St. Seraphinus October 12

 St. Seraphinus

Feastday: October 12

Death: 1604

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Capuchin and spiritual advisor, also called Seraphino. Born at Montegranaro, Italy, in 1540, he worked as a shepherd in his youth and was reportedly much abused by his older brother. At the age of sixteen he entered the Capuchins as a lay brother at Ascoli Piceno, earning a reputation for his holiness. He was graced with considerable spiritual gifts and wisdom, as well as devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Seraphinus gave counsel to ecclesiastical and secular leaders. He was canonized in 1767.

St. Amicus October 12

 St. Amicus

Feastday: October 12

Death: 773

A French knight, companion of Amelius, Charlemagne's champion. These knights took part in Charlemagne's campaign against the Lombards in northern Italy. In Mortara, Lombardy, Amicus and Amelius are venerated as martyrs.

Bl. Camillus Constanzi October 12

 Bl. Camillus Constanzi

Feastday: October 12

Death: 1622

A martyr of Japan. Originally from Italy, Camillus was a Jesuit missionary in Japan who was banished from the islands when the anti-Christian persecutions began. Despite the dangers, he returned to his flock and was roasted over a slow fire on September 16.

St. Cosmas of Maiuma October 12

 St. Cosmas of Maiuma

Feastday: October 12

Patron: of Hymnographers

Death: 8th Century

Image of St. Cosmas of MaiumaOrphaned in his childhood, Cosmas was adopted by the Syrian father of Saint John of Damascus. Cosmas and his brother by adoption, John, are said to have been educated together by an elderly monk. Subsequently the two young men left Damascus to enter the Monastery of Saint Sabas, near Jerusalem. In 743, Cosmas became bishop of Majuma, Palestine (near Gaza City). Cosmas was to be remembered as a great ecclesiastical poet, many of whose compositions became a permanent part of the Byzantine liturgy. For example, the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth "odes" used for the Byzantine Rite's Holy Saturday office of Orthros (the eastern equivalent of Matins, the first "hour" of the Divine Office) are attributed to Cosmas. These texts express awe in contemplating the humble entombment of the Son of God, depicting Christ's death and burial as a triumph over death and hell: "Truly, hell was pierced and destroyed by the divine fire when it received in its heart him who was pierced in his side with a spear for our salvation." The ninth "ode" constitutes a dialogue between Christ in death and his grieving Mother.

For the 3rd-century martyr named Cosmas, see Saints Cosmas and Damian.

Saint Cosmas of Maiuma, also called Cosmas Hagiopolites ("of the Holy City"), Cosmas of Jerusalem, or Cosmas the Melodist, or Cosmas the Poet (d. 773 or 794),[1] was a bishop and an important hymnographer of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Life

Saint Cosmas (Greek: Κοσμάς) was probably born in Damascus, but he was orphaned at a young age. He was adopted by Sergius, the father of St. John of Damascus (ca.676 - 749), and became John's foster-brother. The teacher of the two boys was an elderly Calabrian monk, also named Cosmas (known as "Cosmas the Monk" to distinguish him), who had been freed from slavery to the Saracens by St. John's father.[2] John and Cosmas went from Damascus to Jerusalem, where both became monks in the Lavra (monastery) of St. Sabbas the Sanctified near that city.[3] Together they helped defend the Church against the heresy of iconoclasm.

Cosmas left the monastery in 743 when he was appointed Bishop of Maiuma, the port of ancient Gaza.[3] He outlived St. John by many years and died in great old age.

Works

As a learned prose-author, Cosmas wrote commentaries, or scholia, on the poems of St. Gregory of Nazianzus. He is regarded with great admiration as a poet. St. Cosmas and St. John of Damascus are considered to be the best representatives of the later Greek classical hymnography, the most characteristic examples of which are the artistic liturgical chants known as "canons". They worked together on developing the Octoechos.[2]

Saint Cosmas has been called "a vessel of divine grace" and "the glory of the Church."[4] He composed the solemn canons for Matins of Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday, the Triodes (canons with only three Canticles) which are chanted during Holy Week, the first canon of the Nativity (based on a Nativity sermon by St. Gregory the Theologian), and is known for his finest work, "Canon for Christmas Day".[3] Altogether, fourteen canons are attributed to him in the liturgical books of the Orthodox Church.[5] His most well-known composition is "More honourable than the cherubim…" (which is included in the Axion Estin), sung regularly at Matins, the Divine Liturgy and other services.

