இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் பெப்ரவரி 13

 St. Lezin

Feastday: February 13

Birth: 540

Death: 609

French bishop. A member of the Frankish aristocracy, he gave up worldly Concerns and entered the Church. Known for his sanctity, he later became bishop of Angers.

Licinius of Angers (also known as Saint Lezin, or Lésin) (c.540–c.610) was a Frankish nobleman and bishop of Angers, celebrated as Catholic saint on 13 February.[1]

Lucinius was born about 540 and sent to the court of King Chlothar I when about 20. Chlothar's son King Chilperic I made him governor of Angers. Upon the death of Bishop Audouin in about 600, he was also made bishop of Angers by King Chlothar II.[2]

He founded a monastery and a Church both dedicated to St John the Baptist, and was buried there. His age at death was said to be 64 and the date 618 by one source,[2] but others state earlier.

Bl. John Lantrua of Triora

Feastday: February 13

Death: 1816

Franciscan martyr of China. He was born at Triora, in Liguria, Italy, in 1760, and became a Franciscan at the age of seventeen. John volunteered for the Chinese missions. After working in China with great success from 1798, he was arrested, imprisoned, and strangled on February 7. John was beatified in 1900.

This article is about the Catholic martyrs of the 17th to 20th centuries. For other Christian martyrs in China, see Chinese Martyrs.

The Martyr Saints of China (traditional Chinese: 中華殉道聖人; simplified Chinese: 中华殉道圣人; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xùndào shèngrén), or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church. The 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries[1] from the mid-17th century to 1930 were martyred because of their ministry and, in some cases, for their refusal to apostatize.

Many died in the Boxer Rebellion, in which anti-colonial peasant rebels slaughtered 30,000 Chinese converts to Christianity along with missionaries and other foreigners.

In the ordinary form of the Latin Rite, they are remembered with an optional memorial on 9 July

Bl. Archangela Girlani

Feastday: February 13

Birth: 1460

Death: 1494

Carmelite mystic. She was born in Trino, in northern Italy, in 1460, baptized Eleanor. Though planning to become a Benedictine nun, she was thwarted in her desire by her horse - the animal refused to carry her to the convent. She then became a Carmelite in Parma, Italy, taking the name Archangela, being professed in 1478. Named prioress of the convent, Archangela founded a new Carmel in Mantua. She was gifted with ecstasies and levitation and was reported to have performed miracles. Archangela died on January 25,1494, and her cult was confirmed in 1864.

Archangela Girlani (1460 – 25 January 1494) - born as Eleanora Girlani - was an Italian Carmelite Order professed religious who was known for her visions. Pope Pius IX confirmed her cultus and beatified her on 1 October 1864.

Life

Eleanora Girlani was born in 1460 to a noble family of Trino, then in the Duchy of Savoy. Having been educated by the Benedictines, she had planned to become a Benedictine nun. However, on her way to the abbey, her horse refused to take her there. Interpreting this a sign, she instead became a Carmelite nun in Parma, and was given the religious name of Archangela.[1] She was professed in 1478.

Girlani was later elected the prioress of her monastery, and went on to found a new Carmelite monastery in Mantua.[2] She is remembered as a mystic who had a special devotion to the Most Holy Trinity,[3] and was reported to have the gifts of ecstasies, and miracles, including levitation.[1]

Widespread devotion and reports of healing arose after her death in 1494. Her cultus was confirmed on 1 October 1864 by Pope Pius IX.[3] Her feast day is celebrated on 13 February.

St. Agabus

புனித_அகபு (முதல் நூற்றாண்டு)

பிப்ரவரி 13

அகபு அல்லது அகபாஸ் (#StAgabus) என அழைக்கப்படும் இவர், எருசலேமைச் சார்ந்தவர். 

யூதரான இவர் இயேசு அனுப்பிய எழுபத்து இரண்டு சீடர்களில் ஒருவராவார் (லூக் 10: 1-24). மேலும் இவர் இயேசுவின் இறுதி இராவுணவின்போது, அவரது பன்னிரு திருத்தூதர்களோடு மேலறையில் இருந்தவர் என்று சொல்லப்படுகிறது.

இறைவாக்கினராக அறியப்படும் இவர் உரோமையின் ஆட்சிக்குட்பட்ட பகுதியில் பெரிய பஞ்சம் ஏற்படும் என முன்னறிவித்தார். இவர் சொன்னது போன்றே கிளாதியு மன்னன் காலத்தில் பெரிய பஞ்சம் ஏற்பட்டது (திப 11: 28).

திருத்தூதர் புனித பவுலிடம் இவர், எருசேமிற்குச் சென்றால் கைது செய்வீர் என்று எச்சரித்தார் (திப 21: 10-12). இவர் சொன்னது போன்றே புனித பவுல் எருசலேமில் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். இவ்வாறு பின்னர் நடக்கவிருப்பதை முன்கூட்டியே அறிவித்து வந்த இவர் பல இடங்களுக்கும் சென்று, நற்செய்தி அறிவித்தார்.

இதையறிந்த யூதர்கள் இவரை அடித்துத் துன்புறுத்தி, கல்லால் எறிந்து, அந்தியோக்கு நகருக்கு வெளியே இழுத்துச் சென்று கொன்று போட்டார்கள்.

