St. Serenus
August 3 and August 9 are celebrated as Saint Serenus's feast day.
August 3 is the traditional feast day of Saint Serenus, while August 9 is the date of his translation to a new shrine in Marseille.
Death: 606
Bishop of Marseilles, France. He is best known for having been a correspondent with Pope St. Gregory I the Great (r. 590-604) who sent him several letters. One endorsed the Roman missionanes who were then on their way to Britain.
St. Samuel of Edessa
St. Samuel of Edessa was an ecclesiastical writer who lived in the 5th century. He is mentioned by the 5th-century priest and historian Gennadius of Marseilles, who says that Samuel authored works against the Nestorians and other heretics.
Not much else is known about St. Samuel of Edessa, but his writings are still considered valuable by scholars today. His feast day is celebrated on August 9.
St. Amedeus
Feastday: August 9
Death: 1482
Franciscan founder, also called Amadeus. He was born to a noble family in Portugal in 1420 and entered the Franciscans as a lay brother at Assisi, Italy. After some time as a hermit, Amedeus was ordained and founded Franciscan monasteries. He was revered by Pope Sixtus IV.
Saint Amedeus's feast day is also celebrated on August 9. The reason for this is that there are two different traditions regarding his death. According to one tradition, he died on August 3, 1159. According to the other tradition, he died on August 9, 1159.
The August 3 tradition is the more widely accepted one, but the August 9 tradition is also observed by some churches.
Saint Marianne Cope
Also known as
• Barbara Cope
• Barbara Koob
• Maria Anna Barbara Cope
• Mother Marianne
• Sister Marianne
Profile
Born to a poor working class family, one of eight children. Came to the United States when her parents emigrated in 1840, and she grew up in the Utica, New York area. Left school after the eight grade to work in a factory for nine years and help raise her younger siblings. Joined the Sisters of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York in 1862, taking the name Sister Marianne, and making her vows in 1863. Teacher. Superior of a convent. Member of the council that governed her community. Supervisor of Saint Joseph's Hospital in 1870; it was the only hospital in Syracuse, and cared for the sick regardless of race or religion, a rarity in the day. Directress of novices. Provincial Superior of her community in 1877. In November 1883 she and six of her sister Franciscans went to Honolulu, Hawaii to care for lepers. Mother Marianne had planned to stay a few weeks, help establish the facilities, and then return to Syracuse; she spent 35 years there and only returned when her remains were moved in 2005 as part of her beatification preparations. They completely revamped the conditions of the patients, vastly improving their housing and care. In 1885 she founded a home for the daughters of patients who lived in the colony. In November 1888 she and two sisters founded a home and school for girls on Molokai. In 1895 she took over the boy's home that had been founded by Blessed Damien de Veuster. In her later years she was confined to a wheelchair due to chronic kidney disease.
Born
23 January 1838 in Heppenheim, grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany as Barbara Koob
Died
• 9 August 1918 at Kalaupapa, Maui County, Hawaii of a heart attack
• most relics are being housed and conserved at the Saint Marianne Cope Shrine and Museum in Syracuse, New York, having been transferred there in 2005 as part of the canonization investigation
• there are display relics at each of the five provinces of the Sisters of Saint Francis
• there are two display relics held in Rome, Italy, one given to Pope John Paul II at the time of the beatification of Saint Marianne, and one given to Pope Benedict XVI at the time of her canonization
