இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 09

 Bl. Tommaso Reggio

Feastday: January 9

Birth: 1818

Death: 1901

Beatified: Pope John Paul II

Tommaso Reggio (January 9, 1818 - November 22, 1901) was the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Genoa, Italy. On September 3, 2000, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

Not to be confused with Tommaso Raggio.

Tommaso Reggio (9 January 1818 - 22 November 1901) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Genoa from 1892 until his death. He was also the founder of the Sisters of Saint Martha.[1] Reggio distinguished himself during an earthquake that struck his diocese in 1887. He tended to the injured in the rubble and led initiatives to direct diocesan resources towards the displaced and the injured; while in Genoa he collaborated with Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini in tending to immigrants through a range of different pastoral initiatives.[2][3]

Reggio's cause for sainthood opened in 1983 though initiatives had been made prior to this to collect documents in relation to his life and episcopal tenure; he was named as Venerable in 1997 and the miraculous cure of a Chilean girl led to his beatification in Saint Peter's Square on 3 September 2000.[1]

Life

Education and priesthood

Tommaso Reggio was born in Genoa on 9 January 1818 to Marquis Giovanni Giacomo Reggio and Angela Maria Pareto; he was baptized on 10 January in the archdiocesan cathedral of San Lorenzo.[2] He made his First Communion and received his Confirmation on 10 April 1828 from the Bishop of Saluzzo Antonio Podestà.

Reggio received his initial education at home from a private teacher and then his high school education in Genoa from the Somaschi Fathers and on 1 August 1838 received his Bachelor of Law from the Genoa college.[1][3] On 24 March 1839 he decided to become a priest and underwent his philosophical and theological education in preparation for the priesthood. He received his ordination to the priesthood on 18 September 1841 after the conclusion of his ecclesial studies from Cardinal Placido Maria Tadini; he celebrated his first Mass in Gavi in Alessandria in the church of San Maurizio. On 15 July 1842 he graduated from the Genoa college in theological studies and received his doctorate in those studies in 1843. Reggio was appointed in 1843 as the vice-rector of seminarians in Genoa while later serving as the rector of seminarians in Chiavari from 1845 until 1851.[2][3] In 1851 he returned to Genoa where he served as the abbot of Santa Maria Assunta in Carignano since his appointment as such on 26 May. He helped found The Catholic Standard on 26 July 1849 which was a newspaper but was to later close the paper on 14 March 1874 (with its final issue) after the papal declaration that the faithful could not vote in elections. It also put to rest his hopes - and that of others - for establishing a political organization based on the teachings of the faith.[1]

Episcopate

He was named as the Bishop of Ventimiglia and as the titular Bishop of Tanis; he received his episcopal consecration in mid-1877. The diocese was so poor to the point that he had to travel on a mule to visit his parishes while making three pastoral visitations to the parishes in 1877, 1882 and 1889 while celebrating the first diocesan synod on 8 March 1880.[2] He founded the Sisters of Saint Martha on 15 October 1878 which he determined was to be a congregation devoted to caring for the poor. He opened new parishes and also organized three diocesan gathering of bishops and priests and focused on liturgical revival. In addition to this he set up teaching programs across the diocese and began the restorative work of the Genoa Cathedral.[3]

Following an earthquake in 1887 in his diocese he worked with the victims in the rubble and he ordered his priests to use all of their resources to help the displaced peoples.[1] He founded orphanages at Ventimiglia and Sanremo for those children who had lost their families in the quake. This great aid he rendered saw the Italian government award him as a Knight of the Cross of Ss. Maurizio e Lazzaro in 1887. In 1892 he asked Pope Leo XIII to relieve him of his duties but the pope appointed him instead as the Archbishop of Genoa where he was enthroned on 10 August in a grand celebration. He set up a network for immigrants and worked alongside Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini to that end. On 2 April 1892 he ordained August Czartoryski as a priest.[3][2] He celebrated an archdiocesan synod in 1893. Reggio also presided over the funeral of Umberto I on 8 August 1900 with papal permission to do so.[1]

