St. Frodobert
Feastday: January 8
Death: 673
Benedictine abbot-founder. trained by St. Waldebert. He was a monk at Luxeuil, France. He founded MoutierlaCelle Abbey near Troyes.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Also known as
• Notre Dame de Bon Secours
• Our Lady of Quick Help
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In 1727, French Ursuline nuns founded a monastery in New Orleans, Louisiana, and organized their area schools from it. In 1763 Louisiana became a Spanish possession, and Spanish sisters came to assist. In 1800 the territory reverted back to France, and the Spanish sisters fled in the face of French anti - Catholicsm. In 1803, short on teachers, Mother Saint Andre Madier requested reinforcements in the form of more sisters from France. The relative to whom she wrote, Mother Saint Michel, was running a Catholic boarding school for girls. Bishop Fournier, short-handed due to the repressions of the French Revolution, declined to send any sisters. Mother Saint Michel was given permission to appeal to the pope. The pope was a prisoner of Napoleon, and it seemed unlikely he would even receive her letter of petition. Mother Saint Michel prayed,
O most Holy Virgin Mary, if you obtain for me a prompt and favorable answer to this letter, I promise to have you honored at New Orleans under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor.
and sent her letter on 19 March 1809. Against all odds, she received a response on 29 April 1809. The pope granted her request, and Mother Saint Michel, commissioned a statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor holding the Infant Jesus. Bishop Fournier blessed the statue and Mother's work.
Mother Saint Michel and several postulants came to New Orleans on 31 December 1810. They brought the statue with them, and placed it in the monastery chapel. Since then, Our Lady of Prompt Succor has interceded for those who have sought her help.
A great fire threatened the Ursuline monastery in 1812. A lay sister brought the statue to the window and Mother Saint Michel prayed
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, we are lost if you do not come to our aid.
The wind changed direction, turned the fire away, and saved the monastery.
Our Lady interceded again at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Many faithful, including wives and daughters of American soldiers, gathered in the Ursuline chapel before the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, and spent the night before the battle in prayer. They asked Our Lady for victory by Andrew Jackson's forces over the British, which would save the city from being sacked. Jackson and 200 men from around the South won a remarkable victory over a superior British force in a battle that lasted twenty-five minutes, and saw few American casualties.
It is still customary for the devout of New Orleans to pray before the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor whenever a hurricane threatens New Orleans.
Blessed Eurosia Fabris
Also known as
• Eurosia Fabris Barban
• Mamma Rosa
• Rosina Fabris
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Born to a farm family, the daughter of Luigi and Maria Fabris, she grew up with the nickname Rosina. In 1870, when Eurosia was four, the family moved to Marola di Torri, Italy where she lived the rest of her life. She had only two years of school, forced to leave in 1874 at age eight to help her parents on the farm. Rosina learned dress-making from her mother. She made her First Communion at age twelve, and joined the Association of the Daughters of Mary at Marola. She was strongly devoted to the Holy Spirit, the infant Jesus, the Cross of Christ, the Eucharist, the Virgin Mary, and the souls in the Purgatory. In her teens she taught catechism to children, and taught girls to sew. She received several marriage proposals but repeatedly turned them down.
In 1885 a neighbor woman died, leaving two children under the age of two, and Rosina began caring for them. She married Carlo Barban on 5 May 1886, and the two took in the children. The couple had nine more children of their own, and their home became a gathering place for all the children of the village; Eurosia received the new nickname of Mamma Rosa. Three of her sons became priests, and one of them was her biographer. Along with her endless work load as a mother, Rosa managed to maintain a deep prayer life. She was the core of her family in both spiritual and practical matters, and was known for her charity to the poor, feeding the hungry and nursing the sick. Widowed in 1930. Franciscan tertiary. Through her whole life her home was an ideal Christian community for family and friends.
