இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 14

 Bl. Dominic Jorjes

Feastday: March 14

Death: 1619

A martyr of Japan, a Portuguese who settled in that country. He was arrested for sheltering Blessed John Spinola. He was burned alive in Nagasaki, Japan, on November 18. He was beatified in 1819.

Bl. Ambrose Fernandez

Feastday: March 14

Death: 1620

Martyr of Japan. Ambrose was born in Sisto, Portugal, in 1551. He went to Japan as a trader but entered the Jesuits in 1577 as a lay brother. Arrested by the Japanese, he died in Suzota prison.

Saint Matilda of Saxony

 புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா 

(St. Matilda of Ringelheim)

ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு அரசி: 

(German queen)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 894/97

என்ஜெர், சக்ஸனி, கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியா

(Enger, Saxony, East Francia)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 14, 968

குயிட்லின்பர்க், சக்ஸனி, புனித ரோம பேரரசு

(Quedlinburg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

குயிட்லின்பர்க் மடம், சக்ஸனி-அன்ஹல்ட், ஜெர்மனி

(Quedlinburg Abbey, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 14

புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா, கி.பி. 912ம் ஆண்டு முதல் “சக்ஸனி” (Duchess of Saxony) சீமாட்டியாகவும், கி.பி. 919ம் ஆண்டு முதல் ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு (German queen) அரசியாகவும் ஆட்சி புரிந்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது கணவர் "ஹென்றி" (Henry the Fowler) "ஒட்டோனியன்" (Ottonian dynasty) வம்சத்தின் முதல் அரசராவார். 936ம் ஆண்டு, அவரது கணவர் ஹென்றி இறந்ததும் அவரது ஞாபகார்த்தமாக "குயிட்லின்பர்க் துறவற மடத்தினை" (Quedlinburg Abbey) நிறுவினார். இவரது காலத்திலேயே இவரது மூத்த மகனான "ஓட்டோ" (Otto) 962ம் ஆண்டு, "தூய ரோமப் பேரரசராக" (Holy Roman Emperor) முடிசூடி மேற்கத்திய ஏகாதிபத்திய ஆட்சியை மீண்டும் அமல் படுத்தினார்.

ஜெர்மன் நாட்டின் சக்ஸனி பிராந்தியத்தின் "என்ஜெர்" (Enger) எனுமிடத்தில் பிறந்த மெட்டில்டாவின் தந்தை, உள்ளூர் பிரபுவான "டயட்ரிச்" (Dietrich) ஆவார். இவரது தாயார் “ரெய்ன்ஹில்ட்" (Reinhild) ஆவார்.

இவர் தமது இளம் வயதில், தமது பாட்டி மடாதிபதியாக இருந்த "ஹெர்ஃபோர்ட்" (Herford Abbey) துறவு மடத்தில் கல்வி கற்றார்.

சக்ஸனி பிரபுவான "ஓட்டோ” (Otto the Illustrious) தமது மூத்த மகனான ஹென்றிக்கு (Henry) மெட்டில்டாவை திருமண ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துகொண்டார். ஹென்றி, மெட்டில்டாவைவிட இருபது வயது மூத்தவர் ஆவார். மற்றும், அவருக்கு இது இரண்டாவது திருமணம் ஆகும். அவர் தமது முதல் மனைவியான "ஹத்தேபர்க்" (Hatheburg of Merseburg) என்பவரை விவாகரத்து செய்திருந்தார். ஹென்றி - மெட்டில்டா ஆகியோருக்கு இரண்டு பெண்களும் மூன்று ஆண்களுமாக ஐந்து குழந்தைகள் பிறந்தன.

936ம் ஆண்டு, மெட்டில்டாவின் கணவர் ஹென்றி மரணமடைந்த பிறகு, அவரும் அப்போதைய "கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியாவின்" (East Francia) அரசனாக இருந்த இவரது மகனான “முதலாம் ஒட்டோவும்” (King Otto I) "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) எனும் துறவு மடத்தினை நிறுவினர்.

ஹென்றியின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர் முப்பத்திரண்டு வருட காலம் வாழ்ந்த மெட்டில்டா, 968ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 14ம் நாளன்று, தமது "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) மடத்திலேயே மரணமடைந்தார்.

