St. Maria Michaela Desmaisieres
Feastday: August 25
Birth: 1809
This Spanish Lady was born in Madrid in 1809, lost her mother in childhood, and resisted all attempts to persuade her to marry; she lived with her brother for some years while he was Spanish ambassador at Paris and Brussels. All her interest was given to the religious instruction of the ignorant, the rescue of the unprotected and the fallen, and the relief of sickness and poverty. When she returned to Spain she started more than one organization for work of this kind; her most lasting achievement was the foundation of the congregation of Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, of which she was elected Mother General in 1859. Its work is for women of the streets. This Institute was approved by the Holy See for five years in the lifetime of its foundress, and shortly after her death it obtained permanent recognition. It had in the meantime spread widely and was full of promise for the future. In 1865 in connection with this final approbation Mother Michaela had set out on her way to Rome, when an epidemic of cholera broke out in Valencia. She hastened to the help of her religious daughters, who were attending the plague-stricken. But though she had more than once in previous outbreaks attended cholera patients, she took the infection herself and died, a victim of charity on August 24th. She was canonized in 1934. Her feast day is August 25th.
Saint Joseph Calasanz
புனிதர் ஜோசஃப் கலசன்ஸ்
மறைப்பணியாளர், குரு, நிறுவனர்:
(Religious, Priest and Founder)
பிறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 11, 1557
பெரல்டா டி ல ஸல், அரகன் அரசு
(Peralta de la Sal, Kingdom of Aragon, Crown of Aragon)
இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 25, 1648 (வயது 90)
ரோம், திருத்தந்தையர் மாநிலம்
(Rome, Papal States).
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஆகஸ்ட் 7, 1748
திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் பெனடிக்ட்
(Pope Benedict XIV)
புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூலை 16, 1767
திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் கிளமன்ட்
(Pope Clement XIII)
முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:
புனித பெண்டலோன், ரோம்
(San Pantaleone, Rome)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஆகஸ்ட் 25
பாதுகாவல்: கத்தோலிக்க பள்ளிகள்
புனிதர் ஜோசஃப் கலசன்ஸ், ஒரு ஸ்பேனிஷ் குருவும், கல்வியாளரும், ஏழைக் குழந்தைகளுக்கு இலவச கல்வியளிக்கும் ஆன்மீக பள்ளிகளின் நிறுவனரும், “பியரிஸ்ட்ஸ்” (Piarists) என்றழைக்கப்படும் (The Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools) சபையின் நிறுவனருமாவார். “ஜோசஃப் கலசேன்க்ஷியஸ்” மற்றும் ஜோசஃபஸ் அ மாட்ரெடே” (Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei) ஆகிய பெயர்களாலும் அறியப்படும் இவர், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையால் புனிதராக போற்றப்படுகின்றார்.
ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் “அரகன்” (Kingdom of Aragon) அரசின் “பெரல்டா டி ல ஸல்” (Peralta de la Sal) எனுமிடத்தில், கி.பி. 1557ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், 11ம் தேதி பிறந்த இவருடைய தந்தை ஒரு குறுநில பிரபுவும் நகர தலைவருமான “பெட்ரோ டி கலசன்ஸ்” (Pedro de Calasanz y de Mur) என்பவர் ஆவார். இவரது தாயார் பெயர், “மரிய கஸ்டன்” (María Gastón y de Sala) ஆகும்.
ஆரம்பக் கல்வியை வீட்டிலிருந்தும், பின்னர் “பெரல்டா” (Peralta) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள பள்ளியிலும் கற்ற ஜோசஃப், கி.பி. 1569ம் ஆண்டு, “எஸ்டடில்லா” (Estadilla) எனுமிடத்தில், “திரித்துவ சபையின்” (Trinitarian Order) துறவியர் நடத்தும் கல்லூரியில், பண்டைய கிரேக்க இலத்தீன் கலைக்குரிய கல்வி கற்க அனுப்பப்பட்டார். அங்கே கல்வி கற்கும் காலத்தில், தமது பதினான்கு வயதில், தாம் குருத்துவம் பெறவேண்டுமென முடிவெடுத்தார். எனினும், இந்த இறை அழைப்பு, அவரது பெற்றோரின் ஆதரவைப் பெறவில்லை.
“ல்லேய்டா” பல்கலையில் (University of Lleida) உயர் கல்வி கற்ற ஜோசஃப், அங்கே தத்துவம் மற்றும் சட்டம் பயின்றார். “வாலென்சியா பல்கலைக்கழகம்” மற்றும் “கோம்ப்லுடேன்ஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில்” (The University of Valencia and at Complutense University) இறையியல் கற்றார்.
இதற்கிடையே ஜோசஃபின் தாயாரும் சகோதரர் ஒருவரும் மரித்துப் போகவே, அவரது தந்தை ஜோசஃப் திருமணம் செய்துகொண்டு குடும்ப பொறுப்பை ஏற்கவேண்டும் என விரும்பினார். ஆனால், கி.பி. 1582ம் ஆண்டு இவரை தாக்கிய ஒரு நோய், ஜோசஃபை கல்லறையின் விளிம்பு வரை கொண்டுவந்தது. இது, அவரது தந்தையின் கண்டிப்பாய் தணித்தது. நோயிலிருந்து மீண்ட ஜோசஃப், கி.பி. 1583ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 17ம் தேதி, “ஊர்ஜெல்” மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் (Bishop of Urgel) “ஹுகோ அம்ப்ரோசியோ” (Hugo Ambrosio de Moncada) என்பவரால் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார்.
ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் தமது ஆன்மிக பணிக்காலத்தில், ஜோசஃப் பல்வேறு பொறுப்புகளை ஏற்று செய்தார். ஏழைகளுக்கு பல்வேறு சேவையாற்றிய இவர், ஏழைகளுக்கு இலவச உணவளிக்கும் நிறுவனம் ஒன்றினையும் நிறுவி நடத்தினார்.
கி.பி. 1592ம் ஆண்டு, தமது 35 வயதில், தமது ஆன்மிக வாழ்க்கையை மேம்படுத்தும் நம்பிக்கையிலும், சில வகையான நலன்களைப் பாதுகாக்கவும் ஜோசஃப் ரோம் பயணமானார். அவர் தமது வாழ்வின் மீதமுள்ள 56 வருடங்களை அங்கேயே வாழ்ந்தார். முக்கியமாக, பெற்றோர்களை இழந்த அனாதைச் சிறுவர்களுக்கு கல்வி கற்பிக்கும் பணி உள்ளிட்ட தொண்டுப்பணிகளாற்றக்கூடிய அற்புதமான துறையை ரோம் நகரம் இவருக்கு வழங்கியது. ஜோசஃப் “கிறிஸ்தவக் கோட்பாடுகளின் தோழமைக் கூட்டுறவு” (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) எனும் நிறுவனத்தில் இணைந்தார். தெருக்களில் சுற்றித்திரியும் அனாதைச் சிறார்களை ஒன்றிணைத்து அழைத்து வந்து பள்ளிகளில் சேர்த்தார்.
ரோம் நகரின் “ட்ரஸ்டேவேர்” (Trastevere) பகுதியிலுள்ள (Church of Santa Dorotea) ஆலயத்தின் பங்குத்தந்தையான “அந்தோனி” (Anthony Brendani) இடமும் தந்து, கற்பிக்கும் உதவிகளும் செய்வதாக உறுதியளித்தார். கூடுதலாக இரண்டு குருக்களும் உதவுவதாக வாக்குறுதியளித்தனர். இதனைத் தொடர்ந்து, கி.பி. 1597ம் ஆண்டு, நவம்பர் மாதம், ஐரோப்பாவிலேயே முதல் இலவச பள்ளியை ஜோசஃப் தொடங்கினார்.
கி.பி. 1598ம் ஆண்டு, கிறிஸ்து பிறப்பு பெருநாளன்று, இத்தாலியின் மூன்றாவது நீளமான நதியான “டிபேர்” (Tiber) நதியில் சரித்திரத்திலேயே அதிக அளவான இருபது மீட்டர் உயர (சுமார் 65 அடி) வெள்ளம் பெருக்கெடுத்தோடியது. பேரழிவு பரவலாக இருந்தது. நதியோரம் வசித்த, ஏற்கனவே ஏழைகளான நூற்றுக்கணக்கான குடும்பங்கள் வீடிழந்தன. உணவற்றுப் போயின. வெள்ளத்திற்கு பலியானவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை 2,000க்கும் மேலானது. ஜோசஃப், “ஆன்மீக சகோதரத்துவம்” (Religious fraternity) எனும் தொண்டு நிறுவனத்துடன் இணைந்து அதிவேகமாக செயலாற்றினார். ஏழை மக்களுக்கு உதவுவதில் தம்மை அர்ப்பணித்துக்கொண்டார். நகரை சுத்தம் செய்வதிலும், மீட்பதிலும் உதவ தொடங்கினார். கி.பி. 1600ம் ஆண்டு, நகரின் மத்தியில் “தெய்வ பக்தியுள்ள” (Pious School) பள்ளியை தொடங்கினார். விரைவிலேயே, அந்த பள்ளி, பல கிளைகளுடன் விரிவடைந்தது.
கி.பி. 1602ம் ஆண்டு, “தெய்வ பக்தியுள்ள பள்ளிகளின் சபை” (Order of the Pious Schools or Piarists) எனும் சபைக்கான அடித்தளமிட்டார். 1610ம் ஆண்டு, தமது சபையின் ஆசிரியர் மற்றும் மாணவர்களுக்கான அடிப்படை ஒழுங்குகளை எழுதினர். ஜோசஃப், செப்டம்பர் 15, 1616 அன்று, “ஃப்ரஸ்கடி” (Frascati) நகரில் முதல் பொது இலவச பள்ளியை தொடங்கினார். சரியாக ஒரு வருடத்தின் பின்னர், கற்பித்தல் சேவைகளுக்காக ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்ட முதல் ஆன்மீக நிறுவனமான (Pauline Congregation of the Poor of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools) எனும் சபையை, திருத்தந்தை “ஐந்தாம் பவுல்” (Pope Paul V) அங்கீகரித்தார். மார்ச் 25, 1617 அன்று, அவரும் அவரது பதினான்கு உதவியாளர்களும் இவர்களது புதிய சபையின் முதல் உறுப்பினர்களாகி, சீருடையைப் பெற்றனர். ஆரம்பப்பள்ளியில் கற்பிப்பதை தமது முதன்மை ஊழியமாக செய்த முதல் குருக்கள் இவர்களேயாவர்.
