St. Honestus
Born Nîmes
Died ~270 AD
Pamplona
Venerated in Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast 16 February
Martyr and disciple of St. Saturninus. A native of Nimes, France, he was sent to Spain, where he was slain in Pampeluna.
Saint Honestus (Spanish: San Honesto, French: Saint Honest) was, according to Christian tradition, a disciple of Saturninus of Toulouse and a native of Nîmes.[1]
Saturninus and Honestus evangelized in Spain, and Honestus was martyred at Pampeluna during the persecutions of Aurelian. Elaboration of this legend states that Honestus was a nobleman of Nîmes who was appointed "apostle to Navarre and the Basque Country."[2]
Further elaboration of his legend states that at Pampeluna, he converted the senator Firmus and his family to Christianity, while Firmus's son, Saint Firminus, was christened by Saint Saturninus. Variants of this legend state that Honestus baptized Firminus himself
St. Pamphilus
Born c. latter half of the 3rd century
Beirut, modern-day Lebanon
Died February 16, 309
Caesarea Maritima, Palestine
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Churches
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Feast February 16; also (RC only) June 1
Biblical scholar and a devotee of the controversial theologian Origen. From Berytus, in Phoenicia, Pamphilus studied in his native city and then at the famed Catechetical School of Alexandria, where he was taught by Pierius, a student of Origen. Ordained at Caesarea, Pamphilus became the head of a catechetical school there, and soon acquired a reputation for learning, biblical study, and the size and brilliance of his library. One of the students of this school was the historian Eusebius of Caesarea who held him in such high regard that he adopted the name Eusebius of Pamphilus. Arrested in 308 for being a Christian by Urban, the governor of Palestine, Pamphilus spent two years in prison before being beheaded as part of the Roman persecution of the faith. A number of others died in connection with his martyrdom, including a student named Porphyrius and a Cappadocian, Seleucus, who was accused of applauding Porphyrius aplomb in enduring torture. Pamphilus collaborated with Eusebius perhaps a fellow prisoner at some point on an Apology of Origen. Originally five books, only one book of the Apology has survived, and even this portion is of doubtful authenticity, perhaps being a Latin version undertaken by Rufinus of Aquileia. Eusebius added a sixth book after Pamphilus' martyrdom, wrote a biography of his beloved mentor of which fragments are still available, and praised him extravagantly in his Ecclesiastical History. Pamphilus' library survived in Alexandria until destroyed by the Arabs in the seventh century.
Saint Pamphilus (Greek: Πάμφιλος; latter half of the 3rd century – February 16, 309 AD), was a presbyter of Caesarea and chief among the biblical scholars of his generation. He was the friend and teacher of Eusebius of Caesarea, who recorded details of his career in a three-book Vita that has been lost.
Biography
Eusebius' Martyrs of Palestine attests that Pamphilus was of a rich and honorable family of Beirut. This work also asserts that he gave all his property to the poor and attached himself to the "perfect men". Photius[1] quotes Pamphilus's Apology for Origen to the effect that Pamphilus went to Alexandria, where his teacher was Pierius, the head of the famous catechetical school there, before settling in Caesarea Maritima, where he was ordained a priest. In Alexandria, Egypt, Pamphilus became devoted to the works of Origen of Alexandria. Photius says that Pamphilus was a Phoenician born at Berytus, and a scholar of Pierius, who collected sacred literature. According to Eusebius, he suffered martyrdom in the third year of the Diocletianic persecution, after spending two years in prison. While he was in prison, Pamphilus and Eusebius worked together on five books in defense of Origen.[2]
The Diocletianic persecution began in earnest in the year 303. In 306 a young man named Apphianus—a disciple of Pamphilus "while no one was aware; he even concealed it from us who were even in the same house"[3]—interrupted the governor in the act of offering sacrifice, and paid for his boldness with martyrdom. His brother Aedesius, also a disciple of Pamphilus, suffered martyrdom about the same time at Alexandria under similar circumstances.[3] Saint Pamphilus's turn came in November, 307. He was brought before Urbanus, the governor of Palestine,[4] and upon refusing to offer sacrifice, was cruelly tortured, and then relegated to prison. In prison he continued copying and correcting manuscripts. He also composed, in collaboration with Eusebius, also imprisoned,[4] an Apology for Origen in five books, which Eusebius edited and to which he added a sixth book. Saint Pamphilus and other members of his household, along with Valens, deacon of the Church of Jerusalem and Paul of Jamnia,[4] men "in the full vigour of mind and body", were without further torture sentenced to be beheaded in February, 309. While sentence was being given a youth named Porphyrius - "the slave of Pamphilus", "the beloved disciple of Pamphilus", who "had been instructed in literature and writing" – demanded the bodies of the confessors for burial. He was cruelly tortured and put to death, the news of his martyrdom being brought to Pamphilus before his own execution. Nearly at the same time another of his companions, Patriklos, suffered a martyr death in Caesarea and was later interred after the payment of a ransom to Diocletian in Cappadocia.[5]