"லியுட்பிராண்ட்" (Liutprand of Cremona) மற்றும் "தியெட்மார்" (Thietmar of Merseburg) போன்ற மத்திய கால வரலாற்றாசிரியர்கள் மெட்டில்டாவை அவரது பக்தி, செப வாழ்வு மற்றும் பரோபகார செயல்களுக்காக கொண்டாடினர். மெட்டில்டா பல மத நிறுவனங்களை நிறுவினார். தமது காலத்தில் பல கல்வி நிறுவனங்களையும் நிறுவினார்.

பின்னாளில், "சக்ஸனி" மற்றும் "பவரியா" (Saxony and Bavaria) மட்டுமல்லாது ஜெர்மனி முழுதும் அவரை வழிபட தொடங்கினர். 1856–58 ஆண்டுகளில், "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg) எனுமிடத்தில் "நியோ கோதிக்" புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் (Neo-Gothic St. Matilda's Church) அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. மற்றுமொரு புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் "லாட்ஸன்" (Laatzen, Lower Saxony) எனுமிடத்தில் 1938ல் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. 1964ம் ஆண்டு, மற்றுமோர் தேவாலயம் "அல்லேபோ" (Aleppo) எனுமிடத்தில் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Matilda of Ringelheim

• Matilda, Queen of Germany

• Mathilde, Mathildis, Maud

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Daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark; she was raised by her grandmother, abbess of the Eufurt. In 913, Matilda left the abbey, and married King Henry the Fowler of Saxony (Henry I), who had received an annulment from a previous marriage. Queen of Germany. Mother of Otto, Holy Roman Emperor; Henry the Quarrelsome, Duke of Bavaria; Saint Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany; Gerberga, wife of King Louis IV of France; Hedwig, mother of Hugh Capet. Founded several Benedictine abbeys. Well known throughout the realm for her generosity, she taught the ignorant, comforted the sick, and visited prisoners. Betrayed by Otto after Henry's death when he falsely accused her of financial mismanagement.

Born

c.895 at Engern, Westphalia, Germany

Died

• 14 March 968 at Quedlinburg, Germany of natural causes

• buried in the monastery at Quedlinburg

Patronage

• death of children

• disappointing children

• falsely accused people

• large families

• people ridiculed for their piety

• queens

• second marriages

• widows

Saint Leobinus of Chartres

காட்ரஸ் நகர் ஆயர் லியோபின் Leobin von Chartres

பிறப்பு 

6 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு

இறப்பு 

14 மார்ச் 557, 

காட்ரஸ், பிரான்சு

இவர் நாட்டிலுள்ள லூபின் Lubin என்ற ஊரில் இளைஞர்களை வழிநடத்தும் ஆயனாக இருந்தார். இவர் நன்றாக படிக்கக் கூடியவராகவும், வாசிக்க்க் கூடியவராகவும் இருந்தார். இவர் படிப்பறிவில்லாதவர்களுக்கு கல்வி கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். இவர் ஒருமுறை படிப்பறிவில்லா துறவி ஒருவருக்கு கல்விக் கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். அத்துறவி ஒருமுறை லியோபினை தன் துறவற இல்லத்திற்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றார். அப்போது லியோபின் துறவியர்களின் வாழ்வால் கவரப்பட்டார். இதனால் தானும் ஓர் குருவாக வேண்டுமென்று ஆசைக்கொண்டார். காட்ரஸ் என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்தின் பக்கத்து மாவட்டமான பிரவ்வில் Brau இருந்த, ஓர் குருமடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருவானார். 

544 ஆம் ஆண்டு சில்டேபெர்ட் Childebert என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட அரசன் ஒருவன், காட்ரஸ் நகரின் அரசனாக இருந்தார். அரசன் லியோபினை 544 ல் காட்ரஸ் மறைமாநிலத்தின் ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுத்தான். லியோபின் ஆயராக இருக்கும்போது மக்கள் அவரைப் புனிதராக கருதினார். இவர் செய்த மறைப்பணியே இவர் புனிதர் என்பதற்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டாக இருந்தது. இவர் இறந்தப் பிறகு காட்ரசிலுள்ள பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

Lubinus, Lubin, Lubinius, Lumine, Leubinus, Loubin

Additional Memorial

9 September (translation of relics)/p>

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Son of peasants, he was a field worker and shepherd in his youth. Thirsting for education, he went to the monastery at Noailles, France, working for the monks by day, being taught by them at night. He studied late by candle light, which annoyed the monks who had to wake for early prayers; Leobinus put a screen around the candle, and pressed on.