ஆரம்ப காலங்களிலிருந்தே ஒரு குழந்தை ஆன்மீகத்தையும் கல்வியையும் சரியாக போதித்தால், அக்குழந்தையின் வாழ்க்கை மகிழ்ச்சியாக அமையும் என்று நியாயமாக நம்பலாம் என்று எழுதி வைத்த ஜோசஃப், “பயத்தையல்ல – அன்பையே வலியுறுத்துங்கள்” (Emphasizing love, not fear) என்றார்.
புனிதர் ஜோசஃப் கலசன்ஸின் வாழ்க்கையின் இறுதி பத்தாண்டு காலம், மிகவும் சோதனையானதாக இருந்தது. அவரது சபையில் நேர்ந்த சில அவல நிகழ்வுகள் அவருக்கு அவப்பெயரை தேடித்தந்தது. கி.பி. 1642ம் ஆண்டு, அவர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு விசாரனைக்குள்ளாக்கப்பட்டார். “நேப்பிள்ஸ்” (Naples) நகரின் பள்ளியில் தலைமையாசிரியராக இருந்த அருட்தந்தை “ஸ்டேஃபனோ செருபனி” (Father Stefano Cherubini) என்பவர் பள்ளியின் சிறுவர்களை பாலியல் ரீதியாக வல்லுறவு கொண்டதன் பின்விளைவுகள் இவரையும் பாதித்தன.
தமது மாணவர்கள், அவர்களுடைய குடும்பங்கள், சக தோழர்கள் மற்றும் ரோம் நகர மக்கள் ஆகியோரால் அவரது தூய்மைக்காகவும், தைரியத்துக்காகவும் போற்றப்பட்ட புனிதர் ஜோசஃப் கலசன்ஸ், கி.பி. 1648ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் 25ம் தேதி, தமது 90 வயதில் மரித்தார். “தூய பன்டேலோ” (Church of San Pantale) தேவாலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.
Also known as
• Joseph Calasanctius
• Joseph of Our Lady
• Joseph Calsanza
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Youngest of five children born to Don Pedro Calasanz and Donna Maria Gastonia. His mother and a brother died while he was still in school. Studied at Estadilla, at the University of Lereda, at Valencia, and at Alcala de Henares. Obtained degrees in canon law and theology. His father wanted the Joseph to become a soldier, to marry, and to continue the family, but a near fatal illness in 1582 caused the young man to seriously examine his life, and he realized a call to the religious life.
Ordained on 17 December 1583. Parish priest at Albarracin. Secretary and confessor to his bishop, synodal examiner, and procurator. Revived religious zeal among the laity, discipline among the clergy in a section of the Pyrenees. Both his bishop and his father died in 1587.
Vicar-general of Trempe, Spain. Following a vision, he gave away much of his inheritance, renounced most of the rest, and travelled to Rome, Italy in 1592. Worked in the household of Cardinal Ascanio Colonna as thelogical advisor for the cardinal, tutor to the cardinal's nephew. Worked with plague victims in 1595.
Member of the Confraternity for Christian Doctrine. Tried to get poor children, many of them orphans and/or homeless, into school. The teachers, already poorly paid, refused to work with the new students without a raise; in November 1597, Joseph and two fellow priests opened a small, free school for poor children. Pope Clement VIII, and later Pope Paul V, contributed toward their work. He was soon supervising several teachers and hundreds of students.
In 1602 they moved to larger quarters, and reorganized the teaching priests into a community. In 1612 they moved to the Torres palace to have even more room. In 1621 the community was recognized as a religious order called Le Sciole Pie (Religious Schools), also known as the Piarists, or Scolopii or Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum or Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools; Joseph acted as superior of the Order.
The community encountered many obstacles - Joseph's friendship with the astronomer Galileo Galilei caused a stir with some Church officials. Some of the ruling class objected that to educate the poor would cause social unrest. Other Orders that worked with the poor were afraid they would be absorbed by the Piarists. But they group continued to have papal support, and continued to do good work.
In his old age, Joseph suffered through seeing his Order torn apart. He was accused of incompetence by Father Mario Sozzi, who was chosen as new superior of the Order. Sozzi died in 1643, and was replaced by Father Cherubini who pursued the same course as Sozzi, and nearly destroyed the Order. A papal commission charged with examining the Order acquitted Joseph of all accusations, and in 1645, returned him to superior of the Order, but internal dissent continued, and in 1646 Pope Innocent X dissolved the Order, placing the priests under control of their local bishops.
The Piarists were reorganized in 1656, eight years after Joseph's death. They were restored as a religious order in 1669, and continue their good work today.
