St. Proclus of Constantinople
புனித_புரோக்குலுஸ் (-447)
நவம்பர் 20
இவர் (#StProclusOfConstantinoble) கான்ஸ்டாண்டிநோப்பிளில் (தற்போதைய துருக்கியில்) பிறந்தவர்.
புனித ஜான் கிறிஸ்சோஸ்தமின் சீடரான இவர் பின்னாளில் கான்ஸ்டாண்டிநோப்பிளின் ஆயராக உயர்ந்தார்.
இவரது காலத்தில் நெஸ்தோரிஸ் என்பவர், 'மரியா இயேசுவின் தாய்தானே அன்றி, கடவுளின் தாய் அல்ல' என்ற தப்பறைக் கொள்கைப் பரப்பி வைத்தார். இதனைத் தனது வல்லமையான போதனையால் எதிர்த்த இவர், அதற்கு முற்றுப் புள்ளி வைத்தார்.
இதற்குப் பிறகு தப்பறைக் கொள்கையைப் பரவக் காரணமாக இருந்தவர்கள் மனந்திரும்பி, திருஅவையிடம் வந்தபோது, அவர்களை இவர் மன்னித்து ஏற்றுக் கொண்டார்.
தூய்மைக்கும் இறைப்பற்றிற்கும் மிகப்பெரிய எடுத்துக் காட்டாக விளங்கிய இவர், பலரையும் தன்னுடைய வல்லமை மிக்க போதனையால் கிறிஸ்தவ மறைக்குள் கொண்டுகொண்டுவந்தார்.
447 ஆம் ஆண்டு கான்ஸ்டாண்டிநோப்பிள் நகரில் மிகப்பெரிய நிலநடுக்கம் ஏற்படும் அபாயம் ஏற்பட்ட போது, இவர் இறைமக்களோடு சேர்ந்து இறைவனிடம் வேண்டியதால் அந்த அபாயம் வராமல் தவிர்க்கப் பட்டது.
இப்படி இறைமக்களுக்கு நல்லதோர் ஆயனாக இருந்து, திருஅவையை எதிரிகளிடமிருந்து கட்டிக் காத்த இவர் 447 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.
Feastday: November 20
Death: 447
Patriarch of Constantinople and a disciple of St. John Chrysostom. A native of Constantinople, he studied under St. John and then served as secretary to John's enemy, Patriarch Atticus of Constantinople. Ordained by Atticus, he was soon named bishop of Cyzicus, although the inhabitants of the diocese refused to have him for their bishop. Known for his eloquent preaching, he became a vocal opponent of the heretical patriarch Nestorius from 428 and the latter's appointment by Emperor Theodosius II. Six years later, Proclus was himself appointed patriarch of Constantinople, following the death of Patriarch Maximian, who had replaced the deposed Nestorius. As patriarch, he was conspicuous in his opposition to the Nestorian heresy, although he treated the heretics with remarkable patience and forbearance, and gave aid to the people of the city following a terrible earthquake. In 438 he secured the translation of the body of St. John Chrysostom. Proclus' body of writings, comprised mainly of epistles and homilies, included the Tome of St. Proclus, a treatise on the doctrine of the two natures of Christ which was addressed to the Armenians and was intended to refute the unorthodox teachings of Theodore of Mopsuestia. He is also the attributed composer of the Trisagion of the liturgy.
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Saint Proclus (? – 24 July 446) was an archbishop of Constantinople. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Oriental Orthodoxy.
St. Octavius, Solutor, and Adventor
Feastday: November 20
Patron: of Turin
Death: ~284
Martyrs and patron saints of Turin, Italy. They were martyred in Turin, but later became associated with the accounts of the Theban Legion.
This article concerns Solutor of Turin. Solutor was also the name of a member of the group of martyrs, along with Valentine and Victor, who died at Ravenna around 305 AD.
Solutor, along with Octavius and Adventor (Italian: Solutore, Ottavio, e Avventore), (died ca. 284 AD) is patron saint of Turin.
Historical detail regarding these martyrs is sparse; their memory is preserved because the three were mentioned in a sermon by Maximus of Turin. However, Maximus makes no precise geographic or temporal references regarding Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor.[1]
Their legend states that they were members of the Theban Legion during the end of the 3rd century. While the legion's leader, Saint Maurice, was killed at Agaunum, along with many other soldiers, Solutor, Adventor, and Octavius managed to escape. Adventor and Octavius, however, were caught at the Dora Riparia and killed there. Solutor would be killed at a quarry near the Dora Baltea near Caravino. A matron of Ivrea collected their bodies in a quadriga and carried them to Turin.
