இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் அக்டோபர் 17

 St. Victor

Feastday: October 17

Death: 554

Bishop of Capua, Italy, from 541 and an ecclesiastical writer, He authored several notable works, including the Codex Fuldensis , De cyclo paschali , and Capitula de Resurrectione Domine . He is perhaps to be identified with Victor, bishop of Capua of the same century. He is honored for his learning and historical concerns.

St. Victor, Alexander, and Marianus

Feastday: October 17

Death: 303

Martyrs put to death at Nicomedia under Emperor Dioclctian.

St. Herodion

Feastday: October 17

Death: 136

Martyred bishop, the successor of St. Ignatius at Antioch, Turkey, where he served for two decades.

Saint Herodian (died 136 AD) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and Bishop of Antioch, successor of Ignatius at Antioch, a title he held for two decades

Bl. Jane Louise Barre and Jane Reine Prin

Feastday: October 17

Death: 1794

Ursuline martyrs. Known in the religious life as Sisters Cordula and Laurentina respectively, the 3 were guillotined by officials of the French revolutionary government at Valenciennes and were members of the Ursuline nuns martyred during the French Revolution.

St. Regulus

Feastday: October 17

Death: 4th century

An abbot of Scotland. He is best known for bringing the relics of St. Andrew to Scotland from Greece.

Saint Regulus or Saint Rule (Old Irish: Riagal) was a legendary 4th century monk or bishop of Patras, Greece who in AD 345 is said to have fled to Scotland with the bones of Saint Andrew, and deposited them at St Andrews. His feast day in the Aberdeen Breviary is 17 October.

Biography

The details of Saint Regulus' life are unclear and differ in the several extant accounts. Saint Regulus was a monk or bishop of the city of Patras, in present-day Greece, then part of the Roman Empire. In AD 345 Regulus was told by an angel in a visionary dream that the Emperor Constantine had decided to remove Saint Andrew's relics from Patras to Constantinople, and in some retellings that Constantine was about to invade Patras. For safekeeping Regulus was to move as many bones as far away as he could to the western ends of the earth, where he should found a church dedicated to St Andrew. He was accompanied on his voyage by a number of consecrated virgins, among these Saint Triduana.[1]

According to the various accounts Regulus was either shipwrecked or told by an angel to stop intentionally on the shores of Fife at the spot called Kilrymont, a Pictish settlement which is now St. Andrews. Here he was welcomed by a Pictish king, Óengus I (who was actually of the eighth century). Regulus is claimed to have brought three fingers of the saint's right hand, the upper bone of an arm, one kneecap, and one of his teeth.

Legacy

In approximately 1070 Robert I, Prior of St Andrews built St Regulus Church in the town of St Andrews in order to house the relics of St Andrew that Regulus had supposedly brought to the town. It would serve as a landmark for the many pilgrims that would come to the area in the next few centuries. Its main architectural feature is its 33 metre tall tower, and the church itself is now principally known in the town as St Rule's tower.[2][3]

The legend of St Regulus came to have political significance in the later Middle Ages. It served to authenticate the apostle Andrew as patron saint of Scotland. The Regulus legend was publicised by Scottish kings, nobles and churchmen from the 12th century onwards. Scottish independence had come under threat from England since the late 11th century, and the Scottish church was contesting a claim to primacy by the archbishop of York. By promoting the story of Saint Andrew's choice of Scotland in the 4th century, the Scots acquired an important saint, a separate identity from England, and a date for the supposed foundation of the Scottish Church which predated the foundation of the English and Irish churches by several centuries. Furthermore, during the wars of Scottish independence the Scots used the legend to persuade Pope Boniface VIII to issue the papal bull of 1299 which demanded that Edward I of England end the war against Scotland. The legend would also lead to the adoption of the saltire on the Scottish flag and the importance of the archdiocese of St Andrews in the early Scottish Church.[4]

St Regulus Hall, the student hall of residence at the University of St Andrews is named after Saint Regulus.