Veneration
St Pamphilus is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. His feast day is celebrated on 16 February (the RC Church lists an additional commemoration on June 1
Blessed Bernard Scammacca
Additional Memorial
11 January (Dominicans)
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Born to a wealthy and pious family, Bernard was well educated, but spent a wild and dissolute youth. During one of his revels he received a leg wound in a duel. His recovery gave him time to think, and the young man realized that he was headed in the wrong direction. As he was healed, Bernard renewed his life in the Church and then joined the Dominicans in Catania in 1452. Noted for his charitable works, his life of repentance for his earlier ways, his strict adherence to the rules of his Order, and his devotion to contemplation of Christ's Passion, which would sometimes send him into ecstacies. Founded a hospital for the poor. A gifted preacher, he preferred to spend his time in the confessional and working as a spiritual director. Had the gift of prophecy, and used it to warn people to change their lives; prophesied the date of his own death.
Legend says that when Bernard walked in the gardens of his monastery, birds would come down to sing to him, but would stop when he went into prayer. Once when a porter was sent to Bernard's room to fetch him, the man saw a bright light shining under the door, and when he peeked in he saw a beautiful child who was shining with light and holding a book from which Bernard was reading.
Born
1430 in Catania, Sicily
Died
• 11 January 1487 of natural causes
• fifteen years after his death he appeared in a vision to the prior in Catania and asked that his remains be moved to the house's rosary chapel
• during this movement a man was cured of paralysis by touching the relics
Beatified
1825 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Mariano Arciero
Also known as
Apostle of Calabria
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Mariano's family was so poor that he was placed in a home for neglected children. A priest who worked there mentored the boyand took him along to parish missions where Mariano taught catechism to children. In 1729, at age 22, Mariano moved to Naples, Italy. There he studied literature and philosophy at the Jesuit college, was tutored in theology, and ordained a priest on 22 December 1731.
Father Mariano became a model minister in Naples, working with the poor, the abandoned, the sick, the imprisoned in the streets, hospitals, and prisons. He taught, preached, and worked in the surrounding dioceses when they asked. Parish priest in Altomonte, Italy, and spiritual director of the Poor Clare house in that city.
Born
26 February 1707 in Contursi Terme, Salerno, Italy
Died
• 16 February 1788 in Naples, Italy of natural causes
• Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds saw the soul of Blessed Mariano being taken to heaven by angels
• his body remained in the church of the Assumption in Naples for three days so the locals could pay their respects; his religious habit had to be replaced several times as mourners kept tearing bits off it as relics
• buried in the church of the Assumption
• re-buried in Contursi, Salerno, Italy in 1951
Beatified
• 24 June 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification celebrated at Terme del Tufaro, Contursi Terme, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Juliana of Nicomedia
நிக்கொமீடியா நகர் புனிதர் ஜூலியானா
மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 286
“கம்பேனியா”விலுள்ள “குமாயே”
இறப்பு: கி.பி. 304
நிக்கொமீடியா அல்லது நேப்பிள்ஸ்
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஓரியண்ட்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
பாதுகாவல்: நோய்கள்
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 16
புனிதர் ஜூலியானா, ரோம பேரரசன் "டையோக்லெஷியன்" (Roman Emperor Diocletian) என்பவரது ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில் நடந்த கிறிஸ்தவர்களின் துன்புருத்தல்களின்போது மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டவர் ஆவார். மத்திய காலங்களில் நெதர்லாந்து நாட்டில் பிரசித்தி பெற்றவராக திகழ்ந்தார்.