Born
11 September 1556 at Peralta, Barbastro, Aragon, Spain in his father's castle
Died
• 25 August 1648 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
• buried at Saint Panteleone, Rome
Canonized
16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII
Patronage
• Catholic schools (proclaimed on 13 August 1948 by Pope Pius XII)
• schools, colleges, universities
• students, schoolchildren
• Congregation of Christian Workers of Saint Joseph Calasanz
Saint Louis IX
புனித ஒன்பதாம் லூயிஸ், அரசர் (St. Louis IX / Ludwig IX)
பிறப்பு
25 ஏப்ரல் 1219,
பிரான்ஸ்
இறப்பு
25 ஆகஸ்டு 1270
துனிசியா
புனிதர்பட்டம்: 1297, திருத்தந்தை எட்டாம் போனிபாஸ்
அரசராக: 1230, 11 வயதில்
பாதுகாவல்: முயூனிக், சார்ப்ர்யூக்கன், பெர்லின், பிரான்சிஸ்கன் 3 ஆம் சபைக்கு பாதுகாவலர்
லூயிஸ் ஓர் அரசர் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவர் தந்தையின் பெயர் லூயிஸ் டி லையன்(Louid de Lion). இவரின் தாய் ப்லான்சே(Blanche). இவரின் தாத்தா பிரான்சு நாட்டு அரசர் இரண்டாம் பிலிப்பு. புனித லூயிஸ் 9 வயதாக இருக்கும்போதே, இவரின் தாத்தா இறந்துவிட்டார். இதனால் இவரின் தந்தை 8 ஆம் லூயிஸ் அரச பதவியேற்றார். 8 ஆம் லூயிசை பதவியேற்ற 3 ஆண்டுகளில் கொள்ளை நோயால் தாக்கப்பட்டு இறந்துவிட்டார். அதனால் லூயிஸ் தனது 12 வயதிலேயே நாட்டின் அரசராக பதவியேற்றார். ஒன்பதாம் லூயிஸ் என்று பெயர் பெற்றார். லூயிஸ் திருமணம் செய்து, 11 குழந்தைகளை ஆண்டவரின் ஆசீரோடு பெற்றார். தன் குழந்தைகளை தானே சிறந்த முறையில் பேணி வளர்த்து பயிற்றுவித்தார். தவப் பற்றிலும், செப ஆர்வத்திலும், ஏழை எளியவர் மீது கொண்ட அன்பிலும் சிறந்து விளங்கினார். தன் நாட்டு மக்களின் ஆன்மீக நலத்திலும் அவர்களிடையே அமைதியை உருவாக்குவதிலும் அக்கறைகொண்டு, ஆட்சி செய்தார். கிறித்துவின் கல்லறையை விடுவிக்குமாறு சிலுவைப்போர் மேற்கொண்டார். இவர் 1226 ஆம் ஆண்டிலிருந்து, தான் இறக்கும்வரை அரசராக இருந்தார். இவர் 1248 ஆம் ஆண்டு 7 வது சிலுவைப்போரையும், 1270 ஆம் ஆண்டு மீண்டும் 8 வது சிலுவைப்போரையும் நடத்தினார். இவர் அரசர்களிலேயே முதல் புனிதர் என்ற பெயர் பெற்றார்.
செபம்:
நல்ல ஆயனாம் எம் இறைவா! பிரான்சு நாட்டில் லூயிஸ் என்ற ஓர் நல்ல அரசரைக் கொடுத்து, உம் மக்களை நீர், அவர் வழியாக உம்மால் ஈர்த்துள்ளீர். இன்றும் அரசர்களாக இருந்து ஆட்சி புரிபவர்களை நீர் வழிநடத்தியருளும். மக்களை நீதியோடும் நேர்மையோடும் ஆட்சி செய்திட உம் அருள் தருமாறு தந்தையே உம்மிடம் மன்றாடுகின்றோம்.
Also known as
Louis Capet
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Son of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. King of France and Count of Artois at age eleven; his mother ruled as regent until he reached 22, and then he reigned for 44 years. Louis made numerous judicial and legislative reforms, promoted Christianity in France, established religious foundations, aided mendicant orders, propagated synodal decrees of the Church, built leper hospitals, and collected relics. Married Marguerite of Provence at age 19, and was the father of eleven children. Supported Pope Innocent IV in war against Emperor Frederick II of Germany. Trinitarian tertiary. Led two Crusades and died on one.
Born
25 April 1214 at Poissy, France
Died
• 25 August 1270 at Tunis (in modern Tunisia) of natural causes
• relics in the Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, France
• relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution
Canonized
1297 by Pope Boniface VIII
Patronage
• against the death of children
• barbers
• bridegrooms
• builders
• button makers
• construction workers
• Crusaders
• difficult marriages
• distillers
• embroiderers
• French monarchs
• grooms
• haberdashers
• hairdressers
• hair stylists
• kings
• masons
• needle workers
• parenthood
• parents of large families
• passementiers
• prisoners
• sculptors
• sick people
• soldiers
• stone masons
• stonecutters
• tertiaries
• trimming makers
• Québec, Québec, archdiocese of
• Saint Louis, Missouri, archdiocese of
• Versailles, France, diocese of
• Blois, France
• Carthage, Tunisia
• La Rochelle, France
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Oran, Algeria
• Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France
• Saint Louis, Missouri, city of
• Versailles, France
• Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Louis
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• crown
• crown of thorns
• king holding a cross
• king holding a crown of thorns
• nails
Blessed María del Tránsito de Jesús Sacramentado
Also known as
• María Cabanillas
• María del Tránsito Cabanillas
• María del Transito Eugenia de los Dolores Cabanillaswas
• María del Tránsito Of Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament
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Third child born to Felipe Cabanillas and Francisca Antonia Luján Sánchez. Raised in a large, wealthy and pious family; she had ten siblings, three of whom died in childhood, one brother became a priest, three sisters nuns. Educated at home and then at Cordoba, Argentina where she studied and helped care for her seminarian younger brother until his ordination in 1853.
