Bl. Ambrose Fernandez
Feastday: March 14
Death: 1620
Martyr of Japan. Ambrose was born in Sisto, Portugal, in 1551. He went to Japan as a trader but entered the Jesuits in 1577 as a lay brother. Arrested by the Japanese, he died in Suzota prison.
Bl. Dominic Jorjes
Feastday: March 14
Death: 1619
A martyr of Japan, a Portuguese who settled in that country. He was arrested for sheltering Blessed John Spinola. He was burned alive in Nagasaki, Japan, on November 18. He was beatified in 1819.
St. Mathilda
† இன்றைய புனிதர் †
(மார்ச் 14)
✠ புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா ✠
(St. Matilda of Ringelheim)
ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு அரசி:
(German queen)
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 894/97
என்ஜெர், சக்ஸனி, கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியா
(Enger, Saxony, East Francia)
இறப்பு: மார்ச் 14, 968
குயிட்லின்பர்க், சக்ஸனி, புனித ரோம பேரரசு
(Quedlinburg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
(Eastern Orthodox Church)
முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:
குயிட்லின்பர்க் மடம், சக்ஸனி-அன்ஹல்ட், ஜெர்மனி
(Quedlinburg Abbey, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 14
புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா, கி.பி. 912ம் ஆண்டு முதல் “சக்ஸனி” (Duchess of Saxony) சீமாட்டியாகவும், கி.பி. 919ம் ஆண்டு முதல் ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு (German queen) அரசியாகவும் ஆட்சி புரிந்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது கணவர் "ஹென்றி" (Henry the Fowler) "ஒட்டோனியன்" (Ottonian dynasty) வம்சத்தின் முதல் அரசராவார். 936ம் ஆண்டு, அவரது கணவர் ஹென்றி இறந்ததும் அவரது ஞாபகார்த்தமாக "குயிட்லின்பர்க் துறவற மடத்தினை" (Quedlinburg Abbey) நிறுவினார். இவரது காலத்திலேயே இவரது மூத்த மகனான "ஓட்டோ" (Otto) 962ம் ஆண்டு, "தூய ரோமப் பேரரசராக" (Holy Roman Emperor) முடிசூடி மேற்கத்திய ஏகாதிபத்திய ஆட்சியை மீண்டும் அமல் படுத்தினார்.
ஜெர்மன் நாட்டின் சக்ஸனி பிராந்தியத்தின் "என்ஜெர்" (Enger) எனுமிடத்தில் பிறந்த மெட்டில்டாவின் தந்தை, உள்ளூர் பிரபுவான "டயட்ரிச்" (Dietrich) ஆவார். இவரது தாயார் “ரெய்ன்ஹில்ட்" (Reinhild) ஆவார்.
இவர் தமது இளம் வயதில், தமது பாட்டி மடாதிபதியாக இருந்த "ஹெர்ஃபோர்ட்" (Herford Abbey) துறவு மடத்தில் கல்வி கற்றார்.
சக்ஸனி பிரபுவான "ஓட்டோ” (Otto the Illustrious) தமது மூத்த மகனான ஹென்றிக்கு (Henry) மெட்டில்டாவை திருமண ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துகொண்டார். ஹென்றி, மெட்டில்டாவைவிட இருபது வயது மூத்தவர் ஆவார். மற்றும், அவருக்கு இது இரண்டாவது திருமணம் ஆகும். அவர் தமது முதல் மனைவியான "ஹத்தேபர்க்" (Hatheburg of Merseburg) என்பவரை விவாகரத்து செய்திருந்தார். ஹென்றி - மெட்டில்டா ஆகியோருக்கு இரண்டு பெண்களும் மூன்று ஆண்களுமாக ஐந்து குழந்தைகள் பிறந்தன.
936ம் ஆண்டு, மெட்டில்டாவின் கணவர் ஹென்றி மரணமடைந்த பிறகு, அவரும் அப்போதைய "கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியாவின்" (East Francia) அரசனாக இருந்த இவரது மகனான “முதலாம் ஒட்டோவும்” (King Otto I) "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) எனும் துறவு மடத்தினை நிறுவினர்.
