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15 October 2022

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St. Victor

Feastday: October 17

Death: 554

Bishop of Capua, Italy, from 541 and an ecclesiastical writer, He authored several notable works, including the Codex Fuldensis , De cyclo paschali , and Capitula de Resurrectione Domine . He is perhaps to be identified with Victor, bishop of Capua of the same century. He is honored for his learning and historical concerns.

St. Herodion

Feastday: October 17

Death: 136

Martyred bishop, the successor of St. Ignatius at Antioch, Turkey, where he served for two decades.

Saint Herodian (died 136 AD) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and Bishop of Antioch, successor of Ignatius at Antioch, a title he held for two decades

St. Regulus

Feastday: October 17

Death: 4th century

An abbot of Scotland. He is best known for bringing the relics of St. Andrew to Scotland from Greece.

Saint Regulus or Saint Rule (Old Irish: Riagal) was a legendary 4th century monk or bishop of Patras, Greece who in AD 345 is said to have fled to Scotland with the bones of Saint Andrew, and deposited them at St Andrews. His feast day in the Aberdeen Breviary is 17 October.

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

புனித மார்கரெட் மரி அலக்கோக்

திருவிழா : அக்டோபர் 16, 17 October 16 (October 17 by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary and universally prior to 1969; transferred to Oct 20 in Canada)

பிறப்பு : 22 ஜூலை, 1647, லாட்டகொர், பர்கன்டி,பிரான்சு

இறப்பு : 17அக்டோபர், 1690(அகவை 43) பரே-லீ-மொனியல், பர்கன்டி, பிரான்சு

அருளாளர் பட்டம் : 18 செப்டம்பர் 1864,ரோம் (திருத்தந்தை 9ம் பயஸ்)

புனிதர் பட்டம் : 13 மே 1920,ரோம் (திருத்தந்தை 15ம் பெனடிக்ட்)

பாதுகாவல் : போலியோ பாதித்தோர், திருஇதய பக்தர்கள், பெற்றோரை இழந்தோர்

புனித மார்கரெட் மரி அலக்கோக் (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque) அல்லது புனித மார்கரெட் மரியா (22 ஜூலை 1647 – 17 அக்டோபர் 1690), பிரான்சு நாட்டைச் சார்ந்த கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் அருட்சகோதரி (கன்னியர்) மற்றும் மறைபொருளாளர் ஆவார். இயேசுவின் திருஇதய பக்திக்கு தற்போதைய வடிவம் கொடுத்தவர் இவரே.

தொடக்க காலம்

மார்கரெட் மரியா, 1647ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜூலை 22ந்தேதி பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் பர்கன்டியில் உள்ள லாட்டகொர் என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரது பெற்றோர்கள் புண்ணிய வாழ்வில் சிறந்து விளங்கியவர்கள். மார்கரெட் சிறு வயது முதலே, திவ்விய நற்கருணையில் இருக்கும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவின்மீது அதிக பக்தி கொண்டிருந்தார்; இயேசுவோடு அமைதியில் பேசுவது இவரது வழக்கமாக இருந்தது. இவர் முடக்கு வாதத்தால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டபோது, மரியன்னையின் உதவியால் குணமடைந்தார். இதற்கு நன்றியாகத் துறவற சபை ஒன்றில் சேர்ந்து கன்னியராக விரும்பினார்.

இயேசுவின் காட்சிகள்

1671 மே 25ந்தேதி, மார்கரெட் தனது 24ஆம் வயதில் பரே நகரிலுள்ள விசிட்டேசன் (மினவுதல் அல்லது சந்திப்பு) துறவற சபையில் இணைந்தார். அதே ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட் 25ந்தேதி தனது துறவற உடைகளைப் பெற்றுக்கொண்டார். 1672ஆம் ஆண்டு, இவர் கன்னியருக்கான இறுதி வாக்குறுதிகளை உச்சரித்தார்.

அந்த துறவற மடத்தில் மார்கரெட் திவ்விய நற்கருணை முன்பாக அதிக நேரம் செலவிட்டார். இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் பல காட்சிகளை காணும் பேறு மார்கரெட் மரியாவுக்கு கிடைத்தது. பலமுறை இயேசுவின் வேதனையுற்ற உருவத்தை இவர் காட்சியாக கண்டுள்ளார்.

1673 டிசம்பர் 27ந்தேதி, இயேசு கிறிஸ்து அன்புத் தீ பற்றி எரியும் இதயத்துடன் முதல்முறை மார்கரெட்டுக்கு காட்சி அளித்து, தனது திரு இதயத்தின் பக்தியைப் பரப்பும் திருத்தூதராக இவரைத் தேர்ந்து கொண்டார். அதன் பிறகு பதினெட்டு மாதங்கள் வரை, இயேசு இவருக்கு பலமுறை காட்சி அளித்தார். இயேசு இறப்பதற்கு முந்திய நாள் கெத்சமனித் தோட்டத்தில் அனுபவித்த மரண வேதனையை நினைவுகூரும் வகையில், ஒவ்வொரு வியாழனும் இரவில் திருமணி ஆராதனை மேற்கொள்ளுமாறு இயேசு இவரிடம் கூறினார்.

மார்கரெட் இயேசுவின் திரு இதய பக்தியைப் பரப்ப ஆர்வமுடன் உழைத்தார். மாதத்தின் முதல் வியாழக்கிழமை இரவு 11மணி முதல் 12மணி வரை நற்கருணை ஆராதனை செய்தல், முதல் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை திருப்பலியில் பங்கேற்று திவ்விய நற்கருணை உட்கொள்தல் போன்ற பக்தி முயற்சிகளையும் இயேசு இவர் வழியாகக் கற்றுக்கொடுத்தார். இயேசுவின் திருவுடல், திருஇரத்தப் பெருவிழாவைத் தொடர்ந்து வரும் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை அன்று இயேசுவின் திருஇதயப் பெருவிழா கொண்டாடப்பட வேண்டுமென்றும் மார்கரெட் மூலம் இயேசு கிறிஸ்து அறிவுறுத்தினார்.

தொடக்கத்தில் மார்கரெட் கண்ட காட்சிகளை நம்ப பலரும் மறுத்தனர். அவ்வேளையில் இவரது சபையின் ஒப்புரவாளராக இருந்த புனித கிளாட் தெ லா கொலம்பியர், இவரது காட்சிகளின் உண்மைத்தன்மையை முதன்முதலில் ஏற்று அறிக்கையிட்டார். அதன்பின், இவரது சபையைச் சார்ந்த மற்ற அருட்சகோதரிகள் அக்காட்சிகளை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டனர். 1686ஆம் ஆண்டு, அந்த துறவற மடத்தில் தனிப்பட்டவிதத்தில் முதல்முறையாக இயேசுவின் திருஇதயத்திற்கு விழா கொண்டாடப்பட்டது, இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பிறகு இயேசுவின் திருஇதயத்தின் பெயரால் அங்கு ஒரு சிற்றாலயமும் எழுப்பப்பட்டது.

புனிதர் பட்டம்

புனித மார்கரெட் மரியாவின் மெழுகு உருவம் இவ்வுலகில் இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவைப் பலமுறைக் காணப் பேறுபெற்ற மார்கரெட் மரியா, அவரை நிரந்தரமாகக் காண 1690 அக்டோபர் 17ந்தேதி விண்ணகம் சென்றார். திருஇதய பத்தி பற்றி மார்கரெட் எழுதிய குறிப்புகள், 1698ல் ஜெ. க்ரோய்செட் என்பவரால் இயேசுவின் திருஇதய பக்தி (La Devotion au Sacré-Coeur de Jesus) என்ற பெயரில் புத்தகமாக வெளியிடப்பட்டன.1824ல் திருத்தந்தை 12ம் லியோ இவரை வணக்கத்திற்குரியவர் என்று அறிவித்தார்.

மார்கரெட் இறந்து 140 ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து 1830ல் இவரது கல்லறைத் தோண்டப்பட்ட வேளையில், அழியாத நிலையில் இருந்த மார்கரெட் மரியாவின் உடல் வெளியே எடுக்கப்பட்டது. அப்போது இரண்டு அதிசயங்களும் நடைபெற்றன. 1864ல் திருத்தந்தை 9ம் பயஸ் இவருக்கு அருளாளர் பட்டம்வழங்கினார்.

