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08 January 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 10

 St. Nicanor


Feastday: January 10


Early martyr and one of the seven deacons of Jerusalem. A resident of Jerusalem, he was chosen by the Apostles to minister to the needs of those requiring assistance in the Holy City. According to tradition, he went to Cyprus where he was put to death during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, although this is now believed unlikely.


Blessed Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon


Also known as

Marie of the Conception




Profile

Born to the French nobility, the daughter of Baron Charles de Trenquelléon and Marie-Ursule de Peyronnencq de Saint-Chamarand, she was related through her mother to Saint Louis IX; she was baptized when only a few hours old. Her father, the baron, fought on the side of King Louis XVI in the French Revolution in 1791, which led to exile for him and his family to England in November 1791, then Spain in 1797, then Portugal in 1798, back to Spain in 1800, and finally a return to France in 1801. Adèle made her First Communion on 6 January 1801 in San Sebastian, Spain, and received Confirmation on 6 February 1803 from the bishop of Agen, France.


In her early teens, Adèle began to feel a call to religious life, and wanted to join the Carmelites, but her mother convinced her to wait till she was grown to make the decision. On 5 August 1803 Adèle and some like-minded friends founded the Little Society, an informal group for spiritual study and support which Adèle encouraged by active correspondence, and which by 1808 had about 60 members, laity and priests. Adèle started visiting the area sick at home, and brought poor children to her home to teach them the faith. Learning of a group founded by Blessed William Joseph Chaminade in Bordeaux, France, the Sodalities of Our Lady, that was similar to the Little Society, Adèle began corresponding with Chaminade. By 1809 the Society had been modified to be more like Chaminade's Sodality.


On 20 November 1808, Adèle rejected an offer of marriage and concluded that she would enter religious life at some point. Family obligations and government edicts, however, delayed her work until 1816. With some guidance by Chaminade, Adèle renounced her inheritance in favour of her brother, Charles, said good-bye to her family, and with some like-minded members of both the Society and Sodality, she moved into a vacant convent in Agen, France and started the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Marianist Sisters). The Sisters combined the contemplative nature of the Carmelites with a mission to teach, Adèle served as their first superior, and the group made their first vows on 25 July 1817.


Adèle became friends with Saint Émilie de Rodat in 1819, and the two corresponded regularly. The Sisters continued to grow, but Adèle's health began to fail. From 1825 on she was restricted to a correspondence ministry, and spent the last months of her life working for the expansion and recognition of the Sisters. The Sisters continue their good work today with about 340 members spread out in Togo, Ivory Coast, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, South Korea, Japan, India, Spain, France and Italy.



Born

10 June 1789 in Castle of Trenquelléon, Feugarolles, Lot-et-Garonne, France


Died

• 10 January 1828 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France of natural causes

• buried at the Marianist Sisters convent in Agen


Beatified

• 10 June 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in Agen, France, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

• her beatification miracle involved a healing through her intercession in the diocese of Novara, Italy


Patronage

Daughters of Mary Immaculate




Blessed María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña


Profile

The fourth of seven children born to Tomas Rodríguez Sopeña, a lawyer, magistrate and administrator, and Nicolasa Ortega Salomon. Eye surgery at age eight left her with limited sight the rest of her life. A debutante at age 17, Maria did not care for the wordly life, and fearing that her parents would stop her, she secretly began working with the sick and poor. This was a time when a lady of her standing in society would never be found in the poor neighborhoods, never working with the poor herself. But Maria's faith gave her endless confidence, and she was motivated by a desire to have "one family in Christ Jesus"



In 1868 when she was 20, Maria's father was transferred to Puerto Rico where he eventually became a state attorney; the rest of the famly moved to Madrid, Spain. There Maria found a spiritual advisor and began catechizing women in prisons, hospitals and Sunday schools. The entire family moved to Puerto Rico in 1872 during a time of schism and religious disruption, and she found a Jesuit priest to be her spiritual director. Maria's poor sight ended an attempt to join the Sisters of Charity, and when she tried to work on her own, the religious upheaval limited her to visiting only the sick in the safety of a military hospital. When the situation settled she founded the Centers of Instruction and the Association of the Sodality of the Virgin Mary who staffed the Centers. There they taught reading, writing and religion, and provided medical help where needed.


Maria's mother died, her father retired, and the family returned to Madrid in 1877. Maria became the matriarch of the family, found a new spiritual advisor, and resumed her work with the poor and sick. Following the death of her father in 1883, she joined a Salesian convent. That lasted ten days; she realized that the cloistered, contemplative life was not for her.


In 1885 Maria opened a center where the poor could bring social problems to be resolved, and which was similar to a modern half-way house, helping prisoners return to society. The terrible conditions of the poor that she witness led to the formation of the organization Works of the Doctrines; due to anti-clerical attitudes in the 20th century, these became known as the Center for the Workers. In 1892 she founded the Association of the Apostolic Laymen (Sopeña Lay Movement), and in 1893 she received government approval to expand her work into eight poor and crowded Madrid neighborhoods.


In 1896 she began working throughout Spain, founding additional Works of the Doctrines. She made a pilgrimage to Rome in 1900, and received approval to form a religious institute to continue the work of the Works and Association. With eight companions and co-workers, she founded the Ladies of Catechistical Institute on 24 September 1901 in Toledo, Spain. She founded the Social and Cultural Work Sopeña (OSCUS) which received government approval in 1902, papal approval in 1907, and is today known as the Sopeña Catechetical Institute. Maria was chosen Superior General of community in 1910, and they expanded into the Americas in 1917. Her legacy continues today in the Sopeña Catechetical Institute, The Sopeña Lay Movement and the Sopeña Social and Cultural Work working in Spain, Italy, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.