லத்தீன் மற்றும் கிரேக்க திருச்சபைகள் இவரது பெயரை தமது புனிதர்களின் பட்டியலில் தூய மறைசாட்சியாக வைத்துள்ளன.
ஜூலியானா, ஓர் மதிப்புமிக்க "பேகன்" (Pagan) குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரின் தந்தை அரசு அதிகார சபை அங்கத்தினர் (Senator) ஆவார். அவரது பெயர், "அஃப்ரிகனஸ்" (Africanus) ஆகும். இவர் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர்ப்பாளர் ஆவார்.
ஜூலியானா தமது பெற்றோருக்கு தெரியாமலேயே திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றார். ஜூலியானாவுக்கு சிறு வயதிலேயே திருமண நிச்சயம் செய்யப்பட்டது. பேரரசனின் ஆலோசகர்களில் ஒருவரும் அதிகார சபை உறுப்பினருமான "எலாசியஸ்" (Eleusius) என்பவருடன் திருமண நிச்சயம் நடந்தது.
ஆனால், ஜூலியானாவோ, தமது கன்னித் தன்மையை இழக்க விரும்பவில்லை. இவர் இறைவனுக்காகவே வாழ விரும்பினார். தமது விருப்பத்தை தமது பெற்றோரிடமும் தெரிவித்தார்.
மிகவும் கீழ்படிதலுள்ள தம் பெண், இங்ஙனம் தம்மை மறுத்து பேசியது, அவரது பெற்றோருக்கு பெரும் அதிர்ச்சியை இருந்தது. அவர்கள் எவ்வளவோ எடுத்துச் சொல்லியும் ஜூலியானா கேட்கவில்லை. அவர்கள் ஜூலியானாவை எலாசியஸிடம் ஒப்படைத்தனர்.
உயர் பதவியில் இருப்பதால் அகங்காரம் கொண்டிருந்த எலாசியஸ் ஜூலியானாவை பலி வாங்கும் நாளுக்காக காத்திருந்தான். தமது அதிகாரத்தைப் பயன்படுத்தி, ஜூலியானா கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்துக்கு மாறியதையும் விசாரித்து அறிந்து கொண்டான்.
ஜூலியானா தனது சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே கடவுள் பக்தியில் வளர்ந்தார். தன் தாய்க்கு தெரியாமல் மறைவாகச் சென்று செபவாழ்வில் ஈடுபட்டார். பல முறை தன் தாயிடம் சொல்லாமலேயே தன் ஊரில் நடக்கும் கிறிஸ்தவ செபக்கூட்டங்களில் பங்கெடுத்தார்.
காலப்போக்கில், பண பலம் கொண்ட எலாசியஸ், தமது பணம் மற்றும் அதிகாரத்தைப் பயன் படுத்தி, "பிதினியா" (Bithynia) நாட்டின் 'ரோம ஆளுனராக' பதவி பெற்றான்.
பெற்றோரின் வற்புறுத்தலுக்குப் பின்னரும், ஜூலியானா தமது முடிவில் ஸ்திரமாக இருந்தார். திருமணத்துக்கு சம்மதிக்க மறுத்து விட்டார். இதன் காரணமாகவும் கோபமுற்ற 'ரோம ஆளுனர்' எலாசியஸ், ஜூலியானாவை கைது செய்ய உத்தரவிட்டான். கைது செய்யப்பட்ட ஜூலியானா, 'ரோம ஆளுனரின்' முன்பு நிறுத்தப்பட்டார். ஜூலியானாவின் கணவனாக நிச்சயம் செய்யப்பட்டவனே ஜூலியானாவை தீர்ப்பிடும் நீதிபதியாக இருந்தான்.
கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தைத் தழுவி அதனைப் பின்பற்றிய காரணத்துக்காக ஜூலியானா கொடூரமாக துன்புறுத்தப் பட்டார். இரக்கமேயில்லாமல் சாட்டையால் அடிக்கப்பட்டார். அவர், அவரது தலை முடியாலேயே கட்டித் தொங்க விடப்பட்டார். பின்னர், அவரது தலை முடி, அவரது தலையிலிருந்து பிடுங்கப்பட்டது.
சிறைச்சாலையில், ஒரு சம்மனசின் வேடமிட்டு அவரை அணுகிய பசாசு, சிலை வழிபாட்டுக்கு சம்மதித்து தியாகம் செய்யும்படி அவரை வற்புறுத்தியது. அதன் சூழ்ச்சியை அறிந்துகொண்ட ஜூலியானா, அதனை அடித்து, அதன் முகத்தில் காரி உமிழ்ந்து விரட்டினார். அதன் பிறகு, அவருக்கு தமது நிலைப்பாட்டில் உறுதியுடன் போராட புதிய சக்தி கிடைத்தது.
அவர், மீண்டும் சிறையிலிருந்து வெளியே கொண்டுவரப்பட்டு, விசாரிக்கப்பட்டார். அவர் தமது முடிவை மாற்றிக் கொண்டால், அவரை திருமணம் செய்து கொள்ள தயாராக இருப்பதாக எலாசியஸ் அறிவித்தான். மற்றும், ஜூலியானா தமது விருப்பப்படி கிறிஸ்துவையே பூஜிக்கலாம் என்றும் சம்மதித்தான். ஆனால், ஜூலியானா யாதொரு சஞ்சலத்துக்கும் ஆளாகாதிருந்தார்.
இறுதியில், ஜூலியானா ஒரு உருக்கப்பட்ட செம்பு கொப்பரையின் முன்பு கொண்டு வரப்பட்டார். அவர் அந்த கொப்பரையைத் தொட, அது விழுந்து, அதன் உருக்கப்பட்ட செம்பு அவரை சுட்டு காயப் படுத்தியது. அங்கே, நூற்றுக்கணக்கான (ஆண்கள் 500 பேரும், பெண்கள் 130 பேரும்) பழமைவாதிகள் கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மாறுவதற்காக தயாராக காத்திருந்தனர். அவர்களனைவரும், ரோம ஆளுனர் எலாசியஸின் கட்டளைப்படி தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டனர்.
எலாசியஸ், அவரது முகத்தில் ஒரு பழுக்க காய்ச்சிய இரும்பால் சூடு போட்டான். பிறகு, "இப்போது போய் கண்ணாடியில் உன் அழகிய முகத்தைப் பார்த்து ரசி" என்றான். ஆனால், மென்மையாக புன்னகைத்த ஜூலியானாவோ, "இறுதித் தீர்ப்பின்போது, உயிர்த்தெழும் என் உடலிலுள்ள காயங்கள் யாவும் ஆறிவிடும்; என் ஆன்மாவை உன்னால் காயப்படுத்த முடியாது" என்றார்.
இறுதியில், ஜூலியானா தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டார். அப்போது அவருக்கு வயது பதினெட்டு. அவருடன் சேர்த்து, பார்பரா (Barbara) என்ற ஒரு புனிதரும் துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டு, தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார்.
Also known as
Juliana of Cumae
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Daughter of a pagan named Africanus who promised the girl to a young noble named Evilase. Juliana put him off, first insisting that he become prefect of Nicomedia. When he became prefect, she insisted he become a Christian before they could marry, a condition he would never meet. Her father, who hated Christians himself, abused Juliana fearfully to get her to change her mind, but she held fast; ancients manuscripts describing these horrors put them in terms of her fighting a dragon, and she is often depicted that way in art. Evilase called her before the tribunal during the persecutions of Maximianus, denounced her as a Christian, and she was martyred. Hers was a favourite story, for telling and creation of stained glass and other art objects, during the Middle Ages.