1920ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை 15ம் பெனடிக்ட் இவருக்கு புனிதர் பட்டம் வழங்கினார். 1929ல் மார்கரெட் இறந்த அக்டோபர் 17ந்தேதியில் இவரது நினைவைக் கொண்டாடும் வகையில் இவரது விழா யில் இணைக்கப்பட்டது.1969ல் இவரது விழா அக்டோபர் 16ந்தேதிக்கு மாற்றப்பட்டது.

1928ல் திருத்தந்தை 11ம் பயஸ் இரக்கமுள்ள மீட்பர் (Miserentissimus Redemptor) என்ற தனது சுற்றுமடலில் மார்கரெட் மரியா கண்ட காட்சிகளை உறுதிசெய்யும் விதத்தில், இயேசு தன்னை மார்கரெட் மரிக்கு வெளிப்படுத்தி, அவரது இதயத்துக்கு மரியாதை செலுத்துவோருக்கு விண்ணக அருள்வரங்களை வழங்குவதாக வாக்குறுதி அளித்திருக்கிறார்" என்று குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார்.

Also known as

Margarita, Margherita, Marguerite

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Healed from a crippling disorder by a vision of the Blessed Virgin, which prompted her to give her life to God. After receiving a vision of Christ fresh from the Scourging, she was moved to join the Order of the Visitation at Paray-le-Monial in 1671.

Received a revelation from Our Lord in 1675, which included 12 promises to her and to those who practiced a true to devotion to His Sacred Heart, whose crown of thorns represent his sacrifices. The devotion encountered violent opposition, especially in Jansenist areas, but has become widespread and popular.

Born

22 July 1647 at L'Hautecourt, Burgundy, France

Feast:October 16 (October 17 by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary and universally prior to 1969; transferred to Oct 20 in Canada)

Died

• 17 October 1690 of natural causes

• body incorrupt

Beatified

18 September 1864 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Canonized

13 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

Patronage

• against polio

• against the death of parents

• devotees of the Sacred Heart

• polio patients

Representation

• woman wearing the habit of the Order of the Visitation and holding a flaming heart

• woman wearing the habit of the Order of the Visitation and kneeling before Jesus who exposes His heart to her

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

புனித அந்தியோக்கு இஞ்ஞாசியார் (ஆயர், இரத்த சாட்சி மற்றும் திருச்சபையின் தந்தையர்)

நினைவுத்திருநாள் : அக்டோபர் 17

பிறப்பு: சுமார், கி.பி 35

இறப்பு: சுமார் கி.பி 108 உரோமை

புனிதர் பட்டம்: சட்ட உறுவாக்கத்துக்கு முன்

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்: சான் கிலெமான்தே, உரோமை

திருவிழா: கிழக்கு மற்றும் சிரியன் கிறித்தவம்: அக்டோபர் 17 General Roman Calendar, 12th century to 1969: February 1 கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை மற்றும்காப்டிக் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை: டிசம்பர் 20

புனித அந்தியோக்கு இஞ்ஞாசியார் (சுமார் கிபி 35 - கிபி 108), அல்லது தியோபோரஸ் அதாவது கடவுளை தாங்குபவர்) என கிரேக்க மொழியில் அறியப்படும் அந்தியோக்கு நகர இஞ்ஞாசியார், அந்தியோக்கியா நகரின் மூன்றாம் ஆயரும், திருச்சபையின் தந்தையரும், திருத்தூதர் யோவானின் சீடரும் ஆவார்.

இவரைக் கொல்ல உரோமைக்கு இட்டு சென்ற வழியில் இவர் பல கடிதங்களை எழுதியுள்ளார். இக்கடிதங்களின் மூலம் ஆதி கிறித்தவர்களின் விசுவாசம் மற்றும் நம்பிக்கையினைப் பற்றி அறிய முடிகின்றது. இவரின் கடிதங்களில் திருவருட்சாதனங்கள், ஆயர்களின் பணி முதலியவைப்பற்றி எழுதியுள்ளார். கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை என்னும் சொல்முறையை முதன்முதலாக எழுத்தில் பயன்படுத்தியவர் இவரே.

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை மற்றும் காப்டிக் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபையில் இவரின் விழா நாள் திசம்பர் 20.கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் இவரின் விழா நாள் 17 அக்டோபர் ஆகும்.

Also known as

God-Bearer, Theophoros

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Convert from paganism to Christianity. Succeeded Saint Peter the Apostle as bishop of Antioch, Syria. Served during persecution of Domitian. During the persecution of Trajan, he was ordered taken to Rome to be killed by wild animals. On the way, a journey which took months, he wrote a series of encouraging letters to the churches under his care. First writer to use the term the Catholic Church. Martyr. Apostolic Father. His name occurs in the "Nobis quoque peccatoribus" in the Canon of the Mass. Legend says he was the infant that Jesus took into his arms in Mark 9.

Born

c.50 in Syria

Died

• thrown to wild animals c.107 at Rome, Italy

• relics at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome

Patronage

• against throat diseases

• Church in eastern Mediterranean

• Church in North Africa

Representation

• bishop surrounded by lions

• chains

• lions

Saint John the Short

சித்திரைக்குள்ளர் புனிதர் ஜான்

எகிப்திய பாலைவனத் தந்தை:

(Egyptian Desert Father)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 339

தீப்ஸ், எகிப்து (Thebes, Egypt)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 405

மவுன்ட் கொல்ஸிம், எகிப்து

(Mount Colzim, Egypt)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகள்

(Eastern Orthodox Churches)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகள்

(Oriental Orthodox Churches)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 17

“புனிதர் ஜான் கொலாபஸ்” (Saint John Colobus) என்றும், “தந்தை சித்திரைக்குள்ளர் ஜான்” (Abba John the Dwarf) என்றும் பலவித பெயர்களில் அழைக்கப்படும் இப்புனிதர் “சித்திரைக்குள்ளர் ஜான்” (John the Dwarf), ஆதி கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபையின் பாலைவனத்து தந்தை (Egyptian Desert Father) ஆவார்.

ஜான், எகிப்து (Egypt) நாட்டின் தீப்ஸ் (Thebes) நகரில், ஏழை கிறிஸ்தவ பெற்றோருக்குப் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். பதினெட்டு வயதில், அவர் மூத்த சகோதரருடன், “ஸ்கேட்டிஸ்” பாலைவனத்திற்கு (Desert of Scetes) குடிபெயர்ந்தார். அங்கே, அவர் புனிதர் “பம்போவின்” (Saint Pambo) சீடராகவும், புனிதர் பிஷோயின் (Saint Pishoy) ஒரு நல்ல நண்பராகவும் ஆனார். அங்கே, கடின எளிய வாழ்க்கையை வாழ்ந்த அவர், அங்கே சுற்றிலுமுள்ள துறவியர்க்கு தமது வாழ்க்கை முறையை கற்றுக்கொடுத்தார். அவர்களுள், ரோமன் அரச ஆசானும், பாலைவனத்து தந்தையுமான புனிதர் “பெரிய அர்சேனியசும்” (St. Arsenius the Great) ஒருவர் ஆவார்.

புனிதர் “பம்போ” (Saint Pambo) அங்கிருந்து புறப்பட்டதன் பின்னர், திருத்தந்தை “தியோபிலஸ்”, (Pope Theophilus) ஜானுக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். பின்னர், சுற்றுவட்டாரத்திலுமுள்ள “கீழ்படியும் மரங்களினூடே” (Tree of Obedience) தாம் நிறுவிய துறவு மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியானார். கி.பி. 395ம் ஆண்டு, வட ஆபிரிக்காவின் பெர்பெர் (Berbers) இனத்தவர்கள், “ஸ்கேட்டிஸ்” பாலைவனத்தை (Desert of Scetes) முற்றுகையிட்டபோது, ஜான் அங்கிருந்து “நைட்ரியன்” பாலைவனத்திலிருந்து (Nitrian Desert) வெளியேறி, ஓடிப்போன அவர், தற்போதைய சூயஸ் (Suez) நகரத்திற்கு அருகே கொல்சிம் (Mount Colzim) மலைக்குச் சென்றார். மீதமுள்ள வாழ்நாளை அங்கேயே கழித்த அவர், அங்கேயே மரித்துப்போனார்.

515ம் ஆண்டு, புனித ஜானுடைய உடலின் மீதங்கள், “நைட்ரியன்” (Nitrian Desert) பாலைவனத்திற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டன.

