saint Augustine of Canterbury and others as missionaries to England in 596. First abbot of the monastery of Saint Peter and Paul at Canterbury, England in 602. Died en route to Rome to report on the success of the mission.

Died

• drowned c.607 at Ambleteu, near Boulogne, France

• legend says that the locals buried him in unhallowed ground, but later re-interred the body when lights hovered over the grave each night

Canonized

1915 Pope Benedict XV (cultus confirmed)

Saint Felix of Nantes

Additional Memorial

7 July (translation of relics)

Profile

Born to the nobility, received a good education, and was very fluent in Greek. Ordained in 540. Bishop of Nantes, France for 33 years; he was married at the time he was chosen, and his wife became a nun. Attended the synods in Paris, France in 557 and 573, and in Tours, France in 567. Peacemaker between warring leaders in his region.

Born

c.515 in the Aquitaine region of modern France

Died

6 January 584 of natural causes

Patronage

• against famine

• against plague

Saint Guy of Auxerre

Also known as

Guido

Profile

Educated at the cathedral school at Auxerre, France. Priest. Chaplain and counselor to the court of king Raoul and queen Emma. Archdeacon of Auxerre. Bishop of Auxerre from 933 to 961. Waged an on-going fight with the nobility who tried to confiscate church goods. Built and restored church structures in his diocese, promoted devotion to the saints from the region, wrote hymns. He was a shepherd who tried to lead and help his people instead of commanding them as was often the case of the time.

Born

10th century near Sens, France

Died

6 January 961 in Auxerre, France of natural causes

Blessed Luc of Roucy

Also known as

• Luc Bartholomew

• Luc of Cuissy

• Lucas...

Profile

Born to the French nobility; related to Blessed Irmengard. Priest. Dean of Laon, France. Around 1115, Luc retired from worldly things to live as a hermit at Cuissy-et-Geny, France. His reputation of holiness and wisdom attracted would-be students, Count Guntarius founded a monastery there them all. In 1122 the house became part of the Premonstratensians; in 1124 the community officially became an abbey, and Luc served as its first abbot.

Born

late-11th century Roucy, France

Died

12th century of natural causes

Saint Nilammon of Geris

Also known as

Nilammone, Nilamon, Nillammon

Profile

Hermit. His reputation caused him to be chosen bishop of Geris, Egypt; he was so reluctant to accept that he barricaded his door with stones. When the authorities and people insisted, he began to pray to be relieved to the burden, and died while in prayer.

Born

Egyptian

Died

c.404 in Geris, Egypt

Blessed Frederick of Saint-Vanne

Also known as

• Frederick of Arras

• Frederic Provost of St-Vaast d'Arras

Profile

Son of Matilda and Count Geoffrey le Barbu of Verdun, France. In 997 he gave his wealth to the bishop of Verdun and made a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. When he returned he became a Benedictine monk at Saint Vanne abbey. Friend of Blessed Richard of Saint Vanne. Prior of the monastery of Saint Vedast, Arras, France.

Born

10th century France

Died

6 January 1020 of natural causes

Saint Basillisa

Additional Memorials

• 8 January (Greek Menaea)

• 13 January (per Rabanus Maurus)

• 21 June (Menology of Canisius)

• 5 July (Greek calendar)

Profile

Married chastely to Saint Julian. The two converted their home into a hospital which could house up to 1,000; Basilissa cared for sick indigent women in one wing, Julian cared for the men in another.

Died

of natural causes

Patronage

against chilblains

Saint Julian

Additional Memorials

• 8 January (Greek Menaea)

• 13 January (per Rabanus Maurus)

• 21 June (Menology of Canisius)

• 5 July (Greek calendar)

Profile

Married chastely to Saint Basillisa. The two converted their home into a hospital which could house up to 1,000; Basilissa cared for sick indigent women in one wing, Julian cared for the men in another.

Died

of natural causes

Saint Diman Dubh of Connor

Also known as

• Diman the Black

• Dima, Dimas, Dimaus, Dubh

Profile

Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Columba. Sixth century Apostolic Delegate to Ireland. Abbot at Connor, Ireland. Bishop of Connor. One of the bishops who received a letter from the Roman Church in 640 about the controversy over Easter dating, and the Pelagian heresy.

Died

6 January 658 of natural causes

Saint Edeyrn

Also known as

Edern

Profile

Hermit the Armonica area of Brittany in modern France. Evangelist in Wales. Legend says that he spent his early life as a friend of King Arthur.

Born

in Brittany, France

Died

6th century

Saint Petran of Landévennec

Also known as

Bedan, Bedran, Paezron, Pedran, Pedraon, Peran, Peron, Petron, Petronus, Pezran

Profile

Missionary, working in the 4th and 5th century with Saint Germanus of Auxerre in the Champagne region of France. Monk at Landévennec, France.

Patronage

Trézilidé, France

Saint Demetrius of Philadelphia

Also known as

Dimitrios, Dimitri

Profile

First century bishop of Philadelphia in Asia minor.