Born

30 December 1848 in Velez Rubio, Almería, Spain


Died

10 January 1918 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes


Beatified

23 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Francisca Salesia

சபை நிறுவுனர் பிரான்சிஸ்கா சலேசியா லியோனி அவியட் Franziska Salesia Leonie Aviat

பிறப்பு 

16 செப்டம்பர் 1844, 

சேசான்னே Sezanne, பிரான்சு

இறப்பு 

10 ஜனவரி 1914, 

இத்தாலி

முத்திபேறுபட்டம்: 27 செப்டம்பர் 1992, திருத்தந்தை 2 ஆம் ஜான்பவுல்

இவர் தனது இளம் வயதிலிருந்தே துறவியாக வேண்டுமென்று விருப்பம் கொண்டு வளர்ந்தார். இவர் அதிக திறமை இல்லாதவராக இருந்ததால் இவரைப் போன்ற மற்ற பெண்களால் இழிவாக கருதப்பட்டார். எதையும் செய்ய இயலாதவர் என்று ஒதுக்கப்பட்டார். அனைவராலும் வெறுக்கப்பட்ட இவர், ஆண்டவரின் பார்வையில் உயர்ந்தவராக காணப்பட்டார். இவர் தனது 22 ஆம் வயதில் அருள்தந்தை அலோய்ஸ் ப்ரிசன் Alois Brisson என்பவரை அறிந்து, அவருடன் தன் உறவை வளர்த்து அவரை தன் ஆன்ம குருவாக கொண்டு வாழ்ந்தார். 



இவர் அருள்தந்தை வழங்கிய ஆலோசனையின் பேரில் பல்வேறு விதங்களில் பல ஆன்மீக காரியங்களை திறம்படச் செய்தார். பின்னர் அருள்தந்தை அலோய்சின் உதவியுடன் இத்தாலியில் சாலெசின் புனித பிரான்சு Heiligen Franz von Sales என்ற சபையைத் தொடங்கினார். அதன்பிறகு ஏராளமான முதியோர் இல்லங்களையும் பள்ளிகளையும் உலக அளவிலான பல தொழிற்சாலைகளையும் தொடங்கினார். இவைகள் அனைத்தையும் நிறுவிய ஒரே ஆண்டில் இத்தாலி மற்றும் உலகின் பல பகுதிகளிலும் வெகு விரைவாக பரவியது.

Also known as

• Frances de Sales Aviat

• Francesca Salesia Aviat

• Francisca Salesia Aviat

• Francisca Salesia

• Françoise de Sales

• Fransiska Salesia Aviat

• God's Little Instrument

• Leonia Aviat

• Leonie Aviat

• Léonie Aviat

• Léonie Françoise de Sales Aviat

• Mother Francoise

• Mother Françoise de Sales Aviat



Profile

Daughter of Theodore Aviat, a shopkeeper, and Emilie Caillot. Baptized 17 September 1844; Confirmed on 2 July 1856. Educated at the Visitation School in Troyes, France from age eleven to sixteen. With Father Louis Brisson and Mother Marie Therese de Sales Chappuis, she founded the Sister Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales in Troyes, dedicated to helping young women who poured into the cities during the Industrial Revolution. She took the Salesian Rule for the congregation. She entered religious life on 11 April 1866, took the veil on 30 October 1868, taking the name Sister Frances de Sales, and made her final vows on 11 October 1871. Superior of the Institute in 1872. Opened homes and schools for working class girls. Exiled from France on 11 April 1904 due to religious persecution and anti-religious legislation. She rebuilt her congregation from Perugia, Italy, and the Order was approved by Pope Saint Pius X in 1911.


Born

16 September 1844 at Sezanne, France as Leonia Aviat


Died

10 January 1914 at Perugia, Italy of natural causes


Canonized

• 25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II

• her canonization miracle involved the healing of the paralyzing spinal disease of a 14 year old girl from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania




Blessed Mamerto Esquiú y Medina


Also known as

Mamerto de la Ascensión Esquiú



Profile

The son of Santiago Esquiú and María de las Nieves Medina. Mamerto was early called to religious life, and would wear a brown Franciscan habit as a child. When old enough, he joined the Franciscan Observant Friars Minor, making his profession on 14 July 1842. Ordained a priest on 18 October 1848. At his convent school, he taught basic subjects to small children, philosophy and theology to older ones. Known for his passionate preaching in defense of the Argentinian constitution of 1853 during a period of civil unread. Chosen bishop of Córdoba, Argentina on 27 February 1880 where he served the remaining two years of his life.


Born

11 May 1826 in San José de Piedra Blanca, Catamarca, Argentina


Died

• 3pm on 10 January 1883 in El Suncho, Córdoba, Argentina of natural causes

• interred in the cathedral of Córdoba

• his heart was enshrined in an urn and venerated as a relic at the Franciscan convent in Catamarca, Argentina

• the heart was stolen from the urn on 30 October 1990

• the heart was found abandoned nearby on 7 November 1990; no suspect was identified in the theft

• the heart was stolen from the urn on 20 January 2008 by Gemain Jasani who said that he had thrown it into a trash can several blocks from the convent; he was charged with the theft, but the heart was never recovered


Beatified

• 4 September 2021 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition was celebrated in Catamarca, Argentina, Cardinal Luis Héctor Villalba chief celebrant

• the beatification miracle involved the cure of a case of chronic osteomyelitis in the femur of a small girl after doctors had given up and planned to amputate the limb


Patronage

• bone diseases

• Departamento Fray Mamerto Esquiú, Argentina




Saint Peter Orseolo


Also known as

Peter Urseolus



Profile

Born to a wealthy, noble, and prominent family. Married at age 18 to Felicitas, and the father of one son, Peter, who became the Doge of Venice in 991. Admiral and commander of the Venetian fleet by age 20. Rid the Adriatic Sea of pirates.


Chosen Doge of Venice on 12 August 976, the day after a revolt, the murder of his predecessor, and a fire that destroyed much of the city. Built hospitals and orphanages, started reconstruction of the Cathedral of Saint Mark, and began social programs to help widows, orphans, pilgrims, and the abandoned. He poured much of his own fortune into the effort, and within two years Peter had restored law and order, and rebuilt much of the city. Rightly considered one of Venice's greatest rulers.


In the night of 1 September 978, believing his duty to the world fulfilled, and possibly feeling crushed by it all, Peter secretly left Venice for the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa in the Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain, not even telling his family of his plans. Benedictine monk. While the move was sudden, it was apparently something he'd been considering for over a decade. When his wife learned of his move, she approved; they'd lived chastely since the birth of their son, and she knew of his spiritual yearnings. Spiritual student of Saint Romuald at Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa at whose suggestion he built a hermitage, and retired even further from the world, spending the rest of his life in solitude and prayer.


