St. Leontius
Feastday: July 10
Death: 320
Martyr with Daniel, Maurice, and forty-two companions in Nicopolis
Feastday: July 10
Death: 320
Four martyrs who were beheaded at Nicopolis in Armenia during the persecutions under Emperor Lincinius Licinianus
St. Alexander
Feastday: July 10
Death: 165
Martyr with St. Felicity and others. Tradition states that he was beheaded during the reign of Emperor Anton inusPius in Rome. Felicity, Vitalis, and Martial were slain in some manner; other companions were beaten or drowned. Alexander may be one of the so-called '"Seven Brothers."
These SS Felix and Januarius are not to be confused with SS Felix and Januarius of Heraclea or with SS Felix and Januarius who were martyred in 303 with Audactus, Septimus, and Fortunatus.
Felicitas of Rome (c. 101 – 165), also anglicized as Felicity, is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Salaria on a 23 November.[1] However, a legend presents her as the mother of the seven martyrs whose feast is celebrated on 10 July. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates their martyrdom on 25 January.
The legend of Saint Symphorosa is very similar and their acts may have been confused. She was a patron saint of healing. They may even be the same person.[2] This Felicitas is not the same as the North African Felicitas who was martyred with Perpetua.
History of Saint Felicitas
The feast of Saint Felicitas of Rome was first mentioned in the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" as celebrated on 25 January. From a very early date her feast as a martyr was solemnly celebrated in the Roman Church on that date, as shown by the fact that on that day Saint Gregory the Great delivered a homily in the Basilica that rose above her tomb. Her body then rested in the catacomb of Maximus on the Via Salaria; in that cemetery all Roman itineraries, or guides to the burial-places of martyrs, locate her burial-place, specifying that her tomb was in a church above this catacomb.[3] The crypt where St Felicitas was laid to rest was later enlarged into a subterranean chapel, and was rediscovered in 1885.
In the early Middle Ages there was a chapel in honour of St Felicitas (Felicity) in an ancient Roman edifice near the ruins of the Baths of Titus.
Some of her relics are in the Capuchin church at Montefiascone, Tuscany. Others are in the church of Santa Susanna in Rome.
Association with the seven martyrs venerated on 10 July
Seven martyrs who on that day, though perhaps in different years, were buried in four different Roman cemeteries are celebrated jointly on 10 July:
Saints Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial(is) (Cemetery of the Jordani, on the Via Salaria)
Saint Januarius (Cemetery of Praetextatus, on the Via Appia)
Saints Felix and Philip (Cemetery of Priscilla, on the Via Salaria)
Saint Sylvanus or Silvanus (Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Salaria)[4][5]
The earliest list of the Roman feasts of martyrs, known as the "Depositio Martyrum" and dating from the time of Pope Liberius, in the middle of the fourth century, already mentions these seven martyrs as celebrated on 10 July in the four different catacombs in which their bodies lay. To the name of Silvanus it adds the statement that his body was stolen by the Novatians (hunc Silvanum martyrem Novatiani furati sunt). It does not say that they were brothers.
The tomb of St Januarius in the catacomb of Prætextatus belongs to the end of the second century, to which period, therefore, the martyrdoms, if they are in fact associated with one another, must belong, under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
One of the seven martyrs, Saint Martialis (Martial, Marziale), is venerated as the patron saint of Torricella Peligna in the Abruzzo, and Isca sullo Ionio in Calabria, Italy with his feast day on 10 July.[6][7]
Until it was revised in 1969, the General Roman Calendar designated these seven martyrs as "The Seven Holy Brothers", and some traditionalist Catholics continue to celebrate them under this designation.
Legend of Felicitas and the Seven Holy Brothers
Saint Felicitas (also known as Felicity) is said[8] to have been a rich and pious Christian widow who had seven sons. She devoted herself to charitable work and converted many to the Christian faith by her example. This aroused the wrath of pagan priests who lodged a complaint against her with Emperor Marcus Aurelius. These priests asserted the ire of the gods and demanded sacrifice from Felicitas and her children. The Emperor acquiesced to their demand and Felicitas was brought before Publius, the Prefect of Rome. Taking Felicitas aside, he used various pleas and threats in an unsuccessful attempt to get her to worship the pagan gods. He was equally unsuccessful with her seven sons who followed their mother's example.