ஹென்றியின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர் முப்பத்திரண்டு வருட காலம் வாழ்ந்த மெட்டில்டா, 968ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 14ம் நாளன்று, தமது "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) மடத்திலேயே மரணமடைந்தார்.
"லியுட்பிராண்ட்" (Liutprand of Cremona) மற்றும் "தியெட்மார்" (Thietmar of Merseburg) போன்ற மத்திய கால வரலாற்றாசிரியர்கள் மெட்டில்டாவை அவரது பக்தி, செப வாழ்வு மற்றும் பரோபகார செயல்களுக்காக கொண்டாடினர். மெட்டில்டா பல மத நிறுவனங்களை நிறுவினார். தமது காலத்தில் பல கல்வி நிறுவனங்களையும் நிறுவினார்.
பின்னாளில், "சக்ஸனி" மற்றும் "பவரியா" (Saxony and Bavaria) மட்டுமல்லாது ஜெர்மனி முழுதும் அவரை வழிபட தொடங்கினர். 1856–58 ஆண்டுகளில், "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg) எனுமிடத்தில் "நியோ கோதிக்" புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் (Neo-Gothic St. Matilda's Church) அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. மற்றுமொரு புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் "லாட்ஸன்" (Laatzen, Lower Saxony) எனுமிடத்தில் 1938ல் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. 1964ம் ஆண்டு, மற்றுமோர் தேவாலயம் "அல்லேபோ" (Aleppo) எனுமிடத்தில் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது.
Feastday: March 14
Birth: 895
Death: 968
St. Mathilda was the daughter of Theodoric, a Saxon Count. At an early age she was placed in the monastery of Erfurt under the care of Maud, her grandmother, who was Abbess of the monastery which she had entered after the death of her husband. Here St. Mathilda learned needlework and acquired the love of labor, prayer and spiritual reading. She remained in the convent until her parents gave her in marriage, in 913, to Henry "the Fowler," so called from his fondness for hawking. He became Duke in 916 on the death of his father, and in 919 he was chosen to succeed Conrad as King of Germany. The pious Queen adorned the throne by her many virtues. She visited and comforted the sick and the afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and endeavored to convert sinners, and her husband concurred with her in her pious undertakings. After twenty-three years of married life King Henry died, in 936. No sooner had he expired than she had a Mass offered up for the repose of his soul, and from that moment she renounced all worldly pomp. Of her three sons, Otho afterward became Emperor, Henry was Duke of Bavaria, and St. Bruno edified the Church as Archbishop of Cologne. Otho became King of Germany in 937, and in 962 he was crowned Emperor at Rome. In the contest between her two sons, Otho and Henry, for the crown which was elective, the Queen favored the former, a fault she expiated by great suffering, for both these sons subjected her to a long and cruel persecution. She died in 968. Her feast day is March 14th.
Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 892 – 14 March 968[1]), also known as Saint Matilda, was a Saxon noblewoman. Due to her marriage to Henry I in 909, she became the first Ottonian queen.[2] Her eldest son, Otto I, restored the Holy Roman Empire in 962.[3] Mathilde founded several spiritual institutions and women's convents. She was considered to be extremely pious, righteous and charitable. Mathilde’s two hagiographical biographies and The Deeds of the Saxons serve as authoritative sources about her life and work.
Early life and marriage with Henry I
Mathilde, daughter of Reinhild and the Saxon Count Dietrich (himself a descendant of the Saxon duke Widukind who fought against Charlemagne) was born in around 892, and was raised by her grandmother Mathilde in Herford Abbey. She had three sisters; Amalrada, Bia, and Fridarun, who married Charles III of West Francia, king of West Francia; and a brother Beuve II, the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne.[1] Due to Fridarun’s marriage to count Wichmann the Elder, there was an alliance between the House of Billung and the Ottonian family, which expanded their possessions to the west.[4] In 909, she married Henry, at the time Duke of Saxony and later East-Franconian king, after his first marriage to Hatheburg of Merseburg was cancelled.[5][2] She gave birth to five mutual children: Otto (912-973), who was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor in 962;[3] Henry (919/22-955), who was appointed Duke of Bavaria in 948;[2] Bruno (925-965), who was elected Archbishop of Cologne in 953 and Duke of Lorraine in 954;[6] Hedwig (d. 965/80), who married the West Frankish duke, Hugh the Great; and Gerberga (d. 968/69), who first married Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine and later the Carolingian King Louis IV of France.
