St. Massa Candida
Feastday: August 24
Death: 260
A group of martyrs who suffered in Utica, in northern Africa. The name, translated as "the White Mass," was believed to denote the fact that these martyrs were thrown into a lime pit, and their remains became one great white mass. Now it is believed that Massa Candida was an actual site near Utica in modem North Africa. Some 153 martyrs suffered there under Emperors Valerian and Gallienus.
The Massa Candida were 300 early Christian martyrs from Utica who chose death rather than offering incense to Roman Gods, in approximately 253-60 AD.[1] They were put to death by Galerius Maximus, the governor of the province of Africa. The title "Massa Candida" or "White Mass or Lump" refers to their manner of death. The Catholic Encyclopedia reports that they were hurled into a pit of burning lime and thus reduced to a mass of white powder. They are commemorated on August 24.
St. Aurea
Feastday: August 24
Patron: of Ostia, Italy
Death: 270
Martyr, probably at Ostia, in Italy. No reliable details survive of her death, but her shrine at Ostia attests to her martyrdom.
Saint Aurea of Ostia (or Aura; in Greek, Chryse; both names mean “golden girl”) is venerated as the patron saint of Ostia.[3] According to one scholar, “[a]lthough the acta of Saint Aurea are pious fiction, she was a genuine martyr with a very early cultus at Ostia
Saint Emily de Vialar
தூய எமிலி தே வியலர் ( ஆகஸ்ட் 24 , ஜூன் 17)
“ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் நான் ஆயிரமாயிரம் பிரச்சனைகளைச் சந்திக்கின்றேன். அப்படியிருந்தாலும் இறைவனுடைய அருட்கரம் என்னோடு இருப்பதால், நான் எதற்கும் அசையாமல் இருக்கின்றேன்” – எமிலி தே வியலர்.
வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு
இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் எமிலி தே வியலர் 1779 ஆம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் திங்கள் 12 ஆம் நாள், தெற்கு பிரான்சில் உள்ள கெயிலாக் என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தார்.
எமிலியின் தாயார் பக்தியுள்ள பெண்மணி. எனவே இவர் தன்னுடைய ஒரே மகளான எமிலிக்கு பக்தி நெறியை ஊட்டி வளர்த்து வந்தார். தாயாரின் வளர்ப்பில் எமிலி நாளொரு மேனியும் பொழுதொரு வண்ணமுமாய் வளர்ந்து வந்தார். இப்படி வாழ்க்கையில் எல்லாமே நன்றாகப் போய்க்கொண்டிருந்த தருணத்தில், எமிலியின் தாயார் திடிரென இறந்துபோனார். அப்போது எமிலிக்கு வயது வெறும் 15 தான். தாயின் இழப்பை அவரால் தாங்கிக்கொள்ளவே முடியவில்லை.
இந்தச் சூழ்நிலையில் எமிலியின் தந்தை, அவருக்கு மணமுடித்துக் கொடுத்தால், தாயின் இழப்பை மறந்துவிட்டு அவர் சந்தோசமாக இருப்பார் என்று நினைத்துக்கொண்டு ஆடவன் ஒருவனை எமிலிக்கு மணமுடித்துக் கொடுக்க திட்டம் தீட்டினார். இதைக் கேள்விப்பட்ட எமிலி அதிர்ந்து போனார். ஏனென்றால் அவர் ஏற்கனவே தன்னை இறைவனுக்காக அர்ப்பணித்திருந்தார். தந்தை இவ்வாறு திட்டம் தீட்டுவதை அறிந்த எமிலி அவரிடத்தில் சென்று, “நான் ஏற்கனவே என்னை இறைவனுக்கு அர்ப்பணித்துவிட்டேன். அதனால் நான் யாரையும் மணமுடிக்கப் போவதில்லை” என்று மிக உறுதியாகச் சொன்னார். இதனால் எமிலியின் தந்தை மிகுந்த ஏமாற்றத்திற்கும் வருத்தத்திற்கும் உள்ளானார். தன் மகள் இப்படியோர் முடிவை எடுத்துவிட்டாளே என்று ஏமாற்றத்திற்கு உள்ளன எமிலியின் தந்தை அதனாலேயே நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு படுத்தபடுக்கையானார்.
