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 Blessed Philip Rinaldi

Also known as

• Filippo Rinaldi

• Philippi Rinaldi

Profile

Philip met Don Bosco at age 5, and apparently instinctively understood the importance of the future saint. Though he felt a call to a religious vocation, Philip was torn, and was seriously considering marriage when he decided to become a disciple of Don Bosco at age 22. The Christian Brothers immediately saw something in him, and made him an assistant novice master even before he took his vows as a Salesian on 13 August 1880. Though he had no intention to become a priest, his superiors, who saw his potential better than he did, ordered him to study and take the tests, and he was ordained on 23 December 1882.

In addition to his work as novice master, Philip was placed in charge of the "late" vocations, those like himself who came to the Order as adults. Director of the Salesian community of Sarriá, Spain in 1889; he opened several new houses, and brought in many new vocations. Salesian provincial director in Spain from 1892 to 1901. Began publication of Lecturas Catolicas in 1895. Helped the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians expand in Spain.

Vicar-General of the Salesians on 1 April 1901. Founded centres to minister to the daily and spiritual needs of young women. Helped found the World Federations of Past-Pupils, and assisted the Salesian Sisters. Organized the Salesian International Congress of 1911. With Zelatrici di Maria Ausiliatrice he helped found the group that would evolve into the Volunteers of Don Bosco.

Rector Major of the Salesians on 24 May 1922, the third successor to Don Bosco, and the last one to have been personally trained by him. From that position he worked to bring Doc Bosco's vision to the 20th century, and the 20th century to the vision, doing all he could to spread Salesian spirituality and trust in God. He sent many young Salesians to learn foreign languages and customs so they would become more effective missionaries, and he asked Pope Pius XI to grant the "indulgence for sanctified work". He travelled extensively, preaching, encouraging vocations and the spiritual life of the laity. During his tenure the number of Salesians went from 6,000 to 10,000, there were 250 new houses and centres opened, and his teacher Don Bosco was recognized as a saint.

Born

28 May 1856 at Lu, Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy

Died

• 5 December 1931 of natural causes in Turin, Italy

• buried in the cemetery in Turin

• following the miraculous healing of Sister Mary Carla, he was re-interred in the Basilica of Mary Our Help, Turin

Beatified

• 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II

• his beatification miracle involved the healing and regeneration of the jaw of Sister Mary Carla who was shot in the face on 20 April 1945 in northen Italy in the waning days of World War II

Saint Sabbas of Mar Saba

 புனிதர் சப்பாஸ் 

வணக்கத்துக்குரிய தந்தை/ மடாதிபதி:

(Venerable Father/ Abbot)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 439

செசெரியா மஸாகா, கப்படோஸியா

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 5, 532

ஜெருசலேம், பாலஸ்தீனம் பிரைமா

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைகள்

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

தூய சப்பாஸ் மடாலயம், கிட்ரோன் பள்ளத்தாக்கு

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 5

புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், ஒரு கப்படோசியன் சிரியன் துறவியும் (Cappadocian-Syrian monk), குருவும் (Priest), பாலஸ்தீனத்தில் (Palaestina Prima) வாழ்ந்திருந்த புனிதருமாவார். இவரது பெயர் அராமைக் (Aramaic) மொழியிலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்டதாகும். அராமைக் மொழியில் இதன் அர்த்தம், முதியவர் என்று வரும். இவர், எண்ணற்ற பல்வேறு துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். இவர் நிறுவிய மடங்களில் முக்கியமானது, "மார் சபா" (Mar Saba) மடாலயம் ஆகும்.

புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், கப்படோஸியாவின் (Cappadocia) "செசெரியா மஸாகா" (Caesarea Mazaca) அருகேயுள்ள "முட்டலாஸ்கா" (Mutalaska) எனும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரது தந்தை, இராணுவ தளபதியான (Military Commander) "ஜான்" (John) என்பவராவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், "சோஃபியா" (Sophia) ஆகும்.

இராணுவ பணிகளின் காரணமாக "அலெக்ஸ்சாண்ட்ரியா" (Alexandria) பயணித்த இவரது பெற்றோர், ஐந்து வயதான இவரை இவரது தாய்மாமனிடம் விட்டுச் சென்றனர். இவருக்கு எட்டு வயதாகையில், இவர் அருகேயிருந்த "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) என்பவரது துறவு மடத்தில் சேர்ந்தார். புத்திசாலியான சிறுவன், விரைவிலேயே கற்றுத் தேர்ந்து, பரிசுத்த வேதாகமத்தின்பேரில் ஒரு நிபுணர் ஆனார். மீண்டும் இவ்வுலக வாழ்க்கைக்கு திரும்பவும், திருமணம் செய்துகொள்ளவும் அழுத்தம் தந்த இவரது பெற்றோரின் ஆலோசனைகளை சப்பாஸ் தீர்க்கமாக நிராகரித்தார்.

அவர் பதினேழு வயதானபோது, துறவற சமயச் சடங்குகளுக்காக தலையை முழுவதுமாக மழித்துக்கொண்டார் (Monastic Tonsure). பத்து வருடங்கள் "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) துறவு மடத்தில் செலவிட்ட அவர், பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து ஜெருசலேம் (Jerusalem) பயணித்தார். பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து, புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் மடாலயம் (Monastery of Saint Euthymius the Great) சென்றார். ஆனால், புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் அவரை அங்கிருந்து, அருகாமையிலுள்ள கண்டிப்பான செனொபிடிக் விதிகளைக் (Strict Cenobitic Rule) கடைபிடிக்கும் "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) எனும் மடாதிபதியின் மடாலயத்திற்கு அனுப்பினார். சப்பாஸ், தமது முப்பது வயது வரை இந்த மடாலயத்தில் கீழ்ப்படிதலுடன் வசித்தார்.

மூத்த "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) இறந்த பிறகு, அவரது பின்வரும் வாரிசு, சப்பாசை ஒரு குகையில் ஒதுங்கி வாழுமாறு ஆசீர்வதித்தார். சனிக்கிழமைகளில், அவர் தனது வசிப்பிடத்தைவிட்டு, மடாலயத்திற்கு வந்து, அங்கு அவர் தெய்வீக சேவைகளில் கலந்துகொண்டு சகோதர துறவியர்களுடன் உணவு உண்பார். ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலத்திற்குப் பிறகு, தன் வசிப்பிடத்தை விட்டு வெளியேறாதபடி சப்பாஸ், அனுமதி பெற்றார். அடுத்த ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்கு அவர் குகைக்குள் தனியாக வாழ்ந்தார்.

புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் (Saint Euthymius the Great), இளம் துறவியின் ஆவிக்குரிய முதிர்ச்சியைக் கண்டு, அவருடைய வாழ்க்கையை கவனமாக வழிநடத்தி, அவரை தம்முடன் வனாந்தரத்தில் வாழ இட்டுச் சென்றார். அவர்கள் ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் ஜனவரி மாதம், 14ம் தேதி முதல், குருத்து ஞாயிறுவரை அங்கு தங்கினர். சப்பாசை மூத்த குழந்தை என்று அழைத்த புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ், அவரை துறவற நல்லொழுக்கங்களில் வளர ஊக்குவித்தார்.

சப்பாஸ் பல்வேறு மடாலயங்களை நிறுவினார். சப்பாஸின் ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் பல்வேறு அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்ந்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. வறண்ட காலத்தின் போது, இவரது ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் ஏராளமான மழையைப் பெற்றார்கள். நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டவர்களும் குணமானார்கள்.

கி.பி. 491ம் ஆண்டு, ஜெருசலேம் நகரின் குலபதி அல்லது பரம்பரைத் தலைவர் (Patriarch Salustius of Jerusalem), இவருக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். கி.பி. 532ம் ஆண்டு, சப்பாஸ் மரணமடைந்தார்

Also known as

• Sabbas the Sanctified

• Sabbas the Great

• Sabas, Sava

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great at age 20. Anchorite from age 30, living in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and manual labor. He wove ten willow baskets each day. On Saturday he would take them to the local monastery, led by Saint Euthymius, and trade them for a week's food, and a week's worth of willow wands for more baskets. Took over leadership of the monks upon the death of Saint Euthymius. Co-superior with Saint Theodosius over 1,000 monks and hermits in the region.

Sabbas was a simple man with little education, but with a firm belief in the spiritual benefits of simple living. The combination of his lack of education and his severe austerities caused some of his charges to rebel. Sabbas tired of the squabbling, and he missed his time in prayer, so he fled to TransJordania. There he found a cave inhabited by a lion; the lion moved on, finding a new home, and giving the cave to the holy man. A distorted version of this tale reached the rebellious monks; they seized on it, reported to the patriarch that Sabbas had been killed by a lion, and requested a new leader be appointed. As this message was being formally presented to the patriarch, Sabbas walked into the room. This led to a confrontation during which the complaints of the monks were aired. However, the patriach took Sabbas's side, and the two restored order and discipline to the lives of the anchorites.

Sabbas led a peaceful uprising of 10,000 monks who demanded the end of the persecutions of Palestinian bishops of Anastatius I.

At age 90, Sabbas travelled to Constantinople where he successfully pled for clemency from Justinian for Samarians who were in revolt.

Born

439 at Motalala, Cappadocia

Died

• 532 of natural causes

• relics enshrined in Venice, Italy

Representation

• man holding the rule of his monastery in his hand

• man seated at the edge of a cliff

• man praying in a cave with a lion nearby

Blessed Jean-Baptiste Fouque

Also known as

the Saint Vincent de Paul of Marseilles

Profile

Jean-Baptiste grew up in a pious household, the son of Louis Fouque and Adèle Anne Remuzat. He studied at the school run by Servant of God Joseph-Marie Timon-David. Ordained a priest in Marseilles, France on 10 June 1876. Parish priest in the French cities of Auriol and La Major from 1876 to 1888; he was assigned to the Sainte Trinité parish on 15 April 1888, and served there the rest of his life, over 38 years.

In December 1891, his vicar-general asked Father Jean-Baptiste to organize care for orphans and abandoned chilldren. He founded "Le Sainte Famille" home for girls, which was eventually given to the care of Presentationist nuns, and used it as a model for opening other houses around the diocese, some for young girls, some for young boys, and some for those old enough to work as domestics. Opened "L'oeuvre de Salette" home for the elderly and infirm in an old convent in 1905. During World War I, 1914 to 1918, he worked to help the wounded and displaced.

There was little money available after the war to continue his work, but Father Jean-Baptiste convinced some physicians to donate their time to care for the poor and neglected. By 1919 the need for their work was so obvious that he was able to start contruction on a hospital for the poor, and opened the Saint John Hospital on 20 March 1921.

Born

12 September 1851 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Died

• 5 December 1926 at the Saint John Hospital in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France of natural causes

• re-interred at the Saint Joseph chapel of the hospital on 29 April 1993

Beatified

• 30 September 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Marseille, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

Saint Justinian

Also known as

Iestin, Jestin

Profile

Born to the Breton nobility. Well educated. Priest. Left his country to become a travelling evangelist. Settled to live as a hermit on the Isle of Ramsey near southern Wales, living with a pious layman named on Honorius; he moved in on the condition that all the women of the household were sent away.

He visited Saint David of Wales, who was so impressed with the man's holiness that he gave him hermitages on the mainland and a nearby island. Justinian is listed on very ancient Welsh calendars of saints and martyrs, and the church at Llanstinan is dedicated to him.

Some wonderful stories have become attached to the holy hermit.

• Once some sailors landed at the island hermitage. They said that Saint David was very ill, and that they had been sent to bring Justinian to the mainland. En route, Justinian discerned that the sailors were actually devils in disguise. The saint recited Psalm 79; the devils changed to blackbirds and flew, leaving the boat to sail itself safely to shore where Justinian found David in excellent health.

• Justinian died when he advised his servants that they should apply themselves to their jobs. Goaded by devils, the three of them became enraged, assaulted Justinian, and beheaded him. At the place where the body fell, a spring of healing water emerged from the ground. The killers were struck with leprosy, and lived out their days in the caves and rocks near the hermitage. Justinian had already specified a location for his burial; a church was built over the tomb, and became known as a scene of miracles. Saint David later moved the body to his own church.

Born

6th century Brittany (part of modern France)

Died

• murdered by servants

• venerated as a martyr due to the demonic nature of his killers (see profile above) and the assumption that their motive was Justinian's faith

Saint Christina of Markyate

Also known as

• Christina of Markgate

• Christina Theodora

• Kristina of Markyate

Profile

Born to the Anglo-Saxon nobility, the daughter of Autti, a rich and influential guild merchant. At age 15 she visited Saint Albans Abbey where she made a private vow of celibacy. Her parents opposed her vow, and arranged a marriage for her with a man named Berktred. Christina took her case to Bishop Robert Bloet who initially sided with her, but who was later bribed into changing his ruling.

