St. Materiana
Feastday: April 9
Patron: of Minster, Cornwall Tintagel, Cornwall Trawsfynydd, Wales
Birth: 440
Death: 6th century
A Welsh or Cornish widow. No details of her life are extant, but some Welsh churches bear her name.
Saint Materiana is a Welsh saint, patron of two churches in Cornwall and one in Wales. Alternative spellings are Madrun and Madryn. The name was corrupted to "Marcelliana" in medieval times. Another spelling of her name sometimes used is "Mertheriana" or "Merthiana", resembling the Welsh merthyr - "martyr".
Origin
Materiana is said to have been a princess of the 5th century, the eldest of three daughters of King Vortimer the Blessed, who, after her father's death, ruled over Gwent with her husband Prince Ynyr. She is said to be the "Madryn" in whose name (along with her handmaiden Anhun (Antonia)) the church at Trawsfynydd is dedicated, and Carn Fadryn/Fadrun is named. Matrona was a widespread Roman name, and there is no evidence of any purported connection with a pre-Christian goddess named Modron.
The Hymn to St Materiana in use at Tintagel calls her "Materiana, holy Mother" and prays her to "Over thy people still preside, over thy household, clothed in scarlet vesture of love and holy pride" and continues "Thy children rise and call thee blessed, gathered around thee at thy side." The 'Hymn to St Materiana' is not an ancient hymn, and of Anglican use.
Minster church
St Materiana depicted on the church banner at Minster, Cornwall
The rood screen of St Materiana's Church, Tintagel (on the left is the banner portraying St Materiana, designed by Sir Ninian Comper)
The mother church of Boscastle is Minster, dedicated to St Materiana, located in the valley of the River Valency half-a-mile east of Boscastle at grid reference SX 110 904. The original Forrabury / Minster boundary crossed the river so the harbour end of the village was in Forrabury and the upriver area in Minster. The churches were established some time earlier than the settlement at Boscastle (in Norman times when a castle was built there). The Celtic name of Minster was Talkarn but it was renamed Minster in Anglo-Saxon times because of a monastery on the site. Until the Reformation St Materiana's tomb was preserved in the church. Traditions of the saint were recorded by William Worcestre in 1478: he states that her tomb was venerated at Minster and that her feast day was 9 April.[1] The parish feast traditionally celebrated at Tintagel was 19 October, the feast day of St Denys, patron of the chapel at Trevena (the proper date is 9 October but the feast has moved forward due to the calendar reform of 1752).
Tintagel and Trawsfynydd churches
The first church at Tintagel was probably in the 6th century, founded as a daughter church of Minster: these are the only churches dedicated to the saint though she is usually identified with Madryn, Princess of Gwent, who has a church dedicated to her at Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd.[2]
St Materiana's Church, Tintagel was restored by architect James Piers St Aubynin 1870. The north doorway dates to around 1080.[3] There are two memorials which portray St Materiana: a statue in the chancel and a stained glass window in the nave.
The Cornish historian Charles Thomas proposed that the Norman church of Tintagel and its dedication to St Materiana were due to the munificence of William de Bottreaux, lord of Boscastle rather than the Earl of Cornwall
Saint Demetrius of Sermium
Also known as
• Demetrius the Great Martyr
• Demetrius the Megalomartyr
• Demetrius the Myrrh-Streamer
• Dimitri....
Additional Memorials
• 8 October (traditional on several older calendars)
• 26 October (Eastern Church)
• 8 November (Serbian Orthodox Church; Coptic Church)
Profile
Born to a wealthy, noble family and raised Christian. Well-educated, he became a professional public speaker and apologist; his explanations of Christianity brought many converts. Soldier. Deacon. Duke of Thessaly under emperor Maximian in 190. When he was found to be a Christian he was arrested and imprisoned in a bath-house during the persecutions of Diocletian. Martyr. His story was extremely popular in the Middle Ages. Reported to have appeared during a battle in 586, centuries after his death, to help defend Thessalonika. Over 200 churches in the Balkans are known to have been dedicated to him.
Born
3rd century in Thessalonia
Died
• run through with spears c.306 at Sirmium (in modern Serbia)
• relics originally housed at Sirmium and Thessalonika where they were reported to exude holy oil
• a bone relic reported to still be in a monastery on Mount Athos
Patronage
• against evil spirits
• Belgrade, Serbia
• Crusaders
• Salonica, Greece
• Thessaloniki, Greece
Blessed Antony of Pavoni
Additional Memorial
3 February (Dominicans)
Profile
Known as a pious, intelligent youth. A Dominican, he was a monk at age 15, priest at 25. Pope Urban V appointed him inquisitor-general to fight heresies in Lombardy and Genoa, Italy in 1360; he was one of the youngest men to hold that office. A complex and difficult job, it was also a near death-sentence as it put him in constant conflict with heretics. His apostolate lasted 14 years. Preacher. Elected prior in Savigliano, Italy in 1368; he built their new abbey without criticism of its luxury, a charge heretics were always anxious to bring against Catholic builders. Great friend of the poor.
