இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் செப்டம்பர் 07

 St. Anastasius the Fuller

Feastday: September 7

Death: 304

Martyr from Aquileia, near modern Venice, Italy. A fuller or cloth merchant, Anastasius moved to Salona in Dalmatia, Yugoslavia. There he painted a cross on the door of his shop and was speedily arrested and drowned.

Saint Anastasius the Fuller (died 304) is a Christian saint of the pre-schism Christian Church. Anastasius was a fuller of Aquileia who subsequently moved his business to Salona, although other sources say he went to Spalatum.

He was martyred by being drowned after he had proclaimed his Christian faith openly by painting a cross on his door.

Anastasius is the patron saint of fullers and weavers and his feast day is September 7 (formerly August 26)

Blessed Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi

Also known as

• John Mazzucconi

• Johannes Baptiste Mazzucconi

• John Baptist Mazzucconi

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Priest. Member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. Missionary to Papua New Guinea. Martyr.

Born

1 March 1826 in Rancio di Lecco, Italy

Died

7 September 1855 in Woodlark Island, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Beatified

19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Eugenia Picco

Also known as

• Anna Eugenia Picco

• Maria Angela Picco

Profile

Daughter of Giuseppe Picco, a famous touring musician, and Adelaide del Corno. Because her parents lived on the road, Eugenia was raised for years by her grandparents; however, at one point Adalaide returned alone, Eugenia moved in with her, and from that point grew up in a morally corrupt environment. To escape her mother's house, Eugenia spent part of every day praying at the nearby Basilica of Saint Ambrose. Around the age of 20, Eugenia felt a call to religious life and joined the Congregation of the Little Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Milan, Italy under the direction of its founder, Venerable Agostino Chieppi; she began her novitiate in Parma, Italy on 26 August 1888, and made her final vows in 1894. Eugenia served as novice mistress, archivist, general secretary, member of the council, and then as Superior General of the Congregation from 1911 until her death in 1921. She suffered throughout her adult life with a degenerative bone disease, and in 1919 it led to the amputation of her right leg. A courageous woman, she enriched the spiritual and cultural formation of the sisters, and was known for her devotion to the Eucharist and her work with the poor, especially children.

Born

8 November 1867 at Cresenzago, Milan, Italy

Died

7 September 1921 at Parma, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Félix Gómez-Pinto Piñero

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One of four children born to pious farm family; his mother was a Franciscan tertiary, and two of his sisters became Capuchin nuns. Félix joined the Franciscan Friar Minor on 12 May 1886 at the at Pastrana, Spain, making his solemn profession on 16 May 1890. Priest, ordained on 19 May 1894 in Avila, Spain. Missionary to the Philippines where he was imprisoned from 1898 into 1899 during the Philippine fight for independence from Spain. Missionary on the Philippine island of Samar from 1903 to 1913. Served for a few months at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and then returned to Spain. Worked with and set an example to Franciscan novices at Pastrana from 1914 to 1917. Missionary to the Philippines from 1919 to 1933, but as his health began to fail, he was forced to return to the convent in Pastrana. During the persecutions of Spanish Civil War, he continued to minister to covert Catholics in the area. Siezed by anti-Christian militiamen, he was ordered to blaspheme against God, Mary and the Church; he refused. His convent hospital was converted by the militia into a prisons; Father Felix was kept their for several days while other priests and brothers were rounded up, and then they were executed. Martyr.

Born

18 May 1870 in La Torre de Esteban Hambrán, Toledo, Spain

Died

• shot with a shotgun on 7 September 1936 on the road near Hueva, Guadalajara, Spain

• body dumped on the side of the road

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Blessed Ignatius Klopotowski

Also known as

Ignacy Klopotowski

Profile

Born to a pious and patriotic family. He entered the Lublin seminary in 1883, and was ordained on 5 July 1891. Parochial vicar of the Conversion of Saint Paul parish. Chaplain of Saint Vincent's hospital in 1892. Taught sacred scripture, catechetics, homiletics, moral theology and canon law at the Saint Vincent seminary for fourteen years. Vicar of the Lublin Cathedral from 1892 to 1894. Rector of the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Stanislaus in 1894. Founded an employment center in Lublin. Founded a professional school. Founded a home to help girls and women escape prostitution. Founded orphanages, and homes for the elderly. With the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Immaculate he founded a series of rural schools, which brought him persecution by the Russian authorities. Published several weekly and monthly newspapers, and in 1905 the magazine Polak-Katolik (Polish-Catholic). Moved to Warsaw in 1908 to increase the publications' reach, and start new ones. With the help of the future Pope Pius XI, he founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto in Warsaw on 31 July 1920 to help with the publication work.

Born

20 July 1866 in Korzeniówka, Poland

Died

• 7 September 1931 of natural causes

• buried at the Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland

Beatified

• 19 June 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognization celebrated by Cardinal Jozef Glemp in Pilsudski Square, Warsaw, Poland

Blessed John Duckett

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Relative of Blessed James Duckett, possibly his grandson. Educated at Douai, France. Ordained in 1639. Studied at the College of Arras in Paris, France for three years. Ministered to covert Catholics in Durham, England from 1642. Arrested by Roundhead soldiers at Redgate Head (formerly Pickering Hill) near Wolsingham, England on 2 July 1644 while en route to baptize two children. Charged with with the crime of being a Catholic priest, he was martyred with Blessed Ralph Corby; the two were advised that a single reprieve had been obtained for them; they each refused it, insisting that the other be freed; neither was.

Born

1603 at Sedbergh parish, Underwinder, Yorkshire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 7 September 1644 at Tyburn, London, England

• his hand and clothing were recovered as relics, but as they had to be hidden, their location has been long lost

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Cloud

 புனிதர் கிளவுட் 

(St. Cloud)

மடாதிபதி/ ஒப்புரவாளர்:

(Abbot and Confessor)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 522

வெசைலஸ், ஃபிரான்சு

(Versailles, France)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 560

நோஜென்ட்-சுர்-செய்ன், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Nogent-sur-Seine, France)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

தூய கிளவுட் தேவாலயம், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Saint-Cloud, France)

பாதுகாவல்: 

மின்னசோட்டா மற்றும் தூய கிளவுட் மறைமாவட்டம்

உடலில் தோன்றும் ஒருவித கட்டிகளுக்கெதிராக (Carbuncles)

ஆணி தயாரிப்போர்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: செப்டம்பர் 7

புனிதர் கிளவுட், ஒரு சிறந்த ஒப்புரவாளரும், துறவியும், மடாதிபதியுமாவார். 

இவரது தந்தை, “ஓர்லியன்ஸ்” (Orléans) நாட்டு அரசர் “க்ளோடோமெர்” (King Chlodomer) ஆவார். தாயாரின் பெயர், “குன்தெயுக்” (Guntheuc) ஆகும். இவர், பாரிஸ் நகரில் தமது பாட்டியார் புனிதர் “க்லோட்டில்ட்” (Saint Clotilde) அவர்களால் வளர்க்கப்பட்டார். இவருக்கு இரண்டு சகோதரர்கள் இருந்தனர். இவர்களது மாமன் “முதலாம் க்லோட்டேய்ர்” (Clotaire I) இவர்கள் மூவரையும் அரசியல் படுகொலை செய்ய சதித் திட்டம் தீட்டி காத்திருந்தார்.

ஒன்பது மற்றும் பத்தே வயதான இவரின் சகோதரர்களான “தியோடொல்ட்” (Theodoald) மற்றும் “குந்தர்” (Gunther) இருவரும் மாமனின் சதிக்கு இரையாகி இறந்தனர். ஆனால், கிளவுட் மாமனின் சதியிலிருந்து தப்பி, ஃபிரான்ஸின் பண்டைய தென்கிழக்கு பிராந்தியமான “ப்ரோவேன்ஸ்” (Provence) சென்றார்.

அரியணை சுகத்தை வெறுத்த கிளவுட், புனிதர் “செவெரினஸ்” (Saint Severinus of Noricum) என்பவரின் சீடராகவும் தபசியாகவும் சிரத்தையுடன் கற்றார். இவருடைய சிகிச்சை முறை மற்றும் ஆலோசனைகளைப் பெறுவதற்காக அநேகர் இவரை நாடி வந்தனர். பின்னர் பாரிஸ் நகர் திரும்பிய கிளவுடை மக்கள் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் வரவேற்றனர்.

பெரும்பாலான மக்களின் கோரிக்கைகளை ஏற்று, பாரிஸ் நகர ஆயர் “யூசிபியஸ்” (Bishop Eusebius of Paris) கி.பி. 551ம் ஆண்டு, கிளவுடை கத்தோலிக்க குருவாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்தார். அதன்பிறகு இவர் சில காலம் திருச்சபைக்கு சேவை செய்தார்.

