St. Arcangelo Tadini
Birth: 1846
Death: 1912
Beatified: 24 October 2001, St. Peter's Basilica, Italy by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 19 April 2009, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy by Pope Benedict XVI
SaintArcangelo Tadini (12 October 1846 – 20 May 1912) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest.[1][2] Tadini was ordained as a priest in 1870 and went on to found a religious congregation dedicated to the poor and ill while taking advantage of the Industrial Revolution to support women in work and education.[3] Tadini was disabled due to a lame leg he had after suffering an accident while he studied for the priesthood. He initiated various parish initiatives and a relief fund for the aged and the ill.[1][4]
Tadini's beatification process launched in 1960 and he became titled as a Servant of God while the confirmation of his heroic virtue in 1998 enabled for him to be titled as Venerable; he was beatified on 3 October 1999 and was later canonized on 26 April 2009.
Life
Arcangelo Tadini was born on 12 October 1846 in Verolanuova in Brescia as the last of four children born to the noblesPietro Tadini and Antonia Gadola. His father had previous children with his previous wife Giulia Gadola (Antonia's sister) until her death thus making Tadini the eleventh child his father sired.[4] His father had seven children with his first wife and after her death tried to manage his children from 1829 with his sister-in-law's aid whom he married on 10 July 1838. Tadini was baptized in the San Lorenzo Martire church in his hometown on 18 October 1846 with his godparentsbeing Giambattista Scolari and Caterina Gadola.[3]
Tadini's father Pietro was born in Brescia on 15 February 1790 and married his first wife Giulia Gadola on 6 July 1819 and who was born on 28 September 1801. Tadini's own mother Antonia (born in 1806) was 32 upon her marriage to Pietro and in 1848 she became a volunteer nurse. His father Pietro died on 1 January 1860 and his mother died on 23 December 1880.[3]
He suffered from a grave illness that almost killed him when he was two but he rallied and survived. He attended school in his hometown until he was ten and in 1855 attended another school where his brothers Alessandro and Giulio attended.[4] His two brothers studied for the priesthood but Giulio became a priest while Alessandro did not due to being expelled due to his political beliefs. Tadini's vocation to the priesthood grew over time but became more concrete when he attended his brother Giulio's first Mass and subsequent exposure to his activities as a priest. Giulio would later die in 1909.[3]
Tadini commenced his theological and philosophical studies for the priesthood in Brescia in 1864. He suffered an accident during his studies that left him having a lifelong limp due to the inadequacies of treatment for the accident that saw his knee broken.[1]Tadini received ordination to the priesthood on 19 June 1870 from the Prince-Bishop of Trento Benedetto Riccabona de Reichelfels since the current Bishop of Brescia Girolamo Verzieri was in Rome for the First Vatican Council. Tadini celebrated his first Mass as a priest on 26 June 1870 in his hometown. He was looking forward to his duties as a priest but a serious illness forced him to reside with his relatives from 1870 to 1871 as he recovered.[4][3]Upon that he was made the curate for Lodrino in Val Trompia (and a schoolteacher for children) and he held that position from 29 June 1871 until 27 May 1873 when he was made the curate for the Santa Maria della Noce shrine near Brescia. It was there that he was noted for his attentiveness to the material and spiritual needs of his parishioners and his care of refugees. It was also there that he organized a soup kitchen that would serve hundreds after intense flooding caused a great deal of people to become homeless. In 1885 he was appointed as the curate for Botticino Sera (arriving there that 29 November) to aid the ailing parish priest Giacomo Coresti and then became its parish priest in 1887 following Cortesi's death on 26 November 1886; he was undergoing treatment for his leg in Albano when he received this news on 20 July 1887.[1][2][4]He held that position for the remainder of his life and there organized catechesislessons for various age groups.