Antony's preaching and his simple and unostentatious lifestyle so angered the heretics, who saw no character flaw they could use as a weapon, they decided that they must kill him. He was martyred on the Sunday after Easter; as he preached against heresy, seven heretics stabbed him.
Born
1326 at Savigliano, Italy
Died
• stabbed to death on Sunday 9 April 1374 at Bricherasio, Turin, Italy
• buried in the Dominican church at Savigliano, Italy which was a place of pilgrimage
• relics translated to the Dominican church in Racconigi, Italy in 1827
Beatified
4 December 1856 by Pope Pius IX
Patronage
lost articles
Blessed Katarzyna Faron
Also known as
• Celestyna, Catherine, Celestine
• prisoner #27989
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Orphaned at age five, Katarzyna was raised by childless relatives. Entered the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in 1930, taking the name Celestyna and making pertual vows on 15 September 1938. Catechist and kindergarten teacher. During World War II she ran an orphanage, led a religious house, and continued to work as a catechist. Arrested by the Gestapo on 19 February 1942 at Brzozów, Poland, charged with conspiracy against the Nazi regime. Imprisoned in Jaslo, Poland, then Tarnów, Poland, and finally shipped to Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp where she was put to work digging ditches. Developed tuberculosis and typhoid, and her health finally collapsed completely. Martyr.
Born
24 April 1913 in Zabrzez, Malopolskie, Poland
Died
Easter morning, 9 April 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Nazi-occupied Poland
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed Ubaldo Adimari
Also known as
Ubaldo da Borgo San Sepolcro
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Born to the Florentine nobility, his relics indicate that he was a pretty tall individual. After a mis-spent youth, he became involved in the political and martial conflicts between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, the Pope and the emperor of Germany. Soldier. He became a spiritual student of Saint Philip Benizi c.1280, had a conversion, and became a Servite friar. Priest, ordained c.1283. Assistant to Saint Philip, and was at his death bed. Prior of the Servite convent of Todi, Italy in 1285. Miracle worker; once, having broken the water jug he was using to carry water, he used the cloth of his habit as a bowel to bring water back to the convent for his brothers. Late in life he returned to the Servite convent on Monte Senario to spent his last days in prayer and penance.
Born
c.1245 in Florence, Italy
Died
• 9 April 1315 on Mount Senario, Tuscany, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the Servite church on Monte Senario near the graves of the Seven Holy Founders
Beatified
3 April 1821 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation)
Saint Liborius of Le Mans
Also known as
Liboire, Liborio
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Born to a noble family of Gaul. Priest. Bishop of Le Mans, France from 348. Friend of Saint Martin of Tours. Served his diocese for 45 years, building many churches. The translation of his relics from Le Mans to Paderborn, Germany led to a sister-city relation that has lasted for over 1,000 years.
Born
early 4th century Gaul (modern France)
Died
• 396 of natural causes
• some relics at Amelia, Umbria, Italy
• some relics transferred to Paderborn, Germany in 836
Patronage
• abdominal pains
• against calculi, gravel, kidney stones or gall stones
• against colic
• against fever
• archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany
• city of Paderborn, Germany
• Paderborn Cathedral
Saint Waltrude of Mons
புனிதர் வால்ட்ரூட்
(St. Waltrude)
பிறப்பு: ---
இறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 9, 688
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஏப்ரல் 9
புனிதர் வால்ட்ரூட், "மான்ஸ்" (Mons) மற்றும் "பெல்ஜியம்" (Belgium) ஆகிய இடங்களின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆவார்.
மிகவும் அழகிய பெண்ணாக வளர்ந்த இவரை, பெரும் பணம் படைத்தவர்கள் திருமணம் செய்து கொள்ள விரும்பினார்கள். ஆனால், அவரது பெற்றோர்கள், அவரை, "ஹைனால்ட்" (Count of Hainault) நகரின் பிரபுவுக்கு மணமுடித்து வைத்தனர். இவர்களுக்கு நான்கு குழந்தைகள் பிறந்தன. பணி ஓய்வு பெற்ற வால்ட்ரூட்டின் கணவர் அங்கிருந்த ஒரு துறவு மடத்தில் தஞ்சமடைந்தார்.
