இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 7

 Blessed Leonid Feodorov

Also known as

• Father Leontios

• Leonid F'odorov

Additional Memorial

27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

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Russian Orthodox family and upbringing. His father died when Leonid was very young, and he was raised by his mother, Liubova Dimitrievna. He started his studies in the Orthodox seminary in 1901, but in 1902 he left, travelled to Rome, Italy, and converted to Catholicism.

Studied at Anagni and Rome, and the Freiburg, Germany. Assisted at the coronation of Pope Pope Pius X on 9 August 1903. Doctorate in philosophy in 1905; degree in theology in 1907. Deacon on 22 March 1911, and ordained a Greek Catholic priest on 25 March 1911 in Bosnia. Monk at the Studite monastery in Bosnia, beginning his noviate on 20 May 1912 and admitted to the habit on 12 February 1913, taking the name Father Leontios.

He returned to Saint Petersburg and was immediately arrested for his faith, and sent to Siberia. Released in March 1917 during an amnesty for political and religious prisoners, he returned to Saint Petersburg, and was appointed Exarch of the Russian Greek Catholic Church. The Communist takeover later that year began a period of persecution of the faith and the faithful, with 1922 ushering in the era of violent suppression of Christianity. All churches were ordered closed on 5 December 1922. Father Leontios and fourteen priests were arrested for their faith in January 1923, sent to Moscow for trial; sentenced to ten years exile to Solovky and Vladka.

Released in 1926, he relocated to Kaluga. Arrested again for spreading the faith, he was sentenced to ten years in Solovetsky where a large monastery had been converted to a prison. There he continued to minister to the faithful, conducting covert Masses, using wine made from raisins sent by the families of prisoners. Transferred to forced labour camp at Pinega on 6 August 1929 where he was billeted with an imprisoned Orthodox priest; after work, Leontios conducted catechism class for local boys. Transferred to Arkhangelsk, to Kotlas, and to Poltava. The poor conditions and steady overwork broke his health, and in 1932 he was certified as an invalid. He completed his sentence in 1933, but was barred from returing to many Russian cities, and had to live in exile the rest of his life. One of the Martyrs Under Communism in Eastern Europe.

Born

4 November 1879 at Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died

• 7 March 1935 of "natural causes"

• buried at Kirov, Russia

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Saint Siméon-François Berneux

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Born to a poor family, Siméon felt a call to the priesthood at age ten. He entered the seminary in Mans, France in 1831. Due to health problems, he had to leave seminary for two years during which time he worked as a tutor. Ordained a diocesan priest on 20 May 1837, Father Berneux served as a professor and spiritual director at the Mons seminary.

Feeling a call to missionary work, he joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1839, and left for the Asian missions on 13 January 1840. He arrived first in Manila, Philippines before being assigned to the Tonkin region of modern Vietnam on 17 January 1841. He began his work near a small convent outside the town of Moi-yen, learning the Annam language. Arrested on Holy Saturday 1841 during one of the periodic anti–Christian persecutions, Siméon and a brother priest were dragged from place to place, ordered to renounce Christianity, ordered to convince lay people to renounce the faith, and when their persecutors finally realized that the priests would not cooperate, they were sentenced to death on 8 October 1842.

However, before the sentence could be officially approved, a French official learned of their imprisonment, and had them released on 7 March 1843. Father Berneux was sent to the Chinese province of Manchuria where he continued his missionary work there for ten years, sometimes in Singapore or Macao. On 5 August 1854 he was chosen the fourth Vicar Apostolic of Korea by Pope Pius IX, and arrived there with some fellow missionaries in early 1856; for administrative reasons he was also appointed titular bishop of Capsa. He learned Korean, spent time on the road visiting rural Christians, started a seminary in Pae-ron, founded several schools, and started a printing house that published Catholic works in Korean. Thousands were baptized during his time as bishop, but a palace coup in 1864 and threats of Russian invasion led to a resurgence in anti-Western, anti–Christian nationalism and official persecution of the Church. Bishop Berneux was arrested on 23 February 1866. He was taken to the capital, and from 3 to 7 March he was repeatedly beaten and interrogated under torture until the bones in his legs were shattered. As he was dragged to his death, Father Siméon preached to the people who had come out to witness the execution, and to remind his fellow sufferers that they died for the kingdom of God. Martyr.

Born

14 May 1814 in Château-du-Loir, Sarthe, France

Died

• tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Sae-nam-teo, Seoul, South Korea

• relics transferred to Berlin, Germany in 2001

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Perpetua

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 7)

✠ புனிதர்கள் பெர்பெச்சுவா மற்றும் ஃபெலிஸிட்டி ✠

(Saints Perpetua and Felicity)

மறைசாட்சியர்:

(Martyrs)

பிறப்பு: 2ம் நூற்றாண்டு

கார்தேஜ் (Carthage)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 203

கார்தேஜ், ஆபிரிக்காவின் ரோம பிராந்தியம்

(தற்போது துனீசியாவில்)

(Carthage, Roman Province of Africa (modern-day Tunisia)

ஏற்கும் சபை/ சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Churches)

ஆங்கிலிக்க ஒன்றியம்

(Anglican Communion)

லூதரனியன் திருச்சபை

(Lutheran Church)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodox Churches)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மார்ச் 7

பாதுகாவல்:

தாய்மார்கள், கருவுற்றிருக்கும் தாய்மார்கள்,

பண்ணையாட்கள், கசாப்புக்காரர்கள், கார்தேஜ் (Carthage), கட்டலோனியா (Catalonia)

மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டைச் சேர்ந்த புனிதர்களான பெர்பெச்சுவா, (Perpetua) ஃபெலிஸிட்டி (Felicity) மற்றும் அவர்களின் தோழர்களின் கிறிஸ்தவத்திற்கான மறைசாட்சியம் அல்லது உயிர்த்தியாகம் சம்பந்தமான இலக்கியங்கள் மிகவும் தொன்மையான, பழமை வாய்ந்த படைப்புகளாக மதிக்கப்படுகின்றன. இவ்விலக்கியப் படைப்புகள், லத்தீன் மற்றும் கிரேக்க (Latin and Greek) மொழிகளில் உள்ளன.

"The Passion of St. Perpetua, St. Felicitas, and their Companions" என்னும் நூல், இவர்களின் மறைசாட்சியத்தினை விவரிக்கும் நூலாகும். கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் திருப்பலியில் பெயர் குறிப்பிடப்படும் புனிதர்களுல் இவர்களும் அடங்குவர்.

"விபியா பெர்பெச்சுவா", (Vibia Perpetua) சுமார் 22 வயதுடைய, அழகிய, நன்கு கற்றறிந்த, உயர்குடியினைச் சேர்ந்த, திருமணமான, ஒரு கைக்குழந்தையின் இளம் தாய் ஆவார். இவரோடு மறைசாட்சியாக மரித்த இவரின் அடிமைப் பெண்ணான ஃபெலிஸிட்டி (Felicity) கருவுற்றிருந்தார்.

பெர்பெச்சுவா'வின் தாயார் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவர் ஆவார். ஆனால் அவரது தந்தையோ ஒரு “பாகன்” விசுவாசி ஆவார். அவரது தந்தை தொடர்ந்து அவரை கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை விட்டுவிடும்படி வற்புறுத்திக்கொண்டே இருந்தார். ஆனால் பெர்பெச்சுவா அதற்கு மறுப்பு தெரிவித்துக்கொண்டேயிருந்தார். அடங்கா கோபமுற்ற அவரது தந்தை, பெர்பெச்சுவா'வை அவரது 22ம் வயதில் பிடித்து சிறையிலடைத்தார்.