He revitalized parish initiatives that all had a pastoral focus at their heart and he founded what became known as the Workers' Mutual Aid Association in 1893 which was a form of social insurance for the ill and injured as well as the aged. He also used his inheritance to build a spinning mill in 1898 that hired women and used the profits to establish a residence for them.[1][2][4] Tadini also founded his own religious congregationin 1900 consisted of women and their role was to help the women in factories and also to provide them with an education. This proved a bit scandalous for the time since factories were considered to be immoral and dangerous places.[5] In his parish he allowed the Third Order of Saint Francis to settle there and he also praised Pope Leo XIIIfor having issued Rerum Novarum. His Jesuit friend and priest Maffeo Franzini helped him revive the Secular Ursulines in his parish and so Franzini sent from Milan the former Canossian religiousLeopoldina Paris to aid him in this. But this was short lived as Paris did not share Tadini's vision and so left him.[4]
Later in life he was forced to use a cane due to the limp he suffered which became worse over time due to his advancing age; he was later forced to use a wheelchair and was wheeled to a 21 March 1912 Mass that commemorated his entrance as a parish priest for that church. He alluded during the Mass that "I will not live much longer" as his failing health was getting worse over time on a gradual level. He was celebrating Mass on 8 May 1912 when he was taken ill after being struck with an illness and on 9 May received both the Anointing of the Sick and the Viaticumfrom his confessor.[4] Tadini died in his bed on 20 May at 5:00am; his funeral as celebrated the following morning. His remains were exhumed on 11 March 1943 and again on 24 May 1999; the remains were exhumed for the final time on 29 October 2009 just after he was canonized and moved to the parish of Santa Maria Assunta in Botticino Sera now made a minor basilica. His order now operates in countries across the world such as Burundi and the United Kingdom. He had died without his order having received full approval; the Bishop of Brescia Giacinto Gaggia issued diocesan approval on 30 November 1931 while Pope Pius XII issued the decree of praise on 12 January 1953. Pope John XXIII issued papal approval a decade later on 16 March 1962.[4]
Sainthood
Initial process and Venerable
The informative process opened in the Diocese of Brescia on 13 January 1960 - in which he was given the title of Servant of God under Pope John XXIII - and had been assigned to collecting all documentation available on Tadini. Such documents would be designed to attest to his cause for sainthood. It concluded its work on 19 June 1964. Theologians gathered all his writings in order to ascertain whether or not such texts were in line with the faith and voiced their assent to his publications in a decree issued on 5 March 1970.
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated the informative process on 27 October 1989 and opened the so-called "Roman Phase" in which the C.C.S. would begin their own investigation into Tadini's potential saintliness. The postulation sent the Positio to the C.C.S. for further assessments which led to theologians approving its contents on 16 June 1998. The C.C.S. followed suit on 17 November 1998.
On 21 December 1998 he was declared to be Venerable after Pope John Paul IIconfirmed that he had lived a model life of heroic virtue - both cardinal and theological virtues.
Beatification
The miracle needed for his beatification was reported to the postulation and investigated in a diocesan process that opened in April 1996 and closed one month later. It was validated on 25 October 1996 and sent to a medical board that approved the healing to be a miracle on 17 December 1998. Theologians also voiced their approval on 23 March 1999 while the C.C.S. also approved it on 18 May 1999. The pope himself provided the final approval on 28 June 1999.
On 3 October 1999 the pontiff presided over Tadini's beatification.[6]
The miracle that led to his beatification was the healing of the nun Carmela Berardi who was a member of Tadini's order. Berardi suffered from tuberculosisthat blocked her vocal cords leaving her unable to speak from 1936 until her healing in 1943. Tadini's remains were being exhumed on 11 March 1943 so the order's Superior General asked her to ask for Tadini's intercession. Berardi did this and found that she could speak to the surprise of those present; the damage that the tuberculosis caused also disappeared.[4]
Canonization
The miracle required for his sanctification took place in the Diocese of Brescia and as such was investigated there as soon as the diocesan process opened on 16 June 2006. It concluded one month later and was validated on 24 November 2006. The medical board approved it on 15 November 2007 and theologians did likewise on 22 April 2008. The C.C.S. also approved it on 28 October 2008 while Pope Benedict XVIvoiced his approval on 6 December 2008.
