St. Lawrence Huong
Feastday: April 27
Death: 1856
Martyr of Vietnam. He was a native priest, beheaded during the anti-Christian persecution. Lawrence was canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
Bl. Osanna of Cattaro
Feastday: April 27
Patron: of Kotor, Montenegro
Birth: 1493
Death: 1565
Image of Bl. Osanna of CattaroCatherine Cosie, of Komani, Montenegro, was the daughter of Greek Orthodox parents. As a young girl, she worked as a shepherdess. She is said to have experienced visions of the Child Jesus and of Christ on the cross that induced her to ask her mother to take her to a Catholic church in order to venerate images of the Savior there. Subsequently, with her parent's approval, Catherine took a job as a maid for a Catholic family in the city of Kotor (Cattaro). In this environment, she eventually became a Catholic herself. Several years later, Catherine heard a sermon on Good Friday that led her to become an anchoress in a cell adjoining one of Kotor's churches. Thereafter, she became a Third Order Dominican, taking the name Osanna. She experienced further visions of Christ in the different mysteries of his life, from his infancy to his resurrection and ascension. Afflicted by demonic manifestations, Osanna defended herself by making the sign of the cross and by invoking the name of Jesus. At the end of a final illness borne with heroic patience, she repeatedly uttered the name of Jesus before breathing her last.
Osanna of Cattaro (Serbian Cyrillic: Озана Которска, romanized: Ozana Kotorska; 25 November 1493 – 27 April 1565) was a Catholic visionary and anchoress from Cattaro. She was a teenage convert from Orthodoxy[4] of Serbian descent from Montenegro.[5] She became a Dominican tertiary and was posthumously venerated as a saint in Kotor. She was later beatified in 1934.
Life
Osanna was born in the village of Relezi[2][5] in Zeta to an Eastern Orthodox priestly family named Kosić and was baptized "Jovana" in that tradition.[6][7] Her father was priest Pero Kosić and her uncle was Marko Kosić, a monk with the name of "Makarije" who later became Eastern Orthodox Bishop of Zeta. Her grandfather Aleksa Kosić and her great grandfather Đuro Kosić were also Orthodox priests. She was a shepherdess in her youth, and developed the habit of spending her solitary hours in prayer. A story says that one day while watching the flocks, she saw a child lying asleep on the grass. Attracted by its beauty, she went to pick up the baby, but it disappeared, leaving Osanna with a feeling of great loneliness.[3]
Osanna continued to witness these apparitions. When she was 14 years old, her visions began to be followed by an odd desire to travel to the coastal Venetian town of Cattaro in Albania Veneta (Bay of Kotor, modern-day Montenegro), where she felt she could pray better. Her mother did not understand, and grudgingly arranged a position for Osanna as a servant to the wealthy Catholic Bucca family, who allowed the girl as much time as she wished for church visits. In Cattaro, Osanna abandoned Eastern Orthodoxy and converted to Roman Catholicism, and took the name Katarina (Catherine Cosie).[3][4] Osanna learned to read and write during her free time. She read religious books in both Latin and Italian, especially the Bible.[2]
In her late teens, Osanna felt a call to live the life of an anchoress. Though she was considered very young for such a calling, her spiritual director had her walled up in a cell built near Saint Bartholomew's church in Cattaro. It had a window through which Osanna could hear Mass, and another window to which people would occasionally come to ask for prayers or give food. Katarina made the customary promises of stability and the door was sealed.[3]
After an earthquake destroyed her first hermitage, she moved to a cell at Saint Paul's church, and became a Dominican tertiary, taking the name Osanna in memory of Blessed Osanna of Mantua. She would follow the Dominican Rule for the last 52 years of her life. A group of Dominican sisters took up residence near her, consulting her for guidance, and came to consider her their leader. Osanna soon had so many followers that a convent was founded for them.[4]
In her tiny cell, it is said that Osanna received many visions. These included the Christ as an infant, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and several saints. Once the Devil appeared to her in the form of the Blessed Virgin and told her to modify her penances. By obedience to her confessor, Osanna managed to penetrate this disguise and vanquish this enemy.[3][4]
A convent of sisters founded at Cattaro regarded her as their foundress because of her prayers, although she never actually saw the place. When the city was attacked on August 9, 1539 by Khair ad-Din Barbarossa, and Cattaro was threatened, the citizens of Cattaro ran to her for help.[2] They credited their deliverance to her prayers and counsel. Again, her prayers were credited to saving them from the plague.[3]
Veneration
The incorrupt body of Osanna was kept in the Church of St. Paul until 1807, when the French Army converted the church into a warehouse. Her body was then brought to the Church of St. Mary. The people of Kotor venerated her as a saint. In 1905, the process for her beatification began in Kotor and was successfully completed in Rome. In 1927, Pope Pius XI approved her cultus,[2] and in 1934, she was formally beatified.[4]
Over the course of her life, the people of Kotor came to call her "the trumpet of the Holy Spirit" and the "teacher of mysticism." People from all walks of life came to her for advice, and she interceded particularly for peace in the town and among feuding families. Therefore, she was also called "the Virgin Reconciler" and the "Angel of Peace.
