Blessed Leonid Feodorov
Also known as
• Father Leontios
• Leonid F'odorov
Additional Memorial
27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe
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Russian Orthodox family and upbringing. His father died when Leonid was very young, and he was raised by his mother, Liubova Dimitrievna. He started his studies in the Orthodox seminary in 1901, but in 1902 he left, travelled to Rome, Italy, and converted to Catholicism.
Studied at Anagni and Rome, and the Freiburg, Germany. Assisted at the coronation of Pope Pope Pius X on 9 August 1903. Doctorate in philosophy in 1905; degree in theology in 1907. Deacon on 22 March 1911, and ordained a Greek Catholic priest on 25 March 1911 in Bosnia. Monk at the Studite monastery in Bosnia, beginning his noviate on 20 May 1912 and admitted to the habit on 12 February 1913, taking the name Father Leontios.
He returned to Saint Petersburg and was immediately arrested for his faith, and sent to Siberia. Released in March 1917 during an amnesty for political and religious prisoners, he returned to Saint Petersburg, and was appointed Exarch of the Russian Greek Catholic Church. The Communist takeover later that year began a period of persecution of the faith and the faithful, with 1922 ushering in the era of violent suppression of Christianity. All churches were ordered closed on 5 December 1922. Father Leontios and fourteen priests were arrested for their faith in January 1923, sent to Moscow for trial; sentenced to ten years exile to Solovky and Vladka.
Released in 1926, he relocated to Kaluga. Arrested again for spreading the faith, he was sentenced to ten years in Solovetsky where a large monastery had been converted to a prison. There he continued to minister to the faithful, conducting covert Masses, using wine made from raisins sent by the families of prisoners. Transferred to forced labour camp at Pinega on 6 August 1929 where he was billeted with an imprisoned Orthodox priest; after work, Leontios conducted catechism class for local boys. Transferred to Arkhangelsk, to Kotlas, and to Poltava. The poor conditions and steady overwork broke his health, and in 1932 he was certified as an invalid. He completed his sentence in 1933, but was barred from returing to many Russian cities, and had to live in exile the rest of his life. One of the Martyrs Under Communism in Eastern Europe.
Born
4 November 1879 at Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died
• 7 March 1935 of "natural causes"
• buried at Kirov, Russia
Beatified
27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine
Saint Siméon-François Berneux
Born 14 May 1814
Château-du-Loir, French Empire
Died 8 March 1866
Saenamteo, Joseon
Venerated in Catholic Church
Beatified 6 October 1968 by Pope Paul VI
Canonized 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Feast
7 March
20 September (Roman calendar, along with The Korean Martyrs)
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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Born to a poor family, Siméon felt a call to the priesthood at age ten. He entered the seminary in Mans, France in 1831. Due to health problems, he had to leave seminary for two years during which time he worked as a tutor. Ordained a diocesan priest on 20 May 1837, Father Berneux served as a professor and spiritual director at the Mons seminary.
Feeling a call to missionary work, he joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1839, and left for the Asian missions on 13 January 1840. He arrived first in Manila, Philippines before being assigned to the Tonkin region of modern Vietnam on 17 January 1841. He began his work near a small convent outside the town of Moi-yen, learning the Annam language. Arrested on Holy Saturday 1841 during one of the periodic anti–Christian persecutions, Siméon and a brother priest were dragged from place to place, ordered to renounce Christianity, ordered to convince lay people to renounce the faith, and when their persecutors finally realized that the priests would not cooperate, they were sentenced to death on 8 October 1842.
However, before the sentence could be officially approved, a French official learned of their imprisonment, and had them released on 7 March 1843. Father Berneux was sent to the Chinese province of Manchuria where he continued his missionary work there for ten years, sometimes in Singapore or Macao. On 5 August 1854 he was chosen the fourth Vicar Apostolic of Korea by Pope Pius IX, and arrived there with some fellow missionaries in early 1856; for administrative reasons he was also appointed titular bishop of Capsa. He learned Korean, spent time on the road visiting rural Christians, started a seminary in Pae-ron, founded several schools, and started a printing house that published Catholic works in Korean. Thousands were baptized during his time as bishop, but a palace coup in 1864 and threats of Russian invasion led to a resurgence in anti-Western, anti–Christian nationalism and official persecution of the Church. Bishop Berneux was arrested on 23 February 1866. He was taken to the capital, and from 3 to 7 March he was repeatedly beaten and interrogated under torture until the bones in his legs were shattered. As he was dragged to his death, Father Siméon preached to the people who had come out to witness the execution, and to remind his fellow sufferers that they died for the kingdom of God. Martyr.