Before the Prefect Publius they adhered firmly to their religion, and were delivered over to four judges, who condemned them to various modes of death. The division of the martyrs among four judges corresponds to the four places of their burial. She implored God only that she not to be killed before her sons, so that she might be able to encourage them during their torture and death in order that they would not deny Christ. With joy, she accompanied her sons one by one until she had witnessed the death of all seven. We are not entirely sure as to how each of them died, but it is said that Januarius, the eldest, was scourged to death; Felix and Philip were beaten with clubs until they expired; Silvanus was thrown headlong down a precipice; and the three youngest, Alexander, Vitalis and Martialis were beheaded. After each execution she was given the chance to denounce her faith. She refused to act against her conscience and so she too suffered martyrdom. Certain communities around the United States still celebrate San Marziale (Saint Martialis/Saint Marshall) with a San Marziale festival typically held on July 10 or near that date.
They suffered and entered into eternal rest in Rome about the year 164 She was buried in the catacomb of Maximus on the Via Salaria, beside St Silvanus. It is said that she died eight times. Once with each of her sons, and finally her own, and their feast day is held on January 25.
Origin of the legend
The Seven Holy Brothers
The "Acts" that give the above account of the seven martyrs as sons of Felicitas existed, in some form, in the sixth century, since Pope Gregory I refers to them in his "Homiliæ super Evangelia, book I, homily iii."[9] The early twentieth century Catholic Encyclopedia reported that "even distinguished modern archæologists have considered them, though not in their present form corresponding entirely to the original, yet in substance based on genuine contemporary records." But it went on to say that investigations had shown this opinion to be hardly tenable. The earliest recension of these "Acts" does not antedate the sixth century, and appears to be based not on a Roman i.e. Latin text, but on a Greek original. Moreover, apart from the existing form of the "Acts," various details have been called into question. If Felicitas were really the mother of the seven martyrs honoured on 10 July, it is strange that her name does not appear in the well-known fourth-century Roman calendar.[10]
The tomb of St Silvanus, one of the seven martyrs commemorated on 10 July, adjoined that of St Felicitas; it is quite possible, therefore, that tradition soon identified the seven martyrs of 10 July as the sons of St Felicitas, and that this formed the basis for the extant "Acts.
Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz
அருளாளர் இம்மானுவேல் ரூய்ஸ்
(1804-1860)
இவர் ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டிலுள்ள ஒரு சாதாரண குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர்.
சிறுவயதிலேயே கடவுள்மீது மிகுந்த பற்றுகொண்ட இவர், வளர்ந்து பெரியவரான போது, கடவுளுடைய அழைப்பை உணர்ந்தார். ஆதலால் இவர் புனித பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையில் சேர்ந்து, லெபனான் நாட்டில் இறைப்பணி செய்யத் தொடங்கினார்.
இவர் லெபனான் நாட்டில் இறைப்பணியைச் செய்து வந்த காலக்கட்டத்தில், கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்கு எதிராக மிகுதியான வன்முறைகள் நடைபெற்றன.
ஒருசமயம் இவர் இருந்த துறவுமடத்தில் நுழைந்த மூர் இனத்தவர், அதாவது வன்முறையாளர்கள், இவரையும் இவரோடு இருந்த ஆறு அருள்பணியாளர்களையும், மூன்று பொதுநிலையினரையும் கிறிஸ்துவை மறுதலித்துவிட்டுத் தங்களுடைய சமயத்தை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளச் சொன்னார்கள்.
