இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 05

 Bl. Helie de Bourdeille

Feastday: July 5

Birth: 1423

Death: 1484

Image of Bl. Helie de BourdeilleHelie de Bourdeille, a Franciscan friar from Agonac, France, was consecrated bishop of Perigueux in 1438. A zealous pastor, he willingly gave penitents all the time they needed to confess to him, even if this meant spending three or four hours with them. Bishop Bourdeille celebrated Mass almost daily, for which he spent two hours in preparation, and afterwards offered a long thanksgiving. In addition, he attended at least one other Mass daily, and as many as four on solemnities. He customarily knelt for all his prayers, except when illness prevented him. In 1468, he was appointed archbishop of Tours. Having already been in the habit of serving meals to the poor at his dinner table before sitting down to take his own dinner, Archbishop Bourdeille expanded this practice in Tours. On ordinary days he fed fifteen paupers, on feast-days twenty-five, and on the major solemnities as many as seventy-two. The archbishop died while uttering the words from Psalm 31 (verse 6) repeated by the dying Christ, "Into your hands I commend my spirit."

Hélie de Bourdeilles

Hélie de Bourdeilles (ca. 1423, at the castle of Bourdeilles, Périgord – 5 July 1484, at Artannes near Tours) was a French Franciscan, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal.

Life

He was the son of the viscount Arnaud de Bourdeilles. Having entered the Franciscan Order at an early age, he was only twenty-four when, at the request of Charles VII of France, he was appointed to the See of Périgueux (1447).

During the wars between France and England he was held prisoner for several years by the English, in consequence of his defence of ecclesiastical immunity. In 1468 he was appointed to the Archiepiscopal See of Tours, and in 1483 he was raised to the cardinalate by Pope Sixtus IV. A stanch defender of the rights of the Church against the encroachments of the State, Bourdeilles advocated the abolition of the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, as may be seen from his treatise, Pro Pragmaticæ Sanctionis Abrogatione (Rome, 1486).

Bourdeilles continued, during his episcopate, to practise religious poverty and was intimate friend of St. Francis of Paula. He is mentioned among the Blessed in the Franciscan Martyrology for 5 July.

He also wrote Libellus in Pragmaticam Sanctionem Gallorum (Rome, 1484); and a Latin defence of Jeanne d'Arc which is attached in manuscript to the process of her rehabilitation.

Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria

தூய அந்தோனி மரிய சக்கரியா (ஜூலை 05)

வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு

இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் அந்தோனி மரிய சக்கரியா 1502 ஆம் ஆண்டு, இத்தாலியில் உள்ள ரெமோனா என்னும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவர் பிறந்த சில ஆண்டுகளிலே இவருடைய தந்தை இறந்துபோனார். எனவே, இவர் தாயின் பராமரிப்பிலே வளர்ந்து வந்தார்.

இவர் தன்னுடைய தொடக்கக்கல்வியை தனது சொந்த ஊரிலே கற்றுமுடித்தபின்பு, மேற்படிப்புப் படிக்க, அதாவது மருத்துவப் படிப்புப் படிக்க பதுவா நகருக்குச் சென்றார். அங்கு இவர் மருத்துவப் படிப்பைப் படித்து முடித்த பின்பு, அங்கிருந்த ஏழை எளிய மக்களுக்கு மருத்துவச் சேவை செய்துவந்தார். இந்த சமயத்தில்தான் இவர் இறைவனுடைய அழைப்பை உணர்ந்தார். எனவே இவர் எல்லாவற்றையும் உதறித் தள்ளிவிட்டு குருமடத்தில் சேர்ந்து, குருத்துவப் படிப்புப் படித்து, தனது 26 வயதில் குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.

குருவாக மாறியபின்பு, முன்பு செய்துவந்த சேவையைத் தொடர்ந்து செய்து வந்தார். அதோடுகூட ஆன்மீகப் பணியையும் செய்து வந்தார். ஒருசில ஆண்டுகள் அங்கு பணியாற்றிவிட்டு மிலன் நகருக்குச் சென்று, பணியாற்றத் தொடங்கினார். அந்த காலகட்டத்தில்தான் மார்டின் லூதர் கிங் திருச்சபையில் பிரிவினையையும் குளறுபடிகளையும் ஏற்படுத்திக் கொண்டிருந்தார். இதைக் கண்ணுற்ற அந்தோனி தன்னுடைய வல்லமை மிக்க போதனையால் இறைமக்களை நம்பிக்கையில் வலுப்படுத்தினார். மேலும் துறவற சபையை ஏற்படுத்துவதன் தேவையை உணர்ந்தார். அதன்பேரில் தனக்கு நன்கு அறிமுகமான ஐந்து அருட்தந்தையர்களின் உதவியுடன் இருபாலருக்கும் தனித்தனி துறவற சபையை ஏற்படுத்தினார். இதன்மூலம் மக்களுடைய விசுவாசத்தைக் கட்டி எழுப்பினார்.

இவர் மக்கள் தங்களுடைய தீச்செயல்களிலிருந்தும் தீய வாழக்கையிலிருந்தும் மனமாற்றம் பெறவேண்டும் என்று அதிகமாக விரும்பினார். அதனால் இவர் தன்னுடைய கையில் சிலுவையை ஏந்திக்கொண்டு, மக்கள் அதிகமாக இருக்கும் பகுதியில் நின்றுகொண்டு, “ஆண்டவர் இயேசு நமக்காகப் பாடுபட்டு இறந்தார். ஆகவே, நாம் ஒவ்வொருவரும் மனந்திரும்பி நடக்கவேண்டும்” என்று போதித்தார். அவருடைய போதனையைக் கேட்ட நிறையப் பேர் மனமாற்றம் அடைந்தார்கள்.

இவர் நற்கருணை ஆண்டவரிடத்திலும் அளவுகடந்த பக்தி கொண்டிருந்தார். 40 மணிநேர தொடர் நற்கருணை ஆராதனையை இவர் அறிமுகப்படுத்தினார். மேலும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசு பாடுபட்டு இறந்ததை நினைவு கூருகின்ற வகையில் பிற்பகல் மூன்று மணிக்கு ஆலய மணியை அடிக்கின்ற வழகத்தினை கொண்டு வந்தார்.

இப்படி ஏழைகளின் பங்காளியாய், தீருச்சபையினுடைய காவலனாய் பணியாற்றிய அந்தோனி மரிய சக்கரியா திடிரென்று நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு, தன்னுடைய 37 வயதில் அதாவது 1539 ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1897 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Antonio Maria Zaccaria

• Antony Zaccaria

Profile

Born to a patrician family. His father Lazzaro died when Anthony was two, and his mother, Antonia Pescorali, widowed at age 18, devoted herself to her son. He studied medicine at Padua, Italy, receiving his doctorate at age 22. Work as a physicians to the poor in Cremona, Italy, he felt called to the religious life. He bequeathed his inheritance to his mother, worked as a catechist, and was ordained at age 26; legend says that angels were seen around the altar at his first Mass.

Noted preacher and an excellent administrator. In Milan, Italy he established the congregations, the Society of Clerics of Saint Paul (the Barnabites) for men religious, and the Angelics of Saint Paul for un-cloistered nuns. Helped introduce the Forty Hours' Devotion. These groups helped reform the morals of the faithful, encouraged laymen to work together with the apostolate, and frequent reception of Communion. While on a peace mission, Anthony became ill and died at his mother's house; tradition says that in his last moments he had a vision of Saint Paul the Apostle.

Born

1502 at Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

Died

• 5 July 1539 of natural causes at Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

• buried at Saint Paul's Convent of the Angelics at Milan, Italy

• body found incorrupt in 1566

Canonized

27 May 1897 by Pope Leo XIII

Blessed Joseph Boissel

Profile

Born to a poor peasant family, Joseph was baptized on the day of his birth. His father died when the boy was 14. Joseph studied at the junior seminary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on the Isle of Jersey, and then on the Isle of Berder, France; he was considered a very ordinary student, and not very intelligent. However, he was pious, hard-working, and had other qualities of a spiritual leader, and so was sent to study in Liege, Belgium and La Brosse-Montceaux, France. He made his solemn oblation on 29 September 1935, and was ordained a priest on 4 July 1937.

Joseph was one of the first missionaries to Laos, arriving in October 1938, working with the Hmong communities in the mountain province of Xieng Khouang on the border of Vietnam. He won the admiration of the local peopel by hard work and care for the sick. On 1 June 1945 he was captured by the World War II Japanese troops, and imprisoned in Vinh, Vietnam in conditions that nearly ruined his health. Freed after the war, he returned to Laos in 1946, found that the mission had been destroyed, and immediately set to work to re-establish and re-build it. In 1949 he helped found the minor seminary of Paksane.

In 1952, Father Joseph returned to the mountains to work with the Hmong people, but the warfare between French forces and Communist guerillas in the region caused him to return to Paksane in November 1957 to help the refugees who were fleeing the mountains. With assorted breaks due to health problems, he continued his work in the area for another dozen years. On Saturday 5 July 1969, he and two lay Oblate Missionaries were travelling to prepare for Sunday Mass; the little group was attacked and killed by Communist guerrillas on the road. Martyr.