Feastday: February 13

Death: 1st Century

Martyr and one of the seventy-two disciples mentioned by St. Luke. He was a Jewish convert to the faith, noted as a prophet. Agabus predicted a famine in the Roman Empire and probably Paul's imprisonment. Agabus was unable to dissuade Paul from going to Jerusalem. The martyr died for the faith in the city of Antioch.

For the genus of beetles, see Agabus (beetle).

Agabus /ˈæɡəbəs/ (Greek: Ἄγαβος) was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet. He is traditionally remembered as one of the Seventy Disciples described in Luke 10:1–24.

Biblical and traditional accounts

According to extrabiblical tradition, Agabus appears to have been a resident of Jerusalem. He is said to have been one of the seventy disciples, mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, commissioned to preach the gospel.[1] It is said that Agabus was with the twelve apostles in the upper room on the day of Pentecost.[2]

According to Acts 11:27–28, he was one of a group of prophets who travelled from Jerusalem to Antioch. The author reports that Agabus had received the gift of prophecy and predicted a severe famine, which occurred during the reign of the emperor Claudius.[3]

Also, according to Acts 21:10–12, 'a certain prophet', (Greek: τις) named Agabus met Paul the Apostle at Caesarea Maritima in AD 58. He was, according to the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary, 'no doubt the same' Agabus as had been mentioned in Acts 11:27–28,[4] and Heinrich Meyer states that 'there is no reason against the assumed identity of this person with the one mentioned in Acts 11:28.[5] Agabus warned Paul of his coming capture; he bound his own hands and feet with Paul's belt to demonstrate what would happen if he continued his journey to Jerusalem, stating the message of the Holy Spirit:

So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

Paul, however, would not be persuaded to stay away.[3]

Agabus' symbolic action has been compared [6] with the Jewish prophet Jeremiah:

Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water." So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word of the LORD and put it around my waist ... For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,' declares the LORD, 'to be my people for my renown and praise and honor.[7]

Tradition says that Agabas went to many countries, teaching and converting many. This moved the Jews of Jerusalem to arrest him, and they tortured him by beating him severely, and putting a rope around his neck. He was dragged outside the city and stoned to death.[2] Jesuit theologian Anthony Maas says he was martyred at Antioch.[3]

Veneration

The Roman Catholic Church celebrates his feast day on February 13, while the Eastern Christianity celebrates it on March 8.

St. Catherine de Ricci

இன்றைய புனிதர் 

(பிப்ரவரி 13) 

✠ தூய கேத்ரின் தே ரிச்சி ✠ 

(St. Catherine de Ricci) 

கேத்ரின், 1522 ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் திங்கள் 22 ஆம் நாள், இத்தாலியில் உள்ள ப்ளாரென்ஸ் என்னும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவருடைய தந்தை வாணிபம் செய்துவந்ததால், குடும்பம் செல்வச் செழிப்பில் திளைத்தது, அதனால் அவர் எந்ததொரு குறையும் இல்லாமல் வளர்ந்துவந்தார். கேத்ரின் தன்னுடைய பள்ளிக்கல்வியை மொன்டிசெல்லி என்னும் இடத்தில் கற்றார். அங்கு இவர் கல்வி கற்கும்போதே இறைவன் அழைப்பினை உணர்ந்து, துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்தார்.

துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்தபின்பு கேத்ரின் இயேசுவின் பாடுகளைக் குறித்து அதிகமாக தியானித்தார். அவர் அப்படி இயேசுவின் பாடுகளைக் குறித்து தியானிக்கும்போது பலநேரங்களில் பரவச நிலையை அடைந்தார். ஒவ்வொரு வாரமும் வியாழக்கிழமை தொடங்குகின்ற இந்த தியானம் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை மதியம் வரை நீடிக்கும். இதன்மூலம் கேத்ரின் இறைவனுடைய ஆசிர்வாதத்தை சிறப்பாகப் பெற்றார். அவர் இறைவனின் ஆசிர்வாதத்தைப் பெற்றுக்கொண்ட உண்மையை அறிந்த மக்கள், ஆயர்கள், கர்தினால்கள், ஏன் திருத்தந்தையர்கள் கூட அவருடைய ஆலோசனையைக் கேட்பதற்காக வந்தார்கள். இது ஒருபுறம் நடந்துகொண்டிருந்தாலும், இன்னொருபுறம் அவருடைய சபை அருட்சகோதரிகளால் மக்களை ஏமாற்றுகின்றார், நாடகம் போடுகின்றார் என்று கேளிக்கும் கிண்டலுக்கும் உள்ளாகக்கப்பட்டார். இது கேத்ரினுக்கு மிகப் பெரிய வேதனை. அதனால் அவர் இயேசுவின் பாடுகளைக் குறித்து தியானிப்பதை நிறுத்திக்கொண்டார்.

