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23 July 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 25

 Saint James the Greater

 செபதேயுவின் மகன் புனிதர் யாக்கோபு 

(St. James, son of Zebedee)

திருத்தூதர் மற்றும் மறைசாட்சி:

(Apostle and martyr)

பிறப்பு: கி. பி. 1ம் நூற்றாண்டு

பெத்சாயிதா, யூதேயா, ரோம பேரரசு

(Bethsaida, Judaea, Roman Empire)

இறப்பு: கி. பி. 44

ஜெருசலேம், யூதேயா, ரோம பேரரசு

(Bethsaida, Judaea, Roman Empire)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

எல்லா கிறிஸ்தவ உட்பிரிவுகளும்

(All Christianity)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

சந்தியாகு டி கம்போஸ்டேலா பேராலயம், கலீசியா (ஸ்பெயின்), புனித ஜேம்ஸ் பேராலயம், ஜெருசலேம், ஆர்மேனியன் குவார்ட்டர் (இஸ்ரயேல்)

(Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia (Spain), Cathedral of St. James, Jerusalem, Armenian Quarter (Israel)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஜூலை 25

பாதுகாவல்:

இடங்கள் (Places):

கலீசியா (Galicia), குவாத்தமலா (Guatemala), நிக்கரகுவா (Nicaragua), ஸ்பெய்ன் (Spain), குயாகில் (Guayaquil), பேடிஸ் ஆலயம் (Betis Church), பம்பங்கா (Pampanga), படியான் (Badian), சோகோட் (Sogod), செபு (Cebu), பிலிப்பைன்ஸ் (Philippines) மெக்சிகோ நாட்டின் சில இடங்கள் (Some places of Mexico)

தொழில்கள் (Professions):

கால்நடை மருத்துவர்கள் (Veterinarians), குதிரையேற்றம் (Equestrians), விலங்கின் மென்மயிரால் பொருட்களைச் செய்து விற்பவர்கள் (Furriers), தோல் பதப்படுத்துபவர்கள் (Tanners), மருந்தாளுநர்கள் (Pharmacists), சிப்பி மீனவர்கள் (Oyster Fishers), மரம் செதுக்குபவர்கள் (Woodcarvers)

செபதேயுவின் மகன் யாக்கோபு, (James, son of Zebedee) இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் பன்னிரு திருத்தூதர்களுள் ஒருவர் ஆவார். முதன்முதலில் மறைசாட்சியாக மரித்த திருத்தூதர் இவரேயாவார் என்று மரபுகள் கூறுகின்றன. இவரின் பெற்றோர் செபதேயு மற்றும் சலோமி ஆவர் (Zebedee and Salome). இவர் திருத்தூதரான புனித யோவானின் (John the Apostle) சகோதரர் ஆவார். அல்பேயுவின் மகன் யாக்கோபுவிடமிருந்து (James, son of Alphaeus) இவரைப் பிரித்து காட்ட, இவர் பெரிய யாக்கோபு (James the Greater) என்றும், “இயேசுவின் சகோதரர் யாக்கோபு” (James the brother of Jesus) என்றும் அழைக்கப்படுகின்றார்.

யாக்கோபு, இயேசுவின் முதல் சீடர்களுல் ஒருவராக விவரிக்கப்படுகிறார். ஒத்தமை நற்செய்தி நூல்களின்படி இவரும் இவரின் சகோதரரான யோவானும் இயேசுவிடமிருந்து அழைப்பு பெறும்போது தங்களின் தந்தையோடு கடற்கரையில் இருந்தனர். இயேசுவின் தோற்றம் மாறியதை (Transfiguration) கண்ட மூன்று அப்போஸ்தலர்களுல் இவரும் ஒருவராவார்.

சமாரியர்கள் இயேசுவை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளாததால் யாக்கோபுவும் யோவானும் இயேசுவிடம், “ஆண்டவரே, வானத்திலிருந்து தீ வந்து இவர்களை அழிக்குமாறு செய்யவா? இது உமக்கு விருப்பமா?” என்று கேட்டார்கள்.

அவர் அவர்கள் பக்கம் திரும்பி, அவர்களைக் கடிந்து கொண்டார். திருத்தூதர் பணிகள் 12:2ன்படி ஏரோது அரசன், யாக்கோபுவை தன் வாளால் கொன்றான். திருத்தூதர்களுல் புதிய ஏற்பாட்டில் இவரின் இறப்பு மட்டுமே பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஆகவே பாரம்பரிய நம்பிக்கையின் படி 12 திருத்தூதர்களில் இவரே முதல் இரத்த சாட்சி என நம்பப்படுகிறது.

இவர் ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் பாதுகாவலராக கருதப்படுகின்றார். இவரின் கல்லறை கலீசியாவில் உள்ள சாந்தியாகோ தே கோம்போசுதேலா கத்தீடிரலில் உள்ளதாக நம்பப்படுகின்றது. பரம்பரியமாக இவரின் கல்லறைக்கு செல்லும் பக்தி முயற்சி புனித யாக்கோபுவின் பாதை என அழைக்கப்படுகின்றது. இப்பக்தி முயற்சி நடுக்காலம் முதல் பல இடங்களில் இருப்பவர்களிடம் பரவியது.

இவரின் நினைவுத் திருவிழா நாள் ஜூலை மாதம், 25ம் நாளன்று, கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை, ஆங்கிலிக்கம், லூதரனியம் மற்றும் சில சீர்திருத்தத் திருச்சபைகளில் கொண்டாடப்படுகின்றது. மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகளில் ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 30ம் நாளன்று, கொண்டாடப்படுகின்றது.

ஸ்பெயினில்:

பாரம்பரியப்படி கி.பி. 40ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், இரண்டாம் நாளன்று, இவருக்கு ஐபீரிய மூவலந்தீவு பகுதியில் மறைபணியாற்றிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் போது மரியாளின் காட்சி கிடைத்ததாகவும், அதன் பின்னரே இவர் எருசலேமுக்கு சென்று உயிர் துறந்ததாகவும் நம்பப்படுகின்றது. மேலும் இதன் பின் இவரின் உடல் சாந்தியாகோ தே கோம்போசுதேலா ஆலயம் அமைந்துள்ள கலீசியா கடற்கறைக்கு தேவதூதர்களால் கொண்டு வரப்பட்டதாகவும், அங்கிருந்தவர்கள் இவரின் உடலை அடக்கம் செய்ததாகவும் நம்பப்படுகின்றது. எனினும் இவரின் சீடர்களாலேயே இவரின் உடல் கொண்டுவரப்பட்டிருக்கலாம் என அறிஞர்கள் நம்புகின்றனர்.

Also known as

• Jacobus de Oudere

• Jacobus Major

• Jakobus der Ältere

• James Major

• James the Elder

• James the More

• James the son of Zebedee

• James, son of Zebedee

• Santiago de España

• Son of Thunder

• Iago, Santiago



Additional Memorials

• 30 December (translation of relics; Mozarabic rite)

• 3 January (translation of relics to the monastery of Saint Vaast)

• 30 April (Orthodox)

• 29 December (Armenian)

• 12 April (Coptic)

• 27 December (Syrian Orthodox)


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Son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of Saint John the Apostle, and may have been Jesus' cousin. He is called "the Greater" simply because he became an Apostle before Saint James the Lesser. Apparent disciple of Saint John the Baptist. Fisherman. He left everything when Christ called him to be a fisher of men. Was present during most of the recorded miracles of Christ. Preached in Samaria, Judea, and Spain. First Apostle to be martyred.


The pilgrimage to his relics in Compostela became such a popular devotion that the symbols of pilgrims have become his emblems, and he became patron of pilgrims. His work in Spain, and the housing of his relics there, led to his patronage of the country and all things Spanish; for centuries, the Spanish army rode to battle with the cry "Santiago!" ("Saint James!")


Like all men of renown, many stories grew up around James. In one, he brought back to life a boy who had been unjustly hanged, and had been dead for five weeks. The boy's father was notified of the miracle while he sat at supper. The father pronounced the story nonsense, and said his son was no more alive than the roasted fowl on the table; the cooked bird promptly sat up, sprouted feathers, and flew away.


Died

• stabbed with a sword by King Herod Agrippa I in 44 at Jerusalem

• legend says his body was taken by angels, and sailed in a rudderless, unattended boat to Spain where a massive rock closed around it

• relics at Compostela, Spain




Blessed Antonio Lucci

 அருளாளர் ஆண்டனியோ லூசி 


(Blessed Antonio Lucci)

போவினோ மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர்:

(Bishop of Bovino)

பிறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 2, 1681

அக்நோன், இசெர்னியா, சிசிலி அரசு

(Agnone, Isernia, Kingdom of Sicily)

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 25, 1752 (வயது 70)

போவினோ, ஃபொக்கியா, சிசிலி அரசு

(Bovino, Foggia, Kingdom of Sicily)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஜூன் 18, 1989

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)

அருளாளர் ஆண்டனியோ லூசி, ஒரு இத்தாலிய ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியும், கி.பி. 1729ம் ஆண்டு முதல், கி.பி. 1752ம் ஆண்டு அவர் மரிக்கும்வரை, “போவினோ” (Bishop of Bovino) மறைமாவட்ட ஆயராக பணியாற்றியவருமாவார். தமது வாழ்நாள் முழுதும் ஏழை மக்களின் வாழ்வு மேம்பாட்டுக்காக செலவிட்ட இவர், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையால் முக்திபேறு பட்டம் அளிக்கப்பட்டார்.

