St. Lazarus Zographos
Born 17 November, 810
Armenia
Died 28 September, 865 (disputed)
Rome
Venerated in Orthodox Church, Catholic Church
Canonized pre-congregation
Feast 23 February (Roman Catholic)
17 November (Orthodox Church)
Controversy Opposed Iconoclasm
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| St Lazarus before Emperor Theophilos |
Lazarus (Greek: Λάζαρος), surnamed Zographos (Ζωγράφος, "the Painter"), is a 9th-century Byzantine Christian saint.[1] He is also known as Lazarus the Painter and Lazarus the Iconographer. Born in Armenia on November 17, 810, he lived before and during the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm.[2] Lazarus was the first saint to be canonized specifically as an iconographer. He was later followed by Saint Catherine of Bologna.
Life and times
Lazarus became a monk at an early age and is thought to have studied the art of painting at the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople.[3][4] Lazarus was noted to possess the following virtues: love for Christ, asceticism, prayer, and rejection of the vanities of the world.[5] He was further recognized for his acts of self-control, discipline and alms-giving, then made a priest. In his lifetime he was highly regarded and well known for his frescos. He used faith and ritual as a means to transcribe his inner contemplation onto the images he painted.[6] Thus, his ability to paint icons was seen as a gift given by God. During the reign of Theophilos (r. 829–842), an iconoclast emperor opposed to all holy images, Lazarus stubbornly continued his craft of painting icons and began restoring images defaced by heretics.[7] Theophilos sought out Lazarus, who was then famous for his painting, and intended to make an example of him. After being asked several times to cease painting, Lazarus was brought before the emperor where he refused to destroy any of the images he painted. The emperor soon found that Lazarus was above flattery and bribery.[8] He was then threatened with the death penalty, which at the time was not an uncommon outcome for those who favored icons (iconodules). However, Lazarus being a man of the cloth, could not be put to death and so he was instead thrown in prison. During his imprisonment he was subjected to such “severe torture that the ladders flesh melted away along with his blood.”[9] He was left to die of his wounds but recovered. He then began to paint holy images on panels from his prison cell. Hearing of this, Theophilos gave orders to have “sheets of red hot iron to be applied to the palms of his hands where, as a result, he lost consciousness and lay half dead.”[10] It is also said his hands were burned with red-hot horseshoes until his flesh melted to the bone.
As Lazarus lay on his deathbed, the Empress Theodora, an iconodule, convinced Theophilos to release Lazarus from prison. Lazarus found refuge at Tou Phoberou, a secluded church of St. John the Forerunner once located in Phoberos on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus.[11] The Church is believed to have once functioned as an imperial monastery that housed as many as one-hundred and seventy monks.[12] After the death of Theophilos in 842, Theodora asked Lazarus to forgive her husband's actions, to which he replied “God is not so unjust, O, Empress, as to forget our love and labors on his behalf, and attach greater value to that mans hatred and extraordinary insanity.”[13] Lazarus served as a model of perseverance for those who had suffered from iconoclast persecution.[14]
Attributed artworks
After the restoration of the icons in 843, Lazarus was again free to pursue his painting. Despite his previous wounds, Lazarus was said to have painted a large fresco of St. John at the Phoberos Monastery.[15] The painted icon was known to have the power to perform cures and miracles.[16] That same year, he also famously restored a portrait of Christ known as the Christ Chalkites (Christ of the Chalke) over the Chalke Gate, a ceremonial entrance of the Great Palace of Constantinople.[17] Neither of these two works survive today. Lazarus was also accredited with the mosaic decoration of the apse of Hagia Sophia within the pilgrim accounts of Antony, Archbishop of Novgorod during a visit to Constantinople. Antony described the mosaic as depicting the Mother of God holding a Child Christ flanked by two angels, which was noted to have been seen by both Emperor Basil l and Michael III (r. 842–867) before his death the same year. However, these accounts are dated several centuries later in c. 1200.[18]