Friend of Saint Carilef. Student of Saint Avitus of Perche, who suggested that the young man join his monastery. Monk at Lyon, France. Captured by renegade soldiers during war between the Franks and Burgundians, Leobinus was tortured to make him give up the location of the monastery's treasure. He told the soldiers nothing, and they left him for dead, thinking they'd drowned him; he eventually recovered.

Joined Saint Avitus' community at Le Perche, France. Priest. Abbot at Brou, France. Bishop of Chartres, France. Noted reformer. Participant of the synod of Orleans in 549, and Paris in 552. Miracle worker; had the gift of healing, especially of dropsy or edema. Worked with Saint Caletric who gave him his last Communion, and succeeded him as bishop. Innkeepers and wine merchants near Chartres considered him their patron.

Born

at Poitiers, France

Died

14 March 558 following a lengthy illness

Patronage

• against dropsy

• against edema

• against rheumatism

• innkeepers

• wine merchants

Blessed Giacomo Cusmano

Also known as

• Jacob Cusmano

• Jakob Cusmano

• Jacques Cusmano

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Fourth of five children born to Giacomo and Magdalene Cusmano; his father worked as a surveyor, and the family was well-off financially. Giacomo's mother died of cholera when the boy was three. He was a pious child, eager for the religious instruction from his father, and showing concern for the poor; the family had to lock up clothes because he would give away thing in the closets to beggars. Educated at Jesuit schools. Physician, graduating from medical school in 1851. Taught at the medical school of the Royal University of Palermo. His father died in 1852, and Giacomo returned home to manage the family business and estate; he still managed to continue his education and become certified as a surgeon.

Feeling a call to religious vocation, he considered becoming a Capuchin friar, but his spiritual director recommended the priesthood. Ordained on 22 December 1860 in archdiocese of Palermo, Italy. Devoted to penance, he fasted often and would sleep on a cross. Along with about 40 of his parishioners, he founded the Missionary Servants of the Poor on 12 May 1867 and the Sisters Servants of the Poor.

Born

15 March 1834 in Palermo, Italy

Died

at 04:30am on 14 March 1888 in Palermo, Italy of natural causes following a severe bout of pleurisy

Beatified

30 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Arnold of Padua

Also known as

• Arnold de'Cattanei

• Arnold Cattaneo

• Arnald, Arnaldo, Arnaud, Arnoldus

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Born to the nobility. Benedictine monk at the Santa Giustina monastery in Padua, Italy. Chosen abbot in 1209 at age 24, he restored and expanded the abbey structure, and fought to maintain its rights. When Ezzelino III conquered Padua in 1237, Arnold escaped to Monselice. He returned in 1238, but when Ezzelino returned to the city, he arrested Arnold in 1246 and imprisoned him to live his remaining eight years on bread and water.

Born

1185

Died

• 10 February 1255 in the prison in Limena, Padua, Italy

• buried in the Franciscan church in Asolo, Italy

• returned to Padua and buried at the Santa Giustina monastery

• relics translated to a chapel in the basilica in Padua on 14 March 1562

Blessed Eve of Liège

Also known as

• Eve of Saint-Martin

• Eve of Mount Cornelius

• Eva, Evelyne, Heva

Additional Memorial

5 April with Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon

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Born wealthy, she gave it up to become an anchoress at the church of Saint Martin in in Liège, Belgium. Friend of Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon, and continued her campaign to introduce the feast of Corpus Christi.

Born

c.1205 in Liège, Belgium

Died

• 1265 in Liège, Belgium of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Martin in Liège

• relics enshrined in 1542, 1622 and 1746

• relics currently enshrined in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Liège

Beatified

1 May 1902 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Lazarus of Milan

Also known as

Lazzaro

Additional Memorial

11 February (Ambrosian Rite)

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Archbishop of Milan, Italy c.439, a time when invading Ostrogoths controlled the area. May have developed and certainly popularized the Rogationtide litanies; originally devised to ask for protection from the Ostrogoths, over time the devotion spread throughout Europe. His February feast day is due to the Milanese custom of not celebrating saint days during Lent.