Christina was betrothed and married against her will, spending the first years of married life as a prisoner, refusing to consummate the union. With the help of a hermit named Eadwin, she escaped, and fled to Flamstead where she lived for two years with an anchoress named Alfwen. She moved to a hermitage at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England in 1118, becoming the spiritual student of the hermit Blessed Roger of Albans.

In 1122, Burktred obtained an annulment from Thurstan, Archbishop of York, England. This and the death of bishop Bloet in 1123 allowed Christina to return to Markyate where she lived the rest of her life.

Her reputation for holiness soon attracted others, and her house became a priory of nuns. She was offered the position of abbess in York, Fontevrault, and Marcigny, but stayed at Markyate.

A skillful needle worker, Christina embroidered mitres and sandals for the English Pope Adrian IV, a former student of Saint Albans. While noted as stable and balanced, she was given to ecstacies and visions.

Born

c.1097 at Huntingdon, England

Died

c.1160 at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England of natural causes

Blessed Niels Stenson

புனித அருளாளர் நிகோலஸ் ஸ்டெனோ (நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன்) 

( Blessed Nicolas Steno (Niels Stensen) )

மருத்துவர், ஆயர் :

பிறப்பு : ஜனவரி 11, 1638 

கோப்பென்ஹாகன் Kopenhagen, டென்மார்க்

இறப்பு : நவம்பர் 25, 1686 

ஸ்வேரின் Schwerin, மெக்லன்பூர்க் Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

முத்திபேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 23, 1988 

திருத்தந்தை 2ம் ஜான்பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருநாள் : டிசம்பர் 5

லூதரன் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த அருளாளர் நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன், 1667ம் ஆண்டு கத்தொயல்க்க கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை ஏற்று கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்தவ மறையை தழுவினார். புளோரன்ஸ் (Florenz) நகரில் மருத்துவம் பயின்றார். 1675ம் ஆண்டில் புளோரன்ஸில் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு பல ஆண்டுகள் ஆன்மீக குருவாக பணியாற்றினார். 1677ம் ஆண்டு ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். 1680ம் ஆண்டு முன்ஸ்டர் (Münster) மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு பேராயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் பல கத்தோலிக்க ஆலயங்களை கட்டினார். இவர் ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளிலுள்ள ஆலயங்கள் பலவற்றிற்கு சென்று மறைப்பணியாற்றி பல ஆன்மாக்களை இறைவன்பால் ஈர்த்துள்ளார்.

Also known as

• Niels Steensen

• Nicolaus Steno

• Father of Geology

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Anatomist and priest. Among his anatomical achievements was the discovery of the excretory duct of the parotid glands and the circulation of the blood in the body. When the Danes finally called for him to return, he had become a Catholic in Florence, Italy, and as such could not return. In Italy he made many geological discoveries and was the first to explain petrifactions in the earth. Ordained in 1675, he was made vicar Apostolic for the northern missions and titular bishop of Titiopolis. He was in a constant personal struggle to have this faith and his scientific discoveries exist and work together.

Born

11 January 1638 in Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark

Died

5 December 1686 in Schwerin, Germany

Beatified

23 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint John Almond

Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Grew up in Ireland. Educated at Much Woolton, in Rheims, France, and at the English College, Rome, Italy at age 20. Ordained in 1598. Returned to England as a home missioner in 1602. Arrested in 1608 and 1612 for the crime of being a priest. The effectiveness of his debating skills against the anti-Catholic powers of the time led to his being one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

c.1577 at Allerton, Lancashire, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 5 December 1612 at Tyburn, London, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Saint Bassus of Nice

Also known as

Basse, Basso

Additional Memorials

• Easter Monday (translation of relics)

• 1 July (discovery of relics)

Profile

First bishop of Nice, France. Burned, beaten, tortured, and executed in the persecutions of Emperor Decius. Martyr.

Died

• nailed by two large metal brads to a board c.250

• relics moved to Cupra Marittima, Italy in the 6th century

• relics moved to the church of San Basso, Marano, Italy in 904

• relics moved to the church of the Assumption in 1876

Patronage

• Cupra Marittima, Italy

• diocese of Nice, France

Saint Crispina

புனித_கிறிஸ்பினா (நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டு)

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இவர் (#St_Crispina)தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவில் உள்ள தகோரா எந்த இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர். 

உரோமையில் இருந்த ஓர் உயர்குடிமகனை மணந்த இவர், தன் மக்களோடு மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

அக்காலத்தில் உரோமையைத் தியோகிளசியன் என்பவன் ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் கிறிஸ்துவர்களைப் பிடித்துத் துன்புறுத்திக் கொலை செய்தான்.

இந்நிலையில் கிறிஸ்பினா ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவள்  என்பதை அறிந்த தியோகிளசியன், கிறிஸ்துவை மறுதலித்துவிட்டு உரோமைக் கடவுளை வணங்கினால், விடுதலை செய்வதாகச் சொன்னான். இதற்கு இவர் மறுப்புத் தெரிவித்ததால், அவன் இவரைக் கொலை செய்தான். 

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Born a wealthy Roman citizen, she was a married lay woman, and mother of several children. Arrested for her Christianity during the persecutions of Diocletian. Tried, abused, humilitated and threatened in Thebeste (Thebessa) by Roman proconsul Anulinus, she gave a spirited defense of the faith. When she finished, she was sentenced to die. Marytr. Saint Augustine of Hippo routinely brought up Crispina in his homilies on martyrs.

Born

3rd century at Thagara (Tagora; Thacora), Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)

Died

beheaded in 304 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)

Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua

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Carmelite priest at Mantua, Italy for 35 years. Spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for which he composed a rule and statutes. Spiritual teacher of Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo. Noted preacher and healer with a strong devotion to the Eucharist.

Born

at Mantua, Italy

Died

1495 of natual causes

Beatified

1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Saint Gerald of Braga

Also known as

Gérald de Moissac

Profile

Born to the French nobility. Benedictine monk at Moissac, France. Taught grammer and music. Worked with the archbishop in Toledo, Spain, and served as cathedral choir director. Reforming bishop of Braga, Portugal in 1100. Stopped ecclesiastical investiture by laymen in his diocese.