Death

Reggio made a pilgrimage on 13 September 1901 to Triora due to the unveiling of a new statue of Jesus Christ on Mount Saccarello with diocesan priests; he could not ascend the mountain due to being struck with a sudden and violent knee pain forcing him to remain in bed. Infection soon settled in and worsened despite dressings and kneepads that failed to help heal him.[1] He died in the afternoon on 22 November 1901 at 2:20pm with his last words being: "God, God, God alone is enough for me". Ambrogio Daffra - his successor in Ventimiglia - said not long after his death: "I have witnessed the death of a saint". His remains were interred in Genoa after the funeral at the cathedral but later relocated in 1951. His order received the papal decree of praise from Pope Pius XI on 13 May 1928 who also granted pontifical approval later on 21 May 1935; in 2008 his order had 527 religious in 63 houses in countries such as Argentina and Lebanon. The first biographical account of his life was published in 1926.[3]

Beatification

The beatification cause opened on 26 May 1983 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" to the cause and titled Reggio as a Servant of God; Cardinal Giuseppe Siri oversaw the diocesan process of investigation from 1983 until 1984 when all documents were sealed and boxes and sent to the C.C.S. in Rome who validated the process on 23 November 1992. The cause's officials compiled the Positio dossier though submitted it to the C.C.S. in two parts in 1991 and later in 1994 for investigation. Six historians approved the cause on 24 November 1992 as did the nine theologians later on 23 September 1997 in a unanimous decision. Cardinal Giovanni Canestri convened a meeting of the C.C.S. on 2 December 1997 who approved the cause as well. Reggio was named as Venerable on 18 December 1997 after Pope John Paul II confirmed his life of heroic virtue.

Reggio's beatification depended on the approval of a miraculous healing that neither medicine or science could explain. One such case was investigated in Valparaíso in Chile in 1995 (Jorge Medina oversaw the diocesan process) before all the evidence was sent to the C.C.S. who validated the diocesan investigation on 18 October 1996. The medical panel of experts approved this case on 29 January 1998 as did the theologians on 5 May 1998 and the C.C.S. on 6 October 1998. John Paul II approved this miracle on 21 December 1998 and beatified Reggio on 3 September 2000 in Saint Peter's Square before a crowd of 80 000 people.

Miracle

The miracle that led to Reggio's beatification in 2000 was the miraculous healing of the girl Pabla Valdenegro Romero (b. 1979) who suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome - or polyradiculoneuritis - along with albumin-cytological dissociation ascending paralysis with cranial nerve involvement and quadriplegia as well as prolonged lung failure and two cardiac arrests as well as subcutaneous emphysema and other complications. This instantaneous healing came on 10 November 1985.

St. Julian and Basilissa

புனித_பசிலிசா (-304)

ஜனவரி 09

இவர் (#Basilissa) அந்தியோக்கைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவர் ஜூலியன் என்பவருக்கு மணமுடித்துக் கொடுக்கப்பட்டார். 

இருவரும் இல்லறத்தில் துறவற வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்கள். இதில் என்ன சிறப்பு எனில்,  இவர்கள் தங்களுடைய இல்லத்தையே துறவுமடமாக மாற்றி, உண்மையான துறவிகளாக வாழ்ந்து வந்ததுதான்.

இருவரும் நோயாளர்களிடம் தனிப்பட்ட அன்பு கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். அதனால் இவர்கள் தங்களுடைய இல்லத்தில் நோயாளர்களுக்கென்று தனி இடம் ஒதுக்கி, அவர்களைப் பராமரித்து வந்தார்கள். 

இவர்களது காலத்தில் உரோமையை தியோகிளசின் என்ற மன்னன் ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை பிடித்துச் சித்திரவதை செய்வதும் கொலை செய்வதுமாய் இருந்தான். 

ஒருசமயம் அவன் இவர்கள் இருவரும் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் என்று தெரிந்ததும், முதலில் பசிலிசாவையும் அதன்பின்னர் இவரது கணவரையும் கொலை செய்தான். 

இவர் கொல்லப்பட்ட ஆண்டு கி.பி 304 ஆகும்.