அதற்கு இவர்கள் மறுப்பு தெரிவித்ததால், வன்முறையாளர்கள் இவர்களைக் கொன்று போட்டார்கள். இவ்வாறு இம்மானுவேல் ரூய்ஸூம், இவரோடு இருந்த 10 பேரும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காகத் தங்களுடைய இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்து, அவருக்குச் சான்று பகர்ந்தார்கள்.
இவருக்கு 1926 ஆம் ஆண்டு அருளாளர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.
Feastday: July 10
Death: 1860
Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon. A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number, and three Maronite laymen were slain by the Islamic rebels. He was beatified in 1926.
St. Theodosius Pechersky
Feastday: July 10
Death: 1074
Russian monk. Born to a wealthy family, he gave up all connection with the comfortable circumstances of his parents and labored in the fields with the humble peasants before entering the monastery ofthe Caves in Kiev about 1032. Eventually becoming abbot of the community, he introduced many reforms to end the extreme asceticism which had been long-standing practice and introduced a more moderate rule for the monks. Aside from promoting the spiritual life in the region around Kiev, he also aided the poor, established hospitals, and involved himself in the dynastic politics of the duchy of Kiev. Through his labors, he made "the Caves" one of the foremost monastic institutions in Russia. Canonized in 1108 by the bishop of Kiev, he is venerated by the Russian Orthodox Church as one ofthe founders of Russian monasticism.
Saint Victoria
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Beautiful Roman Christian noblewoman. Sister of Saint Anatolia. The two sisters were set for arranged marriages to noble Roman pagans, and were hesitant. Victoria argued that it would be all right as the patriarchs in the Old Testament had been married; but Anatolia cited other examples to prove that for the holiest lives, they should devote themselves to God and stay single. Victoria was convinced, sold her jewelry, gave the money to the poor, and refused to go through with the wedding to a fellow named Eugenius.
The two suitors insisted on the weddings, and the sisters refused. The young men denouced the women as Christians, but obtained authority to imprison them their estates, in hopes of breaking their faith and changing their minds. The women converted their servants and guards sent to watch them. Anatolia's suitor, Titus Aurelius, soon gave up, and handed her back to the authorities. Eugenius stayed at it for years, alternating between good and harsh treatment of Victoria, but eventually even he gave up, and returned her to the authorities. She was martyred by order of Julian, prefect of the Capitol and count of the temples.
Modern research indicates their story is most likely pious fiction that was mistaken for history.
Died
• stabbed through the heart in 250 by the executioner Liliarcus at Tabulana, Italy
• legend says her murderer was immediately struck with leprosy, and died six days later, eaten by worms
Saint Anatolia of Thora
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Beautiful Roman Christian noblewoman. Sister of Saint Victoria. The two sisters were set for arranged marriages to noble Roman pagans, and were hesitant. Victoria argued that it would be all right as the patriarchs in the Old Testament had been married; but Anatolia cited other examples to prove that for the holiest lives, they should devote themselves to God and stay single. Victoria was convinced, sold her jewelry, gave the money to the poor, and refused to go through with the wedding to a fellow named Eugenius.
The two suitors insisted on the weddings, and the sisters refused. The young men denouced the women as Christians during the time of the persecutions of Decius, but obtained authority to imprison them their estates, in hopes of breaking their faith and changing their minds. The women converted their servants and guards sent to watch them. Anatolia's suitor, Titus Aurelius, soon gave up, and handed her back to the authorities. Eugenius stayed at it for years, alternating between good and harsh treatment of Victoria, but eventually even he gave up, and returned her to the authorities. She was martyred by order of Julian, prefect of the Capitol and count of the temples. Her example so impressed her guard, Audax, that he converted to Christianity and was himself soon after martyred.
Modern research indicates their story was likely pious fiction that was mistaken for history.