The hymns of St. Cosmas were originally intended for the Divine Services of the Church of Jerusalem, but through the influence of Constantinople their use became universal in the Orthodox Church. It is not certain, however, that all the hymns ascribed to Cosmas in the liturgical books were really his compositions, especially as his teacher of the same name was also a hymn writer.[2]

The Eastern Orthodox Church observes his feast on October 14 (for those Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian Calendar, October 14 falls on October 27 of the Gregorian Calendar).

See also

Sts. Cosmas and Damian, 3rd-century martyrs

St. Domnina of Anazarbus October 12

 St. Domnina of Anazarbus

Feastday: October 12

Death: 286

Martyr who died in the prison of Anazarbus, under the Roman prefect Lysias.

Saint Domnina is venerated as a Christian martyr by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.[1] According to tradition, she was a native of Cilicia who was imprisoned at Anazarbus and repeatedly beaten on the order of the Roman prefect Lysias (or Licius).[1] She was then burned with fire.[1] She died in prison.[1]

According to one source, “The Roman Martyrologist must have used a corrupt manuscript in which Lycia was substituted for Lysias, as he places St. Domnina’s martyrdom in the Province of that name.”[2]

St. Edistius October 12

 St. Edistius

Feastday: October 12

Death: 60

A martyr of Ravenna, Italy, who suffered under co-Emperor Diocletian. The Acts of this martyrdom are not extant.

"Saint Orestes" redirects here. For another person, see Orestes of Cappadocia.

Saint Edistus (Italian: Sant'Edisto) (also known as Aristus, Orestes, Horestes) is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. His legend states that he was martyred on the Via Laurentina and his passio places his martyrdom during the reign of Nero, on October 12, 60 AD.[1]

His companions are named as Thermantia (Termanzia), Christina, his servant Victoria, and the priest Priscus.[1]

Veneration

During the papacy of Gregory the Great, there existed at San Paolo fuori le Mura a monastery dedicated to Edistus. In the seventh century, his relics, as well as those belonging to Christina and Victoria, were still venerated there. The sepulcher of Edistus was located at the sixteenth milestone of the Via Ardeatina. A church in honor of him existed there, which was restored during the papacy of Adrian I (772-795). There also existed a papal estate (domusculta) there called Sancti Edisti.[1][2]

He is patron of an old church on the Monte Soratte, near which a town, Sant'Oreste, is named after him. The first mention of Sant’Oreste is made by Benedict of Soracte in his Chronicon in 747 AD, in which he mentions Curtis Sancii Heristi.[3] One source states that the toponym derives from the family of the Aristi or Edisti. A member of this family was martyred for his faith around 68 AD. Linguistic corruptions transformed the name from Sanctus Edistus to Sanctus Heristus, Santo Resto, San Tresto, Sant'Oreste.[3]

Mount Soratte seen from Via Flaminia.

According to the legendary account of his martyrdom, he was a soldier who had been christened by Saint Peter. At a site called Laurento, a sandpit (arenario), Edistus participated in a mass at which Priscus was officiating. Thermantia, Christina, and the servant Victoria were present. When they were discovered by the authorities, they were buried alive in the same sandpit, with the exception of Victoria, who managed to escape, but who was later killed in a nearby forest.[1][4]

A church and village grew on the site of sandpit. This was the curtis Sancti Heristi. The village later moved to the slopes of Mount Soratte for better defense against raiders. This became the Castrum Sancti Heristi, later Sant'Oreste. The Romanesque church of Sant'Edisto still exists.[1]

St. Eustace October 12

 St. Eustace

Feastday: October 12

Death: unknown

An obscure saint, possibly a Syrian priest or an Egyptian martyr.

St. Evagrius October 12

St. Evagrius

Feastday: October 12

Death: unknown

A Martyr with Priscian and companions in Rome or in Syria.