Blessed Raymond de Blanes

Profile

Soldier. Knight. Mercedarian. Captured by Muslim invaders, he was imprisoned, tortured, and executed for his faith. First Mercedarian martyr.

Died

beheaded on 6 January 1235 in Granada, Spain

Saint Schotin

Also known as

Scarthin, Schottin, Scothin

Profile

Left his homeland to become a spiritual student of Saint David of Wales. Hermit on Mount Mairge in Ireland. Founded a boy's school in Kilkenny, Ireland.

Born

in Ireland

Died

c.550 on Mount Maige, Queens County, Ireland of natural causes

Saint Wiltrudis of Bergen

பெர்கன் நகர் துறவி வில்ட்ரூட் Wiltrud von Bergen OSB

பிறப்பு 

10 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு

இறப்பு 

6 ஜனவரி 995, 

பெர்கன் Bergen, பவேரியா Germany

இவர் நொய்பூர்க் Neuburg என்ற ஊரில் டோனவ் Donau நதியோரம் பெனடிக்டீனர் துறவற இல்லம் ஒன்றை நிறுவினார். இவர் பவேரியா நாட்டு அரசர் பெர்த்ஹோல்டு Berthold என்பவருடன் திருமணம் செய்து வாழ்ந்தார். தன் கணவரின் இறப்பிற்குப்பின் அரசர் 2 ஆம் ஓட்டோ Otto II என்பவரின் துணையுடன் தன் சொத்துக்கள் அனைத்தையும் விற்று துறவற மடங்களை எழுப்பினார். அதன்பிறகு பணம், பொருள், பதவி, சொந்தம் என அனைத்தையும் துறந்து துறவியானார். இறையன்னையின்மீது மிகுந்த பக்தி கொண்டுவாழ்ந்தார். தன் சொந்த முயற்சியால் துறவற மடம் ஒன்றை நிறுவி அதில் தானே தலைமைப் பொறுப்பேற்று வழி நடத்தினார். தன்னுடன் வாழ்ந்த மற்ற துறவியர்களுக்கு தாய்க்கு தாயாய் இருந்து வழிகாட்டினார்.

Also known as

Biletrudis, Wiltrude

Profile

Wife of Duke Berthold of Bavaria. Widowed c.947. Benedictine nun. Founded the convent of Bergen, near Neuburg, Germany, on the Danube c.976. Noted for her skill in the hand crafts.

Died

c.986 of natural causes

Saint Pompejanus

Profile

Martyred at age 26.

Died

• stabbed through the heart with a spear in Cagliari, Sicily, Italy

• relics re-discovered in 1614 in the church of San Saturninus in Cagliari

Canonized

1615 by Pope Paul V (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Gertrud of Traunkirchen

Also known as

Gertrude

Profile

Benedictine nun and then abbess of the Abbey of Traunkirchen, Germany (in modern Austria).

Died

c.1050 of natural causes

Saint Pia of Quedlinburg

Profile

Hermitess at Saint Mary's chapel, Huysburg, Halberstadt, Germany c.1070. When the double monastery of Quedlinburg was founded there in 1080, Pia entered as a nun and then became its abbess.

Saint Hywyn of Aberdaron

Also known as

Owen, Ewen

Profile

Pilgrim companion of Saint Cadfan. Founded Aberdaron abbey, Gwynedd, Wales.

Born

Welsh

Died

c.515

Saint Merninus

Profile

Hermit at Bangor, Wales. Spiritual student of Abbot Dunawd. Titular patron of churches in Wales and Brittany.

Died

6th century of natural causes

Saint Eigrad

Profile

Brother of Saint Samson of York. Spiritual student of Saint Illtyd. Founded a church in Anglesey, Wales.

Died

6th century of natural causes

Saint Antoninus

Profile

Martyr.

Saint Honorius

Profile

Martyr.

Saint Julius

Profile

Martyr.

Martyrs in Africa

Profile

Unknown number of Christian men and women who were martyred in the persecutions of Septimus Severus.

Died

burned to death c.210

Martyrs of Sirmium

Profile

A group of Christians martyred together for their faith. The only surviving details are the names of eight of them - Anastasius VIII, Florianus, Florus, Jucundus, Peter, Ratites, Tatia and Tilis.

Died

4th century at Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia)

Twelve Apostles of Ireland

Also known as

• Twelve Apostles of Erin

• Dh´ Aspal Déag na hÉireann

Profile

Twelve 6th century Irish monks who studied under Saint Finian at Clonard Abbey, and then spread the faith throughout Ireland. Each has his own commemoration, but on this day they and their good work are considered and celebrated together. Though Saint Finian is sometimes included, most ancient writers list them as –

• Brendan of Birr

• Brendan the Navigator

• Columba of Iona

• Columba of Terryglass

• Keiran of Saighir

• Kieran of Clonmacnois

• Canice of Aghaboe

• Lasserian of Leighlin

• Mobhí of Glasnevin

• Ninnidh the Saintly of Loch Erne

• Ruadh´n of Lorrha

• Senan of Iniscathay