St. Lomer
Feastday: January 5
Death: 593
Hermit founder of Corbion Monastery, near Chartres, France, sometimes called Laudomarius. He lived to be more-than one hundred.
Saint John Nepomucene Neumann
புனிதர் ஜான் நியூமன்
ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா மாகாண ஆயர்:
(Bishop of Philadelphia)
பிறப்பு : மார்ச் 28, 1811
ப்ராச்சடிட்ஸ், போமியா அரசு, ஆஸ்டிரியன் பேரரசு
(Prachatitz, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire)
இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 5, 1860 (வயது 48)
ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா, பென்ஸில்வானியா, ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள்
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள் மற்றும் செக் குடியரசு)
(Roman Catholic Church)
(United States and the Czech Republic)
அருளாளர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 13, 1963
திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுல்
(Pope Paul VI)
புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூன் 19, 1977
திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுல்
(Pope Paul VI)
முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:
புனிதர் ஜான் நியூமன் தேசிய திருத்தலம், ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா, பென்ஸில்வானியா,
ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள்
(National Shrine of Saint John Neumann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
பாதுகாவல்:
கத்தோலிக்க கல்வி
(Catholic Education)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 5
"ஜான் நெபோமுசீன் நியுமன்" (John Nepomucene Neumann) என்ற இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட புனிதர் ஜான் நியூமன், "போஹேமியா" (Bohemia) நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த கத்தோலிக்க குரு ஆவார். இவர், கி.பி. 1836ம் ஆண்டு, ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகளுக்கு புலம்பெயர்ந்து வந்தார். அங்கே, “மகா பரிசுத்த மீட்பரின் சபையில்” (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) இணைந்த இவர், ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா மாகாணத்தின் நான்காவது ஆயராக கி.பி. 1852ம் ஆண்டு முதல் கி.பி. 1860ம் ஆண்டு வரையான காலகட்டத்தில் பணியாற்றினார். புனிதராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட முதல் அமெரிக்க ஆயர் இவரேயாவார். இவர், ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா மாகாணத்தின் ஆயராக இருந்த காலத்தில்தான் அமெரிக்காவின் முதல் “கத்தோலிக்க ஆயம் கல்வி முறையை” (First Catholic Diocesan School System) நிறுவி அமல்படுத்தினார்.
கி.பி. 1811ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 28ம் நாள், அன்றைய “ஆஸ்டிரிய பேரரசுக்கு” (Austrian Empire) உட்பட்ட “பொஹேமியா” (Kingdom of Bohemia) அரசிலுள்ள "ப்ராச்சடிட்ஸ்" (Prachatice) (இன்றைய செக் குடியரசு (Czech Republic) என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்த ஜான் நியூமன் அவர்களின் தந்தையார் "ஜோஹன் பிலிப் நியூமன்" (Johann Philipp Neumann), ஒரு “காலுறை தயாரிக்கும்” (Stocking knitter) தொழில் செய்தவர் ஆவார். தாயார் "அக்னேஷ் லெபிஸ்ச்" (Agnes Lebisch) ஆவார்.
வானியல் மற்றும் தாவரவியல் ஆகியவற்றிலும் விருப்பம் கொண்டிருந்த இவர், "பிராக்" (Prague) என்னுமிடத்தில் உள்ள "சார்லஸ் பல்கலையில்" (Charles University) இறையியல் பயின்றார். இருபத்துநாலு வயதிலேயே ஆறு மொழிகளில் புலமை பெற்றிருந்தார். கத்தோலிக்க குருவாக குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெறுவதில் ஆர்வம் மிகக் கொண்டிருந்தார். 1835ம் ஆண்டு, தமது படிப்பு முடிந்ததும் இவர் குருத்துவ சேவைக்காக விண்ணப்பித்தார். ஆனால், அச்சமயம் தேவைக்கு அதிகமான குருக்கள் பணியில் இருந்த காரணத்தால், போஹெமியா ஆயர் அப்போதைக்கு புதிதாக குருத்துவம் கொடுப்பதில்லை என்று முடிவு செய்திருந்தார்.
தமது இலட்சியத்தில் ஏமாற்றமடைந்த ஜான், கி.பி. 1836ம் ஆண்டு, குருவாகும் இலக்கை நோக்கி ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகளுக்கு பயணித்தார். நியூ யார்க் நகரை அவர் சேர்கையில், அவரிடம் ஒரே ஒரு டாலர் பணமும் உடுத்த ஒரு ஆடையும் மட்டுமே இருந்தன. கி.பி. 1836ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், நியூ யார்க் நகரின் தற்போதைய "பழைய புனித பேட்ரிக் பேராலயத்தில்" (St. Patrick's Old Cathedral) குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார்.
குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்ற ஜான், அக்காலத்தில் பங்கு ஆலயங்கள் ஏதும் இல்லாத "நயாகரா நீர்வீழ்ச்சி" (Niagara Falls) பிராந்தியத்தில் வசித்து வந்த, ஜெர்மனியிலிருந்து புலம்பெயர்ந்து வந்த மக்களுக்கு சேவை செய்ய பணியமர்த்தப்படார்.
