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09 ஆகஸ்ட் 2026
இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஆகஸ்ட் 10
St. Thiento & Companions
Saint Thiento and Companions were an abbot and six of his monks who were martyred by the Magyars of Hungary during an invasion in 955.
Thiento was the abbot of the monastery of St. Michael in Metten, Bavaria, Germany. The Magyars invaded the region in 955 and laid siege to the monastery. Thiento and his monks refused to surrender, and they were all killed by the Magyars.
The Magyars were a nomadic people who originated in the Ural Mountains. They were known for their fierceness and their skill in warfare. They invaded Europe several times in the 9th and 10th centuries, and they caused widespread destruction.
The martyrdom of Thiento and his companions was a great loss to the Church. They were all men of great faith and courage, and they died for their beliefs. Their sacrifice helped to inspire others to resist the Magyars and to defend the Christian faith.
Thiento and his companions were canonized as saints in the 12th century
The feast day of Saint Thiento and Companions is celebrated on August 8 and August 10.
The reason for the dual feast day is that the original date of their martyrdom was August 8, but their relics were not discovered until August 10. The Church decided to celebrate their feast day on both days to commemorate both their martyrdom and the discovery of their relics.
The Catholic Church also has a tradition of celebrating the feast day of a saint on the anniversary of their death, regardless of when their relics were discovered. This is why Saint Thiento and Companions are also celebrated on the anniversary of their death, which is September 10.
St. James of Manug
Saint James of Manug was a Christian martyr who lived in Egypt during the 4th century AD. He was a native of Manug, a village in the Absu area of Lower Egypt. He studied at Absu and became a devout Christian.
During a period of Christian persecution, James was arrested and brought to Farama, where he was tortured and eventually beheaded. He was martyred along with two other Christians, Abraham and John of Samanoud.
The feast day of Saint James of Manug is celebrated on August 10 in the Coptic Church, or August 11 in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He is remembered for his courage and his willingness to die for his faith.
St. Acrates (Aragawi)
St. Acrates (also known as Aragawi) was an Ethiopian saint who lived in the 6th century. He was a companion of St. Jacob of Mahdjudh and St. Entheus, and he was converted to Christianity by his brother Entheus.
Acrates was born into a pagan family in the town of Axum, Ethiopia. He was a skilled hunter and a talented musician. One day, he was hunting in the forest when he came across a group of Christians who were celebrating Mass. He was impressed by their faith and their joy, and he asked them to teach him about Christianity.
The Christians were happy to teach Acrates, and he quickly converted to Christianity. He was baptized and given the name Acrates, which means "the unconquered." Acrates then dedicated his life to serving God and spreading the Christian faith.
Acrates traveled throughout Ethiopia, preaching the gospel and ministering to the poor and sick. He was known for his humility, his compassion, and his love for God. He also had a gift for healing, and he is said to have performed many miracles.
Acrates eventually died a martyr's death. He was arrested by the local authorities for his Christian beliefs, and he was tortured and executed. His feast day is celebrated on August 8.
The feast day of St. Acrates is celebrated on August 8 and August 10. The reason for the two feast days is that there are two different traditions about his death.
According to one tradition, Acrates was tortured and executed on August 8. His body was then buried in a secret location, but it was later discovered and moved to a church in Axum. The feast day of August 8 commemorates the day of his death and burial.
According to the other tradition, Acrates was tortured and executed on August 10. His body was then burned, but his ashes were collected by his followers and buried in a church in Mahdjudh. The feast day of August 10 commemorates the day of his death and burial.
Saint Lawrence of Rome
புனிதர் லாரன்ஸ்
திருத்தொண்டர், மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 26, 225
வலென்சியா அல்லது ஒஸ்கா, ஹிஸ்பானியா (தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின்)
இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 10, 258
ரோம் (Rome)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஆங்கிலிகன் சமூகம்
லூதரனியம்
முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:
புனிதர் லாரன்ஸ் ஃபுவோரி லெ முரா பேராலய திருத்தலம், ரோம்
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்ட் 10
பாதுகாவல்:
கனடா (Canada), இலங்கை (Sri Lanka), நகைச்சுவையாளர்கள் (Comedians), நூலகர்கள் (Librarians), மாணவர்கள் (students), சுரங்கத் தொழிலாளர்கள் (miners), சமையல்காரர்கள் (Chefs), ரோஸ்டர்ஸ் (Roasters), ரோம் (Rome), ரோடர்டாம் (நெதர்லாந்து) (Rotterdam (Netherlands), ஹூஸ்கா (ஸ்பெயின்) (Huesca (Spain), சான் லாரென்ஸ் (San Lawrenz), கோசோ மற்றும் பிர்யூ (மால்டா) (Gozo and Birgu (Malta), பாராங்கை சான் லோரென்சோ சான் பப்லோ (பிலிப்பைன்ஸ்) (Barangay San Lorenzo San Pablo (Philippines), ஏழை (Poor), தீயணைப்பு வீரர்கள் (Firefighters).
புனிதர் லாரன்ஸ், “திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் சிக்ஸ்டஸின்” (Pope Sixtus II) கீழே ரோம் நகரில் பணியாற்றி, ரோமப் பேரரசன் “வலேரியன்” (Roman Emperor Valerian) என்பவனது ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில் நடந்த கிறிஸ்தவ துன்புருத்தல்களின்போது கி.பி. 258ம் ஆண்டு கொல்லப்பட்ட ஏழு திருத்தொண்டர்களுள் (Deacon) ஒருவர் ஆவார்.
மரபுகளின்படி, மறைசாட்சிகள் – புனிதர் “ஒரேன்ஷியஸ்” (St Orentius) மற்றும் புனிதர் “பேஷியன்ஷியா” (St Patientia) ஆகியோர் இவரது பெற்றோர் என நம்பப்படுகிறது.
இவர், கிரேக்க குடியும், மிகவும் பிரபலமான மற்றும் மிகவும் மதிப்புமிக்க ஆசிரியர்களுல் ஒருவரும், எதிர்கால திருத்தந்தையுமான இரண்டாம் சிக்ஸ்டசை” (Pope Sixtus II) தற்போதைய “சரகோஸா” (Zaragoza) எனுமிடத்தில் சந்தித்தார். இறுதியில் இருவரும் ஸ்பெயின் (Spain) நாட்டை விட்டு, ரோம் (Rome) நகர் புறப்பட்டுச் சென்றனர். கி.பி. 257ம் ஆண்டு, சிக்ஸ்டஸ் திருத்தந்தையானபோது, அவர் லாரன்ஸையும் இன்னும் ஆறு பேரையும் திருத்தொண்டர்களாக (Deacon) அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். லாரன்ஸ் இளைஞராக இருப்பினும், அவர்களில் முதன்மைத் திருத்தொண்டராக (Archdeacon of Rome) நியமித்தார்.