Tadini was proclaimed as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 26 April 2009. In that Mass the pope said: "How prophetic was Don Tadini's charismatic intuition, and how current his example is today, in this time of grave economic crisis!" in reference to the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis.[5]
The miracle that led to his canonization was the healing of the couple Roberto Marazzi and Elisabetta Fostini who were sterile and unable to conceive despite several attempts from 2000 to 2004. Doctors suggested IVF treatment to them but the couple refused while later coming into touch with families who met in Tadini's order's motherhouse for their Gruppo Famiglia Beato Tadini meetings held each month. The couple attended since April 2004 and bore their first child Maria on 5 August 2005 and a second in Giovanni on 3 December 2006
Bl. Maria Candida of the Eucharist
- For the Spanish saint, please see: Candida Maria of Jesus
Maria Candida of the Eucharist (16 January 1884 – 12 June 1949) - born Maria Barba - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Discalced Carmelites. Barba desired to become a professed religious in her adolescence but her parents forbade this and she was forced to wait two decades for her to realize her dream; she entered the order after her parents died though alienated her brothers in the process who refused to ever see her due to their resentment towards her decision. Barba became a noted member of her conventin Ragusa and she served as prioress for an extensive period in which she fostered a rigid adherence to the order's rule so as to live the fullness of its charism. Her devotion to the Eucharist was a focal point for her spiritual thinking and her own life and she wrote to an extensive degree on the Eucharist and its importance.
The beatification process opened on 15 October 1981 and she became titled as a Servant of God while she later became titled as Venerable on 18 December 2000 upon the confirmation of her life of heroic virtue. Pope John Paul II beatified Barba in Saint Peter's Square on 21 March 2004.
Maria Barba was born on 16 January 1884 in Catanzaro as the tenth of twelve children (five who died in their childhoods) to the appellate court judgePietro Barba and Giovanna Flora; she was baptized on the following 19 January.[1] Her parents and siblings all hailed from Palermo but moved to Catanzaro while her father was in that town during a brief assignment. In 1886 the family returned to Palermo.[2]
In 1891 she began her time at school and achieved excellent grades while there; she completed her studies in 1898. That same year she began to learn the piano. On 3 April 1894 she made her First Communion and from that point on fostered a special devotion to the Eucharist and developed what she referred to as her "vocation for the Eucharist".[1] Barba despaired at not being able to receive it on a frequent basis.[3] In 1899 she felt a strong calling to the religious life as she reflected before an image of the Sacred Heart and would call this experience her "transformation" and the 2 July 1899 vesting of her cousin as a nun augmented this desire. The girl informed her parents of her decision but her parents opposed this,[4][5] believing it nothing more than initial spiritual fervour rather than an actual desire. But Barba's devotion grew after learning about the charism of the Carmelites which inspired her more through reading the journal of Thérèse of Lisieux. This also encouraged her to persevere despite being rejected and she continued to wait for the time when she could achieve her dream.[1]
Her father died on 21 June 1904. In September 1910 she and her mother and siblings undertook a pilgrimage to Romeand met Pope Pius X in an audience. The girl later made her Confirmation at a rather advanced age on 12 November 1912. Her mother died on 5 June 1914. Barba could not receive the Eucharist on a frequent basis as her brothers would not allow her to go out on her own so she complied so as not to offend them.[3][1][4]
Barba waited for two decades before she could enter the order's convent at Ragusa on 25 September 1919 and the Cardinal Archbishop of PalermoAlessandro Lualdi encouraged her to enter and fulfil her desire to become a nun.[2] Her entrance into the order saw her assume the religious name of "Maria Candida of the Eucharist" on 16 April 1920 after receiving the habit. Barba made her initial profession on 17 April 1921 and later made her perpetual profession on 23 April 1924.[3][4] In 1924 her period of formation came to a close and she was elected as the prioress of the convent on 10 November;[6] she held this position until 1947 and was reconfirmed in that position on five separate occasions. Barba worked hard with caution to revive the spirit of their foundress and under her able leadership the convent grew to a point where a new foundation could be made in Siracusa. The prioress also helped to secure the return of the friars of the order to the Sicilian region.[3] Barba spent hours before the Eucharist. None of her brothers ever visited her having grown to resent her decision and did not even attend the celebration when she was first vested with the order's habit.[4]
On 19 June 1933 - the feast of Corpus Christi - the nun began writing the book that served as a record of her own personal experiences and reflections on Eucharistic meditations and this was completed in 1936.[2] The book also records deepening theological reflections on those personal experiences of hers.[1]On 16 June 1922 she had starting writing "Up: First Steps" on her vocation and arrival to the order while later on 5 November 1926 beginning "Mountain Song" at the request of her confessor on her Carmelite life.[4]
Barba was first diagnosed with a tumor in her liver back in 1947. She died of cancer on the evening of 12 June 1949 and her remains were interred at Ragusa the following 14 June. [4][5] Her remains were later relocated on 12 November 1970.