கி.பி. 656ம் ஆண்டு, வால்ட்ரூட் தாமே ஒரு பெண் துறவியானார். அவர் தமது சொந்த பள்ளியை நிறுவினார். அதனைச் சுற்றிலும் "மோன்ஸ்" (Mons) நகரம் வளர்ச்சி காண தொடங்கியிருந்தது.
சிறைக் கைதிகளை விடுதலை செய்விப்பதில் அதிக ஆர்வம் காட்டினார். அவர்களை மீட்பதற்காக மீட்பு விலை கொடுக்க வேண்டியிருந்தது. வால்ட்ரூட், தம்மிடமிருந்த வெள்ளிப் பொருட்களை எடை போட்டு விற்றார். கைதிகள் யாவரும் மீட்பு விலை கொடுக்கப்பட்டு மீட்கப்பட்டனர். பின்னர் அவர்கள் அனைவரையும் அவர்களது சொந்த ஊர்களுக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்தார். இதுபோன்ற காரணங்களால் வால்ட்ரூட் சரித்திர ஆர்வலர்களால் கொண்டாடப்படுகின்றார்.
கி.பி. 688ம் ஆண்டு ஏப்ரல் 9ம் நாள், வால்ட்ரூட் பெல்ஜியத்திலுள்ள மோன்ஸ் (Mons) நகரில் இறந்தார். பெல்ஜியத்தில் புனித வால்ட்ரூட் மலையில் இவர் பெயரில் பேராலயமும், கல்லூரிகளும் உள்ளன.
மோன்ஸ் (Mons) நகரில் இவர் பெயரில் அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்ட ஆலயம் ஒன்றுள்ளது. ஒவ்வோர் ஆண்டும் இந்த திருத்தலத்தில் இன்றுவரை புனித வால்ட்ரூட் திருவிழா சிறப்பாக கொண்டாடப்பட்டு வருகிறது.
Also known as
Valdetrudis, Vaudru, Vautrude, Waldeltrude, Waldetrude, Waldetrudis, Waltrudis, Waudru
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Daughter of Saint Bertille and Saint Walbert of Hainault. Sister of Saint Aldegundis. Married to Saint Vincent Madelgaire, count of Hainault, a lord in King Dagobert's court. Mother of two sons and two daughters - including Saint Landericus of Soignies, Saint Madalberta and Saint Aldetrudis. She convinced her husband to become a monk, and he is now known as Saint Vincent Madelgaire. Spiritual student of Saint Guislain. Took the veil from Saint Aubert. Founded a religious community in Mons, Belgium, but lived as a member, not a leader. Target of much slander from the secular world.
Died
9 April 686 of natural causes
Patronage
• Hainault, Belgium
• Mons, Belgium
Blessed Thomas of Tolentino
Profile
Joined the Franciscans as a young man; he was noted by his brothers for his strict adherence to the Rule of the Order. Priest. Missionary in Armenia in 1289. Envoy from King Haython II of Armenia to the papal court. Missionary in Persia (modern Iran) in 1305. Missionary to Hindustan (part of modern India) in 1320, working with Blessed James of Padua, Blessed Peter of Siena, and Blessed Demetrius of Triflis. Martyr.
Born
c.1260 in Tolentino, Italy
Died
• beheaded in 1322 at Thana, Hindustan (in modern India)
• relics recovered by Blessed Odoric of Pordenone and returned to Tolentino, Italy in 1330
• relics later enshrined in the cathedral in Tolentino
Beatified
• 1809 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation)
• 1894 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
Also known as
Lindalwa
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Born to a large family. Nun. Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in 1986. Began working at a homeless center in El Salvador on 29 January 1991. Murdered by a man who became obsessed with her and angered that she would not give up her religious life for him. Martyr.
Born
20 October 1953 in Sitio Malhada da Areia, Açu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Died
stabbed 44 times with a knife on 9 April 1993 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by Augusto da Silva Peixoto
Beatified
2 December 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Madrun
Also known as
Madryn, Marcelliana, Materiana, Mertheriana, Merthiana, Modrun
Additional Memorial
9 June (Trawsfynydd, Wales)
Profile
Born a princess, the daughter of King Vortimer Fendigaid. Married to Prince Ynyr. Queen of Gwent. While on pilgrimage, she received a dream in which she was told to build a convent where she slept; the church there has survived to today. Mother of Saint Ceidio; she helped him evangelize the area around Minster in Cornwall. Widow.