Born

20 December 1909 in Le Loroux, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Died

• shot in the head while driving on Saturday 5 July 1969 on the road near Hat I-Et, Bolikhamxay, Laos

• the killers set his wrecked car on fire, and his body was burned so badly he was almost unrecognizable

Beatified

• 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis

• recognition celebrated in Laos, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Saint Febronia of Patti

Additional Memorial

2 July (intercession in the attack by Ascanio Anzalone)

Profile

Born to wealthy pagan family, she converted to Christianity as a young woman during the period of the persecutions of Diocletian; she was baptized by bishop Saint Agatone. Febronia decided to devote herself to God which led to great harassment by the locals and opposition from her family, especially her father who planned an advantageous arranged marriage for her. To escape the abuse at home, she fled to live in the caves on Mons Iovis. Her father found her and was so angry at her defiance that she threw her into the sea. Martyr.

The intercession of Febronia is credited with protecting the city of Patti, Sicily on several occasions –

• from a plague in the 16th century

• an earthquake in 1693

• an earthquake in 1908

• an earthquake in 1978

• when the tryrannical Ascanio Anzalone bought the town as a fief from the Spanish government in 1656, he marched on the town to take possession of it and everything in it; as he approached on 2 July, the bells in the church enshrining the relics of Febronia began to ring on their own as a warning to the people to defend themselves

Born

late 3rd century in Patti, Sicily, Italy

Died

• drowned in the sea off the coast of Mons Iovis in Sicly, Italy in the early 4th century

• her body washed up on the beach of Minori, Salerno, Italy and was found by a young woman doing laundry there

• relics enshrined in a silver urn at Patti, Sicily, Italy

Patronage

Patti, Sicily, Italy

Saint Athanasius the Athonite

Profile

Studied at Constantinople. Monk at Saint Michael's monastery, Kymina, Bithynia, taking the name Athanasius. Fearing that the was going to be chosen abbot, Athanasius fled to Karyes, changed his name, claimed to be illiterate, and hid in his cell. Hermit in a cave at Mount Athos, Greece in 958.

Athananius helped his old friend from Constantinople, Nicephorus Phocas, prepare an expedition against the Saracens in 961, serving as almoner to the fleet. Phocas gave Athanasius part of the money raised, and the hermit used it to found a monastery on Athos in 963. This was to be an idiorhythmic house where anchorites, hermits, and monks could live in community, but without the requirements for group activity common to other monasteries.

At the same time the monastery was being dedicated, his old friend Phocas became emperor. Fearing he would be called to serve at the imperial court, Athanasius fled to Cyprus. Phocas found him, assured the monk that he would be allowed to continue his religious life in peace, and helped finish work on the monastery. Though he faced opposition in the founding of this house, which ended only by imperial decree, the monastery flourished. Athanasius insisted on Bible study, founded a school and large library, and he personally planted hundreds of trees on the grounds. Eventually there were 58 communities on the mountain, and thousands of holy men still live there today.

Born

c.920 at Trebizond as Abraham

Died

c.1003 when the arch of a church under construction fell on him and five of his monks

Saint Domèce

Also known as

• Domèce of Quros

• Domèce the Doctor

• Domèce the Physician

• Dometios, Domezio, Dometius, Domitius

Additional Memorial

4 October (Orthodox calendar)

Profile

Pagan physician in service of Roman Emperor Valens. Sometime between 364 and 378, an angel appeared to Domèce and rebuked him for his abuse of Christians. He was led to a cave hermit on Mount Qouros in Armenia where he learned about Christianity, converted, was baptized, and stayed to live as a hermit for over 30 years. As a physician, he accepted all patients, including animals, healing many, including the healing of sciatica by prayer.

Born

Quros (in modern Kilis, Turkey)

Died

• late 4th century on Mount Qouros of natural causes

• buried in his cave hermitage; legend says he was buried by the same angel that led to his conversion to Christianity

• a monastery named in his honour grew up around the cave, but has long since been abandoned and fallen into ruin

Patronage

hip problems

Blessed George Nichols

Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Raised Protestant, he graduated from Brasenose College in Oxford, England in 1573. Taught at Saint Paul's School, London, England. Convert to Catholicism. Began studies at Douai College, Rheims, France in 1581 Ordained a priest of the apostolic vicariate of England in September 1583. He returned to England in late 1584 to minister to covert Catholics during a period of official persecution. Martyred for the crime of priesthood.

Born

1550 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 July 1589 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Marthe

Also known as

Martha

Profile

Married to a man named John from Edessa; she had previously made a private vow of virginity but received a revelation that she should agree to the arranged marriage. Mother of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger. Widowed when Simeon was very young, she devoted herself to his Christian education. Visionary who received apparitions of Saint John the Baptist and of angels.

Born

early 6th century in Antioch, Syria

Died

• 551 at Mont Admirable, Syria of natural causes

• buried in the village of Daphne outside Antioch, Syria

• re-interred at the church of the Holy Trinity at the monastery near the pillar of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger

• re-interred in a chapel built nearby in her honour

• miracles reported in the chapel

Blessed Thomas Belson

Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Young layman of the apostolic vicariate of England. Educated of Exeter College, Oxford, England, and Douai College, Rheims, France. Arrested for "conveying intelligence" for a Catholic priest, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and released on condition of banishment. He later returned, was arrested again, and martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.

Born

c.1564 in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England

Died

hanged on 5 July 1589 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Zoe of Rome

Also known as

Zoa of Rome

Profile

Married to Nicostratus, a high court official in imperial Rome. She had a great devotion to Saint Peter the Apostle. One day while praying at the tomb of Saint Peter, she was arrested for her faith. Martyr.

Died

burned to death after being hung in a tree by her hair and a fire lit under her feet c.286

Blessed Richard Yaxley

Memorial

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Studied at the University of Oxford, England, and then the Douai College in Rheims, France. Priest of the apostolic vicariate of England, ordained in 1586. He then returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.

Born

c.1560 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 July 1589 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Elias of Bourdeilles

Also known as

Elie, Hélie

Profile

Born to the French nobility. Franciscan at age ten. Priest. Bishop of Périgord, France in 1437. In 1452 he authored a report vindicating Saint Joan of Arc. Archbishop of Tours, France in 1468. Cardinal in 1483. Confessor to King Louis XI. Defended the rights of the Church against the power of the king.

Born

1407 at Périgord, France

Died

1484 of natural causes

Beatified

process begun in 1526, never completed, but he has been referred to as "Blessed" for centuries

Saint Cyrilla of Cyrene

Also known as

• Cyrilla of Libya

• Ciprilla, Cirilla, Cypria, Cyprille

Profile

An elderly widow who was arrested in the persecutions of Diocletian for refusing to sacrifice to idols. To force her to make the sacrifice, they put live coals and incense in her bare hands so that when she dropped the flaming mass, it would fall on the altar, and she would have made the sacrifice. Instead, she gripped the coals tightly and refused to cooperate. The authorities gave up and tortured her to death. Martyr.

Died

flesh torn off her body with metal hooks c.300 in Cyrene, Libya

Saint Rosa Chen Aijieh

Also known as

• Luosa

• Rosa Chen Aixie

• Rose Tch'enn-Kai-Tsie

Profile

Lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.

Born

c.1878 in Feng, Jizhou, Hebei, China

Died

stabbed with spears on 5 July 1900 in Cao, Ningjing, Hebei, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Teresia Chen Qingjieh

Also known as

• Delan

• Teresa Chen Jinxie

Profile

Lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.

Born

c.1875 in Feng, Jizhou, Hebei, China

Died

stabbed with spears on 5 July 1900 in Cao, Ningjing, Hebei, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Humphrey Pritchard

Additional Memorials

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

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Layman. Studied at the University of Oxford, England. Worked at the Catherine Wheel Inn, Saint Giles', Oxford for twelve years. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.

Born

Wales

Died

hanged on 5 July 1589 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Patrick Cavanagh

Also known as

Pádraigh Caomhánach

Additional Memorials

• 5 July as one of the Martyrs of Wexford

• 20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Lifelong layman in the diocese of Ferns, Ireland; worked as a sailor. Martyr.

Born

in Wexford, Ireland

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 July 1581 in Wexford, Ireland

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Blessed Matthew Lambert

Also known as

Maitiú Laimpeart

Additional Memorials

• 5 July as one of the Martyrs of Wexford

• 20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Lifelong layman in the diocese of Ferns, Ireland; worked as a baker. Martyr.

Born

in Wexford, Ireland

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 July 1581 in Wexford, Ireland

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Blessed Edward Cheevers

Also known as

éadbhard Cheevers

Memorials

• 5 July as one of the Martyrs of Wexford

• 20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Lifelong layman in the diocese of Ferns, Ireland; worked as a sailor. Martyr.

Born

in Wexford, Ireland

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 July 1581 in Wexford, Ireland

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Blessed Robert Meyler

Also known as

Roibeard Meyler

Additional Memorials

• 5 July as one of the Martyrs of Wexford

• 20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Lifelong layman in the diocese of Ferns, Ireland; worked as a sailor. Martyr.

Born

in Wexford, Ireland

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 July 1581 in Wexford, Ireland

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Saint Thomas of Terreti

Profile

Monk. Abbot of the Mother of God monastery in Terrti, a hilly district outside Reggio Calabria, Italy. Known for his personal piety, his adherence to this monastic rule, his ascetic lifestyle, and his leadership, bringing his brother monks to a holy life.

