St. Vincent, Sabina, & Christeta October 27

 St. Vincent, Sabina, & Christeta

Feastday: October 27

Death: 303

Three martyrs who were executed at Avila, Spain, during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). Their Acta are considered dubious.

St. Odran of Iona October 27

 St. Odran of Iona

Feastday: October 27

Death: 548

Otteran served as abbot of the Irish monastery of Tyfarnham in Meath, and founded another abbey at Latteragh in County Tipperary. Although little is known about his life, he is described as "noble and without sin." He was later to leave Ireland with eleven others to accompany the Irish missionary priest Saint Columba on his sea journey to the Scottish island of Iona, where the latter subsequently founded the renowned Iona monastic colony. Shortly after their arrival, Otteran sensed his own death drawing near, and predicted that he would be the first monk to die on the island.

Upon hearing this, Columba, thinking ahead to his own death, replied, "Whoever makes a request at my burial-place shall not get it until he prays to you as well." After taking leave of Otteran and giving him his blessing, Columba stepped outside, where he experienced a vision of angels battling with demons as the soul of his friend Otteran was borne to heaven. Columba learned that Otteran had in fact died just then. Iona's cemetery grew around Otteran's burial plot.

St. Namatius October 27

 St. Namatius

Feastday: October 27

Bishop of Clermont, sometimes listed as Namace. He founded the local cathedral

St. Gaudiosus of Naples October 27

 St. Gaudiosus of Naples

Feastday: October 27

Death: 455

Bishop called "the African." He was the bishop of Abitina in North Africa, exiled by Geiseric, the Vandal king, in 440. Gaudiosus went to Naples, Italy, where he founded a monastery.

Saint Gaudiosus of Naples or Gaudiosus the African (Latin: Sanctus Gaudiosus Africanus) was a bishop of Abitina (Abitine, Abitinia; Abitinae article) in Africa Province during the 5th century AD Abitina was a village near Carthage in present-day western Tunisia.

Born Septimius Celius Gaudiosus, he fled North Africa during the persecutions of Genseric, king of the Vandals, in a leaky boat and arrived at Naples with other exiled churchmen, including the bishop of Carthage, who was named Quodvultdeus. Arriving around 439 AD, he established himself on the acropolis of Naples.

The introduction of the Augustinian Rule into Naples is attributed to him as well as the introduction of some relics, including those of Saint Restituta.[1][2]

Gaudiosus' relics were later buried in the Catacombs of San Gennaro in the 6th century.[1][2] One of the cemeteries of these catacombs, San Gaudioso, refers to Gaudiosus.

St. Florentius October 27

 St. Florentius

Feastday: October 27

Death: 3rd century

Martyr who suffered at Trois-Chateaux, Burgundy, France.

St. Elesbaan October 27

 St. Elesbaan

Feastday: October 27

Death: 540

Christian king of Ethiopia, probably a Monophysite, called Calam-Negus by the Abyssinians. He fought the Jewish usurper Dunaan, who had committed atrocities against Christians. Elesbaan was also guilty of dreadful revenges against Dunaan's followers. He resigned, leaving the throne to his son, and ended his life as an eremite.

For other people called Kaleb, see Kaleb (name).

Kaleb (c. 520), also known as Saint Elesbaan, is perhaps the best-documented, if not best-known, King of Aksum, which was situated in modern-day Eritrea and Tigray, Ethiopia.

Procopius calls him "Hellestheaeus", a variant of Koinē Greek: Ελεσβόάς version of his regnal name, Ge'ez: እለ አጽብሐ ʾƎllä ʾAṣbəḥa (Histories, 1.20). Variants of his name are Hellesthaeus, Ellestheaeus, Eleshaah, Ellesboas, and Elesboam.

At Aksum, in inscription RIE 191, his name is rendered in unvocalized Gə‘əz as KLB ’L ’ṢBḤ WLD TZN (Kaleb ʾElla ʾAṣbeḥa, son of Tazena). In vocalized Gə‘əz, it is ካሌብ እለ አጽብሐ (Kaleb ʾƎllä ʾAṣbəḥa).

Kaleb, a name derived from the Biblical character Caleb, is his given name; on both his coins and inscriptions he left at Axum, as well as Ethiopian hagiographical sources and king lists, he refers to himself as the son of Tazena.[6]

Contents

1 History

2 See also

3 Notes

4 References

5 External links

History

Procopius, John of Ephesus, and other contemporary historians recount Kaleb's invasion of Yemen around 520, against the Himyarite king, Yusuf Asar Yathar, known as Dhu Nuwas, a Jew who was persecuting the Christian community of Najran. After much fighting, Kaleb's soldiers eventually routed Yusuf's forces and killed the king, allowing Kaleb to appoint Sumuafa' Ashawa', a native Christian (named Esimiphaios by Procopius), as his viceroy of Himyar.