Feastday: January 9

Patron: Basilissa is invoked against chilblains

Death: 304

Martyr with Anastasius, Anthony, Basilissa, Celsus, Marcionilla, and companions. Julian and Basilissa were married and used their home as a Christian hospital for the poor. Anthony was a priest, and Anastasius was a new convert. Marcionilla was the mother of young Celsus.They were martyred at Antioch.

See also Saint Julian

Julian and Basilissa (died ca. 304) were husband and wife, and are venerated as saints in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. They were Christian martyrs who died at either Antioch or, more probably, at Antinoe, in the reign of Diocletian, early in the fourth century, on 6 January, according to the Roman Martyrology, or 8 January, according to the Greek Menaea.

There exists no historically certain data relating to these two personages, and more than once this Julian of Antinoe has been confounded with Julian of Cilicia. The confusion is easily explained by the fact that thirty-nine saints of this name are mentioned in the Roman Martyrology, eight of whom are commemorated in the one month of January. But little is known of this saint, aside from the exaggerations of his Acts.

Legend

Forced by his family to marry, he agreed with his spouse, Basilissa, that they should both preserve their virginity, and further encouraged her to found a convent for women, of which she became the superior, while he himself gathered a large number of monks and undertook their direction.[1] The two converted their home into a hospital which could house up to 1,000 people (thus, Julian is often confused with Julian the Hospitaller).

Basilissa, after having stood severe persecutions, died in peace; Julian survived her many years, but was martyred, (together with Celsus a youth, Antony a priest, Anastatius, and Marcianilla the mother of Celsus) under the Persecutions of Diocletian.[2]

Julian's martyrdom

During the persecution of Diocletian he was arrested, tortured, and put to death at Antioch, in Syria, by the order of the governor, Martian, according to the Latins, at Antinoe, in Egypt, according to the Greeks, which seems more probable. Unfortunately, as with most saints lives the exact historical details are hard to parse from the religious tropes and maxims. [3]

Celsus, the young son of Marcionilla, was martyred along with Julian. The priest Anthony (Antony) was martyred at the same time, as well as a convert and neophyte named Anastasius. Marcionilla's seven brothers are also said to have been killed.

Veneration

In any case, these two must have enjoyed a great reputation in antiquity, and their veneration was well established before the eighth century. In the Martyrologium Hieronymianum they are mentioned under 6 January; Usuard, Ado, Notker of St Gall, and others place them under the ninth, and Rabanus Maurus under the thirteenth of the same month, while Vandelbert puts them under 13 February, and the Menology of Canisius under 21 June, the day to which the Greek Menaea assign St. Julian of Caesarea. There used to exist at Constantinople a church under the invocation of these saints, the dedication of which is inscribed in the Greek Calendar under 5 July.[3]

Only a fragment of Ælfric's Passion of St. Julian and His Wife Basilissa from his Lives of the Saints has survived, but the traditional legend is there: the two vow not to consummate their marriage on their wedding night, and devote themselves to clænnysse ("chastity"). Julian suffers martyrdom by beheading.

St. Foellan

Feastday: January 9

Death: 8th century

Irishman who went with his mother, St. Kentigem, to Scotland, where he became a monk. His other relative was St. Comgan. Foellan died at Strathfillan after missionary activity.

St. Abhor (Amba Hor)

Feastday: January 9

Abhor (or Amba Hor) and Mehraela were a brother and sister who were martyrs for the Christian faith. Etymology of the word "Abhor": from Latin abhorrēre (to shudder at, shrink from), from "ab" (away) and "horrēre" (to bristle, shudder).[1] The book of their "acts" has been lost. Their feast day is celebrated on January 9 in the Coptic Church.

Blessed Pauline-Marie Jaricot

Also known as

Pauline-Marie Jericot

Profile

Born to an aristocratic family. A pious child, at age 17 Pauline adopted a life of extreme asceticism. On 25 December 1816 she made a private vow of perpetual virginity. She organized a group of pious servant girls who prayed to alleviate the sins committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus; they were known as the Réparatrices du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus-Christ. At Saint-Vallier she worked to bring a number of working girls to a more pious life. These girls and the Réparatrices began collecting pennies from any who would give them, and recruited others to do the same. Collected penny by penny, with the help of bishop Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg, Pauline used the money to found the missionary Society of the Propagation of the Faith on 3 May 1822. She founded the Association of the Living Rosary in 1826 which involved a method of distributed praying of the rosary. Pauline received a cure of a heart condition through the intercession of Saint Philomena, developed a strong devotion to her, and spread devotion to her throughout France.

