இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஆகஸ்ட் 31

 Bl. Richard Bere

Feastday: August 31

Death: 1537

 

English martyr. Born at Glastonbury, he studied at Oxford and the Inns of Court before entering the Carthusians in London. When he and his fellow monks voiced their opposition to the planned divorce of King Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon, they were starved to death in Newgate Prison.

St. Albertinus

Feastday: August 31

Death: 1294

Benedictine prior general and peacemaker. A monk at the Holy Cross Monastery at Fonte Avelana in Italy, Albertinus was elected prior general of the Benedictine Order, circa 1270. At that time, the Benedictines were in the process of merging with the Camaldolese, and Albertinus provided leadership for this sensitive and far-reaching procedure. He also intervened in a dispute between the people of Gubbio, Italy, and their bishop.

St. Amatus

Feastday: August 31

Death: 1093

Bishop of Nusco, Italy. No other details of his life are known.

Bl. Diego Ventaja Milan

Feastday: August 31

Birth: 1880

Death: 1936

Diego Milan was a Spanish priest, bishop of Almería (1935-6), murdered at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

Born in Ohanes on July 22, 1880. His training in the Sacromonte Church culminated in the Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in philosophy and theology. Granada again rejoined the Sacromonte, first as chaplain and professor and four years later, as a canon. On July 16, 1935 was installed as bishop of Almeria.

On July 24, 1936 was forced to leave the Episcopal Palace and soon after was killed along with Manuel Medina Olmos, bishop of Guadix, and priests and Second Torcuato Perez Arce.

St. Dominic del Val

Feastday: August 31

Patron: of Altar boys, acolytes and choirboys

Death: 1250

Altar boy reportedly killed by Jews in Aragon, Spain, called San Dominquito, "Little Dominic." He is listed as a martyr, being only seven when murdered.

Dominguito del Val (died c. 1250) was a legendary child of Medieval Spain, who was allegedly a choirboy ritually murdered by Jews in Zaragoza (Saragossa). Dominguito is the protagonist of the first blood libel in the history of Spain – stories that grew in prominence in the 12th and 13th centuries of the Middle Ages, and contributed to antisemitic incidents. According to the legend, Dominguito was ritually murdered by Jews of Zaragoza.

Saint Dominguito is no longer included on the official Roman Catholic liturgical calendar; however, there is still a chapel dedicated to him in the cathedral of Zaragoza. There exists little historical evidence of Dominguito aside from the stories and legends built around him.

Dominguito's legend

The historical basis for Dominguito is unclear. No medieval references to the legend have been found; the first texts that recount the tale date from 1583,[1] three hundred thirty-three years after the fact. The story appears to have been largely copied from the legend of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, collected by Fray Alonso de Espina. According to the accounts, Alfonso X of Castile wrote the original rendition of the story in 1250, saying: "We have heard it said that some very cruel Jews, in memory of the Passion of Our Lord on Good Friday, kidnapped a Christian boy and crucified him."

According to the legend, Dominguito was born in Zaragoza and was admitted as a cathedral altar-boy and chorister at La Seo because of beautiful voice. He disappeared on 31 August 1250, when he was seven years old. Some months later, some boatmen discovered the decomposed corpse on the bank of Ebro river.[1]

The story goes that one day on his way home the boy met a Jew by the name of Albayuceto, deceived him and brought him to a house in the Jewish quarter, where he was nailed to a cross and tortured until he died. In an effort to dispose of the body, they beheaded him, cut off the feet and buried the corpse on the banks of the Ebro River.

The child's bones were later interred in the cathedral, where in the chapel of Santo Dominguito del Val they are still revered as holy relics. Dominguito is still revered as a saint and celebrated in 31 August in the diocese of Zaragoza.[2]

The story resembles others like the so-called "Holy Children" of La Guardia (inspired by a real inquisitorial process 1491).

The story has similarities with other tales circulating in medieval Europe alleging the murder of a child at hands of Jews. These were symptomatic of the growing anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages it was very frequent that in the face of any misfortune -weather, droughts, etc.- the Jewish community was blamed[citation needed]. Often, these stories were used to rationalize imposing greater repressive measures against the Jews

Saint Cyprian of Carthage

Also known as

• Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus

• Thascius Caecilius Cyprian

Additional Memorials

• 31 August in Eastern Church

• 26 September in the Anglican Church

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Born to wealthy pagan parents. Taught rhetoric and literature. Adult convert in 246, taught the faith by Saint Caecilius of Carthage. Ordained in 247. Bishop of Carthage in 249. During the persecution of Decius, beginning in 250, Cyprian lived in hiding, covertly ministering to his flock; his enemies condemned him for being a coward and not standing up for his faith. As a writer he was second only in importance to Tertullian as a Latin Father of the Church. Friend of Saint Pontius. Involved in the great argument over whether apostates should be readmitted to the Church; Cyprian believed they should, but under stringent conditions. Supported Pope Saint Cornelius against the anti-pope Novatian. During the persecutions of Valerian he was exiled to Curubis in 257, brought back Carthage, and then martyred in 258. His name is in the Communicantes in the Canon of the Mass.

Born

190 in Carthage, North Africa

Died

beheaded 14 September 258 in Carthage, North Africa

Patronage

• Algeria (proclaimed on 6 July 1914 by Pope Pius X)

• North Africa (proclaimed on 6 July 1914 by Pope Pius X, on 10 January 1958 by Pope Pius XII, and on 27 July 1962 by Pope John XXIII; editor's note - no, I don't know why it was done so many times)

Saint Raymond Nonnatus

✠ புனித ரேமண்ட் நொன்னட்டஸ் ✠

(St. Raymond Nonnatus)

மறைப்பணியாளர், குரு, ஒப்புரவாளர்:

(Religious, Priest and confessor)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1204

போர்டெல், செகர்ர, பார்செலோனா, அரகன், (தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின்)

(Portell, County of Segarra, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (Current Spain)

இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 31, 1240

கார்டோனா கோட்டை, பார்செலோனா, அரகன், ஸ்பெயின்

(Castle of Cardona, County of Cardona, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (Current Spain)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1657 

திருத்தந்தை 7ம் அலெக்சாண்டர்

(Pope Alexander VII)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஆகஸ்ட் 31

பாதுகாவல்: 

பைத்தோவா (Baitoa); டொமினிக்கன் குடியரசு (Dominican Republic); குழந்தைப் பிறப்பு; கர்ப்பிணி பெண்கள்; பிறந்த குழந்தைகள்; குழந்தைகள்; மகப்பேறு மருத்துவர்கள்; தாதிகள்; காய்ச்சல்; பொய்யான குற்றச்சாட்டு; ஒப்புதல் வாக்குமூலம்

புனிதர் ரேமண்ட், ஸ்பெயின் (Spain) நாட்டின் “கட்டலோனியா” (Catalonia) நகரைச் சேர்ந்த ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் புனிதர் ஆவார். இவரது தாயார், இவரை பிரசவிக்கும்போதே மரித்து போனார். அதனால் அறுவை சிகிச்சை (Caesarean) செய்துதான், தாயின் வயிற்றிலிருந்து இவரை எடுத்தனர்.

நன்கு கல்வி கற்றிருந்த இவரது தந்தை, இவருக்கு நல்லதோர் எதிர்காலத்தை உருவாக்கி தர முனைந்தார். “அரகன்” அரசின் (Kingdom of Aragon) அரசவையிலே சிறந்ததோர் உத்தியோகம் அவரைத் தேடி வந்தது. ஆனால், இவரது எண்ணங்களோ கிறிஸ்துவின் மீதும் அவர்தம் இரக்கத்தின் மீதுமே இருந்தது. அயலாரிடம் அன்பு காட்டுவதிலும் சிறந்தவராய் திகழ்ந்தார். இதனால், தமது பண்ணைகளிலொன்றினை நிர்வகிக்க அறிவுறுத்தியிருந்தார். சிறு வயது பிராயத்திலிருந்தே தமது வீட்டினருகேயிருந்த “தூய நிக்கோலஸ்” (St. Nicholas) சிற்றாலயத்தில் செபிக்கும் வழக்கம் கொண்டிருந்தார்.

பின்னர், “பார்சிலோனா” (Barcelona) நகரிலிருந்த “மெர்சிடரியன்” (Mercedarians) துறவற மடத்தின் சீருடைகளை ஏற்க ரேமண்டை அனுமதித்தார். “மெர்சிடரியன்” (Mercedarians) சபை, வட ஆபிரிக்காவின் முகம்மதியர்களிடம் (Moors of North Africa) பிடிபட்டிருந்த கிறிஸ்தவர்களை மீட்பதற்காக நிறுவப்பட்டதாகும். ரேமண்ட், அச்சபையின் நிறுவனரான “தூய பீட்டர் நோலாஸ்கோவிடம்” (St. Peter Nolasco) பயிற்சி பெற்றார். 1222ம் ஆண்டு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்ற இவர், பின்னர் அச்சபையின் தலைமை (Master General) பொறுப்பேற்றார்.