Born

928 at Rivo alto, Province of Udine, Venice, Italy


Died

• 10 January 987 at Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa Abbey, Pyrenees mountains, France of natural causes

• his tomb became a site for pilgimages and miracles


Canonized

• recognized in 1027 by the bishop of Elne, France

• cultus confirmed by Pope Clement XII in 1731



Saint Paul the Hermit


Also known as

• Paul the First Hermit

• Paul of Thebes

• Paul the Anchorite

• Pavly, Pavlos



Additional Memorial

15 January (Eastern calendar)


Profile

Paul grew up in an upper-class, Christian family. He was well educated, fluent in Greek and Egyptian. His parents died when the boy was 15. When the persecutions of Decius began a few years later, Paul fled into the desert to escape both them, and the machinations of his brother Peter and other family members who wanted his property. He lived as a desert hermit in a cave the remainder of his 113 year life, surviving off fruit and water, wearing leaves or nothing, spending his time in prayer; legend says a raven kept him supplied with bread. Late in life he came to know, and was buried by Saint Anthony the Abbot. His biography was written by Saint Jerome.


Born

c.230 at Lower Thebes, Egypt


Died

• 5 January 342 of natural causes

• grave reported to have been dug by desert lions near his cave who guarded the body

• buried by Saint Anthony the Abbot


Patronage

• basket weavers

• clothing industry

• hermits

• weavers



Saint William of Bourges


Also known as

• Guillaume de Bourges

• William Berruyer

• William de Don Jeon

• William the Confessor


Additional Memorial

8 November as one of the Saints of the Diocese of Evry



Profile

Member of the family of the Counts of Nevers, his father Baldwin planned a military life for William. Educated by his maternal uncle, Peter the Hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, France. Drawn to religious life from an early age, William became a priest, canon of Soissons, and canon of Paris. Monk in the Order of Grandmont, noted for his austerities, his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and for the time spent praying at the altar. Internal dissension in the Order caused him to leave Grandmont for the recently formed Cistercians, taking the habit at Pontigny. Abbot at Fontaine-Jean in Sens, France. Abbot at Chaalis near Senlis, France in 1187.


Reluctant archbishop of Bourges, France in 1200, accepting the position only after receiving orders from the general of his order, and from Pope Innocent III. Lived an even more austere life, defended clerical rights against the state, cared personally for the poor, sick, imprisoned and debauched, and converted many Albigensians in his diocese to orthodox Christianity. Witnesses claim he performed 18 miracles during his life, and another 18 after his death.


Born

12th century in Nevers, France


Died

10 January 1209 at Bourges, France of natural causes while in prayer


Canonized

17 May 1217 by Pope Honorius III



Pope Blessed Gregory X

அருளாளர் பத்தாம் கிரகோரி 


(Blessed Gregory X)

184வது திருத்தந்தை:

(184th Pope)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1210

பியசென்ஸா, தூய ரோம பேரரசு

(Piacenza, Holy Roman Empire)

இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 10, 1276 (வயது 66)

அரேஸ்ஸோ, தூய ரோம பேரரசு

(Arezzo, Holy Roman Empire)

முத்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஜூலை 8, 1713

திருத்தந்தை பதினொன்றாம் கிளமென்ட்

(Pope Clement XI)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 10

பாதுகாவல்:

அரேஸ்ஸோ மறை மாவட்டம், 

ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் மூன்றாம் நிலை

(Diocese of Arezzo, Franciscan Tertiaries)

"டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி" (Teobaldo Visconti) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், பத்தாம் கிரகோரி என்ற பெயரில் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் 184வது திருத்தந்தையாக கி.பி. 1271ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், முதலாம் தேதி முதல், கி.பி. 1276ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், பத்தாம் தேதி - அவரது மரணம் வரை ஆட்சி புரிந்தவர் ஆவார். இவர் "மதச்சார்பற்ற ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின்" (Secular Franciscan Order) உறுப்பினரும் ஆவார். கி.பி. 1268ம் ஆண்டு முதல் கி.பி. 1271ம் ஆண்டு வரை மூன்றாண்டுகள் நடந்த திருத்தந்தைத் தேர்தலுக்குப் பின்னர் இவர் திருத்தந்தையாக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் சரித்திரத்தில், திருத்தந்தை தேர்வுக்காக நடந்த தேர்தல்களில் மிக அதிக காலம் எடுத்துக்கொண்ட தேர்தல் இதுவேயாகும்.

இவர், "லியோன்” எனுமிடத்தில் “இரண்டாம் மகா சபையை" (Second Council of Lyons) கூட்டி புதிய திருத்தந்தைக்கான கட்டுப்பாடுகளை உருவாக்கினார். இக்கட்டுப்பாடுகள் திருத்தந்தையர்கள் “ஐந்தாம் அட்ரியான்” (Pope Adrian V) மற்றும் “இருபத்தொன்றாம் ஜான்” (Pope John XXI) ஆகியோரால் செல்லுபடியாகாததாக ஆக்கப்பட்டிருப்பினும், அவை இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டு வரை அமலில் இருந்தன. பின்னர், அவை திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுலால் (Pope Paul VI) திருத்தி அமைக்கப்பட்டன.

ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:

"டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி" (Teobaldo Visconti) ஏறக்குறைய கி.பி. 1210ம் ஆண்டு, "பியசென்ஸா" என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இவர், "இத்தாலிய உன்னத வம்சாவளி" (House of Visconti) குடும்பமொன்றின் உறுப்பினர் ஆவார். இவர், கி.பி. 1231-1244 ஆண்டுகளில், “ஸிஸ்டேர்ஸியன் கர்தினால்” (Cistercian Cardinal) மற்றும் "பலஸ்ட்ரினா" ஆயராக இருந்த (Bishop of Palestrina) "கியகொமோ டே பெகோராரி" (Giacomo de Pecorari) என்பவருடன் தம்மை இணைத்துக்கொண்டு பணியாற்ற தொடங்கினார் என்று சொல்லப்படுகின்றது.