Ambassador to Rome
In 856, Lazarus was served as a diplomat for Michael III, Theophilos and Theodora's son, who sent him as an emissary to visit Pope Benedict III to discuss the possibility of reconciliation between the Catholic Church of Rome and the Orthodox Church, who at this point had very strained relations.[3][19] In 865, during his second mission to the Pope, Lazarus died at Rome on 28 September, although Raymond Janin disputes the date.[3][20] He was buried in the Monastery of Evanderes, near Constantinople.[21]
The feast day of Saint Lazarus Zographos is 17 November in the Orthodox calendar, and 23 February in the Roman Catholic calendar
Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
புனிதர் பொலிகார்ப்
மறைசாட்சி, திருச்சபை தந்தையர், ஆயர்:
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 69
இறப்பு: கி.பி. 156
ஸ்மைரனா, ஆசியா, ரோமப் பேரரசு
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஆங்கிலிக்கன் ஒன்றியம்
லூதரனியம்
ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஃபெப்ரவரி 23
சித்தரிக்கப்படும் வகை :
பாலியம் அணிந்தவாறு, ஒரு நூலினை ஏந்தியவாறு
பாதுகாவல்:
காது வலியால் அவதியுறுவோர், இரத்தக்கழிசல்
குறிப்பிடத்தக்க படைப்புகள்:
பொலிகார்ப் பிலிப்பியர்களுக்கு எழுதிய திருமுகம்
புனிதர் பொலிகார்ப், கி.பி. 2ம் நூற்றாண்டில் வாழ்ந்த, “ஸ்மைரனா” (Smyrna) நகரின் ஆயராவார். “பொலிகார்ப்பின் மறைசாட்சியம்” (Martyrdom of Polycarp) என்னும் நூலின்படி, அடுக்கப்பட்ட விரகுகளின்மீது இவரை வைத்து உயிருடன் தீயிட்டு கொளுத்த முயன்றபோது, தீ இவரை தொட தவறியதால், இவர் கத்தியால் குத்திக் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார். கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை, கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை, ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை, ஆங்கிலிக்கன் மற்றும் லூதரனியம் இவரை புனிதர் என ஏற்கின்றன.
இவரை “திருத்தூதர் யோவானின்” (John the Apostle) சீடர் என “இரனேயுஸ்” (Irenaeus) மற்றும் “டேர்டுல்லியன்” (Tertullian) ஆகியோர் குறிக்கின்றனர். பொலிகார்ப், யோவானின் சீடர் என்றும், யோவானே இவரை ஸ்மைர்னா நகரின் ஆயராக திருப்பொழிவு செய்தார் எனவும் புனிதர் ஜெரோம் (Saint Jerome) கூறியுள்ளார்.
“ரோமின் கிளமெண்ட்” (Clement of Rome) மற்றும் “அந்தியோக்குவின் இஞ்ஞாசியார்” (Ignatius of Antioch) ஆகியோரோடு புனித பொலிகார்ப்பும், அப்போஸ்தலிக்க தந்தையர்களுல் (Apostolic Fathers) மிக முக்கியமானவராகக் கருதப்படுகின்றார்.
இவரால் எழுதப்பட்டதாக தற்போது உள்ள ஒரே ஆவணம், பொலிகார்ப் பிலிப்பியர்களுக்கு எழுதிய திருமுகம் (Letter to the Philippians) ஆகும். இதனை முதன் முதலில் பதிவு செய்தவர் இரனேயு (Irenaeus of Lyons) ஆவார்.
பொலிகார்ப், ஆரம்பகால கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபை வரலாற்றில் ஒரு முக்கியமான இடத்தை ஆக்கிரமித்துள்ளார். ஆரம்பகால கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் பலருள் இவரது எழுத்துக்கள் இன்னமும் இருக்கின்றன. இவர், கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபைகளை நிறுவுவதில், பெரும் பங்களிப்பாக இருந்த ஒரு முக்கிய சபையின் மூப்பராவார். முக்கிய மரபுகளைக் கொண்டிருந்த இவருடைய சகாப்தம் அனைத்து திருச்சபைகளாலும் பரவலாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டன. விவிலிய அறிஞரான “டேவிட் ட்ரோபிக்” (David Trobisch) என்பவரின் கூற்றுப்படி, பொலிகார்ப் புதிய ஏற்பாட்டினை தொகுத்து, திருத்தி, வெளியிட்டவர்களுள் ஒருவராக இருந்திருக்கலாம். இவையனைத்தும், இவரது எழுத்துக்களை பெரும் ஆர்வம் கொண்டவைகளாக ஆக்கின
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Associate of, converted by, and disciple of Saint John the Apostle. Friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Papias; spiritual teacher of Saint Irenaeus of Lyon. Fought Gnosticism. Bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey). Revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century. The Asia Minor churches recognized Polycarp's leadership and chose him representative to Pope Anicetus on the question the date of the Easter celebration. Only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has survived, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi, Macedonia. At 86, Polycarp was to be burned alive in a stadium in Smyrna; the flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger, and his body burned. The Acts of Polycarp's martyrdom are the earliest preserved reliable account of a Christian martyr's death. Apostolic Father.
