இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 06

 Bl. Adolph Kolping

Feastday: December 6

Patron: of World Youth Day

Birth: 1813

Death: 1865

Beatified: 27 October 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Kolping grew up as the son of a shepherd. At the age of 18 he went to Cologne as a shoemaker's assistant. He was shocked by the living conditions of most people living there, which influenced his decision to become a priest. At age 23 he attended the Dreikönigsgymnasium and afterwards studied theology in Munich, Bonn and Cologne. On April 10, 1845 he was ordained a priest in Cologne's Minoritenkirche.

In 1847 he became the second president of the Catholic Association of Journeymen, which gave young journeymen religious and social support.

In 1849 he returned to Cologne as vicar of the cathedral and helped establish Cologne's Association of Journeymen. He united the existing journeymen associations as the Rheinischer Gesellenbund in 1850. This fusion was the origin of today's international Kolpingwerk. Until his death he labored to spread the federation of journeymen associations. By the year of his death, 1865, there were more than four hundred journeymen associations worldwide.

Adolph Kolping (8 December 1813 — 4 December 1865) was a German Catholic priest and the founder of the Kolping Association. He led the movement for providing and promoting social support for workers in industrialized cities while also working to promote the dignities of workers in accordance with the social magisterium of the faith.[1] He was called Gesellenvater (the Journeymen's Father).[2]

The beatification for the priest commenced on 21 March 1934 and he was later titled as Venerable in 1989. His beatification was celebrated under Pope John Paul II on 27 October 1991 in Saint Peter's Square; his liturgical feast is not affixed to the date of his death as is the norm but rather on 6 December.

Life

Adolph Kolping was born on 8 December 1813 in Kerpen as the fourth of five children to the poor shepherd Peter Kolping (d. 12 April 1845) and Anna Maria Zurheyden (d. 4 April 1833). He often lived in the shadow of frail health during his childhood.[1]

He proved to be an able student while in school from 1820 to 1826 but his poverty prevented him from furthering his education despite his commitment to pursue additional studies. In 1831 he travelled to Cologne as a shoemaker's assistant and soon became shocked with the living conditions of the working class that lived there and this proved to be definitive in influencing his decision to become a priest; he remained a shoemaker until 1841.[3] Kolping's desire for higher education never ceased. In summer 1834 he attended the Three Kings School and afterwards in 1841 began his theological education in Munich (1841–42) at the college there as well as later in Bonn (1842–44) and Cologne (26 March 1844 – 1845).[4] His time spent on his studies saw him become friends with the future Bishop of Mainz Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler.

Kolping was ordained to the priesthood on 13 April 1845 in Cologne's Minoritenkirche but his father died the night before so his ordination was full of mixed emotions. He first served in Elberfeld – now part of Wuppertal – as a chaplain and religious education teacher from 1845 until 1849. There a number of journeymen carpenters had founded a choral society with the aid of a teacher and the local clergy. It grew rapidly into a Young Workmen's Society with the acknowledged object of fostering the religious life of the members, and at the same time of improving their mechanical skill. In 1847 he became the second president of the Gesellenverein, German Catholic societies for the religious, moral, and professional improvement of young men which gave its members both religious and social support.[3]

In 1849 he returned to Cologne as the cathedral's vicar and established Cologne's branch of the Gesellenverein. "Initially his objective was to provide a home-away-from- home for young apprentices and journeymen while they learned a trade that would enable them to make a decent and honest living."[5] The Cologne society soon acquired its own home, and opened therein a hospice for young traveling journeymen. In his efforts to develop the work Kolping was energetic and undaunted. He was eloquent both as speaker and writer. He visited the great industrial centres of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Hungary.[2] In 1850 he united the existing associations as the "Rheinischer Gesellenbund" – this fusion was the origin of the present international "Kolpingwerk". In 1854 he founded the newspaper "Rheinische Volksblätter" (or the "Rhine Region People’s Paper") which quickly became one of the most successful press organs of his time. He was the editor of the Catholic People's Calendar from 1852 to 1853 and of the Calendar for the Catholic People from 1854 to 1855.[4] In 1862 he became the rector of the Saint Maria Empfängnis church in Cologne. Pope Pius IX titled him as a Monsignor in 1862 – this came about after the pair met in Rome in a private audience in May to discuss the priest's work. By 1865, over 400 local groups of the journeymen’s organization had been established and were functioning throughout Europe and in America.[6]

Tomb of Adolph Kolping in the Saint Maria Empfängnis church in Cologne

He died on 4 December 1865 due to lung cancer; he had suffered from a severe joint inflammation in his right forearm that spring.[4] His remains are buried in the Saint Maria Empfängnis church (Minoritenkirche). He is remembered as the "Father of All Apprentices" and in 2003 was ranked eleventh in the Unsere Besten.[3] Pope John Paul II visited his tomb in November 1980 while visiting the nation. He said:”We need models like Adolph Kolping in today’s Church".[6]

Beatification

Adolph Kolping monument, Cologne

The beatification process opened under Pope Pius XI on 21 March 1934 and Kolping was titled as a Servant of God. The informative process opened on 21 March 1934 but the circumstances of the times – both political and religious – did not permit the process to continue. After the Second World War these efforts were resumed.[6] Historians approved the cause on 24 February 1987 while the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (CCS) received the Positio from the postulation in 1988. Theologians approved the cause on 15 January 1988 as did the CCS on 18 April 1989; the confirmation of his heroic virtue allowed for Pope John Paul II to name him as Venerable on 13 May 1989.[8]

The miracle that led to his beatification was investigated in the diocese of origin and later received C.C.S. validation on 5 December 1987 before a medical board approved it on 24 January 1990. The theologians also approved the cause on 18 May 1990 as did the CCS on 23 October 1990 while John Paul II issued his definitive approval for it on 22 January 1991. The pope beatified Kolping on 27 October 1991 in Saint Peter's Square.[9]

Legacy

Kolping’s personal witness and apostolate helped prepare for Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical "Rerum Novarum"—"On the Social Order".[9] The first American branch of the Kolping Society began in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1856. As of 2021, there are branches in over thirty countries. The International Headquarters is located across the street from the Minoritenkirche.[9]

In 1932, the Detroit branch of the Kolping society established the Kolping Park and Chapel in Chesterfield Township, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site[10] in 1996 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Saint Nicholas of Myra

✠ புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ் ✠

(St. Nicholas of Bari)