Born

22 July 1799 at Lyon, France

Died

9 January 1862 at Lyon, France of natural causes

Beatified

• 22 May 2022 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in Lyon, France

• the beatification miracle the return to normal neurological function of a small girl after she went into a coma and received brain damage due to lack of oxygen from choking on food

Patronage

poor people; against impoverishment or poverty

Saint Adrian of Canterbury

 காண்டர்பரி நகர் புனிதர் அட்ரியான் 

St. Adrian of Canterbury)

பிரபல அறிஞர்/ மடாதிபதி:

(Famous scholar and Abbot)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

பிறப்பு: தெரியவில்லை

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 710

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 9

கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதரான அட்ரியான், ஒரு புகழ்பெற்ற அறிஞரும், தென்கிழக்கு இங்கிலாந்தின் "கென்ட்" (Kent) பிராந்தியத்தின் "காண்டர்பரி" (Canterbury) என்ற இடத்திலுள்ள "புனித அகுஸ்தினார் துறவு மடத்தின்" (St Augustine's Abbey) மடாதிபதியுமாவார்.

வாழ்க்கை:

துறவியும், திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுனருமான, புனிதர் “பீட்” (Bede) என்பவரின் எழுத்துக்களின்படி, இவர் வட ஆப்பிரிக்காவின் (North Africa) “பெர்பெர்” (Berber) எனும் பழங்குடி இனத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர் ஆவார். நேப்பிள்ஸ் (Naples) அருகேயுள்ள "மொனாஸ்டெரியம் நிரிடனும்" (Monasterium Niridanum) எனும் துறவு மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியாகவும் இருந்தவர் ஆவார். திருத்தந்தை “விட்டாலியன்” (Pope Vitalian) இவருக்கு இரண்டு முறை "காண்டர்பரி" (Canterbury) மறை மாவட்டத்தின் பேராயர் பொறுப்பு அளித்தார். ஆனால் அதனை அவர் தாழ்ச்சியுடன் மறுத்து விட்டார். முதலில், அவர் அருகாமையிலுள்ள துறவு மடத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஆண்ட்ரூ (Andrew) என்னும் துறவிக்கு பரிந்துரைத்தார். அவரும் அதனை தமது தள்ளாத வயதைக் காரணம் காட்டி மறுத்து விட்டார். இரண்டாவது முறையாக பேராயர் பொறுப்பு அவருக்கு திருத்தந்தை விட்டாலியனால் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட போது, அவர் அதனை தமது நண்பரான "தியோடர்" (Theodore of Tarsus) என்பவருக்காக பரிந்துரைத்தார். எதேச்சையாக அவரும் ரோமில் இருந்ததாலும், அவர் பேராயர் பொறுப்பினை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள சம்மதித்ததாலும் அவருக்கே அப்பொறுப்பு கொடுக்கப்பட்டது. இருப்பினும், அட்ரியான் ஏற்கனவே இரண்டு முறை "கௌல்" (Gaul) எனும் இடத்திற்கு பயணம் மேற்கொண்டிருந்த அனுபவம் இருந்ததாலும், அவரே புதிய பேராயருடன் பிரிட்டன் செல்ல வேண்டுமென திருத்தந்தை விட்டாலியன் அவர்கள் நிர்ணயித்தார்கள்.