Born
27 September 1866 in Quinto Vicentino, Italy
Died
• 8 January 1932 at Marola di Torri, Vicenza, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the church in Marola di Torri
Beatified
• 6 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI
• recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Vincenza, Italy
Saint Severinus of Noricum
நோரிகம் நகர புனிதர் செவரினஸ்
பழங்குடியின மக்களின் கூட்டமைப்பான "நோரிகம்" அப்போஸ்தலர்:
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 410
தென் இத்தாலி அல்லது ஆப்பிரிக்கா
இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 8, 482
ஃபவியானே, நோரிகம் (தற்போதைய ஆஸ்திரியா)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:
சேன் செவேரினோ துறவு மடம், நேப்பிள்ஸ், இத்தாலி
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 8
பாதுகாவல்:
நோரிகம் (தற்போதைய ஆஸ்திரியா) சேன் செவேரோ, இத்தாலி, ஸ்ட்ரியானோ
நோரிகம் நகர புனிதர் செவரினஸ், ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதர் ஆவார். இவர் பழங்குடியினர் கூட்டமைப்பான "நோரிகம் அப்போஸ்தலர்" (Apostle to Noricum) என்றும் அறியப்படுகின்றார். இவர் தென் இத்தாலி அல்லது ரோம பிராந்தியமாயிருந்த ஆப்பிரிக்காவில் பிறந்திருக்கலாம் என்று யூகிக்கப்படுகிறது.
உயர்குடியில் பிறந்த மர்ம மனிதரான செவரினஸ், கிறிஸ்தவ மறை போதனைகளுக்காகவும் ஏழைகளுக்கு அவசியப்படும் பொருட்களை வாங்கி விநியோகம் செய்யும் நோக்கிலும் சிறைப்பட்டவர்களை மீட்கும் நோக்கத்திற்காகவும் நோரிகம் (Noricum) மற்றும் பவேரியாவிலுள்ள (Bavaria) "டனூப்” (Danube) நதியோரமாக பயணித்துள்ளதாக இவரைப்பற்றிய தகவல்கள் கூறுகின்றன.
இவர், நோரிகம் என்ற பழங்குடியினர் கூட்டமைப்புக்கு மறைபரப்பு பணியை செய்ய வந்தார் என்று கூறப்படுகின்றது. அதன்பிறகு ஆஸ்திரியா வந்தடைந்து மறைப்பணியை ஆற்றியுள்ளார்.
மறைப்பணியோடு தேவையிலிருக்கும் மக்களை இனம்கண்டு, பல்வேறு விதங்களில் உதவி செய்துள்ளார். கிறிஸ்தவ மக்களின் மனதிலும், அவர்களின் மத்தியிலிருந்து தாழ்வு மனப்பான்மையை போக்கவும் பெருமளவில் உழைத்துள்ளார்.
ஆரியன் இன மக்களுக்கும் கிறிஸ்தவ மக்களுக்கும் இடையில் இருந்த வேறுபாட்டை களைய பாடுபட்டார். சந்தோசமாகவும், சமாதானமாகவும் வாழ வழிவகுத்தார்.
இவர் "பஸ்ஸாவூ” (Passau) மற்றும் “ஃபவினே" (Favianae) ஆகிய இடங்களில் துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். அந்நிய இனத்தாரால் சூறையாடப்பட்ட பிராந்தியங்களில் நல்வாழ்வு மையங்களை நிறுவினார். கண்ட இடத்திலும் ஒரு கோணித் துணியை விரித்து உறங்கினார். தீவிர நோன்பிருந்தார். இவரது மறை பரப்பும் முயற்சிகளால் ஜெர்மானிய குறுநில அரசன் "ஓடோசெர்" (Odoacer) உள்ளிட்ட அனைவரிடத்தும் இவருக்கு பரவலான பாராட்டுதலும் மரியாதையும் கிட்டியது.