As a result of his protection of the Christians, Kaleb is known as Saint Elesbaan after the sixteenth-century Cardinal Caesar Baronius added him to his edition of the Roman Martyrology despite his being a miaphysite.[7][8][9] However, the question of whether Miaphysitism—the actual Christology of Oriental Orthodoxy, including the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)—was a heresy is a question which remains to this day.

A reference map of the empire of Kaleb of Axum.

Axumite control of Arabia Felix continued until c. 525 when Sumuafa' Ashawa' was deposed by Abraha, who made himself king. Procopius states that Kaleb made several unsuccessful attempts to recover his overseas territory; however, his successor later negotiated a peace with Abraha, where Abraha acknowledged the Axumite king's authority and paid tribute. Munro-Hay opines that by this expedition Axum overextended itself, and this final intervention across the Red Sea, "was Aksum's swan-song as a great power in the region."[10]

A historical record survives of a meeting between the Byzantine ambassador and historian Nonnosus and Kaleb in the year 530.[11]

Ethiopian tradition states that Kaleb eventually abdicated his throne, gave his crown to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and retired to a monastery.[12]

Later historians who recount the events of King Kaleb's reign include ibn Hisham, ibn Ishaq, and al-Tabari. Taddesse Tamrat records a tradition he heard from an aged priest in Lalibela that "Kaleb was a man of Lasta and his palace was at Bugna where it is known that Gebre Mesqel Lalibela had later established his centre. The relevance of this tradition for us is the mere association of the name of Kaleb with the evangelization of this interior province of Aksum."[13]

Besides several inscriptions bearing his name,[14] Axum also contains a pair of ruined structures, one said to be his tomb and its partner said to be the tomb of his son, Gabra Masqal. (Tradition gives him a second son, Israel, whom it has been suggested is identical with king Israel of Axum.[15]) This structure was first examined as an archaeological subject by Henry Salt in the early 19th century; almost a century later, it was partially cleared and mapped out by the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition in 1906. The most recent excavation of this tomb was in 1973 by the British Institute in Eastern Africa.[16]

The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates Kaleb as "Saint Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia" on 24 October (O.S.) / 6 November (N.S.)

St. Desiderius of Auxerre October 27

 St. Desiderius of Auxerre

Feastday: October 27

Death: 621

Bishop of Auxerre, France, the successor of St. Anacharius.

For other saints Desiderius (Didier), see Saint Desiderius.

Desiderius of Auxerre (died 621) was bishop of Auxerre, in France, from 614 to 621. He was from Aquitaine, and is mentioned in the Gesta pontificum Autissiodorensium, as well as the Chronicle of Fredegar.

He is known for his large bequest to his church, St. Stephen's, of 300 pounds of rich liturgical vessels.[1][2] These objects were stolen in 1567.[3] His wealth probably came from a noble background; he is thought to have been a kinsman of Queen Brunhild.[4]

He is a Catholic saint, whose feast day is 19 October.[5]

St. Capitolina October 27

 St. Capitolina

Feastday: October 27

Death: 304

A martyred woman of Cappadocia, with her handmaid, Erotheis. They died in the persecutions conducted by Emperor Diocletian.

St. Abraham the Poor October 27

 St. Abraham the Poor

Feastday: October 27

Death: 372

A holy hermit, listed in some records as "the Poor" or "the Child," allusions to his purity of heart and to the simplicity of his lifestyle ways. He was born in Menuf "or Minuf", Egypt, a site northwest of Cairo in the Delta region of the Nile. He became a disciple of St. Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism. Abraham spent almost two decades in a cave near Pachomius' foundations in the Delta.

Saint Abraham the Poor (also Saint Abraham the Child and Abraham the Simple) was a fourth-century Egyptian hermit and a saint.

Contents

1 Life

2 Notes

3 References

4 External links

Life

Born in the town of Menuf, he became a disciple of Saint Pachomius, who founded cenobitic monasticism, in the Delta region of the Nile River. He remained a disciple of Saint Pachomius for 23 years, after which he spent the following seventeen years as a cave hermit.[1] His nicknames of "the poor" and "the child" refer to his simple life and simple faith.[1] His feast day is celebrated on 27 October.

St. Abban of Murnevin October 27

 St. Abban of Murnevin

Feastday: October 27

Death: 5th Century

 St. Abban of MurnevinAbbot and missionary, called Ewin, Evin, Neville, or Nevin. He is listed as a nephew of St. Kevin and is confused with St. Abban of Magh-Armuidhe. Abban is best known for his association with the monastery of Rosmic-Treoin of New Ross.