Born

at Cahors, Gascony (in modern France)

Died

5 December 1109 at Bornos, Portugal of natural causes

Patronage

Braga, Portugal

Saint Aper of Sens

Also known as

Apre, Aprus, Avre, Epvre, Evre

Profile

First priest in 7th century LaTerrasse, diocese of Grenoble, France. After years of bickering among his parishioners and slander from every corner, he retired to live as a hermit at LaChambre, diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France. Built a cell for private prayers, and a nursing home to care for the poor. Spiritual director of a man later known as Aprunculus (little wild boar). The town of Saint-Avre, France grew up around the cloister.

Born

Sens, France

Saint Dalmatius of Pavia

Also known as

Dalmazio, Dalmazzo

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Raised a pagan. Adult convert to Christianity. Preached in Gaul and northern Italy. Bishop of Pavia, Italy for the last year of his life. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeus.

Born

at Monza, Lombardy, Italy

Died

304

Patronage

Cogliate, Italy

Blessed Giovanni Gradenigo

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Benedictine monk at Cuxa in the Catalonian Pyranees of Spain. Friend and fellow monk with Saint Peter Urseolo. In later life he retired to live as a hermit near Monte Cassino Abbey in Italy.

Born

Venice, Italy

Died

1025 at Monte Cassino, Italy of natural causes

Saint Martiniano of Pecco

Profile

Soldier in the Theban Legion. Martyr.

Died

• relics formerly enshrined under the high altar of the cathedral of Turin, Italy

• most relics moved to a parish church in Turin

• some relics enshrined in the parish church of Pecco, Italy

Patronage

Pecco, Italy

Saint Gerbold of Bayeux

Also known as

Gereboldus

Profile

Benedictine monk at Ebriciacum (in modern France). Founder and abbot of the abbey of Livray, France. Bishop of Bayeux, France.

Died

• c.690 of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Exuperius

Patronage

• against dysentery

• against headaches

Saint Pelinus of Confinium

Also known as

• Pelinus of Brindisi

• Pelino

Profile

Priest. Bishop of Brindisi, Italy. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Pelinus prayed in front of a temple to the pagan god Mars; it collapsed. Martyr.

Died

beaten to death by pagan priests in 361 in Confinium, Italy

Canonized

668 by Bishop Ciprio of Brindisi

Saint Bassus of Lucera

Also known as

Basso of Lucera

Profile

First bishop of Lucera, Italy; tradition says that he was consecrated by Saint Peter the Apostle. Martyred in the persecutions of Trajan.

Born

c.45

Died

118

Patronage

Termoli, Italy

Saint Consolata of Genoa

Profile

Born while her parents were on pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. Nun in a nearby convent that had been built by her father.

Born

near the Sea of Galilee

Died

relics taken to Genoa, Italy in 1109 by Crusaders returning from the Holy Lands

Saint Lucidus of Aquara

Also known as

Lucido

Profile

Monk of Saint Peter's Abbey near Aquara, Italy.

Died

c.938

Patronage

Aquara, Italy

Saint Cawrdaf

Also known as

Caurdave

Profile

Chieftain in Brecknock (in modern Wales) and Hereford (in modern England). Abdicated and retired to a monastery under the leadership of Saint Illtyd.

Born

Welsh

Died

6th century of natural causes

Saint Basilissa of Øhren

Profile

Benedictine nun. Abbess of Oehren (Herren; Horreum) Abbey, Trier, Germany.

Died

c.780

Saint Cyrinus of Salerno

Also known as

Cirino

Profile

Bishop. Martyr.

Died

relics enshrined in Salerno, Italy

Saint Gratus

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One of twelve Africans martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

302 at Thagura, Numidia, North Africa

Saint Anastasius

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During an early persecution of Christians, Anastasius publicly proclaimed his faith. Martyr.

Saint Firminus of Verdun

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Sixth century bishop of Verdun, France.

Saint Abercius

Profile

Martyr.

Martyrs of Thagura

Profile

A group of twelve African Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them that have survived are five of their names - Crispin, Felix, Gratus, Juliua and Potamia.

Died

302 in Thagura, Numidia

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 Joaquín Jovaní Marín

• Blessed Vicente Jovaní Ávila

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 St. Abba Isa

Feastday: December 4

whose nephew was Paul, son of a friend, Thecla, and Apollonius. We were martyrs in Kemet

Saint Barbara

புனித_பார்பரா (மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டு)

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இவர் (#StBarabara) தற்போதைய லெபனான் நாட்டை சார்ந்தவர். சிறுவயதிலேயே இவர் தனது தாயை இழந்ததால், தன் தந்தை தியோஸ்கோரஸ் என்பவரின் பராமரிப்பில் வளர்ந்து வந்தார். 

அழகுப் பதுமையாக இருந்த இவரை இவரது தந்தை ஒரு தனி அறையில் அடைத்து வைத்து, அங்கு ஆசிரியர்களை வரவழைத்து பாடம் கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார்.

ஒருநாள் இவரது தந்தை இவரை வெளியுலகைப் பார்த்துவிட்டு வரட்டும் என்று வெளியே அனுப்பி வைத்தபோது, இவர் புனித ஆரிஜன் என்பவரைச் சந்தித்தார். அவர் இவருக்குக் கிறிஸ்துவைப் பற்றி அறிவித்ததால், இவர் கிறிஸ்துவை நம்பி ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். 

இச்செய்தியை எப்படியோ அறிந்த இவரது தந்தை, இவரை நகரில் இருந்த ஓர் இளைஞருக்கு மணமுடித்துக் கொடுக்க முடிவு செய்தார். இதற்கு இவர் மறுப்பு தெரிவித்ததால், இவரை இவரது தந்தை நகரில் இருந்த ஆளுநர் மார்டினுஸ் என்பவரிடம் ஒப்படைக்க, அவர் இவரை இவரது தந்தையைக் கொண்டே கொல்ல உத்தரவிட்டார்.

இவ்வாறு இவர் டிசம்பர் 4 ஆம் நாள் தன் தந்தையால் வாளால் வெட்டிக் கொல்லப்பட்டார். இவர் அநியாயமாக கொல்லப்பட்டதால், வானத்திலிருந்து தோன்றிய மின்னல் ஒன்று இவரது தந்தையையும், இவரைக் கொல்ல உத்தரவிட்ட மார்ட்டினுஸ் என்ற ஆளுநரையும் எரித்துக் கொன்றது. 