Saint Zita of Lucca
† இன்றைய புனிதர் †
(ஏப்ரல் 27)
✠ லூக்கா நகர் புனிதர் ஸிட்டா ✠
(St. Zita of Lucca)
கன்னியர்:
(Virgin)
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1212
லூக்கா நகரின் அருகேயுள்ள மொன்ஸக்ரட்டி, இத்தாலி
(Monsagrati, Near Lucca, Italy)
இறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 27, 1272 (வயது 59-60)
லூக்கா, இத்தாலி
(Lucca, Italy)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1696
முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:
சேன் ஃப்ரேடியானோ பேராலயம், லூக்கா
(Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஏப்ரல் 27
பாதுகாவல்:
வீட்டுப் பணியாளர்கள், தொலைந்துபோன சாவி,
பாலியல் வன்முரைக்காளானவர்கள், தமது பக்திக்காக இழிவுபடுத்தப்பட்ட மக்கள்,
திருச்சபையின் திருமணமாகாத பொதுநிலைப் பெண்கள் (Single Laywomen), லூக்கா எனும் இத்தாலிய நகரம் (Italian City of Lucca)
புனிதர் ஸிட்டா ஒரு இத்தாலிய நாட்டு ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க புனிதரும், அருட்சகோதரியும் ஆவார்.
இத்தாலியின் லூக்கா (Lucca) நகரின் அருகேயுள்ள "மோன்சக்ரட்டி" (Monsagrati) என்னும் கிராமத்தில் பிறந்த இவர், தமது பன்னிரெண்டாம் வயதிலேயே வீட்டுப் பணிப்பெண்ணாக பணியமர்த்தப்பட்டார். நீண்ட காலமாக அவர் ஒரு பணிப்பெண்ணாக கொடுமைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். கடினமான பணிகள் அவர்மேல் சுமத்தப்பட்டன. நியாயமற்ற முறையில் அவர் துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டார். அவருடைய அன்பான மற்றும் வெளிப்படையான தன்மைக்காக அவர் அவரது முதலாளிகளாலும், சக பணியாளர்களாலும் தாக்கப்பட்டார். இடைவிடாது தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டார். அவருடைய பணிவும், சாந்த குணமும், அன்பும் அவரைக் கொடுமைப் படுத்திய முதலாளிகளையும், சக பணியாளர்களையும் அவரை விட்டு விலக வைத்தன. அவரது விடாமுயற்சியும், பண்பும் அவரை அவர்களிடமிருந்து மீட்டன. அவரது நிலையான பக்தி படிப்படியாக ஒரு மத எழுச்சியை குடியேற்றியது.
சோம்பேறித்தனமான பக்தி பொய்மையானது என்று அவர் அடிக்கடி பிறருக்கு எடுத்துரைத்தார். அவருக்கு தரப்பட்ட பணி, கடவுளால் அவருக்கு தரப்பட்டது என்று கூறினார். பிறரை இகழ்வதை விட்டு, தமது பணிகளை தாமே செவ்வன செய்தார். உறங்கும் நேரத்தைக் குறைத்து, செபத்தில் ஈடுபட்டார்.
கி.பி. 1272ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 27ம் நாளன்று, அவர் உறக்கத்திலேய சமாதானமாக இறந்தார். அவர் படுத்திருந்த இடத்தின்மேலே ஒரு விண்மீன் தோன்றியதாக சொல்லப்பட்டது.
அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்ட அவரது உடல், கி.பி. 1580ம் ஆண்டு தோண்டி வெளியில் எடுக்கப்பட்டது. அவரது உடல் கெட்டு விடாத நிலையில் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால் பின்னர் பதப்படுத்தப்பட்டதாக மாறிவிட்டது. புனிதர் ஸிட்டாவின் உடல் தற்போது லுக்காவிலுள்ள 'சேன் ஃப்ரேடியானோ பேராலயத்தில்' (Basilica di San Frediano in Lucca) பொதுமக்கள் பார்வைக்காக வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Also known as<
Cita, Sita, Citha, Sitha
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Born to a very poor but pious family. At age twelve she became a domestic servant for the wealthy Fainelli family in Lucca, Italy, a position she kept all her life; she looked at it as a way to serve God. She often gave her own food, and sometimes that of her master, to those poorer than herself, which caused her to get in frequent trouble with her employers and the other servants in the house who resented her. However, she did such a fine job she was eventually placed in charge of the house, and entrusted with its keys. Attended daily Mass before beginning her duties, and would go to a nearby monastery to pray in private. Her reputation was such that Dante in the Inferno referred to the city of Lucca as “Santa Zita”.
Born
1218 at Bozzanello, Monte Sagrate, Tuscany, Italy
Died
• 27 April 1272 at Lucca, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the church of San Frediano in Lucca
• her tomb was re-discovered in 1580
Beatified
• 1652 by Pope Innocent X
• during the recognition proceedings, her remains were found to be incorrupt
Canonized
• the office in her honour approved by Pope Leo X
• 5 September 1696 by Pope Innocent XII (cultus confirmed)
• added to the Roman Martyrology in 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV
Patronage
• against losing keys
• butlers
• domestic servants (proclaimed by Pope Pius XII)
• homemakers
• housemaids
• lost keys
• maids
• manservants
• people ridiculed for their piety
• rape victims
• servants
• servers
• single laywomen
• waiters, waitstaff, waitresses
• Lucca, Italy
Blessed Jakov Varingez
Also known as
• Giacomo de Bitetto
• Giacomo of Bitetto
• Giacomo Varingez
• Giacomo Veringuez
• James of Bitetto
• James of Dalmatia
• James of Illyricum
• James of Sclavonia
• James of Zara
• James the Illyrian
• James the Slav
Additional Memorial
20 April (Franciscans)
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Son of Leonardo and Beatrice Varingez. Jakov re-located to Bari, Italy to escape Turkish invaders. There he felt a call to religious life and joined the Order of Friars Minor at the friary of Bitetto, Italy; he lived there nearly all the rest of his life. He served as cook, alms-beggar, gardener, porter, and sacristan. Known for being continually in prayer, he was given to ecstasies, noted as a miracle worker and for the ability to levitate. In his 80's he worked with victims of the plague of 1482.
Born
c.1400 in Zadar, Zadarska, Croatia
Died
• 27 April 1496 in Bitetto, Bari, Italy
• body incorrupt about 20 years after his burial, and parts of the body are still so today
Beatified
• 29 December 1700 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmation)
• 19 December 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Patronage
Bitetto, Italy
Blessed Peter Armengol
Also known as
• Pere Ermengol
• Peter Armengaudius
• Peter Ermengol
• Pietro Armengaudio
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Born to the nobility, Pietro wasted his youth in dissolute living, and rode for a while as a brigand and thief. His band once tried to hijack his father‘s entourage, which caused the young man to re-evaluate his life. He had a conversion, and joined the Mercedarians in 1258.
From that point on he worked tirelessly to ransom hostages. Personally took the place of 18 captured Christian children. and endured enough torture for the entire group, including being hanged until his tormenters thought he was dead. He survived the experience and retired to the convent of Saint Mary of the Meadows, but it, and the life of pain he led as a result of the torture, led to his being considered a martyr.
Born
1238 at Tarragona, Urgell region, eastern Spanish Pyrenees
Died
1304 at Tarragona, Urgell region, eastern Spanish Pyrenees of natural causes
Beatified
28 March 1686 by Pope Innocent XI (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Nicolas Roland
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Raised in a pious family. Educated by Jesuits. Canon of Rheims, France while still a seminarian. Priest. Noted preacher. Assigned as parish priest in Rouen, France. Returned to Rheims with the plan to start schools for poor girls; he took a run-down orphanage and turned it into a successful school for orphaned and abandoned girls. Founder of the Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus (Sisters of the Infant Jesus) whose first members were teachers at his school; they received formal approval on 9 May 1678. He and the Sisters expanded the work and founded more schools around the city. Friend and mentor of Saint John Baptist la Salle who continued Nicolas' work by supervising the Sisters, and later founding schools for boys.