சிறைச்சாலையின் எண்ணற்ற துன்புறுத்தல்களின் பின்னரும் அவர்கள் கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தினை கைவிட மறுத்துவிட்டனர். பெர்பெச்சுவா, ஃபெலிஸிட்டி இருவரும் ஆப்பிரிக்காவின் கார்தேஜ் நகரில், பேரரசன் செப்டிமியஸ் செவெரஸ் (Emperor Septimius Severus) என்பவனது பிறந்தநாள் விழா கொண்டாட்டங்களின்போது, இராணுவ விளையாட்டு மைதானத்தில் தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சிகளாக கொல்லப்பட்டனர். இவர்களுடன் கொல்லப்பட்ட அடிமைகளான "ரெவோகட்டஸ்", "செகுண்டுலஸ்" மற்றும் "சச்சுர்நினஸ்" (Revocatus, Secundulus and Saturninus) ஆகிய மூவரும் மிருகங்களுக்கு இரையாக்கப்பட்டனர்.

இவர்களின் மரணத்தின் சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்னர் ஃபெலிஸிட்டி ஒரு பெண் குழந்தைக்கு தாயானார். இவர் விதவையர், மற்றும் இறந்த குழந்தைகளின் தாய்மாரின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆவார்.

Also known as

Vivia Perpetua

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Lay-woman born to a noble pagan family. Convert to Christianity. Wife and mother. Martyred with her maid, friend, and fellow convert Saint Felicitas. In centuries past, their story was so popular that Saint Augustine of Hippo warned against giving it the weight of Scripture.

Died

mauled by wild beasts and beheaded 7 March 203 at Carthage, North Africa

Patronage

• cattle

• married women

• martyrs

• Carthage, Tunisia

• Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Catalonia, Spain

Saint Felicity of Carthage

Also known as

Felicitas

Profile

Lay-woman. Convert. Maid, friend, and fellow convert of Saint Perpetua. Martyred with her. In centuries past their story was so popular that Saint Augustine of Hippo warned against giving it the weight of Scripture.

Died

mauled by wild beasts and beheaded 7 March 203 at Carthage, North Africa

Patronage

• cattle

• martyrs

Representation

• bull

• cow

• pregnant woman holding a cross

• woman with a sword by her

• woman with a bull or ox in an amphitheater

Saint Teresa Margaret Redi

Also known as

• Ann Maria Redi

• Anna Maria Redi

• Anne Mary Redi

• Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart

• Teresa Margherita Redi of the Sacred Heart

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Born to the Tuscan nobility, the daughter of Count Ignatius Redi and Camilla Billeti. Pious child who saw God in all things, and who was confused to learn that not everyone knew that God loved them.

Educated at the Saint Apollonia convent at Florence, Italy from age nine. A gentle and mature child, she was often left in to watch over her peers. Noted for an intense desire for her First Communion, and for a devotion to Our Lady. Had an extensive correspondence with her father, discussing her spiritual life in great detail; she asked that he destroy each letter after reading it, and sadly, he did so.

In September 1763 she received a message from Saint Teresa of Jesus advising her to become a Carmelite. Anna went home to Arezzo, Italy at age 17, but returned to Florence almost immediately. Became a Discalced Carmelite, joining the convent of Saint Teresa on 1 September 1764, and taking the name Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart. She received the veil on 11 March 1765, and made her final vows on 12 March 1766.

Sister Teresa worked in the convent's infirmary, and appeared to have a gift of healing. She predicted her own death less than five years after making her final vows. Her short life and vocation were spent in contemplative union with God as she ever meditated on her favourite phrase, "God is love."

Born

15 July 1747 at Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy as Anna Maria Redi

Died

• 7 March 1770 at Florence, Italy of a severe and painful abdominal disorder

• post-mortem, all the swelling and discoloration in her body disappeared, her body was incorrupt several weeks later, had a healthy glow, and exuded an odor of perfume

Canonized

19 March 1934 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed José Ollalo Valdés

Also known as

Poor People's Priest (though he wasn't a priest)

Profile

José was abandoned as an infant at the age of one month at the Saint Joseph orphanage in Havana, Cuba; he had a note which had his birthdate and the statement that he had not been baptized. The orphanage baptized him 2 days later, and he lived there till he was 7 years old when he was transferred to the Benefencia orphanage, also in Havana.

In 1834 joined the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, finishing his novitiate in April 1835, and assigned to work at the Brothers hospital in Puerto Príncipe (modern Camagüey, Cuba); he worked there as a nurse for the rest of his life. Appointed head nurse of the hospitals in 1845. Chosen prior of the Brothers in Camagüey. The Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba recommended that he enter the priesthood, but Brother José declined as he would not longer be able to continue his work in the hospital. He cared for people during cholera epidemics, and treated the wounded to both sides in the Ten Years War in Cuba from 1868 to 1878; he was able to prevent a massacre of civilians ordered by the Spanish forces. Due to the suppression of religious orders by the Spanish government, he was the only surviving member of the Hospitallers in Cuba for the last 13 years of his life.

Born

12 February 1820 in Havana, Cuba

Died

• 7 March 1889 in Camagüey, Cuba of natural causes

• re-interred at the chapel of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God hospital in Camagüey

Beatified

• 29 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

• beatification celebrated at the Plaza de La Caridad, Camagüey, Cuba, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

• his was the first beatification cemetery celebrated in Cuba

• the beatification miracle involved the healing of three-year-old Daniela Cabrera Ramos

Blessed María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa

Also known as

• María Antonia of Saint Joseph

• Mama Antula

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Raised in a pious family, Maria early felt a call to religious life, but as there were no cloistered religious congregations in the region at the time, she simply donned a black robe and moved in with some other women who felt the same call. Under the spiritual direction of Jesuit Father Gaspar Juarez, she taught children, cared for the sick and poor, did needlework to help support herself, and assisted at retreats based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. In 1767, King Charles III of Spain expelled the Jesuits; with her spiritual director gone, Maria herself started leading the retreats. She met some hostility as the Exercises are associated with Jesuits, but for years she used them as the basis for retreats in several cities, bringing the message of Christ to tens of thousands of people, and received the support of Archbishop Sebastián Malvar y Pinto of Buenos Aires. Founded the Daughters of the Divine Savior and a retreat house in Buenos Aires which continues its good work over two centuries later.

Born

1730 in Silípica, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Died

• 6 – 7 March 1799 in the retreat house in Buenos Aires, Argentina of natural causes

• interred in the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in Buenos Aires

Beatified

• 27 August 2016 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated at Francisco de Aguirre Park, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

• her beatification miracle involved the 1904 healing of Sister Rosa Vanina

Saint Simon-Marie-Just Ranfer de Bretenières

Also known as

Pere Païk Chen Fou (Father White as Snow)

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

Profile

Born to the nobility, he was well educated, and earned a degree in Lyon, France in 1856. Simon entered the Sulpician seminary in Paris, France in 1859. He joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and began studying at their seminary on 25 July 1861. Ordained on 21 May 1864. Assigned to Korea, it took ten months of travel before he was able to sneak into the country on 29 May 1865 to begin ministering to Christians during a period of persecution. Worked with Saint Siméon-François Berneux. Arrested on 26 February 1866, he was imprisoned, tortured and martyred with his bishop and two brother priests.