கேத்ரின், என்னதான் இயேசுவின் பாடுகளைக் குறித்து தியானிப்பதை நிறுத்திக்கொண்டாலும் இயேசு அவரை வேறொரு விதமாய் தெரிந்துகொண்டு சிறப்பு செய்தார். ஆம், ஆண்டவராகிய இயேசு கேத்ரினுக்கு ஐந்து காய வரத்தைக் கொடுத்து, அவரை தன்னுடைய பாடுகளில் பங்குகொள்ளச் செய்தார். இதனால் கேத்ரின் மிகுந்த உடல் வேதனைக்கு உள்ளானார். ஆனாலும் ஆண்டவருடைய வேதனையில் தானும் பங்கு கொள்கின்றேன் என்பதை நினைத்து ஆறுதல் அடைந்தார். இப்படி அவருடைய ஆன்மீக வாழ்வு ஒருபக்கம் போய்க்கொண்டிருந்தாலும், இன்னொரு பக்கம் அவர், தான் இருந்த சபையில் நவ கண்ணியர்களுக்குப் பொறுப்பாளர், துணை சபைத் தலைவி, தலைவி என்று பொறுப்புகளில் உயர்ந்துகொண்டே இருந்தார். இப்படி இயேசுவின் பாடுகளில் பங்குகொண்டு, உத்தம துறவியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்த கேத்ரின் 1590 ஆம் இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1746 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் ஆசிர்வாதப்பரால் புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Feastday: February 13

Birth: 1522

Death: 1589

St. Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine upon entering religion. From her earliest infancy she manifested a great love of prayer, and in her sixth year, her father placed her in the convent of Monticelli in Florence, where her aunt, Louisa de Ricci, was a nun. After a brief return home, she entered the convent of the Dominican nuns at Prat in Tuscany, in her fourteenth year. While very young, she was chosen Mistress of Novices, then subprioress, and at twenty-five years of age she became perpetual prioress. The reputation of her sanctity drew to her side many illustrious personages, among whom three later sat in the chair of Peter, namely Cerveni, Alexander de Medicis, and Aldo Brandini, and afterward Marcellus II, Clement VIII, and Leo XI respectively. She corresponded with St. Philip Neri and, while still living, she appeared to him in Rome in a miraculous manner.She is famous for the "Ecstacy of the Passion" which she experienced every Thursday from noon until Friday at 4:00 p.m. for twelve years. After a long illness she passed away in 1589. Her feast day is February 13.

Catherine de' Ricci (Italian: Caterina de' Ricci) (23 April 1522 – 2 February 1590), was an Italian Dominican Tertiary sister. She is believed to have had miraculous visions and corporeal encounters with Jesus, both with the infant Jesus and with the adult Jesus.[1] She is said to have spontaneously bled with the wounds of the crucified Christ. She is venerated for her mystic visions and is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Life

She was born Alessandra Lucrezia Romola de' Ricci in Florence to Pier Francesco de' Ricci, of a patrician family, and his wife, Caterina Bonza, who died soon after. At age 6 or 7, her father enrolled her in a school run by a monastery of Benedictine nuns in the Monticelli quarter of the city, near their home, where her aunt, Luisa de' Ricci, was the abbess. She was a very prayerful person from a very young age. There she developed a lifelong devotion to the Passion of Christ. After a short time outside the monastery she entered the Convent of St Vincent in Prato, Tuscany, a cloistered community of religious sisters of the Third Order of St. Dominic, disciples of the noted Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola, who followed the strict regimen of life she desired. In May 1535 she received the religious habit from her uncle, Timoteo de' Ricci, who was confessor to the convent, and the religious name of Catherine, after the Dominican tertiary, Catherine of Siena.[2]

De' Ricci's period of novitiate was a time of trial. She would experience ecstasies during her routine, which caused her to seem asleep during community prayer services, dropping plates and food, so much so that the community began to question her competence, if not her sanity. Eventually the other Sisters became aware of the spiritual basis for her behavior. By the age of 30 she had risen to the post of prioress.

She is reported to have been a nun with visions, states Constance Classen, who miraculously held baby Jesus dressed in swaddling clothes, and was mystically married and united with adult Jesus.[1]

As the prioress, De' Ricci developed into an effective and greatly admired administrator. She was an advisor on various topics to princes, bishops and cardinals. She corresponded with three figures who were destined to become popes: Pope Marcellus II, Pope Clement VIII, and Pope Leo XI. An expert on religion, management and administration, her advice was widely sought. She gave counsel both in person and through exchanging letters. It is reported that she was extremely effective and efficient in her work, managing her priorities very well.

It is claimed that De' Ricci's meditation on the Passion of Christ was so deep that she spontaneously bled, as if scourged. She also bore the Stigmata. During times of deep prayer, like Catherine of Siena, her patron saint, a coral ring representing her marriage to Christ, appeared on her finger.

It is reported that De' Ricci wore an iron chain around her neck, engaged in extreme fasting and other forms of penance and sacrifice, especially for souls in Purgatory.

One of the miracles that was documented for her canonization was her appearance many hundreds of miles away from where she was physically located in a vision to Philip Neri, a resident of Rome, with whom she had maintained a long-term correspondence. Neri, who was otherwise very reluctant to discuss miraculous events, confirmed the event.[2]

De' Ricci lived in the convent until her death in 1590 after a prolonged illness. Her remains are visible under the altar of the Minor Basilica of Santi Vicenzo e Caterina de' Ricci, Prato, which is next to the convent associated with her life.