திருத்தந்தை தேர்தல்:

ரோம் நகரில் அப்போதிருந்த கர்தினால்களின் பிரிவினை மற்றும் ஒற்றுமையின்மை காரணமாக, திருத்தந்தை “நான்காம் கிளமென்ட்” (Pope Clement IV) அவர்கள் மரணத்தின் பிறகு, சுமார் இரண்டு வருடங்களும் ஒன்பது மாதங்களும் அவரது பதவி காலியாக இருந்தது. "விட்டெர்போ" (Viterbo) நகரில் நடந்த "கர்தினால் கல்லூரி" (College of Cardinals) மாநாட்டில், இத்தாலி மற்றும் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாடுகளின் கர்தினால்கள் சரிசமமாக பிரிந்தனர். ஃபிரெஞ்ச் கர்தினால்கள், ஃபிரான்ஸ் (France) நாட்டின் அரசன் “ஒன்பதாம் லூயிஸின்” (King Louis IX) தம்பி “சார்லசின்” (Charles of Anjou) செல்வாக்கினால் தமது நாட்டுக்கே திருத்தந்தை பதவி வேண்டுமென்றனர். சார்லஸ் சதி செய்து, ரோம் நகர அதிகார சபை (Senator of Rome) அங்கத்தினராக வெற்றியும் பெற்றான். முழு இத்தாலிய தீபகற்பத்தினதும் அரசியலில் அடிக்கடி தலையிட்டான்.

கி.பி. 1265ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 23ம் நாள், ரோம் வந்த சார்லஸ், திருத்தந்தை நான்காம் கிளமென்ட்டின் (Pope Clement IV) அனுமதியுடன் தம்மை "சிசிலியின்" அரசனாக (king of Sicily) பிரகடணம் செய்துகொண்டான்.

தேர்தலுக்கான முட்டுக்கட்டைகள் விலகாததால் "விட்டெர்போ" (Viterbo) பிரஜைகள் கர்தினால்களை அங்குள்ள ஆயர் அரண்மனையில் அடைத்து வைத்திருந்தனர். அவர்கள் அங்கேயே சந்திப்புகளை நடத்தினர். இறுதியில் ஆயர் அரண்மனையின் கூரைகள் கிழித்து எறியப்பட்டன. இறுதியில் கர்தினால்கள் ஒரு தேர்வுக் குழுவை ஏற்படுத்தினர். தேர்வுக்குழுவின் முடிவுக்கு அரை மனதுடன் இசைவு தெரிவித்தனர். இதன் காரணமாக, ஃபிரான்ஸ் மற்றும் இத்தாலி ஆகிய இரண்டு நாட்டவர்களையும் ஒதுக்கினர். வெளி நாட்டவரான "டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி" முழு மனதுடன் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். இங்ஙனம், திருத்தந்தை தேர்வு இரண்டு வருடங்களும் ஒன்பது மாதங்களும் இழுக்கடித்தது. தேர்வின் முடிவுகள் "டியபல்டோ விஸ்கன்ட்டி"க்கு முழு ஆச்சரியத்தைத் தந்தது.

தேர்தல் முடிவுகள் வந்த வேளையில் விஸ்கன்ட்டி பாலஸ்தீனத்தில் இங்கிலாந்தில் அரசர் முதலாம் எட்வர்டின் (King Edward I of England) தலைமையில் சிலுவைப் போரில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்தார். உடனடியாக அவர் அதிலிருந்து விலகி செல்ல விரும்பவில்லை. சுமார் ஆறு மாதங்களின் பின்னர் ரோம் நகர் திரும்பினார். விஸ்கன்ட்டி ஒரு அருட்பணியாளர் அல்லாத காரணத்தால், அவர் உடனடியாக கி.பி. 1272ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், பத்தொன்பதாம் நாளன்று, குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார். பின்னர், ஆயராக திருநிலைபடுத்தப்பட்டார். கி.பி. 1272ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 27ம் நாளன்று, புனித பேதுரு பேராலய திருத்தலத்தில் (St. Peter's Basilica) திருத்தந்தையாக ஆட்சிப் பொறுப்பினை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

Also known as

• Teobaldo Visconti

• Theobald Visconti



Profile

Worked for Cardinal Jacopo of Palestrina. Archdeacon of Liege, Belgium. Assigned to preach the last Crusade. Accompanied the Crusaders to Palestine, and was still there when elected Pope; he was elected before being ordained a priest. Ordained on 19 March 1272. 184th pope.


Worked to restore peace between Christian nations and rulers, for the recovery of the Holy Lands from Muslims, and to reform the spiritual lives of clergy and laity. Called the Council of Lyons which briefly reconciled the Orthodox and Latin Churches. Tried to restore peace between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Tuscany and Lombardy, and excommunicated those who worked against the reconciliation. Crowned Rudolf of Habsburg as Holy Roman Emperor and settled the fight over the crown among German princes.


Born

1210 in Piacenza, Italy as Theobald Visconti


Papal Ascension

• elected on 1 September 1271 following the longest election in the history of the Church

• ascended to the throne on 27 March 1272


Died

10 January 1276 at Arezzo, Italy of a fever


Beatified

8 July 1713 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed)



Blessed Anna of the Angels Monteagudo


Also known as

Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo


Profile

Educated at a convent. Over the objection of her family, she became a Dominican nun in 1618; she wore the veil for 68 years. Novice mistress for many years. Prioress at the monastery of San Caterina da Siena.



Born

26 July 1602 in Arequipa, Peru as Anna Monteagudo Ponce de Leon


Died

• 10 January 1686 in Arequipa, Peru of natural causes

• interred at the monastery of Saint Catherine of Siena in Arequipa


Beatified

2 February 1985 by Pope John Paul II in Arequipa, Peru



Pope Saint Agatho


Also known as

Agathon


Profile

Married layman and successful businessman for most of his life. In maturity he finally followed a call to God, and with his wife's blessing, he became a monk at Saint Hermes' monastery in Palermo, Sicily. Vatican treasurer. Pope.



As pontiff, Agatho brought his business skills to the throne, maintaining the accounting records himself. He worked to resolve a dispute between Saint Wilfrid of York and Saint Theodore of Canterbury concerning diocesan boundaries in England; this was the first known occasion of English bishops appealing to Rome for a decision. He condemned the Monothelite heresy, and wrote definitive texts concerning the nature of Christ's will; his writings and authority swayed the Council of Constantinople, and reunited Constantinople with Rome, though he died before the good news reaches him.