Born

early 10th century in Reggio Calabria, Italy

Died

5 July 1000 near Reggio Calabria, Italy of natural causes

Saint Astius of Durazzo

Also known as

Asteio, Astio, Aberisto

Profile

Bishop of Durazzo (in modern Albania). He was martyred in the persecutions of Trajan as part of a sacrifice to the pagan god Dionysus.

Died

c.100 by being tied to a cross, covered in honey, laid in the sun, left to be tortured by biting and stinging insects, and to die of thirst and exposure

Saint Numerian of Treves

Also known as

Memorian, Memoriae

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Son of a rich senator. Benedictine monk at Remiremont Abbey, at Treves (Trier, Germany) and at Luxeuil, France. Spiritual student of Saint Arnulf and Saint Waldebert. Bishop of Trier.

Born

Treves (modern Trier, Germany)

Died

c.666 of natural causes

Saint Triphina of Brittany

புனித ட்ரிஃபினா  (ஆறாம் நூற்றாண்டு)

இவர் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் உள்ள பிரிட்டினியைச் சார்ந்தவர். இறைவன்மீது மிகுந்த பற்று கொண்ட  ஒரு குடும்பத்தைச் சார்ந்த இவர், ஓர் ஆண்மகனை மணந்தார்.

இவர்களுடைய இல்லற வாழ்வு நன்றாகச் சென்றது.  இறைவன் இவர்களுக்கு ட்ரிமோருஸ் என்ற குழந்தையைத் தந்தார். இப்படி இருக்கையில், இவருடைய கணவர் திடீரென இறந்தார். இதனால் இவர் தனித்து விடப்பட்டார்.

இதற்குப் பிறகு இவர் தன்னுடைய மகன் ட்ரிமோருஸை இறை நம்பிக்கையிலும் பிறரன்பிலும்  நல்ல விதமாய் வளர்த்து வந்தார். இச்செய்தி பிரிட்டினியில் இருந்த ஓர் அரச அதிகாரிக்குத் தெரியவந்தது. அவன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை அறவே வெறுத்தவன்.

அவன் ட்ரிஃபினாவின் மகன் ட்ரிமோருஸைப் பிடித்துத் தலையை வெட்டிக் கொன்றுபோட்டான். பின்னாளில் இந்த ட்ரிமோருஸ் புனிதராக உயர்த்தப்பட்டார்.

தன் மகனுடைய இறப்புக்குப் பிறகு ட்ரிஃபினா, ஒரு துறவுமடத்தில் தஞ்சமடைந்து, அங்கு தன்னுடைய வாழ்வின் கடைசிக்காலம் மட்டும் இருந்து, இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

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Mother of Saint Tremorus. Widowed, she re-married, becoming the wife of Count Conmore of Brittany. After the martyrdom of Tremorus by the count, Triphina retired to a convent in Brittany.

Died

6th century

Saint Domitius of Phrygia

Also known as

Dometius

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Convert to Christianity. Hermit at Nisibis, Mesopotamia. Martyred for challenging Julian the Apostate.

Born

Persian

Died

stoned to death in 362

Saint Athanasius of Jerusalem

Also known as

Atanasio

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Deacon in Jerusalem. Denounced the heretic Theodosius who had deposed Saint Juvenal as bishop of Jerusalem. Arrested, scourged and martyred for his support of orthodoxy and the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon.

Died

beheaded in 462

Saint Philomena of San Severino

Also known as

Filomena

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Virgin of San Severino, Italy. In writing and art she is often confused with the better known Philomena.

Died

c.500

Saint Probus of Cornwall

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Married to Saint Grace of Cornwall. During renovation of the church named for them, a male and a female skull were found interred near the site of the altar, and are believed to be relics of the couple.

Born

at Cornwall, England

Patronage

Probus, Cornwall, England

Saint Grace of Cornwall

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Married to Saint Probus of Cornwall. During renovation of the church named for them, a male and a female skull were found interred near the site of the altar, and are believed to be relics of the couple.

Born

at Cornwall, England

Patronage

Probus, Cornwall, England

Saint Fragan

Also known as

Fracon

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Married to Saint Gwen. Father of Saint Winwallus, Saint Jacut, and Saint Guithern. Forced to flee Britain in the 5th century when the imperial Roman troops pulled out, and life became hard and chancy as Anglo-Saxon pagans reclaimed their land. Travelled and help spread the faith in Brittany.

Saint Gwen

Also known as

Blanca, Blanche

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Married to Saint Fragan. Mother of Saint Winwallus, Saint Jacut, and Saint Guithern. Forced to flee Britain in the 5th century when imperial Roman troops pulled out, and life became hard and chancy as pagans reclaimed their land. Travelled and help spread the faith in Brittany.

Saint Stephen of Reggio

Also known as

Stephen of Nicaea

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First bishop of Reggio, Italy, ordained by Saint Paul the Apostle in the 1st century. Martyred in the persecutions of Nero.

Died

Reggio Calabria, Italy

Patronage

Reggio Emilia, Italy

Saint Edana of West Ireland

Also known as

Edaene, Etaoin

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Holy virgin who lived near the rivers Boyle and Shannon. A holy well is named for her, as are some parishes in western Ireland. No details of her life have survived.

Born

Irish

Saint Modwenna

Also known as

Edna, Modwen

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Princess who renounced her wealth and position to become a nun. Renowned for her sanctity and miracles.

Born

9th century Irish

Saint Mars of Nantes

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Sixth century bishop of Nantes, France.

Patronage

• Petit-Mars, France

• Saint-Mars-du-Désert, France

• Saint-Mars-de-Coutais, France

• Saint-Mars-la-Jaille, France

Saint Erfyl

Also known as

Eurfyl, Euerfyl

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Holy virgin who founded the church of Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire, Wales. No reliable information has survived.

Born

in the British Isles

Patronage

Llanerfyl, Wales

Saint Cast

Also known as

Kast

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Monk in 6th-century Ireland.Spiritual student of Saint Jagut.

Born

c.522 in Ireland

Saint Theodotus of Tomi

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Martyr.

Died

Tomi, Scythia (in modern Romania)

Saint Triphina of Sicily

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Martyr.

Born

Sicily

Died

306

Saint Sedolpha of Tomi

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Martyr.

Died

Tomi, Scythia (in modern Romania)

Saint Agatho of Sicily

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Martyr.

Born

Sicilian

Died

306

Saint Marinus of Tomi

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Martyr.

Died

Tomi, Scythia (in modern Romania)

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 04

 Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

 அருளாளர் பியர் ஜியோர்ஜியோ ஃப்ரசட்டி 

(Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati)

சமூக ஆர்வலர் / பொதுநிலையினர்:

(Social Activist and Layman)

பிறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 6, 1901

டுரின்,  இத்தாலி அரசு

(Turin, Kingdom of Italy)

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 4, 1925 (வயது 24)

டுரின்,  இத்தாலி அரசு

(Turin, Kingdom of Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

அருளாளர் பட்டம்:  மே 20, 1990

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா:  ஜூலை  4

பாதுகாவல்:

மாணவர்கள் (Students)

இளம் கத்தோலிக்கர்கள் (Young Catholics)

மலை ஏறுபவர்கள் (Mountaineers)

இளைஞர் குழுக்கள் (Youth groups)

கத்தோலிக்க நடவடிக்கை (Catholic Action)

டொமினிகன் மூன்றாம் நிலை (Dominican tertiaries)

உலக இளைஞர் தினம் (World Youth Day)

அருளாளர் பியர் ஜியோர்ஜியோ ஃப்ரசட்டி, ஒரு இத்தாலிய ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க சமூக ஆர்வலரும் (Italian Roman Catholic Social Activist), டோமினிகன் மூன்றாம் சபையின் (Third Order of Saint Dominic) உறுப்பினரும், ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் அருளாளருமாவார்.

இவர், 1901ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 6ம் தேதி, “புனித சனிக்கிழமையன்று” (Holy Saturday), டுரின் (Turin) நகரில், ஒரு செல்வந்த குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தார். “லா ஸ்டம்பா” (La Stampa) என்னும் செய்தித்தாளினைத் துவங்கி நடத்திவந்த இவரின் தந்தையின் பெயர், “அல்ஃபிரடோ ஃப்ரசட்டி” (Alfredo Frassati) ஆகும். இவரது தாயாரான “அடேலைட் அமெட்டிஸ்” (Adelaide Ametis), ஒரு பிரபல ஓவியர் ஆவார். இவரது ஒரே சகோதரியான “லூசியானா (Luciana Gawronska), 2007ம் ஆண்டு, தமது 105 வயதில் மரித்தார். இவர், கல்வியில் சுமாராயிருப்பினும், தன் நண்பர்கள் மத்தியில் பக்திக்கும் விசுவாசத்திற்கும் பேர்போனவர் ஆவார்.