இவர், “வெர்செய்ல்ஸ்” (Versailles) பிராந்தியத்தில், “செய்ன்” (Seine) நதிக்கரையோரம், “நோவிஜென்டம்” (Novigentum) எனும் கிராமத்தில் ஒரு துறவு மடத்தினை கட்டினார். தமது அரச சொத்துக்கள் அனைத்தையும் விற்று, நாட்டிலிருந்த ஏழைகளுக்கு பகிர்ந்தளித்தார். தமது அண்டை நாட்டிற்கும் உதவி செய்தார். பலரின் வாழ்வில் ஒளியேற்றிய கிளவுட், ஒன்றுமில்லாதவராய் இறைவனை மட்டுமே சொத்தாகக் கொண்டார். பின்னர் இறைவனை இதயத்தில் ஏற்றவராய் தனது 38வது வயதில் இறைவனடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Clodoald, Clodoaldus, Claud, Clodoaldo

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Born to French royalty, son of King Clodomir and Clotilde, and grandson of King Clovis and Saint Clotilda. His father died in battle when his children were still quite young. The king's sons were raised in Paris, France by their grandmother, Saint Clotilda, until an ambitious uncle murdered two of them in a power grab. Clodoaldus escaped, renounced all claims to the throne, and lived as a studious hermit.

Spiritual student of Saint Severinus the Hermit. Young Cloud withdrew to Provence to live as a prayerful hermit, but when his identity became known, his hermitage became a destination point for pilgrims, and he returned to Paris. Priest. Built a monastery near Paris, a house later known as Saint Cloud, retired there, and led a community of holy brothers by his example. The town of Saint Cloud grew up around the monastery.

Born

522 in Gaul (modern France)

Died

560 in France of natural causes

Name Meaning

out of the mist [middle english]

Patronage

• nail makers

• Saint Cloud, Minnesota, diocese of

Blessed Thomas Tsuji 

Also known as

• Thomas Tsugi

• Thomas Tsughi

• Thomas Tzugi

Profile

Born to the Japanese nobility. Educated by Jesuits at Arima, he joined the Society in 1587. Thomas traveled Japan and became known for his eloquent, persuasive preaching. His vocation was cut short when he was arrested and exiled to Macao because of his religion. Thomas returned to Japan in disguise and resumed his missionary work. He was soon recaptured and imprisoned for a year. Sentenced to death for his faith, he refused to use his family connections to gain his freedom. Martyr.

Born

c.1571 in Sonogi, Nagasaki, Japan

Died

burned at the stake on 7 September 1627 at Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

7 July 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Saint Chiaffredo of Saluzzo

Also known as

Chaffre, Chiaffredus, Ciafrè, Ciafré, Eufredus, Gaufrid, Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geofroi, Gioffredo, Godefrid, Godefridus, Godefroi, Godfred, Godfrey, Goffredo, Goffrey, Gofrido, Gotfrid, Gottfried, Jafredo, Jafredus, Jeffrey, Jofredus, Sinfredus, Teofredo, Teofredus, Theofredus, Theofrid, Zaffredus

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Soldier. Member of the Theban Legion who escaped from Agaunum to Piedmont in modern Italy only to be killed there for his faith. Martyr.

Died

• near Crissolo, Italy c.270

• relics discovered near Crissolo, Italy c.522 and enshrined there

• relics translated to Revello, Italy in 1593

• relics translated to the cathedral of Saluzzo, Italy in 1642

Patronage

• Crissolo, Italy

• Saluzzo, Italy, city of

• Saluzzo, Italy, diocese of (declared by Bishop Tornabuoni in 1516)

Saint Gratus of Aosta

Profile

Priest. Bishop of Aosta, Italy some time after 451. He evangelized his people, established charities, and was known as a miracle worker.

Died

• c.470 in Aosta, Italy of natural causes

• some relics in the collegiate church of Sant'Orso, Aosta

Patronage

• against animal attacks

• insectophobics; against fear of insects

• against fire

• against hail

• against lightning

• against rain

• against storms

• vineyards

• Albertville, France

• Aosta, Italy, city of

• Aosta, Italy, diocese of

Representation

• bishop carrying the head of Saint John the Baptist and a bunch of grapes (refers to a legend about a vision he received)

• bishop with lightning flashing near him

Blessed Ralph Corby

Also known as

Ralph Corbington

Profile

Raised in a pious family; all of the family, his parents included, eventually took religious vows. Educated at the College of Saint Omer in France, the seminary of Saint Gregory at Seville, Spain, and the Royal College of Saint Alban in Valladolid, Spain. Joined the Jesuits in 1631. Ordained in 1631. He returned to England in 1632 to minister to covert Catholics in the area of Durham. Arrested with Blessed John Duckett, and condemned to death for the crime of priesthood. Martyr.

Born

25 March 1598 in Maynooth, Ireland

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 7 September 1644 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Regina

Also known as

Regnia, Reine

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Daughter of a pagan named Clement. A convert to Christianity, she was driven from her family's home because of her faith, and lived as a poor, prayerful shepherdess. Imprisoned, tortured and martyred when she refused an arranged marriage to the Roman proconsul Olybrius.

Died

throat cut c.286 at Autun, (in modern France)

Patronage

• poor people

• shepherdesses

• torture victims

Saint Grimonia of Picardy

Also known as

Germana

Profile

Daughter of a pagan chieftain. Converted to Christianity around age twelve, and dedicated herself to God. When ordered by her father to marry, she refused. Her father was enraged, and imprisoned her. She managed to escape, fled to Laon, Picardy in France, and lived as an anchoress in the forest. Her father dispatched agents to find her. They did, and when she refused to return and marry, she was beheaded. Locals built a chapel over her grave; it soon became known as a site of miracles, and the town of LaChapelle grew up around the site.

Born

4th century Irish

Died

• beheaded at Picardy, France

• relics translated to LesQuielles on 7 September 1231

Saint Marko Krizevcanin

Also known as

Marek Krizin, Mark Crisin, Marko Krizevcanin, Marko Krizin

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Studied at the Germanicum in Rome, Italy. Priest and canon in the archdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary. Missionary near Kosice, Hungary (in modern Slovakia). Arrested by Calvinist troops in 1619, tortured and executed for loyalty to Catholicism. Martyr.

Born

c.1589 in Krizevci, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Croatia

Died

7 September 1619 in Kosice, Kosický kraj, Hungary (now in Slovakia)

Canonized

2 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Melichar Grodecký

Also known as

Melchior Grodziecki

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Jesuit priest. Missionary near Kosice, Hungary (in modern Slovakia). Arrested by Calvinist troops in 1619, tortured and executed for loyalty to Catholicism. Martyr.

Born

c.1584 in Ceský Tesín, Karviná, Czech Republic

Died

7 September 1619 in Kosice, Kosický kraj, Hungary (now in Slovakia)

Canonized

2 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed François d'Oudinot de la Boissière

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Priest in the diocese of Limoges, France. Martyred in the French Revolution.

Born

3 September 1746 in Saint-Germain, Haute-Vienne, France

Died

7 September 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France of starvation and general privation

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Claude-Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux

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Priest in the diocese of Limoges, France. Martyred in the French Revolution.

Born

11 June 1735 in Dorat, Haute-Vienne, France

Died

7 September 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France of starvation and general privation

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Alcmund of Hexham

Also known as

Alchmund

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Bishop of Hexham in 767. He was renowned for his piety, but no other certain information about him has survived.

Died

• 781 of natural causes

• the location of the cemetery where he was buried was lost over time

• in 1032 he appeared in a vision to a man in Hexham, and told him where to find the grave

• his relics were re-interred in the cathedral at Hexham

• his shrine was destroyed by the Scots in 1296

Blessed Ludovicus Maki Soetsu

Also known as

Louis Maki

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Married layman in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Member of the Secular Franciscans. Adoptive father of Blessed John Maki. Allowed Blessed Thomas Tsughi to celebrate Mass in his home, for which he was arrested and executed. Martyr.

Born

Nagasaki, Japan

Died

burned alive on 7 September 1627 in Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Saint Dinooth

Also known as

Dinothus, Dunawd, Dunod

Profile

Sixth century northern British chieftain who was driven into Wales by military opponents. There he entered religious life. Monk. Abbot. Founder of Bangor abbey, Flintshire, Wales, on the Dee river, which eventually grew to about 2,400 monks, and was destroyed c.603. Assisted at the second synod of Welsh bishops convened by Saint Augustine of Canterbury in 602.

