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16 July 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 18

 St. Julian


Feastday: July 18


A martyr known only as a son of St. Symphorosa.


St. Emilian


Feastday: July 18

Death: 362


Martyr of Sillistria, in Bulgaria. He died in the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate.


Saint Camillus of Lellis


Also known as

• Camillus de Lellis

• Camillo de Lellis





Profile

Son of a military officer who had served both for Naples and France. His mother died when Camillus was very young. He spent his youth as a soldier, fighting for the Venetians against the Turks, and then for Naples. Reported as a large individual, perhaps as tall as 6'6" (2 metres), and powerfully built, but he suffered all his life from abscesses on his feet. A gambling addict, he lost so much he had to take a job working construction on a building belonging to the Capuchins; they converted him.


Camillus entered the Capuchin noviate three times, but a nagging leg injury, received while fighting the Turks, each time forced him to give it up. He went to Rome, Italy for medical treatment where Saint Philip Neri became his priest and confessor. He moved into San Giacomo Hospital for the incurable, and eventually became its administrator. Lacking education, he began to study with children when he was 32 years old. Priest. Founded the Congregation of the Servants of the Sick (the Camillians or Fathers of a Good Death) who, naturally, care for the sick both in hospital and home. The Order expanded with houses in several countries. Camillus honoured the sick as living images of Christ, and hoped that the service he gave them did penance for his wayward youth. Reported to have the gifts of miraculous healing and prophecy.


Born

25 May 1550 at Bocchiavico, Abruzzi, kingdom of Naples, Italy


Died

14 July 1614 at Genoa, Italy of natural causes


Canonized

29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV


Patronage

• against illness, sickness or bodily ills; sick people (proclaimed on 22 June 22 1886 by Pope Leo XIII)

• hospitals

• hospital workers

• nurses

• Abruzzi, Italy




Saint Szymon of Lipnica


Also known as

• Szymon of Lipnicza

• Szymon z Lipnicy

• Simon of...



Profile

Born to a poor but pious family, the son of Grzegorz and Anna. In 1454, at age 17 he moved from his small town to Kraków to study at the Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego. While there, he heard a sermon by Saint John Capistran which led him to consider a call to religious life and the priesthood. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1457, and joined the Franciscan Friars Minors (Observants) at the convent of Saint Bernard in Stadom, Poland, making his vows in 1458. Ordained a priest c.1460. Assigned first to the Franciscan convent at Tarnów, Poland, and then back to Stadom. Known as a powerful preacher, he helped spread popular devotions such as that to the Holy Name of Jesus. Father Szymon had a devotion to Saint Bernardine of Siena, modeled his preaching after that of Bernardine, and assisted at the transfer of Bernardine‘s relics to Aquila, Italy on 17 May 1472. Attended the Franciscan General Chapter in Pavia, Italy in 1478. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands and to the tombs of Saint Peter the Apostle and Saint Paul the Apostle. Szymon died tending the sick during a plague epidemic.


Born

c.1437 in Lipnica Murowana, Malopolskie, Poland


Died

18 July 1482 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland during a plague epidemic


Beatified

• 24 February 1685 (cultus confirmed) by Blessed Pope Innocent XI

• re-confirmed on 20 December 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI


Canonized

• 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy

• the canonization miracle involved the cure of a woman in 1943




Saint Clair of Epte


Also known as

• Clair of Beauvais

• Clare...


Profile

Born to the nobility, Clair felt a call to religious life, and lived at home much like a monk. His father arranged a marriage for Clair to a nearby wealthy heiress, and when the young man said he preferred to devote himself to God, the woman tried to seduce him in order to joined the two families together. When he refused her, she became enraged, and swore vengance. Clair fled to the region of Normandy, France c.866 where he lived as a hermit. Word spread of his wisdom and ability to heal by prayer, and Clair had to keep moving from place to place in order to have solitude. Ordained a priest in 870. Hermit in the woods around Nacqueville, France, and then at a hermitage on the banks of the river Epte where he lived with brother hermit and spiritual student named Cyrin. He was finally located by agents sent by his spurned would-be wife, and murdered on her orders. Martyr.


Born

845 in Rochester, Kent, England


Died

• beheaded on 4 November 884 at Vulcassum (modern Saint-Clair-sur-Epte), France while he was praying

• where his severed head hit the ground, a spring of fresh water sprang up and washed the whole death scene away; water from the spring was reputed to have healing properties

• his hermit's hut was converted into a chapel

• a church was later built on the spot

• the village of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, France grew up around the church




Saint Frederick of Utrecht

உட்ரெச்ட் நகர் புனிதர் ஃபிரடெரிக் 

(St. Frederick of Utrecht)

உட்ரெச்ட் ஆயர்:

(Bishop of Utrecht)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 780

ஃபிரீஸ்லேண்ட்

(Friesland)

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 18, 838

“உட்ரெச்ட்”

(Utrecht)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 18

பாதுகாவல்: காது கேளாதோர்

புனிதர் ஃபிரடெரிக், கி.பி. 815/816 முதல் 834/838 வரை “உட்ரெச்ட்” ஆயராக (Bishop of Utrecht) சேவை செய்தவர் ஆவார். ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்கம் (Roman Catholic Church) மற்றும் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி (Eastern Orthodox Church) திருச்சபைகள் இவரை புனிதராக ஏற்கின்றன.

கி.பி. சுமார் 780ம் ஆண்டு, “நெதர்லாந்து” (Netherlands) நாட்டின் வடக்கிலுள்ள பிராந்தியமான “ஃபிரீஸ்லேண்ட்’ல்” (Friesland) பிறந்த இவர், “ஃபிரிசியன்” அரசனான “ராட்பௌட்” (Frisian King Radboud) என்பவரது பேரனாவார்.

தமது இளம் வயதில் “உட்ரெச்ட்” (Utrecht) நகரில் கல்வி கற்ற இவருக்கு, ஆயர் “ரிக்ஃபிரைட்” (Bishop Ricfried) உள்ளிட்ட மறைப்பணியாளர்கள் கல்வி கற்பித்தனர். அவரது படிப்பு முடிந்தபின் அவர் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார். பின்னர், மறைமாவட்டத்தின் வடக்குப் பகுதியிலுள்ள மீதமுள்ள “பாகன் இனத்தவர்களை” (Heathens) கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மனம் மாற்றுவதற்கான பொறுப்பு இவரிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால் மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு வெளியே உள்ள பகுதிகளிலும் இப்பணியைச் செய்தார். இவர், “ஸீலேண்ட்” (Dutch province of Zeeland) எனும் டச்சுப் பிராந்தியத்தின் “வால்ச்சரன்” (Walcheren) எனும் முன்னாள் தீவில் மறைபோதகம் செய்ததாக தகவல்கள் உள்ளன. அத்துடன், புனிதர் “ஓடல்ஃபஸ்” (St. Odulfus) என்பவருடன் இணைந்து “ஸ்டாவோரேன்” (Stavoren) நகரிலும் அதன் சுற்றுப்புறங்களிலும் மறைபோதகம் செய்ததாக தகவல்கள் கூறுகின்றன.

“உட்ரெச்ட்” (Utrecht) மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் “ரிக்ஃபிரைட்” (Bishop Ricfried) கி.பி. 815/816ம் ஆண்டு மரித்ததும், ஃபிரடெரிக் அப்பதவிக்கு தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். அவர் தனது பக்தி மற்றும் அறிவாற்றலுக்காக அறியப்பட்டார். அவர், ஃபிரான்கிஷ் பெனடிக்டைன் (Frankish Benedictine monk) துறவியும், ஜெர்மனி நாட்டின் மெய்ன்ஸ் உயர்மரைமாவட்ட பேராயருமான “ரபானஸ் மௌரஸ்” (Rabanus Maurus) என்பவருடன் கடித தொடர்பு வைத்திருந்தார். 829ம் ஆண்டு, “மெயின்ஸ்” (Mainz) நகரில் நடந்த ஆலோசனை சபையில் அவரது அறிவு மற்றும் புரிந்துகொள்ளுதலையும் அவர் பாராட்டினார்.