Veneration
In 490, Victor of Turin, bishop of the city, enlarged the church that housed their relics. In 1006, a monastery, San Solutore in Turin, was established by Bishop Gezo of Turin. The relics of the three martyrs, together with those of Saint Juliana and Saint Gozzelino (Goslino), second abbot of San Solutore, were transferred to the Turinese sanctuary known as the Consolata after Francis I of France ordered the demolition of San Solutore. In 1619, the relics were translated to the new church of the Holy Martyrs (Santi Martiri) on the Via Garibaldi. This church was built with the support of the Piedmontese pontiff Pius V and Emmanuel Philibert. The relics are still found at this church.[1]
According to legend, a vision of the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to John Bosco in 1844 or 1845 and revealed the site of the martyrdom of Adventor and Octavius. The Basilica dell'Ausiliatrice was built on the spot.[1][2]
The cult of Saint Solutor is particularly strong in the diocese of Ivrea, and he is also venerated in Caravino, Romano Canavese, and Strambino.
The codex called the Codice della Catena depicts Saints Octavius, Maximus of Turin, Adventor, Solutor, John the Baptist, and Secundus of Asti
Bl. Josaphata Michaelina Hordashevska
Feastday: November 20
Birth: 1869
Death: 1919
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Image of Bl. Josaphata Michaelina HordashevskaAs a teenager, Michaelina Hordashevska, of Lviv (now in Ukraine), attended several retreats given by a Byzantine Catholic congregation, the Basilian Fathers, inspiring her to become a religious. At the age of eighteen, she entered a convent of contemplative Basilian nuns, then the only women's congregation of the Byzantine Rite. Recognizing the need for an active women's congregation, the Basilians assigned to Michaelina the task of founding the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate to fill this need. In preparation, Sister Michaelina spent time with an active Roman Rite congregation, the Felician Sisters. She became mother superior of the Sisters Servants, taking the name Josaphata in honor of the Ukrainian martyr, Saint Josaphat. This congregation, with an active apostolate, later grew to become the largest institute of women religious for Byzantine Rite Ukrainian Catholics. Mother Josaphata exercised her zeal in teaching, nursing the sick, and visiting the needy, as well as in the promotion of Byzantine chant and the fitting adornment of churches. She died of bone cancer on April 7, 1919.
Josaphata Hordashevska, born Michaelina Hordashevska (20 November 1869 – 7 April 1919) an ethnic Ukrainian Greek-Catholic in the Austro-Hungarian Empire Religious Sister, was the first member and co-foundress of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.
St. Felix of Valois
✠ வலோய்ஸ் நகர புனிதர் ஃபெலிக்ஸ் ✠
(St. Felix of Valois)
ஒப்புரவாளர்:
(Confessor)
பிறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 16, 1127
வலோய்ஸ், ஃபிரான்ஸ்
(Valois, France)
இறப்பு: நவம்பர் 4, 1212 (வயது 85)
செர்ஃப்ராய்ட் துறவு மடம், ப்ரூமெட்ஸ், பிகார்டி, ஃபிரான்ஸ்
(Monastery of Cerfroid, Brumetz, Picardy, France)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 1, 1262
திருத்தந்தை நான்காம் அர்பன்
(Pope Urban IV)
முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:
செர்ஃப்ராய்ட் துறவு மடம், ப்ரூமெட்ஸ், அய்ஸ்ன், ஃபிரான்ஸ்
(Monastery of Cerfroid, Brumetz, Department of Aisne, France)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: நவம்பர் 20
ஒரு கத்தோலிக்க துறவியான புனிதர் ஃபெலிக்ஸ், கத்தோலிக்க குருவும், புனிதருமான “மாதா'வின் ஜான்” (Saint John of Matha) என்பவருடன் இணைந்து “மகா பரிசுத்த திரித்துவ சபை” (Order of the Most Holy Trinity) எனும் கைதிகளின் மீட்புக்கான ஆன்மீக சபையை நிறுவியவர் ஆவார்.