Veneration

De' Ricci was beatified by Pope Clement XII in 1732, and canonized by Pope Benedict XIV in 1746 in a spectacular ceremony for which a magnificent ‘apparato’ was constructed.[3] In celebration of the saint's canonization, Domenico Maria Sandrini wrote an authorative biography of the new saint.[4] Her feast day falls on 2 February

St. Polyeuctus

Feastday: February 13

Patron: of vows and treaty agreements

Death: 259

Roman martyr of Greek parentage. An official in the Roman provincial govern­ment in the East, he was put to death in Armenia during the persecution launched by Emperor Valerian. His Acts are extant, as recorded by Metaphrastes, and are well known for their beauty and poignancy. Polyeuctus' martyrdom was the subject of a play by Pierce Corneille in the seventeenth century.

For the patriarch, see Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople.

Saint Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos) of Melitene (died January 10, 259) is an ancient Roman saint. Christian tradition states that he was a wealthy Roman army officer who was the first martyr in Melitene, Armenia, under Valerian.[1]

Symeon Metaphrastes writes that, moved by the zeal of his friend Saint Nearchus, Polyeuctus had openly converted to Christianity. "Enflamed with zeal, St Polyeuctus went to the city square, and tore up the edict of Decius which required everyone to worship idols. A few moments later, he met a procession carrying twelve idols through the streets of the city. He dashed the idols to the ground and trampled them underfoot."[1]

He was tortured by the authorities and ignored the tears and protestations of his wife Paulina, his children, and his father-in-law. He was beheaded.[citation needed]

Veneration

Painting depicting the martyrdom of Polyeuctus, from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD)

He was buried at Melitene, and a church was dedicated to him there. Christian tradition states that the parents of Euthymius the Great prayed for a son at the church of St. Polyeuctus in Melitene.[1]

A church was dedicated to him at Constantinople by Anicia Juliana in 524–527. The excavations undertaken in the 1960s revealed that, at the time of Justinian's ascension to the throne, the basilica was the largest in Constantinople and that it featured some remarkably ostentatious display of wealth, such as gilded reliefs of peacocks, as well as much oriental detail.[citation needed]

His feast day was January 7 in the ancient Armenian calendars. His feast day is now January 7 in the Catholic calendar. In the Eastern Orthodox liturgics, his feast falls on January 9. Polyektus is the patron saint of vows and treaty agreements.[1]

Cultural references

Pierre Corneille, inspired by the account of Polyeuctus' martyrdom, used elements from the saint's story in his tragedy Polyeucte (1642). In 1878 it was adapted into an opera by Charles Gounod, with the assistance of the librettist Jules Barbier.

Other works based on the play include a ballet by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1679), and the opera Poliuto (1838) by Donizetti (adapted with Scribe as Les martyrs). Paul Dukas composed his Polyeucte overture, which premiered in January 1892.

Blessed Jordan of Saxony

சபைத்தலைவர் சாக்சன் நகர் ஜோர்டன் Jordan von Sachsen

பிறப்பு 

1200, 

போர்க்பெர்கே Borgberge, ஜெர்மனி

இறப்பு 

13 பிப்ரவரி 1237, 

சிரியா

இவர் தான் பிறந்த ஊரின் அருகிலிருந்த பாடர்போன் (Paderborn) என்ற நகரில் கல்வி பயின்றார். இவர் தன் கல்வி படிப்பை முடித்தப்பின், புனித தொமினிக்கன் துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்து குருவானார். 1221 ஆம் ஆண்டு அச்சபைத்தலைவர் இறந்துவிடவே, அச்சபையின் இரண்டாவது சபைத்தலைவர் பொறுப்பை புனித ஜோர்டன் ஏற்றார். இவர் தன் சபையை உலகெங்கும் பரவ அயராது உழைத்து நற்செய்தியை போதித்தார். தன் சபை குருக்கள் பலரை பாரிஸ் நகரில் இருந்த கல்லூரிகளில் படிக்கவைத்தார். இவர் பல வித்தியாசமான முறைகளில் தன் சபையை வளர்த்தெடுத்தார். 

இவர் தன் உள்மனதிலிருந்து மற்றவர்களை அன்புச் செய்தார். அனைவரும் இவரை எளிதில் நெருக்கக்கூடிய அளவிற்கு சாதாரண மனிதராகத் திகழ்ந்தார். இவர் தனது அழகிய மறையுரையினால் பல இளைஞர்களின் வாழ்வில் மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்தினார். இவரின் வாழ்வால் பலர் ஈர்க்கப்பட்டு இவரின் சபைக்கு வந்து சேர்ந்தனர். இவர் அச்சபையில் மிகச் சிறந்த பேராசிரியராக திகழ்ந்தார். இவர் ஏராளமான பயணங்களை மேற்கொண்டு தன் சபையைப் பரப்பினார். அவர் சிரியாவிற்கு பயணம் செய்யும்போதுதான் இறந்தார். இறந்தபிறகு இவரின் உடல் இஸ்ரயேல் நாட்டில் தொமினிக்கன் ஆலயம் ஒன்றில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது

Also known as

• Jordan de Alamaia

• Giordana, Giordano, Giordanus, Gordanus, Jordana, Jordanka, Jordanus

Profile

Born to the Saxon nobility, he received a pious upbringing and was noted for his charity to the poor from an early age. Educated in Germany, and received his masters degree in theology at the University of Paris. Joined the Order of Preachers in 1220 under Saint Dominic himself. Prior-provincial of the Order in Lombardy, Italy in 1221. Succeeded Dominic as master-general of the Order in 1222. Under his administration, the Order spread throughout Germany, and into Denmark.