கி.பி. 668ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 27ம் நாள், ஆரம்பித்த அவர்களது இங்கிலாந்து நோக்கிய பயணம் சரியாக ஒரு வருடம் கழித்து 669ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம் நிறைவுற்றது. கடல்வழி பயணம் மேற்கொண்ட அவர்கள் "மார்செய்ல்" (Marseille) நாட்டைக் கடந்து "ஆர்ல்ஸ்" (Arles) நாடு போய் சேர்ந்தனர். கௌல் மாநிலத்தை ஆண்ட அப்போதைய இளம் அரசன் "மூன்றாம் க்லோடேயர்" (Clotaire III) என்பவரின் கீழுள்ள அரசு ஆளுநரிடமிருந்து கடவுச்சீட்டு (Passports) பெறுவதற்காக அங்கே அவர்கள் பேராயர் ஜான் என்பவருடன் தங்கினார்கள். பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து அவர்கள் வட ஃபிரான்ஸ் நோக்கி பயணித்தனர். குளிர் காலத்தில் தங்குவதற்காக அவர்கள் இரு குழுக்களாக பிரிந்து பயணித்தனர். தியோடோர் பாரிஸ் ஆயர் அகேல்பெர்க்டஸ்" (Agelberctus) என்பவருடனும் அட்ரியான் 'சென்ஸ் ஆயர் எம்மோன்" (Emmon, Bishop of Sens) என்பவருடனும் பயணித்தனர். இங்கிலாந்து சென்றடைந்ததும் அட்ரியான் உடனடியாக "புனித பீட்டர் துறவு மடத்தின்" (St. Peter Abbey) மடாதிபதியாக பொறுப்பேற்றார். இம்மடம்தான் பின்னாளில் "புனித அகுஸ்தினார் துறவு மடம்" (St. Augustine's Abbey) என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டது.

புனிதர் "பீட்" (Bede) அட்ரியானைப் பற்றி பின்வருமாறு எழுதுகிறார்:

அட்ரியான் கிரேக்கம் மற்றும் இலத்தின் போன்ற பன்மொழிகளில் விவிலியத்தைக் கற்று புலமை பெற்றிருந்தார். இவர் ஒரு வெற்றிகரமான நிர்வாகியும் ஆவார். அவரது வழிகாட்டுதலின் கீழே அவரது துறவு மடம் கணிசமாக செல்வாக்கு பெற்றது. அட்ரியான் ஒரு புகழ்பெற்ற இறையியலாளர் மட்டுமல்லாது மதச் சார்பற்ற கற்றலை கூடியவரை நிறைவேற்றினார். தீவின் அனைத்து பகுதிகளிலும் பயணித்து பலதரப்பட்ட அறிஞர்களை ஒன்று கூட்டினார்கள். தம்மைத் தாமே பணிகளில் ஈடுபடுத்திக்கொண்டார்கள். விடாமுயற்சியுடன் அவர்கள் செய்த சேவைகள், கிறிஸ்தவ மதம் சம்பந்தமானதாக மட்டுமல்லாது சீருக்குரிய கலை, வானியல், எண்கணிதம், சொல்லாட்சி, உயிரியல், கணிதம் மற்றும் இலத்தீன், கிரேக்கம் ஆகிய மொழிகளையும் கற்பித்தனர். அட்ரியான் மற்றும் தியோடர் ஆகியோரின் மாணவர்களாக தேர்ந்துகொள்ளப்பட்டவர்கள் பேசிய கிரேக்கம் மற்றும் இலத்தீன் ஆகிய மொழிகள் அவர்களது தாய் மொழியைப் போலவே இருந்தன.

இங்கிலாந்து, கல்வியால் மலர்ச்சியடையும் நாடாக இவர்களால் அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டது. ஒன்பதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் இறுதியில், திருத்தந்தை முதலாம் கிரகோரியின் (Pope Gregory I) மொழிமாற்ற ("Liber Pastoralis Curae") நூலின் முன்னுரையில் அரசர் “அல்ஃபிரெட்" (King Alfred) இதனைக் குறிப்பிடுகின்றார்.

ஜனவரி ஒன்பதாம் தேதி மரணமடைந்த அட்ரியான், அவரது துறவு மடத்தின் ஆலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

Adrien, Hadrian

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In the mid 640's, his family fled to Naples, Italy ahead of Arab invasion. Benedictine monk when quite young. Abbot of Hiridanum, Isle of Nisida, Bay of Naples. Aquainted with Emperor Constans II, who later introduced him to Pope Saint Vitalian. Advisor to Vitalian.