"அட்டிலா" (Attila) என்ற பேரரசனின் மேற்பார்வையின் கீழே "ஹுன்ஸ்" (Huns) எனும் சிற்றரசனுடைய படையெடுப்பால் ஆஸ்திரியா அழியும் எனவும் தீர்க்கதரிசனமாக கூறினார். படையெடுப்பினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு, இடம் பெயர்ந்து அகதிகளாய்ப் போன மக்களுக்காக மறுவாழ்வு மையங்களை நிறுவினார். ஆன்மீகத்தையும் ஆன்மீக கற்பித்தலையும் நிலை நிறுத்த மடங்களை நிறுவினார்.
செவரினஸ், "ஃபவியானே" (Favianae) என்ற இடத்திலுள்ள தமது துறவு மட அறையில் திருப்பாடல்கள் 150ஐ பாடிக்கொண்டிருக்கையில் மரணமடைந்தார். அவரது மரணத்தின் ஆறு வருடங்களின் பின்னர், அவரது மடத்திலிருந்த துறவிகள் துரத்தப்பட்டு, அவருடைய உடல் இத்தாலிக்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டது. முதலில் "நேப்பில்சில்' (Naples) உள்ள "கேஸ்டல் டெல்ஒவோவில்" (Castel dell'Ovo) வைக்கப்பட்டது. இறுதியில், நேப்பில்சின் (Naples) அருகேயுள்ள, அவருக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்ட "பெனடிக்டைன் துறவுமடமான" (Benedictine monastery) "சேன் செவரிநோவில்" (San Severino) அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது.
செவரினஸ், "துறவி, புனித அந்தோனியாரின் (St. Anthony the Hermit) குழந்தைப் பருவ பாதுகாவலரும் ஆன்மீக தந்தையும் ஆவார்.
Also known as
Severino of Noricum
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Born to the Roman nobility. Gave away his wealth to live as a hermit in the Egyptian desert. Though he loved the quiet and contemplative life, he felt a call to spread the faith, and he followed it.
Evangelized in Noricum (part of modern Austria). Hermit near Vienna. Prophesied the destruction of Astura, Austria by the Huns under Attila. Established refugee centers for people displaced by the invasion. Founded monasteries to re-establish spirituality and preserve learning in the stricken region.
One winter, the city of Faviana on the River Danube was starving. Following a sermon by Severinus on penance, the ice cracked, and food barges were able to dock, saving the city.
Noted travelling preacher and healer throughout Austria and Bavaria. Established funds to ransom and rescue captives. Ate once a day, less in Lent, went barefoot, ignored the weather, and slept on a sackcloth that he spread on the ground where ever he stopped. Foretold the date of his own death, and died singing Psalm 150.
Born
c.410 in North Africa
Died
• 8 January 482 at Favianae, Noricum (in modern Austria) of pleurisy
• relics moved to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Feltre
• relics moved to Castellum Lucullanum in Naples, Italy
• relics enshrined in a chapel at the Benedictine monastery of San Severino, Naples in 910
• relics moved to Fratta Maggiore in Avera, Italy in 1807
Saint Gudule of Brussels
Also known as
Ergoule, Goedele, Goelen, Gould, Goule, Gudula
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19 January in the diocese of Hamme and Moorsel
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Daughter of Count Witger and Saint Amalburga; great-niece of Emperor Pepin; sister of Saint Pharaildis of Ghent, Saint Reineldis, and Saint Emebert of Cambrai. Niece and student of Saint Gertrude of Nivelle, who trained her in the religious life. The girl then returned to live at the family castle at Hamme.
Pious and devoted, she lived for her prayers and time in church. During her early morning visits to the church in Moorsel, Belgium the devil extinguished her candle, which would miraculously re-ignite. The flower called tremella deliquescens, bears fruit in the beginning of January; it's known as "Sinte Goulds lampken" (Saint Gudula's lantern) because not even the winter can extinguish it.
Born
c.time-line-650 in Hamme, Brabant (in modern Belgium)
Died
• 8 January 712 at Hamme, Brabant (Belgium) of natural causes
• buried in front of the church door in her hometown of Hamme
• relics translated to Moorsel, Belgium
• relics translated to the church of Saint Gery in Brussels in 978
• relics translated to the collegiate church of Saint Michel (later Sainte Gudule) in Brussels in 1047
• relics destroyed by Calvinists on 6 June 1579
Saint Apollinaris the Apologist
அர்ச்.அப்போலினார் - மேற்றிராணியார் (கி.பி.175).
