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10 July 2023

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 11

 Saint Benedict of Nursia

புனித பெனடிக்ட்

துறவி

பிறப்பு 

480

நார்சியா(Norcia), உம்பிரியா(Umbria)

இறப்பு 

21 மார்ச் 547

இவர் ஓர் உயர்குலத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவர் உரோம் நகரில் கல்வி பயின்றார். அங்கு படித்தபோது இளைஞரிடையே நிலவிய தீமைகள் இவரை அதிரவைத்தது. இதனால் உடனே உரோமையை விட்டு ஓடினார். அப்போதுதான் தன்னை இறைவனுக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கத் திட்டமிட்டார். ஒரு மலை உச்சிக்கு தனியாக சென்றார். அங்கே எம்மானூஸ் என்ற தவ முனிவரை சந்தித்தார். இம்முனிவர் காட்டிய வழியில் 3 ஆண்டுகள் இவருக்கு சற்று அப்பால் சென்று தாமும் முனிவராக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். இவர் தவ வாழ்க்கை மேற்கொண்டதை அறிந்த பலரும் அங்கு இவரை சூழ்ந்து கொண்டனர். இதன் விளைவாக தோன்றியதுதான் "புனித பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபை". 

இவர் தன் சபைத் துறவிகளுக்கு கிறிஸ்துவிடம், மாறாத எவராலும் பிரிக்க முடியாத உறவு கொண்டிருக்கக் கற்றுத் தந்தார். அத்தோடு அனைத்திலும் ஞானத்துடன் நடந்துகொள்ள வேண்டுமென்றும் கட்டளையிட்டார். கூட்டு வாழ்வு வழியாக, ஒற்றுமையை உணரவைத்தார். ஜெபமும், உழைப்பும் என்பதை இச்சபையின் குறிக்கோளாகக்கொண்டனர். பெனடிக்ட் தனிமையை நாடினாலும், அடிக்கடி மக்களை சந்தித்து வந்தார். நோயாளிகளை குணமாக்கினார். வறுமையில் வாடியோர்க்கு பொருளுதவி அளித்தார். ஏழைகளுக்கு தவறாமல் உணவு வழங்கினார். பலமுறை, இறந்தோரை உயிர்த்தெழச் செய்தார். தனது இறப்பை 6 நாட்களுக்கு முன்னறிவித்தார். தனக்கென்று கல்லறை குழி ஒன்றைத் தோண்டினார். ஒருநாள் திருப்பலியில் திருவுணவு உண்டபின், சிற்றாலயத்தில் நின்று செபித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும்போது, தனது கைகளை, இவர் மேலே உயர்த்தி செபிக்கும்போது உயிர் பிரிந்தது. 

புனித பெனடிக்ட்தான் திருவழிபாட்டு முறைக்கு அடித்தளமிட்டார். தினந்தோறும் ஆராதனை என்ற முறையையும் இவர்தான் அறிமுகப்படுத்தினார். 12 ஆம் பத்திநாதர் இவருக்கு "ஐரோப்பாவின் தந்தை" என்று பட்டம் சூட்டினார். 

Also known as

• Benedict of Narsia

• Benedict of Norsia

• Benedetto da Norcia

• Founder of Western Monasticism





Additional Memorials

• 21 March (Benedictines; Norway)

• 14 March (Byzantine Rite)

• 4 December (France)


Profile

Born to the Roman nobility. Twin brother of Saint Scholastica. Studied in Rome, Italy, but was dismayed by the lack of discipline and the lackadasical attitude of his fellow students. Fled to the mountains near Subiaco, Italy, living as a hermit in a cave for three years; reported to have been fed by a raven. Friend of Saint Romanus of Subiaco who lived as a nearby hermit; spiritual teacher of Saint Placid. Benedict's virtues caused an abbey to request him to lead them. Founded the monastery at Monte Cassino, where he wrote the Rule of his order. His discipline was such that an attempt was made on his life; some monks tried by poison him, but he blessed the cup and rendered it harmless. He returned to his cave, but continued to attract followers, and eventually established twelve monasteries. Had the ability to read consciences, the gift of prophesy, and could forestall attacks of the devil. Destroyed pagan statues and altars, drove demons from groves sacred to pagans. At one point there were over 40,000 monasteries guided by the Benedictine Rule. A summation of the Rule: "Pray and work."