மிகவும் மதிப்புமிக்க பிரபுக்களின் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த ஃபெலிக்ஸ், தனது கல்வியை முடித்தபிறகு குருத்துவம் பெற்றார். சிறுவயதிலே உலக செல்வங்களைத் துறந்து காட்டிற்கு சென்று செபத்திலும் தவத்திலும் அமைதியாக தனிவாழ்வு நடத்தி வந்தார்.
குருவான பிறகு தனிமையாக வாழ்ந்து கடுமையான ஏழ்மையை கடைபிடித்தார். இவர் காட்டில் வாழும் துறவிகளை போல, அனைத்தையும் துறந்து வாழ வேண்டுமென்பதை விரும்பினார்.
சிறிது காலத்தின் பிறகு, ஃபிரான்ஸின் தென்கிழக்கு பிராந்தியமான “ப்ரொவென்ஸ்” (Provence) பகுதியைச் சேர்ந்த இளம் பிரபுவும், தெய்வீக முனைவரும் (Doctor of divinity), பிற்காலத்தில் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றவரும், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் புனிதருமான "மாதாவி'ன் ஜான்" (St. John of Matha) கைதிகளின் மீட்புக்காக ஒரு சபையை ஆரம்பிக்க வேண்டி ஃபெலிக்சின் வழிகாட்டுதலை வேண்டி அவரை சந்தித்தார். அப்போது, எழுபது வயதான நிலையிலும் ஃபெலிக்ஸ் தயங்காமல் அதற்கு சம்மதித்தார்.
கி.பி. 1198ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், அடர் குளிர் காலத்தில் ரோம் நகர் சென்றடைந்த இவர்கள் இருவரும் அப்போதைய திருத்தந்தை “மூன்றாம் இன்னொசன்ட்” (Pope Innocent III) அவர்களால் வரவேற்கப்பட்டனர். இவர்கள் ஏற்கனவே கொண்டு வந்திருந்த பாரிஸ் ஆயரின் பரிந்துரை கடிதங்களை அவர்களிடம் கையளித்தனர். "கைதிகளின் மீட்புக்கான தூய திரித்துவ சபை" (Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives) என்ற பெயரில் சபையினைத் தொடங்க திருத்தந்தை அனுமதி அளித்தார்.
சபையின் தலைவராக “மாதாவின் ஜானை” நியமித்த திருத்தந்தை அவர்கள், சபைக்கான சட்ட திட்டங்களை வகுக்கும் அதிகாரங்களை பாரிஸ் நகர ஆயரிடமும், புனித விக்டர் மடாலயத்தின் (Abbot of St. Victor) மடாதிபதியிடமும் அளித்தார். பிற்காலத்தில், அவர்கள் வகுத்த சட்ட திட்டங்கள் திருத்தந்தையின் ஒப்புதலும் பெற்றன. சபையை நிறுவுவதற்காக பாரிஸ் திரும்பிய ஃபெலிக்ஸ் பெரும் உற்சாகத்துடன் வரவேற்கப்பட்டார். ஃபிரான்ஸ் மன்னர் “பிலிப் அகஸ்டஸ்” (King Philip Augustus) சபையை ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் அங்கீகரித்தார். அதனை வளர்க்கவும் உதவி செய்தார்.
நாற்பது வருடங்களுக்குள்ளேயே அச்சபை ஐரோப்பாவின் மூலைமுடுக்கெல்லாம் அருநூறுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட துறவு மடங்களுடன் பல்கிப்பெருகியது.
புனிதர் ஃபெலிக்ஸ், தமது தாய் இல்லம் அமைந்திருந்த “செல்ஃப்ராய்டில்” (Cerfroid), தமது சக திரித்துவ துறவியரின் மத்தியில் கி.பி. 1212ம் ஆண்டு, நவம்பர் மாதம், 4ம் தேதியன்று மரித்தார்.
Feastday: November 20
Death: 1212
Hermit and co-founder of the Trinitarians with St. John of Matha. He lived as a recluse at Cerfroid, France, and in 1198 received approval from the Holy See for the Order of the Most Holy Trinity to ransoms captives from the Moors. Felix founded St. Mathburn Convent in Paris while in his seventies. He died in Cerfroid on November 4. In 1969 his feast was confined to local calendars.
Statues of John of Matha, Felix of Valois and Saint Ivan, Charles Bridge, Prague
Felix of Valois (April 16, 1127 – November 4, 1212) was a Cistercian[1] hermit and a co-founder (with John of Matha) of the Trinitarian Order.