St. Frumentius October 27

 St. Frumentius

Feastday: October 27

Patron: of Aksumite Empire

Death: 380

Called "Abuna" or "the fa­ther' of Ethiopia, sent to that land by St. Athanasius. Frumentius was born in Tyre, Lebanon. While on a voyage in the Red Sea with St. Aedesius, possibly his brother, only Frumentius and Aedesius survived the shipwreck. Taken to the Ethiopian royal court at Aksum, they soon attained high positions. Aedesius was royal cup bearer, and Fruementius was a secretary. They introduced Christianity to that land. When Abreha and Asbeha inherited the Ethiopian throne from their father, Frumentius went to Alexandria, Egypt, to ask St. Athanasius to send a missionary to Ethiopia. He was consecrated a bishop and converted many more upon his return to Aksum. Frumentius and Aedesius are considered the apostles of Ethiopia.

Frumentius

Frumentius (Ge'ez: ፍሬምናጦስ; died c. 383) was a Lebanese-born Christian missionary and the first bishop of Axum who brought Christianity to the Kingdom of Aksum.[1] He is sometimes known by other names, such as Abuna ("Our Father") and Aba Salama.[2]

He was ethnically a Syro-Phoenician Greek born in Tyre. As a boy, he was captured with his brother, and they became slaves to the King of Axum. He freed them shortly before his death, and they were invited to educate his young heir. They also began to teach Christianity in the region. Later, Frumentius traveled to Alexandria, Egypt, where he appealed to have a bishop appointed and missionary priests sent south to Axum. Thereafter, he was appointed bishop and established the Church in Ethiopia, converting many local people, as well as the king. His appointment began a tradition that the Patriarch of Alexandria appoint the bishops of Ethiopia.[3]

Biography

According to the fourth-century historian Tyrannius Rufinus (x.9),[4] who cites Frumentius' brother Edesius as his authority, as children (ca. 316) Frumentius and Edesius accompanied their uncle Meropius from their birthplace of Tyre (now in Lebanon) on a voyage to Ethiopia. When their ship stopped at one of the harbors of the Red Sea, local people massacred the whole crew, sparing the two boys, who were taken as slaves to the King of Axum. The two boys soon gained the favour of the king, who raised them to positions of trust. Shortly before his death, the king freed them. The widowed queen, however, prevailed upon them to remain at the court and assist her in the education of the young heir, Ezana, and in the administration of the kingdom during the prince's minority. They remained and (especially Frumentius) used their influence to spread Christianity. First they encouraged the Christian merchants present in the country to practise their faith openly, and they helped them find places "where they could come together for prayer according to the Roman Rite";[5] later they converted some of the natives.[1]

When the prince came of age, Edesius returned to Tyre,[4] where he stayed and was ordained a priest. Frumentius, eager for the conversion of Ethiopia, accompanied his brother as far as Alexandria, where he requested Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, to send a bishop and some priests as missionaries to Ethiopia. By Athanasius' own account, he believed Frumentius to be the most suitable person for the job and consecrated him as bishop,[6] traditionally in the year 328, or according to others, between 340-346.

Frumentius returned to Ethiopia, where he erected his episcopal see at Axum, then converted and baptized King Ezana, who built many churches and spread Christianity throughout Ethiopia. Frumentius established the first monastery of Ethiopia, called Dabba Selama in Dogu'a Tembien. The people called Frumentius Kesate Birhan (Revealer of Light) and Abba Salama (Father of Peace). He became the first Abune, a title given to the head of the Ethiopian Church.

In about 356, the Emperor Constantius II wrote to King Ezana and his brother Saizana, requesting them to replace Frumentius as bishop with Theophilos the Indian, who supported the Arian position, as did the emperor. Frumentius had been appointed by Athanasius, a leading opponent of Arianism. The king refused the request.[7][8]

Ethiopian traditions credit him with the first Ge'ez translation of the New Testament, and being involved in the development of Ge'ez script from an abjad (consonantal-only) into an abugida (syllabic).

Feast Date

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrate the feast of Abba Salama's consecration on Taḫśaś (the 4th month of Ethiopian or Coptic calendar) 18 and departure Hamle (the 12th month of Ethiopian or Coptic calendar) 26.[9]

The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria celebrates the feast of Frumentius on December 18,[10] the Eastern Orthodox Church on November 30[11] and the Catholic Church on October 27.

In the 20th century, Lutherans mistakenly claimed that Saint Frumentius was venerated on August 1 in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church[12] without providing any evidence for this.

Patronage

Frumentius is regarded as the patron saint of the former Kingdom of Aksum, and its contemporary territories.

