St. Henry de Osso y Cervello
Feastday: January 27
Birth: 1840
Death: 1896
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Henry was born at Vinebre, Catalonia, Spain, on the 16th October 1840 and was ordained priest on 21st September 1867. He was an apostle to young people in teaching them about their faith and inspired various movements for the teaching of the Gospel. As a spiritual director he was fascinated by St. Teresa of Jesus, the great teacher in the ways of prayer and Daughter of the Church who is better known in the English-speaking world as St. Teresa of Avila. In the light of her teaching, he founded the Company of St. Teresa (1876) dedicated to educating women in the school of the Gospel and following the example of St. Teresa. He gave himself to preaching and the apostolate through the printing press. He underwent many severe trials and sufferings. He died at Gilet, Valencia, Spain, on the 27th January, 1896. He was canonized on 16th July, 1993, in Madrid, by Pope John Paul II.
St. Gamo
Feastday: January 27
Death: 8th century
Benedictine abbot of Bretigny, near Noyon, France. He aided the monastic expansion of the era and was a staunch patron of the arts.
St. Maurus
Feastday: January 27
Death: 555
Abbot founder of Bodon Abbey, near Sisteron, France. He is sometimes called Marius or May. Maurus was cured of a serious illness at the tomb of St. Denis in Paris. He was a revered prophet.
St. Sabas of Serbia
Born Rastko Nemanjić
1169 or 1174[a]
Gradina, Zeta
Died 27 January 1236 (61–62 or 66–67)
Tarnovo, Bulgarian Empire
Venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church
Catholic Church
Major shrine Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
Feast January 27 [O.S. January 14]
Attributes Ktetor, teacher, theologian, legislator, diplomat, protector of the poor, writer
Patronage Serbia, Serbs, Serbian schools
Serbian Archbishop
Church Serbian Orthodox Church
See Žiča
Installed 1219
Term ended 1235
Successor Arsenije
Other post(s) Archimandrite
Orders
Ordination Patriarch Manuel I of Constantinople
Personal details
Buried Holy Forty Martyrs Church (until May 6, 1237)
Mileševa (until 1594)
Nationality Serbian
Denomination Orthodox Christian
Parents Stefan Nemanja and Ana
Occupation archbishop
Saint Sava (Serbian: Свети Сава, romanized: Sveti Sava, pronounced [sʋɛ̂ːtiː sǎːʋa]; Old Church Slavonic: Свѧтъ Сава / ⰔⰂⰤⰕⰟ ⰔⰀⰂⰀ; Greek: Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law, and a diplomat. Sava, born as Rastko Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Растко Немањић), was the youngest son of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (founder of the Nemanjić dynasty), and ruled the appanage of Zachlumia briefly in 1190–92. He then left for Mount Athos, where he became a monk with the name Sava (Sabbas). At Athos he established the monastery of Hilandar, which became one of the most important cultural and religious centres of the Serbian people. In 1219 the Patriarchate exiled in Nicea recognized him as the first Serbian Archbishop, and in the same year he authored the oldest known constitution of Serbia, the Zakonopravilo nomocanon, thus securing full religious and political independence. Sava is regarded as the founder of Serbian medieval literature.
He is widely considered one of the most important figures of Serbian history. In fact, Sava is to the Serbs what Averroes is to the Muslims and Maimonides is to the Jews. Saint Sava is venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on January 27 [O.S. January 14]. Many artistic works from the Middle Ages to modern times have interpreted his career. He is the patron saint of Serbia, Serbs, and Serbian education. The Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade is dedicated to him, built where the Ottomans burnt his remains in 1594,[9] during an uprising in which Serbs used icons of Sava as their war flags; the church is one of the largest church buildings in the world.
