இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் செம்டம்பர் 07

 Bl. Louis Maki

Feastday: September 7

Death: 1627

Martyr of Japan. He was a Japanese layman who allowed Blessed Thomas Tsughi to celebrate Mass in his home. Arrested, Louis was burned alive at Nagasaki, Japan. He was beatified in 1867.

Bl. John Maid

Feastday: September 7

Death: 1627

Martyr of Japan, the adopted son of Blessed Louis Maki. A Christian, he refused to abjure the faith when arrested and was burned alive at Nagasaki. Pope Pius IX beatified him in 1867.

St. John of Lodi

Feastday: September 7

Death: 1106

Benedictine bishop of Gubbio, Italy. Born in Lodi Vecchio, Italy, he lived for some time as a hermit before becoming a bishop. He also authored a life of St. Peter Damian.

John of Lodi (1025-1106) was an Italian hermit and bishop.

John was born in Lodi Vecchio in 1025. In the 1060s he became a hermit at the Camaldolese monastery of Fonte Avellana. He became a disciple and the personal secretary of Peter Damian, who was the prior of Fonte Avellana. After Damian's death in 1072, John wrote a biography of Damian (1076-1082).[1] John later became prior of Fonte Avellana (1082-1084, and again 1100-1101). In 1104 he became Bishop of Gubbio, and held this office until his death.

St. Diuma

Feastday: September 7

Death: 7th century

Bishop of Mercia and companion of St. Cedd. An Irishman, Diuma was praised by St. Bede.

Diuma (or Dwyna or Duma) was the first Bishop of Mercia in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia, during the Early Middle Ages.[1]

All that is known of Diuma's life is contained in a short account in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.[2]

Diuma was an Irishman, and was one of four priests, Cedd, Atta, Betti and Diuma, from the Kingdom of Northumbria, who accompanied the newly baptised Peada, son of Penda (King of Mercia) back to Mercia in 653. Peada became a Christian when he married Alhflaed, daughter of Oswiu, King of Northumbria. The priests were to introduce the Christian faith to the region.

After Penda's death, Diuma was consecrated a bishop by Finan. It is assumed that he established his see in Repton,[1] but the exact boundaries of the bishopric are unclear.[3] The Venerable Bede claimed that he was bishop of both the Middle Angles and the Mercians.[4]

Diuma was consecrated after 655 but his death date is unknown. It would appear to have been not long after this, as he was succeeded as bishop by Ceollach, whose own successor, Trumhere, was named bishop around 658.[5] Bede refers to his episcopate as having been fruitful but short, after which he died in a place called in-feppingum in the territory of the Middle Angles. This place has never been definitely identified.

In 669 the seat of the diocese was moved by a successor, Chad, to Lichfield.[1]

An early eleventh century list of resting places of the saints, lists a certain Dioma who rests at Charlbury near the river Windrush, suggesting the presence of a later Anglosaxon cult of Diuma.

St. Clodoald

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(செப்டம்பர் 7)

✠ புனிதர் கிளவுட் ✠

(St. Cloud)

மடாதிபதி/ ஒப்புரவாளர்:

(Abbot and Confessor)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 522

வெசைலஸ், ஃபிரான்சு

(Versailles, France)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 560

நோஜென்ட்-சுர்-செய்ன், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Nogent-sur-Seine, France)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

தூய கிளவுட் தேவாலயம், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Saint-Cloud, France)

பாதுகாவல்: 

மின்னசோட்டா மற்றும் தூய கிளவுட் மறைமாவட்டம்

உடலில் தோன்றும் ஒருவித கட்டிகளுக்கெதிராக (Carbuncles)

ஆணி தயாரிப்போர்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: செப்டம்பர் 7

புனிதர் கிளவுட், ஒரு சிறந்த ஒப்புரவாளரும், துறவியும், மடாதிபதியுமாவார். 

