Blessed Philip Rinaldi
Also known as
• Filippo Rinaldi
• Philippi Rinaldi
Profile
Philip met Don Bosco at age 5, and apparently instinctively understood the importance of the future saint. Though he felt a call to a religious vocation, Philip was torn, and was seriously considering marriage when he decided to become a disciple of Don Bosco at age 22. The Christian Brothers immediately saw something in him, and made him an assistant novice master even before he took his vows as a Salesian on 13 August 1880. Though he had no intention to become a priest, his superiors, who saw his potential better than he did, ordered him to study and take the tests, and he was ordained on 23 December 1882.
In addition to his work as novice master, Philip was placed in charge of the "late" vocations, those like himself who came to the Order as adults. Director of the Salesian community of Sarriá, Spain in 1889; he opened several new houses, and brought in many new vocations. Salesian provincial director in Spain from 1892 to 1901. Began publication of Lecturas Catolicas in 1895. Helped the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians expand in Spain.
Vicar-General of the Salesians on 1 April 1901. Founded centres to minister to the daily and spiritual needs of young women. Helped found the World Federations of Past-Pupils, and assisted the Salesian Sisters. Organized the Salesian International Congress of 1911. With Zelatrici di Maria Ausiliatrice he helped found the group that would evolve into the Volunteers of Don Bosco.
Rector Major of the Salesians on 24 May 1922, the third successor to Don Bosco, and the last one to have been personally trained by him. From that position he worked to bring Doc Bosco's vision to the 20th century, and the 20th century to the vision, doing all he could to spread Salesian spirituality and trust in God. He sent many young Salesians to learn foreign languages and customs so they would become more effective missionaries, and he asked Pope Pius XI to grant the "indulgence for sanctified work". He travelled extensively, preaching, encouraging vocations and the spiritual life of the laity. During his tenure the number of Salesians went from 6,000 to 10,000, there were 250 new houses and centres opened, and his teacher Don Bosco was recognized as a saint.
Born
28 May 1856 at Lu, Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
Died
• 5 December 1931 of natural causes in Turin, Italy
• buried in the cemetery in Turin
• following the miraculous healing of Sister Mary Carla, he was re-interred in the Basilica of Mary Our Help, Turin
Beatified
• 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II
• his beatification miracle involved the healing and regeneration of the jaw of Sister Mary Carla who was shot in the face on 20 April 1945 in northen Italy in the waning days of World War II
Saint Sabbas of Mar Saba
புனிதர் சப்பாஸ்
வணக்கத்துக்குரிய தந்தை/ மடாதிபதி:
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 439
செசெரியா மஸாகா, கப்படோஸியா
இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 5, 532
ஜெருசலேம், பாலஸ்தீனம் பிரைமா
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைகள்
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:
தூய சப்பாஸ் மடாலயம், கிட்ரோன் பள்ளத்தாக்கு
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 5
புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், ஒரு கப்படோசியன் சிரியன் துறவியும் (Cappadocian-Syrian monk), குருவும் (Priest), பாலஸ்தீனத்தில் (Palaestina Prima) வாழ்ந்திருந்த புனிதருமாவார். இவரது பெயர் அராமைக் (Aramaic) மொழியிலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்டதாகும். அராமைக் மொழியில் இதன் அர்த்தம், முதியவர் என்று வரும். இவர், எண்ணற்ற பல்வேறு துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். இவர் நிறுவிய மடங்களில் முக்கியமானது, "மார் சபா" (Mar Saba) மடாலயம் ஆகும்.
புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், கப்படோஸியாவின் (Cappadocia) "செசெரியா மஸாகா" (Caesarea Mazaca) அருகேயுள்ள "முட்டலாஸ்கா" (Mutalaska) எனும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரது தந்தை, இராணுவ தளபதியான (Military Commander) "ஜான்" (John) என்பவராவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், "சோஃபியா" (Sophia) ஆகும்.