A noted and powerful preacher; one of his sermons brought Saint Albert the Great into the Order. Wrote a biography of Saint Dominic. His writings on Dominic and the early days of the Order are still considered a primary sources. Spiritual director of Blessed Diana d'Andalo, and helped her found the monastery of Saint Agnes.

Born

• c.1190 at Padberg Castle, diocese of Paderborn, Westphalia, old Saxony (in modern Germany)

• rumoured to have been born in Palestine while his parents were on a pilgrimage, and named after the River Jordan, but this is apparently aprochryphal

Died

• drowned in 1237 in a shipwreck off the coast of Syria while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land

• buried in Acre

Beatified

1826 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Leo XII

Patronage

• against drowning

• Dominicans

• University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Engineering

Blessed Eustochium of Padua

Also known as

• Lucrezia Bellini

• Cinderella of the Cloister

Profile

Daughter of a Paduan nun who had been seduced into ignoring her vow of chastity; Lucrezia grew up in the convent. She felt a call to the religious life, which many of the sisters of opposed due to the scandal of her birth. The bishop approved of her vocation, however, and she entered her novitiate as a Benedictine nun in 1461, taking the name Eustochium.

For four years she suffered from violent, hysterical fits. She was considered to be possessed, imprisoned, fed on bread and water, periodically starved and repeatedly exorcised. When her abbess fell ill, she was accused of poisoning the woman, and had to be saved from a mob of townspeople who wanted to burn her as a demon. Between these bouts, she was gentle, pious, patient and humble, apparently seeing it all as a form of penance. Her confessor and spiritual director insisted that she be allowed to continue with her vocation, and her sanctity won over many of the sisters who had opposed her.

She died very soon after her formal vows. The name of Jesus was found cauterized on her breast. She is venerated in Padua.

Born

1444 at San Prosdocimo convent, Padua, Italy as Lucrezia Bellini

Died

13 February 1469 at San Prosdocimo convent, Padua, Italy of natural causes

Patronage

• against insanity

• against mental illness

• against temptations

• children whose parents are not married

• illegitimacy

• mentally ill people

Saint Martinian the Hermit

Also known as

Martinian of Athens

Profile

Hermit from age 18. Miracle worker. There are a couple of stories attached to Martinian; in them the line between fact and a good story probably blurs a little.

Legend says that one day a miserable, bedraggled woman named Zoe showed at his door requesting a traveller's hospitality. He took her in, but her true colors soon showed as she cleaned up and showed herself to be a beautiful woman who tried to seduce Martinian. When he realized how tempted he was, he built a fire and put his feet in it; the pain, as you might imagine, was excruciating. Martinian said, "If I cannot stand this fire, how will I tolerate the fires of Hell?" He counseled her while she treated his wounds, converted her, and she became a nun in Bethlehem.

To save himself from his own weakness, the saint moved to a large rock surrounded on all sides by the sea. There he lived on bread and water brought to him by a Christian sailor who visited three times a year. After six years living exposed on the rock, he had a visitor - a young woman who washed up on the rock after her ship had gone down at sea. Before she could speak, he gave her all his provisions, promised to send his friend the sailor to rescue her when he returned, then threw himself into the sea. He washed up on shore, and two months later had the girl rescued. He then spent the rest of his days in Athens.

Born

c.350 at Caesarea, Palestine

Died

c.398 at Athens, Greece

Blessed Christina of Spoleto

Also known as

• Agostina Camozzi

• Christina Camozzi

• Christina Visconti (a mispelling that has been perpetuated in several accounts)

• Christine...

Profile

Daughter of a physician. Married to a stone cutter, but widowed very young. She became mistress to a soldier, and bore his son, but the child died as an infant. Married a second time, she was widowed when the man was killed in a fight with a jealous rival. Realizing that her life was completely out of control, she had a conversion, became an Augustinian tertiary, took the name Christina, gave herself over to Christ, and imposed severe austerities on herself as penance for her earlier ways. Lived in a number of Augustinian convents, became known as a miracle worker, and was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre when she died.

Born

1435 at Lake Lugano, Italy as Agostina Camozzi

Died

• 13 February 1458 in Spoleto, Italy of natural causes

• buried at the Augustinian church of Saint Nicholas in Spoleto

• re-interred at the church of Saint Gregory the Great in Spoleto

Beatified

1834 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

Calvisano, Italy

Blessed James Alfred Miller

Also known as

Leo William, Santiago

Profile

Member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers). He taught Spanish, English and religion, and coached football at a high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Noted for his knowledge and skill at construction. Assigned by the Brothers to teach in Nicaragua, he taught classes, supervised the school, and supervised the construction of ten new schools; he returned to Minnesota in 1978 when it became dangerous in the region during the Sandinista Revolution. Missionary and teacher in Guatemala in 1981. Murdered by three masked men who may have been part of the Guatemalan military intelligence death squad, G-2, while standing on a ladder, repairing a wall of a school. Martyr.