புராணங்களின்படி, ஜான் கீழ்படிதலுக்கு மிகவும் பெயர் போனவர். அவரது கீழ்ப்படிதலைப் பற்றி மிகவும் பிரபலமான கதை ஒன்று உண்டு. ஒரு நாள் புனிதர் பாம்போ, அருட்தந்தை ஜானிடம் ஒரு உலர்ந்த மரக் குற்றியைக் கொடுத்து, அதனை நட்டு, நீரூற்றி வளர்க்குமாறு கட்டளையிட்டார். அதனை நட்டுவைத்த ஜான், தினமும் இரண்டுமுறை, தாங்கள் வசிக்குமிடத்திலிருந்து பன்னிரெண்டு மைல் தூரம் நடந்து சென்று தண்ணீர் எடுத்துவந்து அதற்கு ஊற்றினார். மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகு, மரத்தின் குற்றி துளிர்த்து முளைத்து, ஒரு பழம் தரும் மரமாக வளர்ந்தது. புனிதர் பாம்போ, இந்த மரத்தின் சில பழங்களை எடுத்துச் சென்று, சுற்றிலுமுள்ள துரவியருக்குக் கொடுத்து, "எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள், கீழ்ப்படிதலின் கனியை சாப்பிடுங்கள்” என்று கூறி கொடுத்தார். கி.பி. 402ம் ஆண்டு, எகிப்தில் இருந்த போஸ்டுமியன் (Postumian), மடாலயத்தின் முற்றத்தில் வளர்ந்த இந்த மரத்தை காட்டினார், அதில் அவர் தளிர்கள் மற்றும் பச்சை இலைகள் ஆகியவற்றைக் கண்டார்

Also known as

• John Colobus

• John Kolobos

• John the Little

• John the Dwarf

• Yoannis Pi Kolobos

Profile

Born to a poor but pious family. From age 18, he lived in an underground cave he dug in the desert of Skete. Spiritual student of Saint Poemen and Saint Ammoes. Noted for being short of stature, short of temper, and conceited by nature; he did not grow in height, but as his faith increased, so did his gentleness and humility. In later life he was known for absent-mindedness, his thoughts being on the spiritual life. As a test of his new humble obedience, his director ordered him to water a walking staff stuck in the sand; John did so. It later blossomed, and John referred to it as the "tree of obedience". To escape Berber invaders around 395, he fled Skete and lived for years as a hermit on Mount Queolzum, near the current city of Suez. Spiritual teacher of Saint Arsenius.

Born

c.339 at Basta, Egypt

Died

• at Mount Qolzum of natural causes

• when John died, his servant, who had been in a nearby village, had a vision of John being carried to heaven by a group of angels and saints

• body moved to the desert of Skete in 515

Saint François-Isidore Gagelin

Also known as

• Francis Isidore Gagelin

• Frans Isidor Gagelin

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Studied at the Grand Seminary at Besancon, France. Member of the Paris Foreign Mission Society in 1817. Missionary to Vietnam in 1822. Priest. When the government began a crackdown on Christians, Francis turned himself over to the authorities of Bongson, and worked with other prisoners in the short time he had left. Martyr.

Born

10 May 1799 in Montperreux, Doubs, France

Died

• strangled to death on 17 October 1833 in Bãi Dâu, Saigon, Vietnam

• buried in Phukam, Vietnam

• relics later transferred to the seminary in Paris, France

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Profile

Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy. Graduated from the University of Padua in 1880. Noted civil and canon lawyer. Taught at several universities. Dean of the law faculty in Modena. Secular Franciscan tertiary. Member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul charity group. Friend of Pope Pius XI.

Born

4 April 1859 at Milan, Italy

Died

• 17 October 1902 at Suna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy of a heart lesion

• buried in Suna

• re-interred in the chapel of the Catholic University in Milan, Italy after his beatification

Beatified

13 April 1947 by Pope Pius XII

Patronage

colleges, schools, universities

Blessed Társila Córdoba Belda de Girona

Profile

Lifelong lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Married to Girona Lozano in 1884; mother of three; all of them preceded her in death. Widowed in 1922, she devoted herself to the Church and her faith. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was active in parish life, a member of Catholic Action, and had a ministry to the poor. Imprisoned on 10 October in the Spanish Civil War, she spent her final week ministering to fellow prisoners. Martyr.

Born

8 May 1861 in Sollana, Valencia, Spain

Died

shot at dawn on 17 October 1936 against the wall of the cemetery in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Richard Gwyn

Also known as

Richard White

Additional Memorial

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

Profile

Cambridge educated. Teacher. Renounced Protestantism, and converted. Imprisoned and martyred for his profession of faith. While in jail, he wrote religious poetry in Welsh. Martyr.

Born

c.1537 at Llanidloes, Powys, Wales

Died

17 October 1584 at Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Patronage

• large families

• parents of large families

• torture victims

Blessed Balthassar of Chiavari

Also known as

Baldassare Ravaschieri

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Franciscan Friar Minor (Observant). Doctor of theology. Priest. Guardian of Chiavari, Genoa, Italy. Preacher with Blessed Bernardine of Feltre. Gout forced him to retire from travelling, and he lived in a cell in the convent of Biansco, Italy, celebrating Mass and hearing Confessions.

Born

1420 in Chiavari, Genoa, Italy

Died

• 17 October 1492 in Binasco, Milan, Italy of natural causes

• buried in a marble tomb

Beatified

8 January 1930 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed)

Saint Catervus

Also known as

• Catervo

• Flavius Julius Catervus

Profile

Born to the imperial Roman nobility. Roman prefect. Married layman with a son named Bassus. Brought Christianity to the city of Tolentino, Italy. Martyred for doing so.

Died

• martyred in the 4th century in Tolentino, Italy

• relics in the Cathedral of San Catervo, Tolentino, which appears to have been built over his original sarcophagus

• sarcophagus opened in 1455 and his head transferred to a reliquary for veneration

Patronage

• diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

• Tolentino, Italy

Saint Anstrudis of Laon

Also known as

Anstrude, Austru, Austrude

Profile

Daughter of Saint Blandinus of Laon and Saint Sadalberga; sister of Saint Baldwin. When Sadalberga withdrew from the world to become abbess at Saint John the Baptist convent at Laon, France, Anstrudis went with her as a nun. On the death of her mother, Anstrudis reluctantly became abbess of the convent. Noted for her care for her sisters, her all night vigils, and her self-imposed austerities. Ebroin, mayor of the palace, viciously persecuted the Church of the day, and had her brother killed. He threatened Anstudis, but her simple faith won him over.

Died

688 of natural causes

Saint Florentius of Orange

Also known as

Fiorenzo, Florence, Florencio

Profile

Bishop of Orange, France. Known for his scholarship, his personal piety, and his non-stop fight against the heresies of the day. Part of the Council of Epaone in 517. Part of the Council of Arles in 527. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy.

Born

Tours, France

Died

c.526 in Orange, Provence, Gaul (in modern France)

Blessed Battista de Bonafede

Profile

Mercedarian friar at the Sant'Anne convent in Palermo, Sicily. Imprisoned and tortured in Africa by Muslims for preaching Christianity. Eventually ransomed by brother Mercedarians, and retired to the Sant'Anne convent.

Died

Sant'Anne convent in Palermo, Sicily of natural causes

Saint Rudolph of Gubbio

புனித_ருடால்ஃப் (1032-1066)

அக்டோபர் 17

இவர் (#St_Rudolph_Of_Gubbio) இத்தாலியைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

புனித பீட்டர் தமியானின் சீடராக இருந்த இவர், அவருடைய போதனையால் தொடப்பட்டு, தன்னுடைய உடைமைகளையெல்லாம் விற்று ஏழைகளுக்குக் கொடுத்துவிட்டு, புனித பெனடிக்ட் சபையில் துறவியாகச் சேர்ந்தார்.

குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட பின் இவர் இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகளுக்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

இப்படி இருக்கையில் 1061 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர், மிகக் குறைந்த வயதிலேயே இத்தாலியில் உள்ள குப்பியோ நகரின் ஆயராக உயர்த்தப்பட்டார்.