Saint Angela Merici
புனிதர் ஏஞ்செலா மெரிசி
கன்னி/ சபை நிறுவனர்:
பிறப்பு: மார்ச் 21, 1474
டிசெஸானோ டெல் கார்டா, ப்ரெஸ்ஸியா பிராந்தியம், வெனிஸ் குடியரசு
இறப்பு: ஜனவரி 27, 1540 (வயது 65)
ப்ரெஸ்ஸியா, வெனிஸ் குடியரசு
அருளாளர் பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 30, 1768
திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் கிளமன்ட்
புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 24, 1807
திருத்தந்தை ஏழாம் பயஸ்
முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:
புனித ஆஞ்சலா மெரிசி சரணாலயம், ப்ரெஸ்ஸியா, இத்தாலி
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜனவரி 27
பாதுகாவல்:
நோய் (Sickness),
பெற்றோரை இழந்தோர் (Loss of Parents),
மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள் (Handicapped People)
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையால் புனிதராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட ஏஞ்செலா மெரிசி, ஒரு இத்தாலி நாட்டின் ஆன்மீக கல்வியாளர் ஆவார். இவர் கி.பி. 1535ம் ஆண்டு, "ப்ரெஸ்ஸியா" (Brescia) என்ற இடத்தில் "புனிதர் ஊர்சுலாவின் துணைவர்கள்" (Company of St. Ursula) என்ற கல்வி நிறுவனத்தினை நிறுவினார். இக்கல்வி நிறுவனத்தின் பெண்கள், சிறுமிகளின் கல்விக்காக தமது வாழ்க்கையினை திருச்சபைக்கு அர்ப்பணித்தவர்கள் ஆவர். சிறிது காலத்திலேயே இக்கல்வி நிறுவனம் சட்டென்று "ஊர்சுலின் துறவற சபையாக" (Monastic Order of Ursulines) மாறி உயர்ந்தது. இத்துறவு சபையின் அருட்கன்னியர்கள் செபம் மற்றும் கற்றலுக்கான இடங்களை முதலில் ஐரோப்பா எங்கும், குறிப்பாக வட அமெரிக்காவிலும், பின்னர் உலகமெங்கும் அமைத்தார்கள்.
வாழ்க்கை:
கி.பி. 1474ல் பிறந்த மெரிசியும் இவரது மூத்த சகோதரியான "கியானா மரியாவும்" (Giana Maria) இவரது பதினைந்தாம் வயதிலேயே அநாதைகளானார்கள். தமது தாய்மாமன் வீட்டில் வாழ்வதற்காக பக்கத்து நகருக்கு சென்றனர். சிறிது காலத்திலேயே இவரது மூத்த சகோதரி "கியானா மரியா" அகால மரணமடைந்தார். மரணத்தின் முன்பும் அதன் பின்னரும் நடக்க வேண்டிய எந்தவொரு இறுதிச்சடங்குக்களும்கூட அவருக்கு நடக்கவில்லை. இதனால் மிகவும் மன உளைச்சலுக்கு ஆளானார் மெரிசி. இந்நிலையில், மெரிசி "புனித ஃபிரான்சிஸின் மூன்றாம் நிலை சபையில்" (Third Order of St. Francis) இணைந்தார். தம்மை கடவுளுக்கு அர்ப்பணித்திருந்த மெரிசியின் அழகும் கவர்ச்சியான பொன்னிற கூந்தலும் பிறரைக் கவர்ந்தன. உலகினரின் கவனத்தை ஈர்க்க விரும்பாத மெரிசி, தமது கூந்தலை புகைக்கரியினால் கோரப்படுத்திக்கொண்டார்.
மெரிசியின் இருபதாம் வயதில் இவரது தாய்மாமன் இறந்து போனார். ஆகவே, தமது சகோதரர்களுடன் வாழ்வதற்காக சொந்த ஊர் திரும்பினார். இவருக்கு சேர வேண்டிய சொத்துக்கள் இவருக்கு தரப்பட்டன. பின்னர் இவருக்கு ஒரு திருக்காட்சி காணக் கிடைத்தது. அதில், இளம் பெண்களுக்கு சமய கல்வியூட்டுவதற்கு தமது வாழ்வினை அர்ப்பணித்த அருட்கன்னியர் கொண்ட சமூகம் ஒன்றினை நிறுவும்படி அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டார். இங்ஙனம் இவர் ஆரம்பித்த இந்த அருட்கன்னியர் சமூகம் வெற்றி பெற்றது. பிறகு பக்கத்து நகரான "ப்ரெஸ்ஸியாவில்" (Brescia) மற்றுமொரு பள்ளி தொடங்க இவர் அழைக்கப்பட்டார்.