ரோமானிய அதிகார வர்க்கம், விதிமுறை ஒன்றினை நிறுவியதாக “கர்தாஜ்” ஆயரான (Bishop of Carthage) “புனிதர் சைப்ரியன்” (St. Cyprian) குறிப்பிடுகிறார். அந்த விதிமுறையில், கண்டிக்கப்பட்ட அனைத்து கிறிஸ்தவர்களும் தூக்கிலிடப்பட வேண்டுமென்றும், அவர்களின் பொருட்கள் மற்றும் சொத்துக்கள் பேரரசின் கருவூலத்தால் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட வேண்டுமென்றும் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளதாக கூறுகிறார்.
“பேரரசன் வலேரியன்” (Emperor Valerian), கி.பி. 258ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாத தொடக்கத்தில், அனைத்து ஆயர்கள், குருக்கள் மற்றும் திருத்தொண்டர்கள் அனைவரும் உடனடியாக தூக்கிலடப்படவேண்டும் என்ற உத்தரவினை வெளியிட்டான். கி.பி. 258ம் ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் ஆறாம் தேதி, “புனிதர் கல்லிக்ஸ்டஸின்” (Cemetery of St Callixtus) கல்லறையில் வழிபாடு நடத்திக்கொண்டிருந்த திருத்தந்தை “இரண்டாம் சிக்ஸ்டஸ்” (Pope Sixtus II) பிடிக்கப்பட்டு, உடனடியாக தூக்கிலிடப்பட்டார்.
சிக்ஸ்டசின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர், திருச்சபையின் சொத்துக்கள் அனைத்தையும் திருப்பி ஒப்படைக்க வேண்டுமென ரோம தலைமை அதிகாரி (Prefect) கட்டளையிட்டான். சம்பவங்களின் ஆரம்ப ஆதாரமாக இருந்த புனிதர் “அம்ப்ரோஸ்” (St Ambrose), சொத்துக்களை ஒன்று திரட்ட தமக்கு மூன்று நாட்கள் அவகாசம் வேண்டுமென லாரன்ஸ் கேட்டதாகவும், இயன்றவரை சொத்துக்களை வேக வேகமாக ஏழைகளுக்கு பகிர்ந்தளித்ததாகவும் கூறுகிறார். சொத்துக்கள் ரோம தலைமை அதிகாரியின் (Prefect) கைகளுக்கு போய் விடக்கூடாதே என்ற அவசரம் அவரது வேகத்திலிருந்தது என்கிறார்.
மூன்றாவது நாள், ஒரு சிறு குழுவை தலைமை தாங்கி வந்த லாரன்ஸ், தலைமை அதிகாரி முன்னிலையில் ஆஜரானதாக கூறுகிறார். திருச்சபையின் சொத்துக்களை ஒப்படைக்குமாறு உத்தரவிடப்பட்டபோது, அவர் தம்முடன் வந்திருந்த எளியவர்கள், ஊனமுற்றோர், பார்வையற்றோர் மற்றும் வேதனையால் துன்புருவோரை அதிகாரியின் முன்னிறுத்தி, இவர்களே திருச்சபையின் உண்மையான சொத்துக்கள் என்றார். “திருச்சபை உண்மையிலேயே செல்வம் மிகுந்தது; உங்களுடைய பேரரசனை விட எவ்வளவோ செல்வம் உள்ளது” என்று, லாரன்ஸ் தலைமை அதிகாரியிடம் அறிக்கையிட்டார். இத்தகைய அறைகூவல், லாரன்ஸை நேரடியாக மரணத்தின் வாயிலுக்கு இட்டுச் சென்றது. கடும் கோபமடைந்த தலைமையதிகாரி, தாம் ஏற்கனவே தயாரித்து வைத்திருந்த, இறைச்சி போன்றவற்றை சுடுவதற்கு பயன்படும் கம்பி போன்ற பெரிய அளவிலான சூடான இரும்பு கம்பிகளில் லாரன்ஸை படுக்கவைத்தான். நெடு நேர வேதனை அனுபவித்த லாரன்ஸ், சிரித்த முகத்துடன், “இந்த பக்கம் வெந்துவிட்டது; மறுபக்கம் திருப்பி போடு” என்றார்.
மரபுப்படி, புனித லாரன்ஸை கௌரவிக்கும் விதமாக, பேரரசர் “முதலாம் கான்ஸ்டன்டைன்” (Emperor Constantine I) ஒரு சிற்றாலயம் அமைத்தார். இது ரோம் நகரின் ஏழு திருப்பயண ஆலயங்களுல் ஒன்றாக துவக்கக்காலம் முதலே கருதப்பட்டது. இவ்வாலயத்தை திருத்தந்தை “முதலாம் டமாஸ்கஸ்” (Pope Damasus I) சீரமைத்து “புனித லாரன்ஸ் பேராலயமாக” (Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura) மாற்றினார். புனிதர் லாரன்ஸ் மறைசாட்சியாக மரித்த இடத்தில், “புனித லாரன்ஸ் சிறு பசிலிக்கா” (Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo in Panisperna) உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. லாரன்ஸ் மறைசாட்சியாக உபயோகப்பட்ட இரும்புக்கம்பி, அங்கேயே வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Also known as
Laurence, Laurent, Laurentius, Lorenço, Lorenzo
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Third-century archdeacon of Rome, distributor of alms, and "keeper of the treasures of the church" in a time when Christianity was outlawed. On 6 August 258, by decree of Emperor Valerian, Pope Saint Sixtus II and six deacons were beheaded, leaving Lawrence as the ranking Church official in Rome.
While in prison awaiting execution Sixtus reassured Lawrence that he was not being left behind; they would be reunited in four days. Lawrence saw this time as an opportunity to disperse the material wealth of the church before the Roman authorities could lay their hands on it. On 10 August Lawrence was commanded to appear for his execution, and to bring along the treasure with which he had been entrusted by the pope. When he arrived, the archdeacon was accompanied by a multitude of Rome's crippled, blind, sick, and indigent. He announced that these were the true treasures of the Church. Martyr.
Lawrence's care for the poor, the ill, and the neglected have led to his patronage of them. His work to save the material wealth of the Church, including its documents, brought librarians and those in related fields to see him as a patron, and to ask for his intercession. And his incredible strength and courage when being grilled to death led to his patronage of cooks and those who work in or supply things to the kitchen. The meteor shower that follows the passage of the Swift-Tuttle comet was known in the middle ages as the "burning tears of Saint Lawrence" because they appear at the same time as Lawrence's feast.
Born
at Huesca, Spain
Died
• cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258 in Rome, Italy
• tradition says that the ashes of his burned body were dispersed by the winds, and appear at different places around the world on his feast day
• buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriaca on the road to Tivoli, Italy
• tomb was later opened by Pelagius to inter the body of Saint Stephen the Martyr
• his mummified head is enshrined at the Quirinal Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome
• other relics and the gridiron believes to have been his deathbed are enshrined in the crypt of the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls, Rome
• his garments are enshrined in Our Lady’s Chapel in the Lateran Palace, Rome
Blessed Amadeus of Portugal
Also known as
• Amadeus Menez de Silva
• Amedeus....