Born
c.69
Died
• stabbed to death c.155 at Smyrna
• body burned
Saint Serenus the Gardener
Also known as
• Serenus of Billom
• Cerneuf, Serenusa, Sireno, Sinero, Sirenatus
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| Saint-Cerneuf (center) |
Additional Memorial
10 May (in Billum, France)
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Serenus abandoned his home and people to live as a hermit in Sirmiun, Pannonia (modern Hungary) where he directed his thought to prayer, his labour to working a garden of fruit and herbs.
One day he found a woman and her daughters walking in the garden around noon. He recommended they withdraw, and return in the cool of the evening, but the way he said it led her to believe he was simply chasing them out. The woman's husband was an imperial guard, and he convinced Emperor Maximian to avenge this imagined insult. Serenus was arrested and brought to trial, but simply repeated what he had said, and was immediately acquitted. However, his demeanor led the judge to suspect that Serenus was a Christian, which was illegal. When questioned about it, Serenus admitted his faith. He was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods; he refused, and was sentenced to death.
His story was very popular in times past due to his being a simple man brought to ruin not through any fault of his own, but as a result of the arrogance of the ruling class, a theme which has resonated in many an age, and because many writers and preachers liked to use the metaphor of the garden as an example of a proper Christian life.
Born
Greece
Died
beheaded 23 February 303 at Sirmiun, Pannonia (modern Hungary)
Saint Willigis of Mainz
மைன்ஸ் பேராயர் வில்லிஜிஸ் Willigis von Mainz
பிறப்பு
10 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு,
நீடர்சாக்சன், ஜெர்மனி
இறப்பு
23 பிப்ரவரி 1011,
மைன்ஸ் Mainz, ஜெர்மனி
இவர் ஓர் ஏழைக் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவரது இளம் பருவத்தைப் பற்றி குறிப்புகள் ஏதும் வழங்கப்படவில்லை. 970 ஆம் ஆண்டு அரசர் 2 ஆம் ஓட்டோ என்பவர் இவரை மைசன் Meißen நகருக்கு ஆயராகத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார். அதன்பிறகு ஆயர் அரசரின் ஆலோசகராகவும் இருந்தார். பிறகு 975 ஆம் ஆண்டு மைன்ஸ் நகரின் பேராயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். முதல் ஜெர்மனி ஆயர் என்றழைத்த திருத்தந்தை 5 ஆம் கிரகோர் வில்லிஜிஸை உரோமிற்கு மாற்றினார்.
வில்லிஜிஸ் உரோமையில் 1002 ஆம் ஆண்டு அரசர் 2 ஆம் ஹென்றிக்கு அரசராக முடிசூட்டும் பட்டத்தை முன்னின்று வழிநடத்தினார். அதன்பிறகு அரசர் ஜெர்மனியிலுள்ள பாம்பெர்க்கிற்கு தன் இருப்பிடத்தை மாற்ற தேவையான உதவிகளை வில்லிஜிஸ் செய்துக் கொடுத்தார். பின்னர் ஏழை மக்களின் நல்வாழ்வுக்காக அரசரிடம் பெரிதும் பரிந்து பேசினார். ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் ஏறக்குறைய 30 ஏழைகள் தேவையான அளவு உணவு உட்கொள்ள ஏற்பாடு செய்து உதவினார். இவர் ஏழைகளின் தந்தை என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார்.
இவர் இறந்தபிறகு, மைன்சில் உள்ள புனித ஸ்டீபன் பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டு வணக்கம் செலுத்தப்பட்டது. செயின் ஸ்டீபன் ஆலயமானது வில்லிஜிஸ் அவர்கள்தான் ஆயராக இருக்கும் எழுப்பினார் என்று கூறப்படுகின்றது.