He is the patron saint of St Frumentius Theological College, the Anglican seminary in Ethiopia.[13]

புனித வோல்ஃப்ஹார்டு St. Wolfhard அக்டோபர் 27

இன்றைய புனிதர்: 

(27-10-2020)

புனித வோல்ஃப்ஹார்டு 

St. Wolfhard

நினைவுத் திருநாள் : அக்டோபர் 27

பிறப்பு : 1070, அவுக்ஸ்பூர்க் Augsburg, Germany

இறப்பு : 30 ஏப்ரல் 1127, வெரோனா Verona, இத்தாலி

பாதுகாவல்: ஊர்க்காவலர்கள், கூர்க்கா

இவர் ஊர்களில் பொதுப்பணி செய்யும் கலையைக் கற்றார். பிறகு பவேரியாவிலிருந்து, வெரோனா சென்று, அங்கு பணியாற்றினார். அங்கு ஊர்ப்பொதுப்பணிகள் அனைத்தையும் மிக சிறப்பாக ஆற்றினார். இவர் தான் செய்த பணியின் வழியாக பெற்ற பணத்தை கொண்டு, வெரோனா முழுவதிலும் இருந்த ஏழைகளுக்கு உதவினார். மிகக் குறுகிய நாட்களில் வெரோனா மக்களில் இனங்கண்டுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டார். ஏராளமான ஏழைகளின் வாழ்வை உயர்த்தினார். வெரோனா முழுவதிலும் வாழ்ந்த மக்களால் பெரிதும் புகழப்பட்டார். ஆனால் வோல்ஃப்ஹார்டு அப்புகழை விரும்பவில்லை. இவருக்கு வெரோனா மக்கள் உயர்பதவியை அளிக்க விரும்பினர். 

வொல்ஃப்ஹார்டு பெயரையும், புகழையும், பணத்தையும் சிறுதும் விரும்பாமல், காட்டிற்குச் சென்று தனிமையாக வாழ்ந்து தியானத்தில் ஈடுபட்டார். தன் செப வாழ்வில் திருப்தி அடைந்த வோல்ஃப்ஹார்டு மீண்டும் 1117 ல் வெரோனா திரும்பினார். பிறகு ஒரு துறவற மடத்திற்கு சென்று, அங்கும் தனிமையில் வாழ்ந்தார். ஏறக்குறைய 10 ஆண்டுகள் துறவி போலவே வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் அத்துறவற மடத்தில் இருந்த துறவிகளுடன் இவர் இறந்த உடன் உடலை தெருவிலிருக்கும் சாலையோரத்தில் புதைக்கும்படி கூறியிருந்தார். அவர் இறந்தபோது அம்மடத்துறவிகள் அவ்வாறே செய்தனர். சில ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து இவரின் உடல் வெரோனாவில் உள்ள பேராலயத்தில் வைக்கப்பட்டது. 

செபம்:

அன்புத் தந்தையே எம் இறைவா! தான் ஈன்ற பணம் பொருட்களைக் கொண்டு ஏழைகளுக்கு உதவி செய்து, எளியோரில் உம்மைக்கண்ட வோல்ஃப்ஹார்டின் வாழ்வை, நாங்களும் வாழ, எமக்கு நல்ல உள்ளம் தாரும். தன்னலமின்றி பிறர் நலம் காண நாங்கள் முன்வர தூய ஆவியின் வழிநடத்துதலில் வழிநடக்க நீர் அருள் தர வேண்டுமென்று இறைவா உம்மை மன்றாடுகின்றோம்.

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

Saint of the Day: (27-10-2020)

Saint Gualfardo of Verona

(or Wolfhard of Augsburg)

Saint Gualfardo of Verona (or Wolfhard of Augsburg) (1070–1127) was a Swabian artisan, trader, and hermit who lived around Verona. A hagiographical vita (biography) was composed, according to the Bollandists, within decades of his death, probably towards the end of the twelfth century. In the early sixteenth century he was venerated as the patron saint of the harnessmakers' guild at Verona.

Gualfardo was born in Augsburg, the chief city of Swabia at the time. In 1096 he was on a pilgrimage—German Wallfahrer means pilgrim, whence his Italian name—from Augsburg "with some journeyman merchants", according to his vita. He stopped in Verona, where he lived for a time with a journeyman, though he was a master harnessmaker by trade. Of this brief period his vita says: In eodem vero loco beatissimus Gualfardus in sellarum exercitio (nam optimus sellator erat) parvo tempore moratus (in that very place the most blessed Gualfardo worked on saddles for the best saddler he was but for a short time). He eventually settled in a dense forest on the Adige not far from Verona. There he lived for twenty years before he was found by hunters, who brought him back to Verona. He established a shop near the abbey of San Salvatore, but during a flood he left the city again and built a hermit's cell near the church of Santa Trinità in the countryside nearby. Until his death he was well sought after by the Veronese for his miracles. He does not seem to have been an especial aid to travelers, though his love of solitude did not interfere with his hospitality to city-dwellers, who also brought him food. He died at Curte-Regia near Verona in 1127.

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

புனித_எமிலினா (1115 - 1178)அக்டோபர் 27

புனித_எமிலினா (1115 - 1178)

அக்டோபர் 27

இவர் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். 

சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே கடவுள்மீது மிகுந்த பற்றுக் கொண்டிருந்த இவர், துறவியாகப் போக வேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணம் கொண்டிருந்தார். அதன்படி இவர் போலன்கோர்ட் (Boulancourt) என்ற இடத்தில் இருந்த சிஸ்டர்சியன் துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்து துறவியானார்.

துறவற வாழ்வில் இவர் இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் நோன்பிற்கும் ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளுக்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து, எல்லாருக்கும் எடுத்துக்காட்டான துறவியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

இதற்கிடையில் இவரைப் பற்றிய செய்தி அக்கம் பக்கத்திலிருந்த மக்களுக்குத் தெரிய வந்தது. அதனால் மக்கள் இவரிடம் ஆலோசனை கேட்பதற்கும், தங்களுக்காக இறைவனிடம் வேண்டக் கேட்டும் வந்தார்கள். இவர் தன்னிடம் வந்த மக்களுக்கு நல்லதோர் ஆலோசகராக விளங்கினார்.

இறைவன் இவருக்கு பின்னர் நடப்பதை எல்லாம் முன்கூட்டியே அறிந்து கொள்ளும் ஆற்றலைத் தந்திருந்தார். அந்த ஆற்றலைக் கொண்டும் இவர் மக்களுக்கு நல்லதொரு பணிசெய்தார்.

இவ்வாறு ஓர் இறையடியாராக வாழ்ந்த இவர் 1178 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

✠ புனிதர் ஓட்ரன் ✠(St. Odrán of Iona)அக்டோபர் 27

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(அக்டோபர் 27)

✠ புனிதர் ஓட்ரன் ✠

(St. Odrán of Iona)

பிறப்பு: ஆறாம் நூற்றாண்டு

மீத், அயர்லாந்து

(County Meath, Ireland)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 563

அயோனா, ஸ்காட்லாந்து

(Iona, Scotland)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை 

(Roman Catholic Church)

மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Orthodox Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் மற்றும் பிற திருச்சபைகள்

(Anglican Church and other Churches)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 27

பாதுகாவல்:

வாட்டர்ஃபோர்ட், அயர்லாந்து, சில்வர்மைன் பங்கு, டிப்பெரேரி

(Waterford, Ireland; Silvermines parish, Tipperary)

புனிதர் ஓட்ரன் அல்லது ஓரன், பாரம்பரியங்களின்படி, "கொனாளி குல்பன்" (Conall Gulbán) சந்ததியரும், அயோனாவின் புனித கொலம்பா'வின் (Saint Columba) துணையும் ஆவார். அந்தத் தீவில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்ட முதல் கிறிஸ்தவரும் இவரேயாவார்.

வாழ்க்கை:

புனித ஓட்ரன், அயர்லாந்தின் “சில்வர்மைன்ஸ்” (Silvermines) பகுதியில் சுமார் நாற்பது வருடங்கள் வாழ்ந்திருந்தார். கி.பி. 520ம் ஆண்டில் ஒரு ஆலயத்தைக் கட்டினார். ஐரிஷ் பாரம்பரியங்களின்படி, ஓட்ரன் "மீத்" (Meath) என்ற இடத்தின் மடாதிபதியாகவும் இருந்திருக்கிரார். கி.பி. 563ம் ஆண்டில், “அயோனாவின் ஸ்காட்டிஷ்” தீவிற்கு (Scottish island of Iona) “புனிதர் கொலம்பாவுடன்” (Saint Columba) பயணித்த பனிரெண்டு பேரில் இவரும் ஒருவராவார். சென்ற இடத்தில் ஓட்ரன் அங்கேயே மரித்துப்போனார். அங்கேயே அவர் அடக்கமும் செய்யப்பட்டார். ஓட்ரனின் ஆன்மாவானது வான் லோகம் எடுத்துச் செல்வதற்கு முன்னர், அவரது ஆன்மாவுக்காக துர்சக்திகளும் சம்மனசுக்களும் சண்டையிட்டுக்கொண்டதை புனிதர் கொலம்பா நேரில் பார்த்ததாக கூறுகின்றனர்.