Died
• in 250 at Tabulana, Italy
• she was first locked up with a poisonous snake, and when it would not bite her, she was stabbed to death with a sword
Saint Amalburga of Mauberge
Also known as
• Amalburga of Temse
• Amalberga, Amalia, Amelberg, Amelia
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Seventh century relative of Saint Pepin of Landen. Married young to Count Witger. Mother of Saint Gudula of Brussels, Saint Emebert, and Saint Reineldis, all of whom she taught herself, including religion. When the youngest was grown, both Amalburga and her husband retired to Benedictine houses, the Count to Lobbes, Belgium, Amalburga to Maubeuge Abbey where she embraced a life of asceticism and prayer. Received the veil from Saint Willibrord of Echternach. She once crossed a lake by riding on the back of a giant sturgeon, which led to her representation on or with a fish.
Born
in Brabant, Belgium
Died
• 690
• buried beside her husband at the monastery at Lobbes, Belgium
• relics have been in Saint Peter's abbey church in Ghent, Belgium since 1073
Saint Knud
இன்றைய புனிதர்
2021-07-10
டென்மார்க்கின் புனித குன்ட், நார்வே புனித ஓலப், ஸ்வீடன் புனித எரிக், (அரசர்கள், மறைசாட்சிகள்)(Kund of Denmark, Olaf of Norway, Erich of Sweden)
இறப்பு
29 ஜூலை 1030
பாதுகாவல்: நார்வே நாட்டின் பாதுகாவலர்
இவர் 1015 ஆம் ஆண்டில் தனது 20 ஆம் வயதில் நார்வே நாட்டின் அரசராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் 1014 ஆம் ஆண்டில் தான் ஞானஸ்நானம் பெற்று கிறிஸ்தவரானார். இவர் அரசரான 15 ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து, மிகவும் செல்வம் இருந்ததால் ஏழைகளிடம் பகிர்ந்து கொடுத்தார். ஏராளமான ஏழை மக்களுக்கு வழிகாட்டினார். தன் முழு வாழ்வையும் ஏழை மக்களுக்காகவே அர்ப்பணித்தார். மிஷினரி வேலை செய்து, கிறிஸ்துவை பரப்ப, பல நாடுகளிலிருந்து கிறிஸ்துவர்களையும், துறவற குழுமத்தினரையும் தன் நாட்டிற்கு அழைத்தார். பல ஆலயங்களை கட்டினார். பலரை மனந்திருப்பி ஞானஸ்நானம் பெற சொன்னார். இதனால் எதிர் திருச்சபை மக்களால் 1028 ஆம் ஆண்டு பதவியிலிருந்து நீக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார். இவரின் உரிமைகள் அனைத்தும் பறிக்கப்பட்டது. பின்னர் அணுவணுவாக துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டு கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார். இவரின் கல்லறை நார்வே நாட்டில் உள்ளது. இவரின் பெயரால் அந்நாட்டில் பெரிய பெரிய பேராலயங்கள் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது.
எரிக் (Erich), ஸ்வீடன்
இறப்பு: 18 மே 1160, உப்சலா(Uppsala), ஸ்வீடன்
பாதுகாவல்: ஸ்வீடன் நாட்டின் பாதுகாவலர்
இவரும் மறைசாட்சியாளர் குன்ட் போலவே, ஆலயத்தில் திருப்பலி நேரத்தில் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார். இவரும் தன் நாட்டில் மறைபரப்பு பணியை செய்து, மக்களை ஆன்மீகத்தில் வளர்த்தெடுத்தார். 1150 ஆம் ஆண்டில் ஸ்வீடன் நாட்டின் அரசராக இருந்தார். மறைப்பணி செய்ததின் காரணமாக இவரும் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார். ஸ்வீடன் நாட்டில் உப்சலா என்ற ஊரில் உள்ள பேராலயத்தில் இவரின் உடல் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது.
குன்ட் (Kund), டென்மார்க்
இறப்பு: 10 ஜூலை 1086
புனிதர்பட்டம்: 1100, திருத்தந்தை 2ஆம் பாஸ்கலீஸ் (Pope Paschalis II)
1080 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர் டென்மார்க் நாட்டின் அரசராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் மிகுந்த விசுவாசம் கொண்டவர். கிறிஸ்துவை தன் நாடு முழுவதும் பரப்ப பெரும்பாடுபட்டவர். பல ஆலயங்களையும், துறவு மடங்களையும், பள்ளிகளையும் நாடு முழுவதும் கட்டினார். இவர் கிறிஸ்துவை பரப்பிய காரணத்திற்காகவே, இவரின் எதிரிகளால் திருப்பலியில் இருக்கும்போதே குத்திக் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார்.