இராணுவ பணிகளின் காரணமாக "அலெக்ஸ்சாண்ட்ரியா" (Alexandria) பயணித்த இவரது பெற்றோர், ஐந்து வயதான இவரை இவரது தாய்மாமனிடம் விட்டுச் சென்றனர். இவருக்கு எட்டு வயதாகையில், இவர் அருகேயிருந்த "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) என்பவரது துறவு மடத்தில் சேர்ந்தார். புத்திசாலியான சிறுவன், விரைவிலேயே கற்றுத் தேர்ந்து, பரிசுத்த வேதாகமத்தின்பேரில் ஒரு நிபுணர் ஆனார். மீண்டும் இவ்வுலக வாழ்க்கைக்கு திரும்பவும், திருமணம் செய்துகொள்ளவும் அழுத்தம் தந்த இவரது பெற்றோரின் ஆலோசனைகளை சப்பாஸ் தீர்க்கமாக நிராகரித்தார்.
அவர் பதினேழு வயதானபோது, துறவற சமயச் சடங்குகளுக்காக தலையை முழுவதுமாக மழித்துக்கொண்டார் (Monastic Tonsure). பத்து வருடங்கள் "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) துறவு மடத்தில் செலவிட்ட அவர், பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து ஜெருசலேம் (Jerusalem) பயணித்தார். பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து, புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் மடாலயம் (Monastery of Saint Euthymius the Great) சென்றார். ஆனால், புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் அவரை அங்கிருந்து, அருகாமையிலுள்ள கண்டிப்பான செனொபிடிக் விதிகளைக் (Strict Cenobitic Rule) கடைபிடிக்கும் "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) எனும் மடாதிபதியின் மடாலயத்திற்கு அனுப்பினார். சப்பாஸ், தமது முப்பது வயது வரை இந்த மடாலயத்தில் கீழ்ப்படிதலுடன் வசித்தார்.
மூத்த "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) இறந்த பிறகு, அவரது பின்வரும் வாரிசு, சப்பாசை ஒரு குகையில் ஒதுங்கி வாழுமாறு ஆசீர்வதித்தார். சனிக்கிழமைகளில், அவர் தனது வசிப்பிடத்தைவிட்டு, மடாலயத்திற்கு வந்து, அங்கு அவர் தெய்வீக சேவைகளில் கலந்துகொண்டு சகோதர துறவியர்களுடன் உணவு உண்பார். ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலத்திற்குப் பிறகு, தன் வசிப்பிடத்தை விட்டு வெளியேறாதபடி சப்பாஸ், அனுமதி பெற்றார். அடுத்த ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்கு அவர் குகைக்குள் தனியாக வாழ்ந்தார்.
புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் (Saint Euthymius the Great), இளம் துறவியின் ஆவிக்குரிய முதிர்ச்சியைக் கண்டு, அவருடைய வாழ்க்கையை கவனமாக வழிநடத்தி, அவரை தம்முடன் வனாந்தரத்தில் வாழ இட்டுச் சென்றார். அவர்கள் ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் ஜனவரி மாதம், 14ம் தேதி முதல், குருத்து ஞாயிறுவரை அங்கு தங்கினர். சப்பாசை மூத்த குழந்தை என்று அழைத்த புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ், அவரை துறவற நல்லொழுக்கங்களில் வளர ஊக்குவித்தார்.
சப்பாஸ் பல்வேறு மடாலயங்களை நிறுவினார். சப்பாஸின் ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் பல்வேறு அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்ந்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. வறண்ட காலத்தின் போது, இவரது ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் ஏராளமான மழையைப் பெற்றார்கள். நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டவர்களும் குணமானார்கள்.
கி.பி. 491ம் ஆண்டு, ஜெருசலேம் நகரின் குலபதி அல்லது பரம்பரைத் தலைவர் (Patriarch Salustius of Jerusalem), இவருக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். கி.பி. 532ம் ஆண்டு, சப்பாஸ் மரணமடைந்தார்
Also known as
• Sabbas the Sanctified
• Sabbas the Great
• Sabas, Sava
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Spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great at age 20. Anchorite from age 30, living in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and manual labor. He wove ten willow baskets each day. On Saturday he would take them to the local monastery, led by Saint Euthymius, and trade them for a week's food, and a week's worth of willow wands for more baskets. Took over leadership of the monks upon the death of Saint Euthymius. Co-superior with Saint Theodosius over 1,000 monks and hermits in the region.