இவர் ஈகை, செபம் மற்றும் சமூகப் பணிக்கு தன் வாழ்வை அர்ப்பணித்தார். இவர் கத்தோலிக்க இளையோர் மற்றும் மாணாக்கர் சங்க உறுப்பினர் ஆவார். மேலும் டோமினிக்கன் மூன்றாம் (Third Order of Saint Dominic) சபையில் சேர்ந்திருந்தார். இவர் அடிக்கடி "ஈகை மட்டும் போதாது, சமூகப் மறுமலர்ச்சியும் தேவை" என்பார். திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோவின் (Pope Leo XIII) சுற்றுமடலான (Rerum novarum) இன்படி ஒரு செய்தித்தாளை துவங்க உதவினார். 1918ம் ஆண்டு, புனித வின்சண்ட் தே பவுல் சபையில் (Saint Vincent de Paul group) சேர்ந்து தன் நேரத்தை ஏழைகளுக்கு உதவுவதில் செலவிட்டார். தன் பெற்றோரிடமிருந்து பெறும் பயணச்செலவை குறைக்க, மூன்றாம் தர தொடர்வண்டியில் பயணம் செய்தார். இதனால் சேமித்த தொகையை ஏழைகளுக்கு கொடுத்தார்.

இவர் பங்குபெற்ற பக்த சபைகளில் வெளிப்போக்காக இல்லாமல், முழுமையாக ஈடுபட்டார். பாசிச கொள்கைகளுக் எதிராக வெளிப்படையாகவே செயல்பட்டார்.

ஒரு முறை ரோம் நகரில், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையினால் ஆதரிக்கப்பட்ட ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டு வேறோருவர் கையிலிருந்து காவலர்கள் தட்டிவிட்ட விளம்பர பதாகையை இவர் இன்னும் உயத்திப்பிடித்தபடி சென்றார். இதனால் இவர் சிறை செல்ல நேர்ந்தது. அங்கே தன் தந்தையின் செல்வாக்கை பயன்படுத்தவில்லை. ஒருமுறை இவர் வீட்டினுள் பாசிசர்கள் புகுந்து இவரையும் இவரின் தந்தையையும் தாக்கினர். இவர் தனியொரு ஆளாய் அவர்களைத் தாக்கி தெருவில் ஓட ஓட விரட்டினார்.

1925ம் ஆண்டு, தனது 24ம் வயதில், இளம்பிள்ளை வாதத்தால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு, இவர் மரித்தார். இவரின் குடும்பத்தினர் வியப்புக்குள்ளாகும் வகையில் இவரது இறுதி ஊர்வலத்தில் பெரும் திரளான ஏழை மக்கள் கலந்துக்கொண்டனர். இம்மக்களின் வேண்டுதலுக்கு இணங்கி டுரின் நகர பேராயர் புனிதர் பட்டத்திற்கான முயற்சிகளை 1932ம் ஆண்டு, துவங்கினார். மே 1990ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 20ம் நாளன்று, முக்திபேறு பட்டம் அளிக்கையில், திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல் (Pope John Paul II), இவரை மலைப்பொழிவின் மனிதர் எனப் புகழ்ந்தார். இவரின் நினைவுத் திருவிழா நாள் ஜூலை மாதம், 4ம் நாளாகும்.

Also known as

• Man of the Eight Beatitudes

• Girolamo

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Born to a wealthy and politically influential family; his mother was the painter Adelaide Ametis; his father was an agnostic, the founder and editor of the liberal newspaper La Stampa, and became the Italian ambassador to Germany. A pious youth, average student, outstanding athlete and mountain climber, he was extremely popular with his peers, known by the nickname "Terror" due to his practical jokes. He was tutored at home for years with his younger sister Luciana. He studied minerology in an engineering program after graduating high school. He worked often with Catholic groups like Apostleship of Prayer and the Company of the Most Blessed Sacrament that ministered to the poor and promoted Eucharistic adoration, Marian devotion, and personal chastity. He became involved in political groups like the Young Catholic Workers Congress, the Popular Party, the Catholic Student Federation, Catholic Action and Milites Mariae that supported the poor, opposed Fascism and worked for the Church's social teachings. Enrolled as a Dominican tertiary on 28 May 1922, taking the name Girolamo (Jerome). Especially devoted to the teachings of Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Thomas Aquinas. He spent his fortune on the needy and visited the sick; during this ministry he contracted the disease that killed him.

Born

6 April 1901 in Turin, Italy

Died

• 4 July 1925 in Turin, Italy of poliomylelitis

• buried in the family cemetery of Pollone, Italy

• body found incorrupt when moved to the Cathedral of Turin in 1981

Beatified

20 May 1990 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

போர்த்துக்கல் தூய எலிசபெத்

பிறப்பிடம் : ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் ஸரகோசா

நினைவு நாள் : ஜூலை 4

அமைதியை ஆதரிப்பவர்

போர்த்துக்கல் புனிதை, அமைதியின் புனிதை, கூடா ஒழுக்கம் உடையோரின் புனிதை

அரகான் நாட்டு அரசரின் அழகிய மகள் எலிசபெத் 1271 ஆம் ஆண்டு பிறந்தார். குழந்தைப் பருவ முதல், அவள் பக்தியும் செபமும் கலந்த ஒரு தனித்துவம் மிக்க வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். அவரது பெற்றோர் நலமெனக் கருதியதால் அவர் தமது 12 ஆவது வயதில் போர்த்துக்கல் அரசர் டினிஸ் என்பவரை மணந்து இரண்டு குழந்தைகளைப் பெற்றெடுத்தார்.

திறமைமிக்க தலைவராகிய டினிஸ் அவரது மக்களால் பெரிதும் நேசிக்கப்பட்டார். ஆனால் அவர் ஒழுக்கம் மற்றும் பிரமாணிக்கம் இல்Vத கணவராயிருந்தார். இருந்தபோதிலும், எலிசபெத் கணவரை மதிப்புடன் நடத்தி வந்தார். மேலும் தவறான முறையில் பிறந்த அவர் குழந்தைகளையும் படிக்க வைக்க உதவினார். ஆனால் தனது தந்தை, மாற்றாந்தாய் குழந்தைகள் மீது பிரியமாய் இருப்பதைக் கண்டு மகன் அல்போன்ஸா பொறாமை கொண்டு கொதித்தெழுந்தான். எலிசபெத் இவர்களிடையே சமாதானம் செய்ய முயன்றாலும், இருவருக்கும் இடையே வேற்றுமை வளர்ந்து, போர்க்களத்தில் போர் மூண்டது. அமைதியை ஏற்படுத்தும் இறுதி முயற்சியாக, எலிசபெத் இரண்டு படைகளுக்குமிடையே பயணித்து சமாதானம் செய்து வைத்தார்.

சேவையில் ஈடுபட்ட அரசி :

ஞானமும், கரிசனமும் உள்ள பெண்ணாகிய எலிசபெத் அனாதைகள் இல்லம் நிறுவினார். வீடில்லாதவர்க்கு தங்குவதற்கு இருப்பிடம் அமைத்து தந்தார். ஒரு கன்னியர் மடமும் ஏற்படுத்தினார். அவர் கணவர் உடல்நிலை மோசமானபோது அவரை விட்டு நீங்காமல் எலிசபெத் மட்டுமே உடனிருந்து கவனித்து வந்தார்.

கணவரது பிரிவினால் துயருற்று, தூய பிரான்சிஸ் சபையின் மூன்றாம் நிலையில் இணைந்து, ஏழைகளுக்கும் நோயுற்றோருக்கும் உதவுவதில் தன்னையே அர்ப்பணித்தார். 12 ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகு, தற்போது அரசராகியிருந்த அல்போன்ஸோ ஒரு தனிப்பட்ட தகறாரின் காரணமாக காஸ்டைல் நாட்டு அரசருக்கு எதிராகப் போர் தொடுத்தார். மறுபடியும் வயதான எலிசபெத் குதிரை மீதேறி படையைத் தொடர்ந்து சென்றார். அமைதி ஏற்பட அவரது முயற்சி வெற்றியளித்தது என்றாலும் இந்த முறை இந்த முயற்சி அவருக்கு வினையாய் இருந்தது. அவர் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு விரைவில் உயிர் நீத்தார்.

Also known as

• Elisabet of Portugal

• Elizabeth of Aragon

• Isabel of Portugal

• Isabella of Portugal

• The Peacemaker

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Princess. Daughter of King Pedro III of Aragon and Constantia; great-granddaughter of Emperor Frederick II. Great-niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, for whom she was named. She had a pious upbringing with daily liturgy and praying of the hours, regular religious instruction and education. Married at age twelve to King Diniz of Portugal, and thus Queen of Portugal before she was a teenager.

The king was known for his hard work, his poetic nature, and his lack of morals. Elizabeth suffered through years of abuse and adultery, praying all the while for his conversion, and working with the poor and sick. Mother of two, Princess Constantia and Prince Affonso. She sometimes convinced the ladies of the court to help with her charity work, but most of the time she just incurred their jealousy and ill will. The king appears to have reformed late in life, though whether from Elizabeth's faith or his imminent death is unknown.

Prince Affonso rebelled against the favours that King Diniz bestowed on his illegitimate sons, and in 1323 forces of the king and prince clashed in open civil war. Though she had been unjustly accused of siding with her son against the crown, Elizabeth rode onto the battlefield between them, and was able to reconcile father and son, and prevent bloodshed. This led to her patronage as a peacemaker, and as one invoked in time of war and conflict.

After the death of the king in 1325, she distributed her property to the poor, became a Franciscan tertiary, and retired to a monastery of Poor Clares she had founded at Coimbra.

In 1336 her son, now King Affonso IV, marched against his son-in-law, the King of Castile to punish him for being a negligent and abusive husband. Despite her age and ill health, Elizabeth hurried to the battlefield at Estremoz, Portugal, and again managed to make peace in her family, and thus maintain peace in her land.