Maria's father died in 1850, and the rest of the family moved to Cordoba, living near the church of San Roque. Maria stayed at home, helping her mother with the children, maintaining a personal piety and devotion to the Eucharist, working as a catechist, and visiting the poor and sick of Cordoba. Maria's mother died on 13 April 1858.
With her family grown or gone, Maria now felt free to pursue her religious vocation, and she entered the Franciscan Third Order at age 37, devoting more of her day to prayer. In 1871 she met Mrs Isidora Ponce de León who was building a Carmelite monastery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1872 Maria moved to Buenos Aries, and entered the monastery on 19 March 1873. For health reasons, she was forced to leave the cloister in April 1874. In September 1874 she entered the convent of the Sisters of the Visitation in Montevideo, Uruguay, but had to leave there in a few months due to her continuing health problems.
During this time of turmoil and rejection of her perceived vocation, Maria began again to ponder an idea that had followed her all her life - an education and assistance foundation to help children. Several Franciscans encouraged her, and Father Agustin Garzón offered her a house and his help and contacts. She obtained approval for the project on 8 December 1878, and with her companions Teresa Fronteras and Brigida Moyano, and Bother Cirlaco Porreca as director, she started the Congregation of the Franciscan Tertiary Missionaries of Argentina, dedicated to helping the poor, orphaned and abandoned. The three women made their religious profession on 2 February 1879, and their institute became offically affiliated with the Franciscans on 28 January 1880.
The new Congregation met with immediate success in vocations - the Argentinian colleges of Saint Margarite of Cortona in San Vicente, El Carmen in Rio Cuarto, and Immaculate Conception in Villa Nueva were founded during Maria's lifetime. The work, however, ruined her already frail health, and she died within six years.
Born
15 August 1821 on the estate of Santa Leocadia, now Carlos Paz, Cordoba, Argentina as Maria Cabanillas
Died
25 August 1885 at San Vicente, Cordoba, Argentina of natural causes
Beatified
14 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Ebbe the Elder
Also known as
• Ebbe of Coldingham
• Abbs, Aebbe, Ebba, Tabbs
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Daughter of the pagan King Aethelfrith the Ravager of Bernicia and Princess Aacha of Deira, one of seven children. Sister of Saint Oswald of Northumbria and King Oswiu. Niece of Saint Ethelreda. When her father was killed in battle when Ebbe was about ten years old, her mother fled with the family for the court of King Eochaid Buide at Dunadd in modern Scotland. There she converted to Christianity.
A Scottish prince, Aidan, wished to marry Ebbe, and the family was in favour, but Ebbe was drawn to the religious life. Benedictine nun at the double monastery at Coldingham c.655, taking the veil from Saint Finan of Iona. Aidan, determined to marry her, followed, planning to carry her off. She fled to a high rock. The tide came in, cutting her off from the land and her pursuer. Because of her prayers, the tide remained high for three days, holding off Aidan until he realized the divine nature of her protection, and gave up.
Founded the monastery of Ebchester (i.e., Ebbe's castle or Ebbe's camp) on an old Roman camp on the River Dawent, in County Durham, land given her by her brother Oswiu. Later, during one of the disruptions in the kingdom, Aebbe was captured, but escaped, fleeing in a small boat down the River Humber and out to sea. A supernatural being then sailed the craft safely through dangerous seas till it landed on a spit of land in Berwickshire, defended on three sides by the sea, and on the forth by swampy land. A group of monks, singing in a church that was later renamed for Ebbe, witnessed this, and became some of the first brothers at the large double monastery she founded there. Abbess.
Friend of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, who normally avoided women but came to visit Ebbe. Saint Ethelreda stayed at her monastery as a nun in 672. Peacemaker among the local laity. Though she was noted for her own piety, Ebbe had trouble enforcing discipline at the monastery. The monks and nuns became very lax and worldly. One of the brothers, Adomnan, received a vision prophesying that the monastery would burn to the ground; it did, not long after Ebbe's death.
Born
c.615 in Northumbria, England
Died
25 August 683 at Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland of natural causes
Saint Thomas of Hereford
Also known as
• Thomas de Cantilupe
• Thomas de Cantelow
• Thomas de Cantelou
• Thomas de Canteloupe
• Thomas de Cantelupo
Additional Memorial
• 25 August (Roman Martyrology)
• 3 October (in England)
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Born to the nobility, the son of Baron William de Cantilupe. Educated in Oxford, England, and in France at Paris and Orléans. Priest. Attended the Council of Lyons in 1245. Papal chaplain. Taught canon law at the University of Oxford, and was chosen the university chancellor in 1262. Diplomat to Saint Louis of France in 1264 during the Barons' War. Appointed Lord Chancellor of England on 25 February 1265. Attended the Second Council of Lyons in 1274. Bishop of Hereford, England, appointed on 14 June 1275 and consecrated on 8 September 1275. Known for his large charity to the poor and his blameless personal life, endlessly involved in both Church and civil matters. Advisor to King Edward I.
