இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் செப்டம்பர் 26

  St. Neol

புனித நோயல் (1613-1649)

செப்டம்பர் 26

இவர் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவர் தனது பொற்றோருக்கு நான்காவது குழந்தை.சிறுவயதிலேயே இறைவன்மீது மிகுந்த பற்றுக்கொண்டு வாழ்ந்து வந்த இவர், தனது பதினேழாவது வயதில் இயேசு சபையில் சேர்ந்து, துறவியானார்.

மறைப்பரப்பு நாடுகளுக்குச் சென்று நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்க வேண்டும் என்பதில் மிகுந்த ஆர்வம் கொண்டிருந்த இவர், 1641 ஆம் ஆண்டு கனடாவிற்குச் சென்று, அங்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.

பின்னர் குயூபக் என்ற இடத்தில் இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளும், ஓன்டரியோ என்ற இடத்தில் ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளும் நற்செய்திப் பணியாற்றிய இவர், 1649 ஆம் ஆண்டு அங்கிருந்த மக்களால் கொல்லப்பட்டு ஆற்றில் வீசப்பட்டார்.

 Saint Noël Chabanel Profile. Born: 2 February 1613 in France, Europe. Worked in France, North America. Died: 8 December 1649 in Saint Jean, Ontario, Canada. Feast Day is celebrated on October 19, December 8, March 16, September 26.

Noel was born on February 2 near Mende, France. He joined the Jesuits in 1630 and in 1643 was sent as a missionary to the Huron Indians in France. He became assistant to Father Charles Garnier at the Indian village of Etarita in 1649 and was murdered on December 8 by an apostate Indian while returning from a visit to neighboring Ste. Marie. He was canonized in 1930 by Pope Pius XI as one of the martyrs of North America. His feast day is September 26th.

Blessed Louis Tezza

Also known as

• Aloysius Tezza

• Luigi Tezza

• Apostle of Lima

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The only son of Augustine Tezza, a physician, and Catherine Nedwiedt. His father died when Louis was nine, and his mother moved to Padova, Italy. Entered the Ministers of the Sick of Saint Camillus de Lellis (Camillians) on 8 December 1858 at age 17 at Verona, Italy; his mother then became a nun. Ordained on 21 May 1864.

Worked four years in the formation of new religious. Had a chance to become a missionary to Africa, but his superiors were against it, and transferred him to Rome, Italy as novice master. Transferred to France as novice master there in 1871. Provincial of the Order in France where he established facilities to support the spiritual and health needs of the sick. Expelled from France in 1880 during the suppression of religious institutions. Returned covertly, and united the scattered religious around the country. Procurator and Vicar General of the Camillians in 1891.

During a retreat in Rome in 1891, Louis met Blessed Josephine Vannini. They had each been drawn to forming a women's congregation in the spirit of Saint Camillus de Lellis. They prayed over the matter, and on 2 February 1892 they founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Camillus. The Congregation received papal approval in 1931, and continues to grow.

Sent to Peru as Official Visitor in 1900 with the mission of reforming the Camillian community. The members there had been separated from the Order hierarchy for a century, and risked suppression. The job was intended to be a short one, but when it came time for Father Luigi to leave, the archbishop and nuncio asked him to stay; he remained in Lima his remaining twenty-three years. Reformed and re-established the Camillians, worked with the sick poor in hospitals, homes and prisons. Confessor and spiritual director to the archdiocesan seminary and several Congregations; counsellor to the nuncio and archbishop. Helped Teresa Candamo found a new Institute.

Born

1 November 1841 at Conegliano, Italy

Died

• 23 September 1923 at Lima, Peru

• interred at the Generalate of the Daughters of Saint Camillus, Via Anagnina, Grottaferrata, Rome, Italy

Beatified

4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian

புனித கோஸ்மாஸ், புனித தமியான் 

(மறைசாட்சியர் & மருத்துவர்கள்)

நினைவுத் திருநாள் : செப்டம்பர் 26

பிறப்பு : 3 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு, சிரியா

இறப்பு : 287, அகேயா, சிரியாவின் ரோமானிய மாநிலம்

பாதுகாவல் : அறுவை சிகிச்சை, மருத்துவர்கள், முடி திருத்துவோர், கால்நடை மருத்துவர்கள்