குள்ளமான உருவம் கொண்ட தந்தை நியூமன், தமது சேவைகளுக்காக புறநகர்ப் பகுதிகளுக்கும் கிராமங்களுக்கும் குதிரையில் பயணிக்கும் வழக்கம் கொண்டிருந்தார். கால்கள் கூட சரியாக எட்டாத அளவுக்கு குள்ளமான அவரைப் பார்த்து மக்கள் பரிகசித்து சிரிக்கலானார்கள். ஆயினும் அவர் தமது பணியில் குறியாக இருந்தார். நோயாளிகளை கண்டு செபித்து ஆறுதல் கூறினார். சிறுவர்களுக்கும் பெரியவர்களுக்கும் மறை கல்வி (Catechism) கற்பித்தார். தாம் இல்லாதபோது கற்பிக்கும் பணிக்காக ஆசிரியர்களை பயிற்றுவித்தார்.
பல்வேறு பங்குகளில் பல்வேறு ஆலயங்களின் கீழ் சேவை புரிந்த தந்தை ஜான் நியூமன், கி.பி. 1852ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம், 5ம் நாள், ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா மாகாண ஆயராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அவரது மறைமாவட்டம், மிகவும் விசாலமானதாக இருந்தது. ஜெர்மனி மற்றும் இத்தாலி போன்ற ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளிலிருந்து புலம் பெயர்ந்து வந்த மக்கள் அதிகமாக குடியேறிய பிராந்தியமாக இருந்தது.
ஆயராக தமது சேவை காலத்தில் எந்த சுகமும் அனுபவிக்காத ஜான் நியூமன் அவர்கள், தியாகம் மற்றும் சிக்கனத்தின் முன்னுதாரணமாகத் திகழ்ந்தார்கள். ஒரே ஒரு மாற்று உடையையும் காலணிகளையும் தவிர அவரிடம் வேறு கையிருப்போ சொத்து சுகமோ இல்லாதிருந்தார். கருப்பு - வெள்ளை இன வேறுபாடுகொண்ட மக்களின் சண்டை சச்சரவுகள், கத்தோலிக்கத்துக்கு எதிரான கலவரங்கள், கத்தோலிக்க கட்டிடங்கள் தீ வைப்பு ஆகியன அவரை சோர்வுறச் செய்தன.
அவருடைய காலத்தில் நூற்றுக்கும் அதிகமான ஆலயங்களையும், என்பதுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பள்ளிக்கூடங்கள் மற்றும் கல்வி நிறுவனங்களையும் கட்டி நிர்வகித்தார்.
கி.பி. 1860ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 5ம் தேதியன்று, நற்செய்தி போதனையில் இருந்த வேளையில், ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா தெருவொன்றில் நிலைகுழைந்து வீழ்ந்த ஆயர் ஜான் நியூமன் அவர்கள் நித்திய வாழ்வில் புலம்பெயர்ந்தார்கள்.
Also known as
• Giovanni Nepomuceno Neumann
• Jan Nepomucký Neumann
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Son of Philip, who was German and owned a stocking factory, and Agnes Neumann who was Czech. John was a small and quiet boy with four sisters and a brother, and was named after Saint John Nepomucene. An excellent student, John early felt drawn to religious life. Seminarian at Budweis, Bohemia in 1813, he studied astronomy and botany in addition to theological topics. Studied theology at Charles Ferdinand University at Prague in 1833.
When time came for John's ordination, his bishop was sick; the ordination was never re-scheduled as Bohemia had an over-abundance of priests. John decided to go to America to ask for ordination, and to work with emigres. He walked most of the way to France, then took ship for America.
John arrived unannounced in Manhattan in 1836. Bishop John Dubois was happy to see him as there were 36 priests for the 200,000 Catholics in New York and New Jersey. John was ordained on 28 June 1836, and sent to Buffalo. There the parish priest, Father Pax, gave him the choice of the city of Buffalo or of the rural area; John chose the more difficult country area. He stayed in a small town with an unfinished church, and when it was completed, he moved to a town with a log church. There he built himself a small log cabin, rarely lit a fire, slept little, often lived on bread and water, and walked miles to visit farm after remote farm. John's parishioners were from many lands and tongues, but John knew twelve languages, and worked with them all.
He joined the Redemptorists at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1840, taking his vows at Baltimore, Maryland in 1841, the first Redemptorist to do so in the United States. Home missioner in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Rector of Saint Philomena church in Pittsburgh in 1844. Vice-regent and superior of the Redemptorists in America in 1847. Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1852.
Bishop John built fifty churches and began building a cathedral. He opened almost one hundred schools, and the number of parochial school students in his diocese grew from 500 to 9,000. He wrote newspaper articles, two catechisms, and many works in German. First American man and first American bishop to be canonized.
Born
28 March 1811 at Prachititz, Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Died
• 5 January 1860 of a stroke at 13th and Vine Streets, Philadephia, Pennsylvania
• interred in a glass tomb under the altar at the National Shrine of Saint John Neumann in Philadelphia
Canonized
19 June 1977 by Pope Paul VI
Blessed Marcelina Darowska
Also known as
Marcellina Mary of the Immaculate Conception
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Born to a land-owning Polish family, Marcellina was a pious child with a love of prayer. Though she would have preferred a religious life, she promised her dying father that she would marry and raise a family. Married Karol Darowski in 1849, and sanctified her marriage "by living only in God and for God." Karol died less than 3 years later, leaving her a widowed mother of two. Her son died a year later, and she wrote, "The way of the world was not chosen for me by God's will; the way of the convent was, indeed, my destiny."
She traveled to Rome, Italy in 1854 for reasons of health, and there met Father Hieronim Kajsiewicz, a Resurrectionist who became her spiritual director. Through him she met Josephine Karska, who wished to found a religious community dedicated to the overall formation of women. The result was the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Josephine suffered with typhus for years, and died in 1860, leaving Marcelina as Superior of the new religious family, which numbered no more than four. In 1863 Marcelina moved them to her homeland. At Jazlowiec, Archdiocese of Lviv, Ukraine, she opened her first school for girls. It soon became an important spiritual and cultural center.