Also known as
Canute, Canute IV, Canutus, Cnut, Knud IV, Knut, Knute
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13 January (Sweden and Finland)
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Illegimate son of King Sweyn Estrithson of Denmark. Nephew of King Knud of England. King of Denmark as Knud IV c.1080. Married to Adela, sister of Count Roberts of Flanders (in modern Belgium. He spread the gospel through his kingdom, supported missionaries, and built churches. Tried and failed to conquer England to press his claim to the throne which he saw as his through his kinship to his uncle, King Knud. Following his defeat, he fled to the island of Fünen. Murdered with his brother and 17 followers while kneeling at an altar immediately following confession. Miracles reported at his tomb.
Born
c.1043
Died
murdered in 1086 in the church of Saint Alban on the island of Fünen, Denmark
Canonized
1101 by Pope Paschal II
Patronage
Denmark
Blessed Pacificus
Also known as
Pacific, Pacifico
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Travelling musician, he was crowned a "prince of poets" in Rome, Italy by the Emperor, and lived a very dissolute life. He was brought to an active faith by the preaching of Saint Francis of Assisi, joining the Franciscan friars in 1212, he became one of the favourite travelling companions of Saint Francis and even set some of his writings to music. Saint Francis sent him to spread Franciscan spirituality and life in Paris, France in 1217. Entrusted by Pope Gregory IX with the spiritual direction of the Poor Clares in Siena, Italy in 1223. Spiritual leader of the Franciscans in northern France c.1230.
Born
c.1162 in the Marches of Ancona, Italy
Died
c.1234 at the convent of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France of natural causes
Blessed Faustino Villanueva y Villanueva
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A member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, joining on 8 September 1949, and making his perpetual profession in 1952. Ordained a priest on 25 February 1956. Taught in his seminary, and served as novice master. Missionary to Guatemala in 1959 where he worked in several parishes for 21 years. Martyr.
Born
15 February 1931 in Yesa, Navarra, Spain
Died
10 July 1980 in Joyabaj, Quiché, Guatemala
Beatified
• 23 April 2021 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
Saint Antôn Nguyen Huu Quynh
Additional Memorial
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
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Layman. Physician. Catechist. Worked to help the missionaries of the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Arrested in 1838 he spent two years in prison for associating with foreign missionaries. There, between bouts of torture and abuse, he used his medical skills to help fellow prisoners. Martyred in the persecutions of emperor Minh Mang.
Born
c.1768 in My Huong, Quang Bình, Vietnam
Died
strangled to death on 10 July 1840 at Ðong Hoi, Quang Bình, Vietnam
Canonized
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Phêrô Nguyen Khac Tu
Additional Memorial
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
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Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin (in modern Vietnam. Martyred in the persecutions of emperor Minh Mang.
Born
c.1808 in Ninh Bình, Gia Long, Vietnam
Died
strangled to death on 10 July 1840 at Ðong Hoi, Quang Bình, Vietnam
Canonized
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Nicholas Spira
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Son of a lawyer, Nicholas received a good education, and became known as a good administrator. Premonstratensian monk at the monastery of Grimbergen, Brabant, Flanders (in modern Belgium); he served as sub-prior, then prior, and then was chosen abbot in 1543. Noted for his devotion to the Eucharist and the Liturgy. He was forced from his monastery in 1566 when Protestants burned it down.
Born
1484 in Brussels, Belgium
Died
10 July 1568 of natural causes
Blessed Marie-Gertrude de Ripert d'Alauzier
Also known as
Sister Saint Sophia
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Ursuline nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.
