இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 01

 St. Felix of Como

Feastday: July 1

Death: 390

First bishop of Como, Italy. He was a friend of St. Ambrose.

Saint Felix of Como (died on October 8, 391 AD) is venerated as the first bishop of Como.

He was a friend of Saint Ambrose, who praised him for his missionary activity and ordained him a priest in 379 and a bishop in 386. When Bassianus of Lodi built a church dedicated to the Apostles at Lodi, he consecrated it in the presence of Ambrose and Felix.

Felix is honored as a zealous pastor of souls. His feast day is July 1

Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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Celebrates the Blood of Our Saviour, shed for the redemption of mankind, mentioned repeatedly in the New Testament. Since the Council of Trent theologians generally hold that it was an essential part of the Sacred Humanity and consequently hypostatically united to the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity and therefore an object of adoration. Although special honour was bestowed upon it by the Apostles and Fathers and many saints, yet a feast in its honour was not celebrated till the beginning of the 19th century, when Saint Gaspare del Bufalo obtained permission to have it celebrated in the Missionary Society of the Precious Blood. Pope Blessed Pius IX extended the feast to the entire Church in 1849. There has been an arch-confraternity of the Precious Blood since 1815.

Blessed Nazju Falzon

புனித இக்னேசியஸ் பால்சோன் (St.Ignatius Falzon)

திருத்தொண்டர்

பிறப்பு

1813

மால்டா

இறப்பு

01 ஜூலை 1875

புனிதர்பட்டம்: 1905, திருத்தந்தை 10ஆம் பயஸ்

இவர் குழந்தை பருவத்திலிருந்தே மிகவும் பக்தியானவராக வளர்ந்தார். தினமும் ஜெபமாலை செபிப்பதில் வல்லவராக திகழ்ந்தார். இவர் தனது உயர் கல்வியை முடித்தபின் குருமடத்திற்கு சென்றார். ஆனால் குருவாவதற்கான வயதையும், தகுதியும் இவரிடம் இல்லாமல் இருந்தது. இதனால் தன் வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் இவர் ஓர் ஆன்ம வழிகாட்டியாக பணிபுரிந்தார். இவர் குழந்தைகளுக்கும், இளைஞர்களுக்கும் ஞான உபதேசம் கற்றுக்கொடுப்பதிலும், அடிக்கடி மால்டா தீவிற்கு சென்று, அங்கிருந்து ஆங்கிலேயே படைவீரர்களுக்கு திருவருட்சாதனங்களைப் பற்றி கற்றுக்கொடுப்பதிலும் தன் நாட்களை கழித்தார். போர் வீரர்கள் மனந்திரும்பி கிறிஸ்துவை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு, விசுவாசத்தில் வளர வழிகாட்டினார். இவர்களின் உதவியினாலும், 600 படைவீரர்களைக்கொண்டு, வாலெட்டாவில் ஓர் சபையை தொடங்கினார்.

காலைமுதல் மாலைவரை உழைத்து முடித்துபின், நாளுக்கு நன்றி கூறியும், அந்நாளில் செய்த பாவத்திற்கு பாவமன்னிப்பும் வேண்டி ஒவ்வொரு நாள் மாலையும் வழிபாடு நடத்தப்பட்டது. உலகின் பாவங்களுக்காக அனைவரும் சேர்ந்து செபித்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும்போது, தன் கைகளைவிரித்து, கண்களை மேலே உயர்த்தியவாறு, தன் ஆன்மாவை இறைவனிடம் கையளித்தார்.

Also known as

Ignatius Falzon

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Son of Francis Joseph, a judge, and Mary Teresa, the daughter of judge. Ignatius and all three of his brothers became lawyers; two of his brothers entered the priesthood. Ignatius received minor orders at age 15. He earned a degree in theology, but did not feel worthy of the priesthood, and though his bishop encouraged him, Ignatius never took the final step of becoming ordained. Taught catechism to children at the Institute of the Good Shepherd; known to help the poorer children with money, as well.

Worked with the British soldiers and sailors stationed on Malta, meeting them by hanging around the docks and other places where they were assigned. They were rough men in a rough district of bars and and prostitutes, but when Ignatius found those who interested in the faith, he brought to his own home for services. When more and more men grew interested, he moved them to the Jesuit Church in Valletta, Malta. To explain the faith, he imported simple religious works in assorted vernacular languages, and distributed them to the men. Wrote The Comfort of the Christian Soul. He converted hundreds, and for those who stayed on the island, he became their pastor, performed their marriages, baptized their children, said homilies at their funerals.

Born

1 July 1813 at Valletta, Malta

Died

• 1 July 1865, Valletta, Malta of cancer

• buried in the family vault in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in the Church of the Franciscan Minors, Mary of Jesus in Valletta

Beatified

• 9 May 2001 by Pope John Paul II

• beatification miracle involved the complete disappearance of cancer in 64 year old man in 1981

Saint Oliver Plunkett

Also known as

Oileabhéar Pluincéad

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Oliver was born to the Irish nobility, part of a family who supported King Charles I and the fight for Irish national freedom from England. Growing up, he was greatly influenced by his uncle Patrick, a Cistercian monk who later became bishop of the Irish dioceses of Ardagh and Meath. Beginning in 1647, Oliver studied at the newly established Irish College in Rome, Italy, an institute operated by the Jesuits. He was ordained a priest in Rome in 1654. He loved the city of Rome and stayed there to serve as professor of theology at the Propaganda Fide College from 1654 through 1669, and part of the time as procurator or agent in Rome for the bishops of Ireland. In 1669 Father Oliver was chosen archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, making him the primate, or primary Church official, of all Ireland.

Bishop Oliver's return to Ireland was a rough one; discipline was lax among the priests, and many clergy and laity were so provincial that they objected to a man from County Meath becoming bishop in Armagh. Oliver worked to return the faithful to the faith, and his diocese to their support. He established the Jesuits in Drogheda, where they ran a school for boys, and a college for theology students. He enforced clerical discipline and worked to send students to the colleges in Rome. He extended his ministry to Gaelic speaking Catholics of the highlands and the isles off the coast of Ireland, but due to a increase in the persecution of Catholics, he was forced to conduct much of his ministry covertly.

Saint Oliver was arrested and at Dundalk, Ireland in 1679 on a charge of conspiring against the state as part of the "Titus Oates" plot to overthrow King Charles II. He was initially lodged at Dublin Castle where he gave final absolution to Archbishop Peter Talbot of Dublin. Oliver was accused to taxing the clergy to pay for 70,000 men, 20,000 of whom would be French soldiers that the bishop would bring into the country. The English authorities knew that Oliver would never be convicted in Ireland, and had him moved to Newgate prison in London, England. His first trial was an aquittal, but he was not released. Instead, a second trial was arranged, and it was complete kangaroo court; Lord Campbell, writing of the judge, Sir Francis Pemberton, called it a disgrace to himself and his country. Plunkett was found guilty of high treason "for promoting the Catholic faith," and was condemned to a gruesome death. He was the last Catholic to die for his faith on the gallows at Tyburn in London, and was the first of the Irish Martyrs to be beatified.

Born

30 September 1629 at Loughenew, County Meath, Ireland

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 1 July 1681 at Tyburn, England

• body initially buried in two tin boxes next to five Jesuits who had died before him

• his head is in Saint Peter's Church at Drogheda, Ireland

• most of his body is at Downside Abbey, Somerset, England

• some relics in other churches in Ireland

Canonized

12 October 1975 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy

Patronage

archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland

Saint Junipero Serra

புனித ஜுனிபெரோ செர்ரா (ஜூலை 01)

“என் வாழ்நாள் முழுக்க நான் ஒரு நற்செய்திப் பணியாளராகவே வாழ ஆசைப்பட்டேன். ஏனென்றால் கிறிஸ்துவைக் குறித்தும் அவர் அறிவித்த நற்செய்தியைக் குறித்தும் அறியாமல் பலர் இருக்கிறார்கள். அவர்களுக்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்பதை நான் பெற்ற பேறுபலனாகக் கருதுகிறேன்” – ஜூனிபெரோ செர்ரா

வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு

இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் ஜூனிபெரோ செர்ரா, 1713 ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் உள்ள மஜோர்கா என்னும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவர் வளர்ந்து தன்னுடைய தொடக்க கல்வியை பால்மா என்னும் இடத்தில், பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபை துறவிகள் நடத்தி வந்த பள்ளியில் கற்றார். அப்போதே இவருக்கு ஒரு குருவாக மாறி, ஆண்டவருடைய நற்செய்தியை எல்லா மக்களுக்கும் எடுத்துரைக்கவேண்டும் என்னும் எண்ணம் உண்டானது. எனவே இவர் குருமடத்தில் சேர்ந்து, குருவாகப் படிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். 1736 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாகவும் உயர்ந்து நின்றார்.