எமிலியின் கனவு, இலட்சியம் எல்லாம் பிரஞ்சுப் புரட்சியால் நிர்மூலமாகிப் போன கிறிஸ்தவக் கல்வி நிறுவனங்களுக்கு உயிர்கொடுப்பதும் ஏழை எளிய மக்களுக்கு சேவை செய்வதுதான். அதற்காகத்தான் அவர் எந்தவொரு ஆணையும் மணந்துகொள்ளாமல், நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு கிடந்த தன் தந்தையைக் கவனித்துக்கொண்டு கன்னியாகவே இருந்தார். தந்தை நோய்முற்றி இறந்ததும் இறைப்பணிக்காக தன்னை முற்றிலும் அர்ப்பணிக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.
முதலில் தாய்வழி தாத்தாவின் சொத்துவழியாக ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட தொகை அவருக்குக் கிடைத்தது. அதைக்கொண்டு அவர் நகரில் ஒரு பெரிய கட்டடத்தைக் கட்டி, கல்விப்பணியையும், சமூகப் பணியையும் ஆன்மீகப் பணியையும் செய்யத் தொடங்கினார். இவர் ஆற்றிவந்த பணிகளைப் பார்த்துவிட்டு, முதலில் மூன்று பெண்களும், அவர்களைத் தொடர்ந்து எட்டுப் பெண்களும் அவரோடு சேர்ந்துகொண்டு பணி செய்யத் தொடங்கினார்கள்.
எமிலி செய்துவந்த சேவைகள் அனைத்தும் மக்களுடைய கவனத்தை ஈர்த்தன. அதனால் மக்கள் மத்தியில் அவருக்கும் அவர் ஏற்படுத்திய ‘The Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition’ நல்ல மதிப்பு உண்டானது. கார்டினல் மெர்சியர் என்பவர் எமிலிக்கு ஓர் ஆன்மீக குருவாக இருந்து, எல்லாவிதத்திலும் உறுதுணை புரிந்துவந்தார்.
இப்படி பல்வேறு பணிகளைச் செய்துவந்த எமிலி திடிரென நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு 1856 ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்டு திங்கள் 24 ஆம் நாள் இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1951 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.
feast day is 24 August in the General Roman Calendar,
and celebrated on 17 June by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition
Also known as
• Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar
• Emilie de Vialar
• Emilie de Vialard
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Born to an aristocratic family, the eldest of three children, and only daughter of Baron James Augustine and Antoinette de Vialar. Because of the anti-Church sentiment of the years following the French Revolution, Emily was baptized in secret, and was taught religion at home by her mother. Sent at age 7 to Paris, France for her education. Her mother died when Emily was 15, and the girl returned home. She managed her father's house until she was 35 years old, privately devoting herself to a life of celibacy and prayer, and occasionally arguing with her father over her desire to enter religious life.
Upon receiving a large inheritance from her grandfather, Emily and three other women founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition on Christmas Day in 1832; the Apparition refers to the appearance of Gabriel to Joseph, telling him to flee to Egypt. In 1835, Emily and several of the Sisters arrived in Algeria to help the sick during a cholera epidemic, and begin her dream of missionary work. Beginning in 1840 she tried to obtain papal approval of the Sisters, but secular politics between France and Algeria, and Church politics involving Bishop Dupuch of Alger prevented the recognition until 31 March 1862, several years after Emilie's death.
During the next few years Emily established 14 new houses, travelled extensively, and sent missionaries anywhere that would accept them. This put a heavy strain on her inheritence, which had been mismanaged by her financial advisor. By 1851 she was bankrupt. Because of the money trouble, the reputation of Emily and of the Sisters suffered, and they were so poor that they sometimes ate in soup kitchens run by other Congregations. Emily finally moved them all, establishing the mother-house of the Sisters in Marseilles, France where, with the help of the bishop, Saint Eugene de Mazenod, she began to build up her congregation again. In the years until her death, she established 40 houses in Europe, Africa, and Asia, and the Sisters continue their good work all over the world today.
Born
12 September 1797 at Gaillace, Albi, southern France as Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar
Died
24 August 1856 at Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France of natural causes
Canonized
24 June 1951 by Pope Pius XII
Saint María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament
Also known as
• Micaela Desmaisières López de Dicastillo
• Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
• Maria Michela Desmaisières of the Blessed Sacrament
• María de la Soledad, Micaela, Agustina, Antonia, Bibiana, Desmaissières y López de Dicastillo, Vizcondesa de Jorbalán
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The daughter of Miguel Desmaisières y Flores, a high-ranking officer in the Spanish army, and Bernarda López de Dicastillo y Olmeda, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Maria Luisa de Parma of Spain; her mother was known for her charity to the sick and poor. Her mother died when Micaela was a young girl; her brother Diego was a Spanish ambassador, she often travelled with him, and thus she grew up in the circles of the Spanish and French nobility, the courts of the kings of Spain, France and Belgium. She was educated by Uruslines, and served as catechist to younger children. She received the title of Viscountess of Jorbalán. But even in the whirl of worldly life, she felt a pull to religious life, refused all the many offers of marriage, and spent much time in Eucharistic Adoration.