• there is a display relic in possession of the bishop of the diocese of Syracuse
• there are two display relics in possession of the diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii, one of them enshrined in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu on 31 July 2014
• there is a display relic in the parish of Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick in Utica, New York, the home parish of Saint Marianne
• there is a display relic in the Church of the Assumption in Syracuse where Saint Marianne took her vows, lived and worked
Beatified
• 14 May 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Canonized
21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
புனிதர் சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்டா
கார்மேல் சபை அருட்சகோதரி மற்றும் மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: அக்டோபர் 12, 1891
ப்ரெஸ்லவ் (சிலேசியா), ஜெர்மனி (தற்போது வ்ரோக்ளோ, போலந்து)
இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 9, 1942 (வயது 50)
ஔஸ்விட்ஸ் - சித்திரவதை முகாம், பொது அரசு (நாஜி-ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்ட போலந்து)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
முக்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: மே 1, 1987
திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்
கோலோன், ஜெர்மனி
புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 11, 1998
திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்ட் 9
சித்தரிக்கப்படும் வகை:
ஒரு புத்தகம் (A book), தீ நாக்கு (Flames),
கார்மேல் பெண் துறவியின் ஆடையில் தாவீதின் மஞ்சள் நிற விண்மீன் (Yellow Star of David on a Discalced Carmelite nun's habit, Flames, a book)
பாதுகாவல்:
ஐரோப்பா (Europe), பெற்றோரை இழந்தோர் (Loss of Parents), மனம் மாறிய யூதர்கள் (Converted Jews), மறைசாட்சியர் (Martyrs), உலக இளைஞர் தினம் (World Youth Day)
“புனிதர் சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்டா” (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க மதத்திற்கு மனம் மாறிய ஒரு ஜெர்மானிய - யூத தத்துவயியலாளர் (German Jewish Philosopher) ஆவார். 13 வயதில், யூத மதத்தின் மீது நம்பிக்கை இழந்ததாலும், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் மீது கொண்ட உறுதியான விசுவாசத்தாலும், மறைகல்வி பயின்று 1 ஜனவரி 1922 அன்று கத்தோலிக்கராக திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றார். 1934ம் ஆண்டு, “தீவிர கட்டுப்பாடுகளைக் கொண்ட கார்மேல் சபையில்” (Discalced Carmelite) இணைந்து துறவு வாழ்வினை மேற்கொண்டார்.
வரலாறு:
“எடித் ஸ்டைன்” (Edith Stein) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், கி.பி. 1891ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 12ம் நாள், அப்போதைய ஜெர்மனியின் “ப்ரெஸ்லவ்” (Breslau) நகரத்தில் யூதப் பெற்றோருக்கு 11வது குழந்தையாகப் பிறந்தார். இந்நகரம் தற்போது போலந்து நாட்டில் “வ்ரோக்ளோ” (Wrocław, Poland) என்ற பெயரால் அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. யூதர்களின் முக்கிய விழாவான “பிராயச்சித்த நாள்” விழாவின்போது (Day of Atonement) இவர் பிறந்தார். இவருக்கு 2 வயது நடந்த போது இவரின் தந்தை இறந்தார்.
எடித், மெய்யியல் படிப்பில் சிறந்து விளங்கினார். உண்மையைத் தேடுவதிலும் ஆர்வம் கொண்டிருந்தார். இவர் தனது 14வது வயதில் கடவுள் நம்பிக்கையை கைவிட்டார். தன்னை ஒரு நாத்திகர் என்றே அறிவித்தார். ஒரு சிறந்த கத்தோலிக்கப் பேராசிரியரின் விதவை மனைவிக்கு உதவிகள் செய்து வந்தார். இந்த விதவை, தனது அத்தனை துன்பங்களிலும் சிலுவையில் அறையுண்ட இயேசுவில் விசுவாசம் கொண்டிருந்தது இவருடைய வாழ்வை மாற்றியது.
ஒருசமயம் தனது நண்பரின் இல்லம் சென்றிருந்த சமயத்தில் “புனிதர் அவிலாவின் தெரேசாவின்” (St. Teresa of Ávila) வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு புத்தகம் கிடைத்தது. அதையும் எடுத்து வாசித்தார் எடித். இது அவரது அகக் கண்களை திறந்தது. இதன் விளைவாக திருமறை விளக்க நூல் ஒன்றையும் திருப்பலி புத்தகம் ஒன்றையும் வாங்கி வாசித்தார். கத்தோலிக்க நம்பிக்கையினைத் தழுவினார். 1 ஜனவரி 1922 அன்று திருமுழுக்கு பெற்ற இவர், 1923 முதல் 1931 வரை “ஸ்பேயர்” (Speyer) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள “டோமினிக்கன் அருட்சகோதரியர் பள்ளியில்” (Dominican nuns' school) கற்பிக்கும் பணி செய்தார்.