Also known as

Barbe

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A beautiful maiden imprisoned in a high tower by her father Dioscorus for disobedience. While there, she was tutored by philosphers, orators and poets. From them she learned to think, and decided that polytheism was nonsense. With the help of Origen and Valentinian, she converted to Christianity.

Her father denounced her to the local authorities for her faith, and they ordered him to kill her. She escaped, but he caught her, dragged her home by her hair, tortured her, and killed her. He was immediately struck by lightning, or according to some sources, fire from heaven.

Her imprisonment led to her association with towers, then the construction and maintenance of them, then to their military uses. The lightning that avenged her murder led to asking her protection against fire and lightning, and her patronage of firefighters, etc. Her association with things military and with death that falls from the sky led to her patronage of all things related to artillery, and her image graced powder magazines and arsenals for years. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

While there were undoubtedly beautiful converts named Barbara, this saint is legend, and her cultus developed when pious fiction was mistaken for history.

Died

• beheaded by her father c.235 at Nicomedia during the persecution of Maximinus of Thrace

• some relics in Burano, Italy

• some relics in the Cathedral of Saint Vladimir, Kiev, Ukraine

• some relics at the Church of Saint Blaise, Vodnjan, Grad Vodnjan, Istarska, Croatia

Patronage

• against death by artillery • against explosions • against fire • against impenitence • against lightning • against mine collapse • against storms • against vermin • ammunition magazines • ammunition workers • architects • armourers • artillery • artillerymen • boatmen • bomb technicians • brass workers • brewers • builders • carpenters • construction workers • dying people • explosives workers • fire prevention • firefighters • fireworks • fireworks manufacturers • fortifications • foundry workers • geologists • gravediggers • gunners • hatmakers • hatters • against lightning • mariners • martyrs • masons • mathematicians • military engineers • milliners • miners • ordnance workers • prisoners • safety from storms • sailors • saltpetre workers • smelters • stone masons • stonecutters • storms • sudden death • Syria • tilers • warehouses • watermen • 8 cities •

Representation

• cannon, its attack being reminiscent of the lightning that struck her father

• catapult, its attack being reminiscent of the lightning that struck her father

• chalice

• host

• princess in a tower with either the palm of martyrdom or chalice of happy death

• woman holding a feather

• woman holding a tower

• palm of martyrdom

• tower

• woman trampling a Saracen

Saint John Damascene

 டமாஸ்கஸ் நகர புனிதர் யோவான் 

மறைவல்லுநர்:

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. சுமார் 676

டமாஸ்கஸ், பிலாட் அல்-ஷாம், உமய்யாட் கலிஃபாட்

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 4, 749 

மார் சாபா, எருசலேம், பிலாட் அல்-ஷாம், உமய்யாட் கலிஃபாட்

ஏற்கும் சபை/ சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

லூதரனியம்

ஆங்கிலிக்க ஒன்றியம்

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பாதுகாவல்:

மருந்தாளுநர்கள் (Pharmacists)

திருஉருவ ஓவியர்கள் (Icon Painters)

இறையியல் மாணவர்கள் (Theology Students)

டமாஸ்கஸ் நகர புனிதர் யோவான் ஒரு சிரியன் கிறிஸ்தவ துறவியும், குருவும் (Syrian monk and priest) ஆவார். “டமாஸ்கஸ்” (Damascus) நகரில் பிறந்த இவர், “எருசலேம்” (Jerusalem) நகருக்கு அருகில் உள்ள “மார் சாபா” (Mar Saba) என்னும் இடத்திலுள்ள அவரது துறவற மடத்தில் மரித்தார்.

பல்துறை வல்லுநர்:

பல்துறை வல்லுநராகிய இவர், சட்டம், இறையியல், தத்துவம், இசை முதலியவற்றில் பெரும் ஆர்வமும் புகழும் பெற்றிருந்ததுடன், அவற்றில் வல்லுனராகவும் திகழ்ந்தார். கத்தோலிக்க குருவாக குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெறுவதற்கு முன்னர், இஸ்லாமிய சமயத்தைத் தோற்றுவித்த “முகம்மது” (Muhammad) அவர்களுக்குப் பின்னர் அரசாண்ட சிவில் மற்றும் ஆன்மீக முஸ்லிம் ஆட்சியாளரான “காலிஃபா” (Caliph) என்பவரது தலைமை நிர்வாக அதிகாரியாக பணியாற்றியவர் என்றும் கூறப்படுவதுண்டு. பின்னர் அவ்வேலையை விடுத்து துறவியானார். இவர் கிறிஸ்தவ இறையியல் குறித்த பல நூல்களை இயற்றி உள்ளார். திருஓவியங்களைப் பயன்படுத்துவதை நியாயப்படுத்தி இவர் மூன்று நூல்களை எழுதினார். இவர் இயற்றிய பாடல்கள் பலவும் இன்றளவும் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபையினரால் உலகம் முழுவதும் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகின்றன. இவர், கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபையின் தந்தையருள் ஒருவர் ஆவார்.

இவர் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுநர்களுல் ஒருவர் ஆவார். இவர் மரியாளின் விண்ணேற்பை குறித்து விரிவாக எழுதியதால் இவர் விண்ணேற்பின் மறைவல்லுநர் (Doctor of the Assumption) என்றும் கௌரவிக்கப்படுகிறார். இவருடைய நினைவுத் திருவிழா நாள் டிசம்பர் மாதம், 4ம் நாள் ஆகும்.

இவர் கிரேக்கம் தவிர அரபு மொழியிலும் புலமை பெற்றிருந்தார் எனத் தெரிகிறது. மேலும், இஸ்லாமிய ஆளுநர் “காலிஃபா” (Caliph) அவர்களின் அவையில் இவரது தந்தை பணி புரிந்ததால் இவரும் சிறிதுகாலம் அங்கு பணியாற்றியிருக்கலாம் என்று சிலர் கருதுகின்றனர்.

கடைசி திருச்சபைத் தந்தை:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க அறிஞர்களின் கருத்துப்படி, புனிதர் டமாஸ்கஸ் யோவான் திருச்சபைத் தந்தையர் வரிசையில் காலத்தால் இறுதியில் வந்தவர் ஆவார். கி.பி. 1890ம் ஆண்டு, இவர் திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோ (Pope Leo XIII) அவர்களால் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் மறை வல்லுனராக பிரகடணப்படுத்தப்பட்டார்.