எண்ணிலங்கா சமூகப் பணிகளை செய்த இவர், என்ணிடலங்கா ஏழை மக்களின் வாழ்வை உயர்த்தினார். கி.பி. 1524ம் ஆண்டு தனது 50ம் வயதில் பாலஸ்தீனத்திற்கு புனிதப் பயணம் ஒன்றை மேற்கொண்டார். வழியில், "க்ரேட்டா" எனும் தீவில், திடீர் என்று அவரது கண்களின் பார்வை மறைந்தது. இருப்பினும் அவர் தமது புனித பயணத்தைத் தொடர்ந்தார். பாலஸ்தீன புனித பயணத்திலிருந்து திரும்புகையில், அவரது பார்வை பறிபோன அதே "க்ரேட்டா" தீவில், அவர் சிலுவையை செபிக்கையில், அவருக்கு அதிசயமாக மீண்டும் பார்வை திரும்பியது.
கி.பி. 1535ம் ஆண்டும், நவம்பர் மாதம், 25ம் நாளன்று, தம்முடன் இருந்த பன்னிரெண்டு இளம்பெண்களுடன் இணைந்து "ப்ரெஸ்ஸியா" (Brescia) என்ற இடத்தில் "புனித ஊர்சுலாவின் துணைவர்கள்" (Company of St. Ursula) என்ற கல்வி நிறுவனத்தினை நிறுவினார். அவர்களுடைய நோக்கம், எதிர்கால மனைவி, தாய் (தற்போதைய இளம்பெண்கள்) ஆகியோரின் குடும்ப வாழ்க்கை நிலையை கிறிஸ்தவ கல்வி மூலம் உயர்த்துவது ஆகும். நான்கு வருடங்களில் இக்கல்வி நிறுவனம் இருபத்தெட்டாக உயர்ந்தது. மெரிசி தம்முடனிருந்தவர்களை இறைவனுக்கு ஒப்புக்கொடுத்து, அயலாரின் சேவையில் தம்மை அர்ப்பணிக்க கற்பித்தார். அதன் உறுப்பினர்கள் ஏதும் சிறப்பு பழக்க வழக்கங்களோ அல்லது சமய பிரமாணங்களோ எடுத்துக்கொண்டவர்கள் அல்ல. மெரிசி இக்கல்வி நிறுவனத்தின் உறுப்பினர்களுக்கான வாழ்க்கை நியதி அல்லது விதிகளை தாமே எழுதினர். அதில் பிரம்மச்சரியம், வறுமை, தாழ்ச்சி, கீழ்படிதல் ஆகியவற்றுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் அளித்தார். "ஊர்சுலின்ஸ்" (The Ursulines) என்றழைக்கப்படும் இவர்களுடைய நிறுவனம், மென்மேலும் பள்ளிகளையும் அநாதை இல்லங்களையும் தொடங்கியது. கி.பி. 1537ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 18ம் நாளன்று, மெரிசி இந்நிறுவனங்களின் தலைமைப் பொறுப்பையேற்றார். மெரிசி இந்நிறுவன உறுப்பினர்களுக்காக எழுதிய விதிகள் மற்றும் நியதிகளை கி.பி. 1544ம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை “மூன்றாம் பவுல்” (Pope Paul III) ஒப்புதல் அளித்து அங்கீகரித்தார்.
கி.பி. 1540ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 27ம் நாள், மெரிசி மரிக்கும்போது, 24 கல்வி நிறுவனங்கள் பிராந்தியம் முழுது கல்விச் சேவையில் இருந்தன. மெரிசியின் விருப்பப்படியே அவரது உடல் மூன்றாம் நிலை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் வழக்கப்படி ஆடை அணிவிக்கப்பட்டு "அஃப்ரா தேவாலயத்தில்" (Church of St. Afra) அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது. கி.பி. 1945ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 2ம் தேதி "அஃப்ரா தேவாலயமும்" அதன் சுற்றுப்புற கட்டிடங்களும் தேவாலயத்தின் பங்குத்தந்தை மற்றும் இன்னபிற பங்கு மக்களுடேன் சேர்ந்து இரண்டாம் உலகப்போரின்போது நிகழ்ந்த குண்டு வீச்சில் முழுதும் அழிக்கப்பட்டன. பின்னர், இரண்டாம் உலகப்போரின் முடிவில் தேவாலயமும் அதன் சுற்றுப்புற கட்டிடங்களும் மீண்டும் கட்டப்பட்டு கி.பி. 1954ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 10ம் நாளன்று, திறக்கப்பட்டன. கி.பி. 1956ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 27ம் நாளன்று, புதிதாக புனிதர் ஏஞ்செலா மெரிசிக்கு தேவாலயம் அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்டது
Also known as
• Angela of Merici
• Angela de Marici
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Franciscan tertiary at age 15. She received a vision telling her she would inspire devout women in their vocation.