ஆதியில் வேதக் கலாபனைக் கொடுமையாய் நடந்தேறி வந்தது. அப்போலினார் காலத்தில் அரசரும் பிரஜைகளும் சத்திய கிறீஸ்தவர்களை வேதத்தினிமித்தம் கொடூரமாய் வதைத்துக் கொன்றார்கள். அக்காலத்தில் உரோமை இராயனான மார்க்குஸ் அவ்ரேலியஸ் ஜெர்மன் தேசத்தின்மேல் படையெடுத்துப் போனான். அவனுடைய படைகள் தங்கியிருந்த இடம் மலைகளால் சு10ழப்பட்டு பின்னடைவதற்கு வசதியற்ற இடமாயிருந்த படியால், அங்கிருந்து தப்பித்துக்கொள்ள சாத்தியப்படாமலிருந்ததுடன், தண்ணீர் பற்றாக் குறையினாலும் இராணுவம் வருந்தித் தவித்தது. அந்நேரத்தில் எதிரிகள் போரைத் தொடங்க, கிறீஸ்தவர்களாயிருந்த இவனுடைய சேனையின் ஓர் பகுதியார் முழந்தாளிலிருந்து சர்வேசுரனைப் பார்த்துப் பிரார்த்திக்கவே, இடி முழக்கத்துடன் ஓரு பெரும் மழை பெய்தது. மழைத் தண்ணீரால் உரோமையர் தங்கள் தாகத்தைத் தீர்த்துக்கொண்டு எதிரிகளை எதிர்த்துப் போரிட்டார்கள். இந்த மழையால் எதிரிகளுக்கு மிகுந்த சேதமுண்டாக, அவர்கள் புறங்காட்டி ஓட்டம் பிடித்தார்கள். இந்த அற்புதத்தைக் கண்ட உரோமை இராயன் அதிசயித்து அந்தக் கிறீஸ்தவ படைக்கு இடி முழக்கப் படை என்று பெயர் கொடுத்தான். அர்ச்.அப்போலினார் இராயனுக்கு ஓரு விண்ணப்பம் எழுதி, அதில் கிறீஸ்தவ வேதத்தின் படிப்பினையை விவரித்துக் காட்டினதுடன், கிறீஸ்தவ சேவகர்களுடைய வேண்டுதலால் அவனுடைய கண்ணுக்குமுன் நடந்த அற்புதத்தையும் எடுத்துக்காட்டி, வேத கலாபனையை நிறுத்தும்படி அவனைக் கேட்டுக் கொண்டார். இதனால் இராயனுடைய மனம் இளகி, வேதத்தினிமித்தம் எந்த கிறீஸ்தவர்களையும் கொலை செய்யக்கூடாதென்று ஓரு சட்டத்தை வெளியிட்டான். அர்ச்.அப்போலினார் பல நூல்களைப் பிரசுரஞ் செய்து அர்ச்சியசிஷ்டவராக மரித்தார்
Also known as
• Apollinaris Claudius
• Apollinaris of Hierapolis
• Claudius Apollinaris
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Second century bishop of Heirapolis, Phrygia. Held in high regard by other early saints including Saint Jerome and the historian Theodoret. Noted for writing a defense of the faith to Emperor Marcus Aurelius that reminded the Emperor of a miraculous victory that resulted from the prayers of Christian soldiers, and of his promise of protection for Christians. Worked and wrote against all the major heresies of his time, refuting them by logically destroying the heresy's philosophical roots. A prolific writer, most of his work has been lost over the centuries.