பின்னர் வலென்சியா (Valencia) நாட்டிற்கு மறைப்பணியாற்ற சென்ற ரேமண்ட், மிகச் சிறப்பான முறையில் மறைப்பணியை ஆற்றினார். அந்நாட்டில் அடிமைகளாக பிடிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த சுமார் 140 கிறிஸ்தவர்களை அடிமைத்தளையிலிருந்து மீட்டார். 

அதன்பிறகு, ரேமண்ட் வட ஆப்ரிக்காவில் மறைப்பணியாற்ற சென்றார். அங்கும் அடிமைகளாக இருந்த 250 கிறிஸ்தவர்களை “அல்ஜியர்ஸ்” (Algiers) எனுமிடத்திலிருந்து மீட்டார். அதன்பிறகு “டுனிஸ்” (Tunis) என்ற நகருக்கு சென்றார். அங்கே, மிகச் சிறந்த முறையில் மறை பரப்புப் பணியை ஆற்றிய இவர், அந்நாட்டு முகம்மதிய மக்களால் சிறைபிடிக்கப்பட்டு அடிமைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். 

சிறையில் இருக்கும்போது அவரின் உதடுகள் இரண்டையும் இழுத்து பிடித்து, உதடுகளின் நடுவே பளுத்த இரும்பினால் துளை போட்டு, இரும்பு பூட்டைக்கொண்டு, இவரின் வாயை பூட்டினர். அப்போது அக்கொடியவர்கள் ரேமண்ட்டை மறைபரப்பு பணியை ஆற்ற முடியாமல் செய்து வதைத்தனர். அங்கு அவர் பல துன்பங்களை அனுபவித்தார். பின்னர் அவரது சபையினரால் மீட்கப்பட்ட ரேமண்ட், கி.பி. 1239ம் ஆண்டு ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டுக்கு சென்றார்.

“பார்சிலோனா” (Barcelona) நகரிலிருந்து அறுபது மைல் தூரத்திலுள்ள “கர்டோனா கோட்டையில்” (Castle of Cardona) ரேமண்ட் மரித்தார். கி.பி. 1657ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை ஏழாம் அலெக்சாண்டரால் (Pope Alexander VII) புனிதர் பட்டமளிக்கப்பட்ட ரேமண்ட் அவர்களின் நினைவுத் திருவிழா ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் 31ம் தேதி ஆகும்.

Also known as

• Raymund Nonnatus

• Raimundo Nonato

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Born to the Spanish nobility. Well educated, his father planned a career for Raymond in the royal court in Aragon (part of modern Spain). When Raymond felt drawn to religious life, his father ordered him to manage one of the family farms. However, Raymond spent his time with the shepherds and workers, studying and praying until his father gave up the idea of making his son a wordly success.

Mercedarian priest, receiving the habit from Saint Peter Nolasco, the order's founder. Master-general of Mercedarian Order. Spent his entire estate ransoming Christians from Muslim captors, then surrendered himself as a hostage to free another. Sentenced to death by impalement, he was spared because of his large ransom value. Imprisoned and tortured, he still managed to convert some of his guards. To keep him from preaching the faith, his captors bored a hole through his lips with a hot iron, and attached padlock. Raymund was eventually ransomed, returning to Barcelona, Spain in 1239.

Created cardinal by Pope Gregory IX, Raymond continued to live as a mendicant monk. He died while en route to Rome to answer a papal summons.

Born

• 1204 at Portella, diocese of Urgel, Catalonia, Spain

• delivered by caesarean operation (c-section) when his mother died in childbirth; hence the name non natus = not born

Died

• 31 August 1240 at Cardona, Spain of a fever

• buried at the chapel of Saint Nicholas near his family farm he was supposed to have managed

Beatified

5 November 1625 by Pope Urban VIII (cultus confirmed)

Canonized

1657 by Pope Alexander VII (canonized)

Patronage

• against fever

• babies, infants, newborns

• childbirth

• children

• expectant mothers, pregnant women

• falsely accused people

• midwives

• obstetricians

• Baltoa, Dominican Republic

• San Ramon, Costa Rica

Blessed Pere Tarrés i Claret

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The son of Francesco and Carmen Tarrés i Claret, he and his sisters Francesca and Maria, both of whom became Conceptionist nuns, were raised in a Christian home. Due to his father‘s work as a mechanic, the family moved regularly. He received Confirmation on 31 May 1910, and his first Communion on 1 May 1913. Pere was educated by the Piarist Fathers and Jesuits, helped in a local pharmacy, and graduated from the College of Saint Ignatius. He studied medicine at the University of Barcelona, and attended the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. Member of the Federation of Young Christians and Catholic Action. Pere’s father died in July 1925, and not long after his mother was in an accident that left her crippled for life. Received his degree in medicine in 1928. With Dr Gerardo Manresa, he founded the Our Lady of Mercy clinic in Barcelona which concentrated on treating tuberculosis patients.

Pere was on a spiritual retreat at the Montserrat monastery when the Spanish Civil War broke out and its anti–Christian persecutions began. He continued working at the clinic, and secretly bringing Communion to covert Catholics. Drafted by the Spanish Republic in July 1938 to serve as an army doctor, receiving the rank of captain. Along with treating patients, he studied Latin and philosophy, and after the war he taught at the University of Barcelona. He entered Barcelona seminary on 29 September 1939, and was ordained a priest in the archdiocese of Barcelona on 30 May 1943. Studied theology at the Pontifical University in Salamanca, Spain, receiving his degree on 13 November 1944. Served as an official in Catholic Action, was active in parish youth ministry, and as chaplain of women‘s religious houses, including the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Taught moral theology and served as confessor at the seminary in Barcelona.

Father Pere was diagnosed in May 1950 with an aggressive form of cancer. His health went rapidly downhill, and he offered his final months of suffering and death for the sanctification of his brother priests.

Born

30 May 1905 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain

Died

• 31 August 1950 in his clinic in Barcelona, Spain of lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma

• buried in the Montjuic cemetery

• re-interred in the parish church of San Vicente of Sarrià on 6 November 1975

Beatified

5 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Loreto, Italy

Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne

புனித ஐடன் (-651)

(ஆகஸ்ட் 31)

இவர் அயர்லாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். சிறுவயதிலேயே இறைவன் மிகுந்த பற்றுக் கொண்ட இவர், வளர்ந்ததும், துறவு மடத்தில் சேர்ந்து துறவியானார்.

திருவிலியத்தில் புலமை பெற்றிருந்த இவர் கடவுளின் வார்த்தையை மிகவும் வல்லமையோடு எடுத்துரைத்து, பலரையும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவில் நம்பிக்கை கொள்ளச் செய்தார். நார்தம்பரியாவில் இவர் ஆற்றிய நற்செய்திப் பணியே இதற்குச் சான்று.

இவர் ஏழைகளிடம் மிகுந்த கரிசனையோடு இருந்தார். அதே நேரத்தில் தூய்மைக்கும் எடுத்துக்காட்டாக விளங்கினார்.

இப்படிப்பட்டவர் லின்டர்ஃபர்ன் (Lindesfarne) என்ற இடத்தின் ஆயராகத் திருநிலைப்பட்டார். இதன் பிறகு இவர் கடவுளின் வார்த்தையை இன்னும் சிறப்பாக அறிவித்தார். லின்டர்ஃபர்னில் இவர் ஒரு துறவுமடத்தையும் நிறுவினார். இத்துறவுமடம் மக்களுக்கு ஆன்மிகத்தை மட்டும் போதிக்காமல் பல துறைகளைச் சார்ந்தவற்றையும் போதித்தது. 

இப்படித தன் வாழ்வையே சிறந்த நற்செய்தியாகத் தந்த இவர் 651 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

• Apostle of Northumbria

• Aedan of Lindisfarne

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Monk at Iona, Scotland. Studied under Saint Senan at Inish Cathay. Bishop of Clogher, Ireland. Resigned the see to became a monk at Iona c.630. Evangelizing bishop in Northumbria, England at the behest of his friend the king, Saint Oswald of Northumbria. Once when pagans attacked Oswald's forces at Bambrough, they piled wood around the city walls to burn it; Saint Aidan prayed for help, and a change in wind blew the smoke and flames over the pagan army.