Beatification
The beatification process opened in Ragusa in an informative process that Bishop Francesco Pennisi oversaw from its inauguration on 5 March 1956 until its closure later on 28 June 1962; the formal introduction to the cause came on 15 October 1981 in which she became titled as a Servant of God. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints later validated the previous informative process in Rome on 31 May 1991 and received the Positio dossier from postulation officials in 1992. Theologians assented to the cause on 28 April 2000 as did the C.C.S. on 17 October 2000; the confirmation of her life of heroic virtue allowed for Pope John Paul II to name her as Venerable on 18 December 2000.
The process for a miracle needed for beatification was investigated in the place of its origin from 12 June 1986 until 9 December 1986 while the C.C.S. later validated the process on 26 March 1993 in Rome. Medical experts approved this healing to be a legitimate miracle on 23 May 2002 as did theologians on 13 December 2002 and the C.C.S. themselves on 4 March 2003. John Paul II approved this miracle on 12 April 2003 and later beatified Barba on 21 March 2004 in Saint Peter's Square. The second miracle - the one needed for sainthood - was investigated in the place of its origin from 29 June 2007 until 19 June 2008.
The current postulator for the cause is the Discalced Carmelite priest Romano Gambalunga.
Quotations
In her book she related devotions to the Blessed Mother to the Eucharist and wrote: "I want to be like Mary ... to be Mary for Jesus, to take the place of His Mother. When I receive Jesus in Communion, Mary is always present. I want to receive Jesus from her hands, she must make me one with Him. I cannot separate Mary from Jesus. Hail, O Body born of Mary. Hail Mary, dawn of the Eucharist!
Saint Benedicta Cambiagio Frassinello
Also known as
• Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello
• Benedikta Frassinello
• Benedetta Cambiagio
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Daughter of Giuseppe and Francesca Cambiagio, she grew up in Pavia, Italy. At the age of 20 she had a profound mystical experience that left her devoted to prayer and desiring a religious life. However, to go along with her family's wishes, she married Giovanni Battista Frassinella on 7 February 1816. The couple had a normal married life for two years, but Giovanni, impressed with Benedicta's holiness and desire for religious life, agreed to live continently. The two took care of Benedicta's little sister Maria until the girl's death from intestinal cancer in 1825. Giovanni then joined the Somaschan Fathers, Benedicta became an Ursuline nun.
In 1826 ill health forced Benedicta to return home to Pavia. There she began to work with young women in the area. The work sent so well that her husband Giovanni was assigned to help. The schools continued to grow and prosper, and Benedicta was appointed Promoter of Public Instruction in Pavia. However, no matter how chastely they lived, Benedicta and Giovanni's unusual relationship drew gossip and criticism from civil and Church authorities. To insure that she did not get in the way of the work, in 1838 Benedicta turned her work over to the bishop of Pavia, and withdrew to live as a nun at Ronco Scrivia, Italy.
Not content to withdraw from the world, Benedicta began all over. With five companions, she founded the Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of Providence dedicated to teaching, and opened another school. Living alone, the local authorities found no causes for gossip, and Benedicta spent her remaining years in prayer and service.
Born
2 October 1791 at Langasco, Campomorone, Italy as Benedetta Cambiagio
Died
21 March 1858 at Ronco Scrivia, Italy of natural causes
Canonized
19 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Saint Nicholas of Flüe
Also known as
• Brother Klaus
• Bruder Klaus
• Nicholas von Flüe
• Niklaus von Flüe
Additional Memorial
25 September (Switzerland and Germany)
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Born to a family of relatively wealthy peasants. Soldier who distinguished himself in combat against the break-away canton of Zurich and eventually reached the rank of captain; reported to have fought with a sword in one hand, a rosary in the other. At age 30 he married Dorothy Wiss; they couple had ten children. Cantonal judge and government advisor; declined to serve as cantonal governor. Following a vision of a harnessed draft horse (representing his worldly life as a farmer) eating a lily (representing his spiritual life of purity), Nicholas felt a desire withdraw from the world. With the approval of his family, he became a hermit in the Ranft valley, Switzerland in 1467; he assisted daily at Mass and spent most of the rest of his day in prayer. Reported to have had the gifts of prophecy and of inedia, surviving for 19 years solely on Holy Communion. His reputation for sanctity spread, and he attracted spiritual students. In 1481 he was called on to mediate a dispute that threatened civil war in Switzerland. He succeeded in averting the conflict, then retired to his hermitage. He is considered by many to be the father of this country, honoured by both Swiss Protestants and Catholics for his wisdom, holiness and work to unify Switzerland.