Died
c.175
Saint Erhard of Regensburg
Also known as
• Erhard of Ratisbon
• Erhard of Ardagh
• Erhard of Bavaria
• Erhard of Sax
• Erhard the Scot
• Erhard Scoticus
• Albert, Eberhard, Eberhardus, Eerhard, Erard, Erardo, Erhard, Erhart, Everard, Herhard
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Bishop of Ardagh, Ireland. Missionary to Bavaria, Germany working mainly around modern Regensburg. Assisted the archbishop of Trier, Germany. Bishop of Regensburg. Miracle worker. Baptized Saint Odilia of Alsace, which cured her congenital blindness. After his death a group of women formed a religious group called Erardinonnen (Nuns of Erhard) to pray perpetually at Erhard's tomb; Pope Leo IX gave them his approval, and they continued until the Reformation.
Born
7th century Irish
Died
• c.686 of natural causes
• interred at Regensburg, Germany
• his crozier is preserved as a relic in the parish church in Neidemunster
Saint Thorfinn
Also known as
Torfinn
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Cistercian monk at the abbey of Tautra. Canon of the Cathedral of Nidaros (modern Trondheim, Norway) by 1277 when he was a witness of the Agreement of Tönsberg. Bishop. Exiled by King Eric for supporting the Archbishop of Nidaros in a dispute over state interference in Church matters. Took refuge at the abbey of TerDoest in Flanders, Belgium. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Upon his return, Bishop Thorfinn fell ill, made a will to divide his meagre possessions, and died soon after. Father Walter de Muda, a monk who knew him, wrote a poem about Thorfinn, describing him as kind, patient, and generous, with a mild exterior and firm will against the evil and ungodly. Father Walter wrote the poem on parchment and hung it over Thorfinn's tomb.
The bishop had not attracted much attention in life, and was on his way to being forgotten. However, 50 years later, during a church renovation his tomb was opened. His remains gave off a strong and pleasant perfume. The parchment poem was still hanging near the body, still fresh and supple. The perfume of the relics, the state of the parchment, the reports of miracles around the tomb, and the reports of Thorfinn's holiness lead to approval of his cultus. Devotion soon spread through the Cistercians, and throughout Norway.
Born
at Trondhjem, Norway
Died
• 8 January 1285 at the Cistercian monastery at TerDoest, near Bruges, Belgium of natural causes
• miracles soon reported at his tomb
Saint Lawrence Giustiniani
Also known as
• Laurence Giustiniani
• Lawrence Justinian
• Lorenzo Giustiniani
• Patriarch of Venice
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Born to the Venetian nobility; his ancestors had fled Constantinople for political reasons. Against his widowed mother's wishes, he chose against marriage and for the religious life. Augustinian canon regular at San Giorgio, Alga, Italy in 1400. Spent his days wandering the island, begging for the poor. Ordained in 1406. Noted preacher and teacher of the faith. Held assorted administrative positions within his Order. Reluctant bishop of Castello, Italy in 1433. General of the canons regular. Bishop of Grado, Italy in 1451; the see was then moved to Venice, Italy, and Laurence was named archbishop and patriarch by Pope Nicholas V. Noted writer on mystical contemplation. Had the gift of prophecy. Miracle worker.
Born
1 September 1381 at Venice, Italy
Died
• 8 January 1455 at Venice, Italy of natural causes
• interred at the basilica of San Pietro di Castello, Venice
Canonized
16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII
Blessed Edward Waterson
Additional Memorial
29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
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As a young man Edward travelled to Turkey with some English merchants. There he met and was befriended by a wealthy Turk who liked Edward so much that he offered his daughter in marriage if the Englishman would convert to Islam. Edward declined, but the incident set his mind on spiritual matters. The route home ran through Rome, Italy and Edward converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism in 1588. Entered the seminary at Rheims, France on 24 January 1589, ordained on 11 March 1592. Returned to England on 24 June 1592 to minister to his countrymen in hiding for their faith. Arrested for the crime of priesthood soon after, he was abused in prison for several months before being martyred.