• João de Menezes da Silva
• João Mendes de Silva
• Peter John Silva Meneses
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Born to the Portugese nobility, the youngest of eleven children of Rui Gomes, the Count of Viana, and Isabel de Menezes; brother of Saint Beatrice da Silva Meneses. Courtier to Empress Eleonaora of Portugal. Married briefly. Monk at the Hieronymite monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe for ten years. Entered the Franciscans in 1453 in Assisi, Italy as a lay brother. Hermit. Ordained in 1459. Founded the monastery Virgin of Peace near Milan, Italy and led a community under strict Franciscan rules; they were known as the Amadeistene, Amadeeërs or Marignano reform, and at one point there were 28 houses following their example, but all eventually merged with the Franciscans. Wrote on prophesy, and a commentary on the Book of Revelations. Amadeus's work was praised by Pope Sixtus IV, King Ferdinand the Catholic of Aragon, and Saint Louis IX of France.
Born
1420 in Morocco as João de Menezes da Silva
Died
• 10 August 1482 in Milan, Italy of natural causes
• buried under the high altar of his monastery in Milan
Saint Bessus
Also known as
Besso, Besse
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Soldier of the Theban Legion. Convert to Christianity. He escaped the massacre of the Legion and became an evangelist in the mountain district of Val Soana. Reported to be a miracle worker and able to heal by prayer. Martyr.
Because of the understandably poor records from the period, and the similarity of his name both to other evangelists in the region and to a pre-Christian god, Bessus has figured into a lot of folk tales, practices and later legends.
Died
• thrown from Mount Fautenio c.286 Campiglia Soana, Turin, Italy
• the spot where he landed (and died) left an impression in the rock, and a shrine was soon built over it
• relics taken to Ozegna in the 9th century and enshrined a chapel now known as the Beata Vergine del Convento e del Bosco
• relics later taken to the cathedral of Virea, Italy and enshrined in a sacrophagus
• relics later enshrined in a side altar in the cathedral with those of several other martyr saints
Blessed Archangelus Piacentini
Also known as
Arcangelo Placenza
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Born to the nobility. Known as a quiet and pious child, it was no surprise when he went to live as a hermit in a cave near the church of Santa Maria dei Giubino in Sicily. His reputation for holiness spread, and the young hermit attracted would-be spiritual students - which caused him to move to Alcamo, Sicily to get away from them. His reputation went with him, and he was asked to restore broken down shelters for the poor in the area. The job finished, Arcangelo returned to his hermitage. However, Pope Martin V, working to restore papal authority, decreed that all hermits in Sicily should join approved religious orders; and so Arcanglo joined the Franciscans in Palermo, receiving the habit from Blessed Matthew of Girgenti. Priest. Assigned to establish a new Franciscan house in Alcamo; he used part of the structures he had helped to restore. He led both his brothers and the laity by his example, supported Franciscans throughout Sicily, turned down the bishopric in Alcamo, and spent his last days helping Blessed Matthew.
Born
c.1390 at Calatafimi, Sicily, Italy
Died
10 August 1460 in Alcamo, Sicily, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
9 September 1836 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)
Saint Blane
Also known as
Blaan, Blan, Blain
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Nephew of Saint Cathan. Studied in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor, Saint Kenneth, and Saint Canice. Monk. After seven years, he returned to Scotland; tradition says he travelled in a boat without oars or rudder, but that it took him safely home. Monk at the monstery founded by Cathan; ordained by his uncle. Missionary to the Scottish Picts. Bishop of Kingarth, Scotland, ordained by Cathen. Pilgrim to Rome to seek papal blessing on his bishopric; made the return trip entirely on foot.
Reputed miracle worker, including bringing the young son of a British chief back to life, curing the blind, and lighting fire by making small bolts of lightning jump between his fingers. Devotion to Blane soon followed his death, was widespread in Scotland, and very popular; his monastery became the site of the cathedral of Dunblane, Scotland and there were several churches with his name.
Born
6th century at Isle of Bute, Scotland
Died
• c.590 at Kingarth, Isle of Bute, Scotland of natural causes
• buried in Dunblane, Scotland which was named for him
Blessed Lazare Tiersot
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Joined the Carthusians on 18 December 1769 at the monastery of Fontenay, France. Priest. Served as vicar of his house until June 1791 when the monastery was suppressed by the civil authorities of the French Revolution. Arrested on 19 April 1793 for refusing to take the oath that would have switched his allegience from the Vatican to the civil authorities of the Revolution. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die. There he ministered to other prisoners, hearing confessions, doing what little he could for the sick. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
29 March 1739 in Semur-en-Auxois, Diocese of Sens-Auxerre, Côte-d'Or, France
Died
• 10 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Washington, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France of a fever
• buried on the island of Aix, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Franciszek Drzewiecki
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Orionist friar. After studies at the mother-house in Tortona, Italy, he was ordained on 6 June 1936. Returning to Poland, he taught at the college of Zdunska Wola. Parish priest in Wloclawek, Poland. Arrested on 7 November 1939 and condemned to forced labour at the Dachau concentration camp farms during the Nazi persecutions; he kept consecrated hosts in a small box he wore around his neck, and spent his time in the fields in Eucharistic adoration. Martyr.
Born
26 February 1908 in Zduny, Lódzkie, Poland
Died
gassed on 10 August 1942 at the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed François François
Also known as
Sébastien of Nancy
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Franciscan Capuchin priest. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
17 January 1749 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Died
10 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Claude-Joseph Jouffret de Bonnefont
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Sulpician priest. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
23 December 1752 in Gannat, Allier, France
Died
10 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Edward Grzymala
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Priest in the diocese of Wloclawek, Poland. Imprisoned and murdered in the Nazi persecutions. Martyr.
Born
19 September 1906 in Kolodziaz, Podlaskie, Poland
Died
gassed on 10 August 1942 at the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed Augustine Ota
Also known as
Augustinus Ota
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Worked as a catechist, helping Jesuit missionaries. Imprisoned at Ikinoshima for his faith. While imprisoned, he was received into the Jesuits. Martyr.
Born
1572 in Ojika, Goto-retto, Nagasaki, Japan
Died
beheaded 10 August 1622 at Ikinoshima, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Saint Gerontius
Also known as
Geraint
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King of Damnonia (in modern Devon, England). He and his wife Enid are the subjects of romantic legends in the region.
Died
killed c.508 in battle against Saxons
Saint Asteria of Bergamo
Also known as
Hesteria
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Sister of Saint Grata of Bergamo. Worked to provide Christian burial for martyrs. Executed by Diocletian for doing it. Martyr.
Died
• beheaded c.307
• venerated in Bergamo, Italy
Saint Agilberta of Jouarre
Also known as
Aguilberta, Gilberta
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Related to Saint Ebrigisil, Saint Ado of Jouarre, and Saint Agilbert of Paris. Nun. Abbess of Jouarre Abbey c.660.