Sabbas was a simple man with little education, but with a firm belief in the spiritual benefits of simple living. The combination of his lack of education and his severe austerities caused some of his charges to rebel. Sabbas tired of the squabbling, and he missed his time in prayer, so he fled to TransJordania. There he found a cave inhabited by a lion; the lion moved on, finding a new home, and giving the cave to the holy man. A distorted version of this tale reached the rebellious monks; they seized on it, reported to the patriarch that Sabbas had been killed by a lion, and requested a new leader be appointed. As this message was being formally presented to the patriarch, Sabbas walked into the room. This led to a confrontation during which the complaints of the monks were aired. However, the patriach took Sabbas's side, and the two restored order and discipline to the lives of the anchorites.
Sabbas led a peaceful uprising of 10,000 monks who demanded the end of the persecutions of Palestinian bishops of Anastatius I.
At age 90, Sabbas travelled to Constantinople where he successfully pled for clemency from Justinian for Samarians who were in revolt.
Born
439 at Motalala, Cappadocia
Died
• 532 of natural causes
• relics enshrined in Venice, Italy
Blessed Jean-Baptiste Fouque
Also known as
the Saint Vincent de Paul of Marseilles
Profile
Jean-Baptiste grew up in a pious household, the son of Louis Fouque and Adèle Anne Remuzat. He studied at the school run by Servant of God Joseph-Marie Timon-David. Ordained a priest in Marseilles, France on 10 June 1876. Parish priest in the French cities of Auriol and La Major from 1876 to 1888; he was assigned to the Sainte Trinité parish on 15 April 1888, and served there the rest of his life, over 38 years.
In December 1891, his vicar-general asked Father Jean-Baptiste to organize care for orphans and abandoned chilldren. He founded "Le Sainte Famille" home for girls, which was eventually given to the care of Presentationist nuns, and used it as a model for opening other houses around the diocese, some for young girls, some for young boys, and some for those old enough to work as domestics. Opened "L'oeuvre de Salette" home for the elderly and infirm in an old convent in 1905. During World War I, 1914 to 1918, he worked to help the wounded and displaced.
There was little money available after the war to continue his work, but Father Jean-Baptiste convinced some physicians to donate their time to care for the poor and neglected. By 1919 the need for their work was so obvious that he was able to start contruction on a hospital for the poor, and opened the Saint John Hospital on 20 March 1921.
Born
12 September 1851 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died
• 5 December 1926 at the Saint John Hospital in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France of natural causes
• re-interred at the Saint Joseph chapel of the hospital on 29 April 1993
Beatified
• 30 September 2018 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Marseille, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Saint Justinian
Also known as
Iestin, Jestin
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Born to the Breton nobility. Well educated. Priest. Left his country to become a travelling evangelist. Settled to live as a hermit on the Isle of Ramsey near southern Wales, living with a pious layman named on Honorius; he moved in on the condition that all the women of the household were sent away.
He visited Saint David of Wales, who was so impressed with the man's holiness that he gave him hermitages on the mainland and a nearby island. Justinian is listed on very ancient Welsh calendars of saints and martyrs, and the church at Llanstinan is dedicated to him.
Some wonderful stories have become attached to the holy hermit.
• Once some sailors landed at the island hermitage. They said that Saint David was very ill, and that they had been sent to bring Justinian to the mainland. En route, Justinian discerned that the sailors were actually devils in disguise. The saint recited Psalm 79; the devils changed to blackbirds and flew, leaving the boat to sail itself safely to shore where Justinian found David in excellent health.
• Justinian died when he advised his servants that they should apply themselves to their jobs. Goaded by devils, the three of them became enraged, assaulted Justinian, and beheaded him. At the place where the body fell, a spring of healing water emerged from the ground. The killers were struck with leprosy, and lived out their days in the caves and rocks near the hermitage. Justinian had already specified a location for his burial; a church was built over the tomb, and became known as a scene of miracles. Saint David later moved the body to his own church.
Born
6th century Brittany (part of modern France)
Died
• murdered by servants
• venerated as a martyr due to the demonic nature of his killers (see profile above) and the assumption that their motive was Justinian's faith
Saint Christina of Markyate
Also known as
• Christina of Markgate
• Christina Theodora
• Kristina of Markyate
Profile
Born to the Anglo-Saxon nobility, the daughter of Autti, a rich and influential guild merchant. At age 15 she visited Saint Albans Abbey where she made a private vow of celibacy. Her parents opposed her vow, and arranged a marriage for her with a man named Berktred. Christina took her case to Bishop Robert Bloet who initially sided with her, but who was later bribed into changing his ruling.