இதற்குப் பின்பு இவர் இறைப்பணியோடு மக்கள் பணியையும் மிகச் சிறப்பான முறையில் செய்தார். குறிப்பாக இவர் ஏழைகளுக்கு வாரி வாரி வழங்கி, தன்னலமில்லாமல் சேவை செய்தார். இப்படிப்பட்டவர் 1066 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Rodolph

Profile

In 1054 he gave his castle at Campo Regio to Saint Peter Damian, and became a Benedictine monk at Fonte Avellana under Saint Peter. Bishop of Gubbio, Italy in 1061. Described as a "miracle of unselfishness", noted for his charity.

Died

c.1066 of natural causes

Blessed Jacques Burin

Additional Memorial

21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval

Profile

Priest in the diocese of Le Mans, France. Martyred in the French Revolution.

Born

6 January 1756 in Champfleur, Sarthe, France

Died

17 October 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France

Beatified

19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy

Blessed Gilbert the Theologian

Also known as

• Gilbert of Citeaux

• Gilbert of Ourscamp

• Gilbert the Great

Profile

Benedictine Cistercian monk at Ourscamp Abbey in the diocese of Noyon, France. Abbot at Ourscamp in 1147. Abbot at Citeaux in 1163.

Born

in England

Died

1167 of natural causes

Saint Nothelm of Canterbury

Also known as

Nothhelm

Profile

Friend of Saint Bede and Saint Boniface. Priest in London, England. Archbishop of Canterbury, England in 734. His research into the history of Kent, England was used by Bede in his histories.

Died

739 of natural causes

Blessed Peter Casini

Also known as

Peter of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Profile

Priest. Member of the Order of the Clerks Regular of the Pious Schools. Beloved teacher who worked for years with kindergarten children.

Died

1647 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Saint Rufus of Rome

Profile

Brought to Rome with Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Zosimus during the persecutions of Trajan. Marytr.

Born

Philippi, Greek

Died

mangled by wild animals c.107 in the arena of Rome, Italy

Saint Zosimus of Rome

Profile

Brought to Rome, Italy with Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Rufus during the persecutions of Trajan. Marytred with Saint Rufus.

Born

Greek

Died

mangled by wild animals c.107 in the arena of Rome, Italy

Hosea the Prophet

Also known as

Osee

Profile

Eighth century BC Old Testament prophet. His message concerned the destruction of his compatriots in Samaria.

Saint Louthiern

Also known as

Ludowanus, Ludgvan, Ludewan, Ludgran, Luchtighem, Louthiem, Louthern

Profile

No information has survived.

Born

Ireland

Died

6th century

Patronage

Ludgran, Cornwall, England

Saint Solina of Chartres

Also known as

Solina of Gascony

Profile

Fled to Chartres, France to avoid marriage to a pagan. Martyr.

Born

Gascony, France

Died

beheaded c.290 in Chartres, France

Saint Heron of Antioch

Also known as

Herodion

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. Bishop of Antioch for 20 years. Martyr.

Died

c.136

Saint Berarius I of Le Mans

Profile

Bishop of Le Mans, France. Translated the relics of Saint Scholastica from Monte Cassino to Le Mans.

Died

c.680

Saint Ethelbert of Eastry

Also known as

Aethelbert

Profile

Great-grandson of Saint Ethelbert of Kent. Martyr.

Died

640 at Eastry, England

Saint Mamelta of Persia

Profile

Pagan priest in Bethfarme, Persia. Convert to Christianity. Martyr.

Died

stoned and then drowned in a lake in Persia c.344

Saint Ethelred of Eastry

Also known as

Aethelred

Profile

Great-grandson of Saint Ethelbert of Kent. Martyr.

Died

640 at Eastry, England

Saint Colman of Kilroot

Profile

Monk. Disciple of Saint Ailbe of Emly. Abbot. Bishop of Kilroot, Ireland.

Born

6th century Irish

Martyrs of Nicomedia

Profile

A group of Christians martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them that have survived are their names - Alexander, Marianus and Victor.

Died

303 in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Martyrs of Valenciennes

Profile

A group of Ursuline nuns martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.

• Hyacinthe-Augustine-Gabrielle Bourla

• Jeanne-Reine Prin

• Louise-Joseph Vanot

• Marie-Geneviève-Joseph Ducrez

• Marie-Madeleine-Joseph Déjardins

Died

guillotined on 17 October 1794 at Valenciennes, Nord, France

Beatified

13 June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

Martyrs of Volitani

Also known as

Martyrs of Bolitani

Profile

A group of martyrs who were praised by Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Died

Volitani, proconsular Africa (in modern Tunisia)

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 Fidel Fuidio Rodriguez

• Blessed José Sánchez Medina

• Blessed Perfecto Carrascosa Santos

• Blessed Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual

• Blessed Társila Córdoba Belda de Girona

Also celebrated but no entry yet

• Dominic Navarro

• Juan de Zamora

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் அக்டோபர் 16

St. Marguerite d'Youville

Feastday: October 16

Patron: of widows, difficult marriages, death of young children

Birth: October 15, 1701

Death: December 23, 1771

Beatified: 1959 by Pope John XXIII

Canonized: December 9, 1990, Vatican Basilica, by Pope John Paul II

Foundress of the Sisters of Charity, the Grey Nuns of Canada. St. Marguerite D'Youville was born at Varennes, Quebec, on October 15, Marie Marguerite Dufrost de La Jemmerais. She studied under the Ursulines, married Francois D'Youville in 1722, and became a widow in 1730. She worked to support herself and her three children, devoted much of her time to the Confraternity of the Holy Family in charitable activities.

In 1737, with three companions, she founded the Grey Nuns when they took their initial vows; a formal declaration took place in 1745. Two years later she was appointed Directress of the General Hospital in Montreal, which was taken over by the Grey Nuns, and had the rule of the Grey Nuns, with Marguerite as Superior, confirmed by Bishop of Pontbriand of Quebec in 1755.

She died in Montreal on December 23, and since her death, the Grey Nuns have established schools, hospitals, and orphanages throughout Canada, the United States, Africa, and South America, and are especially known for their work among the Eskimos. She was beatified by Pope John XXIII in 1959 and canonized in 1990 by Pope John Paul II.

Marguerite d'Youville, SGM (French pronunciation: [maʁɡʁit djuvil]; October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) was a French Canadian Catholic widow who founded the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the Grey Nuns. She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1990, becoming the first native-born Canadian to be declared a saint.

Early life and marriage

She was born Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais in 1701 at Varennes, Quebec, oldest daughter of Christophe du Frost, Sieur de la Gesmerays (1661–1708) and Marie-Renée Gaultier de Varennes. (According to Quebec naming conventions, she would have always been known as Marguerite, not Marie.) Her father died when she was a young girl. Despite her family's poverty, at age 11 she was able to attend the Ursuline convent in Quebec City for two years before returning home to teach her younger brothers and sisters.[1] Marguerite's impending marriage to a scion of Varennes society was foiled by her mother's marriage below her class to Timothy Sullivan, an Irish doctor who was seen by the townspeople as a disreputable foreigner.[2] On August 12, 1722, at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, she married François d'Youville, a bootlegger who sold liquor illegally to Indigenous Peoples in exchange for furs and who frequently left home for long periods for parts unknown. Despite this, the couple eventually had six children before François died in 1730. By age 30 she had suffered the loss of her father, husband and four of her six children, who died in infancy. Marguerite experienced a religious renewal during her marriage. "In all these sufferings Marguerite grew in her belief of God's presence in her life and His tender love for every human person. She, in turn, wanted to make known His compassionate love to all. She undertook many charitable works with complete trust in God, whom she loved as a Father."[1]

Marguerite d'Youville Sanctuary in Varennes

Marguerite and three other women founded in 1737 a religious association to provide a home for the poor in Montreal. At first, the home only housed four or five members, but it grew as the women raised funds. As their actions went against the social conventions of the day, d'Youville and her colleagues were mocked by their friends and relatives and even by the poor they helped. Some called them "les grises", which can mean "the grey women" but which also means "the drunken women",[3] in reference to d'Youville's late husband's career as a bootlegger. By 1744 the association had become a Catholic religious order with a rule and a formal community. In 1747 they were granted a charter to operate the General Hospital of Montreal, which by that time was in ruins and heavily in debt. d'Youville and her fellow workers brought the hospital back into financial security,[4] but the hospital was destroyed by fire in 1765.[1] The order rebuilt the hospital soon after. By this time, the order was commonly known as the "Grey Nuns of Montreal" after the nickname given to the nuns in ridicule years earlier. Years later, as the order expanded to other cities, the order became known simply as the "Grey Nuns".