Died
• burned, boiled in oil, and beheaded c.305
• relics at Cumae, Naples, Italy
Our Lady of the Thorns
Also known as
Notre Dame de l'Epine
Event Date
night of 24 March 1400, the eve of the Feast of the Annunciation
About
On the eve of the feast of the Annunciation, some shepherds out in the fields at night saw a bright light coming from the area of the chapel of Saint John the Baptist near Chalons-sur-Marne, France. The light was coming from a bush that was engulfed in flames; the plant was unharmed as was a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that stood in the middle of the fire. The fire burned through the night and into the next day, the Annunciation, and crowds, including Charles of Poitiers, the Bishop of Chalons, came to see the spectacle.
When the flames finally died down, Bishop Charles carried the statue to the chapel. He then had a church built on the site of the miraculous fire; it was built so fast that the locals says angels would come at night and work on the structure. It quickly became a pilgrimage site; Saint Joan of Arc visited the site in 1429.
During the persecutions of the French Revolution, the statue was hidden, but when the persecutions ended, it was returned to the altar. Healing miracles have been reported in the church. Pope Leo XIII ordered the solemn coronation of the miraculous statue.
Saint Maruta
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Bishop of Mayferkqat, Syria, part of the kingdom of Persia, in the late 4th and early 5th centuries. Presided over the Council of Seleucia. Worked to build and repair churches that had been lost during the persecutions of King Sapor, and collected so many of the relics that had been scattered during that time that his see city became known as Martyropolis. He composed a number of hymns in honor of the martyrs, and wrote “Acts” of as many as he could research. Because of the wealth of his theological writings, he is honored as the chief Doctor of the Syrian Church.
Maruta once went to the court of King Yezdigerd to seek an end to persecution of Christians. While there, he was able to cure the king of a series of violently painful headaches. The Zoroastrian priests, afraid that the king might convert to Christianity, rigged up a hiding place in the floor of their temple. There a priest waited, and when the king came into the temple, the priest shouted that the Christian should be sent away from such a holy place. The king was ready to obey the mystical voice until Maruta pointed out the trap door and the hidden priest was dragged out. The king did not convert, but grudgingly agreed to tolerate Christians.
Died
c.415 of natural causes
Blessed Nicola Paglia
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Born to the Italian nobility, in his youth Nicola received a vision of an angel who warned him not to eat meat as he would one day join a religious order that had a permanent rule of abstinence. He was a university student in Bologna, Italy when he heard the preaching of Saint Dominic de Guzman. He soon after joined the Dominicans, receiving the habit from Saint Dominic himself. Priest. Noted and successful preacher. Twice provincial of the Dominicans in the enormous province of Rome. Founded monasteries in Perugia and Trani, promoted Scripture study and the compilation of a Bible concordance. Commissioned by Pope Gregory IX to preach Crusade against the Saracens. Reported miracle worker. He spent his final years as a prayerful monk in the Dominican monastery in Perugia.
Born
1197 in Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy
Died
• 1256 at the Dominican monastery in Perugia, Umbia, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the church of Saint Dominic in Perugia
Beatified
26 March 1828 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmation)
Blessed Joseph Allamano
Also known as
Giuseppe Allamano
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Fourth of five children; nephew of Saint John Cafasso. His father died when Joseph was three years old. Studied at the Salesian Oratory in Valdocco, Italy; Saint John Bosco was one of Giuseppe's spiritual directors. He entered the diocesan seminary of Turin, Italy in November 1866. Ordained on 20 September 1873. Spiritual director of the Turin seminary. Appointed rector of the Consolata Shrine on 2 October 1880; he remodeled the shrine, and made it a source for spiritual renewal throughout the diocese. Founded the Consolata Missionary Priests and Brothers on 29 January 1901; the first missionaries reached Kenya in 1902. On 29 January 1910 he founded the Consolata Missionary Sisters for women with a missionary vocation.
Born
21 January 1851 at Castelnuova, Asti, Italy
Died
16 February 1926 at Turin, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
7 October 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Filippa Mareri
அருளாளர்_ஃபிலிப்பா_மரேரி (1195-1246)
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இவர் (#BlFilippaMareri) இத்தாலியில் பிறந்தவர்.