Born
21 March 1417 at Sachseln, Canton Unterwalden, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Died
• 21 March 1487 at Ranft, Aargau, Switzerland of natural causes; his wife and children were at his side
• relics in the church of Sachseln, Switzerland
Canonized
15 May 1947 by Pope Pius XII
Patronage
• councilmen
• difficult marriages
• large families
• magistrates
• parents of large families
• Pontifical Swiss Guards
• separated spouses
• Switzerland
Saint Serapion the Scholastic
Also known as
• Serapion of Thmuis
• Serapion the Scholar
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Egyptian monk. Ran the famous catechetical school of Alexandria, Egypt. Resigned to spend more time in prayer and penitence. Spiritual student of Saint Anthony the Abbot in the desert. Friend of Saint Athanasius of Alexandria.
Bishop of Thmuis, near Diospolis in the Nile delta of Egypt in 339. Fought Arianism. Supporter of Athanasius, and spoke for him in the Council of Sardis in 347. Banished by Emperor Constantius II for his opposition to Arianism. Named a Confessor of the Faith by Saint Jerome. Fought Macedonianism, which denies the divinity of the Holy Spirit. Wrote against Manichaeism, showing that our bodies can be instruments of good or evil, that it is our choice, and that just and wicked men often change; it's therefore a lie to think our souls are of God, our bodies of the devil.
Wrote several learned letters, a treatise on the titles of the Psalms, and a sacramentary called the Euchologium, a collection of liturgical prayers. Saint Athanasius wrote several works against Arians at Serapion's request, but thought so much of Sarapion that he told him to revise them as he saw fit.
Died
c.365-370 of natural causes while in exile in Egypt
Readings
The mind is purified by spiritual knowledge (or by holy meditation and prayer), the spiritual passions of the soul by charity, and the irregular appetites by abstinence and penance. - Serapion's little rule
Saint Enda of Arran
Also known as
• Enda of Aran
• Enda of Arranmore
• Éanna, Edna, Éinne, Endeus, Enna
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An Irish prince, the son of Conall Derg of Ergall, Ulster. Brother of Saint Fanchea of Rossory who brought him to the Faith. Brother-in-law to King Oengus of Munster, Ireland. Soldier. When he converted to Christianity, he gave up the military life and his dreams of conquest, and planned to marry. When his fiancee suddenly died, Enda renounced his claim to the throne and became a monk. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Priest. Studied with Saint Ninian in Galloway, Scotland. Founded a monastery at Killeany on Inishmore in the Arran Islands on land donated by King Oengus. It was the first true monastery in Ireland, ten other houses developed directly from it, and Enda is considered the founder of Irish monasticism. Built churches at Drogheda, and a monastery in the Boyne valley. His houses lived under a severely austere rule, and prayerful men lived in them for centuries. Spiritual teacher of Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, Saint Brendan the Voyager, Saint Finnian, Saint Columba of Iona, Saint Jarlath of Tuam, and Saint Carthach the Elder.
Born
Meath, Ireland
Died
• c.530 of natural causes
• buried at Tighlagheany, Inishmore, Ireland
Blessed Thomas Pilcher
Also known as
Thomas Pilchard
Additional Memorials
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
• 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales
• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
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Studied at Balliol College, Oxford, England. Converted to Catholicism. Studied at Douai College, Rheims, France. Ordained a priest at Laon, France in 1583. He then returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in Hampshire and Dorset. Arrested and condemned to death for the crime of being a priest.
Born
c.1557 in Battle, East Sussex, England
Died
• hanged, drawn and quartered on 21 March 1587 in Dochester, Dorset, England
• no official executioner could be found; a local butcher was hired to do the disemboweling, but stopped halfway when Thomas asked him, “Is this your justice?”