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Son of a wheelwright. Well educated. Priest. Canon at Hildesheim, Germany. Noted speaker. Chaplain to Emperor Otto II. Chancellor of Germany in 971. Archbishop of Mainz, Germany in 973. Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire in 975. Vicar apostolic to Germany in 975, ordained by Pope Benedict VII. He crowned the infant Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor in 983, and served in the regencies of Empress Theophano and Empress Adelaide. Assisted at the consecration of Pope Gregory V in 996. Participated in the synod in 996, and spoke for the return of Saint Adalbert of Prague, whom he had consecrated as bishop, to his diocese. Worked to insure the choice of Emperor Henry II in 1002, and consecrated the the emperor. Presided at the Synod of Frankfort in 1007. He sent missionaries to Scandinavia, founded churches, built roads and bridges, supported artists and monasteries, and rebuilt the cathedral of Mainz. Though he was known as a brilliant statesman and politician, he was a Church man first, and was also known for the care he took in educating priests, and choosing them for their assignments.
Born
at Schoningen, Germany
Died
• 23 February 1011 of natural causes
• interred in the Church of Saint Stephen
Blessed Josephine Vannini
Also known as
• Giuditta Vannini
• Giuseppina Vannini
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Orphaned as a small child. Raised in the Torlonia Conservatory on Via Sant' Onofrio, under the guidance of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Entered the Daughters' novitiate in Siena, Italy, but was forced to leave due to poor health.
On retreat in 1891 she met Blessed Louis Tezza, procurator general of the Camillians. He had been thinking of founding a women's community for the care of the sick. He invited Josephine to help establish the new community, she prayed over it, and decided "yes." In 1892 she and two companions received the scapular of Camillian tertiaries, and a year later professed private vows, adding service to the sick, even at risk of their lives. They took their perpetual vows in 1895, and Josephine was elected Superior General. Blessed Louis was sent to Lima, Peru in 1900, responsibility for the new congregation rested with Mother Vannini, and under her leadership the congregation spread to France, Belgium and Argentina.
Born
7 July 1859 at Rome, Italy
Died
23 February 1911 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
16 October 1994 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
on 13 May 2019 Pope Francis promulgated a decree of a miracle received through the intercession of Blessed Josephine
Blessed Ludwik Mzyk
Also known as
• Ludivico Mzyk
• Ludvig Mzyk
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Polish Martyrs
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The fifth of ten children born in the family of a pious coal miner. Early feeling a call to the priesthood, Ludwyk entered the seminary in Heiligenkreuz in his teens; when there was a break in the classes, he would go home to work in the mines to help support his family. Joined the Society of the Divine Word. He continued his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Ordained a priest on 30 October 1932. Served three years as director of novices at the Chludowie monastery near Poznan, Poland where he taught theology, and became rector of the house. When the German army invaded Poland in 1939, Father Ludwyk came into immediate conflict with the Gestapo for trying to defend his novices against Nazi demands and propaganda. He was arrested on 25 January 1940, and assigned to barracks 7 at the Poznan death camp. Between bouts of torture, Ludwyk ministered to other prisoners until the Nazis finally gave up trying to break him and simply killed him. Martyr.
Born
22 April 1905 in Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland
Died
23 February 1942 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Giovanni Theristi
Additional Memorial
24 February (monastery of Bivongi, Italy)
Also known as
• Giovanni Terestes
• Giovanni Theristus
• John the Reaper
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When his mother was pregnant with Giovanni, she was enslaved and taken to Palermo, Sicily by Saracen raiders; his father was killed in the same attack. At age 14, Giovanni returned to his parent’s home town of Stilo, Italy and was baptized by his bishop, Giovanni, at one of the old monasteries around the town. The area Christians, including the bishop, were surprised and suspicious that a young man dressed as an Arab wanted to become a Christian. As an adult, Giovanni was drawn to religious life, and became an Eastern style monk. He would help reapers in the field and then give all he had earned to the poor. A miracle worker, he once prayed for help to save a harvest that was about to be destroyed by a storm; an angel appeared and instantly harvested the crop, saving the peasants from starving. Founded the monastery at Bivongi, Italy; the house was later re-named in his hounour.
Born
c.995 in Palermo, Italy
Died
• c.1050 in Stilo, Calabria, Italy of natural causes
• relics in the church of San Giovanni Theristi in Stilo, Italy
Blessed Alerinus de Rambaldis
Also known as
Alerino Rembaudi
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Born to the Italian nobility, from his youth Alerinus was drawn to religious life. He became a canon of the cathedral of Alba, Italy, and was chosen bishop of Alba by Pope Martin V on 10 September 1419; he led the diocese for over 36 years.