Born

in Sicily, possibly at Palermo


Papal Ascension

27 June 678


Died

10 January 681 in Rome, Italy of natural causes


Patronage

Palermo, Sicily, Italy





Saint Marcian of Constantinople


Profile

Member of a Roman family of Constantinople. Related to Emperor Theodosius II. Ordained in 455. He lived such an austere life that he was wrongly accused of the heresy of Novatianism. Treasurer of the great church Hagia Sophia. Appointed Oikonomos, a position second only to the patriarch in authority. Gave away huge sums from his family fortune, but always anonymously so as not to draw attention to himself. Restored several churches. Composed several hymns, and was known as a miracle worker.


One day as he rushed to the consecration of a new church, he encountered a miserable, nearly naked beggar on the street. Marcian gave the man all his clothing, keeping only his chasuble. When he arrived at the church, however, he appeared to be wearing a golden robe under the chasuble; Patriarch Gennadius even rebuked Marcian for dressing so richly. The saint then pulled off the chasuble to show he was naked.


Died

c.480



Saint Thecla of Lentini


Also known as

Tecla, Tekla


Profile

Daughter of Saint Isidore of Lentini; related to Saint Neofyta and Saint Neofytus. Thecla was a consecrated virgin, a form of nun that pre-dates congregations. She worked with the poor in Lentini until an unspecified disease left her paralyzed and bed-ridden for six years; she was healed by the prayers of three holy brothers who were immediately imprisoned. Thecla and her servant Justina bribed the guards to let them visit, feed and minister to the brothers and other prisoners until they were each martyred, and then the two women gave them a Christian burial.


Born

3rd century Lentini, Sicily, Italy


Died

10 January 264 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy of natural causes




Blessed Giles of Laurenzana


Also known as

• Giles di Bello

• Bernardin, Bernardino, Egidio, Egidius



Profile

Raised on a farm at Laurenzana, Naples. Franciscan lay brother. Lived as a hermit in the garden of the Franciscan friary at Laurenzana. Noted for a great love of animals.


Born

1443 in Laurenzana, Italy as Bernardin de Bello


Died

10 January 1518 in Laurenzana, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

27 June 1880 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)


Patronage

Laurenzana, Italy




Saint Domitian of Melitene


Also known as

Dometianus, Dometien


Profile

Married. Noted scholar in literature, philosophy and Biblical studies. Widower. Monk. Bishop of Melitene, Armenia at age 30. Had a special ministry to the poor. Diplomat, sent by the Byzantine emperor to Persia to handle difficult negotiations. Corresponded with Saint Gregory the Great. Spiritual director of the emperor.



Born

c.564


Died

• c.602 in Constantinople of natural causes

• relics transferred to Melitene, Armenia (modern Malatya, Turkey)



Blessed Peter of Zeliv


Profile

Premonstratensian canon, entering the Zeliv monastery in Bohemia. Chosen abbot his house in 1406, he served until his death, 16 years later. When Hussite gangs under Jan Zizka came through the area in December 1421, Peter, his brother monks, and other local Catholics fled ahead of them to the town of Nemecky Broad, Bohemia (modern Havlíckuv Brod, Czech Republic). However, Zizka’s troops sacked of the city, captured the Catholics, and executed them. Martyr.


Born

late 14th century in Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic)


Died

executed on 10 January 1422 in Nemecky, Bohemia (modern Havlíckuv Brod, Czech Republic)



Blessed Fulk of Montdidier


Also known as

Fulco


Profile

Premonstratensian canon. Chosen the second prior of the Saint-Jean monastery in Amiens, France in 1130, he served as the leader of his house for his remaining 26 years; the house was elevated to an abbey in 1135, and Fulk became its abbot. During his leadership, the house attracted so many brothers that they outgrew their structures and they had to add another location outside the city, and it was used by the brothers who sought the quiet.


Born

late 11th century in Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France


Died

1157 of natural causes



Blessed Benincasa of Cava


Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot of La Cava, Salerno, Italy from 1171 to 1194. Helped found a new monastery at Monreale, Sicily, sending a hundred monks to staff it.


Died

• 10 January 1194 of natural causes

• buried in the crypt of La Cava Abbey

• relics to the Chapel of the Fathers at the monastery on 20 October 1675


Beatified

16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed)



Saint Arcontius of Viviers


Also known as

Arconzio, Arconce


Additional Memorial

19 January (diocese of Viviers, France)


Profile

Bishop of Viviers, France. Killed by a mob for defending the rights of the Church in a local matter. Martyr.


Died

• beheaded in 745 in Viviers, France

• interred in the church of San Vincenzo in Viviers

• relics burned by Calvinists in 1568



Saint Dermot of Inis Clothrann


Also known as

• Dermot of Clothrann

• Dermot the Just

• Diarmis, Diarmaid, Diermit


Profile

Abbot. Founder of a monastery on Innis-Closran, Ireland. Noted teacher, writer, and preacher. Spiritual director of Saint Kiernan of Clonracnois. Built seven churches on Quaker Island.


Died

542 of natural causes



Saint Aldo of Carbonari


Profile

Eighth-century hermit charcoal-burner in northern Italy known for his holiness.

Died

• buried in the chapel of Saint Colombano

• relics later transferred to the basilica of San Michele



Blessed Raymond de Fosso


Profile

Mercedarian friar. A redeemer who ransomed Christians who had been enslaved by Muslims in North Africa, working in Algeria and Mauritania.






Saint Thomian of Armagh


Also known as

Thomas, Toiman, Toimen, Tomianus, Thomianus


Profile

Bishop of Armagh, Ireland, from c.623. Involved in the controversy over the proper date for celebrating Easter.


Died

c.660 of natural causes



Saint Saethryth


Also known as

Sethrida, Séthride


Profile

Step-daughter of the king of the Angles. Half-sister of Saint Ethelburga and Saint Ethelfreda. Benedictine nun in a convent in Gaul. Abbess.


Died

660 of natural causes



Saint Petronius of Die


Profile

Son of an imperial Roman senator from the area around modern Avignon, France. Monk at Lerins Abbey. Bishop of Die, France c.456.


Died

463 of natural causes



Saint John of Jerusalem


Profile

Bishop of Jerusalem who worked to maintain orthodox Christian doctrine, and keep peace within the disputing factions within the Church.