In 929, Mathilde received her dowry, that Henry gave to her in the so-called Hausordnung. It consisted of goods in Quedlinburg, Pöhlde, Nordhausen, Grona (near Göttingen), and Duderstadt.[1] During her time as queen, she took an interest in women’s monasteries and is said to have had an influence on her husbands reign by having a strong sense of justice.[7]
Life as a widow
After Henry’s death 936 in Memleben, he was buried in Quedlinburg, where Queen Mathilde founded a convent the same year.[8] She lived there during the following years and took care of the family’s memorialization. Thus Quedlinburg Abbey became the most important center of prayer and commemoration of the dead in the East-Franconian Empire.[9] Like in other convents, daughters of noble families where raised in Quedlinburg, to later become Abesses in order to secure the families influence. One of them was her own granddaughter Matilda, daughter of Otto I and Adelheid of Burgundy, to whom she passed on the conducting of the convent in 966, after 30 years of leadership. The younger Mathilde therefore became the first abbess of the convent in Quedlinburg.[10] With her other goods, Queen Mathilde founded further convents, one of them in 947 in Enger.[11] Her last foundation was the convent of Nordhausen in 961.[12]
Mathilde’s handling of her dowry, which she had received from King Henry I previous to his death, was subject to a dispute between her and Otto I during the years 936-946. Otto made a claim on his mother's possessions, which eventually led to her fleeing into exile. Otto's wife, Queen Eadgyth, is said to have brought about the reconciliation in which Mathilde left her goods and Otto was forgiven for his actions.[13]
The exact circumstances of this feud are still controversial to this day, but in order to protect her goods, Mathilde acquired papal privileges for all monasteries in eastern Saxony in the period before her death in early 968.[14] However, these efforts were ignored when Theophanu, the wife of Otto II, received Mathilde’s dowry after she died.[15]
Death and commemoration
After a long illness, Queen Mathilde died on 14 March 968,[16] in the convent of Quedlinburg. She was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, next to her late husband.[17] Throughout her life, Mathilde was dedicated to charity and her spiritual foundations- as expressed several times in her two hagiographies.[18][page needed] A commemorative plaque dedicated to her can be found in the Walhalla memorial near Regensburg, Germany.[19] Mathilde is the patron of the St. Mathilde church in Laatzen (Germany), the St. Mathilde church in Quedlinburg (Germany), the Melkite church in Aleppo (Syria) and the Mathilden-Hospital in Herford (Germany). Her feast day is 14 March.
Saint Leobinus of Chartres
காட்ரஸ் நகர் ஆயர் லியோபின் Leobin von Chartres
பிறப்பு
6 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு
இறப்பு
14 மார்ச் 557,
காட்ரஸ், பிரான்சு
இவர் நாட்டிலுள்ள லூபின் Lubin என்ற ஊரில் இளைஞர்களை வழிநடத்தும் ஆயனாக இருந்தார். இவர் நன்றாக படிக்கக் கூடியவராகவும், வாசிக்க்க் கூடியவராகவும் இருந்தார். இவர் படிப்பறிவில்லாதவர்களுக்கு கல்வி கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். இவர் ஒருமுறை படிப்பறிவில்லா துறவி ஒருவருக்கு கல்விக் கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். அத்துறவி ஒருமுறை லியோபினை தன் துறவற இல்லத்திற்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றார். அப்போது லியோபின் துறவியர்களின் வாழ்வால் கவரப்பட்டார். இதனால் தானும் ஓர் குருவாக வேண்டுமென்று ஆசைக்கொண்டார். காட்ரஸ் என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்தின் பக்கத்து மாவட்டமான பிரவ்வில் Brau இருந்த, ஓர் குருமடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருவானார்.
544 ஆம் ஆண்டு சில்டேபெர்ட் Childebert என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட அரசன் ஒருவன், காட்ரஸ் நகரின் அரசனாக இருந்தார். அரசன் லியோபினை 544 ல் காட்ரஸ் மறைமாநிலத்தின் ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுத்தான். லியோபின் ஆயராக இருக்கும்போது மக்கள் அவரைப் புனிதராக கருதினார். இவர் செய்த மறைப்பணியே இவர் புனிதர் என்பதற்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டாக இருந்தது. இவர் இறந்தப் பிறகு காட்ரசிலுள்ள பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.