Born

28 February 1838 in the home of his maternal grand-parents at Châlon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France

Died

tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Ioannes Baptista Nam Chong-Sam

Also known as

• Nam Jong-Sam

• Yohan

• John the Baptist Nam Chong-sam

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

Profile

Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Well educated, he embarked at an early age on a career in civil service, and by age 39 was a regional governor. However, John had trouble reconciling his official duties with his Christianity, and he finally resigned in order to work with missionaries, teaching them the Korean language. He moved to Seoul and earned his living teaching Chinese literature to the children of high officials. With increasing fears of a Russian invasion in 1866, a wave of anti-foreign and anti–Christian nationalism swept through the country. John-Baptiste was enlisted to bring in French officials to help resolve the matter, but he was eventually swept up in the persecutions that followed, being arrested, tortured and murdered for his faith. Martyr.

Born

1817 in Chungju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Died

7 March 1866 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Bernard-Louis Beaulieu

#புனித_லூயிஸ்_பெர்னார்ட்_பியூலியூ 

(1840-1866)

இவர் (#StLouisBernardBeaulieu) பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

சிறுவயதில் தன் தந்தையை இழந்த இவர், தன் தாயின் பராமரிப்பில் வளர்ந்து வந்தார். இவரது தாய் இவரை இறை நம்பிக்கையில் மிகச் சிறந்த விதமாய் வளர்த்தார்.

இவர் சிறு வயதிலேயே இறைவனின் அழைப்பை உணர்ந்தார். அதனால் இவர் தன் ஒன்பதாவது வயதில் இளம் குடும்பத்தில் சேர்ந்து, பதினேழாம் வயதில் பெரிய குடும்பத்தில் நுழைந்து, 1864 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார். 

இவர் குருவானதும் கொரியாவிற்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்க அனுப்பப் பட்டார். அங்கு இவர் சியோல் என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கப் பணிக்கப்பட்டார். கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்கெதிரான அச்சுறுத்தல்கள் தொடர்ந்து இருந்த அப்பகுதியில் இவர் மனவுறுதியோடு நற்செய்தி அறிவித்தார்.

இந்நிலையில் 1864 ஆம் ஆண்டு எதிரிகள் இவரைப் பிடித்துக் கொடூரமாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்து கொலை செய்தார்கள். இவருக்குத் திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான்பால் அவர்களால் 1984 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Additional Memorials

• 20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

• 21 May (diocese of Bourdeaux, France)

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Bernard-Louis's father died when the boy was very young, but his mother raised him with a good Christian education. He entered the seminary of the diocese of Bordeaux, France at age 17, but health problems caused his studies to take a little longer than normal. He joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1863, was ordained on 21 May 1864, and sent to the missions in Korea where he worked and died with Saint Siméon-François Berneux. Tortured and martyred in one of the anti–Christian persecutions.

Born

8 October 1840 in Langon, Gironde, France

Died

tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Sae-nam-teo, Seoul, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Pierre-Henri Dorie

Also known as

Peter Henricus Dorie

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Studied at the seminaries of Sables-d'Olonne and Luçon. Ordained a priest on 21 May 1864. Member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and assigned to missionary work in Korea. Tortured and martyred in one of the anti–Christian persecutions.

Born

23 September 1839 in St-Hilaire-de-Talmont, Vendée, France

Died

tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Drausinus of Soissons

Also known as

Drausius, Drausin

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Bishop of Soissons, France. Established several foundations, even getting the tyrant Ebroin, who cared nothing for the Church, to help establish a chapel for sick nuns. Mediaeval legend says that to spend the night at Drausinus' tomb made one invincible; whole platoons of soldiers used to camp out at the tomb the night before a battle. His patronage also helps thwart the plans of your enemies, and Saint Thomas Becket visited the tomb before returning to the treachery he knew awaited him at home.

Died

c.674 of natural causes

Patronage

• against enemy plots

• champions

• invincible people

Saint Esterwine of Wearmouth

Also known as

Easterwine, Eosterwine, Esterwinus

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Born to the Northumbrian nobility. Soldier in the army of King Egfrid of Northumbria. Monk at Wearmouth Abbey at age 24 with his relative Saint Benedict Biscop. Ordained in 679. Succeeded Saint Benedict as abbot in 682. Noted for his gentleness to all and for living and working side by side with his brother monks.

Born

in 650 in Northumbria, England

Died

• 6 March 686 of natural causes

• interred by the door of the Church of Saint Peter at Wearmouth Abbey

• relics later translated to a shrine near the high altar of the church

Saint Gaudiosus of Brescia

Also known as

Gaudioso

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Bishop of Brescia, Italy.

Died

• c.445

• relics re-discovered and re-enshrined at the church of Sant'Alessandro in Brescia, Italy in 1454

• relics hidden in private chapel of the Da Ponte family during the anti–Christian excesses of the French Revolution

• relics re-enshrined at Sant’Alessandro in 1823

Blessed Henry of Austria

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Mercedarian lay knight. Noted for his openness, charity and deep prayer life. In Tunis, while working to free Christians held as slaves by Muslims, he was scourged for expressing his Christianity publicly, but survived to return to Spain.

Died

• predicted the date of his death, and choirs of angels were reported to be heard in his cell when he died

• buried at the Mercedarian church in Barcelona, Spain of natural causes

Blessed John Larke

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Parish priest. Rector of Saint Ethelburga's, Bishopgate, London, England from 1504 to 1524. Rector of Woodford, Essex from 1526 to 1527. Rector at Chelsea, London. Friend of and imprisoned with Saint Thomas More. Executed with Blessed German Gardiner and Blessed John Ireland for denying that the King of England had supremacy over the Church, and for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.

Died

7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Eubulus of Caesarea

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Travelled from Batanaea to Caesarea in Palestine to visit and minister to the Christians there. Martyred with Saint Adrian in the persecutions of governor Firmilian.

Died

7 March 308

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Blessed German Gardiner

Also known as

Jermyn Gardiner

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Educated at the University of Cambridge, England. Secretary to the bishop of Winchester, England. Martyred with Blessed John Larke for refusing to recognize the spiritual supremacy of the King of England.

Died

martyred on 7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Paul the Simple

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 7)

✠ புனிதர் எளிய பவுல் ✠

(St. Paul the Simple)

துறவி (Hermit):

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 225

எகிப்து (Egypt)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 339

எகிப்து (Egypt)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Churches)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodox Churches)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 7

எகிப்தின் புனிதர் எளிய பவுல் (St. Paul the Simple of Egypt), ஒரு துறவியும், புனிதர் வனத்து அந்தோனியாரின் (St. Anthony the Great) சீடருமாவார். இவர், ஆட்சி மற்றும் ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட எளிமை ஆகியவற்றில் நமக்கு சிறந்த முன்னுதாரணம் என்று, சினாய் மடாதிபதியான புனிதர் ஜான் (St John, the Abbot of Sinai) எழுதி வைத்துள்ளார். புனிதர் எகிப்தின் பவுல் (St. Paul of Egypt), இவரது சம காலத்தவராவார்.