திருஓவியங்களுக்கு வணக்கம் பற்றி:

திருஓவியங்களுக்கு வணக்கம் செலுத்துவது முறையல்ல என்று “பைசண்டைன்” (Byzantine) மன்னர் அறிவித்ததைத் தொடர்ந்து, டமாஸ்கஸ் யோவான் அந்த அரசு கட்டளைக்குக் கடினமான எதிர்ப்புத் தெரிவித்து நூல்கள் எழுதினார். அவர் எழுதிய நூல்கள் பின்னர், கி.பி. 787ம் ஆண்டு நிகழ்ந்த “இரண்டாம் நீசேயா பொதுச்சங்கத்தின்’போது,” (Second Council of Nicaea) திருஓவிய வணக்கம் பற்றிய சர்ச்சைக்குத் தீர்வு காண்பதற்கு முக்கிய ஆதாரமாகப் பயன்பட்டன.

Also known as

• Doctor of Christian Art

• Jean Damascene

• Johannes Damascenus

• John Chrysorrhoas ("golden-stream")

• John of Damascus

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Son of Mansur, representative of the Christians to the court of the Muslim caliph. Apparently thrived as a Christian in a Saracen land, becoming the chief financial officer for caliph Abdul Malek. Tutored in his youth by a captured Italian monk named Cosmas. Between the Christian teaching from the monk, and that of the Muslim schools, John became highly educated in the classical fields (geometry, literature, logic, rhetoric, etc.).

He defended the use of icons and images in churches through a series of letters opposing the anti-icon decrees of Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople. Legend says that Germanus plotted against him, and forged a letter in which John betrayed the caliph; the caliph ordered John's writing hand chopped off, but the Virgin Mary appeared and re-attached the hand, a miracle which restored the caliph's faith in him.

After this incident, John became a monk near Jerusalem. Priest. Anathematized by name by the 754 Council of Constantinople over his defense of the use of icons, but was defended by the 787 Seventh Council of Nicea.

Wrote The Fountain of Wisdom, the first real compendium of Christian theology, along with other works defending the orthodox faith, commentaries on Saint Paul the Apostle, poetry, and hymns. Philospher. Orator; such an excellent speaker he was known as Chrysorrhoas ("golden-stream"). Last of the Greek Fathers of the Church, and the first of the Christian Aristotleans. Adapted choral music for use in the liturgy. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1890 by Pope Leo XIII.

Born

676 at Damascus, Syria

Died

749 of natural causes

Patronage

• pharmacists

• icon painting

• theology students

Representation

• with his severed hand

• with a Marian icon

Blessed Adolph Kolping

அடோல்ஃப் கோல்பிங் Adolf Kolping

பிறப்பு 

8 டிசம்பர் 1813, 

கொலோன் Köln

இறப்பு 

4 டிசம்பர் 1865, 

கொலோன் Köln

இவர் ஓர் ஆடு வளர்ப்பவர்கள் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர். தொடக்கக்கல்வி மட்டுமே படித்தவர். அதன்பிறகு காலணி செய்யும் தொழிலைக் கற்றார். பின்னர் காலணி செய்து ஊர் ஊராக சென்று வியாபாரம் செய்து வந்தார். அதிலிருந்து பெற்ற பணத்தைக்கொண்டு, 23 ஆம் வயதில் கொலோனிலிருந்த மார்ட்செல்லன் (Marzellen) பள்ளியில் இடைநிலைக் கல்வியைக் கற்றார். அதனைத் தொடர்ந்து உயர்நிலைக் கல்வியையும், இறையியல் கல்வியையும் மியூனிக்கில் கற்றார். பிறகு 13 ஏப்ரல் 1845 ஆம் ஆண்டு கொலோனில் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு எல்பர்ஃபெல்டிலும் (Elberfeld), வுப்பர்டாலிலும் (Wuppertal) துணை பங்கு குருவாகப் பணியாற்றினார். சிறந்த முறையில் மறையுரையாற்றி பல மக்களை திருப்பலியில் பங்கெடுக்கச் செய்தார். 1846 ஆம் ஆண்டில் இளைஞர்களுக்கென்று நிறுவனம் ஒன்றை நிறுவினார். அதன்பிறகு மீண்டும் 1849 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஏறக்குறைய ஏழு நிறுவனங்களையும் இளைஞர்களுக்கென்று நிறுவினார். மீண்டும் இவர் 1849 ஆம் ஆண்டு கொலோனில் வேறொரு பங்கிற்கு மாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டார். அப்போது இவர் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு நிறுவனம் ஒன்றையும் நிறுவினார். 

இவர் நிறுவிய அந்நிறுவனங்களில் ஒரு சில மாதங்களில் 230 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பணியாளர்கள் வந்து சேர்ந்தனர். அதன்பிறகு 1851ல் கைவேலை செய்யும் நிறுவனம் ஒன்றையும் தொடங்கினார். பிறகு 1853ல் கொலோனில் மிகப்பெரிய நிறுவனத்தை தொடங்கினார். அந்நிறுவனங்கள் அனைத்தும் சமூக பணிகளுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து செயல்பட்டது. அத்தோடு நோயாளிகளை கவனிப்பதற்கென்றும், இளைஞர்கள் நல்லதோர் எதிர்காலத்தை பெறுவதற்கும் வழிகாட்டியது. அத்துடன் படிப்பதற்கும் வழிகாட்டியது. அதன்பிறகு இந்நிறுவனங்கள் உலகம் முழுவதும் பணியாற்றியது. இன்றுவரை இவர் தொடங்கிய நிறுவனம் "கோல்பிங்" என்ற பெயரிலேயே இயங்கி பலவித பணிகளை ஆற்றிவருகின்றது. 

Also known as

• Father of All Apprentices

• Apostle of Working Men

Profile

Son of a poor shepherd. Apprenticed to a shoemaker. Studied in Munich, Bonn and Cologne in Germany. Ordained on 10 April 1845. Chaplain of Saint Laurentius parish, Elberfeld, Germany from 1845 to 1849. Founded several Catholic apprentice associations, one of which became the International Kolping Society with all its national and local organizations. Worked to improve the physical and spiritual lives of craftsmen and their apprentices. Worked with youth, and to improve family life. Vicar of the cathedral in Cologne. Rector of Saint Maria Empfängnis Church, Cologne in 1862.