குருவாக மாறியபின்பு பல இடங்களுக்குச் சென்று, ஆண்டவரின் நற்செய்தியை அறிவிக்கலாம் என்று கனவுகண்டிருந்த இவருக்கு, குருமடத்தில் பேராசிரியராகப் பணியாற்றவேண்டும் என்று சொல்லப்பட்டதும் மனம் உடைந்து போனார். இருந்தாலும் இதனை அவர் இறைத்திருவுளமாக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு, குருமாணவர்களுக்கு நல்லவிதமாய் பாடம் கற்றுக்கொடுக்கத் தொடங்கினார். ஏறக்குறைய பதிமூன்று ஆண்டுகள் இவர் குருமாணவர்களுக்கு பாடம் சொல்லிக்கொடுத்த பின்பு, முன்பு இவர் கண்ட கனவு நனவாகத் தொடங்கியது. ஆம், இவருக்கு நீயூ மெக்கிசிக்கோவிற்கு நற்செய்தியை அறிவிக்கக்கூடிய அழைப்பு வந்தது. உடனே இவர் எந்தவொரு மறுப்பும் சொல்லாமல் அங்கு நற்செய்தியை அறிவிக்கப் புறப்பட்டுச் சென்றார்.

புதிய இடம், புதிய பணி, புதிய மனிதர்கள் இவையெல்லாம் ஒருபக்கம் இருந்தாலும் ஜூனிபெரோ செர்ரா ஆர்வத்தோடு நற்செய்திப் பணியை செய்யத் தொடங்கினார். இதனால் பலர் திருமுழுக்குப் பெற்று கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக வாழத் தொடங்கினார்கள். ஏறக்குறைய ஒன்பது ஆண்டுகள் நீயூ மெக்கிசிக்கோவில் பணியாற்றிய ஜூனிபெரோ செர்ரா, அதன்பிறகு கலிபோனியாவிற்குச் சென்று நற்செய்தியை அறிவிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். இங்கேயும் இவர் பலரை கிறிஸ்தவ மறைக்குள் கொண்டுவந்து சேர்த்தார்.

ஜூனிபெரோ செர்ரா, தன்னுடைய நற்செய்திப் பணிவாழ்வில் பல செவ்விந்தியர்களைச் சந்தித்தார். அவர்களுக்கும் இவர் ஆண்டவரின் நற்செய்தியை ஆர்வத்தோடு அறிவித்தார். ஒருசில இடங்களில் இவர் பிரச்சனைகளையும் சந்தித்தார். அந்தப் பிரச்சனைகளைக் கண்டு இவர் மனம் தளர்ந்து போய்விடாமல் துணிவோடு நற்செய்தியை அறிவித்து வந்தார்.

இவர் அடிக்கடி சொள்ளக்கூடிய வார்த்தைகள் ‘Always Forward, Never Backward’ என்பதாகும். அதாவது இவர் முன் வைத்த காலை, பின்வைக்கக் கூடாது என்பதை வேதவாக்காகக் கொண்டு வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். இத்தகையதொரு ஆர்வமிக்க நற்செய்திப் பணியாளரான ஜூனிபெரோ செர்ரா நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு, படுத்தபடுக்கையாகி, 1784 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1988 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் யோவான் பவுல் அவர்களால் அருளாளர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Apostle of California

• Miguel José Serra Ferrer

Additional Memorial

1 July (United States)

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Entered the Franciscan University at Palma, Spain at age 15, and joined the Order at age 17, taking the name Junipero after the friend of Saint Francis. Ordained in 1737, and taught philosophy and theology at the Lullian University.

In 1749, Serra was sent to the missionary territories of the west of North America. A mosquito bite he received early in his trip to the New World left one leg swollen; this and his asthma made walking a painful process for the rest of his life. In 1768 he took over missions in the Mexican provinces of Lower and Upper California, missions the Jesuits were forced to abandon by order of King Charles III. A tireless worker, Serra was largely responsible for the foundation and spread of the Church on the West Coast of the United States. Founded twenty-one missions, converted thousands of Native Americans, and trained many of them in European methods of agriculture, cattle husbandry, and crafts. Dedicated religious and missionary, penitent and austere in all areas of his life.

Blessed Junipero Serra is the namesake of the Serra Club, an international Catholic organization dedicated to the promotion of vocations, and the support of seminarians and religious novices. Many of his letters and other writings have survived, and the diary of his travels to the west was published in the early 20th century.

Born

24 November 1713 at Petra, Spanish Majorca as Miguel Jose Serra

Died

• 28 August 1784 of tuberculosis at Mission San Carlos, California of natural causes

• buried at Carmel, Monterey, California

Canonized

• 23 September 2015 by Pope Francis

• canonization recognition celeberated at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, presided by Pope Francis

Blessed Antonio Rosmini-Serbati

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Educated at home, and then three years at the University of Padua, Italy. Ordained on 21 April 1821 at Chioggia, Italy. Received his Doctorate of Canon Law and Theology in 1822. Began work in Rome, Italy in 1823, studying philosphy for the next three years, especially the works of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He taught that the human mind is endowed with an innate cognition, the single conception of ideal being, a mental form, a condition of knowledge and the light of reason. Founded the Institute of Charity (Rosminians) and the Rosminian Sisters of Providence in 1828, which by 1835 were conducting missions in Italy and England; the congregation is devoted to education and charity. His ontology and natural theology and his Trattato della Coscienza of 1839 were severely criticized; forty of his propositions were eventually condemned by the Congregation of the Inquisition in 1887. Appointed by Blessed Pope Pius IX as one of the consultors to deliberate on the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Born

24 March 1797 in Rovereto, Austrian Tyrol (modern Trent, Italy)

Died

• 1 July 1855 in Stresa, Viterbo, Italy of natural causes

• interred in the Church of the Santissimo Crocifisso built by him in Stresa

Beatified

18 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Works

• Cinque piaghe della chiesa (1848)

• Costituzione secondo la giustizia sociale (1848)

• Dell' Educazione Cristiana

• Maxims of Christian Perfection

• Nuovo saggio sull' origine delle idee (Origin of Ideas)

• Trattato della coscienza morale (1839)

Blessed Assunta Marchetti

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One of eleven children. Nun. Co-founder the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) whose 800 sisters continue their work today in 26 countries.

Born

15 August 1871 at Lombrici di Camaiore, Lucca, Italy

Died

1 July 1948 in São Paulo, Brazil

Beatified

• 25 October 2014 by Pope Francis

• her beatification miracle involved the rapid, instantaneous, and permanent healing of Heraclides Teixeira Filho of "ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrest during the myocardial revascularization, dissection of cornary dx, cardio-surgical intervention of the myocardial revascularization in emergency conditions" in January 1994 at the Hospital Mãe de Deus in Porto Alegre, Brazil

• beatification recognition celebrated in São Paulo, Brazil, celebrated by by Cardinal Angelo Amato and Cardinal Odilo Scherer

Blessed Thomas Maxfield

Also known as

Thomas Macclesfield

Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Son of Ursula and William Macclesfield; his father was later charged with hiding and supporting priests, one of which was Thomas's brother, Father Humphrey. Thomas studied at the English College in Douai, France; ordained in 1614. In 1615 he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. He was soon arrested for the crime of being a priest. After eight months he tried to escape, but was caught and moved to Newgate prison; there he ministered to other prisoners and brought some to the faith. Went to trial on 26 June 1616 for the crime of priesthood, was found guilty, and sentenced to death. A group of Catholic Spaniards acted as an honour guard as Father Thomas was being led to execution; they were abused by the populace. Martyr.

Born

The Mere, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 1 July 1616 in Tyburn, London, England

• many relics enshrined in Downside Abbey near Bath, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Montfort Scott

Also known as

Montford

Additional Memorial

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Seminarian at Douai College in France beginning in 1574. As a sub-deacon he returned to England in 1575, was arrested, interrogated by civil and ecclesiastical authorities, and then released. Scott returned to Douai on 22 May 1577, was ordained in Brussels, Belgium, and then returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. He worked in Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Captured at York in 1584 for the crime of priesthood, and then imprisoned in London for seven years. A gentleman named Baker paid a ransom or bribe (records vary) to have Father Scott released, but he was immediately re-arrested. He finally went to trial for the crime of priesthood, was condemned and sentenced to death. Martyr.