ஓட்ரன் மரணம் பற்றிய ஒரு பிரபலமான புராணமும் உள்ளது :

புனிதர் கொலம்பா அயோனாவில் ஒரு ஆலயம் கட்டும் முயற்சியில் இருந்தார். அந்த ஆலயத்தின் அஸ்திவாரத்தில் உயிருள்ள ஒரு மனிதனைப் புதைத்தாலொழிய, ஆலயத்தின் அஸ்திவாரம் நிற்காது என்று தினமும் ஒரு அசரீரி ஒழித்துக்கொண்டே இருந்தது. அதற்கேற்ப, அங்கே பணி செய்யும் தொழிலாளர்கள் தினமும் காலையில் பணிக்கு வருகையில், முதல் நாள் செய்திருந்த பணிகள் சிதைந்து போயிருந்ததை கண்டனர். இதனால், ஓட்ரன் தானாக முன்வந்து, ஆலயத்தின் அஸ்திவாரத்தில் புதையுர ஒப்புக்கொண்டார். அதன்படி புதைக்கப்பட்ட ஓட்ரனின் மேலே கட்டுமான பணி தொடங்கியது. ஒருநாள், புதைக்கப்பட்ட இடத்திலிருந்து தலையைத் தூக்கிய ஓட்ரன், "நீங்களெல்லாம் நினைப்பது போல இங்கே நரகமும் இல்லை; சொர்க்கமும் இல்லை" என்றார். துணுக்குற்ற புனிதர் கொலம்பா, உடனே அவரை மேலே எடுத்து வேறு ஒரு இடத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்தார் என்பர்.

அயோனா மாகாணத்திலுள்ள பழம்பெரும் ஆலயம் ஒன்று புனிதர் ஓட்ரனுக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதனருகேயுள்ள கல்லறை ஒன்றின் பெயர், ஓட்ரனின் கல்லறை (Reilig Odhráin) ஆகும்.

† Saint of the Day †

(October 27)

✠ St. Odran of Iona ✠

Born: --- 

County Meath, Ireland

Died: 548 AD

Iona, Scotland

Venerated in:

Roman Catholic Church

Orthodox Church

Anglican Church and other Churches

Feast: October 27

Patronage:

Waterford, Ireland; Silvermines parish, Tipperary

Saint Oran or Odran, by tradition a descendant of Conall Gulbán, was a companion of Saint Columba in Iona, and the first Christian to be buried on that island. St. Odhrán's feast day is on 27 October.

St Otteran/ Odhran, Monk, a descendant of Conall Gulban, is usually identified with Odhran who preceded Colum CiJle in Iona. His death is recorded in 548 and his grave was greatly revered in Iona. He was chosen by the Vikings as patron of the city of Waterford in 1096 and later patron of the diocese.

St. Otteran is variously described as a son or a companion or a predecessor of St Columba on the island of Iona, where there is a graveyard in his honour, the “Reilg Odhráin”. He is also the principal patron of the diocese of Waterford, having been chosen for that honour by the Vikings. They had buried some of their dead on Iona and were the first occupiers of Waterford city. Patrick Duffy tries to make sense of his story.

Foundation sacrifice?

An ugly tale of belief in foundation sacrifice involving St Odhran (pronounced Oran) and Colmcille is told in the Hebridean islands. Colmcille had a son whose name was Odhran from whom the chapel of St Odhran on Iona takes its name.

The tradition is that, when this chapel was being erected, no matter what the workers did or how well they worked, every morning all that had been built the previous day was thrown down. At last, a voice came to Colmcille telling him that the only way to get the chapel completed was to bury a living man under its foundation; otherwise, it would never be finished. Colmcille decided that no one could be better to put under the foundation than his own son and proceeded to build on top of it.

One day, however, Odhran raised his head, and pushing it through the wall, said: “There is no hell as you suppose, nor Heaven that people talk about.” This alarmed Colmcille, in case Odhran should communicate more of the secrets of the otherworld. He had the body removed at once and buried in consecrated ground and St Odhran never again troubled anyone.

Companion of Colmcille?

A descendant of Conall Gulban, the Irish king, son of Niall Naoi nGiallach, who founded the kingdom of Tír Conaill in the 5th century, Odhran is said to have been an abbot in Meath and to have preceded or accompanied Colmcille to Iona. The Irish Martyrologies tell us plainly enough that the saint of that name honoured on October 27th was a monk of Hy, a kinsman of St. Columba, and that he worked in Iona evangelising the people of Scotland.

Titular guardian of Viking ancestors’ ashes:

Otteran’s death is recorded as being in 548 AD and his grave was greatly revered in Iona. He was the first person to be buried in the monastic cemetery to which the Vikings carried their dead chieftains and great men for burial from all parts of Europe. The Vikings chose Odhran, the titular guardian of their ancestors’ ashes, (Otteran is its more commonly anglicised form) as patron of Waterford city in 1096. Later he was chosen as patron of the diocese.

Killotteran:

Killotteran is the name of a civil parish two miles west of Waterford City and derives its name from the townland on which stood an ancient church, the church of Odran.

