St. Nicephorus
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Born c. 758
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died 5 April 828
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast 13 March, 2 June
Patriarch of Constantinople and martyr. The son of the secretary of Emperor Constantine V, he was raised as an opponent of the Iconoclasts in the imperial capital and remembered always that his father had been tortured for opposing the Iconoclast emperor. Nicephorus became known for his intellect and his eloquence, and received the post of imperial commissioner. After founding a monastery near the Black Sea, he was chosen despite being a layman to succeed to the office of patriarch of Constantinople in 806, succeeding St. Tarasius. He was opposed for a time by St. Theodore Studites after Nicephorus forgave a priest who married Emperor Constantine VI toTheodota despite the fact the Constantine's wife, Mary, still lived. The patriarch also challenged the Iconoclast policies of Emperor Leo V the Armenian and was deposed by a synod of Iconoclast bishops at the conniving of the emperor. Nearly assassinated on several occasions, Nicephorus was exiled to the monastery he had founded on the Black Sea, spending his remaining years there in prayer. He died on June 2 or March 13, 829. While patriarch, he brought various reforms to his large diocese and inspired the lay people. He was also the author of anti Iconoclast writings and two historical works, a Chronographia and Brevianim.
St. Euphrasia of Constantinople
Born 380
Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died March 13, 410 (aged 30)
The Thebaid, Egypt
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast March 13 (Roman Catholic)
July 25 (Eastern Orthodox)
Noble Roman raised by Emperor Theodosius I when her father, Antigonus, died. Her mother entered a convent in Egypt, and Euphrasia, at the age of five, went with her. At the age of twelve, orphaned, she was commanded by Emperor Arcadius to marry a senator but received permission to give her wealth to the poor and remain a nun. Also known as Euphraxia, she was known for her holiness.
Saint Euphrasia (also, Eupraxia) (380 – March 13, 410) was a Constantinopolitan nun who was venerated after her death as a saint for her piety and example of charity.
Life
Euphrasia was the only daughter of Antigonus—a nobleman of the court of Emperor Theodosius I, to whom he was related—and of Euphrasia, his wife. When Antigonus died, his widow and young daughter withdrew together to Egypt, near a monastery of one hundred and thirty nuns.[1] This was less than a century since St. Anthony had established his first monastery, but monasticism in that time had spread with incredible speed.
At the age of seven, Euphrasia begged to take vows and become a nun at the monastery. When her mother presented the child to the abbess, Euphrasia took up an image of Christ and kissed it, saying, "By vow I consecrate myself to Christ."[1] Her mother replied, "Lord Jesus Christ, receive this child under your special protection. You alone doth she love and seek: to you doth she recommend herself."[1] Soon after, Euphrasia's mother became ill and died.
Hearing of her mother's death, the Emperor Theodosius I sent for Euphrasia, whom he had promised in marriage to a young senator.[1] She responded with a letter to the Emperor declining the offer to marry; instead, she requested that her estate be sold and divided among the poor, and that her slaves be manumitted. The emperor did as she requested shortly before his death in 395.[1]
Another version of her biography states that Euphrasia was raised in the court of Theodosius, and that her mother joined the monastery; Euphrasia joined her as a child. The same version says that it was Theodosius' successor, Arcadius, that commanded her to marry the senator, but she was likewise permitted to remain a nun and give away her property.[2]
Euphrasia was known for her humility, meekness, and charity; her abbess often advised her to perform manual labor when she was burdened with temptations. As a part of these labors, she often carried heavy stones from one place to another—once she did so for thirty days at one time.[1] Euphrasia died in the year 410 at the age of thirty.