Born

c.1550 in Suffolk, England

Died

2 July 1591 in Fleet Street, London, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Nicasius of Jerusalem

Also known as

• Nicasius Burgio

• Nicasius Camuto de Burgio

• Nicasius de Burgo

• Nicasius of Sicily

• Nicasius the Martyr

• Nicasio, Nicaise

Profile

Soldier. Member of the Knights Hospitaller. Crusader. Fought in the defense of Acre. Captured by Saracens. They ordered him to renounce Christianity and convert to Islam; he refused. Martyr.

Born

c.1135 in Sicily, Italy

Died

beheaded 1187 at Acre, Palestine

Patronage

• against scrofula

• Caccamo, Italy (declared on 31 May 1625)

Canonized

• an altar dedicated to him is known to have existed in 1305 in the church of Saint Peter, Trapani, Italy

• on 17 October 1609 Cardinal Doria Giannettino ordered a feast of obligation in Caccomo, Italy in honour of San Nicasio

Blessed George Beesley

Also known as

George Bisley

Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Ordained at the English College, Rheims, France on 14 March 1587. Returned to England on 1 November 1588 to minister to covert Catholics during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I. Imprisoned in late 1590 for the crime of being a priest, he was repeatedly tortured to get the names of other Catholics. His body and health were broken, but he told his captors nothing. Martyred.

Born

c.1562 at The Hill, Goosnargh parish, Lancaster, England

Died

2 July 1591 in Fleet Street, London, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Huailu Zhang

Also known as

Hoai-Lou Tchang

Profile

Layman catechumen against the wishes of his family; he became taking classes at the local mission in 1900 at age 57. He could not read, and had a terrible time trying to remember the prayers, but his belief was strong. When the Boxer Rebellion began, local criminals began an extortion scheme; for a fee the gang would not report Christians to the anti-Christian rebels. Huailu paid, but the Boxers came to the village anyway, captured him, and executed him for his faith. Martyr.

Born

c.1843 in Zhuketian, Hengshui, Hebei, China

Died

beheaded on 9 July 1900 in Zhuketian, Hengshui, Hebei, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Jan Nepomucen Chrzan

Also known as

prisoner 28097

Additional Memorial

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

Profile

Raised in a family with seven children. Graduated in 1906 at the Royal Grammar School in Ostrow, Poland. Studied at the seminaries in Poznan and Gniezno, Poland. Ordained on 30 January 1910 in the archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland. Arrested by the Nazis on 6 October 1941 as part of the sweep of priests following the invasion of Poland. Martyr.

Born

25 April 1885 in Gostyczyna, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died

• 1 July 1942 at the concentration camp in Dachau, Bavaria, Germany of general abuse

• body burned

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland

Blessed Luis Obdulio Navarro

Profile

Born to a pious family, Luis was drawn to religious living from an early age. Layman member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Worked as a driver for the Los Amates city government. While driving Blessed Tullio Maruzzo home from a Cursillo meeting in Los Amates, they were both murdered by anti–Catholic guerrillas. Martyr.

Born

21 June 1950 in Quiriguá, Los Amates, Izabal, Guatemala

Died

1 July 1981 in Quiriguá, Los Amates, Izabal, Guatemala

Beatified

• 27 October 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in Morales, Izabal, Guatemala, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Saint Fleuret of Estaing

Also known as

Fleuret of Auvergne

Profile

Bishop of Auvergne, France. Travelling home from a synod in Rome, Italy, Fleuret made a stopover at the village of Estaing (modern Aveyron), France, c.621, Fleuret spoke about Christianity and performed healing miracles on a blind man and a lame man. The locals were immediately interested in Christianty, Fleuret stayed, and brought the entire village to the faith over the course of a couple of weeks. Fleuret never left the village as he caught some illness during his two weeks there and died.

Died

c.621 in Estaing (modern Aveyron), France of natural causes

Patronage

Estaing (modern Aveyron), France

Esther the Queen

Profile

Queen of Persia and wife of Assuerus, who is identified with Xerxes (485-465 B.C.). She was a daughter of Abihail of the tribe of Benjamin, her Jewish name being Edissa. She had been adopted by her father's brother, Mardochai, and her beauty caused Assuerus to choose her as his queen instead of his divorced wife Vasthi. In this position she was able to protect her people against the plots of Aman, a royal favorite, the feast of Purim being observed by the Jews in commemoration of their delivery.

Name Meaning

Hebrew: star, happiness

Blessed Tullio Maruzzo

Also known as

Marcello Maruzzo

Profile

Born with a twin brother named Lucio. Member of the Order of Friars Minor, making his profession on 15 July 1951. He and his brother Lucio were ordained priests on 21 June 1953. Missionary to Guatemala in 1960 where he fought for the rights of the poor against the wealthy land owners. Murdered by anti–Christian guerrillas. Martyr.

Born

23 July 1929 in Lapio di Arcugnano, Vicenza, Italy as Marcello Maruzzo

Died

shot in the evening of 1 July 1981 on the road near Los Amates, Guatemala

Beatified

• 27 October 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in Morales, Izabal, Guatemala, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Saint Gall of Clermont

Also known as

Gal

Profile

Born to the Gallic nobility; relative of Saint Vettius Apagatus. Uncle and teacher of Saint Gregory of Tours. He refused an arranged marriage to the daughter of an imperial senator, and withdrew to the monastery at Cournon near Auvergne, France. Monk. Deacon under Saint Quinctian. Represented Quinctian at the court of King Theirry. Bishop of Clermont, France in 527. Known as a miracle worker, and as a man so meek and humble that those who sought to attack him were often converted by his gentleness.

Born

c.489 at Clermont, Auvergne (in modern France)

Died

c.554 of natural causes

Saint Eparchius of Perigord

Also known as

• Eparchius of Angouleme

• Cybar, Cybard, Eparchio, Eparcus, Eparque, Separchius, Ybar, Ybard

Profile

Born to the nobility, the son and heir of the Duke of Perigord, France. He became a hermit, moving into a sealed up cell at Angouleme (Cybor), France in 542. His reputation for holiness attracted so many would-be students that Eparchius left his cell, was ordained, founded a monastery for the students, and served as its abbot. Priest and noted preacher.

Born

504 in Perigord, France

Died

• 581 of natural causes

• relics destroyed by the Huguenots in the 16th century

Patronage

diocese of Angouleme, France

Blessed Pierre-Yrieix Labrouhe de Laborderie

Also known as

• Peter Aredio Labrouhe de Laborderie

• Pietro Aredio Labrouhe de Laborderie

Profile

Priest in the diocese of Limoges, France. Canon of Auvergne, France. Martyred in the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.

Born

24 May 1756 in Saint-Yrieix, Haute-Vienne, France

Died

1 July 1794 of sickness and mistreatment aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Atilano Cruz Alvarado

Additional Memorial

21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution

Profile

Priest in the archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico at a time when ordination was a crime in Mexico. He ministered to covert Catholics, administering the sacraments in secret and hiding from the authorities. Martyred in the Mexican Revolution.

Born

5 October 1901 in Ahuetita de Abajo, Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico

Died

shot at dawn on 1 July 1928 in Las Cruces, Cuquío, Jalisco, Mexico

Canonized

21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil

Also known as

• Léonard

• Giovan Battista Duverneuil

• John Baptist Duverneuil

Profile

Priest. Member of the Discalced Carmelites. Martyred in the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.

Born

c.1737 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France

Died

1 July 1794 of sickness and mistreatment aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Aaron the Patriarch

Profile

Great-grandson of Levi, son of Jacob, brother of Moses. Spokesman to Pharoah for Moses. One of the leaders of the people Israel in the desert. Caused the casting of the golden calf which the Israelites worshiped in the wilderness (Exodus 32). The rod of Aaron blossomed as a sign that he had been chosen by God to be first high priest of the Old Law. Not allowed to enter the Promised Land.

Died

on Mount Hor

Saint Calais of Anisola

Also known as

Carilefus, Calevisus

Profile

Grew up at the Menat monastery in Riom, France. Friend of Saint Avitus of Perche. Ordained at Saint-Mesmin de Micy Abbey near Orleans, France. Hermit in the Maine-et-Loire region of France. His reputation for holiness attracted so many would-be students that he founded the Benedictine Anisola Abbey for them on land donated by King Childebert I; Carilefus served as its first abbot, and the town of Saint-Calais, France that grew up around the abbey is named for him.