St. Bernward of Hildesheim
Feastday: November 20
Birth: 960
Death: 1022
Bernward was of a Saxon family and was raised by his uncle Bishop Volkmar of Utrecht when orphaned as a child. He studied at the cathedral school of Heidelburg and at Mainz, where he was ordained in 987. He became imperial chaplain and tutor to the child Emperor Otto III. He was elected bishop of Hildesheim in 993, built St. Michael's church and monastery there, and administered his See capably. He was interested in architecture, art, and metal work and created several metalwork pieces. He was engaged in a dispute for years with Archbishop Willigis of Mainz over episcopal rights to the Gandersheim convent, but eventually Rome ruled in Bernward's favor. He became a Benedictine in later life and died on November 20th. He was canonized in 1193. His feast day is November 20th.
Bernward of Hildesheim, roof figure at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Artist: Josef Meßner
Bernward (c. 960 – 20 November 1022) was the thirteenth Bishop of Hildesheim from 993 until his death in 1022
St. Benignus
Feastday: November 20
Death: 477
Archbishop of Milan, Italy. He headed the archdiocese when the Heruli, under Odoacer, occupied the city and inflicted untold suffering on the people.
St. Bassus and Companions
Feastday: November 20
Martyrs of Heraclea, in Thrace. Bassus, Dionysius, Agapitus, and thirty-nine others endured martyrdom for the faith.
St. Agapius
Feastday: November 20
Death: 306
Martyr and valiant defender of the faith. A Christian in Caesarea, Palestine, Agapius was taken prisoner in the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. Three times he suffered imprisonment for the faith, released after enduring torture each time. Arrested a fourth, he was offered a pardon if he denied Christ. When he refused, he was penned up with a wild boar. The animal inflicted severe damage on him but did not kill him, so officials drowned him the next day.
St. Adventor
Feastday: November 20
Patron: of Turin
Death: ~284
Image of St. AdventorSolutor, Octavious. Martyred in Turin; our Roman Army unit was the Theban legion. We retreated from Agaumum, Switzerland, Adventor, and Octavius, were caught and beheaded. I, Solutor, escaped, and was finally captured near Ivrea, and beheaded. 20 Nov. 20 Jan. moving of relics.
This article concerns Solutor of Turin. Solutor was also the name of a member of the group of martyrs, along with Valentine and Victor, who died at Ravenna around 305 AD.
Solutor, along with Octavius and Adventor (Italian: Solutore, Ottavio, e Avventore), (died ca. 284 AD) is patron saint of Turin.
Historical detail regarding these martyrs is sparse; their memory is preserved because the three were mentioned in a sermon by Maximus of Turin. However, Maximus makes no precise geographic or temporal references regarding Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor.[1]
Their legend states that they were members of the Theban Legion during the end of the 3rd century. While the legion's leader, Saint Maurice, was killed at Agaunum, along with many other soldiers, Solutor, Adventor, and Octavius managed to escape. Adventor and Octavius, however, were caught at the Dora Riparia and killed there. Solutor would be killed at a quarry near the Dora Baltea near Caravino. A matron of Ivrea collected their bodies in a quadriga and carried them to Turin.
Veneration
In 490, Victor of Turin, bishop of the city, enlarged the church that housed their relics. In 1006, a monastery, San Solutore in Turin, was established by Bishop Gezo of Turin. The relics of the three martyrs, together with those of Saint Juliana and Saint Gozzelino (Goslino), second abbot of San Solutore, were transferred to the Turinese sanctuary known as the Consolata after Francis I of France ordered the demolition of San Solutore. In 1619, the relics were translated to the new church of the Holy Martyrs (Santi Martiri) on the Via Garibaldi. This church was built with the support of the Piedmontese pontiff Pius V and Emmanuel Philibert. The relics are still found at this church.[1]
According to legend, a vision of the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to John Bosco in 1844 or 1845 and revealed the site of the martyrdom of Adventor and Octavius. The Basilica dell'Ausiliatrice was built on the spot.[1][2]
The cult of Saint Solutor is particularly strong in the diocese of Ivrea, and he is also venerated in Caravino, Romano Canavese, and Strambino.
The codex called the Codice della Catena depicts Saints Octavius, Maximus of Turin, Adventor, Solutor, John the Baptist, and Secundus of Asti.