Saint Leander of Seville
புனிதர் லியாண்டர்
ஆயர்:
பிறப்பு: கி,பி, 534
கார்டகெனா, ஸ்பெயின்
இறப்பு: மார்ச் 13, 600
செவில், ஸ்பெயின்
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 13
புனிதர் லியாண்டர், "செவில்" நகரின் கத்தோலிக்க ஆயரும் (Catholic Bishop of Seville) தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின் மற்றும் போர்ச்சுகல் நாடுகளை ஒன்றிணைத்த அப்போதைய "ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பத்தின்" (Iberian Peninsula) மன்னர்களை கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைக்கு மனம் மாற தூண்டுகோலாய் இருந்தவரும் ஆவார். ("ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பம்" – “Iberian Peninsula” ஐரோப்பாவின் தென்மேற்கு கோடியில் அமைந்துள்ள வளைகுடாவாகும்)
இவர், புனிதர் இஸிதோரி'ன் (St. Isidore of Seville) சகோதரர் ஆவார். இவரது சகோதரர்கள் அவைவருமே புனிதர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்கள் உயரடுக்கு "ஹிஸ்பானோ-ரோமன்" (Hispano-Roman) குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்களது தந்தை "செவரியனஸ்" (Severianus) "கார்ட்டஜெனாவின்" ஆளுநர் (Governor of Cartagena) ஆவார். சுமார் கி.பி. 554ல் செவில் (Seville) நகருக்கு குடிபெயர்ந்தனர். புனிதர்கள் லியாண்டர் மற்றும் இசிதோர் இருவரும் செவில் நகரின் ஆயர்களாவர். இவர்களது சகோதரியான புனிதர் ஃப்ளோரின்டினா" (Saint Florentina) ஒரு மடாதிபதியும், சுமார் நாற்பதுக்கு மேற்பட்ட பள்ளிகளை நிறுவியவருமாவார். சுமார் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பெண் துறவியர்கள் இவரது மடத்தில் இருந்தனர். மூன்றாவது சகோதரரான "புனிதர் ஃபுல்ஜென்ஷியஸ்" (St. Fulgentius of Cartagena) "எஸிஜா" மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் (Bishop of Écija) ஆவார்.
புனிதர் லியாண்டர், கிறிஸ்துவை கடவுள் என்பதை நம்பாமல் மறுத்துவந்த ஆரியனிச நாத்திகவாதிகளுக்கு எதிராக (heresy of Arianism) மக்களை மனம் திருப்புவதில் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டவர் ஆவார். இவரது மரணம் சம்பவித்த காலத்தில், அரசியல் மற்றும் மத எழுச்சி கொண்டிருந்த ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் கிறிஸ்தவ சமயம் வளமையடைய பெரிதும் உதவினார்.
தமது இளமையில் துறவறம் புகுந்த லியாண்டர், மூன்று வருடங்களை கல்வியிலும் செபத்திலும் செலவிட்டார். அந்த சாந்தமான காலத்தின் பின்னர் அவர் ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். பின்வந்த அவரது வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் நாத்திகத்திற்கு எதிராக விடாமுயற்சியுடன் போராடிப் பணியாற்றினார். கிறிஸ்தவத்திற்கெதிரான அரசன் கி.பி. 586ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்ததும் லியாண்டரின் கனவுகள் நனவாக காரணமாயின. அதன்பின்னர் முடிசூடிய அரசனும், லியாண்டரும் கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுகளை மீட்கவும் அறநெறி உணர்வுகளை புதுப்பிக்கவும் கைகோர்த்து பணியாற்றினார். ஆரியனிச ஆயர்கள் பலர் தமது விசுவாசத்தினை மாற்றிக்கொள்ள இணங்கவைப்பதில் லியாண்டர் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டார்.
கி.பி. சுமார் 600ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்த லியாண்டர், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுனராக போற்றப்படுகின்றார்.
Also known as
Leandro
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Son of Severianus and Theodora, known for their piety. Elder brother of Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint Fulgentius of Ecija, and Saint Florentina of Cartagena. Monk at Seville, Spain. Bishop of Seville.
Converted Saint Hermengild and Prince Reccared, sons of the Arian Visigoth king Leovigild, who then exiled Leander to Constantinople from 579 to 582. There he became close friends with the papal legate who later became Pope Saint Gregory the Great; he recommended that Gregory write his famous commentary (Moralia) on the Book of Job.