Born
8 December 1642 in Rheims, Marne, France
Died
• 27 April 1678 in Rheims, Marne, France of natural causes
• interred in the crypt of the Sisters of the Child Jesus in Rheims
Beatified
16 October 1994 by Pope John Paul II
Saint John of Kathara
Also known as
• John di Catari
• John of Cathares
• John of Constantinople
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Entered a monastery at age nine. Attended the Second Council of Nicaea in 787. Ordained at the Dalmatus monastery in Constantinople. Hegumen (abbot) of the Kathara monastery in Bithynia (in modern Turkey) in 805. Removed from his office, beaten and sent into exile in 815 for opposing the iconoclasm of emperor Leo V. Worked with Saint Theodore the Stoudite to defend icons. Brought to Constantinople in 817, both the emperor and the patriarch tried to convince him to support the iconoclasts; he refused and was exiled again. He was allowed to return to his house in late 820, but was exiled again in 832 when the iconoclasts came to power again.
Born
Irenopolis, Isaurian Decapolis
Died
c.835 on the prison island of Aphousia (modern Avsa, Balikesir, Turkey) of natural causes
Saint Adelelmus of Le Mans
Also known as
• Adelelmus of Etival
• Adelelmus of Flanders
• Adelermus, Adelhelm, Adelinus, Alleaume, Adelelmo, Adelermo, Adelino
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Friend and spiritual student of a hermit named Albert around Le Mans, France. Spiritual student of Saint Bernard of Tiron on Chaussey in the Channel Islands, but he returned to live as a hermit with Albert. With help from the count of Beaumont, Adelelmus founded a monastery for monks in the forest of Charnier, and a convent in Etival-a-Charnier in 1109. Though he lived near, and helped teach monks and nuns, Adelelmus apparently took any vows or joined any religious order.
Born
Flanders, Belgium
Died
27 April 1152 of natural causes
Saint Maughold
Also known as
• Apostle of the Isle of Man
• Macaille, Macaldus, Macallius, Macc Cuill, Maccaldus, Maccul, Machalus, Machaoi, Machella, Macull, Maghor, Maguil, Mawgan, Morgan, Mauchold
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Prince, pirate and thief. Converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick. To avoid temptation, he set sail from Ireland in a wicker boat, letting God set his course. He landed on the Isle of Man where he served as missionary bishop. Some versions say that Patrick ordained him, and assigned him to the Isle of Man as penance for his earlier life. Many geographic features on the Isle still bear his name. Legend says he divided the island into parishes, but it is unlikely.
Died
c.488
Patronage
Isle of Man
Saint Liberalis of Treviso
Also known as
• Liberalis of Altino
• Liberale of...
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Priest. Worked to convert Arians to orthodox Christianity, and was much abused by the Arians because of it. Late in life he retired to live as a hermit on a small island.
Born
near Ancona, Italy
Died
• c.400
• relics brought to Treviso, Italy in 452 by parishioners fleeing invading Huns
Patronage
• Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
• Treviso, Italy
Saint Laurensô Nguyen Van Huong
Also known as
Lawrence, Lorenzo
Additional Memorial
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
Profile
Priest of the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). Arrested as he was visiting a dying man during the persecutions of Emperor Tu-Duc; he was ordered to trample a cross; he refused. Flogged and executed. Martyr.
Born
c.1802 in Ke Sài, Hanoi, Vietnam
Died
beheaded on 27 April 1856 in Ninh Bình, Vietnam
Canonized
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Asicus of Elphin
Also known as
Ascicus, Asic, Assic, Assicus, Tassach
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Married coppersmith and silversmith. Convert. Disciple of Saint Patrick. First bishop of the diocese of Elphin, Ireland. Late in life, citing his unworthiness to lead his parishioners, he retired to live as a prayerful hermit on an island in Donegal Bay; monks from his diocese followed and tried to get him to return.