Born
c.440
Patronage
Trawsfynydd, Wales
Saint Gaucherius
Also known as
Gauquerio, Gaucherio, Gaucher, Gautier, Gaultier, Walter
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Hermit near Limousin, France, probably supporting himself as a wood cutter. Founder and abbot of the Augustinian canons regular monastery of Saint John at Aureil, Limousin. Friend and benefactor of Saint Stephen of Muret.
Born
1060 near Maulan, France
Died
9 April 1140 from injuries received in a fall in a riding accident near Limoges, France
Canonized
1194 by Pope Celestine III
Patronage
wood cutters
Saint Hugh of Rouen
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Benedictine monk at Fontenelle Abbey. Primicerius of Metz, France. Bishop of Rouen, France in 722. Bishop of Paris, France. Abbot at Fontenelle. Abbot at Jumieges. He used these positions, several of which he held at once, to inspire and support piety and learning in his diocese, and among his monks. He eventually resigned all his offices and retired to Jumieges as a choir monk.
Died
730 at Jumieges Abbey, France of natural causes
Saint Acacius of Amida
Also known as
Acacio, Acathius
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Bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia (modern Diyarbakir, Turkey). Noted for his work with, and charity to Persian prisoners of war. To pay their ransom, he melted down the altar pieces and sacred vessels of his church. This is impressed the Persian King Bahram V so much that he ended the persecution of Christians in his domain.
Died
c.421 of natural causes
Saint Casilda of Toledo
புனிதர் கஸில்டா
(St. Casilda of Toledo)
பிறப்பு: ---
இறப்பு: கி.பி. 1050
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
(Eastern Orthodox Church)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஏப்ரல் 9
புனிதர் கஸில்டா, ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்கம் மற்றும் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகளின் புனிதராக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டவர் ஆவார்.
கஸில்டா, பத்தாம் நூற்றாண்டில், ஸ்பெயின் (Spain) நாட்டின் “டோலேடோ” (Toledo) மாகாணத்தின் இஸ்லாமிய மத தலைவர் ஒருவரது மகளாகப் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார்.
இயற்கையிலேயே இரக்க குணம் கொண்ட கஸில்டா, கிறிஸ்தவ கைதிகளின் மீது மிகுந்த இரக்கம் காட்டினார். தமது இஸ்லாமிய மதத்தின்மீது விசுவாசம் கொண்டிருந்த இவர், தினந்தோறும் கிறிஸ்தவ கைதிகளுக்கு ரொட்டிகளை மறைவாகக் கொண்டுவந்து கொடுப்பதை வழக்கமாகக் கொண்டிருந்தார். ஒருநாள் அவர் கிறிஸ்தவ கைதிகளுக்கு கொடுப்பதற்காக ரொட்டிகளை தமது ஆடையில் மறைத்து எடுத்துச் செல்கையில், எதிர்ப்பட்ட இஸ்லாமிய போர் வீரர்களால் சோதனையிடப்பட்டார். அவர்கள் அவரை சோதித்தபோது, அவரது ஆடையில் மறைவாக வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த ரொட்டிகள் அழகிய ரோஜா மலர்களாக மாறினவாம்.
கஸில்டா தமது இளம் வயதில் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டார். உள்ளூர் அரேபிய மருத்துவர்கள் அவரை குணப்படுத்துவார்கள் என்ற நம்பிக்கை அவரிடம் இல்லாதிருந்தது. அதனால், அவர் உள்ளூர் மருத்துவர்களின் சிகிச்சையை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளவில்லை.
வடக்கு ஸ்பெயினிலுள்ள “ஸான் விகென்ஸோ” (San Vicenzo) திருத்தலத்திற்கு புனித பயணம் மேற்கொண்டால் தமது நோய்கள் தம்மை விட்டு விலகும், தாம் குணமடைவோம் என்று கஸில்டா நம்பினார். அவரைப் போலவே நோய்வாய்ப்பட்ட மக்கள் திருத்தல புனித பயணம் மேற்கொண்டிருந்தனர். அவர்களில் அநேகர் இரத்த ஒழுக்கு நோயினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்கள் ஆவர். கஸில்டா “ஸான் விகென்ஸோ” திருத்தலத்தின் புனித நீரை வேண்டி அருந்தினார். அவரை இந்த திருத்தலத்திற்கு இட்டுச் சென்ற சக்தி என்னவென்று இதுவரை யாருமறியார். ஆனால், வியக்கத்தக்க வகையில் அவர் குணமுற்றார்.