St. Felix and Cyprian October 12

 St. Felix and Cyprian

Feastday: October 12

Death: 484

Martyred bishops of Africa who were driven out into the Sahara Desert by the Vandals' King Hunneric, an Arian. They were reportedly accompanied by almost five thousand Catholics. Their trials and tribulations were recorded by Victor of Utica, a contemporary.

St. Fiace October 12

 St. Fiace

Feastday: October 12

Death: 5th century

An Irish bishop sometimes listed as Fiech. A disciple of St. Patrick, he wrote a hymn in St. Patrick's honor.

St. Heribert of Cologne October 12

 St. Heribert of Cologne

Feastday: October 12

Patron: of Rain

Birth: 970

Death: 1021

Archbishop of Cologne, Germany, and chancellor of Emperor Otto III . He was born in Worms, where he was ordained after being educated by the Benedictines of Gorze in Lorraine, France. Serving Otto III, Heribert was made an archbishop on 998. Heribert accompanied Otto to Italy in 1002, and brought the emperor's body back to Aachen when Otto died. He also served Emperor St. Henry. Heribert built the monastery of Deutz, on the Rhine and performed miracles, includ­ing ending a drought. He is thus invoked for rains. He died in Cologne on March 16, and was buried at Deutz. Heribert was canonized by Pope St. Gregory VII about 1074. Feast day: March 16. Herlindis  With Relindis, Benedictine abbesses, the daughters of Count Adelard, who built them a convent at Maaseik on the Meuse, Belgium. These saints were friends of Sts. Willibrord and Boniface.

Heribert of Cologne (c. 970 – 16 March 1021), also known as Saint Heribert, was a German Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Cologne from 999 until his death.[1] He also served as the Chancellor for the Emperor Otto III since 994. He also collaborated with Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor with whom relations were strained though were strengthened over time.[2]

Heribert's canonization was confirmed around 1075.[1]

Heribert was born around 970 in Worms to Count Hugo and Tietwista. On the maternal side his half-brother was Heinrich who was the Bishop of Würzburg and his brother was Earl Getseman Vingngau.[1]

He was educated in the school at the Worms Cathedral and at the Benedictine Gorze convent in Lorraine. Heribert studied alongside Bruno de Carinthia who was the future Pope Gregory V.[1] He wanted to become a Benedictine monk but his father disapproved of that path and Heribert no longer pursued it. He returned to the Worms Cathedral to serve as its provost and received his ordination to the priesthood in 994 from Bishop Holdebold. The Bishop of Worms wanted Heribert to be his successor though the emperor took notice of him and planned to bring him as an advisor to his court.[2]

The Emperor Otto III appointed him in 994 as the Italian chancellor and in 998 for the German kingdom. He held the latter position until Otto III's death. He had accompanied the emperor to Rome in 996 and again in 997 and was still on the peninsula when word came that he had been chosen as the Archbishop of Cologne. In Benevento he received investiture and the pallium from the new Pope Sylvester II on 9 July 999 and on the following Christmas received his episcopal consecration at Cologne in the archdiocesan cathedral.[1]

In 1002 he was present at the deathbed of Otto III at Paterno. While returning to his homeland to Aachen with the Emperor's remains and the imperial insignia he was captured at the behest of the future Saint Heinrich II whom he had first opposed but later served. Once the latter was made king in 1002 he acknowledged him as such and served as his collaborator and still as chancellor.[1] The pair's relations were not the best though the new emperor came to respect his abilities and the rift between them turned into a friendship.[2] In 1003 he founded the Deutz convent on the Rhine. Heribert often sent alms to the poor and sent alms to priests to distribute to the poor.

Heribert died on 16 March 1021 in his archdiocese and was buried at his convent church after their transferal on 30 August 1147.[1] Heribert contracted a fever while on a pastoral visitation and hurried back to Cologne to recover where he died within the week.[2]

Canonization

Heribert was honoured as a saint during his lifetime and was canonized in about 1075. His reported miracles included ending a drought; he is thus invoked for beneficial rains.