எடித் கற்பிக்கும் பணியை விட்டுவிடவேண்டுமென “நாசி அரசாங்கம்” (Nazi government) வற்புறுத்தியது. திருத்தந்தை “பதினோராம் பயஸ்” (Pope Pius XI) அவர்களுக்கு இவர் எழுதிய கடிதமொன்றில், நாஜி ஆட்சியை கண்டனம் செய்த இவர், கிறிஸ்துவின் பெயரைத் துஷ்பிரயோகம் செய்வதை நிறுத்துவதற்காக, நாஜி ஆட்சியை வெளிப்படையாக கண்டனம் செய்ய வேண்டினார். அவர் திருத்தந்தைக்கு எழுதிய இந்த நீண்ட கடிதத்திற்கு திருத்தந்தையிடமிருந்து பதிலேதும் வரவில்லை. கடிதத்தை திருத்தந்தை படித்தாரா என்பதே தெரியாது. (இருப்பினும், 1937ம் ஆண்டு, நாஜி ஆட்சியை கண்டித்து, ஜெர்மனி மொழியில் ஒரு சுற்றறிக்கையை திருத்தந்தை வெளியிட்டார்.)
இதனால் இவர் 1933ம் ஆண்டு அக்டோபர் 14ம் தேதி கொலோன் (Cologne) நகரிலுள்ள “சமாதானத்தின் அன்னை” (St. Maria vom Frieden (Our Lady of Peace) கார்மேல் துறவற (Discalced Carmelite monastery) சபையில் சேர்ந்தார். "சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்ட்டா" என்ற ஆன்மீக பெயரை ஏற்றார். திருச்சிலுவையினால் ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட தெரெசா என்பது இதன் பொருள்.
அச்சமயத்தில், 1937ம் ஆண்டில், ஹிட்லரின் நாசிப் படையினர் ஜெர்மனியில் யூதர்களை சித்திரவதை செய்வது தலைதூக்கியது. ஜெர்மனியில் யூதர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை பெருகி வந்ததையும் அவர்களது வளமான வாழ்வையும் ஹிட்லரால் சகித்துக் கொள்ள முடியவில்லை. இதன் அடையாளமாக முதலில் கொலோன் யூதமதத் தொழுகைக் கூடத்தைத் தீக்கிரையாக்கினான் ஹிட்லர்.
எனவே எடித்தின் பாதுகாப்புக்காகவும், கத்தோலிக்கத்துக்கு மாறியிருந்த எடித்தின் இன்னொரு சகோதரி ரோசாவின் (Rosa) பாதுகாப்பிற்காகவும், இவர்களிருவரையும் நெதர்லாந்து நாட்டிலிருந்த “எச்ட்” (Echt, Netherlands) எனும் இடத்திலிருந்த துறவு மடத்துக்கு இவர்களது சபையினர் அனுப்பி வைத்தனர். இறுதியில் நெதர்லாந்திலும் அவர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்பு இருக்கவில்லை.
ஹிட்லரின் நாசிப் படைகள் 1940ம் ஆண்டில் நெதர்லாந்தை ஆக்கிரமித்தன. 2 ஆகஸ்ட் 1942 அன்று, தெரேசா, ரோசா மற்றும் பல யூதர்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர். முதலில் அவர்கள் “அமெர்ஸ்ஃபூர்ட்” மற்றும் “வெஸ்டேர்பொர்க்” (Amersfoort and Westerbork) ஆகிய சித்திரவதை முகாம்களில் அடைக்கப்பட்டனர். “வெஸ்டேர்பொர்க்” முகாமில், எடித்தின் விசுவாசம் மற்றும் அமைதியால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட “டட்ச்” அதிகாரி (A Dutch official) ஒருவர், சகோதரியர் இருவரும் தப்பிச் செல்ல ஒரு திட்டம் வகுத்து தந்தார். ஆனால், அதனை எடித் தீர்க்கமாகவும் கடுமையாகவும் அவரது உதவியை மறுத்துவிட்டார். அத்துடன், “இந்த கட்டத்தில் யாரோ ஒருவர் தலையிட்டு, அவரது ஆயிரக்கணக்கான சகோதர சகோதரிகளின் தலைவிதியினைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் வாய்ப்பை எடுத்துவிட்டால், அது முற்றிலும் நிர்மூலமான அழிவு ஆகும்” என்றார்.