Died

417



Saint Maurilius of Cahors


Also known as

Maurille


Profile

Bishop of Cahors, France. Known for knowing the entire Bible by heart.


Died

580



Saint Valerius of Limoges


Also known as

Valerio, Vaulry


Profile

Hermit near Limoges, France.



Saint Florida of Dijon


Profile

Young Christian martyr.


Died

c.180 in Dijon, Burgundy, France



 நிஸ்ஸா நகர் புனிதர் கிரகோரி 

(St. Gregory of Nyssa)

கப்படோசியன் தந்தை/ நிஸ்ஸா மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர்:

(Cappadocian Father/ Bishop of Nyssa)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 335

நியோசேசரே, கப்படோசியா

(Neocaesarea, Cappadocia)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 395

நிஸ்ஸா, கப்படோசியா

(Nyssa, Cappadocia)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodoxy)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

லூதரன் திருச்சபை

(Lutheranism)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 10

நிஸ்ஸா நகர் புனிதர் கிரகோரி (St. Gregory of Nyssa), கி.பி. 372ம் ஆண்டு முதல், 376ம் ஆண்டு வரையும், பின்னர் கி.பி. 378ம் ஆண்டு முதல் அவரைது மரணம் வரை பதவியிலிருந்த “நிஸ்ஸா” ஆயர் (Bishop of Nyssa) ஆவார். இவரும், இவரது மூத்த சகோதரரான புனிதர் “பாசில்” (Basil of Caesarea) மற்றும் புனிதர் “கிரகோரி” (Gregory of Nazianzus) ஆகிய மூவரும் “கப்படோசியன் தந்தையர்” (Cappadocian Fathers) என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டனர்.

தமது மூத்த சகோதரர் “கிரகோரியிடமிருந்த” (Gregory of Nazianzus) நிர்வாகத் திறனும், செல்வாக்கும் இவரிடம் இல்லாதிருந்தது. ஆனால், “மூவொரு இறைவனுக்கும்” (Trinity), “நீசென் கிரீட்” (Nicene Creed) எனப்படும் கிறிஸ்தவ இலக்கணத்தில் பரவலாக பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட சின்னத்துக்கும் பெருமளவில் பங்களிப்பாற்றிய, ஆழ்ந்து கற்ற இறையியல் அறிஞர் ஆவார். கிரகோரியின் தத்துவ நூல்கள் “ஆரிஜென்” (Origen) எனும் கிறிஸ்தவ இறையியல் கிரேக்க அறிஞரின் செல்வாக்கு பெற்றன.

இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் முற்பகுதியில் இருந்து, கிரகோரியின் கல்விப் பணிகளில், குறிப்பாக உலகளாவிய ஆர்வத்தில் கணிசமான அதிகரிப்பு ஏற்பட்டிருந்தது. இது அவருடைய பல பாரம்பரிய இறையியல் விளக்கங்களுக்கு சவாலாக விளங்கியது.


கி.பி. சுமார் 335ம் ஆண்டு, “கப்படோசியாவின்” (Cappadocia) “நியோசேசரே” (நியோசேசரே) நகரருகே செல்வந்தர்களின் குடும்பமொன்றில் பிறந்த கிரகோரியின் தந்தை, “மூத்த பாசில்” (Basil the Elder) என்று அறியப்படுகிறார். “எம்மெலியா” (Emmelia of Caesarea) இவரது தாயார் ஆவார். இவரது பெற்றோர் மிகவும் பக்தியானவர்கள் ஆவர். இவரது தாய்வழி தாத்தா, ரோமப்பேரரசர் முதலாம் “கான்ஸ்டன்டைன்” (Constantine I) காலத்துக்கு முன்னே கிறிஸ்தவ மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டவர் ஆவார். கிரகோரி மற்றும் அவரது சகோதர சகோதரியர் நால்வரையும் புனிதரான இவர்களது தாய்வழி பாட்டி “மேக்ரினா” (St. Macrina) வளர்த்தார்.

கிரகோரி, அமைதியான மற்றும் சாந்தமான குணாம்சங்கள் கொண்டிருந்தார்.


இவருடைய தாயார் “எம்மெலியா” (Emmelia), மற்றும் சகோதரி “மேக்ரினா” (Macrina) ஆகியோர் இவருக்கு வீட்டிலேயே ஆரம்பக் கல்வி கற்பித்தனர். அவரது மேல் படிப்பு பற்றிய சரித்திர ஆசிரியர்களின் கருத்துக்கள் ஐயங்கள் ஏற்படுத்துகின்றன. “ஏதேன்ஸ்” (Athens) நகரில் உயர்கல்வி தொடங்கிய இவர், “செசேரா” (Caesarea) நகரில் கல்வியை தொடர்ந்தார். பாரம்பரிய இலக்கியம், தத்துவம் மற்றும் ஒருவேளை, மருத்துவமும் கற்றார். தமது மூத்த சகோதரரான பாசில், மற்றும் பவுல், யோவான், மற்றுமுள்ள அப்போஸ்தலர்கள், மற்றும் தீர்க்கதரிசிகளே தமது ஆசிரியர்கள் என்று கிரகோரி கூறுகிறார். இவரது சகோதரர்களான “பாசிலும்” (Basil) “நவ்கிரேஷியசும்” (Naucratius) துறவியராக வாழ்ந்த காலத்தில், கிரகோரி ஒரு சொல்லாட்சிக் கலைஞராக தமது மதசார்பற்ற வாழ்க்கையை தொடங்கினார். ஆயினும், அவர் ஒரு பயிற்சியாளராக செயல்பட்டார்.


இந்த காலகட்டத்தில் கிரகோரி, “தியோசேபியா” (Theosebia) என்ற பெண்மணியை திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டார் என்பது அறியப்படுகிறது. சில சமயங்களில், ஆதி கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுவழி சபையின் பெண் திருத்தொண்டர் என்றும் புனிதர் என்றும் அறியப்படுகின்றார். இது சர்ச்சைக்குரியது. எனினும், மற்ற வர்ணனையாளர்கள், திருத்தொண்டர் “தியோசேபியா” (Theosebia), கிரகோரியின் சகோதரிகளில் ஒருவரென்றும் கூறுகின்றனர்.