“ஆஞ்ஜெலோ நிக்கோலா லூசி” (Angelo Nicola Lucci) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட ஆஞ்ஜெலோ, கி.பி. 1682ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 2ம் தேதி பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது தந்தை ஒரு செருப்பு தைக்கும் மற்றும் தாமிர பணி செய்யும் தொழிலாளி ஆவார். அவரது பெயர், “ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கோ லூஸி” (Francesco Lucci) ஆகும். இவரது தாயார், “ஆஞ்ஜெலா பவுலான்டனியோ” (Angela Paolantonio) ஆவார்.

தமது பதினாறாம் வயதில், ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியரால் (Order of Friars Minor Conventual) நடத்தப்பட்ட பள்ளியில் தமது கல்வியை ஆரம்பித்தார். கி.பி. 1698ம் ஆண்டு தமது தூய துறவற வாழ்வினை தொடங்கிய இவர், “ஆன்டொனியோ” (Antonio) என்ற பெயரை தமது ஆன்மீக பெயராக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். தமது குருத்துவ கல்வியை “அசிசியில்” (Assisi) மேற்கொண்ட இவர், கி.பி. 1705ம் ஆண்டு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார். மேற்கொண்டு இறையியல் முனைவர் பட்டத்திற்காக கல்வி பெற்ற லூசி, அக்நோன், ரவேல்லோ மற்றும் நேப்பிள்ஸ் (Agnone, Ravello and Naples) என்ற இடங்களில் பேராசிரியராக பணி புரிந்தார்.

திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் பெனடிக்ட் (Pope Benedict XIII), இவரை ஒரு கர்தினாலாக நியமிப்பார் என்று வதந்தி பரவியது. ஆனால் இது நடக்கவில்லை. மாறாக, கி.பி. 1729ம் ஆண்டு, இவரை போவினோ (Bishop of Bovino) மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு ஆயராக திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் பெனடிக்ட் நியமித்தார். “நான் போவினோ ஆயராக, ஒரு சிறந்த இறையியல் மற்றும் ஒரு பெரிய துறவி தேர்வு செய்துள்ளேன்” என்று கூறிய திருத்தந்தை, தாமே அவருக்கு ஆயர் அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். 23 வருடங்கள் ஆயராக பணியாற்றிய இவர், தமது ஆயர் வருமானத்தையும் ஏழை குழந்தைகளின் மறைக்கல்வி வகுப்புகளை நிறுவுவதற்கும், தேவாலயங்களை பழுதுபார்க்கவும், தொண்டிற்காகவுமே செலவிட்டார்.

கி.பி. 1752ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், 25ம் நாளன்று, அதிக ஜூரம் காரணமாக மரித்த இவரது உடல், “போவினோ பேராலயத்தில்” (Bovino Cathedral) நல்லடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Angel of the Poor (references to him as bishop)

• Angelo Nicola Lucci



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The son of Francesco Lucci, a cobbler and coppersmith, and Angela Paolantonio, he was raised in a pious home, taught by Franciscans, and developed a devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary. Angelo joined the Franciscan Friars Minor Conventuals in his teens, making his solemn vows in 1698 and taking the name Brother Antonio. He studied rhetoric, logic and philosophy at the Franciscan houses in the Italian cities of Venafro, Alvito and Aversa, and then theology in Agnone and Fasani; Antonio said he was grateful for his studies as the discipline required for them helped him get a quick temper under control. Ordained a priest on 19 September 1705 in Assisi, Italy. Noted theologian, biblical scholar, teacher and preacher. Doctor of theology in 1709. Regent and professor at the Franciscan school in Ravello, Italy from 1709 to 1712. Regent and professor at the Franciscan San Lorenzo school in Naples, Italy from 1713 to 1718. Franciscan Provincial in 1718. Regent and professor at the College of Saint Bonaventure in Rome, Italy from 1719 to 1729. Writer on matters of theology, philosophy and history. At the request of Pope Benedict XIII, he became a theological consultant to the Holy Office, consultant to the Lateran synod, and wrote against Jansenism for Benedict XIII.


Chosen reluctant bishop of Bovino, Italy in December 1728; consecrated on 2 July 1729 in Saint Peter’s Basilica, he served his diocese the remaining 23 years of his life. Known for his charity to the poor (he gave away most of his personal income), and the creation of schools and catechism classes for the young and the poor, theological and training in public speakign for Mpriests, all of whom had been much neglected in a tiny diocese beset with political problems. He travelled through the diocese, re-equipped and repaired churches, enforced discipline on his clergy who had fallen into worldly ways, raised the standards and revilatized the liturgy and parish life throughout his see, and even visited hermits to ensure that their lives were in line with Church teachings. His reforms were opposed by local lords and princes who had fostered and who benefitted from the lax and worldly ways of the priests and people, who wanted to control appointments of clergy and offices, and who tried to treat Church property as their own. Bishop Antonio fought them at every step, always defending the poor and outcast, and the rights of the Church, and ignoring their demands for the appointment of friends and followers to positions that he filled with more qualified candidates. He restored the cathedral, which had fallen into disrepair, and supported a resumption of devotions. Somewhere along the way he managed to write Manual of Theology which was used as a standard textbook for many years, and in 1740 a book about the saints and beati from the first 200 years of the Franciscan Conventuals.


Saint Alphonsus de Liguori wrote about him, praising the work he had done, and declaring him a holy man. Saint Francesco Antonio Fasani testified at diocesan hearings about the holiness of Blessed Antonio. When Benedict XIII chose Brother Antonio as bishop of Bovino, he wrote “I have chosen as bishop of Bovino an eminent theologian and a great saint.”


Born

2 August 1681 in Agnone, Isernia, kingdom of Sicily (in modern Italy) as Angelo Nicola Lucci


Died

• 25 July 1752 in Bovino, Foggia, Italy of an extremely high fever

• buried in the cathedral of Bovino


Beatified

18 June 1989 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Christopher

மறைசாட்சி, வாகன ஓட்டுனர்களுக்கு பாதுகாவலர்

பிறப்பு

2 ஆம் நுற்றாண்டு,கானான்(kanan)

இறப்பு

கி.பி.251.

இவருக்கு ரெப்ரோபூஸ் (Reprobus) என்ற பெயரும் உண்டு. பல மக்களை மனமாற்றியதால், இவரை டேசியூஸ் அரசன் (Decius) கொல்ல ஆணையிட்டான். இவர் வழித்துணை பாதுகாவலராக போற்றப்படுகின்றார். அதற்கு ஒரு வரலாறு உண்டு.

ஒருநாள் இவர் ஆற்றைக் கடக்கும்போது, ஒரு சிறு பிள்ளை வந்து என்னையும் தூக்கி, கரையை கடக்க உதவுங்கள் என்றது. இவரும் அக்குழந்தையே தோளில் சுமந்துகொண்டு ஆற்றில் இறங்கினார். ஆனால் சிறிது தூரம் சென்றவுடன் குழந்தை கனக்க ஆரம்பித்தது. அவரால் வலியை பொறுக்கமுடியவில்லை. இருந்தும் கீழே விட்டுவிடாமல் கரையை கடந்தார். இறக்கியவுடன் அக்குழந்தை "நான் தான் கிறிஸ்து" என்று சொல்லி மறைந்தது.

நீண்ட பயணம் செய்பவர், இவரிடம் ஜெபித்த போது பல நன்மைகளை பெற்றுள்ளனர். வயலில் வேலை செய்பவர்களூம் தண்ணீர் வேண்டி ஜெபித்த போது மழையை பெற்றுள்ளனர். ஐரோப்பாவில் இவரின் பக்தி அதிகமாக பரவியுள்ளது.


Also known as

Christobal, Christoval, Cristobal, Kester, Kitt, Kitts, Offero



Additional Memorial

• 25 July (Roman calendar)

• 9 March (Greek calendar)

• 9 May (some Eastern calendars)

• 16 November (Cuba)

• 10 July (some areas of Spain)


Profile

Third century martyr in the persecutions of Decius. Little else is known for sure.


His fame derives from the pious legend of him being a "Christ-bearer" (= Christopher). He was a powerfully built man who wandered the world in search of novelty and adventure. He came upon a hermit who lived beside a dangerous stream and served others by guiding them to safe places to cross. He gave Offero instruction in the truth of God. Offero took the hermit's place, but instead of guiding travellers, he carried them safely across the stream.


One day he carried a small child across the stream; the child's weight nearly crushed him. When they arrived on the other side, the child revealed himself as Christ, and he was so heavy because he bore the weight of the world on himself. He then baptised Offero with water from the stream. Christopher's service at the stream led to his patronage of things related to travel and travellers, people who carry things, etc. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.


Born

at Canaan as Offero


Died

martyred c.251


Name Meaning

Christ-bearer



Saint Euphrasia


Also known as

Eufrasia, Eupraxia


Profile

Born to the Roman nobility, the daughter of Antigonus, senator of Constantinople. Related to Roman Emperor Theodosius I who finished the conversion of Rome to a Christian state. Her father died soon after Euphrasia was born; she and her mother became wards of the emperor.



When Euphrasia was only five years old, the emperor arranged a marriage for her to the son of a senator. Two years later, she and her mother moved to their lands in Egypt. There, while still a child, Euphrasia entered a convent; her mother died soon after of natural causes, leaving the novice an orphan.