Beatified
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Mark Gjani
Also known as
Mark Xhani
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Studied at the Shkodra Pontifical Seminary, and then theology in Bobion, Italy. Ordained on 21 March 1942 as a priest of the archdiocese of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania. Imprisoned and tortured in the anti–Christian persecutions of the Albanian Communist government. His torturers repeatedly ordered him to curse Christ; he repeatedly answered "Long live Jesus Christ!" Martyr.
Born
10 July 1914 in Mirditë, Albania
Died
• tortured to death in 1947 in Shën Pal, Mirditë, Albania
• body dumped in a canal to be eaten by stray dogs
Beatified
• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Augustine Tchao
Also known as
• Augustin Rong Zhao
• Augustinus Zhao
• Augustine Zhao Rong
Additional Memorial
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
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Soldier. Escorted Saint Gabriel John Tauin du-Fresse to Beijing, China during his missionary work. Convert to Christianity. Priest. Worked in the Sichuan apostolic vicariate. Arrested for his faith and his work. He died in prison. Martyr.
Born
c.1746 at Wuchuan, Guizhou, China
Died
27 January 1815 due to poor conditions in prison at Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed John of Valence
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Canon at Lyons, France. Pilgrim to Compostela, Spain. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Clairvaux Abbey under Saint Bernard. Founded the Cistercian Bonneval Abbey in 1117, and later served as its abbot. Bishop of Valence, France in 1141; he felt so unworthy of the position that he had to be physically carried to the altar to be consecrated. Fought for his flock not just in matters spiritual but for farmers, merchants and the impoverished who were all ruined by debt during a regional financial crisis.
Born
at Lyons, France
Died
1146 of natural causes
Beatified
1901 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Lucia of Verona
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As a girl, Lucia was noted for her piety and charity. She joined the Third Order of the Servants of Mary in Verona, Italy, and lived in her house as though it was a monastery. She developed a ministery of visiting the sick, nursing them in their homes, dressing wounds, sitting with the dying, and caring for those struck down with plague until it took her away, as well.
Born
c.1514 in Verona, Italy
Died
1574 in Verona, Italy of plague
Blessed Matthew Flathers
Additional Memorial
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
• 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales
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Studied at the English College in Douai, France. Priest in the apostolic vicariate of England, serving covert Catholics during the persecutions of James I. Martyr.
Born
1560 in Weston, near Otley, West Yorkshire, England
Died
21 March 1608 in York, North Yorkshire, England
Beatified
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Santucci Terrebotti
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Married. Mother of one daughter who died in childhood. She and her husband agreed to split up, each entering religious life. Benedictine nun in Gubbio, Italy. Abbess of her house. She moved her community to Santa Maria in Via Lata, the Via Iulia in Rome, Italy where they lived in very strict observance of the Benedictine Rule and became known as Mary's Servants or Le Santucci.
Born
in Gubbio, Umbria, Italy
Died
1305
Blessed William Pike
Additional Memorial
22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales
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Layman in the apostolic vicariate of England during a period of persecutions of Catholics. Martyr.
Born
in Dorset, England
Died
• hanged on 22 December 1591 in Dorchester, Dorset, England
• body dismembered and the pieces distributed as a warning to others
Beatified
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Birillus of Catania
Also known as
Berillo, Beryl, Beryllu
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Travelling companion of Saint Peter the Apostle. First bishop of Catania, Sicily, consecrated by Saint Peter.
Born
Antioch
Died
c.90 of natural causes
Blessed Alfonso de Rojas
Also known as
• Alfonso of Coria
• Alonso de Rojas
• Alphonsus de Rojas
Additional Memorial
26 March in Coria, Spain
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Professor in Salamanca, Spain. Tutor to the children of duke. Canon at Coria, Spain. Franciscan.
Died
1617
Saint Christian of Cologne
Also known as
• Christian of St-Pantaleon
• Christianus of...
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Monk in the monastery of Fulda, Germany. First abbot of the St-Pantaleon Abbey in Cologen, Germany. Wrote works on theology that were widely read in his time.
Died
1002
Martyrs of Alexandria
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A large but unknown number of Catholics massacred in several churches during Good Friday services in Alexandria, Egypt by Arian heretics during the persecutions of Constantius and Philagrio.
Died
Good Friday 342 in Alexandria, Egypt
Saint Lupicinus of Condat
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Brother of Saint Romanus of Condat. Monk. With Romanus, he founded the abbeys of Condat and Leuconne.