Born
at London, England
Died
• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 8 January 1593 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
• the prison horses refused to drag Edward to the scaffold
• when the guards finally got him there, the ladder jumped around to keep them from climbing it until Edward made the Sign of the Cross over it
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Blessed Titus Zeman
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Joined the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1931, and made his solemn vows on 7 March 1938. Ordained a priest in 1940. Chaplain, school council member and chemistry teacher. Helped Salesians in Czechoslovakia escape to Italy after Communists banned religious orders on 13 April 1950 and and began imprisoning members. Captured on 9 April 1951 during an escape attempt, he was interrogated, tortured and sentenced to 25 years. The abuse during his imprisonment destroyed his health; he was released in 1964, but never actually recovered, and his death is directly attributable to the injuries he sustained in prison. Martyr.
Born
4 January 1915 in Vajnory, Bratislavský, Slovakia
Died
8 January 1969 in Bratislava, Slovakia of heart failure
Beatified
• 30 September 2017 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated at the Church of Svätej Rodiny, Petrzalka, Bratislava, Slovakia, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Pega of Peakirk
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இவர் (#StPegaOfPeakirk) இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவரது குடும்பம் மிகவும் வசதியான குடும்பம். இவருக்கு குத்லக் என்றொரு சகோதரரும் இருந்தார்.
எல்லா வசதிகளும் இருந்தும் இவரும் இவரது சகோதரரும் துறவியாக வாழ தொடங்கினார்கள்.
ஒருமுறை இவரது சகோதரர் குத்லக் நோன்பிருக்கும்பொழுது, சாத்தான் இவருடைய வடிவில் சென்று, அவரைச் சோதித்தது. இதனால் இவர் தனது சகோதரருக்கு இதுபோன்ற சோதனைகள் வரக்கூடாது என்பதற்காக வேறோர் இடத்திற்கு சென்று நோன்பிருக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.
ஏறக்குறைய 15 ஆண்டுகள் ஒருவரையொருவர் சந்தித்துக் கொள்ளாமலேயே இருவரும் நோன்பிருந்து வந்தார்கள். இந்நிலையில் கிபி 714 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர் தன் சகோதரர் இறந்துவிட்டார் என்ற செய்தியை அறிய வந்ததும், அவர் இருந்த இடத்திற்குச் சென்று, அவரது அடக்க நிகழ்வில் கலந்து கொண்டார். பின்னர் இவர் அங்கேயே தங்கி நோன்பிருந்து வந்தார்.
இவர் புனித நாடுகளுக்குச் சென்றுவிட்டுத் திரும்பும் போது 719 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.
Also known as
• Pega of Croyland
• Margareta, Pea, Pee, Pege, Peggy, Pègue, Pegia
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Daughter of Penwalh. Sister of Saint Guthlac of Croyland. Related to the royal family of the East Angles. Lived as a hermit in the Fens, Northhamptonshire, England near her brother. Once the devil took on her form to persuade Guthlac to break his vow to never eat before sunset. To prevent further attempts, Pega left the area and never returned in Guthlac's life. Anchoress near Croyland Abbey; a church was built on the site of her hermitage, and an Anglican convent dedicated to Pega survives to today. Peakirk (Pega's Church) is named for her. While en route to her brother's funeral in 714, she cured a blind man from Wisbech. Made a pilgimage to Rome, Italy and died before returning home.
Born
in Mercia, England
Died
c.719 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
Saint Albert of Cashel
Also known as
• Albert of Regensburg
• Alberto
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Evangelist in Ireland, especially around the city of Cashel, and may have been a bishop. Noted as an excellent preacher being "by race an Angle, in speech an angel." Evangelized in Bavaria (in modern Germany) with Saint Erhard of Regensburg. Suffered from arthritis in his back and hips. Pilgrim to Jerusalem, dying on the journey home. Some accounts list him as archbishop of Cashel, but that diocese did not exist in his day, and this is apparently an inference by later writers.