Slave owner

d'Youville has been described as "one of Montreal's more prominent slaveholders".[5][6] d'Youville and the Grey Nuns used enslaved laborers in their hospital and purchased and sold both Indian slaves and British prisoners, including an English slave which she purchased from the Indians. The vast majority of the 'slaves' in the hospital were English soldiers and would be better described as prisoners of war. As described in 'The Captors' Narrative: Catholic Women and Their Puritan Men on the Early American Frontier': "These 21 men were not captive freeholders, resentful of their captors' religion and longing to reestablish themselves at home. They were for the most part young soldiers, many of them conscripts, simply wishing to survive their captivity. However strange they may have found the community that held them and the woman who supervised them, they were probably relieved to find themselves in a situation that offered a strong possibility of survival. They knew their fellow soldiers to be dying in nearby prisons -- places notorious for their exposure to the heat and cold and unchecked pestilence. As hard as they must have worked at Pointe-Saint-Charles, the men could easily have regarded their captivity at least as a partial blessing."[7]

Legacy

Marguerite d'Youville died in 1771 at the General Hospital. In 1959, she was beatified by Pope John XXIII, who called her "Mother of Universal Charity", and was canonized in 1990 by Pope John Paul II. She is the first native-born Canadian to be elevated to sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. Her feast day is October 16. In 1961, a shrine was built in her birthplace of Varennes. Today, it is the site of a permanent exhibit about the life and works of Marguerite.[8] The review process included a medically inexplicable cure of acute myeloid leukemia after relapse. The woman is the only known long-term survivor in the world, having lived more than 40 years from a condition that typically kills people in 18 months.[9]

A large number of Roman Catholic churches, schools, women's shelters, charity shops, and other institutions in Canada and worldwide are named after St. Marguerite d'Youville. Most notably, the renowned academic institution of higher learning, D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY, is named after her.[10] The D'Youville Academy at Plattsburgh, New York was founded in 1860.[11]

Sir Louis-Amable Jetté’s wife, Lady Jetté, wrote a biography of Marie-Marguerite d'Youville.[12]

Final resting place

In 2010, Mother Marie-Marguerite d'Youville's remains were removed from Grey Nuns Motherhouse and relocated to her birthplace of Varennes.[13]

Recognition

On September 21, 1978, Canada Post issued 'Marguerite d'Youville' based on a design by Antoine Dumas. The 14¢ stamps are perforated 13.5 and were printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited

St. Bercharius

Feastday: October 16

Birth: 636

Death: 696

Benedictine abbot and founder, martyred at Moutier-en-Der, France. He was a native of Aquitaine who became a monk at Luxeuil and was ordained. Bercharius became the first abbot at Hautvilliers, founded by St. Nivard. He also founded the monastery at Moutier-en-Der and a convent at Puellemontier. Bercharius was stabbed by Dagnin, a deranged monk whom he had disciplined, and died two days later on March 26.

St. Colman of Kilroot

Feastday: October 16

Death: 6th century

Abbot-bishop of Kiltrout, near Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. He was a disciple of St. Ailbhe of Emly.

St. Kiara

Feastday: October 16

Death: 680

Irish virgin, a disciple of St. Fintan Munnu Kiara, who is also listed as Chier, lived near Nenagh, in Tipperary, Ireland.

Saint Ciera of Ireland (alternately Chera, Chier, Ciara, Cyra, Keira, Keara, Kiara, Kiera, Ceara, Cier, Ciar) was an abbess in the 7th century who died in 679. Her history is probably commingled with another Cera (alternately Ciar, Ciara) who lived in the 6th century. However, some authors maintain that monastic mistakes account for references to Cera in the 6th century or that a single Cera had an exceptionally long life span.[1][2]

Life

There are two stories connected with the saint(s). In the first story, Cera's prayers saved an Irish town from a foul-smelling fire. When a noxious blaze broke out in "Muscraig, in Momonia," St. Brendan instructed the inhabitants to seek Cera's prayers. They followed his instructions, Cera prayed in response to their supplications, and the fire disappeared.[1][3] Since St. Brendan died in 577, this story likely refers to an earlier Cera. "Muscraig, in Momonia" may refer to Muskerry, an area outside of Cork. "Momonia" refers to southern Ireland in at least one ancient map.[4]

The other story relates how St. Cera established a nunnery called Teych-Telle around the year 625. Cera was the daughter of Duibhre (or Dubreus) reportedly in the bloodline of the kings of Connor (or Conaire). She, along with 5 other virgins asked Saint Fintan Munnu for a place to serve God. He and his monks gave the women their abbey in Heli (or Hele). Heli may have been in County Westmeath. He blessed Cera, and instructed her to name the place after St. Telle who had given birth to four children, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the plain of Miodhluachra that day.[2][5][6]

St. Cera eventually returned to her own province and founded another monastery, Killchree, which she governed until her death in 679.[3] The later Franciscan Kilcrea Friary stands about a mile west of where her monastery stood, and claims to have taken its name, Kilcrea, in her honor: "Kilcrea (Cill Chre) means the Cell of Cere, Ciara, Cera or Cyra

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

புனித மார்கரெட் மரி அலக்கோக்

(Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)

திருவிழா : அக்டோபர் 16, 17 October 16 (October 17 by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary and universally prior to 1969; transferred to Oct 20 in Canada)

பிறப்பு : 22 ஜூலை, 1647, லாட்டகொர், பர்கன்டி,பிரான்சு

இறப்பு : 17அக்டோபர், 1690(அகவை 43) பரே-லீ-மொனியல், பர்கன்டி, பிரான்சு

அருளாளர் பட்டம் : 18 செப்டம்பர் 1864,ரோம் (திருத்தந்தை 9ம் பயஸ்)

புனிதர் பட்டம் : 13 மே 1920,ரோம் (திருத்தந்தை 15ம் பெனடிக்ட்)

பாதுகாவல் : போலியோ பாதித்தோர், திருஇதய பக்தர்கள், பெற்றோரை இழந்தோர்

தொடக்க காலம்

இயேசுவின் காட்சிகள்

புனிதர் பட்டம்

Feastday: October 16

Patron: of those suffering with polio, devotees of the Sacred Heart, loss of parents

Birth: July 22, 1647

Death: October 17, 1690

Beatified: September 18, 1864, Rome by Pope Pius IX

Canonized: May 13, 1920, Vatican City, by Pope Benedict XV

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Roman Catholic Visitation nun and mystic, is greatly recognized for her devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

She was born in 1647 in France as the only daughter of Claude and Philiberte Lamyn Alacoque. Margaret has always shown an intense love for the Blessed Sacrament and preferred silence over typical childhood play. She began practicing severe corporal mortification after her first communion at 9-years-old.

She continued this until rheumatic fever confined her to her bed for four years. After making a vow to the Blessed Virgin Mary to consecrate herself to religious life, Margaret instantly returned to perfect health. In recognition of this favor, Margaret added the name Mary to her baptismal name.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque experienced visions of Jesus Christ for most of her life, but thought they were a normal part of life and continued to practice austerity.

After the death of her father, Margaret and her family were forced into poverty when a relative refused to hand over the family's assets. Margaret's only comfort in life was her frequent visits to pray before the Blessed Sacrament at a local church.

At 17-years-old, Margaret's family was able to regain control of their assets. Margaret's mother started encouraging her to become more social, in hopes she would find a suitable husband.

One night, after attending a ball in an evening dress, Margaret had a vision of Christ, scourged and bloody. He accused Margaret of forgetting about him. He showed her that His heart was full of love for her because of the promise she made to His Blessed Mother as a child. After this vision, Margaret was determined to fulfill the vow she made years ago. She entered the Visitation Convent at Paray-le-Monial in May 1671 to become a nun.

St. Margaret Mary was admitted to wearing the religious habit in August 1671 but was not officially admitted to profession until November 1672. Although she was described as humble, simple, kind and patient, Margaret had to prove the authenticity of her vocation.

During her time in this monastery, Margaret received several private revelations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. These visions showed her the "form of the devotion, the chief features being reception of Holy Communion on the first Friday of each month, Eucharistic adoration during a 'Holy hour' on Thursdays, and the celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart." The Lord Jesus requested His love be made evident through her.