Marcelina approached women's education believing that on it depends the re-birth of the family, the foundation of a morally healthy society. She stressed the following to sisters and students: the primacy of God over everything, truth, mutual trust, and unselfishness. She offered help to the poor, working for tuition-free elementary schools at every convent. During her 50 years as Superior she opened seven convents with formation institutes and schools for children.
Born
28 January 1827 at Szulaki, Poland (now in Ukraine) as Marcelina Kotowicz
Died
5 January 1911 at Jazlowiec, Poland (now in Ukraine) of natural causes
Beatified
6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Maria Repetto
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Daughter of a notary, and the oldest of eleven children. It was a pious family - three of her sisters became nuns, one brother a priest. Maria joined the Daughters of Our Lady of Refuge (Brignolines) in Genoa, Italy on 7 May 1829, making her final vows in 1831. Seamstress and embroiderer for many years.
When her eyesight began to fail, she was made portress and gatekeeper of her convent, keeping the world out, and being the face of the convent to those outside. Believing in the good of work, and needing diplomatic skills in her position, Sister Maria developed a deep devotion to Saint Joseph, constantly asking for his prayers, protection and guidance. She distributed small medals and images of Joseph, and could heal by placing the image over the affected area, and praying. Owning nothing herself, she still managed to care for the poor. Maria worked selflessly with the sick during cholera epidemics of 1835 and 1854.
Maria's largesse caused some troubles within her community. The sheer number of people who showed up each day was considered by some of her sisters to be a disruption to their religious lives, and for a while Sister Maria was relieved of her position. She believed it was because she had sinned in some way, and spent most of her time in prayer. Eventually, however, her superiors re-evaluated their decision, and returned Maria to her place at the door.
All her life Maria would un-self-consciously speak to Jesus or the Father as she went about her duties, and toward the end of her life she began to hear answers and see visions of coming home to God.
Born
1 November 1807 at Voltaggio, Italy
Died
• 6 January 1890 at Genoa, Italy of natural causes
• interred in her house's chapel
Beatified
4 October 1981 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Charles of Mount Argus
Also known as
• Charles Houban
• Charles Houben
• Charles of Mount Argus Houben
• Charles of Saint Andrew
• Joannes Andreas Houben
• Karel Houben
• Karel of Mount Argus
• Karel of Saint Andrew
• Karel van Sint Andries Houben
• Karl Houben
• Saint of Mount Argus
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Fourth of eleven children born to Peter Joseph and Elizabeth Jane Houban. Made his first Communion at age 13. Studied at Sittard; he was a slow learner, but a very dedicated student. Enlisted in the military in 1840, and served five years. After the military, Joannes worked briefly in his uncle's mill. He joined the Passionists at Ere, Belgium on 5 November 1845, taking the name Charles of Saint Andrew. Ordained on 21 December 1850. Assigned to England in 1852 where he often worked with Irish immigrants fleeing the Potato Famine. Transferred on 6 July 1857 to a retreat house in an area near Dublin, Ireland called Mount Argus. Except for a brief trip to England in 1866, he spent the rest of his remaining 36 years there. He invigorated the area faithful, and was a noted healer. When word of his holiness spread, carriages came to fetch him to the bed side of the sick, and he daily received mounds of mail with prayer requests. The whole city, including non-Catholics, recognized the holiness of Father Charles, and mourned his passing.
Born
11 December 1821 in Munstergeleen, Limburg, Netherlands as Joannes Andreas Houben
Died
• 5 January 1893 at Mount Argus, Ireland from an infected leg wound received in a carriage accident
• buried at Mount Argus, Dublin, Ireland
Canonized
3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
Saint Genoveva Torres Morales
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Youngest of six children. By the age of eight, both her parents and four of her siblings had died. A child homemaker for her older brother, Genovena grew up a quiet child, accustomed to solitude. She took an interest in spiritual reading around age ten, and early understood that the purpose of all life is to follow God. When she was 13, her left leg became gangrenous and had to be amputated; there was no anesthesia for the operation, it never properly healed, and she was on crutches the rest of her life.
From 1885 to 1894 she lived at the Mercy Home run by the Carmelites of Charity, healing, learning to sew, and deepening her spiritual life. She wanted to join these sisters, but her health was not good enough. In 1894 she moved in with two other lay women who supported themselves and each other, living a poor but prayerful life. The desire to help poor women grew in Genoveva, and in 1911 Canon Barbarrós suggested she start a religious community for just such a mission. Shea established the first community of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Angels (Angélicas) in Valencia, Spain; they would receive papal approval in 1953. It immediately attracted many women, both those needing help, and those wanting to help, and other communities were formed around Spain. Genoveva spent the rest of her life working for these communities, overcoming her physical and health problems, and even tougher, her own desire for quiet solitude.
Born
3 January 1870 in Almenara, Castile, Spain
Died
5 January 1956 in Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes
Canonized
4 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II at Plaza de Colón, Madrid, Spain
Saint Edward the Confessor
Profile
Born a prince, the son of King Ethelred II and Queen Emma; half-brother to King Edmund Ironside and King Hardicanute. When his father was unseated by Danish invasion. Edward and his brother were sent to Denmark to be quietly killed, but the officer in charge took pity on the boys, and sent them to Sweden, and from there they went to the King of Hungary to be raised and educated. Edward's interests were in things religious. When grown, the brothers moved to Normandy and waited their chance to return to England.