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

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

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

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

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

Feastday: September 7

Patron: against carbuncles; nail makers; Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Birth: 522

Death: 560

Also Cloud, a grandson of King Clovis of the Franks and the youngest son of King Clodomir of Orleans. Clodoald was born in 524. He and his brothers were raised by their grandmother St. Clotilda, Queen of the Franks. Two of his brothers, Theodoald and Gunther, were slain at the ages of ten and nine by their uncle Clotaire, king of the Franks from 558-561. Clodoald survived by being sent to Provence, France. There he became a hermit and a disciple of St. Severinus. He remained at Nogent, near Paris, which became known as Saint-Cloud.

Saint Clodoald (Latin: C(h)lodoaldus, Cloudus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdōwald;[4] 522 – c. 560 AD), better known as Saint Cloud (French: [klu]), was a Merovingian prince, grandson of Clovis I and son of Chlodomer, who preferred to renounce royalty and became a hermit and monk. Clodoald found a hill along the Seine, two leagues below Paris, in a place called Novigentum (the present commune of Saint-Cloud). Here among the fishermen and farmers, he led a life of solitude and prayer, and built a church, which he dedicated in honor of Martin of Tours.

He is venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

Background

Upon the death of Clovis, his sons, Chlodomer, Childebert, Clothaire, and their half-brother Thierry shared the kingdom. In 523–524, at Clotilde's instigation, her sons joined in an expedition against King Sigismund's Burgundians. After the arrest of Sigismund and his family, Chlodomer returned to Orléans. Sigismund's brother, Godomar III, supported by his ally and relative, the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, slaughtered the garrison the Franks had left in Burgundy. In retaliation, Chlodomer then had Sigismund and his sons, Gisald and Gondebaud, murdered. On May 1, 524, Chlodomer set out on a second expedition against the Burgundians and was killed at the Battle of Vézeronce on June 25 of the same year.[5]

Early life

Clodoald was the son of King Chlodomer of Orléans and his wife Guntheuc. He was one of three brothers, raised in Paris by their grandmother, the Queen dowager Clotilde. Clodoald's brothers, Theodoald and Gunther, were killed by Clotaire when they were ten and nine respectively, but Clodoald survived by escaping to Provence.[2] Salic law required the division of the kingdom among the sons of Chlodomer. However, the boys' uncles, Childebert I, king of Paris, and his brother Clotaire I, king of Soissons, coveted the kingdom of Orléans and determined to murder the nephews.

By one account, in 525, Childebert and Clotaire asked their mother Clotilde to send them the children so that they might be proclaimed their father's successors. She clothed the brothers in their best clothes and sent them with confidence, unaware of her sons' plans. The two uncles then had the children of Clodomir killed.[5] Some claim that they killed the two older boys, Thibault and Gonthaire, aged ten and seven, with their own hands, to the great despair of Saint Clotilde, who saw her grandchildren killed by her own sons. Only the youngest, Clodoald, was saved by the dedication of a few of the faithful. He found sanctuary with Saint Remigius, the Bishop of Rheims, and thus escaped his uncles' searches.

Another version is that Childebert and Clotaire considered cutting children's hair, because long hair was a sign of nobility in Frankish culture. But as the hair would inevitably grow back, they asked Clotilde what they had to do. She replied that she would rather see them dead than sheared. They first killed Gonthaire, before Thibault threw himself at their feet to beg them to leave him alive. So Childebert hesitated, and his brother reminded him that it was his idea. Thus ended the short life of Clodomir's descendants, at least two of the three since Clodoald had been able to escape.[5]

Adulthood

Clodoald renounced all claims to the throne and lived as a studious hermit and disciple of Séverin of Paris [fr], who led a solitary and contemplative life in a hermitage at the gates of Paris (on the site of the present Saint-Séverin Church in the 5th arrondissement). The young prince became his disciple and received from his hands the religious habit. Clodoald preferred a humble and quiet life of solitude, to a bright, but perilous life in a royal palace.[6] For some time he remained in his company, to be trained in all the monastic virtues. At the age of twenty, Saint Cloud left his hermitage and appeared before the Bishop of Paris surrounded by religious and civic leaders and members of the royal family. The bishop cut Cloud's long hair, which was a symbol of his royalty. Childebert and Clotaire, as they saw him as no threat, left him undisturbed and even gave him some inheritances to live more comfortably in the place of his retirement.