Twice offered the Archbishopric of Canterbury, England; he declined, citing unworthiness. When Saint Theodore of Tarsus was sent instead, Adrian went as his assistant with special support to aid the monastic movement in the region. Detained in France due to suspicions of espionage for the emperor. Arrived in England in 669. Abbot of Saint Peter's, a monastery founded by Augustine of Canterbury.

Adrian and Theodore were highly successful missionaries in largely pagan England. In addition, Adrian was a great teacher of languages, mathematics, poetry, astronomy, and Bible study. Under his leadership, the School of Canterbury became the center of English learning. Worked to unify the customs of the English with the Church, and to promote Roman customs.

Born

c.635 in Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa as Hadrian

Died

• 9 January 710 of natural causes at Canterbury, England, and buried there

• his tomb became a site of miracles

• body found incorrupt in 1091

Blessed Alix le Clerc

Also known as

• Alix of Mattaincourt

• Alix Le Clercq

• Alice le Clerc

• Alessia le Clerc

• Maria Teresa of Jesus

• Marie-Thérèse of Jesus

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Born to a wealthy family, Alix grew up loving dance and music and parties and was known as a silly and frivolous girl. At age 21, however, she had a conversion experience, and became a spiritual student of Saint Peter Fourier. She was devoted to the education of girls, and in 1598 co-founded the Congregation of Our Lady, Canonesses of Saint Augustine to teach poor children; at one point the Congregation had 60 houses, survived the excesses of the French Revolution, and today runs schools in ten countries in Europe and South America.

Born

2 February 1576 in Remiremont, Vosges, France

Died

• 9 January 1622 in the Congregation convent at Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France of natural causes

• buried in the convent cemetery in a lead coffin, but site of the grave was lost when the convent was destroyed during the French Revolution

• coffin re-discovered in 1950

• relics enshrined in the chapel of the Notre Dame School in Nancy, France in 1960

• relics enshrined in a chapel in the cathedral of Nancy on 14 October 2007

Beatified

4 May 1947 by Pope Pius XII

Black Nazarene

Also known as

Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno

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The Black Nazarene is a blackened, life-sized wooden icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross. It was constructed in Mexico in the early 17th century by an Aztec carpenter. Spanish Augustinian Recollect friar missionaries to Manila, Philippines originally brought the icon to Manila in 1606. The transport ship caught fire, burning the icon, but the locals kept the charred statue. Miracles, especially healings, have been reported in its presence. The church in which it stood burned down around it in 1791 and 1929, was destroyed by earthquakes in 1645 and 1863, and was damaged during bombing in 1945. It used to be carried through the streets every January, and Christians would rub cloths on it to make healing relics, but centuries of this treatment have left the statue in bad shape, and since 1998 a replica is paraded at the feast day celebrations. In 1650, Pope Innocent X issued a papal bull which canonically established the Cofradia de Jesús Nazareno to encourage devotion; in the 19th century Pope Pius VII granted indulgences to those who piously pray before the image.

Patronage

Quiapo, Philippines

Saint Waningus of Fécamp

Also known as

• Waningus of Ham

• Vaneng, Waneng, Wanging, Waning, Wanning

Additional Memorials

• 31 January (Normandy, France)

• 15 February (Rouen, France)

• 23 September (translation of relics)

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Frankish nobleman, living a worldly and dissolute life in the court of King Clotaire III of Neustria. Father of Saint Desiderius of Fontenelle. One night he had a dream in which Saint Eulalia of Barcelona, to whom he had a devotion, told him of the difficulties the rich had entering Heaven. He gave up the life of a courtier to become a Benedictine monk. Abbot. Assisted Saint Wandrille in founding Fontenelle abbey. Responsible for establishing Holy Trinity Church and Convent at Fécamp, France. Sheltered Saint Leodegarius when he was on the run from Ebroin.