1942ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 7ம் நாளன்று, அதிகாலை, 987 யூதர்கள் “ஆஷ்விட்ஸ்” (Auschwitz) சித்திரவதை முகாமுக்குக் கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டனர். அம்முகாமில் 1942ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 9ம் தேதியன்று, புனிதர் சிலுவையின் தெரெசா பெனடிக்டாவும் அவரது சகோதரியும் இன்னும் பலரும் நச்சுவாயு அறைகளில் அடைக்கப்பட்டு இறந்தனர்.
திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் அருள் சின்னப்பர் (Pope John Paul II), இவரை ஐரோப்பாவின் ஆறு பாதுகாவலர்களுல் ஒருவராகவும் அறிவித்தார்.
Also known as
• Edith Stein
• Teresia Benedicta
Profile
Youngest of seven children in a Jewish family. Edith lost interest and faith in Judaism by age 13. Brilliant student and philospher with an interest in phenomenology. Studied at the University of Göttingen, Germany and in Breisgau, Germany. Earned her doctorate in philosophy in 1916 at age 25. Witnessing the strength of faith of Catholic friends led her to an interest in Catholicism, which led to studying a catechism on her own, which led to "reading herself into" the Faith. Converted to Catholicism in Cologne, Germany; baptized in Saint Martin's church, Bad Bergzabern, Germany on 1 January 1922.
Carmelite nun in 1934, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Teacher in the Dominican school in Speyer, Germany and lecturer at the Educational Institute in Munich, Germany. However, anti-Jewish pressure from the Nazis forced her to resign both positions. Profound spiritual writer.
Both Jewish and Catholic, she was smuggled out of Germany, and assigned to Echt, Netherlands in 1938. When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, she and her sister Rose, also a convert to Catholicism, were captured and sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz where they died in the as chambers like so many others.
Born
12 October 1891 at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) as Edith Stein
Died
• gassed on 9 August 1942 in the ovens of Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Poland
• body cremated
Canonized
11 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Maurilio of Rouen
Also known as
Maurilius, Maurille
Profile
Born to the Gallic nobility. Studied theology in Liege, Belgium and in Saxony in modern Germany; member of the cathedral chapter of Halberstadt. By 1030 he was a monk at Fécamp, France. After some years, he withdrew from communal life to live as a hermit in Vallombrosa, Italy. Maurilio’s wisdom and holiness led the Marquis Bonifacio to order him to become the abbot the San Maria abbey in Florence, Italy. The monks there objected so strongly to his reform attempts that they tried to poison Maurilio; he returned to Fécamp. In 1055 he was appointed the archbishop of Rouen by Duke William the Conqueror of Normandy. He worked to restore discipline to his priests, presided over councils, helped impose a truce between warring families and feudal houses, and united them to fight against highway robbers and brigands. Helped Saint Anselm of Canterbury come to see that he had a call to religious life. Maurilio built several churches, consecrated the cathedral of Rouen in 1063, and the abbey church of Jumièges on 1 July 1067.
