இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் பெப்ரவரி 7

 St. Lawrence of Siponto

Feastday: February 7

Death: 546

Bishop of Siponto, Italy, from 492 until his death. He is credited with building St. Michael's shrine on Mount Gargano, Italy. He was surnamed Majoranus.

Laurence of Siponto, also known as Laurence Maioranus (Italian: Lorenzo Maiorano) (d. 7 February, c. 545), is an Italian saint, patron of the city of Manfredonia and the Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo. Manfredonia Cathedral is dedicated to him.

Laurence was a 6th-century bishop of Sipontum. Shortly after his appointment in 492 or 493 he received the visions of Saint Michael which led to the establishment of the shrine of Monte Gargano.

His relics are now in Manfredonia Cathedral, where they were translated in 1327 by Bishop Matteo Orsini from Siponto Cathedral. His feast is on 7 February.

Bl. William Richardson

Feastday: February 7

Death: 1603

Martyr of England. Born in Sheffield, he studied for the priesthood at Valladolid and Seville, Spain, receiving ordination in 1594. William was sent back to England, where he used the name Anderson. He was soon arrested and executed at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. He was the last martyr in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603).

Blessed William Richardson (1572–1603) was a 16th-century Roman Catholic English martyr.

Richardson was born in the village of Wales, West Riding of Yorkshire. He studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at seminaries in Valladolid and then Seville, both in Spain. He was ordained sometime between 1594 and 1600. William was then sent back to England, where he used the alias William Anderson. Soon after arriving in England, he was betrayed by a trusted person, arrested in London's Gray's Inn (an Inn of Court), and imprisoned. He was tried and convicted within a week and hanged, drawn, and quartered. His was the final martyrdom to take place during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I as she was to die herself within a month.[1]

His feast day is celebrated February 17.

pilgrim in an ermine-lined cloak (wears a crown, or it sits on a book nearby) with a bishop and an abbot, his sons, nearby

Saint Moses the Hermit

Also known as

Apostle of the Saracens

Profile

Hermit in the area between Syria and Egypt. Evangelized the nomadic tribes in the Syro-Arabian desert. Mavia, their queen, agreed to this on the provision that Moses be named their bishop. Moses agreed, but a controversy ensued when he refused to deal with the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt; the archbishop had jurisdiction over the area, but was supported Arianism, which made him a heretic to Moses. Later consecrated by an orthodox bishop, Moses spent the rest of his life teaching and preaching to the nomads. Negotiated a lasting peace between the nomads and the Roman empire.

Born

3rd century Arabia

Died

c.372 of natural causes

Blessed William Saultemouche

Also known as

Guillaume Saltemouche

Profile

Co-adjutor Jesuit lay brother. Preached against Protestantism at Aubenas in the Cevennes, and publicly argued theology with Calvinists. A band of Huguenot raiders dragged him and James Sales before a self-appointed court which publicly argued theology with them, lost the arguments in the minds of many of the onlookers, and then condemned them to prison and death. Martyr.

Born

1555

Died

stabbed to death on 6 February 1593

Beatified

6 June 1926 Pope Pius XI

Blessed Peter Verhun

Also known as

Petro Verhun

Profile

Greek Catholic. Doctor of philosophy. Ordained on 30 October 1927. Priest for Ukrainian Catholics at Berlin, Germany. Apostolic Visitor to Germany. Arrested for his faith in June 1945, and exiled to Siberia. Martyr.

Born

18 November 1890 at Horodok, Lviv District, Ukraine

Died

7 February 1957 at Anharck, Krasnoyarskiy kray, Russia

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine

Saint Tressan of Mareuil

Also known as

Tresain, Tresanus

Profile

One a group of siblings who evangelized sixth century Rheims, France. The names of the others are given as Helan, Germanus, Saint Gibrian, Petran, Franca, Promptia, and Possenna. Swineherd at Rheims. Ordained by Saint Remigius, who helped in their work. Curate of Mareuil-sur-Marne. His cultus has been continuous in the Rheims area for over 1,000 years.

Born

Irish

Died

550 of natural causes

Patronage

Avenay, Champagne, France

Blessed Jacques Salès

Also known as

James Salès

Profile

Jesuit. Preached against Protestantism in the Cevennes region of France. A band of Huguenot raiders dragged him and William Saultemouche before a self-appointed court; the "judges" argued theology with the two, and then condemned them to death. Martyr.

Born

1556

Died

shot on 6 February 1593

Beatified

6 June 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Juliana of Bologna

Also known as

• Juliana of Florence

• Juliana of Etruria

Profile

Pious, married laywoman. Her husand, with her blessing, left her to become a priest. She raised four children alone, and then devoted herself to the Church and service to the poor. Widow. Saint Ambrose of Milan wrote glowingly of her.

Born

c.360 at Bologna, Italy

Died

435 of natural causes

Saint Chrysolius of Armenia

Profile

Chrysolius fled Armenia to north-east France in order to escape the persecutions of Diocletian. There he became an evangelist in the area of Flanders, Belgium, then bishop, and then martyr.

Born

Armenia

Died

• in Flanders, Belgium

• relics enshrined in Bruges, Beglium

Blessed Anthony of Stroncone

Also known as

Antonio de Stronconio

Profile

Franciscan lay brother from the age of 12. Fought the Fraticelli heresy.

Born

1391

Died

1461 of natural causes

Beatified

28 June 1687 by Pope Innocent XI (cultus confirmed)

Saint Maximus of Nola

Profile

Bishop of Nola, Italy. Worked with Saint Felix of Nola, and with him was saved by the work of a spider. Worked against the persecutions of Decius, and to save his tormented parishioners. The effort wore him out and sent him to an early grave.

Died

c.250 of natural causes

Representation

• with grapes growing on brambles

• ordaining Saint Felix of Nola

Saint Vedastus of Vercelli

Profile

Bishop of Vercelli, Italy. He was bishop with the see city was sacked by the Bavari, and was key to the material and spiritual recovery of the people.

Died

• 578 of natural causes

• buried in the cathedral of Sant'Eusebio in Vercelli, Italy

Saint Adaucus of Phrygia

Also known as

Adauctus

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Friend and court favourite of Roman Emperor Diocletian who repeatedly honoured and rewarded him until he learned that Adaucus was a Christian. He then had Adaucus and a number of fellow Christians executed. Martyr.

Born

Italian

Died

burned to death in 303 in Phrygia

Saint Parthenius of Lampsacus

Also known as

Partenius

Profile

Fourth-century bishop of Lampsacus in the Hellespont region of modern Turkey. Known for his preaching, evangelizing and his great example of Christian life that led many to the faith.

Saint Fidelis of Merida

Profile

Originally from the East, he travelled to Merida, Spain with a group of merchants, settled there, trained with the bishop of the city, and then succeeded him.

Died

c.570 of natural causes

Saint Meldon of Péronne

Also known as

Medon

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Sixth-century hermit in France.

Born

Ireland

Died

in Péronne, France

Saint Amulwinus of Lobbes

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Bishop of Lobbes, Belgium in 737.

Died

c.750

Saint Augulus

Also known as

Amm, Augurius, Augustus, Aule, Ouil

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Bishop. Martyr.

Died

c.303

Saint Anatolius of Cahors

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Bishop of Cahors, France.

Pope Blessed Pius IX

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(ஃபெப்ரவரி 7)

✠ அருளாளர் ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ் ✠

(Blessed Pius IX)

255வது திருத்தந்தை:

(255th Pope)

பிறப்பு: மே 13, 1792

செனிகல்லியா, மார்ச்சே, திருத்தந்தை நாடுகள்

(Senigallia, Marche, Papal States)

இறப்பு: பெப்ரவரி 7, 1878 (வயது 85)

திருத்தூதரக அரண்மனை, ரோம் நகரம், இத்தாலி

(Apostolic Palace, Rome, Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: செப்டம்பர் 3, 2000

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Pope John Paul II)

"ஜியோவன்னி மரிய மஸ்டாய் ஃபெர்ரெட்டி" (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட அருளாளர் ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் 255வது திருத்தந்தையாக கி.பி. 1846ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், 16ம் நாள் முதல், 1878ல் தமது மரணம்வரை ஆட்சி புரிந்தவர் ஆவார்.

கி.பி. 1792ம் ஆண்டும், மே மாதம், 13ம் நாள், “செனிகல்லியா” (Senigallia) என்னுமிடத்தில், "கிரோலமோ டேய் கொண்டி ஃபெர்ரெட்டி" (Girolamo dei conti Ferretti) எனப்படும் பிரபுக்கள் குடும்பத்தில் ஒன்பதாவது குழந்தையாகப் பிறந்த இவர், பிறந்த அன்றே திருமுழுக்கும் பெற்றார். "வோல்டேர்ரா" மற்றும் ரோம் (Volterra and in Rome) நகரிலுள்ள "பியாரிஸ்ட்" (Piarist College) கல்லூரியில் கல்வி கற்றார். தமது சொந்த ஊரான 'செனிகல்லியாவில்' (Senigallia) இறையியல் கற்ற இவர், கி.பி. 1814ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபிரெஞ்ச் சிறையிருப்பிலிருந்து (French captivity) திரும்பியிருந்த திருத்தந்தை ஏழாம் பயசை (Pope Pius VII) சந்தித்தார். கி.பி. 1815ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தையின் உயர் காவலராக இணைந்த இவர், திடீரென தமக்கு ஏற்பட்ட வலிப்பு நோய் காரணமாக வி்ரைவிலேயே அதிலிருந்து நீக்கப்பட்டார். திருத்தந்தையின் கால்களில் தஞ்சமடைந்த இவரை எழுப்பிய திருத்தந்தை இவர் இறையியல் படிப்பைத் தொடர ஆதரவு தந்தார்.

கி.பி. 1819ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 10ம் தேதி, இவர் குருத்துவம் பெற்றார்.