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

Also known as

Margarita, Margherita, Marguerite

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Healed from a crippling disorder by a vision of the Blessed Virgin, which prompted her to give her life to God. After receiving a vision of Christ fresh from the Scourging, she was moved to join the Order of the Visitation at Paray-le-Monial in 1671.

Received a revelation from Our Lord in 1675, which included 12 promises to her and to those who practiced a true to devotion to His Sacred Heart, whose crown of thorns represent his sacrifices. The devotion encountered violent opposition, especially in Jansenist areas, but has become widespread and popular.

Born

22 July 1647 at L'Hautecourt, Burgundy, France

Died

• 17 October 1690 of natural causes

• body incorrupt

Beatified

18 September 1864 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Canonized

13 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

Patronage

• against polio

• against the death of parents

• devotees of the Sacred Heart

• polio patients

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

புனித அந்தியோக்கு இஞ்ஞாசியார் (ஆயர், இரத்த சாட்சி மற்றும் திருச்சபையின் தந்தையர்)

St. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

நினைவுத்திருநாள் : அக்டோபர் 17

பிறப்பு: சுமார், கி.பி 35

இறப்பு: சுமார் கி.பி 108 உரோமை

புனிதர் பட்டம்: சட்ட உறுவாக்கத்துக்கு முன்

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்: சான் கிலெமான்தே, உரோமை

திருவிழா: கிழக்கு மற்றும் சிரியன் கிறித்தவம்: அக்டோபர் 17 General Roman Calendar, 12th century to 1969: February 1 கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை மற்றும்காப்டிக் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை: டிசம்பர் 20

புனித அந்தியோக்கு இஞ்ஞாசியார் (சுமார் கிபி 35 - கிபி 108), அல்லது தியோபோரஸ் அதாவது கடவுளை தாங்குபவர்) என கிரேக்க மொழியில் அறியப்படும் அந்தியோக்கு நகர இஞ்ஞாசியார், அந்தியோக்கியா நகரின் மூன்றாம் ஆயரும், திருச்சபையின் தந்தையரும், திருத்தூதர் யோவானின் சீடரும் ஆவார். 

இவரைக் கொல்ல உரோமைக்கு இட்டு சென்ற வழியில் இவர் பல கடிதங்களை எழுதியுள்ளார். இக்கடிதங்களின் மூலம் ஆதி கிறித்தவர்களின் விசுவாசம் மற்றும் நம்பிக்கையினைப் பற்றி அறிய முடிகின்றது. இவரின் கடிதங்களில் திருவருட்சாதனங்கள், ஆயர்களின் பணி முதலியவைப்பற்றி எழுதியுள்ளார். கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை என்னும் சொல்முறையை முதன்முதலாக எழுத்தில் பயன்படுத்தியவர் இவரே.

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை மற்றும் காப்டிக் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபையில் இவரின் விழா நாள் திசம்பர் 20.கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் இவரின் விழா நாள் 17 அக்டோபர் ஆகும்.

Also known as

God-Bearer, Theophoros

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Convert from paganism to Christianity. Succeeded Saint Peter the Apostle as bishop of Antioch, Syria. Served during persecution of Domitian. During the persecution of Trajan, he was ordered taken to Rome to be killed by wild animals. On the way, a journey which took months, he wrote a series of encouraging letters to the churches under his care. First writer to use the term the Catholic Church. Martyr. Apostolic Father. His name occurs in the "Nobis quoque peccatoribus" in the Canon of the Mass. Legend says he was the infant that Jesus took into his arms in Mark 9.