இதன் பிரதிபலனாக, கஸில்டா கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தை மனமார ஏற்றார். “பர்கோஸ்” (Burgos) எனும் இடத்தில் இவர் திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றார். தனிமையிலும் தவ வாழ்வினை வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் சுமார் நூறு வருடங்கள் வாழ்ந்ததாக சொல்லப்படுகிறது. இவர் கி.பி. சுமார் 1050ம் வருடம் இறந்ததாக நம்பப்படுகிறது.
சரித்திரம் முழுதுமே, கிறிஸ்தவ மற்றும் இஸ்லாமியர்களுக்கிடையே ஒரு பதட்ட சூழ்நிலையே நிலவி வந்திருக்கிறது. சில வேளைகளில் அவை இரத்தக்களறியான போர்களாகவும் வெடித்திருக்கின்றன. கஸில்டா தமது அமைதியான, எளிய வாழ்க்கை மூலம் தம்மைப் படைத்த இறைவனுக்கு - முதலில் ஒரு விசுவாசத்திற்கும் - பின்னர் வேறொன்றுக்குமாக - சேவை செய்திருந்தார்.
Also known as
• Casilda of Briviesca
• Casilde of...
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Born to Moorish parents. Convert to Christianity. Anchorite near Briviesca, Burgos, Spain.
Born
Toledo, Spain
Died
c.1050
Patronage
against sterility
Blessed Pierre Camino
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Mercedarian friar. While sailing to north Africa on a mission for the Order to ransom Christians enslaved by Muslims, he was captured by Muslims, taken to Tunis, buried to the waist, and used for archery practice before finally being mutilated, blinded and murdered. Martyr.
Born
French
Died
beheaded in 1284 in Tunis, Tunisia
Saint Eupsychius of Cappadocia
Also known as
Eupsichio
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Fourth century patrician in Cappadocia. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Eupsychius was arrested, convicted, tortured and executed for being a Christian and for having destroyed the temple of the pagan god of fortune in Caesarea. Martyr.
Died
beheaded in 362 in Caesarea, Cappadocia
Saint Aedesius of Alexandria
Also known as
Edessa, Edesio
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Brother of Saint Apphian of Caesarea. Publicly reproved a judge who had forced nuns to work in brothels in order to break them of their faith during the persecutions of emperor Maximinus. For this, he was imprisoned, tortured and executed. Martyr.
Died
drowned in 306 in Alexandria, Egypt
Saint Maximus of Alexandria
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Priest in Alexandria, Egypt. When Saint Dionysius of Alexandria was exiled in 257, Maximus governed the patriarchate of Alexandria. Chosen bishop of Alexandria in 265. Studied at and supported the catechetical school in Alexandria.
Died
c.288 in Alexandria, Egypt of natural causes
Blessed James of Padua
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Franciscan. Missionary. Martyred with Blessed Thomas of Tolentino, Blessed Peter of Siena, and Blessed Demetrius of Triflis while en route to evangelize Ceylon and China.
Born
Italian
Died
beheaded by Muslims in 1322 at Thama, Hindustan
Beatified
1894 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Marguerite Rutan
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Religious sister in the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Martyred in the French Revolution.
Born
23 April 1736 in Metz, Moselle, France
Died
9 April 1794 in Dax, Landes, France
Beatified
19 June 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Hedda the Abbot
Also known as
Haeddi
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Benedictine abbot. He and 84 of his brother monks were martyred by invading pagan Danes.
Died
869 in Croyland, England
Saint Marcellus of Die
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Brother of Saint Petronius of Die. Bishop of Die, France. Much persecuted by Arians.
Born
Avignon, France
Died
474
Saint Heliodorus of Mesopotamia
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Bishop in Mesopotamia. Martyred in the persecution of Shapur II.
Died
c.355
Saint Brogan
Also known as
Brocan
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Mentioned in the Gorman Martyrology.
Saint Concessus the Martyr
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Martyr.
Saint Dotto
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Sixth century abbot of a monastery in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Saint Hilary the Martyr
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Martyr.
Martyrs of Croyland
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A group of Benedictine monks martyred by pagan Danes - Agamund, Askega, Egdred, Elfgete, Grimkeld, Sabinus, Swethin, Theodore and Ulric.
Died
Croyland Abbey, England
Martyrs of Masyla
Also known as
Massylitan Martyrs
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Group of Christians martyred in Masyla in northwest Africa.
Martyrs of Pannonia
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Seven virgin-martyrs in Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia).
Martyrs of Thorney Abbey
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A group of Hermits, hermitesses, and monks who lived in or around Thorney Abbey who were martyred together during raids by pagan Danes. We know little more than the names of three - Tancred, Torthred and Tova.
Died
869 by raiders at Thorney Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England