After Séverin's death, Clodoald left the surroundings of Paris and secretly retired to Provence. The inhabitants of the surrounding area came to him because they learned that Cloud had the gift of healing.[6] Saint Cloud remained there eleven years, and then went back to his first hermitage, where the people greeted his return with joy.

At the people's request, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Eusebius of Paris in 551 and served the church for some time.[2] His humility and his charity were praised. Clodoald could not endure these honours for long, and to avoid them, retired to a hill along the Seine, two leagues below Paris, in a place called Novigentum (the present commune of Saint-Cloud). Here among the fishermen and farmers, he led a life of solitude and prayer, and built a church, which he dedicated in honor of Martin of Tours.

As soon as the place of his retreat was known, disciples came to place themselves under his direction. Some cells were first built, soon a monastery became necessary. According to tradition, Clodoald had a monastery with a chapel built and endowed with the goods that the kings, his uncles, gave him. He lived seven years in his monastery, among his brothers, giving them an example of all the virtues. He died there on September 7, 560 at the age of thirty-eight.[6]

Veneration

According to legend, Clodoald predicted his death in advance, which was followed by several miracles, which occurred near his tomb. Clodoald was then canonized and the hamlet quickly transformed into a place of pilgrimage, where huge crowds flocked. Novigentum then changed its name to "Sanctus Clodoaldus" (Saint-Cloud) in his honour. The abbey is now a collegiate church of canons regular called Église Saint-Clodoald [fr] wherein his relics are kept.[2] St. Cloud, Wisconsin, and St. Cloud, Minnesota, are in turn named after the French town.

Clodoald's feast day is September 7.

St. Anastasius the Fuller

Feastday: September 7

Death: 304

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

Saint Anastasius the Fuller (died 304) is a Christian saint of the Catholic Church. Anastasius was a fuller at Aquileia who subsequently moved his business to Solin (some sources say Split).

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

He is the patron saint of fullers and weavers. His feast day is September 7 (formerly August 26)

Blessed Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi

Also known as

• John Mazzucconi

• Johannes Baptiste Mazzucconi

• John Baptist Mazzucconi

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

Born

1 March 1826 in Rancio di Lecco, Italy

Died

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

Beatified

19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Eugenia Picco

Also known as

• Anna Eugenia Picco

• Maria Angela Picco

Profile

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

Born

8 November 1867 at Cresenzago, Milan, Italy

Died

7 September 1921 at Parma, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Félix Gómez-Pinto Piñero

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

Born

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

Died

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

• body dumped on the side of the road

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Blessed Ignatius Klopotowski

Also known as

Ignacy Klopotowski

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

Born

20 July 1866 in Korzeniówka, Poland

Died

• 7 September 1931 of natural causes

• buried at the Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland

Beatified

• 19 June 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

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

Blessed John Duckett

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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