St. Solutor
Feastday: November 20
Patron: of Turin
Death: ~284
Image of St. SolutorAdventor, Octavious, martyred in Turin, our unit was the Theban Legion. We retreated from Agaumum, Switzerland, Adventor, and Octavius, were caught and beheaded. I, Solutor, escaped, and was finally captured near Ivrea, and beheaded. 20 Nov.(20 Jan moving of relics).
This article concerns Solutor of Turin. Solutor was also the name of a member of the group of martyrs, along with Valentine and Victor, who died at Ravenna around 305 AD.
Solutor, along with Octavius and Adventor (Italian: Solutore, Ottavio, e Avventore), (died ca. 284 AD) is patron saint of Turin.
Historical detail regarding these martyrs is sparse; their memory is preserved because the three were mentioned in a sermon by Maximus of Turin. However, Maximus makes no precise geographic or temporal references regarding Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor.[1]
Their legend states that they were members of the Theban Legion during the end of the 3rd century. While the legion's leader, Saint Maurice, was killed at Agaunum, along with many other soldiers, Solutor, Adventor, and Octavius managed to escape. Adventor and Octavius, however, were caught at the Dora Riparia and killed there. Solutor would be killed at a quarry near the Dora Baltea near Caravino. A matron of Ivrea collected their bodies in a quadriga and carried them to Turin.
Veneration
In 490, Victor of Turin, bishop of the city, enlarged the church that housed their relics. In 1006, a monastery, San Solutore in Turin, was established by Bishop Gezo of Turin. The relics of the three martyrs, together with those of Saint Juliana and Saint Gozzelino (Goslino), second abbot of San Solutore, were transferred to the Turinese sanctuary known as the Consolata after Francis I of France ordered the demolition of San Solutore. In 1619, the relics were translated to the new church of the Holy Martyrs (Santi Martiri) on the Via Garibaldi. This church was built with the support of the Piedmontese pontiff Pius V and Emmanuel Philibert. The relics are still found at this church.[1]
According to legend, a vision of the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to John Bosco in 1844 or 1845 and revealed the site of the martyrdom of Adventor and Octavius. The Basilica dell'Ausiliatrice was built on the spot.[1][2]
The cult of Saint Solutor is particularly strong in the diocese of Ivrea, and he is also venerated in Caravino, Romano Canavese, and Strambino.
The codex called the Codice della Catena depicts Saints Octavius, Maximus of Turin, Adventor, Solutor, John the Baptist, and Secundus of Asti
Saint Edmund of East Anglia
Also known as
• Edmund the Martyr
• King of the East Angles
Additional Memorial
29 April (translation of relics)
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King of East Anglia at age 14, crowned on Christmas Day 855 by Bishop Saint Humbert of Elmham. Edmund was a model ruler, concerned with justice for his people and his own spirituality; he spent a year sequestered at Hunstanton learning the Psalter by heart. Following one of a series of armed engagement with invading Danes, he was captured. He was ordered to give his Christian people to the pagan invaders; he refused. Martyr.
Born
c.841 probably at Nuremburg, Germany
Died
• beaten, whipped, shot with arrows "until he bristled with them like a hedgehog", and beheaded at Hoxne, Suffolk, England 20 November 870
• buried at Hoxne
• relics moved to Beodricsworth, England (modern Bury Saint Edmunds (Borough of Saint Edmunds)) in the 915
• relics moved to the Cathedral of Saint Paul in London, England in 1010 ahead of an invading Viking force
• relics returned to Bury Saint Edmunds in 1113
• relics re-enshrined in a new church in a Benedictine monastery built by King Canute in 1020
• relics re-enshrined in a new Norman church in Bury Saint Edmunds in 1095
• following a fire, the relics re-enshrined in a new church in 1198
• following a battle in Lincoln, England in 1217, French troops claim to have taken the relics, but modern testing has disproved this; the real relics may have been hidden, destroyed, looted - we just don't know, and no authentic relics exist today
Patronage
• against plague
• diocese of East Anglia, England
• kings
• torture victims
• wolves
Saint Cyprian of Calamizzi
Also known as
Cipriano
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Born to the to wealthy nobility; his father was a physician, and Cyprian studied medicine himself. Monk at Holy Saviour monastery in Calanna, Italy at age 25. Hermit on family lands in Pavigliana, Italy, spending 20 years in prayer, meditation and growing his own food. Word of his learning and holiness spread, and people came to him for medical help and spiritual advice; some tried to stay as spiritual students, but Cyprian sent them away. Abbot of the San Nicolas monastery in Calamizzi at age 60 at the request of the monks. There Cyprian became known for his austerity, adherance to the rule of his Order, his charity to poor, and his wise counsel to anyone who approached him. He rebuilt the monastery, restored its church, built a bell tower, expanded the library, worked to increase the education and spirituality of his monks, and worked during the day as a free physician to all comers. He once fell from a wagon and broke his leg, which was badly set and left him with a lifelong limp.