Aidan was known for his knowledge of the Bible, his eloquent preaching, his personal holiness, simple life, scholarship, and charity. Miracle worker. Trained Saint Boswell. Founded the Lindesfarne monastery that became not only a religious standard bearer, but a great storehouse of European literature and learning during the dark ages. Saint Bede is lavish in his praise of the episcopal rule of Aidan.

Born

Irish

Died

• 31 August 651 at Bamburg, England of natural causes

• the young Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, a shepherd in the fields at the time, saw Aidan's soul rise to heaven as a shaft of light

• buried at Lindesfarne

Saint Joseph of Arimathea

✠ அரிமத்தியா புனிதர் யோசேப்பு ✠

(St. Joseph of Arimathea)

இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் இரகசிய சீடர்:

(Secret Disciple of Jesus)

பிறப்பு: ----

இறப்பு: ----

பழைய எருசலேம் நகரிலுள்ள “தூய செபுல்ச்ர்”, சிரியாக் மரபுவழி சிற்றாலயம்

(Syriac orthodox Chapel in Holy Sepulchre)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் ஒன்றியம்

(Anglican Communion)

லூதரனியம்

(Lutheranism)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்ட் 31

பாதுகாவல்: நீத்தோர் இறுதி சடங்கினை வழிநடத்துவோர்

அரிமத்தியா ஊரைச் சேர்ந்த புனிதர் யோசேப்பு என்பவர், நற்செய்திகளின்படி, இயேசுவின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர், அவரை அடக்கம் செய்தவர் ஆவர். இவர் நான்கு திருமுறை நற்செய்திகளிலும் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளார். 

மாற்கு 15:43 இவரை மதிப்புக்குரிய தலைமைச் சங்க உறுப்பினர் எனவும், இறையாட்சியின் வருகைக்காகக் காத்திருந்தவர் எனவும் குறிக்கின்றது.

மத்தேயு 27:57 இவர் இயேசுவுக்குச் சீடராய் இருந்தார் எனக்குறிக்கின்றது.

யோவான் 19:38 இவரை இயேசுவின் சீடர்களுள் ஒருவர் எனவும் யூதருக்கு அஞ்சியதால் தம்மைச் சீடர் என்று வெளிப்படையாகக் காட்டிக்கொள்ளாதவர் எனவும் குறிக்கின்றது.

இதன்படி இவர் இயேசுவின் உடலை எடுத்துக் கொண்டுபோகப் பிலாத்துவிடம் (Pilate) அனுமதி கேட்டார். பிலாத்து நூற்றுவர் தலைவரிடமிருந்து கேட்டு இயேசுவின் இறப்பை உறுதி செய்தபின்பு யோசேப்பிடம் இயேசுவின் உடலை அளித்தான்.

“நிக்கதேம்” (Nicodemus) துணையோடு “கொல்கொதாவில்” (Golgotha) இவர் இயேசுவின் உடலை சிலுவையிலிருந்து இறக்கி யூத அடக்க முறைப்படி நறுமணப் பொருட்களுடன் துணிகளால் சுற்றிக் கட்டினார். ஒரு புதிய கல்லறை ஒன்றில் அவரின் உடலை அடக்கம் செய்தார் என விவிலியம் கூறுகின்றது.

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை, கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை, லூதரனியம் மற்றும் சில ஆங்கிலிக்கம் சபைகள் இவரை புனிதர் என ஏற்கின்றன.

Also known as

Joseph of Glastonbury

Additional Memorial

16 October (translation of relics to Jerusalem)

Profile

Wealthy Israelite owner of tin mines in Cornwall. May have been related to Jesus, and certainly was a disciple and student. He is the noble counselor mentioned in the Gospel of Mark. Provided the tomb for Christ, and with the help of Saint Nicodemus, interred Jesus. Tradition says he brought the Faith and the Holy Grail to England. When he planted his traveller's staff in Glastonbury, it took root and became a thorn tree which flowered each Christmas Day.

Born

Arimathea, Palestine

Died

1st century

Patronage

• coffin-bearers, pallbearers

• funeral directors, morticians, undertakers

• tin miners

• tin smiths

• Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Vancouver

• Glastonbury cathedral

Blessed Germán Martín y Martín

Profile

Member of the Salesians, making his novitiate in Carabanchel Alto, Spain, and making his religious profession in 1918. He studied philosophy and education in Carabanchel Alto, Barcelona and Baracaldo. Teacher in Havana, Cuba in work that substituted for mandatory military service. Ordained a priest in 1927, and assigned to Carabanchel Alto for six years. He also worked in the Spanish cities of Bilbao and Madrid. Served as teacher, counselor, catechist and spiritual director at the San Miguel Arcángel School on the Paseo de Extremadura in 1933 till 1936; remembered by former students for his deep spiritual life, his strict personal adherance to Salesian principles, and as a counselor who could reach them on their own level in spiritual and academic matters. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Father Germán and the other Salesians were forced to abandon the school and go into hiding. Seized at a boarding house in Madrid on 30 August 1936 and executed the next day for the crime of being a priest.

Born

9 February 1899 in San Cristobál de Priero, Oviedo, Spain

Died

shot in the early morning hours of 31 August 1936 in the cemetery Aravaca, Madrid, Spain

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Blessed Isidoro Primo Rodríguez

Also known as

Edmigio, Edmigius

Additional Memorial

16 November as one of the Martyrs of Almeria

Profile

Member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers); he entered the novitiate on 3 August 1898, taking the name Edmigio; he received the habit on 8 October 1898, and his perpetual vows on 11 August 1911. Taught in several schools and in Saint Joseph College in Almería, Spain. Arrested by the anti-Catholic Popular Front forces in the Spanish Civil War, and executed for the crime of teaching Christianity. One of the Martyrs of Almeria killed during the Spanish Civil War.

Born

4 April 1881 in Adalia, Palencia, Spain

Died

• shot in the head on 31 August 1936 in Pozo de la Lagarta, Tabernas, Almería, Spain

• body thrown into a well

Beatification

10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Andrew Dotti

Also known as

Andrea Dotti

Profile

Born to the nobility, the brother of Count Dotto Dotti. A career soldier, he rose to the rank of captain of archers in the army of Philippe the Fair. Though he grew up a courtier and lived as a soldiers, Andrew was always drawn to religious life. In 1278, after hearing a sermon by Saint Philip Benizi, he joined the Servite Order, being received into the Order by Saint Philip himself. Priest. Held several offices in the Order. Noted preacher and sought after confessor. Known in his day for his personal penances. Visionary and miracle worker. Late in life he retired to Montevecchio to spend his final days in prayer and solitude.

Born

1256 at Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany, Italy

Died

• 31 August 1315 in Montevecchio, Italy of natural causes

• buried in Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany, Italy

Beatified

29 November 1806 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Nicodemus

✠ புனிதர் நிக்கதேம் ✠

(St. Nicodemus)

கிறிஸ்துவின் பாதுகாவலன்:

(Defender of Christ)

பிறப்பு: கி.மு. முதலாம் நூற்றாண்டு

இறப்பு: கி.பி. முதலாம் நூற்றாண்டு

யூதேயா 

(Judea)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் ஒன்றியம்

(Anglican Communion)

லூதரனியம்

(Lutheranism)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்ட் 31 

பாதுகாவல்: ஆர்வமுள்ளவர்களின் (Curious)

புனித நிக்கதேம் என்பவர் விவிலியத்தின்படி, இயேசுவின் சீடராவார். இவர் ஒரு “பரிசேயரும்” (Pharisee), யூதத் தலைவர்களுள் ஒருவரும், ஆவார். 

இவர் யோவான் நற்செய்தியில் மூன்று முறை குறிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்:

முதல் முறையாக, இவர் ஓர் இரவில் இயேசுவிடம் வந்து உரையாடியதாக யோவான் நற்செய்தி குறிக்கின்றது. (யோவான் 3:1-21)

இரண்டாம் முறையாக, இவர் இயேசுவுக்காக தலைமைக் குருக்களிடமும் பரிசேயர்களிடமும் “ஒருவரது வாக்குமூலத்தைக் கேளாது, அவர் என்ன செய்தாரென்று அறியாது ஒருவருக்குத் தீர்ப்பளிப்பது நமது சட்டப்படி முறையாகுமா?” என்று கேட்டு இவர் பரிந்து பேசியதாக கூறுகின்றது. (யோவான் 7: 50-51)

இறுதியாக, அரிமத்தியா யோசேப்புவுக்கு (Joseph of Arimathea) இயேசுவின் உடலை அடக்கம் செய்ய இவர் உதவியதாக கூறுகின்றது. (யோவான் 19:39-42)

இவர் முதலில் இயேசுவை இரவில் சந்தித்து உரையாடிய பகுதியில் உள்ள விவிலிய வரிகள் மிகவும் புகழ் பெற்றதாகும். குறிப்பாக யோவான் 3:16 நற்செய்தியின் சுறுகம் என அழைக்கப்படுகின்றது. மேலும் பல கிறிஸ்தவ பிரிவுகளில் மீள்பிறப்புக் கொள்கை (Born again) இவ்வுரையாடலிலிருந்தே பெறப்படுகின்றது.