Born
English
Died
800 at Regensburg, Germany of natural causes
Canonized
19 June 1902 by Pope Leo XIII
Saint Lucian of Beauvais
Also known as
Lucien, Lucius
Additional Memorials
• 3 June (Eastern Church)
• 15 September (translation of relics)
• 16 October (consecrated of his church)
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Priest. Missionary from Rome, Italy to Beauvais, France. Worked with Saint Piaton. Martyred with Saint Julian of Beauvais and Saint Maximian of Beauvais.
Born
Rome, Italy
Died
290 at Beauvais, France
Saint Wulsin of Sherborne
Also known as
• Wulsin of Shireburn
• Ultius, Vulsin, Wulfsin, Wulfsige
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Benedictine monk. Spiritual student and close confidant of Saint Dunstan of Canterbury. Named by Dunstan c.960 to be superior of the restored Benedictine community at Westminster, England. Abbot of Westminster in 980. Bishop of Sherborne, England in 993; continued to serve as abbot. Rebuilt and revitalized the Church in Sherborne, and established a Benedictine monastery in his diocese. Several of his letters have survived the centuries.
Died
• 8 January 1002 of natural causes
• relics translated to Sherborne, England c.1050
Blessed Kristian Hosius
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Premonstratensian canon in 1519 at the monastery of Tongerlo, Westerlo, Flanders (in modern Belgium). Kristian earned a degree in theology, then taught at his monastery and at the chapel in Roosendall. Parish priest in Vissenaken, Tongerlo, then in Oevel, and finally in Roosendaal. Known as “the father of the poor” for his charity and ministry to the poor, he was noted for keeping his city Catholic during the rise of Calvinism.
Born
later 15th century in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant (in the modern Netherlands)
Died
8 January 1570 of natural causes
Saint Atticus of Constantinople
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Atticus supported the Macedonian heresy (i.e., the Holy Spirit is not God), opposed Saint John Chrysostom, and worked against him at the Council of Oak in 405. When John was exiled from Constantinople, Atticus assumed the bishopric in 406. He eventually realized his error, repented his opposition, and submitted to Pope Innocent I's rulings. He remained as bishop, but a virtuous and orthodox one, and an opponent of heretics.
Born
4th century at Sebaste, Armenia
Died
10 October 425 in Constantinople of natural causes
Saint Agathon of Scete
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Around the year 364, Agathon retired from the world to live as a prayerful, austere hermit in the desert of Scete near Alexandria, Egypt. He supported himself by weaving and selling baskets in Alexandria; he often just gave them away to the very poor to use or sell as they saw fit. A real life Good Samaritan, he once found a foreign traveller ill on the side of the road; he took the man to an inn, looked after him, and worked in the city for four months to pay for the man’s room and expenses while he recovered.
Died
c.370 in Scete, Egypt of natural causes
Blessed Jacques Corbeau
Also known as
Jacob
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Premonstratensian canon at the Saint-Augustin monastery in Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Chosen abbot of the house in 1603, where he served for his remaining 39 years, noted for his humility as a leader and charity to the poor. Near the end of his life, he and his brothers were forced to flee the monastery when the city came under seige, and he effectively died in exile.
Born
latter 16th century France
Died
1642 in Veurne, Flanders (in modern Belgium) of natural causes
Saint Dominica of Constantinople
Also known as
• Dominica of Carthage
• Dominique...
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Raised in a pious family, when she was grown Dominica slipped away from her home and took ship to Alexandria, Egypt. There she lived with four pagan women, whom she converted to Christianity, and then lived the rest of her days as a prayerful, ascetic recluse. Reported to have the gift of prophecy.
Born
c.395 in Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunis, Tunisia)
Died
c.474 in Constantinople of natural causes
Saint George Chozebites
Also known as
• George of Choseba
• George of Choziba
• George of Chozibita
• Georges, Gregor, Gregory
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After some time as a monk at the Choziba monastery in Palestine, George felt the need for solitude and withdrew from community life to live as a hermit in his cell, coming out only on Sunday to pray and discuss spiritual matters with his brother monks.