Christina was betrothed and married against her will, spending the first years of married life as a prisoner, refusing to consummate the union. With the help of a hermit named Eadwin, she escaped, and fled to Flamstead where she lived for two years with an anchoress named Alfwen. She moved to a hermitage at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England in 1118, becoming the spiritual student of the hermit Blessed Roger of Albans.
In 1122, Burktred obtained an annulment from Thurstan, Archbishop of York, England. This and the death of bishop Bloet in 1123 allowed Christina to return to Markyate where she lived the rest of her life.
Her reputation for holiness soon attracted others, and her house became a priory of nuns. She was offered the position of abbess in York, Fontevrault, and Marcigny, but stayed at Markyate.
A skillful needle worker, Christina embroidered mitres and sandals for the English Pope Adrian IV, a former student of Saint Albans. While noted as stable and balanced, she was given to ecstacies and visions.
Born
c.1097 at Huntingdon, England
Died
c.1160 at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England of natural causes
Blessed Niels Stenson
புனித அருளாளர் நிகோலஸ் ஸ்டெனோ (நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன்)
மருத்துவர், ஆயர் :
பிறப்பு : ஜனவரி 11, 1638
கோப்பென்ஹாகன் Kopenhagen, டென்மார்க்
இறப்பு : நவம்பர் 25, 1686
ஸ்வேரின் Schwerin, மெக்லன்பூர்க் Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
முத்திபேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 23, 1988
திருத்தந்தை 2ம் ஜான்பவுல்
நினைவுத் திருநாள் : டிசம்பர் 5
லூதரன் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த அருளாளர் நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன், 1667ம் ஆண்டு கத்தொயல்க்க கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை ஏற்று கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்தவ மறையை தழுவினார். புளோரன்ஸ் (Florenz) நகரில் மருத்துவம் பயின்றார். 1675ம் ஆண்டில் புளோரன்ஸில் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு பல ஆண்டுகள் ஆன்மீக குருவாக பணியாற்றினார். 1677ம் ஆண்டு ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். 1680ம் ஆண்டு முன்ஸ்டர் (Münster) மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு பேராயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் பல கத்தோலிக்க ஆலயங்களை கட்டினார். இவர் ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளிலுள்ள ஆலயங்கள் பலவற்றிற்கு சென்று மறைப்பணியாற்றி பல ஆன்மாக்களை இறைவன்பால் ஈர்த்துள்ளார்.
Also known as
• Niels Steensen
• Nicolaus Steno
• Father of Geology
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Anatomist and priest. Among his anatomical achievements was the discovery of the excretory duct of the parotid glands and the circulation of the blood in the body. When the Danes finally called for him to return, he had become a Catholic in Florence, Italy, and as such could not return. In Italy he made many geological discoveries and was the first to explain petrifactions in the earth. Ordained in 1675, he was made vicar Apostolic for the northern missions and titular bishop of Titiopolis. He was in a constant personal struggle to have this faith and his scientific discoveries exist and work together.
Born
11 January 1638 in Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
5 December 1686 in Schwerin, Germany
Beatified
23 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Saint John Almond
Additional Memorials
• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
Profile
Grew up in Ireland. Educated at Much Woolton, in Rheims, France, and at the English College, Rome, Italy at age 20. Ordained in 1598. Returned to England as a home missioner in 1602. Arrested in 1608 and 1612 for the crime of being a priest. The effectiveness of his debating skills against the anti-Catholic powers of the time led to his being one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Born
c.1577 at Allerton, Lancashire, England
Died
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 5 December 1612 at Tyburn, London, England
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Saint Bassus of Nice
Also known as
Basse, Basso
Additional Memorials
• Easter Monday (translation of relics)
• 1 July (discovery of relics)
Profile
First bishop of Nice, France. Burned, beaten, tortured, and executed in the persecutions of Emperor Decius. Martyr.
Died
• nailed by two large metal brads to a board c.250
• relics moved to Cupra Marittima, Italy in the 6th century
• relics moved to the church of San Basso, Marano, Italy in 904
• relics moved to the church of the Assumption in 1876
Saint Crispina
புனித_கிறிஸ்பினா (நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டு)
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இவர் (#St_Crispina)தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவில் உள்ள தகோரா எந்த இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர்.