கோஸ்மாஸ், தமியான் இவர்கள் இருவரும் இரட்டைச் சகோதரர்கள். இருவரும் அறிவியலும், மருத்துவமும் பயின்றவர்கள். இவர்கள் பணி செய்தபோதும், மக்களை குணப்படுத்தியபோதும், சிறிதளவு பணம் கூட பெறாமல் பணியாற்றினர். சிலிசியாவிலுள்ள(Cilicia) எகாயா(Egaea) என்ற ஊரில் தொண்டாற்றும்போது, மக்களிடையே சிறப்பான பணியாற்றினர். அம்மக்களிடையே வாழ்வதில் இவர்கள் பெரும்மகிழ்ச்சியடைந்தனர். இவர்கள் இருவரும் ஆற்றிய சேவையினால் மக்களின் மனதில் நீங்கா இடம்பிடித்தனர். இதனால் பொறாமைக்கொண்ட தியோக்ளேசியன்(Diocletian) என்பவன் இருவரையும் பிடித்துச் சென்று துன்புறுத்தினான். பின்னர் சிலிசியா நாட்டு ஆளுநர் லிசியஸ்(Lysias) என்பவனிடம் இருவரையும் ஒப்படைத்தான். அங்கு அவன் இருவரையும் சிறையிலடைத்து, துன்புறுத்தி, இறுதியில் இருவரின் தலையையும் வெட்டி கொன்றான்.

இவர்களின் பெயரால் உரோமையில் பல ஆலயங்கள் உள்ளது. திருச்சபையில் இவர்களின் பெயரால் பல மருத்துவமனைகளும் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது மிகத் தொன்மை வாய்ந்த நினைவுக்குறிப்புகளில், இவர்களின் கல்லறை சிரியாவில் சைர் என்னுமிடத்தில் இருந்ததாக கூறப்படுகின்றது. அங்கு இவர்களின் பெயரால் பேராலயமும் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது. இப்புனிதர்களின் பக்தி அங்கிருந்து உரோம் வந்தடைந்தது. பின்னர் தான் திருச்சபை முழுவதும் பரவியது என்றும் கூறப்படுகின்றது.

Also known as

• Cosma

• Damiano

• the Moneyless

• the Silverless

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Twin brothers. Physicians, trained in Syria; the brothers accepted no payment for their services, and their charity brought many to Christ. Reported to have miraculously replaced the ulcered leg of a man named Justinian with one from a recently deceased man. Arrested during the persecutions of Diocletian, they were tortured, but suffered no injury. Martyrs. Many fables grew up about the brothers, connected in part with the ability of their relics to heal.

Born

3rd century, of Arabic descent

Died

tortured and beheaded c.303 in Aegea, Cilicia (modern Ayas, Turkey)

Saint Marie Victoire Therese Couderc

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Nun in the Sisters of Saint Regis. Novice mistress and house superior in La Louvesc, France. Superior general of her order. With Father Stephen Terme, she founded the Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle, in La Louvesc in 1826; it began in a mountain hostel for women pilgrims, and its ministry spread to the conducting of spiritual retreats. Sister Marie resigned as superior in 1838, and lived her remaining years as a humble sister.

Born

1 February 1805 at Mas de Sablières, Ardèche, France as Marie Victoire Couderc

Died

26 September 1885 at Lyon, Rhône, France of natural causes

Canonized

10 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Saint Nilus the Younger

Also known as

• Nilus of Calabria

• Nilus of Rossano

• Nilo....

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Son of Greek immigrants to Italy. He led a wild and mis-spent youth, eventually finding work as a treasury official. Believed to have been married, and certainly the father of one daughter. In quick succession, his wife died, his daughter died, and Nilus suffered a life-threatening illness; all this at the age of 30 led to a conversion, and his life's work proved it was a true conversion. Basilian monk at the abbey of Saint Adrian in Calabria, Italy. Fluent in Greek and Latin. Hymnographer. Lived sometimes as a hermit, and sometimes he travelled from one monastery to another. Supported Pope Gregory V when he was driven out of Rome, then opposed him when Gregory and Emperor Otto III when they used excessive force against the forces of the anti-pope. Abbot of Saint Adrian. In 981 the invading Saracens drove the monks into exile at Vellelucio. On his deathbed, Nilus proclaimed Vellelucio to be the new home city for the abbey, and the house of Grottaferrata has been there since. Spiritual director of Saint Bartholomew of Rossano.