புனிதர் எளிய பவுல், ஒரு விவசாயி ஆவார். தமது அழகிய மனைவி, வேறு ஒருவருடன் தகாத உறவில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்ததை அறிந்த இவர், தமது அறுபது வயதில், குடும்ப வாழ்வை துறந்து, துறவியாகும் எண்ணத்தில் வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியே சென்றார்.

புனிதர் வனத்து அந்தோனியாரை அணுகி, தாம் ஒரு துறவி ஆக விரும்பியதைக் கூறினார். வனத்து அந்தோனியாரும், அறுபது வயதான ஒருவர், தீவிர துறவு வாழ்வைப் பின்பற்றுவது மிகவும் சாத்தியமற்றது என்று கூறி பதிலளித்தார். அதற்கு பதிலாக, நன்றியுணர்வோடு, பயபக்தியுள்ளவராய் இருப்பதன் மூலம் திருப்தியடையும்படி பவுலை அவர் ஊக்கப்படுத்தினார். இந்த பதிலால் திருப்தியடையாத பவுல், அவருடைய சித்தத்தை ஏற்றுக்கொள்வதன் மூலம், கற்றுக்கொள்வதாக கூறினார். இத்துடன், பவுலை வெளியே நிறுத்தி, வனத்து அந்தோனியார் கதவைச் சாத்தினார். நான்காம் நாள், இவர் செத்துப் போவாரோ என பயந்துபோன வனத்து அந்தோனியார், அவரை உள்ளே அழைத்தார். அவர், எளிய பவுலை, பனை இலைகளில் இருந்து ஒரு கயிற்றை நெசவு செய்யும்படி கூறினார். பின்னர், நெய்த கையிற்றை அவிழ்க்க கூறினார். பின்னர், அதனை மீண்டும் நெய்ய சொன்னார்.

கடுமையான உழைப்பு, உண்ணாவிரதம், இரவில் விழித்திருத்தல், தொடர்ந்து சங்கீதங்கள் பாடுதல் போன்றவை மூலம், பவுலின் சகிப்புத் தன்மை மற்றும் பணிவு ஆகியவற்றை வனத்து அந்தோனியார் தொடர்ந்து பரீட்சித்தார். பவுலின் தன்னடக்கம் மற்றும் அர்ப்பணம் ஆகியவற்றால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட வனத்து அந்தோனியார், அங்கிருந்து சில மைல் தொலைவிலுள்ள ஒரு சிறு அறையை இவருக்கு அளித்தார். இறுதியில், பசாசுக்களை ஓட்டும் சக்தியை பவுல் பெற்றிருந்தார் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.

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Farmer. Upon the discovery of his wife's adultery, Paul became a desert hermit. Spiritual student of Saint Anthony the Abbot. Given the title The Simple for his simple and humble acceptance of the teachings. Received visions, and known as a miracle worker.

Died

c.339 of natural causes

Blessed Volker of Segeberg

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Priest. Augustinian canon at the Segeberg monastery and fortress in modern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where he was a spiritual student of Saint Vicelin of Oldenburg. He served as a missionary to the surrounding area until he was killed by pagans. Martyr.

Died

• c.1135 near Segeberg, Germany

• relics interred in Neumünster, Germany

Blessed Maisam Pho Inpèng

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Married layman in the apostolic vicariate of Vientiane (in modern Laos). Martyr.

Born

1934 in Sam Neua, Houaphan, Laos

Died

7 March 1970 in Den Din, Vientiane, Laos

Beatified

• 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in Vientiane, Laos, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Saint Ardo of Aniane

Also known as

Ardone, Smaragdus

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Monk at the abbey of Aniane, France, taking the name Ardo. Director of the abbey schools. Travelled with Saint Benedict of Aniane, served as his secretary, and wrote his biography. Abbot at Aniane.

Born

Languedoc (part of modern France) as Smaragdus

Died

843 of natural causes

Blessed Luc Sy

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Married layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Vientiane (in modern Laos). Martyr.

Born

1938 in Ban Pha Hôk, Xieng Khouang, Laos

Died

7 March 1970 in Den Din, Vientiane, Laos

Beatified

• 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in Vientiane, Laos, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Blessed John Ireland

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Priest. Chaplain to Blessed John Larke and Saint Thomas More. Rector at Eltham, Kent, England from 1535 to 1536. Martyred with Blessed German Gardiner and Blessed John Larke for denying that the King of England had supremacy over the Church.

Died

7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Daniel of Wichterich

Also known as

Daniel of Verden

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Chosen bishop of Verden, Germany on 27 November 1342, he served for nearly 14 years before retiring to the Carmelite monastery in Cologne, Germany in 1356.

Died

7 March 1364 at the Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, Germany of natural causes

Blessed William of Assisi

Also known as

William the Englishman

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May have been a priest. Joined the Franciscans and travelled with Saint Francis of Assisi in the early days of the Order.

Born

England

Died

1232 in Assisi, Italy of natural causes

Blessed Reinhard of Reinhausen

Also known as

Reginhard

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Monk of Helmarshausen in modern Bad Karlshafen, Germany. Monk and head of the abbey school at Stavelot, Belgium. First abbot at Reinhausen, Germany in 1130.

Died

c.1168

Saint Paul of Prusa

Also known as

Paul of Pelusium

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Bishop of Prusa, Bithynia (part of modern Turkey). Opposed the iconoclasts, and for his trouble he was exiled to Egypt where he spent the rest of his life.

Died

840 in Egypt of natural causes

Saint Deifer of Bodfari

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Sixth century founder and abbey of Bodfari Abbey in Clwyd, Wales.

Saint Enodoch

Also known as

Wenedoc

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Venerated in Wales.

Died

c.520

Martyrs of Carthage

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A catechist and three students martyred together for teaching and learning the faith. We know little more than their names - Revocatus, Saturninus, Saturus and Secundulus.

Died

mauled by wild beasts and beheaded 7 March 203 at Carthage, North Africa

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 6

 St. Bilfrid

Feastday: March 6

Death: 8th century

Benedictine hermit, the silversmith who bound the Lindisfarne Gospels. He was a hermit in Lindisfarne, England, off the coast of Northumbria, in northern England, where he aided Bishop Eaddfrid in preparing the binding of that masterpiece. He used gold, silver, and gems to bind the famous copy of the Gospels of St. Cuthbert. His relics were enshrined in Durham, England, in the eleventh century.