Born

Rouen, France

Died

• c.688 of natural causes

• relics transferred to Ham, Picardy (in modern France) to save them from invading pagan Normans

• some relics transferred to Hallon, France on 23 September 1696

Blessed Józef Pawlowski

Also known as

Joseph Pawlowski

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

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Priest in the diocese of Kielce, Poland, and rector of its seminary. Arrested by the Gestapo on 10 February 1941 and deported to the Dachau concentration camp as part of the Nazi persecution of Christians. Martyr.

Born

12 August 1890 in Proszowice, Swietokrzyskie, Poland

Died

hanged on 9 January 1942 in the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Julia of Certaldo

Also known as

• Giulia della Rena da Certaldo

• Julia della Rena

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Born to an impoverished noble family. Worked as a domestic servant in her youth in the Timolfi household at Florence, Italy. She became an Augustinian tertiary at age 19. Florence was in turmoil in those years, and Julia returned to the quiet of Certaldo, Tuscany. There she rescued a child from a burning building, which brought her unwanted fame. She retired to lived nearly 30 years as an anchoress in a cell built onto the church of Saint Michael and Saint James at Certaldo.

Born

1319 at Certaldo, Italy

Died

9 January 1367 of natural causes

Beatified

1819 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Kazimierz Grelewski

Also known as

Casimiro Grelewski

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

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Brother of Blessed Stefan Grelewski. Parish priest, teacher and prefect of schools in the diocese of Radom, Poland. Arrested by the Gestapo on 24 January 1941 and deported to the Dachau concentration camp as part of the Nazi persecution of Christians. He was murdered by a guard who was angry because Father Kazimierz would not stop forgiving those who beat him. Martyr.

Born

20 January 1907 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland

Died

hanged on 9 January 1942 in the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Honorius of Buzançais

Also known as

• Honorius of Buzançay

• Honorius of Thénezay

• Honoratus, Honore, Onorato

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Wealthy layman cattle merchant noted for his love of life and his charity. When he returned from a trip, he found his servants had robbed him. As he was explaining the sinfulness of this action, they killed him. Because he was killed while reproving sinners for their crimes, he is considered a martyr. Never considered a saint in life, there were many miracles associated with his tomb, and a popular devotion soon developed.

Born

at Buzançais, Berry, France

Died

murdered in 1250 at Parthenay, Poitou, France

Canonized

1444 by Pope Eugene IV (cultus confirmed)

Saint Brithwald of Canterbury

Also known as

Beorhtweald, Berctuald, Bercthwald, Beretuald, Berhtwald, Berthwald, Bertwald, Brihtwald

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Educated at Canterbury, England. Benedictine monk and then abbot of Reculver Abbey, Kent, England. Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey. Archbishop of Canterbury from 692 until his death nearly 40 years later. Correspondent of with Saint Boniface, Saint Aldhelm, and Saint Wilfrid of York. Assisted at the Synod of Nidd.

Born

Anglo-Saxon

Died

• 731 of natural causes

• Saint Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, England

Saint Marciana

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Young Christian girl who was beaten, tortured and handed over to gladiators as a sex toy during the persecutions of Diocletian; she brought one of the gladiators to Christianity. Accused of vandalizing an idol of the goddess Diana, she was thrown to wild animals in the arena. Martyr.

Born

Rusuccuru, Mauritania

Died

gored by a bull and mauled by a leopard in the amphitheater of Caesarea, Mauritania c.303

Patronage

cure of wounds

Saint Marcellinus of Ancona

Also known as

Marcellin, Marcellino

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Born to the nobility. Bishop of Ancona, Italy c.550. Mentioned in the writings of Saint Gregory the Great.

Born

in Ancona, Italy

Died

c.566 of natural causes

Patronage

against fire (he stopped a raging fire by waving his prayer book at it; the book survived a fire with only slight damage; afterwards, people who held it while praying were often healed)

Saint Teresa Kim

Also known as

• Theresia Kim

• Teresa Gim

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Married lay women in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Widow. Imprisoned, beaten, tortured and executed for being a Christian. Martyr.

Born

1797 in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Died

9 January 1840 in Seoul Prison, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Richard of Floreffe

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One of the first Premonstratensian canons, joining at the Prémontré monastery at Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France in 1120. First prior of the monastery at Floreffe, Vallonia (in modern Belgium) in 1122 where he served the rest of his life. Richard was a pious man, known for his charity to the poor and his love of spreading the faith.