ஃப்ரெட்ரிக் எப்படி மரித்தார் என்பதற்கான தெளிவான தகவல்கள் இல்லை. அவர் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார் என்பது மட்டும் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டது; ஆனால், யாரால் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார், கொலைக்கான காரணம் ஆகியனபற்றி தெளிவான தகவல் இல்லை. கி.பி. 838ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், 18ம் நாளன்று, திருப்பலி நிறைவேற்றிவிட்டு வருகையில் இரண்டு பேரால் குத்திக் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார் என்று புராணம் கூறுகிறது.


கி.பி. 11 மற்றும் 12ம் நூற்றாண்டு எழுத்தாளர்கள் “ஆயர் ஓபெர்ட்” (Bishop Otbert of Liège) (பாஸியோ ஃப்ரெடிசி) மற்றும் ஆங்கிலேய வரலாற்று ஆசிரியர் “வில்லியம்” (William of Malmesbury) ஆகியோரின் கூற்றுப்படி, கொலைகாரர்களை ஏற்பாடு செய்து ஏவி விட்டது, பேரரசி ஜூடித் (Empress Judith) என்கிறது. காரணம், பேரரசியின் ஒழுக்கக்கேடான வாழ்க்கை முறையை ஃபிரடெரிக் தொடர்ந்து விமர்சித்து வந்ததே ஆகும்.

கொலை செய்யப்பட்ட ஃபிரடெரிக், “உட்ரெச்ட்” (Utrecht) நகரின் “தூய சல்வேடார்” ஆலயத்தில் (St. Salvator's Church) அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார். இவர், காது கேளாதோரின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆவார்.

Also known as

• Frederick of the Netherlands

• Fredericus, Fridrich, Frederic



Profile

Grandson of King Radbon of the Frisians. Educated by the priests at Utrecht, Netherlands. Priest, known for his learning and personal piety. Catechist and instructor to converts. Bishop of Utrecht in 825. Frederick worked to reform his clergy, regularize Church practice in his diocese, and opposed incestuous marriages, especially among the nobility. He dispatched a group of missionaries under the leadership to Saint Odulphus to evangelize the pagans to the north of Utrecht, and worked with them around Walcheren. He composed a prayer to the Blessed Trinity that was used for ages in the Netherlands. The memory of his life and sanctity were preserved in a poem by his contemporary Saint Rabanus Maurus.


Frederick became involved in the royal politics of his day, and was especially involved in the domestic problems of Emperor Louis the Debonair, Empress Judith, and their sons. Frederick openly chastised Judith for her immoral and adulterous lifestyle, which has led many writers to conclude that Judith hired the men who murdered Frederick. However, it is more likely that they were pagans from Walcheren, many of whom were violently opposed to the Christian missionaries, and who martyred him for his work.


Died

stabbed to death during Mass on 18 July 838




Saint Bruno of Segni

புனித புரூனோ 

இவர் இத்தாலியில் உள்ள அஸ்டி என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர். சிறுவயதிலேயே கடவுள்மீது மிகுந்த பற்றுகொண்டு இவர், இறைவன் தன்னைத் தனது பணிக்காக அழைப்பதை உணர்ந்ததும், புனித பெனடிக்ட் சபையில் சேர்ந்து துறவியானார்.

இவருக்கு 30 வயது நடக்கும்பொழுது, அப்பொழுது திருத்தந்தையாக இருந்த இரண்டாம் கிரகோரி இவரிடமிருந்த ஞானத்தைக் கண்டு, இவரை செக்னி என்ற இடத்தின் ஆயராகத் திருப்பொழிவு செய்தார்.

சிறிதுகாலத்திற்கு ஆயர் பணியைச் சிறப்பாக செய்த இவர், 'ஆயர் பணிக்குத் நான் எந்த விதத்திலும் தகுதி இல்லாதவன்' என்பதை உணர்ந்து, அப்பதவியை ராஜினமா செய்துவிட்டு, முன்பிருந்த துறவு மடத்திற்குச் சென்று, ஒரு துறவியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

இதற்குப் பின்பு இவர் துறவு மடத்தின் தலைவராகவும், வத்திக்கானில் உள்ள நூலகத்தின் நூலகராகவும் உயர்த்தப்பட்டார். தான் ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் பதவி உயர்த்தப்பட்டபோதெல்லாம், இவர் மிகவும் தாழ்ச்சியோடு நடந்து கொண்டார்.

இவர் நற்கருணையைக் குறித்து எழுதிய எழுத்துக்களெல்லாம் இன்றைக்கும் எல்லாராலும் வியந்து பாராட்டப்படுகிறது. இவருக்கு 1183 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

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Born to the Italian nobility. Studied theology at the Benedictine monastery of Saint Pepetuus at Asti, Italy, and at Bologna, Italy. Benedictine, monk. Ordained in 1079, and assigned to a parish at Siena, Italy. Noted for defending orthodox Church wisdom, his knowledge of Scripture, and his teachings on the Blessed Sacrament. Counselor to four popes. Ordained bishop of Segni, Italy in 1080 by Pope Gregory VII. Fought simony and lay investiture. In 1095 he retired to a monastic life at Monte Cassino. Elected abbot in 1107. Following a chastisement of the pope for shirking his duty to others, he was soon ordered back to his diocese, a vocation he fulfilled until his death. Vatican librarian. Cardinal legate, though he declined the cardinalate. Wrote several works on theology.



Born

1049 at Solero, Piedmont, Italy


Died

1123 of natural causes


Canonized

5 September 1183 by Pope Lucius III




Blessed Carlos de Dios Murias


Profile

Carlos studied civil engineering until he gave in to a call to religious life and the priesthood. Member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Ordained a priest in the diocese of La Rioja, Argentina by Blessed Enrique Angelelli on 17 December 1972. Member of the Third World Movement of Priests. Worked with Blessed Gabriel Longueville to set up a Franciscan community to support the peasants in their economic struggles against large land owners. Kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured and murdered by members of the Federal Police for his work. Martyr.



Born

10 October 1945 in San Carlos Minas, Córdoba, Argentina


Died

• shot on 18 July 1976 in Chamical, La Rioja, Argentina

• buried in the municipal cemetery in Chamical


Beatified

• 27 April 2019 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in La Rioja, Argentina, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu



Saint Edburgh of Bicester


Also known as

• Edburgh of Aylesbury

• Eadburga, Eadburh, Edburg, Edburga



Profile

Born a princess, the daughter of the pagan King Penda of Mercia; sister of Saint Cuneburga and Saint Edith of Aylesbury; aunt of Saint Osith. Nun under Saint Cuneburga's convent at Castor, Northamptonshire, England. Nun at a small monastery she built on land at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England on land donated by her father. The towns of Adderbury and Edburton in England are thought to have been named for her.


Born

c.620 in Mercia (part of modern England)


Died

• 18 July 650 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England of natural causes

• relics transferred to the Augustinian priory at Bicester, England in 1182 where they became a point of pilgrimage

• relics transferred to Flanders, Belgium in 1500 by order of Pope Alexander VI



Saint Ðaminh Ðinh Ðat


Also known as

Domenico Nicolao Dinh Dat



Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam


Profile

Layman in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). A soldier during the persecutions of emperor Minh Mang, he was ordered by the army to renounce Christianity and prove it by trampling a crucifix; he refused and was tortured until he relented and apostasized. Released, he repented, returned to his faith, and as a self-imposed penance, he wrote to the emperor to proclaim his Christianity. Martyr.