Born

Auvergne, France

Died

536 of natural causes

Saint Justino Orona Madrigal

Additional Memorial

21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution

Profile

Priest in the archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico. Founded the Hermanas Clarisas del Sagrado Corazón. Martyred in the Mexican Revolution.

Born

14 April 1877 in Cuyucapán, Atoyac, Jalisco, Mexico

Died

1 July 1928 in Las Cruces, Cuquío, Jalisco, Mexico

Canonized

21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Domitian of Lerins

Also known as

Domitian of Bebron

Profile

Orphaned young, when he was old enough he gave away all his possessions to the poor and became a monk in Rome, Italy. He emigrated to Gaul and became a monk at Lerins Abbey. Built an oratory dedicated to Saint Christopher in the neighborhood of Lyons, France, and lived there as a hermit. Founded the monastery of Bebron, a house that was later better known as Saint Rambert de Joux, and served as its abbot.

Born

c.347 in Rome, Italy

Died

440 at the Saint Rambert de Joux Abbey of natural causes

Blessed Elisabeth de Vans

Also known as

Elisabeth de Wans

Profile

With her husband's consent, Elisabeth lived her first year of an arranged marriage in seclusion in order to discern her true vocation. Realizing a call to religious life, the couple separated and Elisabeth joined the Cistercians at the monastery of Saint Desiderius in Champagne, France. Served as abbess of the house for three years. Nun at the Aywiers monastery in Aquiria (in modern Belgium). Known for a dedication to the crucified Christ.

Died

1250 of natural causes

Saint Veep

Also known as

Gwenagwy, Vape, Vapey, Veepe, Veeps, Veepu, Veepus, Veepy, Vepa, Vepe, Vepus, Weep, Wenep, Wennapu, Wepe, Wimp, Wymp

Profile

Born a princess, the daughter of the chieftain Caw; sister of Saint Samson of York, and related to Saint Gwenyth of Cornwall. Driven south by non-Christian Picts, she settled in Cornwall, England. The parish of Saint Veep is named for her.

Born

6th century in northern England

Died

6th century in Cornwall, England

Patronage

Saint Veep, Cornwall, England

Saint Golvinus of Leon

Also known as

Golvein, Golven, Golveneus, Golveno, Golvenus, Golwen, Goulchan, Goulchen, Goulven, Vulvinus

Profile

Bishop of Saint Pol-de-Leon, Brittany, France.

Born

in England

Died

at Rennes, France

Saint Theodoric of Mont d'Or

Also known as

Thierri, Thierry

Profile

Priest. Spiritual student of Saint Remigius of Rheims. Founded the abbey at Mont d'Or, France, and served as the house's first abbot. Noted evangelist. A healer, he miraculously cured King Theodoric of an eye disease.

Died

533 of natural causes

Saint Servan of Culross

Also known as

• Apostle of West Fife

• Sair, Serbán, Serf, Servanus

Profile

Bishop, possibly being consecrated by Saint Palladius. Missionary to the Scots.

Born

c.500 in Ireland

Died

c.583

Patronage

Orkney Islands

Saint Leonorious of Brittany

Also known as

Leonorius, Lunaire

Profile

Born a prince, Son of King Hoel I and Saint Koupaïa. Bishop, consecrated by Saint Dubricius of Wales. Founded the monastery of Pontual in Brittany (in modern France).

Born

Wales

Died

c.570

Saint Arnulf of Mainz

Also known as

Arnold von Selenhofen

Profile

Studied in Paris, France. Chamberlain to the archbishop of Mainz, Germany. archbishop of Mainz, Germany in 1153. Martyr.

Died

martyred in 1160 at the cloister of Saint Jacob, Mainz, Germany

Saint Carilephus

Also known as

Carileff, Calais, Carileffo, Carilefus

Profile

Monk. Friend of Saint Avitus. Founded a monastery in the region of western France then known as Le Maine, and served as its abbot.

Born

French

Died

c.541 of natural causes

Saint Cuimmein of Nendrum

Also known as

• Cuimmein of Mahee Island

• Cuimmein of Aendruim

• Cummine of...

Profile

Bishop of Aendruim, Ireland (modern Mahee Island, Strangford Lough, Down).

Died

c.658

Saint Theobald of Vicenza

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility, in the family of the counts of Campania. Hermit. Known for his personal holiness and as a miracle worker.

Died

Vicenza, Italy

Canonized

by Pope Alexander III

Saint Juthware

Also known as

Aude Wyry, Aed, Iutwara, Juthwara

Profile

Sister of Saint Sidwell. Virgin-martyr. Many legends have grown up around her, but this is all we really know.

Born

England

Died

7th century

Saint Leontius of Autun

Also known as

Léonce

Profile

Fifth century bishop of Autun (Augustodunum), Gaul (in modern France).

Died

c.430 in Autun, France of natural causes

Saint Secundinus of Sinuessa

Profile

Bishop in Sinuessa, Campania, Italy, a town since destroyed by earthquake. Martyr.

Died

305 in Sinuessa, Campania, Italy

Saint Nectarius of Vienne

Also known as

Nectaire, Nectario, Nettario

Profile

13th bishop of Vienne, France, serving from c.441 to c.449.

Died

c.449

Saint Castus of Sinuessa

Profile

Bishop in Sinuessa, Campania, Italy, a town since destroyed by earthquake. Martyr.

Died

305 in Sinuessa, Campania, Italy

Saint Aaron of Caerleon

Profile

Worked with Saint Julius of Caerleon. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

martyred in 303 in Wales

Saint Concordius of Toledo

Also known as

Concordio

Profile

8th-century archbishop of Toledo, Spain.

Died

c.745

Saint Julius of Caerleon

Profile

Martyred with several companions.

Died

martyred c.305 at Caerleon, Monmouthshire, England

Saint Eutychius of Umbria

Also known as

Eutizio, Euticio

Profile

Martyr.

Died

4th century Umbria, Italy

Saint Martin of Vienne

Profile

Sent by Pope Saint Alexander I as missionary to Vienne, France. Served as its third bishop.

Saint Cewydd

Profile

Known to have lived in Anglesey, Wales.

Born

Welsh

Died

6th century

Saint Gwenyth of Cornwall

Profile

Sister of Saint Samson of York. Nun.

Martyrs of Rome

Profile

Six Christians who were martyred together. No details have survived except their names – Esicius, Antonius, Processus, Marina, Serenus and Victor

Died

in Rome, Italy, date unknown

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 30

 St. Airick

Feastday: June 30

Death: 12th Century

Hermit and companion of St. Godric. Airick was a noted recluse in England. St. Godric is recorded as being his friend and deathbed companion.

St. Vincent Yen

Feastday: June 30

Death: 1773

Dominican Vietnamese martyr. A native of Vietnam, he entered the Dominicans in 1808 and worked as a missionary in the country. Seized in the anti-Christian persecutions throughout Vietnam, he was beheaded after spending six years in hiding. Pope John Paul II canonized him in 1988.

Saint Donatus of Münstereifel

Also known as

Donato

Additional Memorials

• 2nd Sunday in May (Euskirchen, Germany during which a fair is held)

• 2nd Sunday in July (archdiocese of Cologne, Germany during which a pilgrimage to his relics is held)

• 7 August (Balaton wine region in Hungary during which his intercession is asked for the wine harvest)

Profile

Son of Faustus, a non-Christian, and Flaminia, a Christian; his father was saved from a severe illness by the intercession of Saint> Gervasius, and Donatus grew up in the faith. When he was 17, he became a soldier, rose through the ranks, and in his mid-20’s he was a captain in the 12th imperial Roman legion. Around the year 166, his unit was fighting Germanic tribes along the Danube river. The Romans got surrounded and cut off from supplies, including water, for days. The pagan Romans pleaded with their gods for relief, but nothing happened. Donatus finally got all the Christian soldiers together (due to persecutions of Christians, they did not call attention to themselves) and prayed, and a storm blew in; the Romans captured all the water they needed, lightning struck the German camp, and the legion chased the tribes back across the river. However, being exposed as a Christian led to Donatus being executed. Martyr.

Later legand says that in thanks for the life-saving rain, Donatus promised to lead a single life devoted to God. For his victory against the Germans, Donatus was promoted to colonel in the personal guard of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. To solidfy his devotion to the emperor by family ties, Donatus was ordered to marry the emperor’s grand-daughter Alexandria. He refused because of his vow, and when he explained why, he was identified as a Christian and executed.