Died
c.480
Saint James the Confessor
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Martyred for opposing iconoclasm.
Died
c.824 at Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
Saint Isenger of Verdun
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Monk at the Anabaric monastery in Ireland. Priest. Ninth-century bishop of Verdun (in modern France).
Saint Domninus of Rome
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Travelling preacher throughout Italy. Martyr.
Born
Rome, Italy
Saint Philemon of Rome
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Preached across Italy. Martyr.
Born
Rome, Italy
† இன்றைய புனிதர் †
(மார்ச் 21)
✠ பார்மா நகர் அருளாளர் ஜான் ✠
(Blessed John of Parma)
ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் ஏழாவது தலைவர்:
(Seventh Minister General of Franciscan Order)
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1209
பார்மா சமூகம், தூய ரோம பேரரசு
(Commune of Parma, Holy Roman Empire)
இறப்பு: மார்ச் 19, 1289
கமரினோ, அன்கோனா, திருத்தந்தையர் மாநிலம்
(Camerino, March of Ancona, Papal States)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(இளம் துறவியர் சபை)
(Roman Catholic Church)
(Order of Friars Minor)
முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: 1781
திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பயஸ்
(Pope Pius VI)
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மார்ச் 21
அருளாளர் ஜான், ஒரு இத்தாலிய ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியும் (Italian Franciscan Friar), ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் இளம் துறவியர் சபையின் ஏழாவது தலைமைப் பொறுப்பாளரும் ஆவார் (Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor). புனிதர் அசிசியின் ஃபிரான்சிஸ் (Saint Francis of Assisi) மரித்ததன் பின்னர், ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் (Franciscan Order) முன்னிருந்த எளிமையும், பணிவும் நிறைந்த நிலையினை திரும்ப கொண்டுவர அவர் எடுத்துக்கொண்ட முயற்சிகள் அனைவரும் அறிந்ததே. இவர், தாம் வாழ்ந்த காலத்தின் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க இறையியலாளரும் (Theologian) ஆவார்.
கி.பி. சுமார் 1209ம் ஆண்டு, வடக்கு இத்தாலியின் பிராந்தியமான “பார்மா” (Parma) நகரில் பிறந்த ஜான், அங்குள்ள புனித லாசரஸ் ஆலயத்தின் (Church of St. Lazarus at Parma) அருட்பணியாளரான தமது மாமனின் ஆதரவில் கல்வி கற்றார். கற்றலில் இவருக்கு இருந்த ஆர்வமும் வேகமும், இவர் விரைவிலேயே “தத்துவ ஞான சாஸ்திர” (Philosophy) ஆசிரியராக உதவின.
ஒரு கத்தோலிக்க குருவாக குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட இவர், “பொலொக்னா” (University of Bologna) மற்றும் “நேப்ள்ஸ்” (University of Naples) சர்வகலாசாலைகளில் “தத்துவ ஞான சாஸ்திரம்” கற்பித்தார். இறுதியில், “பாரிஸ் பல்கலைகழகத்தில்” (University of Paris) “பீட்டர் லொம்பார்ட்” அவர்களின் வார்த்தைப் பாடுகளை (Sentences of Peter Lombard) கற்பித்தார்.
கி.பி. 1245ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை "நான்காம் இன்னொசென்ட்" (Pope Innocent IV) ஃபிரான்ஸ் (France) நாட்டின் லியோன்ஸ் (Lyons) நகரில் பொது மாநாடு ஒன்றினை கூட்டினார். அதில் பங்குபெற வேண்டிய, அப்போது தலைமைப் பொறுப்பிலிருந்த துறவி "க்ரெசென்ஷியஸ்" (Crescentius of Jesi) நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டிருந்த காரணத்தால் செல்ல இயலவில்லை. அவரது பிரதிநிதியாக செல்ல ஜான் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அம்மாநாட்டில், அங்கு கூடியிருந்த திருச்சபையின் அனைத்து தலைவர்களிலும் இவர் ஆழ்ந்த தாக்கத்தினை ஏற்படுத்தினார்.