Born

1271 at Aragon, Spain

Died

• 4 July 1336 at Estremoz, Portugal of fever

• buried at Coimbra, Portugal

• miracles reported at her tomb

Canonized

25 May 1625 by Pope Urban VIII

Patronage

• against jealousy

• brides

• charitable societies and their workers

• Coimbra, Portugal

• difficult marriages

• falsely accused people

• invoked in time of war

• for peace

• queens

• tertiaries

• victims of adultery

• victims of jealousy

• victims of unfaithfulness

• widows

Saint Ulric of Augsburg

ஆகஸ்பர்க்கின் தூய உல்ரிச்

St. Ulrich Of Augsburg 

(890-973) 

பிறப்பிடம் : ஆகஸ்பர்க், ஜெர்மனி

நினைவு நாள் : ஜூலை 4 

ஆகஸ்பர்க்கின் ஆயர் மற்றும் பாதுகாவலர்

உல்ரிச் 890 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜெர்மனியில் உயர்குடிமகனாகப் பிறந்தார். தூய கால் ஊரிலுள்ள பெனதிக்தன் துறவி மடத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டார். அங்கு ஒரு மேன்மையான மாணவராக விளங்கினார். ஒரு குருவானவராகவோ அல்லது துறவியாகவோ ஆகவேண்டும் என்ற தெளிவில்லாமல் தனது மாமா, ஆக்ஸ்பர்க்கின் ஆயர் அடல்பெரோ அவர்களின் கீழ் மேற்கொண்டு பயிற்சி பெற்று வந்தார். அடல்பெரோ உல்ரிச்சை ஒரு மறைவட்டத் தலைவராக்கினார். சில ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பின் அவரைத் தொடர்ந்து உல்ரிச் ஆயராக பொறுப்பேற்றார். 

உல்ரிச் ஒரு கண்டிப்பான ஆனால் கண்ணியமான ஆயராகவும் தனது சபை குருக்களின் ஒழுக்க நெறிகளை மேம்படுத்தவும் பாடுபட்டார். மக்களுக்கு மதம் எளிதாகப் பின்பற்றக்கூடியதாக இருப்பதற்காக அவர் அதிகமான தேவலாயங்களைக் கட்டி எழுப்பினார். மேலும் அவரது மறைமாவட்டத்தை ஒழுங்காக பார்வையிட்டு வந்தார். முதலாம் ஓட்டோ அரசருக்கு ஒரு வெற்றிகரமான ஆலோசகராகவும் இருந்த உல்ரிச் அரசவைக் கூட்டங்களில் கலந்து கொண்டும், அரசருக்கும் அவரது மகனுக்கும் ஏற்படும் பூசல்கள் பெரிதாகுமுன் அவற்றைத் தீர்த்து வைக்கவும் உதவினார். 

ஒரு வீரமுள்ள மனிதர் :

ஜெர்மனி மீது மேக்யார் மலைவாழ் மக்கள் போர் தொடுத்தபோது, உல்ரிச் ஒரு முக்கியமான ஊக்கமூட்டுபவராக செயல்பட்டார். காட்டு மிராண்டித்தனமான குதிரை வீரர்கள் ஆக்ஸ்பர்க்கை சூறையாட நுழைந்தபோது, உல்ரிச், மக்களை உசுப்பி விட்டு அவர்களை எதிர்க்கச் செய்தார். எல்லோரும் சேர்ந்து நகரைச் சுற்றி பாதுகாப்பு அரணாகச் செயல்பட்டு, அரசர் வந்து அவர்களோடு போரிட வந்து அவர்களைத் துரத்தியடிக்கும் வரைக்கும் அவர்களை எதிர்த்து வெற்றிகரமாக சமாளித்தனர். அந்த நகரை திரும்பவும் கட்டியயழுப்ப உல்ரிச் உதவினார். மாவட்ட தலைமைக் கோவிலையும் புதுப்பித்தார். போரினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களுக்கு உதவிகளை தாராளமாக வழங்கினார். 

அவரது இறுதிக்காலத்தில், உல்ரிச் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டார். ஒரு மடத்துறவியாக செயிண்ட்காலுக்கு திரும்புவதற்கு உறுதிகொண்டு, 972 இல் தனது மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் பொறுப்பை விட்டு விலகினார். பின்பு நோயுற்று, சிலுவை வடிவில் சாம்பல் பரப்பப்பட்ட தரையின் மீது படுத்து சில நாட்களில் உயிர் துறந்தார். 20 ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பின்னர் திருத்தந்தை 15 ஆம் யோவான் அவரை ஒரு புனிதராகத் திருநிலைப்படுத்தினார். இதுவே திருத்தந்தை புனிதர் பட்டம் அளித்ததின் முதல் எழுத்து வடிவிலான நிகழ்வாகும்.

Also known as

Udalric, Udalrich, Uldaricus, Ulderic, Ulrich

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Son of Count Hucpald and Thetbirga; related to the dukes of Alamannia and the imperial family of the Ottos. He was a sickly child. Educated at the monastic school of Saint Gall where he proved to be an excellent student. Chamberlain to his uncle Blessed Adalbero, bishop of Augsburg. Priest. Bishop of Augsburg on 28 December 923.

Built churches, worked with the sick in hospital, endlessly visited his parishes, set a good example for his priests, brought relics from Rome - and his good work paid off in the form of improved moral and social conditions for both the clergy and laity.

When the Magyars plundered Germany, they besieged Augsburg. Due to Ulric's courage, his leadership, and his ability to organize the resistance, Augsburg held until Emperor Otto arrived. On 10 August 955, a battle was fought in the Lechfeld, and the invaders finally defeated. Some legends say that Ulrich fought in the battle, but that was impossible.

After 48 years as bishop, an ill and exhausted Ulric resigned his seat, and handed the diocese to his nephew, a move which had the blessing of the emperor, but which the Synod of Ingelheim ruled un-canonical. They charged and tried the aging bishop for nepotism; Ulrich apologized, did penance, and was forgiven, the message of which reached him on his death bed.

A letter circulated for a while that indicated Ulric did not support priestly celibacy, seeing it as an unnecessary burden. However, this was later proven a forgery, and certainly Ulric had enforced the discipline on himself and his clergy.

Ulric was the first Saint canonized by a Pope, which led to the formal process which continues today. Legend has it that pregnant women who drank from his chalice had easy deliveries, and thus his patronage of them, and for easy births. The touch of his pastoral cross was used to heal people bitten by rabid dogs.

Born

890 at Kyburg, Zurich, Switzerland

Died

• 4 July 973 at Augsburg, Germany of natural causes

• buried in the Church of Saint Afra

• earth from his grave is reported to repel rodents, and over the centuries, much has been carried away for that purpose

Canonized

3 February 993 by Pope John XV

Patronage

• against birth complications

• against dizziness, faintness or vertigo

• against fever

• against frenzy

• against mice

• against moles

• for a happy death

• pregnant women

• weavers

• city of Augsburg, Germany

• diocese of Augsburg, Germany

• Creazzo, Italy

Blessed Petrus Kasui Kibe

Also known as

the Japanese Marco Polo

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Raised in a Christian family, Kibe early felt called to the priesthood, and began studying at seminary at age 13. He began studying Jesuit spirituality in 1606. When the Japanese government ordered the deportation of Christians in 1614, Kibe was exiled to the Portuguese colony in Macau; he spent his time there studying Latin and theology. He travelled to Rome, Italy, to continue his studies for the priesthood, a trip that took three years, covering thousands of miles on land and sea, on the way becoming the first Japanese Christian to visit Jerusalem. The Jesuits in Rome had received a letter from Macau recommending that they not even talk to Kasui, but they did and found him sufficiently educated and well suited for the priesthood. Ordained a priest at the Basilica of Saint John Latern on 15 November 1620. He continued his studies with the Jesuits in Rome, and took his vows as a Jesuit in Lisbon, Portugal in 1622. In 1623 he and 20 brother Jesuits sailed for India, arriving in Goa in 1624. Father Kibe wanted to return to Japan, but priests were forbidden to enter the country, and he had trouble finding anyone who would take him there. He finally found a ship that would take him from Manila, Phillippines to Kagoshima, Japan in 1630. For the next nine years he travelled northeast Japan, hiding from authorities and ministering to covert Christians. He was finally captured in 1639, imprisoned, sent to Edo (modern Tokyo) where he met Cristóvão Ferreira who had renounce Christianity; Ferreira tried to get Kibe to renouce his faith while Father Kibe tried to get Ferreira to return to the Church. Kibe was repeatedly tortured but instead of renouncing Christianity he encouraged his fellow prisoners to not lose faith. Martyr.