Born

c.140 of Rome, Italy

Died

• c.180 • buried by his mother in the Saint Agnes catacomb outside Rome

• relics re-discovered in 1646 by the Jesuit Balthasar Ballonus

• relics given to the Jesuit College church in Bad Münstereifel, Germany in 1649

• during the ceremony to enshrine the relics, on 30 June 1652, a pouring rain ended as soon as the procession of the relics began

• at the end of the Mass in which the relics were enshrined in the church of Saint Martin, lightning struck the church, lamps and candles fell, and the priest‘s vestments were set on fire at the altar; the priest called out for Saint Donatus to intercede; the fire was immediately extinguished and the priest was unharmed

• some relics in the church of Saint Michael in Weywertz, Belgium

• some relics in the abbey church in Neumünster, Luxembourg

• some relics in the church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Loosbroek, Netherlands

• some relics in the church of Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Donatus in Reek, Netherlands

• some relics in the church of Saint Anthony the Padua in Vragender, Netherlands

• some relics in the church of Saint Severinus in Hapert, Netherlands

Blessed Raymond Lull

அருளாளர் ரேமொன் லல் 

(Blessed Ramon Llull)

எழுத்தாளர், கவிஞர், இறையியலாளர், மறைபொருள், கணித அறிஞர், தர்க்கவியலார், மறைசாட்சி:

(Writer, Poet, Theologian, Mystic, Mathematician, Logician, Martyr)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1232 

பலோர்மா (தற்போது பல்மா), மஜோர்கா அரசு

(City of Mallorca (now Palma), Kingdom of Majorca, now Spain)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 1315-1316

மெடிடெர்ரனியன் கடல் (மஜோர்கா தீவுக்கு கப்பலில் பயணிக்கையில்)

(Mediterranean Sea (aboard a ship bound for Majorca))

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1847

திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius IX)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூன் 30

அருளாளர் ரேமொன் லல் தத்துவயியலாளரும், தர்க்கவியலாளரும், பிரான்சிஸ்கன் மூன்றாம் நிலை துறவியும், “மேஜர்காகன்” (Majorcan writer) எழுத்தாளருமாவார். “கேடலான்” (Catalan) இலக்கியத்தின் முக்கிய பணிகளையாற்றிய பெருமையும் இவரையே சாரும். கணிப்பு கோட்பாட்டின் முன்னோடியாகவும் இவர் கருதப்படுகிறார், குறிப்பாக “லீப்னிஸில்” (Leibniz) அவரது செல்வாக்கை வழங்கினார். மூன்றாம் நிலை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையினர் (Third Order of St. Francis) இவரை மறைசாட்சியாக கௌரவிக்கின்றனர்.

ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:

ரேமொன் ல்லல் அப்போது புதிதாக ஆரம்பித்திருந்த “மஜார்கா” அரசின் (Kingdom of Majorca) தலைநகரான “பல்மாவில்” (Palma) பணக்கார குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் வடகிழக்கு பிராந்தியமான அன்றைய “அராகன்” (Aragon ) நாட்டின் அரசனான “முதலாம் ஜேம்ஸால்” (James I of Aragon) சமீபத்தில் ஆக்கிரமித்து வெற்றிகொண்ட “பலேரிக்” தீவுகளின் (Balearic Isalnds) பிராந்தியமான மஜார்காவை தமது “அராகன்” அரசின் ஆட்சியின்கீழ் (Crown of Aragon) கொண்டுவந்தான். ரெமொனின் பெற்றோர் “கேடலோனியா” (Catalonia) பிரதேசத்திலிருந்து வந்தவர்கள் ஆவர்.

இவர், கி.பி. 1257ம் ஆண்டு “ப்ளாங்கா பிகானி” (Blanca Picany) என்ற பெண்ணை திருமணம் செய்தார். இவர்களுக்கு “டொமேநீ மற்றும் மகதலினா” (Domènec and Magdalena) ஆகிய இரண்டு குழந்தைகளும் பிறந்தனர். அவர் ஒரு குடும்பத்தை உருவாக்கினார் என்றாலும் தாம் வாழ்ந்த வாழ்க்கை துன்பகரமான மற்றும் வீணான ஒரு நாடோடிக் கவிஞரின் வாழ்க்கை என்று பின்னாளில் அவரே வர்ணித்தார்.

ரேமொன் “அராகன்” அரசனான “இரண்டாம் ஜேம்ஸின்” (James II of Aragon) பிரத்தியேக ஆசானாக பணியாற்றினார். பின்னர், அரச குடும்பத்தின் நிர்வாகத் தலைவராகவும் ஆனார்.

மாற்றம்:

கி.பி. 1263ம் ஆண்டு, இவருக்கு “கிறிஸ்துவின் வெளிப்பாடுகள்” (Epiphany) தொடர் திருக்காட்சியாக காணக் கிடைத்தன. அவர் கண்ட தொடர் திருக்காட்சிகள், கடவுளின் சேவையில் ஒரு வாழ்க்கையைத் தொடர அவரது குடும்பம், நிலை மற்றும் உடமைகளை விட்டு விலகிச் செல்வதற்கு வழிவகுத்தது. குறிப்பாக, அவர் மூன்று நோக்கங்களை உணர்ந்தார்:

1. முஸ்லிம்களை கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மனம் மாற்றும் இறைவனின் சேவையில் தாம் மரிக்க வேண்டும்.

2. வெளிநாட்டு மொழிகளுக்கு கற்பிக்கும் மத நிறுவனங்களை தோற்றுவிக்க வேண்டும்.

3. மன மாற்றம் செய்யப்படவேண்டிய ஒருவரின் ஆட்சேபனைகளை எவ்வாரெல்லாம் சமாளிக்கலாம் என்பனவற்றை ஒரு புத்தகமாக எழுதவேண்டும்.

தனிமை மற்றும் ஆரம்பப் பணியின் ஒன்பதாண்டுகள் :

இறைவனின் திருவெளிப்பாடுகளைத் தொடர்ந்து, புனிதர் அசிசியின் ஃபிரான்ஸிசின் (Saint Francis of Assisi) அகத்தூண்டுதலால், இவர் மூன்றாம் நிலை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் உறுப்பினர் (Member of the Third Order of Saint Francis) ஆனார். சிறியதோர் திருயாத்திரை சென்று மஜார்கா திரும்பிய அவர், ஒரு முஸ்லிம் அடிமையை வாங்கினார். அவர் மூலம் அரபு மொழியை கற்க தொடங்கினார். அடுத்த ஒன்பது ஆண்டுகள், கி.பி. 1274ம் ஆண்டு வரை, அவர் படிப்பதிலும், தனிமை சம்பந்தமான ஆழ்ந்த சிந்தனையிலும் கழித்தார். கிரிஸ்தவ மற்றும் இஸ்லாமிய இறையியல் மற்றும் தத்துவ சிந்தனைகளை பரவலாக லத்தீன் மற்றும் அரபி மொழிகளில் படித்தார். முஸ்லிம்களை கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மனம் மாற்றுவதற்காக அரபு மற்றும் இன்னபிற ஐரோப்பிய மொழிகளையும் கற்றார். அத்துடன் பிறரையும் கற்க வலியுறுத்தினார். திருத்தந்தையரையும் அரசர்களையும் இளவரசர்களையும் சந்திக்கவும், எதிர்கால மறைப் பணியாளர்களுக்கான விசேஷ கல்லூரிகளை நிறுவுவதற்காகவும் ஐரோப்பா முழுதும் பயணம் செய்தார்.

கி.பி. 1285ம் ஆண்டு அவர் தமது முதல் பணியை வடக்கு ஆபிரிக்காவில் தொடங்கினார். ஆனால் அவர் “துனிஸ்” (Tunis) நகரிலிருந்து வெளியேற்றப்பட்டார். 1304ல் இரண்டாம் முறையாக துனிஸ் பயணித்த இவர், துனிஸ் அரசருக்கு பல கடிதங்களை எழுதினர்.

கி.பி. 1314ம் ஆண்டு, தமது 82ம் வயதில் ரெமோன் வட ஆபிரிக்க பயணமானார். அங்கே, கோபமுற்ற இஸ்லாமிய கூட்டமொன்று, “பௌகி” (Bougie ) நகரில் இவரை கல்லால் அடித்தது. ஜெனோஸ் வியாபாரிகள் அவரை மீட்டு “மல்லோர்கா’விற்கு” (Mallorca) அழைத்துச் சென்றனர். ஒரு வருடத்தின் பிறகு, அங்கே “பல்மா’விலுள்ள” (Palma) இல்லத்தில் மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Doctor Illuminatus

• Ramon Llull

• Ramon Lull

• Ramon Lullus

• Raymond Lullus

• Raymond Lully

Profile

Seneschal, courtier and troubador at the court of King James of Aragon from about 1246. Married Blanca Picany in 1257. In 1263 he received a vision of Christ crucified, and was converted on the spot.