His relics were kept in the convent church at Deutz in a golden casket which is now preserved in the parish church of "Neu-St.Heribert" in Köln-Deutz.[3].

Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce October 12

 Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce

Feastday: October 12

Birth: 1881

Death: 1947

Beatified: 12 October 1997 by Pope John Paul II

Maria Terese of Cascia was born in Torriglia, a small town near Genoa, Italy in 1881 to a middle-class family. Her parents had her baptized with the name Maria, but throughout her life, she was called "Marietta."

Although Marietta lost her mother when she was eight, she was well looked after by her older sister. Religious values were taught at home and Marietta was enrolled in school where she did well. Marietta was lively and vivacious, and she responded well to instruction.

In Genoa, she attended the Augustinian parish of Our Lady of Consolation, a place where she would be greatly inspired to her life's vocation as a nun. Marietta met her confessor there, Father Mariono Ferriello, who encouraged her to pursue her vocation. Marietta was also taught catechism there along with signing. She also learned extensively about St. Augustine, whose spirituality greatly influenced her.

The singular event, which influenced Marietta the most, however, was the canonization of St. Rita of Cascia. Pope Leo XIII canonized St. Rita on May 24, 1900. Along with the canonization, there were lectures, liturgical celebrations, and other events celebrating the life of St. Rita. This influenced Marietta to live a religious life.

Marietta had been contemplating a religious lifestyle for some time, but the canonization of St. Rita compelled her to announce her intentions to her family, who took the news badly. Marietta's brothers were particularly negative about her decision. Still, Marietta was undeterred and she felt absolutely sure she wanted to enter the convent.

Marietta applied for admission to a Ligurian Augustinian monastery, but she was rejected, news which shocked and surprised her. The monastery's abbess, Mother Giuseppina Gattarelli, explained she felt that Marietta, accustomed to life in the city, would not be able to handle the spartan rigors of a rural monastery. Still, Marietta was tenacious; she reapplied and was accepted in 1906.

Thus, in 1906, Marietta began her religious career.

On Christmas night of 1906, Marietta was given her habit and one year later she took vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. The name, "Teresa Eletta" was given to her.

Unfortunately for Marietta (now Maria Teresa Eletta) she discovered a monastery in crisis. A group of seven young sisters from Visso who were much more relaxed in their practice than the older sisters created a generational crisis. The levity and laughter did little to promote Maria's spiritual growth and disappointment and doubt began to develop in her mind. In June of 1910, Maria Theresa left the monastery to reexamine her decision.

However, Maria returned in May of 1911, more confirmed than ever. The following March, she made her solemn profession of the vows. She promptly protested the situation at the monastery by writing letters to the superiors. Impressed with her alacrity, she was soon appointed to Mistress of Novices in 1914. In 1917, she became Vicar, and in 1920 her sisters unanimously elected her Abbess. She would hold that position until her death in 1947.

Maria Teresa was remembered as a strict, but practical woman who was also very sweet to her community. She made clear to all that Jesus wants active, hard working brides, and that being such would be their duty. She rigidly observed the Augustinian Rule.

Despite her rigidity, her community remembered her for her great tenderness and friendliness. She was not considered a dictator, but a genuine spiritual leader with great charisma.

Maria Terese was also known for her great stamina. As abbess, she directed the construction of a new church for Saint Rita and a girl's orphanage. This project consumed much of her tenure, and in fact, the church was not completed until several months after her death.

Maria Terese also spent much of her time in illness, suffering from painful afflictions. She suffered with a malignant tumor on her right breast and was compelled to undergo two surgeries. She referred to her tumor as "her treasure" and explained that it was the most beautiful gift which Jesus had given to her. She also suffered from asthma, diabetes, and circulatory problems which caused great pain in her feet. She became very overweight and had difficulty walking. Later in her tenure, her sisters had to carry her in a chair.

Despite her pain, she never complained about her illness and she never slowed the pace of her activity. Her condition has been compared to the suffering of Christ, which like Jesus, she bore with patience and reverence.

Maria Terese died on January 18, 1947. She was laid to rest in a crypt next to her beloved St. Rita. Pope John Paul beautified her in July 1997.