கி.பி. 1827ம் ஆண்டு, தமது 35 வயதில் மஸ்டாய் திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் லியோவால் (Pope Leo XII) "ஸ்போலேட்டோ" (Spoleto) உயர் மறைமாவட்டத்தின் பேராயராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். கி.பி. 1840ம் ஆண்டு, "புனித மர்செல்லினோ ஈ பியெட்ரோவின்" கர்தினால் குருவாக (Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro) அறிவிக்கப்பட்டார்.

கி.பி. 1846ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் கிரகோரியின் (Pope Gregory XVI ) மரணத்தின் பின்னர் நடந்த திருத்தந்தை தேர்தலில் மஸ்டாய் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டு, திருத்தந்தையாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார். தமது பெயரையும் ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ் (Pius IX) என்று ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். 

32 ஆண்டுகள் திருத்தந்தையாக இருந்த இவரே அதிக காலம் இப்பதவியினை வகித்தவ திருத்தந்தை ஆவார். இவர் கூட்டிய “முதல் வத்திக்கான் பொதுச்சங்கம்” (The First Vatican Council) (கி.பி. 1869-1870) திருத்தந்தையின் தவறா வரம் ஒரு விசுவாசக் கோட்பாடு என அறிக்கையிட்டது.

தூய கன்னி மரியாளின் அமலோற்பவத்தை இவர் ஆதரித்தார். மரியாளுக்கு இடைவிடா சகாய மாதா என்னும் பட்டத்தையும் அளித்தார். இப்பட்டத்துக்கு காரணமான கிரீட் தீவு பைசாந்திய ஓவியத்தை உலக இரட்சகர் சபை குருக்களின் பாதுகாவலில் ஒப்படைத்தார்.

திருத்தந்தை நாடுகளின் அரசராக இருந்த இறுதி திருத்தந்தை இவர் ஆவார். 1870ம் ஆண்டு, அது இத்தாலிய தேசியவாத படையினரால் கைப்பற்றப்பட்டு இத்தாலிய பேரரசுடன் இணைக்கப்பட்டது.

இவருக்கு முக்திபேறு பட்டம் வழங்குவதற்கான நடைமுறைகளின் ஆரம்ப கட்டத்திலே, அதனை இத்தாலிய அரசு தீவிரமாக எதிர்த்தது. அவருடைய சர்வாதிகாரமான மற்றும் பிற்போக்குத்தனமான அரசியலை காரணம் காட்டி, சில யூதர்களும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களும் விமர்சித்ததால், அவரது முக்திபேறு பட்டம் சர்ச்சைக்குரியதாகவே இருந்தது. திருத்தந்தை “இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்” (Pope John Paul II) கி.பி. 1985ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், ஆறாம் நாளன்று, இவரை வணக்கத்திற்குரியவர் என அறிவித்தார்.

கி.பி. 2000ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், மூன்றாம் தேதி, திருத்தந்தை “இருபத்திமூன்றாம் யோவானோடு” (Pope John XXIII) இவருக்கும் அருளாளர் பட்டம் அளிக்கப்பட்டது.

இவரது நினைவுத் திருவிழா நாள் ஃபெப்ரவரி 7 ஆகும்.

Also known as

Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti

Profile

Son of Gerolamo Ferretti and Caterina Solazzi, local nobles, the family's ninth child. Frail, intelligent and pious boy who suffered from epilepsy when young. Educated at the Piarist College, Volterra, Italy from 1802 to 1809. Studied in Rome from 1809 to 1810 due to political disturbances in the city. He returned in 1814 and asked for admission to the Papal Noble Guard, but was turned down due to his epilepsy. Studied theology at the Roman Seminary from 1814 to 1818, during which his epilepsy disappeared. Ordained on 10 April 1819 in Rome. Spiritual director of the orphan asylum of Tata Giovanni, Rome. Auditor of the apostolic delegation to Chile from 1823 to 1825. Canon of San Maria in Via Lata, Rome. Director of San Michele hospital in Rome. Chosen archbishop of Spoleto, Italy on 21 May 1827. Named assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 1 June 1827. Archbishop of Imola, Italy on 17 December 1832. Created cardinal on 23 December 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI. Chosen 255th pope in the conclave of 1846.

Last pope to hold temporal power, that is, to rule a secular state. His election raised the hopes of patriotic and liberal circles of Catholics. One of his first acts was an amnesty for all political prisoners. Defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 December 1854. Celebrated the First Vatican Council from 1869 to 1870, which was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War. This council defined the dogma of papal infallibility. He supported several reforms in the Papal States, which included central Italy, and several outlying areas, such as Assisi, but lost the territory due to the unification of the Kingdom of Italy in 1870 and 1871. Created 123 cardinals. Gained a reputation for being a patriotic, and reforming Pope, and only Saint Peter the Apostle served longer.

Pius IX's cause for beatification was one of the longest and most difficult in Church history. Begun under Pius X on 11 February 1907, re-launched by Benedict XV without much success, later by Pius XI, and then by Pius XII on 7 December 1954. The decree on the heroic exercise of theological and cardinal virtues was finally promulgated by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 6 July 1985, allowing his proclamation as Venerable. Among Pius IX's most outstanding virtues were his unconditional love for the Church, his charity, and his high regard for the priesthood and for missionaries. The miracle attributed to him, verified by the Medical Commission on 15 January 1986, and proclaimed definitive in December 1999, was the inexplicable cure of a French nun.

Born

13 May 1792 in Senigallia, Italy as Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti

Papal Ascension

• elected on 16 June 1846

• installed on 21 June 1846

Died

• 7 February 1878 in Vatican City of natural causes

• buried in the basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le mura, Rome, Italy

Beatified

3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Italy

Blessed Rosalie Rendu

Also known as

Jeanne Marie Rendu

Profile

Eldest of four daughters in a middle class mountain family. When she was three years old, the French Revolution broke out. Priests loyal to Rome were expelled, killed, or chased into hiding. Jeanne's family hid those who stayed to minister to French Catholics, claiming that they were hired farm hands; the girl made her First Communion in her basement at a Mass celebrated by one of these covert priests. Her father died on 12 May 1796 when Jean Marie was nine years old, and her baby sister a few months later. She was educated for two years at an Ursuline boarding school in Gex, France.

As a young girl, Jean Marie began working with the Daughters of Charity at the local hospital. On 25 May 1802, at age 16, she entered the congregation at the motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity in Paris, France, taking the name Rosalie. The intensity of her new devotional life harmed her health, and she was transferred to the house in the Mouffetard District, one of the poorest in 19th century Paris; she worked in the slum for 54 years. She worked with the sick and poor, taught catechism, and taught girls to read. Superior of her community in 1815. She started a free clinic, pharmacy, school, orphanage, child-care center, youth club for young workers, and a home for the elderly poor. Awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour by Napoleon III in 1852 for her charitable work; she wanted to refuse, as she sought no personal honour, but was ordered by her superiors to accept it. Blind during the last two years of her life.

Born

9 September 1786 at Confort, Gex, France as Jeanne Marie Rendu

Died

7 February 1856 at Paris, France of natural causes

Beatified

9 November 2003 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Giles Mary-of-Saint-Joseph

Also known as

• Aegidius Mary of Saint Joseph Pontillo

• Egidio Maria da Taranto

• Egidio Maria de Saint Giuseppe

• Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph

• Francesco Postillo

• Francis Pontillo

• Idzi Maria od sw Józefa

• Saint of the Little Way

Profile

Born to a pious family and raised in a small village. When his father died in 1747, Francesco took up the trade of rope maker to support his mother and siblings. Drawn to a religious life, he applied to the Discalced Friars Minor of Saint Peter of Alcantara at Naples, Italy in 1754 at age 25. He wished to become a priest, but lacked the education, and was received as a lay brother.

Porter and gate-keeper at his monastery‘s seminary, a position that put him in constant contact with those in need. He had a special ministry to the sick, and worked with lepers, travelling outside the city to help those who had become shunned and isolated; he often carried an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a depiction known as Our Lady of the Well when he made sick calls. Giles himself suffered from sciatica, which caused severe leg pain, difficulty walking and led to the use of a cane which is often seen in depictions of him; he also suffered from asthma and, late in life, dropsy (fluid retention leading to high blood pressure). Even in life he was considered by locals as a saint and patron of the sick and outcast. Legend says that when he was charged with distributing food and alms to the poor, Saint Joseph would intervene to insure he never ran out.

Born

16 November 1729 at Taranto, Apulia, Italy as Francis Pontillo

Died

• 7 February 1812 at Naples, Italy of natural causes while at prayer

• huge crowds turned out for his funeral

• his relics are enshrined in an urn next to the icon of Our Lady of the Well in the church of San Pasquale Baylón in Taranto

Canonized

• 2 June 1996 by Pope John Paul II

• his canonization miracle involved the cure of Mrs Angela Mignogna in 1937

Saint Theodore Stratelates

Also known as

• Theodore the General

• Theodore Tyro

• Theodore the Recruit

• Theodore Tiro

• Theodor Tiro of Euchaïta

• Theodore of Amasea

• Theodore Teron

• Theodorus of Heraclea

Additional Memorials

• 16 February as Theodore Tyro

• 17 February on the Orthodox Calendar

• 27 July on Korcula, Greece

• 9 November as Theodor Tiro of Euchaïta

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Roman general (stratelates) and covert Christian during a time of persecution. Exposed as a Christian, a military tribunal decided he was a good soldier who had made a mistake, told him to reconsider, and set him free; he promptly burned down a pagan temple. Arrested again, he was ordered to apostatize, then tortured by having his flesh torn off; he responded by reciting the Psalms. Martyr.

Saint Theodore Tyro is almost certainly the same person as Theodore Statelates. The Tyro story describes the soldier as a recruit, the feast day is 9 November, and the region is slightly different, but the story is the same.