Franciscan tertiary. Friend of Raymond of Penyafort Worked to convert Muslims in the Iberian peninsula, and then in north Africa. He tried to interest the Vatican and assorted European royal courts in this work, travelling throughout Italy, France, England and Germany in search of support, but received little help. He learned Arabic, founded a school for Arabic study on Majorca in 1276, and encouraged the study of Arab language and culture. Travelled three times to Tunis to preach to the Muslims, but was forcibly deported.

Raymond wrote over 300 works in Latin, Arabic and Catalan on theology, logic, philosophy; wrote fiction and poetry. Known as a alchemist, he had no training in occult arts, and invented his own Christian-based concepts to explain alchemical mysteries. Reputed to have solved the "lead-into-gold" mystery; legend says he worked on it to finance missionary work. He had a small but devoted band of followers known as Lullists who continued their work after his death, though some of them drifted away from the Church in search of alchemical knowledge. His work in this area has been the source of controversy for centuries, and non-Christian occult groups have seen him as a "master" or whatever term they use.

Born

c.1234 at Palma, Majorca, Spain

Died

• some writers indicate he was martyred by stoning in Tunis c.1315, but there is no evidence for it

• some writers indicate that he died in Bougie, Algeria in 1325

• may have died of natural causes during the return ocean voyage from Tunis

• buried at the church of San Francisco, Palma, Majorca, Spain

Beatified

• 25 February 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

• 1847 by Pope Pius IX

Blessed Gennaro Maria Sarnelli

Also known as

Januarius Maria Sarnelli

Profile

Son of the Baron of Ciorani. Civil and canon lawyer at age 20. Friend of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. While working with terminally ill patients, Gennaro felt a call to the priesthood, and in 1728 he gave up the law and entered the seminary. Ordained on 8 June 1732, he gave away all his personal property and wealth to the poor. He dedicated himself to helping and catechizing children that today we would call "at risk" of entering lives of crime, and of working to help young women out of lives as prostitutes; this last work led to many threats against him and his family from criminal elements who made money on the sex trade. Member of the Congregation of Apostolical Missions. Joined the Redemptorists in 1733. In 1736 he was sent to Naples, Italy where he worked to support the missioner work of the Redemptorists and spent his spare time ministering to the sick, the elderly, prisoners and young boys forced into labour at the docks. Wrote more than 30 books of a number of pastoral, social and theological topics, and left many more unfinished.

Born

12 September 1702 in the castle of Duke Zapata, Naples, Italy

Died

• 30 June 1744 in Naples, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the parish of Santa Maria dell'Aiuto in Naples

• re-interred at the Redemptorist Church of Ciorani in Salerno, Italy

Beatified

12 May 1996 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovskyi

Also known as

Basil

Memorial

27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Profile

Son of catechists Volodymyr and Anne Theodorowych Velychkovsky. Greek Catholic. Entered the seminary in Lviv, Ukraine in 1920. Ordained on 9 October 1925. Teacher and missionary in the Volyn region of Ukraine. Prior of the monastery at Ternopil, Ukraine in 1942. Arrested for his faith at Ternopil in 1945, condemned to death, and sent to Kiev, Ukraine where his sentence was changed to ten years in a forced labour camp. There he ministered to other prisoners.

His sentence served, he returned to Lviv in 1955. Bishop of the "clandestine" Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Archbishop in 1963. Arrested again for his faith, and for listening to Vatican Radio, in 1969. Sentenced to three years in the camps, where, between torture sessions, he ministered to other prisoners. When his health failed, he was released. Travelled to Rome, Italy and then to Winnipeg, Canada. Confessor of the faith.

Born

1 June 1903 in Stanislaviv, Ukraine

Died

• 30 June 1973 at Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada of natural causes

• buried in Winnepeg

• relics now enshrined in Saint Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Winnipeg

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Blessed Philip Powel

Also known as

• Philip Morgan

• Philip Powell

• Philip Prosser

Profile

Son of Roger and Catherine Powel. Studied law in London, England. Seminarian in Douai, France. Joined the Benedictines at the monastery now known as Downside Abbey in Bath, England. Ordained in Douai in 1618. Returned to England in 1622 to minister to covert and oppressed Catholics. He worked in the area of Leighland, Somersetshire, sometimes using the aliases of Morgan or Prosser to avoid priest hunters, from 1624 until the Civil War broke out in 1645 when he removed to Devonshire. Served six months as chaplain to Catholic soldiers in Cornwall. While sailing to South Wales, his ship was captured on 22 February 1646. Father Philip was recognized and arrested for the crime of being a priest. Imprisoned in London in harsh conditions, he developed pleurisy. On 9 June 1646 he was tried and condemned for being a priest. Martyr.

Born

2 February 1594 in Tralon, Brecknockshire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 30 June 1646 at Tyburn, London, England

• buried in the old churchyard at Moorfields, London

• some relics, including a crucifix he owned at his death, are enshrined at Downside Abbey, Bath, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Basilides of Alexandria

Also known as

Basilide

Profile

Pagan Roman soldier. Guard to the prefect of Egypt. Defended Saint Potomiana from the mob as she was being led to her martyrdom. She appeared to Basilides in visions each of three nights after her martyrdom, claiming to be praying for him and his conversion. He converted and was martyred for his new faith.

Died

beheaded c.205 in Alexandria, Egypt

Patronage

Italian prison guards

Saint Otto of Bamberg

Also known as

• Apostle of Pomerania

• Father of Monks

• Otho of Bamberg

Profile

Born to the Swabian nobility. Priest. Part of the household of Duke Ladislas of Poland. Entered the service of Emperor Henry IV in 1090. Chancellor in 1101. When Henry broke with Rome over the dispute of the investiture of bishops by Rome as opposed to local authorities, Otto was stuck in the middle - loyal to his emperor in matters of state, loyal to his pope in matters of spirit. Henry appointed him bishop, but Otto refused, claiming that only the true pope has such power. Henry agreed, and they journeyed to Rome where Otto was made Bishop of Bamberg. Established religious foundations, built churches, founded over 20 monasteries, and worked to heal the schism caused by Henry's break with Rome. Preacher. Evangelized in Poland, converting 20,000 pagans.

Born

1060 in Swabia (part of modern Germany)

Died

30 June 1139 in Pomerania (part of modern Poland)

Canonized

1189 by Pope Clement III

Patronage

• against hydrophobia or rabies

• against mad dogs

• archdiocese of Bamberg, Germany

Representation

bishop with a dog

First Martyrs of Rome

 ரோம் திருச்சபையின் முதல் மறைசாட்சிகள் 

(The First Martyrs of Rome)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூன் 30

மறைசாட்சி அல்லது இரத்தசாட்சி என்னும் சொல், இயேசு கிறிஸ்து மீது கொண்ட நம்பிக்கைக்காக, துன்புறுத்திக் கொல்லப்பட்ட கிறிஸ்தவர்களைக் குறிக்கிறது. மேலும் எந்த ஒரு சமய (மறை) நம்பிக்கைக்காக இறந்த ஒரு நபரைக் குறிக்கும் சொல்லாகவும் இதைப் பயன்படுத்தலாம்.

பொதுவாக ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட நம்பிக்கைக்காக அல்லது கொள்கைக்காக உயிர் தியாகம் செய்தவரை குறிக்கும் சொல்லாக விளங்கும் (Martyr) என்ற ஆங்கிலப் பதத்தின் தமிழ் வார்த்தை தியாகி என்பதாகும்.

சொல் பிறப்பு:

மறை என்பது சமயத்தைக் குறிக்கிறது. அதைச் சார்ந்து தோன்றும் மறைசாட்சி என்னும் சொல், சமய நம்பிக்கைக்கு சாட்சியாக உயிரைக் கையளித்தவர் என்ற பொருளில் உருவானது.

இரத்தசாட்சி என்னும் வார்த்தை, தங்கள் நம்பிக்கைக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி உயிர் நீத்தவர்கள் என்ற பொருளைத் தரும். பலர் நெருப்பில் எரிக்கப்பட்டும், நீரில் மூழ்கடிக்கப்பட்டும், எண்ணெய் கொப்பரையில் போட்டு பொரிக்கப்பட்டும் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளனர் என்பதால், இச்சொல்லைப் பொதுவானதாக பயன்படுத்த முடியாது.