Born

c.1803 in Phú Nhai, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam


Died

strangled on 18 July 1839 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam


Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Tarsykia Matskiv


Also known as

• Tarsykia Mackiv

• Tarcisia, Olga, Olha



Profile

Greek Catholic. Entered the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate on 3 May 1938, taking her vows on 5 November 1940. Made a private vow to her spiritual director that she would give her life for the conversion of Russia and the good of the Church. When the Bolsheviks arrived to destroy her convent, Sister Taryskia was the one who answered the door; she was shot without warning. Martyr.


Born

23 March 1919 at Khodoriv, Lviv District, Ukraine as Olha Mackiv


Died

shot by a Russian soldier at 8am on 17 July 1944 at Chervonohrad, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine


Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine



Saint Scariberga of Yvelines


Also known as

Scariberg, Scariberge



Profile

Born to the Gallic nobility; niece of King Clovis I. Given in an arranged marriage to Saint Arnulf of Tours; they lived as brother and sister, and when he became bishop, she became a nun. Widowed when Arnulf was martyred, she bult a hermit‘s cell over his tomb in the Yvelines forest between Paris and Chartres, France, and lived in it the rest of her life. The town of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, France grew up around the tomb and cell.


Born

c.495 in Gaul (in modern France)


Died

c.550 in the forest of Yvelines in France of natural causes



Saint Arnulf of Metz


Also known as

Arnold, Arnoul



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Courtier and advisor of Austrasian King Theodebert II. Soldier. Married the Lady Doda. Father. From his son Ansegisel and Saint Begga of Ardenne came the Carolingian kings of France. Widower. In 610, when Arnulf was about to become a monk at Lérins, he was appointed bishop of Metz, France. He played a prominent role in affairs of state, was instrumental in making Clotaire of Neustria king of Austrasia, was chief counselor to King Dagobert of Austrasia. In 626 Arnulf resigned his see and retired to a hermitage near the abbey of Remiremont.



Born

c.580


Died

16 August 640



Saint Philastrius of Brescia


Also known as

Philaster of Brescia



Profile

Priest. Bishop of Brescia, Italy. Bishop during a time of Arian disturbances, he strongly opposed and wrote against the heresy, working with Saint Ambrose of Milan and Saint Augustine of Hippo. Participated in the Synod of Aquileia of 381. Known for his charity to the poor of his flock.


Born

c.330 in Spain


Died

• c.387 of natural causes

• relics venerated in the crypt of Saint Apollonio in the cathedral of Brescia, Italy



Saint Theodosia of Constantinople


Also known as

Theodosia he Konstantinoupolitissa



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Nun in Constantinople. Martyred by iconoclasts for defending an icon of Christ which emperor Leo the Isaurian had ordered destroyed.


Born

7th century


Died

• in 729 by having a ram's horn hammered through her neck at the Forum Bovis in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)

• interred in the church of Hagia Euphemia in the Dexiokratianai section of Constantinople

• in the 14th century the church was renamed for Saint Theodosia


Blessed Jean-Baptiste de Bruxelles


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Priest in the diocese of Limoges, France. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.



Died

12 September 1734 in Saint-Léonard, Haute-Vienne, France


Died

18 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France


Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Gonéri of Tréguier


Also known as

• Gonéri of Brittany

• Gonéri of Plougrescant

• Gonéry, Gonnéry, Koneri



Profile

Son of Saint Elibouban. Sixth century exile who fled from Britain to Brittany to escape invading Anglo-Saxons. Hermit at Tréguier, France. Helped bring Prince Alwand to Christianity.


Born

British Isles


Patronage

• against anxiety

• against fever

• Saint-Gonnery, Morbihan, Brittany, France



Saint Pambo of the Nitrian Desert


Also known as

Bemwah, Pemwah


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Anthony the Abbot. Worked to establish the eremitical life in the Nitrian Desert in Egypt, and founded monasteries there. He was renowned for his wisdom, and was consulted by many, including Saint Athanasius of Egypt, Saint Melania the Elder, and Saint Rufinus.


Died

c.375 of natural causes



Saint Theneva


Also known as

Dwynwen, Enoch, Thaneu, Thaney, Thenaw, Thenew, Thenog, Thenova


Profile

British princess. When Theneva became pregnant before marriage, her family threw her from a cliff. She survived the fall unharmed, and was soon met by an unmanned boat. She knew she had no home to go to, so got into the boat; it sailed her across the Firth of Forth to land at Culross where she was cared for by Saint Serf; he became foster-father of her son, Saint Kentigern.


Born

British Isles


Died

7th century


Patronage

Glasgow, Scotland



Saint Rufillus of Forlimpopoli


Also known as

Ruffilius of Forlimpopoli



Profile

First Bishop of Forlimpopoli, Emilia, Italy. Legend says that he and his parishioners drove out a dragon from the region; it's a metaphor for the work of the local Christians to evangelize the local pagans.


Died

382


Patronage

Forlimpopoli, Italy



Saint Elio of Koper


Profile

First century convert. Spiritual student of Saint Ermacora of Aquileia. Deacon to Nazarius, first bishop of Koper (in modern Slovenia). Built a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.


Born

1st century Costabona, diocese of Koper (in modern Slovenia)


Died

• late 1st century of natural causes

• relics enshrined under the altar of the choir in the cathedral of Koper, Slovenia in the late 17th century



Saint Aemilian of Dorostorium


Also known as

• Aemilian of Silistra

• Emilian, Emiliano



Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.


Died

burned to death in 362 in Dorostorium (modern Silistra, Bulgaria)



Blessed Alanus of Sassovivo


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Benedictine monk in late 13th century Austria. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy for the Holy Year of 1300. Joined the Benedictine Sassovivo Abbey near Foligno, Italy. Left communal life in 1311 to live his remaining years as a hermit.


Born

13th century Austria


Died

1313 of natural causes



Saint Athanasius of Clysma

Profile

High government official in 4th century Egypt, he was revealed to be a Christian when he was discovered at Christmas Mass at Clysma, Egypt in the area of the Suez Gulf. Imprisoned and eventually executed for his faith. Martyr.


Died

beheaded in the 4th century in Clysma, Egypt



Blessed Ippolita of Melegnano


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Poor Clare nun in the monastery of Santa Chiara in Mortara, Italy.



Born

15th century Melegnano, Italy


Died

18 July 1530 of natural causes



Blessed Bernard de Arenis


Profile

Mercedarian friar. Sent to north Africa, he was abused throughout his travels for his faith, but managed to free 222 Christians who had been imprisoned and enslaved by Muslims.


Born

French



Saint Maternus of Milan


Profile

Bishop of Milan, Italy in 295. He was tortured in the persecutions of Diocletian, but survived to follow his vocation and die of natural causes.


Died

c.307 of natural causes



Saint Gundenis of Carthage


Also known as

Gundenes


Profile

Maiden martyred in the persecutions of Septimus Severus.


Died

203 at Carthage (modern Tunis, Tunisia)



Blessed Arnold of Amiens


Also known as

Arnould, Arnulfus


Profile

Bishop of Amiens, France from 1236 to 1247.


Died

1247 of natural causes



Saint Arnoul the Martyr


Also known as

Arnulphus


Profile

Sixth-century missionary to the Franks. Martyr.


Died

534 in France



Blessed Bertha de Marbais


Profile

Cistercian nun. Abbess at the abbey of Marchet near Lille, Belgium.


Died

18 July 1247



Saint Minnborinus


Profile

Abbot of Saint Martin's Abbey in Cologne, Germany from 974 to 986.


Born

Ireland


Died

986



Blessed Herveus


Profile

Hermit on Chalonnes Island, Anjou, France.


Born

in the British Isles


Died

1130



Saint Marina of Ourense


Profile

Martyr.


Died

Ourense, Spain, date unknown



Martyrs of Silistria


Profile

Seven Christians who were martyred together. No details about them have survived but the names – Bassus, Donata, Justus, Marinus, Maximus, Paulus and Secunda.