Also known as
Lubinus, Lubin, Lubinius, Lumine, Leubinus, Loubin
Additional Memorial
9 September (translation of relics)/p>
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Son of peasants, he was a field worker and shepherd in his youth. Thirsting for education, he went to the monastery at Noailles, France, working for the monks by day, being taught by them at night. He studied late by candle light, which annoyed the monks who had to wake for early prayers; Leobinus put a screen around the candle, and pressed on.
Friend of Saint Carilef. Student of Saint Avitus of Perche, who suggested that the young man join his monastery. Monk at Lyon, France. Captured by renegade soldiers during war between the Franks and Burgundians, Leobinus was tortured to make him give up the location of the monastery's treasure. He told the soldiers nothing, and they left him for dead, thinking they'd drowned him; he eventually recovered.
Joined Saint Avitus' community at Le Perche, France. Priest. Abbot at Brou, France. Bishop of Chartres, France. Noted reformer. Participant of the synod of Orleans in 549, and Paris in 552. Miracle worker; had the gift of healing, especially of dropsy or edema. Worked with Saint Caletric who gave him his last Communion, and succeeded him as bishop. Innkeepers and wine merchants near Chartres considered him their patron.
Born
at Poitiers, France
Died
14 March 558 following a lengthy illness
Patronage
• against dropsy
• against edema
• against rheumatism
• innkeepers
• wine merchants
Blessed Giacomo Cusmano
Also known as
• Jacob Cusmano
• Jakob Cusmano
• Jacques Cusmano
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Fourth of five children born to Giacomo and Magdalene Cusmano; his father worked as a surveyor, and the family was well-off financially. Giacomo's mother died of cholera when the boy was three. He was a pious child, eager for the religious instruction from his father, and showing concern for the poor; the family had to lock up clothes because he would give away thing in the closets to beggars. Educated at Jesuit schools. Physician, graduating from medical school in 1851. Taught at the medical school of the Royal University of Palermo. His father died in 1852, and Giacomo returned home to manage the family business and estate; he still managed to continue his education and become certified as a surgeon.
Feeling a call to religious vocation, he considered becoming a Capuchin friar, but his spiritual director recommended the priesthood. Ordained on 22 December 1860 in archdiocese of Palermo, Italy. Devoted to penance, he fasted often and would sleep on a cross. Along with about 40 of his parishioners, he founded the Missionary Servants of the Poor on 12 May 1867 and the Sisters Servants of the Poor.
Born
15 March 1834 in Palermo, Italy
Died
at 04:30am on 14 March 1888 in Palermo, Italy of natural causes following a severe bout of pleurisy
Beatified
30 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Arnold of Padua
Also known as
• Arnold de'Cattanei
• Arnold Cattaneo
• Arnald, Arnaldo, Arnaud, Arnoldus
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Born to the nobility. Benedictine monk at the Santa Giustina monastery in Padua, Italy. Chosen abbot in 1209 at age 24, he restored and expanded the abbey structure, and fought to maintain its rights. When Ezzelino III conquered Padua in 1237, Arnold escaped to Monselice. He returned in 1238, but when Ezzelino returned to the city, he arrested Arnold in 1246 and imprisoned him to live his remaining eight years on bread and water.
Born
1185
Died
• 10 February 1255 in the prison in Limena, Padua, Italy
• buried in the Franciscan church in Asolo, Italy
• returned to Padua and buried at the Santa Giustina monastery
• relics translated to a chapel in the basilica in Padua on 14 March 1562
Blessed Eve of Liège
Also known as
• Eve of Saint-Martin
• Eve of Mount Cornelius
• Eva, Evelyne, Heva
Additional Memorial
5 April with Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon
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Born wealthy, she gave it up to become an anchoress at the church of Saint Martin in in Liège, Belgium. Friend of Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon, and continued her campaign to introduce the feast of Corpus Christi.