Born

latter 11th century France

Died

1129 of natural causes

Blessed Eberhard of Schäftlarn

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Premonstratensian canon. Prior of the Premonstratensian monastery in Schäftlarn, Bavaria (in modern Germany) in 1153. He was known as a humble and modest man who took generous care of his fellow canons and the faithful pilgrims who passed through the city.

Born

c.1100 in Germany

Died

9 January 1160 in Schäftlarn, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes

Blessed Antony Fatati

Also known as

• Anthony of Teramo

• Anthony of Ancona

• Antoine...

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Priest. Archpriest of Ancona, Italy. Vicar-general of Siena, Italy. Canon of the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Bishop of Teramo, Italy. Bishop of Ancona.

Born

c.1410 in Ancona, Italy

Died

9 January 1484 of natural causes

Beatified

by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Franciscus Yi Bo-hyeon

Also known as

Francis

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.

Born

1773 in Deoksan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Died

9 January 1800 in Haemi, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis

Blessed Martinus In Eon-min

Also known as

Martin

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.

Born

1737 in Deoksan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Died

9 January 1800 in Haemi, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis

Saint Agatha Yi

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Young single lay woman martyred in the persecutions in Korea.

Born

1824 in Seoul, South Korea

Died

9 January 1840 in Seoul Prison, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Ephrathus the Thaumaturgist

Also known as

• Ephrathus the Wonder Worker

• Ephrathus of Mount Olympus

• Ephrathus of Abgaro

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Monk. Abbot of the Abgaro monastery on Mount Olympus, Bithynia (in modern Turkey).

Died

9th century

Saint Paschasia of Dijon

Also known as

Paschasie

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Consecrated virgin (an early type of nun). Spiritual student of Saint Benigne and and helped in his missionary work. Martyr. Saint Gregory of Tours mentions her.

Died

c.178 in the area of modern Dijon, France

Saint Maurontus

Also known as

Maurentius, Maurontius, Mauruntius, Mavrontus

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Benedictine monk. Abbot. Founder of Saint-Florentle-Vieil abbey, Anjou, France.

Died

c.695 at St-Florent-le-Vieil, Angers, France of natural causes

Saint Polyeucte

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Pagan soldier in the 12th imperial Roman legion assigned to Armenia in the 3rd century. Friend of Saint Nearchus who brought him to the faith. Ordered to offer a sacrifice of incense to the emperor as a god, Polyeucte refused. Martyr.

Saint Nearchus

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Christian soldier in the 12th imperial Roman legion assigned to Armenia in the 3rd century. Friend of Saint Polyeucte. Ordered to offer a sacrifice of incense to the emperor as a god, Nearchus refused. Martyr.

Saint Philip Berruyer

Also known as

Philip of Bourges

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Nephew of Saint William of Bourges. Archbishop of Bourges, France.

Died

1260 of natural causes

Saint Felanus of Saint Andrew

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Hermit. Monk. Abbot of the monastery of Saint Andrew in Scotland.

Died

c.710 in Scotland of natural causes

Saint Eustratius of Olympus

Also known as

Eustrate, Eustrazio

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Abbot of the Abgar Abby on Mount Olympus in Bithynia (modern Turkey).

Saint Fortunatus of Smyrna

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Deacon. Martyr.

Died

at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)

Saint Revocatus of Smyrna

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Deacon. Martyr.

Died

at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)

Saint Vitalicus of Smyrna

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Bishop. Martyr.

Died

at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)

Martyrs of Africa

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A group of 21 Christians murdered together for their faith in the persecutions of Decius. The only details to survive are 14 of their names - Artaxes, Epictetus, Felicitas, Felix, Fortunatus, Jucundus, Pictus, Quietus, Quinctus, Rusticus, Secundus, Sillus, Vincent and Vitalis.

Born

African

Died

c.250

Martyrs of Antioch

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A group of Christians martyred together during the persecutions of Diocletian - Anastasius, Anthony, Basilissa, Celsus, Julian and Marcionilla.