In Crete, during a pilgrimage to Holy Land, she was struck blind. Her friends wanted to return home, but she insisted on going on, visiting the shrines with as much devotion and enthusiasm as if she had her sight. On the way home, while praying before a crucifix, her sight was restored at the same place where it had been lost.
In 1535 she gathered a group of girl students and began what would become the Institute of Saint Ursula (Ursuline Sisters), founded to teach children, beginning with religion and later expanding into secular topics; her first schools were in the Italian cities of Desenazno and Brescia.
Born
21 March 1474 at Desenzano, Lake Garda, Italy
Died
• 24 January 1540 at Brescia, Italy
• interred in the church of Saint Afra, Brescia, Italy
• body incorrupt
Canonized
24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII
Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulewicz
Also known as
• George Matulaitis
• Jerzy Matulevicz
• Jorge Matulaitis
• Jurgis Matulewicz
• Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius
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Born to a poor farm family, the youngest of eight children at a time when Lithuania was under the control of Tsarist Russia. Orphaned at age ten. Developed tuberculosis of the bone in his leg, in his early teens; he suffered with it the rest of his life. Entered the seminary in Poland in 1891, studied in the major seminary in Warsaw, studied theology in Saint Petersburg, Russia, earned his doctorate of theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Spiritual student of Blessed Honorat Kozminski. Ordained on 20 November 1898 in the Congregation of Marian Fathers. Taught Latin and canon law in the seminary in the diocese of Kielce, Poland. Worked for the betterment of the working poor. Head of the Sociology section of Saint Petersburg Academy in 1907. Taught dogmatic theology. Vice-rector of the Academy. Noted teacher, preacher, spiritual director, and confessor. Reformed the Marians of the Immaculate Conception in 1910, changing their constitution, habit, vows, and way of life, resigning his position at the Academy to work for the Marians revitalization; superior general of the Congregation on 14 July 1911. Founded the Congregation of Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in 1918. Founded the Sisters Servants of the Jesus in the Eucharist in Belarus. Reluctant bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania on 23 October 1918. The city was divided into warring camps loyal to the various forces of the First World War, and George fought constantly to defend the right of the Church and the freedom of the citizens. Founded the Handmaids of Jesus in the Eucharist in 1919. He retired from his see on 14 July 1925; on 1 September 1925 he was made titular archbishop and Apostolic Visitator to Lithuania. Dispatched by the Vatican to complete a concordant with the Lithuanian government to restore diplomatic relations; he succeded just before his death.
Born
13 April 1871 at Lugine, Lithuania
Died
27 January 1927 of appendicitis at Kaunas, Lithuania
Beatified
28 June 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Enric de Osso y Cervello
Also known as
Enrique, Henry
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The youngest of three children born to Jaime and Micaela de Osso y Cervello. Enric felt an early call to the priesthood, which his mother supported but his father opposed. At age 12 Enric was sent to Quinto de Ebro to learn the textile business from his uncle. There Henry became seriously ill, and upon his recovery, had to return home; he stopped first at Our Lady of the Pillar to give thanks for his health.
His mother died in the cholera epidemic of 1854, and the boy was sent to Reus to apprentice in the textile business there. Enric sought refuge and a new home in the Montserrat monastery. His brother James took him home, and his father finally began to understand the boy's desire to follow his vocation. He relented, and Enric studied at Barcelona, Spain where he was a sub-deacon, and at Tortosa, Spain. Classmate with Blessed Emmanuel Domingo y Sol. Ordained on 21 September 1867, celebrating his first Mass at Montserrat, Spain.