Following a series of disputes between Thomas and Archbishop John Peckham of Canterbury, Peckham excommunicated Thomas. Thomas travelled to Rome, Italy to put his case before Pope Martin IV, was absolved of wrong-doing, and died in full communion with the Church while on his way back to England.
Born
c.1218 in Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, England
Died
• 25 August 1282 in Ferento, Montefiascone, Italy of natural causes
• buried in Hereford Cathedral
• his skull was moved to a reliquary at Downside Abbey, Somerset, England in 1881
Canonized
17 April 1320 by Pope John XXII
Representation
bishop with Hereford Cathedral
Saint Genesius of Rome
Also known as
Gelasinus, Gelasius
Profile
Genesius was an actor who worked in a series of plays that mocked Christianity. One day while performing in a work that made fun of Baptism he received sudden wisdom from God, realized the truth of Christianity, and had a conversion experience on stage. He announced his new faith, and refused to renounce it, even when ordered to do so by emperor Diocletian. Martyr.
Died
beheaded c.303 at Rome, Italy
Patronage
• actors
• against epilepsy, epileptics
• attorneys, barristers, lawyers
• clowns
• comedians, comediennes, comics
• converts
• dancers
• musicians
• printers
• stenographers
• torture victims
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Saint Genesius of Brescello
Also known as
• Genesius of Brixellum
• Genesio...
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Bishop of Brescello, Italy, possibly the first in this diocese.
Born
latter 4th century
Died
• early 5th century in Brescello, Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
• relics re-discovered in the walls of an old church during construction of a castle on the land in 968
• a church and monastery in his honour was built on the land, and the relics enshrined in the main altar of the abbey church
• his arm bone was enshrined in a gilded copper sleeve-shaped reliquary in 1408
• relics re-enshrined in the wall of the church of San Mauro which was later renamed the church of Saint Mauro and Genesio
• relics re-enshrined in a silver reliquary in the shape of an arm giving a blessing in 1746
• relics transferred to the Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the parish Church of Santa Maria Nascente in Brescello in 1797 when the monastic property was seized by the Cisalpine Republic
• relics moved to the nearby Church of the Immaculate Conception in 1830 when the original church was under re-construction
• relics re-enshrined in a gold reliquary in the Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the parish Church of Santa Maria Nascente in Brescello
Patronage
Brescello, Italy
Blessed Maria Troncatti
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Worked as a Red Cross nurse in an Italian military hospital during World War I. Nun in the Salesian Sisters. In 1922 she left Italy for Ecuador and spent the rest of her life working with the Shuar tribe in the Amazon forest.
Born
16 February 1883 in Corteno Golgi, Brescia, Italy
Died
25 August 1969 in a plane crash in Sucúa, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador
Beatified
• 24 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification recognition was celebrated at Macas, Morona Santiago, Ecuador, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed Miguel Carvalho
Also known as
Michael Carvalho
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Entered the Jesuits in 1597. Missionary to Goa, India. Priest. Taught theology for 15 years. Missionary to Japan. Arrested in July 1863 for spreading Christianity, he spent several months in prison before being killed. Martyr.
Born
1579 in Braga, Portugal
Died
roasted alive on 25 August 1624 in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Saint Ginés de la Jara
Also known as
• Ginés de la Xara
• Ginés el Franco
• Genesius Sciarensis
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A holy man, and probably a hermit, who lived in the area of modern Cartagena, Spain early in the faith. We know almost nothing about him for sure, but many, many stories and legends have been attached to him, and he has been confused with Saint Genesius of Arles, Saint Genesius of Brescello and/or Saint Genesius of Rome who are remembered on the same day.
Canonized
1541 by Pope Paul III
Patronage
• against hernias
• against storms
• agricultural laborers
• sailors
• vintners
• Cartagena, Spain
Saint Menas of Constantinople
Also known as
Mennas, Mina, Minas
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Superior of the hospice of Saint Samson in Constantinople. Patriarch of Constantinople, ordained and consecrated by Pope Saint Agapetus in 536 to replace Anthimus who had fallen into the monophysite heresy. Led the synod of Constantinople in 536. Consecrated the church of Hagia Sophia. Subscribed to the Edict of the Emperor Justinian condemning the documents known as the “Three Chapters” for which he was excommunicated by Pope Vigilius in 551; he immediately submitted to papal authority.
Born
Alexandria, Egypt
Died
August 552 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) of natural causes
Saint Patricia of Naples
புனித பேட்ரிசியா (-665)
இவர் கான்ஸ்டான்டிநோப்பிளை ஆண்டு வந்த இரண்டாம் கான்ஸ்டன்டைன் என்ற மன்னனின் மகள்.
இவர் வளர்ந்து பெரியவளானபோது இவரது தந்தை இவரை ஒருவருக்கு மணம்முடித்துக் கொடுக்க முடிவு செய்தார். அப்பொழுது இவர் தன் தந்தையிடம், "நான் என்னை ஏற்கெனவே கடவுளுக்கு அர்ப்பணித்து விட்டேன்; அதனால் நான் யாரையும் மணப்பதாக இல்லை" என்று சொல்லி எருசலேமிற்கும், அதன் பின்னர் உரோமைக்கும் தப்பியோடினார்.