மரபுகளின் பாதுகாவலர்/ வியக்கவைக்கும் பணியாளர்/ பரிசுத்த தலைமை போதகர்/ மிரா மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர்:

(Defender of Orthodoxy, Wonderworker, Holy Hierarch, Bishop of Myra)

பிறப்பு: மார்ச் 15, 270

பட்டாரா, ரோம பேரரசு

(Patara, Roman Empire)

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 6, 343 (வயது 73)

மிரா, ரோம பேரரசு

(Myra, Roman Empire)

ஏற்கும் சபை/ சமயம்: 

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Catholic Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion)

திருமுழுக்கு கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

(Baptist Protestant Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

ஓரியண்ட்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodox Church)

லூதரன் திருச்சபை

(Lutheranism)

மெத்தடிஸ்ட் கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

(Methodism)

ப்ரெஸ்பைடெரியன் கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

(Presbyterianism)

சீர்திருத்த கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

(Reformed Church)

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முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்: 

பசிலிக்கா டி சேன் நிக்கொலா, பாரி, இத்தாலி

(Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy)

பாதுகாவல்: 

குழந்தைகள், கடலோடிகள், மீனவர், பொய் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவர், அடகு பிடிப்போர், மனம்திரும்பிய திருடர்கள், மருந்தாளுநர்கள், ரஷியா, கிரேக்கம், லிவர்பூல், மாஸ்கோ, ஆம்ஸ்டர்டாம், லோர்ரேய்ன், குடிபானம் தயாரிப்பவர், அடகு வியாபாரம் செய்வோர், ஹெலெனிக் கடற்படை (Hellenic Navy)

புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ் என்பது துருக்கியின் மிரா நகரின் புனித நிக்கலசுக்கு வழங்கப்படும் பெயராகும். தனது வாழ்நாளில் இரகசியமாக பரிசுகளை வழங்கும் பழக்கத்தை கொண்டிருந்த இவர், தற்காலத்தில் தமிழில் கிறிஸ்துமஸ் தாத்தா, நத்தார் தாத்தா, என அழைக்கப்படுகிறார். நெதர்லாந்திலும் வடக்கு பெல்ஜியத்திலும் செயிண்ட் நிக்கலஸ் அல்லது "சேன்டகிலாஸ்" என அழைக்கப்படுகிறார்.

ரோமப்பேரரசின் “அனடோலியன் தீபகற்பத்திலுள்ள” (Anatolian peninsula), “பட்டாரா” (Patara) எனும் துறைமுக நகரில், மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டில், கிரேக்க குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இவர், “லிசியாவிலுள்ள” (Lycia) “மிரா” (Lycia) நகரில் வசித்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. கி.பி. 325ம் ஆண்டு, ரோமப் பேரரசன் (Roman Emperor) “முதலாம் கான்ஸ்டன்டைன்” (Constantine I) என்பவரின் கேள்விகளுக்கு பதிலளித்த பல்வேறு ஆயர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவராவார். “பைதீனியன்” நகரான “நிசெயாவில்” (Bithynian city of Nicaea) நடந்த முதல் ஆயர்களின் கூட்டத்தில் (First Council of Nicaea) கலந்துகொண்ட 151 ஆயர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவராவார். அங்கே, நிக்கலஸ் ஆரியனிசத்தை (Arian) தீவிரமாக எதிர்த்தார். கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுகளுக்கு பாதுகாவலராக இருந்தார். கிறிஸ்தவ நம்பிக்கை சின்னமான “நிசீன் க்ரீட்’ள்” (Nicene Creed) கையெழுத்திட்ட ஆயர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவராவார். “மதங்களுக்கு எதிரான கொள்கையில் பற்றுடைய” (Heretic) ஆயரான “ஆரியஸ்” (Arius) என்பவரை கௌன்சில் கூட்டத்தினிடையேயே முகத்திலேயே அறைந்தார் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது.

சரித்திர ஆளுமையின் தாக்கத்தினால் உருவான கற்பனை பாத்திரம் ஜெர்மனியில் சண்க்ட் நிகொலவுஸ் எனவும் நெதர்லாந்து மற்றும் பிலாண்டர்சில் சிண்டெர்கிலாஸ் எனவும் அழைக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த கற்பனை பாத்திரமே இன்றுள்ள "சேன்டகிலாஸ்" பாத்திரத்துக்கு வித்திட்டது. 'சிண்டெர்கிலாஸ்' நெதர்லாந்திலும், பிலாண்டர்சிலும் முக்கியமான விழாவாகும். இந்நாளில் சரித்திர மனிதரான புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ் நினைவுகூறப்பட்டு வணங்கப்படுகிறார்.

புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ், பல நாடுகளினதும் நகரங்களதும் பாதுகாவலராகவும் வழிப்படப்படுகிறார்.

Also known as

• Nicholas of Bari

• Nicholas of Lpnenskij

• Nicholas of Lipno

• Nicholas of Sarajskij

• Nicholas the Miracle Worker

• Klaus, Mikulas, Nikolai, Nicolaas, Nicolas, Niklaas, Niklas. Nikolaus, Santa Claus

Additional Memorial

9 May (translation of relics)

Profile

Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Myra, Lycia (modern Turkey). Generous to the poor, and special protector of the innocent and wronged. Many stories grew up around him prior to his becoming associated with Santa Claus. Some examples

• Upon hearing that a local man had fallen on such hard times that he was planning to sell his daughters into prostitution, Nicholas went by night to the house and threw three bags of gold in through the window, saving the girls from an evil life. These three bags, gold generously given in time of trouble, became the three golden balls that indicate a pawn broker's shop.

• He raised to life three young boys who had been murdered and pickled in a barrel of brine to hide the crime. These stories led to his patronage of children in general, and of barrel-makers besides.

• Induced some thieves to return their plunder. This explains his protection against theft and robbery, and his patronage of them - he's not helping them steal, but to repent and change. In the past, thieves have been known as Saint Nicholas' clerks or Knights of Saint Nicholas.

• During a voyage to the Holy Lands, a fierce storm blew up, threatening the ship. He prayed about it, and the storm calmed - hence the patronage of sailors and those like dockworkers who work on the sea.