Born

c.1587 in Kibe, Oita, Japan

Died

run through with a spear on 4 July 1639 in Tokyo, Japan

Beatified

• 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

• beatification recognition celebrated at the Nagasaki Prefectural Baseball Park, Nagasaki, Japan, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio

Also known as

Rosa Curcio

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Seventh of ten children born to Salvatore Curcio and Concetta Franzò. During much of her life she was diabetic, and suffered from health problems related to it. A clever and out-going girl, she had only six years of school, but educated herself by reading widely in her family library. She was deeply affected by reading the Life of Saint Teresa of Jesus, which she found at a time when she was feeling drawn to religious life. In 1890, at age thirteen and against some family objection, she joined the Carmelite tertiaries in Ispica, Italy. She and several other tertiaries moved in together to see if they were ready for community life. Rosa transferred to Modica, Italy and managed the Carmela Polara which helped poor and orphaned girls. She travelled to Rome, Italy on 17 May 1925 for the canonization of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus. Soon after she moved to Santa Marinella, diocese of Porto Santa Rufina, Italy on 3 July 1925 to work with the many poor of the area. There she founded the Congregation of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus which received official recognition in 1930; its goal was "to bring souls to God" by feeding the poor, educating children and supporting families. The Sisters spread out across Italy, and in 1947 she sent them to Brazil; the Congregation continues its good work today. Her whole adult life Rosa felt a call to the missions, but due to her health problems she was forced to stay put, be a loving mother to her sisters, and send them into the world.

Born

30 January 1877 in Ispica, diocese of Noto, Sicily

Died

4 July 1957 in Santa Marinella, diocese of Porto Santa Rufina, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 13 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy

Blessed Jozef Kowalski

Also known as

• Joseph Kowalski

• prisoner 17350

Additional Memorial

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

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Educated at the local state elementary school, and the Salesian school in Auschwitz, Poland. Member of the Holy Brigade, an unofficial group dedicated to the spiritual life of the school. Joseph joined the Salesians in 1927. Ordained in 1938. Personal secretary of the Salesian provincial. Noted for his youth ministry, conducting conferences, teaching, hearing confessions, and forming a youth choir. Arrested with eleven other Salesians at the church of Mary Help of Christians in Krakow, Poland by the Nazis on 23 May 1941 for providing such non-approved youth programs.

In June 1942 he was scheduled for shipment to Dachau concentration camp, but a Nazi officer who didn't like his attitude beat him and ordered him to stomp on his rosary; Joseph refused and was assigned to a hard labour gang. In his remaining months he spent non-work time ministering to other prisoners. Beaten, tortured, and drowned by camp guards for no particular reason. Martyr.

Born

13 March 1911 at Siedliska, Podkarpackie, Poland

Died

drowned in a cesspool on 3 July 1942 at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland

Beatified

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

Blessed Maria Ripamonti

Also known as

• Sister Lucia of the Immaculata

• Lucia dell'Immacolata

• Lucia of Lecco

• Lucia Ripamonte

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Youngest of four children in her family; her father's name was Ferdinando, and Maria was baptized when she was 4 days old. As a girl, she began working in a local spinning mill to help support her family. She was active in her parish, tended to children, worked with Catholic Action, and was a close spiritual student of the parish priest, Father Luigi Piatti, as she felt a call to religious life. She became a sister in the Ancelle della carità (Handmaids of Charity) in Brescia, Italy in 1932, taking the name Lucia dell'Immacolata, and making her final profession in 1938. Sister Lucia developed a devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Maria Crocifissa di Rosa, and assisted visiting priest conducting retreats and the Spiritual Exercises.

Born

26 May 1909 in Acquate, Lecco, Italy

Died

4 July 1954 in hospital in Ronco, Brescia, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 23 October 2021 by Pope Francis

• the beatification was celebrated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Brescia, Italy, presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro

• the beatification miracle involved Irene Zanfino who, on 26 April 1967 at the age of six, was involved in a traffic accident in Bolzano, Italy, was declared dead, and healed through the intercession of Sister Lucia; Irene is alive today, is a nurse and mother of three

Saint Andrew of Crete

வணக்கத்துக்குரிய தந்தை, ஆயர், இறையியலாளர், மறையுரையாளர், கீர்த்தனை அல்லது ஆன்மீகப் பாடலாசிரியர்:

(Venerable Father, Bishop, Theologian, Homilist and Hymnographer)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 650

டமாஸ்கஸ்

(Damascus)

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 4, 712 அல்லது 726 அல்லது 740

மைட்டிலேன்

(Mytilene)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 4

“கிரேட் நகர ஆண்ட்ரூ” (Andrew of Crete) என்றும், “ஜெருசலேம் நகர ஆண்ட்ரூ” (Andrew of Jerusalem) என்றும் அழைக்கப்படும் இப்புனிதர், 7-8ம் நூற்றாண்டுகளில் வாழ்ந்திருந்த வணக்கத்துக்குரிய தந்தையும், ஆயரும், இறையியலாளரும், மறையுரையாளரும், கீர்த்தனை அல்லது ஆன்மீகப் பாடலாசிரியருமாவார். ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை (Roman Catholic Churches) மற்றும் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகள் (Eastern Orthodox Churches) இவரை புனிதராக ஏற்கின்றன.

சிரிய அரபு குடியரசின் (Syrian Arab Republic) தலைநகரான “டமாஸ்கஸ்” (Damascus) நகரில் பிறந்த ஆண்ட்ரூ, பிறந்ததுமுதல் ஏழு வயது வரை பேச இயலாத ஊமையாக இருந்தார். புதுநன்மை (Holy Communion) அருட்சாதனம் வாங்கியதுமே இவர் அதிசயித்தக்க விதமாக பேச ஆரம்பித்தார் என்று இவரது சரிதத்தை எழுதிய வரலாற்று ஆசிரியர்கள் (Hagiographers) கூறுகின்றனர்.

இவர் தமது இறையியல் வாழ்க்கையை (Ecclesiastical Career) ஜெருசலேம் (Jerusalem) அருகிலுள்ள “லாவ்ரா” (Lavra) எனும் “புனிதர் சப்பாஸ்” (St. Sabbas the Sanctified) என்பவரின் துறவு மடத்தில் தமது பதினான்கு வயதில், தொடங்கினார். அங்கே அவர் விரைவில் தனது மேலுள்ள துறவியரின் கவனத்தை ஈர்த்தார். ஜெருசலேம் நகரின் தலைமை ஆயரான (Patriarchate of Jerusalem) “தியோடோர்” (Theodore) என்பவர், இவரை அர்ச்.திருத்தொண்டராக (Archdeacon) அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்து, ரோமப் பேரரசின் தலைநகரான “கான்ஸ்டண்டிநோபில்” (Constantinople) நகரில் 680–681 ஆண்டுகளில் நடந்த “கான்ஸ்டான்டிநோபிள் மூன்றாம் கவுன்சிலில்” (Sixth Ecumenical Council) தமது பிரதிநிதியாகப் பங்குபெற அனுப்பினார். இந்த கவுன்சிலானது, மதங்களுக்கு எதிரான “மோனோடேலிடிஸம்" (Heresy of Monothelitism) கொள்கைகளுக்கெதிரானது என்று, பேரரசன் “நான்காம் கான்ஸ்டன்டைன்” (Emperor Constantine Pogonatus) என்று அழைத்தார்.

“கான்ஸ்டான்டிநோபிள் மூன்றாம் கவுன்சில்” (Sixth Ecumenical Council) முடிவுற்ற சிறிது காலத்திலேயே ஜெருசலேமிலிருந்து கான்ஸ்டான்டிநோபிள் நகருக்கு திரும்ப வரவழைக்கப்பட்ட இவர், முன்னாள் கிரேக்க மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகளின் (Great Church of Hagia Sophia) பேராலயத்தின் அர்ச்.திருத்தொண்டராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார். இறுதியில் ஆண்ட்ரூ, கிரேக்க தீவுகளில் மிகப்பெரிய மற்றும் அதிக மக்கள்தொகை கொண்ட “கிரேட்” (Crete) தீவின் தலைநகரான “கோர்டினா” (Gortyna) நகரின் ஆயரவையில் (Metropolitan see) நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.

இவர், மதங்களுக்கு எதிரான “மோனோடேலிடிஸம்" (Heresy of Monothelitism) கொள்கைகளுக்கெதிரானவராயினும், கி.பி. 712ம் ஆண்டு நடந்த ஆலோசனை சபையில் (Conciliabulum) கலந்துகொண்டார். இந்த ஆலோசனை சபையில் “எகுமென்சியல்” சபையின் (Ecumenical Council) தீர்மானங்கள் அகற்றப்பட்டன. ஆனால் அடுத்த வருடத்தில் அவர் மனந்திரும்பி மரபுவழி திருச்சபைக்கு திரும்பினார். அதன்பின்னர், அவர் பிரசங்கங்கள் நிகழ்த்துவதிலும், பாடல்கள் இயற்றுவதிலும் தம்மை ஈடுபடுத்திக்கொண்டார். ஒரு பிரசங்கியாக, அவருடைய சொற்பொழிவுகள் அவற்றின் கண்ணியமான மற்றும் ஒத்திசைவான சொற்றொடருக்காக அறியப்படுகிறது, இதற்காக அவர் பைசண்டைன் சகாப்தத்தின் (Byzantine epoch) முன்னணி திருச்சபை எழுத்தாளர்களில் ஒருவராக கருதப்படுகிறார்.