In 1035 Edward and Alfred tried to regain the crown of England, but they were turned back, Alfred was killed, and Edward returned to Normandy. He returned to England again in 1042, and was chosen king by acclamation, ascending the throne on 3 April. Edward gained a reputation as just and worthy of the kingship, and the people of England supported him.
During his reign Edward repulsed invasion, helped restore the King of Scotland to his throne, remitted unjust taxes, and was noted for his generosity to the poor and strangers, and for his piety and love of God. He married to satisfy his people, but he and the queen remained chaste. Reported to have the power to heal by touch. Built churches, including Westminster Abbey.
Born
1003 at Islip, Oxford, England
Died
• 5 January 1066 of natural causes • interred at the Abbey of Saint Thomas Becket • body incorrupt
Canonized
1161 by Pope Alexander III
Patronage
• difficult marriages
• English royal family
• kings
• separated spouses
• Sestriere, Italy
Saint Gerlac of Valkenburg
Also known as
• Gerlac von Houthem
• Gerlac of Maastricht
• Gerlach, Gerlache, Gerlacus, Gerlachus, Gerlak
Profile
Born the nobility, he served as a soldier in the imperial German army. Led a wild and licentious life, part as a highwayman, until the death of his wife, after which he experienced a conversion. Did penance the rest of his life, first by caring for the sick in Jerusalem for seven years, then giving away his property, living as a hermit in a hollow tree near his own estate. Each week he travelled to Maastricht to venerate the relics of Saint Gervase, to Aachen, Germany to venerate Our Lady. Much slandered because of his early life and his austerities. Late in life he developed a dispute with some local monks who wanted him to join their monastery. Friend of, and correspondent with Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Had a vision of Saint Gervase on 5 January 1170.
Born
c.1100 at Valkenburg, Netherlands
Died
1172 - 1177 at Houthem, the Netherlands of natural causes
Patronage
• against cattle disease
• against plague
• domestic animals
Saint Deogratias of Carthage
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Priest at Carthage. Bishop of Carthage in 453, the first bishop of the city in 14 years. Initially well-loved by Christians, pagans, and heretics.
During his bishopric he sold everything he could, including the diocesan gold and silver plate, works of art, and equipage of the Mass in order to ransom and house Christians captured and taken to north Africa as slaves by the Vandal king Genseric following the sack of Rome, Italy. He made special attempts to buy and keep together whole families, turned his largest churches, Basilica Fausti and Basilica Novarum, into dormitories and hospitals for the refugees, and when his duties gave him the time, he worked in the sick wards.
Arians in the region eventually turned on him, and he survived several assassination attempts to die in his own bed, exhausted from his work. The Vandals refused to allow another bishop to occupy the see for another 23 years.
Died
• 457 in Carthage (modern Tunis, Tunisia) of natural causes
• buried secretly to avoid destruction of his grave by relic seekers
Saint Syncletica
Also known as
Sincletica
Profile
Wealthy Alexandrian lady who abandoned her riches and lived till age 84 as a hermitess in a tomb. She suffered in her youth with temptations and spiritual desolation; she suffered in her maturity by cancer and consumption.
Patronage
• against bodily ills or sickness
• against loss of parents
• against temptations
• sick people
• single laywomen
Saint Gaudentius of Gniezno
Also known as
Gaudenty, Radim, Radzim Slavnik, Radim Gaudentius
Profile
Born into the Bohemia nobility; younger brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague. Following the massacre of his family by a political rival, Radzim became a monk at the Benedictine abbey of Saint Alessio, Aventine, Rome, Italy. Missionary to Prussia with Adalbert, he escaped the anti-Christian massacre in which Adalbert died. Archbishop of Gniezno in 1000, appointed by Otto III; he led his flock through end-of-the-world rumours that accompanied the new millenium.
Born
c.960 at Castle Libice near Pardubice, Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic as Radzim
Died
• c.1004 in Gniezno, Bohemia (in modern Poland) of natural causes
• relics transferred to the Saint Veit Cathedral in Prague, Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic) in 1039
Blessed Romanus of Athos
Also known as
• Romanus the Neomartyr
• Romanos...
Profile
A pius and illiterate man, following a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands, Romanus sought spiritual direction at the monastery of Saint-Sabas on Mount Athos. He then returned to Thessalonica where he pubicly confessed his Christianity in front of Muslim Turks. Romanus was condemned to serve as a galley slave for this crime, but was later ransomed, regained his freedom, and spent more time in spiritual retreat on Mount Athos, this time at the Kavsokalyvia monastery. Again feeling a call to witness to Muslims, he travelled to Constantinople where he proclaimed his faith to the Muslim Turks. This time his crime led to torture and execution. Martyr. He is especially venerated in the Eastern churches.
Born
17th century Crete or central Greece
Died
thrown into a dry well to starve for 40 days, and then beheaded in 1694 in Constantinople
Pope Saint Telesphorus
Also known as
Telesforo
Profile
Greek, probably from Calabria. Pope. Celebrated Easter on Sunday but maintained fellowship with communities that did not. Started the tradition of Christmas Midnight Mass, and decided that the Gloria should be sung. Some legends say he was a hermit before his election, and that he instituted the tradition of Lent, but these are doubtful. Martyred, possibly due to conversions caused by his preaching.