Born

c.480, Narsia, Umbria, Italy


Died

• 21 March 547 of a fever while in prayer at Monte Cassino, Italy

• buried beneath the high altar there in the same tomb as Saint Scholastica


Canonized

1220 by Pope Honorius III


Patronage

• against erysipelas

• against fever

• against gall stones

• against inflammatory diseases

• against kidney disease

• against nettle rash

• against poison

• against temptations

• against witchcraft

• architects

• dying people

• cavers, spelunkers

• monks

• people in religious orders

• servants who have broken their master's belongings

• speliologists

• students, school children

• agricultural and farm workers

• civil engineers

• coppersmiths

• Italian architects

• Italian farmers (proclaimed on 12 July 1959 by Pope John XXIII)

• Benedictines

• Europe (proclaimed on 24 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI)

• Heerdt, Germany

• Norcia, Italy

• Subiaco, Italy


Representation

• bell

• broken cup

• broken cup and serpent representing poison

• broken utensil

• bush

• crosier

• man in a Benedictine cowl holding Benedict's rule or a rod of discipline

• raven




Saint Berthevin of Lisieux


Also known as


• Berthevin of Laval

• Berthevin of Parigny

• Berthevin of Vicoin

• Berthevin of Val-Guidon

• Bertevin, Bertewin, Bertewinus, Berthvin, Berthwinus, Bertininus, Bertivinus, Bertunius, Bertunus, Bertuwinus, Bertuwius, Bertwin, Brévin


Additional Memorial

11 June (translation of relics)


Profile

Priest in the diocese of Bayeaux, France. During the Norman invasions, Berthevin fled to Laval, France where he became tutor to the children of the Count of Laval, and a courtier and advisor to the count. A pious and virtuous man, Berthevin spent his free time studying and in prayer, sometimes at a nearby pond, sometimes in the church of Saint Nicolas near Mayenne, France. His religious zeal interfered with the worldly ways of some of the members of the count‘s court – so they murdered him. Martyr. The towns of Saint-Berthevin and Saint-Berthevin-la-Tannière in France are named in his honour.


Born

10th century in the area of modern Lisieux, France


Died

• stabbed with a sword c.1000 in the area of Laval, France

• body thrown into a pond he had frequented to pray in solitude

• fearing discovery, his killers retrieved the body and hid it in the Vicoin river

• body later hidden in a crevice in a cliff overlooking the Vicoin

• led to the hiding place by heavenly voices, his godmother found it and had him buried in Parigny, France

• relics later enshrined in the cathedral of Lisieux, France

• relics destroyed in the French Revolution



Saint Olga of Kiev

புனித ஆல்கா (879-963)

இவர் இரஷ்ய நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

இவர்மீது காதல்கொண்ட உக்ரைன் நாட்டை ஆட்சிசெய்து வந்த முதலாம் இகோர் என்ன மன்னர் இவரைத் திருமணம் செய்தார்.

இதன்பிறகு இவர்களுக்கு ஓர் ஆண் குழந்தை பிறந்தது. இதனால் இவர்களுடைய இல்லற வாழ்க்கை மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாகச் சென்று கொண்டிருந்தது.

இந்நிலையில் ஆல்காவின் கணவர் எதிரி நாட்டின்மீது படையெடுத்துச் செல்லும்போது, எதிர்பாராதவிதமாக கொல்லப்பட்டதால், இவர் உக்ரைன் நாட்டை ஆட்சி செய்யத் தொடங்கினார்.

957 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர் கான்ஸ்டாண்டிநோப்பிள் என்ற இடத்திற்கு சென்றபோது, கிறிஸ்துவை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு திருமுழுக்குப் பெற்றார். ‌ இதன் பிறகு இவர் தன்னுடைய நாட்டு மக்களிடத்தில் கிறிஸ்துவின் விழுமியங்களை எந்தளவுக்குக் கொண்டு செல்ல முடியுமோ, அந்த அளவுக்குக் கொண்டு சென்றார்‌. 

ஆண்டுகள் மெல்ல உருண்டோடிய போது, இவர் நாட்டை ஆளுகின்ற பொறுப்பைத் தன்னுடைய மகனித்தில் ஒப்படைத்துவிட்டுத் தன்னுடைய ஆவியை ஆண்டவரிடம் ஒப்படைத்தார்.

Also known as

• Olga Prekrasa

• Olga the Beauty

• Helena, Helga, Olha





Profile

First Christian queen of Ukraine. Married to Igor I, duke of Kiev c.903. She ruled Kievan Rus after Igor's assassination in 945. Following her conversion and baptism in 957 in Constantinople, when she took the name Helena, she tried to introduce Christianity to the Ukraine on a wide scale, but failed. When her son Sviatoslav reached adulthood, she handed the throne to him, c.963. Grandmother of Saint Vladimir, great-grandmother of Saint Boris and Saint Gleb.


Born

879 at Pskov, Russia


Died

• 11 July 969 in Kiev, Ukraine of natural causes

• relics found to be incorrupt, and translated to the Church of the Tithes in Kiev, the first time relics were displayed in Rus-Ukraine

• relics lost forever in the early 18th century


Patronage

• converts

• widows

• archeparchy of Winnipeg, Manitoba



Saint Drostan of Dier


Also known as

• Drostan of Deer

• Drostán mac Coscreig, Drust, Drustan, Dustan, Throstan, Trust



Profile

Born to the Scottish royalty, the son of Cosgrach. Educated by Saint Columba. Benedictine monk. Travelled to Aberdeen, Scotland with Saint Columba. First abbot of the monastery at Dier in Pictland. Abbot of Dercongal Abbey (Holywood). He evangelized the Picts, and brought Christianity to northeast Scotland. Eventually retired to live as a prayerful hermit at Glenesk. His reputation for sanctity attracted many poor and sick people, and there were many healing miracles attributed to him.


Born

6th century Scotland


Died

• 7th century of natural causes

• relics preserved at Aberdeen, Scotland


Patronage

Dier, Scotland



Blessed Bertrand of Grand-Selve


Additional Memorial

20 November at the Grandselve monastery until it was demolished


Profile

Monk known for daily Gospel study and meditation; he was known to have heavenly visions during Mass. Noted preacher who travelled to southern France to work against the Albigensian heretics; the Albigensians forced him to flee to Italy for two years for his own safety. Reforming abbot of the monastery of Grandselve, Toulouse, France, he revitalized the house and joined it to the Cistercians on 31 May 1145.


Died

11 July 1149 in the monastery of Grandselve, Toulouse, France


Readings

He was a man of incomparable simplicity and purity of heart, to all lovable for sweetness and meekness, strong in adversity, great in love. – one of his brother monks writing about Blessed Bertrand



Blessed Thomas Hunt


Also known as

Thomas Benstead


Additional Memorial

22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales


Profile

Studied at the Royal College of Saint Alban in Valladolid, Spain, and the English College of Saint Gregory in Seville, Spain. Ordained at Seville in 1599. He returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. He was almost immediately arrested at the Saracen's Head, Lincoln with Blessed Thomas Sprott. He escaped, was caught again, and condemned for the crime of being a priest. Martyred for the crime of being a priest during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.


Born

c.1573 in Norfolk, England


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 11 July 1600 at Lincoln, England


Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Valeriu Traian Frentiu


Profile

Ordained a priest in the Romanian Greek-Catholic Rite on 28 September 1898. Chosen eparch (bishop) of Lugoj, Romania on 14 December 1912. Chosen eparch (bishop) of Oradea Mare, Gran Varadino, Romania on 25 February 1922. Apostolic Administrator of Fagaras si Alba Iulia, Romania from 1941 to 1947. Martyred in the Communist persecutions.



Born

25 April 1875 in Resita, Caras-Severin, Romania


Died

11 July 1952 in Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania of natural causes


Beatified

2 June 2019 by Pope Francis



Pope Saint Pius I


Profile

May have been born a slave. May have been the brother of Hermas, author of The Shepherd. Tenth Pope. Reportedly established the date for Easter as the first Sunday after the March full moon. Established rules for the conversion of Jews. Opposed Marcion the agnostic. May have been martyred.


The fact that Saint Justin Martyr did his Christian teaching in Rome, Italy, and that the three heretics Valentinus, Cerdon, and Marcion visited there, help prove that at even this early in the Church‘s history, Rome was already the primary see and the center of its authority.



Born

at Aquileia, Italy


Papal Ascension

c.142


Died

c.155



Saint Marciana of Caesarea


Profile

Making personal vows, she retired to the city of Caesarea, Mauritania (in modern Algeria) to live is a penitent hermitess. Imprisoned, tortured, threatened with rape, and eventually executed for refusing to worship of statue of the pagan goddess Diana during the persecutions of Diocletian. Martyr.



Born

Russucur, Mauritania (modern Dellys, Algeria)


Died

gored by a bull and killed by leopard attack in the amphitheatre at Caesarea, Mauritania (in modern Algeria)



Blessed Kjeld of Viborg


Also known as

Ketil, Ketille, Kield


Profile

Born to a peasant farming family. Evangelizing priest, Augustinian canon regular, dean of the cathedral, teacher and zealous preacher in Viborg, Denmark. Miracle worker.


Died

• c.1151 in Viborg, Denmark of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Viborg

• relics destroyed in the fires that destroyed the cathedral on 27 June 1726


Beatified

1189 by Bishop Absalon and Pope Clement III (cultus confirmation)


Patronage

Viborg, Denmark



Blessed Thomas Sprott


Also known as

Thomas Parker


Additional Memorial

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales


Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of England. Martyred for the crime of being a priest during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.


Born

c.1571 in Skelsmergh, Cumbria, England


Died

early July 1600 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England


Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Placid of Dissentis


Also known as

Placido



Profile

Wealthy seventh century Swiss land owner. Friend of Saint Sigisbert of Dissentis. Donated the land on which Dissentis Abbey was founded in Switzerland. He then joined it as a monk and later was martyred defending it.


Died

murdered for defending the ecclesiastical rights of the abbey


Canonized

1905 (cultus confirmed)



Saint Hidulf of Moyenmoutier


Also known as

Hidulphus, Hildulph, Hydulphe, Idulfo, Idolfo, Idyll



Profile

Benedictine monk at the monastery of Maximinus in Trier, Germany. Bishop. Founded the monastery of Moyenmourier in eastern France where retired in 676 to live as a monk. He eventually served as abbot of the house, and then of the monastery of Bonmoutier.


Born

Regensburg, Germany


Died

707



Saint Leontius the Younger


Also known as

• Leontius II

• Leoncio, Leonzio


Profile

Soldier who fought against Visigoths. Retiring from military life, he married and moved to Bordeaux, France. Bishop of Bordeaux. Built a number of churches in the region, and was known for his charity to the poor.


Born

c.510


Died

565



Saint Marcian of Lycaonia


Also known as

• Marcian of Iconium

• Marciano


Profile

Young Christian man who publicly proclaimed his faith during persections led by governor Perennio; it led to his arrest, torture, having his tongue cut out to stop him praying, and execution. Martyr.


Died

243 in Iconium, Lycaonia, Asia Minor



Saint Abundius of Ananelos


Also known as

• Abundius of Cordoba

• Abbondio...


Profile

Priest at Ananelos, Spain during the Moorish occupation. For preaching against Islam, he was dragged before the caliph at Cordoba who ordered him to abandon Christianity; he refused. Martyr.


Died

beheaded in 854 at Cordoba, Spain



Saint Cyriacus the Executioner


Profile

By order of governor Hadrian, he executed Saint Antiochus of Sebaste. When he saw the resolve of the Christians and then the miracle of milk flowing from the body of Saint Antiochus instead of blood, he converted to Christianity. Martyr.


Died

beheaded



Saint Sigisbert of Dissentis


Also known as

Sigebert


Profile

Founded Dissentis Abbey in Switzerland. Friend of Saint Placid of Dissentis.



Canonized

1905 (cultus confirmed)



Saint John of Bergamo


Profile

Bishop of Bergamo, Italy c.657; he served for 24 years. Eliminated the last of the Arian heresy in his diocese. Participated in the Council of Rome in 680.


Died

681



Saint Cindeus


Also known as

Cindée


Profile

Priest in Pamphylia, Asia Minor. Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.


Died

• burned at the stake c.300

• died praying



Saint Thurketyl


Also known as

Turketil


Profile

Restored Croyland Abbey, a house that had been destroyed by pagan Danes. Abbot of the monastery at Bedford, England.


Born

887


Died

975



Blessed Antonio Muller


Profile


Mercedarian friar. Scripture scholar. Professor of Eastern languages.



Saint Sabinus of Poitiers


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Germanus of Auxerre. Martyr.


Died

5th century near Poitiers, France



Saint Amabilis of Rouen


Profile

Born to the English nobility. Nun at Saint-Amand in Rouen, France.


Died

c.634 of natural causes



Saint Januarius


Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Licinius.


Died

beheaded in 320 at Nicopolis, Lesser Armenia



Saint Pelagia


Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Licinius.


Died

beheaded in 320 at Nicopolis, Lesser Armenia



Saint Cowair


Also known as

Cywair


Profile

No information has survived.


Patronage

Llangower, Wales



Saint Sabinus of Brescia


Also known as

Savinus, Savino


Profile

Martyr.



Saint Sidronius


Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.


Died

c.270 in Rome, Italy



Saint Cyprian of Brescia


Profile

Martyr.



Saint Maria An Guoshi


Also known as

Mali



Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

Married lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.


Born

c.1836 in Anping, Hebei, China


Died

beheaded on 11 July 1900 in Liugongying, Shenzhou, Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Maria An Linghua


Also known as

Mali


Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

Lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.


Born

c.1871 in Anping, Hebei, China


Died

beheaded on 11 July 1900 in Liugongying, Shenzhou, Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Nectaire of Sainte-Anne


Profile

Though raised a Christian, when Nectaire went into the service of a Turk, he converted to Islam. When he discovered that his mother, whom he thought he dead, was still alive, he travelled to see her, and back home he renounced Islam and returned to Christianity. He spent some time in exile, but eventually returned to Ephesus, publicly proclaimed his faith, and was murdered for it. Martyr.


Born

Ephesus


Died

beheaded in 1820 in Ephesus



Saint Anna An Jiaoshi


Addtional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

Married lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.


Born

c.1874 in Anping, Hebei, China


Died

beheaded on 11 July 1900 in Liugongying, Shenzhou, Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Anna An Xingshi


Addtional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

Married lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.


Born

c.1828 in Anping, Hebei, China


Died

beheaded on 11 July 1900 in Liugongying, Shenzhou, Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Marie-Elisabeth Pélissier


Also known as

• Maria Elisabetta di S. Teoctisto Pélissier

• Sister Théotiste of the Blessed Sacrament



Additional Memorial

9 July as one of the Martyrs of Orange


Profile

Joined the Sacramentine nuns at Bollène, Provence, France, making her profession on 25 June 1759. Musician, singer and poet. Martyred in the French Revolution.


Born

15 April 1741 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France


Died

guillotined on 11 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Blessed Marie-Marguerite de Barbégie d'Albrède


Also known as

• Maria Margherita di S. Sofia de Barbegie d'Albarède

• Sister Saint Sophia


Additional Memorial

9 July as one of the Martyrs of Orange


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Ursuline nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.


Born

18 October 1740 in Saint Laurent de Carnols, Gard, France


Died

guillotined on 11 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Blessed Rosalie-Clotilde Bes


Also known as

• Rosalia Clotilde di S. Pelagia Bès

• Sister Saint Pelagia of Saint John the Baptist


Additional Memorial

9 July as one of the Martyrs of Orange


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Sacramentine nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.


Born

30 June 1753 in Beaume-de-Transit, Drôme, France


Died

guillotined on 11 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Blessed Marie-Clotilde Blanc


Also known as

• Maria Chiara di S. Martino Blanc

• Sister Saint Martin


Additional Memorial

9 July as one of the Martyrs of Orange


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Sacramentine nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.


Born

17 January 1742 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France


Died

guillotined on 11 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Saint Basinus of Poitiers


Also known as

Basino


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Monk. Abbot of the Saint Hilary of Poitiers monastery.



Also celebrated but no entry yet 


• Madonna del Carmine

• Dedication of the Cathedral of Puy

• Martyrs of Rome

• Chetillo

• Cydroine

• Euphemia of Chalcedon

• Failbe of Disert Mic Conlocha

• Nicodemus of Albania

• Tristan de Villelongue