Born
c.1125 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy
Died
• 20 November 1190 at the monastery of San Nicola, Calamizzi, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the church of the monastery
• the monastery was destroyed by an earthquake in 1783
Blessed Maria Fortunata Viti
Also known as
Anna Felicia Viti
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Daughter of Luigi Viti, a gambler and heavy drinker, and Anna Bono, who died when Anna was fourteen. Raised her eight siblings after her mother's death, often working as a domestic servant to support them. Joined the Benedictines at the San Maria de'Franconi monastery in Veroli, Italy on 21 March 1851 at age 24, taking the name Sister Maria Fortunata. She was over 70 years in the Order, her days spent spinning, sewing, washing, mending - and praying the whole time. Sister Maria never learned to read or write, and never held any position in her house, but she had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and whole generations of nuns and local lay people learned from her quiet, humble, happy, prayerful example.
Born
10 February 1827 in Veroli, Frosinone, Italy as Anna Felicia Viti
Died
• 20 November 1922 in Veroli, Frosinone, Italy of natural causes
• interred in a mass grave at her house
• miracles reported at her grave site
Beatified
8 October 1967 by Pope Paul VI
Patronage
• against poverty; poor people
• against temptations
• loss of parents
• against mental illness; mentally ill people
Blessed Ambrose of Camaldoli
Also known as
• Ambrose Traversari
• Ambrogio...
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Born to the Tuscan nobility. Studied assorted arts, sciences and languages in Venice, Italy, and would be considered a classic Renaissance man. Joined the Camaldolese in 1400 at the Santa Maria del Angelis monastery in Florence, Italy. A noted scholar and theologian, he read widely, wrote extensively, including lives of the saints, collected a large library, and translated much of it. Teacher of both religious and lay people. Superior-general of the Camaldolese in 1431. Negotiator between the pope and emperor Sigismond. Worked for re-unification with the Greek bishops at the Council of Florence in 1439, drawing up the final statement of the Council.
Born
16 September 1386 in Portico di Romagna, Florence, Tuscany, Italy as Ambrose Traversari
Died
21 October 1439 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
Saint Bernerio of Eboli
Also known as
Berniero
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Pilgrim to all the major shrines in Spain and then in Rome, Italy. Cave hermit in Eboli, Salerno, Italy.
Born
c.1100 in Spain
Died
• late 12th century of natural causes
• buried at the church of the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Eboli, Italy
• relics re-discovered on 16 October 1554
• relics enshrined under the altar of the crypt of the church of San Pietro in Eboli on 25 July 1930
Canonized
Congregation of Rites approved an Office for the clergy of Eboli, Italy on 18 May 1602
Patronage
Eboli, Italy
Saint Francis Xavier Can Nguyen
Also known as
Phanxicô Xaviê Can
Additional Memorial
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
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Layman. Catechist. Worked to help the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Arrested for his faith, he was offered the chance for freedom if he would renounce his faith; he declined. Martyr.
Born
c.1803 in Son Miêng, Hà Ðông, Vietnam
Died
strangled to death on 20 November 1837 in prison in Ô Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Canonized
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Sylvester of Châlons-sur-Saône
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Priest for 40 years. Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône, France from c.484 to c.525. Saint Gregory of Tours describes him as "the glory of confessors".
Died
c.525 in Châlons-sur-Saône, France of natural causes
Saint Dasius of Dorostorum
Also known as
• Dasius of Silistria
• Dasio of...
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Bishop at Dorostorum (modern Silistra, Bulgaria). Fought against the immorality involved in the Saturnalia and other pagan festivals. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
c.303
Saint Autbodus of Valcourt
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Missionary and evangelist in the areas of Artois, Hainault and Picardy, regions today in modern France and Belgium. He finally retired to end his days as a hermit near Laon, France.
Born
Ireland
Died
690
Saint Crispin of Ecija
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Fourth century bishop of Ecija, Andalusia, Spain. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeus. Has a special office in the old Mozarabic Breviary and Missal.