Papal Ascension
128 to 129
Died
martyred 138 to 139
Blessed Pietro Bonilli
Also known as
Peter Bonilli
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Priest in the diocese of Spoleto, Italy, ordained in 1863. Parish priest in Cannaiola, Trevi, Italy for 34 years. Founded the Suore della Sacra Famiglia (Sisters of the Holy Family) on 13 May 1888 for the care and education of orphans, the deaf, the blind, the homeless and especially needy girls. Canon of the cathedral of Spoleto, Italy in 1898.
Born
15 March 1841 in San Lorendo di Trevi, Perugia, Italy
Died
• 5 January 1935 in Spoleto, Perugia, Italy of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the church of Michael the Archangel in Cannaiola di Trevi, Italy where he had served as parish priest for many years
Beatified
24 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Convoyon of Redon
Also known as
• Convoyon of Brittany
• Conwoion, Convoion, Convoio, Konvoion, Konvoyon, Konwoion
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Archdeacon of Vannes, France. Hermit. Benedictine monk at Glanfeuil, France. Founded Saint Savior monastery near Redon, France in 831, and served as its first abbot. Spiritual teacher of Saint Fidweten. Invading Norseman attacked the monastery and drove him into exile where he spent his later years.
Born
in 788 Saint-Malo, Brittany (in modern France
Died
• 5 January 868 at Saint-Maixent-de-Plélan monastery, Plélan, France of natural causes
• re-interred at Redon Abbey
• relics destroyed during the French Revolution
Beatified
3 May 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)
Saint Emiliana of Rome
Also known as
Aemiliana, Emilian, Emilienne
Profile
Daughter of the senator Gordian and Saint Silvia of Rome. Sister of Saint Trasilla. Paternal aunt of Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Niece of Pope Saint Felix III. Spent so much time kneeling in prayer that her knees and elbows were locked arthritically in the position. She and her sister lived as hermits in their father's house until Thrasilla's death. Visionary who received a visit from her recently deceased sister inviting her to depart this vale of tears; Emiliana died a few days later.
Born
Roman citizen
Died
relics at the Oratory of Saint Andrew on the Celian Hill, Rome, Italy
Patronage
single laywomen
Saints Ambrosius, Lucas, Privatus and Victorinis of Piacenza
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Three monks and their abbot who lived at the San Sabinus monastery in Piacenza, Italy and were noted for their piet.
Saint Domno of Bergamo
Additional Memorial
24 July (finding of relics)
Profile
Brother of Saint Eusebia of Bergamo; grandson of Saint Domnio of Bergamo. Imprisonsed for his faith during the persecutions of Maximian. He was tortured and eventually died by having hot coals dumped on his head; his only response was to praise God. Martyr.
Died
• 307 outside the city of Bergamo, Italy
• buried next to his grandfather Domnio
• the church of Saint Andrew was later built over the site of the graves
Saint Theognia of Mineo
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Daughter of Saint Euprexia of Mineo. She became paralyzed under unknown circumstances.
The relics of Saint Agrappina were brought from Rome, Italy to a cave near the home of Saint Euprexia where exposure to them cured Saint Theognia of her paralysis. In gratitude, Euprexia built a chapel in her home for the relics and had them enshrined there. By the year 312, the church of Saint Agrippina was built on the site of the house.
Died
early 4th century in Mineo, Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy
Saint Phosterios
Also known as
Fosterias, Phosterio, Phosterius
Profile
Sixth-century mountain hermit noted for going into the community to defend orthodox Christianity against the heresies of the day. Later legends added that he lived on a high rock, ate nothing but bread brought to him by an angel, that the angel brought so much that he distributed loaves to the poor who would gather around him to be healed by his prayers, and that so many people came for his blessing and bread that he had to built and led an abbey to accomodate them.
Saint Euprexia of Mineo
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Married lay woman. Mother of Saint Theognia of Mineo. Widow.
The relics of Saint Agrappina were brought from Rome, Italy to a cave near the home of Saint Euprexia where exposure to them cured Saint Theognia of her paralysis. In gratitude, Euprexia built a chapel in her home for the relics and had them enshrined there. By the year 312, the church of Saint Agrippina was built on the site of the house.
Died
early 4th century in Mineo, Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy
Saint Cera of Kilkeary
Also known as
Cail, Ceara, Cera, Cere, Chera, Chier, Ciar Asgadh, Ciar, Ciara, Cior, Cyra, Kaila, Keara, Kera, Kere, Kère, Kiara, Kyaer, Kyear
Profile
Nun. Spiritual student of Saint Fintan Minnu. Abbess of a monastery at Tehelly, Ireland. Founder and abbess of a house near Nenagh, County Tipperary. Ireland. Kilkeary, Ireland is named in her honour.
Born
in Tipperary, Ireland
Died
679 of natural causes
Blessed François Peltier
Additional Memorial
2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou
Profile
Priest of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.
Born
26 April 1728 in Savennières, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died
5 January 1794 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Beatified
19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Blessed Pierre Tessier
Additional Memorial
2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou
Profile
Priest of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.
Born
11 May 1766 in La Trinité-d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died
5 January 1794 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Beatified
19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Blessed Jacques Ledoyen
Additional Memorial
2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou
Profile
Priest of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.