அருளாளர் பர்தொலொமியு Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza அக்டோபர் 27

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(அக்டோபர் 27)

✠ அருளாளர் பர்தொலொமியு ✠

(Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza)

ஆயர்:

(Bishop)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1200

விசென்ஸா

(Vicenza)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 1271

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1793

திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius VI)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 27

“பர்தொலோமியு டி பிரகன்ஸா” (Bartholomew di Braganca) என்றும், “விசென்ஸா

வின் பர்தொலோமியு” (Bartholomew of Vicenza) என்றும் அழைக்கப்படும் இவ்வருளாளர், ஒரு “டொமினிக்கன்” துறவியும் (Dominican Friar) ஆயருமாவார்.

வடகிழக்கு இத்தாலியின் “விசென்ஸா” (Vicenza) எனும் நகரின் “பிரகான்சா” உயர்குடியில் (Noble family of di Braganca) பிறந்த இவர், “பதுவை” (Padua) நகரில் கல்வி கற்றார். ஏறத்தாழ தமது இருபது வயதில், புதிதாய் தொடங்கப்பட்ட துறவற சபையான “டொமினிக்கன்” (Dominican Order) சபையின் சீருடைகளை புனிதர் “டொமினிக்கின்” (St. Dominic) கைகளாலேயே பெற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றதும், விரைவிலேயே தமது சபையின் பல்வேறு தலைமைப் பதவிகளில் பொறுப்பேற்றுப் பணியாற்றினார். தொடக்கத்தில் இவரது வரலாற்றை எழுதிய துறவி “லியாண்டரின்” (Friar Leander) கூற்றின்படி, கி.பி. 1235ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை “ஒன்பதாம் கிரகோரியின்” (Pope Gregory IX) ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில், “திருத்தந்தையர் இல்ல அலுவலக இறையியலாளர்” (Theologian of the Pontifical Household) எனும் நிர்வாக அலுவலக தலைமைப் பொறுப்பிலிருந்தார். ஆனால், அதற்கான சான்றுகள் தற்போது கிடையாது.

ஒரு இளம் குருவாக, அவர் இத்தாலியின் அனைத்து நகரங்களிலும் அமைதியும், சமாதானமும் உருவாகும் நோக்கத்தில், ஒரு இராணுவ சபையை நிறுவினார்.

கி.பி. 1248ம் ஆண்டு, “சைப்ரஸ் குடியரசு” (Republic of Cyprus) எனும் தீவிலுள்ள “நெமொநிக்கம்” (Nemonicum) எனும் நகரின் ஆயராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். (“நெமொநிக்கம்” எந்த நகர் என்று தற்போது தெரியவில்லை).

பெரும்பாலானோர்க்கு, அத்தகைய ஒரு ஆயர் நியமனம், அவர்களின் பரிசுத்தன்மை, மற்றும் அவர்களின் தலைமை திறன்களுக்கான கௌரவம் அல்லது பாராட்டு, மரியாதை மற்றும் அஞ்சலி ஆகும். ஆனால் இவரைப்பொருத்தவரை, அது திருத்தந்தையரின் எதிரிகளின் குழுக்களால் வற்புறுத்தப்பட்ட ஒரு நாடுகடத்தலேயாகும்.

ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அரசன் “ஒன்பதாம் லூயிஸ்” (King Louis IX of France), “புனித பூமியை” (Holy Land) ஆண்டுவந்த இஸ்லாமியர்களை முற்றுகையிட பயணித்துக்கொண்டிருந்தார்.

(யோர்தான் நதியின் கிழக்கு கரைப்பகுதிகள் (Eastern Bank of the Jordan River) உள்ளிட்ட, யோர்தான் நதி மற்றும் மத்தியதரைக் கடலுக்கு (Mediterranean Sea) இடையிலான ஒரு பகுதி ஆகும். இது யூதர்கள், கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மற்றும் முஸ்லிம்கள் ஆகியோரால் புனித பூமியாகக் கருதப்படுகிறது.)

அப்போது, இஸ்ரேல் நாட்டின் பழமையான துறைமுக நகரான “ஜோப்பா” (Joppa), லெபனானின் பெரிய நகரங்களில் ஒன்றான “சிடோன்” (Sidon) மற்றும் இஸ்ரேலின் தொழில் துறைமுக நகரான “ஏக்கர்” (Acre) ஆகிய இடங்களில், பர்தொலோமியு “திருத்தந்தையின் தூதராக” (Apostolic legate) அரசன் ஒன்பதாம் லூயிசுடனும், அரசியுடனும் சென்று இணைந்துகொண்டார்.

பல ஆண்டுகளுக்குப்பின் அல்லாது, எப்படியோ, பர்தொலோமியு மீண்டும் விசென்ஸா’வுக்கு மாற்றல் செய்யப்பட்டார். திருத்தந்தையரின் எதிரிகளின் குழுக்களின் எதிர்மறையான உணர்வுகள் இன்னும் வெளிப்படையாக இருந்தபோதிலும், அவர் விடாமுயற்சியுடன், குறிப்பாக அவருடைய பிரசங்கத்தின் மூலம், தனது மறைமாவட்டத்தை மீண்டும் கட்டியெழுப்பவும், ரோமிற்கு மக்கள் விசுவாசத்தை பலப்படுத்தவும் அயராது உழைத்தார்.