திருச்சபை சரித்திர ஆசிரியர்களிடையே அவருடைய மரணத்தின் தேதிக்கு சமமான கருத்து இல்லை. “கான்ஸ்டண்டிநோபில்” (Constantinople) நகரிலிருந்து திருச்சபை பணிகளுக்காய் “கிரேட்” (Crete) தீவு திரும்பும் வழியில், “மைடெலின்” (Mytilene) தீவில் இவர் மரித்தார்

Also known as

• Andrew of Jerusalem

• Andrew of Gortina

• Andrea, Andreas

Profile

Young monk at Mar Sabas. Monk at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem at the age of 15. Sent to Constantinople by Patriarch Theodore of Jerusalem in 685 to accept the decrees of the Council of Constantinople. He stayed there as head of an orphanage and a men's home for aged. Deacon at the church of Santa Sophia in Constantinople. Archbishop of Gortyna, Crete c.700.

Noted and eloquent preacher, he wrote Greek liturgical poetry and many idiomela (short hymns). May have introduced the Byzantine litugical hymn form known as kanon; his Great Kanon, a penitential Lenten hymn, is still sung in the Byzantine liturgy.

In 712 he attended a synod convened by Phillipicus Bardanes, a Monthelite imperial usurper who denounced the orthodox decisions of the Council of Constantinople. When Bardanes was overthrown, Pope Constantine accepted that Andrew attended the heretical synod under duress, and welcomed him back.

Born

c.660 at Damascus, Syria

Died

c.740 in Crete of natural causes

Blessed John Cornelius

Also known as

John Mohun

Additional Memorials

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Born to Irish immigrant parents. Educated at Oxford, and a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Studied theology at Rheims, France, and at the English College in Rome, Italy beginning on 1 April 1580. Ordained in Rome in 1583. Returned to England as a missionary in Lanherne, often torn between his zeal to work with the faithful, and his love of the meditative life. Chaplain to Lady Arundell. Arrested at Chideock Castle on 24 April 1594 by the Sheriff of Dorsetshire with Blessed John Carey, Blessed Thomas Bosgrave, and Blessed Patrick Salmon who showed their support of the priest. Joined the Jesuits in 1594 while in prison. Tortured in London to obtain the names of people who had helped or sheltered him, but he told his tormenters nothing. Condemned for the high treason of being a Catholic priest on 2 July 1594. Martyr.

Born

1557 at Bodmin, Lanherne, Cornwall, England on the estate of Sir John Arundell

Died

• hanged and hacked to pieces on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England

• body later stolen and properly buried by local Catholics

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio

Also known as

Angelo

Profile

Born to Giovanni and Maria Loreta Antonucci. Early feeling a call to religious life, Angelo joined the Franciscan Friars Minor (Reformed) at the convent of San Angelo in Ocre, Italy at age 15. He made his initial vows on 21 November 1891, age 18, taking the name Brother Cesidio in honour of Saint Caesidius, and his solemn profession on 8 December 1892. After further studies, he was ordained a priest in the archdiocese of L'Aquila, Italy in 1897.

Assigned first to the convent in Capestrano, Italy, in 1898 he was sent to Rome, Italy to study at the International College of San Antonio to prepare for work as a missionary. On 22 October 1899, he and two other brothers sailed for China. There he worked in the small community of Tong-siang until the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Boxer Rebellion overran the area. He was seized by the Boxer forces while trying to protect the Blessed Sacrament, stoned, beaten and murdered. Martyr.

Born

30 August 1873 in Fossa, L'Aquila, Italy as Angelo Giacomantonio

Died

wrapped in a sheet soaked in oil and then burned to death on 4 July 1900 in Hengzhou, Hunan, China

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Catherine Jarrige

Profile

The youngest of seven daughters born to Pietro Jarrige and Maria Célarier. At the age of nine, Catherine began domestic work; she later learned to do lace work. She became a Dominican tertiary in 1778 and began caring for the poor, sitting with the dying, and insuring that the dead received proper burial.

During the persecutions of the French Revolution, she sheltered and care for priests who were in hiding and ministering to covert Catholics. For this work, she was arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death in 1794, but was released due to a popular uprising by locale people against the Revolutionary court. Following the Revolution, she spent the rest of her days caring for the poor.

Born

4 October 1754 in Doumis, Cantal, France

Died

4 July 1836 in Mauriac, Cantal, France of natural causes

Beatified

24 November 1996 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Bertha of Blangy

Profile

Daughter of Count Rigobertus and Ursanna, daughter of the king of Kent, England. Married a noble named Siegfried, a cousin of the king, at age 20. Mother of five daughters. Widowed in 672. Built a convent at Blangy, Artois, France in 682. Legend says that two partially built houses collapsed, but Bertha had a vision in which an angel pointed out a better location. Retired to the convent at Blangy, and was soon joined by two of her daughters, Deotila and Gertrude, both of whom she outlived. Abbess. When she felt the house was on firm footing, she placed it in the hands of one of her daughters, retired to a cell in the convent, and spent her remaining years as an anchoress in prayer.

Born

7th century France

Died

• c.725 of natural causes at Blangy, Artois, France

• relics at Blangy

Saint Anthony Daniel

Also known as

Antoine Daniel

Additional Memorial

19 October as one of the Martyrs of North America

Profile

Joined the Jesuits in Rome, Italy on 1 October 1621. Ordained in 1629. Missionary to Canada in 1632, stationed at Cape Breton and Bias-d'or Lakes. Missionary to the Huron at Ihonatiria from July 1634 until his death. Founded the first boy's college in North America at Quebec in 1635. Murdered just outside the chapel in which he had just celebrated Mass. Martyr.

Born

27 May 1601 at Dieppe, Normandy, France

Died

• shot with arrows on 4 July 1648 by Iroquois at Teanaostae, near Hillsdale, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

• body burned in the chapel in which he had been celebrating Mass

Canonized

29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Giovanni da Vespignano

Also known as

John of Vespignano

Profile

Born to the wealthy nobility. From his youth he felt drawn to religious vocation, gave up his claim to wealth and moved to the area of Florence, Italy where he was known for his simple life, his charity and his work to care for war refugees. Legend says that when he paused in the fields to read the Bible, his oxen would continue to plow without him.

Born

1235 in Aia Santa, Vespignano (in modern Vicchio), Italy

Died

• 1331 of natural causes

• buried in the church of the monastery of San Pier Maggiore, Florence, Italy

• relics later enshrined in a glass case behind the great altar of San Pier Maggiore

Beatified

by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Laurian of Seville

Also known as

Laureano, Laurianus

Profile

Deacon in Milan, Italy. Ordained by Saint Eustogius II. Fled to Seville, Spain to escape Arian persecution; he was chosen archbishop of Seville in 522 and served for 17 years. Martyred by Totila, king of the Arian Ostrogoths.

Born

in Hungary

Died

• beheaded on 4 July 546 at Bourges, France

• Totila sent the severed head of Laurian to Seville, Spain as a message about the power of the Arians; locals credited the arrival of the relic with ending a plague they were suffering

• surviving relics enshrined at Seville

Patronage

Bornos, Spain

Saint Carileffo of Anille

Profile

Hermit in the area of Anille (modern St-Calais), France. The monastery erected in Anille in 576 was named in his honour. While his piety was so well known that a monastery was named for him, no reliable details about him have survived.

Died

• prior to 576

• relics taken to Blois, France to protect them from invading Normans

• relics returned to St-Calais, France in 1663

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

• documents in 693 refer to him as confessor

• documents in 712 refer to him as blessed

• documents in 752 refer to him as saint

Blessed Natalia of Toulouse

Profile

Moved to Toulouse, France at age 16 to obtain an education. Joined the Mercedarians in Toulouse, received into the Order by Blessed Bernardo of Poncelli. While she could not make the trips into Muslim occupied territory to ransom Christians held as slaves, she became known for her zealous prayer life for the slaves to keep their faith, to be released, and for the work of the Mercedarians who journeyed to free the slaves. Received a vision of Christ encouraging her in this ministry.

Born

1312 in Gaillac, France

Died

4 July 1355 in Toulouse, France of natural causes

Blessed Damiano Grassi of Rivoli

Also known as

Damian, Damien

Profile

Spurred by the martyrdom of Blessed Antonius Neyrot in 1460, Damiano joined the Dominicans, ready to accept martyrdom in his own turn. Graduated from the University of Paris in 1500. Appointed to the Dominican general chapter in Pavia, Italy, a position with extensive adminsitrative duties; he never let it interfere with his ministry to preach. Provincial of the province of Saint Peter Martyr in 1513. Confessor to Charles III of Savoy.

Born

mid-15th century Turin, Italy

Died

4 July 1515 in Piombino, Italy of natural causes while travelling from the Dominican General Chapter in Naples, Italy

Blessed William of Hirsau

Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot at Saint Emmeram monastery, Ratisbon (Regensburg), Germany. Abbot of Hirsau abbey, Würtemberg, Germany. He restored the house's scriptorium, introduced the Cluniac observance, and saw to the education and improvement of the farmers living on abbey lands. Founded a monastery school and seven abbeys. Supported Pope Gregory VII against Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV in the dispute over lay investiture. Wrote a number of scholarly treatises.

Died

1091 of natural causes

Blessed William Andleby

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Raised Protestant. Studied at Saint Johns College, Cambridge, England. Soldier. Convert to Catholicism. Studied in Douai, France. Ordained in 1577. Returning to England, he spent 20 years ministering to covert Catholics in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Arrested for the crime of priesthood. Martyr.

Born

Etton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Dorset, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Odo the Good

Also known as

• Odo of Canterbury

• Odo the Severe

• Oda...