Born
15 November 1757 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France
Died
10 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France
Beatified
10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI
Saint Rufina of Rome and Saint Secunda of Rome
† இன்றைய புனிதர் †
(ஜூலை 10)
✠ புனிதர்கள் ரூஃபினா மற்றும் செகுண்டா ✠
(Saints Rufina and Secunda)
கன்னியர் மற்றும் மறைசாட்சியர்:
(Virgins and Martyrs)
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டு
ரோம், ரோம பேரரசு
(Rome, Roman Empire)
இறப்பு: கி.பி. 257
ரோம், ரோம பேரரசு
(Rome, Roman Empire)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Catholic Church)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 10
புனிதர்கள் ரூஃபினா மற்றும் செகுண்டா இருவரும் ரோம கன்னியரும், மறைசாட்சியரும், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் புனிதர்களுமாவர்.
ரோம பேரரசன் “வலேரியன்” (Emperor Valerian) காலத்து கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்கெதிரான துன்புருத்தல்களின்போது இவர்கள் மறைசாட்சியராக மரித்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. இவர்களுடைய தந்தை ரோம அதிகார சபை அங்கத்தினர் என்றும், அவரது பெயர் “அஸ்டேரியஸ்” (Asterius) என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது. சகோதரிகள் இருவருக்கும் திருமணம் நிச்சயம் ஆகியிருந்தது என்றும் அவர்களுக்கு நிச்சயமான மணமகன்களின் பெயர் “அர்மேண்டரியஸ் மற்றும் வேரினஸ்” (Armentarius and Verinus) என்றும் இவர்கள் இருவரும் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது. ஆனால் “வலேரியன்” தனது துன்புறுத்தல்களைத் தொடங்கியபோது அவர்களிருவரும் தமது விசுவாசத்தை கைவிட்டனர்.
மத்திய இத்தாலியிலுள்ள “எட்ரூரியா” (Etruria) பிராந்தியத்துக்கு தப்பிச் சென்ற சகோதரியர் ரூஃபினா மற்றும் செகுண்டா இருவரும் பிடிபட்டு கொண்டு வரப்பட்டு நிர்வாக அதிகாரியின் முன்னே நிறுத்தப்பட்டனர். அவன் இவர்களை துன்புறுத்தினான். பின்னர், இவர்களது தலையை வெட்டி கொன்றான்.
இவர்களது உடல்கள் இத்தாலியிலுள்ள “வயா ஆரேலியா” (Via Aurelia) என்ற சாலையில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டன. இவர்களை கௌரவிக்கும் நிமித்தமாக, ரோம் நகரில் “புனிதர்கள் ரூஃபினா மற்றும் செகுண்டா ஆலயம்” (Church of Sante Rufina e Secunda) கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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Two early nuns who were martyred together in the persecutions of Valerian.
Died
• martyred in 257 in Rome, Italy
• buried at Santa Rufina on the Aurelian Way
Blessed Sylvie-Agnès de Romillon
Also known as
Sister Agnès of Jesus
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Ursuline nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.
Born
15 March 1750 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France
Died
10 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France
Beatified
10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI
Saint Peter Vincioli
Also known as
Peter of Perugia
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Architect. Priest. Monk. Abbot. Founded the monastery of Saint Peter in Perugia, Italy and oversaw both its construction and the construction or re-building of other structures in his diocese.
Born
Perugia, Italy
Died
1007
Blessed Parthenios
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Brother of Blessed Euménios. Euménios was devoted service to lay people and monks in Martsallon, Crete. Monk of the Koudoumia monastery in 1897. Martyred by Muslims Turks with an unknown number of his brother monks and local Christians.
Birth
Gortyn, Crete
Died
1905 at the Koudomia monastery on Crete
Blessed Euménios
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Brother of Blessed Parthenios. Euménios was devoted service to lay people and monks in Martsallon, Crete. Monk of the Koudoumia monastery in 1897. Martyred by Muslims Turks with an unknown number of his brother monks and local Christians.