Died

• c.346 at Myra, Lycia (in modern Turkey) of natural causes

• relics believed to be at Bari, Italy

Patronage

• against fire • against imprisonment • against robberies • against robbers • against storms at sea • against sterility • against thefts • altar servers • archers • boys • brides • captives • children • choir boys • happy marriages • lawsuits lost unjustly • lovers • maidens • penitent murderers • newlyweds • paupers • pilgrims • poor people • prisoners • scholars • schoolchildren, students • penitent thieves • spinsters • travellers • unmarried girls • apothecaries • bakers • bankers • barrel makers • boatmen • boot blacks • brewers • butchers • button makers • candle makers • chair makers • cloth shearers • coopers • dock workers • druggists • educators • farm workers, farmers • firefighters • fish mongers • fishermen • grain merchants • grocers • grooms • hoteliers • innkeepers • judges • lace merchants • lawyers • linen merchants • longshoremen • mariners • merchants • millers • notaries • parish clerks • pawnbrokers • perfumeries • perfumers • pharmacists • poets • ribbon weavers • sailors • ship owners • shoe shiners • soldiers • spice merchants • spinners • stone masons • tape weavers • teachers • toy makers • vintners • watermen • weavers • Greek Catholic Church in America • Greek Catholic Union • Varangian Guard • Germany • Greece • Russia • 3 dioceses • 278 cities •

Blessed Peter Paschal

புனித_பீட்டர்_பஸ்காசியூஸ் (1227-1300)

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இவர் (#StPeterPaschasius) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டிலுள்ள வாலன்சியா என்ற நகரில் பிறந்தவர்.

சிறுவயது முதலே கல்வி கேள்வியிலும், இறைப்பற்றிலும் சிறந்து விளங்கிய இவர், குருத்துவ வாழ்விற்குத் தன்னை அர்ப்பணித்து, 1250 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.

இதற்குப் பிறகு சில காலத்திற்கு அரகோனை ஆண்ட மன்னரின் மகனுக்குப் பாடம் கற்றுத் தந்த இவர், 1297 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜீன் நகரின் ஆயராகத் திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார்.

இவருடைய காலத்தில் மூர் இனத்தை சார்ந்தவர்கள் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மீது அடிக்கடி தாக்குதல் நடத்தினார்கள். ஒருமுறை இவர் இருந்த நகர்மீது தாக்குதல் நடத்திய மூர் இனத்தவர் இவரைக் கைது செய்து இழுத்துச் சென்றனர். அங்கு இவர் கடுமையாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்து கொல்லப்பட்டார். 

இறைவனுக்காகத் தன் இன்னுயிர் தந்த இவர் ஒரு மிகப் பெரிய எழுத்தாளர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது

Also known as

• Peter Pascual

• Peter Pascualez

• Peter Paschasius

• Pedro Pascual

• Pietro Pascasio

Profile

Received his doctorate from the University of Paris, France. Joined the Mercedarians in 1250. Priest. Tutor to Don Sancho, son of the king of Aragon (part of modern Spain), in 1253. Bishop of Jaén, Spain in 1289 during a period when the diocese was in territory controlled by Moors. Worked to ransom Christians held hostage by the Moors. Wrote and preached against Islam as a faith, and against Moorish hostage taking in general. Ambushed by Moors, he was imprisoned in Granada from 1297 until his martyrdom at the order of King Moulay Mohammed.

Born

1227 at Valencia, Spain

Died

beheaded on 6 December 1300 at Granada, Spain

Beatified

14 August 1670 by Pope Clement X

Saint Abraham of Kratia

Profile

Monk in at Emesa (modern Hims, Syria). His community was destroyed and the brothers dispersed by pagan nomad raids when Abraham was in his early 20's. He moved to Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) where c.500 he was made abbot at Gratia, Bithynia at age 26. He served for ten years, but finally fled in secret to Palestine for the quieter life of a hermit. However, when Church authorities located him, Abraham was ordered to return to his post. Consecrated as the reluctant bishop of Kratia soon after. Around 525 he was finally allowed to resign his see and retire for 30 years of ermetical solitude and prayer.

Born

c.474 at Emesa, Syria

Died

c.558 in Palestine

Saint Giuse Nguyen Duy Khang

Also known as

• Joseph Kang

• Joseph Khang

Profile

Dominican tertiary. Catechist. Servant to Saint Jerome Hermosilla. Tried to help Saint Jerome escape from prison. Captured, he was lashed, tortured, and martyred in the persecutions of Tu-Duc.

Born

c.1832 at Tra-Vinh, Nam-Dinh province, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 6 December 1861 at Hai Duong, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Asella of Rome

Profile

A consecreated virgin (a nun) from age 10. At age 12 she moved into a cell in Rome, Italy in which she lived the rest of her life. From it she led a community of like-minded women, and she emerged only to attend Mass and to visit the tombs of martyrs. She received visits from the historian Bishop Palladia. Her story is recounted by Saint Jerome who called her a flower of the Lord.

Died

c.406 of natural causes

Blessed János Scheffler

Profile

Ordained on 6 July 1910. Bishop of Satu Mare, Romania on 26 March 1942. Martyr.

Born

29 October 1887 in Camin, Diocese of Satu Mare, Hungary (in modern Romania)

Died

6 December 1952 in Bucharest, Romania

Beatified

1 July 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI

Saint Gerard of La-Charite

Also known as

Gerhard of La-Charité

Profile

Benedictine monk. Prior of the Cluniac house of La-Charite-sur-Loire, diocese of Namur in modern France. He founded several houses in France, served as abbot at Soignies (in modern Belgium), and in later life resigned to live out his days as a choir monk at La-Charite.

Died

1109 of natural causes

Saint Dionysia the Martyr

Profile

Born to the nobility. Widow. Sister of Saint Dativa. Mother of Saint Majoricus the Martyr. Martyred during the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric. A witness records that as she was being scourged, she called to her son not to lose his faith.

Died

scourged and burned at the stake in 484, somewhere in North Africa

Saint Gertrude the Elder

Also known as

• Gertrude of Hamage

• Gertrude of Hamaye

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Married lay woman. Widow. Founded the convent at Hamaye near Douai, France. She joined the convent as nun and first abbess.

Born

c.560

Died

6 December 649 at Hamage, France of natural causes

Saint Majoricus the Martyr

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Son of Saint Dionysia. Nephew of Saint Dativa. Child martyr in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.

Died

• beaten to death in 484 somewhere in North Africa

• buried in the house of Saint Dionysia

Saint Aemilianus the Martyr

Also known as

Aemilius, Emilian

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Physician. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.

Died

flayed alive in 484 somewhere in North Africa

Saint Dativa the Martyr

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Sister of Saint Dionysia. Aunt of Saint Majoricus. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.