Saint John of Lodi

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Hermit. Benedictine monk at Fontavellana c.1065. Spiritual student of Saint Peter Damian about whom he wrote a biography. Prior of the abbey in 1072. Bishop of Gubbio, Italy in 1105.

Born

at Lodi Vecchio, Lombardy, Italy

Died

1106 at Gubbio, Italy of natural causes

Blessed John Maki

Also known as

Ioannes Maki Jizaemon

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Layman in the diocese of Funai, Japan. Adopted son of Blessed Ludovicus Maki Soetsu, and martyred with him.

Born

in Nagasaki, Japanese

Died

burned alive on 7 September 1627 at Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Saint Eustace of Beauvais

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Parish priest in Beauvais, France. Joined the Benedictine Cistercians at the abbey in Saint-Germer-de-Fly, France. Monk. Abbot of the house. Apostolic legate to England for Pope Innocent III. Apostolic legate to fight Albigensianism in southern France.

Born

Beauvais, France

Saint Memorius of Troyes

Also known as

Mesmin, Nemorius, Memorio, Nemorio

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Deacon in Troyes, France. Along with five companions, he was sent by Saint Lupus to ask for mercy from Attila the Hun. In answer, Attila had them all beheaded. Martyr.

Died

beheaded in 451 outside Troyes, France

Blessed Alexander of Milan

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Zealous and pious Franciscan Friar Minor Observant at the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Chieri, Italy.

Born

Milan, Italy

Died

• 7 September 1505 in Chieri, Italy

• relics enshrined at the church of San Giogio

Blessed Berengario Bertrandi

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Franciscan friar and priest. He taught theology in Montpellier, France, and Franciscan records list him as a confessor.

Died

• 14th-century France of natural causes (dates vary by record)

• buried in Arles, France

Saint Balin

Also known as

Balanus, Balloin

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Born to the 7th century English nobility. Brother of Saint Gerald. Worked with Saint Colman of Lindisfarne, and travelled with him to Iona, Scotland. With his brothers, he later settled to live as a monk at Tecksaxon ("The House of the Saxons") near Tuam, Ireland.

Saint Madalberta

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Daughter of Saint Vincent Madelgarus and Saint Waltrude; sister of Saint Aldetrudis; grand-daughter of Saint Bertille. Spiritual student of her aunt Saint Aldegund. Benedictine nun at the abbey of Maubeuge, France. Abbess in 697.

Died

706 of natural causes

Saint Evortius of Orléans

Also known as

Euvert, Evurtius

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Bishop of Orleans, France. Spiritual teacher of Saint Aignan of Orléans. The monastery of Saint-Euvert was founded to enshrine his relics.

Died

c.340

Saint Sozonte

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Christian who smashed up a silver idol and gave the pieces to the poor to buy food. Martyr.

Died

burned at the stake in Pompeiopoli, Cilicia (modern Soli, Turkey)

Saint Goscelinus of Toul

Also known as

Gauzlino

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Bishop of Toul, Lotharingia (in modern France). Promoted monastic institutions in his diocese, and monastic discipline on those houses.

Died

962 of natural causes

Saint John of Nicomedia

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When an edict of Christian persecution was posted in Nicomedia, John ripped it down and tore it to pieces. Martyr.

Died

burned alive in 303 at Nicomedia

Blessed Maria of Bourbon

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Related to the French royalty. Poor Clare nun at the monastery of Saint George and Santa Chiara in Amiens, France.

Died

c.1445 of natural causes

Saint Carissima of Albi

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Fifth century anchoress who lived for years in a forest near Albi, France, and in later years moved to the convent of Viants.

Born

Albi, France

Saint Hiduard

Also known as

Hilduard, Hilward, Garibald, Hilduardo

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Benedictine monk. Missionary in Flanders. Founded Saint Peter's abbey at Dickelvenne, Belgium.

Died

c.750

Saint Pamphilus of Capua

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Bishop of Capua, Italy.

Born

Greece

Died

• c.400

• relics enshrined in Benevento, Italy

Saint Eupsychius of Caesarea

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Martyred in the persecutions of the Roman emperor Hadrian.

Died

c.130 at Caesarea, Cappadocia

Saint Tilbert of Hexham

Also known as

Gilbert of Hexham

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Bishop of Hexham, England from 781 to 789.

Died

789

Saint Desiderio of Benevento

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Lector. Martyr.

Died

Benevento, Campania, Italy

Saint Augustalis

Also known as

Augustalus, Autal

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Bishop in Gaul, possibly in Arles.

Died

c.450

Saint Faciolus

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Benedictine monk of Saint Cyprian abbey, Poitiers, France.

Died

c.950 of natural causes

Saint Festo of Benevento

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Deacon. Martyr.

Died

Benevento, Campania, Italy

Martyrs of Noli

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Four Christians who became soldiers and were martyred together for their faith. A late legend makes them member of the Theban Legend who escaped their mass martyrdom, but that's doubtful - Paragorius, Partenopeus, Parteus and Severinus.

Born

Noli, Italy

Died

Corsica, France

Representation

soldier with the banner of Noli, Italy

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

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

• Blessed Antoni Bonet Sero

• Blessed Ascensión Lloret Marcos

• Blessed Gregorio Sánchez Sancho

Also celebrated but no entry yet

• Albino of Chalons

• Chalcedony

• Leonardo

• Stefano di Chatillon

• Ventura of Città di Castello

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் செப்டம்பர் 06

 Saint Magnus of Füssen

Also known as

• Apostle of the Algäu

• Maginaldus, Maginold, Magnoaldus, Mang

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Priest. Benedictine. Spiritual student of Saint Columban and Saint Gall at Arbon (part of modern Switzerland). Superior of his house following the death of Saint Gall. At the request of the bishop of Augsberg, Bavaria, he evangelized in Eptaticus in the eastern part of Allgäu, Bavaria. By the River Lech in Bavaria, in a place still known as Sant Mangstritt (footstep of Saint Magnus) he founded the monastery of Füssen.

Some extraordinary stories grew up around Magnus, often involving animals. In Kempten he dispersed a plague of snakes. At Füssen, he was forced to expel a dragon from the land he needed for the monastery; in one version of the story, he spared an infant dragon who helped local farmers by hunting rats, mice and other crop-damaging vermin. While on a walk in the woods near the monastery, he encountered a bear who showed him a vein of iron ore; he gave the bear some cake. The bear followed Magnus back to the abbey where the saint rounded up some tools and monks; the bear then led them all to several other iron ore sources in the nearby mountains, thus helping found the area's most lucrative industry.

Died

c.666 at the monastery at Füssen, Bavaria (in modern Germany) of natural causes

Patronage

• against caterpillars

• against hail or hailstorms

• against lightning

• against snakes

• against vermin

• for protection of crops

Saint Frontiniano of Alba

Also known as

Frontinianus

Additional Memorials

• 23 October (dies natalis)

• 27 April (translation of relics in the diocese of Alba, Italy)

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May have served as a soldier in an imperial Roman legion. Studied in his home town of Carcassonne, France, and became a deacon. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy with one Casiano, healing people along with way by praying for them, and performing other miracles including crossing a river on a piece of debris that floated up to carry him over. In Alba Pompeia, Italy, he expelled a demon from a teenager; the girl‘s parents converted and were baptized by Frontiniano, but the prefect of the city had him arrested and executed for the crime of being a Christian. Martyr.

Born

Carcassone, France

Died

• beheaded on 23 October 311 on the road outside the city walls of Alba Pompeia, Piedmont, Italy near the city cemetery

• a Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Frontiniano was later built on the site of his execution, and is the source of the information we have about him

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Alba in the 15th century

• in the 16th century there developed a tradition of bringing sick children to be cathedral, carrying them nine times around the outside of the church, and then bringing them before the relics to pray for the intercession of Frontiniano

Patronage

• sick children

• Alba, Italy

• Sinio, Italy

Blessed Olinto Marella

Also known as

Giuseppe Olinto Marella

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One of three children of a wealthy physician who died when Olinto was only ten years old. Educated by his uncle, Archbishop Giuseppe Marella of Pallestrina, Italy. Studied in Rome, Italy, and was a class-mate of the future Pope John XXIII. Ordained on 17 December 1904. Taught seminarians in Chioggia, Italy and small children in his parish. Taught in a number of cities throughout Italy while continuing to study history, philosophy and theology. Parish priest in the diocese of Bologna, Italy, working with the poor, homeless and outcast of the city, finding funds for shelters, homes and chapels. Would sit on a stool on the street and preach to all passersby against indifference to the suffering of others. Some brother priests objected to his work as being too evangelical, but he had the support of Pope John XXIII.