4ம் நூற்றாண்டின் மையத்தில் எழுதப்பட்ட திருமுறையினை சாராத “நிக்கதேம் நற்செய்தி” (Gospel of Nicodemus) என்னும் நூல் இவரால் எழுதப்பட்டதாக கூறுகின்றது. ஆயினும் இது பின்னாட்களில் எழுதப்பட்ட போலி என்பது அறிஞர் கருத்து.

கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுப்படி இவர் 1ம் நூற்றாண்டில் மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டார் என்பர்.

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Member of the Sanhedrin in Israel during the life of Jesus. He was a secret disciple of Christ, meeting him by night to avoid the wrath of the other members of the Sanhedrin, and eventually spoke out to that body to remind them that Jesus had a right to a hearing. With Saint Joseph of Arimathea he prepared Jesus' body and placed him in the tomb. There was an apocryphal "gospel" that was purported to have been written by him; it is sometimes entitled the Acts of Pilate. Tradition says he was a martyr, though no details have survived.

Died

1st century

Saint Paulinus of Trier

Profile

Missionary to Germany where he worked with Saint Maximinus in the area of Trier. Bishop of Trier in 349. Strongly supported Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, which led to him being exiled to Phrygia, Asia Minor by the Arian Emperor Constantius in 355; he was never able to return to his diocese; he died in exile, and thus is considered a martyr.

Born

Gascony, France

Died

• 358 in Phrygia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)

• relics returned to Trier, Germany in 396

Saint Aristides the Philosopher

Also known as

• Aristides of Athens

• Aristide Marciano

Profile

Early Christian writer and philosopher. Taught philosophy in Athens, Greece. Presented an explanation of Christianity to Emperor Hadrian in 133, a work inspired by the persecution of Christians, and which led to an imperial decree that paused the imperial anti–Christian policy. Wrote an account of the Passion of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite.

Blessed Patrick O'Healy

Also known as

Pádraig Ó Héilí

Additional Memorial

20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) priest. Chosen bishop of Mayo, Ireland in 1576 by Pope Gregory XIII. Martyr.

Born

in Dromahaire, Leitrim, Ireland

Died

31 August 1579 in Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Saint Cuthburgh of Wimborne

Also known as

Cuthburg, Cuthburga

Profile

Sister of King Ina of Wessex in England; sister of Saint Cwenburgh of Wimborne. Benedictine nun at Barking Abbey in Essex, England where she was a friend of Saint Hildelith. With Cwenburgh, she founded a monastery in Wimborne, Dorset, England, and served as abbess there. Many of her Wimborne sisters worked as missionaries to Germany.

Died

c.725

Blessed Conn O'Rourke

Also known as

Conn, Connus, Cornelius

Additional Memorial

20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) priest. Martyr.

Born

c.1549 in Breifne (now in counties Leitrim and Cavan), Ireland

Died

31 August 1579 in Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Saint Caesidius

Also known as

Cesidio

Profile

Son of Saint Rufinus. Priest. Imprisoned, tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Maximinus with several fellow Christians, including Saint Placidus and Saint Eutychius, but most of whose names have not come down to us. While in prison, he ministered to other prisoners, and converted some who were pagans.

Died

3rd century on the shores of Lake Fucino near Rome, Italy

Saint Cwenburgh of Wimborne

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Sister of King Ina of Wessex in England; sister of Saint Cuthburgh of Wimborne. Benedictine nun. With Cuthburgh, she founded a monastery in Wimborne, Dorset, England, and served as abbess there. Many of her Wimborne sisters worked as missionaries to Germany.

Saint Theodotus of Caesarea

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Married to Saint Rufina of Caesarea. Father of Saint Mamas. Martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.

Died

c.270 at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor

Saint Rufina of Caesarea

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Married to Saint Theodotus of Caesarea. Mother of Saint Mamas. Martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.

Died

c.270 at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor

Saint Ammi of Caesarea

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Foster-mother of Saint Mamas. Martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.

Died

c.270 at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor

Saint Optatus of Auxerre

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Bishop of Auxerre, France c.529.

Died

c.530 of natural causes

Saint Barbolenus of Bobbio

Profile

Abbot in Bobbio, Italy.

Died

c.640

Saint Robustian of Milan

Profile

Early martyr.

Died

in Milan, Italy

Saint Mark of Milan

Profile

Early martyr.

Died

in Milan, Italy

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:

• Blessed Bernardo Cembranos Nistal

• Blessed Dionisio Ullivarri Barajuán

• Blessed Enrique Vidaurreta Palma

• Blessed Félix Paco Escartín

• Blessed Isidro Ordóñez Díez

• Blessed José María Palacio Montes

• Blessed Justo Zariquiegui Mendoza

• Blessed Marciano Herrero Martínez

• Blessed Miguel Menéndez García

• Blessed Tomás Alonso Sanjuán

• Blessed Ventureta Sauleda Paulís

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஆகஸ்ட் 30

 St. Narcisa De Jesus Martillo Moran

✠ புனிதர் நர்ஸிசா டி ஜீசஸ் ✠

(St. Narcisa de Jesús) 

பொதுநிலைப் பெண்மணி:

(Laywoman) 

பிறப்பு: அக்டோபர் 29, 1832

நோபோல், குவாயஸ், ஈகுவேடார்

(Nobol, Guayas, Ecuador) 

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 8, 1869 (வயது 37)

லிமா, பெரு

(Lima, Peru) 

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church) 

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 25, 1992

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II) 

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 12, 2008

திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட்

(Pope Benedict XVI) 

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

சேன்ச்சுவரியோ டி தூய நர்ஸிசா டி ஜீசஸ் மார்டில்லோ மோரன், ஈகுவேடார்

(Santuario de Santa Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Morán, Ecuador) 

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஆகஸ்ட் 30 

புனிதர் நர்ஸிசா டி ஜீசஸ் மார்டில்லோ மோரன் (Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán), தென் அமெரிக்காவிலுள்ள (South America) “ஈகுவேடார்” (Ecuador) நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் ஒரு பொதுநிலைப் பெண்மணியாவார். இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின்பால் தாம் கொண்டிருந்த கடுமையான பக்தி மற்றும் தர்மசிந்தை காரணமாக இவர் அறியப்படுகிறார். ஏறத்தாழ ஒரு துறவியைப் போல ஒதுங்கி வாழ்ந்த இவர், இயேசுவின் விருப்பம் அறிந்து தம்மையே அர்ப்பணித்து வாழ்ந்தார். 

அவருடைய பெற்றோரின் மரணம், தையல்காரராக வேலை செய்வதற்காக அவரை இடமாற்றம் செய்யத் தூண்டியது. அதே நேரத்தில் தமது உடன்பிறந்த சகோதரர்களின் தேவைகளுக்காகவும், ஒரு மறைக்கல்வி போதிப்பவராகவும், ஒரு கல்வியாளராகவும் அவரது பணிகளை இரட்டிப்பாகியது. ஆனால் கடவுள் மீதான அவருடைய பக்தி வலுவானது. அது, "பெரு" (Peru) நகரில் உள்ள டொமினிகன் சபை துறவியரிடையே வாழ வழிவகுத்தது. அங்கு அவர் இறப்பதற்கு முன்பு தமது இறுதி காலத்தை அங்கேதான் செலவிட்டார். 

நர்ஸிசா, "ஈக்வடார்" (Ecuador) நாட்டிலுள்ள "நோபோல்" (Nobol) நகரில் அருகேயுள்ள "சான் ஜோஸ்" (San José) என்ற சிறிய கிராமத்தில், நில உரிமையாளர்களான "பெட்ரோ மார்டிலோ" (Pedro Martillo) மற்றும் "ஜோசஃபினா மோரன்" (Josefina Morán) ஆகிய பெற்றோருக்கு பிறந்த ஒன்பது குழந்தைகளில் ஆறாவது குழந்தையாக, கி.பி. 1832ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 29ம் நாளன்று, பிறந்தார். புனிதர் "மரியானா டி ஜீசஸ்" (St. Mariana of Jesus de Paredes) மற்றும் "போலந்தின் புனிதர் ஹ்யாசிந்த்" (Hyacinth of Poland) ஆகியோர் மீது பக்தி கொண்டிருந்த இவரது தந்தை கடுமையாக உழைத்து,  கணிசமான செல்வத்தை குவித்து வைத்திருந்தார். 