Died
c.680
Blessed Hugh of Montaigu
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Nephew of Saint Hugh of Cluny, who was his teacher and spiritual director. Benedictine monk at Cluny Abbey in France. Bishop of Auxerre, France in 1096.
Died
1136 of natural causes
Saint Deusdedit the Cobbler
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Poor layman shoemaker in sixth-century Rome, Italy. Pope Saint Gregory the Great wrote that every Saturday Deusdedit would give away all the profits from that week to the poor.
Saint Bettelin
Also known as
Bertram
Saint Bettelin's feast day is on August 10. He was an Anglo-Saxon hermit and saint who lived in the 8th century. He is the patron saint of Stafford, England.
Bettelin was born in Mercia, England, around the year 700. He was a nobleman who renounced his wealth and status to become a hermit. He lived in a cave near the River Sow in Staffordshire. Bettelin is said to have had the gift of healing, and he was often sought out by people who were sick or injured.
Bettelin died in 780. His relics were enshrined in the Church of St Mary and St Ethelbert in Stafford. His feast day is celebrated on August 10.
Died
• 8th century
• relics enshrined in Ilam, Staffordshire, England
Saint Aredius of Lyons
Also known as
Aregius, Arige
He was an Irish monk and missionary who lived in the 6th century. He is the patron saint of the city of Yrieix-la-Perche in France.
Aredius was born in Ireland in the early 6th century. He was a member of the Céli Dé, a group of Irish monks who were dedicated to the monastic life. Aredius eventually left Ireland to become a missionary in Gaul.
Aredius settled in the town of Yrieix-la-Perche, where he founded a monastery. He is said to have had the gift of healing, and he was often sought out by people who were sick or injured. Aredius also worked to convert the local people to Christianity.
Aredius died in Yrieix-la-Perche in the early 6th century. He is remembered for his holiness and his dedication to the Christian faith. His feast day is celebrated on August 25 in Yrieix-la-Perche and in other parts of France.
Died
c.614
Saint Bassa of Carthage
Saint Bassa of Carthage is August 10. She was a nun and martyr who died in Carthage in North Africa during the persecutions of Diocletian in the early 4th century.
Bassa was born into a wealthy family in Carthage. She was well-educated and had a strong faith in Christ. She decided to become a nun and joined the convent of Saint Agatha in Carthage.
During the persecutions of Diocletian, Bassa was arrested and tortured for her faith. She refused to renounce Christ and was eventually beheaded. She was one of many Christians who were martyred in Carthage during this time.
Bassa is considered a martyr for her faith. Her feast day is celebrated on August 10, the same day as the feast day of several other African martyrs, including Saint Cyprian of Carthage and Saint Perpetua of Carthage.
Died
in Carthage in North Africa
Martyrs of Alexandria
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A large number of Christians who died in Alexandria, Egypt between 260 and 267 in the persecutions of Decius and Valerian, whose names have not come down to us, and who are commemorated together.
the Martyrs of Alexandria are also commemorated on August 10. This is because the exact dates of their martyrdom are not known, so the Church commemorates them on the nearest day that is not already taken by another saint.
The August 10 feast day is more commonly observed in the Eastern Orthodox Church, while the August 30 feast day is more commonly observed in the Roman Catholic Church. However, both feast days are a time to remember the courage and sacrifice of the Martyrs of Alexandria.
Martyrs of Rome
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Group of 165 Christians martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.
Died
274 in Rome, 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.
• Blessed Antonio González Penín
• Blessed José Toledo Pellicer
• Blessed José Xavier Gorosterratzu Jaunarena
• Blessed Juan Martorell Soria
• Blessed Pedro Mesonero Rodríguez
• Blessed Victoriano Calvo Lozano
08 ஆகஸ்ட் 2026
இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஆகஸ்ட் 09
St. Serenus
August 3 and August 9 are celebrated as Saint Serenus's feast day.
August 3 is the traditional feast day of Saint Serenus, while August 9 is the date of his translation to a new shrine in Marseille.
Death: 606
Bishop of Marseilles, France. He is best known for having been a correspondent with Pope St. Gregory I the Great (r. 590-604) who sent him several letters. One endorsed the Roman missionanes who were then on their way to Britain.
St. Samuel of Edessa
St. Samuel of Edessa was an ecclesiastical writer who lived in the 5th century. He is mentioned by the 5th-century priest and historian Gennadius of Marseilles, who says that Samuel authored works against the Nestorians and other heretics.
Not much else is known about St. Samuel of Edessa, but his writings are still considered valuable by scholars today. His feast day is celebrated on August 9.
St. Amedeus
Feastday: August 9
Death: 1482
Franciscan founder, also called Amadeus. He was born to a noble family in Portugal in 1420 and entered the Franciscans as a lay brother at Assisi, Italy. After some time as a hermit, Amedeus was ordained and founded Franciscan monasteries. He was revered by Pope Sixtus IV.
Saint Amedeus's feast day is also celebrated on August 9. The reason for this is that there are two different traditions regarding his death. According to one tradition, he died on August 3, 1159. According to the other tradition, he died on August 9, 1159.
The August 3 tradition is the more widely accepted one, but the August 9 tradition is also observed by some churches.
Saint Marianne Cope
Also known as
• Barbara Cope
• Barbara Koob
• Maria Anna Barbara Cope
• Mother Marianne
• Sister Marianne
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Born to a poor working class family, one of eight children. Came to the United States when her parents emigrated in 1840, and she grew up in the Utica, New York area. Left school after the eight grade to work in a factory for nine years and help raise her younger siblings. Joined the Sisters of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York in 1862, taking the name Sister Marianne, and making her vows in 1863. Teacher. Superior of a convent. Member of the council that governed her community. Supervisor of Saint Joseph's Hospital in 1870; it was the only hospital in Syracuse, and cared for the sick regardless of race or religion, a rarity in the day. Directress of novices. Provincial Superior of her community in 1877. In November 1883 she and six of her sister Franciscans went to Honolulu, Hawaii to care for lepers. Mother Marianne had planned to stay a few weeks, help establish the facilities, and then return to Syracuse; she spent 35 years there and only returned when her remains were moved in 2005 as part of her beatification preparations. They completely revamped the conditions of the patients, vastly improving their housing and care. In 1885 she founded a home for the daughters of patients who lived in the colony. In November 1888 she and two sisters founded a home and school for girls on Molokai. In 1895 she took over the boy's home that had been founded by Blessed Damien de Veuster. In her later years she was confined to a wheelchair due to chronic kidney disease.