Born
c.1000 in the diocese of Rheims, France
Died
• 9 August 1067 of natural causes
• legend says that when they were preparing to take the body to the local church for his funeral Mass, Maurilio suddenly sat up and described what he had seen in the afterlife including places near Jerusalem with crowds of saints, others with crowds of demons, and the damned suffering in Hell; he gave his clergy a warning to guard their souls, then laid down for the final time
• buried in the Rouen cathedral
• tomb destoyed by Huguenots in 1562
Saint Nathy
புனித குரோம்நதி (- 1903)
இவர் அயர்லாந்தைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவருடைய குழந்தைப் பருவத்தைக் குறித்த போதிய குறிப்புகள் கிடையாது; ஆனால் இவர் ஃபினியன் என்பவருடைய சீடராக இருந்து, பின் அருள்பணியாளராக உயர்ந்தார்.
இவர் அருள்பணியாளராகத் திருப்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட பிறகு, அச்சோன்றி என்ற இடத்தில் பங்குப் பணியாளராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அவ்விடத்தில் இவர் ஒரு கோயிலைக் கட்டி எழுப்பி, அது ஓர் ஆன்மிகத் தலமாக இருக்குமாறு செய்தார்.
அந்த இடத்திற்குப் பலரும் வந்தார்கள். அவர்களிடம் இவர் ஆண்டவருடைய நற்செய்தியை வல்லமையோடு எடுத்துரைத்தார். இதன் பிறகு இவர் ஆயராக உயர்ந்து தன்னிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்ட மக்களை நல்ல முறையில் வழி நடத்தி வந்தார்.
இவருடைய உருவாக்கத்தில் பின்னாளில் அருளாளராக உயர்த்தப்பட்டவர்தான் பெச்சின் என்பவர்.
இவ்வாறு கடவுளுடைய வார்த்தையை மக்களுக்கு வல்லமையோடு எடுத்துரைத்து, அவர்களைக் கடவுளுக்கு உகந்தவர்களாக மாற்றிய இவர், 1903 ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்
Also known as
• Cromnathy
• Cruimhthir Nathy
• Crumther Nathy
• Nathy Cruimthir
• Nathy the Priest
• Nahi, Nath Í, Nathi, Nateo, Nateus
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Nothing reliable is known about his early life. Spiritual student of Saint Finnian of Clonnard. Priest. Founded a church and monastery at Achonry, Ireland. The monastery became a noted center for learning and piety. Spiritual teacher of Saint Fechin of Fobar. May have been a bishop, but records are scant and varied. Known for his personal sanctity, he spent a very long life spreading the faith.
Born
at Luighne, Sligo, Ireland
Canonized
1903 (cultus confirmed)
Patronage
• Achonry, Ireland, city of
• Achonry, Ireland, diocese of
Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso
Also known as
Florentinus Asensio Barroso
Profile
Born to a poor but devout family. Ordained on 1 June 1901 in Valladolid, Spain. Graduated as a doctor of theology from the Pontifical University of Valladolid, and then taught there. Priest at the metropolitan cathedral of Valladolid; many of his homilies have survived. Spiritual director and confessor to several religious congregations. Bishop and apostolic administrator of Barbastro, Spain on 26 January 1936. His five months as bishop were noted for his charity to the poor and sick. However, this was a period of hostility to the Church by the state. Bishop Florentino was put under house arrest, then imprisoned, then on 1 August 1936 was moved to solitary confinement. He was tortured and mutilated and finally murdered. One of the martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
Born
16 October 1877 at Villasexmir, Valladolid, Spain
Died
• shot three times through the temple on 2 August 1936 in a cemetery outside Barbastro, Huesca, Spain
• buried in a common grave with other victims
• later exhumed and re-interred in the cathedral crypt
Beatified
4 May 1997 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Faustino Oteiza Segura
Also known as
Faustino of Our Lady of Sorrows
Profile
Son of Isidoro Oteiza and Angela Segura. Baptized at the age of one day. Studied at the Piarist College of Estella, Spain. A bout of pneumonia when he was 14 was so sever that he was given last rites, but managed to recover. Entered the Piarist novitiate on 9 November 1905 at Peralta de la Sal, Spain, and made his solemn vows on 15 July 1912. Priest, ordained on 14 September 1913 in Terrassa, Spain. Novice master at Peralta de la Sal, Spain. Primary school teacher for several years. Had a great devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist, and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Suffered from Parkinson’s Disease, but never let it interfere with his work. Arrested on 23 July 1936 with his entire religious community in the persections of the Spanish Civil War; he spent his time in prison writing letters, all of which report that he and his brothers never lost their faith. Martyr.