At age twelve Euphrasia was ordered by the emperor Aracdius, successor to Theodosius, to marry the senator's son as arranged. Euphrasia requested that she be relieved of the marriage arrangement, that the emperor sell off her family property, and that he use the money to feed the poor and buy the freedom of slaves. Arcadius agreed, and Euphyrasia spent her life in the Egyptian convent.


Noted for her prayer life, and constant self-imposed fasting; she would sometimes spend the day carrying heavy stones from one place to another to exhaust her body and keep her mind off temptations. She suffered through gossip and false allegations, much of it the result of being a foreigner in her house. She is held up as a model by Saint John Damascene.


Born

380


Died

420 of natural causes



Saint Cugat del Valles


Also known as

Cobad, Cocoba, Cocobas, Cophan, Cougat, Covade, Cucao, Cucufa, Cucufas, Cucufat, Cucufate, Cucuphas, Cucuphat, Culgat, Guinefort, Gulnefort, Qaqophas, Qoqofas, Quiquefat, Quiquenfat


Additional Memorials

• 16 February (translation of relics to Léberan)

• 25 August (translation of relics to Saint-Denis)



Profile

Born to an illustrious family in north Africa. He fled to Spain to avoid the persecutions of Diocletian. Spiritual teacher of Saint Juliana of Mataro and Saint Semproniana of Mataro. Arrested for his faith in Barcelona, he was hauled before Governor Dacian and ordered to sacrifice to idols; when he refused, he was imprisoned, tortured and executed. Martyr. Prudentius mentions him in his Hymns.


Born

North Africa


Died

• beheaded in 304 near Barcelona, Spain

• some relics enshrined in Paris, France

• some relics enshrined in the church of the monastery of Léberan, archdiocese of Strasbourg, France by Abbot Fulrad

• relics moved from the Léberan monastery to the Abbey of Saint-Denis in 835

• the monastery of Saint Cugat del Valles was later founded on the site of his martyrdom



Saint María del Carmen Sallés Barangueras


Also known as

Carmen of Jesus



Profile

Second of ten children born to José Sallés y Vall and Francisca Barangueras y de Planell who were pious people. By age 16 she was engaged in an arranged marriage, but convinced her family of a desire for religious life. She began her novitiate in the Adoration Sisters on 7 May 1869 in Barcelona, Spain; she began working with the poor and the outcast. Having shown skills as a teacher, on 8 May 1871 she joined the Dominicans of the Annunciation, a teaching order; she made her final vows in August 1872. Founded the Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of Education (Concepcionistas Misioneras de la Enseñanza) on 22 February 1892, and spent the rest of her life working for its work and expansion. They continue their good work today with over 500 sisters in 60+ houses.


Born

9 April 1848 in Vic, Barcelona, Spain


Died

25 July 1911 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes


Canonized

21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI



Blessed Manuel Vázquez Alfalla


Profile

Ordained a priest of the archdiocese of Granada, Spain on 17 December 1892; an excellent student, he completed six years of seminary work in five. He served in various offices in the Spanish towns of Motril, Salobreña, and Lobres where he was known for working with local charities; he was a vice-present of the Spanish Red Cross. From 1907 to 1922 he served in Immaculate Conception parish in Buenos Aires, Argentina before returning to Motril. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.



Born

15 July 1863 in Motril, Granada, Spain


Died

• shot on 25 July 1936 in Motril, Granada, Spain

• buried in a common grave with others executed by the militia in Motri




Blessed Pietro Corradini of Mogliano


Profile

At age 13 young Pietro had a vision of the world in ruins which was rescued by a monk. He studied law in Perugia, Italy, but gave it up to join the Franciscans in 1467. Priest. Travelling preacher in the Marches region of Italy and on Crete where he served as commissioner in 1472. Worked with Saint James of the Marches. Friend of Blessed Camilla Battista. Preached Crusade against the Turks. Franciscan Provincial of the Marches on three occasions. Franciscan Provincial minister to the Vatican.



Born

1435 in Mogliano, Macerata, Italy


Died

during the night of 24 to 25 July 1490 near Fermo, Italy after a brief illness


Beatified

10 August 1760 by Pope Clement XIII



Blessed Mieczyslawa Kowalska


Also known as

• Maria Teresa of the Child Jesus

• Maria Teresa Kowalska



Additional Memorial

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


Profile

Grew up in a family of socialists. Joined the Capuchin Poor Clare nuns at the convent of Przasnysz, Poland on 12 August 1923, taking the name Maria Teresa of the Child Jesus; she made her perpetual vows in 26 June 1928. Arrested by invading Germans with her sister nuns on 2 April 1941, and sent to a concentration camp in East Prussia. Martyred by Nazis in occupied Poland for refusing to renounce her faith.


Born

1902 in Warsaw, Poland


Died

the night of 25 July 1941 in the prison camp at Dzialdowo, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland


Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Olympiad of Constantinople


Also known as

Olympias



Profile

Friend of Saint Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory the Theologian. Married to the Prefect of Constantinople. Widowed after 20 months of marriage, she turned down further offers of marriage. Deaconess. Used her fortune to found a hospital and orphanage, and to support the women‘s religious congregation that worked in them, and with whom she lived. Spiritual student of Saint John Chrysostom; she supported him while he was in exile, and some of their correspondence has survived. Advisor to Nectriae, Patriarch of Constantinople.


Born

Constantinople


Died

408 at Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey)



Saint Magnericus of Trier

Also known as

Magnerich, Magnerico, Magnerik, Meinrich


Profile

Grew up in the Trier, Germany residence of bishop Nicetius. Ordained by Nicetius. Accompanied the bishop into exile when Nicetius was banished by King Clotaire I as revenge for the king being excommunicated. Magnericus returned to Trier the next year. Bishop of Trier in 566. Ordained Saint Gaugericus. Gave sanctuary to bishop Theodore of Marseilles when he was exiled by Guntramnus of Burgundy in 585; spoke to King Childebert II on behalf of the bishop. Had a great devotion to Saint Martin of Tours, and built several monasteries and churches dedicated to him. Friend of Saint Gregory of Tours.


Born

c.520


Died

25 July 596 of natural causes



Blessed John Soreth


Profile

Carmelite. Studied in Paris, France. Doctor of theology in 1438. Prior-general of his order from 1451 to 1471. Wrote a famous commentary on the Rule. Issued new Constitutions in 1462. Worked to return his order to its earliest observance, and to admit convents. Spiritual director of Blessed Frances d'Amboise.



Born

c.1420 at Caen, Normandy, France


Died

1471 at Angers, France of natural causes


Beatified

1865 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)




Blessed Alexius Worstius



Profile

17th century Premonstratensian friar. Canon of the Norbertine monastery in Hradisko, Olomouc, Moravia. Abbot of Hradisko of in 1671, a position in which he served his remaining eight years. A humble and pious man, he treated his Premonstratensian brothers more as sons, endlessly concerned for their well-being and spiritual growth.


Died

• 1679 in Teplice (in the modern Czech Republic) of natural causes

• buried at the Premonstratensian convent in Doksany (in the modern Czech Republic)

• re-interred before the altar of Our Lady at the Holy Mountain pilgrimage center associated with his old monastery in Hradisko, Olomouc, Moravia in 1696



Blessed Darío Acosta Zurita


Profile

Priest in the diocese of Veracruz, Mexico. Known as an athletic, gentle and charitable man. Martyred in the persecutions of the Mexican Revolution as he was about to start a catechism class for children.


Born

14 December 1908 in Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico



Died

shot 25 July 1931 in his parish church in Puerto de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico


Beatified

• 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins in a soccer stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico



Blessed Michel-Louis Brulard


Profile

Discalced Carmelite priest. 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.



Born

11 June 1758 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France


Died

starved to death on 25 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France


Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II



Blessed Jaume Vendrell Olivella


Also known as

Brother Bernat



Profile

Member of the Benedictine Subiaco Congregation. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

29 June 1878 in San Esteve d'Ordal, Barcelona, Spain


Died

25 July 1936 in Gelida, Barcelona, Spain


Beatified

• 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in Tarragona, Spain



Blessed Josep Garriga Ferrer


Profile

Priest of the archdiocese of Tarragona, Spain. Martyed in the Spanish Civil War.



Born

13 March 1872 in Cabra del Camp, Tarragona, Spain


Died

25 July 1936 in Reus, Tarragona, Spain


Beatified

• 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in Tarragona, Spain



Blessed Dionisio Pamplona-Polo


Also known as

Dionisio of Saint Barnabas



Profile

Piarist priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

11 October 1868 in Calamocha, Teruel, Spain


Died

25 July 1936 in Monzón, Huesca, Spain


Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II



Blessed Miquel Peiro Victori


Profile

Married layman in the archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain. Member of the Lay Dominicans. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.



Born

7 February 1887 in Ayguafreda, Barcelona, Spain


Died

25 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain


Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI



Blessed Antonio of Olmedo


Profile

Mercedarian friar. Missionary in Chile, bringing many to Christianity and instilling a love of devotions. Founded the Mercedarian convent of Santa Maria in Valdivia, Chile. Contracted a fatal illness while working with plague victims.



Died

plague in Chile



Saint Fagildo of Santiago


Also known as

Fagildus


Profile

Eleventh century Benedictine monk in Spain. Abbot of the monastery of San Martin de Antealtares in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.