Born

c.50 in Syria

Died

• thrown to wild animals c.107 at Rome, Italy

• relics at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome

Patronage

• against throat diseases

• Church in eastern Mediterranean

• Church in North Africa

Saint John the Short

✠ சித்திரைக்குள்ளர் புனிதர் ஜான் ✠

(St. John the Dwarf)

எகிப்திய பாலைவனத் தந்தை:

(Egyptian Desert Father)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 339

தீப்ஸ், எகிப்து (Thebes, Egypt)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 405

மவுன்ட் கொல்ஸிம், எகிப்து

(Mount Colzim, Egypt)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகள்

(Eastern Orthodox Churches)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகள்

(Oriental Orthodox Churches)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 17

“புனிதர் ஜான் கொலாபஸ்” (Saint John Colobus) என்றும், “தந்தை சித்திரைக்குள்ளர் ஜான்” (Abba John the Dwarf) என்றும் பலவித பெயர்களில் அழைக்கப்படும் இப்புனிதர் “சித்திரைக்குள்ளர் ஜான்” (John the Dwarf), ஆதி கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபையின் பாலைவனத்து தந்தை (Egyptian Desert Father) ஆவார்.

ஜான், எகிப்து (Egypt) நாட்டின் தீப்ஸ் (Thebes)  நகரில், ஏழை கிறிஸ்தவ  பெற்றோருக்குப் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். பதினெட்டு வயதில், அவர் மூத்த சகோதரருடன், “ஸ்கேட்டிஸ்” பாலைவனத்திற்கு (Desert of Scetes) குடிபெயர்ந்தார். அங்கே, அவர் புனிதர் “பம்போவின்” (Saint Pambo) சீடராகவும், புனிதர் பிஷோயின் (Saint Pishoy) ஒரு நல்ல நண்பராகவும் ஆனார். அங்கே, கடின எளிய வாழ்க்கையை வாழ்ந்த அவர், அங்கே சுற்றிலுமுள்ள துறவியர்க்கு தமது வாழ்க்கை முறையை கற்றுக்கொடுத்தார். அவர்களுள், ரோமன் அரச ஆசானும், பாலைவனத்து தந்தையுமான புனிதர் “பெரிய அர்சேனியசும்” (St. Arsenius the Great) ஒருவர் ஆவார்.

புனிதர் “பம்போ” (Saint Pambo) அங்கிருந்து புறப்பட்டதன் பின்னர், திருத்தந்தை “தியோபிலஸ்”, (Pope Theophilus) ஜானுக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். பின்னர், சுற்றுவட்டாரத்திலுமுள்ள “கீழ்படியும் மரங்களினூடே” (Tree of Obedience) தாம் நிறுவிய துறவு மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியானார். கி.பி. 395ம் ஆண்டு, வட ஆபிரிக்காவின் பெர்பெர் (Berbers) இனத்தவர்கள், “ஸ்கேட்டிஸ்” பாலைவனத்தை (Desert of Scetes) முற்றுகையிட்டபோது, ஜான் அங்கிருந்து “நைட்ரியன்” பாலைவனத்திலிருந்து (Nitrian Desert) வெளியேறி, ஓடிப்போன அவர், தற்போதைய சூயஸ் (Suez) நகரத்திற்கு அருகே கொல்சிம் (Mount Colzim) மலைக்குச் சென்றார். மீதமுள்ள வாழ்நாளை அங்கேயே கழித்த அவர், அங்கேயே மரித்துப்போனார்.

515ம் ஆண்டு, புனித ஜானுடைய உடலின் மீதங்கள், “நைட்ரியன்” (Nitrian Desert) பாலைவனத்திற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டன.

புராணங்களின்படி, ஜான் கீழ்படிதலுக்கு மிகவும் பெயர் போனவர். அவரது கீழ்ப்படிதலைப் பற்றி மிகவும் பிரபலமான கதை ஒன்று உண்டு. ஒரு நாள் புனிதர் பாம்போ, அருட்தந்தை ஜானிடம் ஒரு உலர்ந்த மரக் குற்றியைக் கொடுத்து, அதனை நட்டு, நீரூற்றி வளர்க்குமாறு கட்டளையிட்டார். அதனை நட்டுவைத்த ஜான், தினமும் இரண்டுமுறை, தாங்கள் வசிக்குமிடத்திலிருந்து பன்னிரெண்டு மைல் தூரம் நடந்து சென்று தண்ணீர் எடுத்துவந்து அதற்கு ஊற்றினார். மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகு, மரத்தின் குற்றி துளிர்த்து முளைத்து, ஒரு பழம் தரும் மரமாக வளர்ந்தது. புனிதர் பாம்போ, இந்த மரத்தின் சில பழங்களை எடுத்துச் சென்று, சுற்றிலுமுள்ள துரவியருக்குக் கொடுத்து, "எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள், கீழ்ப்படிதலின் கனியை சாப்பிடுங்கள்” என்று கூறி கொடுத்தார். கி.பி. 402ம் ஆண்டு, எகிப்தில் இருந்த போஸ்டுமியன் (Postumian), மடாலயத்தின் முற்றத்தில் வளர்ந்த இந்த மரத்தை காட்டினார், அதில் அவர் தளிர்கள் மற்றும் பச்சை இலைகள் ஆகியவற்றைக் கண்டார்