உரோமையில் இருந்த ஓர் உயர்குடிமகனை மணந்த இவர், தன் மக்களோடு மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.
அக்காலத்தில் உரோமையைத் தியோகிளசியன் என்பவன் ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் கிறிஸ்துவர்களைப் பிடித்துத் துன்புறுத்திக் கொலை செய்தான்.
இந்நிலையில் கிறிஸ்பினா ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவள் என்பதை அறிந்த தியோகிளசியன், கிறிஸ்துவை மறுதலித்துவிட்டு உரோமைக் கடவுளை வணங்கினால், விடுதலை செய்வதாகச் சொன்னான். இதற்கு இவர் மறுப்புத் தெரிவித்ததால், அவன் இவரைக் கொலை செய்தான்.
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Born a wealthy Roman citizen, she was a married lay woman, and mother of several children. Arrested for her Christianity during the persecutions of Diocletian. Tried, abused, humilitated and threatened in Thebeste (Thebessa) by Roman proconsul Anulinus, she gave a spirited defense of the faith. When she finished, she was sentenced to die. Marytr. Saint Augustine of Hippo routinely brought up Crispina in his homilies on martyrs.
Born
3rd century at Thagara (Tagora; Thacora), Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)
Died
beheaded in 304 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)
Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua
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Carmelite priest at Mantua, Italy for 35 years. Spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for which he composed a rule and statutes. Spiritual teacher of Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo. Noted preacher and healer with a strong devotion to the Eucharist.
Born
at Mantua, Italy
Died
1495 of natual causes
Beatified
1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)
Saint Gerald of Braga
Also known as
Gérald de Moissac
Profile
Born to the French nobility. Benedictine monk at Moissac, France. Taught grammer and music. Worked with the archbishop in Toledo, Spain, and served as cathedral choir director. Reforming bishop of Braga, Portugal in 1100. Stopped ecclesiastical investiture by laymen in his diocese.
Born
at Cahors, Gascony (in modern France)
Died
5 December 1109 at Bornos, Portugal of natural causes
Saint Aper of Sens
Also known as
Apre, Aprus, Avre, Epvre, Evre
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First priest in 7th century LaTerrasse, diocese of Grenoble, France. After years of bickering among his parishioners and slander from every corner, he retired to live as a hermit at LaChambre, diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France. Built a cell for private prayers, and a nursing home to care for the poor. Spiritual director of a man later known as Aprunculus (little wild boar). The town of Saint-Avre, France grew up around the cloister.
Born
Sens, France
Saint Dalmatius of Pavia
Also known as
Dalmazio, Dalmazzo
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Raised a pagan. Adult convert to Christianity. Preached in Gaul and northern Italy. Bishop of Pavia, Italy for the last year of his life. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeus.
Born
at Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Died
304
Blessed Giovanni Gradenigo
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Born to the Italian nobility. Benedictine monk at Cuxa in the Catalonian Pyranees of Spain. Friend and fellow monk with Saint Peter Urseolo. In later life he retired to live as a hermit near Monte Cassino Abbey in Italy.
Born
Venice, Italy
Died
1025 at Monte Cassino, Italy of natural causes
Saint Martiniano of Pecco
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Soldier in the Theban Legion. Martyr.
Died
• relics formerly enshrined under the high altar of the cathedral of Turin, Italy
• most relics moved to a parish church in Turin
• some relics enshrined in the parish church of Pecco, Italy
Saint Gerbold of Bayeux
Also known as
Gereboldus
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Benedictine monk at Ebriciacum (in modern France). Founder and abbot of the abbey of Livray, France. Bishop of Bayeux, France.
Died
• c.690 of natural causes
• buried in the church of Saint Exuperius
Saint Pelinus of Confinium
Also known as
• Pelinus of Brindisi
• Pelino
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Priest. Bishop of Brindisi, Italy. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Pelinus prayed in front of a temple to the pagan god Mars; it collapsed. Martyr.