In her vision, she was instructed to spend an hour every Thursday night meditating on Jesus' Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, a practice, known as "The Holy Hour," that later became widespread.

In December 1673, Jesus appeared to Margaret Mary again, and allowed her to rest her head on His heart. His human heart was to be the symbol of His divine-human love. He revealed to her the wonders of His love. He explained to her that he wished to make these wonders known to all the world, and that He chose her for His work.

Margaret Mary convinced her superior, Mother de Saumaise, her visions were authentic. However, she struggled with convincing others of the validity of her apparitions, even those in her own community. A group of theologians declared her visions delusions and suggested she eat better. Even parents of children she instructed began calling her an imposter.

Margaret eventually gained the support from the community's confessor, St. Claude de la Colombiere, who declared her visions were genuine. Finally, all opposition from the community, regarding Margaret's visions, ended in 1683, when Margaret Mary became the assistant to the Superior.

St. Margaret Mary, who later became known as Novice Mistress, led the monastery in observing the Feast of the Sacred Heart privately, and inspired the construction of a chapel built to honor the Sacred Heart.

Margaret Mary died a couple of years later, at the age of 43, on October 17, 1690, while being anointed. She spoke the words, "I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus."

After her death, the devotion to the Sacred Heart was adopted by the Jesuits but remained controversial within the Church. The practice did not become officially recognized until 75 years later.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was the topic of discussion long after hear death. People talked about her mission and qualities, her revelations and spiritual maxims and her teachings on the Sacred Heart. On September 18, 1864, Margaret Mary was beatified by Pope Pius IX. When her tomb was opened a few years later, two immediate cures took place and her body laid incorrupt.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was officially canonized on May 13, 1920 by Pope Benedict XV and, in 1928, Pope Pius XI upheld the Church's position regarding the credibility behind her visions of Jesus Christ. He stated Jesus "manifested Himself" to Margaret and the chief features of devotion to the Sacred Heart are "reception of Holy Communion on the first Friday of each month, Eucharistic adoration during a 'Holy hour' on Thursdays, and the celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart."

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is the patron saint of devotees of the Sacred Heart, and those suffering with polio and from the loss of parents. Her feast day is celebrated on October 16. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Roman Catholic Visitation nun and mystic, is greatly recognized for her devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque experienced visions of Jesus Christ for most of her life, but thought they were a normal part of life and continued to practice austerity.

At 17-years-old, Margaret's family was able to regain control of their assets. Margaret's mother started encouraging her to become more social, in hopes she would find a suitable husband.

In her vision, she was instructed to spend an hour every Thursday night meditating on Jesus' Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, a practice, known as "The Holy Hour," that later became widespread.

Margaret Mary died a couple of years later, at the age of 43, on October 17, 1690, while being anointed. She spoke the words, "I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus."

After her death, the devotion to the Sacred Heart was adopted by the Jesuits but remained controversial within the Church. The practice did not become officially recognized until 75 years later.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is the patron saint of devotees of the Sacred Heart, and those suffering with polio and from the loss of parents. Her feast day is celebrated on October 16.

Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690), was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form

Saint Hedwig of Andechs

சிலேசியா புனிதர் ஹெட்விக்

கைம்பெண், துறவி:

(Widow & Hermit)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1174

அந்தேக்ஸ், பவேரியா, தூய ரோமப் பேரரசு

(Andechs, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire)

இறப்பு: அக்டோபர் 15, 1243 (வயது 68–69)

ட்ர்செப்னிகா துறவுமடம், சிலேசியா, போலந்து

(Trzebnica Abbey, Silesia, Poland)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மார்ச் 26, 1267

திருத்தந்தை நான்காம் கிளமெண்ட்

(Pope Clement IV)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

அன்டேக்ஸ் துறவு மடம், மற்றும் தூய ஹெட்விக்’கின் ஆலயம், பெர்லின்

(Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin)

பாதுகாவல்:

அன்டேக்ஸ் துறவு மடம் (Andechs Abbey), பிராண்டன்பேர்க் (Brandenburg), பெர்லின் (Berlin), போலந்து (Poland), சிலேசியா (Silesia), க்ராகோவ் (Kraków), வ்ரோக்ளா (Wrocław), ட்ருஸ்பினிகா (Trzebnica), “கோர்லிட்ஸ்” ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க மறைமாவட்டம் (Görlitz, the Roman Catholic Diocese), அனாதைகள் (Orphans)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 16

புனிதர் “சிலேசியாவின் ஹெட்விக்” (Saint Hedwig of Silesia) என்றும், “அன்டேக்ஸின் ஹெட்விக்” (Saint Hedwig of Andechs) என்றும் அழைக்கப்படும் இவர், ஒரு “சிலேசிய சீமாட்டி, அல்லது பிரபுவின் மனைவியும்,” (Duchess of Silesia), “போலந்தின் சீமாட்டியும்” (Duchess of Poland) ஆவார்.

ஹெட்விக், “அன்டேக்ஸ்” நாட்டின் பிரபுவான “நான்காம் பெர்தோல்ட்” (Berthold IV of Andechs), மற்றும் அவரது இரண்டாம் மனைவியான “அக்னேஸ்” (Agnes of Wettin) ஆகியோருக்குப் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார்.

தமது பன்னிரண்டு வயதிலேயே சிலேசியா நாட்டை சேர்ந்த “முதலாம் ஹென்றி” (Henry I the Bearded) என்பவரை திருமணம் செய்து வாழ்ந்த இவர், ஏழு குழந்தைகளுக்கு தாயானார். இவர் தனது குடும்பத்தில் மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழ்ந்தார். ஹென்றி டிரேப்னிட்ஸ் (Trebnitz) என்ற ஊரில் சிஸ்டர்சியன் (Cistersien) துறவற மடத்திற்கென்று, துறவற இல்லம் ஒன்றை கட்டினார். அம்மடத்தில் துறவற இல்லத்திற்கான, மருத்துவமனை ஒன்றையும் கட்டினார்.

கி.பி. 1238ம் ஆண்டு, ஹென்றி இறந்து போனார். இதனால் அதே ஆண்டு, தமது சகோதரியாகிய “கேட்ரூட்” (Gertrude) தலைமை தாங்கி நடத்திவந்த துறவற மடத்தில், சத்தியப் பிரமாணம் ஏற்காத, துறவற சீருடையணிந்த, பொதுநிலை அருட்சகோதரியாக (Lay Sister) சேர்ந்த ஹெட்விக், செபதவ வாழ்வில் ஈடுபட்டார். அப்போது தன் பிள்ளைகளிடையே பிரச்சினைகள் எழுந்தது. இவரின் ஒரே பிள்ளையான “இரண்டாம் ஹென்றி” (Henry II the Pious) மங்கோலியர்களால் கொல்லப்பட்டார். ஹெட்விக் தன் பிள்ளைகளுக்காக இடைவிடாமல் செபித்து செபத்தினாலேயே மங்கோலியர்களை வென்றார்.

ஹெட்விக் எப்போதுமே ஏழைகளுக்கும் கைம்பெண்களுக்கும் அனாதைகளுக்கும் உதவி வந்திருக்கின்றார். நோயுற்றோர்க்காகவும் தொழு நோயாளிகளுக்காகவும் பல்வேறு மருத்துவமனைகளை நிறுவினார். தனக்கு சொந்தமான நிலங்களை திருச்சபைக்கு வழங்கினார். தனது கணவர் உதவியுடன் ஏழைகளுக்கு ஏராளமான் உதவிகளை செய்தார். இவர் குளிர்காலத்தில் கூட பனிகட்டிகள் கொட்டியபோதும், காலணிகள் அணியாமலே பனியில் நடந்து சென்று செபம் செய்து, மறைப்பணியாற்றி ஏழைகளுக்கு உதவியுள்ளார். கி.பி. 1243ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 15ம் தேதி மரித்த இவரது உடல், இவரது கணவரின் உடல் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்ட அதே “ட்ரேஸ்பெனிகா” (Trzebnica Abbey) துறவு மடத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது. இவரது உடலின் மிச்சங்கள் (Relic) ஜெர்மனியின் தலைநகர் பெர்லினில் உள்ள “தூய ஹெட்விக்” (St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin) பேராலயத்தில் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

Also known as

• Hedwig of Silesia

• Hedwig von Andechs

• Jadwiga Slaska

• Hedvigis, Hedwiges, Avoice

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Daughter of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania. Aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Married Prince Henry I the Bearded of Silesia and Poland in 1186 at age 12. Mother of seven, including Saint Gertrude of Trebnitz. Cared for the sick both personally and by founding hospitals. Widow. Upon her husband's death, she gave away her fortune and entered the monastery at Trebnitz where her daughter was abbess.