On 6 February 1844 she had experience that help her choose her final vocation. At the Saint John of God Hospital in Madrid, Spain, she met a girl, the daughter of a banker, who had been briefly drawn into prostitution; she had became an outcast and faced a life of poverty. Micaela used her social connections to get the funds to establish a home for women of any station in life who had fallen into prostitution as their only way to survive. More than just a shelter, the women received religious and secular educations. There were so many in need of help that Micaela was soon overwhelmed, and on 1 March 1856 officially founded the an order of sisters, the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, to work with the women. Saint Anthony Mary Claret became her confessor in 1857. The Handmaids were approved by Pope Pius IX in 1860. Micaela served as their leader until she contracted a fatal bout of cholera while caring for sick women, including many of her Handmaid sisters.
Born
1 January 1809 in Madrid, Spain
Died
24 August 1865 in Valencia, Spain of cholera
Canonized
4 March 1934 by Pope Pius XI
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
புனிதர் பர்த்தலமேயு
திருத்தூதர், மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. முதலாம் நூற்றாண்டு
கானா, யூதேயா, ரோமப் பேரரசு
இறப்பு: கி.பி. முதலாம் நூற்றாண்டு
அல்பனோபோலிஸ், ஆர்மேனியா
ஆர்மேனியாவில் தோல் உரிக்கப்பட்டு சிலுவையில் அறையப்பட்டார்
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
கிழக்கு அசிரிய திருச்சபை
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
மரோனைட் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஆங்கிலிகன் சமூகம்
லூதரன் திருச்சபை
இஸ்லாமியம்
முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:
புனித பர்த்தலமேயு மடம், ஆர்மேனியா
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்டு 24
சித்தரிக்கப்படும் வகை:
கத்தி, அவரது உரிக்கப்பட்ட தோல்
பாதுகாவல்:
இறைச்சி வெட்டுநர், புத்தகம் தைப்பவர்கள், மால்ட்டா, ஆர்மேனியா, நரம்பியல் நோய்கள், செருப்பு தைப்பவர்
புனிதர் பர்த்தலமேயு முதலாம் நூற்றாண்டில் வாழ்ந்தவர் ஆவார். யோவான் எழுதிய நற்செய்தியின் முதலாம் அதிகாரத்திலும், 21ம் அதிகாரத்திலும் நத்தனியேல் (Nathanael) என்று அடையாளம் காணப்படும் இவர், பிலிப்புவால் கிறிஸ்து இயேசுவுக்கு அறிமுகம் செய்விக்கப்படுகிறார். இவர், இயேசுவின் பன்னிரு திருத்தூதர்களுள் (அப்போஸ்தலர்களுள்) ஒருவர் ஆவார். இவரின் பெயர் "டாலமியின் (Ptolemy) மகன்" எனவும், "உழுசால் மகன்" எனவும் பொருள்படும். எனவே இது குடும்பப் பெயர் என்பர்.
இவரது நினைவுத் திருவிழா நாள் ஆகஸ்டு 24.
யோவான் நற்செய்தியின் முதல் அதிகாரத்தில் இவர் நத்தனியேல் என அழைக்கப்படுகிறார். அந்நற்செய்தியில் நத்தனியேல் தம்மிடம் வருவதை இயேசு கண்டு, 'இவர் உண்மையான இஸ்ரயேலர், கபடற்றவர்' என்று இவரைக் குறித்துக் கூறினார்.
மேலும் மத்தேயு, மாற்கு, லூக்கா நற்செய்திகளில் திருத்தூதர்கள் பட்டியலில் இவர் இடம் பெறுகிறார். திருத்தூதர் பணிகள் நூலில் இயேசுவின் விண்ணேற்பைக் கண்டவர்களுள் இவரும் ஒருவர்.