Died

Silistria (Durostorum), Moesia (in modern Bulgaria), date unknown



Martyrs of Tivoli



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A widow, Symphorosa, and her seven sons ( Crescens, Eugene, Julian, Justin, Nemesius, Primitivus and Stracteus) martyred in Tivoli, Italy in the 2nd-century persecutions of Hadrian.


Symphorosa is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church. According to tradition, she was martyred with her seven sons at Tibur (present Tivoli, Lazio, Italy) toward the end of the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (AD 117-38).

The Catholic Church presents to us today, as she did on the 10th of this Month, seven Christian heroes, who in their youth, manifested more than manly firmness in the confession of the true faith. Their names were, Crescentius, Julianus, Nemesius, Primitives, Justinus, Stacteus, and Eugenius. Symphorosa, their holy and not less heroic mother, was a native of Rome, and wife of Getulius, a Roman general. When in the reign of Emperor Adrian, cruel persecution of the Christians arose, she went with Getulius and Amantius, her brother-in-law, and her seven sons, to Tivoli, to strengthen the Christians in the true faith, and to prepare herself for the approaching struggle. The Emperor, informed of this, despatched Cerealis, one of his officers, to Tivoli, to take Getulius and Amantius, and bring them, prisoners, to Rome. Cerealis, still a heathen, came to execute the imperial command; but convinced by Getulius and Amantius of the truth of the Christian faith, he embraced it; and hence, all three were beheaded by command of the enraged Emperor, after having suffered a long imprisonment, and many cruel tortures.

St. Symphorosa had every reason to believe that she and her children would not long remain unmolested; and as she feared that one or more of her children, owing to their tender age, might be induced to abandon their faith for fear of the tortures, she left Tivoli, and concealed herself for a time in an unfrequented place, in order to gain time to inspire her children with Christian fortitude. She represented to them the priceless grace of dying for Christ's sake and the glory which awaits martyrs in heaven. The shortness of the pains of martyrdom and the never-ending rewards of heaven were the chief points which she almost hourly presented to their consideration, while, at the same time, she exhorted them to follow the example of their uncle and their father, and remain faithful to the true faith. One day, she asked Eugenius, the youngest, what he would do in case he was forced either to sacrifice to the gods or to be whipped and torn with scourges. The innocent little child answered manfully: “Dear mother, I would rather be torn in pieces than sacrifice to the devils.” “But,” said his mother, addressing all the children, “would you not be frightened if the executioner would seize you, threatening to kill you all most cruelly? Would you not shrink, if they were to place before your eyes fire, swords, the rack, and other instruments of torture? Oh! I fear, my beloved children, I fear that you would lose courage and forsake Christ.” “No, no, dear mother,” said Crescentius, “fear not; I and all my brothers promise to thee that there shall be nothing dreadful enough to conquer us and cause us to become faithless to Jesus Christ.” Greatly comforted, the pious mother admonished them to pray that God might give them the strength they needed to suffer for Him; a prayer which she herself ceaselessly sent up to the throne of the Highest. Not long after, her anticipations were realized.

Adrian had her and her children apprehended and brought before him, and commanded them immediately to sacrifice to the gods or to prepare themselves for the cruelest death. The fearless heroine replied: “There is no need for further preparations, of further consideration. My resolution is taken; I will not sacrifice to idols, and I have only one wish, to give my life for Him who has given His for me.” The tyrant, who had not expected this answer, was doubly enraged and commanded her to be taken to the temple of the idols and to be hung up by the hair of the head, after having been most cruelly buffeted. This command was immediately executed. Symphorosa, during this torture, courageously said to her children: ” Be not terrified, my children, at my sufferings; I bear it joyfully; joyfully do I give my life for Christ's sake. Remain steadfast. Fight bravely. Remember the example your father gave you; look at me, your mother, and follow in our footsteps. This suffering is short, but the glory prepared for us will be everlasting.” With such words, the Christian mother fortified her children who were willing to conduct themselves according to her precepts. The tyrant who would no longer listen to Symphorosa's exhortations, ordered her to be cast into the river, with a great stone fastened around her neck. In this manner ended her glorious martyrdom, in the 138th year of the Christian Era.

On the following day, her seven sons were brought before the Emperor, who represented to them that, as they had neither father nor mother, he would adopt them as his own children and provide for them most bountifully, if they would obey him and sacrifice to the gods. Should they, however, prove as obstinate as their parents had been, they had nothing to expect but torments and death. “This is what we desire,” answered Crescentius,” that we, like our parents, may die for the sake of Christ. Neither promises, nor threats, nor torments can make us faithless to Christ.” The Emperor, being unwilling to put his menaces immediately into execution, still endeavored to win over the children, alternately by promises and threats; but finding all unavailing, he ordered seven stakes to be raised in the idolatrous temple, to which the seven valiant confessors of Christ were tied, and tormented in all possible ways. Their limbs were stretched until they were dislocated, and the witnesses of these awful scenes were filled with compassion. The pain must have been most dreadful, but there was not one of these young heroes who did not praise God and rejoice in his suffering. The tyrant, ashamed of being conquered by children, ordered an end to be made of their torments, which was accordingly done in various ways. Crescentius had his throat cut with a dagger; Julianus was stabbed in the breast with a sword; Nemesius was pierced through the heart, and Primitives through the lower part of his body. Justinus was cut in pieces; Stacteus shot with arrows, and Eugenius, the youngest, was cut in two.

Thus gloriously died the seven sons of St. Symphorosa, reminding us of the illustrious martyrdom of the several Machabees, in the reign of the wicked King Antiochus.

 புனிதர் சிம்போரோசா 

(St. Symphorosa)

மறைசாட்சி:

(Martyr)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 138

டிபூர், (டிவோலி), இத்தாலி

(Tibur (Tivoli), Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

புனித ஏஞ்செலோ, பேஸ்செரியா, ரோம்

(Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, Rome, Italy)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 18

பாதுகாவல்: 

டிவோலி, இத்தாலி


(Tivoli, Italy)

புனிதர் சிம்போரோசா, ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதராக வணங்கப்படுகின்றவர் ஆவார். பாரம்பரியங்களின்படி, ரோமப் பேரரசன் “ஹட்ரியானின்” (Roman Emperor Hadrian) ஆட்சி முடிவில் (கி.பி. 117–138) தமது ஏழு மகன்களுடன் இத்தாலியின் டிபூர் (Tibur) நகரில் (தற்போதைய “டிவோலி” (Tivoli), “லாஸியோ” (Lazio), “இத்தாலி” (Italy) மறைசாட்சியாக மரித்தார்.


பேரரசன் ஹட்ரியான் (Emperor Hadrian), தனக்காக பெரும் பணச் செலவில் ஒரு ஆடம்பர மாளிகையைக் கட்டி முடித்திருந்தான். அதனை ரோம கடவுளர்களுக்கு அர்ப்பணிப்பதற்காக பலிகளைக் கொடுக்க ஆரம்பித்திருந்தான். அவனுக்கு ரோம கடவுளிடமிருந்து பின்வரும் மறுமொழி கிடைத்திருந்தது.

“உமது பேரரசிலுள்ள சிம்போரோசா என்னும் விதவைப் பெண்ணால் எமது அமைதி தொலைந்துவிட்டது. அவள் அவர்களது கடவுளுக்கு (கிறிஸ்துவுக்கு) செய்யும் புகழ்ச்சியும் அவளுடைய (கிறிஸ்தவ) விசுவாசமும் எங்களுக்கு சித்திரவதையாக உள்ளன. அவளையும் அவளது ஏழு மகன்களையும் எமக்கு பலியாக நீர் தரவேண்டும். அப்படிச் செய்தால், நாம் நீ வேண்டுவதெல்லாம் தருவோம்.”