உரோமையில் திருத்தந்தை லிபேரியுசைத் சந்தித்த இவர், அவரிடம் தன் விருப்பத்தைச் சொன்னபொழுது, அவர் இவருக்குத் துறவிக்கான ஆடையைக் கொடுத்து, இவருக்கு ஆசி வழங்கி அனுப்பி வைத்தார்.
அந்த ஆடையோடு தன் சொந்த நாட்டிற்குத் திரும்பி வந்த இவர் தனக்குச் சேரவேண்டிய உடைமைகளை விற்று ஏழைகளுக்குக் கொடுத்துவிட்டு, இத்தாலியில் உள்ள நோப்பில்ஸ் நகர் நோக்கிக் கப்பலில் வந்தார்.
அவ்வாறு இவர் வரும் வழியில் இவர் பயணம் செய்த கப்பல் புயலில் சிக்கிக் கொள்ள, இவர் கப்பலில் இறந்தார்.
இவர் நோப்பில்ஸ் நகரின் பாதுகாவலியாக இருக்கிறார்.
Also known as
• Patricia of Constantinople
• Patrizia of....
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Born to the nobility, possibly related to the emperor. To escape an arranged marriage, and to give herself to the religious life, she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and then to Rome, Italy. Nun in Rome. Returned to Constantinople to give away her wealth to the poor. She then returned to Naples, Italy to make pilgrimages to the tombs of martyrs and saints.
Born
at Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
Died
• c.665 at Naples, Italy of natural causes
• a vial of her blood reportedly liquifies periodically
Patronage
Naples, Italy
Blessed Andrea Bordino
Also known as
Fratel Luigi of the Consolata
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Drafted into the Italian army, he fought in World War II, was captured by the Soviets, and imprisoned in Siberia. Released after the war, he joined the Brothers of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo, taking the name Luigi of the Consolata and working for 30 years with the sick and the mentally ill.
Born
12 August 1922 in Castellinaldo, Alba, Italy
Died
25 August 1977 in Turin, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
• 2 May 2015 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated at Turin, Italy, Cardinal Angelo Amato, presiding
Blessed Francesc Llach Candell
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Priest. Member of the Sons of the Holy Family. Secretary of his community and science teacher at Saint Peter the Apostle school in Reus, Tarragona, Spain. He was arrested on 25 July 1936 during the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War for the crime of being a priest, imprisoned on the ship Cabo Cullera of Tarragona, and then executed. Martyr.
Born
7 December 1889 in Torelló, Barcelona, Spain
Died
• 25 August 1936 in Vila-rodona, Tarragona, Spain
• buried in the cemetery of Vila-rodana
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Blessed Pedro Vázquez
Also known as
Father Pedro of Saint Catherine
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
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Dominican, assigned to Madrid, Spain, then Manila in the Philippines. Priest. Missionary to Japan. Arrested on 18 April 1623 for the crime of moving the body of the martyred Blessed Ludovico Flores, he spent 16 months of abuse in prison before being executed for remaining a Christian. Martyr.
Born
1590 in Verín, Orense, Spain
Died
burned alive on 25 August 1624 in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Blessed Fermí Martorell Vies
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Priest. Member of the Sons of the Holy Family, and the treasurer of his community. Teacher at Saint Peter the Apostle school in Reus, Tarragona, Spain. He was arrested on 27 July 1936 during the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War for the crime of being a priest, imprisoned on the ship Rio Segre of Tarragona, and then executed. Martyr.
Born
3 November 1879 in Margalef, Tarragona, Spain
Died
• about 10am on 25 August 1936 in Vila-rodona, Tarragona, Spain
• buried in the cemetery of Vila-rodona
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Blessed Eduard Cabanach Majem
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Raised in a pious family; three of his brothers entered religious life. Had a devotion to Saint John Berchmans. Priest. Member of the Sons of the Holy Family. Director of the Saint Peter the Apostle school in Reus, Spain. Supporter, spiritual and material, of vocations in others. Ministered to prisoners in Reus and on the prison ships of Tarragona, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
31 December 1908 in Bellmunt, Tarragona, Spain
Died
25 August 1936 in Vila-rodona, Tarragona, Spain
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Saint Gregory of Utrecht
Also known as
Gregory of Pfalzel
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Son of Saint Wastrada, and uncle of Saint Alberic of Utrecht. Spiritual student and Benedictine monk under Saint Boniface whom he had met as a child, and who acted as a mentor. Abbot of Saint Martin's abbey, Utrecht, Netherlands, during which it became a centre for missionaries and the home of many saints. Bishop of Utrecht for 22 years.
Born
703 at Trier, Germany
Died
• 776 of natural causes
• buried at Susteren Abbey
Representation
abbot giving alms to the poor
Saint Genesius of Arles
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Soldier. Literate, he was made a notary and secretary to the magistrate of Arles, France. Convert. During the period of his catechumenate, Maximianus issued his decree of persecution against Christians. Outraged, Genesius threw his writing tablets at the feet of his magistrate, denounced the orders, was imprisoned, and executed. Martyr.