Born

21 September 1944 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Died

13 February 1982 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Beatified

• 7 December 2019 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Sports Complex of Colegio La Salle, Huehuetenango, Guatemala with Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán the chief celebrant

Saint Paulus Liu Hanzuo

Also known as

Baolu

Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

Profile

Raised in a poor Christian family, Paulus worked as a shepherd in his youth, and had little education. Feeling a call to the priesthood, he entered seminary at age 24; because he had no Latin, he was allowed to study philosophy and theology in Chinese. Ordained in his early 30’s, Father Paulus served as a priest in the apostolic vicariate of Sichuan, China, and worked with the Foreign Mission Society of Paris. Because of the persecution of Christians at the time, he worked as a vegetable seller by day, ministered to covert Catholics by night. He was betrayed to the authorities by a local carpenter; he was in the middle of Mass when found, asked for permission to finish, and when it was done he turned himself over for arrest. He was imprisoned, flogged, and when he would neither pay a bribe nor renounce his faith, he was executed. Martyr.

Born

c.1778 in Lezhi, Sichuan, China

Died

strangled to death on 13 February 1818 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Angelo Tancredi

Also known as

• Angelo of Rieti

• Angelus...

Profile

Born to the nobility, Angelo became a knight. In 1223 he was in service to Cardinal Leone Brancaleone in Rome, Italy where he met Saint Francis of Assisi. He was so taken with the teachings of Francis that he gave up the military life, became one of the first spiritual students of Francis, and one of the first twelve Franciscan friars; he was the first knight to join the Order. One of the authors of the famous Legend of the Three Companions about Francis and the early days of the Franciscans, he nursed Saint Francis during his final illness, and was singing the Canticle to him when he died.

Born

• late 12th century in Rieti, Italy

• a monastery dedicated to Saint Clare of Assisi was built on the site of the house where he was born

Died

• 1258 of natural causes

• buried near the tomb of Saint Francis of Assisi in the crypt of the basilica in Assisi, Italy

Saint Castor of Karden

Also known as

Kastor von Karden

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Maximinus of Trier. Priest, ordained by Maximinus in the mid-4th-century. Hermit at Karden in the Moselle river region where he ministered to other hermits and small religious groups, including Saint Potentinus his sons Felicius and Simplicius.

Born

4th century, possibly in the Aquitaine region of modern France

Died

• c.400 in Karden, Moselle (in modern Germany) of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the church of Paulinus in Karden in 791

• relics transferred on 11 November 836 to the church that became the Basilica of Saint Castor in Koblenz (in modern Germany by the archbishop of Trier

Patronage

Koblenz

Saint Fulcran of Lodève

Profile

Pious youth who early decided on a life in the Church. Priest. Bishop of Lodève, France for 57 years, consecrated on 4 February 949. Rebuilt many churches and convents. Founded the monastery of Saint Sauveur, and several hospitals for the poor. Untiring reformer and supporter of the spiritual life of his clergy, known for his personal asceticism.

Died

• 13 February 1006 of natural causes

• buried in the cathedral of Lodève, France

• body disinterred and burned by the Huguenots in 1572; only a few particles remain

Patronage

diocese of Lodève, France

Saint Ermenilda of Ely

Also known as

Ermengild, Ermenhild, Erminilda

Profile

Born a princess, the daughter of King Erconbert of Kent, and Saint Sexburga of Ely. Ermenilda was a pious youth with a strong prayer life. Married to the pagan Wulfhere, King of Mercia whom she converted by setting a good example. Queen. Mother of Saint Werburga of Chester and King Coenrad of Mercia, who abdicated to become a monk in Rome, Italy. Ermenilda used her royal influence to destroy the last of Anglo-Saxon paganism. When widowed, she became a Benedictine nun at Minster-in-Sheppy abbey, which had been founded by her mother. She served as abbess there and at the abbey at Ely, England.

Died

13 February 703 of natural causes

Saint Phaolô Lê Van Loc

Also known as

Paul Le-Van-Loc

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of West Cochinchina (modern Vietnam). Martyred in the persecutions of emperor Tu Ðuc.

Born

c.1830 in An Nhon, Gia Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 13 February 1859 at the city gates of Gia Ðinh, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saints Aimo and Vermondo of Meda

Also known as

•Aimo and Vermondo Corio

• Aimonius, Antimond, Aimone

Profile

Two brothers who founded the convent of Saint Victor in Meda, Italy.

Died

c.790

Saint Fusca of Ravenna

Also known as

Fosca

Profile

Raised in a pagan family, at age 15 Fusca converted to Christianity and was baptized along with her nursemaid, Saint Maura. During the persecutions of Decius she was ordered by her family to renounce the faith; she refused. Arrested and tortured and ordered to sacrifice to idols, she refused. Martyr.

Died

stabbed to death with a sword c.250 in Ravenna, Italy

Saint Gosbert of Osnabrück

Also known as

Gaudbert, Gautbert, Gauzbert, Gotebert, Gozbert, Gosberto, Gozberto

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Anskar. Worked as a missionary with Saint Nithard. Bishop of Osnabruck, Germany from where he supported more missionary work in Sweden.