Born

14 June 1882 in Pallestrina, Italy

Died

• 6 September 1969 in San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy of natural causes

• re-interred in 1980 in the Holy Family church, San Lazzaro di Savena

Beatified

• 4 October 2020 by Pope Francis

• the beatification was celebrated at Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, Italy, Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi presiding

Blessed Felipe Llamas Barrero

Also known as

Domitilo of Ayoó

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Felipe joined the Franciscan Capuchins on 2 August 1923, taking the name Domitilo of Ayoó; he made his religious profession on 3 August 1924. Ordained a priest on 30 May 1931. He became known as a passionate preacher.

Father Domitilo was arrested on 3 August 1936 in the early days of the Spanish Civil War for the offense of being a priest and for continuing to preach in the streets after the war started. While in custody, he refused to remove his Capuchin habit, ministered to other prisoners, and spoke of forgiveness instead of revenge. His final acts, in the cemetery where he and 22 fellow prisoners were executed, was to give sacramental absolution to the other victims. Martyr.

Born

3 September 1907 in Ayoó de Vidriales, Zamora, Spain

Died

the night of 6 September 1936 in Peón cemetery, Gijón, Asturias, Spain

Beatified

• 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated at the Complex Educatiu, Tarragona, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Blessed Bertrand of Garrigue

Also known as

The Second Dominic

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Priest. Worked with the Cistercians. Noted preacher. Fought Albigensianism. Worked with Saint Dominic de Guzman, and became his close friend and travelling companion. Joined the Dominicans in 1216 and helped them survive and thrive in their early years. Governed the first Dominican foundation in Paris, France, and helped establish their tradition of scholarship. Dominican provincial of Provence. Miracle worker. Died during the preaching of a mission to the Cistercian sisters of Saint Mary of the Woods.

Born

c.1195 at Garrigue, diocese of Nîmes, France

Died

• 1230 at Garrigue, diocese of Nîmes, France of natural causes

• buried in the cemetery of the Cistercian sisters of Saint Mary of the Woods

• his grave became a place of pilgrimage and site of miracles

• when there began to be large numbers of pilgrims, his relics were translated to nearby church

• relics destroyed by Protestants during the religious wars

Beatified

14 July 1881 Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Bega

ஆண்டென் நகர் புனிதர் பெக்கா 

(St. Begga of Andenne)

கைம்பெண், நிறுவனர், மடாலய தலைவர்:

(Widow, Founder, and Abbes)

பிறப்பு: ஜூன் 2, 613

லீஜ், வாலூன் பிராந்தியம், பெல்ஜியம்

(Liege, Walloon Region, Belgium)

இறப்பு:  டிசம்பர் 17, 693

ஆண்டென், நாமூர் மாகாணம், வாலூன் பிராந்தியம், பெல்ஜியம்

(Andenne, Province of Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium)

அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்ட இடம்:

தூய பெக்காவின் கல்லூரி தேவாலயம், ஆண்டென், நாமூர் மாகாணம், வாலூர் பிராந்தியம், பெல்ஜியம்

(Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne, Province of Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: செப்டம்பர் 6

பாதுகாவல்: பேகின்ஸ் (Beguines)

புனிதர் பெக்கா, பெல்ஜியம் (Belgium) நாட்டிலுள்ள "ஆண்டென்" (Andenne) நகரில், ஏழு ஆலயங்களையும், ஒரு பள்ளியையும் கட்டி நிறுவியவர் ஆவார்.

இவர், "ஆஸ்ட்ரேஸியா அரண்மனையின்" (Palace of Austrasia) மேயரான "பெப்பின்" (Pepin of Landen) என்பவரது மூத்த மகளாவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், "இட்டா" (Itta of Metz) ஆகும்.

புனிதர் கெட்ரூட் (Gertrude of Nivelles) என்பவரின் மூத்த சகோதரியான இவர், "மெட்ஸ்" ஆயரான (Bishop of Metz) "அர்னால்ஃப்" (Arnulf) என்பவரின் மகனான "அன்ஸேகிஸேல்" (Ansegisel) என்பவரை மணமுடித்தார்.

இவரது கணவர் "அன்செஜிசலின்" (Ansegisel) மரணத்தின் பின்னர், அப்போதைய யூத, கிறிஸ்தவ, இஸ்லாமிய பாரம்பரியங்களின்படி, முக்காடுள்ள ஆடையை (Veil) தேர்வுசெய்துகொண்ட இவர், ரோம் நகருக்கு புனித யாத்திரை மேற்கொண்டார்.

புனித யாத்திரையிலிருந்து திரும்பியதும், ஏழு தேவாலயங்களை நிறுவினார். மற்றும் மியூஸ் நதிக்கரையிலுள்ள (Meuse River) (ஆண்டென் சுர் மியூஸ்) (Andenne sur Meuse) ஆண்டென் (Andenne) நகரில், ஒரு கான்வென்ட் பள்ளியையும் கட்டினார். அங்கு தனது எஞ்சிய நாட்களை மடாலய தலைவராக கழித்த இவர், அங்கேயே கி.பி. 693ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், பதினேழாம் தேதி, மரித்தார்.

இவர், பெல்ஜியம் நாட்டின், நாமூர் மாகாணத்திலுள்ள, ஆண்டென் நகரத்தின் தூய பெக்காவின் கல்லூரி தேவாலய வளாகத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

இவரை கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையும், கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபையும் புனிதராக ஏற்கின்றன

Also known as

Bee, Begga, Begh

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Born to the Irish royalty. Bega's family arranged her a marriage to the Prince of Norway, but Bega wanted to devote her life and virginity to the Lord, refused the arrangement, and fled; legend says she was carried across the sea to the coast of Cumberland by riding on a clod of earth.

She lived as an anchoress in Cumberland for many years, fed by the birds in the woods. Saint Oswald of Northumbria, on a raid to dispel some highwaymen, convinced her to enter a convent for her own safety. She agreed, and took the veil from Saint Aiden of Lindesfarne.

Founded a monastery which later was named after her, and around which grew the town of Saint Bee's Head in Cumberland, England. Abbess. Known for generosity to the poor and oppressed who came to the abbey for assistance. The village of Kilbees, Scotland was also named after her.

Born

7th century Ireland

Died

681 of natural causes

Blessed Diego Llorca Llopis

Also known as

Didaco Llorca Llopis

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Born to a pious family, Didaco early felt a call to the priesthood. He studied at the seminary in Valencia, Spain, and was ordained a priest in the archdiocese of Valencia in 1925. Father Didaco served as a co-adjutor in the parishes of Setla-Mirarrosa, Miraflor, Denia and Benissa where he was known as a friendly, gentle pastor, dedicated to teaching the catechism. When the Spanish Civil War began in earnest, Didaco returned to his home town to try to ride out some of the persecution, but was caught, imprisoned on 5 September 1936, and murdered the next day for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.

Born

2 July 1896 in Oliva, Valencia, Spain

Died

shot at dawn on 6 September 1936 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Onesiphorus

Also known as

Onacepherous

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First-century convert. Relative of Saint Porphyrius. Sheltered, supported, worked with and visited Saint Paul the Apostle in prison. Missionary through Spain and to the Hellespont. Martyred in the persecutions of emperor Domitian.

Died

torn apart by wild horses in Parium on the shores of the Hellespont (near modern Kemer, Turkey)

Blessed Tomás Ramírez Caba

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Married layman and father of the diocese of Quiché, Guatemala. He served as sacristan in his parish. Martyr.

Born

30 December 1934 in Chajul, Quiché, Guatemala

Died

6 September 1980 in Chajul, Quiché, Guatemala

Beatified

• 23 April 2021 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

Saint Eleutherius the Abbot

புனித எல்யூடேரியஸ் 

நினைவுத்திருநாள் : செப்டம்பர் 6

பிறப்பு : (தெரியவில்லை)

இறப்பு : 585, உரோம், செயிண்ட் ஆண்ரூ ஆலயம் (St. Andrew’s Church, Rome)

எல்யூடேரியஸ் அற்புதமான எளிமையான வாழ்வை வாழ்ந்தார். மனசாட்சியின் குரலுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து, தூய ஆவியானவர் காட்டிய வழியில் சென்றார். ஸ்பொலேட்டோ (Spoleto) என்ற நகரிலிருந்த புனித மார்க்கின் துறவற மடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். குருவான சில ஆண்டுகளில் துறவற மடத்திற்கு மடாதிபதியாக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். கடவுளின் அருளால் பல அற்புதங்களை செய்தார்.