St. Conon

Feastday: March 6

Death: 250

A Nazarene who worked as a gardener at Carmel in Pamphylia. He was martyred there

Saint Colette

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 6)

✠ புனிதர் கொலெட் ✠

(St. Colette of Corbie)

மடாதிபதி, நிறுவனர்:

(Abbess and Foundress)

பிறப்பு: ஜனவரி 13, 1381

கோர்பீ, அமியேன்ஸ், பர்கண்டி

(Corbie, County of Amiens, Duchy of Burgundy)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 6, 1447 (வயது 66)

கெண்ட், ஃப்லேண்டர்ஸ், பர்கண்டி

(Ghent, County of Flanders, Duchy of Burgundy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபை, கொலேட்டின் புவர் க்ளேர் சபை

(Franciscan Order, especially the Colettine Poor Clares)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஜனவரி 23, 1740

திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் கிளெமென்ட்

(Pope Clement XII)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 24, 1807

திருத்தந்தை ஏழாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius VII)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

பெத்லேஹெம் துறவுமடம், கென்ட், பெல்ஜியம்

(Monastery of Bethlehem, Ghent, Belgium)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 6

பாதுகாவல்:

குழந்தைப் பேறு வேண்டும் பெண்கள்

(Women seeking to conceive)

தாயாகக் காத்திருக்கும் பெண்கள்

(Expectant mothers)

நோய்வாய்ப்பட்ட குழந்தைகள்

(Sick children)

புனிதர் கொலெட் (St. Colette of Corbie), ஒரு ஃபிரெஞ்ச் துறவுமடாதிபதியும், "புனிதர் கிளாரா சபையின்" (Order of Saint Clare) சீர்திருத்தப்பட்ட கிளையான "கொலேட்டின் எளிய கிளாரா" (Colettine Poor Clares) எனும் சபை நிறுவனரும் ஆவார். எண்ணற்ற அதிசயச் சம்பவங்கள் இவர் வாழ்க்கையின் நிகழ்ந்ததால், இவர் "குழந்தைப் பேறு வேண்டும் பெண்கள்", "தாயாகக் காத்திருக்கும் பெண்கள்", மற்றும் "நோய்வாய்ப்பட்ட குழந்தைகள்" ஆகியோரின் பாதுகாவலராக வணங்கப்படுகிறார். ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை இவரை புனிதராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்தது.

"நிகோல் போல்லெட்" (Nicole Boellet) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட புனிதர் கொலெட், ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் "பிகார்டி" (Picardy) பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள "கோர்பீ" (Corbie) எனும் கிராமத்தில் கி.பி. 1381ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 13ம் நாள், பிறந்தார். "கோர்பீ" கிராமத்திலுள்ள "பெனடிக்டைன் துறவு மடத்தின் (Benedictine Abbey of Corbie) ஏழைத் தச்சரான "ராபர்ட் போல்லெட்" (Robert Boellet) இவரது தந்தை ஆவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர் "மார்கரெட் மோயோன்" (Marguerite Moyon) ஆகும்.

இவரது பெற்றோர் முதிர் வயதுவரை குழந்தைப் பாக்கியமின்றி இருந்ததாகவும், பின்னர் அவர்கள் "புனிதர் நிக்கோலசை" (Saint Nicholas) நோக்கி குழந்தைப்பேறு வேண்டி ஜெபித்ததால் அவர்களது அறுபதாவது வயதில் பிறந்த பெண் குழந்தைக்கு புனிதர் நிக்கோலசுக்கு நன்றி கூறுவதற்காக பிறந்த குழந்தைக்கு "நிக்கோல்" என்று பெயரிட்டதாகவும், அவரது பெற்றோர் அவரை அன்புடன் "நிகொல்லெட்" (Nicolette) என அழைத்ததாகவும் பின்னர் அந்த பெயராலேயே அவர் அறியப்பட்டதாகவும் அவரது சமகால வாழ்க்கை வரலாற்றாசிரியர்கள் கூறுகின்றனர்.

நிகொல்லெட்டின் பதினெட்டு வயதில் அவரது பெற்றோர் மரித்தனர். பின்னர் அவர் "பெகுய்ன்ஸ்" (Beguines) எனப்படும் சகோதரிகளின் (மத வார்த்தைப்பாடுகள் பெறாத) சபையில் இணைந்தார். அச்சபையோரின் இணையற்ற வாழ்க்கை முறையால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்டார். கி.பி. 1402ம் ஆண்டு, புனிதர் ஃபிரான்ஸிசின் மூன்றாம் நிலை சபையில் (Third Order of St. Francis) இணைந்தார். கோர்பீ தேவாலயத்தின் அருகேயுள்ள கோர்பீ மடாதிபதியின் ஆலோசனையின் பேரில் அவர் ஒரு துறவியாக மாறினார்.

நான்கு வருட துறவுப் பணியின் பின்னர், அவர் கண்ட பல்வேறு கனவுகள் மற்றும் திருக்காட்சிகளின் அடிப்படையில், "ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் இரண்டாம் நிலை" (Franciscan Second Order) சபையை சீரமைத்து, அதன் முழுமையான எளிமை மற்றும் தாழ்ச்சிக்கே திருப்பித் தர தாம் அழைக்கப்படுவதாக நம்பினார். அதன்படியே செய்தார்.

கி.பி. 1406 முதல் 1412ம் ஆண்டு வரையான காலகட்டத்தில் அவர் பல்வேறு துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். தமது வாழ்நாள் முழுதும் அவர் 18 துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். துறவு மட காரியங்களுக்காக அவர் பயணித்த ஊர்களுக்கு காலணிகள் அணியாது வெறும் கால்களுடனேயே பயணித்தார். நித்திய விரதம், எளிமை மற்றும் தாழ்ச்சியின் அடையாளமாக திகழ்ந்தார்.

கி.பி. 1447ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், ஆறாம் நாளன்று, "கென்ட்" (Ghent) என்னுமிடத்தில் கொலெட் மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Coleta

• Colette Boylet

• Collette of Corbie

• Nicholette Boilet

• Nicolette

Additional Memorial

7 February (Franciscans, Capuchins)

Profile

Carpenter's daughter whose parents were near 60 at her birth. Colette was orphaned at age 17, and left in the care of a Benedictine abbot. Her guardian wanted her to marry, but Colette was drawn to religious life. She initially tried to join the Beguines and Benedictines, but failed in her vocation. Franciscan tertiary. Hermitess. On 17 September 1402, at age 21, she became an anchoress - walled into a cell whose only opening was a grilled window into a church.

She had visions in which Saint Francis of Assisi ordered her to restore the Rule of Saint Clare to its original severity. When she hesitated, she was struck blind for three days and mute for three more; she saw this as a sign to take action.

Colette tried to follow her mission by explaining it, but had no success. Realizing she needed more authority behind her words, she walked to Nice, France, barefoot and clothed in a habit of patches, to meet Peter de Luna, acknowledged by the French as the schismatic Pope Benedict XIII. He professed her a Poor Clare, and was so impressed that he made her superioress of all convents of Minoresses that she might reform or found, and a missioner to Franciscan friars and tertiaries.

She travelled from convent to convent, meeting opposition, abuse, slander, and was even accused of sorcery. Eventually she made some progress, especially in Savoy, where her reform gained sympathizers and recruits. This reform passed to Burgundy in France, Flanders in Belgium and Spain.

Colette helped Saint Vincent Ferrer heal the papal schism. She founded seventeen convents; one branch of the Poor Clares is still known as the Colettines.

She was known for a deep devotion to Christ's Passion with an appreciation and care for animals. Colette fasted every Friday, meditating on the Passion. After receiving Holy Communion, she would fall into ecstasies for hours. She foretold the date of her own death.

Born

13 January 1381 at Corbie, Picardy, France as Nicolette Boilet, named in honor of Saint Nicholas of Myra

Died

• 6 March 1447 at Ghent, Belgium of natural causes

• relics at the Monastère Sainte-Claire, Poligny, France

Canonized

24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII

Patronage

• against eye disorders

• against fever

• against headaches

• against infertility

• against the death of parents

• craftsmen

• Poor Clares

• servants

• Corbie, France

• Ghent, Belgium

Saint Chrodegang of Metz

#புனித_குரோத்கேங்க் (714-776)

மார்ச் 06

இவர் (#StChrodegangOfMetz) பெல்ஜியத்தைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவரது பெற்றோர் சிக்ரம், லாண்ட்ராதா என்பவராவர்.