கி.பி. 1838ம் ஆண்டு, இவரது ஆறு வயதில், இவரது தாயார் இறந்தார். இதன் விளைவாக வீட்டு வேலைகளை அவர் மேற்கொண்டார். அதே நேரத்தில், இவரது ஒரு மூத்த சகோதரியும், ஆசிரியை ஒருவரும், இவருக்கு எழுத படிக்கவும், கிதார் வாசிக்கவும், பயன்படுத்தவும் கற்றுக் கொடுத்தனர். அவர், தையல் மற்றும் சமையல் வேலைகளையும் கற்றுக்கொண்டார். சிறுமி நர்ஸிசா, தனது வீட்டில் இருந்த ஒரு சிறிய அறையை வீட்டு சிற்றாலயமாக மாற்றினார். அவர், கி.பி. 1839ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், 16ம் நாளன்று, தனது உறுதிப்பூசுதல் அருட்சாதனம் பெற்றார். 

மார்ட்டிலோ தனது வீட்டிற்கு அருகில் ஒரு சிறிய வனத்தில், தனிமையில் தியானம் செய்ய அடிக்கடி சென்றார்.  அவர் சென்ற இடத்தினருகேயிருந்த கொய்யா மரம் இருந்த ஒரு இடம், இப்போது ஒரு பெரிய திருயாத்திரை இடமாக உள்ளது. புனிதர் "மரியானா டி ஜீசஸ்" (St. Mariana of Jesus de Paredes) என்பவரை தமது பாதுகாவல் புனிதராக தெரிந்துகொண்ட இவர், தனது சொந்த வாழ்க்கையில் அவரை பின்பற்ற முயன்றார். அமைதியான, மற்றும் தாராள மனப்பான்மையுடனும், இனிமையாகவும், சிந்தனையுடனும் அறியப்பட்ட மார்ட்டிலோ, தன்னைச் சுற்றியுள்ளவர்களுக்கு கீழ்ப்படிந்த பெண்ணாகவும் வாழ்ந்தார். அவருடைய கிராமத்தில் அவர் நன்கு அறியப்பட்ட அவர், அங்குள்ளோரால் நேசிக்கப்பட்டார். நல்ல உயரமான அவர், பிரகாசமான நீல நிற கண்களைக் கொண்டிருந்த மார்ட்டிலோ, பொன்னிறமாக இருந்தார். மேலும் வலிமையாகவும் சுறுசுறுப்பாகவும் இருந்தார். 

கி.பி. 1852ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், நிகழ்ந்த அவரது தந்தையின் மரணம், குயாகுவில்" (Guayaquil) நகருக்கு இவரை இடம் பெயரத் தூண்டியது. அங்கு அவர் முக்கிய பிரபுக்களுடன் வசித்து வந்தார். ஏழைகளுக்கும் நோயுற்றவர்களுக்கும் உதவுவதும், கைவிடப்பட்ட குழந்தைகளைப் பராமரிப்பதுமாக, தனது பணிகளைத் தொடங்கினார். தமது சமூக சேவை பணிகளுக்கான செலவினங்களுக்காகவும், தனது எட்டு சகோதர சகோதரிகளுக்கு ஆதரவளிப்பதற்காகவும் அவர் தையல் பணியை தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார். 

ஆனால் அவர் விரைவில் சில மாதங்களுக்கு "குயெங்கா" (Cuenca) நகருக்கு சென்றார். அங்கு அவர் வீடு வீடாகச் சென்று - மறைப்பணியாளர் "அருளாளர் மெர்சிடிஸ் டி ஜீசஸ் மோலினா" (Mercedes de Jesús Molina) உட்பட - அவரை அழைத்துச் செல்லும் எவருடனும் வசித்து வந்தார், அமைதியான சிந்தனைகளுக்கும் தவத்திற்கும் அதிக நேரம் செலவிட்டார். 

கி.பி. 1865ம் ஆண்டில் நோயுற்ற அவரது ஆன்மீக வழிகாட்டி, 1868ம் ஆண்டு, இறந்தார். அந்த நேரத்தில் உள்ளூர் ஆயர், இவரை  கார்மலைட்டுகளுடன் வாழ அழைத்தார். ஆனால், இவர், இந்த வாய்ப்பை மறுத்துவிட்டார். கி.பி. 1868ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், தனது புதிய ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் ஆன்மீக வழிகாட்டி "பெட்ரோ குவால்" (Pedro Gual) என்பவரது ஆலோசனையின் பேரில், பெரு (Peru) நாட்டிலுள்ள லிமா (Lima) நகருக்கு இடம் பெயர்ந்தார். அங்கு அவர், தாம் ஒரு கன்னியாஸ்திரி இல்லை எனினும், "பேட்ரோசினியோ" (Patrocinio) நகரிலுள்ள டொமினிகன் கான்வென்ட்டில் தங்கி வசித்து வந்தார். அங்கே அவர், தினமும் தொடர்ந்து எட்டுமணி நேரம் அமைதியான மற்றும் தலைமையிலான தியானங்களில் ஈடுபட்டார். கூடுதலாக, அவர் தினமும் இரவின் நான்கு மணிநேரங்களை, முள் கிரீடம் அணிவது, மற்றும் பல்வேறு வகையான தம்மைத்தாமே வருத்திக்கொள்ளும் செயல்களில் அர்ப்பணித்தார். தமது உணவைப் பொறுத்தவரை, அவர் ரொட்டி மற்றும் தண்ணீர் மட்டுமே உட்கொண்டு, உண்ணாவிரதம் இருந்தார். நற்கருணை மட்டுமே தமது முழு உணவாக எடுத்துக் கொண்டார். அதே நேரத்தில் அவர் சில சமயங்களில் பரவச நிலையிலும் காணப்பட்டார். 

கி.பி. 1869ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதத்தின் பிற்பகுதியில், அவருக்கு அதிக காய்ச்சல் ஏற்பட்டது. அதற்கான மருத்துவ சிகிச்சைகள் பெரிதாக ஒன்றும் பலனளிக்கவில்லை. இதன் விளைவாக, கி.பி. 1869ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 8ம் தேதி, நள்ளிரவுக்கு முன்பு அவர் இறைவனில் மரித்தார். அவரது மரணத்தின்போது, மார்ட்டிலோ இருந்த அறையில், ஒரு பரவசமான மற்றும் இனிமையான வாசனை நிரம்பியிருந்ததாக ஒரு கன்னியாஸ்திரி அறிவித்தார். முதலாவது வத்திக்கான் சபை (First Vatican Council) திறக்கப்பட்ட காலத்தில் அவர் இறந்தார். 

1998ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 22ம் நாளன்று, அவரது திருஉடலின் மிச்சங்கள் பாதுகாக்கப்படும் "நோபோல்" (Nobo) நகரில் அவரது பெயரில் ஒரு திருத்தலம் அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்டது.

Feastday: August 30

Birth: 1832

Death: 1869

Beatified: 25 October 1992, Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II

Canonized: October 12, 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

Orphaned at an early age, Narcisa Martillo Moran, of Nobol, Ecuador, worked as a seamstress to contribute to the support of her brothers and sisters. Supported by the guidance of several spiritual directors, she resolved to consecrate her virginity to Christ and to spend the rest of her life offering prayers and penances to God in expiation for mankind's sins. Although she remained a laywoman, Narcisa followed a demanding daily schedule of eight hours of prayer, offered in silence and solitude. In addition to imposing upon herself an austere diet and very humble living quarters, she devoted four hours of the night to various forms of mortification, including the wearing of a crown of thorns. Narcisa was frequently seen in a state of ecstasy. She spent the concluding months of her life in Lima, Peru, where she died on December 8, 1869 at the age of thirty-seven.

For the town in Ecuador also known by this name, see Nobol.

Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán (29 October 1832 – 8 December 1869) was an Ecuadorian Catholic saint.[1] Martillo was known for her charitable giving and strict devotion to Jesus Christ while becoming somewhat of a hermit dedicated to discerning his will. The death of her parents prompted her to relocate in order to work as a seamstress while doubling as a catechist and educator to some of her siblings who needed caring. But her devotion to God was strong and it led her to live amongst the Dominican religious in Peru where she spent time before her death.[2][3]

Her cause for sainthood commenced on 27 September 1975, under Pope Paul VI, and she became titled as a Servant of God; while the confirmation of her life of heroic virtue allowed for Pope John Paul II to name her as Venerable on 23 October 1987. Martillo was beatified on 25 October 1992, after the approval of a 1967 miracle, while the confirmation of a 1992 miracle allowed for Pope Benedict XVI to canonise her on 12 October 2008 in Saint Peter's Square.[4]

Life

Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán was born on 29 October 1832 in the small village of San José in Nobol in Ecuador as the sixth of nine children born to Pedro Martillo and Josefina Morán who were landowners.[1] Her father was a great worker to the point that he amassed considerable wealth; he had a devotion to Blessed Mariana de Jesús and Saint Jacinto of Poland.[2]

Her mother died in 1838 and she took up much of the domestic chores as a result of this while an elder sister and teacher taught her to read and write as well as to sing and use the guitar; she also learned how to sew and cook. The girl also turned a small room in her house into a domestic chapel.[2][4] She received her Confirmation on 16 September 1839. Martillo frequented a small wood near her home for contemplation in solitude, while the guava tree near which she went to is now a large pilgrimage destination. The girl also chose the then-Blessed Mariana de Jesús as her patron with whom she identified and strove to imitate in her own life.[1] Martillo was known for being sweet and thoughtful with a peaceful and generous disposition; she was obedient to those around her and was well-known and loved in her village. Martillo was blonde with bright blue eyes and was strong and agile; she was also tall.[2][3]

The death of her father in January 1852 prompted her to relocate to Guayaquil, where she lived with prominent nobles, and it was here that she began her mission of helping the poor and the sick and caring for abandoned children. It was also here that she took a job as a seamstress in order to fund her mission as well as supporting her eight brothers and sisters.[1][4] But she soon moved to Cuenca for some months where she went from home to home and lived with whoever would take her in including Mercedes de Jesús Molina, to allow herself greater time for silent contemplation and penance. In 1865 her spiritual director fell ill, and died in 1868, which was at the time the local bishop invited her to live with the Carmelites even though she had refused the offer.[3]

In June 1868 she relocated to Lima in Peru at the advice of her new Franciscan spiritual director Pedro Gual where she lived in the Dominican convent at Patrocinio despite not being a nun. It was here that she followed a demanding schedule of eight hours of reflection which was offered in silence and solitude.[1][2] In addition she devoted four hours of the night to various forms of mortification which included flagellation and the wearing of a crown of thorns. In terms of nourishment she fasted on bread and water alone and took the Eucharist as her sole form of sustenance while she was sometimes seen in an ecstatic state.

In late September 1869 she developed high fevers for which medical remedies could do little and she died as a result before midnight on 8 December 1869; upon her death a nun reported a pleasant and sweet odor filling the room that Martillo had died in. She died upon the opening of the First Vatican Council.[2][3] Her remains were deemed upon exhumation to be incorrupt in 1955, and were transferred from Peru back to her homeland of Ecuador until 1972, when moved to her village of Nobol. On 22 August 1998 a shrine in her honor was dedicated in Nobol where her remains now rest.[1]

Canonization

Her remains in Ecuador.

Upon her death the cities that she had dwelt in came to revere and acclaim her as a saint while the Dominican nuns she had lived with preserved her remains at their Peru convent. The cause for her canonization later commenced with the beginning of the informative process tasked with collecting documentation from 26 September 1961 until the process was closed on 10 July 1962 at which stage her writings received theological approval on 8 July 1965. The officials in charge of the cause sent a large Positio dossier to Rome to the Congregation for Rites for investigation before historians approved the cause on 8 May 1974. The formal introduction to the cause came under Pope Paul VI on 27 September 1975 and she became titled as a Servant of God as a result. Theologians met to discuss the cause on 24 July 1984 but did not come up with a clear consensus and so met again on 20 December 1984 where the group approved the cause. The members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints approved the cause as well on 16 June 1987. Martillo became titled as Venerable on 23 October 1987 after Pope John Paul II acknowledged the fact that she had lived a model life of heroic virtue.

One miracle was required for her to be beatified and it had to be a healing that science and medicine could not explain. One such case arose and was investigated in a diocesan tribunal before the findings were submitted to the competent officials in Rome for further investigation. The C.C.S. validated this process on 30 June 1984 while a panel of medical experts approved the miraculous nature of this healing on 27 June 1991. Theologians approved it as well on 20 December 1991 after confirming the miracle came as a result of Martillo's intercession while the C.C.S. approved the findings of both bodies on 18 February 1992. John Paul II approved this miracle on 7 March 1992 and beatified her in Saint Peter's Square on 25 October 1992.

The second and final miracle needed for full sainthood was investigated in the diocese of its origin before it received C.C.S. validation on 4 October 2002 upon all documents being submitted to them in Rome. The medical experts approved this miracle on 18 January 2006 as did the theologians on 4 April 2006 and the C.C.S. on 19 December 2006. Pope Benedict XVI approved this miracle on 1 June 2007 and formalized the date at a gathering of cardinals on 1 March 2008; Benedict XVI canonized Martillo on 12 October 2008.

Miracles

The miracle that led to her beatification was the healing of Juan Pesántez Peñaranda who was single and working in banana plantations in Pasaje in El Oro. He was working when a banana stalk struck him in the head and caused several tumors to appear which repeated surgeries in 1967 could not cure. He was just over 20 at the time and didn't believe in miracles. He was at the Luis Vernanza Hospital when he met a policeman who suggested he write "Narcisita" on a piece of paper. He was skeptical that this would bring results but did this and had a dream of her that night which also caused him to be cured of his tumors.

The miracle that led to her sainthood was the healing of Edelmina Arellano who was cured from a congenital defect in 1992. Edelmina was born without genital organs and at the age of seven was cured after her mother took her to the shrine dedicated to the then-Blessed and appealed for her intercession. It was mere hours later that the child had an appointment with her doctor who testified that the girl was normal like all other children with no defects apparent whatsoever.

Saint Fiacre

Also known as

Fefvre, Fevre, Fiachrach, Fiacrius, Fiaker, Fiachra

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Brother of Saint Syra of Troyes. Raised in an Irish monastery, which in the 7th century were great repositories of learning, including the use of healing herbs, a skill studied by Fiacre. His knowledge and holiness caused followers to flock to him, which destroyed the holy isolation he sought.

Fleeing to France, he established a hermitage in a cave near a spring, and was given land for his hermitage by Saint Faro of Meaux, who was bishop at the time. Fiacre asked for land for a garden for food and healing herbs. The bishop said Fiacre could have as much land as he could entrench in one day. The next morning Fiacre walked around the perimeter of the land he wanted, dragged his spade behind him. Wherever the spade touched, trees were toppled, bushes uprooted, and the soil was entrenched. A local woman heard of this, and claimed sorcery was involved, but the bishop decided it was a miracle. This garden, miraculously obtained, became a place of pilgrimage for centuries for those seeking healing.

Fiacre had the gift of healing by laying on his hands; blindness, polypus, and fevers are mentioned by the old records as being cured by his touch; he was especially effective against a type of tumour or fistula later known as "le fic de S. Fiacre".

Fiacre's connection to cab drivers is because the Hotel de Saint Fiacre in Paris, France rented carriages. People who had no idea who Fiacre was referred to the cabs as Fiacre cabs, and eventually just as fiacres. Those who drove them assumed Fiacre as their patron.

Died

• 18 August 670 of natural causes

• his relics have been distributed to several churches and cathedrals across Europe

Patronage

• against barrenness or sterility

• against fistula

• against haemorrhoids or piles

• against venereal disease

• box makers

• cab or taxi drivers

• costermongers

• florists

• gardeners

• hosiers

• pewterers

• tile makers

Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster

Also known as

Alfredo Ludovico Luigi Schuster

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Educated at Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls abbey, Rome, Italy from age 11. Entered the Cassinese Benedictine monastic noviate in 1896, taking the name Ildefonso. Made his formal monastic confession on 13 November 1900. Ordained on 19 March 1904 in Rome.

Novice master of his house from 1908 to 1916. Prior of the abbey from 1916 to 1918. Procurator general of the Congregation of Monte Cassino from 1914 to 1929. Abbot-ordinary of abbey nullius of Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls on 6 April 1918. President of the Pontifical Oriental Institute from 7 October 1919 to 4 July 1922, and teacher at several colleges and institutes. Consultor to the Sacred Congregation of Rites in the sections for the Liturgy and for the Causes of Saints. Censor of the Academy of Sacred Liturgy. President of the Commission for Sacred Art Apostolic Visitor to seminaries of Lombardy and Calabria. Appointed Archbishop of Milan on 26 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Created cardinal on 15 July 1929. Papal legate to several events and congresses in Europe. Participated in the conclave of 1939. Founded the Institute of Amrosian Chant and Sacred Music and the Ambrosianeum and Didascaleion cultural centres, and wrote for the daily publication L'Italia.

There was some controversy during the investigation of his Cause as some claimed he was sympathetic to Fascism. Evidence, however, shows that he denounced Fascism's meddling with the youth organization Catholic Action, refused to participate in ceremonies involving Mussolini, and condemned racist legislation. The cardinal was primarily concerned with the spiritual well-being of his flock, the physical needs of the poor, assistance to newly married couples in order to create strong marriages, and with the administration of the Archdiocese.