தூய ஆவியின் வருகைக்குப் பிறகு ஆர்மீனியா, இந்தியா மற்றும் பல இடங்களில் மறைப்பணி புரிந்தார் என்பது மரபுச் செய்தி. இந்தியாவில் இவர் மறைப்பணியாற்றினார் என்பதற்கான இரண்டு பண்டைய சாட்சியங்கள் உள்ளன. நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்க காலத்திலிருந்த சரித்திர ஆசிரியரும், ஆயரும், இறையியலாளருமான “யூசேபியஸ்” (Eusebius of Caesarea) ஒருவர் ஆவார். அதன்பின்னர், நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டின் இறுதியில், துறவியும், திருச்சபையின் மறை வல்லுனருமான புனிதர் “ஜெரோம்” (Saint Jerome) ஆவார்.
பண்டைய நகரமான கல்யாண் (Kalyan) என்று அறியப்பட்ட கொங்கன் கடலோரப் (Konkan coast) பகுதியில் உள்ள பம்பாய் (Bombay) பகுதியே புனிதர் பர்த்தலோமின் மறைப்பணிக்கான துறை என்று அருட்தந்தை: (பெருமலில்” (Fr.C. Perumalil SJ) மற்றும் “மோராசெஸ்” (Moraes) கூறுகிறார்கள்.
பாரம்பரியபடி, இவர் ஆர்மேனியாவில் (Armenia) உள்ள “அல்பநோபிளிஸ்” (Albanopolis) எனுமிடத்தில் உயிரோடு தோலுரிக்கப்பட்டு, தலைகீழாக சிலுவையில் அறையப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டதாக கூறப்படுகிறது. இவர், ஆர்மேனிய அரசனான “போலிமியஸ்” (Polymius) என்பவனை கிறிஸ்தவ மறைக்கு மனம் மாற்றியதாகவும், இதனால் ஆத்திரமடைந்த அரசனது சகோதரனான “அஸ்ட்யாஜெஸ்” (Astyages) பர்த்தலமேயுவின் மரண தண்டனைக்கு உத்தரவிட்டதாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது.
பதின்மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டில், இவர் மறைசாட்சியாக மரித்த இடத்தில், பெரிய ஆர்மேனியாவின் “வஸ்புரகன்” (Vaspurakan Province) பிராந்தியத்தில் புனித பர்த்தலமேயு (Saint Bartholomew Monastery) துறவு மடம் கட்டப்பட்டது. இது தற்போது தென்கிழக்கு துருக்கியில் (Southeastern Turkey) உள்ளது.
Also known as
Bartolomé, Bartolomeo, Nathanael bar Tolomai
Additional Memorial
11 June (Orthodox calendar)
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One of the Twelves Apostles. Probably a close friend of Saint Philip; Bartholomew's name is always mentioned in the Gospels in connection with Philip, and it was Philip who brought Bartholomew to Jesus. May have written a gospel, now lost; it is mentioned in other writings of the time. May have preached in Asia Minor, Ethiopia, India and Armenia; some one did, leaving behind assorted writings, and local tradition says it was Bartholomew. Martyr.
Born
Galilee
Died
• flayed alive at Albanopolis, Armenia
• relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, Italy, and in the cathedral in Canterbury, England
Saint Jane Antide Thouret
Also known as
• Joan Antide Thouret
• Jeanne Antide Thouret
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Daughter of a tanner. Her mother died when Jane was 16 years old, leaving the girl to manage the family and help her father raise her younger siblings. Joined the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in 1787 at Paris, France, and worked in various hospitals over the next five years. During the suppression of religious orders in the French Revolution, she was ordered to return home to a secular life. Jane refused, and tried to escape the authorities; she was beaten so badly that it took months to recover.
She finally returned on foot to Sancey-de-Long where she cared for the sick, and opened a small school for girls. In the late 1790's the government repression forced her to flee to Switzerland. There she teamed up with other exiled religious and clergy to minister to the sick. However, due to anti-Catholic prejudice in the area, the group was forced to move on to Germany.
Jane later returned to Landeron, Switzerland where she met with her order's Vicar-General of Besançon. He asked her to found a school and hospital for her Order, and in 1799 the school opened in Besançon, France. The congregation Jane founded to run these institutions was the Institute of the Daughters of Saint Vincent de Paul. The group soon began to expand, to operate other schools and hospitals in France, Switzerland, and Italy, and moved into prison ministry. The Institute received papal approval in 1819.