ஒருமுறை இவர் அசிசி நகர்ப் புனித பிரான்சிசைச் சந்திக்க நேர்ந்தது. அவருடனான இவரது சந்திப்பு இவரது வாழ்வில் மிகப் பெரிய மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியது.
இதன் பிறகு இவர் புனித கிளாரா சபையில் சேர்ந்து, துறவியாக வாழத் தொடங்கினார்.
சிறிது காலத்திற்குப் பிறகு இவர் மரேரி என்ற மலைக்குச் சென்று, இறைவேண்டலிலும் நோன்பிலும் தன் வாழ்நாளைச் செலவழித்தார். பின்னர் ரியெட்டி என்ற இடத்தில் துறவுமடம் ஒன்றை நிறுவி, அங்கே இறுதிவரை வாழ்ந்து, இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.
Also known as
Philippa Mareria
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After having met Saint Francis of Assisi in her parents' home, she became a hermit on a mountain above Mareri, Italy. Poor Clare nun. Founded a Franciscan convent in Rieti, Italy with the help of Blessed Roger of Todi. Abbess.
Born
c.1195 at Mareri, Rieti, Italy
Died
16 February 1236 in Borgo San Pietro, Rieti, Italy
Beatified
30 April 1806 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation; decree of heroic virtues)
Saint Pamphilus of Cilicia
Also known as
• Pamphilus of Caesarea
• Panfilo...
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Pamphilus studied in Alexandria, Egypt where he became a great defender of the works of Origen. Ordained a priest in Caesarea Maritima, Palestine (in modern Israel). Bishop. Imprisoned and sentenced to forced labour in the mines of Cilicia for two years during the persecutions of Diocletian, after which he was tortured and executed. Martyr.
Died
16 February 309 in Cilicia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)
Blessed Franciscus Toyama Jintaro
Additional Memorial
1 July (Diocese of Hiroshima, Japan)
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Young layman of the diocese of Hiroshima, Japan. Martyr.
Born
c.1600 in Yamanashi, Japan
Died
16 February 1624 in Hiroshima, Japan
Beatified
• 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification celebrated at the Nagasaki Prefectural Baseball Park (Big N Stadium), Nagasaki, Japan, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins
Saint Porphyrius of Caesarea
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Servant of Saint Pamphilus. Protested that the bodies of the martyred Saints Elias, Jeremy, Isaias, Samuel, and Daniel should be buried. Denounced as a Christian, he was tortured to death. His martyrdom led to the death of Saint Seleucus.
Died
torn with hooks, disemboweled, and burned to death in 309 at Caesarea
Saint Seleucius of Caesarea
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After watching the martyrdom of Saint Porphyrius, Seleucus praised the saint‘s actions. Some soldiers overheard him, dragged him in front of the tribunal, and he was martyred without further investigation.
Died
beheaded in 309 at Caesarea
Saint Tetradius of Bourges
Also known as
Tetradio, Tétrade
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Bishop of Bourges, France in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. Part of the Council of Agde in 506. Part of the Council of Orléans in 511.
Born
mid-5th century
Died
c.512 of natural causes
Saint Julian of Cappadocia
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Man who came to the town of Cilicia on un-related business, saw the bodies of the recently martyred, kissed them and prayed for them, and was thus exposed as a Christian. Martyr.
Died
burned in a slow fire in 309 in Cilicia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)
Saint Simeon of Metz
Additional Memorial
25 October (translation of relics)
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Fourth century bishop of Metz, France.
Died
• buried in the church San Clément aux Arènes
• relics transferred to the Benedictine of Saint Peter in Senones c.770
Saint Julian of Egypt
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Leader of a group of martyrs, some or all of whom may have been imperial soldiers. The dates are unknown, and none of the names of his companions have come down to us, and we have no other details of their demise.
Died
martyred in Egypt, date unknown
Saint Faustinus of Brescia
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Bishop of Brescia, Italy c.360. Legend says that he was a relative of Saint Faustinus and Saint Jovita, and we know that he researched and wrote their Acts.