He taught mathmatics at the Tortosa seminary. Had a great devotion to Saint Teresa of Avila, and sought to bring her reforming zeal to his preaching and parish missions. Founded the Association of Young Catholic Daughters of Mary and Saint Teresa of Jesus in 1873, the Institute of Josephine Brothers (Josephine Sisterhood) in 1876, and the Congregation of Saint Teresa (the Teresian Missionaries). This group received papal approval in 1877, and the sisters serve today in Europe, Africa and Mexico.
Founded and wrote extensively for the publications El Hombre (The Man), El Amigo del Pueble (The Friend of the People), and Revista Teresiana (The Teresian Review). He aimed much of his writings and teachings to women. He published works aimed at a female audience on prayer and living the spiritual life. Was working with Blessed Emmanuel Domingo y Sol to develop a Josephite order for men when he died.
Born
16 October 1840 at Vinebre, Tarragona, Spain
Died
• 27 January 1896 at Gilet, Valencia, Spain of a stroke
• relics re-interred at the chapel at the Teresian Missionaries at Tortona in July 1908
Canonized
16 June 1993 by Pope John Paul II at Madrid, Spain
Blessed Carolina Santocanale
Also known as
• Sister Maria of Jesus
• Sister Maria di Gesù Santocanale
• Carolina Concetta Angela Santocanale
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Born to the nobility, part of the family of the barons of Celsa Reale near Palermo, Italy. Baptized at the age of three days, made her first Communion at age eight, and received a good education. In her late teens she became the target for offers of marriage, but began to feel a call to religious life. Spiritual student of Father Mauro Venuti. Leader of the Daughters of Mary in the parish of San Antonio Abate in Palermo at age 21. The call to religious life became stronger, but she was torn between the contemplative cloister and working with the sick, poor, disabled and abandoned on Palermo. Hoping to combine the two, she became a Franciscan tertiary, taking the name Sister Maria di Gesù. Her family strongly objected to her choice, especially when she and some like-minded tertiaries began going door to door in poor neighborhoods, wearing a backpack of supplies, helping the sick, feeding the poor. Founded the Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculate of Lourdes on 24 January 1923 to continue her work; it continues to do so today.
Born
2 October 1852 in Palermo, Italy as Carolina Concetta Angela Santocanale
Died
27 January 1923 in Cinisi, Palermo, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
• 12 June 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova, Monreale, Italy presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed João Schiavo
Also known as
Giovanni Schiavo
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Eldest of nine children born to Luiz, a shoemaker, and Rosa Schiavo. At one point in his youth, João suffered through four years of meningitis, which nearly killed him. He joined the Josephites of Murialdo (Murialdines) in 1917 where he came to know Venerable Eugenio Ruffo. Ordained a priest on 10 July 1927 in Vincenza, Italy, and served as a parish priest in Modena and Oderzo. Missionary to Brazil, arriving in Jaguarão on 5 September 1931. On 25 November 1931, he moved to Ana Rech and started working at Colégio Murialdo. In 1935, he moved to Galópolis, Brazil where he ran a school and a parish. In 1937, he assumed the direction of Colégio Murialdo and the coordination of the Josephine priests in Ana Rech. In 1956 he moved to the Josefino Seminary of Fazenda Souza and worked for the formation of the Murialdine Sisters of Saint Joseph.
Born
8 July 1903 in Sant'Urbano de Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy
Died
at 9:30am on 27 January 1967 in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil of liver damage from hepatitis and liver cancer
Beatified
• 28 October 2017 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in the Pavilhões da Festa da Uva, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
• his beatification miracle involved the cure from acute peritonitis of Juvelino Cara on 9 September 1997
Blessed Manfredo Settala
Additional Memorials
• 26 January (blessed bread is distributed to families in the Riva San Vitaly, Italy on the eve of his memorial)
• Sunday following 27 January (procession of his relics)
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Born to an esteemed Milanese family. Priest of the parishes of Cuasso, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Brusimpiano and Porto Ceresio Besano in the diocese of Milan. Hermit on Monte San Giorgio, Italy. His reputation for piety spread, which led to a series of people asking for his advice, and his intercession in a plague in 1207; he recommended pilgrimages to the tombs of saints and to ask for their intercession, which worked. Miracle worker.