கிறிஸ்தவத்தில்:

கிறிஸ்தவ சமயம் தோன்றிய கி.பி. முதல் நூற்றாண்டு முதல் நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கம் வரை கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் ரோமப் பேரரசில் அதிகமான துன்புறுத்தல்களுக்கு ஆளாக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டனர். அதன் பின்னரும், உலகின் பல்வேறு இடங்களில் நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்க சென்ற கிறிஸ்தவர்களும், பிற சமய அடிப்படைவாத குழுக்கள் நடுவே வாழும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களும் மறைசாட்சியாக இறக்கும் சம்பவங்கள் இந்நாள் வரை தொடர்ந்து கொண்டுதான் இருக்கின்றன.

சிலுவையில் அறைதல், கல்லால் எறிதல், எண்ணெயில் பொரித்தல், தலையை வெட்டுதல், உயிரோடு தோலுரித்தல், நெருப்பில் எரித்தல், குளிர்ந்த நீரில் உறைய வைத்தல், ஈட்டியால் குத்துதல், கொடிய மிருகங்களுக்கு இரையாக்குதல், நீரில் அமிழ்த்துதல், நஞ்சு கொடுத்தல், துப்பாக்கியால் சுடுதல் போன்ற பல்வேறு முறைகளில் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மறைசாட்சியாக கொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.

கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபையின் மறைசாட்சியாக இறந்தவர் திருத்தொண்டர் ஸ்தேவான் ஆவார். ஸ்தேவான் அருளும் வல்லமையும் நிறைந்தவராய் மக்களிடையே பெரும் அருஞ்செயல்களையும் அரும் அடையாளங்களையும் செய்து வந்தார். இதனால் யூதர்கள் உள்ளம் கொதித்தெழுந்து, நகரத்திற்கு வெளியே இழுத்துக் கொண்டு போய் அவர்மேல் கல்லெறிந்தார்கள். அவர் முழந்தாள்படியிட்டு உரத்த குரலில், "ஆண்டவரே, இந்தப் பாவத்தை இவர்கள் மேல் சுமத்தாதேயும்" என்று சொல்லி உயிர்விட்டார்.

கிறிஸ்துவுக்காக மறைசாட்சியாக உயிர் துறந்த முதல் திருத்தூதர், யோவானின் சகோதரரான யாக்கோபு ஆவார். அவர் வாளால் வெட்டப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார். மேலும், திருத்தூதர் யோவானைத் தவிர மற்ற திருத்தூதர்கள் அனைவரும் மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டே உயிர் துறந்தனர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

கி.பி. 64ம் ஆண்டில் ரோம் நகரில் நிகழ்ந்த பெரும் தீ விபத்தின் அழிவுக்குப்பின், மாமன்னன் நீரோ (Nero) முதன்முறையாக திருச்சபையை வாட்டி வதைத்தபோது, மெய்யடியார்கள் பலரும் மிகக் கொடிய வேதனைகளுக்கு ஆளாகி கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள். 

ஏற்பட்ட தீ விபத்தானது, 6 நாள் பகலும், 7 நாள் இரவும் அதற்கு மேலும் கொழுந்து விட்டெரிந்தது. அப்போது மன்னன் நீரோ வெகுளித்தனமாக உடைகள் அணிந்துகொண்டு, ஒரு கோபுர உச்சிக்கு சென்று தீப்பிழம்புகளை கண்டு களித்தான். அவன் வெகுளித்தனமாக இவ்வாறு கண்டுகளித்ததை பார்த்த பலரும், நீரோவே தீயை வளர்க்க ஆணை பிறப்பித்திருப்பானோ என்று ஐயமுற்றனர். 

எப்படியும் தீயை அணைக்க அவன் எந்தக் கட்டளையும் பிறப்பிக்கவில்லை. இதனால் நீரோவே தீ தொடர்ந்து தீ எரிய வழிவகுத்திருக்கலாம் என்ற ஐயம் வலுப்பட்டது. 

இதையறிந்த நீரோ மன்னன், கிறிஸ்தவர்களே இதற்கு காரணம் என்று திசை திருப்பிவிட்டான். 

டாசிட்டஸ் (Tacitus) என்ற வரலாற்று ஆசிரியர், அப்போது இந்த குற்றச்சாட்டை யாரும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளவில்லை என்று குறிப்பிடுகின்றார். இருப்பினும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை ஒன்றாக சேர்க்க ஆணையிட்டான். தனது பெரிய நந்தவனத்திலேயே அவர்களை கூட்டிக் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மீது தார் எண்ணெய் ஊற்றி அவர்களை ஓர் இரவு முழுவதும் சுட்டெரித்தான். இதனை கண்ட மக்கள் ஆத்திரமும், பயமும் கொண்டு வெளியேறினார்கள்.

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Christians who were blamed by the Roman Emperor Nero with setting fire to Rome, Italy, and were sentenced to death as punishment. They were all disciples of the Apostles. The total number of these murders is known only to God.

Died

martyred in 64 in a variety of ways, the gorier the better from Nero's point of view; some were covered with the skins of animals and thrown to wild dogs to be torn apart; others were crucified and at sunset were covered in oil and used as human torches

Saint Ostianus

Also known as

Ostian, Ostiane, Ostiano, Hostien

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A relative of King Sigismund of Burgundy and Saint Venantius of Viviers. Ostianus gave away all his possessions, was ordained a priest and evangelized the area of the dioceses of Viviers and Puy in 6th century France, working with Saint Venantius. Known for healing miracles, including returning eyesight to the blind. Late in life he settled as a hermit near Viviers.

Died

• relics enshrined by Bishop Bernoin in the mid-9th century

• in 1711 the city council of Viviers requested that the relics be processed from the church of San Martin di Couspiè through the city to end a drought

• relics rediscovered in a stone sarcophagus in 1869

• some relics transferred to the cathedral of Viviers, France on 19 August 1880

• some relics enshrined in the Saint-Ostian chapel in the church of Saint Martin di Couspiè

Patronage

• Viviers, France

• for rain (in Viviers)

Saint Vihn Son Ðo Yen

Also known as

Vincent, Vincenzo

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Born to a Christian family. Ordained in 1798 by Blessed Ignatius Delgado in the vicariate apostolic on Eastern Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). He was imprisoned in a government persecution of Christians in 1799, but friends ransomed him out. Joined the Dominicans on 22 July 1808 in Manila, Philippines. He was a man noted for his personal piety and forgiveness. Parish priest in Ke Sat, Vietnam; the parishioners were required to destroyed their church in the 1832 persecutions of Emperor Minh Mang. Father Vincent was arrested in February 1838 as the persecutions escalated.

Born

c.1764 in Trà Lu, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 30 June 1838 in Hai Duong, Vietnam

• buried under the floor of the destroyed church of Tho Ninh, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Zenon Kovalyk

Also known as

Zenone, Zynovii, Zynovij

Profile

Greek Catholic. Redemptorist, making his vows on 28 August 1926. Studied philosophy and theology in Belgium. Ordained in Ukraine on 4 September 1937. Worked in Volyn. Arrested for his faith on 20 December 1940, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, during Mass while giving a homily, and imprisoned in a converted Brigittine convent. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe.

Born

18 August 1903 at Ivakhiv, Ternopil's'ka oblast', Ukraine

Died

crucified against a wall by Communists in June 1941 at Bryhidky prison, Zamarstynivska Street, Lviv, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Saint Adolphus of Osnabrück

Also known as

• Adolphus of Tecklenburg

• Almoner of the Poor

• Adolf, Adolfo, Adolph

Additional Memorial

11 February (Cistercian martyrology)

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Count of Tecklenburg, Westphalia. Priest. Canon of Cologne, Germany, a position he resigned to become a monk at the Cistercian monastery at Camp on the Rhein. Bishop of Osnabruck, Germany in 1216. Noted for his personal piety and his extensive charity work for the poor.

Born

1185 at Westphalia, Germany

Died

• 30 June 1224 of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Osnabruck, Germany in 1651

Canonized

1625 (cultus confirmation)

Saint Theobald

Also known as

Teobaldo, Theobaldus, Thibaud, Thibaut, Thibault

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Born to the French nobility. Lead to great sanctity by reading the lives of the saints. Pilgrim to several holy sites including Santiage de Compostella, Spain and Rome, Italy. Hermit at Sussy in the Trier. Leader of a group of hermits near Venice, Italy, so many that the local ordained him so he could minister the sacraments to them. Camaldolese monk. Miracle worker.