Born

910 at Rossano, Calabria, Italy

Died

27 December 1005 at Grottaferrata, Frascati, Italy of natural causes

Saints Cyprian and Julian of Antioch

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Cyprian was a pagan magician, Justina a beautiful young maiden who had consecrated her virginity to God; she became the target of obsession by Cyrpian who tried to use his dark arts to seduce her. Instead, she converted him to Christianity; Cyprian went on to become a priest, and then bishop of Antioch, Pisidia. They were both eventually martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• beheaded in Nicomedia in 304

• relics in Vatican Basilica and Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy

Gideon the Judge

Also known as

Gedeon, Jerobaal, Jerubebbeth, Jerub-Baal

Additional Memorials

• 30 July (Armenian Apostolic Church)

• 16 December (Coptic Church)

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Eleventh century BC Judge of Isreal. See the separate reading for the Old Testament account of his life.

Name Meaning

destroyer; mighty warrior; feller of trees

Saint John of Meda

Also known as

• John Oldrati

• John Oldradi

• John of Como

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Priest in Milan and Como, Italy. Following a vision of the Virgin Mary, he joined the Humiliati in 1134, and worked for their adoption of the Benedictine Rule. Founded other monasteries in the areas of Milan and Lombardy. Served as abbot, and introduced the Little Office of Our Lady.

Born

at Meda, province of Milan, Italy

Died

26 September 1159 at Brera, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

by Pope Alexander III

Blessed Stephen of Rossano Calabro

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Raised in a peasant family, Stephen early felt a desire for religious life, and became a monk. Spiritual student, friend and travelling companion of Saint Nilus the Younger, he was noted for his zeal for the monastic life and desire to spread the faith.

Born

c.925 in Rossano Calabro, Italy

Died

1001 in Gaeta, Lazio, Italy of natural causes

Saint Amantius of Tiphernum

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Priest. Friend of Pope Saint Gregory the Great who compared Amantius to the Apostles for his miracle working.

Died

c.600 at Tiphernum (modern Citta di Castello, Italy)

Patronage

Citta di Castello, Italy

Saint Callistratus of Constantinople

Profile

One of a group of 50 African soldiers martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

sewn into sacks and thrown into the sea to drown at Constantinople c.300

Saint Meugant

Also known as

Maughan, Mawghan, Morgan

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Sixth-century spiritual student of Saint Illtyd. Hermit. Several churches in Wales and Cornwall are dedicated to him.

Died

Isle of Bardsey, Wales

Saint Colman of Elo

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Nephew of Saint Columba of Iona. Founded monasteries in Lynally (Land-Elo, Lin-Alli) and in Muckamore in Ireland. Wrote the Alphabet of Devotion.

Died

c.610

Saint Eusebius of Bologna

Bishop of Bologna, Italy c.370. Friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan. Fought against Arianism.

Saint Eusebius of Bologna was the bishop of Bologna, Italy, from circa 370 to 400 AD. He was a close friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan and a staunch opponent of Arianism.

Eusebius is best known for his discovery of the relics of Saints Agricola and Vitalis, two martyrs who had been executed during the Diocletianic persecution in the early 4th century. Eusebius discovered the relics in a Jewish cemetery in Bologna in 392 or 393 AD. He reburied the relics according to Christian rites, an event at which Ambrose attended. The reburial led to popular veneration of these saints.

Eusebius was also a strong advocate for the unity of the Church. He attended the Council of Aquileia in 381 AD, where he helped to condemn Arianism. He also wrote several letters and treatises against the Arians.

Eusebius died around the year 400 AD. 

Saint Vigilius of Brescia

Saint Vigilius of Brescia was a bishop of Brescia, Italy, who lived in the 5th century. He is the 14th bishop of Brescia, succeeding St. Gaudentius and preceding St. Titian.

Vigilius was a learned and pious man. He was also a strong advocate for the unity of the Church. He attended the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, where he helped to condemn Nestorianism. He also wrote several letters and treatises against Nestorianism and other heresies.

Vigilius is best known for his opposition to the Monophysites. The Monophysites were a group of Christians who believed that Jesus Christ had only one nature, the divine nature. Vigilius, on the other hand, believed that Jesus Christ had two natures, the divine nature and the human nature.

In 449 AD, Vigilius was exiled by the Byzantine emperor Theodosius II for his opposition to Monophysitism. He was allowed to return to Brescia in 452 AD, where he continued to serve as bishop until his death in 459 AD.

Saint Senator of Albano

Saint Senator of Albano was a martyr who died during the Diocletianic persecution in the early 4th century AD. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and his feast day is celebrated on September 26.

Senator was a prominent citizen of Albano Laziale, a town near Rome. He was also a Christian. When the persecution of Christians began under the Emperor Diocletian, Senator was arrested and tortured. He refused to renounce his faith and was eventually beheaded.

Senator was buried in the Catacombs of Albano, which are named after him. His tomb quickly became a place of pilgrimage for Christians. In the 5th century, a basilica was built over his tomb.

Patronage

Albano, Italy, diocese of

Martyrs of Korea, 26 September

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Twelve lay people in the apostolic vicariate of Korea who were imprisoned, tortured and martyred together in the persecutions in Korea.

• Saint Agatha Chon Kyong-Hyob

• Saint Carolus Cho Shin-Ch'ol

• Saint Catharina Yi

• Saint Columba Kim Hyo-Im

• Saint Ignatius Kim Che-Jun

• Saint Iulitta Kim

• Saint Lucia Kim

• Saint Magdalena Cho

• Saint Magdalena Ho Kye-Im

• Saint Magdalena Pak Pong-Son

• Saint Perpetua Hong Kum-Ju

• Saint Sebastianus Nam I-Gwan

Died

beheaded September 1839 in Seoul Prison, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

• Blessed Andreu Felíu Bartomeu

• Blessed Antonio Cid Rodríguez

• Blessed Josefa Romero Clariana

• Blessed Manuel Legua Martí

• Blessed María Jord´ Botella

• Blessed Pau Castell´ Barber´

• Blessed Teresa Rosat Balasch

 Bonaventure Esteve Flors

Bonaventure Esteve Flors (1855-1932) was a Catalan painter and engraver, considered one of the main exponents of Noucentisme art.

Esteve Flors was born in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. He studied at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Josep Benlliure and Francesc Torrescassana. After graduating, he traveled to Rome, where he continued his artistic training.

Upon his return to Barcelona, Esteve Flors began his artistic career. He painted landscapes, portraits, and religious subjects. He also worked as an engraver, and produced numerous lithographs and etchings.

Esteve Flors was a prolific artist, and produced an extensive body of work. His work is characterized by its simplicity and realism. He was one of the main exponents of Noucentisme art, an artistic movement that emerged in Catalonia at the beginning of the 20th century.

 Kaspar Stanggassinger

Kaspar Stanggassinger (1871-1899) was a German Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Redemptorists. He is best known for his dedication to his vocation and his love for the poor and marginalized.

Stanggassinger was born in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. He entered the Redemptorists in 1892 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1895. He was assigned to teach at the Redemptorist seminary in Dürrnberg, Austria, where he quickly became known for his kindness and compassion. He was also a gifted preacher and confessor.

In 1899, Stanggassinger was appointed director of the Redemptorist seminary in Gars am Inn, Germany. However, he died shortly after his appointment, at the age of 28, from complications of a burst appendix.

Despite his short life, Stanggassinger made a lasting impression on those who knew him. He was known for his deep devotion to the Eucharist and his love for the poor and marginalized. He was also a strong advocate for social justice and the rights of workers.

Stanggassinger was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999. His feast day is celebrated on September 26th.

Lucia from Caltagirone

Lucia of Caltagirone (c. 1360-c. 1400) was a Franciscan nun and mystic. She is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church, and her feast day is celebrated on September 26th.

Lucia was born in Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy. At a young age, she showed a great devotion to God and a desire to serve the poor and marginalized. She entered the Franciscan convent in Caltagirone when she was just 15 years old.

Lucia was a gifted prayer and mystic. She was known for her visions and ecstasies. She was also a wise counselor and spiritual director. Many people came to her for advice and guidance.

Lucia died in Salerno, Italy, in 1400. She was buried in the Franciscan convent there.

Lucia of Caltagirone is a role model for all Christians, but especially for those who are discerning a vocation to the religious life. She showed that it is possible to live a life of holiness and dedication to God, even in the midst of a simple and humble life. She is also a reminder of the importance of prayer and contemplation, and of serving the poor and marginalized.

Lucia of Caltagirone is not to be confused with Saint Lucia of Syracuse, who is also celebrated on September 26th. Saint Lucia of Syracuse was a martyr who died during the Diocletianic persecution in the early 4th century.