Also known as

• John Colobus

• John Kolobos

• John the Little

• John the Dwarf

• Yoannis Pi Kolobos

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Born to a poor but pious family. From age 18, he lived in an underground cave he dug in the desert of Skete. Spiritual student of Saint Poemen and Saint Ammoes. Noted for being short of stature, short of temper, and conceited by nature; he did not grow in height, but as his faith increased, so did his gentleness and humility. In later life he was known for absent-mindedness, his thoughts being on the spiritual life. As a test of his new humble obedience, his director ordered him to water a walking staff stuck in the sand; John did so. It later blossomed, and John referred to it as the "tree of obedience". To escape Berber invaders around 395, he fled Skete and lived for years as a hermit on Mount Queolzum, near the current city of Suez. Spiritual teacher of Saint Arsenius.

Born

c.339 at Basta, Egypt

Died

• at Mount Qolzum of natural causes

• when John died, his servant, who had been in a nearby village, had a vision of John being carried to heaven by a group of angels and saints

• body moved to the desert of Skete in 515

Saint François-Isidore Gagelin

Also known as

• Francis Isidore Gagelin

• Frans Isidor Gagelin

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Studied at the Grand Seminary at Besancon, France. Member of the Paris Foreign Mission Society in 1817. Missionary to Vietnam in 1822. Priest. When the government began a crackdown on Christians, Francis turned himself over to the authorities of Bongson, and worked with other prisoners in the short time he had left. Martyr.

Born

10 May 1799 in Montperreux, Doubs, France

Died

• strangled to death on 17 October 1833 in Bãi Dâu, Saigon, Vietnam

• buried in Phukam, Vietnam

• relics later transferred to the seminary in Paris, France

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Contardo Ferrini

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Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy. Graduated from the University of Padua in 1880. Noted civil and canon lawyer. Taught at several universities. Dean of the law faculty in Modena. Secular Franciscan tertiary. Member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul charity group. Friend of Pope Pius XI.

Born

4 April 1859 at Milan, Italy

Died

• 17 October 1902 at Suna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy of a heart lesion

• buried in Suna

• re-interred in the chapel of the Catholic University in Milan, Italy after his beatification

Beatified

13 April 1947 by Pope Pius XII

Patronage

colleges, schools, universities

Blessed Társila Córdoba Belda de Girona

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Lifelong lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Married to Girona Lozano in 1884; mother of three; all of them preceded her in death. Widowed in 1922, she devoted herself to the Church and her faith. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was active in parish life, a member of Catholic Action, and had a ministry to the poor. Imprisoned on 10 October in the Spanish Civil War, she spent her final week ministering to fellow prisoners. Martyr.

Born

8 May 1861 in Sollana, Valencia, Spain

Died

shot at dawn on 17 October 1936 against the wall of the cemetery in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Richard Gwyn

Also known as

Richard White

Additional Memorial

25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

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Cambridge educated. Teacher. Renounced Protestantism, and converted. Imprisoned and martyred for his profession of faith. While in jail, he wrote religious poetry in Welsh. Martyr.