Born
27 November 1765 at Sancy-le-Long, diocese of Besançon, France
Died
24 August 1826 at Naples, Italy of natural causes
Canonized
14 January 1934 by Pope Pius XI
Blessed Veronica Antal
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The eldest of four children in her family, Veronica was taught Christianity by her pious grandmother. When she was old enough, the girl would walk five miles each day to Halaucesti, Romania for daily Mass at the closest church to her home. Veronica was drawn to religious life, but all religious orders had been outlawed by the Communist government, so she joined the lay Franciscan at age 17. She helped care for the local sick and poor, taught catechism to children, and prayed in a cell she constructed in her parent’s house. On the evening of 24 August 1958, Veronica stayed after Mass to clean up the church, then began praying the rosary as she walked home. On the road she was attacked by a neighbor who demanded sex, and when she refused, stabbed her to death. Considered a Martyr of Chastity.
Born
7 December 1935 in Nisiporesti, Botesti, Neamt, Romania
Died
stabbed 42 times and left to bleed out on the evening of 24 August 1958 in a cornfield near Halaucesti, Iasi, Romania
Beatified
• 22 September 2018 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Church of Adormirea Maicii Domnului, Nisiporesti, Romania, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• Franciscan Father Anton Demeter had hidden materials about her life and death, and was only able to start the beatification process after the end of Communist rule in 1989
• first Romanian woman to be beatified
• first Romanian lay person formally honoured as a martyr from the period of Communist rule
Saint Ouen of Rouen
Also known as
Aldwin, Audaenus, Audeon, Audoeno, Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Dadon, Owen
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Son of Aiga Saint Authaire of La-Ferté. Acquainted with Saint Columbanus, Saint Faro of Meaux, and Saint Aile. Educated at Saint Medard abbey. Served in the courts of King Clotaire II, King Dagobert I, and King Clovis II. Chancellor to Dagobert and Clovis. Friend of Saint Wandrille, Saint Romanus of Rouen, Saint Didier, and Saint Sulpicius Pius; teacher of Saint Philibert of Jumièges. Though a layman, he founded a monastery at Rebaisin the forest of Brie in 636 on land donated by Dagobert; he wanted to retire to it, but Dagobert would not relieve him on his responsibilities. Priest. Archbishop of Rouen, France in 641. Convoked the Synod of Chalons in 644 to fight against simony, a battle he had started as a layman. Friend, confrere, and biographer of Saint Eligius. Advisor to Queen Saint Bathild. Brokered a peace between Neustria and Austrasia for King Thierry III. Known for his personal austerities and support of many charities, he founded several monasteries in his diocese, and sent missionaries to the pagans in his see.
Born
c.605 at Sancy, Soissons, France
Died
• 24 August 684 at Clichy, France of natural causes
• buried at Saint Ouen's cathedral, Rouen, France
• relics reported to heal deafness
Blessed Luis Almécija Lázaro
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Born to a pious farming family, Luis was baptized at the age of three days; his sister became a Poor Clare prioress, and two nephews were priests. Luis studied in seminaries in Almería and Granada, Spain, and was ordained a priest in the archdiocese of Granada on 18 May 1906. He served as a parish priest in several locations, and in 1911 was assigned to Alicún, Spain where there were only the ruins of a church and he had to start the parish from scratch. In 1913 he was sent to Huécija, Spain where he became a much-loved pastor for many years.
On 19 August 1936, he was seized by anti–Catholic forces in the Spanish Civil War, and imprisoned in Alhama de Almería. His family paid a bribe to get him released, but Father Luis was seized again and imprisoned in Huécija. The guards offered to release him if he would spit on the cross that he carried; in response, he kissed the cross. Martyr.
Born
23 April 1883 in Illar, Almería, Spain
Died
24 August 1936 in Puente de los Calvos, Ráglos, Almería, Spain
Beatified
• 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Aguadulce, Almería, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed Miroslav Bulesic
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Studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, but recalled to Croatia at the start of World War II. Priest in the diocese of Porec i Pula, Croatia, ordained in April 1943. Assigned to Baderna, the scene of armed conflict between Communist and Fascist forces. Parish priest in Kanfanar in 1945. Secretary of the local priests's association. Outspoken opponent of the abuses of local people by Communist forces. Martyr.