When Reccared ascended the throne, Leander was allowed to return to Seville. He worked against Arianism, and presided over the Third Council of Toledo in 589. He revised and unified the Spanish liturgy, and his boundless energy and steady faith led the Visigoths back to orthodox Christianity. Leander wrote an influential Rule for nuns. He introduced the Nicene Creed to Mass in the west. Honored as a Doctor of the Faith by the Church in Spain.
Born
c.534 at Cartagena, Spain
Died
c.600 at Seville, Spain of natural causes
Blessed Françoise Tréhet
Also known as
Francesca
Additional Memorial
21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval
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Born to the nobility, she grew up in a family of wealthy land-owners. Joined of the Soeurs de la Charité de Notre-Dame d'Evron (Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron), dedicated to education of children and care of the sick. She began teaching at the parish school of St-Pierre-des-Landes in 1783. Martyred in the French Revolution for refusing to take the oaths of allegience to the state, and helping to hide priests who had also refused. Sister Francesca sang the Salve Regina as she climbed the scaffold to the guillotine.
Born
8 April 1756 in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne, France
Died
• guillotined on 13 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France
• relics enshrined at the church of St-Pierre-des-Landes where she had taught
Beatified
19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy
Saint Ansovinus of Camerino
Also known as
Ansovino, Ansuinus, Answin, Oswin
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Priest. Hermit at Castel Raimondo near Torcello, Italy. Bishop of Camerino, Italy, consecrated by Pope Leo IV; he accepted the vocation on the condition that his parishioners did not have to recruit soldiers, an obligation imposed on most bishops of the time. Confessor to Emperor Louis the Pious. Attended the Council of Rome called by Pope Saint Nicholas I in 861. Miracle worker. His association with crops come from his work of feeding the poor. Once when the granary was empty, but there were still poor people to feed, he prayed for help; the granary was found to be full, and everyone ate their fill.
Born
at Camerino, Italy
Died
• 868 at Camerino, Italy from a fever contracted at Rome, Italy
• relics enshrined in a 14th century sarcophagus in the crypt of the cathedral in Camerino, Italy
Patronage
• gardeners
• protection of crops
Saint Roderick of Cordoba
புனித_ரொட்ரிக் (-837)
மார்ச் 13
இவர் (#StRoderic) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். அருள்பணியாளரான இவருக்கு இரண்டு சகோதரர்கள் இருந்தனர். ஒருவர் இஸ்லாமிய சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்தார்; இன்னொருவர் கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை இல்லாமல் இருந்தார்.
ஒருநாள் இவரது சகோதரர்கள் இருவருக்கும் இடையே வாக்குவாதம் ஏற்பட்டுப் பெரிய சண்டையானது. அந்தச் சண்டையை இவர் தீர்த்து வைக்க முற்பட்டபோது, இஸ்லாம் சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்த சகோதரர், இவர் இஸ்லாம் மதத்திலிருந்து கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்திற்கு மாறிவிட்டார் என்று பழியை இவர்மீது தூக்கிப் போட்டார்.
இதனால் அதிகாரிகள் இவரை இழுத்துச் சென்று சிறையில் தள்ளினார். அங்குச் சாலமோன் என்பவரும் இதே குற்றத்திற்காகச் சிறையிலிருந்தார். இருவரும் சிறையில் கடுமையாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்யப்பட்டார்கள். இவற்றையெல்லாம் இவர்கள் இருவரும் பொறுமையோடு தாங்கிக் கொண்டார்கள்.
இந்நிலையில் இவர்கள் இருவரும் 837 ஆம் ஆண்டு மார்ச் திங்கள் 13 ஆம் நாள் கொலைசெய்யப்பட்டார்கள். இவ்வாறு இருவரும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி, தங்கள் இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்தார்கள்.
Also known as
Rodrigo, Rodriguez, Rudericus, Roderic, Ruderic
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A Christian priest in Moorish Spain, Roderick had a brother who became Moslem and another with no religion. One day he tried to break up a fight between his brothers; they turned on him and beat him into a coma. The Moslem brother, seeking further revenge, announced to authorities that Roderick had converted to Islam. When Roderick awoke, he was questioned about it, and denied the allegation, claiming allegiance to Christ. The Moslem authorities took this to be apostasy, deciding Roderick was denying his new Moslem faith. He was imprisoned for several months, and then martyred with Saint Salomon of Cordoba.