Augustinians celebrate her feast day on October 12.

St. Maximilian of Lorch October 12

 St. Maximilian of Lorch

Feastday: October 12

Death: 288

 

Martyred bishop of Lorch. He was born at Cilli, modem Steiermark, in Styria, Austria, and disposed of his wealth to make a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Sixtus II sent him to Lorch, near Passau, where he served two decades as a missionary bishop. He was then beheaded by command of the Roman Prefect Numerian at the gate of Cilli for refusing to sacrifice to the gods.

 

For other saints of the same name, see Maximilian.

Depiction of Maximilian of Lorch on a vitrail of the parish church in Aigen, Upper Austria

Grave of Saint Maximilian in Celje, Slovenia

Saint Maximilian of Lorch (also: Maximilian of Celeia, Latin: Maximilianus) (died 12 October 288)[1] was a missionary in the Roman province of Noricum. He was martyred in AD 288.[2]

Maximilian was born in Celeia in the Roman province of Noricum (in present-day Slovenia). As an adult he made a pilgrimage to Rome.[2] Pope Sixtus II sent him to Lauriacum (Lorch) in the Roman province of Noricum, where he worked as a missionary during the latter half of the third century.[2] He founded the church of Lorch. Maximilian was beheaded by the Roman Prefect of Emperor Numerian after refusing to abandon Christianity and sacrifice to the pagan gods. He is remembered on 12 October (and in some locations on 29 October).[2]

His cult dates at least from the eighth century. In that century, Saint Rupert built a church in his honour at Bischofshofen in the Salzach valley, and brought his relics there. They were later transferred to Passau in 985.[2]

St. Monas October 12

 St. Monas

Feastday: October 12

Bishop of Milan from 193. He endured many Roman persecutions in his era.

 

Monas (Italian: Mona) was Bishop of Milan from the end 3rd-century to early 4th-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on October 12.[1]

Life

Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Monas. He was elected as bishop of Milan in some year at the end of the 3rd-century (tentatively on 283), and his episcopate lasted till some year before the 313, when surely the bishop of Milan was already Mirocles.[2]

Monas died on the 25 March (the year had not been recorded) and his corpse was buried near the church of Saint Vitalis of Milan (Basilica Fausta), that was placed in the area where now stand the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. Under the episcopate of Arnulf II (998-1018), on a 12 October, his relic were discovered and translated into the church of Saint Vitale near the Basilica Naboriana (now demolished). On 6 February 1576 his relics were translated by Saint Charles Borromeo to the Cathedral of Milan where are today.[3]

A late tradition, with no historical basis, associates Monas with the Milan's noble family of the Borri. To Monas is attributed the foundation of the parish church of Corbetta. Monas is also venerated in a chapel, renovated in the 17th century by the Borri family, in the Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli of Corbetta.[4]

St. Pantalus October 12

 St. Pantalus

Feastday: October 12

Death: unknown

 

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Bishop and martyr of Basel, Switzerland. He is linked to the traditions concerning St. Ursula.

St. Salvinus October 12

 St. Salvinus

Feastday: October 12

Death: 562

Bishop of Verona, Italy, whose relics are enshrined in that city’s church of St. Stephen. He is believed to have been the successor of St. Valens there.

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புனித_எட்வின் (586-633)

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இவர் (St_Edwin_Of_Narthumbria) இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவரது தந்தை நார்த்தம்பிரியாவை ஆண்டுவந்த 

எதல்ஃபிரித் என்பவராவார்.

இவரது தந்தை 616 ஆம் ஆண்டு எதிரி நாட்டினரோடு நடந்த போரில் கொல்லப்பட, இவர் ஆட்சிப் பொறுப்பை ஏற்றார்.

நார்த்தம்பிரியாவின் மன்னராக பொறுப்பேற்ற பின்பு இவர், எதல்பர்க்காவை மணம் முடித்தார். இவர்கள் இருவருடைய திருமணத்திற்கு முன்பாக, எதல்பர்க்கா இவரிடம், "நீங்கள் என்னை, நான் பின்பற்றும் கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தைப் பின்பற்ற அனுமதித்தால் மட்டுமே உங்களை மணம் முடிப்பேன்" என்று சொல்லி இருந்தார். இவரும் அதற்குச் சம்மதம் தெரிவித்தார். இதன் பிறகே இருவருக்கும் திருமணம் நடைபெற்றது.