Died

14 March 450

Blessed Pauline of Thuringia

Also known as

• Pauline of Hirsau

• Pauline of Münsterschwarzach

• Pauline of Fulda

• Pauline of Zell

• Paolina, Paulina

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Born to the Saxon nobility. Married. Widow. Re-married to Sir Ulric de Scharaplan. Mother. Widowed again. Founded a double monastery in the Thuringian Forest and entered it as a nun.

Died

14 March 1107 in Fulda, Germany of natural causes

Saint Alexander of Pydna

Also known as

Alessandro, Alexandros

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Priest in Pydna, Macedonia (in modern Greece). Martyr by Maximian Galerius for publicly refusing to sacrifice to idols.

Died

• beheaded c.305 in Macedonia

• a fresh spring of water poured from the place of his execution

• buried in Thessalonica

• skull taken to the Great Lavra on Mount Athos in the mid 10th-century

Blessed Philip of Turin

Also known as

• Philip Longo

• Filippo...

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On hearing of the work of Saint Francis of Assisi, he tracked down Francis and became one of the first twelve Franciscans. Known for his deep understanding of scripture. Served as the first confessor to the first Poor Clares, and travelled to preach with Saint Francis.

Born

Turin, Italy

Died

14 March 1246 in Perugia, Italy of natural causes

Saint Boniface Curitan

Also known as

• Boniface Curitan of Ross

• Boniface Kyrin

• Boniface Kyrstin

• Boniface of Ross

• Kyrin, Kyrstin

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Bishop of Ross, Scotland. Evangelized the Picts and Scots. Introduced Roman liturgy, observance and monastic discipline into the region. Found many churches in the northern British Isles.

Born

may have been a Roman citizen

Died

c.660

Blessed Thomas Vives

Also known as

Tommaso

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Mercedarian sent to Tunisia to redeem Christian prisoners. There he was imprisoned for five years before being executed. Martyr.

Died

stoned to death while in prayer

Saint Leo of the Agro Verano

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Married. Adult convert to Christianity. Bishop. Martyred by Arians.

Died

• Agro Verano, Rome, Italy, date unknown

• tomb was discovered outside the walls of Rome in 1857

Saint Eutychius of Mesopotamia

Also known as

Eustathius

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One of a group of Christians murdered for their faith in Mesopotamia after the conquest by Muslims. Martyr.

Died

741

Blessed Agno of Zaragoza

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Canon of the cathedral of Zaragoza, Spain. Franciscan Friar Minor. Missionary bishop of Morocco.

Born

Zaragoza, Spain

Died

1260 Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes

Saint Maximilian

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Christian who refused to serve in the army as he believed the life of an imperial soldier was against the tenants of his faith, and was executed for his refusal. Martyr.

Saint Diaconus

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A 6th-century deacon in the Marsi region of Italy. Martyred by Lombards with two unnamed monks. His name has been lost, and over time his title was taken as his name.

Saint Aphrodisius of Africa

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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.

Saint Peter of Africa

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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.

Saint Talmach

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Seventh century spiritual student of Saint Finbar at Lough Erc, Ireland. Founded a monastery.

47 Martyrs of Rome

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Forty-seven people who were baptised into the faith in Rome, Italy by Saint Peter the Apostle, and were later martyred together during the persecutions of Nero.

Died

martyred c.67 in Rome, Italy

Martyrs of Valeria

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Two monks martyred by Lombards in Valeria, Italy who were never identified. After the monks were dead, their killers could still hear them singing psalms.

Died

hanged on a tree in Valeria, Italy in the 5th century

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 13

 St. Nicephorus

Feastday: March 13

Patriarch of Constantinople and martyr. The son of the secretary of Emperor Constantine V, he was raised as an opponent of the Iconoclasts in the imperial capital and remembered always that his father had been tortured for opposing the Iconoclast emperor. Nicephorus became known for his intellect and his eloquence, and received the post of imperial commissioner. After founding a monastery near the Black Sea, he was chosen despite being a layman to succeed to the office of patriarch of Constantinople in 806, succeeding St. Tarasius. He was opposed for a time by St. Theodore Studites after Nicephorus forgave a priest who married Emperor Constantine VI toTheodota despite the fact the Constantine's wife, Mary, still lived. The patriarch also challenged the Iconoclast policies of Emperor Leo V the Armenian and was deposed by a synod of Iconoclast bishops at the conniving of the emperor. Nearly assassinated on several occasions, Nicephorus was exiled to the monastery he had founded on the Black Sea, spending his remaining years there in prayer. He died on June 2 or March 13, 829. While patriarch, he brought various reforms to his large diocese and inspired the lay people. He was also the author of anti Iconoclast writings and two historical works, a Chronographia and Brevianim.