Died

burned at the stake in 484 somewhere in North Africa

Saint Polychronius

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Priest. Attended the Council of Nicaea. Opposed Arianism. Murdered at the altar by Arian extremists while he was celebrating Mass. Martyr.

Died

4th century

Blessed Angelica of Milazzo

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Franciscan Minim tertiary lay woman.

Born

Milazzo, Sicily, Italy

Died

1559 of natural causes

Saint Isserninus of Ireland

Also known as

Iserninus

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Bishop. Worked with Saint Patrick to evangelize Ireland in the fifth century.

Saint Leontia the Martyr

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Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.

Died

martyred in 484 somewhere in North Africa

Saint Tertus

Also known as

Tertius

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Monk. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.

Died

flayed alive in 484 somewhere in North Africa

Saint Boniface the Martyr

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Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.

Died

484 somewhere in North 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 Esteban Vázquez Alonso

• Blessed Florencio Rodríguez Guemes

• Blessed Gregorio Cermeño Barceló

• Blessed Heliodoro Ramos García

• Blessed Ireneo Rodríguez González

• Blessed Juan Lorenzo Larragueta Garay

• Blessed Luis Martínez Alvarellos

• Blessed Luisa María Frías Cañizares

• Blessed Miguel Lasaga Carazo

• Blessed Narciso Pascual y Pascual

• Blessed Pascual Castro Herrera

• Blessed Vicente Vilumbrales Fuente

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 05

 St. Nicholas Tavigli

Feastday: December 5

Franciscan martyr of Jerusalem, also called Nicholas Tavelic. A native of Dalmatia, he entered the Franciscans and subsequently worked in the region around Bosnia, especially among the Paterine heretics. He then went to the Holy Land to preach among the Muslims and was martyred at Jerusalem. He was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. 

St. Julius

Feastday: December 5

Death: 302

With Potamia, Felix, Crispin, Gratus, and companions who were martyrs of Thagura, in Numidia, Africa.

St. Galagnus

Feastday: December 5

Death: 1181

Hermit of Siena, Italy, who lived on Mount Siepe in Tuscany. After his death he was canonized by Pope Alexander III. His shrine was given to the Cistercians in 1201, including a church built on the site of his hermitage.

Bl. Margaret of Citta-di-Castello

Feastday: December 5

Birth: 1287 

Death: 1320

Blessed Margaret of Citta-di-Castello, Virgin It must have been about the year 1293 when some women of Citta-di-Castello in Umbria, who had gone one day to pray in their parish church, found within, a destitute blind child of about six or seven, who had been abandoned there by her parents. The kind souls were filled with pity for the little waif, and, poor though they were, they took charge of her-first one family and then another, sheltering and feeding her until she became practically the adopted child of the village. One and all declared that, far from being a burden, little Margaret brought a blessing upon those who befriended her. Some years later, the nuns of a local convent offered her a home. The girl rejoiced at the prospect of living with religious, but her joy was short-lived. The community was lax and worldly; Margaret's fervor was a tacit reproach to them, nor did she bring them the profit they had anticipated. Neglect was succeeded by petty persecution, and then by active calumny. Finally she was driven forth ignominiously to face the world once more.

However, her old friends rallied around her. One couple offered her a settled home, which became her permanent residence. At the age of fifteen, Margaret received the habit of a tertiary from the Dominican fathers, who had lately established themselves in Citta-di-Castello, and thence forth, she lived a life entirely devoted to God. More than ever did God's benediction rest upon her. She cured another tertiary of an affliction of the eyes which had baffled medical skill, and her mantle extinguished a fire which had broken out in her foster parents' house. In her desire to show her gratitude to the people of Citta-di-Castello, she undertook to look after the children while their parents were at work. Her little school prospered wonderfully, for she understood children, being very simple herself. She set them little tasks which she helped them to perform; she instructed them in their duty to God and to man, instilling into them her own great devotion to the sacred Childhood, and she taught them the psalms which, inspite of her blindness, she had learned by heart at the convent. We are told that when at prayer she was frequently raised a foot or more from the ground, remaining thus for a long time. Thus she lived, practically unknown outside her own neighborhood, until the age of thirty-three, when she died amidst the friends who loved her, and was buried by their wish in the parish church, where many remarkable miracles took place. The cult of Blessed Margaret was confirmed in 1609.

Saint Margaret of Città di Castello (1287 – 12 April 1320) was an Italian Roman Catholic and professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.[1] Margaret had disabilities and became known for her deep faith and holiness. Her parents abandoned her in a local church due to her disabilities and the town's poor took her in and assumed care for her. Nuns later offered her a home at their convent but soon came to detest her presence and cast her out prompting the town's poor to once again take her in and care for her.[2][3] But she met with Dominican friars and was accepted as a secular member in their third order; she started a school for children to teach them in the faith and often took care of children while their parents were out at work.[4][1][5]

Margaret's holiness was apparent to all in her life that people lobbied for her to be buried in the local church which was an honor reserved for few - this was a clear demonstration people believed in her holiness. Her beatification received approval from Pope Paul V on 19 October 1609.[1] Pope Francis later declared her a saint through equipollent canonization on 24 April 2021

Life

Margaret della Metola was born in Perugia in 1287 to the nobles Parisio and Emilia in the Metola Castle near Mercatello sul Metauro. Her father served at the garrison at the castle.

Metola was born blind with a severe curvature of the spine and had difficulties in walking; she was also a dwarf. Though her parents were embarrassed and hid her from all, a kind maid found her and gave her the name Margaret (derived from the Greek word "margaron", meaning "pearl").[4] When she was almost publicly discovered at age six, her parents walled her for about a decade in a room attached to their residence's chapel, to ensure no one would see her, although she could attend Mass and receive the sacraments. Her parents’ chaplain instructed her in the faith.[5]

But soon there was an imminent threat of invasion at the castle, so Parisio ordered his wife to place a dark veil upon their daughter so the two could flee to his other castle at Mercatello. There she was again imprisoned in a vault-like cubicle containing nothing more than an old small bench. There were some who knew of Margaret and were furious at her treatment, though they never dared broach the subject with the sometimes temper-prone Parisio. Her mother soon suggested taking her to a church where miracles were said to occur. Emilia was timid asking her husband but was surprised to see that he showed a keen interest. 