திருமணத்திற்குப் பிறகு தன் மனைவி எதல்பர்க்காவின் எடுத்துக்காட்டான வாழ்க்கை இவருடைய வாழ்க்கையில் மிகப் பெரிய தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியது. அதனால் இவர் 627 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருமுழுக்குப் பெற்றுக் கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தைத் தழுவினார்.

இதன் பிறகு இவர் மக்களை அமைதி வழியில் நடத்தினார்; நிறைய  திருக்கோயில்களைக் கட்டியெழுப்பினார். மட்டுமல்லாமல் கடவுளின் நற்செய்தி எங்கும் அறிவிக்கப்படவேண்டும் என்பதற்குத் தன்னால் இயன்ற உதவிகளைச் செய்தார். 

இந்த நேரத்தில் தான் அதாவது, 633 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறை நம்பிக்கை இல்லாதவர்கள் இவருடைய நாட்டின்மீது படையெடுத்து வந்து இவரைக் கொன்று போட்டார்கள். 

இவர் மனம்மாறியவர்களுக்கு பாதுகாவலராக இருக்கிறார்.

St. Edwin of Northumbria

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Feastday: October 12

Birth: 586

Death: 633

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In the year 616, King Ethelfrith was slain in battle by Redwald, King of the East Angles. Edwin of Deira became king of the whole kingdom of Northumbria and after the death of Redwald, he had a certain lordship over the other English kings. He married Ethelburga, daughter of St. Ethelbert, King of Kent after promising to allow her to practice her Christian religion. St. Paulinus was sent as chaplain to the Queen and bishop for his converts. When Queen Ethelburga gave birth to a daughter, she was baptized with twelve others on Whitsunday, and called Eanfleda; they were the first fruits of the Northumbrians. Edwin was a man of unusual wisdom and deliberated in his heart to which religion he should follow. Paulinus continued to instruct him and to pray for his conversion. King Edwin was baptized at York at Easter in the year 627, on the site of the present York Minster, in the wooden church of St. Peter which he had caused to be built. This good king had reigned seventeen years when the Welsh Cadwalon marched in arms against him with Penda of Mercia, a pagan. King Edwin met them at Hatfield Chase on October 12, 633, and in the ensuing battle he was slain. St. Edwin was certainly vernerated in England as a martyr, but though his claims to sanctity are else doubtful than those of some other royal saints, English and other, he has had no liturgical cultus so far as is known. His relics were held in veneration, churches were dedicated in his honour in London and at Brean in Somerset; and Pope Gregory XIII permitted him to be represented among the English martyrs on the walls of the chapel of the Venerabile at Rome. His feast day is October 12th.

Edwin (Old English: Ēadwine; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from about 616 until his death. He converted to Christianity and was baptised in 627; after he fell at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, he was venerated as a saint.

Edwin was the son of Ælle king of Deira and seems to have had (at least) two siblings. His sister Acha was married to Æthelfrith, king of neighbouring Bernicia. An otherwise unknown sibling fathered Hereric, who in turn fathered Abbess Hilda of Whitby and Hereswith, wife to Æthelric, the brother of king Anna of East Anglia.[1]

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புனித வில்பிரிட் St. Wilfrid

நினைவுத்திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 12

பிறப்பு : 633, உம்பிரியன் (North Umbria)

இறப்பு : 710 

பாதுகாவல்: ரிப்பன் மறைமாவட்டம் Ripon

இவர் லிண்டஸ்பார்னே (Lindesfarne) என்ற ஊரில் கல்வி கற்றார். பிறகு பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டிலுள்ள லியோன்ஸ் நகரிலும் (Lyons), உரோம் நகரிலும் தனது நேரத்தை கழித்தார். அங்கிருந்து இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டிற்கு திரும்பி, 658 ஆம் ஆண்டு ரிப்பனில் (Ripon) மடாதிபதியாக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். அப்போது உரோம் நகர விதிகளை இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டில் அறிமுகப்படுத்தி, அவற்றை நடைமுறைப்படுத்த பயிற்சி கொடுத்தார்.