இவர் தன் மடத்தில் குழந்தைகளுக்கு கல்வி கற்றுக்கொடுக்கும் பணியை ஆற்றினார். அப்போது ஒருநாள் சாத்தான் இவரை சோதிக்க வந்தது. ஆனால் இவரின் இறைபக்தியை கண்டு சாத்தான் பயந்து ஓடிவிட்டது. ஆனால் மீண்டும் சாத்தான் குழந்தையின் வடிவில் வந்து சோதித்தது. பின்னர் ஒரு குழந்தைக்குள் புகுந்தது. அக்குழந்தை சாத்தான் கடுமையாக தாக்கி, நோயை உண்டாக்கியது. இதனைக் கண்ட எல்யூடேரியஸ் மற்றும் அவரது குழும உறுப்பினர்களும் இணைந்து தவமிருந்தும் கடினமான நோன்பிருந்தும் செபித்தனர். இறைவேண்டலால் சாத்தானின் பிடியிலிருந்து குழந்தை விடுபட்டது. ஆனால் குழந்தை மிகவும் சோர்ந்து பலவீனத்துடன் காணப்பட்டது. சாகும்தறுவாயில் குழந்தை இருந்தது இதனால் அக்குழந்தையை எல்யூடேரியஸ் செயிண்ட் ஆன்ரூஸ் பேராலயத்திற்கு எடுத்து சென்றார்.

இவர் அப்பேராலயத்தில் கடின நோயிலிருந்து இடைவிடாமல் இறைவேண்டலில் ஈடுபட்டு குழந்தையை பழைய நிலைக்கு கொண்டு வந்தார். அக்குழந்தை மீண்டும் புந்து உயிர்பெற்றது. அதிலிருந்து இவர் தொடர்ந்து கண்ணீர் வடித்து திருச்சபைக்காகவும், மக்களுக்காகவும் மன்றாடினார். வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் நோன்பிலிருந்து பல அருள் கொடைகலை பெற்றார். அதிகமாக நோன்பிருந்ததால் உடல் முழுவதும் சக்தி இழந்து காணப்பட்டார். இதனால் தன் தலைவர் பதவியை விட்டு விலகி செபிப்பதில் மட்டுமே இறக்கும்வரை தன் வாழ்வை கழித்தார்.

Also known as

Eleutherius of Spoleto

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Abbot of Saint Mark's Abbey, Spoleto, Italy. Monk in Rome, Italy under the direction of Saint Gregory the Great who wrote about him and described him as a miracle worker and exorcist.

Died

• c.585 at the monastery of Saint Andrew in Rome, Italy

• relics later translated to Spoleto, Italy

Zacharius the Prophet

Also known as

Zaccaria, Zechariah

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Son of Barachius. Old Testament prophet in the reign of King Darius. He began his ministry c.520 BC, two months after Haggai the Prophet. His work has both an allegorical history of his people, and prophecies of the Messiah to come.

Died

6th century BC

Saint Augebert of Champagne

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Captured in England and sold into slavery in France. Ransomed out of slavery by Saint Gregory the Great. Ordained as a deacon and trained as a missionary, he planned to return to England, but was murdered by pagans in before he could leave. Martyr.

Born

England

Died

martyred in the 7th century in Champagne (in modern France

Saint Felix of Champagne

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Captured in England and sold into slavery in France. Ransomed out of slavery by Saint Gregory the Great. Ordained as a priest and trained as a missionary, he planned to return to England, but was murdered by pagans in before he could leave. Martyr.

Born

England

Died

7th century in Champagne (in modern France)

Saint Maccallin of Lusk

Also known as

• Macallan of Lusk

• Macculin Dus

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Bishop of Lusk, Ireland where he lived in a cave while building a church and founding a monastery in the village.

Born

Irish

Died

• c.497 of natural causes

• buried in a cave near Lusk, Ireland

Saint Cagnoald of Laon

Also known as

Cagnou, Chagnoald, Chainaldus, Chainoaldus

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Brother of Saint Faro of Meaux and Saint Burgundofara. Monk at Luxeuil, France. Spiritual student of Saint Columbanus with whom he travelled to Bobbio, Italy where they founded a monastery. Sixth bishop of Laon, France.

Died

633

Saint Sanctian of Sens

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Brother of Saint Augustine of Sens and Saint Benedicta of Sens. During the persecution of Christians in Spain by Aurelian, he fled to Sens, Gaul (in modern France), which was no friendlier. Martyr.

Born

Spain

Died

martyred in 273 in Sens, France

Saint Augustine of Sens

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Brother of Saint Benedicta of Sens and Saint Sanctian of Sens. During the persecution of Christians in Spain by Aurelian, she fled to Sens, Gaul (in modern France), which was no friendlier. Martyr.

Born

Spain

Died

273 in Sens, France

Saint Gondulphus of Metz

Also known as

Gundulfus, Gondulf, Gondon

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Priest. Bishop of Metz, France, December 816.

Died

• 6 September 823 of natural causes

• buried in the monastery of Gorze

Saint Macarius of Alexandria

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Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.

Died

beheaded in 250 at Alexandria, Egypt

Saint Faustus of Alexandria

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Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.

Died

beheaded in 250 at Alexandria, Egypt

Saint Faustus of Syracuse

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Abbot of Santa Lucia monastery in Syracuse, Sicily. Teacher of Saint Zosimus of Syracuse.

Died

c.607 of natural causes

Saint Beata of Sens

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During a persecution of Christians in Spain, he fled to Sens, Gaul, which was no friendlier. Martyr.

Born

Spain

Died

273

Saint Eve of Dreux

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Martyr.

Patronage

Dreux, France

Saint Petronius of Verona

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Bishop of Verona, Italy. Noted for establishing ministries to the poor.

Died

c.450

Saint Cottidus of Cappadocia

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Deacon. Martyr.

Died

martyred in Cappadocia

Saint Arator of Verdun

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Fourth bishop of Verdun, France.

Died

c.460

Saint Eugene of Cappadocia

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Martyr.

Died

in Cappadocia

Saint Consolata of Reggio Emilia

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Martyr.

Saint Imperia

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Honoured in Mauprévoir, France, but no information about her has survived.

Martyrs of Africa

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There were thousands of Christians exiled, tortured and martyred in the late 5th century by the Arian King Hunneric. Six of them, all bishops, are remembered today; however, we really know nothing about them except their names and their deaths for the faith - Donatian, Fusculus, Germanus, Laetus, Mansuetus and Praesidius.

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

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

• Blessed Antonio Frutos Tena Amaya

• Blessed Diego Llorca Llopis

• Blessed Felipe Llamas Barrero

• Blessed Francisco Escura Foix

• Blessed Pascual Torres Lloret

• Blessed Vidal Ruiz Vallejo

Also celebrated but no entry yet

• Liberato of Loro Piceno

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் செப்டம்பர் 05

Saint Lawrence Justinian

Patriarch of Venice

Appointed 1451

Term ended 1456

Predecessor Post established

Successor Maffio Contarini

Orders

Ordination 1407

Born 1 July 1381[1]

Venice, Republic of Venice

Died January 8, 1456 (aged 74)

Venice, Republic of Venice

Feast day

8 January (Catholic Church)

5 September (General Roman Calendar 1690-1969)

Venerated in Catholic Church

Beatified 1524, Rome, Papal States

by Pope Clement VII

Canonized 16 October 1690, Rome, Papal States

by Pope Alexander VIII

Attributes Episcopal vestments

Patronage Patriarchate of Venice

Shrines Basilica of San Pietro di Castello

Lawrence Justinian (Italian: Lorenzo Giustiniani, 1 July 1381 – 8 January 1456) was a Venetian Catholic priest and bishop who became the first Patriarch of Venice. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Biography

Lawrence Justinian was a member of the well-known Giustiniani family, which includes several saints. The piety of his mother seems to have served as an inspiration for his own spirituality, as he chose of a life of prayer and service. In 1404, after he had been ordained a deacon, at the suggestion of an uncle who was a priest, he joined a community of canons regular following a monastic form of life on the island of San Giorgio in Alga.[2] He was admired by his fellows for his poverty, mortification, and fervency of prayer. Two years after his ordination to the Catholic priesthood in 1407, the community accepted the Rule of St. Augustine. He was chosen to be the first prior of the community.[3]

Lawrence promoted the Constitutions which had been established for the Canons Regular of St. George, which was embraced by other communities of Canons in the region and shortly thereafter he became the Prior General of a Congregation. He was so zealous in spreading it that he was looked upon as if he were the actual founder of the Order.

In 1433, Pope Eugene IV, one of the founders of the Monastery of San Giorgio,[4] named Gustiniani as the Bishop of Castello. He found a diocese in shambles and his administration was marked by considerable growth and reform. In 1451, Pope Nicholas V united the Diocese of Castello with the Patriarchate of Grado, and the seat of the patriarchate was moved to Venice, making Giustiniani the first Patriarch of Venice, a post that he held for over four years.