Died
381
Saint John III of Constantinople
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Patriarch of Constantinople in 565. Established regulations that became the code of laws known as the "Nomocanon".
Died
577
Blessed Archinrico of Montmajour
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Monk and abbot in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. He is mentioned in some documents, but little about the man has survived.
Saint Aganus of Airola
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Benedictine monk. Abbot of Saint Gabriel's monastery at Airola, Campania, Italy.
Born
1050
Died
1100 of natural causes
Saint Onesimus of Ephesus
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Priest. Bishop of Ephesus. Supported Saint Ignatius of Antioch.Saint Onesimus is a fascinating figure in Christian history, with a unique journey that saw him transform from a runaway slave to a respected bishop. While information about him is not entirely consistent across different sources, his story remains remarkable:
From Slave to Brother:
Onesimus was likely a slave owned by Philemon, a Christian living in Colossae. According to the Apostle Paul's letter to Philemon, Onesimus had wronged his master (possibly theft or debt) and fled to Rome.
In Rome, he encountered Paul, who was imprisoned at the time. Through their interaction, Onesimus converted to Christianity.
Paul wrote the Epistle to Philemon, urging him to forgive Onesimus and receive him back, not as a slave, but as a "beloved brother in Christ."
Possible Ascension to Bishopric:
While historical evidence is not definitive, tradition holds that Philemon did forgive Onesimus, who later became a close companion of Paul.
Some sources suggest Onesimus even served as a bishop after the apostles' deaths, potentially in Ephesus, succeeding Timothy.
However, the timeline and details of his later life remain debated.
Martyrdom and Legacy:
Certain accounts claim Onesimus suffered martyrdom, often linked to his preaching on celibacy. The date and details vary, but some place it around 95 AD.
Regardless of the specifics, Onesimus is revered as a saint in various Christian denominations. His story serves as a powerful reminder of redemption, forgiveness, and the transformative power of faith.
Additionally:
The feast day of Saint Onesimus is often celebrated on February 15th or 16th, depending on the tradition.
His story continues to inspire and challenge Christians on themes of grace, reconciliation, and social justice, particularly regarding issues of slavery and oppression.
Saint Juliana of Campania
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Saint Juliana of Campania, also known as Juliana of Nicomedia, was a young woman who is said to have suffered martyrdom for her Christian faith during the Diocletianic Persecution in 304 AD. While there is some confusion surrounding her life and death, she is revered in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions.
Life and Martyrdom:
The details of Juliana's life are largely unknown, and the existing accounts are often legendary. According to tradition, she was born in Nicomedia (present-day Turkey) to a pagan family. Despite her upbringing, she converted to Christianity and secretly practiced her faith. When her conversion was discovered, she was arrested and brought before the authorities.
Juliana refused to renounce her faith and was subjected to various forms of torture, including being thrown into a boiling cauldron, whipped, and imprisoned. Throughout her ordeal, she remained steadfast in her beliefs. Ultimately, she was beheaded for her refusal to compromise her faith.
Veneration:
Despite the lack of historical certainty surrounding her life, Saint Juliana became a popular figure in Christian tradition. She is venerated as a martyr and is often depicted in art leading a devil in chains, symbolizing her triumph over evil. She is also associated with protection against sickness and fever.
Feast Day:
Saint Juliana's feast day is celebrated on February 16th in both the Western and Eastern Churches.
Martyrs of Cilicia
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A group of Christians who ministered to other Christians who were condemned to work the mines of Cilicia in the persecutions of Maximus. They were arrested, tortured and martryed by order of the governor Firmilian.
• Daniel
• Elias
• Isaias
• Jeremy
• Samuel
The group also includes the three known have been sentenced to the mines -
• Pamphilus
• Paul of Jamnia
• Valens of Jerusalem
and those who were exposed as Christians as a result of these murders -
• Julian of Cappadocia
• Porphyrius of Caesarea
• Seleucius of Caesarea
• Theodule the Servant
Died
309 in Cilicia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)