Born
14 February 1890 in Ayegui, Navarra, Spain
Died
• shot in the afternoon of 9 August 1936 in Azanuy, Huesca, Spain
• body doused with gasoline and set on fire
• remains buried in Azanuy
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola
Also known as
Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola
Profile
Oldest of seven children born to Juan Miguel Cipitria and María Jesús Barriola. The family were weavers, and Juana learned the craft as a child. At age 18 she left home to work as a maid to a family in Burgos, Spain. Juana early felt a call to religious life, and on 8 December 1871 she founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus to work for a Christian upbringing of children, and to improve the condition of woman in Salamanca, Spain. She took the name Mother Candida Maria de Jesus, and the Congregation received papal approval from Pope Leo XIII on 30 July 1901. Mother Candida based her spirituality on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
Born
31 May 1845 in Andoáin, Guipúzcoa, Spain as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola
Died
9 August 1912 in Salamanca, Spain of natural causes
Canonized
17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
Blessed John of Salerno
Profile
Related to Norman princes. Educated at Bologna, Italy. Physically small, he was noted by all for his leadership and organizational skills. Dominican friar, receiving the habit from Saint Dominic in 1219 while still in university. With twelve brother Dominicans, he founded a friary near Florence, Italy in 1220. The men in this house caused a great evangelical stirring in Florence, and they were given the monastery of Santa Maria Novella; under the Dominican's direction, it became a noted center for art and education.
Born
c.1190 at Salerno, Italy
Died
• 1242 of natural causes
• buried at the church of Saint Maria Novella in Florence, Italy
• relics translated several times, the last being on 18 February 1571
Beatified
1783 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Cayetano Giménez Martín
Profile
Ordained a priest of the archdiocese of Granada, Spain, Father Cayetano continued studying canon law for several years. He served in parishes in Alfornón, Alboloduy, and Loja, and was noted for a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, his church was burned by anti–Catholic forces. Father Cayetano went into hiding, but was soon located, arrested, imprisoned and executed for his faith. When he and his fellow prisoners were taken out to be murdered, Father Cayetano asked that he be killed last so he could hear final confessions and give absolution to each of the others. Martyr.
Born
27 November 1866 in Alfornón, Granada, Spain
Died
• 9 August 1936 in the cemetery of Loja, Granada, Spain
• buried in an unmarked grave in that cemetery
Venerated
28 November 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Blessed José María Garrigues Hernández
Also known as
Father Germán of Carcagente
Profile
Franciscan Capuchin friar, making his profession on 15 August 1912. Priest, ordained on 9 February 1919. School teacher with a strong ministry to the poor. Taught at the College of San Buenaventura de Totana in Murcia, Spain. Taught at the Seraphic Seminary of Massamgrell. In the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War, he was forced into hiding. Arrested on 9 August 1936, he was beaten and abused for a day, then dragged to a nearby bridge and murdered for the crime of being a priest. Martyr. His final acts and words were to forgive his executioners.
Born
12 February 1895 in Carcagente, Valencia, Spain
Died
• shot on the night of the 10 August 1936 on an iron railroad bridge in Carcagente, Valencia, Spain
• body thrown into the river
• body later recovered and buried in the cemertery at Carcagente
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Florentín Felipe Naya
Also known as
Florentín of Saint Francis Borgia
Profile
Son of Miguel Felipe and Francisca Naya; he was baptized on the day of his birth. Entered the Piarist novitiate on 27 February 1876 in Paralta de la Sal, Spain as a lay brother; he made his solemn profession on 29 April 1883. Served for over 50 years in the kitchens and schools of a number of Piarist houses in Aragon, Spain. In his late 70’s, his eyesight dimming, nearly deaf, he retired to spend his days in prayer. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
10 October 1856 in Alquézar, Huesca, Spain
Died
• shot on the afternoon of 9 August 1936 in Azanuy, Huesca, Spain
• body doused with gasoline and set on fire
• remains later buried in Azanuy
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Richard Bere
Also known as
John Bere
Additional Memorials
• 4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs
• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
Profile
Nephew of Richard Bere, abbot of Glastonbury. Educated at the Glastonbury abbey school and then Oxford. He refused an arranged marriage, and studied law at the Chancery in London. He then abandoned the law and in 1523 became a Carthusian choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Imprisoned and martyred with several of his brothers for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy acknowledging King Henry VIII as head of the Church.