Born

1603 at Sedbergh parish, Underwinder, Yorkshire, England

Died

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

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

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Thomas Tsuji

Also known as

• Thomas Tsugi

• Thomas Tsughi

• Thomas Tzugi

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

Born

c.1571 in Sonogi, Nagasaki, Japan

Died

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

Beatified

7 July 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Saint Chiaffredo of Saluzzo

Also known as

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

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

Died

• near Crissolo, Italy c.270

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

• relics translated to Revello, Italy in 1593

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

Patronage

• Crissolo, Italy

• Saluzzo, Italy, city of

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

Saint Gratus of Aosta

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

Died

• c.470 in Aosta, Italy of natural causes

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

Patronage

• against animal attacks

• insectophobics; against fear of insects

• against fire

• against hail

• against lightning

• against rain

• against storms

• vineyards

• Albertville, France

• Aosta, Italy, city of

• Aosta, Italy, diocese of

Saint Regina

Also known as

Regnia, Reine

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

Died

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

Patronage

• poor people

• shepherdesses

• torture victims

Saint Grimonia of Picardy

Also known as

Germana

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

Born

4th century Irish

Died

• beheaded at Picardy, France

• relics translated to LesQuielles on 7 September 1231

Blessed Ralph Corby

Also known as

Ralph Corbington

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

Born

25 March 1598 in Maynooth, Ireland

Died

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

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Marko Krizevcanin

Also known as

Marek Krizin, Mark Crisin, Marko Krizevcanin, Marko Krizin

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

Born

c.1589 in Krizevci, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Croatia

Died

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

Canonized

2 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Melichar Grodecký

Also known as

Melchior Grodziecki

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

Born

c.1584 in Ceský Tesín, Karviná, Czech Republic

Died

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

Canonized

2 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed François d'Oudinot de la Boissière

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

Born

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

Died

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

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Claude-Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux

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

Born

11 June 1735 in Dorat, Haute-Vienne, France

Died

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

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Alcmund of Hexham

Also known as

Alchmund

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

Died

• 781 of natural causes

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

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

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

• his shrine was destroyed by the Scots in 1296

Blessed Ludovicus Maki Soetsu

Also known as

Louis Maki

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

Born

Nagasaki, Japan

Died

burned alive on 7 September 1627 in Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Saint Dinooth

Also known as

Dinothus, Dunawd, Dunod

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

Saint John of Lodi

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

Born

at Lodi Vecchio, Lombardy, Italy

Died

1106 at Gubbio, Italy of natural causes

Blessed John Maki

Also known as

Ioannes Maki Jizaemon

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

Born

in Nagasaki, Japanese

Died

burned alive on 7 September 1627 at Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Saint Eustace of Beauvais

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

Born

Beauvais, France

Saint Memorius of Troyes

Also known as

Mesmin, Nemorius, Memorio, Nemorio

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

Died

beheaded in 451 outside Troyes, France

Blessed Alexander of Milan

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

Born

Milan, Italy

Died

• 7 September 1505 in Chieri, Italy

• relics enshrined at the church of San Giogio

Blessed Berengario Bertrandi

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

Died

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

• buried in Arles, France

Saint Balin

Also known as

Balanus, Balloin

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

Saint Madalberta

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

Died

706 of natural causes

Saint Evortius of Orléans

Also known as

Euvert, Evurtius

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

Died

c.340

Saint Sozonte

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

Died

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

Saint Goscelinus of Toul

Also known as

Gauzlino

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

Died

962 of natural causes

Saint John of Nicomedia

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

Died

burned alive in 303 at Nicomedia

Blessed Maria of Bourbon

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

Died

c.1445 of natural causes

Saint Carissima of Albi

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

Born

Albi, France

Saint Hiduard

Also known as

Hilduard, Hilward, Garibald, Hilduardo

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

Died

c.750

Saint Pamphilus of Capua

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Bishop of Capua, Italy.

Born

Greece

Died

• c.400

• relics enshrined in Benevento, Italy

Saint Eupsychius of Caesarea

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Martyred in the persecutions of the Roman emperor Hadrian.

Died

c.130 at Caesarea, Cappadocia

Saint Tilbert of Hexham

Also known as

Gilbert of Hexham

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Bishop of Hexham, England from 781 to 789.

Died

789

Saint Desiderio of Benevento

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Lector. Martyr.

Died

Benevento, Campania, Italy

Saint Augustalis

Also known as

Augustalus, Autal

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Bishop in Gaul, possibly in Arles.

Died

c.450

Saint Faciolus

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Benedictine monk of Saint Cyprian abbey, Poitiers, France.

Died

c.950 of natural causes

Saint Festo of Benevento

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Deacon. Martyr.

Died

Benevento, Campania, Italy

Martyrs of Noli

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

Born

Noli, Italy

Died

Corsica, France

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

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

• Blessed Antoni Bonet Sero

• Blessed Ascensión Lloret Marcos

• Blessed Gregorio Sánchez Sancho