Profile

Odo's parents were pagan Danish nobility who had come to East Anglia as part of a colonizing/invading force. Uncle of Saint Oswald of Worcester. Benedictine monk. Bishop of Rambury, Wessex, England. Present at the battle of Brunanburk. Archbishop of Canterbury in 942. Advisor to King Edmund and King Edgar, and helped set their legislative agendas. Paved the way for the later monastic restoration in England.

Born

c.870 at East Anglia, England

Died

2 June 959 of natural causes

Blessed Agatha Yun Jeom-Hye

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

Profile

Lay woman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.

Born

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Died

4 July 1801 in Yanggeun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis

Blessed Henry Abbot

Profile

Layman. Convert. He was approached by a Protestant minister who claimed to be searching for a priest so he could reconcile with the Church; Henry arranged a meeting with a priest who was in hiding due to state persecution of Catholics, the minister betrayed them to the authorities, and Henry was imprisoned for the crime of hiding a priest. Martyr.

Born

at Howden, East Riding, Yorkshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 4 July 1597 at York, North Yorkshire, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed John Carey

Also known as

Terence Carey

Profile

Layman. Servant of Blessed Thomas Bosgrave. Arrested during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for the treason of assisting a priest, Blessed John Cornelius. Offered his freedom if he would denouce Catholicism; he declined. Martyr.

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England

• on the scaffold he kissed the noose and called it a "precious collar"

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Albert Quadrelli

Profile

Parish priest at Rivolta d'Adda, Italy for 25 years. Chosen bishop of Lodi, Italy on Holy Thursday, 29 March 1168. Staunch supporter of Pope Alexander III against anti-pope Pascual III. Participated in the 3rd Lateran Council.

Born

Rivolta d'Adda, diocese of Cremona, Italy

Died

1179 at Lodi, Italy of natural causes

Blessed Ulric of Ratzeburg

Also known as

Ulrich, Ulrik

Profile

Born to the nobility. Premonstratensian canon at the monastery of Ratzeburg, Germany. Priest. Bishop of Ratzeburg in 1257; he served for 27 years. Known for his zeal for the faith, his dedication to the Norbertine Rule, his piety, charity, and his care for the poor of his diocese.

Born

c.1214 in Blucher-Ludwigslust (in modern Germany)

Died

15 January 1284 of natural causes

Blessed Odolric of Lyon

Also known as

Oudryc, Odalric, Odobric

Profile

Canon and archdeacon of Langres, France. Archbishop of Lyon, France in 1041 at the request of Emperor Henry III of Germany. Though he brought several years of stability and return to regular ecclesastical matters to the diocese, he was murdered by a group who, for political reasons, sought to have their own man as archbishop.

Died

poisoned in 1046 in Lyon, France

Blessed Hatto of Ottobeuren

Profile

Born to the Swabian nobility, when Hatto came of age he gave all his property to the Benedictine abbey at Ottobeuren, and became a monk there. He left the abbey to live as a hermit on his old lands; his abbot saw that being a hermit was merely an excuse to live on his old property, and promptly summoned back to community life.

Born

Swabia, Germany

Died

985 of natural causes

Blessed Thomas Bosgrave

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Bosgrave committed the crime of showing support for a priest, Blessed John Cornelius, and helping him by giving him a hat. Arrested for his faith at the home of his uncle, Chidicock Castle, Dorset, England. Martyr.

Born

England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Dorset, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Thomas Warcop

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Landed gentleman in Yorkshire, England. Arrested and executed for the crime of giving shelter to Blessed William Andleby, a priest. Martyr.

Born

England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Dorset, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Theodore of Cyrene

சிரேன் நகர்ப் புனித தியோடர்

(மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டு)

இவர் ஆப்பிரிக்கக் கண்டத்தில் இருக்கும் லிபியா என்ற நாட்டில்  உள்ள சிரேன் என்ற ஊரைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

மிகச்சிறந்த எழுத்தாளரான இவர்,சிரேன் நகரின் ஆயரானார். இவர் தன்னுடைய கடின உழைப்பால் அச்சகங்கள் இல்லாத அந்தக் காலத்தில் திருவிவிலியத்தையும், திருஅவையின் ஒரு சில முக்கியமான நூல்களையும் பிரதி எடுத்தார். மட்டுமல்லாமல், தான் பிரதி எடுத்த நூல்களைப் பலருக்கும் வாசிக்கக் கொடுத்து அவர்களைக் கிறிஸ்துவின்மீது நம்பிக்கை கொள்ளச் செய்தார்.

இவருடைய காலத்தில்தான் திருஅவைக்கு மிகப்பெரிய அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருந்த தியோகிளசியன் என்பவன் உரோமையை ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் தன்னுடைய ஆளுகைக்கு உட்பட்ட பகுதிகளில், யாரெல்லாம் உரோமைக் கடவுளை வழிபடாமல் கிறிஸ்துவை வழிபட்டு வந்தார்களோ, அவர்களைப் பிடித்துச் சித்திரவதை செய்து வந்தான்.

இந்நிலையில் ஆயர் தியோடர் தன்னுடைய எழுத்துப் பணியால் பலரையும் கிறிஸ்துவுக்குள் கொண்டு வருவதை அறிந்து, சிரேனில் ஆளுநராக இருந்த டிக்னியானுஸ் என்பவன் மூலம் ஆயரைக் கைது செய்து,  உரோமைக் கடவுளுக்குப் பலி செலுத்தச் சொன்னான்.

ஆயர் தியோடரோ கிறிஸ்துவைத் தவிர வேறு யாரையும் வழிபடுவதில்லை என்று தன்னுடைய நம்பிக்கையில் உறுதியாக இருந்தார்.  இதனால் ஆளுநர் இவரையும் இவரால் மனமாற்றம் அடைந்த சிப்ரில்லா, லூசியா, ஆரோ ஆகியோரையும் தலை வெட்டி கொன்று போட்டான்.

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Scribe and manuscript copyist. Bishop of Cyrene, Libya. Arrested in the persecutions of Diocletian. Theodore was ordered to surrender his copies of the Scriptures; when he refused he was scourged, his tongue was cut out, and he was executed. Martyr.

Died

c.310 at Cyrene, Libya

Saint Elias of Jerusalem

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Patriarch of Jerusalem from 494 to 516. Exiled by the Emperor Anastasius supporting the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon which affirmed the existence of the Two Natures in Jesus Christ, both God and man.

Died

518 at Aila on the shores of the Red Sea of natural causes

Blessed Patrick Salmon

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Servant of Blessed Thomas Bosgrave. With Thomas, he was arrested and martyred for the crime of sheltering priests.

Born

Ireland

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Dorset, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Valentine of Paris

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Grew up in the court of King Childebert of Paris. Against the wishes of his family and friends, Valentine declined an arranged marriage and gave up the worldly life, saying he wished to devote himself to God.

Born

519

Died

547 of natural causes

Blessed Pedro Romero Espejo

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Redemptorist priest in the diocese of Cuenca, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

28 April 1871 in Pancorbo, Burgos, Spain

Died

4 July 1938 in Cuenca, Spain

Beatified

27 October 2013 by Pope Francis

Saint Flavian of Antioch

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Patriarch of Antioch. Exiled by the Emperor Anastasius supporting the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon which affirmed the existence of the Two Natures in Jesus Christ, both God and man.

Died

512 at Petra, Arabia

Blessed Henry of Albano

Also known as

Henricus Gallus

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Cistercian Benedictine monk. Bishop of Albano, Italy in 1179. Cardinal.

Born

French

Died

1188 at Arras, France of natural causes

Blessed Edward Fulthrop

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Martyr.

Born

Yorkshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 July 1594 at York, North Yorkshire, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Namphanion the Archmartyr

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Martyred with several companions whose names have not come down to us.

Born

Carthaginian

Died

c.180 at Madaura, Numidia (in North Africa)

Saint Sebastia of Sirmium

Also known as

Sabbatia

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Martyred with 31 companions, most of whose names have not come down to us.

Died

at Sirmium (modern Mitrovica, Kosovo)

Saint Innocent of Sirmium

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Martyred with 31 companions, most of whose names have not come down to us.

Died

at Sirmium (modern Mitrovica, Kosovo)

Saint Finbar of Wexford

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Founded a monastery on the Innis Doimhle (Isle of Crimlen), Wexford, Ireland in the sixth century, and served as its first abbot.

Saint Fiorenzo of Cahors

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Bishop of Cahors, France. Saint Paulinus of Nola describes him as humble of heart, strong in grace, gentle in speech.

Saint Aurelian of Lyons

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Benedictine monk of Ainay, France. Abbot of Ainay. Archbishop of Lyons, France.

Died

895 of natural causes

Saint Jucundian

Also known as

Jucundianus

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Martyr.

Born

African

Died

thrown overboard at sea to drown

Saint Valentine of Langres

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Fifth century priest and hermit at Langres, Aquitaine (in modern France).

Saint Theodotus of Libya

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Listed on ancient menologies, but no details about him have survived.

Saint Lauriano of Vistin

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Martyr.

Died

Vistin, Berry, France

Saint Giocondiano

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Martyr.

Died

Africa, date and exact location unknown

Saint Donatus of Libya

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Bishop in Libya.

Bl. Anthony Fantosat

Feastday: July 4

Death: 1900

Martyr of China, a victim of the Boxer Rebellion. The vicar apostolic for southern Hunan, in China, he was martyred at Hangchow on July 7.