Died

1086 of natural causes


Readings

A saint who left the world to live with the saints. – from the epitaph on his tomb



Saint Mordeyren


Profile

No information about him has survived.


Died

• relics formerly enshrined in a chapel of the parish church Nantglyn, Wales, but they have disappeared

• turf around his chapel was cut and used as a cure for livestock diseases until at least 1699


Patronage

Nantglyn, Wales



Saint Glodesind of Metz


Profile

Engaged to a courtier who was arrested on their wedding day, and later executed. She became a nun at Metz, France and later abbess.



Died

c.608 of natural causes



Saint Theodemir of Cordoba


Also known as

Teodemiro


Profile

Monk in Moorish-controlled Andalusia. Martyred in the persecutions of Abderrahman II.


Died

• 851 in Cordoba, Spain

• buried in the choir of the church of Saint Zoilo in Cordoba



Saint Paul of Palestine


Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Galerius. He spent his last minutes, standing at the executioner’s block, praying for his countrymen, his judges, his executioner, and the people who had come to see him die.


Died

beheaded in 308 in Palestine



Blessed Giacomo Brunforte of Falerone


Profile

Franciscan friar and priest. Confessor of Blessed Giovanni della Verna.


Born

13th century Ascoli Piceno, Italy


Died

1308 in Mogliano, Macerata, Italy of natural causes



Saint Florentius of Furcona


Profile

One of a group of soldiers martyred in the persecutions of Maximinius the Thracian.


Died

235 at Furcona, Italy



Saint Ebrulfus

Also known as

Ebrulf, Evrou, Evroult


Profile

Hermit. Founded a monastery at Saint-Fuscien-aux-Bois.


Born

Beauvais, France


Died

c.600



Saint Felix of Furcona


Profile

One of a group of soldiers martyred in the persecutions of Maximinius the Thracian.


Died

235 at Furcona, Italy



Saint Nissen of Wexford


Profile

Convert, brought to the faith by Saint Patrick. Fifth-century abbot of Montgarth Abbey, Wexford, Ireland.



Saint Beatus of Trier


Also known as

Béat


Profile

Sixth century priest and hermit.



Saint Bantu of Trier


Also known as

Bantus


Profile

Sixth century priest and hermit.



Martyrs of Caesarea


Profile

Three Christians martyred together in the pesecutions of emperor Maximilian and governor Firmilian - Paul, Tea and Valentina.



Died

309 in Caesarea, Palestine



Martyrs of Cuncolim


Also known as

Martyrs of Salsete



Profile

On 15 July 1583 the group met at the church of Orlim, and hiked to Cuncolim to erect a cross and choose land for a new church. Local anti-Christian pagans, seeing the unarmed Christians, gathered their weapons and marched on them. One of the parishioners, a Portuguese emigre named Gonçalo Rodrigues, carried a firearm, but Father Alphonsus Pacheco stopped him from using it. The pagans then fell upon them, and killed them all without mercy. They were -


• Alphonsus Pacheco

• Alphonsus the altar boy

• Anthony Francis

• Dominic of Cuncolim

• Francis Aranha

• Francis Rodrigues

• Gonçalo Rodrigues

• Paul da Costa

• Peter Berno

• Rudolph Acquaviva

• ten other native Christian converts whose names have not come down to us


Died

Monday 25 July 1583 at the village of Cuncolim, district of Salcete, territory of Goa, India


Beatified

30 April 1893 by Pope Leo XIII



Martyrs of Motril


Also known as

Martyrs of Granada


Profile

Four priests and a brother, all members of the Augustinian Recollects, who were martyred together in the Spanish Civil War.


• Deogracias Palacios del Río

• José Rada Royo

• José Ricardo Díez Rodríguez

• Julián Benigno Moreno y Moreno

• León Inchausti Minteguía


Died

shot on 25 July 1936 in Motril, Granada, Spain


Beatified

7 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II



Martyrs of Toledo


Profile

Four brothers and a priest, all members of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God, and all martyred together in the Spanish Civil War.


• Carlos Rubio álvarez

• Eloy Francisco Felipe Delgado Pastor

• Jerónimo Ochoa Urdangarín

• Primo Martínez De San Vicente Castillo


Died

25 July 1936 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain


Beatified

25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II



Martyrs of Urda


Profile

Three members of the Passionists who were martyred together in the Spanish Civil War.


• Benito Solana Ruiz

• Felix Ugalde Irurzun

• Pedro Largo Redondo



Died

shot on 25 July 1936 in Urdá, Toledo, Spain


Beatified

1 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II



Martyred in the Spanish Civil War


Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:


• Antonio Varona Ortega

• Artur Tamarit Pinyol

• Enric Morante Chic

• Higinio Roldán Iriberri

• Jaume Balcells Grau

• Jaume Payás Fargas

• Jesús Eduard Massanet Flaquer

• Jesús Juan Otero

• Joan Capdevila Costa

• Joan Mercer Soler

• José López Tascón

• José Luis Palacio Muñiz

• Josep Bardolet Compte

• Josep Más Pujolrás

• Josep Reixach Reguer

• Juan Crespo Calleja

• Manuel Torres Nicolau

• Manuel Vázquez Alfalla

• Marcelli Mur Blanch

• Marià Binefa Alsinella

• Miquel Baixeras Berenguer

• Ricard Farré Masip

• Santos López Martinez

• Vicente Fernández Castrillo

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 24

 St. Dictinus

Feastday: July 24

Death: 420


Bishop of Astorga, in Spain. He was originally a member of the Priscillianism heresy but was converted by St. Anibrose. Dictinus recanted at the Council of Toledo in 400.



Saint Christina the Astonishing





Also known as

Christina Mirabilis

Profile

Born to a peasant family, orphaned as a child, and raised by two older sisters. At age 21, she experienced a severe seizure of what may have been epilepsy. It was so severe as to be cateleptic, and she was thought to have died. During her funeral Mass, she suddenly recovered, and levitated to the roof of the church. Ordered down by the priest, she landed on the altar and stated that she had been to hell, purgatory, and heaven, and had been returned to earth with a ministry to pray for souls in purgatory.



Her life from that point became a series of strange incidents cataloged by a Thomas de Cantimpré, Dominican professor of theology at Louvain who was a contemporary who recorded his information by interviewing witnesses, and by Cardinal Jacques de Vitny who knew her personally. She exhibited both unusual traits and abilities. For example, she could not stand the odor of other people because she could smell the sin in them, and would climb trees or buildings, hide in ovens or cupboards, or simply levitate to avoid contact. She lived in a way that was considered poverty even in the 13th century, sleeping on rocks, wearing rags, begging, and eating what came to hand. She would roll in fire or handle it without harm, stand in freezing water in the winter for hours, spend long periods in tombs, or allow herself to be dragged under water by a mill wheel, though she never sustained injury. Given to ecstasies during which she led the souls of the recently dead to purgatory, and those in purgatory to paradise.


People who knew her were divided in their opinions: she was a holy woman, touched of God, and that her actions and torments were simulations of the experiences of the souls in purgatory; she was suffering the torments of devils; she was flatly insane. However, the prioress of Saint Catherine's convent testified that no matter how bizarre or excessive Christina's reported actions, she was always completely obedient to the orders of the prioresses of the convent. Christina was a friend of Louis, Count of Looz, whose castle she visited, and whose actions she rebuked. Blessed Marie of Oignies thought well of her, and Saint Lutgardis sought her advice.

Born

1150 at Brusthem near Liege, Belgium

Died

24 July 1224 at Saint Catherine's convent, Sint-Truiden, Belgium of natural causes

Beatified

• popular devotion existed and continues, but no formal beatification has taken place

• unknown if any cause is before the Congregation

• because of lack for formal designation, she is sometimes listed as Saint Christina, sometimes as Blessed Christina


Patronage

• against insanity, madness, mental disorders, mental handicaps or mental illness

• lunatics, mentally ill people

• mental health caregivers, professionals, psychiatrists and therapists



Blessed Giovanni Tavalli


Also known as

• Giovanni Tavelli

• Giovanni of Tossignano



Profile

While studying civil law in Bologna, Italy, Giovanni quit to join the Order of the Gesuati; in 1426, he was chosen prior of the Gesuati house in Ferrara, Italy. Chosen bishop of Ferrara on 28 October 1431. Giovanni at first refused the see, but Pope Eugene IV wrote to him about the matter, and the new bishop changed him mind. Ordained a priest and then consecrated bishop in a single continuous service on 27 December 1431; he served the remained 12 and a half years of his life.


Father Giovanni was an active bishop, travelling to all points of his diocese six times. He wrote and translated works on the ascetic life and the Bible. He attended the Council of Basel, and the Council of Ferrara-Florence. With the Marquises d’Este, in 1443 he founded the Arcispedale di Sant’Anna to provide for plague patients. Legend says that his prayers miraculously saved the city of Ferrara from the flooding of the river Po.