Born

8 December 1813 at Kerpend, Germany

Died

• 4 December 1865 at Cologne, Germany of natural causes

• buried in the Church of the Minor Friars, Saint Maria Empfängnis, Cologne

Beatified

27 October 1991 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Saint Osmund

Also known as

Edimund, Edmund, Osimund

Additional Memorial

16 July (translation of his relics)

Profile

Son of Henry, count of Seez, Normandy, France. He received a good education, and became count of Seez in his own turn. Companion of William the Conqueror, and part of the force that invaded England in 1066.

Following the Battle of Hastings, he was made royal chaplain and Earl of Dorset. Helped prepare the Domesday Book, an analysis of the resources of England. Chancellor of England in 1072. Between his duties of chaplain and chancellor, he received a great education in administration and management.

Bishop of Salisbury, England in 1078. He took his duties seriously, concerned for the good of his diocese, even if many considered it conquered territory. His cathedral administration became a model for cathedrals throughout England. Believed to have initiated the Sarum Rite in England. May have written a biography of Saint Aldhelm of Sherborne, which has not survived, and approved his beatification in 1078. Knew and sought the guidance of Saint Anselm. Enjoyed copying and binding books.

His areas of patronage derive from the miraculous healings that occurred at his tomb, and which paved the way for his canonization.

Born

at Seez, Normandy, France

Died

• 4 December 1099 at Salisbury, England of natural causes

• buried in his cathedral at Old Sarum

• relics translated to Salisbury in 1226

• relics later translated to the new cathedral and deposited in the chapel of Our Lady in the church in 1457

• shrine was destroyed in the reign of King Henry VIII

• bones still interred in the same chapel, covered with a marble slab

Canonized

• 1456 by Pope Callistus III

• his cause had been pursued since 1228

Patronage

• against insanity or mental illness

• against paralysis

• against ruptures

• against toothache

• paralysed people

Saint Anno II

Also known as

• Anno of Cologne

• Annan, Annon, Hanno

Profile

A pious child. As a young man Anno became a soldier, and considered a military career; however, with the help of his uncle, the canon of Bamberg, he answered the call to religious life. He had a background in literature as well as theology, was an eloquent speaker, and considered quite handsome by writers of the day. Priest. Bishop and then archbishop of Cologne, Germany in 1055.

Anno became a member of the court of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III where he was known for his life of prayer. At one point he became so influential that he drew the reprimand of Pope Nicholas II for excess involvement in civil matters. Following the emperor's death, Anno was made regent for the young Henry IV. Henry rebelled against Anno's strict discipline and had him removed. However, the young Henry's companions were so corrupt that reform was required; in 1072 they were all thrown out, and Anno was brought in as regent again.

Anno supported the reforms led by Saint Peter Damian, and helped found monasteries in the region. He was involved in the disputes between Pope Alexander II and anti-pope Honorius II, supporting the legitimate Alexander and drawing the ire of many countrymen. Anno had his nephew, Cunon, chosen bishop of Trier, Germany; Cunon was opposed and then murdered by Count Theodoric. Anno spent his final years in Michaelsberg Abbey in Siegburg, Germany, praying and doing penance for this incident and others.

Born

c.1010

Died

4 December 1075 in Siegburg, Germany of natural causes

Canonized

1183 by Pope Lucius III

Patronage

Siegburg, Germany

Blessed Pietro Tecelano

Also known as

• Pietro Pettinaio

• Peter, Pier

Profile

Moved from Campi to Siena, Italy with his family as a child. He married and worked as a comb-maker. Widower. Franciscan tertiary, serving as a nurse in a Franciscan hospital. He continued making combs, living a simple, solitary life, giving any excess monies to the Franciscans, and spending his nights in prayer and meditation. He eventually moved from a layman's house to a cell in the monastery that ran the hospital. He considered himself too talkative, and worked to living in silence. Pilgrim to holy sites in various Italian cities. Known as a mystic and a miracle worker, he became a sought after advisor to priests and laity. The character of Pier the comb-seller in Dante's Purgatorio may have been modeled upon him.

Born

c.1200 at Campi, Tuscany, Italy

Died

• early December 1289 in Siena, Italy of natural causes

• buried at the Franciscan church in Siena

• his grave became a site for pilgrims and scene of miracles

• shrine built over his grave in 1326

• an annual local feast began to be celebrated in 1329

• shrine destroyed by fire in 1655

• remaining relics preserved by the Poor Clare nuns of Siena

Beatified

18 August 1802 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation)

Representation

comb

Saint Giovanni Calabria

Also known as

• John Calabria

• Johannes Calabria

Profile

Youngest of seven boys born to Luigi Foschi and Angela Calabria. His was a poor family, and his father died when Giovanni was only 9 years old; the boy had to leave school and become an apprentice. He eventually received some tutoring from a local priest, and was able to finish high school. Soldier. Priest, ordained on 11 August 1901. Rector of San Benedetto del Monte in 1907. Started a series of homes for abandoned adolescents throughout Italy. Founder of Congregation of the Poor Servants of Divine Providence, which received diocesan approval on 11 February 1932, and papal approval on 25 April 1949. Frequent correspondent, in Latin, with the author C. S. Lewis.

Born

8 October 1873 at Verona, Italy

Died

4 December 1954 at San Zeno, Italy

Canonized

18 April 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Italy

Saint Sigiranus

Also known as

Cyran, Sigiramnus, Sigirannus, Sigram, Siran

Profile

Born to the nobility of Berry, France; son of the Count of Bourges, a man who later became bishop of Tours, France. Part of the royal court of Clothaire II, serving as cup-bearer. Feeling a call to the religious life, Sigiranus refused an arranged marriage and took holy orders in Tours in 625. Archdeacon in Tours. Upon his death of his father, Sigiranus gave away his fortune to the poor; because of this, he was certified insane and locked up. Upon his release in 640, he made a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy, working with the serfs in the fields as he travelled. Founded the monasteries of Saint-Pierre de Longoret and Méobecq Abbey (later Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot) in the diocese of Bourges, France on land given to him by Clothaire. Monk and then abbot at Longoret in 655.

Died

• c.655 of natural causes

• relics were kept at the abbey of Saint-Cyran until 1860 when Empress Eugénie de Montijo encased them in a reliquary and gave it to the church of Saint-Michel-en-Brenne

Saint Clement of Alexandria

Also known as

Titus Flavius Clemens

Profile

Teacher at the Catechetical School in Alexandria, Egypt. He trained the famous theologian and teacher Origen. Writer and confessor of the faith. During the persecutions of 202, Clement fled to Caesarea, Cappadocia where he governed the diocese during the imprisonment of his student, Bishop Alexander.