In 1303 her parents took her one morning to a shrine in the Franciscan church in Castello - where miracles were said to have happened, in hope of a cure for Metola's birth defects. When no such miracle happened, her parents abandoned her there. But she never came to resent or be bitter over her parent's decision.[4][3] Some women at the church noticed her there. The town's poor took her in as one of their own and she was passed to several poor families who helped prisoners and other poor people. Metola was soon granted safe haven in a local convent. Their lax manner of life, though, soon conflicted with her intense faith and she was expelled from the convent since her fervor was a tacit reproach to the nuns who came to detest her presence.[1] It was after this that she took up residence in the town where the townsfolk resumed caring for her. To thank them for their kindness, she opened a small school for the children of the town where she instructed them in the faith and the psalms, which she had learnt during her time with the nuns. Metola also looked after the town's children when their parents went to work.[3][5]

In 1303 she came to know the friars from the Dominicans who had become established in the town not long before. Margaret came under their spiritual guidance and was admitted to the local chapter of the Third Order of Saint Dominic; she received the religious habit of the order.[7]

Metola died on 12 April 1320 and the crowds at her funeral demanded that she be buried inside the church against the resistance of the parish priest. But after a disabled girl was cured at the funeral he allowed for Metola's burial inside.[1]

Relic at Saint Patrick's Church in Columbus, Ohio - a parish which houses a shrine to her.

Veneration

Her remains were transferred on 9 June 1558 because her coffin was rotten. Her clothes were also rotten but her remains were preserved. The local bishop ordered for a new casket to be made to house her remains, though he decided to inspect her remains for the beatification cause which had been started.[1] Metola measured four feet long and her head was rather large in proportion to her thin figure. Her forehead was broad with a face tapering to the chin with a quite prominent nose. Her teeth were small and even and were serrated at the edges. Her hands and feet were small with her right leg an inch and a half shorter than the left (the cause for her limp).[5]

Her "cultus" (or longstanding veneration) was recognized allowing Pope Paul V to confer equivalent beatification for her on 19 October 1609.[1] Pope Clement X extended the privilege of a Mass and Divine Office in her name to the entire Dominican order on 6 April 1675 rather than for the Perugian branch as Paul V had done at her beatification. In 1988 the Urbino archbishop, Ugo Donato Bianchi, named her as a patron for the blind.[2] Pope Francis declared her a saint through equipollent canonization on 24 April 2021.

There are two Dominican parishes in the United States that have shrines to Saint Margaret of Castello: St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and St. Patrick Church in Columbus, Ohio

Blessed Philip Rinaldi

Also known as

• Filippo Rinaldi

• Philippi Rinaldi

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Philip met Don Bosco at age 5, and apparently instinctively understood the importance of the future saint. Though he felt a call to a religious vocation, Philip was torn, and was seriously considering marriage when he decided to become a disciple of Don Bosco at age 22. The Christian Brothers immediately saw something in him, and made him an assistant novice master even before he took his vows as a Salesian on 13 August 1880. Though he had no intention to become a priest, his superiors, who saw his potential better than he did, ordered him to study and take the tests, and he was ordained on 23 December 1882.

In addition to his work as novice master, Philip was placed in charge of the "late" vocations, those like himself who came to the Order as adults. Director of the Salesian community of Sarriá, Spain in 1889; he opened several new houses, and brought in many new vocations. Salesian provincial director in Spain from 1892 to 1901. Began publication of Lecturas Catolicas in 1895. Helped the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians expand in Spain.

Vicar-General of the Salesians on 1 April 1901. Founded centres to minister to the daily and spiritual needs of young women. Helped found the World Federations of Past-Pupils, and assisted the Salesian Sisters. Organized the Salesian International Congress of 1911. With Zelatrici di Maria Ausiliatrice he helped found the group that would evolve into the Volunteers of Don Bosco.

Rector Major of the Salesians on 24 May 1922, the third successor to Don Bosco, and the last one to have been personally trained by him. From that position he worked to bring Doc Bosco's vision to the 20th century, and the 20th century to the vision, doing all he could to spread Salesian spirituality and trust in God. He sent many young Salesians to learn foreign languages and customs so they would become more effective missionaries, and he asked Pope Pius XI to grant the "indulgence for sanctified work". He travelled extensively, preaching, encouraging vocations and the spiritual life of the laity. During his tenure the number of Salesians went from 6,000 to 10,000, there were 250 new houses and centres opened, and his teacher Don Bosco was recognized as a saint.

Born

28 May 1856 at Lu, Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy

Died

• 5 December 1931 of natural causes in Turin, Italy

• buried in the cemetery in Turin

• following the miraculous healing of Sister Mary Carla, he was re-interred in the Basilica of Mary Our Help, Turin

Beatified

• 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II

• his beatification miracle involved the healing and regeneration of the jaw of Sister Mary Carla who was shot in the face on 20 April 1945 in northen Italy in the waning days of World War II

Saint Sabbas of Mar Saba

✠ புனிதர் சப்பாஸ் ✠

(St. Sabbas the Sanctified)

வணக்கத்துக்குரிய தந்தை/ மடாதிபதி:

(Venerable Father/ Abbot)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 439

செசெரியா மஸாகா, கப்படோஸியா

(Caesarea Mazaca, Cappadocia)

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 5, 532

ஜெருசலேம், பாலஸ்தீனம் பிரைமா

(Jerusalem, Palaestina Prima)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைகள்

(Eastern Catholic Churches)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

தூய சப்பாஸ் மடாலயம், கிட்ரோன் பள்ளத்தாக்கு

(Saint Sabbas Monastery, Kidron Valley)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 5

புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், ஒரு கப்படோசியன் சிரியன் துறவியும் (Cappadocian-Syrian monk), குருவும் (Priest), பாலஸ்தீனத்தில் (Palaestina Prima) வாழ்ந்திருந்த புனிதருமாவார். இவரது பெயர் அராமைக் (Aramaic) மொழியிலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்டதாகும். அராமைக் மொழியில் இதன் அர்த்தம், முதியவர் என்று வரும். இவர், எண்ணற்ற பல்வேறு துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். இவர் நிறுவிய மடங்களில் முக்கியமானது, "மார் சபா" (Mar Saba) மடாலயம் ஆகும்.

புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், கப்படோஸியாவின் (Cappadocia) "செசெரியா மஸாகா" (Caesarea Mazaca) அருகேயுள்ள "முட்டலாஸ்கா" (Mutalaska) எனும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரது தந்தை, இராணுவ தளபதியான (Military Commander) "ஜான்" (John) என்பவராவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், "சோஃபியா" (Sophia) ஆகும்.