Born
3 April 1760 in Rochefort-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died
5 January 1794 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Beatified
19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Blessed Joan Grau Bullich
Also known as
Father Robert
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Member of the Benedictines (Subiaco Congregation). Priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
14 April 1895 in Coll de Nargó, Lleida, Spain
Died
5 January 1937 in Barcelona, Spain
Beatified
• 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in Tarragona, Spain
Saint Apollinaris Syncletica
Also known as
Dorotheus
Profile
Daughter of an emperor of Rome. Feeling drawn to religious life, she dressed as a man, moved to the desert, called herself Dorotheus, and lived as a hermit. Spiritual student of Saint Macarius of Egypt. Her sex was discovered only at her death. It's possible this is a case of pious fiction being mistaken for history.
Saint Dorotheus the Younger
Also known as
Dorotheus of Khiliokomos
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Monk at Samsun, Turkey on the Black Sea. Following the command of a mysterious stranger, he founded a monastery at Khiliokomoas, and served as its first abbot. Long-suffering spiritual teacher of Saint Dositheus of Gaza.
Born
11th century in Trebizond (modern Trabzon, Turkey)
Blessed Roger of Todi
Also known as
Ruggero, Ruggiero
Profile
Franciscan, receiving the habit from Saint Francis himself in 1236. Spiritual director of Blessed Philippa Mareria's community of Poor Clares at Rieti, Italy.
Died
5 January 1237 at Todi, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
24 April 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Paula of Tuscany
Profile
Placed into the care of the local Camaldolese nuns while she was very young, she remained with the order, student and nun, for the rest of her life. Best known for her work as a peacemaker between the Italian cities of Florence and Pisa.
Born
1318 in Tuscany, Italy
Died
1368 of natural causes
Blessed Dionisio Ammalio
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Mercedarian friar at the convent of Santa Maria di Montebianco in Tarragona, Spain. Sent to Tunis in north Africa where he rescued 130 Christians enslaved by Muslims.
Died
Tarragona, Spain of natural causes
Saint Gregory of Crete
Profile
Grew up a shepherd on the island of Crete. Lived as a prayerful beggar in Jerusalem for 12 years. Became a monk in Rome, Italy. Friend of Saint Michael the Confessor. He accompaned Saint Michael to Constantinople where he spent his remaining days as a monk.
Died
820 in Constantinople in 820
Saint Talida of Antinoë
Also known as
• Talida of Thebes
• Talida of Thebais
• Amata, Amma Talida, Diamant
Profile
Nun. Abbess. Head of a group of convents in Egypt. Lived over 80 years as a nun.
Died
4th century in Egypt of natural causes
Saint Rusticianus of Brescia
Additional Memorial
28 March (discovery of relics)
Profile
Sixth century bishop of Brescia, Italy.
Died
• c.594 of natural causes
• relics interred in the parish church of Saint Zeno in Brescia, Italy
Saint Astolfus of Mainz
Also known as
Astolfo, Haistulf, Uistulfus
Profile
Monk in Wissemburg, Germany. Early 9th century bishop of Mainz, Germany. Ordained Blessed Rabanus Maurus as a priest.
Died
28 January 826 in Mainz, Germany of natural causes
Saint Honulphus of Sens
Also known as
Honulph, Honulpho
Additional Memorial
31 August (discovery of relics)
Profile
Father of Saint Honobertus of Sens. 38th bishop of Sens, France c.755.
Died
c.761 of natural causes
Saint Menas of Sinai
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Monk and abbot of the monastery of Saint Catherine on the Sinai peninsula in the desert of Egypt for 15 years. Saint John Klimakos.
Died
latter 6th-century at monastery of Saint Catherine, Egypt of natural causes
Blessed Alacrinus of Casamari
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Benedictine Cistercian monk. Prior at Casamari, Veroli, Italy. Papal legate to Germany for Pope Innocent III and Pope Honorius III. Bishop.
Died
1216 of natural causes
Saint Honobertus of Sens
Also known as
Aunobertus
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Son of Saint Honulphus of Sens. 37th bishop of Sens, France c.738.
Died
c.755 of natural causes
Saint Theodore of Cagliari
Profile
Martyr.
Died
c.300 in Sardinia, Italy
Saint Theoidus
Profile
Martyr.
Died
trampled to death
Saint Tatiana
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Nun noted for her ascetic life.
Martyrs of Africa
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A group of Christians martyred together in Africa, date unknown, exact location unknown. We know nothing more than their names - Acutus, Anastasia, Candidus, Coelifloria, Felix, Honorius, Januaria, Jucundus, Lucianus, Marcus, Petrus, Secundus, Severus and Telesphorus.
Martyrs of Sais
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A group of Christians martyred for their faith, but about whom no details have survived.
Died
drowned near Sais, Egypt
Martyrs of Upper Egypt
Also known as
Martyrs of Thebaid
Profile
There were many martyrs who suffered in the persecutions of Diocletian in the Thebaid region. Though we know these atrocities occurred, to the point that witnesses claim the torturers and executioners were exhausted by the work, we do not know the names of the saints, and we honour them as a group.