Died

martyred 319 at Heraclea, Thrace

Saint Luke the Younger

Also known as

• Luke of Aegina

• Luke of Mount Joannitsa

• Luke of the Soterion

• Luke the Thaumaturgus

• Luke the Wonder-Worker

Profile

Third of seven children born to Stephen and Euphrosyne, small land-owning farmers; the family was forced to flee to Thessaly ahead of Saracen raids on their home island. In his youth Luke worked the fields and tended sheep to help support his family, but when his father died, the young man followed a call to religious life, gave away all his property to the poor (which put him in conflict with his relatives) and left home to pursue his calling. Settling as a monk in the area of modern Hungary and Bulgaria, he was mistaken for a runaway slave and imprisoned for a while. Eventually released, he found that his family refused to have anything else to do with him. He briefly joined a monastery in Athens, Greece, but the superior there received a dream in which Luke’s mother was calling for help, so he sent the young man home. His mother finally accepted Luke’s call to religious life, and he became a hermit on Mount Joannitsa near Corinth, Greece. He healed so many people by prayer that his hermitage became know as the Soterion (the place of healing; place of safety), and Luke as as Thaumaturgus (Wonder worker).

Born

c.920 on Aegina, Greece

Died

• c.950 near Corinth, Greece of natural causes

• upon his death, his hermitage was turned into a chapel

Blessed Alfredo Cremonesi

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The oldest of seven children born to the grocer Enrico Cremonesi and Maria Rosa Scartabellati; he was baptized at the age of one day. Alfredo was a sickly boy, and his health basically collapsed at one point; he attributed his recovery to the intercession of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Known as a gifted writer and poet. Feeling the call to missionary work, he joined the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions on 17 September 1922. Ordained to the priesthood in October 1924. Missionary to Burma (modern Myanmar), leaving Italy for good on 16 October 1925 to work with the Karen people in mountain villages. Prisoner of the Japanese occupation forces during World War II. Father Cremonesi fostered a great devotion to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and to the Sacred Heart, and he spent an hour in Eucharistic Adoration each night. When Burma became independent in 1948, most missionaries left the country to avoid the civil war that followed. Father Alfredo stayed in one of the villages and was executed by government forces. Martyr.

Born

16 May 1902 in Ripalta Guerina, Cremona, Italy

Died

shot on 7 February 1953 in Donoku, Taungngu, Bago, Myanmar

Venerated

19 March 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 19 October 2019 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in Cremona, Italy by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

Blessed Klara Szczesna

Also known as

Sister Ludwika

Profile

Sixth of seven children of Anthony and Frances, née Skorupska; baptized in the parish church in Lubowidzu, Poland, and educated at home by her mother who died when the girl as 12. Pressured by her father to get married, at age 17 she left home with desire to devote herself to God. Worked as a seamstress for five years in Mlawa, Poland. Spiritual student of Blessed Honorat Kozminski. Joined the Servants of Jesus in 1885; she worked as a tailor and served as superior to the local Servants. Assigned by the Servants to run a shelter for young women in Kraków, Poland. Co-founder, with Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar, of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on 15 April 1894; she took the name Klara. Mother Klara served as the Servants' first superior-general, opened 30 houses, sent the Servants to work with the sick, girls and young women, built shelters and and schools, and set an example of humble, devoted life for all the Servants.

Born

18 July 1863 in Cieszki, Lubowidz, Zuromin, Poland

Died

7 February 1916 in Kraków, Poland

Beatified

• 27 September 2015 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition Mass was celebrated at the John Paul II Sanctuary in Kraków, Poland celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Blessed Anselmo Polanco

Also known as

• Anselmo Polanco Fontecha

• Anselmo Polanco y Fontecha

Profile

Son of a farmer. Joined the Augustinian Order at Valladolid, Spain in 1896 at age 15. Studied at the monastery of Santa Maria of La Vid. Ordained in 1904. Taught theology in seminary. Prior in 1922. Provincial councilor of his Order in the Philippines, responsible for missionary efforts. Provincial-superior of his Order in 1932. Travelled to China, Colombia, Peru and the United States. Bishop of Teruel and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin in 1935. Known for the depth of his prayer life. When the Republican Army overran Teruel in 1938, Bishop Polanco stayed with his flock, and refused to cooperate with anything he saw as being against Church interests. Imprisoned for thirteen months. Used as human shield by soldiers. Martyred in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.

Born

16 April 1881 at Buenavista de Valdavia, Palencia, Spain

Died

• shot on 7 February 1939 at "Can Tretze" of Pont de Molins, Gerona, Spain

• interred in the cathedral in Teruel, Spain

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed William of Morgex

Also known as

William of Léaval

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Priest. We have no certain information about this person except there was a tradition of a Blessed William in the town of Morgex, Italy, possibly from the 8th century. A grave was discovered in the Léaval Plaza at the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Morgex in 1687; a chalice and paten were buried with the deceased, indicating that he was a priest, and everyone assumed it was William. A number of legends then grew up around him, as often happens, but we know nothing about him for certain.

Died

• grave found at the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Morgex, Italy in 1687

• relics soon after enshrined in a silver urn

Beatified

1877 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Felipe Ripoll Morata

Also known as

Filippo Ripoll

Profile

Born to a poor but devout family. Priest in the diocese of Teruel, Spain. Professor and spiritual director at the diocesan seminary, and later served as rector. When the Republican Army overran Teruel in 1938, Father Felipe stayed with his people, kept faith with his bishop, and refused to cooperate with anything he saw as being against Church interests. Imprisoned for thirteen months. Used as human shield by soldiers. Martyred in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.

Born

14 September 1878 in Teruel, Spain

Died

• shot on 7 February 1939 at "Can Tretze" of Pont de Molins, Gerona, Spain

• interred in the cathedral in Teruel, Spain

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Eugenie Smet

Also known as

• Marie de la Providence

• Mary of Providence

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Friend of Saint John Vianney. Felt a call to acts of charity made on behalf of souls in purgatory. Founded the Auxiliatrices des Ames du Purgatoire (Society of Helpers of the Holy Souls) in Paris, France on 19 January 1856. The Society continues its missionary work today in 22 countries.

Born

25 March 1825 at Lille, France

Died

7 February 1871 at Paris, France of cancer

Beatified

26 May 1957 by Pope Pius XII in Rome, Italy

Blessed Thomas Sherwood

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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A draper's assistant and a physically small man. Both parents had been arrested for clinging to their faith during a time when Catholicism was outlawed in England. Thomas aspired to the priesthood, and planned to go to Douai, France to study. Condemned to the Tower of London for his faith, he was tortured to obtain the location where he had attended Mass; while in prison, he ministered to other prisoners. Thomas stated that he considered Queen Elizabeth to be excommunicated from the Church, and that he denied her supremacy over the Church; this caused his conviction for treason. Martyr.

Born

1551 at London, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 7 February 1578 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Ronan of Kilmaronen

Also known as

Ruadan, Ruadhan

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Early evangelizing bishop who was reported to have "driven out the Devil" from the area of Innerleithen, Scotland, a standard way of expressing that he brought the faith to the area. This "driving out" led to a tradition at the end of the "Saint Ronan's Games" that occur each year in Innerleithen in July when a schoolboy is given a pastoral staff to beat the devil. Saint Ronan's healing well at Innerleithen was popularized by one of Sir Walter Scott's novels.

Born

Kilmaronen, Lennox, Scotland

Patronage

Innerleithen, Scotland

Saint Lorenzo Maiorano

Also known as

• Laurence Majoranus

• Laurence of Siponto

• Lorenzo of Siponto

• Patron of Foreigners

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Related to Emperor Zeno of Byzantium. Bishop of Siponto, Italy in 492, consecrated by Pope Gelasius I. Received a series of visions of the Archangel Michael following Michael's appearance on Mount Gargano.

Born

5th century

Died

• 7 February 545

• relics interred in Manfredonia, Italy

• most relics destroyed by invading Turks in 1620

• remaining relics preserved in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo Maiorano in Manfredonia

Blessed Rizziero of Muccia

Also known as

Ricerio, Rinieri

Profile

Born to the the wealthy nobility and a law student in Bologna, Italy, he gave up the worldly life in 1222 to be a spiritual student of Saint Francis of Assisi, and one of the first Franciscan friars. Priest. Close friend and advisor to Saint Francis, and was present at Saint Francis‘ deathbed. Minister Provincial of the Franciscans in the Marches of Ancona, Italy, he was known for pushing a joyful adherence to the Franciscan Rule. Enthusiastic and tireless speaker, preacher and evangelist. He spent his later years in Muccia, Italy, living near the hermitage of Saint James the Apostle.

Died

7 February 1236 in Mucia, Piceno, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

14 December 1838 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation)

Blessed William Zucchi

Also known as

Guglielmo Zucchi

Profile

As a young man, Guglielmo lived as a hermit. Priest. He was commissioned to oversee the construction of the cathedral of Alessandria, Italy. While he worked tirelessly to fund good public works, he quietly distributed everything he could to the poor, person to person; it was so much that the saying “I do not have the bag of Blessed William” was used by people turning away people asking for alms.

Born

Alessandria, Italy

Died

• 7 February 1377 in Alessandria, Italy of natural causes

• interred in the cathedral of Saints Peter and Mark in Alessandria

Saint Giovanni of Triora

Also known as

• Francesco Maria Lantrua

• Giovanni da Triora

• Jean de Triora

• Johannes Lantaru Triora

• John of Triora

• John Lantrua of Triora

Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

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Joined the Franciscan Friars Minor at age 17. PriestMissionary to China from 1799 through his death. Martyr.