Died
c.490 of natural causes at Racoon, Donegal, Ireland
Canonized
19 June 1902 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Patronage
diocese of Elphin, Ireland
Saint Theodore of Tabenna
Also known as
• Theodore of Tabennísi
• Theodor, Theodoros
Additional Memorial
16 May (Eastern calendar)
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Monk at age 14. Spiritual student of Saint Pachomius at the monastery in Tabenna, Egypt; Pachomius delegated Theodore to bury him in secret. Chosen abbot of Tabenna in 350. Founded several monasteries in Egypt. Miracle worker.
Born
c.314 in Isna, Egypt
Died
27 April 368 of natural causes
Saint Floribert of Liège
Also known as
Florbert, Floribertus, Florebartus, Floriberius, Florebertus
Additional Memorial
1 November in the Diocese of Liege, Belgium
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Son of Saint Hubert of Liege and Floribana of Louvain; his mother died in child-birth. Bishop of Liege, Belgium.
Born
685 in France
Died
• 25 April 746 of natural causes
• buried in the Cathedral of Saint Lambert
Blessed Joseph Outhay Phongphumi
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Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Savannakhet (in modern Laos). Martyr.
Born
1933 in Kham Koem, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
Died
27 April 1961 in Muang Phalane, Savannakhet, Laos
Beatified
• 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in Vientiane, Laos, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Pollio of Cybalae
Also known as
• Pollio of Cibala
• Pollio of Cibali
• Pollio of Cibalis
• Pollio of Vinkovci
Additional Memorial
28 April (Hieronymian Martyrology; Synaxary of Constantinople)
Profile
Lector of the church of Cybalae in Pannonia. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for refusing to sacrifice to idols.
Died
burned alive c.304 in Cybalae, Pannonia (modern Vinkovci, Croatia)
Blessed Noël Tenaud
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Member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Priest. Martyr.
Born
11 November 1904 in Rocheservière, Vendée, France
Died
27 April 1961 in Muang Phalane, Savannakhet, Laos
Beatified
• 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in Vientiane, Laos, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Simeon of Jerusalem
Also known as
Simeon, Simon
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Son of Cleophas and related to Jesus. Second bishop of Jerusalem. Tortured and executed in the persecutions of Trajan. Martyr.
Died
crucified c.107
Saint Enoder
Also known as
Cynidr, Keneder, Kenedr, Quidic
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Grandson of Saint Brychan of Brecknock. The towns of Llangynidr, Wales, Saint Enoder, Cornwall and Kenderchurch, England are named for him.
Died
6th century
Saint Tertullian of Bologna
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Eighth bishop of Bologna, Italy, serving during the collapse of the western Roman Empire.
Died
c.490
Saint Stephen of Tarsus
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Martyred in one of the early persecutions in Asia Minor.
Died
at Tarsus, Cilicia, Asia Minor
Saint Castor of Tarsus
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Martyred in one of the early persecutions in Asia Minor.
Died
at Tarsus, Cilicia, Asia Minor
Saint Winewald of Beverley
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Abbot of Beverley Abbey in England.
Died
c.731
Saint Theophilus of Brescia
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Bishop of Brescia, Italy.
Died
c.427
Martyrs of Nicomedia
Profile
A group of Christians murdered together for their faith. In most cases all we have are their names - Dioscurus, Evanthia, Felicia, Felix, Germana, Germelina, Johannes, Julius, Laetissima, Nikeforus, Papias, Serapion and Victorinus.
Died
at Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor (modern Izmit, Turkey)
பீட்டர் கனிசியுஸ்(Peter Kanisius), சே.ச.
குரு, மறைவல்லுநர்
பிறப்பு
8 மே 1521
நிம்வேகன்(Nimwegen), ஹாலந்து
இறப்பு
21 டிசம்பர் 1597
சுவிட்சர்லாந்து
புனிதர் பட்டம்: 21 மே 1925
திருத்தந்தை பதினோறாம் பயஸ்
இவர் ஜெர்மனியிலுள்ள கொலோன் நகரில் பள்ளி சென்று தன் படிப்பை முடித்தார். அதன்பிறகு இயேசு சபையில் சேர்ந்து குருவாக பயிற்சி பெற்று 1546 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். பிறகு இறையியல் மற்றும் மெய்யியல் படித்து பட்டம் பெற்றார். பின்னர் ஜெர்மனி நாட்டிலும், சுவிட்சர்லாந்திலும் பல்வேறு இடங்களில் ஆன்மீக குருவாக பணியாற்றி, சிறப்பான மறையுரைகளை வழங்கினார். இவரின் மறையுரை மக்களின் விசுவாசத்தை காக்கவும், உறுதிப்படுத்தவும் உதவியாக இருந்தது. இப்பணியில் இருந்தபோது பல நூல்களை எழுதினார். இவர் எழுதிய "மறைக்கல்வி" என்ற நூல் மிகவும் புகழ் பெற்றது. புனித போனிப்பாஸ் ஜெர்மனியின் முதல் அப்போஸ்தலர் என்றால், புனித கனிசியுஸ் இரண்டாம் அப்போஸ்தலர் ஆவார். இவர் எழுதிய "ஆன்மீகப் பயிற்சிகள்" என்னும் நூல் இயேசு சபையில் பயிற்சியில் இருந்தவர்களுக்கு, தியானம் செய்ய பெரிதும் உதவியது. அப்போதுதான் இவர் இயேசு சபையில் "ஒரு மாத தியான முறையை" அறிமுகப்படுத்தினார்.