இரண்டு வருடங்களின் பின்னர் ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் தலைமைப் பொறுப்பிற்கு நடந்த தேர்தலில் தலைமை தாங்கிய அதே திருத்தந்தை "நான்காம் இன்னொசென்ட்" (Pope Innocent IV), இரண்டு வருடத்தின் முன்னர் நடந்த போது மாநாட்டின் நிகழ்வுகளை நினைவில் இருத்தி, துறவி ஜான் அந்த பதவிக்கும் பொறுப்பிற்கும் பொருத்தமானவர் என்று ஜானையே தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார்.
தலைமைப் பொறுப்பினை ஏற்ற ஜான், சபையின் அனைத்துப் பிரிவுகளுக்கும் நடை பயணமாகவே சென்றார். அவரது தாழ்ச்சி மற்றும் பணிவு காரணமாக பல மடங்களில் அவரை அங்குள்ள துறவியர் அடையாளம் காணவேயில்லை. ஓரிரு நாட்கள் அங்கே தங்கியிருந்து அங்குள்ள நடவடிக்கைகளை கண்காணிப்பார்.
ஜானுக்குப் பிறகு, புனிதர் "பொனவென்ச்சுரா" (Saint Bonaventure) சபையின் தலைமைப் பொறுப்பினை ஏற்றார். தமது இறுதி காலத்தில் குருத்துவப் பணியிலிருந்து விடுவிக்கப்பட்ட அவர், “க்ரேஸ்ஸியோ” (Greccio) நகரில் உள்ள ஆசிரமத்தில் தமது ஜெப வாழ்வைத் தொடர்ந்தார். கி.பி. 1274ம் ஆண்டு, மரபுவழி (Orthodox) கிறிஸ்தவர்கள், கிறிஸ்தவ ஒற்றுமைக்கு எதிராக செயல்பட ஆரம்பித்த காரணத்தால், என்பது வயதான ஜான், தமது இறுதி சக்தி முழுவதையும் கிறிஸ்தவ ஒற்றுமைக்காக உழைக்க முடிவெடுத்தார். திருத்தந்தை "நான்காம் நிகோலஸ்" (Pope Nicolas IV) அவர்களின் அனுமதி பெற்று, கிரீஸ் (Greece) பயணமானார். ஆனால், அவரால் "கமேரினோ" (Camerino) வரை மட்டுமே பயணிக்க முடிந்தது. தீவிர நோய்வாய்ப்பட்ட அவர், அங்கேயுள்ள துறவிகள் மடத்தில், கி.பி. 1289ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 19ம் நாளன்றும், மரணமடைந்தார்.
ஜான், கி.பி. 1781ம் ஆண்டு, “திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பயஸ்” (Pope Pius VI) அவர்களால் அருளாளராக முக்திபேறு பட்டமளிக்கப்பட்டார்.
திருக்காட்சியாளர் எமிலி ஷ்னைடர் Emilie Schneider
பிறப்பு
6 செப்டம்பர் 1820,
ஹாரன், ஜெர்மனி
இறப்பு
21 மார்ச் 1859,
ட்யூசல்டோர்ஃப் Düsseldorf, ஜெர்மனி
இவரின் திருமுழுக்குப் பெயர் ஜூலி. இவர் 1845 ல் திருச்சிலுவையின் மகள் என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட துறவறச் சபையில் சேர்ந்தார். 1851 ல் அஸ்பல் Aspel என்ற ஊரில் நவத்துறவிகளை கண்காணிக்கும் பொறுப்பை ஏற்றார். 1852 ல் ட்யூசல்டோர்ஃபில் உள்ள துறவற மடத்தில் தலைவியாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அப்போது அவர் தன்னுடன் வாழ்ந்த மற்ற துறவிகளுடன் சுமூகமான உறவின்றி வாழ்ந்தார். பலவித பிரச்சினைகளை சந்தித்தார்.
இவர் எல்லா எதிர்மறையான சூழல்களையும் சந்திக்க இடைவிடாமல் இறைவேண்டல் செய்தார். இயேசுவின் திரு இதயத்தின் அன்பை சுவைத்தார். தேவையான சக்தியை திருச்சிலுவையிலிருந்து பெற்றார். இவர் அடிக்கடி ஆண்டவரிடமிருந்து திருக்காட்சிகளை பெற்றார். இவர் இறந்த பிறகு ட்யூசல்டோர்ஃபில் உள்ள தெரேசியன் மருத்துவமனையில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார். அங்குதான் இன்றுவரை அவரின் கல்லறை உள்ளது.