Born

latter 1386 in Tossignano, Bologna, Italy


Died

• 24 July 1446 in Ferrara, Italy of natural causes

• re-interred in the crypt of the church of San Girolamo in Ferrara in 1713

• relics enshrined in an urn and placed under the high altar of the church on 23 July 1719

• the urn was re-interred under the altar of the Crucifix in the church in 1947

• a bone from his right hand was donated to and enshrined in the archpriestal church of San Michele Arcangelo in Tossignano, Italy in August 1846


Beatified

• by Pope Clement VIII (cultus confirmation)

• by Pope Benedict XIV on 20 July 1748 (cultus confirmation)

• 23 January 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues following a re-examination of his Cause using the new methods and standards)



Blessed Cristóbal López de Valladolid Orea


Also known as

Cristóbal of Saint Catherine



Profile

One of six brothers born to a poor farming family. He was known as a pious child, and at age 7 or 8 he ran away from home, planning to join the Friars Minor; his mother sent his brothers to find him and bring him back. He served as an altar boy as often as he could, and when old enough he worked as a nurse in a hospital run by the Order of Saint John of God. Ordained a priest on 20 March 1663 in Badajoz, Spain. Military chaplain to the Spanish army that was fighting in Portugal, but ill health forced him to return home. In 1667 he became a hermit in the mountains of El Bañuelo, and after studying the teachings of Saint Francis of Assisi, he joined the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis in 1671, taking the name Cristóbal of Saint Catherine. Founded the Franciscan Hospitallers of Jesus the Nazarene in Córdoba, Spain on 11 February 1673 to care for the physical and spiritual needs of the sick; they received approval from Pope Benedict XIV in 1746. Father Cristóbal died holding a crucifix, a victim of cholera which he caught while tending to other patients during an epidemic.


Born

25 July 1638 at 8 Calle Baños, Mérida, Badajoz, Spain


Died

21 July 1690 in Córdoba, Spain of cholera


Beatified

• 7 April 2013 by Pope Benedict XVI; if was the first beatification of his papacy

• beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Córdoba, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato


Patronage

Franciscan Hospitallers of Jesus of Nazareth



Saint Christina of Bolsena


Also known as

Christina Anicii

Profile

Born to a wealthy pagan family. Converted as a youth, she destroyed all the idols in her father's house; those of gold and silver she broke up and gave to the poor. Scourged, tortured, and martyred for her new faith.

Her story and that of Saint Christina of Tyre seem to have been confused and combined in rewrites through the ages.



Born

3rd century, probably at Rome, Italy into the family Anicii

Died

• c.250 near Lake Bolsena, Tuscany, Italy

• her father tied a rock around her neck, and threw her into Lake Bolsena

• when she miraculously survived, her tongue was cut out, and she was thrown into a furnace

• when she survived, she was shot full of arrows on the order of a magistrate persecuting Christians by order of Diocletian

• relics at Palermo, Sicily, and Torcelli

• head in the cathedral at Milan, Italy

Patronage

• archers

• mariners

• millers


Saint Charbel Makhlouf

தூய ஷார்பெல் மஹ்லூப்


பிறப்பு : 1828 ஷார்பெல், லெபனான் நாட்டில் உள்ள பே-குவா-கப்ரா

இறப்பு : 1898 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்

புனிதர் பட்டம் : 1977 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

இவர் பிறந்த ஒருசில ஆண்டுகளிலே இவருடைய  தந்தை இறந்து போனார். 

ஷார்பெல் சிறுவயது முதலே பக்தியில் சிறந்துவிளங்கி வந்தார். இவரிடமிருந்து விளங்கிய பக்தியைப் பார்த்துவிட்டு எல்லாரும் ஆச்சரியப்பட்டு நின்றார்கள். இவர் வளர்ந்து பெரியவராகிய போது மேபுங் என்னும் இடத்தில் இருந்த துறவற மடத்தில் சேர்ந்து, கல்விகற்று 1859 ஆம் ஆண்டு, குருவாக மாறினார்.

தன்னுடைய குருத்துவ  வாழ்வின் பெரும்பாலான நாட்களை தனிமையிலும் ஜெபத்திலும் தவத்திலும் செலவழித்து வந்தார்; கடுமையான ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளை மேற்கொண்டு வந்தார்.

தூய மரோன் என்பவரின் முன்மாதிரிகையைப் பின்பற்றி முன்பைவிட ஜெபத்திற்கும் தவத்திற்கும் ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளுக்கும் முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். ஒருநாளைக்கு ஒருவேளை மட்டுமே உணவு உண்டு வந்தார். இப்படி அவர் கடுமையான ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளைச் செய்து வந்ததால், அவருடைய உடல்நலம் குன்றியது. இதனால் அவர் படுத்த படுக்கையாகி இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.



Also known as

Joseph Zaroun Makhlouf


Profile

Son of a mule driver. Raised by an uncle who opposed the boy's youthful piety. The boy's favorite book was Thomas a Kempis's The Imitation of Christ. At age 23 he snuck away to join the Baladite monastery of Saint Maron at Annaya where he took the name Charbel in memory of a 2nd century martyr. Professed his solemn vows in 1853. Ordained in 1859, becoming a heiromonk.



He lived as a model monk, but dreamed of living like the ancient desert fathers. Hermit from 1875 until his death 23 years later, living on the bare minimums of everything. Gained a reputation for holiness, and was much sought for counsel and blessing. He had a great personal devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and was known to levitate during his prayers. Briefly paralyzed for unknown reasons just before his death.


Several post-mortem miracles attributed him, including periods in 1927 and 1950 when a bloody "sweat" flowed from his corpse. His tomb has become a place of pilgrimage for Lebanese and non-Lebanese, Christian and non-Christian alike.


Born

8 May 1828 at Beka-Kafra, Lebanon as Joseph Zaroun Makhlouf


Died

24 December 1898 at Annaya of natural causes


Canonized

9 October 1977 by Pope Paul VI


Saint Euphrasia

Also known asEufrasia, Eupraxia

Profile

Born to the Roman nobility, the daughter of Antigonus, senator of Constantinople. Related to Roman Emperor Theodosius I who finished the conversion of Rome to a Christian state. Her father died soon after Euphrasia was born; she and her mother became wards of the emperor.


When Euphrasia was only five years old, the emperor arranged a marriage for her to the son of a senator. Two years later, she and her mother moved to their lands in Egypt. There, while still a child, Euphrasia entered a convent; her mother died soon after of natural causes, leaving the novice an orphan.



At age twelve Euphrasia was ordered by the emperor Aracdius, successor to Theodosius, to marry the senator's son as arranged. Euphrasia requested that she be relieved of the marriage arrangement, that the emperor sell off her family property, and that he use the money to feed the poor and buy the freedom of slaves. Arcadius agreed, and Euphyrasia spent her life in the Egyptian convent.


Noted for her prayer life, and constant self-imposed fasting; she would sometimes spend the day carrying heavy stones from one place to another to exhaust her body and keep her mind off temptations. She suffered through gossip and false allegations, much of it the result of being a foreigner in her house. She is held up as a model by Saint John Damascene.


Born

380


Died

420 of natural causes



Blessed Josep Olivé Vivó


Also known as

• Bartolomeo della Passione

• Bartomé de la Pasión

• Bartomeu of the Passion

• José Olivé Vivó


Profile

Son of Magí Olivé Rovira and Antonia Vivó Montagut; his father died when Josep was still a little boy, and he grew up learning and running the family wine, almond and hazelnut business. As he grew into an adult, Josep felt a call to religious life, and when he was about 25 years old, he left the family business and joined the Discalced Carmelites at the convent in Tarragona, Spain. He made his profession on 25 November 1921, taking the name Bartolomeo della Passione.



Assigned to the Carmelite community in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, in addition to the requirements of religious life, he worked as a bricklayer on the construction of the church and convent being built there. Led the founding of the Sanctuary of Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús, the first Carmelite community in Lleida, Spain in 1928. Served as secretary on the Carmelite magazine "Lluvia de Rosas". Martyred in the Spanish Civil War by militia units for the offense of being a Carmelite.


Born

14 September 1894 in Pla de Cabra, Tarragona, Spain


Died

24 July 1936 in Almacelles, Lleida, Spain


Beatified

• 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated at the Complex Educatiu, Tarragona, Spain, Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding



Blessed Teresa of the Child Jesus and of Saint John of the Cross


Also known as

Eusebia García y García



Profile

Second of eight children born to Juan and Eulalia. As a child, she would often visit her uncle Florentino, a priest who was later martyred in the Spanish Civil War At age nine she made personal vows of chastity and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and in 1918 she moved to an Ursuline boarding school. Having read Story of a Soul by Saint Therese of Lisieux, she felt drawn to the Caremelite life, and on 2 May 1925 she became a Discalced Carmelite at the Carmel of San José de Guadalajara, taking the name Teresa of the Child Jesus and of Saint John of the Cross. Organist. Made her solemn vows on 6 March 1930. She spent her free time in Eucharistic adoration, "sunbathing" she said, in its light while she prayed for priests and conversions. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War. The mob that murdered her offered her freedom if she would say "Viva el Comunismo!" ("Long live Communism"); she answered "Viva Christo Rey!" (Long live Christ the King!).


Born

5 March 1909 at Mochales, Guadalajara, Spain


Died

shot and stabbed on the street by Communists on 24 July 1936 in Guadalajara, Spain

Beatified

29 March 1987 by Pope John Paul II


Saint Gleb


Also known as

Glev, David



Profile

Son of Saint Vladimir I of Kiev and Anne of Constantinople, Duke of Muscovy. Brother of Saint Boris; great-grandson of Saint Olga of Kiev.