It was during Lawrence's rule that Constantinople fell to Muslim forces. Due to their centuries of close trading partnerships with Byzantine Empire, the people of Venice were in panic as to their future. He took a leading role in helping the Republic to deal with the crisis, working with the Senate to help chart its future, as well as with the clergy and people to calm them

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

 புனிதர் அன்னை தெரேசா 

அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்ட மறைப்பணியாளர், கன்னியர்:

(Consecrated Religious, Nun)

பிறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 26, 1910

உஸ்குப், கொசோவோ விலயெட், ஒட்டோமன் பேரரசு

(Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire)

இறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 5, 1997 (வயது 87)

கொல்கத்தா, மேற்கு வங்காளம், இந்தியா

(Calcutta, West Bengal, India)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்: 

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக் திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

துறவற சபைகள்: 

லொரெட்டோ சகோதரிகள் (Sisters of Loreto - 1928–1950)

பிறர் அன்பின் பணியாளர் சபை (Missionaries of Charity - 1950–1997)

அருளாளர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 19, 2003

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Pope John Paul II)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: செப்டம்பர் 4, 2016

திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்

(Pope Francis)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

தாய் இல்லம், மிஷினரீஸ் ஆஃப் சேரிட்டி, கல்கத்தா, மேற்கு வங்காளம், இந்தியா

(Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, India)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: செப்டம்பர் 5

பாதுகாவல்: 

உலக இளைஞர் தினம்

கருணை இல்லங்கள்

புனிதர் அன்னை தெரேசா, ஒரு அல்பேனியன் – இந்திய (Albanian-Indian) ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க அருட்சகோதரியும், மறைப்பணியாளருமாவார். அன்னையின் இயற்பெயர், “அன்ஜெஸ் கோன்க்ஸே போஜாக்ஸியு” (Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) ஆகும். (கோன்க்ஸே என்பதற்கு அல்பேனிய மொழியில் "ரோஜா அரும்பு" என்று பொருள்).

தற்போதைய “மசெடோனியா குடியரசின்” (Republic of Macedonia) தலைநகரும், அன்றைய ஒட்டோமன் பேரரசின் “கொசோவோ விலயெட்” (Kosovo Vilayet) எனுமிடத்தில் பிறந்த அன்னை, தமது பதினெட்டு வயதுவரை அங்கே வாழ்ந்தார். பின்னர் அயர்லாந்துக்கும், அதன்பின்னர் இந்தியாவுக்கும் சென்றார்.

ஒரு “கொசோவர் அல்பேனியன்” (Kosovar Albanian family) குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த அன்ஜெஸுக்கு எட்டு வயதானபோது, அவரது தந்தை மரணமடைந்தார். பின்னர், அவரது தாயார் அவரை நல்லதொரு கத்தோலிக்க பெண்ணாக வளர்த்தார். தமது பதினெட்டாம் வயதில் வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியேறி, "லொரேட்டோ சகோதரிகளின்" (Sisters of Loreto) சபையில் மறைப் பணியாளராகத் தம்மை இணைத்துக் கொண்டார். அதற்குப் பிறகு தமது தாயையோ, அல்லது உடன்பிறந்த சகோதரியையோ மீண்டும் சந்திக்கவில்லை.

அன்ஜெஸ், இந்தியாவின் பள்ளிக் குழந்தைகளுக்குக் கல்வி கற்பிக்க லொரேட்டோ சகோதரிகள் பயன்படுத்தும் மொழியான ஆங்கிலத்தைக் கற்பதற்காக, அயர்லாந்தின் “ரத்ஃபர்ன்ஹாமில்” (Rathfarnham) உள்ள லொரேட்டோ கன்னியர் (Sisters of Loreto Abbey) மடத்திற்கு முதலில் சென்றார். 

1929ம் ஆண்டு அவர் இந்தியா வந்தடைந்து இமயமலை அருகே உள்ள டார்ஜீலிங்கில் தமது துறவற புகுநிலையினருக்கான பயிற்சியினை ஆரம்பித்தார். தனது முதல் நிலை துறவற உறுதிமொழியினை அவர் 1931ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 24ம் நாளன்று, ஏற்றார். அச்சமயம், மறைப்பணியாளரின் பாதுகாவலரான “லிசியே நகரின் புனிதர் தெரேசாவின்” (Thérèse de Lisieux) பெயரைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்துக் கொண்டார். கிழக்குக் கல்கத்தாவின் லொரேட்டோ கன்னியர் மடப் பள்ளியில் தனது இறுதி துறவற உறுதிமொழியினை 1937ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 14ம் தேதி ஏற்றார்.

பள்ளிக்கூடத்தில் கற்பிக்கும் பணியை தெரேசா விரும்பினாலும் கல்கத்தாவில் அவரைச் சூழ்ந்துள்ள பகுதிகளின் வறுமை நிலை அவரை அதிகமாய் கலங்கச் செய்தது. 1943ம் ஆண்டின் பஞ்சம், துயரத்தையும் சாவையும் அந்நகரத்துக்குக் கொணர்ந்தது என்றால் 1946ம் ஆண்டின் இந்து - முஸ்லிம் வன்முறை அந்நகரத்தை நம்பிக்கையின்மையிலும் அச்சத்திலும் ஆழ்த்தியது.

பிறர் அன்பின் பணியாளர் சபை:

1946ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், 10ம் நாளன்று, தியானத்திற்காகக் கல்கத்தாவிலிருந்து, டார்ஜீலிங்கின் லொரேட்டோ கன்னிமடத்திற்கு தெரேசா பயணம் செய்தபொழுது அவருக்கு நேர்ந்த உள்ளுணர்வை அவர் பின்நாட்களில் "அழைப்பினுள் நிகழ்ந்த அழைப்பு" என அழைத்தார். "நான் கன்னியர் மடத்தை விட்டு வெளியேறி, ஏழைகள் மத்தியில் வாழ்ந்து கொண்டே அவர்களுக்கு உதவ வேண்டும். அது ஒரு கட்டளை. அதனைத் தவறுவது (இறை) நம்பிக்கையை மறுதலிப்பதற்கு ஒப்பானது." என்றார் அவர். 1948ம் ஆண்டில் ஏழைகளுடனான தமது சேவையை ஆரம்பித்தார். 

லொரேட்டோ துறவற சபையின் சீருடைகளைக் களைந்து, நீல நிற கரையிட்ட சாதாரண வெண்ணிற பருத்தி புடவையை சீருடையாய் அணிந்தவராய், இந்திய குடியுரிமையினைப் பெற்றுக்கொண்டு குடிசை பகுதிகளுக்குள் சேவை செய்தார். தொடக்கத்தில் மோதிஜில்லில் பள்ளிக்கூடம் ஆரம்பித்த அவர் பின்னர் ஆதரவற்றோர் மற்றும் பசியினால் வாடுவோரின் தேவைகளை நிறைவேற்றத் தொடங்கினார். அவரது முயற்சிகள் விரைவிலேயே பிரதமர் உட்பட இந்தியாவின் உயர் அதிகாரிகளின் கவனத்தை அவர் பக்கம் ஈர்த்து அவர்களது பாராட்டுதல்களைப் பெற்றுத்தந்தன.

தெரேசா தனது நாட்குறிப்பில், தனது முதல் வருடம் துன்பங்கள் நிறைந்ததென்றும், வருமானமில்லாத காரணத்தால் உணவுக்காகவும், ஏனைய பொருட்களுக்காகவும் யாசிக்க நேர்ந்ததென்றும், ஆரம்ப நாட்களில் சந்தேகமும், தனிமையும், கன்னிமடத்தின் வசதிகளுக்குத் திரும்பும் சலனமும் ஏற்பட்டதென்றும் தனது நாட்குறிப்பில் எழுதினார்.

1950ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 7ம் தேதி, பிறர் அன்பின் பணியாளர் சபையை மறைமாவட்ட அளவில் துவக்க தெரெசாவுக்கு கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் அனுமதி அளிக்கப்பட்டது. அச்சபையின் குறிக்கோளாக அவர் கூறியது, "உண்ண உணவற்றவர்கள், உடுத்த உடையற்றவர்கள், வீடற்றவர்கள், முடமானவர்கள், குருடர்கள், தொழு நோயாளிகள் போன்றோர்களையும், தங்களை சமூகத்திற்கே தேவையற்றவர்களெனவும், அன்பு செய்யப்படாதவர்களெனவும், கவனிக்கப் படாதவர்களெனவும் எண்ணிக் கொண்டிருப்பவர்களையும், சமூகத்திற்கே பெரும் பாரமென்று எண்ணப்பட்டு அனைவராலும் புறக்கணிக்கப் பட்டவர்களையும் கவனித்தலே ஆகும்."