பேரரசன் “வலேன்ஸ்” (Emperor Valens), கி.பி. 371ம் ஆண்டு, கப்படோசியாவை இரண்டு மாகாணங்களாகப் பிரித்தார். இவை, “கப்படோசியா பிரைமா” (Cappadocia Prima) என்றும், கப்படோசியா செகுண்டா” (Cappadocia Secunda) என்றும் அறியப்பட்டன. இது திருச்சபை எல்லைகளில் சிக்கலான மாற்றங்களை விளைவித்தது. அதன்பேரில், பல புதிய ஆயர்கள் உருவாக்கப்பட்டனர். செசேரா நகர தலைவராக இருந்த இவரது சகோதரர் பாசிலின் ஆதரவுடன், கிரகோரி புதிய மறைமாவட்டம் “நிஸ்ஸா” (Nyssa) ஆயராக கி.பி. 372ம் ஆண்டு தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார்.


ஆயராக, கிரகோரியின் கொள்கைகள் அவருக்கு எதிராகவே திரும்பின. அவற்றால் அவர் பல்வேறு பிரச்சனைகளை சந்திக்க நேர்ந்தது. கி.பி. 375ம் ஆண்டு, “டெஸ்மாதேன்ஸ்” (Desmothenes of Pontus) எனும் அரசியல்வாதி, தேவாலயங்களின் நிதிகளின் மோசடி மற்றும் ஆயர்களின் ஒழுங்கற்ற அருட்பொழிவுகள் மீதான குற்றச்சாட்டுகளில் கிரகோரியை சிக்கவைக்கும் முயற்சியாக, “ஆன்சிரா” (Ancyra) எனுமிடத்தில் ஒரு சபை கூட்டத்தை ஏற்பாடு செய்தார். அதே வருடம் குளிர்காலத்தில், அவர் அரச படைகளால் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். ஆனால் அவர் தப்பித்துச் சென்றார். கி.பி. 376ம் ஆண்டு, “நிஸ்ஸா” எனுமிடத்தில் நடந்த ஆலோசனை சபை (Synod of Nyssa), கிரகொரியை விடுவித்தது. ஆயினும் கிரகோரி, கி.பி. 378ம் ஆண்டு, தமது ஆயர் பதவியை திரும்பப் பெற்றார். இது, ஒருவேளை புதிய பேரரசர் “கிரேஷியன்” (Emperor Gratian) அறிவித்த ஒரு பொதுமன்னிப்பு காரணமாக இருக்கலாம்.

கி.பி. 379ம் ஆண்டு, “அந்தியோக்கியாவில்” (Synod of Antioch) நடந்த பொது ஆலோசனை சபையில் கலந்துகொண்டார்.

கி.பி. 381ம் ஆண்டு நடந்த “கான்ஸ்டண்டிநோபில்” (First Council of Constantinople) முதலாம் பொது சங்கத்தில் கலந்துகொண்டார்.

கிரகோரி, கி.பி. 395ம் ஆண்டு, கப்படோசியாவின் நிஸ்ஸா எனுமிடத்தில் மரணமடைந்தார்.



St. Gregory of Nyssa


Feastday: January 10


Birth: 335


Death: 394


Gregory of Nyssa St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330-c. 395) was a younger sibling in a family that gave the church many years of service and at least five saints. Before entering the monastery of his brother, Basil the Great, Gregory was a rhetorician. He may have been married, although some scholars believe that his treatise On Virginity argues against that. He became bishop of Nyssa c 371 or 372. Arians accused him of mismanagement and deposed him in 376. On the death of the Arian, Valens, two years later, he was restored to his see. He attended the first Council of Constantinople in 381, after which he traveled in Transjordan (Arabia) to settle disputes in the churches. During a trip to Jerusalem, he was forced to defend his Christology, although he was then and is now well-known for his Trinitarian theology. In 394, he attended a synod in Constantinople and is thought to have died shortly after that when mention of him in church records ceases. His best-known works are the Catechetical Oration, The Life of Moses, and the Life of St. Macrina (his sister).




Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen (Greek: Γρηγόριος Νύσσης; c. 335 – c. 395), was bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death. He is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism. Gregory, his elder brother Basil of Caesarea, and their friend Gregory of Nazianzus are collectively known as the Cappadocian Fathers.




Gregory lacked the administrative ability of his brother Basil or the contemporary influence of Gregory of Nazianzus, but he was an erudite theologian who made significant contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity and the Nicene Creed. Gregory's philosophical writings were influenced by Origen. Since the mid-twentieth century, there has been a significant increase in interest in Gregory's works from the academic community, particularly involving universal salvation, which has resulted in challenges to many traditional interpretations of his theology.


 

புனித_நிக்கானோர் 

ஜனவரி 10

தொடக்கத் திருஅவையில் கிரேக்க மொழி பேசும்  கைம்பெண்கள் சரியாகக் கவனிக்கப்படவில்லை என்றொரு பிரச்சனை எழுந்த பொழுது, திருத்தூதர்கள் அப்பிரச்சனையைச் சமாளிக்க, நற்சான்று பெற்றவர்களும் தூய ஆவி அருளும் வல்லமையும் ஞானமும் நிறைந்த எழுவரைக் கவனமாகக் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார்கள். அவர்களில் ஒருவர்தான் இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் நிக்கானோர்.

இவர் எருசலேமைச் சார்ந்தவர். எருசலேமில் சிலகாலம் தங்கிப் பணியாற்றிவிட்டு சைப்ரசிற்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கச் சென்றார். 

அங்கு இவர் கடவுளுடைய வார்த்தையை மிகத் துணிவோடு எடுத்துரைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்த வேளையில், உரோமையை ஆண்ட வெஸ்பாசியன் என்ற மன்னன் இவரைக் கொலை செய்தான்.



St. Nicanor

Feastday: January 10

Early martyr and one of the seven deacons of Jerusalem. A resident of Jerusalem, he was chosen by the Apostles to minister to the needs of those requiring assistance in the Holy City. According to tradition, he went to Cyprus where he was put to death during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, although this is now believed unlikely.


இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜனவரி 09

 Bl. Tommaso Reggio


Feastday: January 9

Birth: 1818

Death: 1901

Beatified: Pope John Paul II



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


Not to be confused with Tommaso Raggio.