Born

1174 in Castle Andechs, Bavaria (part of modern Germany)

Died

• 15 October 1243 at at Trzebnica, Silesia (part of modern Poland)

• relics preserved at Adechs Abbey

Canonized

26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV

Patronage

• against jealousy

• brides

• duchesses

• death of children

• difficult marriages

• widows

• Silesia

• diocese of Görlitz, Germany

• Andechs Abbey, Bavaria, Germany

• 6 cities

Saint Gerard Majella

புனித_ஜெரால்டு_மெஜல்லா (1725-1755)

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இவர் (#St_Gerald_Mejalla) இத்தாலியில் உள்ள மூரோ (Muro) என்ற ஊரைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

இவரது குடும்பம் மிகவும் வறிய குடும்பம். இவரது தந்தை தையல்தொழில் செய்துக் குடும்பத்தைக் கரையேற்றி வந்தார். இவருக்குப் பன்னிரண்டு வயது நடக்கும்போது இவரது தந்தை இறந்து போனார். இதனால் இவர் பெருந்துயர் அடைந்தார்.

இவருக்குத் துறவியாகப் போக வேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணம் இருந்தது. அதனால் இவர் கப்புச்சின் சபைக்குச் சென்றார். அங்கிருந்தவர்கள் இவருடைய உடல்நிலையைக் காரணம் காட்டி, இவரைத் தங்களது சபையில் சேர்த்துக்கொள்ள அனுமதி மறுத்துவிட்டனர். இதன் பிறகு இவர் இரட்சகர் சபைக்குச் சென்றன்ர். அச்சபையில் இருந்தவர்கள் இவரை ஒரு சகோதரராக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்கள்.

துறவு மடத்தில் இவருக்குக் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட தோட்ட வேலை, நோயாளர்களைக் கவனித்துக் கொள்ளுதல், கோயில் பணியாளர்... போன்ற சிறு சிறு வேலைகளைக் கூட இவர் மனமுவந்து செய்தார். அதே நேரத்தில் இவர் வல்ல செயல்களைச் செய்பவராகவும் இருந்தார்.

ஒருமுறை பெண்மணி ஒருவர், தன்னுடைய வயிற்றில் வளரும் கருவிற்கு இவர்தான் காரணம் என்று இவர்மீது அபாண்டமாகப் பழிசுமத்தினார். அதற்கு இவர் எதுவும் சொல்லாமல் அமைதியாக இருந்தார். கடைசியில்தான் உண்மை தெரிய வந்து, இவர் குற்றமற்றவர் என்று நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டார்.

இன்னொரு முறை இவர் தனது நண்பருடைய வீட்டிற்கு விருந்துக்குச் சென்றிருந்தார். விருந்து முடிந்து வெளியே வந்துபொழுது, தன்னுடைய கைக்குட்டையை நண்பருடைய வீட்டிலேயே மறந்து வைத்துவிட்டு வந்துவிட்டார். அதை இவரது நண்பரின் மனைவி எடுத்துக்கொண்டு வந்து இவரிடம் கொடுத்த பொழுது, "இதை நீங்களே வைத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள், உங்களுக்குத் தேவைப்படும்" என்று சொல்லிவிட்டு இவர் வந்து விட்டார்.

இது நடந்து ஓரிரு மாதங்கள் கழித்து இவரது நண்பரின் மனைவி பேறுகால வலியில் துடித்த போது, அவர் இவர் கொடுத்துவிட்டுச் சென்ற கைக்குட்டையை நினைத்துப் பார்த்து, அதைத் தன் வைத்து வேண்டியபொழுது, அவருக்கு நல்ல முறையில் குழந்தை பிறந்தது.இதனாலேயே இவர் தாய்மார்களுக்கும், கர்ப்பிணிப் பெண்களுக்கும் பாதுகாவலராக இருக்கிறார்.

நாள்கள் மெல்ல நகர்கையில் இவரது உடல்நலம் குன்றியது.இதனால் இவர் 1755 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1904 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை பத்தாம் பயஸால் புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

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Son of a tailor who died when the boy was 12, leaving the family in poverty. Gerard tried to join the Capuchins, but his health prevented it He was accepted as a Redemptorist lay brother serving his congregation as sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor. Miracle worker.

When falsely accused by a pregnant woman of being the father of her child, he retreated to silence; she later recanted and cleared him, and thus began his association as patron of all aspects of pregnancy. Reputed to bilocate and read consciences. His last will consisted of the following small note on the door of his cell: "Here the will of God is done, as God wills, and as long as God wills."

Born

23 April 1725 at Muro, Italy

Died

• 16 October 1755 at Caposele, Provincia di Avellino, Campania, Italy of tuberculosis

• interred in the Basilica di San Gerardo Maiella in Materdomini Caposele, Provincia di Avellino, Campania, Italy

Canonized

11 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X

Patronage

• childbirth

• children

• expectant mothers

• falsely accused people

• good confessions

• lay brothers

• motherhood

• mothers

• pregnant women

• pro-life movement

• unborn children

• Basilicata, Italy

• Muro, Italy

Saint Longinus the Centurian

Also known as

Longino

Additional Memorials

• 15 October (Extraordinary Form)

• 22 October (Armenian Apostolic Church)

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Soldier who pierced the side of Jesus at the Crucifixion. Convert. Martyred by order of Pontius Pilate.

Born

Cappadocia

Died

• martyred in Cappadocia in the 1st century

• relics in the church of Saint Augustine, Rome, Italy

Patronage

soldiers

Representation

• lance

• soldier, often in a uniform contemporaneous with the artist, carrying a spear

• soldier at the foot of the cross

Saint Gall

Also known as

Callo, Chelleh, Gaaech, Gallen, Gallo, Gallonus, Gallunus, Gallus, Gilianus

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Younger brother of Saint Deicola. Studied at Bangor Abbey under Saint Comgall of Bangor and Saint Columba. Bible scholar. Priest. One of the twelve who accompanied Saint Columbanus to France and helped found Luxeuil Abbey. He followed Columbanus into exile in 610 and then to Austrasia, where he preached with little success around Lake Zurich, and near Bregenz.

Illness forced Gall to leave Columbanus's party in 612, though some say the leader suspected Gall of malingering, and imposed a penance on him, which Gall faithfully observed, of not celebrating Mass during Columba's life. When he recovered, Gall lived as a hermit on the Steinach River, attracting disciples. Saint Gall Monastery occupied this site, becoming a center of literature, the arts, and music, though legend to the contrary, Saint Gall did not found it. Worked there with Saint Magnus of Füssen. Legend also says that one night during this period Gall ordered a bear to bring fire wood for his group of hermits - and it did.

Exorcist. Twice refused bishoprics offered by King Sigebert, whose betrothed he had freed of demons which fled from her in the form of blackbirds. Reportedly was the offered the abbacy of Luxeuil on the death of Saint Eustace but declined, and remained a hermit.

Born

Irish

Died

c.630 at Bregenz, Switzerland

Patronage

• birds, geese, poultry

• Sweden

• Switzerland

Representation

• abbot blessing a bear, which brings him a log of wood

• birds

• carrying a loaf and a pilgrim's staff

• holding a hermit's tau staff with a nearby bear with a log

Saint Bertrand of Comminges

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Son of a military officer. His family exepected a military life for Bertrand, but he was drawn to religion, joined the canons of Toulouse, and became an archdeacon. Bishop of Comminges, France c.1075, a position he served for nearly 50 years; this area is part of the modern diocese of Toulouse. Reformed the clergy, enforced their discipline, and placed the cathedral canons under Augustinian Rule. Worked in the Synod of Poitiers in 1100; this synod excommunicated King Philip I, and were stoned by the public for their trouble. Helped preside at the consecration of the cemetery of Saint Mary at Auch during which some embittered monks from Saint Orens tried to burn down the church.

Once during a sermon at Val d'Azun, Bertrand was particularly forceful in taking the faithful to task for their sins. A near riot broke out, which Bertrand calmed before serious problems occurred. To make up for the disturbance, the local leaders agreed to provide free butter to Comminges every year during the week after Pentecost, a custom that continued until stopped by the French Revolution nearly 700 years later.