Born
latter 12th century Milan, Italy
Died
• 27 January 1217 in Riva San Vitaly, Lombardy, Italy of natural causes
• the bells throught the region miraculously rang at the hour of his death
• buried in Riva San Vitaly at the foot of Monte San Giogio
• relics enshrined in a marble sacrophagus in 1387
• relics re-enshrined in an urn at the high altar in 1633
• relics re-enshrined in the Como, Italy in 1888
Saint Devota
புனித_டிவோட்டா (-303)
ஜனவரி 27
இவர் (#StDevota) பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டிற்கு அருகில் உள்ள தீவுகளில் ஒன்றான கோர்சிகா என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவர் வளர்ந்து பெரியவராகி, உரோமை அரச அதிகாரியான யூடிசியுஸ் என்பவரிடம் பணிசெய்து வந்தார்.
இந்நிலையில் உரோமையை ஆண்ட தியோகிளசியன், மாக்சிமியான் ஆகியோரிடம் ஆளுநராக இருந்த பார்பாருஸ் என்பவன் யூடிசியுசைச் சந்திக்க வந்தான். அவன் யூடிசியுசிடம் டிவோட்டோ என்ற பெண்மணி பணிசெய்து வருவதையும், அவர் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவர் என்பதையும் அறிந்து, அவரை உரோமைக் கடவுளுக்குப் பலி செலுத்துச் சொன்னான்.
இதற்கு டிவோட்டா மறுப்புத் தெரிவிக்கவே ஆளுநர் இவரைப் பலவாறாகச் செய்து கொல்ல ஆணையிட்டான். மேலும் கொல்லப்பட்ட டிவோட்டாவின் உடல் கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்குக் கிடைத்துவிட்டால், அதை வைத்து அவர்கள் வழிபடத் தொடங்கி விடுவார்கள் என்று அஞ்சி அதைத் தீயிட்டுக் கொளுத்தச் சொன்னான்.
அதற்குள் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் டிவோட்டாவின் உடலை மீட்டு, கப்பல் வழியாக மொனாகோ என்ற இடத்திற்குக் கொண்டு சென்றார்கள். அங்கு அவரது உடல் நல்லடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டு, அதன் மேல் ஒரு கோயிலானது எழுப்பப்பட்டது.
Also known as
Dévote
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Member of the household of the imperial Roman senator Eutychiu, Devota wanted to devote herself to a life of God, but was imprisoned, tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian by order of the prefect Barbarus. Tradition says that flowers bloom out of season on her feast day.
Born
Mariana, Corsica, France
Died
• tortured to death on the rack c.303
• prefect Barbarus ordered her body burned to prevent veneration, but it was stolen by Christians and put on a boat to Africa to receive Christian burial there; when a storm threatened the boat, a dove flew from Devote's mouth, the storm abated and the bird guided the boat to Les Gaumetes (in modern Monaca)
• she was buried near a shrine of Saint George
• a chapel was soon built at her grave, which survives today
• relics at Riviera de Porenta, Monaco
Blessed Alruna of Cham
Also known as
Alrun, Mother of the Poor
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Born to the nobility, a member of the house of Cham, she was married to the Mazalin, Count of Portis, and the mother of one son. Widowed, she converted her castle into a hospital for the poor, and lived as a prayerful recluse at the Benedictine abbey of Saint Maritius in Niederaltaich, Bavaria, Germany. She became known for spiritual insights and wisdom, and was a much-sought advisor.
Born
c.990 in Vohburg castle on the Danube River in Bavaria, Germany
Died
• 27 January 1045 in Niederaltaich, Bavaria, Germany of a fever
• buried in the crypt under the altar of Saint Oswald in the Benedictine abbey of Saint Maritius in Niederaltaich
• relics enshrined at the altar of Saints Heinrich and Kunigunde in the abbey church on 16 September 1731
• following a damaging fire, her relics were enshrined in a glass reliquary in the monastery church in 1800
Pope Saint Vitalian
Also known as
Vitalianus
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Son of Anastasius; nothing else is known of Vitalian before his election to the papacy. Chosen 76th pope in 657. His pontificate was marked by constant conflict with the eastern patriarchs and leaders over their support of Monothelite heresy. Helped settle the conflict between English and Irish bishops over the date of Easter. Sent Saint Adrian of Canterbury and Saint Theodore of Tarsus to England, which strengthened the ties between the bishops there with Rome. Came into conflict with archbishop Maurus of Ravenna who declared his see independent from Vatican control; he and the pope excommunicated each other, and emperor Constans II intervened on the side of the archbishop, and it wasn't until 682 that the controversy ended.