Born

15 March 1760 at Triora, Imperia, Italy

Died

strangled to death on 7 February 1816 at Ch'angsha Fu, Hunan, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Anna Maria Adorni Botti

Profile

A pious child, Anna ran away from home at age seven to become a missionary. Married. Widowed at age 39, she devoted herself to ministering to the poor and women prisoners. Founded the Institute of the Good Shepherd of Parma a lay group to help women who had fallen on hard times. Founded the Servants of the Immaculata, a religious congregation with the same design.

Born

19 June 1805 in Fivizzano, Massa, Italy

Died

7 February 1893 in Parma, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 3 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Parma, Italy

Blessed Adalbert Nierychlewski

Also known as

Wojciech Nierychlewski

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

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Professed priest in the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel, taking the name Adalbert. Arrested in 1941 in Cracow, Poland as part of the Nazi persecution of the Church. Martyr.

Born

20 April 1903 at Dabrowice, Lódzkie, Poland as Wojciech Nierychlewski

Died

9 February 1942 at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland

Saint Richard the King

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Saxon king, possibly of Wessex in modern England. Married, and the father of Saint Willibald, Saint Winebald, and Saint Walburga. At least two disparate biographies exist for him, neither of them very creditable. Died suddenly during a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy.

Died

• 722 at Lucca, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the church of San Frediano in Lucca

• miracles reported at his tomb

• some relics translated to Eichstätt, Germany

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் பெப்ரவரி 6

 St. Anthony Dainan

Feastday: February 6

Death: 1597

One of the Japanese Martyrs, an altar boy, aged thirteen. Anthony was a Japanese from Nagasaki and a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. Arrested by the Japanese authorities, he was crucified. He was beatified in 1627 and canonized in 1862.

St. Bonaventure of Miako

Feastday: February 6

Death: 1597

Martyr of Japan. A native of that nation, Bonaventure was a Franciscan tertiary and a catechist. A companion of St. Paul Miki, he was crucified at Nagasaki.

St. Cosmas

Feastday: February 6

Death: 1597

One of the Martyrs of Japan in Nagasaki. He was a native of Japan and a Franciscan tertiary, serving as an interpreter for the missionaries. He was crucified with St. Paul Miki and twenty-five companions in Nagasaki. He was beautified in 1627 and canonized in 1862.

St. Francis Nagasaki

Feastday: February 6

Francis is Japanese from Miako. He became a physician and later was converted to Catholicism by the Franciscan missionaries in Japan. He became a Franciscan tertiary, served as a catechist, and was one of the twenty-six Catholics crucified for their Faith near Nagasaki on February 5 during the persecution of Christians by the Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They were all canonized as the martyrs of Japan in 1862. He is also known as Francis of Miako. His feast day is February 6th.

St. Francis of St. Michael

Feastday: February 6

Death: 1597

Franciscan martyr of Japan. Born in Parilla, Spain, he was a Franciscan lay brother sent to Manila, in the Philippines. In 1593, he accompanied St. Peter Baptist to Japan. After three years he was arrested at Osaka, Japan, with St. Peter Baptist and twenty-four others.They were crucified near Nagasaki on February 5. He was canonized in 1862 as a Martyr of Japan.

St. Martin de Aguirre

Feastday: February 6

Missionary and martyr, one of the Martyrs of Japan. He was born in Vergara, Spain, a community near modern Pamplona. In 1586 hejoined the Franciscan Order and was ordained. Martin volunteered for the missions and was sent to Mexico and then to Manila in the Philippines. From Manila, Martin went to Japan, where the Church was converting hundreds in all regions. Christianity was tolerated in Japan at the time, and Martin was able to preach and instruct his Japanese parishioners. Within the Japanese government, however, many counseled opposition to the Christian faith, which they believed was but a prelude to a European invasion. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, at that time the power in Japan, was finally convinced that Christianity was a threat to Japanese peace and independence, and decided to rid his country of all foreign influence. He instituted a persecution that involved thousands, including the European missionaries. Martin was arrested with twenty­five of his converts. They were crucified on February 25, 1597, near Nagasaki. All of the Martyrs of Japan were canonized in 1862.

St. Matthias of Meako

Feastday: February 6

Death: 1597

Martyr of Japan. A native Japanese from Meako, Matthias became a Franciscan tertiary. Matthias was not listed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi as one of the twenty-six Christians to be slain as examples; however, he took the place of one of the designated martyrs and was crucified with St. Peter Baptist and companions in Nagasaki. Matthias was canonized in 1862.

St. Michael Kozaki

Feastday: February 6

Death: 1597

Martyr of Japan. He was a native Japanese catechist who served as a hospital nurse and was arrested for being a Christian. His son, St. Thomas Kozaki, died with him as did St. Peter Baptist and companions. They were crucified at Nagasaki. Michael was canonized in 1862

St. Martin Loynaz of the Ascension

Feastday: February 6

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Franciscan martyr of Japan. He was born at Vergara, Navarre, Spain, and became a Franciscan in 1586 . Martin was assigned to Mexico and Manila, in the Philippines, before serving in Japan. He was crucified at Nagasaki and was canonized in 1862.

St. Vedast

Feastday: February 6

Birth: 453

Death: 540

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Image of St. VedastVaast was leading the hidden life of a hermit in Toul, France when the bishop of the city, discovering the young man's virtues, resolved to ordain him to the priesthood. In 496, as the Frankish pagan king Clovis I was passing through Toul, he asked to be provided with a priest to begin instructing him in the Christian faith. Vaast was chosen for this important task, and joined the king's retinue on their journey toward Reims. As they were crossing the Aisne River, a blind man on the bridge begged Vaast to heal him. Vaast thereupon prayed for the man and made the sign of the cross on his eyes. Immediately, the man's eyesight was restored. This miracle confirmed Clovis in his decision to become a Christian. In Reims, Clovis was baptized by the city's bishop, Saint Remigius, who upon meeting Vaast recruited him for his diocese. Thereafter, Vaast was consecrated bishop of the city of Arras, where he encountered a populace that had abandoned the Christian faith. Vaast succeeded in restoring Christianity to this region. He is said to have rescued a poor family's goose from the jaws of a wolf that had seized it.

For the abbey, see Abbey of St. Vaast.

Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast (in Flemish, Norman and Picard) or Saint Waast (also in Picard and Walloon), Saint Gaston in French, and Foster in English (died c. 540) was an early bishop in the Frankish realm.

At the beginning of the sixth century, Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims, profited by the good will of the Frankish monarchy to organize the Catholic hierarchy in the north of Gaul. He entrusted the diocese of Arras and diocese of Cambrai to Vedast, who was the teacher of Clovis after the victory of Tolbiac and helped with the conversion of the Frankish king.

St Vedast and the beast

As a young man, Vedast left his own country (which seems to have been in the west of France) and led a holy life concealed from the world in the diocese of Toul. The bishop, taking notice of him, ordained him to the priesthood. Clovis, King of Franks, while returning from his victory over the Alemanni, hastened to Rheims to receive baptism and stopped at Toul to request some priest to instruct him on the way. Vedast was assigned to accompany the king.[1] Extraordinary healings are also attributed to his intercession.

The traditional account says that while on the road to Reims, they encountered a blind beggar at the bridge over the river Aisne. The man besought Vedast's assistance. The priest was inspired to pray and blessed the beggar, at which point the man immediately recovered his sight. The miracle convinced the king to adopt his wife's religion.[1] Vedast became an advisor to King Clovis.

A Vita of Vedast by Alcuin recounts a story that on one occasion, having spent the day in instructing a nobleman, his host would see him on his way with a glass of wine to sustain him, but found the cask empty. Vedast bid the servant to bring whatever he should find in the vessel. The servant then found the barrel overflowing with excellent wine.[2]

In 499, Remigius named him the first bishop of Arras, France;[3] around 510, he was also given oversight over Cambrai.[1]

Death and veneration

The statue of St Vedast in the church of St Vedast in Wambrechies

He died on February 6, 539 at Arras; that night the locals saw a luminous cloud ascend from his house, apparently carrying away Vedast’s soul.[4] The Abbey of St. Vaast was later founded in his honour in Arras.

Vedast was venerated in Belgium as well as England (from the 10th century) where he was known as Saint Foster. The spread of his cult was aided by the presence of Augustinians from Arras in England in the 12th century. Three ancient churches in England – St Vedast Foster Lane in London, and in Norwich and Tathwell in Lincolnshire – were dedicated to him.[5]

His feast is on 6 February.

Patronage

He is a patron saint invoked against pinky fingers.