Born
13 May 1920 in Cabrunici, Svetvincenat, Istarska, Croatia
Died
stabbed in the neck on 24 August 1947 in Lanisce, Istarska, Croatia by a group of Communist sympathizers
Beatified
• 28 September 2013 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed Maksymilian Binkiewicz
Also known as
Maximilian
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Maksymilian studied at the seminary in Czestochowa, Krakow, Poland, and then at the Jagiellonian University. He was ordained a priest in the archdiocese of Czestochowa in 1931. Prefect of a diocesan school in Wielun. Known as extremely intelligent, pious and comfortable in social situations. Arrested on 6 October 1941 and deported from occupied Poland to the Dachau concentration camp where he was imprisoned and tortured to death for his faith.
Born
21 February 1908 in Zarnowiec, Slaskie, Poland
Died
died from torture on 24 June 1942 in the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Eutychius of Troas
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Spiritual student of Saint Paul the Apostle. May have been the young man raised from the dead by Paul at Troas in Acts 20. Worked with Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos. Imprisoned and tortured for his faith, but he avoided martyrdom.
Born
1st century Phrygia
Readings
On the first day of the week when we gathered to break bread, Paul spoke to them because he was going to leave on the next day, and he kept on speaking until midnight. There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered, and a young man named Eutychus who was sitting on the window sill was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. Once overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and when he was picked up, he was dead. Paul went down, threw himself upon him, and said as he embraced him, "Don't be alarmed; there is life in him." Then he returned upstairs, broke the bread, and ate; after a long conversation that lasted until daybreak, he departed. And they took the boy away alive and were immeasurably comforted. - Acts 20:7-12
Blessed Lorenzo Lizasoáin Lizaso
Also known as
• Jorge Luis
• Aniceto Lizasoáin Lizaso
• Aniceto María Miguel
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The son of Miguel Ángel Lizasoain and Francisca Lizaso; he was baptized at the age of one day, and grew up speaking the Basque language. He was known as a good student, a great team mate in sports, and for an early call to religious life. He had some trouble in seminary as Spanish was his second language, and difficult for him. He joined the Redemptorists on 15 October 1895, making his profession on 15 October 1896, and taking the name Aniceto María Miguel. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
8pm on 4 September 1886 at 17 Calle de San Juan, Irañeta, Navarra, Spain
Died
24 August 1936 in Toledo, Spain
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Blessed Edward Kazmierski
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Son of a poor cobbler in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland. He managed to finish elementary school, but had to leave to work to help the family. A pious boy, he joined the Salesian youth oratory and spent his free time there in Eucharistic adoration, singing in the choir and as a soloist, and writing music. Made the pilgrimage to Czestokowa, walking over 300 miles to the shrine. Martyred in the Nazi persecutions of World War II.
Born
1 October 1919 Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Died
guillotined on 24 August 1942 in Dresden, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed Jarogniew Wojciechowski
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12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Young layman in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland, the son of an alcoholic manager of a cosmetics shop who eventually abandoned the family. Jarogniew found the Saleisan oratory and it became a second home. Played piano. He became a pious young man who thought deeply, worked for a thorough understanding of events, and became a natural leader. Martyred in the Nazi persecutions of World War II.
Born
5 November 1922 Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Died
guillotined on 24 August 1942 in Dresden, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed Franciszek Kesy
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Young layman in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland, the son of a carpenter who moved to Poznan for work. Franciszek planned to enter the Salesian novitiate, but the German invasion of Poland in 1939 intervened. He worked in a factory, spent his free time at the Salesian oratory, went to Mass every morning, prayed a rosary every night, helped anyone in any way that he could, and was martyred in the Nazi persecutions.
Born
13 November 1920 in Berlin, Germany
Died
guillotined on 24 August 1942 in Dresden, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed Edward Klinik
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Young layman in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland; his sister became an Ursuline nun. Educated by Salesians in Oswiecim, Poland. Construction worker. A serious and mature young man, he had a great devotion to Eucharistic adoration and the teachings of Saint John Bosco. Martyred in the Nazi persecutions of World War II.
Born
21 July 1919 in Bochum, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Died
guillotined on 24 August 1942 in Dresden, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed Czeslaw Jozwiak
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Son of a police officer in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland, Czeslaw was educated by the Salesians. Member of the Salesian youth oratory. When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, he was forced to leave school and found work in a cosmetics shop. Martyred in the Nazi persecutions.