Born
at Segni, Campania, Italy
Papal Ascension
• elected on 2 June 657
• enthroned on 30 July 657
Died
• 27 January 672
• interred in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
Saint Marius of Bodon
Also known as
Maire, Marino, Mario, Mary, Maurus, May, Mere
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Monk. Founder of Bodon abbey at La-Val-Benois, diocese of Sisteron, France and served as its first abbot. Pilgrim to the tomb of Saint Martin of Tours. Pilgrim to the tomb of Saint Dionysius near Paris, France. There he became sick, but was restored to health by an apparition of Saint Dionysius. During a Lenten retreat, Marius received a prophetic vision of barbarian invasion of the region, and the destruction of his monastery. The village of Saint-May is named in his honour, and the first biography of the saint was written by one of his spiritual students, Bishop Lucretius of Die, France.
Born
late 5th-century Orleans, France
Died
• 27 January 555 at La-Val-Benois monastery, Sisteron, France of natural causes
• when the monastery was destroyed, his relics were translated to Forcalquier, France
Saint Julian of Sora
Also known as
Giuliano di Sora
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Arrested, tortured, and executed in the persecutions of Antoninus Pius. While he was in custody, a pagan temple collapsed, destroying the statue in it; Julian was immediately accused of magic and of having caused the destruction, and was immediately executed.
Born
Dalmatia
Died
• beheaded c.150 at in a collapsed pagan temple in Sora, Campania, Italy
• relics enshrined in a church built on the site of his execution
• relics re-discovered on 2 October 1612, and transferred to the church of the Holy Spirit in Costanza Sforza Boncompagni, Italy on 6 April 1614
• relics re-enshrined c.1800 in the cathedral in Sora
Saint Julian of Le Mans
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Born to the Roman nobility. First bishop of Le Mans, France. Evangelized around Le Mans, an area under the influence of the old Roman pantheon and the Druids. When he felt he was growing too old to effectively discharge his office, he retired to live as a hermit at Sarthe. Many extravagant miracles were attributed to him by writers long after his death. Due to the Norman invasions, his name was carried to several parishes in England.
Died
• 3rd century at Sarthe, Gaul (modern Sant-Marceaux, France) of natural causes
• relics translated to the cathedral of Notre-Dame-du-Pré at Le Mans, France in 1254
Blessed Antonio Mascaró Colomina
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Professed cleric in the Sons of the Holy Family. In 1935-1936 he was in the military, serving during the week and studying in seminary on when off duty. At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the seminary closed and he was mustered out of the army; he moved to Barcelona, Spain and worked in a soap factory. Arrested and executed for his faith.
Born
12 March 1913 in Albelda, Huesca, Spain
Died
• 27 January 1937 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
• body has not been located
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Blessed Gonzalo Diaz di Amarante
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A sailor who, in Lima, Peru in 1603, joined the Mercedarians at the Convent of Mercy. Served as doorman and porter for his house. Chaplain of the Mercedarian house of Callao, Peru. Noted for his deep prayer life, his charity to the indigenous people and the poor, his miraculous ability to heal by prayer, and by visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Born
1540 in Amarante, Portugal
Died
• 27 January 1618 in Callao, Peru of natural causes
• interred in the Mercedarian church in Lima
Saint John Maria Muzeyi
Also known as
• Jean-Marie Muzeeyi
• Jean-Marie the Elder
Additional Memorial
3 June as one of the Martyrs of Uganda
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Mbogo clan. Member of the Ugandan royal court. Convert. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions, the last one to die in that persecution.
Born
at Buganda, Uganda
Died
beheaded on 27 January 1887 at Mengo, Uganda
Canonized
18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy
Blessed Rosalie du Verdier de la Sorinière
Also known as
Soeur Saint Celeste
Additional Memorial
2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou
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Our Lady of Calvary Benedictine nun of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.
Born
12 August 1745 in Saint-Pierre de Chemillé, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died
beheaded on 27 January 1794 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Beatified
19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Blessed Benvenuta of Perugia
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One of the first of the Poor Clare nun, joining the Order in 1213 at the San Damiano convent in Assisi, Italy, and accepted into the Order by Saint Clare of Assisi herself. She became a friend, companion and spiritual student of Saint Clare, and testified in the canonization process of Saint Clare. She was considered a model of the virtues sought by Poor Clares.
