Saint John Chrysostom
புனித யோவான் கிறிசோஸ்தோம்
ஆயர், மறைவல்லுநர்
பிறப்பு
354,
அந்தியோக்கியா
இறப்பு
407,
கோமானா, போந்து
பாதுகாவல்: கல்வி, வலிப்புநோய், மறையுரையாளர்கள்
இவர் ஓர் சிறந்த மறைபோதகர். மிகச் சிறந்த முறையில் கல்வி கற்றார். இவர் கடுமையான தவ வாழ்வை மேற்கொண்டு குருத்துவப்பயிற்சி பெற்று குருவானார். மறைபோதகராக பணியாற்றி, ஏராளமான நன்மைகளை செய்தார். 397 ஆம் ஆண்டு கொன்ஸ்டாண்டினோபிளுக்கு ஆயராகத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். அப்பொறுப்பை மிக சிறப்பாக ஆற்றினார். பணிகளின் நடுவிலும் தவ வாழ்வை விடாமல் மேற்கொண்டார். குருக்களின் நடத்தையும் மறைபணியாளர்களின் வாழ்வையும் அறநெறிப்படுத்த முயற்சி செய்தார். ஆனால் அரசர்களாலும், தனக்கு எதிராக செயல்பட்டவர்களாலும் அதை நிறைவேற்ற
முடியாமல் தவித்தார். இவர் நாட்டைவிட்டு வெளியேற அரசர்களால் வலியுறுத்தப்பட்டார். இருப்பினும் அம்மக்களின்
நடுவே அஞ்சா நெஞ்சுடன் பணியாற்றினார். தன் சொல்வன்மையால் பலரின் மனதில் இடம்பிடித்தார். ஆடம்பர வாழ்விலிருந்து வெளியேறி ஏழைமக்களுக்கு பணிசெய்து, தன்னிடம் இருப்பவற்றை அவர்களோடு பகிர்ந்து அரசர்களை
அழைத்தார். இதனால் வெறிகொண்ட அரசர்கள் அவரை நாடு கடத்தினர். ஆர்மினியா நாட்டில் 3 ஆண்டுகள் வாழ்ந்தார். பின்னர் கருங்கடலின் தென்கிழக்கு பகுதிக்கு மீண்டும் நாடு கடத்தப்பட்டார். மிகவும் நலிவுற்று உடல் நலம் குன்றி காணப்பட்டார். ஒன்றும் செய்ய இயலாதவராய் அங்கேயே இறந்தார்.
Also known as
• Greatest of the Greek Fathers
• Golden-Mouth
• Giovanni Crisostomo
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John's father died when he was young, and he was raised by a very pious mother. Well educated; studied rhetoric under Libanius, one of the most famous orators of his day. Monk. Preacher and priest for a dozen years in Syria. While there he developed a stomach ailment that troubled him the rest of his life.
It was for his sermons that John earned the title Chrysostom = golden mouthed. They were always on point, they explained the Scriptures with clarity, and they sometimes went on for hours. Made a reluctant bishop of Constantinople in 398, a move that involved him in imperial politics. He criticized the rich for not sharing their wealth, fought to reform the clergy, prevented the sale of ecclesiastical offices, called for fidelity in marriage, encouraged practices of justice and charity. Archbishop and Patriarch of Constantinople. Revised the Greek Liturgy. Because John's sermons advocated a change in their lives, some nobles and bishops worked to remove him from his diocese; he was twice exiled from his diocese. Banished to Pythius, he died on the road.
Greek Father of the Church. Proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 451.
Born
c.347 at Antioch, Asia Minor
Died
407 of natural causes
Name Meaning
• God is gracious; gift of God (John)
• golden-mouthed (Chrysostom)
Patronage
• epileptics; against epilepsy
• Constantinople; Istanbul, Turkey
• lecturers, preachers, speakers, orators (proclaimed on 8 July 1908 by Pope Pius X)
Representation
• bees
• dove
• pen
Blessed Gertrude Prosperi
அருளாளர் ஜெர்ட்ரூட் ப்ராஸ்பெரி (1799-1847)
இவர் இத்தாலியில உள்ள பெருகியாவில் இருந்த ஒரு செல்வச் செழிப்பான குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர்.