St. Paul Miki

மறைசாட்சியாளர் பவுல் மீகி மற்றும் தோழர்கள் Paul Miki und Gefährten SJ

பிறப்பு 

1565, 

சியோட்டோ Kyoto, ஜப்பான்

இறப்பு 

5 பிப்ரவரி, 

1597 நாகசாகி, ஜப்பான்

புனிதர்பட்டம்: 8 ஜூன் 1862, திருத்தந்தை 9 ஆம் பயஸ்

இவர் ஜப்பான் நாட்டில் வாழ்ந்த ஓர் கிறிஸ்தவ பெற்றோரின் மகனாகப் பிறந்தார். இவர் தனது 22 ஆம் வயதில் இயேசு சபையில் சேர்ந்தார். மிகச் சிறந்த மறையுரையாளரான இவர், ஜப்பான் நாட்டில் சிறப்பாக மறைப்பணியாற்றினார். 1587 ஆம் ஆண்டு சோகுண்டோயோடோமி ஹிடேயோஷி Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi என்பவர் இட்ட கட்டளையின் பேரில் இப்புனிதர் பிடிக்கப்பட்டு தனித்தீவிற்கு கொண்டுச் செல்லப்பட்டு சிறையிலடைக்கப்பட்டார். இருப்பினும் இவர் ஆற்றியப் பணி மக்களிடையே தீப்போல பரவியது. இவரின் தோழர்களும் மறைப்பணியை சிறப்பாக ஆற்றினர். கிறிஸ்தவ மக்கள் பெருகினர். இதனால் சோகுன் டோயோடோமி ஆத்திரமடைந்து 25 தோழர்களையும் பிடித்து சிறையிலடைத்தான். பின்னர் நாகசாகி நகருக்கு இழுத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டு சிலுவையில் அடித்து கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள்

Feastday: February 6

Paul was the son of a Japanese military leader. He was born at Tounucumada, Japan, was educated at the Jesuit college of Anziquiama, joined the Jesuits in 1580, and became known for his eloquent preaching. He was crucified on Februay 5 with twenty-five other Catholics during the persecution of Christians under the Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, ruler of Japan in the name of the emperor. Among the Japanese layment who suffered the same fate were: Francis, a carpenter who was arrested while watching the executions and then crucified; Gabriel, the nineteen year old son of the Franciscan's porter; Leo Kinuya, a twenty-eight year old carpenter from Miyako; Diego Kisai (or Kizayemon), temporal coadjutor of the Jesuits; Joachim Sakakibara, cook for the Franciscans at Osaka; Peter Sukejiro, sent by a Jesuit priest to help the prisoners, who was then arrested; Cosmas Takeya from Owari, who had preached in Osaka; and Ventura from Miyako, who had been baptized by the Jesuits, gave up his Catholicism on the death of his father, became a bonze, and was brought back to the Church by the Franciscans. They were all canonized as the Martyrs of Japan in 1862. Their feast day is February 6th.

Paulo Miki (Japanese: パウロ三木; c. 1562[1] – 5 February 1597) was a Roman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian, martyr and saint, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan.

Biography

Paulo Miki was born into a wealthy Japanese family. He was educated by the Jesuits in Azuchi and Takatsuki. He joined the Society of Jesus and became a well known and successful preacher – gaining numerous converts to Catholicism.[2] The ruler of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, began persecuting Catholics for fear of the Jesuits' influence and intentions, and possibly that of European visitors.

Miki was arrested and jailed with his fellow Catholics, who were later forced to march 966 kilometers (600 miles) from Kyoto to Nagasaki; all the while singing the Te Deum. On arriving in Nagasaki – which today has the largest Catholic population in Japan – Miki had his chest pierced with a lance while tied to a cross on 5 February 1597.[2]

He preached his last sermon from the cross, and it is maintained that he forgave his executioners, stating that he himself was Japanese.[3] Crucified alongside him were Joan Soan (de Gotó) and Santiago Kisai, also of the Society of Jesus; along with twenty-three other clergy and laity, all of whom were canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1862.

Martyrs of Nagasaki

Also known as

• Nagasaki Martyrs

• Saint Paul Miki and Companions

• Saint Peter Baptist and Companions

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Twenty-six Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries and Japanese converts crucified together by order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Following their arrests, they were taken to the public square of Meako to the city's principal temple. They each had a piece of their left ear cut off, and then paraded from city to city for weeks with a man shouting their crimes and encouraging their abuse. The priests and brothers were accused of preaching the outlawed faith of Christianity, the lay people of supporting and aiding them. They were each repeatedly offered freedom if they would renounce Christianity. They each declined.

• Saint Antony Deynan

• Saint Bonaventure of Miyako

• Saint Cosmas Takeya

• Saint Francis Blanco

• Saint Francis of Nagasaki

• Saint Francis of Saint Michael

• Saint Gabriel de Duisco

• Saint Gaius Francis

• Saint Gundisalvus Garcia

• Saint James Kisai

• Saint Joachim Saccachibara

• Saint John Kisaka

• Saint John Soan de Goto

• Saint Leo Karasumaru

• Saint Louis Ibaraki

• Saint Martin of the Ascension

• Saint Matthias of Miyako

• Saint Michael Kozaki

• Saint Paul Ibaraki

• Saint Paul Miki

• Saint Paul Suzuki

• Saint Peter Baptist

• Saint Peter Sukejiroo

• Saint Philip of Jesus

• Saint Thomas Kozaki

• Saint Thomas Xico

Died

• crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan

• the Japanese style of crucifixion was to put iron clamps around the wrists, ankles and throat, a straddle piece was placed between the legs for weight support, and the person was pierced with a lance up through the left and right ribs toward the opposite shoulder

Canonized

8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX

Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco

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Son of Giuseppina Schiavone and Aniello Fusco, the eldest of five children in a pious peasant family. The couple had been unable to have children until a visit to the relics of Saint Alphonsus Maria d' Liguori; there they received the message that they would have a son, name him Alfonso, and that he would led the life of a beati. Confirmed and received his first Communion at age seven, and at eleven he announced his intent to become a priest. Entered the seminary of Nocera dei Pagani on 5 November 1850. Ordained 29 September 1863.

Noted for his devotion to the liturgy, and as a gentle, paternal confessor. In September of 1878, he, Maddalena Caputo of Angri (Sister Crocifissa), and three young women formed what would become the Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene, devoted to the care and education of poor orphans, abandoned children, and youth at risk; their first house was soon known as the Little House of Providence.

Along with the usual problems of more needs than resources, the new congregation faced serveral internal trials. False accusations were made about Father Alfonso, and Bishop Vitagliano tried to remove him as the congregation's director. The daughter house in Rome tried to break away from the congregation, even locking the doors to the house when Alfonso came to see them. At one point, Cardinal Respighi, Vicar of Rome, recommended that he resign for the good of the congregation. He was, however, vindicated in the end, remained as director, and saw the congregation through it's early, difficult years. Today they work in fifteen countries around the world.

Born

23 March 1839 in Angri, Salerno, diocese of Nocera-Sarno, Italy

Died

6 February 1910 in Angri, Salerno, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Dorothy of Caesarea

#செசாரியா_நகர்ப்_புனித_டாரத்தி (-321)

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இவர் (#DorothyOfCaesarae)கப்பதோசியில் உள்ள செசாரியாவில் பிறந்தவர்.

சிறு வயது முதலே தன்னை ஆண்டவருக்கு அர்ப்பணித்து வாழ்ந்த இவரை உரோமை மன்னன் தியோகிளசியனிடம் ஆளுநராக இருந்த சாப்ரிகுஸ் என்பவன், உரோமைக் கடவுளுக்குப் பலி செலுத்தச் சொன்னான். அதற்கு இவர் மறுப்பபுத் தெரிவித்தது மட்டுமல்லாமல், ஆண்டவர்மீது கொண்ட நம்பிக்கையில் உறுதியாக இருந்ததால், அவன் இவரைப் பலவாறாகச் செய்தான்.

மேலும் உரோமை அரசாங்கத்தில் வழக்குரைஞராகப் பணியாற்றிய தியோபிளஸ் என்பவன் இவரிடம், "நீதான் இயேசுவின் மணவாட்டியாயகற்றே! அதனால் அவருடைய தோட்டத்திலிருந்து மலர் பறித்து வா" என்று எள்ளி நகையாடினான். இதற்கு இவர் எதுவும் பேசாமல் அமைதியாக இருந்தார்.

321 ஆம் ஆண்டு பிப்ரவரி திங்கள் 6 ஆம் நாள் இவர் கொல்லப்படுவதற்கு முன்பாகச் சிறுவன் ஒருவன் கையில் மலர்கள் மற்றும் பழங்களோடு வந்து, அவற்றை டோரத்தியைக் கேலி செய்த தியோபிளஸிடம் கொடுத்துவிட்டு மறந்தான். உண்மையில் சிறுவன் வடிவில் வந்தது வானதூதரே. இதையறிந்த தியோபிளஸ் மனம்மாறிக் கிறிஸ்துவை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டான். 

டோரத்தி கொல்லப்பட்ட சில நாள்களுக்குப் பிறகு தியோபிளசும் ஆண்டவர் மீது கொண்ட நம்பிக்கைக்காகக் கொல்லப்பட்டான்.

Also known as

Dora, Dorothea

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Apochryphal martyr whose story has been beautifully told, and was popular for many years. Having made a personal vow of virginity, she refused to marry, or to sacrifice to idols. She was tried, tortured, and sentenced to death for her faith by the prefect Sapricius. The pagan lawyer Theophilus said to her in mockery, "Bride of Christ, send me some fruits from your bridegroom's garden." Before she was executed, she sent him, by a six-year-old boy who is thought to have been an angel, her headress which had the fragrance of roses and fruits. Seeing this gift, and the miraculous messenger who brought them, Theophilus converted, and was martyred himself. This story has been variously enlarged through the years. In some places, trees are blessed on her feast day because of her connection with a blooming, fruitful miracle.

Died

martyred 6 February 311 at Caesarea, Cappodocia during the persecution of Diocletian

Saint Amand of Maastricht

Also known as

• Apostle of Belgium

• Apostle of Flanders

• Amand of Belgium

• Amand of Elnone

• Amand of France

• Amandus, Amantius, Amatius

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Lived some time as a hermit, then became a monk at age 20 at the Abbey of Saint Martin at Tours, France. When he took the cowl, his family tried to kidnap him to bring him home for “deprogramming”, but failed. Given a commission to wander and preach, he evangelized in France, Flanders, Carinthia, Gascony, and Germany, sometimes getting beaten by the locals for his trouble. Bishop of Maastricht, Netherlands in 649. Founded several monasteries and convents. Abbot of the monastery at Elnone-en-Pevele, France. Friend and spiritual director of Saint Humbert of Pelagius, and was assisted in his work by Saint Acharius. In his declining years he retired to Elnon Abbey, where he was the spiritual teacher of Saint Chrodobald of Marchiennes, and ended his days as a prayerful monk. His association with brewers and vintners and related fields comes from spending so much time preaching and teaching in beer-making and wine-making regions.