Born
c.1205 in Liège, Belgium
Died
• 1265 in Liège, Belgium of natural causes
• buried in the church of Saint Martin in Liège
• relics enshrined in 1542, 1622 and 1746
• relics currently enshrined in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Liège
Beatified
1 May 1902 by Pope Leo XIII
Saint Lazarus of Milan
Also known as
Lazzaro
Additional Memorial
11 February (Ambrosian Rite)
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Archbishop of Milan, Italy c.439, a time when invading Ostrogoths controlled the area. May have developed and certainly popularized the Rogationtide litanies; originally devised to ask for protection from the Ostrogoths, over time the devotion spread throughout Europe. His February feast day is due to the Milanese custom of not celebrating saint days during Lent.
Died
14 March 450
Blessed Pauline of Thuringia
Also known as
• Pauline of Hirsau
• Pauline of Münsterschwarzach
• Pauline of Fulda
• Pauline of Zell
• Paolina, Paulina
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Born to the Saxon nobility. Married. Widow. Re-married to Sir Ulric de Scharaplan. Mother. Widowed again. Founded a double monastery in the Thuringian Forest and entered it as a nun.
Died
14 March 1107 in Fulda, Germany of natural causes
Saint Alexander of Pydna
Also known as
Alessandro, Alexandros
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Priest in Pydna, Macedonia (in modern Greece). Martyr by Maximian Galerius for publicly refusing to sacrifice to idols.
Died
• beheaded c.305 in Macedonia
• a fresh spring of water poured from the place of his execution
• buried in Thessalonica
• skull taken to the Great Lavra on Mount Athos in the mid 10th-century
Blessed Philip of Turin
Also known as
• Philip Longo
• Filippo...
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On hearing of the work of Saint Francis of Assisi, he tracked down Francis and became one of the first twelve Franciscans. Known for his deep understanding of scripture. Served as the first confessor to the first Poor Clares, and travelled to preach with Saint Francis.
Born
Turin, Italy
Died
14 March 1246 in Perugia, Italy of natural causes
Saint Boniface Curitan
Also known as
• Boniface Curitan of Ross
• Boniface Kyrin
• Boniface Kyrstin
• Boniface of Ross
• Kyrin, Kyrstin
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Bishop of Ross, Scotland. Evangelized the Picts and Scots. Introduced Roman liturgy, observance and monastic discipline into the region. Found many churches in the northern British Isles.
Born
may have been a Roman citizen
Died
c.660
Blessed Thomas Vives
Also known as
Tommaso
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Mercedarian sent to Tunisia to redeem Christian prisoners. There he was imprisoned for five years before being executed. Martyr.
Died
stoned to death while in prayer
Saint Leo of the Agro Verano
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Married. Adult convert to Christianity. Bishop. Martyred by Arians.
Died
• Agro Verano, Rome, Italy, date unknown
• tomb was discovered outside the walls of Rome in 1857
Saint Eutychius of Mesopotamia
Also known as
Eustathius
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One of a group of Christians murdered for their faith in Mesopotamia after the conquest by Muslims. Martyr.
Died
741
Blessed Agno of Zaragoza
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Canon of the cathedral of Zaragoza, Spain. Franciscan Friar Minor. Missionary bishop of Morocco.
Born
Zaragoza, Spain
Died
1260 Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes
Saint Maximilian
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Christian who refused to serve in the army as he believed the life of an imperial soldier was against the tenants of his faith, and was executed for his refusal. Martyr.
Saint Diaconus
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A 6th-century deacon in the Marsi region of Italy. Martyred by Lombards with two unnamed monks. His name has been lost, and over time his title was taken as his name.
Saint Aphrodisius of Africa
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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.
Saint Peter of Africa
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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.
Saint Talmach
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Seventh century spiritual student of Saint Finbar at Lough Erc, Ireland. Founded a monastery.
47 Martyrs of Rome
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Forty-seven people who were baptised into the faith in Rome, Italy by Saint Peter the Apostle, and were later martyred together during the persecutions of Nero.
Died
martyred c.67 in Rome, Italy
Martyrs of Valeria
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Two monks martyred by Lombards in Valeria, Italy who were never identified. After the monks were dead, their killers could still hear them singing psalms.
Died
hanged on a tree in Valeria, Italy in the 5th century