Died
• c.1257 in Assisi, Italy of natural causes
• buried at the convent of San Damiano in Assisi
• re-interred at the convent of San Giogio in Assisi in 1260
Blessed John of Warneton
Also known as
• John of Saint Omer
• John of Thérouanne
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Spiritual student of Saint Ivo of Chartres. Canon regular at Mont-Saint-Eloi. Archdeacon of Arles. Bishop of Thérouanne, which he accepted only under papal order. Founded several monasteries. While he had a reputation for strictness to discipline for himself, he was seen to be very gentle with people as individuals, even refusing to prosecute some would-be assassins.
Born
Warneton, French Flanders
Died
27 January 1130 of natural causes
Blessed Paul Josef Nardini
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Priest in the diocese of Speyer, Germany. Founder of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family.
Born
25 July 1821 in Germersheim, Rhineland Palatinate (modern Germany)
Died
27 January 1862 in Pirmasens, Rhineland Palatinate (modern Germany) of natural causes
Beatified
• 22 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
• recognition celebrated at the cathedral at Speyer, Germany
Saint Gilduin of Dol
Also known as
Gilduino
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Devout young canon at Dol, Brittany (in modern France). Elected bishop of Dol, he felt unworthy of the post, and travelled to Rome, Italy to plead his case to Pope Gregory VII, who released him from the charge. Gilduin died on the road home from Rome. Miracles reported at his tomb.
Born
1052
Died
1077 near Chartres, France natural causes
Saint Domitian of Melitene
Also known as
Domitian of Palestine
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Spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great. Desert hermit. Evangelizing preacher in the Caphar Baricha region. Founded the monastery of the Sahel. Ordained as a deacon in 429 by Bishop Juvenal of Jerusalem. When Saint Euthymius died, Domitian lived as a hermit near his tomb.
Died
27 January 473 of natural causes
Saint Theodoric of Orleans
Also known as
Theodoric II
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Benedictine monk at Saint-Pierre-le-Vif monastery, Sens, France. Royal counselor. Bishop of Orleans, France. Died while on pilgrimage the them tombs of the Apostles in Rome, Italy.
Died
1022 in Tonnerre, Burgundy, France of natural causes
Blessed Michael Pini
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Favored courtier to Lorenzo de' Medici. Camaldolese hermit in 1502. After his ordination, Michael was walled up in his hermitage where he spent his remaining twenty years. Had the gift of prophecy.
Born
c.1445 at Florence, Italy
Died
1522 of natural causes
Saint Natalis of Ulster
Also known as
Naal of Ulster
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Spiritual student of Saint Columba. One of the great founders of monasticism in northern Ireland. Abbot of monasteries of Naile, Daunhinis, and Cill. A well in the region honors his memory.
Born
6th century Irish
Saint Emerius of Bañoles
Also known as
Emerus, Memerius
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Son of Saint Candida of Bañoles. Benedictine monk. Founded Saint Stephen of Bañoles Abbey, Catalonia, Spain. His mother lived in a hermitage near the abbey.
Born
France
Died
8th century of natural causes
Saint Candida of Bañoles
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Mother of Saint Emerius of Bañoles. Lived as a anchoress near Saint Stephen of Bañoles Abbey, Garona, Spain.
Born
in Spain
Died
c.798 of natural causes
Saint Lupus of Châlons
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Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saone, France. Friend and correspondent with Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Noted for his charity to the sick and poor in his diocese.
Died
610 of natural causes
Blessed Bruno of Paris
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Cistercian monk in Paris, France. He died while on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Born
12th century of natural causes
Died
27 January 1227 of natural causes
Saint Felix of Messina
Also known as
Felice
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Sixth-century spiritual student of Saint Placidus of Messina. Bishop of Messina, Sicily, Italy.
Saint Donatus of Africa
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Martyr. No other reliable information has survived.
Died
in Africa
Saint Avitus
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Martyr.
Died
in Africa
Martyrs of North Africa
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A group of 30 Christians martyred together by Arian Vandals. The only details to have survived are four of their names - Datius, Julian, Reatrus and Vincent.
Died
c.500 in North Africa