Born
Glastonbury, England
Died
starved to death on 9 August 1537 in Newgate prison, London, England
Beatified
20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Blessed Narcís Sitjà Basté
Profile
Priest. Member of the Sons of the Holy Family. Novice master and general counsel of Saint Jose Manyanet and the Sons. Teacher and spiritual advisor, noted for his ascetic lifestyle, personal piety, ability as a preacher and devotion to the Holy Family. Poet. Martyred in the anti-Catholic excesses of the Spanish Civil War.
Born
1 November 1867 in Sant Andreu de Palomar, Barcelona, Spain
Died
• morning of 9 August 1936 in the Riera de Sant Andreuin, Barcelona, Spain
• buried in the cemetery of Sant Andreu de Palomar in Barcelona
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Saints Firmus and Rusticus of Verona
Also known as
Fermo
Profile
Martyrs. Saint Zeno of Verona, also from North Africa, brought their relics to his diocese; some locals revised the story of the martyrdom to indicate that the two were Italian nobles, but this seems unlikely.
Born
3rd century North Africa
Died
c.290
Patronage
Berzo San Fermo, Italy
Blessed Zbigniew Adam Strzalkowski
Profile
Franciscan Conventual priest. One of the Martyrs of Chimbote, murdered by Shining Path Communist guerillas.
Born
3 July 1958 in Tarnów, Poland
Died
9 August 1991 in Pariacoto, Ancash, Peru
Beatified
• 5 December 2015 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Estadio Centenario Manuel Rivera Sánchez, Chimbote, Peru, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed Claude Richard
Profile
Benedictine monk at the monastery in Metz, France. Priest. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
19 May 1741 in Lérouville, Meuse, France
Died
9 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Michal Tomaszek
Profile
Franciscan Conventual priest. One of the Martyrs of Chimbote, murdered by Shining Path Communist guerillas.
Born
23 September 1960 in Lekawica, Zywiec, Poland
Died
9 August 1991 in Pariacoto, Ancash, Peru
Beatified
• 5 December 2015 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Estadio Centenario Manuel Rivera Sánchez, Chimbote, Peru, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed John of Alvernia
Profile
Joined the Franciscan Friars Minor in 1272. Part-time hermit, part-time evangelist and spiritual advisor in the area around Mount Alvernia, central and northern Italy. Had the gifts of infused knowledge, visions, ecstacies, and mind-reading.
Born
1259 at Fermo, Italy
Died
10 August 1322 of natural causes
Beatified
1880 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Falco the Hermit
Also known as
• Falco of Palena
• Falcon
Profile
Hermit in the Abruzzi region of Italy.
Born
in the Calabria region of Italy
Died
• 1440 of natural causes
• relics enshrined at Palena, Italy
Beatified
1893 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Saint Romanus Ostiarius
Profile
Soldier. Converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence of Rome, by whom he was baptized. Church ostiarius in Rome, Italy. Martyr. Figured in early fiction about the martyrs.
Died
• c.258 in Rome, Italy
• relics in the churches of San Lorenzo and Santa Catarina dei Funari in Rome
Saint Bandaridus of Soissons
Also known as
Banderik, Bandery
Profile
Bishop of Soissons, France in 540. Founded at monastery at Crépin, France. Exiled from his see, he worked as a gardener for seven years without revealing his identity, but was eventually found out and recalled.