Born

c.1537 at Llanidloes, Powys, Wales

Died

17 October 1584 at Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Patronage

• large families

• parents of large families

• torture victims

Blessed Balthassar of Chiavari

Also known as

Baldassare Ravaschieri

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Born to the Italian nobility. Franciscan Friar Minor (Observant). Doctor of theology. Priest. Guardian of Chiavari, Genoa, Italy. Preacher with Blessed Bernardine of Feltre. Gout forced him to retire from travelling, and he lived in a cell in the convent of Biansco, Italy, celebrating Mass and hearing Confessions.

Born

1420 in Chiavari, Genoa, Italy

Died

• 17 October 1492 in Binasco, Milan, Italy of natural causes

• buried in a marble tomb

Beatified

8 January 1930 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed)

Saint Catervus

Also known as

• Catervo

• Flavius Julius Catervus

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Born to the imperial Roman nobility. Roman prefect. Married layman with a son named Bassus. Brought Christianity to the city of Tolentino, Italy. Martyred for doing so.

Died

• martyred in the 4th century in Tolentino, Italy

• relics in the Cathedral of San Catervo, Tolentino, which appears to have been built over his original sarcophagus

• sarcophagus opened in 1455 and his head transferred to a reliquary for veneration

Patronage

• diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

• Tolentino, Italy

Saint Anstrudis of Laon

Also known as

Anstrude, Austru, Austrude

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Daughter of Saint Blandinus of Laon and Saint Sadalberga; sister of Saint Baldwin. When Sadalberga withdrew from the world to become abbess at Saint John the Baptist convent at Laon, France, Anstrudis went with her as a nun. On the death of her mother, Anstrudis reluctantly became abbess of the convent. Noted for her care for her sisters, her all night vigils, and her self-imposed austerities. Ebroin, mayor of the palace, viciously persecuted the Church of the day, and had her brother killed. He threatened Anstudis, but her simple faith won him over.

Died

688 of natural causes

Saint Florentius of Orange

Also known as

Fiorenzo, Florence, Florencio

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Bishop of Orange, France. Known for his scholarship, his personal piety, and his non-stop fight against the heresies of the day. Part of the Council of Epaone in 517. Part of the Council of Arles in 527. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy.

Born

Tours, France

Died

c.526 in Orange, Provence, Gaul (in modern France)

Blessed Battista de Bonafede

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Mercedarian friar at the Sant'Anne convent in Palermo, Sicily. Imprisoned and tortured in Africa by Muslims for preaching Christianity. Eventually ransomed by brother Mercedarians, and retired to the Sant'Anne convent.

Died

Sant'Anne convent in Palermo, Sicily of natural causes

Saint Rudolph of Gubbio

புனித_ருடால்ஃப் (1032-1066)

அக்டோபர் 17

இவர் (#St_Rudolph_Of_Gubbio) இத்தாலியைச் சார்ந்தவர். 

புனித பீட்டர் தமியானின் சீடராக இருந்த இவர், அவருடைய போதனையால் தொடப்பட்டு, தன்னுடைய உடைமைகளையெல்லாம் விற்று ஏழைகளுக்குக் கொடுத்துவிட்டு, புனித பெனடிக்ட் சபையில் துறவியாகச் சேர்ந்தார்.

குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட பின் இவர் இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளுக்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

இப்படி இருக்கையில் 1061 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர், மிகக் குறைந்த வயதிலேயே இத்தாலியில் உள்ள குப்பியோ நகரின் ஆயராக உயர்த்தப்பட்டார்.

இதற்குப் பின்பு இவர் இறைப்பணியோடு மக்கள் பணியையும் மிகச் சிறப்பான முறையில் செய்தார். குறிப்பாக இவர் ஏழைகளுக்கு வாரி வாரி வழங்கி, தன்னலமில்லாமல் சேவை செய்தார். இப்படிப்பட்டவர் 1066 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Rodolph

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In 1054 he gave his castle at Campo Regio to Saint Peter Damian, and became a Benedictine monk at Fonte Avellana under Saint Peter. Bishop of Gubbio, Italy in 1061. Described as a "miracle of unselfishness", noted for his charity.