Born
Cyprus
Died
c.620 of natural causes
Blessed Nathalan of Aberdeen
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Born to a wealthy Scottish noble family, he gave it up to live as a prayerful hermit, making a living by raising a garden, an occupation he considered "closest to divine contemplation." Miracle worker during an area famine. Bishop in Tullicht, Scotland. Built churches and conducted missions in his diocese.
Born
near Aberdeen, Scotland
Died
c.678
Blessed Giacobella Mary of the Cross
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Cloistered Mercedarian nun, she was the first leader of the Mercedarian monastery in Madrid, Spain. Miracle worker.
Died
3 August 1643 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes
Saint Athelm of Canterbury
Also known as
Atheim, Athelhelm, Aethelm, Aethelhelm, Adelmus
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Paternal uncle of Saint Dunstan of Canterbury. Benedictine monk at Glastonbury, England. Abbot of Glastonbury. Bishop of Wells, Somerset, England in 909. Archbishop of Canterbury in 914.
Died
923 of natural causes
Saint Garibaldus of Regensburg
Also known as
• Garibaldus of Ratisbon
• Gaubald...
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Benedictine monk in Bavaria, Germany. Ordained by Saint Boniface c.740. Abbot of Saint Emmeran monastery at Regensburg, Germany. First bishop of Regensburg.
Died
762 of natural causes
Saint Theodore of Chora
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Maternal uncle of Empress Theodora. General of the Byzantine armies during war with the Persians in 528. Following the war, he retired from the world to live as a hermit in the mountains around Antioch. Founded the Chora monastery outside Constantinople.
Died
c.595 of natural causes
Saint Eugenian of Autun
Also known as
Egemoine, Egemon, Egemone, Egemonius, Egenion, Egmonius, Eugenianus, Eugenius, Igmonus
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Latter 4th century bishop of Autun, France. Fierce opponent of Arianism, which led to his martyrdom.
Died
latter 4th century in Autun, France
Saint Helladius
Also known as
Elladio, Hellade, Hellas
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Lay man martyr.
Born
African
Died
burned to death in a furnace in Libya
Saint Maximus of Pavia
Also known as
Maximus II, Massimo
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Bishop of Pavia, Italy. Attended the councils of Rome convened by Pope Saint Symmachus.
Died
514 of natural causes
Saint Carterius of Caesarea
Also known as
Karterios
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Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
304 at Caesarea, Cappadocia
Saint Ergnad of Ulster
Also known as
Ercnact, Ercnacta
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Nun who received the veil from Saint Patrick.
Born
5th century Ulster, Ireland
Saint Theophilus the Martyr
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Deacon. Martyr.
Born
African
Died
burned to death in a furnace in Libya
Saint Emilian
Also known as
Aemilian, Aemyliani, Aemylianus
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A confessor of the faith. No details about him have survived.
Saint Maximian of Beauvais
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Missionary to Beauvais, France. Martyr.
Died
290 at Beauvais, France
Saint Julian of Beauvais
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Missionary to Beauvais, France. Martyr.
Died
290 at Beauvais, France
Saint Patiens of Metz
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Fourth bishop of Metz, France in the second century.
Patronage
Metz, France
Saint Afflinus
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Bishop. No other information has survived.
Saint Patheus
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Martyr. Bishop of Meaux: One possibility is Saint Pathus, who served as Bishop of Meaux in France from 684 to his death on the day of his election. He is considered a martyr by tradition, although details about his martyrdom are scarce. Information about him might be found in historical records of the Diocese of Meaux or French hagiography resources.
Martyrs of Greece
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A group of Christians honored in Greece as martyrs, but we have no details about their lives or deaths. - Euctus, Felix, Januarius, Lucius, Palladius, Piscus, Rusticus, Secundus and Timotheus
Martyrs of Terni
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A group of Christian soldiers in the imperial Roman army. Executed during the persecutions of emperor Claudius. Martyrs. - Carbonanus, Claudius, Planus and Tibudianus
Died
270 in Terni, Italy