Born
23 January 1838 in Heppenheim, grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany as Barbara Koob
Died
• 9 August 1918 at Kalaupapa, Maui County, Hawaii of a heart attack
• most relics are being housed and conserved at the Saint Marianne Cope Shrine and Museum in Syracuse, New York, having been transferred there in 2005 as part of the canonization investigation
• there are display relics at each of the five provinces of the Sisters of Saint Francis
• there are two display relics held in Rome, Italy, one given to Pope John Paul II at the time of the beatification of Saint Marianne, and one given to Pope Benedict XVI at the time of her canonization
• there is a display relic in possession of the bishop of the diocese of Syracuse
• there are two display relics in possession of the diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii, one of them enshrined in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu on 31 July 2014
• there is a display relic in the parish of Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick in Utica, New York, the home parish of Saint Marianne
• there is a display relic in the Church of the Assumption in Syracuse where Saint Marianne took her vows, lived and worked
Beatified
• 14 May 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Canonized
21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
புனிதர் சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்டா
கார்மேல் சபை அருட்சகோதரி மற்றும் மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: அக்டோபர் 12, 1891
ப்ரெஸ்லவ் (சிலேசியா), ஜெர்மனி (தற்போது வ்ரோக்ளோ, போலந்து)
இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 9, 1942 (வயது 50)
ஔஸ்விட்ஸ் - சித்திரவதை முகாம், பொது அரசு (நாஜி-ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்ட போலந்து)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
முக்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: மே 1, 1987
திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்
கோலோன், ஜெர்மனி
புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 11, 1998
திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்ட் 9
சித்தரிக்கப்படும் வகை:
ஒரு புத்தகம் (A book), தீ நாக்கு (Flames),
கார்மேல் பெண் துறவியின் ஆடையில் தாவீதின் மஞ்சள் நிற விண்மீன் (Yellow Star of David on a Discalced Carmelite nun's habit, Flames, a book)
பாதுகாவல்:
ஐரோப்பா (Europe), பெற்றோரை இழந்தோர் (Loss of Parents), மனம் மாறிய யூதர்கள் (Converted Jews), மறைசாட்சியர் (Martyrs), உலக இளைஞர் தினம் (World Youth Day)
“புனிதர் சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்டா” (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க மதத்திற்கு மனம் மாறிய ஒரு ஜெர்மானிய - யூத தத்துவயியலாளர் (German Jewish Philosopher) ஆவார். 13 வயதில், யூத மதத்தின் மீது நம்பிக்கை இழந்ததாலும், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் மீது கொண்ட உறுதியான விசுவாசத்தாலும், மறைகல்வி பயின்று 1 ஜனவரி 1922 அன்று கத்தோலிக்கராக திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றார். 1934ம் ஆண்டு, “தீவிர கட்டுப்பாடுகளைக் கொண்ட கார்மேல் சபையில்” (Discalced Carmelite) இணைந்து துறவு வாழ்வினை மேற்கொண்டார்.
வரலாறு:
“எடித் ஸ்டைன்” (Edith Stein) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், கி.பி. 1891ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 12ம் நாள், அப்போதைய ஜெர்மனியின் “ப்ரெஸ்லவ்” (Breslau) நகரத்தில் யூதப் பெற்றோருக்கு 11வது குழந்தையாகப் பிறந்தார். இந்நகரம் தற்போது போலந்து நாட்டில் “வ்ரோக்ளோ” (Wrocław, Poland) என்ற பெயரால் அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. யூதர்களின் முக்கிய விழாவான “பிராயச்சித்த நாள்” விழாவின்போது (Day of Atonement) இவர் பிறந்தார். இவருக்கு 2 வயது நடந்த போது இவரின் தந்தை இறந்தார்.
எடித், மெய்யியல் படிப்பில் சிறந்து விளங்கினார். உண்மையைத் தேடுவதிலும் ஆர்வம் கொண்டிருந்தார். இவர் தனது 14வது வயதில் கடவுள் நம்பிக்கையை கைவிட்டார். தன்னை ஒரு நாத்திகர் என்றே அறிவித்தார். ஒரு சிறந்த கத்தோலிக்கப் பேராசிரியரின் விதவை மனைவிக்கு உதவிகள் செய்து வந்தார். இந்த விதவை, தனது அத்தனை துன்பங்களிலும் சிலுவையில் அறையுண்ட இயேசுவில் விசுவாசம் கொண்டிருந்தது இவருடைய வாழ்வை மாற்றியது.
ஒருசமயம் தனது நண்பரின் இல்லம் சென்றிருந்த சமயத்தில் “புனிதர் அவிலாவின் தெரேசாவின்” (St. Teresa of Ávila) வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு புத்தகம் கிடைத்தது. அதையும் எடுத்து வாசித்தார் எடித். இது அவரது அகக் கண்களை திறந்தது. இதன் விளைவாக திருமறை விளக்க நூல் ஒன்றையும் திருப்பலி புத்தகம் ஒன்றையும் வாங்கி வாசித்தார். கத்தோலிக்க நம்பிக்கையினைத் தழுவினார். 1 ஜனவரி 1922 அன்று திருமுழுக்கு பெற்ற இவர், 1923 முதல் 1931 வரை “ஸ்பேயர்” (Speyer) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள “டோமினிக்கன் அருட்சகோதரியர் பள்ளியில்” (Dominican nuns' school) கற்பிக்கும் பணி செய்தார்.
எடித் கற்பிக்கும் பணியை விட்டுவிடவேண்டுமென “நாசி அரசாங்கம்” (Nazi government) வற்புறுத்தியது. திருத்தந்தை “பதினோராம் பயஸ்” (Pope Pius XI) அவர்களுக்கு இவர் எழுதிய கடிதமொன்றில், நாஜி ஆட்சியை கண்டனம் செய்த இவர், கிறிஸ்துவின் பெயரைத் துஷ்பிரயோகம் செய்வதை நிறுத்துவதற்காக, நாஜி ஆட்சியை வெளிப்படையாக கண்டனம் செய்ய வேண்டினார். அவர் திருத்தந்தைக்கு எழுதிய இந்த நீண்ட கடிதத்திற்கு திருத்தந்தையிடமிருந்து பதிலேதும் வரவில்லை. கடிதத்தை திருத்தந்தை படித்தாரா என்பதே தெரியாது. (இருப்பினும், 1937ம் ஆண்டு, நாஜி ஆட்சியை கண்டித்து, ஜெர்மனி மொழியில் ஒரு சுற்றறிக்கையை திருத்தந்தை வெளியிட்டார்.)
இதனால் இவர் 1933ம் ஆண்டு அக்டோபர் 14ம் தேதி கொலோன் (Cologne) நகரிலுள்ள “சமாதானத்தின் அன்னை” (St. Maria vom Frieden (Our Lady of Peace) கார்மேல் துறவற (Discalced Carmelite monastery) சபையில் சேர்ந்தார். "சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்ட்டா" என்ற ஆன்மீக பெயரை ஏற்றார். திருச்சிலுவையினால் ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட தெரெசா என்பது இதன் பொருள்.
அச்சமயத்தில், 1937ம் ஆண்டில், ஹிட்லரின் நாசிப் படையினர் ஜெர்மனியில் யூதர்களை சித்திரவதை செய்வது தலைதூக்கியது. ஜெர்மனியில் யூதர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை பெருகி வந்ததையும் அவர்களது வளமான வாழ்வையும் ஹிட்லரால் சகித்துக் கொள்ள முடியவில்லை. இதன் அடையாளமாக முதலில் கொலோன் யூதமதத் தொழுகைக் கூடத்தைத் தீக்கிரையாக்கினான் ஹிட்லர்.