Died

c.1066 of natural causes

Blessed Jacques Burin

Additional Memorial

21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval

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Priest in the diocese of Le Mans, France. Martyred in the French Revolution.

Born

6 January 1756 in Champfleur, Sarthe, France

Died

17 October 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France

Beatified

19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy

Blessed Gilbert the Theologian

Also known as

• Gilbert of Citeaux

• Gilbert of Ourscamp

• Gilbert the Great

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Benedictine Cistercian monk at Ourscamp Abbey in the diocese of Noyon, France. Abbot at Ourscamp in 1147. Abbot at Citeaux in 1163.

Born

in England

Died

1167 of natural causes

Saint Nothelm of Canterbury

Also known as

Nothhelm

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Friend of Saint Bede and Saint Boniface. Priest in London, England. Archbishop of Canterbury, England in 734. His research into the history of Kent, England was used by Bede in his histories.

Died

739 of natural causes

Blessed Peter Casini

Also known as

Peter of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Priest. Member of the Order of the Clerks Regular of the Pious Schools. Beloved teacher who worked for years with kindergarten children.

Died

1647 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Saint Rufus of Rome

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Brought to Rome with Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Zosimus during the persecutions of Trajan. Marytr.

Born

Philippi, Greek

Died

mangled by wild animals c.107 in the arena of Rome, Italy

Saint Zosimus of Rome

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Brought to Rome, Italy with Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Rufus during the persecutions of Trajan. Marytred with Saint Rufus.

Born

Greek

Died

mangled by wild animals c.107 in the arena of Rome, Italy

Hosea the Prophet

Also known as

Osee

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Eighth century BC Old Testament prophet. His message concerned the destruction of his compatriots in Samaria.

Saint Louthiern

Also known as

Ludowanus, Ludgvan, Ludewan, Ludgran, Luchtighem, Louthiem, Louthern

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No information has survived.

Born

Ireland

Died

6th century

Patronage

Ludgran, Cornwall, England

Saint Solina of Chartres

Also known as

Solina of Gascony

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Fled to Chartres, France to avoid marriage to a pagan. Martyr.

Born

Gascony, France

Died

beheaded c.290 in Chartres, France

Saint Heron of Antioch

Also known as

Herodion

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Spiritual student of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. Bishop of Antioch for 20 years. Martyr.

Died

c.136

Saint Berarius I of Le Mans

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Bishop of Le Mans, France. Translated the relics of Saint Scholastica from Monte Cassino to Le Mans.

Died

c.680

Saint Ethelbert of Eastry

Also known as

Aethelbert

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Great-grandson of Saint Ethelbert of Kent. Martyr.

Died

640 at Eastry, England

Saint Mamelta of Persia

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Pagan priest in Bethfarme, Persia. Convert to Christianity. Martyr.

Died

stoned and then drowned in a lake in Persia c.344

Saint Ethelred of Eastry

Also known as

Aethelred

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Great-grandson of Saint Ethelbert of Kent. Martyr.

Died

640 at Eastry, England

Saint Colman of Kilroot

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Monk. Disciple of Saint Ailbe of Emly. Abbot. Bishop of Kilroot, Ireland.

Born

6th century Irish

Martyrs of Nicomedia

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A group of Christians martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them that have survived are their names - Alexander, Marianus and Victor.

Died

303 in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Martyrs of Valenciennes

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A group of Ursuline nuns martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.

• Hyacinthe-Augustine-Gabrielle Bourla

• Jeanne-Reine Prin

• Louise-Joseph Vanot

• Marie-Geneviève-Joseph Ducrez

• Marie-Madeleine-Joseph Déjardins

Died

guillotined on 17 October 1794 at Valenciennes, Nord, France

Beatified

13 June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

Martyrs of Volitani

Also known as

Martyrs of Bolitani

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A group of martyrs who were praised by Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Died

Volitani, proconsular Africa (in modern Tunisia)

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 Fidel Fuidio Rodriguez

• Blessed José Sánchez Medina

• Blessed Perfecto Carrascosa Santos

• Blessed Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual

• Blessed Társila Córdoba Belda de Girona