Born
7 September 1919 in Lazyn, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
Died
guillotined on 24 August 1942 in Dresden, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Blessed Félix González Tejedor
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Joined the Salesians at Carabanchel Alto, Madrid, Spain, making his vows on 13 September 1907. Priest, ordained in Campello, Spain on 18 July 1915. Arrested with his entire community on 20 July 1936. Released, he immediately resumed his ministry, which led to his re-arrest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
17 April 1888 in Ledesma, Salamanca, Spain
Died
shot on 24 August 1936 in Madrid, Spain
Beatified
28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Blessed André Fardeau
Additional Memorial
2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou
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Priest of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution for refusing to take the oath of allegience to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which would have put his vocation under government control.
Born
19 November 1761 in Soucelles, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died
beheaded on 24 August 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Beatified
19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Saint George Limniotes
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Hermit at Mount Olympus, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Martyred at age 95 under Leo the Isaurian for opposing the iconoclasts.
Born
c.635
Died
mutilated and burned to death c.730
Saint Irchard
Also known as
• Apostle of the Picts
• Erthad, Merchard, Yarcard, Yrchard
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Seventh century spiritual student of Saint Ternan of Culross. Bishop, consecrated in Rome, Italy by Pope Gregory the Great.
Born
at Kincardineshire, Scotland
Saint Ptolemy of Nepi
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Tradition says he was a spiritual student of Saint Peter the Apostle. Bishop of Nepi, Italy. Spiritual teacher of Saint Romanus of Nepi. Martyr.
Died
martyred in the 1st century in Nepi, Italy
Patronage
Nepi, Italy
Blessed Antonio de Blanes
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Mercedarian who freed 208 Christians who had been enslaved in northern Africa by Muslims.
Died
1415
Saint Sandratus
Also known as
Sandradus
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Monk in Trier, Germany. Sent by Emperor Otto I to restore the monastery of Saint Gall in 972. Abbot of Gladbach Abbey. Abbot of Weissenburg Abbey in 981.
Died
986
Saint Romanus of Nepi
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Spiritual student of Saint Ptolemy of Nepi. Bishop of Nepi, Italy. Martyr.
Saint Romanus is the patron saint of Nepi, Italy. His feast day is celebrated on August 24.
According to the legend, Romanus was born in Nepi in the 1st century. He was a student of Saint Ptolemy, who was the bishop of Nepi at the time. Romanus was ordained a priest and eventually succeeded Ptolemy as bishop.
During the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Domitian, Romanus was arrested and brought before the emperor. He was accused of being a Christian and was sentenced to death. He was beheaded in Nepi in 98 AD.
Saint Romanus is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on August 24
Died
martyred in the 1st century in Nepi, Italy
Patronage
Nepi, Italy
Saint Taziano of Claudiopolis
Also known as
Tatian, Tatio, Tazione
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Martyr.
Died
Claudiopolis, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)
Saint Agofridus of Lacroix
Also known as
Agofroi
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Brother of Saint Leofridus. Benedictine monk. Abbot of Lacroix Abbey in Normandy, France in 738.
Saint Abban
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- He was an Irish monk who lived in the 6th century.
- He was born in Leinster, Ireland, and was the son of King Cormac of Leinster.
- He was a nephew of Saint Ibar, another Irish saint.
- He founded a monastery at Magheranoidhe, in present-day Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland.
- He was also associated with Kill-Abban Abbey in Leinster, where he served as abbot until his death.
- He is said to have performed many miracles, including healing the sick and raising the dead.
- He died on March 16, 620, and is buried at Kill-Abban Abbey.
- He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland.
Born
Irish
Maria Encarnaciòn Rosal
María Encarnación Rosal, also known as Mother Encarnación, was a Guatemalan nun and the founder of the Bethlehemite Order for Women. She was born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, in 1820 and died in Tulcán, Ecuador, in 1886.
Rosal was born into a wealthy family, but she left her privileged background to become a nun in 1838. She was a deeply religious woman and was dedicated to helping the poor and needy. She founded the Bethlehemite Order for Women in 1840, and the order quickly became one of the most important Catholic orders in Guatemala.
Rosal was a strong advocate for women's rights and education. She fought for the right of women to become nuns and for the right of women to receive a good education. She was also a skilled teacher and writer, and she wrote several books on religion and spirituality.
Rosal was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1997. She is an important figure in the Catholic Church in Guatemala, and she is an inspiration to many people around the world.
Martyred in the Spanish Civil War
• Félix González Tejedor
• Fortunato Velasco Tobar
• Isidre Torres Balsells
• Rigoberto Aquilino de Anta Barrio