Born

18 January 1880 at Rome, Italy as Alfredo Ludovico Luigi Schuster

Died

30 August 1954 at Venegono, Italy of natural causes

buried in Metropolitan Cathedral, Milan, Italy

Beatified

12 May 1996 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout

Also known as

• Eustachius van Lieshout

• Hubertus van Lieshout

• Humberto van Lieshout

Profile

Eighth of eleven children in a deeply Catholic farm family. Baptized on the day he was born. A popular, cheerful child, he early felt a call to the priesthood. Neither his family nor his teachers thought he could handle the academic part of the vocation, but he studied in Gemert, and did well enough. After reading a biography of Father Damien de Veuster, Humberto decided to join the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He entered the novitiate in Tremeloo, Belgium on 23 December 1913, and was given the name Eustáquio; he made his permanent vows in 1918, and was ordained on 10 August 1919.

Assistant novice master in the Netherlands for five years. Notable minister to his charges and his parishioners. Feeling a call to be a missionary, he was sent to Spain in December 1924 to learn spanish; in 1925 he was sent to Portuguese speaking Brazil. Worked ten years in Agua Suja, six in Poá, and two in Belo Horizonte. Noted for his ministry to the poor and the sick. Had the gift of healing through the intercession of Saint Joseph. His reputation for holiness and miracles spread; so many people trekked to the towns to see him that the civil government complained. In 1942 his superiors transferred him to prevent him becoming the focus of the faithful instead of the faith itself, but thousands continued to seek him out.

Born

3 November 1890 at Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, Netherlands as Humberto van Lieshout

Died

• 30 August 1943 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil of typhoid fever

• buried at the church of Santo Domingo, Belo Horizonte

• re-interred at the church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Belo Horizonte in 1949

Beatified

• 15 June 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI

• the recognition liturgy was celebrated in Belo Horizonte, Brazil by Monsignor Walmor de Oliveira de Azevedo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte

Blessed Vicente Cabanes Badenas

Profile

Eldest of four brothers. Studied at the University of Valencia and the Institute for Criminal Studies. Joined the Capuchin Tertiary Fathers and Brothers of Our Lady of Sorrows on 12 March 1923. Ordained a priest in 1932 in the archdiocese of Madrid, Spain. Superior of the Prince of Asturias reform school in Madrid in September 1933; head of the psycho-pedagogic council of the reformatory in Amurrio, Spain in October 1934; in each place he used both psychology and spiritual direction to turn around the lives of young people.

Arrested by militiamen on 27 August 1936, about six weeks into the Spanish Civil War, for the crime of being a priest, His captors tried to force him to renounce his faith, but Father Vicente refused. They then propped him up beside a barn in the meadow of San Bartolome de Orduña, shot him several times with rifles, and left him for dead. Badly wounded, Father Vicente managed to reach a friend’s house, and was taken to hospital, but died three days later having made his final confession and forgiven his murderers. Martyr.

Born

25 February 1908 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain

Died

• 30 August 1936 in hospital in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain from gunshot wounds received on 27 August

• interred in the chapel of martyrs in the monastery of Mount Zion in Torrente, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Ángel Alonso Escribano

Profile

Studied at the seminary in Salamanca, Spain, and at the Universidad Pontificia de Commillas. Earned a doctorate in theology, and a degree in canon law. Ordained priest on 11 September 1921. Parish priest. As a member of the Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Father Ángel missions and retreats, concentrating on supporting vocations to the priesthood. He served at the seminaries in Burgos from 1926 to 1930, in Valladolid from 1930 to 1933, and then taught at the Belchite seminary in 1934. Prefect and professor of logic at the seminary in Almería, Spain in 1934; he considered his most important task to be spiritual director of the seminarians. Captured by anti–Catholic forces on 10 July 1936, he was imprisoned for several weeks, and then executed in the Spanish Civil War. Martyr.

Born

18 January 1897 in Valdunciel, Salamanca Spain

Died

shot on 30 August 1936 in Barranco del Chisme, Almería, Spain

Beatified

• 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Aguadulce, Almería, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Blessed María Rafols-Bruna

Profile

Born to a working class family. After completing her education at a boarding school in Barcelona, Spain, she joined a group of twelve young women under the direction of Father Juan Bonal, who administered Our Lady of Grace Hospital in Zaragoza, Spain. The small community was dedicated to serving the most helpless: the sick, the mentally ill, abandoned children, and the disabled, and became the Sisters of Charity of Saint Anne.

At age of 23 Maria was appointed superior of the group, a position that often put her in conflict with hospital employees. During the Napoleonic wars, she worked in the bombed ruins to save the sick and children. She even ventured into the enemy camp to plead with the French general for help with the sick and wounded. She worked tirelessly for the approval of her small community, and in 1825 they took their first public vows. Victim of slander, she was imprisoned during the Carlist War, but later released.

Born

5 November 1781 at Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain

Died

30 August 1853 in Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes

Beatified

16 October 1994 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Giovanni Giovenale Ancina

Also known as

• Giovenale Ancina

• Juvenal Ancina

Profile

Born to a wealthy and politically connected family. Educated in medicine and philosophy. Noted scholar, musician, composer, music editor, and orator. Professor of medicine at the University of Turin, Italy. Private physician to the ambassador from Savoy to Rome in 1575. There he met Saint Philip Neri and decided to follow his call to the priesthood. Worked with Saint Philip at the Congregation of the Oratory in Naples, Italy. Introduced the use of the written catechism to Saluzzo, Italy, and brought a re-birth of faith and good works in that city. Bishop of Saluzzo in 1596. Reportedly poisoned by a monk that he had chastized.

Born

19 October 1545 at Fossano, Piedmont, Italy

Died

murdered on 30 August 1604 in the cathedral at Saluzzo, Italy

Beatified

9 February 1890 by Pope Leo XIII

Patronage

Fossano, Italy

Blessed Diego Ventaja Milán

Also known as

Didaco

Additional Memorial

16 November as one of the Martyrs of Almeria

Profile

Son of Juan Ventaja and Palmira Milán. Educated at Sacro Monte Granada, and both the Collegio San Giuseppe and Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Priest, ordained in Rome in 1902. Chaplain, then church canon and then professor of moral theology at Sacro Monte Granada; member of the Academic Council at the Central Seminary of Granada. Bishop of Almería, Spain on 1 May 1935. Arrested by the anti-Catholic Popular Front forces in the Spanish Civil War, and executed for the crime of teaching Christianity. One of the Martyrs of Almeria killed during the Spanish Civil War.

Born

22 June 1880 in Ohanes, Almería, Spain

Died

shot on 30 August 1936 just outside Barranco de El Chisme, Almería, Spain

Beatification

10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Manuel Medina Olmos

Also known as

Emmanuel

Additional Memorial

16 November as one of the Martyrs of Almeria

Profile

Son of Juan Medina Garzón and Pilar Olmos Núñez. A prodigy, he graduated at age 13, earned a doctorate in theology at 17, and before age 22 he had doctorates in canon law, philosophy and literature. Priest, ordained on 19 December 1891. Parish priest and prefect of seminarians in Guadix, Spain. Auxiliary bishop of and rector of Sacro Monte at Granada, Spain and titular bishop of Amorium on 14 December 1925. Bishop of Guadix on 2 October 1928. Published several book. Arrested by the anti-Catholic Popular Front forces in the Spanish Civil War, and executed for the crime of teaching Christianity. One of the Martyrs of Almeria killed during the Spanish Civil War.

Born

9 August 1869 in Lanteira, Granada, Spain

Died

shot on 30 August 1936 just outside Barranco de El Chisme, Almería, Spain

Beatification

10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed José Ferrer Adell

Also known as

Father Joaquin of Albocácer

Profile

Franciscan Capuchin friar, making his profession on 3 January 1897. Ordained a priest on 19 December 1903. Missionary to Colombia where he served as superior of several convents. Rector of the Seraphic Seminary of Massamagrell, Spain where he encouraged Eucharastic Adoration and Marian devotion. When the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War began, Father Joaquin made sure that the seminarians were safe, and then went into hiding in Rafelbuñol, Valencia. Arrested and murdered on 30 August 1936 for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.