After Vladimir's death, the kingdom was to have been divided among his sons, but their eldest half-brother, Svyatopolk, wished to rule alone. An army gathered to defend Boris, but he called them off, explaining that he could not raise a hand against his brother; Boris was soon killed by Svyatopolk's followers. Svyatopolk invited Gleb to Kiev, but on the way, his boat was boarded on the Dnieper River near Smolensk, and he was killed. In 1020 another of Vladimir's sons, Yaroslav, usurped Svyatopolk, and then buried the bodies of Boris and Gleb in the church of Saint Basil at Vyshgorod. Miracles were reported at their tomb, and it became a site of pilgrimage.


From the first, the highest motives were attributed to the brothers' resignation - unwillingness to repel injustice to themselves by force and violently oppose an elder brother. Not martyrs in the traditional sense, the Russian Church perceived them as "passion bearers" - blameless men who did not wish to die but refused to defend themselves, thus voluntarily submitting to death like Christ.


Died

stabbed in the throat between 1010 and 1015 (sources vary)


Canonized

1724 by Pope Benedict XIII (cultus confirmed)


Patronage

princes



Saint Kinga


Also known as

Cunegunda, Cunegunde, Cunegundes, Kioga, Kunegunda, Kunigunda, Kunigunde, Zinga



Profile

Daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina; sister of Saint Margaret of Hungary and Blessed Jolenta of Poland; niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; great-niece of Saint Hedwig of Andechs. Reluctant member of Polish royalty when she married Prince Boleslaus V, but it was a political marriage, and the pious couple lived as brother and sister; when Boleslaus became Prince of Cracow, became a princess of Poland. Noted for her charity to the poor and personal care for lepers. Founded a Poor Clare convent in Stary Sacz, Poland. Widowed in 1279, she gave away her wealth and retired to the convent as a prayerful Franciscan tertiary, turning her back completely on governance and worldly life.


Born

1224 in Buda, Hungary


Died

24 July 1292 in the convent at Stary Sacz, Malopolskie, Poland of natural causes


Beatified

• 11 June 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII (cultus confirmation)

• 3 July 1998 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues after the Cause was re-opened)


Canonized

16 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II


Saint John Boste

 புனிதர் ஜான் போஸ்ட் 


(St. John Boste)

இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் நாடுகளின் நாற்பது மறைசாட்சிகளுள் ஒருவர்:

(Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1544

வெஸ்ட்மோர்லேண்ட்

(Westmorland)

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 24, 1594

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: 1929

திருத்தந்தை பதினோராம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius XI)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: 1970

திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுல்

(Pope Paul VI)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 24


புனிதர் ஜான் போஸ்ட், ஒரு ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் புனிதரும், இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் நாடுகளின் நாற்பது மறைசாட்சிகளுள் ஒருவருமாவார்.

ஜான் போஸ்ட், கி.பி. 1544ம் ஆண்டு, வடமேற்கு இங்கிலாந்தின் (north west England) “வெஸ்ட்மோர்லேண்ட்” (Westmorland) வரலாற்றுப் பிராந்தியத்தின் “டஃப்ஃபொன்” (Dufton) நகரிலே பிறந்தவராவார். நிலச்சுவான்தாரான இவரது தந்தையின் பெயர், “நிக்கோலஸ் போஸ்ட்” (Nicholas Boste) ஆகும். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், “ஜேனேட் ஹட்டன்” (Janet Hutton) ஆகும். இவர் “ஆப்பிள் கிராம்மர் பள்ளியிலும்” (Appleby Grammar School) “ஆக்ஸ்போர்டிலுள்ள” (குயின்ஸ் கல்லூரியிலும்” (Queen's College, Oxford) கல்வி கற்று இளங்கலை மற்றும் முதுகலை பட்டங்களை வென்ற இவர், அதே கல்லூரியிலேயே கி.பி. 1572ம் ஆண்டு ஒரு அங்கத்தினரானார். இரண்டு வருடங்களின் பின்னே, அரசி எலிசபெத்தின் சாசனத்தின் கீழே, தாம் கற்ற அதே “ஆப்பிள் கிராம்மர் பள்ளியின்” (Appleby Grammar School) தலைமை ஆசிரியராக பதவியேற்றார்.

கி.பி. 1576ம் ஆண்டு கத்தோலிக்கராக மனம் மாறிய இவர், இங்கிலாந்தை விட்டு வெளியேறி, கி.பி. 1581ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் “கிரேண்ட் எஸ்ட்” (Grand Est) பிராந்தியத்தின் “ரெய்ம்ஸ்” (Reims) நகரில் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார்.

கி.பி. 1581ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதமே இங்கிலாந்து திரும்பிய போஸ்ட், “டர்ஹாம்” (County Durham) மாகாணத்திலுள்ள “ஹர்ட்ல்பூல்” (Hartlepool) எனும் நகரில் இறங்கினார். அங்கிருந்து “ஈஸ்ட் ஏங்க்லியா” (East Anglia) நகர் சென்றார். லண்டனில் வந்திறங்கிய அவர் வடக்கிற்குத் திரும்புவதற்கு முன்பு “லார்டு மொண்டாகுட்” (Lord Montacute) என்பவரின் கத்தோலிக்கக் குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு பணியாளராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அவர் வடக்கு இங்கிலாந்தில் ஒரு மிஷனரி குருவாக பணியாற்றினார். அவருடன் “ஜான் ஸ்பீட்” (John Speed) என்பவர் அடிக்கடி பயணித்தார். (அக்காலத்தில், புனிதர் ஜான் போஸ்ட் மறைந்து வாழவும்,  அவர் தங்க கத்தோலிக்கர்களின் வீடுகளை ஏற்பாடு செய்து தந்தவருமான ஆங்கிலேய கத்தோலிக்க பொதுநிலையினரான “ஜான் ஸ்பீட்” (John Speed), மேற்கண்ட குற்றங்களுக்காக கி.பி. 1594ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம் 4ம் நாளன்று, “டர்ஹாம்” (Durham) நகரில் தூக்கிலிடப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டார். ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை இவரை கி.பி. 1929ம் ஆண்டு அருளாளராக உயர்த்தியது).

இவரது நடவடிக்கைகள், பெரும்பாலும் “லேடி மார்கரெட் நெவில்” (Lady Margaret Neville) என்பவருக்கு சொந்தமான, “டர்ஹாம்” (Durham) நகருக்கு அருகேயுள்ள “பிரன்ஸ்பீத் கோட்டையை” (Brancepeth Castle) மையமாக கொண்டே இருந்தன. ஒரு செயலூக்கமுடைய மிஷனரியான இவரைப் பிடிக்க அதிகாரிகள் மிகவும் ஆர்வமாக இருந்தனர். கி.பி. 1584ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், அரசால் நியமிக்கப்பட்ட உயர்நிலை ஆலோசகர்கள் சபை, அவரை கைது செய்ய ஆற்றல்மிக்க நடவடிக்கைகளை எடுக்க உத்தரவிட்டது. போஸ்ட்டின் சகோதரர் “லாரன்ஸ்” (Laurence) வீட்டில் தேடுதல் நடத்தப்பட்டது. “லார்டு ஹன்டிங்க்டன்” (Lord Huntingdon), இவரை வடக்கின் பெரிய கலைமான் என்று அழைத்தார்.





கி.பி. 1584ம் ஆண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில், “நார்தும்பெர்லேண்ட்” (Northumberland) செல்வதற்கு முன்னர், டிசம்பர் மற்றும் ஜனவரி மாதங்களில் “கார்லிஸில்” (Carlisle) நகரின் சுற்றுவட்டாரத்தில் தந்தை போஸ்ட் தோன்றினார். பத்து வருடங்கள் தாம் கைது செய்யப்படுவதை தவிர்த்துவந்த தந்தை போஸ்ட், முன்னாள் கத்தோலிக்கர் ஒருவரான “ஃபிரான்ஸ்சிஸ் எக்ல்ஸ்ஃபீல்ட்” (Francis Egglesfield) என்பவரால், கி.பி. 1593ம் ஆண்டு, காட்டிக்கொடுக்கப்பட்டார்.

“நெவில்” (Neville estate) தோட்டத்திலுள்ள “வாட்டர்ஹவுஸில்” (Waterhouse) ஒரு மாபெரும் வெகுஜன திருப்பலியை நிறைவேற்றிவிட்டு வெளியேறும்போது, தம்மை ஆசீர்வதிக்குமாறு தந்தை போஸ்டிடம் “ஃபிரான்ஸ்சிஸ் எக்ல்ஸ்ஃபீல்ட்” (Francis Egglesfield) கேட்டார். போஸ்ட் ஒப்புக் கொண்டபோது, இது அருகிலிருந்து கண்காணித்த படை வீரர்களுக்கு ஒரு அடையாள சமிக்ஞையாக இருந்தது. அவர்கள் வாட்டர்ஹவுஸை ஆக்கிரமித்தபோது, போஸ்ட் நெருப்புக்கு பின்னால் குருக்கள் மறைந்து வாழும் ஒரு துளையில் ஒளிந்திருந்தது கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. அவர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டபின், “ரிச்சர்ட் டாப்கிலிஃப்” (Richard Topcliffe) என்பவரால், “லண்டன் கோபுரம்” (Tower of London) சிறைச்சாலைக்கு விசாரணைக்காக அழைத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டார். “டர்ஹாம்” (Durham) நகர் திரும்பிய அவர், அக்கால இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் நாடுகளில் குற்றவியல் மற்றும் சிவில் வழக்குகளை விசாரிக்கும் “அஸ்ஸிசெஸ்” (Assizes) என்றழைக்கப்படும் நீதிமன்றத்தினால் தண்டிக்கப்பட்டார். (1972ம் ஆண்டு, இந்த “அஸ்ஸிசெஸ்” (Assizes) நீதிமன்றங்கள் கலைக்கப்பட்டு, இவற்றின் சிவில் வழக்குகளை விசாரிக்கும் நடுவர் மன்றங்கள் உயர்நீதிமன்றத்துக்கும் (High Court), குற்ற விசாரணைகள் “கிரவுண்” அல்லது உச்சநீதிமன்றத்துக்கும்” (Crown Court) மாற்றப்பட்டன).