இவர் “சைப்ரஸ்” தீவின் ஆயராக பணியாற்றிய காலத்தில், ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அரசன் “ஒன்பதாம் லூயிஸின்” (King Louis IX of France) நட்பு கிட்டியது. அரசன், தூய ஆயருக்கு கிறிஸ்துவின் முள்முடியின் மிச்சமொன்றினை (Relic of Christ’s Crown of Thorns) கொடுத்ததாகவும் கூறப்படுகின்றது.

† Saint of the Day †

(October 27)

✠ Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza ✠

Dominican Friar and Bishop of Cyprus:

Born: 1201 AD

Vicenza, Italy

Died: July 1, 1270

Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church

Beatified: 1793 AD

Pope Pius VI

Feast: October 27

Blessed Bartholomew di Braganca or Bartholomew of Vicenza was an Italian Dominican friar and bishop.

On October 27 we commemorate the feast of Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza. He was a Dominican priest who used his skills as a preacher to combat the heresies of his day.

Blessed Bartholomew was born at Vicenza, Italy Vicenza in Northern Italy, and belonged to the noble family of Braganza. He became a Dominican priest at the age of twenty and received the habit from St. Dominic’s own hands.

He was a very virtuous man and within a short time, he became prior of the monastery, effectively overseeing several monasteries with great wisdom and fruitfulness. Seven years later, he became Master of the Sacred Palace, an office which had been first held by Saint Dominic himself. It was during this period that Blessed Bartholomew composed his scholarly commentary on the work of Saint Denis, entitled “From the Heavenly Hierarchy.”

In 1246, Pope Innocent IV appointed Blessed Bartholomew as Bishop of Cyprus, where he served for two years. He was then sent as Papal Legate to King Louis IX of France, who was then carrying on the Crusade against the infidels. The two saints became good friends and St. Louis chose Blessed Bartholomew as his confessor. When the King returned to France in 1252, Blessed Bartholomew returned to his diocese, where he remained for four more years, when Pope Alexander IV assigned him to be Bishop of Vicenza.

The Bishop’s primary task was to purge his new diocese of the heresies which had crept into it. Through his preaching, he managed to successfully convert the leader of the heretical party and many of his followers. This so infuriated the infamous Ezzelino (an Italian feudal lord), who at that time tyrannized Northern Italy in the name of the German Emperor, that he managed to have Blessed Bartholomew exiled. The pope then sent Blessed Bartholomew, as his representative, to discuss some essential issues with the King of England. On his way back to Italy, Blessed Bartholomew visited St. Louis, who presented him with a relic of the True Cross and one of the thorns from Christ’s crown, which had been given to him by the Emperor of Constantinople.

In 1259, Ezzelino died and Blessed Bartholomew returned to his diocese, bringing with him the priceless relics King St. Louis had presented to him. As the holy bishop’s ship came nearer to the shore, his flock shouted out: “Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!”  Blessed Bartholomew built a large church to house the precious relics and attached to it a new monastery for his Dominican order. A noble Venetian widow also offered him a beautiful reliquary which contained a portion of the True Cross, two thorns of our Lord’s crown, and relics of the Apostles and other Saints, which he promptly put in his newly-erected Church of the Holy Crown.

Blessed Bartholomew devoted himself with zeal to the duties of his office, rooting out heresy, providing for the needs of the poor, and renovating his Cathedral, which had been ruined by Ezzelino. He various prominently promoted the peace and prosperity both of Church and State. He was constantly chosen as a mediator in the struggles and disputes which affected Northern Italy; his brilliant ability to reconcile between the various factions did much to alleviate the dismal feuds of that period. In 1261, Blessed Bartholomew established the Order of the Knights of the Mother of God (commonly known as the Knights of St. Mary), who was responsible for keeping peace in towns throughout Italy. This order spread widely throughout Italy and received the approval of the Holy See.

Blessed Bartholomew was well-known for his speaking skills and preached at the second translation of the relics of Saint Dominic in 1267. He died at the age of 69 in 1270 and was laid to rest in the Church of the Holy Crown. He was beatified by Pope Pius VI in 1793.

Let us pray for the intercession of Blessed Bartholomew for peace in times of rest and discord. He was a strong promoter of the truth and rooted out heresy. He provided for the needs of the poor. Let us ask him to intercede for us when we are in need.

Prayer:

O God, who made Blessed Bartholomew, Your Confessor and Bishop, wonderful in leading the enemies of the faith from the darkness of error to the light of truth, and in bringing back multitudes to peace and concord, grant, through his intercession, that Your peace, which surpasses all understanding, may keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with You, forever and ever. Amen!