Born

23 April 1879 in Albocácer, Diocese of Tortosa, Castellón, Spain

Died

30 August 1936 on the road outside Villafamés, Castellón, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Margaret Ward

Additional Memorial

25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Profile

Nothing is known of her early life. She first appears in the records working as a lady's companion to the Whittle family in London. She and her servant, Blessed John Roche were arrested for helping Father Richard Watson escape from Bridewell Prison by smuggling him a rope and then helping him once he was outside. Imprisoned, flogged, and tortured, she was offered freedom if she would surrender Father Watson and convert to the Church of England; she declined. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Born

at Congleton, Cheshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Patronage

• martyrs

• torture victims

Saint Pammachius

Profile

Pious and learned Roman senator and proconsul; member of the noble Fuii family. Studied rhetoric with Saint Jerome. Married to Paulina, one of the daughters of Saint Paula, in 385. Widower in 397, Paulina dying in childbirth. Following Paulina's death, Pammachius devoted his wealth and the rest of his life to study and charity. Cared for sick pilgrims to Rome, Italy working with Saint Fabiola to build a hospital for them, the first in the West, at Porto Romano. Built a church on the property next to his home, and on the site of his home now sits the church of Saint John and Paul in Rome. Friend of Saint Paulinus of Nola. Corresponded with Saint Jerome on matters of faith, and tried unsuccessfully to get Jerome to tone down the language he used when referring to opponents.

Born

340

Died

410 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

Blessed Riccardo of Lotaringia

Also known as

• Riccardo of Lotharingia

• Ricardo of...

Profile

Spiritual student of Radolfo in Laon, France. He was so moved by a sermon of Saint Norbert of Xanten that he followed Norbert back to his monastery and joined the new Premonstratensians. Noted for his austere, ascetic life. Assigned by Blessed Hugh of Fosse to be prior of the new abbey of Ste-Marie-aux-Boix at Pont-à-Mousson, France. Had the gift of prophecy, and skill as an exorcist.

Born

Lorraine (in modern France)

Died

30 August 1155

Blessed Richard Flower

Also known as

• Richard Floyd

• Richard Flud

• Richard Graye

• Richard Lloyd

Addtional Memorial

22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales

Profile

Born to the Welsh nobility. Layman in the apostolic vicariate of England. Imprisoned and executed in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for the crime of helping priests; he had given some wine to Father William Horner.

Born

c.1566 in Anglesey, Wales

Died

hanged on 30 August 1588 in Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Richard Leigh

Also known as

• Richard Garth

• Richard Earth

Profile

Educated at Rheims and Rome. Ordained at Rome in February 1586. Returned to England as a home missioner in 1586. Arrested in London in 1586 for his faith, and exiled. Undaunted, he returned, and was arrested in 1588 and imprisoned in the Tower of London in June. Convicted down the Old Bailey for the crime of priesthood. Martyr.

Born

c.1561 at Cambridgeshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Theodosius of Oria

Also known as

Teodosio de Oria

Profile

Educated in Oria, Brindisi, Italy by Eastern hermits and monks. Young imperial courtier in Constantinople, Bishop of Oria in the latter 9th century. Held a synod of bishops in Oria in 881. Served as peace-maker between the Byzantines and the Lombards, and had both Latin and Greek churches in his diocese. Served as diplomat to Constantinople for Pope Stephen V. His diplomatic work led to the donation of the relics of Saint Cistanto and Daria from the Pope, and of Saint Barsanuphius from Palestine.

Saint Fantinus of San Mercurius

Also known as

• Fantinus of Calabria

• Fantinus the Younger

• Fantino....

Profile

Monk in Calabria, Italy. Manuscript copyist. Known for his severely ascetic life style, and for receiving visions of heaven and hell. Abbot of San Mercurius Abbey, a monastery that was destroyed by invading Saracens when Fantinus was an old man.

Died

c.980

Saint Rumon of Tavistock

Also known as

Ronan, Roman

Additional Memorials

• 5 January (translation of relics)

• 1 June (Brittany)

• 22 July (Ireland)

• 28 August (England)

Profile

Bishop in England. Romansleigh, England is named for him.

Died

• 6th century of natural causes

• relics translated from Ruan Lanihorne monastery to Tavistock, England on 5 January 981

Patronage

• Tavistock, England

• Romansleigh, England

Saint Bononius of Lucedio

Profile

Benedictine monk at the Abbey of San Esteban in , Italy. Hermit near Cairo, Egypt, and then on Mount Sinai; even the Islamic authorities recognized that he was a holy man, and left him alone. Abbot of Lucedio Abbey near Trino, Italy at the request of Bishop Peter of Vercelli, Italy.

Born

Bologna, Italy

Died

30 August 1026 in Bologna, Italy of natural causes

Blessed Yusuf Nehme

Also known as

• Estfan Nehmé

• Joseph Nehme

• Stephen Nehme

Profile

Lebanese Maronite monk.

Born

March 1889 at Lehfed, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon

Died

30 August 1938 in Kfifane, Batrun, Ash Shamal, Lebanon of natural causes

Beatified

27 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI

Blessed Antonio Girón González

Profile

Member of the Redemptorists, making his profession on 15 August 1889. Ordained a priest on 19 May 1894. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

11 December 1871 in Campo, León, Spain

Died

30 August 1936 in Madrid, Spain

Venerated

24 April 2021 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Blessed Edward Shelley

Profile

Son of Edward Shelley of Warminghurst, Sussex and Joan of Penshurst, Kent. Lifelong layman. Arrested in April 1584 for possessing the banned book My Lord Leicester's Commonwealth, for assisting Blessed William Dean, and for harbouring priests. Martyr.

Born

c.1530 in Warminghurts, Sussex, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered in the evening of 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Felix of Rome

Profile

Priest in Rome. Ordered to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods, he refused and prayed instead; the idols shattered. Arrested, tortured, and martyred.

Died

• beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy

• buried on the Ostian Way outside Rome

• relics in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria

Saint Adauctus of Rome

Also known as

Adautto

Profile

As Saint Felix of Rome was being dragged to his martyrdom, Adauctus, a bystander, was moved to proclaim his own faith. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy

• buried on the Ostian Way outside Rome

• relics in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria

Blessed Richard Martin

Profile

Shropshire gentleman. Educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, England. Condemned to death for sheltering priests. Martyr.

Born

Shropshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Agilus

Also known as

Agilo, Ayeul, Aisle, Ail, Aile

Profile

Frankish nobleman and courtier. Monk at Luxeuil Abbey. Spiritual student of Saint Columbanus. Missionary to Bavaria, Germany. Abbot of Rebais monastery near Paris, France.

Born

c.580 in Gaul (modern France)

Died

c.650 at Rebais, France of natural causes

Blessed Ero di Armenteira

Profile

Benedictine monk. Founded the Armenteira monastery in the Diocese of Compostela, Spain in 1153. Introduced the Cistercian reform to the monastery in 1162.

Died

1167

Saint Gaudentia of Rome

Profile

Young woman in Rome, Italy who made personal vows, dedicating herself to God. Martyred with three companions whose names have not come down to us.

Blessed Raimondo of Santa Grazia

Profile

Mercedarian friar in the convent of San Tommaso in Tortosa, Spain. Theologian. Abbot of his house.

Saint Boniface of Hadrumetum

Profile

Married to Saint Thecla of Hadrumetum. Father of the Twelve Holy Brothers. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeaus.

Died

c.250 in Hadrumetum, North Africa (modern Soussa, Tunisia)

Saint Thecla of Hadrumetum

Profile

Married to Saint Boniface of Hadrumetum. Mother of the Twelve Holy Brothers. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeaus.

Died

c.250 in Hadrumetum, North Africa (modern Soussa, Tunisia)

Saint Peter of Trevi

Profile

Evangelist who preached to peasants in the Tivoli, Anagni and Subiaco areas of Italy.

Born

Carsoli, Italy

Died

1050 in Trevi, Italy

Saint Arsenius the Hermit

Profile

Hermit near Burgos, Old Castile, Spain. Martyred by Saracens.

Died

c.950

Saint Pelagius the Hermit

Profile

Hermit near Burgos, Old Castile, Spain. Martyred by Saracens.

Died

c.950

Saint Sylvanus the Hermit

Profile

Hermit near Burgos, Old Castile, Spain. Martyred by Saracens.

Died

c.950

Saint Loarn

Also known as

Loaran

Profile

Fifth-century spiritual student of Saint Patrick.

Martyrs of Colonia Suffetulana

Profile

A group of 60 Christians martyred for destroying a statue of Hermes.

Died

Colonia Suffetulana, Africa

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:

• Blessed Alberto José Larrazábal Michelena

• Blessed Antonio María Arriaga Anduiza

• Blessed Carles Canyes Santacana

• Blessed Caterina Margenat Roura

• Blessed Diego Ventaja Milán

• Blessed Eleuterio Angulo Ayala

• Blessed Josefa Monrabal Montaner

• Blessed Manuel Medina Olmos

• Blessed Maria Dolores Oller Angelats

• Blessed Nicasio Romo Rubio