Saint Leander of Seville

 புனிதர் லியாண்டர் 

(St. Leander of Seville)

ஆயர்:

(Bishop)

பிறப்பு: கி,பி, 534

கார்டகெனா, ஸ்பெயின்

(Cartagena, (in modern Spain)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 13, 600

செவில், ஸ்பெயின்

(Seville, Spain)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 13

புனிதர் லியாண்டர், "செவில்" நகரின் கத்தோலிக்க ஆயரும் (Catholic Bishop of Seville) தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின் மற்றும் போர்ச்சுகல் நாடுகளை ஒன்றிணைத்த அப்போதைய "ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பத்தின்" (Iberian Peninsula) மன்னர்களை கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைக்கு மனம் மாற தூண்டுகோலாய் இருந்தவரும் ஆவார். ("ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பம்" – “Iberian Peninsula” ஐரோப்பாவின் தென்மேற்கு கோடியில் அமைந்துள்ள வளைகுடாவாகும்)

இவர், புனிதர் இஸிதோரி'ன் (St. Isidore of Seville) சகோதரர் ஆவார். இவரது சகோதரர்கள் அவைவருமே புனிதர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்கள் உயரடுக்கு "ஹிஸ்பானோ-ரோமன்" (Hispano-Roman) குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்களது தந்தை "செவரியனஸ்" (Severianus) "கார்ட்டஜெனாவின்" ஆளுநர் (Governor of Cartagena) ஆவார். சுமார் கி.பி. 554ல் செவில் (Seville) நகருக்கு குடிபெயர்ந்தனர். புனிதர்கள் லியாண்டர் மற்றும் இசிதோர் இருவரும் செவில் நகரின் ஆயர்களாவர். இவர்களது சகோதரியான புனிதர் ஃப்ளோரின்டினா" (Saint Florentina) ஒரு மடாதிபதியும், சுமார் நாற்பதுக்கு மேற்பட்ட பள்ளிகளை நிறுவியவருமாவார். சுமார் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பெண் துறவியர்கள் இவரது மடத்தில் இருந்தனர். மூன்றாவது சகோதரரான "புனிதர் ஃபுல்ஜென்ஷியஸ்" (St. Fulgentius of Cartagena) "எஸிஜா" மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் (Bishop of Écija) ஆவார்.

புனிதர் லியாண்டர், கிறிஸ்துவை கடவுள் என்பதை நம்பாமல் மறுத்துவந்த ஆரியனிச நாத்திகவாதிகளுக்கு எதிராக (heresy of Arianism) மக்களை மனம் திருப்புவதில் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டவர் ஆவார். இவரது மரணம் சம்பவித்த காலத்தில், அரசியல் மற்றும் மத எழுச்சி கொண்டிருந்த ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் கிறிஸ்தவ சமயம் வளமையடைய பெரிதும் உதவினார்.

தமது இளமையில் துறவறம் புகுந்த லியாண்டர், மூன்று வருடங்களை கல்வியிலும் செபத்திலும் செலவிட்டார். அந்த சாந்தமான காலத்தின் பின்னர் அவர் ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். பின்வந்த அவரது வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் நாத்திகத்திற்கு எதிராக விடாமுயற்சியுடன் போராடிப் பணியாற்றினார். கிறிஸ்தவத்திற்கெதிரான அரசன் கி.பி. 586ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்ததும் லியாண்டரின் கனவுகள் நனவாக காரணமாயின. அதன்பின்னர் முடிசூடிய அரசனும், லியாண்டரும் கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுகளை மீட்கவும் அறநெறி உணர்வுகளை புதுப்பிக்கவும் கைகோர்த்து பணியாற்றினார். ஆரியனிச ஆயர்கள் பலர் தமது விசுவாசத்தினை மாற்றிக்கொள்ள இணங்கவைப்பதில் லியாண்டர் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டார்.