Following a vision, Bishop Alerino rediscovered the lost burial site and relics of Blessed Theobald Roggeri on 31 January 1429; legend says that all the bells of the local churches rang out on their own the next morning. Alerino conducted the Synod of Alba in 1434. He invited the Augustinians to work in his diocese, supported the vocation and work of Blessed Margaret of Savoy, and in 1446 he laid the first stone of her Dominican monastery. On 27 April 1455, he translated the relics of Saint Frontiniano and others to the cathedral in Alba, and proclaimed 27 April to be the feast of the patrons of the city of Alba.
Born
late 14th century in Alba, Cuneo, Italy
Died
21 July 1456 of natural causes
Blessed Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Villalonga
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Born to a wealthy and pious family, the daughter of Gutiérrez de Cabiedes and Rosaria de Arambarri y Mancebo. Rafeala was a pious girl, made her first Communion at age 11, and was given to long meditations on the suffering of Christ. In 1861, at age 18, she married the wealthy and pious Giuseppe Vilallonga of Catalonia. The couple had seven children of their own, and took in many relatives who were poor, sick, frail or neglected. In her mid-thirties, and with Giuseppe’s approval, Rafaela took personal vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. Widowed, she spent her life and fortune caring for others. She founded the Institute of the Sisters of Guardian Angels to work with abandoned and neglected children.
Born
16 January 1843 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
Died
23 February 1900 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
Beatified
30 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Alexander Akimetes
Also known as
Alexandros
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Born to the nobility. Studied in Constantinople. Soldier and officer in the imperial army for four years. Adult convert to Christianity who read himself into the faith, and took his example from the words of Christ to the young rich man - he sold all his goods and became a hermit in Syria for several years. At one point he came back to the city; there he burned a pagan temple, and was imprisoned; he spent his time there bringing his jailers to Christianity. Released, he returned to the life of a hermit for several years, but felt called missionary work, and worked in Antioch, but with no success. Founded monasteries in Mesopotamia, Constantinople and Gomon, and at one point led 400 monks. Converted Rabulas, bishop of Edessa. Alexander began the liturgical service in which his monks sang the Divine Office continuously day and night.
Born
4th century on one of the Aegean Islands of Greece
Died
403 in Gomon of natural causes
Saint Romana
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Daughter of an imperial Roman official, Romana was drawn to Christianity. Around age 16, to avoid marriage, she fled her family home. With the help of an angel, she made it to the cave on Mount Soracte where Pope Saint Sylvester was hiding from the persecutions of Diocletian. She explained to him her desire for Christian religious life; he baptized her and left, leaving her the cave as a home. Her reputation for holiness soon spread, and she attracted so many students that they founded a community around her cave.
While such a saint may well have lived in the cave, and such people certainly attracted would-be students and followers, the tales that grew up around her are likely pious fiction that was later mistaken for history.
Born
c.308
Died
• c.324 in her cave on Mount Soracte near Rome, Italy of natural causes
• her parents were brought to the cave, and buried her there
Saint Milburga
புனித_மில்பர்கா (-715)
பிப்ரவரி 23
இவர் (#StMilburga) இங்கிலாந்தில் உள்ள மெர்சியாவை ஆண்ட ஒரு குறுநில மன்னரின் மகள்.
இவர் சிறு வயது முதலே கடவுள்மீது ஆழமான பற்றுறுதி கொண்டிருந்தவர். அதனால் இவர் வளர்ந்து பெரியவரானதும் புனித பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்து, துறவியானார்.
சோபிஷேர் என்ற இடத்தில் துறவுமடத்தைத் தொடங்கிய இவர், அம்மடத்தின் தலைவியாக உயர்ந்தார்.
இவரது பகுதியில் இருந்த விளைநிலங்களில் பறவைகள் புகுந்து, கதிர்களையெல்லாம் நாசம் செய்தன. அப்பொழுது இவர் அதற்காக வேண்ட, பறவைகளின் தொந்தரவு முற்றிலுமாகக் குறைந்தது.
இப்படிப் பல வல்ல செயல்களைச் செய்த 715 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.
Also known as
Milburg, Milburge, Mildburg, Mildburga, Milburgh
Additional Memorial
25 June (translation of relics)
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Daughter of Merewalh, King of Mercia, and Saint Ermenburga. Sister of Saint Mildred and Saint Mildgytha. Took the veil from archbishop Saint Theodore. Benedictine nun. Founded Much Wenlock abbey in Shropshire, England, and was abbess there. Miracle worker. Had a mysterious power over birds; they would avoid damaging the local crops when she asked them to.
Born
7th century England
Died
• 715 at the Much Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire, England of natural causes
• relics re-discovered in 1101 and enshrined in the nearby priory church
Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski
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Ordained on 13 March 1937. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1939, Stefan was shuttled through the concentration camps Fort Seven, Stutthof, Grenzdorf, Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen and finally Dachau. Spiritual leader of other prisoners wherever he was imprisoned. He contracted typhus while working with fellow prisoners dying of the disease, and is thus considered a martyr of charity.
Born
22 January 1913 in Chelmza, Poland
Died
23 February 1945 of typhus at the Dachau concentration camp, Germany
Beatified
7 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Torun, Poland
Blessed Nicolas Tabouillot
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Priest in the diocese of Verdun, France. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
16 February 1745 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, France
Died
23 February 1795 of unspecified disease aboard the prison ship Washington, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Milo of Benevento
Also known as
• Milo of Auvergne
• Milone...
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Studied for the priesthood in Paris, France. Priest in Auvergne, France. Canon of the cathedral of Auvergne. He was the teacher of the young Saint Stephen of Muret. Milo’s reputation for piety led to the people of Benevento, Italy to choose him as their bishop where he served the remaining two years of his life.
Born
Auvergne, France
Died
c.1073 in Benevento, Italy of natural causes
Blessed Giovannina Franchi
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Born to a wealthy family, she grew up wanting and working to help the poor. Nun in the diocese of Como, Italy. Founded the Nursing Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Born
24 June 1807 in Como, Italy
Died
23 February 1872 in Como, Italy of smallpox
Beatified
20 September 2014 by Pope Francis
Saint Boswell
Also known as
Boisil
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Spiritual student of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne. Monk. Abbot at the abbey of Melrose, Scotland. Teacher and spiritual director of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne and Saint Eghert. Bible scholar. Had the gift of prophecy. Noted preacher.
Born
Northumbrian (in modern England)
Died
• 661 of the yellow plague
• relics at Durham, England
Blessed Juan Lucas Manzanares
Also known as
Braulio Carlos
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Professed religious in the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers). Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
10 December 1913 in Cortiji-Lorca, Murcia, Spain
Died
23 February 1937 in Madrid, Spain
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Blessed Anselm of Milan
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15th century Franciscan friar. His body is enshrined in the church of Santa Maria della Pace in Milan, Italy, but all records about him have been lost, and we know nothing about him.
Died
1481
Saint Martha of Astorga
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Virgin martyr in the persecutions of Decius.
Died
• beheaded in 250 at Astorga, Spain
• relics enshrined in the abbey of Ribas de Sil and at Ters
Saint Zebinus of Syria
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Hermit in Syria. Spiritual teacher of many monks, including Saint Maro and Saint Polychronius.
Died
5th century of natural causes
Saint Medrald
Also known as
Merald, Merault, Meraut
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Benedictine monk at Saint-Evroult, Ouche, France. Abbot of Vendome, France.
Died
850 of natural causes
Saint Felix of Brescia
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Bishop of Brescia, Italy for 40 years. Fierce opponent of Arianism.
Born
6th century
Died
650
Saint Polycarp of Rome
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Priest in Rome, Italy who was known for his ministry to people imprisoned for their faith.
Died
c.300
Saint Dositheus of Egypt
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Sixth-century desert hermit whose deep prayer life led to deep personal holiness.
Born
Egypt
Blessed John of Hungary
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Born
French
Died
1287 of natural causes
Saint Ordonius
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Benedictine monk in Sahagun, Leon, Spain. Bishop of Astorga, Spain in 1062.
Died
1066 of natural causes
Saint Florentius of Seville
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Martyr.
Died
c.485 in Seville, Spain
Martyrs of Syrmium
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73 Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. We know no details about them, and only six of their names - Antigonus, Libius, Rogatianus, Rutilus, Senerotas and Syncrotas.
Died
c.303 at Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