Born
9th century southern Spain
Died
beheaded in 857 in Cordoba, Spain
Representation
priest in Mass vestments holding a palm of martyrdom as an angel brings him a wreath of roses
Blessed Agnellus of Pisa
Also known as
Agnello
Additional Memorials
7 May (Franciscan)
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Born to the Italian nobility. Received into the Franciscans by Saint Francis himself. Deacon. Custos of Saint-Denis, the first Franciscan friary in Paris, France. Worked with the University of Paris. Appointed by Saint Francis to introduce the Franciscans into England in 1224. With eight associates he established houses in Canterbury and London, then a school for friars in Oxford. Friend of King Henry III. Helped prevent civil war between Henry and Earl Marshall. Known for his personal piety and his strict adherence to the Franciscan Rule, especially on the matter of poverty.
Born
c.1195 in Pisa, Italy
Died
• 7 May 1236 at Oxford, England of dysentery
• body reported incorrupt up to the time the Oxford house was dissolved by King Henry VIII
Beatified
4 September 1892 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Saint Heldrad of Novalese
Also known as
Aldradus, Eldrad, Eldrado, Eldradus, Heldradus, Heltrodus
Additional Memorial
31 October (Benedictines)
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Born wealthy, he spent his fortune on charity, then made a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy as a mendicant. Benedictine monk at the Abbey Saints Peter and Andrew at Novalese in the Alps in 726, a community with many former pilgrims. Abbot of the house for 30 years during which he greatly expanded the library and built a hospice for the safety of travellers on Mount Cenis.
Born
in Provence, France
Died
• 842 at the Novalesa Abbey of natural causes
• relics transferred to the parish church in Novalesa, Italy in 1794
Beatified
9 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Henrik of Denmark
Also known as
• Enrico di Danimarca
• Henry of Perugia
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Related to the Danish royal family, Henrik became a Franciscan tertiary and became a penitent pilgrim. In Perugia, Italy, while en route to Assisi as part of a pilgrimage to the sites of Saint Francis, his health failed, and he died in the local hospital. However, he had apparently been in town long enough to have developed a local reputation for holiness and wisdom as devotion to him developed immediately, rewarded by healing miracles.
Died
• 13 March 1415 at the Hospital of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Perugia, Italy of natural causes
• legend says that at the moment of his death the town's church bells rang without being moved by anyone
• relics re-enshrined in an urn in the 18th century
Blessed Peter II of La Cava
Also known as
Pietro
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Benedictine monk at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Salerno, Campania, Italy under the leadership of Blessed Benincasa. Abbot of the house in 1195. Obtained the support of Emperor Henry VI for the house. Involved in the region's politics of the day. Founded the hospice of Vietri sul mare in 1202.
Born
12th-century Italy
Died
• 13 March 1208 at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the Arsicia cave crypt near the monastery
• relics transferred to the chapel of Santi Padri at La Cava abbey on 20 October 1675
Beatified
16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)
Saint Gerald of Mayo
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Monk at Lindisfarne, England. Friend of Saint Colman of Lindesfarne. Monk at Innisboffin, Ireland in 668. Abbot at Mayo of the Saxons abbey in 670, a house for English monks in Ireland; he there served until 697 when he resigned in favour of Saint Adamnan. Saw the supplanting of the Celtic rite with the Roman rite in his abbey. Founded the abbey of Elytheria in Connaught, Ireland; of Teaghna-Saxon; and a convent led by his sister Segretia. May have been bishop of Mayo, Ireland, but records vary.
Born
Northumbria, England
Died
• 13 March 731 in Galway, Ireland of natural causes
• buried at Mayo, Ireland
Patronage
against plague
Saint Sabinus of Egypt
Also known as
• Sabinus of Al-Ashmunayn
• Sabinus of Hermopolis
• Sabino of...