சிம்போரோசாவை கொல்ல ஏனைய அரசர்கள் எடுத்திருந்த முயற்சிகள் தோல்வியடைந்திருந்த நிலையில், ஹட்ரியான் சிம்போரோசாவை அவர்களது கடவுளர்களின் கோவிலான “ஹெர்குலிஸ்” கோவிலுக்கு (Temple of Hercules) இழுத்து வரச் செய்தான். பலவித துன்புறுத்தல்களின் பின்னர், சிம்போரோசாவின் கழுத்தில் ஒரு பாறாங்கல்லைக் கட்டி, “இத்தாலியின், லசியோ” (Lazio, Italy) பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள “அனியோ” (Anio River) நதியில் எறிந்தனர்.

மறுநாள் சிம்போரோசாவின் ஏழு மகன்களையும் கொண்டுவரச் செய்த ஹட்ரியான், தமது ரோம கடவுளர்களை வழிபடுமாறு பலவிதங்களிலும் அவர்களை துன்புறுத்தினான். ஆனால் எதற்கும் அவர்கள் மசியாததால், அவர்களனைவரும் வெவ்வேறு விதமாக சித்திரவதை செய்யப்பட்டு, ஏழு விதமாக கொல்லப்பட்டனர். பின்னர் அவர்களனைவரும் ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக ஒரு பெரும் குழியில் வீசப்பட்டு மூடப்பட்டனர்.



புனித அன்ஸ்வெர் (St.Answer of Ratzeburg)

மறைசாட்சி

இறப்பு 

1066

அன்ஸ்வெர் 11 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில் ராட்சபெர்க் என்ற ஊரிலிருந்த புனித பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபையில் துறவியாக வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் துறவியான பிறகு மிஷினரியாக சலேசியன் நாட்டிற்கு வந்தார். மறைபரப்பு பணியின்போது, ஒரு சில முரடர்களால் இவர் கொல்லப்பட்டார். இவர் கொல்லப்பட்டார் என்ற செய்தியை அறிந்த ராட்சபெர்க் மக்கள், இவரின் உடலை கொண்டு வந்து ராட்சபெர்கில் அடக்கம் செய்தனர். அன்றிலிருந்து இவரின் கல்லறையில் ஏராளமான மக்கள் வணக்கம் செலுத்தி வருகின்றனர். இவரின் பெயரில் அவ்வூரில் பெரிய சிலுவை ஒன்று வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அச்சிலுவையின் முன் செபிக்கும்போது, பல்வேறு பலன்களை மக்கள் பெற்றுவருகின்றனர்.



Saint ANSUERUS. 

Abbot and martyr; b. Mecklenburg, Germany, c. 1040; d. Ratzeburg, Germany, July 15, 1066. He entered the benedictine monastery of Sankt Georg in Ratzeburg, where he was noted for his learning and piety and became abbot while still young. He devoted himself to the conversion of the Slavs and preached the gospel to the pagans still living around Ratzeburg. In 1066, together with about 30 companions, he was stoned by pagan Wends. He begged his executioners to kill him last so that his companions would not apostatize and so that he could comfort them. His body was first interred in the crypt at Sankt Georg; but when a blind man was restored to sight at the tomb, Bishop Evermond (d. 1178) had the martyr's remains translated to the cathedral of Ratzeburg. The relics perished during the disorders of the Reformation period. Canonization was granted with papal approval by Abp. adalbert of bremen. Ansuerus was included in the Schleswig and Ratzeburg Breviaries, but since the Reformation he is remembered only in monastic martyrologies. His memorials are a cross near Ratzeburg and a painting in the cathedral there.

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 17

 Blessed Pavol Gojdic


Also known as

• Pavel Peter Gojdic

• Peter Gojdic



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Son of the Greek-Catholic priest Stefan Gojdic and Anna Gerberyová. Attended elementary school at Cigelka, Bardejov and PreSov, finishing in 1907. Studied theology at PreSov, Slovak Republic and then Budapest where he consecrated himself and his work to the Sacred Heart. Finishing his studies on 27 August 1911, he was ordained soon after. Worked briefly as assistant parish priest with his father. Prefect of the eparchial seminary, and taught religion in a higher secondary school. Supervised protocol and the archives in the diocesan curia. Assistant parish priest in Sabinov. Director of the episcopal office in 1919.


In a surprise move, he joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great at Cernecia Hora on 20 July 1922, making his vows on 27 January 1923, and taking the name Pavol. Apostolic administrator of PreSov on 14 September 1926; during his installation he said, "With the help of God I want to be a father to orphans, a support for the poor and consoler to the afflicted." His first official act was a pastoral letter on the 1100th anniversary of the birth of Saint Cyril, apostle to his Pavol's people.


Bishop on 7 March 1927; his episcopal motto: God is love, let us love Him! Promoted the spiritual life of the clergy and laity. Founded new parishes, and insured proper and valid liturgical celebrations. Built orphanages, founded the Greek-Catholic school in PreSov in 1936, and supported the publications Messenger of the Gospel and Thy Kingdom Come. Great devotion to the Real Presence and the Sacred Heart.


Apostolic administrator at Mukacevo in Slovakia on 13 April 1939. Due to difficulties between Pavol and the local government, he tendered his resignation from the position. The Pope refused to accept it, and instead ordained him residential bishop of PreSov on 8 August 1940. On 15 January 1946 he was confirmed in his jurisdiction over the Greek-Catholics in the whole of Czecho-Slovakia.


The Church in the region received a serious blow with the seizure of power by the Communists in 1948, and their immediate fight against the Greek-Catholic Church. Bishop Gojdic refused to submit the Greek-Catholics to Russian Orthodoxy, or dismantle the Church in accord with Communist ideology. The government isolated him from the clergy and the faithful, and simultaneously tried to bribe him with offers of support and power if he would break from Rome. "I will not deny my faith," he said. "Do not even come to me."


On 28 April 1950, the Communists outlawed the Greek-Catholic Church. Bishop Pavol was imprisoned, and in a show-trial in January 1951, convicted of treason. Sentenced to life without parole and stripped of civil rights, he was moved from prison to prison, constantly abused; in response he prayed in silence, and celebrating the liturgy in secret. In the amnesty of 1953, his sentence was commuted to 25 years in prison, which in practical terms was a life sentence. At one point he was advised that he could straight from prison to PreSov, on condition that he become patriarch of the Orthodox church in Czecho-Slovakia; bishop Pavol explained that this would be a sin against God, a betrayal of the Holy Father, of his conscience and of the persecuted faithful. His sentence continued, the abuse continued, and his health finally broke; he spent his remaining months in the prison hospital, and died there.


Bishop Pavol was legally rehabilitated on 27 September 1990, and has posthumously received the Order of T. G. Masaryk - II class, and with the Cross of Pribina - 1st class, one of the great honours of his native land.