Born
at Arles, France
Died
c.305
Patronage
• against chilblains
• against scurf
• notaries
• secretaries
Blessed Paul-Jean Charles
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Trappist monk. 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
29 September 1743 in Millery, Côte-d'Or, France
Died
25 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Hunegund of Homblieres
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Hunegund was drawn to religious life, but was compelled to marry against her wishes. She convinced her future husband to accompany her on a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy, and then got him to agree that she should become a Benedictine nun, receiving the veil from Pope Saint Vitalian. When they returned home, Hunegund entered the convent at Homblieres in northern France ;her ex-future husband became a priest, and served as chaplain to the convent.
Died
c.690
Saint Peregrinus of Rome
Also known as
Pellegrino
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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Commodus.
Died
• stretched on the rack, beaten with clubs, burned, then beaten to death with lead-tipped whips in 192 at Rome, Italy
• buried in the catacombs in Rome
• Pope Saint Nicholas I sent his relics to Vienne, France in 863
Blessed Pedro de Calidis
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Friend of Saint Peter Nolasco, who urged him to join the Mercedarians; Peter did at the convent of Sant Antonio Abate in Tarragona, Spain. Dispatched to Africa in 1236 to ransom a large number of Christians who had been enslaved by Muslims.
Died
1240 in Tarragona, Spain of natural causes
Saint Gennadius of Constantinople
Additional Memorial
17 November (Greek Menae)
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Priest, bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople from 458 to 471. Known for his learning, his biblical scholarship, and as a great speaker. Fought heresies of the period, and simony. Legend says he would not ordain a new priest until the candidate could recite the Psalms by heart.
Blessed Luis Cabrera Sotelo
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
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Member of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants). Priest. Martyr.
Born
6 September 1574 in Seville, Spain
Died
burned alive on 25 August 1624 in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Blessed Ludovicus Baba
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
Profile
Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Member of the Secular Franciscans. Catechist. Martyr.
Born
Japan
Died
burned alive on 25 August 1624 in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Saint Aredius of Limoges
Also known as
Aredio, Yrieix, Yriez
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Founded the monastery of Atane in Limousin, France. The village of Saint Yrieux grew up around the monastery, and was named for the founder.
Born
Limoges, France
Died
25 August 591 at Attane, Limoges, France
Saint Eusebius of Rome
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Martyred in the persecution of Emperor Commodus.
Died
• stretched on the rack, beaten with clubs, burned, then beaten to death with lead-tipped whips in 192 at Rome, Italy
• buried in the catacombs in Rome
• relics translated to Vienne, France, in 863 by Pope Saint Nicholas I
Blessed Ludovicus Sasada
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
Profile
Member of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants). Priest. Martyr.
Born
Tokyo, Japan
Died
burned alive on 25 August 1624 in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Saint Pontian of Rome
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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Commodus.
Died
• stretched on the rack, beaten with clubs, burned, then beaten to death with lead-tipped whips in 192 at Rome, Italy
• buried in the catacombs in Rome
• Pope Saint Nicholas I sent his relics to Vienne, France in 863
Saint Vincent of Rome
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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Commodus.
Died
• stretched on the rack, beaten with clubs, burned, then beaten to death with lead-tipped whips in 192 at Rome, Italy
• buried in the catacombs in Rome
• Pope Saint Nicholas I sent his relics to Vienne, France in 863
Saint Nemesius of Rome
Also known as
Nemesio
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Father of Saint Lucilla. Roman military tribune. Convert, brought to Christianity by Pope Saint Stephen I. Deacon in Rome, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian.
Born
Roman citizen
Died
beheaded with a sword c.260 in Rome, Italy
Saint Gurloes of Sainte-Croix
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Benedictine monk. Prior of Redon Abbey. Abbot of Sainte-Croix of Quimperle, Brittany (in modern France).
Died
1057 in Brittany, France of natural causes
Saint Maginus
Also known as
Magí
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Evangelized in the area of Tarragona, Spain. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Born
Tarragona, Spain
Died
beheaded c.304 near Tarragona, Spain
Saint Geruntius of Italica
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First century missionary to Spain; legend says he was a spiritual student of the Apostles. Bishop of Talco (Italica), Spain. Martyr.
Died
c.100 in prison
Saint Marcian of Saignon
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Founded the monastery of Saint Eusebius in Apt, France.
Born
Saignon, France
Died
485
Saint Severus of Agde
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Monk. Founded a monastery in Agde, Gaul (in modern France), and served as its first abbot.
Saint Julian of Syria
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Priest.
Born
Syrian
Saint Hermes of Eretum
Also known as
Ermete
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Martyr.
Saint Julius of Eretum
Also known as
Giulio
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Martyr.
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:
• Blessed Antoni Prenafeta Soler
• Blessed Antoni Vilamassana Carulla
• Blessed Enric Salvá Ministral
• Blessed Florencio Alonso Ruiz
• Blessed Fortunato Merino Vegas
• Blessed Josep Maria Panadés Terré
• Blessed Juan Pérez Rodríguez
• Blessed Luis Gutiérrez Calvo
• Blessed Luis Urbano Lanaspa
• Blessed Manuel Fernández Ferro
• Blessed Miguel Grau Antolí
• Blessed Pere Farrés Valls
• Blessed Ramon Cabanach Majem
• Blessed Salvi Tolosa Alsina
• Blessed Vicente álvarez Cienfuegos