Born

c.584 at Poitou, France

Died

c.679 in the monastery at Elnone-en-Pevele (modern Saint-Amand-les-Eaux), France

Saint Mateo Correa-Magallanes

Also known as

Mateo Correa

Additional Memorial

21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution

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Attended the seminary at Zacatecas, Mexico on a scholarship, beginning 12 January 1881. Ordained on 20 August 1893. Parish priest, assigned to Concepcion de Oro, Mexico from 1898 to 1905. Close friend of the Pro-Juarez family, he baptized Humberto Pro, and gave First Communion to Blessed Miguel Pro. Re-assigned to Colotlan, Mexico from 1908 to 1910. Following the government's repression of the Church in 1910, he went into hiding. Assigned to Valparaiso, Mexico in 1926.

Arrested while en route to a sick call; when he saw the soldiers approaching, he quickly swallowed the host to prevent desecration. Accused of being part of the armed Cristero rebellion, he was jailed in Zacatecas, and then in Durango, Mexico. While in jail, he heard confessions from other prisoners. When the jail's commander, General Ortiz, demanded to know what the condemned men had said, Father Mateo refused. Martyred for being a priest, and for refusing to break the seal of the confessional.

Born

23 July 1866 at Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico

Died

shot on 6 February 1927 on the outskirts of Durango City, Durango, Mexico

Canonized

21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico

Saint Vaast of Arras

Also known as

Foster, Gaston, Vaat, Vedast, Vedastus

Additional Memorial

• 2 January (discovery of relics)

• 7 February (enshrinement of relics)

• 15 July (translation of relics in Cambrai)

• 1 October (translation of relics)

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Hermit. Worked with Saint Remigius to convert the Franks. Priest. Instructed King Clovis in the faith. His miraculous healing of the blind helped convince some of Clovis's pagan court of the power of God (and led to Vaast's patronage against eye trouble). First bishop of Arras, France in 499. Bishop of Cambrai, France c.510. On the night he died, the locals saw a luminous cloud ascend from his house, apparently carrying away Vaast's soul.

Born

c.453 at Limoges, France

Died

539-540 at Arras, France of natural causes

Blessed Francesco Spinelli

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(ஃபெப்ரவரி 6)

✠ புனிதர் ஃபிரான்செஸ்கோ ஸ்பைனெல்லி ✠

(St. Francesco Spinelli)

குரு:

(Priest)

பிறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 14, 1853

மிலன், லொம்பார்டி-வெனீஷியா இராச்சியம்

(Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia)

இறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 6, 1913 (வயது 59)

ரிவோல்டா டி'அ்டா, கிரெமோனா, இத்தாலி இராச்சியம்

(Rivolta d'Adda, Cremona, Kingdom of Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: ஜூன் 21, 1992

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 14, 2018

திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்

(Pope Francis)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 6

பாதுகாவல்:

ஆசிர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட அருட்சாதனத்தை ஆராதிக்கும் அருட்சகோதரியர் சபை

(Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament)

புனிதர் ஃபிரான்செஸ்கோ ஸ்பைனெல்லி, இத்தாலி நாட்டின் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க  திருச்சபையின் குருவும், "ஆசிர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட அருட்சாதனத்தை ஆராதிக்கும் அருட்சகோதரியர் சபை" (Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament) எனப்படும் சபையை நிறுவியவருமாவார். இவர், "புனிதர் கெல்ட்ரூட் காமன்சோலி"  (Saint Geltrude Comensoli) மற்றும் அருளாளர் "லுய்கி மரியா பலஸ்ஸோலோ" (Blessed Luigi Maria Palazzolo) ஆகியோரின் சமகாலத்தவராவார். மேலும், இவருக்கு காமன்சோலியுடன் முந்தைய ஒத்துழைப்பு இருந்தது. ஐவரும் காமன்சோலியும் இணைந்து "பெர்கமோ" (Bergamo) நகரில் ஒரு மத கல்வி நிறுவனத்தை நிறுவினார்கள். அதற்கு முன்னரே, இவர்களின் உறுப்பினர்களிடையே இரட்டை பிளவு காரணமாக, ஸ்பைனெல்லி தமது பணிகளை விட்டு விலக நேர்ந்தது.

கி.பி. 1853ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 14ம் நாளன்று, வடக்கு இத்தாலியின் "லொம்பார்டி" (Lombardy) பிராந்தியத்தின் தலைநகரான "மிலன்" (Milan) நகரில் பிறந்த ஃபிரான்செஸ்கோ ஸ்பைனெல்லிக்கு அவர் பிறந்த மறுதினம் திருமுழுக்கு தரப்பட்டது. அவர் தமது சிறு வயதில், தமது பெற்றோருடனும், உடன்பிறந்தோருடனும் மிலனிலிருந்து (Milan) "கிரெமோனா" (Cremona) நகருக்கு புலம்பெயர்ந்து சென்றனர். அவர், கி.பி. 1871ம் ஆண்டின் கோடை காலத்தில், "வர்கோ" நகரில், தமக்கிருந்த கடுமையான முதுகெலும்பு பிரச்சனைக்கு மருத்துவம் செய்து குணப்படுத்தினார். தனது குழந்தைப் பருவத்தில், ஏழை எளியவர்களுக்கும், நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டவர்களுக்கும் அடிக்கடி கிடைக்கும் சந்தர்ப்பங்களில் தமது அம்மாவுடன் சேர்ந்து, சக தோழர்களுக்கு பொம்மை நிகழ்ச்சிகளை நடத்திக் காட்ட விரும்பினார்.

அவரது ஆன்மீக வாழ்க்கைக்கான அழைப்புக்கு, அவரது தாயாரும், குருவாக இருந்த அவரது மாமா "பியேட்ரோ காக்ளியரொளி" (Pietro Cagliaroli) என்பவரும் அவருக்கு ஆதரவு அளித்தனர். பெர்கமோ நகரில் இறையியல் கற்கத் தொடங்கிய இவரை இவரது நண்பர் "அருளாளர் லுய்கி மரிய பலஸ்ஸோ"  (Blessed Luigi Maria Palazzolo) என்பவரும் ஊக்கப்படுத்தினார். கி.பி. 1875ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 14ம் தேதி, குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார். விரைவிலேயே, திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ் (Pope Pius IX) அவர்களின் பொது அழைப்பினை ஏற்று, யூபிலி ஆண்டு நிகழ்வுகளில் பங்கேற்க ரோம் நகர் பயணமானார்.

அங்கே, மரிய அன்னை பேராலயத்திற்கும் சென்ற ஸ்பைநெல்லி, அங்கிருந்த குழந்தை இயேசு கெபியினருகே, மறையுரைச் சிந்தனைகளில் ஆழ்ந்தார். அத்துடன், நற்கருணை ஆராதணையில் பெண்கள் ஈடுபடுவதாக இவர் கண்ட திருக்காட்சி, தாம் சொந்தமாக ஒரு சபையை நிறுவ இவருக்கு உந்துசக்தியாக விளங்கியது. ரோமிலிருந்து திரும்பியதும் ஒரு மாலை பள்ளியில் கல்விப் பணிகளை நடத்தினார்.

கி.பி. 1882ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 15ம் தேதி, பெர்கமோ (Bergamo) நகரில், புனிதர் கெல்ட்ருட் காமென்சோலி (Saint Geltrude Comensoli) உடன் இணைந்து "நற்கருணை அருட்சகோதரியார்" (Sacramentine Sisters) சபையை தொடங்கினார். இது, நற்கருணைக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்ட இச்சபை, நற்கருணை ஆராதனைப் பணிகளில் மட்டுமே ஈடுபடும். சபையின் முதல் கான்வென்ட், "வயா சான் அன்டோனினோ'வில்" (Via San Antonino) திறக்கப்பட்டது. நகரில் ஏற்பட்ட தொடர் பேரழிவுகள் மற்றும் நிதி நெருக்கடிகளின் காரணமாக, இந்த இல்லம் தோல்வியடைந்த காரணத்தால், கி.பி. 1889ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 4ம் தேதியன்று, அதை விட்டுவிட வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் ஸ்பைநெல்லிக்கு ஏற்பட்டது.

பெர்மாமோவில் நடந்ததை எண்ணி மன வேதனையடைந்த ஸ்பைநெல்லி, "கிரெமோனா" (Cremona) நகரிலுள்ள "ரிவோல்டா டி'அ்ட்டா" (Rivolta d'Adda) எனும் இடத்துக்கு வந்து சேர்ந்தார். அவரது குருத்துவ கடமைகளை நிறைவேற்றுவதற்காக கிரெமோனாவுக்கு வருமாறும், மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் அவரை அழைத்திருந்தார். கி.பி. 1892ம் ஆண்டு, அவர், "ஆசிர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட அருட்சாதனத்தை ஆராதிக்கும் அருட்சகோதரியர் சபையை" (Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament) நிறுவினார். இச்சபைக்கு, பின்னாளில் கி.பி. 1897ம் ஆண்டு, "கிரெமோனா ஆயர்" (Bishop of Cremona) "கெரேமியா பொனோமெல்லி" (Geremia Bonomelli) அவர்களின் மறைமாவட்ட அங்கீகாரம் கிட்டியது.

ஃபிரான்செஸ்கோ ஸ்பைனெல்லி, கி.பி. 1913ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம், 6ம் தேதி மரித்தார்.

கி.பி. 1926ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 11ம் நாளன்று, இவரது சபைக்கு, திருத்தந்தை அவையின் பாராட்டுப் பத்திரம் வழங்கப்பட்டது. பின்னர், கி.பி. 1932ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம், 27ம் நாளன்று, திருத்தந்தை பதினோராம் பயஸ் (Pope Pius XI) முழு அங்கீகாரம் வழங்கினார். இவர்களது சபை, "அர்ஜென்ட்டினா" (Argentina) மற்றும் "செனெகல்" (Senegal) உள்ளிட்ட நாடுகளில் செயல்பாட்டில் உள்ளது. 2005ம் ஆண்டு கணக்கெடுப்பின்படி, மொத்தமிருந்த 59 இல்லங்களில், 436 மறைப்பணியாளர்கள் இருந்தனர்.