நல்லதொரு கல்வியைப் பெற்று, பல முக்கியப் பொறுப்புகளை வகித்த இவர், நோன்பிற்கும் இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளுக்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வந்தார். இவர் ஏழைகளிடம் மிகுந்த கரிசனை கொண்டிருந்தார் என்பதும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

இந்நிலையில் இவர் 748 ஆம் ஆண்டு மெட்ஜ் நகரின் ஆயராக உயர்த்தப்பட்டார். இவர் ஆயராக உயர்த்தப்பட்ட பிறகு மறைமாவடத்தைச் சிறந்த விதமாய் வழிநடத்தினார். அருள்பணியாளர்களின் பணிவாழ்விலும் மறுமலர்ச்சியை ஏற்படுத்தினார். 

இவர் திருத்தந்தையையின் பிரதிநிதியாகவும் இருந்தார். இதனால் இவர் திருஅவைக்கு அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருந்த தப்பறைக் கொள்கைகளைக் கடுமையாக எதிர்த்தார்.

இவ்வாறு திருஅவையைப் பலவிதங்களில் கட்டிக் காத்த இவர் 776 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Chrodegand, Chrodegangus, Chrodegrang, Chrodegrangus, Chrodogand, Chrodogandus, Chrotgang, Chrotgangus, Droctegangus, Godegrand, Godegrandus, Grodegandus, Grodegangus, Grodogangus, Gundigran, Krodegandus, Ratgang, Rodigang, Rudigangus, Ruggandus, Ruodgangus, Ruotgangus, Rutgangus, Sirigang and Sirigangus

Additional Memorial

3 October (Augustinians)

Profile

Son of Sigram and Landrada; related to Pepin the Short; brother of Saint Opportuna of Montreuil. Educated at Saint Trond abbey. Secretary to Charles Martel. Chancellor of France. Even while holding such positions, he went about in hair shirts, fasting, praying, and supporting the poor. Bishop of Metz, France in 742 even though he was still a layman. Chief minister to Pepin the Short. Ambassador to the Vatican. Mayor of the Palace. Involved in the coronation of Pepin as King of the Franks, the first Carolingian king. Defended Rome and the papacy against the Lombards. Worked to reform the Frankish Church, including educating the clergy, and encouraging them to live in communities based largely on the Benedictine Rule. Founded and restored churches and monasteries. Introduced the Roman liturgy and Gregorian Chant to his see, from which they spread to other parts of Europe. Participated in several councils.

Born

c.714 at Hesbaye, Brabant, near Liege, Belgium

Died

• 6 March 776 at Metz, France

• relics, in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Symphorien, were destroyed during the French Revolution

Saint Fridolin

Also known as

• Apostle of the Upper Rhine

• Fridolin Vandreren of Säckingen

• Irish Wanderer

Profile

Born to the Irish nobility. Evangelist. Benedictine monk at Luxeuil Abbey and at Poitiers, France. Received a vision of Saint Hilary of Poitiers in which he was shown the location of Hilary's relics, which had been lost during a Vandal invations. Fridolin found them, and built a chapel to house them. He built churches in Alsace, in Switzerland, and in Burgundy. Missionary among the Alamanni in the Upper Rhine; many thought he was a roaming cattle thief, and chased him away. He founded the monastery in Säckingen, Baden (part of modern Germany, and served as its abbot. On the date of his feast, the houses of Säckingen are decorated with the flags of Germany, Switzerland, and Ireland.

Born

Irish

Died

• c.540 at Säckingen, Germany of natural causes

• buried in Säckingen

Patronage

• for good weather

• Alsace, France

• Glarus, Switzerland

• Säckingen, Germany

• Strasbourg, France

Blessed Sylvester of Assisi

Profile

Born to the nobility. One of the first 12 followers of Saint Francis of Assisi, and first priest in the Franciscan Order. Sylvester once sold Francis stone to rebuild a church. A short while later, he saw Francis and Bernard of Quintavalle distributing Bernard's wealth to the poor. Sylvester complained that he had been poorly paid for the stone, and asked for more money. Francis obliged. But the handful of money soon filled Sylvester with guilt. He sold his possessions, began a life of penance, and joined Francis' community. A holy and prayerful man, Sylvester travelled with Francis, and became his advisor. It was Sylvester and Clare who answered Francis' query with the response that he should serve God by going out to preach rather than by devoting himself to prayer. In a city involved in a civil war, Francis ordered Sylvester to drive the devils out. At the city gate Sylvester cried out: "In the name of almighty God and by virtue of the command of his servant Francis, depart from here, all you evil spirits." Peace returned to the city.

Died

• 1240

• buried in the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy

Saint Rose of Viterbo

Also known as

• Rose of Vieterbo

• Rosa

Additional Memorial

4 September (translation of relics; in Viterbo, Italy; Franciscans)

Profile

Franciscan tertiary. At age three she brought a person back from death. Preached in the streets from age ten and led public processions praising Christ. Prophetess and subject to visions. Had the friendship of birds. Was repeatedly refused entrance to the Poor Clares, and in 1250 she was exiled for supporting the pope against Frederick II. After her death, Pope Alexander IV ordered her body laid to rest in the convent that had refused her.

Born

1234 at Viterbo, Italy

Died

6 March 1252 of natural causes

Canonized

1457 by Pope Callistus III

Patronage

• exiles

• people rejected by religious orders

• tertiaries

• Viterbo, Italy

Saint Julian of Toledo

Profile

Parents may have been Jewish, but Julian was raised Christian. Well educated at the local cathedral school. Monk at Agali, Spain. Spiritual student of Saint Eugene II, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain. Abbot at Agali. Archbishop of Toledo in 680. First bishop with primacy over the entire Iberian peninsula, and helped centralize the Spanish Church in Toledo. Presided over several councils and synods. Revised the Mozarbic liturgy. Voluminous writer whose works include Prognostics, a volume on death, and a biography of Visigoth King Wamba. An odd mixture, he was known as a kind and gentle man - but encouraged Spanish kings to deal harshly with Jews.

Born

642

Died

690 at Toledo, Spain of natural causes

Blessed Ollegarius of Tarragona

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 6)

✠ புனிதர் ஒலேகரியஸ் ✠

(St. Olegarius)

டர்ரகொனா பேராயர்:

(Archbishop of Tarragona)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1060

பார்சிலோனா

(Barcelona)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 6, 1137

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1675

திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் பெனடிக்ட்

(Pope Benedict XIV)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

லேபெண்டோவின் கிறிஸ்து சிற்றாலயம், பார்சிலோனா தேவாலயம்

(Side chapel of Christ of Lepanto, Cathedral of Barcelona)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 6

புனிதர் ஒலேகரியஸ், கி.பி. 1116ம் ஆண்டுமுதல், “பார்சிலோனா” (Bishop of Barcelona) ஆயராகவும், கி.பி. 1118ம் ஆண்டுமுதல், கி.பி. 1137ம் ஆண்டில் தாம் மரிக்கும்வரை “டர்ரகொனா” (Archbishop of Tarragona) பேராயராகவும் பணியாற்றியவராவார்.