சிறுவயது முதலே கடவுள்மீது மிகுந்த பற்றுகொண்டு வாழ்ந்து வந்த இவர், வளர்ந்து பெரியவரானதும், புனித பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்து, செவிலியர், கோயில் நிர்வாகி, நவகன்னியர்களுக்குப் பொறுப்பாளர் என்று பல்வேறு பொறுப்புகளை வகிக்கத் தொடங்கி, பின்னாளில் துறவு மடத் தலைவியாகவும் உயர்ந்தார்.
நற்கருணை ஆண்டவரிடமும், இயேசுவின் தூய்மைமிகு இதயத்திடமும் மிகுந்த பற்றுக் கொண்ட இவர், ஆண்டவர் சிலுவை சுமப்பது போன்ற காட்சிகளை அடிக்கடி கண்டு வந்தார்.
இப்படி இறைவன்மீது நம்பிக்கை கொண்டு, அவருக்கு உகந்த வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்து வந்த இவர், 1847 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 2012 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்டால் அருளாளர் பட்டம் அளிக்கப்பட்டது.
Also known as
Sister Maria Luisa Angelica
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Born to a wealthy, pious family, the daughter of Dominic and Maria Diomedi. Joined the Benedictines at the monastery of Sante Lucia di Trevi on 4 May 1820, taking the name Sister Maria Luisa Angelica. Served as nurse, sacristan, camerlenga and novice mistress. Elected abbess on 1 October 1837; she served for the rest of her life. Revived obsservance to the Rule of the Order. Devoted to Eucharistic adoration. Received a visions of Christ carrying his cross, of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and of Jesus as a pilgrim.
Born
• 19 August 1799 in Fogliano di Cascia, Perugia, Italy
• baptized on the same day at the parish church of San Hippolytus in Fogliano di Cascia
Died
• 13 September 1847 in Trevi, Perugia, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the church of Santa Lucia in Trevi
Beatified
• 12 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Spoleto, Italy
• her beatification miracle involves the healing of a woman in Umbria, Italy of a brain-related illness
Blessed María López de Rivas Martínez
Also known as
María of Jesus
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Born wealthy, but she gave it all up. Her father died when Maria was four years old, and she was raised by her paternal grandparents. Well educated. Joined the Carmelites at Toledo, Spain at age 17 and lived 63 years as a Carmelite nun. Stigmatist. Prioress. In 1600 she was unjustly accused of an offense by one of her sisters; she removed as prioress and isolated for 20 years. Close friend of Saint Teresa of Avila; Teresa trusted her so much that Maria was a test reader for The Interior Castle.
Born
18 August 1560 in Tartanedo, Guadalajara, Spain
Died
13 September 1640 in Toledo, Spain
Beatified
14 November 1976 by Pope Paul VI
Saint Amatus
Also known as
Aimé, Amad, Amat, Amé
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Born to the nobility. Entered the abbey of Saint Maurice of Agaune in Switzerland while still very young. Spent thirty years there as a schoolboy, Benedictine monk, and hermit. Accompanied Saint Eustace to Luxeuil Abbey in 614, and became a monk there. Brought the Merovingian nobleman Saint Romaric to the faith. Among his other charities, Romaric founded a Benedictine double monastery of Remiremont Abbey at Habendum in 620, and Amatus served as its first abbot.
Born
c.567 at Grenoble, France
Died
13 September 629 in Remiremont, Vosges, France of natural causes
Saint Aigulf
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Benedictine monk at Fleury, France. He led a party of monks sent to retrieve the relics of Saint Bernard from the Lombards. Abbot at the monastery in Lerins, France c.670, taking over a house badly in need of reform. Aigulf worked to restore order and discipline to the house, and many of the brothers supported him, but some resisted, and following a riot by the they conspired to have Aigulf and four of his supporters kidnapped, taken to the island of Capri, Italy, blinded, tortured and murdered. Though not a martyr in the standard sense, he died due to his defense of monastic life.
Born
c.630 at Blois, France
Died
murdered c.676 on Capri, Italy
Blessed Claude Dumonet
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Priest in the diocese of Autun, France. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
2 February 1747 in Prissé, Saône-et-Loire, France
Died
13 September 1794 aboard the prison ship Washington, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Venerius of Tino
Also known as
Venerio
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Hermit, monk and abbot on the Island of Tino near Genoa, Italy. The lighthouse on the island, and Venerius’s holy reputation, led to his patronage of lighthouse keepers.