எனவே எடித்தின் பாதுகாப்புக்காகவும், கத்தோலிக்கத்துக்கு மாறியிருந்த எடித்தின் இன்னொரு சகோதரி ரோசாவின் (Rosa) பாதுகாப்பிற்காகவும், இவர்களிருவரையும் நெதர்லாந்து நாட்டிலிருந்த “எச்ட்” (Echt, Netherlands) எனும் இடத்திலிருந்த துறவு மடத்துக்கு இவர்களது சபையினர் அனுப்பி வைத்தனர். இறுதியில் நெதர்லாந்திலும் அவர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்பு இருக்கவில்லை.
ஹிட்லரின் நாசிப் படைகள் 1940ம் ஆண்டில் நெதர்லாந்தை ஆக்கிரமித்தன. 2 ஆகஸ்ட் 1942 அன்று, தெரேசா, ரோசா மற்றும் பல யூதர்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர். முதலில் அவர்கள் “அமெர்ஸ்ஃபூர்ட்” மற்றும் “வெஸ்டேர்பொர்க்” (Amersfoort and Westerbork) ஆகிய சித்திரவதை முகாம்களில் அடைக்கப்பட்டனர். “வெஸ்டேர்பொர்க்” முகாமில், எடித்தின் விசுவாசம் மற்றும் அமைதியால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட “டட்ச்” அதிகாரி (A Dutch official) ஒருவர், சகோதரியர் இருவரும் தப்பிச் செல்ல ஒரு திட்டம் வகுத்து தந்தார். ஆனால், அதனை எடித் தீர்க்கமாகவும் கடுமையாகவும் அவரது உதவியை மறுத்துவிட்டார். அத்துடன், “இந்த கட்டத்தில் யாரோ ஒருவர் தலையிட்டு, அவரது ஆயிரக்கணக்கான சகோதர சகோதரிகளின் தலைவிதியினைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் வாய்ப்பை எடுத்துவிட்டால், அது முற்றிலும் நிர்மூலமான அழிவு ஆகும்” என்றார்.
1942ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 7ம் நாளன்று, அதிகாலை, 987 யூதர்கள் “ஆஷ்விட்ஸ்” (Auschwitz) சித்திரவதை முகாமுக்குக் கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டனர். அம்முகாமில் 1942ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 9ம் தேதியன்று, புனிதர் சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்டாவும் அவரது சகோதரியும் இன்னும் பலரும் நச்சுவாயு அறைகளில் அடைக்கப்பட்டு இறந்தனர்.
திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் அருள் சின்னப்பர் (Pope John Paul II), இவரை ஐரோப்பாவின் ஆறு பாதுகாவலர்களுல் ஒருவராகவும் அறிவித்தார்.
Also known as
• Edith Stein
• Teresia Benedicta
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Youngest of seven children in a Jewish family. Edith lost interest and faith in Judaism by age 13. Brilliant student and philospher with an interest in phenomenology. Studied at the University of Göttingen, Germany and in Breisgau, Germany. Earned her doctorate in philosophy in 1916 at age 25. Witnessing the strength of faith of Catholic friends led her to an interest in Catholicism, which led to studying a catechism on her own, which led to "reading herself into" the Faith. Converted to Catholicism in Cologne, Germany; baptized in Saint Martin's church, Bad Bergzabern, Germany on 1 January 1922.
Carmelite nun in 1934, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Teacher in the Dominican school in Speyer, Germany and lecturer at the Educational Institute in Munich, Germany. However, anti-Jewish pressure from the Nazis forced her to resign both positions. Profound spiritual writer.
Both Jewish and Catholic, she was smuggled out of Germany, and assigned to Echt, Netherlands in 1938. When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, she and her sister Rose, also a convert to Catholicism, were captured and sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz where they died in the as chambers like so many others.
Born
12 October 1891 at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) as Edith Stein
Died
• gassed on 9 August 1942 in the ovens of Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Poland
• body cremated
Canonized
11 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Maurilio of Rouen
Also known as
Maurilius, Maurille
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Born to the Gallic nobility. Studied theology in Liege, Belgium and in Saxony in modern Germany; member of the cathedral chapter of Halberstadt. By 1030 he was a monk at Fécamp, France. After some years, he withdrew from communal life to live as a hermit in Vallombrosa, Italy. Maurilio’s wisdom and holiness led the Marquis Bonifacio to order him to become the abbot the San Maria abbey in Florence, Italy. The monks there objected so strongly to his reform attempts that they tried to poison Maurilio; he returned to Fécamp. In 1055 he was appointed the archbishop of Rouen by Duke William the Conqueror of Normandy. He worked to restore discipline to his priests, presided over councils, helped impose a truce between warring families and feudal houses, and united them to fight against highway robbers and brigands. Helped Saint Anselm of Canterbury come to see that he had a call to religious life. Maurilio built several churches, consecrated the cathedral of Rouen in 1063, and the abbey church of Jumièges on 1 July 1067.
Born
c.1000 in the diocese of Rheims, France
Died
• 9 August 1067 of natural causes
• legend says that when they were preparing to take the body to the local church for his funeral Mass, Maurilio suddenly sat up and described what he had seen in the afterlife including places near Jerusalem with crowds of saints, others with crowds of demons, and the damned suffering in Hell; he gave his clergy a warning to guard their souls, then laid down for the final time
• buried in the Rouen cathedral
• tomb destoyed by Huguenots in 1562
Saint Nathy
புனித குரோம்நதி (- 1903)
இவர் அயர்லாந்தைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவருடைய குழந்தைப் பருவத்தைக் குறித்த போதிய குறிப்புகள் கிடையாது; ஆனால் இவர் ஃபினியன் என்பவருடைய சீடராக இருந்து, பின் அருள்பணியாளராக உயர்ந்தார்.
இவர் அருள்பணியாளராகத் திருப்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட பிறகு, அச்சோன்றி என்ற இடத்தில் பங்குப் பணியாளராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அவ்விடத்தில் இவர் ஒரு கோயிலைக் கட்டி எழுப்பி, அது ஓர் ஆன்மிகத் தலமாக இருக்குமாறு செய்தார்.
அந்த இடத்திற்குப் பலரும் வந்தார்கள். அவர்களிடம் இவர் ஆண்டவருடைய நற்செய்தியை வல்லமையோடு எடுத்துரைத்தார். இதன் பிறகு இவர் ஆயராக உயர்ந்து தன்னிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்ட மக்களை நல்ல முறையில் வழி நடத்தி வந்தார்.
இவருடைய உருவாக்கத்தில் பின்னாளில் அருளாளராக உயர்த்தப்பட்டவர்தான் பெச்சின் என்பவர்.