இராணுவ பணிகளின் காரணமாக "அலெக்ஸ்சாண்ட்ரியா" (Alexandria) பயணித்த இவரது பெற்றோர், ஐந்து வயதான இவரை இவரது தாய்மாமனிடம் விட்டுச் சென்றனர். இவருக்கு எட்டு வயதாகையில், இவர் அருகேயிருந்த "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) என்பவரது துறவு மடத்தில் சேர்ந்தார். புத்திசாலியான சிறுவன், விரைவிலேயே கற்றுத் தேர்ந்து, பரிசுத்த வேதாகமத்தின்பேரில் ஒரு நிபுணர் ஆனார். மீண்டும் இவ்வுலக வாழ்க்கைக்கு திரும்பவும், திருமணம் செய்துகொள்ளவும் அழுத்தம் தந்த இவரது பெற்றோரின் ஆலோசனைகளை சப்பாஸ் தீர்க்கமாக நிராகரித்தார்.

அவர் பதினேழு வயதானபோது, துறவற சமயச் சடங்குகளுக்காக தலையை முழுவதுமாக மழித்துக்கொண்டார் (Monastic Tonsure). பத்து வருடங்கள் "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) துறவு மடத்தில் செலவிட்ட அவர், பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து ஜெருசலேம் (Jerusalem) பயணித்தார். பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து, புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் மடாலயம் (Monastery of Saint Euthymius the Great) சென்றார். ஆனால், புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் அவரை அங்கிருந்து, அருகாமையிலுள்ள கண்டிப்பான செனொபிடிக் விதிகளைக் (Strict Cenobitic Rule) கடைபிடிக்கும் "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) எனும் மடாதிபதியின் மடாலயத்திற்கு அனுப்பினார். சப்பாஸ், தமது முப்பது வயது வரை இந்த மடாலயத்தில் கீழ்ப்படிதலுடன் வசித்தார்.

மூத்த "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) இறந்த பிறகு, அவரது பின்வரும் வாரிசு, சப்பாசை ஒரு குகையில் ஒதுங்கி வாழுமாறு ஆசீர்வதித்தார். சனிக்கிழமைகளில், அவர் தனது வசிப்பிடத்தைவிட்டு, மடாலயத்திற்கு வந்து, அங்கு அவர் தெய்வீக சேவைகளில் கலந்துகொண்டு சகோதர துறவியர்களுடன் உணவு உண்பார். ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலத்திற்குப் பிறகு, தன் வசிப்பிடத்தை விட்டு வெளியேறாதபடி சப்பாஸ், அனுமதி பெற்றார். அடுத்த ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்கு அவர் குகைக்குள் தனியாக வாழ்ந்தார்.

புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் (Saint Euthymius the Great), இளம் துறவியின் ஆவிக்குரிய முதிர்ச்சியைக் கண்டு, அவருடைய வாழ்க்கையை கவனமாக வழிநடத்தி, அவரை தம்முடன் வனாந்தரத்தில் வாழ இட்டுச் சென்றார். அவர்கள் ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் ஜனவரி மாதம், 14ம் தேதி முதல், குருத்து ஞாயிறுவரை அங்கு தங்கினர். சப்பாசை மூத்த குழந்தை என்று அழைத்த புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ், அவரை துறவற நல்லொழுக்கங்களில் வளர ஊக்குவித்தார்.

சப்பாஸ் பல்வேறு மடாலயங்களை நிறுவினார். சப்பாஸின் ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் பல்வேறு அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்ந்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. வறண்ட காலத்தின் போது, இவரது ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் ஏராளமான மழையைப் பெற்றார்கள். நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டவர்களும் குணமானார்கள்.

கி.பி. 491ம் ஆண்டு, ஜெருசலேம் நகரின் குலபதி அல்லது பரம்பரைத் தலைவர் (Patriarch Salustius of Jerusalem), இவருக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். கி.பி. 532ம் ஆண்டு, சப்பாஸ் மரணமடைந்தார்

Also known as

• Sabbas the Sanctified

• Sabbas the Great

• Sabas, Sava

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Spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great at age 20. Anchorite from age 30, living in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and manual labor. He wove ten willow baskets each day. On Saturday he would take them to the local monastery, led by Saint Euthymius, and trade them for a week's food, and a week's worth of willow wands for more baskets. Took over leadership of the monks upon the death of Saint Euthymius. Co-superior with Saint Theodosius over 1,000 monks and hermits in the region.

Sabbas was a simple man with little education, but with a firm belief in the spiritual benefits of simple living. The combination of his lack of education and his severe austerities caused some of his charges to rebel. Sabbas tired of the squabbling, and he missed his time in prayer, so he fled to TransJordania. There he found a cave inhabited by a lion; the lion moved on, finding a new home, and giving the cave to the holy man. A distorted version of this tale reached the rebellious monks; they seized on it, reported to the patriarch that Sabbas had been killed by a lion, and requested a new leader be appointed. As this message was being formally presented to the patriarch, Sabbas walked into the room. This led to a confrontation during which the complaints of the monks were aired. However, the patriach took Sabbas's side, and the two restored order and discipline to the lives of the anchorites.

Sabbas led a peaceful uprising of 10,000 monks who demanded the end of the persecutions of Palestinian bishops of Anastatius I.

At age 90, Sabbas travelled to Constantinople where he successfully pled for clemency from Justinian for Samarians who were in revolt.

Born

439 at Motalala, Cappadocia

Died

• 532 of natural causes

• relics enshrined in Venice, Italy

Blessed Jean-Baptiste Fouque

Also known as

the Saint Vincent de Paul of Marseilles

Profile

Jean-Baptiste grew up in a pious household, the son of Louis Fouque and Adèle Anne Remuzat. He studied at the school run by Servant of God Joseph-Marie Timon-David. Ordained a priest in Marseilles, France on 10 June 1876. Parish priest in the French cities of Auriol and La Major from 1876 to 1888; he was assigned to the Sainte Trinité parish on 15 April 1888, and served there the rest of his life, over 38 years.

In December 1891, his vicar-general asked Father Jean-Baptiste to organize care for orphans and abandoned chilldren. He founded "Le Sainte Famille" home for girls, which was eventually given to the care of Presentationist nuns, and used it as a model for opening other houses around the diocese, some for young girls, some for young boys, and some for those old enough to work as domestics. Opened "L'oeuvre de Salette" home for the elderly and infirm in an old convent in 1905. During World War I, 1914 to 1918, he worked to help the wounded and displaced.