இவர், பார்சிலோனாவின் (Count of Barcelona) கோமகனான “மூன்றாம் பெரங்குர்” (Ramon Berenguer III) என்பவரின் மிக நெருங்கியவராக இருந்தார். அடிக்கடி இராணுவ நடவடிக்கைகளில் அவருடன் உடன்சென்றார்.

பார்சிலோனாவின் உன்னதமான குடும்பமொன்றில் பிறந்த இவரது தந்தையார், பார்சிலோனாவின் (Count of Barcelona) கோமகனான “முதலாம் பெரங்குர்” (Ramon Berenguer I) என்பவரைப் பின்பற்றுபவராவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், “கியூலியா” (Giulia) ஆகும்.

ஒலேகரியஸ், தமது பத்து வயதில் பார்சிலோனா தேவாலயத்தின் குருக்களின் சமூகத்தில் இணைந்தார். பின்னாளில், அவர் அதே குருக்களின் சமூகத்தின் தலைமைப் பொறுப்பையும் ஏற்றிருந்தார். பின்னர், கி.பி. 1113–1118 ஆண்டு காலத்தில், “அவிக்னான்” (Avignon) நகரிலுள்ள “தூய ரூஃபுஸ்” (Saint Rufus) “அகுஸ்தீனிய” (Augustinian monastery) துறவு மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியுமாகவும் பணியாற்றினார்.

“அகுஸ்தீனிய” துறவு மடாதிபதியாக, “பலேரீக்” (Balearic Islands) தீவுகளின் அடிப்படையில் “அல்மோராவிட்” கடல் கொள்ளையர்களுக்கு (Almoravid pirates) எதிராக “பிஸா” (Republic of Pisa) குடியரசு, “காக்லியரி” (Kingdom of Cagliari) இராச்சியம், “ப்ரோவென்ஸ் மாகாணம்” (County of Provence) மற்றும் பார்சிலோனா (Barcelona) ஆகிய நாடுகளுக்கு இடையே உள்ள மத்தியதரக் கூட்டணியை ஒலெகாரியஸ் மத்தியஸ்தம் செய்தார், இதன் விளைவாக கி.பி. 1113-15 ஆண்டுகளில் படையெடுப்பு நிகழ்ந்தது.

“மூன்றாம் பெரங்குர்” (Ramon Berenguer III), கி.பி. 1116ம் ஆண்டு, இவரை பார்சிலோனா ஆயராக நியமித்தார். “செயின்ட் அனஸ்டாசியாவின் கர்தினால் போசோ” (Cardinal Boso of Sant'Anastasia), இவருக்கு அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். கி.பி. 1117ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை “இரண்டாம் கெலாசியசுக்கு” (Pope Gelasius II) மரியாதை செலுத்துவதற்காக ஒலேகரியஸ், ரோம் சென்றார்.

ஒரு திருச்சபை தந்தையான காரணத்தால், ஒலேகரியஸ் சீர்திருத்த பாரம்பரியம் கொண்டவராக இருந்தார். அவர் அடிக்கடி திருத்தந்தையர் ஆலோசனை சபைகளில் பங்குகொண்டார். இவர், பின்வரும் ஆலோசனை சபைகளில் பங்குகொண்டார்:

கி.பி. 1119ம் ஆண்டில், “டௌலோஸ்” (Toulouse)

கி.பி. 1120ம் ஆண்டில், “ரெய்ம்ஸ்” (Rheims)

கி.பி. 1123ம் ஆண்டில், “முதலாம் இலாத்தரன்” (First Lateran)

கி.பி. 1129ம் ஆண்டில், “நர்போன்” (Narbonne)

கி.பி. 1130ம் ஆண்டில், “கிலேர்மொன்ட்” (Clermont)

கி.பி. 1131ம் ஆண்டில், “ரெய்ம்ஸ்” (Rheims)

“முதலாம் இலாத்தரன்” (First Lateran) ஆலோசனை சபையில், “புதிய கேடலோனியாவில்” (New Catalonia) நடந்த சிலுவைப் போரின் (Crusade) திருத்தந்தையர் தூதராக (Legate) இவர் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.

கி.பி. 1120ம் ஆண்டுகளில், பார்சிலோனா நகரின் புறநகரிலுள்ள “தூய யூலேலியா” துறவு மடத்தை (Monastery of Santa Eulàlia) சீர்திருத்தி அகுஸ்தீனிய மடமாக மாற்றினார். உண்மையில், அவர் “கேடலான்” (Catalan monasteries) மடாலயங்களின் அகஸ்டீன் சீர்திருத்தத்தில் பரவலாக தொடர்பு கொண்டிருந்தார். கி.பி. 1132ம் ஆண்டில் அவர் மடாலய நிலத்தில் நடந்த குற்றங்களுக்கு நீதி செய்யும் உரிமை மீது “சாண்டா மரியா டி ரிபோல்” (Santa Maria de Ripoll) மடாலயத்தை அகற்றினார். கி.பி. 1133ம் ஆண்டில், இறந்துபோன குருக்கள் அனைவரின் விரிப்புகளையும், படுக்கைகளையும், பார்சிலோனாவிலுள்ள “என் குய்டார்ட்” (En Guitard Hospital) மருத்துவமனைக்கு வழங்கினார்.

டர்ரகொனா (Tarragon) இஸ்லாமியர்களிடமிருந்து மீண்டும் வெற்றிகொண்டதன் பின்னர், ஒலேகரியஸ் டர்ரகொனா (Tarragon) பேராயராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார். கி.பி. 1126 மற்றும் 1130ம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு இடையில், ஒலேகரியஸ் டர்ரகொனா, மற்றும் அதன் தேவாலயங்களை மீண்டும் கட்டியெழுப்புவதில் மிகவும் தீவிரமாக இருந்தார்.

கி.பி. 1129ம் ஆண்டு, ஒலேகரியஸ் முதலீட்டிற்கான சர்ச்சைகளில் சிக்கினார். பின்னர், திருத்தந்தைக்கும் பேரரசுக்கும் இடையில் மோதலில் ஈடுபட்டார். அதன்பின்னர், நாடு கடத்தப்பட்டிருந்த திருத்தந்தை “இரண்டாம் ஹொனொரியஸ்” (Pope Honorius II) உடனிருப்பதற்காக தென்ஃபிரான்ஸ் திரும்பினார்.

ஒலேகரியஸ், கி.பி. 1137ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், ஆறாம் நாள், மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Ollegarius Bonestruga

• Olaguerand, Oldegar, Olegari, Olegarius, Oligarius, Oleguer, Olegario

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Augustinian canon regular. Prior of a succession of monasteries in France. Bishop of Barcelona, Spain in 1115. Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain in 1116. Revived and rebuilt the diocese from the sorry state in to which it had fallen during the Moorish occupation.

Born

1060 at Barcelona, Spain

Died

• 1137 of natural causes

• interred in the side chapel of Christ of Lepanto, cathedral of Barcelona, Spain

• body incorrupt

Beatified

25 May 1675 by Pope Clement X

Saint Marcian of Tortona

Also known as

Marciano, Marcianus, Martianus, Marzano, Marziano

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Convert, brought to the faith by Saint Barnabas the Apostle. Evangelist in and first bishop of Tortona, Italy where he served for 45 years. Martyred in the persecutions of Hadrian. May be the same as Saint Marcian of Ravenna.