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As a child, Francesco would put on puppet shows for other kids. With his mother, he would visit and help the poor and sick in his city. Francesco studied in Bergamo, Italy, and ordained as a priest in 1875. Later that year, while in Rome, Italy to celebate the Jubilee, he had a vision of women continually adoring the Blessed Sacrament. Back in Bergamo he began teaching in the seminary by day, running an evening school for the poor of his parish by night. On 15 December 1882 he realized the fulfillment of his vision when he helped found the Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament in Bergamo. Transferred to the diocese of Cremona, Italy on 4 April 1889 where the Sisters cotninue their work of adoring Christ in the Eucharist and in their care for their poor.

Born

14 April 1853 in Milan, Italy

Died

6 February 1913 in Rivolta d'Adda, Cremona, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

21 June 1992 by Pope John Paul II at the Marian Shrine of Caravaggio

Canonized

on 6 March 2018, Pope Francis promulgated a decree of a miracle obtained through the intercession of Blessed Francisco

Blessed Mary Teresa Bonzel

Also known as

• Aline Bonzel

• Maria Theresia

• Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel

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Franciscan tertiary by age 20. She wanted to enter religious life, but her family strongly opposed it. With eight other women she took the veil as part of the new community of Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration, and became its director, taking the name Mother Mary Teresa. By the time of her death the order had sisters all over the world, and had established schools, hospitals, and orphanages.

Born

17 September 1830 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as Aline Bonzel

Died

6 February 1905 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany of natural causes

Beatified

• 10 November 2013 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition was celebrated at the cathedral of Paderborn, Germany with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding

• her beatification miracle involved the cure of a four-year-old boy in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Saint Gundisalvus Garcia

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(ஃபெப்ரவரி 6)

✠ புனிதர் கொன்சாலோ கார்ஸியா ✠

(St. Gonzalo Garcia)

ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் குருத்துவம் பெறாத பொதுநிலை சகோதரர் மற்றும் மறைசாட்சி:

(Franciscan Lay Brother and Martyr)

பிறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 5, 1557

வாசை, மும்பை, போர்ச்சுகீசிய இந்தியா

(Vasai, Mumbar, Portuguese India)

இறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 5, 1597

நாகசாகி, ஜப்பான்

(Nagasaki, Japan)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: செப்டம்பர் 14, 1627

திருத்தந்தை எட்டாம் அர்பன்

(Pope Urban VIII)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூன் 8, 1862

திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius IX)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 6

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

புனிதர் கொன்சாலோ கார்ஸியா ஆலயம், காஸ், வாசை

(St. Gonsalo Garcia Church, Gass, Vasai, India)

பாதுகாவல்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க உயர் மறைமாவட்டம், மும்பை

(Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay, East Indian Community)

புனிதர் கொன்சாலோ கார்ஸியா, போர்ச்சுகீசிய இந்தியாவில் பிறந்து, ஜப்பான் நாட்டில் மறை சாட்சியாக மரித்த ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் இருபத்தாறு புனிதர்களுள் ஒருவர் ஆவார். இவர் ஒரு ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் பொதுநிலையினர் சகோதரர் (Franciscan Lay Brother) ஆவார். இந்தியாவில் பிறந்து, அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட முதல் புனிதரும் இவரேயாவார். மும்பை நகரின் வடக்கே, சுமார் முப்பது கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் அமைந்துள்ள மேற்கத்திய கடற்கரை நகரான வாசை என்னுமிடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவர் வாழ்ந்த அக்காலத்தில், அப்பகுதி போர்ச்சுகீசிய காலணித்துவ ஆட்சியின்கீழ் இருந்தது.

இவரது தந்தை ஒரு போர்ச்சுகீசிய படை வீரர் ஆவார். தாயார் “கொங்கண்” (Konkan) மொழி பேசும் ஒரு இந்தியப் பெண் ஆவார். இவர், ஜப்பான் ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபைத்தலைவரான புனிதர் பீட்டர் பாப்டிஸ்டின் வலக்கரமாக இருந்தார்.

"குன்டி ஸ்லாவுஸ் கார்ஸியா" எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், வாசையில் பணியாற்றிய 'செபஸ்தியோ கான்கால்வ்ஸ்' என்னும் இயேசு சபை குருவிடம் கல்வி பயின்றார். இயேசு சபையினரிடமே கி.பி. 1564 முதல் 1572 வரை எட்டு வருடம் பயின்றார். தனது 15ம் வயதில் குரு செபஸ்தியோவுடன் ஜப்பான் சென்றார். ஜப்பானிய மொழியை இவர் எளிதில் கற்றதால், அம்மக்களின் நன்மதிப்பைப் பெற்றார். இவர் அங்கிருந்து ஆல்கோ சென்று வணிகம் செய்தார். அது தென்கிழக்காசியா முழுவதும் பல கிளைகள் கொண்டு பரவியது.

இவரின் கனவான இயேசு சபை குருவாவது நிறைவடையாமலேயே இவர் ஃபிலிப்பைன்ஸ் நாட்டில் உள்ள மணிலாவுக்கு பொதுநிலை மறைப்பணியாளராய் சென்றார். அங்கே ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபைக் குருவான பீட்டர் பாப்டிஸ்டினால் தூண்டப்பட்டு அச்சபையில் பொதுநிலை சகோதரராக சேர்ந்தார். தொழு நோயாளர்களோடு அங்கே பணியாற்றினார். அப்போதே அவர் அச்சபையில் திருநிலைப்பாட்டினைப் பெற்றார்.

மே 26, 1592ல் ஃபிலிப்பைன்ஸ் நாட்டின் எசுபானிய ஆளுனரால் அரசு சார்பாக ஜப்பானுக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டார். அங்கே நான்காண்டுகள் பணிபுரிந்த பின்னர், அப்போது ஜப்பானிய சர்வாதிகாரியால் ஆட்சி விரோதச் செயல்களில் ஈடுபட்டதாக குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டு அவர்கள் தங்கியிருந்த மியாகோ (கியோத்தோ) என்னும் இடத்திலிருந்த மடத்திலேயே 8 டிசம்பர் 1596 அன்று சிறைவைக்கப்பட்டார். சிலநாட்களுக்கு பின் மாலை செபம் செய்து கொண்டிருந்தபோது அவர்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர்.

ஜனவரி 3, 1597 அன்று கைது செய்யப்பட்ட 26 பேர்களுடைய இடது காதுகள் அறுத்தெறியப்பட்டன. அவற்றை கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் எடுத்து பாதுகாத்து வந்தனர்.

ஃபெப்ரவரி 5, 1597 அன்று அவர்களை சிலுவையில் அறைய ஆணை பிறப்பிக்கப்ப்பட்டது. சிலுவையில் அறையும் இடத்தை கார்சியா முதலில் அடைந்தார். அவர் முதலில் அங்கிருந்த ஒரு சிலுவையின் அருகில் சென்று, "இது எனக்கானதா?" என்றார். "இது இல்லை" என்று பதில் கூறி அவரை வேறு சிலுவையிடம் கூட்டிச்சென்றனர். சிலுவையை அடைந்ததும் முழந்தாள் பணிந்து அதனைத் தழுவினார். அவரோடு கைது செய்யப்பட்ட மற்றெல்லோரையும் சிலுவையில் அறைந்தார்கள். பின்பு அவரை இரண்டு ஈட்டி கொண்டு இதயத்தில் குத்தினர். இவர் சிலுவையில் சாகும்வரை இறை புகழ் பாடிக்கொண்டே இருந்தார். 

புனிதர் பட்டமளிப்பு:

கி.பி. 1927ல் கார்சியாவும் அவருடன் இரத்த சாட்சிகளானவர்களும் வணக்கத்திற்குரியவர்கள் என திருத்தந்தை எட்டாம் அர்பன் (Pope Urban VIII) அவர்களால் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டனர். ஜூன் 8, 1862 அன்று திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ் (Pope Pius IX) அவர்களால் இவர்கள் அனைவரும் புனிதர்களாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டது.

இவர் ஒரு போர்ச்சுகீசிய தந்தைக்கும், கொங்கண் தாய்க்கும் பிறந்தவராதலால் இவர் இந்தியப் புனிதராக கருதப்படுவதில்லை. இவர் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் அதிகாரப்பூர்வ பட்டியலில் போர்ச்சுகீசிய புனிதராவார்.

Also known as

Gonsalo, Gonsalvo, Gonzalo, Gonçalo

Profile

His father was a Portugese soldier and immigrant to India, his mother an Indian convert. Gundisalvus grew up a Christian, and served as a lay catechist, working for the Jesuits. Successful businessman in Japan and Macao. Became an Alcantarine Franciscan lay brother in Manila in the Philippines in 1591. Returned to Japan with Saint Peter Baptist to act as interpreter. He stuttered when speaking Portuguese, but when arrested for his faith, he was flawless in Japanese when facing his judges. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

1556 at Bassein, Maharashtra, India

Died

crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan

Canonized

8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX

Saint Elian of Emesa

Also known as

• Elian of Homs

• Ellien, Julian

Profile

The son of a senior officer in the imperial Roman army, Elian trained as a physician. He was a convert to Christianity, baptized by Saint Silvanus of Emesa. He developed a reputation of healing by prayer as much as by medicine, and treated the poor sick for free. Caught ministering to Christians awaiting execution, Elian was ordered to renounce the faith; he refused. To change his mind, Elian was imprisoned and tortured for several months; when he still refused, he was executed by his father. Martyr.