There was little money available after the war to continue his work, but Father Jean-Baptiste convinced some physicians to donate their time to care for the poor and neglected. By 1919 the need for their work was so obvious that he was able to start contruction on a hospital for the poor, and opened the Saint John Hospital on 20 March 1921.

Born

12 September 1851 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Died

• 5 December 1926 at the Saint John Hospital in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France of natural causes

• re-interred at the Saint Joseph chapel of the hospital on 29 April 1993

Beatified

• 30 September 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Marseille, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

Saint Justinian

Also known as

Iestin, Jestin

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Born to the Breton nobility. Well educated. Priest. Left his country to become a travelling evangelist. Settled to live as a hermit on the Isle of Ramsey near southern Wales, living with a pious layman named on Honorius; he moved in on the condition that all the women of the household were sent away.

He visited Saint David of Wales, who was so impressed with the man's holiness that he gave him hermitages on the mainland and a nearby island. Justinian is listed on very ancient Welsh calendars of saints and martyrs, and the church at Llanstinan is dedicated to him.

Some wonderful stories have become attached to the holy hermit.

• Once some sailors landed at the island hermitage. They said that Saint David was very ill, and that they had been sent to bring Justinian to the mainland. En route, Justinian discerned that the sailors were actually devils in disguise. The saint recited Psalm 79; the devils changed to blackbirds and flew, leaving the boat to sail itself safely to shore where Justinian found David in excellent health.

• Justinian died when he advised his servants that they should apply themselves to their jobs. Goaded by devils, the three of them became enraged, assaulted Justinian, and beheaded him. At the place where the body fell, a spring of healing water emerged from the ground. The killers were struck with leprosy, and lived out their days in the caves and rocks near the hermitage. Justinian had already specified a location for his burial; a church was built over the tomb, and became known as a scene of miracles. Saint David later moved the body to his own church.

Born

6th century Brittany (part of modern France)

Died

• murdered by servants

• venerated as a martyr due to the demonic nature of his killers (see profile above) and the assumption that their motive was Justinian's faith

Saint Christina of Markyate

Also known as

• Christina of Markgate

• Christina Theodora

• Kristina of Markyate

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Born to the Anglo-Saxon nobility, the daughter of Autti, a rich and influential guild merchant. At age 15 she visited Saint Albans Abbey where she made a private vow of celibacy. Her parents opposed her vow, and arranged a marriage for her with a man named Berktred. Christina took her case to Bishop Robert Bloet who initially sided with her, but who was later bribed into changing his ruling.

Christina was betrothed and married against her will, spending the first years of married life as a prisoner, refusing to consummate the union. With the help of a hermit named Eadwin, she escaped, and fled to Flamstead where she lived for two years with an anchoress named Alfwen. She moved to a hermitage at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England in 1118, becoming the spiritual student of the hermit Blessed Roger of Albans.

In 1122, Burktred obtained an annulment from Thurstan, Archbishop of York, England. This and the death of bishop Bloet in 1123 allowed Christina to return to Markyate where she lived the rest of her life.

Her reputation for holiness soon attracted others, and her house became a priory of nuns. She was offered the position of abbess in York, Fontevrault, and Marcigny, but stayed at Markyate.

A skillful needle worker, Christina embroidered mitres and sandals for the English Pope Adrian IV, a former student of Saint Albans. While noted as stable and balanced, she was given to ecstacies and visions.

Born

c.1097 at Huntingdon, England

Died

c.1160 at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England of natural causes

Blessed Niels Stenson

புனித அருளாளர் நிகோலஸ் ஸ்டெனோ (நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன்) 

( Blessed Nicolas Steno (Niels Stensen) )

மருத்துவர், ஆயர் :

பிறப்பு : ஜனவரி 11, 1638 

கோப்பென்ஹாகன் Kopenhagen, டென்மார்க்

இறப்பு : நவம்பர் 25, 1686 

ஸ்வேரின் Schwerin, மெக்லன்பூர்க் Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

முத்திபேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 23, 1988 

திருத்தந்தை 2ம் ஜான்பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருநாள் : டிசம்பர் 5

லூதரன் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த அருளாளர் நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன், 1667ம் ஆண்டு கத்தொயல்க்க கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை ஏற்று கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்தவ மறையை தழுவினார். புளோரன்ஸ் (Florenz) நகரில் மருத்துவம் பயின்றார். 1675ம் ஆண்டில் புளோரன்ஸில் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு பல ஆண்டுகள் ஆன்மீக குருவாக பணியாற்றினார். 1677ம் ஆண்டு ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். 1680ம் ஆண்டு முன்ஸ்டர் (Münster) மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு பேராயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் பல கத்தோலிக்க ஆலயங்களை கட்டினார். இவர் ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளிலுள்ள ஆலயங்கள் பலவற்றிற்கு சென்று மறைப்பணியாற்றி பல ஆன்மாக்களை இறைவன்பால் ஈர்த்துள்ளார்.

Also known as

• Niels Steensen

• Nicolaus Steno

• Father of Geology

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Anatomist and priest. Among his anatomical achievements was the discovery of the excretory duct of the parotid glands and the circulation of the blood in the body. When the Danes finally called for him to return, he had become a Catholic in Florence, Italy, and as such could not return. In Italy he made many geological discoveries and was the first to explain petrifactions in the earth. Ordained in 1675, he was made vicar Apostolic for the northern missions and titular bishop of Titiopolis. He was in a constant personal struggle to have this faith and his scientific discoveries exist and work together.

Born

11 January 1638 in Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark

Died

5 December 1686 in Schwerin, Germany

Beatified

23 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint John Almond

Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Grew up in Ireland. Educated at Much Woolton, in Rheims, France, and at the English College, Rome, Italy at age 20. Ordained in 1598. Returned to England as a home missioner in 1602. Arrested in 1608 and 1612 for the crime of being a priest. The effectiveness of his debating skills against the anti-Catholic powers of the time led to his being one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

c.1577 at Allerton, Lancashire, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 5 December 1612 at Tyburn, London, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Saint Bassus of Nice

Also known as

Basse, Basso

Additional Memorials

• Easter Monday (translation of relics)

• 1 July (discovery of relics)

Profile

First bishop of Nice, France. Burned, beaten, tortured, and executed in the persecutions of Emperor Decius. Martyr.