இவ்வாறு கடவுளுடைய வார்த்தையை மக்களுக்கு வல்லமையோடு எடுத்துரைத்து, அவர்களைக் கடவுளுக்கு உகந்தவர்களாக மாற்றிய இவர், 1903 ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்
Also known as
• Cromnathy
• Cruimhthir Nathy
• Crumther Nathy
• Nathy Cruimthir
• Nathy the Priest
• Nahi, Nath Í, Nathi, Nateo, Nateus
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Nothing reliable is known about his early life. Spiritual student of Saint Finnian of Clonnard. Priest. Founded a church and monastery at Achonry, Ireland. The monastery became a noted center for learning and piety. Spiritual teacher of Saint Fechin of Fobar. May have been a bishop, but records are scant and varied. Known for his personal sanctity, he spent a very long life spreading the faith.
Born
at Luighne, Sligo, Ireland
Canonized
1903 (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso
Also known as
Florentinus Asensio Barroso
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Born to a poor but devout family. Ordained on 1 June 1901 in Valladolid, Spain. Graduated as a doctor of theology from the Pontifical University of Valladolid, and then taught there. Priest at the metropolitan cathedral of Valladolid; many of his homilies have survived. Spiritual director and confessor to several religious congregations. Bishop and apostolic administrator of Barbastro, Spain on 26 January 1936. His five months as bishop were noted for his charity to the poor and sick. However, this was a period of hostility to the Church by the state. Bishop Florentino was put under house arrest, then imprisoned, then on 1 August 1936 was moved to solitary confinement. He was tortured and mutilated and finally murdered. One of the martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
Born
16 October 1877 at Villasexmir, Valladolid, Spain
Died
• shot three times through the temple on 2 August 1936 in a cemetery outside Barbastro, Huesca, Spain
• buried in a common grave with other victims
• later exhumed and re-interred in the cathedral crypt
Beatified
4 May 1997 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Faustino Oteiza Segura
Also known as
Faustino of Our Lady of Sorrows
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Son of Isidoro Oteiza and Angela Segura. Baptized at the age of one day. Studied at the Piarist College of Estella, Spain. A bout of pneumonia when he was 14 was so sever that he was given last rites, but managed to recover. Entered the Piarist novitiate on 9 November 1905 at Peralta de la Sal, Spain, and made his solemn vows on 15 July 1912. Priest, ordained on 14 September 1913 in Terrassa, Spain. Novice master at Peralta de la Sal, Spain. Primary school teacher for several years. Had a great devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist, and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Suffered from Parkinson’s Disease, but never let it interfere with his work. Arrested on 23 July 1936 with his entire religious community in the persections of the Spanish Civil War; he spent his time in prison writing letters, all of which report that he and his brothers never lost their faith. Martyr.
Born
14 February 1890 in Ayegui, Navarra, Spain
Died
• shot in the afternoon of 9 August 1936 in Azanuy, Huesca, Spain
• body doused with gasoline and set on fire
• remains buried in Azanuy
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola
Also known as
Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola
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Oldest of seven children born to Juan Miguel Cipitria and María Jesús Barriola. The family were weavers, and Juana learned the craft as a child. At age 18 she left home to work as a maid to a family in Burgos, Spain. Juana early felt a call to religious life, and on 8 December 1871 she founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus to work for a Christian upbringing of children, and to improve the condition of woman in Salamanca, Spain. She took the name Mother Candida Maria de Jesus, and the Congregation received papal approval from Pope Leo XIII on 30 July 1901. Mother Candida based her spirituality on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
Born
31 May 1845 in Andoáin, Guipúzcoa, Spain as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola
Died
9 August 1912 in Salamanca, Spain of natural causes
Canonized
17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
Blessed John of Salerno
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Related to Norman princes. Educated at Bologna, Italy. Physically small, he was noted by all for his leadership and organizational skills. Dominican friar, receiving the habit from Saint Dominic in 1219 while still in university. With twelve brother Dominicans, he founded a friary near Florence, Italy in 1220. The men in this house caused a great evangelical stirring in Florence, and they were given the monastery of Santa Maria Novella; under the Dominican's direction, it became a noted center for art and education.
Born
c.1190 at Salerno, Italy
Died
• 1242 of natural causes
• buried at the church of Saint Maria Novella in Florence, Italy
• relics translated several times, the last being on 18 February 1571
Beatified
1783 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Cayetano Giménez Martín
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Ordained a priest of the archdiocese of Granada, Spain, Father Cayetano continued studying canon law for several years. He served in parishes in Alfornón, Alboloduy, and Loja, and was noted for a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, his church was burned by anti–Catholic forces. Father Cayetano went into hiding, but was soon located, arrested, imprisoned and executed for his faith. When he and his fellow prisoners were taken out to be murdered, Father Cayetano asked that he be killed last so he could hear final confessions and give absolution to each of the others. Martyr.
Born
27 November 1866 in Alfornón, Granada, Spain
Died
• 9 August 1936 in the cemetery of Loja, Granada, Spain
• buried in an unmarked grave in that cemetery
Venerated
28 November 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Blessed José María Garrigues Hernández
Also known as
Father Germán of Carcagente
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Franciscan Capuchin friar, making his profession on 15 August 1912. Priest, ordained on 9 February 1919. School teacher with a strong ministry to the poor. Taught at the College of San Buenaventura de Totana in Murcia, Spain. Taught at the Seraphic Seminary of Massamgrell. In the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War, he was forced into hiding. Arrested on 9 August 1936, he was beaten and abused for a day, then dragged to a nearby bridge and murdered for the crime of being a priest. Martyr. His final acts and words were to forgive his executioners.
Born
12 February 1895 in Carcagente, Valencia, Spain
Died
• shot on the night of the 10 August 1936 on an iron railroad bridge in Carcagente, Valencia, Spain
• body thrown into the river
• body later recovered and buried in the cemertery at Carcagente
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Florentín Felipe Naya
Also known as
Florentín of Saint Francis Borgia
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Son of Miguel Felipe and Francisca Naya; he was baptized on the day of his birth. Entered the Piarist novitiate on 27 February 1876 in Paralta de la Sal, Spain as a lay brother; he made his solemn profession on 29 April 1883. Served for over 50 years in the kitchens and schools of a number of Piarist houses in Aragon, Spain. In his late 70’s, his eyesight dimming, nearly deaf, he retired to spend his days in prayer. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
10 October 1856 in Alquézar, Huesca, Spain
Died
• shot on the afternoon of 9 August 1936 in Azanuy, Huesca, Spain
• body doused with gasoline and set on fire
• remains later buried in Azanuy
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Richard Bere
Also known as
John Bere
Additional Memorials
• 4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs
• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
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Nephew of Richard Bere, abbot of Glastonbury. Educated at the Glastonbury abbey school and then Oxford. He refused an arranged marriage, and studied law at the Chancery in London. He then abandoned the law and in 1523 became a Carthusian choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Imprisoned and martyred with several of his brothers for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy acknowledging King Henry VIII as head of the Church.