Born
560
Died
630
Patronage
lighthouse keepers
Blessed Elizabeth Kearney
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Lay woman in the diocese of Cashel, Ireland. One of the Irish Martyrs.
Born
Irish
Died
13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Theobald Stapleton
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Priest in the diocese of Cashel, Ireland. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Thomas Morrissey
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Priest in the diocese of Cashel, Ireland. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Margaret of Cashel
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Lay woman in the diocese of Cashel, Ireland. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Edward Stapleton
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Priest in the diocese of Cashel, Ireland. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Richard Butler
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Franciscan Friar Minor priest. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed William Boyton
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Jesuit priest. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Richard Barry
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Dominican priest. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred on 13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Saint Litorius of Tours
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Bishop of Tours, Tertia Lugdunensis, Gaul (in modern France) who built the first church within the walls of the city.
Died
371 in Tours, Gaul (modern France)
Blessed James Saul
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Franciscan Friar Minor monk. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
13 September 1647 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Saint Maurilius of Angers
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Spiritual student of Saint Martin of Tours in France. Missionary. Bishop of Angers, France c.407.
Born
Milan, Italy
Died
c.430
Saint Amatus of Sion
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Monk. Abbot at Agaunum, Switzerland. Bishop of Sion, Switzerland. Due to a false accusation, he was exiled from his see, first to Péronne, France, and then Breuil, France; in both places he lived as a model, prayerful monk.
Died
690 of natural causes
Dedication of the Basilicas of Jerusalem
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Commemoration of the dedications of the basilicas built on Mount Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Blessed Hedwig of Hreford
Also known as
Hadwigis of Hreford
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Niece of Blessed Warinus of Corvey. Benedictine nun. Abbess of Hreford in Westphalia (part of modern Germany.
Died
c.887
Saint Julian of Ankyra
Also known as
Julian of Galatia
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Priest. Martyed in the persecution of emperor Licinius.
Died
c.321 in Ankyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey)
Saint Barsenorius
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Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Leutfridus. Abbot of La-Croix-Saint-Leuffroi Abbey in France.
Died
• 7th century
• relics are in Fécamp, France
Saint Macrobius
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Martyed in the persecution of emperor Licinius.
Born
Cappadocia (in modern Turkey)
Died
c.321 in Tomis near the Black Sea (in modern Turkey)
Saint Philip of Rome
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Father of Saint Eugenia of Rome. Saint Protus of Rome and Saint Hyacinth of Rome worked in his home.
Died
3rd century
Saint Evantius of Autun
Also known as
Evancius, Evance
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Bishop of Autun, France c.400.
Born
France
Saint Columbinus of Lure
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Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Deicola. Abbot of Lure in France.
Died
c.680
Saint Emiliano of Valence
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First bishop of Valence, Gallia Lugdunensis (in modern France) in the 4th century.
Saint Nectarius of Autun
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Bishop of Autun, France. Friend of Saint Germanus of Paris.
Died
c.550
Saint Ligorius
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Desert-living Christian murdered by a pagan mob. Martyr.
Died
relics venerated in Venice, Italy
Saint Gordian of Pontus
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Martyred with several unnamed companions.
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 Bienvenido Villalón Acebrón
• Blessed Emilio Antequera Lupiáñez
• Blessed Florencio Arnáiz Cejudo
• Blessed Francisco Rodríguez Martínez
• Blessed Joaquín Gisbert Aguilera
• Blessed José Álvarez-Benavides de La Torre
• Blessed José Cano García
• Blessed José Román García González
• Blessed Juan Capel Segura
• Blessed Juan Ibáñez Martín
• Blessed Luis Eduardo López Gascón
• Blessed Manuel Alvarez y Alvarez
• Blessed Manuel Martínez Giménez
• Blessed Pío Navarro Moreno
• Blessed Ramiro Argüelles Hevia
• Blessed Sabino Ayastuy Errasti
• Blessed Teófilo Montes Calvo
Also celebrated but no entry yet
• Bernard the Pilgrim
• Marcellino of Carthage