Born

17 July 1888 at Ruské Peklany, PreSov, Slovak Republic as Peter Gojdic


Died

• 17 July 1960 in the prison hospital at Leopoldov, Hlohovec, Slovak Republic of illness and maltreatment received in prison

• buried in the prison cemetery with a marker reading only "681"

• relics translated to PreSov on 29 October 1968

• relics relocated to the chapel of the Greek-Catholic Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in PreSov on 15 May 1990


Beatified

4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Alexius of Rome

உரோம் நாட்டின் புனித அலெக்சிஸ்

குணமாக்குதலும் உதவுதலும்

திருப்பயணியர் மற்றும் பிச்சைக்காரர்களின் காவலர்

அலெக்ஸிஸ் என்பவர் அலெக்ஸியஸ் மற்றும் அலெசியோ என்றும் அழைக்கப்பட்டவர் உரோமை நகரிலுள்ள உயர்குடும்ப பெற்றோருக்கு ஒரே மகன். சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே அலெக்சிஸ் மதப்பற்று மிக்கவராக இருந்தார். ஓர் அரசிளங்குமரிக்கு திருமணம் நிச்சயிக்கப்பட்டு, அவரை ஆடம்பரமாகத் திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டார். திருமணம் நடைபெற்ற அந்த இரவில் அலெக்ஸின் மனைவி அவரை விடுவிக்க மனிமிசைந்தார். அவர் இரகசியமாக தனது தந்தை வீட்டிலிருந்து விடுவித்துக் கொண்டு சிரியாவுக்கு கால்நடையாகச் சென்றடைந்தார். அவர் அங்கு குடியேறி ஒரு பிச்சைக்காரராக, எடிசா மாதா கோவிலிலருகில், ஒரு குடிசையில் 17 ஆண்டுகளாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். அந்த நேர்மையான கிறிஸ்தவர் தனக்குத் தேவையானதை மட்டும் பெற்றுக்கொண்டார். இதற்கிடையில் அலெக்சிஸின் பெற்றோரின் பணியாளர்கள் அவரைத் தேடி சிரியாவுக்கு வந்தனர். அலெக்சி‘க்கு மகிழ்ச்சியும் எதிர்பாராத அதிர்ச்சியுமாக அவர்கள் அலெக்சிஸை அடையாளம் கண்டுகொள்ளவில்லை. அவர்கள் அவரை பிச்சைக்காரன் என்றெண்ணி அவருக்க பிச்சை போட்டனர்.

கடவுளின் மனிதர் :

கன்னிமரியாள் அலெக்சி‘க்குக் காட்சி தந்து, அதிசயமாக அவரிடம் பேசியதையும் அவரைக் கடவுளின் மனிதர் என்று அழைத்ததையும் கண்டு, அலெக்சிஸ் எல்லோருக்கும் தெரிந்த மனிதராக மாறினார். மறைவாக வாழமுடியாமல், தர்சு நகரிலுள்ள தூய பவுலின் இல்லத்திற்கு செல்ல கப்பலேறினார். ஆனால் இத்தாலியில் உரோம் நகரை நோக்கிக் காற்று வீசியதால், அவர் உரோம் வந்து சேர்ந்தார். அலெக்சிஸ் தனது குடும்பத்தாரின் வீட்டுக்குச் சென்றார். அவரது பெற்றோர் அவரை இனம் கண்டுகொள்ளவில்லை. அலெக்சிஸ் தங்குவதற்கு இடம் கேட்டதின்பேரில், படிக்கட்டுகளின் கீழ் படுத்துறங்க அனுமதி அளிக்கப்பட்டது. அங்கேயே மேலும் 17 ஆண்டுகள் தங்கியிருந்து ஜெபிப்பதும் குழந்தைகளுக்கு மறைக்கல்வி கற்றுக்கொடுப்பதுமாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். இறப்பு தன்னை நெருங்குவதை உணர்ந்த அலெக்சிஸ், அவர் தனது வாழ்க்கைச் சரிதையை பற்றி கதையாகக் கடிதத்தில் எழுதினார். 404 ஆம் ஆண்டு போப் நிகழ்த்திய திருப்பலியில் ஒரு அசரீரீ குரல் கேட்டது. கடவுளின் மனிதரைத் தேடுங்கள், அவர் உரோமுக்காக வேண்டுவார். கடவுள் அவருக்கு செவிசாய்ப்பார். அவர் வெள்ளிக்கிழமையன்று இறப்பார். அந்த வாரம் அலெக்சிஸ் படிக்கட்டின் கீழ் தனது கையில் கடிதத்துடன் இறந்து கிடந்தார்.

Also known as

• Alexis of Rome

• Alexis the Beggar

• The Man of God



Profile

The only son of a wealthy Christian Roman senator. The young man wanted to devote himself to God, but his parents arranged a marriage for him. On his wedding day his fiancee agreed to release him and let him follow his vocation. He fled his parent's home disguised as a beggar, and lived near a church in Syria. A vision of Our Lady at the church pointed him out as exceptionally holy, calling him the "Man of God". This drew attention to him, which caused him to return to Rome, Italy where he would not be known. He came as a beggar to his own home. His parents did not recognize him, but were kind to all the poor, and let him stay there. Alexis lived for seventeen years in a corner under the stairs, praying, and teaching catechism to small children. At his death an unseen voice was heard to proclaim him 'The Man of God', and afterwards his family found a note on his body which told them who he was and how he had lived his life of penance from the day of his wedding until then, for the love of God.


Died

early 5th century


Patronage

• Alexians

• beggars

• belt makers

• nurses

• pilgrims

• travellers




Blessed Benigno of Vallumbrosa

Also known as

• Benigno Benizzi

• Benigno Visdomini

• Benignus, Bénigne


Additional Memorial

1 August as one of the Ten Blessed of Vallumbrosa


Profile

May have been related to Saint John Gualbert. Young priest probably ordained in the region of Florence, Italy. He seems to have had a failure at clerical discipline; his biographer wrote that Benigno “fell into sin”. To re-examine his life and call to vocation, he made a pilgrimage to the graves of the apostles in Rome, Italy, after which, to reform his life, he joined the Benedictine Vallombrosans, c.1180. As a monk he became a model of penance, piety and humility. To concentrate on his penance, he lived as a hermit in a cell near the Vallombrosa monastery. Abbot of the San Salvi monastery outside Florence, Italy c.1190. Abbot of the Vallombrosa monastery and General of the Order in late 1201 or early 1202; he served for over 30 years and ruled during the period of the Order‘s greatest prosperity and expansion. He worked to maintain discipline to the Vallumbrosan Rule, and bring peace to Orders and houses in conflict of the claim of anti-pope Callistus III. Abbot Benigno enshrined the relics of Saint John Gualbert on 10 October 1210, built the new church in Vallombrosa, a project that took six years to complete, added more cells to the monastery for those desiring to live as hermits, and built an oratorium. In his final years, some time in 1234, Benigno gave up his leadership position, and retired to live in a hermit‘s cell, doing daily penance for the errors of his youth.


Born

c.1136 in Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy


Died

• 17 July c.1236 in Vallumbrosa, Italy of natural causes

• his grave was one of several that were rediscovered in May 1600; they were exhibited for veneration on 21 August 1600 while preparations were made for their enshrinement

• relics enshrined on 1 August 1604 in a new chapel of the church at the abbey of Vallumbrosa



Saint Colman of Stockerau


Also known as

• Colman of Melk

• Coloman, Colomannus, Koloman, Kálmán



Additional Memorial

13 October (traditional in the region of Austria)


Profile

May have been of noble or royal birth. Monk. While on a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands, Colman was stopped by the Viennese on suspicion of being a Moravian spy; there was continual fighting between Austria, Moravia and Bohemia, and a stranger who spoke no German was immediately suspect. With no evidence other than being a stranger, he was convicted of espionage, tortured, and hanged with two thieves.


In the tradition of the time, the bodies were left to rot as a warning to others. Colman's body hung there for 18 months, incorrupt, and untouched by animals. Miracles were reported at the site, including the scaffolding taking root and putting out branches. In 1015, bishop Megingard transferred Colman's relics to Melk, Austria where they were entombed in an abbey on the Danube. The tomb became a site of miracles, and four popes have granted indulgences to those who call on his intercession. There is an annual blessing of horses and cattle held at Melk and near Füssen, Germany on his feast.


Born

in the British Isles, exact location undetermined


Died

hanged in October 1012 at Stockerau, Austria


Patronage

• against gout

• against hanging

• against plague

• hanged men

• horned cattle

• horses

• Austria

• Melk, Austria




Saint Hedwig, Queen of Poland

புனித எட்விக் (St.Hedwig)

போலந்து நாட்டு அரசி (Queen of Poland)

பிறப்பு

1374

ஹங்கேரி (Hungary)


இறப்பு

17 ஜூலை 1399

கிராகொவ்(Krakau, Poland)

இவரின் தந்தை ஹங்கேரி நாட்டு அரசர் அன்ஜோய்(Anjou) என்பவரின் மகள் லூட்விக்(Ludwig). எட்விக் 10 வயது இருக்கும்போதே தந்தை இறந்துவிட்டார். இதனால் தன் தந்தைக்குப்பிறகு எட்விக் ஹங்கேரி நாட்டு அரசியாக முடிசூட்டப்பட்டார். தனது 11 ஆம் வயதில் யாகிலோ(Jagiello) என்பவருக்கு திருமணம் செய்து வைக்கப்பட்டார். அரசி எட்விக் மிகவும் பக்தியுள்ளவர். திருமணம் செய்யும் முன் ஞானஸ்நானம் பெறவேண்டுமென்று கூறி, தன் கணவரையும் அதற்கு இணங்கவைத்தார்.


எட்விக்கின் கணவர், எட்விக்கின் பக்தியை பார்த்து பரவசமடைந்தார். இதனால் எட்விக் செபிப்பதற்காக போலந்து நாட்டில் , தன் மறைமாநிலத்தில் ஆலயங்களை கட்டினார். 1388 ஆம் ஆண்டு எட்விக்கும், யாக்கிலியோவும் சேர்ந்து வில்னா(Wilna) என்ற மறைமாநிலத்தை உருவாக்கினர். இவர்கள் ஏழைகளுக்கும், கைவிடப்பட்ட பெண்களுக்கும், அனாதை குழந்தைகளுக்கும் எல்லா உதவிகளையும் செய்து வாழ்வை வழங்கினர். அவர்களுக்காக ஆலயங்களையும் பல கல்வி நிறுவனங்களையும் எழுப்பினார். 1297 ஆம் ஆண்டு தனது 23 ஆம் வயதில், தன் பெயரில் கிராகோவ் மறைமாநிலத்தில் இறையியல் கல்லூரி ஒன்றையும் கட்டினார். பின்னர் எட்விக் என்ற பெயரில் ஒரு துறவற மடத்தையும் தொடங்கினார். திருத்தந்தை 2 ஆம் ஜான்பால் திருத்தந்தையாக தேர்ந்தெடுத்தப்பின் 1979 ஆம் ஆண்டு போலந்து நாட்டை முதன்முறையாக பார்வையிடச் சென்றார். அப்போதுதான் எட்விக் என்ற பெயர் கொண்ட புதிய துறவற இல்லத்தைத் திறந்துவைத்தார். இவர் கிராகோவ் நாடு முழுவதும் பல நன்மைகளை செய்து, மக்களை வாழவைத்தார். எட்விக் இறந்தபிறகு கிராக்கோவ் மாநிலத்திற்கு சொந்தமான பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

• Hedwig of Anjou

• Hedwig Andegawenska

• Eduviges, Jadwiga, Jadvyga, Hedvig, Hedvigis



Profile

Youngest daughter of King Louis I of Hungary. Because she was great-niece to King Casimir III of Poland, she became Queen of Poland in 1382 upon her father's death. She was engaged to William, Duke of Austria, whom she loved, but broke off the relationship in order to marry Jagiello, non-Christian Prince of Lithuania, at age 13 for political reasons. She offered her misery in this marriage to Christ, and she eventually converted her husband; Jagiello was later known as King Landislaus II of Poland after the unification of the kingdoms, a union that lasted over 400 years. Noted for her charity to all, but especially the sick and poor, and for a revision of the laws to help the poor.


Born

18 February 1374 in Buda (in modern Budapest, Hungary


Died

• 17 July 1399 during in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland in child birth

• miracles reported at her tomb



Beatified

• 31 May 1979 by Pope John Paul II (cultus confirmation)

• 17 December 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)


Canonized

8 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II


Patronage

queens



Saint Clement of Ohrid


Also known as

• Clement of Okbrida

• Kliment Ohridski

• one of the Seven Apostles of Bulgaria


Profile

Student of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius in Moravia and Panonia. Building on their work, he helped found Slavic literature and culture in Macedonia. He was the first Slavic writer, translated dozens of works, wrote a biography of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and founded the first Slavic university in Ohrid. Friend of Saint Naum. Served in the Bulgarian court. Taught from 886 to 893 at Kutmicevica, being a great influence on over 3,000 students, many of whom became priests and spread the Slavic liturgy through the region. Spiritual teacher of Saint Constantine the Presbyter. Bishop of Belica, the first organized Slav Church on the Balkan Peninsula. Bishop of Ohrid. Founded Saint Pantaleimonth's monastery.



Born

9th century in the Thesaloniki district of modern Bulgaria


Died

• 17 July 916 in Ohrid, Macedonia of natural causes

• buried at Saint Pantaleimonth's monastery near Ohrid


Patronage

• Macedonia

• Ohrid, Macedonia



Saint Ennodius of Pavia


Also known as

• Ennodio of Pavia

• Magnus Felix Ennodius

• Magno Felice Ennodio


Profile

Born to the Gallo-Roman nobility. Well educated in the sciences and rhetoric. Married to a wealthy member of the nobility. Recovering from a serious illness, Ennodius examined his life, decided to put away worldly things, and consecrated himself to God. His wife retired to a convent to become a nun, and Ennodius became a deacon, serving under Saint Epiphanius of Pavia. Taught rhetoric in Milan, Italy. Bishop of Pavia, Italy in 510 where he was known for his concern for the life of his flock in this world, and for their spiritual training. Twice served as legate for Pope Hormisdas to Emperor Anastasius in whose court he worked against the heresy of Eutychianism; on his second trip, in 517, he was so ill-treated for supporting orthodox Christianity that he had to escape the city. Some of his poetry, hymns and ascetical writings have survived.


Born

c.473 in Cisalpine Gaul (an area of modern northern Italy)


Died

• 17 July 521 of natural causes

• entombed in the church of San Michele in Pavia, Italy



Saint Andrew Zorard


Also known as

Sverad, Svorad, Swierad, Swirad, Wszechrad, Zoerardus, Zoërard, Zurawek, Zórawek



Profile

Missionary hermit in the area of Olawa, Silesia (in modern Poland). Monk in Tropie, Poland. Hermit and then Benedictine monk on Mount Zobar, Hungary c.1003 where, at the request of King Saint Stephen of Hungary, he helped establish a hermitage. Spiritual teacher of Saint Benedict of Szakalka. Known for his austere, contemplative life and personal piety. A biography of him was written by Blessed Maurus of Pecs.


Born

c.980 in Opatowiec, Poland


Died

• c.1010 of natural causes

• relics translated to the Cathedral of Saint Emmeram in Nitra, Slovakia in 1083


Canonized

1085 by Pope Saint Gregory VII


Patronage

• Abbey of Saint Andrew, Cleveland, Ohio

• Hungary

• diocese of Nitra, Slovakia

• diocese of Tarnów, Poland



Saint Kenelm


Also known as

Cynehelm, Chenelmo



Profile

Mercian prince, the son of King Coenwulf. Venerated as a boy king and martyr in the Middle Ages, though his biography became mixed with pious legends, one of which says he was killed on orders of his sister.


Mentioned in the Canterbury Tales's Nun's Priest's Tale. Venerable John Henry Newman made frequent pilgrimages to the shrine of Saint Kenelm's martyrdom. For many years the villagers of Kenelstowe, England celebrated Saint Kenelm's Day with the ancient custom of "crabbing the parson" - bombarding the parson with crab apples!


Died

• killed in battle in 821 at Clent Hills near Birmingham, England

• relics discovered after a vision and taken to the abbey of Winchcombe, England




Saint Marcellina

புனித மார்செலினா (327-397)

இவர் இத்தாலி நாட்டில் உள்ள கால் என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவரது தந்தை ஓர் அரசு அதிகாரி. இவருடைய சகோதரர்தான் புனித அம்புரோஸ்.

354 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவரது குடும்பம் உரோமைக்குக் குடிபெயர்ந்தது. அங்கு சென்ற ஒரு சில ஆண்டுகளிலேயே இவருடைய பெற்றோர் இறந்து போனார்கள். இதனால் இவரே தன் சகோதரன் அம்புரோசையும், சகோதரி ஒருவரையும் பராமரிக்க வேண்டிய சூழ்நிலை ஏற்பட்டது.

இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் நோன்புக்கும் ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளுக்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வந்த இவர், தனது எடுத்துக்காட்டான வாழ்வால் தன் சகோதரர், சகோதரிக்கு முன்மாதிரியாக விளங்கினார்.

இவரது முன்மாதிரியான வாழ்வால் தொடப்பட்ட இவரது சகோதரர் அம்புரோஸ் பின்நாளில் அருள்பணியாளராகவும், தொடர்ந்து மிலன் நகரின் ஆயராகவும் உயர்ந்தார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

இவர் 398 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

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Daughter of the Roman imperial prefect of Gaul. Elder sister of Saint Ambrose of Milan and Saint Satyrus. She moved to Rome, Italy when very young, and was raised by her older brothers. A consecrated virgin (like a modern nun), receiving the veil from Pope Liberius on Christmas Day 353 in Saint Peter's Basilica. Never cloistered, she lived with her mother, and in other private homes. Worked with Ambrose in Milan after his consecration as bishop. Noted for such austerities that her brother encourged her to relax in her later years. Ambrose dedicated his treatise on holy virginity to her.



Born

c.330 at Trier, Gaul (in modern Germany)


Died

• c.398 of natural causes

• buried in the crypt under the altar of the Ambrosian Basilica in Milan, Italy



Pope Saint Leo IV


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Cardinal-priest. 103rd pope. He saw the Saracens attack Rome, Italy in 846; upon his ascension, to prevent its recurrence he fortified the city and its suburbs, building a wall around the Vatican, fortifying the part of Rome still called the Leonine City. Rebuilt Saint Peter's Basilica. Rebuked Saint Ignatius of Constantinople for deposing bishops without his knowledge. Crowned Louis II joint Holy Roman Emperor with Lothair I in 850. Crowned Alfred as king of England in 853.



Born

Rome, Italy


Papal Ascension

847


Died

855 at Rome, Italy of natural causes



Saints Justina and Rufina of Seville


Profile

A pair of sisters, the daughters of a potter who became potters themselves. A wealthy customer offered to purchase a large part of their earthenware for a very good price, but when the girls learned that the pots would be used in pagan rituals, they smashed them all. They were imprisoned and executed for heresy against the gods. Martyr.



Died

mauled by lions in 287


Patronage

• potters

• Seville, Spain




Saint Petrus Liu Zeyu


Also known as

• Peter Liu Ziyu

• Baiduo



Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


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Layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. During the Boxer Rebellion, he was ordered by the Mandarin to renounce Christianity; he refused. Martyr.


Born

c.1843 in Zhujiaxie, Shenzhou, Hebei, China


Died

beheaded on 17 July 1900 in Zhujiaxie, Shenzhou, Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Frédégand of Kerkelodor


Also known as

Fregaut, Fridigand, Frégaud



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Spiritual student of Saint Foillan of Fosses. Missionary monk and then abbot at Kerkelodor Abbey near Antwerp, Belgium.


Born

Ireland


Died

c.740 at Deurne, near Antwerp, Brabant (in modern Belgium)



Saint Nerses Lambronazi

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Nephew of Saint Nerses Glaietsi. Bishop. Archbishop of Tarsus. Helped reunify Armenia with the Church of Rome in 1198. Translated many important Church documents into Armenian including the Rule of Saint Benedict, and Saint Gregory's Dialogues.


Born

1153


Died

1198 of natural causes



Blessed Sebastian of the Holy Spirit


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Mercedarian lay brother at the convent of the Holy Spirit in Lima, Peru. Miracle worker known to heal the sick by singing the Magnificat.


Died

1721 in Lima, Peru of natural causes



Saint Theodota of Constantinople


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Born to the nobility of Constantinople. Martyred in the iconoclast persecutions of Emperor Leo the Isaurian.


Died

735 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)



Blessed Biagio of the Incarnation


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Mercedarian deacon at the Incarnation convent in Valdonquillo, Spain.


Died

1612 of natural causes



Blessed Arnold of Himmerod


Also known as

Arnoldus


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Cistercian monk at Himmerod monastery in Trier, Germany. Renowned for his personal piety.



Saint Hyacinth of Amastris


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Christian who cut down a tree dedicated to a pagan god. Martyr.


Died

Amastris, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey)



Saint Theodosius of Auxerre


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Bishop of Auxerre, France c.507 to 516. Attended the Council of Orleans in 511.


Died

516



Saint Turninus


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Priest. Missionary. Worked with Saint Foillan of Fosses in the Netherlands and near Antwerp, Belgium.


Born

Ireland


Died

8th century



Saint Cynllo


Also known as

Cynlio


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Several churches are dedicated to this saint in Wales, but no details about him have survived.


Died

5th century



Saint Generosus


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Martyr.


Died

relics enshrined under the high altar of the cathedral of Tivoli, Italy



Saint Gorazd


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One of the Seven Apostles of Bulgaria.



Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne



Also known as

Sixteen Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne


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Eleven Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters and two lay women servants who were martyred together in the French Revolution. They were the earliest martyrs of the French Revolution that have been recognized.



• Angelique Roussel • Anne Pelras • Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret • Catherine Soiron • élisabeth-Julitte Vérolot • Marie Dufour • Marie Hanniset • Marie-Anne Piedcourt • Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau • Marie-Claude-Cyprienne Brard • Marie-Françoise de Croissy • Marie-Gabrielle Trezel • Marie-Geneviève Meunier • Marie-Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine • Rose-Chretien de Neuville • Thérèse Soiron •


Died

• guillotined on 17 July 1794 at the Place du Trône Renversé (modern Place de la Nation) in Paris, France

• before their execution they knelt and chanted the "Veni Creator", as at a profession, after which they all renewed aloud their baptismal and religious vows

• the heads and bodies of the martyrs were interred in a deep sand-pit about thirty feet square in a cemetery at Picpus

• as this sand-pit was the receptacle of the bodies of 1,298 victims of the French Revolution, there seems to be no hope of their relics being recovered

• five secondary relics in the possession of the Benedictine sisters of Stanbrook, Worcestershire, England

• in 2009, the Stanbrook sisters, and the relics, re-located to Wass, Yorkshire, England


Beatified

• 27 May 1906 by Pope Pius X

• miracles proved during the process of beatification were

• cure of Sister Clare of Saint Joseph, a Carmelite lay sister of New Orleans, Louisiana when on the point of death from cancer in June 1897

• cure of the Abbé Roussarie of the seminary at Brive when at the point of death on 7 March 1897

• cure of Sister Saint Martha of Saint Joseph, a Carmelite lay sister of Vans of tuberculosis and an abcess in the right leg on 1 December 1897

• cure of Sister Saint Michael, a Franciscan of Montmorillon on 9 April 1898



Martyrs of Scillium


Also known as

• Scillitan Martyrs

• Martyrs of Scilla


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A group of twelve Christians martyred together, the final deaths in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Upon their conviction for the crime of being Christians, the group was offered 30 days to reconsider their allegiance to the faith; they all declined. Their official Acta still exist. Their names -


• Acyllinus • Cythinus • Donata • Felix • Generosa • Januaria • Laetantius • Narzales • Secunda • Speratus • Vestina • Veturius •


Died

beheaded on 17 July 180 in Scillium, Numidia (in North Africa)