Died
beaten to death by pagan priests in 361 in Confinium, Italy
Canonized
668 by Bishop Ciprio of Brindisi
Saint Bassus of Lucera
Also known as
Basso of Lucera
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First bishop of Lucera, Italy; tradition says that he was consecrated by Saint Peter the Apostle. Martyred in the persecutions of Trajan.
Born
c.45
Died
118
Saint Consolata of Genoa
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Born while her parents were on pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. Nun in a nearby convent that had been built by her father.
Born
near the Sea of Galilee
Died
relics taken to Genoa, Italy in 1109 by Crusaders returning from the Holy Lands
Saint Lucidus of Aquara
Also known as
Lucido
Profile
According to tradition, Lucidus was born into a noble family in Aquara. He was raised in the Christian faith and from a young age showed a strong inclination towards spirituality. He eventually decided to become a monk and joined the Benedictine monastery of Saint Peter near Aquara.
Lucidus quickly gained a reputation for his holiness and wisdom. He was known for his deep love of God and his unwavering commitment to his monastic vows. He was also a skilled teacher and counselor, and he was often sought out by people seeking spiritual guidance.
Lucidus is said to have lived a life of simplicity and humility. He was always willing to help others, and he was known for his kindness and compassion. He was also a powerful advocate for the poor and the oppressed.
Lucidus died in 938 AD and is buried in the monastery of Saint Peter. His tomb became a popular pilgrimage site, and he was soon venerated as a saint by the people of Aquara.
Died
c.938
Saint Cawrdaf
Also known as
Caurdave
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Chieftain in Brecknock (in modern Wales) and Hereford (in modern England). Abdicated and retired to a monastery under the leadership of Saint Illtyd.
Born
Welsh
Died
6th century of natural causes
Saint Basilissa of Øhren
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Benedictine nun. Abbess of Oehren (Herren; Horreum) Abbey, Trier, Germany.
Died
c.780
Saint Cyrinus of Salerno
Also known as
Cirino
Profile
Saint Cyrinus of Salerno, also known as Cirino, was a bishop and martyr who lived in the early centuries of Christianity. His exact dates of birth and death are unknown, but his relics are enshrined in Salerno, Italy. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and his feast day is celebrated on December 5th.
According to tradition, Cyrinus was a bishop who was martyred for his faith. He is said to have been tortured and beheaded, but his body was miraculously preserved. His relics were later brought to Salerno, where they have been venerated for centuries.
Cyrinus is a popular saint in Salerno, and he is often depicted in art holding a palm frond, a symbol of martyrdom. He is also known for his miracles, and he is said to have protected the city from many dangers, including earthquakes and plagues.
Died
relics enshrined in Salerno, Italy
Saint Gratus
Profile
One of twelve Africans martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
302 at Thagura, Numidia, North Africa
Saint Anastasius
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During an early persecution of Christians, Anastasius publicly proclaimed his faith. Martyr.
Saint Firminus of Verdun
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Saint Firminus of Verdun was a sixth-century bishop of Verdun, France. He is one of the Ten Holy Bishops of Verdun, a group of early bishops who are venerated as saints by the Catholic Church. Firminus is said to have been born in Toul, France, and to have been educated at the episcopal school there. He was ordained a priest and later became bishop of Verdun.
Firminus is known for his role in the conversion of the pagan Franks to Christianity. He is also said to have performed many miracles, including healing the sick and raising the dead. Firminus died in 502 AD and is buried in the cathedral of Verdun. His feast day is celebrated on December 5th.
Saint Abercius
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Saint Abercius was a bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (present-day Turkey) who lived in the 2nd century AD. He is known for his famous epitaph, which is one of the most important early Christian inscriptions. The epitaph is a long poem in which Abercius describes his life and faith. It is a valuable source of information about early Christianity, and it has been used by scholars to study the development of Christian doctrine and art.
Abercius was born into a pagan family, but he converted to Christianity at a young age. He became a bishop of Hierapolis and was known for his piety and his zeal for preaching the Gospel. He is said to have traveled extensively throughout the world, spreading the Christian faith.
Abercius died in 167 AD.
Martyrs of Thagura
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A group of twelve African Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them that have survived are five of their names - Crispin, Felix, Gratus, Juliua and Potamia.
Died
302 in Thagura, Numidia
Martyred in the Spanish Civil War
• Blessed Joaquín Jovaní Marín
• Blessed Vicente Jovaní Ávila