Died
566
Saint Phelim
Also known as
Fedhlimidh, Fedlemid, Fedlimid, Felim, Felix, Fidleminus, Fedlimino
Profile
Sixth century spiritual student of Saint Columba. Hermit. His reputation for holiness attracted would-be students who founded the city of Kilmore, Ireland around his cell. First bishop of Kilmore.
Patronage
diocese of Kilmore, Ireland
Saint Numidicus of Carthage
Profile
Seminarian. One of a group of Christians killed in the persecutions of Decius. Just before Numidicus died, Saint Cyprian of Carthage dragged him out of the fire and ordained him so that he died a priest.
Died
burned at the stake in 251 in Carthage, North Africa
Saint Autor of Metz
Also known as
Adinctor, Auteur
Profile
Fifth-century bishop of Metz, France.
Died
relics translated to the Marmoutier Abbey in 830
Saint Amor of Franche-Comté
Also known as
Amour
Profile
Venerated in Franche-Comté, France, but his story has been lost over time.
Died
relics enshrined at Saint-Amour in Burgundy, France
Saint Stephen of Burgos
Profile
Ninth-century Benedictine monk. Abbot in Burgos, Spain. Martyred with 200 of his brother monks by invading Muslims.
Died
put to the sword in 872 in Burgos, Spain
Saint Rusticus of Sirmium
Profile
Saint Rusticus of Sirmium was a Christian martyr who was killed in Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) during the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Diocletian..
Died
4th century Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
Saint Domitian of Châlons
Profile
Fourth-century bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, France
The feast day of Saint Domitian of Châlons is August 9. He was the 4th bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, France, from 346 to 373. He was a martyr who was killed during the persecutions of Emperor Julian the Apostate.
Saint Domitian was born in Châlons-sur-Marne, France, around 300 AD. He was ordained a priest and then became bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne. He was a strong defender of the Catholic faith and was a vocal critic of Emperor Julian the Apostate.
Emperor Julian the Apostate tried to revive paganism in the Roman Empire. He persecuted Christians and ordered the destruction of churches. Saint Domitian was arrested and imprisoned for his faith. He was tortured and then beheaded in 373 AD.
Martyred Colombians of Barcelona
Additional Memorial
30 July as one of the Martyred Hospitallers of Spain
Profile
A group of Colombian members of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God who worked together in Spain, and who were martyred together in the Spanish Civil War.
• Blessed Alfonso Antonio Ramírez Salazar
• Blessed Gabriel Maya Gutiérrez
• Blessed José Velázquez Peláez
• Blessed Luis Ayala Niño
• Blessed Luis Modesto Páez Perdomo
• Blessed Ramón Ramírez Zuluoga
• Blessed Rubén de Jesús López Aguilar
Died
9 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain
Beatified
25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II
Martyrs of Civitavecchia
Profile
Three Christians martyred together in the persecutions of Decius. We know little more than the names - Marcellian, Secundian and Verian.
Died
250 near Civitavecchia, Italy
Martyrs of Constantinople
Profile
A group of ten Christians who were arrested, tortured and executed for defending an icon of Christ in defiance of orders from Emperor Leo the Isaurian. We know the names of three, but nothing else about them – Julian, Marcian and Mary.
Died
beheaded in Constantinople
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.
• Blessed Antonio Mateo Salamero
• Blessed Cayetano Giménez Martín
• Blessed Cayetano Giménez Martín
• Blessed Faustino Oteiza Segura
• Blessed Florentín Felipe Naya
• Blessed Francisco López-Gasco Fernández-Largo
• Blessed Guillermo Plaza Hernández
• Blessed Joan Vallés Anguera
• Blessed José María Celaya Badiola
• Blessed José María Garrigues Hernández
• Blessed Josep Figuera Rey
• Blessed Josep Maria Aragones Mateu
• Blessed Julián Pozo Ruiz de Samaniego
• Blessed Mateo Molinos Coloma
• Blessed Narcís Sitjà Basté