கி.பி. சுமார் 600ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்த லியாண்டர், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுனராக போற்றப்படுகின்றார்.

Also known as

Leandro

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Son of Severianus and Theodora, known for their piety. Elder brother of Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint Fulgentius of Ecija, and Saint Florentina of Cartagena. Monk at Seville, Spain. Bishop of Seville.

Converted Saint Hermengild and Prince Reccared, sons of the Arian Visigoth king Leovigild, who then exiled Leander to Constantinople from 579 to 582. There he became close friends with the papal legate who later became Pope Saint Gregory the Great; he recommended that Gregory write his famous commentary (Moralia) on the Book of Job.

When Reccared ascended the throne, Leander was allowed to return to Seville. He worked against Arianism, and presided over the Third Council of Toledo in 589. He revised and unified the Spanish liturgy, and his boundless energy and steady faith led the Visigoths back to orthodox Christianity. Leander wrote an influential Rule for nuns. He introduced the Nicene Creed to Mass in the west. Honored as a Doctor of the Faith by the Church in Spain.

Born

c.534 at Cartagena, Spain

Died

c.600 at Seville, Spain of natural causes

Blessed Françoise Tréhet

Also known as

Francesca

Additional Memorial

21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval

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Born to the nobility, she grew up in a family of wealthy land-owners. Joined of the Soeurs de la Charité de Notre-Dame d'Evron (Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron), dedicated to education of children and care of the sick. She began teaching at the parish school of St-Pierre-des-Landes in 1783. Martyred in the French Revolution for refusing to take the oaths of allegience to the state, and helping to hide priests who had also refused. Sister Francesca sang the Salve Regina as she climbed the scaffold to the guillotine.

Born

8 April 1756 in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne, France

Died

• guillotined on 13 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France

• relics enshrined at the church of St-Pierre-des-Landes where she had taught

Beatified

19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy

Saint Ansovinus of Camerino

Also known as

Ansovino, Ansuinus, Answin, Oswin

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Priest. Hermit at Castel Raimondo near Torcello, Italy. Bishop of Camerino, Italy, consecrated by Pope Leo IV; he accepted the vocation on the condition that his parishioners did not have to recruit soldiers, an obligation imposed on most bishops of the time. Confessor to Emperor Louis the Pious. Attended the Council of Rome called by Pope Saint Nicholas I in 861. Miracle worker. His association with crops come from his work of feeding the poor. Once when the granary was empty, but there were still poor people to feed, he prayed for help; the granary was found to be full, and everyone ate their fill.

Born

at Camerino, Italy

Died

• 868 at Camerino, Italy from a fever contracted at Rome, Italy

• relics enshrined in a 14th century sarcophagus in the crypt of the cathedral in Camerino, Italy

Patronage

• gardeners

• protection of crops

Saint Roderick of Cordoba

புனித_ரொட்ரிக் (-837)

மார்ச் 13

இவர் (#StRoderic) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். அருள்பணியாளரான இவருக்கு இரண்டு சகோதரர்கள் இருந்தனர். ஒருவர் இஸ்லாமிய சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்தார்; இன்னொருவர் கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை இல்லாமல் இருந்தார். 

ஒருநாள் இவரது சகோதரர்கள் இருவருக்கும் இடையே வாக்குவாதம் ஏற்பட்டுப் பெரிய சண்டையானது. அந்தச் சண்டையை இவர் தீர்த்து வைக்க முற்பட்டபோது, இஸ்லாம் சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்த சகோதரர், இவர் இஸ்லாம் மதத்திலிருந்து கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்திற்கு மாறிவிட்டார் என்று பழியை இவர்மீது தூக்கிப் போட்டார்.