Died

2 February 874 of natural causes

Saint Modomnoc

Also known as

Dominic, Dominick, Domnoc, Domnock, Modomnock

Profile

Member of the Irish royal O'Neill clan. Monk. Spiritual student of Saint David of Wales. Beekeeper while a novice. When he returned to Ireland, a swarm of his bees followed his ship. Hermit at Tibraghny, Kilkenny, Ireland. Bishop of Ossory, Ireland.

Born

6th century Ireland

Died

c.550 of natural causes

Patronage

bees

Saint Giuliana of Turin

Also known as

• Giuliana of Ivrea

• Juliana...

Profile

Lay woman who gave Christian burial to the Martyrs of Turin in 297.

Died

relics enshrined in the church of the Martyrs in Turin, Italy

Blessed Berengar of Assisi

Also known as

Berengario de Asís

Profile

Mercedarian preacher in the Spanish cities of Granada, Valencia and Murcia who was noted for his prison ministry. Ransomed 358 Christians who had been enslaved by Saracen invaders.

Died

Santa Maria Guardia Pratorum

Saint Gilbert of Meaux

Profile

Studied at Saint Quentin. Archdeacon and then bishop of Meaux, France in 995.

Born

Vermandois, France

Died

• 1009 at Meaux, France of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Meaux in 1491

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Meaux in 1545

• relics destroyed by Huguenots in 1562

Saint Peter I of Vercelli

Also known as

Petrus

Profile

Bishop of Vercelli, Italy in 978. Murdered for political reasons by the future king of Italy, Arduin of Ivrea.

Died

• 997

• interred in the cathedral of Vercelli, Italy

• when it became a focal point for anti-Arduin sentiment, the king set the cathedral on fire

Saint Carterius of Bourges

Also known as

Carterio, Chartier

Profile

Sixth-century missionary priest in the region of Bourges, France, working from the town of Lugny, France. The village of Saint-Chartier, France is named for him, and he is mentioned in the early Bourges calendars of the saints, but we have no details of his life or work.

Saint Stephen of Rieti

Profile

Abbot at Rieti, Italy. Pope Saint Gregory the Great describes him as "rude of speech, but cultured of life". Stephen devoted himself almost wholly to prayer, and was known for his concern with the spiritual lives even of those who wronged him.

Died

c.590 of natural causes

Saint Marice

Profile

Martyr.

Died

relics transferred from Rome, Italy to Cannaiola di Trevi, Umbria, Italy by order of Pope Innocent X

Patronage

Cannaiola di Trevi, Umbria, Italy (declared on 13 April 1647)

Saint Guimérra of Carcassone

Also known as

Guimera

Profile

Tenth century bishop of Carcassone, Narbonne, Gaul (in modern France).

Died

c.931 in Carcassone, Narbonne, Gaul (in modern France)

Saint Huno

Also known as

Huna

Profile

Priest and Benedictine monk at Ely, England under Saint Etheldreda. After Etheldreda's death, Huno retired to a hermitage in The Fens region of England.

Died

c.690 near Chatteris, England

Saint Stephen of Lyon

Also known as

Stephanus of Lyon

Profile

Bishop of Lyon, France. Worked to convert the Arian Burgundians to orthodox Christianity.

Died

512 of natural causes

Saint Benignus of Todi

Profile

Priest in Todi, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. One of the 140 saints memorialized on the colonnades in Saint Peter's Square.

Died

c.303

Saint Maura of Ravenna

Profile

Nurse to Saint Fusca of Ravenna. Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.

Died

c.250 in Ravenna, Italy

Saint Julian of Lyon

Profile

Martyr.

Died

Lyon, France, date unknown

Saint Dyfnog

Profile

Venerated in Clwyd, Wales.

Born

Wales

Died

7th century

 தூய சூசையப்பரின் புனிதர் இகிடியோ மரியா 

(St. Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph)

இத்தாலிய ஒப்புக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட அருட் பணியாளர்:

(Italian professed religious)

பிறப்பு: நவம்பர் 16, 1729

டரன்ட்டோ, அபுலியா, நேப்பிள்ஸ் அரசு

(Taranto, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples)

இறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 7, 1812 (வயது 82)

நேப்பிள்ஸ், இரண்டு சிசிலிக்களின் அரசு

(Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 5, 1888

திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோ

(Pope Leo XIII)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூன் 2, 1996

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Pope John Paul II)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 13

பாதுகாவல்:

டரன்ட்டோ

(Taranto)

பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள்

(Ill people)

சமுதாயத்தில் இருந்து ஒதுக்கப்பட்டவர்

(Outcast people)

சிறுவர்கள்

(Children)

வேலை தேடும் மக்கள்

(People looking for work)

"ஃபிரான்ஸிஸ்கோ போஸ்டில்லோ" (Francesco Postillo) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட புனிதர் (சூசையப்பரின்) இகிடியோ மரியா, “ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் இளம் துறவியர்” (Order of Friars Minor/ Order of Franciscans) சபையைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு இத்தாலிய ஒப்புக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட அருட் பணியாளர் (Italian professed religious) ஆவார்.