Born
Glastonbury, England
Died
starved to death on 9 August 1537 in Newgate prison, London, England
Beatified
20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Blessed Narcís Sitjà Basté
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Priest. Member of the Sons of the Holy Family. Novice master and general counsel of Saint Jose Manyanet and the Sons. Teacher and spiritual advisor, noted for his ascetic lifestyle, personal piety, ability as a preacher and devotion to the Holy Family. Poet. Martyred in the anti-Catholic excesses of the Spanish Civil War.
Born
1 November 1867 in Sant Andreu de Palomar, Barcelona, Spain
Died
• morning of 9 August 1936 in the Riera de Sant Andreuin, Barcelona, Spain
• buried in the cemetery of Sant Andreu de Palomar in Barcelona
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Saints Firmus and Rusticus of Verona
Also known as
Fermo
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Martyrs. Saint Zeno of Verona, also from North Africa, brought their relics to his diocese; some locals revised the story of the martyrdom to indicate that the two were Italian nobles, but this seems unlikely.
Born
3rd century North Africa
Died
c.290
Blessed Zbigniew Adam Strzalkowski
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Franciscan Conventual priest. One of the Martyrs of Chimbote, murdered by Shining Path Communist guerillas.
Born
3 July 1958 in Tarnów, Poland
Died
9 August 1991 in Pariacoto, Ancash, Peru
Beatified
• 5 December 2015 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Estadio Centenario Manuel Rivera Sánchez, Chimbote, Peru, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed Claude Richard
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Benedictine monk at the monastery in Metz, France. Priest. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
19 May 1741 in Lérouville, Meuse, France
Died
9 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Michal Tomaszek
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Franciscan Conventual priest. One of the Martyrs of Chimbote, murdered by Shining Path Communist guerillas.
Born
23 September 1960 in Lekawica, Zywiec, Poland
Died
9 August 1991 in Pariacoto, Ancash, Peru
Beatified
• 5 December 2015 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Estadio Centenario Manuel Rivera Sánchez, Chimbote, Peru, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed John of Alvernia
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Joined the Franciscan Friars Minor in 1272. Part-time hermit, part-time evangelist and spiritual advisor in the area around Mount Alvernia, central and northern Italy. Had the gifts of infused knowledge, visions, ecstacies, and mind-reading.
Born
1259 at Fermo, Italy
Died
10 August 1322 of natural causes
Beatified
1880 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Falco the Hermit
Also known as
• Falco of Palena
• Falcon
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Hermit in the Abruzzi region of Italy.
Born
in the Calabria region of Italy
Died
• 1440 of natural causes
• relics enshrined at Palena, Italy
Beatified
1893 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Saint Romanus Ostiarius
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Soldier. Converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence of Rome, by whom he was baptized. Church ostiarius in Rome, Italy. Martyr. Figured in early fiction about the martyrs.
Died
• c.258 in Rome, Italy
• relics in the churches of San Lorenzo and Santa Catarina dei Funari in Rome
Saint Bandaridus of Soissons
Also known as
Banderik, Bandery
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Bishop of Soissons, France in 540. Founded at monastery at Crépin, France. Exiled from his see, he worked as a gardener for seven years without revealing his identity, but was eventually found out and recalled.
Died
566
Saint Phelim
Also known as
Fedhlimidh, Fedlemid, Fedlimid, Felim, Felix, Fidleminus, Fedlimino
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Sixth century spiritual student of Saint Columba. Hermit. His reputation for holiness attracted would-be students who founded the city of Kilmore, Ireland around his cell. First bishop of Kilmore.
Saint Numidicus of Carthage
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Seminarian. One of a group of Christians killed in the persecutions of Decius. Just before Numidicus died, Saint Cyprian of Carthage dragged him out of the fire and ordained him so that he died a priest.
Died
burned at the stake in 251 in Carthage, North Africa
Saint Autor of Metz
Also known as
Adinctor, Auteur
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Fifth-century bishop of Metz, France.
Died
relics translated to the Marmoutier Abbey in 830
Saint Amor of Franche-Comté
Also known as
Amour
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Venerated in Franche-Comté, France, but his story has been lost over time.
Died
relics enshrined at Saint-Amour in Burgundy, France
Saint Stephen of Burgos
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Ninth-century Benedictine monk. Abbot in Burgos, Spain. Martyred with 200 of his brother monks by invading Muslims.
Died
put to the sword in 872 in Burgos, Spain
Saint Rusticus of Sirmium
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Saint Rusticus of Sirmium was a Christian martyr who was killed in Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) during the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Diocletian..
Died
4th century Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
Saint Domitian of Châlons
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Fourth-century bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, France
The feast day of Saint Domitian of Châlons is August 9. He was the 4th bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, France, from 346 to 373. He was a martyr who was killed during the persecutions of Emperor Julian the Apostate.
Saint Domitian was born in Châlons-sur-Marne, France, around 300 AD. He was ordained a priest and then became bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne. He was a strong defender of the Catholic faith and was a vocal critic of Emperor Julian the Apostate.
Emperor Julian the Apostate tried to revive paganism in the Roman Empire. He persecuted Christians and ordered the destruction of churches. Saint Domitian was arrested and imprisoned for his faith. He was tortured and then beheaded in 373 AD.
Martyred Colombians of Barcelona
Additional Memorial
30 July as one of the Martyred Hospitallers of Spain
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A group of Colombian members of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God who worked together in Spain, and who were martyred together in the Spanish Civil War.
• Blessed Alfonso Antonio Ramírez Salazar
• Blessed Gabriel Maya Gutiérrez
• Blessed José Velázquez Peláez
• Blessed Luis Ayala Niño
• Blessed Luis Modesto Páez Perdomo
• Blessed Ramón Ramírez Zuluoga
• Blessed Rubén de Jesús López Aguilar
Died
9 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain
Beatified
25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II
Martyrs of Civitavecchia
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Three Christians martyred together in the persecutions of Decius. We know little more than the names - Marcellian, Secundian and Verian.
Died
250 near Civitavecchia, Italy
Martyrs of Constantinople
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A group of ten Christians who were arrested, tortured and executed for defending an icon of Christ in defiance of orders from Emperor Leo the Isaurian. We know the names of three, but nothing else about them – Julian, Marcian and Mary.
Died
beheaded in Constantinople
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.
• Blessed Antonio Mateo Salamero
• Blessed Cayetano Giménez Martín
• Blessed Cayetano Giménez Martín
• Blessed Faustino Oteiza Segura
• Blessed Florentín Felipe Naya
• Blessed Francisco López-Gasco Fernández-Largo
• Blessed Guillermo Plaza Hernández
• Blessed Joan Vallés Anguera
• Blessed José María Celaya Badiola
• Blessed José María Garrigues Hernández
• Blessed Josep Figuera Rey
• Blessed Josep Maria Aragones Mateu
• Blessed Julián Pozo Ruiz de Samaniego
• Blessed Mateo Molinos Coloma
• Blessed Narcís Sitjà Basté
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