Died
beheaded in the early 4th century in Ecija, Andalusia, Spain
Saint Hippolytus of Belley
Also known as
• Hippolytus of Condat
• Hippolytus of Saint-Oyend
• Ippolito of...
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Monk. Abbot of Saint-Oyend abbey. Bishop of Belley, France.
Died
c.772 in Jura, France
Saint Apothemius of Angers
Also known as
Apotemius, Apothème, Hypotheme
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Hermit. Spritual student of Saint Martin of Tours. Priest. Bishop of Angers, France c.380.
Born
Greece
Died
c.389
Saint Nerses of Sahgerd
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Bishop of Sahgerd in Persia. Arrested with 10 or 12 parishioners during the persecutions of Shapur II. They were offered their freedom if they would worship the sun; they declined. Martyr.
Died
Persia
Saint Gregory Decapolites
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Ninth century monk. Hermit. Pilgrim. An opponent of the iconoclasts, at whose hands he suffered.
Born
at the Decapolis, Asia Minor
Died
842 in Constantinople
Saint Humbert of Elmham
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Ninth-century bishop. Crowned Saint Edmund as king of East Anglia in 855. Martyred by pagan Danish raiders.
Died
870 in East Anglia (in modern England
Saint Eudo of Carméry
Also known as
Eudon, Eudes, Odo, Odon
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Monk at Lerins Abbey in France. Founded the monastery of Corméry-en-Velay.
Died
c.760
Saint Eval of Cornwall
Also known as
Urval, Uvol, Urfol
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Sixth century bishop in Cornwall, England. The village of St Eval, Cornwall was named in his honour.
Saint Maxentia of Beauvais
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Anchoress near Senlis, France. Martyr.
Born
Ireland
Died
martyred in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France
Saint Teonesto of Vercelli
Also known as
Theoneste, Theonestus
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Martyr.
Died
c.313 in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy
Saint Eustachius of Nicea
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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximinius the Thracian.
Died
235 in Nicea, Asia Minor
Saint Thespesius of Nicea
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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximinius the Thracian.
Died
235 in Nicea, Asia Minor
Saint Anatolius of Nicea
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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximinius the Thracian.
Died
235 in Nicea, Asia Minor
Saint Ampelus of Messina
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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
c.302 in Messina, Sicily
Saint Gaius of Messina
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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
c.302 in Messina, Sicily
Saint Dorus of Benevento
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Fifth century bishop of Benevento, Italy.
Died
Benevento, Italy
Saint Leo of Nonantula
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Monk and later abbot of Nonantula Abbey near Modena, Italy.
Died
1000
Saint Simplicius of Verona
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Bishop of Verona, Italy.
Died
c.535
Saint Basil of Antioch
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Martyr.
Died
Antioch (Antakya, Turkey)
Martyrs of Antioch
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Group of three Christians executed together for their faith. No details have survived except their names - Basil, Dionysius and Rusticus.
Died
Antioch (Antakya, Turkey)
Martyrs of Heraclea
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A group of 43 Christians martyred together. The only details about them to survive are three of their names - Agapitus, Bassus and Dionysius.
Died
Heraclea, Thrace
Martyrs of Turin
Additional Memorial
20 January (translation of relics)
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Three Christian martyrs whose original stories were lost, and somehow came to be associated with the Theban Legion. They are - Adventor, Octavius and Solutor.
Died
beheaded in 297 in Turin, Italy
Patronage
Turin, Italy
Martyred Sisters of the Christian Doctrine
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A group of 17 religious sisters, members all of the Sisters of the Christian Doctrine, who were martyred in two different incidents in 1936 during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
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 Ascensión Duart Roig
• Blessed Aurea Navarro
• Blessed Catalina Calpe Ibáñez
• Blessed Emilia Martí Lacal
• Blessed Francisca Desamparados Honorata Lloret Martí
• Blessed Gertrudis Rita Florència Surís Brusola
• Blessed Isabel Ferrer Sabrià
• Blessed Josefa Pascual Pallardó
• Blessed Josefa Romero Clariana
• Blessed Josepa Mongoche Homs
• Blessed María Antonia del Sufragio Orts Baldó
• Blessed Maria Dolors Llimona Planas
• Blessed María Isabel López García
• Blessed María Purificación Gómez Vives
• Blessed Milagros Ortells Gimeno
• Blessed Paula de San Antonio
• Blessed Teresa Jiménez Baldoví
• Blessed Teresa Rosat Balasch