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Born to the nobility, he lived in Hermopolis (modern Al-Ashmunayn), Egypt. With other Christians, he retreated into the wilderness to escape the persecutions of Diocletian, but was betrayed to the authorities by a beggar he had helped. Martyr.
Died
drowned in the River Nile in Egypt c.307
Saint Mochoemoc
Also known as
• Caomhán Leith
• Mo Chóemóc mac Béoáin
• Mochaemhog, Mochaomhog, Mo-Chaomhog, Mochaomhóg, Mochoemhoc, Pulcherius, Vulcanius
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Nephew of Saint Ita, who raised him. Monk at Bangor Abbey in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founder and abbot of Liath-Mochoemoc monastery.
Born
at Munster, Ireland
Died
c.656
Blessed Judith of Ringelheim
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Sister of Saint Bernward of Hildesheim. All traces of her history were destroyed by Protestants.
Died
• 13 March, year unknown, based on tomb inscription
• relics enshrined in 1497 following many years of public devotion at her tomb
• relics destroyed by Protestants
Saint Patricia of Nicomedia
Also known as
Patritia of Nicomedia
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Married of Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia and mother of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.
Died
martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
Saint Grace of Saragossa
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Unmarried lay woman arrested, tortured and martyred for her faith in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
breasts cut off and beaten until she received internal injuries, then returned to her prison cell to die of the wounds, c.304 at Zaragoza, Spain
Saint Ramirus of Léon
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Monk and then prior of the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain. He and all his brother monks were martyred by Arian Visigoths.
Died
murdered c.600 while chanting the Nicene Creed in the choir of the church at the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain
Blessed Beatrice of Cochem
Also known as
• Beatrice of Kochem
• Beatrice of Kocheim
• Beatrix...
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A Premonstratensian nun who lived her entire religious life in the monastery of Porta Angelica in Kochem, Rhineland-Palatinate (in modern Germany).
Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia
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Married to Saint Patricia of Nicomedia; father of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.
Died
c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
Blessed Eustachius of Huy
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Eldest of the sons of Blessed Ivetta of Huy, he was eventually brought to the faith by her. Cistercian monk at the Orval monastery (in modern Belgium). He later served as abbot of the house.
Born
latter 12th century in Huy, Belgium
Saint Modesta of Nicomedia
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Daughter of Saint Patricia of Nicomedia and Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.
Died
martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
Blessed Berengar de Alenys
Also known as
Berengario
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Mercedarian monk. Abbot of the convent of Santa Maria in Avignon, France.
Saint Urpasian of Nicomedia
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Christian member of the imperial household of Roman emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey). Martyred for his faith.
Died
burned alive in 295 in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
Saint Theusitas of Nicaea
Also known as
Theusetas
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Father of Saint Horres of Nicaea. Martyred with his son and several other Christians.
Died
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
Saint Horres of Nicaea
Also known as
Ilorres
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Son of Saint Theusitas of Nicaea. Martyred with his father and several others.
Died
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
Saint Pientius of Poitiers
Also known as
Pien, Pient, Pienzio
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Bishop of Poitiers, France. Helped Saint Radegunde to found her convent.
Died
c.561 of natural causes
Saint Christina of Persia
Also known as
Kristina
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Martyred in the persecutions of Khosrau I of Persia.
Born
Persian
Died
scourged to death
Saint Eufrasia of Nicomedia
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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
beheaded c.300 in Nicomedia (modern Izmet, Turkey)
Saint Kevoca of Kyle
Also known as
Evox, Kennotha, Mochoemoc, Quivoca, Quivox
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Seventh century saint honored in Kyle, Scotland; I have found no other reliable information.
Saint Nymphora of Nicaea
Also known as
Nymphodora
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Martyr.
Died
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
Saint Marcus of Nicaea
Also known as
Mark
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Martyr.
Died
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
Saint Salomon of Cordoba
Also known as
Solomon
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Martyr.
Died
martyred in 857 in Cordoba, Spain
Saint Theodora of Nicaea
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Martyr.
Died
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
Saint Arabia of Nicaea
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Martyr.
Died
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