கொல்கத்தாவில் 13 உறுப்பினர்களைக் கொண்ட சிறியதொரு அமைப்பாக ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்ட இச்சபை, இன்று 6000க்கும் மேலான அருட்சகோதரிகளால் நடத்தப்படும் அனாதை இல்லங்களையும், எய்ட்ஸ் நல்வாழ்வு மையங்களையும், தொண்டு மையங்களையும் தன்னகத்தே கொண்டு அகதிகள், குருடர், ஊனமுற்றோர், முதியோர், மது அடிமைகள், ஏழை எளியோர், வீடற்றோர், வெள்ளத்தினாலும், தொற்றுநோயாலும் பஞ்சத்தாலும் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்கள் போன்றவர்களைக் கவனிக்கும் இடமாகவும் இருக்கிறது.

இவர், சிறந்த சமூக சேவகர் எனவும், ஏழைகளுக்கும் ஆதரவற்றோருக்கும் பரிந்து பேசுபவர் என்றும் உலகம் முழுவதும் புகழப்பட்டார்.

1950ம் ஆண்டு, இந்தியாவின் கொல்கத்தாவில் "பிறர் அன்பின் பணியாளர்" என்ற கத்தோலிக்க துறவற சபையினை நிறுவினார். நாற்பத்தைந்து வருடங்களுக்கும் மேலாக ஏழை எளியோர்களுக்கும், நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டோருக்கும், அனாதைகளுக்கும், இறக்கும் தறுவாயிலிருப்போருக்கும் சேவை செய்து தொண்டாற்றியவர் இவர். முதலில் இந்தியா முழுவதும், பின்னர் வெளிநாடுகளுக்கும் "பிறர் அன்பின் பணியாளர் சபை"யினை நிறுவினார்.

இவர் 1979ல் அமைதிக்கான நோபல் பரிசினையும், 1980ல் இந்தியாவின் சிறந்த குடிமக்கள் விருதான பாரத ரத்னா விருதினையும் பெற்றார்.

அன்னை தெரேசாவின் "பிறர் அன்பின் பணியாளர் சபை", அவர் மறைந்தபோது 123 நாடுகளில் 610 தொண்டு நிறுவனங்களுடன் இயங்கிக்கொண்டிருந்தது. இதில் எய்ட்ஸ், தொழு நோய் மற்றும் காசநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களுக்கான நல்வாழ்வு மையங்கள், இலவச உணவு வழங்குமிடங்கள், குழந்தைகள் மற்றும் குடும்பத்திற்கான ஆலோசனைத் திட்டங்கள், அனாதை இல்லங்கள், பள்ளிக்கூடங்கள் ஆகியவை அடங்கும்.

அன்னை அவர்களைப் பற்றி எழுதுவதானால், நிறைய எழுதிக் கொண்டே போகலாம். அன்னையின் கடைசி காலம், மிகவும் கடினமானதாக இருந்தது. இதயக் கோளாறுகளால் அவதிப்பட்டார். ஏப்ரல் 1996ல் அன்னை தெரேசா கீழே விழுந்து அவரது காறை எலும்பு முறிந்தது. ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், மலேரியாவினாலும், இதய கீழறைக் கோளாறினாலும் அவதிப்பட்டார். இதய அறுவை சிகிச்சைக்குட்பட்ட போதிலும் அவரது உடல்நிலை மோசமாகிக் கொண்டிருந்தது. அன்னை 1997ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், ஐந்தாம் தேதி மரணமடைந்தார்.

செப்டம்பர் 1997ல் இறுதிச்சடங்கிற்கு முன்னதாக ஒரு வார காலம் அன்னை தெரேசாவின் உடல் கொல்கத்தாவின் புனித தோமையார் ஆலயத்தில் பொதுமக்கள் பார்வைக்கு வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அனைத்து மத ஏழைகளுக்கும் அவர் ஆற்றிய தொண்டுக்குப் பரிகாரமாக, இந்திய அரசின் அரசு மரியாதையுடன் கூடிய இறுதிச்சடங்கு செய்யப்பட்டது.

அவரது செயல்களையும், சாதனைகளையும் பகுத்தாய்ந்த திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் அருள் சின்னப்பர், "மானுட சேவையில் தன்னை முழுமையாக ஈடுபடுத்தத் தேவையான பலனும் விடாமுயற்சியும் அன்னை தெரெசாவுக்கு எங்கிருந்து வந்தது? அவர் அதனைப் பிரார்த்தனையிலும் இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவையும் அவரது இறைவார்த்தையையும், அவரின் திருஇருதயதையும் தியானிப்பதிலிருந்து பெற்றுக் கொண்டார்." என்றார். தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் அன்னை தெரேசா தனது மத நம்பிக்கைகளில் அநேக சந்தேகங்களையும் போராட்டங்களையும் கொண்டிருந்தார். இது ஏறத்தாழ ஐம்பது வருடங்கள் அவரது வாழ்க்கையின் முடிவு வரை நீடித்தது.

2003ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 19ம் தேதி, திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால் அவர்கள், அன்னை தெரேசாவிற்கு அருளாளர் பட்டமளித்தார்.

2016ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், நான்காம் தேதி, திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ் அவர்கள் அன்னை தெரெசாவை புனிதராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார்.

Also known as

• Mother Teresa

• Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu

• Saint of the Gutters

Additional Memorial

19 October (Mother Teresa public holiday in Albania)

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Daughter of an Albanian businessman who died when Agnes was nine years old. Nun, missionary and teacher in Calcutta, India in 1928. In 1948 she left the convent to work alone with the poor, and became an Indian citizen. She founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in 1950. In 1957 the Missionaries of Charity started their work with lepers and in disaster areas. She received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1972, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and the Missionaries today work in 30 countries.

Born

26 August 1910 in Skopje, Albania (modern Macedonia)

Died

5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India of natural causes

Canonized

• 4 September 2016 by Pope Francis

• the canonization miracle involved the healing of brain abscesses of a comatose 42 year old mechanical engineer in Santos, Brazil in 2008

Blessed Maria Velotti

Also known as

• Maria Luigia of the Blessed Sacrament

• Mariella (childhood nickname)

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Born to Francesco Velotti and Teresa Napoletano, Maria was baptised on the day she was born, but was orphaned before the age of three. She was raised by an aunt named Caterina who was virulently opposed to Maria’s piety and call to religious life. Maria became a Franciscan tertiary, taking the name Maria Luigia of the Blessed Sacrament. With Eletta Albini, she founded the Franciscan Sisters Adorers of the Holy Cross.

Born

16 November 1826 in Soccavo, Naples, Italy

Died

• at 9am on 3 September 1886 at the Franciscan Sisters Adorers of the Holy Cross at Via Nuova Padre Ludovico 28, Casoria, Naples, Italy of natural causes after a long and debilitating illness

• buried in the local cemetery in Casoria

• re-interred in a chapel at the mother-house of the Franciscan Sisters Adorers of the Holy Cross in Casoria on 26 December 1926

Beatified

• 26 September 2020 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Naples, Italy, with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe as chief celebrant

Saint Bertin the Great

புனித பெர்டின் 

நினைவுத் திருநாள் : செப்டம்பர் 5

பிறப்பு : 615, கோடான்ஸ் (Coutances), பிரான்சு

இறப்பு : 709

பெர்டின் தனது இளம் வயதிலேயே பிரான்சு நாட்டிலுள்ள லக்ஸ்யூல் (Lexeuil) என்ற பெயர் கொண்ட துறவற மடத்திற்குஸ் சென்றார். இச்சபை புனித கெலம்பானூஸ் என்பவர் தயாரித்த சட்டதிட்டங்களை சபையின் ஒழுங்காகக் கொண்டு செயல்பட்டது. பெர்ட்டின் கொலம்பானூசின் உறவினர். 638 ஆம் ஆண்டு மோரினி (Morini) என்றழைக்கப்ட்டவர், இச்சபையின் முதல் துறவியாவர். இச்சபை வளர்வதற்கு, பிரான்சிஸ் ஆயராக இருந்த புனித ஓமர் என்பவர் மிகப்பெரிய அளவில் எல்லாவிதங்களிலும் உதவியானார். 

ஆயர் ஓமர் (Omer) தனது மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு சொந்தமான, பாழடைந்த ஒரு நிலத்தைக் கொடுத்தார். அந்நிலம் காடு போன்று காணப்பட்டது. விஷப்பூச்சிகளும், கடற்பாசிகளும் நிறைந்திருந்தது. அந்நிலத்தைப் பரிசாகப் பெற்ற அத்துறவற சபையினர் நிலத்தை தூய்மைப்படுத்தி, பல குடும்பங்களை வாழ செய்தனர். 