அதன்பிறகு ஜெர்மனியிலுள்ள, இங்கோல்ஸ்டாட் என்ற இடத்திலுருந்த பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் இறையியல், மெய்யியல் கற்றுக்கொடுக்கும் பேராசிரியராக பணியாற்றினார். அப்போது நாட்டை ஆண்டு வந்த அரசி, இவரை ஆஸ்திரிய நாட்டிற்கு பேராயராக உயர்த்த முயன்றார். இதற்கு கனிசியுசும், இவரின் சபைத்தலைவர் இனிகோவும் இணங்கவில்லை. இதனால் அரசி கோபமுற்று வியன்னாவில் குருமட பயிற்சியில் இருந்த மாணவர்களை, குருவாகக்கூடாது என்று கட்டளைப்பிறப்பித்தார். இதன் விளைவாக 20 ஆண்டுகள் எவராலும் குருவாக முடியவில்லை. அப்போது இச்சிக்கலை தவிர்க்கவே குருமட மாணவர்களை பல நூல்களை எழுத வேண்டினார். அவர்களும் பல நல்ல ஞான நூல்களை எழுதினார்கள். நூல் எழுதும் ஒவ்வொருவரும் 10 பேராசிரியர்களுக்கு சமமானவர்கள் என்று கூறி அம்மாணவர்களை இறைவழியில் கொண்டு சென்றார். பிறகு சுவிட்சர்லாந்தில் புகழ் வாய்ந்த ப்ரைபூர்க் பல்கலைக்கழகத்திற்கு அடித்தளமிட்டார்.
அப்போது இரண்டாம் வத்திக்கான் சங்கத்தின் ஒளியில் பிரிந்துபோன கிறிஸ்தவர்களிடம் உரையாடல் நடத்தவும், கிறிஸ்துவ ஒற்றுமையைக் காக்கவும், "எங்கும் ஒரே மந்தையும், ஒரே மேய்ப்பனும்" என்ற நிலை நடைமுறைக்கு வரும் நாளுக்காகவும் திருச்சபை மிகுதியாகஸ் செபிக்கும்படி, திருத்தந்தை அழைப்பு விடுத்துக்கொண்டே இருந்தார். இதனால் புனித கனிசியுஸ் இவ்வறிய வாய்ப்பை பயன்படுத்தி, தான் தொடங்கிய புதிய கல்லூரியில் புரொட்டாஸ்டாண்டு கிறிஸ்துவர்களுக்கும் இடமளித்து அனைவரையும் ஒன்று சேர்த்தார். அப்போது 1557 -ல் வேர்ம்ஸ் என்ற நகரில் நடைபெற்ற புரொட்டாஸ்ட்ண்ட், கத்தோலிக்க கலந்துரையாடலுக்கு அழைப்புப்பெற்றார். இவ்வுரையாடலில் கனிசியுஸ் திருச்சபைக்காகவும், குருமடமாணவர்களுக்காகவும் பரிந்து பேசினார். ஆனால் இதனால் பயனேதும் இல்லாமல் போனது. தொடர்ந்து தனது மறையுரையாலும், கல்வி கற்றுகொடுக்கும் பணியாலும் கிறிஸ்துவை இவ்வுலகிற்கு எடுத்துரைத்தார். இவர் தனது இறுதி நாட்களை தான் தொடங்கிய கல்லூரியில் இருந்த ஆலயத்திலேயே கழித்து உயிர்துறந்தார்.