Born

probably at Athens, Greece, as Titus Flavius Clemens

Died

217 of natural causes

Blessed Jerome de Angelis

Also known as

Geronimo, Girolamo

Profile

Jesuit priest. Sailed as a missionary to Japan shortly after ordination, but due to a series of problems, took six years to arrive, landing during a persecution of Christians. Spent twelve years working with the Nagasaki Christians. An edict in 1614 expelled Jesuits and ended Catholic missions in Japan. Jerome went into hiding in Nagasaki, and ministered to Japanese Christians in secret, disguising himself as a merchant. In 1623 he was found out by the authorities, and martyred with 47 other Christians.

Born

1568 in Enna, Sicily, Italy

Died

burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Saint Sola

Also known as

Sualo, Solo, Solus

Profile

No information of his early life has survived, and the first we hear of Sola he is a monk in England. He immigrated to Germany where he became a spiritual student of Saint Boniface. Ordained by Boniface. Hermit near Fulda, Germany, and later at Eichstätt, Germany. At each place he attracted would-be students. At Eichstätt there were so many who stayed that Sola founded the abbey at Solnhofen, Germany, for them; he spent the rest of his life there.

An obviously allegorical legend says that one day while riding a donkey, Sola saw a field of sheep with no shepherd; the sheep were attacked by a wolf, Sola ordered his donkey to fight off the wolf, and saved the flock.

Born

8th century England

Died

3 December 794 at the abbey of Solnhofen, Germany of natural causes

Blessed Francis Galvez

Also known as

Francisco Gálvez Iranzo

Additional Memorials

• 10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan

• 22 May as one of the Franciscan Martyrs of Japan

Profile

Joined the Franciscan Friars Minor in 1591. Missionary to Manila, Philippines in 1609. Missionary to Japan in 1612. Forced to return to Manila in 1614 due to the persecutions in Japan. In 1618 he dyed his skin, assumed a disguise, and returned to evangelize Japan. He worked there for several years before being captured and martyred.

Born

at Utiel, New Castile, Spain

Died

burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Saint Bernardo degli Uberti

Profile

Member of the Florentine nobility. Benedictine Vallombrosan monk. Abbot of San Salvi monastery. General-superior of the Vallombrosans. Created cardinal by Pope Urban II in 1097. Papal legate. Bishop of Parma, Italy in 1106. Exiled twice during disputes with anti - papal forces opposing Pope Saint Gregory VII, and with those who supported Conrad II as king of Germany, but considered a successful bishop.

Born

at Florence, Italy

Died

4 December 1133 in Parma, Italy of natural causes

Saint Ada of Le Mans

Also known as

• Ada of Soissons

• Ada of St-Julien

• Adarhilda, Adeneta, Adna, Adneta, Adnetta, Adnette, Adonette, Adrechild, Adrehilda, Adrehilde, Adrehildis

Profile

Niece of Saint Engelbert; Ada's whole family was known for its piety. Nun at Soissons, France. Abbess at Saint Julien-des-Prés abbey, Le Mans, France.

Died

• 7th century of natural causes

• buried in the church at Saint Julien-des-Prés abbey, Le Mans, France

• relics destroyed by Huguenots

Patronage

nuns

Saint Maruthas

Also known as

• Apostle of Iran

• Apostle of Persia

• Maruf

Profile

Bishop of Maiferkat, Mesopotamia. He reorganized the Church adminstration in Syria and Persia. Collected the stories (called the Passiones) of Syrian and Persian martyrs. Hymnist. Friend of Saint John Chrysostom.

Died

c.415

Patronage

Iran, Persia

Saint Adelmann of Beauvais

Also known as

Adalmann, Hildeman

Profile

Benedictine monk of Corbie Abbey, Amiens, France. Spiritual student of Saint Adelhard. Bishop of Beauvaus, France in 821; he served for 25 years. Signed and supported the decrees of the Council of Pris. Ministered to his people during Norman invasions.

Died

846 in Beauvais, France of natural causes

Saint John the Wonder Worker

Also known as

John Thaumaturgus

Profile

Bishop of Polybotum, Phrygia. Defended orthodox teachings and the use of images against emperor Leo the iconoclast. His reputation as a miracle worker was such that the emperor feared to act against him.

Died

c.750

Blessed Simon Yempo

Also known as

Simon Enpo

Profile

Buddhist monk. Convert to Christianity. Lay catechist. Jesuit. Martyr.

Born

c.1580 in Nozu, Japan

Died

burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Saint Heraclas of Alexandria

Profile

Brother of Saint Plutarch of Alexandria. Spiritual student of Origen. Succeeded Origen as the head of the catechetical school at Alexandria, Egypt. Patriarch of Alexandria in 231.

Born

Egyptian

Died

c.247 of natural causes

Saint Theophanes

Profile

Officer in the Byzantine imperial court of Leo the Armenian. He was arrested with three others officers for treason because they opposed Leo's Iconoclasm. The other survived the torture and imprisonment and became monks, but Theophanes did not. Martyr.

Died

tortured to death in 815

Saint Melitus of Pontus

Also known as

Meletus, Meletius

Profile

Late 3rd-century bishop in Pontus (in modern Turkey); known as an eloquent speaker. He was frequently abused for his faith during the persecutions of Diocletian, but there are no records of him being a martyr.

Died

c.295

Saint Bertoara

Profile

Abbess of the Columbanian house of Notre Dame de Sales, Bourges, France from 612 until her death.

Died

614 at Notre-Dame-de Sales, Bourges, France of natural causes

Saint Felix of Bologna

Profile

Spiritual student of and deacon for Saint Ambrose of Milan. Bishop of Bologna, Italy.

Died

429 of natural causes

Saint Apro

Also known as

Apri

Profile

Priest. Hermit.

Died

7th century Lyons, Gaul (modern France)

Saint Cyran of Brenne

Profile

Seventh century hermit in the forests of Brenne, France.

Saint Christianus

Profile

Martyr.

Saint Eraclius

Profile

Martyr.

Saint Prudens

Profile

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 Eulogio Álvarez López

• Blessed Ezequiel Álvaro de La Fuente

• Blessed Francisco de la Vega González

• Blessed Jacinto García Chicote

• Blessed Robustiano Mata Ubierna