Born

1017 at Provins, Brie, France

Died

30 June 1066 in Sossano, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

1073 by Pope Alexander II

Saint Lucina of the Callistus Catacombs

Also known as

Lucina of Rome

Profile

Wealthy convert, brought to the faith by the Apostles. She financially supported the early missionaries, visited Christians imprisoned for their faith, and gave proper burial to martyrs. Likely a martyr herself.

Died

• Rome, Italy

• interred in the San Callistus Catacombs of Rome

• some relics transferred to Massa Lubrense, Italy in 1621

• some relics transferred to the parish of San Stefano in Rosate, Italy in 1933

• some relics transferred to the church of Santa Lucina, Cortereggio, San Giorgio Canavese, Italy

Patronage

Cortereggio, Italy

Saint Bertrand of Le Mans

Also known as

Bertichramnus, Bertram, Bertran, Berti-Chramnus

Profile

Educated and ordained in Paris, France by Saint Germanus of Paris. Worked at the cathedral school at Paris, and served as archdeacon of the city. Bishop of Le Mans, France in 587. Noted for his generosity, personally and from his position, to the poor. Founded a monastery, hospice, and church in his diocese. Known for his farming skills, excellent vineyards, and quality wine. Forced to take sides in factional disputes of the day, he was repeatedly driven into exile. Re-instated permanently to his diocese by King Clotaire II in 605.

Born

c.553 at Autun, France

Died

30 June 623 of natural causes

Saint Martial of Limoges

Also known as

Marcial

Profile

Missionary bishop who was sent with Saint Denis of Paris to evangelize Gaul (modern France), and who settled on Limoges as his see city. Spiritual teacher of Saint Valeria and Saint Aurelian of Limoges. Worked with Saint Alpinian of Limoges and Saint Austriclinian of Limoges.

Legends arose in the Middle Ages that described him as a friend of Jesus, and a worker of extravagant miracles, who was dispatched to Gaul by Saint Peter the Apostle. Good story, but about two centuries off the mark.

Patronage

Limoges, France

Saint Peter the Farmer

Also known as

Peter of Asti

Profile

Legend says that Peter was an 11th century farmer from Castagnole Monferrato, Italy who miraculously dug a spring to supply a convent built in a place with no water. He founded a hospital next to the church of Saint Mary which later became the church of San Pietro in his hounour.

Died

relics enshrined in the church of San Pietro in Consavia, Borgo San Pietro, Asti, Italy

Blessed Arnulf of Villers

Also known as

• Arnulf Cornibout

• Arnulph, Arnulphus, Arnoul

Profile

After a wasted youth, at age 22 he had a conversion and became a Cistercian lay brother at Villers, Belgium. There he became known for the his ascetic life and charity, his prayer life, and desire to make up for his past. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Born

c.1180 in Brussels, Belgium.

Died

Friday 30 June 1228 of natural causes

Saint Raimundus Li Quanzhen

Also known as

Rimen

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Married layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.

Born

c.1841 in Chentuncun, Jiaohe, Hebei, China

Died

beaten to death on 30 June 1900 in Chentuncun, Jiaohe, Hebei, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Petrus Li Quanhui

Also known as

Baiduo

Profile

Married layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.

Born

c.1837 in Chentuncun, Jiaohe, Hebei, China

Died

beaten to death on 30 June 1900 in Chentuncun, Jiaohe, Hebei, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Lucina of Rome

Profile

Imperial Roman matron in the reign of emperor Nero. Convert, brought to the faith by the work of the Apostles in Rome. She gave of her fortune to support the work of the Apostles, visited Christians imprisoned for their faith, and gave Christian burial to martyrs, including Saint Processus and Saint Martinian.

Died

• c.70

• relics believed to be hers enshrined in the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, Italy

Blessed Jacob Clou

Also known as

Jacques

Profile

Premonstratensian monk. Canon of the Saint Nicholas monastery in Veurne, Belgium. Cured of a fever by participating in a Passion procession; returning to his house, he built a way of the cross in gratitude. In 1637, with the helped of local Capuchin monks, he started a procession tradition that continues to today.

Born

c.1600 in the Netherlands

Died

30 June 1648

Blessed Ambrose de Feis

Also known as

Ambrogio

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Born to a wealthy family in the Italian nobility. Cistercian monk, joining at the Charterhouse of Chiusa Pesio, Italy; he was known for his devotion to the strict monastic life. Prosecutor of the Cistercians.

Born

in Bene Vagienna, Cuneo, Italy

Died

30 June 1540 in Chiusa Pesio, Cuneo, Italy

Blessed Anthony de Tremoulières

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Mercedarian friar. Commander of the convent of Santa Maria in Tolosa, Spain. Provincial of the Mercedarians in France. Chosen Master General of the Mercedarians on 6 November 1575. Known for his piety, and as a miracle worker.

Died

August 1577 in the convent of Toulouse, France of natural causes

Saint Clotsindis of Marchiennes

Also known as

Clotsend, Clotsendis

Profile

Daughter of Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant and Saint Richrudis of Marchiennes. Benedictine nun at the convent of Marchiennes under the spiritual direction of her mother. Abbess of the house.

Born

c.635

Died

714

Saint Erentrude

புனித எரன்ரூடிஸ் (ஏழாம் நூற்றாண்டு)

இவர் ஜெர்மனியில் உள்ள வோம்ஸ் நகரில் பிறந்தவர். இவருடைய நெருங்கிய உறவினர்தான்  ஆஸ்திரியாவில் உள்ள சால்ஸ்பார்கில் ஆயராக இருந்த புனித ரூபர்ட்.

ஆயருடைய அழைப்பின் பேரில் எரன்ரூடிஸ் தன் இளம் வயதிலேயே சால்ஸ்பர்க் நகருக்குச் சென்று, அங்கிருந்து துறவற மடத்தின் தலைவியானார்.

இவர் தனது துறவுமடத்தில் இருந்த மற்ற அருள் சகோதரிகளுக்குத் தன்னுடைய எடுத்துக்காட்டான வாழ்வால் வழிகாட்டினார். மட்டுமில்லாமல், இவர் நோயாளர்களைச் சந்தித்ததன் வழியாகவும், வயது முதிர்ந்தவர்களோடு தன்னுடைய நேரத்தைச் செலவழித்ததன் வழியாகவும் அவர்களோடு தன்னுடைய உடனிருப்பைக்  காட்டினார்.

இவர் தனது வழிகாட்டியாயான ஆயர் ரூபர்ட்டிற்கு முன்பாகவே இறந்து விட வேண்டும் என நினைத்தார்; ஆனால் ஆயர் இவருக்கு முன்பாக இறந்தார். அவர் இறந்த ஒருசில மாதங்களில் இவர் இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Erentrudis, Ermentrude

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Relative of Saint Rupert of Salzburg worked with him as a missionary. Benedictine nun. First abbess at Nonnberg convent, Salzburg, a house founded by Rupert.

Died

c.718 of natural causes

Blessed Elisabeth Heimburg

Also known as

Elisabeth Hainburg

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13th-century Dominican nun in Diessenhofen am Rhein, Thurgau, Switzerland.

Died

c.1310

Saint Austriclinian of Limoges

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Priest in the diocese of Limoges, France. Worked with Saint Martial of Limoges.

Died

c.250

Saint Eurgain

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Sixth century Welsh princess, the daughter of chieftain Caradog of Glamorgan, Wales. Founded the convent of Cor-Eurgain in Wales, a house later known as Llanwit.

Saint Alrick the Hermit

Also known as

Airick

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Eleventh century hermit in northern England. Friend of Saint Godric of Finchale.

Saint Alpinian of Limoges

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Priest in the diocese of Limoges, France. Worked with Saint Martial of Limoges.

Died

c.250

Saint Marcian of Pampeluna

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Bishop of Pamplona, Spain. Attended the sixth Council of Toledo in 737.

Died

c.757

Saint Emiliana of Rome

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A virgin-martyr.

Died

martyred in Rome, Italy, date unknown

Saint Gaius

Also known as

Caius, Cursinus

Profile

Priest. Martyr.

Saint Leo the Deacon

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Sub-deacon. Martyr.

Martyrs of Africa

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Seven Christians martyred together. No detail about them have surived but the names – Cursicus, Gelatus, Italica, Leo, Timotheus, Zoilus, and Zoticus.

Died

unknown location in Africa, date unknown