Died
beheaded and burned alive in 303 in Upper Egypt
புனிதர் சிமியோன் ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ்
(St. Simeon Stylites)
வணக்கத்துக்குரிய தந்தை:
(Venerable Father)
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 390
சிஸ், அதனா மாகாணம், துருக்கி
(Sis, Adana Province, Turkey)
இறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 2, 459
கலாத் செமான், பைசான்திய சிரியா (அலெப்போ மற்றும் அந்தியோக் ஆகிய இடங்களுக்கு இடையே)
(Qalaat Semaan, Byzantine Syria (Between Aleppo and Antioch)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
(Oriental Orthodox Church)
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
(Eastern Orthodox Church)
ஆங்கிலிக்கன் திருச்சபை
(Anglican Church)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 5
புனிதர் சிமியோன் ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ், ஒரு சிரிய நாட்டு துறவி ஆவார். இவர், "அலெப்போ" (Aleppo) (நவீன சிரியா - Modern Syria) எனும் இடத்திற்கு அருகிலுள்ள ஒரு தூணின் மேலுள்ள ஒரு சிறிய மேடையில் 37 ஆண்டுகள் வாழ்ந்து புகழ் பெற்றவர் ஆவார். கிரேக்க மொழியில் "ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ்" (Stylites) என்றால் தூண் என்று அர்த்தமாம். இவரது காலத்துக்கு பின்னால் வந்த பல்வேறு துறவியர், இவரை முன்மாதிரியாகக் கொண்டு, தூண்கள் மீது வாழ்வதை வழக்கமாகக் கொண்டிருந்தனராம். இவரைப் போலவே பெயர் கொண்டிருந்த துறவியரான, "இளைய சிமியோன் ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ்" (Simeon Stylites the Younger), "மூன்றாம் சிமியோன் ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ்" (Simeon Stylites III) மற்றும் "லெஸ்போவின் சிமியோன் ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ்" (Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos) ஆகியோரிடமிருந்து இவரை வேறுபடுத்தி காண்பிப்பதற்காக, இவரை "மூத்த சிமியோன் ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ்" (Simeon Stylites the Elder) என்றும் அழைப்பர்.
கால்நடைகளை மேய்க்கும் பணி செய்துவந்த ஒருவரின் மகனான இவர், தற்போதைய துருக்கியின் "அதனா" மாகாணத்திலுள்ள (Adana Province) "சிஸ்" (Sis) எனும் நகரில் பிறந்தார். சிஸ், அக்காலத்திய ரோமப் பிராந்தியமான "சிலிசியாவில்" (Roman province of Cilicia) இருந்தது. கி.பி. 395ம் ஆண்டு, ரோமானியப் பேரரசின் பிரிவினைக்குப் பிறகு, சிலிசியா கிழக்கு ரோம சாம்ராஜ்யத்தின் பாகமாக ஆனது. கிறிஸ்தவம் அங்கே விரைவாக வளர்ந்தது.
"சிர்ஹஸ்" ஆயர் (Bishop of Cyrrhus) "தியோடரேட்" (Theodoret) என்பவரின் கூற்றின்படி, சிமியோன் தமது 13 வயதிலேயே மத்தேயு நற்செய்தியில் மலைப்பிரசங்கத்தில் இயேசுவால் பிரசங்கிக்கப்பட்ட ஒன்பது ஆசீர்வாதங்களைப் (Beatitudes) பற்றி படித்ததன் மூலம், கிறிஸ்தவ சமயத்தில் தமது ஆர்வத்தை வளர்த்துக்கொண்டார். அவர் தமக்கு 16 வயது ஆவதற்கு முன்னரே ஒரு மடாலயத்தில் சேர்ந்தார். சிமியோன் தனது மதத்தில் மிகவும் விசுவாசமுள்ளவராக இருந்தார், அவர் தம் முழு சரீரத்தையும் கடவுளிடம் ஒப்படைத்தார். முதலில், அவர் தம்மை மிகவும் ஒரு தீவிர எளிய வாழ்க்கைக்கு ஒப்புக் கொடுத்திருந்தார். ஆகவே, அவர் எந்தவொரு சமூக வாழ்க்கை முறைக்கும் பொருந்தாதவர் என்று அவரது சகோதரர்களே அவரை தீர்ப்பிட்டு ஒதுக்கி வைத்தனர். அவர்கள் சிமியோனை மடாலயத்திலிருந்து வெளியேறும்படி கேட்டார்கள்.
அவர் ஒன்றரை ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேலாக, ஒரு தனிமைக் குடிசைக்குள் தம்மை மூடிக்கொண்டார். அங்கே அவர், தவக்காலம் முழுதும் உணவு ஏதும் உண்ணாமலும் தண்ணீர் அருந்தாமலும் தவ வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்தார். அவர் குடிசையிலிருந்து வெளியேறியபோது, அவருடைய சாதனை ஒரு அற்புதம் என்று பாராட்டப்பட்டது. பின்னர் அவர் தொடர்ந்து நிற்கத்தொடங்கினார்.
ஒன்றரை வருட குடில் வாழ்க்கையின் பிறகு, "சிமியோன் மலையின்" (Mount Simeon) பாகமான "ஷேக் பராகத் மலையை" (Sheik Barakat Mountain) நாடிச் சென்றார். அவர், 20 மீட்டர் விட்டத்துக்கும் குறைவான குறுகிய இடத்தை வாழத் தெரிவு செய்தார். ஆனால், அவருடைய ஆலோசனைகளையும், பிரார்த்தனைகளையும் வேண்டி, பக்தர் கூட்டம் வர ஆரம்பித்தது. அவர் தமது சொந்த செபத்துக்கு நேரமில்லாமல் போனார். இது இறுதியில் அவரை ஒரு புதிய வழிமுறையை பின்பற்ற வைத்தது.