Died

• crucified c.119

• buried by Saint Secundus of Asti

• grave re-discovered in the 4th century, reportedly by angelic intervention

• relics in the cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Lawrence in Tortona, Italy

Patronage

Tortona, Italy

Saint Cyriacus of Trier

Also known as

• Cyriacus of Trèves

• Ciriaco, Kiriacus, Kyriacus, Kyriakos, Quiriaco, Quiriacus, Quiriakus

Additional Memorial

20 September (translation of relics)

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Priest. Friend of and assistant to Saint Maximinus of Trier. Known to spend all night in prayer vigils.

Born

3rd century Poitiers, France

Died

• 4th century of natural causes

• buried in the Basilica of Saint Maximinus in Trier, Germany

• some relics transferred to Taben-Rodt, Germany

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against childhood diseases (a result of many such miracles at his tomb)

Saint Cyril of Constantinople

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Priest. Teacher. Prior. Known to have had a great devotion to Our Lady. Delegate from emperor to the papal court. Worked for the union of the Greek and Latin Churches. When he became persecuted by the Patriarch of Constantinople, he retired to Mount Carmel and became a Carmelite. Prior of three years, and chosen General of the Carmelites. Had the gift of prophecy. Wrote a work on the procession of the Holy Ghost. Earlier writers often confused him with Saint Cyril of Alexandria.

Born

1126 at Constantinople

Died

1224 of natural causes

Saint Balther of Lindisfarne

Also known as

Baldred, Baldredus, Bilfrid, Billfrith

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Benedictine hermit at Lindisfarne and Bass Rock, Northumbria, England. He was an expert gold and silversmith who worked with Bishop Eaddfrid to create the bindings of the Lindisfarne Gospels in gold, silver, and gems.

Born

Irish

Died

• 756 of natural causes

• remains enshrined at the Cathedral of Durham, England in the 11th century

Saint Baldred of Strathclyde

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Bishop of Strathclyde, Scotland; successor to Saint Kentigern. Founded monasteries, convents, and churches. Due to the civil disruptions of the day, late in life Baldred retired from his see and lived out his last days as a prayerful hermit on the coast of the Frith of Forth.

Born

c.543 in Ireland

Died

• c.607 at Aldhame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland of natural causes

• relics in various churches throughout Scotland

Saint Kyneburga of Castor

Also known as

Cyneburgh, Cyneburga

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Daughter of Pendra of Mercia, a fierce opponent of Christianity. Sister of Saint Kyneswide. Relative of Saint Tibba. Benedictine nun. Founder and abbess of Dormancaster (now Castor) abbey in Northamptonshire, England.

Born

in northern England

Died

• c.680 of natural causes

• relics at Petersburough abbey

Blessed Mechthild of Hochsal

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Anchoress at Hochsal, Waldshut in southern Germany.

Born

11th century

Died

• 1081 in Hochsal, Landkreis Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany of natural causes

• buried in the Kirchhof Sankt Pelagius in Hochsal, which became the site of pilgrimage until the 17th century

Blessed Guillermo Giraldi

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Mercedarian friar. Prior of the Mercedarian convent in Barcelona, Spain. Made two trips to north Africa to ransom Christians enslaved by Muslims, and brought 453 of them home.

Died

in Barcelona, Spain of natural causes

Saint Kyneswide of Castor

Also known as

Cyneswith, Cyneswide, Kuneswide

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Daughter of Pendra of Mercia, a fierce opponent of Christianity. Sister of Saint Kyneburga. Relative of Saint Tibba. Benedictine nun. Abbess at Dormancaster (now Castor) abbey in Northamptonshire, England.

Saint Cadroe

Also known as

Cadroel, Cathróe

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Prince. Studied in Arnagh, Ireland, in London, and in Fleury, France. Benedictine monk. Abbot of Waulsort monastery in Belgium. Abbot of Saint Clement's monastery, Metz, France.

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Scottish

Died

976 of natural causes

Saint Patrick of Málaga

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Bishop of Malaga, Spain. At one point he was forced to flee to Auvergne, France to escape persecution. Little else is known about him.

Born

at Malaga, Spain

Died

c.307 in Auvergne, France of natural causes

Saint Evagrius of Constantinople

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Bishop of Constantinople in 370 after the see had been vacant for 20 years due to Arian persecution. After a few months he was driven into exile by the Arian emperor Valens, and was never able to return.

Saint Aetius

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General. He and 41 fellow Christian soldiers were captured by Caliph Montassem at Amorium, Syria in 836. They spent nine years in prison with alternating periods of torture and inducements to convert to Islam; in each case they refused. Martyr.

Died

845

Saint Sananus

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One of the many 5th-century holy men who immigrated from Ireland to the Brittany coast.

Born

Ireland

Died

Patronage

Plouzané, France of natural causes

Saint Baldred the Hermit

Also known as

Baltherus the Hermit

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Eighth century hermit. Priest. Miracle worker.

Born

England

Died

756 of natural causes

Saint Basil of Bologna

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Bishop of Bologna, Italy for twenty years in the 4th century, appointed by Pope Saint Sylvester.

Died

335 of natural causes

Saint Claudianus of Nicomedia

Also known as

Claudian

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Third-century layman, married to Saint Bassa of Nicomedia. Martyr.

Saint Tibba of Castor

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Related to Saint Kyneswide and Saint Kyneburga. Benedictine nun at Dormancaster abbey, Northamptonshire, England.

Saint Vittore of Piacenza

Also known as

Victor

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Fifth century deacon of Piacenza, Italy.

Saint Bassa of Nicomedia

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Third-century lay woman, married to Saint Claudianus of Nicomedia. Martyr.

Saint Heliodorus the Martyr

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Third century martyr in Africa in the persecutions Diocletian.

Saint Venustus of Milan

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Martyr in Milan, Italy in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Saint Victorinus of Nicomedia

Martyr.

Saint Victor of Nicomedia

Martyr.

Saint Bairfhion

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Bishop.

Born

Irish

Martyrs of Amorium

Also known as

• Martyrs of Syria

• Martyrs of Samarra 

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A group of 42 Christian senior officials in the Byzantine empire who were captured by forces of the Abbasid Caliphate when the Muslim forces overran the city of Amorium, Phrygia in 838 and massacred or enslaved its population. The men were imprisoned in Samarra, the seat of the Caliphate, for seven years. Initially thought to be held for ransom due to their high position in the empire, all attempts to buy their freedom were declined. The Caliph repeatedly ordered them to convert to Islam, and sent Islamic scholars to the prison to convince them; they refused until the Muslims finally gave up and killed them. Martyrs.

We know the names and a little about seven of them,

• Aetios

• Bassoes

• Constantine

• Constantine Baboutzikos

• Kallistos

• Theodore Krateros

• Theophilos

but details about the rest have disappeared over time. However, a lack of information did not stop several legendary and increasingly over-blown “Acts” to be written for years afterward. One of the first biographers, a monk name Euodios, presented the entire affair as a judgement by God on the empire for its official policy of Iconoclasm.

Died

• beheaded on 6 March 845 in Samarra (in modern Iraq) on the banks of the Euphrates river by Ethiopian slaves

• the bodies were thrown into the river, but later recovered by local Christians and given proper burial

Martyrs of Italy

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Twelve Christians who were martyred together in Italy, date and exact location unknown. We know nothing else but the names – Charistus, Diodorus, Donatus, Filagon, Lanulus, Nigorus, Permias, Petronius, Plamfagonus, Silvanus, Vibianus and Victorinus.