"போஸ்டில்லோ" முறையான கல்வி பெறாத காரணத்தால், அவரால் குருவாக குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற இயலவில்லை. ஆயினும் இவர் ஃபிரான்ஸிஸ்கன் சபையின் சகோதரர் ஆவார். இத்தாலியின் தெற்கு பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள நகரங்களான “டரன்ட்டோ” மற்றும் “நேப்பிள்ஸ்” (Taranto and Naples) ஆகிய இடங்களிலுள்ள ஏழைகள் மற்றும் நோயாளிகளை பாதுகாத்து, கவனித்து, சேவை செய்வதிலும், இவர் தம்மை அர்ப்பணித்துக்கொண்டதால் மக்களிடையே நன்கு அறியப்பட்டவராக இருந்தார். அதனாலேயே மக்கள் இவருக்கு "நேப்பிள்சின் ஆறுதலளிப்பவர்" (Consoler of Naples) என்ற புனைப்பெயர் இட்டு அழைத்தனர்.

வாழ்க்கை:

"ஃபிரான்ஸிஸ்கோ போஸ்டில்லோ" (Francesco Postillo) கி.பி. 1729ம் ஆண்டு, நவம்பர் மாதம், 16ம் நாளன்று, “டரன்ட்டோ” (Taranto) நகரில் பிறந்தார். இவரது தந்தையார் பெயர், "கட்டால்டோ போஸ்டில்லோ" (Cataldo Postillo) ஆகும். தாயாரின் பெயர், "கிரேஸியா" (Grazia Procaccio) ஆகும். இவரது பெற்றோருக்கு பிறந்த நான்கு குழந்தைகளில் இவர் மூத்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது திருமுழுக்குப் பெயர், "ஃபிரான்ஸிஸ்கோ டொமெனிக்கோ அன்டோனியோ பாஸ்குயேல் போஸ்டில்லோ" (Francesco Domenico Antonio Pasquale Postillo) ஆகும்.

கி.பி. 1747ம் ஆண்டும், போஸ்டில்லோவின் தந்தையார் மரித்ததால், தமது விதவைத் தாயாரையும், தமது இளைய சகோதரர்களையும் பராமரிப்பதற்காக பணியொன்றை தேட வேண்டிய நிர்ப்பந்தத்துக்கு உள்ளானார். வெகு காலம் வரை இவர் ஒரு கயிறு திரிக்கும் (Rope maker) பணி செய்தார். முறையான கல்வி இல்லாத காரணத்தால் குருத்துவம் பெற இயலாததால் “நேப்பிள்ஸ்” (Naples) நகரிலுள்ள “ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் இளம் துறவியர் சபையின்” "ஒப்புக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட அருட் பணியாளராக" (Professed Religious) பணியாற்றினார். சபையில் சேர்வதற்காக கி.பி. 1754ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம், 27ம் நாளன்று விண்ணப்பித்த இவர், சரியாக ஒரு வருடம் கழித்து, கி.பி. 1755ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம், 28ம் தேதியன்று, "கலடோன்" (Galatone) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள "புனித மரியாளின்" (Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie) பள்ளியில் பணியின் தூய்மையைக் காக்கும் பிரமாணத்தை எடுத்தார். இவர், "கடவுளின் அன்னையின் இகிடியோ" ("Egidio of the Mother of God") எனும் பெயரை தமது ஆன்மீக பெயராக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். ஆனால், பின்னர் அதனை "புனிதர் சூசையப்பரின் இகிடியோ மரியா" (Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph) என்று மாற்றிக்கொண்டார்.

தமது பள்ளியின் சுமை தூக்குபவராகவும், வாயில் காப்பவராகவும், பணியாற்றிய போஸ்டில்லோ, தொழு நோயாளிகளுக்காக சமையல் பணியும் செய்தார். அடிக்கடி தமது பள்ளி வளாகத்தை விட்டு வெளியே செல்லும் வழக்கமுள்ள இவர், ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட மற்றும் தனிமைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட மக்களுக்காக இரந்து தானமாக பொருள் பெற்று வந்தார்.

இடுப்பு கீல் வாயு, நீர்க்கோப்பு மற்றும் சுவாசகாசம் அல்லது ஆஸ்துமா நோய்களால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த போஸ்டில்லோ கி.பி. 1812ம் ஆண்டு, நேப்பிள்ஸ் நகரில் மரணமடைந்தார்.

Saint of the Day : (13-02-2021) 

St. Giles Mary of St. Joseph

He was born on November 16, 1729 in Naples, Italy. His birth name was Francis Anthony Postillo. His parents left him and his siblings as orphans when he was 18 years of age. He could not study because he was forced to go to work to support the family. But however when he was 25 years old he went to join into a Franciscan Convent in Naples. He was admitted only as a lay brother due to his lack of education and was asked to do the work of a cook and porter and also for begging for alms to serve the poor. He could not become a priest. In his daily rounds, he took sincere efforts to solve the problems of every one he met and spread his own love for Christian values in their hearts. He was known as the Consoler of Naples because of his work of love among the people. Poor people flocked to the Convent to get help from him. There was a talk that the meager supplies available were miraculously augmented through the intercession of St. Joseph so that no poor person may leave empty handed from the Convent. He died on February 7, 1812. He was beatified by pope Leo-XIII in 1888 and canonized by Pope John Paul-II in 1996 as Egdio Maria (Giles Mary) of St. Joseph.