பிரார்த்தனை மற்றும் ஆலோசனைக்காக அவரிடம் வந்திருந்த அதிக எண்ணிக்கையிலான மக்களிடம் இருந்து விலகிச் செல்வதற்காக, அருகே "தெலனிஸ்ஸா" (Telanissa) (நவீனகால சிரியாவில் தலாடா - modern-day Taladah in Syria) எனும் இடத்திலே, இடிபாடுகளில் இருந்து மீண்ட ஒரு தூணை கண்டுபிடித்தார். மற்றும், அதன் மேலே ஒரு சிறிய மேடையை உருவாக்கினார். அவர், இந்த சிறு மேடையில் தனது வாழ்க்கையை வாழ தீர்மானித்தார். அருகிலுள்ள கிராமத்திலிருந்து வசிக்கும் சிறுவர்கள், தூணில் ஏறி, தட்டையான ரொட்டி மற்றும் ஆட்டுப் பால் ஆகியவற்றைப் போடுவதை வழக்கமாக கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். இதுபோல அவர் தமது தவ, ஜெப வாழ்க்கையை தொடர்ந்தார்.
புகழ் மற்றும் இறுதி ஆண்டுகள்:
சிமியோனைப் பற்றின தகவல்கள் திருச்சபையின் தலைமை குருக்களையும் அரசவையையும் சென்றடைந்தது. பேரரசர் இரண்டாம் தியோடோசியஸ் (Emperor Theodosius II) மற்றும் அவரது மனைவியான "ஏலியா யூடோசியா அகஸ்டா" (Aelia Eudocia Augusta) ஆகியோர் இவருக்கு பெரும் மதிப்பளித்தனர். இவரது ஆலோசனைகளையும் கேட்டனர். சிமியோன் பாரிஸ் நகர புனிதர் ஜெனீவியுடன் (St. Genevieve of Paris) தொடர்புகொண்டிருந்ததாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது. ஒருமுறை, சிமியோன் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டிருந்தபோது, பேரரசர் இரண்டாம் தியோடோசியஸ் மூன்று ஆயர்களை அனுப்பி, அவரை தூணிலிருந்து இறங்கி வந்து மருத்துவர்களின் மருத்துவ சிகிச்சைக்கு அனுமதிக்க வேண்டினார். ஆனால் சிமியோன், தாம் குணமாவதை கடவுளின் கைகளில் விட்டுவிட விரும்பினார். அதுபோல, நீண்ட காலத்திற்கு முன்பே அவர் குணமானார்.
சிமியோன் ஸ்டைலைட்ஸ், தூணின் மீது 37 ஆண்டுகள் வாழ்ந்தார். கி.பி. 459ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், இரண்டாம் நாளன்று, அவர் மரித்தார். குனிந்திருந்து உட்கார்ந்து, ஜெபித்த நிலையிலேயே அவர் மரித்ததாக சீடர் ஒருவர் கண்டதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.
Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite[n 1] (c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo (in modern Syria). Several other stylites later followed his model (the Greek word style means "pillar"). Simeon is venerated as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic Churches. He is known formally as Simeon Stylites the Elder to distinguish him from Simeon Stylites the Younger, Simeon Stylites III, and Symeon Stylites of Lesbos.
Sources
There exist three major early biographies of Simeon. The first of these is by Theodoret, bishop of Cyrrhus, and is found within his work Religious History. This biography was written during Simeon's lifetime, and Theodoret relates several events of which he claims to be an eyewitness. The narrator of a second biography names himself as Antonius, a disciple of Simeon's. This work is of unknown date and provenance. The third is a Syriac source, which dates to 473. This is the longest of the three, and the most effusive in its praise of Simeon; it places Simeon on a par with the Old Testament prophets, and portrays him as a founder of the Christian church. The three sources exhibit signs of independent development; although they each follow the same rough outline, they have hardly any narrative episodes in common.[3]
All three sources have been translated into English by Robert Doran.[4] The Syriac life has also been translated by Frederick Lent.[5]
It is possible that traditional sources for the life of Simeon Stylites misrepresent his relation to Chalcedonian Christianity. Syriac letters in the British Museum attributed to Simeon Stylites indicate that he was a Miaphysite and opposed the result of the Chalcedonian council (Council of Chalcedon AD 451).[6]
Simeon was the son of a shepherd.[7] He was born in Sis, now the Turkish town of Kozan in Adana Province. Sis was in the Roman province of Cilicia. After the division of the Roman Empire in 395 A.D., Cilicia became part of the Eastern Roman Empire. Christianity took hold quickly there.
According to Theodoret, Simeon developed a zeal for Christianity at the age of 13, following a reading of the Beatitudes. He entered a monastery before the age of 16. From the first, he gave himself up to the practice of an austerity so extreme and to all appearance so extravagant, that his brethren judged him to be unsuited to any form of community life.[2] They asked Simeon to leave the monastery.
He shut himself up in a hut for one and a half years, where he passed the whole of Lent without eating or drinking. When he emerged from the hut, his achievement was hailed as a miracle.[8] He later took to standing continually upright so long as his limbs would sustain him.
After one and a half years in his hut, Simeon sought a rocky eminence on the slopes of what is now the Sheik Barakat Mountain, part of Mount Simeon. He chose to live within a narrow space, less than 20 meters in diameter. But crowds of pilgrims invaded the area to seek him out, asking his counsel or his prayers, and leaving him insufficient time for his own devotions. This eventually led him to adopt a new way of life
Born c. 390
Sis, Adana Province, Turkey
Died 2 September 459 (aged 68–69)[1][2]
Qalaat Semaan, Byzantine Syria (between Aleppo and Antioch)
Venerated in Oriental Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Church
Canonized pre-congregation
Feast 1 September (Eastern Orthodox Church)
29 Pashons (Coptic Orthodox Church)
5 January (Western Christianity)
27 July (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Monday after second Sunday of the Exaltation of the Cross (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Attributes Clothed as a monk in monastic habit, shown standing on top of his pillar