Died

• nailed by two large metal brads to a board c.250

• relics moved to Cupra Marittima, Italy in the 6th century

• relics moved to the church of San Basso, Marano, Italy in 904

• relics moved to the church of the Assumption in 1876

Patronage

• Cupra Marittima, Italy

• diocese of Nice, France

Saint Crispina

புனித_கிறிஸ்பினா (நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டு)

டிசம்பர் 05

இவர் (#St_Crispina)தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவில் உள்ள தகோரா எந்த இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர். 

உரோமையில் இருந்த ஓர் உயர்குடிமகனை மணந்த இவர், தன் மக்களோடு மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

அக்காலத்தில் உரோமையைத் தியோகிளசியன் என்பவன் ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் கிறிஸ்துவர்களைப் பிடித்துத் துன்புறுத்திக் கொலை செய்தான்.

இந்நிலையில் கிறிஸ்பினா ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவள்  என்பதை அறிந்த தியோகிளசியன், கிறிஸ்துவை மறுதலித்துவிட்டு உரோமைக் கடவுளை வணங்கினால், விடுதலை செய்வதாகச் சொன்னான். இதற்கு இவர் மறுப்புத் தெரிவித்ததால், அவன் இவரைக் கொலை செய்தான். 

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Born a wealthy Roman citizen, she was a married lay woman, and mother of several children. Arrested for her Christianity during the persecutions of Diocletian. Tried, abused, humilitated and threatened in Thebeste (Thebessa) by Roman proconsul Anulinus, she gave a spirited defense of the faith. When she finished, she was sentenced to die. Marytr. Saint Augustine of Hippo routinely brought up Crispina in his homilies on martyrs.

Born

3rd century at Thagara (Tagora; Thacora), Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)

Died

beheaded in 304 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)

Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua

Profile

Carmelite priest at Mantua, Italy for 35 years. Spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for which he composed a rule and statutes. Spiritual teacher of Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo. Noted preacher and healer with a strong devotion to the Eucharist.

Born

at Mantua, Italy

Died

1495 of natual causes

Beatified

1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Saint Gerald of Braga

Also known as

Gérald de Moissac

Profile

Born to the French nobility. Benedictine monk at Moissac, France. Taught grammer and music. Worked with the archbishop in Toledo, Spain, and served as cathedral choir director. Reforming bishop of Braga, Portugal in 1100. Stopped ecclesiastical investiture by laymen in his diocese.

Born

at Cahors, Gascony (in modern France)

Died

5 December 1109 at Bornos, Portugal of natural causes

Patronage

Braga, Portugal

Saint Aper of Sens

Also known as

Apre, Aprus, Avre, Epvre, Evre

Profile

First priest in 7th century LaTerrasse, diocese of Grenoble, France. After years of bickering among his parishioners and slander from every corner, he retired to live as a hermit at LaChambre, diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France. Built a cell for private prayers, and a nursing home to care for the poor. Spiritual director of a man later known as Aprunculus (little wild boar). The town of Saint-Avre, France grew up around the cloister.

Born

Sens, France

Saint Dalmatius of Pavia

Also known as

Dalmazio, Dalmazzo

Profile

Raised a pagan. Adult convert to Christianity. Preached in Gaul and northern Italy. Bishop of Pavia, Italy for the last year of his life. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeus.

Born

at Monza, Lombardy, Italy

Died

304

Patronage

Cogliate, Italy

Blessed Giovanni Gradenigo

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Benedictine monk at Cuxa in the Catalonian Pyranees of Spain. Friend and fellow monk with Saint Peter Urseolo. In later life he retired to live as a hermit near Monte Cassino Abbey in Italy.

Born

Venice, Italy

Died

1025 at Monte Cassino, Italy of natural causes

Saint Martiniano of Pecco

Profile

Soldier in the Theban Legion. Martyr.

Died

• relics formerly enshrined under the high altar of the cathedral of Turin, Italy

• most relics moved to a parish church in Turin

• some relics enshrined in the parish church of Pecco, Italy

Patronage

Pecco, Italy

Saint Gerbold of Bayeux

Also known as

Gereboldus

Profile

Benedictine monk at Ebriciacum (in modern France). Founder and abbot of the abbey of Livray, France. Bishop of Bayeux, France.

Died

• c.690 of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Exuperius

Patronage

• against dysentery

• against headaches

Saint Pelinus of Confinium

Also known as

• Pelinus of Brindisi

• Pelino

Profile

Priest. Bishop of Brindisi, Italy. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Pelinus prayed in front of a temple to the pagan god Mars; it collapsed. Martyr.

Died

beaten to death by pagan priests in 361 in Confinium, Italy

Canonized

668 by Bishop Ciprio of Brindisi

Saint Bassus of Lucera

Also known as

Basso of Lucera

Profile

First bishop of Lucera, Italy; tradition says that he was consecrated by Saint Peter the Apostle. Martyred in the persecutions of Trajan.

Born

c.45

Died

118

Patronage

Termoli, Italy

Saint Consolata of Genoa

Profile

Born while her parents were on pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. Nun in a nearby convent that had been built by her father.

Born

near the Sea of Galilee

Died

relics taken to Genoa, Italy in 1109 by Crusaders returning from the Holy Lands

Saint Lucidus of Aquara

Also known as

Lucido

Profile

Monk of Saint Peter's Abbey near Aquara, Italy.

Died

c.938

Patronage

Aquara, Italy

Saint Cawrdaf

Also known as

Caurdave

Profile

Chieftain in Brecknock (in modern Wales) and Hereford (in modern England). Abdicated and retired to a monastery under the leadership of Saint Illtyd.

Born

Welsh

Died

6th century of natural causes

Saint Basilissa of Øhren

Profile

Benedictine nun. Abbess of Oehren (Herren; Horreum) Abbey, Trier, Germany.

Died

c.780

Saint Cyrinus of Salerno

Also known as

Cirino

Profile

Bishop. Martyr.

Died

relics enshrined in Salerno, Italy

Saint Gratus

Profile

One of twelve Africans martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

302 at Thagura, Numidia, North Africa

Saint Anastasius

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During an early persecution of Christians, Anastasius publicly proclaimed his faith. Martyr.

Saint Firminus of Verdun

Profile

Sixth century bishop of Verdun, France.

Saint Abercius

Profile

Martyr.

Martyrs of Thagura

Profile

A group of twelve African Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them that have survived are five of their names - Crispin, Felix, Gratus, Juliua and Potamia.

Died

302 in Thagura, Numidia

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 Joaquín Jovaní Marín

• Blessed Vicente Jovaní Ávila