669 ல் யார்க்கிற்கு(York) ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். அவர் அப்பணியை ஆர்வத்துடன் ஆற்றினார். தனது மறைமாநிலத்தில் புனித ஆசீர்வாதப்பர் சபைக்கென்று பல மடங்களை நிறுவினார். 686 ஆம் ஆண்டு கடினமாக உழைத்து, சாக்சனில்(Saxon) தீவிரமாக நற்செய்திப் பணியை ஆற்றினார். 691 ஆம் ஆண்டு உரோம் நகரிலிருந்து வந்த செய்தியின்படி, ஆயர் பதவியிலிருந்து ஓய்வு பெற்றார். பிறகு 703 ஆம் ஆண்டு தனது மடாதிபதி பதவியையும் விட்டு விலகினார். பின்னர் ரிப்பன் மடத்திலேயே தங்கி, செப வாழ்வை ஆழமாக்கி, இறைவனோடு ஒன்றிணைந்திருந்தார். தான் இறக்கும் வரை, மிக திறமையாக செயல்பட்டார். தனது துறவற மடத்திற்கு, உள்நாட்டு அரசால் தொந்தரவு ஏற்பட்ட போது, அவர்களை அன்போடு அணுகி ரிப்பன் மடத்திற்கு வந்த தொல்லைகளை நீக்கினார்.

திருச்சபையின் ஒழுங்குகளை நிறைவேற்றி, மக்கள் அவற்றில் நிலையாக வாழவேண்டுமென்பதற்காக, இங்கிலாந்தில் பல துன்பங்களை அனுபவித்தார். ஆனால் அவை அனைத்தையும் மிக பொறுமையோடு ஏற்று, சிறந்த மறைப்போதகராக பணியாற்றினார். இவர் பல திறமையான மறைப்பணியாளர்களை உருவாக்கி அவர்களை ஜெர்மனி நாட்டில் மறைபரப்பு பணியை ஆற்ற அனுப்பினார்.

செபம்:

எல்லாம் வல்ல தந்தையே! தீவிரமாக நற்செய்திப் பணியை ஆற்றி, திருச்சபை ஒழுங்குகளை தானும் கடைபிடித்து, மற்றவர்களையும் அதன்பிடி வாழச் செய்த மனித வில்பிரட்டைப் போல திருச்சபையின் சட்டங்களை நாங்கள் கடைபிடித்து வாழ உம்மை இறைஞ்சுகின்றோம்.

---JDH---தெய்வீக குணமளிக்கும் இயேசு /திண்டுக்கல்.

Saint of the Day: (12:10-2020)

St. Wilfrid

Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot of Ripon in 658 and introduced the Roman rules and practices in opposition to the celtic ways of northern England. In 664, he was the architect of the definitive victory of the Roman party at the Conference of Whitby. He was appointed Bishop of York and after some difficulty finally took possession of his See in 669. He labored zealously and founded many monasteries of the Benedictine Order, but he was obliged to appeal to Rome in order to prevent the subdivision of his diocese by St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury. While waiting for the case to be decided, he was forced to go into exile, and worked hard and long to evangelize the heathen south Saxons until his recall in 686. In 691, he had to retire again to the Midlands until Rome once again vindicated him. In 703, he resigned his post and retired to his monastery at Ripon where he spent his remaining time in prayer and penitential practices, until his death in 709. St. Wilfrid was an outstanding personage of his day, extremely capable and possessed of unbounded courage, remaining firm in his convictions despite running afoul of civil and ecclesiastical authorities. He helped bring the discipline of the English Church into line with that of Rome. He was also a dedicated pastor and a zealous and skilled missionary; his brief time spent in Friesland in 678-679 was the starting point for the great English mission to the Germanic peoples of continental Europe. His feast day is October 12th.

---JDH---Jesus the Divine Healer---