Birth
Gortyn, Crete
Died
1905 at the Koudomia monastery on Crete
Saint Apollonius of Sardis
Also known as
Apollonio
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Fourth-century evangelist who brought many to the faith. Scourged and executed by Prefect Perinius. Martyr.
Born
Sardis, Lydia (in Asia Minor)
Died
crucified at Iconium
Martyrs of Nitria
Also known as
Fathers of Nitria
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Four monks and the bishop of Alexandria, Egypt who were martyred by heretics. Saint John Chrysostom wrote about them, but their names have not come down to us.
Died
4th century in Nitria, Egypt
Blessed Arnold of Camerino
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Mercedarian friar. Noted preacher and miracle worker.
Born
Italian
Saint Cuán of Airbhre
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Tutor and spiritual teacher of of prince Ceallachán of Fothairt, Ireland. Cuán is mentioned in several early martyrologies, but nothing else is known about him.
Saint Etto
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Hetto
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Missionary in northern France and Flanders. Abbot of Saint Peter's monastery at Fescau, Belgium. Bishop of Fescau.
Born
Ireland
Died
c.670
Saint Sylvanus of Pisidia
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Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Severian.
Died
beheaded in Pisidia, Asia Minor in the early 4th-century
Saint Elilantus
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Brother of Saint Lantfrid and Saint Waltram. With them he founded the monastery of Benediktbeuren in Bavaria, Germany, and served as its abbot.
Died
c.770
Saint Lantfrid
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Brother of Saint Waltram and Saint Elilantus. With them he founded the monastery of Benediktbeuren in Bavaria, Germany, and served as its abbot.
Died
c.770
Saint Bianor of Pisidia
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Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Severian.
Died
beheaded in Pisidia, Asia Minor in the early 4th-century
Saint Waltram
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Brother of Saint Lantfrid and Saint Elilantus. With them he founded the monastery of Benediktbeuren in Bavaria, Germany, and served as its abbot.
Died
c.770
Saint Pascharius of Nantes
Also known as
Pascual, Pasquier
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Bishop of Nantes, France. Founded the monastery of Aindre.
Died
c.680
Martyrs of Africa
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A group of Christians martyred together in Africa. The only information that has survived are four of their names - Felix, Januarius, Marinus and Nabor.
Martyrs of Antioch
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A group of ten Christians martyred together. We have no details about them but the names – Diogenes, Domnina, Esicius, Macarius, Maxima, Maximus, Rodigus, Timoteus, Veronia and Zacheus.
Died
Antioch, date unknown
Martyrs of Nicopolis
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A group of 45 Christians tortured and martyred together in the persecutions of emperor Licinius. We know nothing else but six of their names - Anicetus, Anthony, Daniel, Leontius, Mauritius and Sisinno.
Died
c.329 in Nicopolis, Armenia (modern Koyulhisar, Turkey)
Martyrs of Tomis
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A group of 45 Christians martyred together. No details about them have survived but seven of their names – Aurelian, Diomedes, Domus, Emilian, John, Marcian and Sisimmus.
Died
in Tomis, Scythia Minor (modern Constanta, Romania), date unknown
Martyrs of Damascus
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A group of Franciscans and laymen ordered by Druz Muslims to convert to Islam. They refused and were hacked to pieces.
• 'Abd Al-Mu'ti Masabki
• Carmelo Bolta Bañuls
• Engelbert Kolland
• Francisco Pinazo Peñalver
• Fransis Masabki
• Juan Jacobo Fernández y Fernández
• Manuel Ruiz López
• Nicanor Ascanio de Soria
• Nicolás María Alberca Torres
• Pedro Soler Méndez
• Rufayil Masabki
Died
cut to pieces on 9-10 July 1860 in Damascus, Syria
Beatified
10 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI
Seven Holy Brothers
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A group of seven brothers, the sons of Saint Felicitas, all Christians, and all martyred in Rome, Italy in 165 in the persecutions of Emperor Antoninus - Alexander, Felix, Januarius, Martialis, Philip, Silvanus and Vitalis.
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Abbey of Badia di Cava, Italy