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


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



Life

Education and priesthood

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


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


Episcopate

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


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


Death

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


Beatification

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


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


Miracle

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



St. Julian and Basilissa

புனித_பசிலிசா (-304)

ஜனவரி 09

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

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

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

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

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

இவர் கொல்லப்பட்ட ஆண்டு கி.பி 304 ஆகும்.

Feastday: January 9

Patron: Basilissa is invoked against chilblains

Death: 304


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



See also Saint Julian

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


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



Legend

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


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


Julian's martyrdom

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


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


Veneration

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


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


St. Foellan


Feastday: January 9

Death: 8th century


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



St. Abhor (Amba Hor)


Feastday: January 9


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



Blessed Pauline-Marie Jaricot


Also known as

Pauline-Marie Jericot



Profile

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


Born

22 July 1799 at Lyon, France


Died

9 January 1862 at Lyon, France of natural causes


Beatified

• 22 May 2022 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in Lyon, France

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


Patronage

poor people; against impoverishment or poverty



Saint Adrian of Canterbury

 காண்டர்பரி நகர் புனிதர் அட்ரியான் 

St. Adrian of Canterbury)

பிரபல அறிஞர்/ மடாதிபதி:

(Famous scholar and Abbot)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

பிறப்பு: தெரியவில்லை

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 710

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 9

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

வாழ்க்கை:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Also known as

Adrien, Hadrian



Profile

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


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


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


Born

c.635 in Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa as Hadrian


Died

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

• his tomb became a site of miracles

• body found incorrupt in 1091




Blessed Alix le Clerc


Also known as

• Alix of Mattaincourt

• Alix Le Clercq

• Alice le Clerc

• Alessia le Clerc

• Maria Teresa of Jesus

• Marie-Thérèse of Jesus



Profile

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


Born

2 February 1576 in Remiremont, Vosges, France


Died

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

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

• coffin re-discovered in 1950

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

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


Beatified

4 May 1947 by Pope Pius XII



Black Nazarene


Also known as

Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno



Profile

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


Patronage

Quiapo, Philippines




Saint Waningus of Fécamp


Also known as

• Waningus of Ham

• Vaneng, Waneng, Wanging, Waning, Wanning


Additional Memorials

• 31 January (Normandy, France)

• 15 February (Rouen, France)

• 23 September (translation of relics)


Profile

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


Born

Rouen, France


Died

• c.688 of natural causes

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

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



Blessed Józef Pawlowski


Also known as

Joseph Pawlowski



Additional Memorial

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


Profile

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


Born

12 August 1890 in Proszowice, Swietokrzyskie, Poland


Died

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


Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II




Blessed Julia of Certaldo


Also known as

• Giulia della Rena da Certaldo

• Julia della Rena



Profile

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


Born

1319 at Certaldo, Italy


Died

9 January 1367 of natural causes


Beatified

1819 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)




Blessed Kazimierz Grelewski


Also known as

Casimiro Grelewski


Additional Memorial

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



Profile

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


Born

20 January 1907 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland


Died

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


Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II




Saint Honorius of Buzançais


Also known as

• Honorius of Buzançay

• Honorius of Thénezay

• Honoratus, Honore, Onorato


Profile

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


Born

at Buzançais, Berry, France


Died

murdered in 1250 at Parthenay, Poitou, France


Canonized

1444 by Pope Eugene IV (cultus confirmed)



Saint Brithwald of Canterbury


Also known as

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


Profile

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


Born

Anglo-Saxon


Died

• 731 of natural causes

• Saint Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, England



Saint Marciana


Profile

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


Born

Rusuccuru, Mauritania


Died

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


Patronage

cure of wounds




Saint Marcellinus of Ancona


Also known as

Marcellin, Marcellino



Profile

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


Born

in Ancona, Italy


Died

c.566 of natural causes


Patronage

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



Saint Teresa Kim


Also known as

• Theresia Kim

• Teresa Gim



Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea


Profile

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


Born

1797 in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong-do, South Korea


Died

9 January 1840 in Seoul Prison, South Korea


Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Richard of Floreffe


Profile

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


Born

latter 11th century France


Died

1129 of natural causes



Blessed Eberhard of Schäftlarn


Profile

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


Born

c.1100 in Germany


Died

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



Blessed Antony Fatati


Also known as

• Anthony of Teramo

• Anthony of Ancona

• Antoine...


Profile

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


Born

c.1410 in Ancona, Italy


Died

9 January 1484 of natural causes


Beatified

by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)



Blessed Franciscus Yi Bo-hyeon


Also known as

Francis


Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea


Profile

Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.


Born

1773 in Deoksan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea


Died

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


Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis



Blessed Martinus In Eon-min


Also known as

Martin


Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea


Profile

Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.


Born

1737 in Deoksan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea


Died

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


Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis



Saint Agatha Yi


Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea



Profile

Young single lay woman martyred in the persecutions in Korea.


Born

1824 in Seoul, South Korea


Died

9 January 1840 in Seoul Prison, South Korea


Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Ephrathus the Thaumaturgist


Also known as

• Ephrathus the Wonder Worker

• Ephrathus of Mount Olympus

• Ephrathus of Abgaro


Profile

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


Died

9th century



Saint Paschasia of Dijon


Also known as

Paschasie


Profile

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


Died

c.178 in the area of modern Dijon, France



Saint Maurontus


Also known as

Maurentius, Maurontius, Mauruntius, Mavrontus


Profile

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


Died

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



Saint Polyeucte


Profile

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



Saint Nearchus


Profile

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



Saint Philip Berruyer


Also known as

Philip of Bourges


Profile

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


Died

1260 of natural causes



Saint Felanus of Saint Andrew


Profile

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


Died

c.710 in Scotland of natural causes



Saint Eustratius of Olympus


Also known as

Eustrate, Eustrazio


Profile

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



Saint Fortunatus of Smyrna


Profile

Deacon. Martyr.


Died

at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)



Saint Revocatus of Smyrna


Profile

Deacon. Martyr.


Died

at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)



Saint Vitalicus of Smyrna


Profile

Bishop. Martyr.


Died

at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)



Martyrs of Africa


Profile

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


Born

African


Died

c.250



Martyrs of Antioch



Profile

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