இச்சபையினர் ஊர் ஊராக சென்று நற்செய்திப் பணியை ஆற்றினர். ஒரு சிறிய குடிசையில் வாழ்ந்த இத்துறவிகள் சில ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து பெரிய துறவற இல்லம் ஒன்றை கட்டினர். இதற்காக பெர்ட்டின் தன்னையே வருத்தி, கடினமாக உழைத்தார். இவரின் உழைப்பால் குறுகிய காலத்தில் 150 துறவிகள் இச்சபைக்கு வந்து சேர்ந்தனர். இவர் கிராமங்களுக்கு சென்று பணியாற்றினார். சிறுவர்களை ஒன்று சேர்த்து கல்வி கற்பித்தார். பல குடும்பங்களில் கல்வியை அறிமுகப்படுத்தினார். 

பெர்ட்டின் ஏழை மக்களின் மத்தியில் சிறப்பான பணியை ஆற்றினார். இவர் வாழும் போதே மக்களால் ஒரு புனிதராக போற்றப்பட்டார். இவர் தன்னுடன் இருந்த மற்ற துறவிகளுக்கும், ஒரு தாயாக இருந்தார். இவர் மட்டுமே தனது சொந்த உழைப்பால், மேலும் இரண்டு துறவற இல்லங்களை கட்டினார். அனைத்து இல்லங்களிலும், குழந்தைகள் கற்க ஏற்பாடு செய்தார். 

ஏழை குடும்பங்களில், வளமான வாழ்வை ஏற்படுத்திக் கொடுத்த இவர், ஒருநாள் குடும்பங்களை சந்திக்க சென்றபோது உடல் நலம் குன்றிபோனது. அன்றிலிருந்து உடல் நலக் குறைவால் அவதிப்பட்டு இறந்தார்.

Also known as

Bertinus

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Educated at the Abbey of Luxeuil, France known for its strict adherence to the Rule of Saint Columban, a Rule known for its austerity. Though he was not a novice, Bertin felt called to follow the Rule with the monks at the abbey; when grown, he took the cowl. In 639, Bertin and two other monks, Mommelinus and Ebertram, joined Saint Omer in evangelizing the people in Pas-de-Calais, a region renowned for idolatry and immorality. The evangelists had no great success, but they built a monastery in honor of Saint Mommolin. Bertin served as its first abbot, a calling that lasted the remaining 60 years of his life. He sent monks to found other monasteries in both France and England, and he travelled constantly to teach and evangelize. His monastery served as an example to the locals, and brought many to the faith; 22 of its monks have been canonized. During a life that spanned nearly a century, Bertin was known for holiness and severe self-imposed austerities. On his death, the monastery was re-dedicated to him.

Born

early 7th century at Constance (in modern Germany)

Died

c.709 of natural causes

Saint Albert of Butrio

Also known as

Alberto di Butrio

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Born to a regionally important family. Hermit in Butrio (modern Palazzuolo) near the Borrione River Valley in the diocese of Tortona, Italy in 1030. When he miraculously mute son of the Marquis of Casaco, the Marquis built a Romanesque church where Albert and his brother hermits could assemble for the Divine Office. Albert became a Benedictine monk, and the church served as the core of the Benedictine Cluniac monastery he formed at Butrio; he served the rest of his life as as its first abbot.

Died

1073 in Tortuna, Liguria, Italy of natural causes

Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac

Also known as

Fiorenzo Dumontet de Cardaillac

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Priest in the diocese of Castres, France. Imprisoned for his faith on a prison ship during the persecutions of the French Revolution, he ministered to other prisoners and cared for the sick until his own health broke. Martyr.

Born

8 February 1749 in Saint-Médard, Haute-Vienne, France

Died

5 September 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Giuse Hoàng Luong Canh

Also known as

• Joseph Canh

• Joseph Canh Luang Hoang

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. Physician. Catechist and Dominican tertiary. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

c.1763 in Làng Van, Bac Giang, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 5 September 1838 in Bac Ninh Tai, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed William Browne

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Layman servant in the house of nobleman Thomas Darcy. Known for his love of the Faith and the Church, he refused to acknowledge the king as head of Christianity in England, refused to attend Protestant services, and continued to encourage people to join and support Catholicism. For this he was imprisoned, tortured, prosecuted to treason, and executed. Martyr.

Born

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 September 1605 at Ripon, North Yorkshire, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Gerbrand of Dokkum

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Premonstratensian monk. Canon of the Premonstratensian monastery in Dokkum, Friesland (in the modern Netherlands. Chosen 4th abbot of the house. Friend of and correspondent with King Louis IX of France. Championed and preached support and participation in the Crusades in Friesland. Died while attending the Premonstratensian general chapter.

Born

early 13th century in area of the modern Netherlands

Died

11 October 1267 at the Premontres mother-house in Laon, France of natural causes

Blessed Gentilis of Toringa

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Born to the Italian nobility. Franciscan Friar Minor. Missionary to the Muslims in Egypt, Persia and Armenia. Martyr.

Born

at Matelica, Italy

Died

• beheaded on 1340 at Toringa (Tauris), Persia

• relics enshrined in the Church of the Frati, Venice, Italy

Beatified

2 February 1795 by Pope Pius VI

Saint Phêrô Nguyen Van Tu

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Dominican priest. Martyr.

Born

c.1796 in Ninh Cuong, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

5 September 1838 in Bac Ninh Tai, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Anseric of Soissons

Also known as

Ansaricus, Ansericus

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Raised in a pious Christian family. Bishop of Soissons (in modern France) in the mid-7th century. Attended the Council of Rheims. Built the church that houses the relics of Saint Crispin and Saint Crispian.

Born

Espagny, Soissons, Gaul (in modern France)

Died

c.652

Blessed John the Good of Siponto

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12th century monk. Spiritual student of Blessed John of Matera, and of Blessed Jordan of Pulsano. Founded the monastery of San Michele on the island of Mont Gargano at Mljet dálmata, Dalmatia (in modern Croatia), and served as its first abbot.

Born

Siponto, Italy

Blessed Jordan of Pulsano

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Benedictine monk at Pulsano, Italy. Spiritual student of Saint John of Pulsano. Abbot-general of Pulsano from 1139 to 1152.

Died

1152 of natural causes

Saint Romulus of Rome

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Member of the imperial Roman court of Emperor Trajan. During a period of persecution of Christians, Romulus spoke out against the abuse; he was immediately arrested and executed. Martyr.

Died

112 in Rome, Italy

Saint Alvitus of León

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Related to Saint Rudesind. Benedictine monk at Sahagun, Spain. Bishop of León, Spain in 1057. Transferred the relics of Saint Isidore from Seville, Spain to León.

Died

1063

Saint Genebald of Laon

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Relative of Saint Remigius of Rheims. Bishop of Laon, France. For some unnamed fault he committed, he sentenced himself to seven years of continuous penance.

Died

c.555 of natural causes

Saint Victorinus of Amiterme

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Sixth-century bishop of Amiterme, Italy (outskirts of Rome). Martyr.

Died

hanged upside down near Rome, Italy; he lasted three days

Blessed Anselm of Anchin

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Monk. Abbot of the monastery of Anchin.

Died

• c.1088 of natural causes

• miraculous healings reported at his tomb

Saint Victorinus of Como

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Bishop of Como, Italy. Fought Arianism.

Died

644 of natural causes

Saint Obdulia

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Nun. Her story has been lost.

Died

relics venerated at Toledo, Spain

Saint Charbel

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Martyred in the persecutions of Trajan.

Died

107

Martyrs of Armenia

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A group of up to 1,000 Christian soldiers in the 2nd century imperial Roman army of Trajan, stationed in Gaul. Ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods, they refused and were transferred to Armenia. Ordered again to sacrifice to pagan gods, they refused again. Martyrs. We know the names of three of them, but nothing else - Eudoxius, Macarius and Zeno.

Martyrs of Capua

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Three Christians who were martyred together. Long venerated in Capua, Italy. We know their names, but little else - Arcontius, Donatus and Quintius.

Died

Capua, Italy

Martyrs of Nicomedia

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A group of 80 Christians, lay and clergy, martyred together in the persecutions of Valens. We know little more than the names of three of them - Menedemo, Teodoro and Urbano.

Died

locked on a boat which was then set on fire on the shore of Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey) c.370

Martyrs of Porto Romano

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A group of Christians martyred together in the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius. We know little more than their names - Aconto, Herculanus, Nonno and Taurino.

Died

c.180 at Porto Romano, Italy

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• Deceased Friends and Benefactors of the Dominicans

• Marchese of Altessano