Born

Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria)

Died

• nails driven into his hands, feet and head c.312

• in 432 a church was built on the site of his execution

• relics enshrined in a small chapel to the the right of the crypt in the church

Saint Brinolfo Algotsson

Also known as

Brynolf

Profile

Born to the nobility, the son of Algot Brynolfsson. Educated at the cathedral of Skara, Sweden, and in Paris, France where he heard lectures by Saint Thomas Aquinas; Brinolfo was noted all his life for his learning. Had an extensive background in theology and canon law. Dean of the Linköping chapter and bishop of Skara in 1278; he served for over 38 years. Active in the political life of the country, Brinolfo worked to ensure that the needs and teachings of the Church became part of public policy. He supported missionaries in Sweden. When his work ran afoul of the absolutist King Magnus Ladulas c.1288, Brinolfo was forced briefly into exile. Wrote on theology, church administration, and poetry for feasts and holy days.

Died

6 February 1317 in Skara, Sweden of natural causes

Canonized

• Saint Bridget of Sweden received a vision that revealed the holiness of Brinolfo

• c.1498 by Pope Alexander VI

Saint Mel of Ardagh

Also known as

Mael, Melchno, Melis

Profile

Son of Conis and Saint Darerca, one of their nineteen children. Brother of Saint Melchu. Nephew of Saint Patrick. Travelled with Patrick and helped evangelize Ireland. Ordained bishop of Ardagh, Ireland by Patrick. Reputed to have professed Saint Brigid of Ireland as a nun. He supported himself by working with his hands, and gave to the poor anything beyond the bare minimum.

Because Mel lived with his aunt, Lupait, and helped on her farm, slanderous gossip developed about their relationship. Patrick came to investigate. To prove that God was on their side, Mel and Lupait each prayed for help and then performed a miracle - Mel plowed up a live fish from the farm land, and Lupait packed around a live coal without being burned.

Born

British Isles

Died

c.489 of natural causes

Saint Bonaventure of Miyako

Also known as

• Bonaventure of Maeco

• Bonaventure of Miako

Profile

Baptized as an infant, his mother died when he was a baby, and his step-mother sent him to be raised in a Buddhist monastery. When he was judged old enough, he was told about his background. To learn more, he visited the Franciscan convent at Kyoto. There he found a peace he had been looking for, and stayed to become a Franciscan tertiary. Catechist. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

at Kyoto, Japan

Died

crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan

Canonized

8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX

Saint Guethenoc

Also known as

Guéhénec, Guéhenneuc, Guéhenocus, Guéneuc, Guennec, Guénoc, Guethenoc, Guéthénoc, Guéthnec, Gueveneux, Guézennec, Guinau, Guinnous, Guinou, Guithénoc, Guithern, Gwezheneg, Hinec, Ithizieux, Izinieux, Venec, Veneuc, Vennec, Venoc, Vinec, Wéthénoc, Wihenoc

Profile

Son of Saint Fragan and Saint Gwen; brother of Saint Jacut and Saint Gwenaloe. Spiritual student of Saint Budoc. With Jacut, he was driven from Britain to Brittany in the 5th century by invading Saxons.

Saint Ina of Wessex

Also known as

Ine, Ini, Im

Profile

King of Wessex (in modern England) from 688 to 726. Known as a great warrior, lawgiver and justice, he restored Glastonbury Abbey. Married to Saint Ethelburga of Wessex who helped shift his focus from earthly to spiritual concerns. In 726, Ina abdicated his throne, he and Ethelburga moved to Rome, Italy where he spent his remaining days as a penitential monk and prayful pilgrim to the tombs of the martyrs.

Born

in Wessex, England

Died

727 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

Saint Hildegund

Also known as

Hilda, Hildegundis

Profile

Born to the 12th-century German nobility, the daughter of Count Herman of Lidtberg. Countess, married to Count Lothair. Mother of three, one of whom died in his youth; the other two were Blessed Herman Joseph and Blessed Hadewych. Widowed, in 1178 she turned her castle at Meer, Germany, a former fortress, into a Premonstratensian convent. Against strong family opposition, she and her daughter joined the Order. Prioress of the convent.

Died

6 February 1183 of natural causes

Saint Antony Deynan

Also known as

• Antony Dainan

• Anthony, Antonius

Profile

Son of a Chinese father and Japanese mother. Altar boy. Educated by the Jesuits in Nagasaki and the Franciscans in Osaka. Franciscan tertiary. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki at age 13.

Born

c.1583 at Nagasaki, Japan

Died

crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan

Canonized

8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX

Saint Guarinus of Palestrina

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Born to the Italian nobility. Priest. Canon of the catehdral of Bologna, Italy. Augustinian canon c.1104. Chosen bishop of Pavia, Italy c.1139, but adamantly refused the appointment, citing his inadequacy to the task. Elevated to cardinal-bishop of Palestrina in 1144 by Pope Lucius II.

Born

c.1080 in Bologna, Italy

Died

1159 of natural causes

Canonized

by Pope Alexander III

Blessed Angelus of Furci

Profile

Augustinian hermit. Studied at Paris, France. Taught theology at Naples, Italy. Preacher, known for his great learning. Refused multiple bishoprics.

Born

1246 at Furci, in the Abruzzi region, diocese of Chieti, Italy

Died

6 February 1327 at Naples, Italy

Beatified

20 December 1888 by Pope Leo XIII (cult confirmed)

Blessed Diego de Azevedo

Profile

Courtier to Prince Ferdinand. He was sent to escort the fiance' of the prince, but when Diego arrived he found that she had recently died. He heard Saint Dominic de Guzman preaching, and decided to give up court life for religious. He travelled with Saint Dominic and became one of the first Dominicans. Bishop of Osma, Spain in 1201.

Died

30 December 1207 of natural causes

Saint Relindis of Eyck

Also known as

• Relindis of Maaseik

• Renildis, Renula, Renule

Profile

She and her sister Herlindis were nuns in Valenciennes in northern France. An artist, Relindis was known for her painting and embroidery. Abbess in Maaseik, Belgium.

Died

c.750 in Tongres, Brabant, Astrasia (in modern Belgium) of natural causes

Saint Ethelburga of Wessex

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Queen of Wessex (part of modern England) from 688 to 726, married to Saint Ina of Wessex. Late in life, Ina abdicated, and the couple moved to Rome, Italy where they spent their time caring for English pilgrims, and praying at the tombs of the saints.

Born

England

Died

Rome, Italy of natural causes

Saint Theophilus the Lawyer

Also known as

• Theophilus Scholasticus

• Theophilus of Caesarea

Profile

Pagan lawyer brought to the faith through a miracle received through the intervention of Saint Dorothy of Caesarea. Martyr.

Born

beheaded in 300 in Caesarea, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Antimo of Urbino

Also known as

• Antimo of Saltara

• Antonio

Profile

Twin brother of Blessed Giovanni of Urbino. Franciscan tertiary. Hermit. Known for his life of penance, and as a miracle worker.

Died

1438 in Saltara, Pesaro, Italy

Blessed Teresa Fernandez

Profile

Founded and led the Mercedarian monastery of the Consolation in Lorca, Spain.

Died

Consolation monastery, Lorca, Spain of natural causes

Saint Jacut

Profile

Son of Saint Fragan and Saint Gwen; brother of Saint Guethenoc and Saint Gwenaloe. Spiritual student of Saint Budoc. With Guethenoc, he was driven from Britain to Brittany in the 5th century by invading Saxons.

Saint Melchu of Armagh

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Son of Conis and Saint Darerca, one of their nineteen children. Brother of Saint Melchu. Nephew of Saint Patrick. Travelled with Patrick and helped evangelize Ireland. Ordained bishop of Armagh, Ireland by Patrick.

Born

British Isles

Saint Silvanus of Emesa

Also known as

Silvano

Profile

Bishop of Emesa, Phoenicia for 40 years. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian.

Died

thrown to wild animals c.311 in Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria)

Saint Tanco of Werden

Also known as

Tancho, Tanchon, Tatta

Profile

Born

Ireland

Died

808

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Saint Gerald of Ostia

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Benedictine monk. Prior of Cluny Abbey. Bishop of Ostia, Italy. Papal legate to France, Spain and Germany. Imprisoned by the German emperor, Henry V.

Died

1077

Patronage

Velletri, Italy

Saint Mucius the Lector

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Lector for bishop Saint Silvanus of Emesa, Phoenicia. Martyred with Silvanus during the persecutions of Maximian.

Died

thrown to wild animals c.311 in Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria)

Saint Luke the Deacon

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Deacon for and martyred with Bishop Silvanus of Emesa, Phoenicia. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian.

Died

thrown to wild animals c.311 in Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria)

Saint Antholian of Auvergne

Also known as

Antoliano, Anatolianus

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Died

c.265 in Auvergne, France

Saint Amand of Nantes

Also known as

Amandus, Amantius, Amatius

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Founder and first abbot of the monastery at Nantes, France.

Died

7th century of natural causes

Saint Amand of Moissac

Also known as

Amandus, Amantius, Amatius

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Founder and first abbot of the monastery of Moissac, France.

Died

644 of natural causes

Saint Mun of Lough Ree

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Fifth-century bishop in Ireland, consecrated by his uncle, Saint Patrick. In later life he retired to live as a hermit on the island of Lough Ree, Ireland.

Saint Victorinus of Auvergne

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Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Died

c.265 in Auvergne, France

Saint Andrew of Elnone

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Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Amandus of Maastricht at Elnone-en-Pevele, France. Abbot there.

Died

c.690

Saint Liminius of Auvergne

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Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Died

c.265 in Auvergne, France

Saint Cassius of Auvergne

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Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Died

c.265 in Auvergne, France

Saint Maximus of Auvergne

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Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Died

c.265 in Auvergne, France

Blessed Francesca of Gubbio

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Franciscan tertiary.

Died

1360 of natural causes