இதனால் அதிகாரிகள் இவரை இழுத்துச் சென்று சிறையில் தள்ளினார். அங்குச் சாலமோன் என்பவரும் இதே குற்றத்திற்காகச் சிறையிலிருந்தார். இருவரும் சிறையில் கடுமையாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்யப்பட்டார்கள். இவற்றையெல்லாம் இவர்கள் இருவரும் பொறுமையோடு தாங்கிக் கொண்டார்கள்.‌

இந்நிலையில் இவர்கள் இருவரும் ‌837 ஆம் ஆண்டு மார்ச் திங்கள் 13 ஆம் நாள் கொலைசெய்யப்பட்டார்கள்.  இவ்வாறு இருவரும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி, தங்கள் இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்தார்கள். 

Also known as

Rodrigo, Rodriguez, Rudericus, Roderic, Ruderic

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A Christian priest in Moorish Spain, Roderick had a brother who became Moslem and another with no religion. One day he tried to break up a fight between his brothers; they turned on him and beat him into a coma. The Moslem brother, seeking further revenge, announced to authorities that Roderick had converted to Islam. When Roderick awoke, he was questioned about it, and denied the allegation, claiming allegiance to Christ. The Moslem authorities took this to be apostasy, deciding Roderick was denying his new Moslem faith. He was imprisoned for several months, and then martyred with Saint Salomon of Cordoba.

Born

9th century southern Spain

Died

beheaded in 857 in Cordoba, Spain

Blessed Agnellus of Pisa

Also known as

Agnello

Additional Memorials

7 May (Franciscan)

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Born to the Italian nobility. Received into the Franciscans by Saint Francis himself. Deacon. Custos of Saint-Denis, the first Franciscan friary in Paris, France. Worked with the University of Paris. Appointed by Saint Francis to introduce the Franciscans into England in 1224. With eight associates he established houses in Canterbury and London, then a school for friars in Oxford. Friend of King Henry III. Helped prevent civil war between Henry and Earl Marshall. Known for his personal piety and his strict adherence to the Franciscan Rule, especially on the matter of poverty.

Born

c.1195 in Pisa, Italy

Died

• 7 May 1236 at Oxford, England of dysentery

• body reported incorrupt up to the time the Oxford house was dissolved by King Henry VIII

Beatified

4 September 1892 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Heldrad of Novalese

Also known as

Aldradus, Eldrad, Eldrado, Eldradus, Heldradus, Heltrodus

Additional Memorial

31 October (Benedictines)

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Born wealthy, he spent his fortune on charity, then made a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy as a mendicant. Benedictine monk at the Abbey Saints Peter and Andrew at Novalese in the Alps in 726, a community with many former pilgrims. Abbot of the house for 30 years during which he greatly expanded the library and built a hospice for the safety of travellers on Mount Cenis.

Born

in Provence, France

Died

• 842 at the Novalesa Abbey of natural causes

• relics transferred to the parish church in Novalesa, Italy in 1794

Beatified

9 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Henrik of Denmark

Also known as

• Enrico di Danimarca

• Henry of Perugia

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Related to the Danish royal family, Henrik became a Franciscan tertiary and became a penitent pilgrim. In Perugia, Italy, while en route to Assisi as part of a pilgrimage to the sites of Saint Francis, his health failed, and he died in the local hospital. However, he had apparently been in town long enough to have developed a local reputation for holiness and wisdom as devotion to him developed immediately, rewarded by healing miracles.

Died

• 13 March 1415 at the Hospital of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Perugia, Italy of natural causes

• legend says that at the moment of his death the town's church bells rang without being moved by anyone

• relics re-enshrined in an urn in the 18th century

Blessed Peter II of La Cava

Also known as

Pietro

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Benedictine monk at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Salerno, Campania, Italy under the leadership of Blessed Benincasa. Abbot of the house in 1195. Obtained the support of Emperor Henry VI for the house. Involved in the region's politics of the day. Founded the hospice of Vietri sul mare in 1202.

Born

12th-century Italy

Died

• 13 March 1208 at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the Arsicia cave crypt near the monastery

• relics transferred to the chapel of Santi Padri at La Cava abbey on 20 October 1675

Beatified

16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)

Saint Gerald of Mayo

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Monk at Lindisfarne, England. Friend of Saint Colman of Lindesfarne. Monk at Innisboffin, Ireland in 668. Abbot at Mayo of the Saxons abbey in 670, a house for English monks in Ireland; he there served until 697 when he resigned in favour of Saint Adamnan. Saw the supplanting of the Celtic rite with the Roman rite in his abbey. Founded the abbey of Elytheria in Connaught, Ireland; of Teaghna-Saxon; and a convent led by his sister Segretia. May have been bishop of Mayo, Ireland, but records vary.