Born

11th century France

Died

1123 of natural causes

Canonized

1309 by Pope Alexander III

Patronage

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France

Blessed Józef Jankowski

Also known as

prisoner 16895

Additional Memorial

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

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Second of eight children of Robert and Michalina Jankowski. Joined the Pallottines in 1929, making his final vows on 5 August 1931. Ordained on 2 August 1936 in the archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland. Particularly involved in ministry to children and young people, working as a chaplain and catechist in schools in the area of Oltarzew, Poland. Seminary treasurer and director of novices on 31 March 1941. Had a devotion to Saint Teresa of Avila who inspired his interior spiritual life. Tortured and martyred in the Nazi persecutions.

Born

17 November 1910 in Czyczkowy, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland

Died

beaten to death by a guard on 16 October 1941 in the prison camp at Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Malopolskie, occupied Poland

Beatified

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

Patronage

• Oltarzew, Poland

• Ozarów Mazowiecki, Poland

Blessed Augustine Thevarparampil

Also known as

• Kunjachan

• Good Shepherd of the Dalits

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Priest in the eparchy of Palai, India, ordained on 17 December 1921. Worked the the "untouchable" caste in India, bringing them to the faith, and giving them some basic education to improve their lot in this world.

Born

1 April 1891 in Ramapuram, Kerala, India

Died

16 October 1973 in Ramapuram, Kerala, India of natural causes

Beatified

• 30 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated at Ramapuram, Palai, India

Blessed Anicet Koplinski

Also known as

Adalbert Koplinski

Additional Memorial

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

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Franciscan Capuchin friar. Priest. Friend of Blessed Fidelis Chojnacki. Martyred in the Nazi persecutions of World War II.

Born

30 July 1875 at Debrzyno, Pomorskie, Poland

Died

16 October 1941 in the gas chambers of the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland

Beatified

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

Saint Lull

Also known as

Lul, Lullon, Lullus, Lulo

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Related to Saint Boniface. Monk at Malmesbury Abbey in England. Missionary to Germany with Boniface who ordained him a priest with a mission of training new priests. Bishop of Mainz, Germany. After the death of Boniface, Lull took charge of the missionary work. Founded several monasteries in the region.

Died

787

Saint Mummolinus of Noyon

Also known as

Momelin, Mommolenus, Mommolinus, Mummolin

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Monk at Luxeuil Abbey in France. Abbot at the monastery at Saint Omer. Abbot of Sithin. Friend of Saint Bertin the Great. Bishop of Noyon-Tournai, Belgium.

Born

at Constance, Scotland

Died

c.686 of natural causes

Saint Eliphius of Toul

Also known as

Eloff, Elophe, Éliphe

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Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.

Born

in Ireland

Died

• beheaded in 362 in Toul, France

• relics translated to Cologne, Germany in the 10th century

Saint Ambrose of Cahors

Also known as

Ambroise, Ambrosius

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Bishop of Cahors, France during a turbulent period; he was forced to flee his diocese several times to escape enemies. He retired from his see to live as a hermit near Bourges, France. In his old age he made a pilgimage to Rome, Italy.

Died

c.752 at Saint-Ambroise-sur-Arnon, Berry, France

Saint Balderic of Montfaucon

Also known as

Baldric, Baudry, Balderik, Balderich, Beaufroi

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Born a prince, the son of King Sigebert I of Austrasia, an area in the east of modern France; brother of Saint Bova, and uncle of Saint Doda of Rheims. Founded the monastery of Montfaucon in Switzerland and a convent for his sister in Rheims, France.

Died

c.640 of natural causes

Saint Anastasius of Tombolenia

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Monk on the island of Tombolenia of the coast of Brittany, France. Monk at the monastery of Cluny. Hermit in the region of the Pyrenees in western France.

Born

Venice, Italy

Died

c.1085 near Pamiers, Gaul (in modern France) of natural causes

Blessed Jesús Villaverde Andrés

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Dominican priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

4 December 1877 in San Miguel de Dueñas, León, Spain

Died

16 October 1936 in Madrid, Spain

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Blessed Gerald of Fossanuova

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Cistercian monk at Fossanuova Abbey. Abbot of Fossanuova. Abbot of Clairvaux in 1170.

Born

at Lombardy, Italy

Died

killed by an unruly brother monk in 1177 at Igny Abbey, Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France

Saint Dulcidius of Agen

Also known as

Dulcet, Dulcidio, Doucis

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Bishop of Agen, France. Fought the Arian heresy, brought to his diocese by invading Vandals and Visigoths. Miracle worker.

Died

c.450 in Agen, Aquitaine (in modern France)

Saint Florentinus of Trier

Also known as

• Florentinus of Treve

• Florentius...

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Fourth-century bishop of Trier, Germany.

Saint Silvanus of Ahun

Also known as

Salvan, Sauvan, Silvain, Souvain, Sylvanus

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Deacon martyred by Vandals.

Died

c.264 in Agedunum, Gaul (modern Ahun, France)

Representation

deacon in a dalmatic holding a book and palm

Saint Amandus of Limoges

Also known as

• Amandus of Haute-Vienne

• Amand, Amatius, Amantius

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Hermit at the conflux of the Glanne and Vienne Rivers, diocese of Limoges, France.

Died

5th century of natural causes

Saint Baldwin

Also known as

Balduin, Balduinus, Baudoin, Baudouin, Boudewijn

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Son of Saint Sadalberga and Saint Blandinus of Laon. Brother of Saint Anstrude of Laon. Archdeacon of Laon in the time of Dagobert I, King of France. Martyred by Ebroin.

Died

c.680

Saint Conogan of Quimper

Also known as

Albinus, Conogon, Gwen

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Bishop of Quimper, France.

Died

460

Saint Vitalis of Noirmoutier

Also known as

Vial

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Monk on Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, France. Hermit on Mont Scobrit near the Loire River.

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in England

Died

c.740

Saint Magnobodus of Angers

Also known as

Mainboeuf, Maimbod

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Born to the Frankish nobility. Bishop of Angers, France, chosen by popular acclaim due to his personal piety.

Died

c.670

Saint Martinian of Mauretania

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Enslaved by Arian Vandals in Mauretania in North Africa. Martyred in the persecutions of Genseric.

Died

dragged to death by horses in 458

St. Maxima

Feastday: October 16

Martinian, his brother Saturian and their two brothers were slaves in Africa at the time of Arian King Jenseric's persecution of Catholics. They were converted to Christianity by another slave, Maxima. When their master insisted that Martinian marry Maxima, who had taken a vow of virginity, they fled to a monastery but were brought back and beaten for their attempt to escape. When their master died, his widow gave them to a Vandal, who freed Maxima (she later entered a monastery) and sold the men to a Berber chief. They converted many, petitioned the Pope to send them a priest, and were then tortured and dragged to their deaths by horses for their Faith. Their feast day is October 16.

Saint Saturian of Mauretania

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Enslaved by Arian Vandals in Mauretania in North Africa. Martyred in the persecutions of Genseric.

Died

dragged to death by horses in 458

Saint Bolonia

Also known as

Boulogne

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Nun. Martyred at age 15 in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate. Then village of Saint Boulogne in Maine, France is named for her.

Died

362

Saint Gaudericus of Mirepoix

Also known as

Gauderico

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Farmer in the region of the Pyrenees known for his devotion to the Mother of God.

Saint Eremberta of Wierre

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Niece of Saint Wulmar. Seventh-century nun. Abbess of Wierre-aux-Bois Abbey in France which Wulmar built for her.

Saint Bonita of Brioude

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Tenth-century nun in the region of Brioude, Aquitaine (in modern France).

Saint Vidal of Retz

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Eighth-century hermit in the region of Retz, Brittany (near modern Nantes, France).

Saint Junian

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Fifth-century hermit at Commodoliacus (modern Saint-Junien, France). Known as a miracle worker.

Martyrs in Africa

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A group of 220 Christians martyrs about whom we know nothing but that they died for their faith.

Martyrs of North Africa

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A group of 365 Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of the Vandal king Genseric. The only details that have survived are the names of two of the martyrs - Nereus and Saturninus.

Died

450 in North Africa

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• Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• Evodius of Uzala

• Fortunatus of Casei

• Petra de San José

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