கி.பி. 1594ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், 24ம் தேதி, “டிரைபர்ன்” (Dryburn) தூக்கிலிடப்பட்டார். இது தற்போது, “செயிண்ட் லியோனார்ட்” (St. Leonard's school) பள்ளியின் இடமாகும். போஸ்ட், தாம் ஒரு துரோகி என்பதை மறுத்தார். "என் செயல்பாடுகள், ஆன்மாக்களை கவர்வதற்காகத்தான். தற்காலிக படையெடுப்புகளில் தலையிட அல்ல" என்றார். படிக்கட்டுகளில் ஏறும்போதுகூட, ஜெபமாலை உருட்டியபடியேதான் ஏறினார். அசாதாரணமாக, மிருகத்தனமாக தாக்கப்பட்ட அவர், தூக்கிலிடப்பட்டார். துண்டு துண்டாக வெட்டப்பட்ட அவருடைய உடலின் பாகங்கள், கோட்டை சுவர்களின் தொங்கவிடப்பட்டன. அவருடைய தலை, “ஃபிரேம்வெல்கேட்” (Framwellgate Bridge) பாலத்தின் தூண் ஒன்றில் தொங்கவிடப்பட்டிருந்தது.

ஜூலை மாதம் 24ம் தேதி, இவர் நினைவுகூறப்படுகின்றார்.

Also known as

John Boast


Additional Memorial

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University


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Educated at Queen's College, Oxford, England from 1569 to 1572. Fellow at Queen's College. Convert to Catholicism in 1576 at Brome, Suffolk, England. Resigned his position at Oxford, and studied in Rheims, France in 1580. Ordained on 4 March 1581. Returned to England in April 1581 as a missioner to the northern counties, often disguised as a servant in the livery costume of Lord Montacute. Assisted in his mission by Blessed John Speed. He became the object of an intense manhunt, was betrayed by Francis Ecclesfield near Durham, England on 5 July 1593 at the home of one William Claxton, and arrested. He was sent to the Tower of London where he was crippled by being tortured on the rack. Sent to Durham in July 1594, where he was tried for the treason of being a priest. Martyr.


Born

c.1544 at Dufton, Westmoreland, England


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 24 July 1594 at Dryburn near Durham, England


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI



Blessed Balduino of Rieti


Also known as

Baldovino, Baldwin, Baudoin, Baudouin



Additioanl Memorials

• 21 August (city and diocese of Rieti, Italy; Bollandists)

• 15 July (Menologium Cisterciense)


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Born to a pious noble family, the son of Berardo X, Count of Marsi; his brother Rainaold became abbot of Montecassino Abbey, and created cardinal by Pope Innocent II in 1138. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Clairvaux Abbey. Spiritual student of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Abbot of San Matteo di Montecchio monastery on Lake Montecchio in 1130. Abbot of the Saint-Sauveur monastery in the diocese of Rieti, Italy.


Born

Italy


Died

• 1140 of natural causes

• buried in the cathedral of Rieti, Italy

• some relics in the altar of the "delle Grazie" chapel of the cathedral

• skull housed in a silver reliquary bust depicting Blessed Baudoin that is one of several displayed at the high altar of the cathedral


Beatified

an Office with his history was approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1701



Saint Christina of Tyre

புனித கிறிஸ்டினா (மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டு)

இவர் தீர் என்ற பகுதியைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவரது தந்தை அப்பகுதியின் ஆளுநராக இருந்தார். 

கிறிஸ்டினாவின் குடும்பம் கிறிஸ்துவை அறியாத பிற இனத்தைச் சார்ந்த குடும்பமாக இருந்தது. பதினொரு வயதில்தான் இவர் கிறிஸ்துவை அறிந்து கொண்டார். 

இச்செய்தியைக் கேள்விப்பட்ட கிறிஸ்டினாவின் தந்தை, இவரை ஓர் அறைக்குள் அடைத்து வைத்து, அறை முழுவதும் பொன்னாலும் வெள்ளியாலும் செய்யப்பட்ட சிலைகளால் நிரப்பினார். அப்படியாவது இவர் கிறிஸ்துவை மறந்து, சிலைகளை வழிபடத் தொடங்குவார் என்று; ஆனால் இவர் அறையிலிருந்த பொன்னாலும் வெள்ளியாலும் செய்யப்பட்ட சிலைகளை உடைத்து, அவற்றை தனது அறைக்கு வெளியே இருந்த ஏழை எளிய மக்களுக்குக் கொடுத்தார்.


இதை அறிந்த இவரது தந்தை இவரைப் பல்வேறு விதமாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்தார். அப்படி இருந்தும் இவர் தன்னுடைய நம்பிக்கையில் உறுதியாக இருந்தார். 

கிறிஸ்டினாவின் தந்தை திடீரென இறந்து போனார். அப்பொழுது இவர் தன்னுடைய பிரச்சனையெல்லாம் முடிவுக்கு வந்துவிட்டது  என நினைத்துக் கொண்டிக்க, இவரது தந்தைக்குப் பின் ஆளுநர் பதவியேற்றுக்கொண்ட தியோன், ஜூலியன் ஆகியோர் இவரை இன்னும் மிகுதியாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்தாரகள். அவர்களுடைய சித்திரவதை தாங்காமல் இவர் தன்னுடைய ஆவியை ஆண்டவரிடம் ஒப்படைத்தார்.

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Young girl imprisoned for her faith. Her mother tried to argue her into making the required pagan sacrifices, but Christina refused, and was executed. Martyr.



Due to the details of her martyrdom, listed below, she's likely a pious fiction, but was highly honoured in Greece for centuries. Her story and that of Christina of Bolsena seem to have been confused and combined in rewrites through the ages.


Born

at Tyre


Died

• a fire was lit under her, raged out of control, killed hundreds of pagan bystanders, but Christina escaped unscathed

• her breasts were cut off, and then milk flowed from them

• her tongue was cut out; she continued to preach, louder, and more clearly and eloquently than ever

• she threw the severed tongue at the judge, who was permanently blinded in one eye

• she was thrown into the sea to drawn; there she was baptized by Jesus, then returned to land by Michael the Archangel

• she was finally shot through the heart with an arrow, which did her in



Blessed Maria Angeles of Saint Joseph


Also known as

Marciana Valtierra Tordesillas



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Youngest of eleven children born to Manual and Lorenza; six of her siblings died in childhood. Her mother died when Marciana was three, and she decided to devote herself to the Blessed Virgin Mary as her new mother. She daily went to Mass, prayed the rosary, and spent hours in Eucharistic adoration. Worked with Father Juan Vicente of Jesus and Mary on the magazine La Obra Máxima (The Ultimate Work) and other projects. She was drawn to religious life, but the care of her father and other family members kept her at home for several years, but on 14 July 1929 she joined the Discalced Carmelites at the Carmel of San José de Guadalajara, taking the name María Angeles of Saint Joseph. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

6 March 1905 at Getafe, Madrid, Spain


Died

shot and stabbed on the street by Communists on 24 July 1936 in Guadalajara, Spain


Beatified

29 March 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Jaume Baríau y Martí


Also known as

• Josep Oriol of Barcelona

• Giuseppe Oriol of Barcelona



Profile

Jaume joined the Capuchin Franciscan Friars Minor in 1906, making his solemn profession on 15 August 1911. Ordained a priest on 29 May 1915. Father Jaume taught liturgy, Hebrew and Church history in the seminary at Sarriá, Barcelona, Spain, living at the Franciscan convent in Manresa. While taking Communion to a Poor Clare nun, Father Jaume was spotted by Communist militiamen, identified as a priest, kidnapped, tortured and murdered. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

25 July 1891 in Barcelona, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 just outside Manresa, Barcelona, Spain


Beatified

• 6 November 2021 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Manresa, Spain



Blessed Maria Mercedes Prat


Also known as

• Mercedes of the Sacred Heart

• Mercedes Prat y Prat

• Mercè Prat i Prat

• Maria Mercè of the Sacred Heart



Profile

Baptized on 7 March 1880, and made her First Holy Communion on 30 June 1890. She was a pious child who attended Mass nearly every day. Devoted student, a painter, and she excelled in needlework. Nun, entering the Society of Saint Teresa of Jesus in 1904 in Tortosa, Spain. Assigned to the motherhouse in Barcelona, Spain in 1920. On 19 July 1936 her community was forced by anti-Catholic government authorities to abandon their house and school. Mercedes was arrested and executed for the crime of being a nun.


Born

6 March 1880 in Barcelona, Spain as Mercedes Prat


Died

24 July 1936 at Barcelona, Spain of gun-shot wounds received on 23 July 1936


Beatified

29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia


Also known as

Jacoba Martínez García



Profile

Youngest of eleven children born to Gabino Martinez and Luisa Garcia; eight of her siblings died in childhood; her surviving siblings became a priest and a Carmelite nun. Jacoba joined the Discalced Carmelites at the San José de Guadalajara convent on 12 October 1898, taking the name María Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia, making her profession on 15 October 1899. A seamstress and lace maker, noted for her skill in embroidery; she devoted all her needle work efforts to the glory of God. Sacristan of her house. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

30 December 1877 at Tarazona, Zaragoza, Spain


Died

shot and stabbed on the street by Communists on 24 July 1936 in Guadalajara, Spain


Beatified

29 March 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Joseph Lambton

Additional Memorial

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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


Profile

Second son of Thomas Lambton of Malton-in-Rydall, Yorkshire, England, and Katharine, daughter of Robert Birkhead of West Brandon, Durham, England. Joseph studied at the English College in Reims, France beginning in 1584, then at the English College in Rome, Italy beginning in 1589. Ordained in 1591. He and Blessed Edward Waterson returned to England to minister to covert Catholics on 22 April 1592 during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I but were almost immediately arrested, imprisoned and executed for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.


Born

1568 in Malton, North Yorkshire, England


Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 24 July 1592 in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England


Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Cecilio Vega Domínguez


Also known as

Caecilius


Additional Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War



Profile

Born to a poor but pious farm family, one of nine children born to Juan and Micaela. Joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on 14 August 1930, and made his perpetual vows on 23 December 1934. Studied in Pozuelo, Spain. Sub-deacon studying for the priesthood when he was martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

8 September 1913 in Villamor de Órbigo, diocese of Astorga, León, Spain


Died

shot at dawn on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Saint Arnulf of Gruyere

Also known as

Arnulfus, Arnulphus


Profile

A pious youth. As soon as he was old enough, Arnulf left home to make an endless pilgrimage to shrines and relics throughout France. While on the road, he was beset by thieves who were certain he was hiding money; he wasn't. They beat him to the point that he lived long enough to be brought to the town of Gruyere, France and receive Communion one last time.


Born

Lorraine (in modern France)


Died

• beaten to death with sticks in a forest in Gruyere, Champagne, France

• relics re-discovered and enshrined in Mouzon, Champagne, France in 901



Saint José Fernández de Ventosa


Also known as

Joseph Fernandez



Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam


Profile

Dominican priest. Missionary to Vietnam in 1805. Provincial vicar at Tonkin. Martyr.


Born

3 September 1775 at Ventosa de la Cueva, ávila, Spain


Died

beheaded on 24 July 1838 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam


Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Donatus of Urbino


Also known as

Donato



Profile

Born to a wealthy and socially prominent family, the son of a lawyer. Studied at the University of Padua. Physician. Franciscan friar. Franciscan Provincial for the Marches on five separate occasions.


Born

15th century in Urbino, Italy


Died

• 1504 in the Franciscan monastery of San Bernardino, Urbino, Italy of natural causes

• interred under the altar of the monastery church



Blessed Louise of Savoy


Also known as

Luisa



Profile

Born to the nobility, the daughter of Blessed Amadeus IX, the duke of Savoy. Cousin of Saint Joan of Valois. Married to Hugh of Châlons in 1479. Widowed in 1489. Joined the Poor Clares at Orbe (in modern Switzerland), and was assigned to beg food for her house.


Born

28 December 1462


Died

1503 of natural causes


Beatified

1839 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)



Saint Declan of Ardmore

Also known as

Déaglán


Profile

A convert, he was baptized by and became a spiritual student of Saint Colman. Monk. Trained as an evangelist by Saint Diomma of Kildimo. Worked in Ireland before the arrival of Saint Patrick. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. First bishop of Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland. Known as a miracle worker.


Born

5th century at Desi, Waterford, Ireland


Patronage

• Ardmore, Ireland

• diocese of Waterford and Lisman, Ireland



Blessed Cándido Castán San José


Additional Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War



Profile

Married layman. Martyr.


Born

5 August 1894 in Benifaió, Valencia, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Blessed Xavier Bordas Piferrer


Profile

Born to a pious family. Joined the Salesians in 1932. Studied at the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.



Born

4 September 1914 in San Pol de Mar, Barcelona, Spain


Died

shot on 23 July 1936 in Sarria, Barcelona, Spain


Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Robert Ludlam


Additional Memorials

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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


Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of England. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.


Born

c.1551 in Radborne, near Derby, Derbyshire, England


Died

24 July 1588 in Derby, Derbyshire, England


Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Richard Simpson


Memorial

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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


Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of England. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.


Born

c.1554 in Well, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, England


Died

24 July 1588 in Derby, Derbyshire, England


Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Nicholas Garlick


Memorial

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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


Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of England. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.


Born

c.1555 in Dinting, Derbyshire, England


Died

24 July 1588 in Derby, Derbyshire, England


Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed José Máximo Moro Briz


Profile

Priest in the diocese of ávila, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

29 May 1882 in Santibáñez de Béjar, Salamanca, Spain


Died

24 July 1936 in the Cebreros highway, El Tiemblo, ávila, Spain


Beatified

• 27 October 2013 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated at Tarragona, Spain



Blessed Paulus Yi Do-gi


Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea



Profile

Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.


Born

1743 in Cheongyang, Chungcheong-do, South Korea


Died

24 July 1798 in Jeongsan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea


Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis



Saint Boris of Kiev


Also known as

Romanus



Profile

Son of Saint Vladimir, Duke of Muscovy. Grandson of Saint Olga of Kiev. Brother of Saint Gleb. Martyr.


Died

1010


Canonized

1724 by Pope Benedict XIII (cultus confirmed)


Patronage

• Moscow, Russia

• princes

• Russia



Blessed Pierre de Barellis


Profile

Born to the French nobility. Mercedarian friar. Served as the attorney general of his Order. Papal legate. Created cardinal-deacon by Pope Nicholas IV.



Died

• Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes

• buried in Ascoli Piceno



Blessed Juan Solorzano


Profile

Mercedarian friar in Fuentes, Spain. Missionary, sailing to Cuba with Christopher Columbus. There he converted many and built several monasteries. Martyr, possibly the first Christian killed for his faith in the New World.



Died

c.1500 in Cuba



Saint Rainofle


Also known as

Rainofre, Ragnulph


Profile

Relative of Pepin, Mayor of the Palace to King Dagobert, and a member of the Dagobert court. Wishing to devote herself to God, she fled the court to avoid an arranged marriage and died from exposure.


Died

• from exposure in modern France

• relics venerated in Aincourt, France



Blessed Diego Martinez


Profile

Mercedarian friar in Spain. Came to the Americas with Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro. Missionary in Panama, and then in Cuzco, Peru. Martyr.



Died

1536 in Peru



Saint Godo of Oye


Also known as

Gaon


Profile

Nephew and spiritual student of Saint Wandrille. Benedictine monk under Wandrille at Fontenelle Abbey. Founder and abbot of Oye Abbey at Sezanne-en-Brie, France.


Born

at Verdun, France


Died

c.690 of natural causes



Saint Rufinus of Mercia


Also known as

Ruffin of Mercia


Profile

Seventh century prince, born to the royal family of Mercia, England. Baptised by Saint Chad. Murdered by his pagan father. Martyr.


Died

at Stone, Staffordshire, England



Saint Cyriacus of Ziganeos


Profile

One of seven Christian brothers who were soldiers in the imperial Roman army. Kicked out of the military, exiled and eventually martyred in the persecutions of Maximian.


Died

c.311 at Ziganeos



Saint Sigolena of Trocar


Also known as

Segoulème


Profile

Born to the nobility of Aquitaine (in modern France). Married. Widow. Nun and later abbess at Troclar Convent in southern France.


Died

c.769



Saint Wulfhad of Mercia


Profile

Seventh century prince, born to the royal family of Mercia, England. Baptised by Saint Chad. Murdered by his pagan father. Martyr.


Died

at Stone, Staffordshire, England



Saint Christiana


Also known as

Christine


Profile

Anglo-Saxon princess. Nun in Flanders, Belgium.


Born

7th century England


Died

Flanders, Belgium


Patronage

Termonde, Belgium



Saint Victorinus of Amiterno


Profile

Martyr.



Died

on the Via Salaria, Amiterno, Italy



Saint Lewina of Seaford


Profile

Fifth-century nun, martyr by pagan Saxon invaders, and venerated in Seaford, Sussex, England.


Born

British Isles



Saint Aliprandus of Pavia


Also known as

Leuprandus


Profile

Eighth century abbot of Saint Augustine's Abbey in Pavia, Italy.



Saint Ursicinus of Sens


Profile

Bishop of Sens, France. Fought Arianism in his diocese.


Died

c.380



Saint Menefrida


Profile

No details have survived.


Died

5th century


Patronage

Tredresick, Cornwall, England



Saint Antinogenes of Merida


Profile

Martyr.


Died

304 in Merida, Estremadura, Spain



Saint Stercatius of Merida


Profile

Martyr.


Died

304 in Merida, Estremadura, Spain



Saint Aquilina the Martyr


Profile

Sister of Saint Niceta. Third-century convert. Martyr.



Saint Victor of Merida


Profile

Martyr.


Died

304 in Merida, Estremadura, Spain



Saint Vincent of Rome


Profile

Martyr.


Died

outside the walls of Rome, Italy