Born

Northumbria, England

Died

• 13 March 731 in Galway, Ireland of natural causes

• buried at Mayo, Ireland

Patronage

against plague

Saint Sabinus of Egypt

Also known as

• Sabinus of Al-Ashmunayn

• Sabinus of Hermopolis

• Sabino of...

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Born to the nobility, he lived in Hermopolis (modern Al-Ashmunayn), Egypt. With other Christians, he retreated into the wilderness to escape the persecutions of Diocletian, but was betrayed to the authorities by a beggar he had helped. Martyr.

Died

drowned in the River Nile in Egypt c.307

Saint Mochoemoc

Also known as

• Caomhán Leith

• Mo Chóemóc mac Béoáin

• Mochaemhog, Mochaomhog, Mo-Chaomhog, Mochaomhóg, Mochoemhoc, Pulcherius, Vulcanius

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Nephew of Saint Ita, who raised him. Monk at Bangor Abbey in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founder and abbot of Liath-Mochoemoc monastery.

Born

at Munster, Ireland

Died

c.656

Blessed Judith of Ringelheim

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Sister of Saint Bernward of Hildesheim. All traces of her history were destroyed by Protestants.

Died

• 13 March, year unknown, based on tomb inscription

• relics enshrined in 1497 following many years of public devotion at her tomb

• relics destroyed by Protestants

Saint Patricia of Nicomedia

Also known as

Patritia of Nicomedia

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Married of Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia and mother of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Grace of Saragossa

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Unmarried lay woman arrested, tortured and martyred for her faith in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

breasts cut off and beaten until she received internal injuries, then returned to her prison cell to die of the wounds, c.304 at Zaragoza, Spain

Saint Ramirus of Léon

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Monk and then prior of the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain. He and all his brother monks were martyred by Arian Visigoths.

Died

murdered c.600 while chanting the Nicene Creed in the choir of the church at the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain

Blessed Beatrice of Cochem

Also known as

• Beatrice of Kochem

• Beatrice of Kocheim

• Beatrix...

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A Premonstratensian nun who lived her entire religious life in the monastery of Porta Angelica in Kochem, Rhineland-Palatinate (in modern Germany).

Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia

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Married to Saint Patricia of Nicomedia; father of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Eustachius of Huy

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Eldest of the sons of Blessed Ivetta of Huy, he was eventually brought to the faith by her. Cistercian monk at the Orval monastery (in modern Belgium). He later served as abbot of the house.

Born

latter 12th century in Huy, Belgium

Saint Modesta of Nicomedia

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Daughter of Saint Patricia of Nicomedia and Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Berengar de Alenys

Also known as

Berengario

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Mercedarian monk. Abbot of the convent of Santa Maria in Avignon, France.

Saint Urpasian of Nicomedia

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Christian member of the imperial household of Roman emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey). Martyred for his faith.

Died

burned alive in 295 in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Theusitas of Nicaea

Also known as

Theusetas

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Father of Saint Horres of Nicaea. Martyred with his son and several other Christians.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Horres of Nicaea

Also known as

Ilorres

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Son of Saint Theusitas of Nicaea. Martyred with his father and several others.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Pientius of Poitiers

Also known as

Pien, Pient, Pienzio

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Bishop of Poitiers, France. Helped Saint Radegunde to found her convent.

Died

c.561 of natural causes

Saint Christina of Persia

Also known as

Kristina

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Martyred in the persecutions of Khosrau I of Persia.

Born

Persian

Died

scourged to death

Saint Eufrasia of Nicomedia

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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

beheaded c.300 in Nicomedia (modern Izmet, Turkey)

Saint Kevoca of Kyle

Also known as

Evox, Kennotha, Mochoemoc, Quivoca, Quivox

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Seventh century saint honored in Kyle, Scotland; I have found no other reliable information.

Saint Nymphora of Nicaea

Also known as

Nymphodora

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Marcus of Nicaea

Also known as

Mark

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Salomon of Cordoba

Also known as

Solomon

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Martyr.

Died

martyred in 857 in Cordoba, Spain

Saint Theodora of Nicaea

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Arabia of Nicaea

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown