St. Peregrinus, Maceratus, and Viventius
Purely legendary saints who are revered only locally. They were supposedly three Spanish brothers who journeyed to France to help free their sister from some kind of captivity. They died in the attempt.
Their feast day is celebrated on August 2, celebrated by local Catholics in France. There is no evidence that the saints ever existed, and their feast day is not recognized by the Catholic Church. However, some people believe that the saints were real and that their feast day is a way to remember their sacrifice.
Saint John Mary Vianney
புனித ஜான் மரிய வியான்னி
மறைப்பணியாளர்
பிறப்பு
8 மே 1786
டார்டில்லிDardilly near Lyon), பிரான்ஸ்
இறப்பு
4 ஆகஸ்டு 1859
ஆர்ஸ், பிரான்ஸ்
குருப்பட்டம்: 1815
புனிதர்பட்டம்: 1925, திருத்தந்தை 11 ஆம் பயஸ்
பங்குதந்தையர்களின் பாதுகாவலர், 1929 (Patron von Pfarrer)
மரிய வியான்னி தன்னுடைய மறைபரப்பு பணியில் பலவிதமான இடர்பாடுகளை சந்தித்தார். பெல்லேய் (Bellei) என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்தில் இருந்த ஆர்ஸ்(Ars) என்ற கிராமத்தில் பல ஆண்டுகள் மறைப்பணியை ஆற்றினார். தன்னிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்ட மக்களை, தன்னுடைய எளிய மறையுரையினாலும், செபத்தாலும் ஈர்த்தார். பாவிகள் மனந்திரும்ப இடைவிடாமல் செபித்தார். உலகின் பல பகுதிகளிலிருந்தும் இறையடியார்கள் இவரின் மறையுரையைக் கேட்கவும், பாவமன்னிப்பு பெறவும் வந்து குவிந்தனர். பங்குத்தந்தையர்கள் அனைவரும் புனிதர்களாக வாழ வேண்டுமென்பதில் இவர் அக்கறை காட்டி வந்தார். இவர் ஞானத்திலும், அறிவிலும் சிறந்து விளங்கினார்.
இவர் சிறு வயதிலேயே குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். கடுந்தவம், செபம், அயராத உழைப்பு இவைகளில் மிகவும் நம்பிக்கை வைத்திருந்தார். இதனால் தன் பங்குமக்களிடையே நிலவிய அநீதிகளை எளிதாக நீக்கினார். அம்மக்களுக்காக இடைவிடாமல் இறைவேண்டல் செய்தார். திருப்பலி முடிந்தவுடன், ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் பல மணிநேரம் பாவமன்னிப்பு தொட்டியில் அமர்ந்து, பாவமன்னிப்பு வழங்குவார். தனது ஓய்வு நேரத்திற்கென்று வெகு குறைந்த நேரமே ஒதுக்கினார். பல கட்டிடங்களையும், ஆலயங்களையும் கட்டி எழுப்புவதைவிட, ஆன்மாக்களின் இதயங்களை கட்டி எழுப்புங்கள். அப்போது விண்ணுலகில் இடம் கிடைக்கும் என்று இப்புனிதர் அடிக்கடி கூறிவந்தார்
Also known as
• Curé of Ars
• Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney
• Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney
• Jean-Baptiste Vianney
• John Baptist Vianney
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Born to a farm family. In his youth John taught other children their prayers and catechism. Ordained in 1815, though it took several years of study - he had little education, was not a very good student, and his Latin was terrible. Assigned as a parochial vicar to Ecully, France. In 1818 he was assigned to the parish of Ars-sur-Formans, France, a tiny village near Lyons, which suffered from very lax attendance. He began visiting his parishioners, especially the sick and poor, spent days in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, did penance for his parishioners, and leading his people by example. Had the gifts of discernment of spirits, prophecy, hidden knowledge, and of working miracles. Tormented by evil spirits, especially when he tried to get his 2-3 hours of sleep each night. Crowds came to hear him preach, and to make their reconciliation because of his reputation with penitents; by 1855 there were 20,000 pilgrims a year to Ars. Spent 40 years as the parish priest.
Born
8 May 1786 at Dardilly, Lyons, France
Died
• 4 August 1859 at Ars, France of natural causes
• interred in the basilica of Ars
Canonized
31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI
Patronage
• confessors
• priests (proclaimed on 23 April 1929 by Pope Pius XI)
• Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney
• Dubuque, Iowa, archdiocese of
• Kamloops, British Columbia, diocese of
• Kansas City, Kansas, archdiocese of
• Lafayette, Louisiana, diocese of
• Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, archdiocese of
Blessed Enrico Angelo Angelelli Carletti
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Son of Italian immigrants. He entered the seminary of Our Lady of Loreto at age 15, studied in Rome, Italy, and then was ordained a priest on 9 October 1949 at Rome for the diocese of Córdoba, Argentina. He served as a parish priest in Córdoba, founded youth groups, and ministering to the poor in their own neighborhoods.
Chosen Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba and Titular Bishop of Lystra by Pope John XXIII on 12 December 1960. He became involved in renewal of the faith and parish life, and in labor union conflicts; this led to his arrest. Part in the first, third, and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, 1964, and 1965. In 1965, to get him away from conflict with the civil authorities, he was relieved of part of his duties and exiled to serve as chaplain to a convent of Adoratrices at the Colegio Villa Eucharistica.
Chosen bishop of La Rioja, Argentina on 3 July 1968 by Pope Paul VI. There he encouraged the working classes to unionize, form co-operatives, farm idle lands, and generally join together to improve their lot, even against the prerogatives of the ruling class.
On 13 June 1973 Bishop Enrico was forced to abandon a church and flee when a mob broke in during services and began to stone him in retaliation for his work. He declared an interdict against the leaders and their supporters; he received the full support of his priests, but not his national conference of bishops, and the papal nuncio openly sided with those under interdict. Angelelli knew he was being targeted for assassination by the military for his opposition to the government, and he was right. On 4 August 1976 while driving a truck home with Father Arturo Pinto, coming from a Mass in El Chamical that had been celebrated for two murdered priests, Father Carlos de Dios Murias and Father Gabriel Longueville, Angelelli was intentionally wrecked by other vehicles, and then beaten to death in the road. His was one of many murders committed during the Argentinian Dirty War, was listed as a traffic accident, and it wasn't until a decade later, on 19 June 1986, when a new, more democratic government was in power, that the death was officially declared a murder. The investigation and court battles continued for decades more before finally, on 5 July 2014, Commander Menéndez and Luis Estrella, who had headed the Air Force base and torture center at El Chamical, were sentenced to life for Angelelli's murder.
Born
18 July 1923 in Córdoba, Argentina
Died
beaten to death in the road 4 August 1976 at Punta de los Llanos, Sañogasta, Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina
Beatified
• 27 April 2019 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in La Rioja, Argentina, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Blessed Frédéric Janssone
Also known as
• Frédéric de Ghyvelde
• Frédéric de Saint-Yves
• Frédéric-Cornil
• Frédéric-Yves
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Youngest of 13 children in a wealthy farm family, Frederic grew up in France but his language at home was Flemish. His father died when the boy was nine. Frederic felt an early call to the priesthood, and entered the junior seminary in his diocese, but dropped out to become a travelling salesman, working to support his family. His family obligations finally fulfilled, Frederic joined the Franciscans in his early 20's. Ordained in 1870. Miliary chaplain in the Franco-Prussian War. Assigned to the Holy Lands, he re-built the Stations of the Cross in the streets of Jerusalem, built a church in Bethlehem, and negotiated agreements between Roman, Greek and Armenian church authorities about the use of sanctuaries in Jerusalem. He first travelled to Canada in 1881 on a fund-raising trip, but returned to stay in 1888 where he worked for the next 28 years. Helped develop the shrine of Our Lady at Cap-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec, and witnessed the vision of a statue of Mary opening its eyes. Wrote biographies of the saints, newspaper articles, and, calling on his childhood training, sold religious books door to door including thousands of copies of his Manual for the Third Order. His work effectively re-established the Franciscan secular order in Canada.
Born
19 November 1838 in Ghyvelde, Nord, France
Died
• 4 August 1916 in the Franciscan Infirmary in Montreal, Quebec, Canada of stomach cancer
• buried in the friary chapel in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Beatified
25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Patronage
Secular Franciscan Regional Fraternity of Eastern Canada
Blessed Ioan Bãlan
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Studied theology in Budapest, Hungary and in Vienna, Austria. Ordained a Romanian Greek-Catholic Rite priest on 7 July 1903. Served in Blaj, Romania, and then Bucharest, Romania in 1909, and then back to Blaj in 1919. Cathedral canon. Rector of the theological academy in 1921. Appointed bishop of Lugoj, Romania on 29 August 1936. Arrested by the Communist authorities in 1948 for remaining in the outlawed Catholic church. Confined first in monasteries, he was eventually sent to Sighet prison. Martyr.
Born
11 February 1880 in Teius, Alba, Romania
Died
• 4 August 1959 in Bucharest, Romania
• buried in the Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Beatified
2 June 2019 by Pope Francis
Saint Sithney
Also known as
Sezin, Sezni
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Emigrated from Britain to Guic-Sezni, Brittany (in modern France) where he founded a monastery. A Breton legend says that God chose Sithney to be the patron of girls seeking husbands; the saint begged off, saying he would never get to rest, that he would rather take care of mad dogs than women. Sounded like a good idea to the Almighty, and ever since, sick or mad dogs have been given water from Sithney's well as a tonic.
Born
in the British Isles
Died
• c.529 of natural causes
• relics at the monastery of Guic-Sezni, Brittany, France
Patronage
• against hydrophobia
• against rabies
• against mad dogs
• Sithney, Cornwall, England
Blessed Josep Rabasa Betanachs
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Worked as a cook at the Salesian house in Sarria, Barcelona, Spain. Joined the Salesians a co-adjutor brother in 1892, and continued to work in the house's kitchen until his health began to fail in old age. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he worked with the wounded the Salesian infirmary, but was executed for holding to his faith. Martyr.
Born
26 July 1862 in Noves, Lleida, Spain
Died
4 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Aristarchus of Thessalonica
Also known as
• Aristarco
• Aristarque
• Arystarch
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Convert and spiritual student of Saint Paul the Apostle, he worked with Paul in Ephesus, Corinth, Jerusalem, and Rome (Acts 20:1; 27:2; Philemon 24). In the Epistle to the Colossians, Paul calls him "my fellow prisoner" referring to the time they were both imprisoned in Ephesus. First bishop of Thessalonica. Martyr.
Born
Thessalonica
Died
beheaded in the 1st century in Rome, Italy
Saint Eleutherius of Bithynia
Also known as
• Eleutherius of Tarso
• Eleutherius of Tarsius
• Eleuterio of...
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Imperial Roman senator. Chamberlain to Emperor Maximian Galerius at Constantinople. Convert to Christianity, after which he withdrew from the imperial court to his country estate in Bithynia. The persecutions caught up with him there, though. Martyr.
Died
• beheaded c.305 in Bithynia
• buried the place of executions, and a church was built over his grave
Blessed Josep Batalla Parramon
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Joined the Salesians, making his solemn vows on 7 December 1894. Ordained in 1900. Teacher. Expelled from his teaching duties at the start of the Spanish Civil War, he worked with those wounded in the conflict until murdered by the anti-Christian forces for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.
Born
15 January 1873 in Abella, Lleida, Spain
Died
4 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Gil Rodicio y Rodicio
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Born to pious family. Joined the Salesians in Sarria, Barcelona, Spain in 1908. Worked as distributor of the bakery in Sarria, giving not just of the work of his house but his own sources to the poor. Teacher. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
20 March 1888 in Requero, Orense, Spain
Died
4 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Onofrio of Panaia
Also known as
• Onofrio Catanzaro
• Onofrio the Hermit
• Onofre...
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Hermit in the forests of Panaia, Calabria, Italy who followed the Basilian Rule and was known for his piety, wisdom and his ascetic way of life.
Died
995 of natural causes
Blessed William Horne
Additional Memorial
4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs
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Carthusian lay brother of the Charterhouse in London, England. Martyred for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church.
Died
hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 August 1540 in Tyburn, London, England
Beatified
29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Saint Euphronius of Tours
Also known as
Eufronio
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Born to a senatorial family, and known as a pious youth. Bishop of Tours, Neustria (in modern France) in Saint Radegund of Poitiers to spread veneration of the Holy Cross. Chaired the Council of Tours in 567. Worked to rebuild Tours after a massively destructive fire. Founded several parishes in his diocese.
Born
530
Died
573
Saint Lua of Limerick
Also known as
Lugid, Molua
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Spiritual student of Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founded several monasteries. Known for his ascetic life and his simple gentleness with man and beast.
Born
554 in Limerick, Ireland
Died
c.609
Saint Rainerio of Split
Also known as
Raniero, Rainerius, Raynerius, Reynerius, Rajnerije, Arnir
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Monk. Bishop. Martyred for defending the rights of the Church against civil authorities.
Died
stoned to death in Split, Dalmatia (in modern Croatia)
Saint Perpetua of Rome
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Lay woman married to a pagan imperial Roman army officer. Convert to Christianity, baptized by Saint Peter the Apostle. Mother of Saint Nazarius of Rome.
Saint Perpetua of Rome was a Christian martyr who was executed in Carthage, Roman Africa, in 203. She was a young married woman with a young son when she was arrested for her Christian faith. She was imprisoned along with her slave Felicitas, her father, and two male catechumens.
While in prison, Perpetua had a series of visions that she recorded in a diary. In these visions, she saw herself and her companions being tortured and executed, but she also saw herself being welcomed into heaven.
Perpetua and her companions were eventually sentenced to death by wild beasts in the arena. Perpetua refused to be bound and faced her death bravely. She was eventually killed by a wild cow.
Perpetua's story is one of courage and faith. She is a reminder that even in the face of death, those who follow Christ can find hope and strength.
Her feast day is celebrated on August 4th.
Died
• c.80
The "c.80" you mentioned is a reference to the year of her birth, which is not known for certain. Some historians believe that she was born around 80, while others believe that she was born a few years later.
The date of her death is also not known for certain. Some sources say that she was martyred on March 7, 203, while others say that she was martyred on August 4, 203. The most likely date is March 7, as this is the date that is celebrated as her feast day in the Catholic Church.
• relics enshrined in Milan, Italy and Cremona, Italy
Saint Agabius of Verona
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Third century bishop of Verona, Italy.
He was a bishop of Verona in the 4th century. Not much is known about his life, but he is said to have been a great preacher and a defender of the faith. He was martyred during the Diocletianic Persecution.
Died
c.250
Saint Epiphanes of Besançon
Martyr venerated at the cathedral at Besançon, France until the French Revolution. His story may have been recorded until then, but we have no information about them now.
Saint Epiphanes of Besançon was a 5th-century bishop of Besançon, France. He was born in Besançon and was ordained a priest. He became bishop of Besançon in 420 and served as bishop for 25 years. He was a strong defender of the faith and was known for his charity and his work with the poor. He was martyred during the Burgundian invasion of Gaul in 445.
Saint Isidore of Besançon
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Martyr venerated at the cathedral at Besançon, France until the French Revolution. His story may have been recorded until then, but we have no information about them now.
Saint Isidore of Besançon is celebrated on August 4th. He was a 6th-century bishop of Besançon, France. He was born in Besançon and was ordained a priest. He became bishop of Besançon in 529 and served as bishop for 37 years. He was a strong defender of the faith and was known for his charity and his work with the poor. He died in 566.
Saint Ia of Persia
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Born a slave. Martyred in the persecution of King Shapur II for her success in converting Persian women to the faith.
Born
Greek
Died
tortured, flogged and beheaded in 360 in Persia
Saint Tertullinus of Rome
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Priest. Martyred two days after his ordination in the persecutions of Valerian.
Saint Tertullinus of Rome is celebrated on August 4. He was a 3rd-century martyr who was beheaded in Rome during the persecution of Christians by Emperor Severus Alexander. Not much is known about his life, but he is said to have been a priest who was arrested for his Christian faith. He was tortured and beheaded, but he is said to have died peacefully.
Died
257
Saint Protasius of Cologne
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Martyr honoured in Cologne, Germany. His details have not survived.
Saint Protasius of Cologne is celebrated on August 4. He was a 4th-century martyr who was beheaded in Cologne during the persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate. He was a young man who was arrested for his Christian faith along with his brother Gervasius. They were both tortured and beheaded, but they are said to have died peacefully.
Saint Crescentio of Rome
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Martyr.
aint Crescentio of Rome is celebrated on August 4. He was a 3rd-century martyr who was beheaded in Rome during the persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander. Not much is known about his life, but he is said to have been a priest who was arrested for his Christian faith. He was tortured and beheaded
Died
on the Via Tiburtina, Rome, Italy