Born
14 May 1814 in Château-du-Loir, Sarthe, France
Died
• tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Sae-nam-teo, Seoul, South Korea
• relics transferred to Berlin, Germany in 2001
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Perpetua
புனிதர்கள் பெர்பெச்சுவா மற்றும் ஃபெலிஸிட்டி
மறைசாட்சியர்:
பிறப்பு: 2ம் நூற்றாண்டு
கார்தேஜ் (Carthage)
இறப்பு: கி.பி. 203
கார்தேஜ், ஆபிரிக்காவின் ரோம பிராந்தியம்
(தற்போது துனீசியாவில்)
ஏற்கும் சபை/ சமயம்:
கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஆங்கிலிக்க ஒன்றியம்
லூதரனியன் திருச்சபை
ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மார்ச் 7
பாதுகாவல்:
தாய்மார்கள், கருவுற்றிருக்கும் தாய்மார்கள்,
பண்ணையாட்கள், கசாப்புக்காரர்கள், கார்தேஜ் (Carthage), கட்டலோனியா (Catalonia)
மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டைச் சேர்ந்த புனிதர்களான பெர்பெச்சுவா, (Perpetua) ஃபெலிஸிட்டி (Felicity) மற்றும் அவர்களின் தோழர்களின் கிறிஸ்தவத்திற்கான மறைசாட்சியம் அல்லது உயிர்த்தியாகம் சம்பந்தமான இலக்கியங்கள் மிகவும் தொன்மையான, பழமை வாய்ந்த படைப்புகளாக மதிக்கப்படுகின்றன. இவ்விலக்கியப் படைப்புகள், லத்தீன் மற்றும் கிரேக்க (Latin and Greek) மொழிகளில் உள்ளன.
"The Passion of St. Perpetua, St. Felicitas, and their Companions" என்னும் நூல், இவர்களின் மறைசாட்சியத்தினை விவரிக்கும் நூலாகும். கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் திருப்பலியில் பெயர் குறிப்பிடப்படும் புனிதர்களுல் இவர்களும் அடங்குவர்.
"விபியா பெர்பெச்சுவா", (Vibia Perpetua) சுமார் 22 வயதுடைய, அழகிய, நன்கு கற்றறிந்த, உயர்குடியினைச் சேர்ந்த, திருமணமான, ஒரு கைக்குழந்தையின் இளம் தாய் ஆவார். இவரோடு மறைசாட்சியாக மரித்த இவரின் அடிமைப் பெண்ணான ஃபெலிஸிட்டி (Felicity) கருவுற்றிருந்தார்.
பெர்பெச்சுவா'வின் தாயார் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவர் ஆவார். ஆனால் அவரது தந்தையோ ஒரு “பாகன்” விசுவாசி ஆவார். அவரது தந்தை தொடர்ந்து அவரை கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை விட்டுவிடும்படி வற்புறுத்திக்கொண்டே இருந்தார். ஆனால் பெர்பெச்சுவா அதற்கு மறுப்பு தெரிவித்துக்கொண்டேயிருந்தார். அடங்கா கோபமுற்ற அவரது தந்தை, பெர்பெச்சுவா'வை அவரது 22ம் வயதில் பிடித்து சிறையிலடைத்தார்.
சிறைச்சாலையின் எண்ணற்ற துன்புறுத்தல்களின் பின்னரும் அவர்கள் கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தினை கைவிட மறுத்துவிட்டனர். பெர்பெச்சுவா, ஃபெலிஸிட்டி இருவரும் ஆப்பிரிக்காவின் கார்தேஜ் நகரில், பேரரசன் செப்டிமியஸ் செவெரஸ் (Emperor Septimius Severus) என்பவனது பிறந்தநாள் விழா கொண்டாட்டங்களின்போது, இராணுவ விளையாட்டு மைதானத்தில் தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சிகளாக கொல்லப்பட்டனர். இவர்களுடன் கொல்லப்பட்ட அடிமைகளான "ரெவோகட்டஸ்", "செகுண்டுலஸ்" மற்றும் "சச்சுர்நினஸ்" (Revocatus, Secundulus and Saturninus) ஆகிய மூவரும் மிருகங்களுக்கு இரையாக்கப்பட்டனர்.
இவர்களின் மரணத்தின் சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்னர் ஃபெலிஸிட்டி ஒரு பெண் குழந்தைக்கு தாயானார். இவர் விதவையர், மற்றும் இறந்த குழந்தைகளின் தாய்மாரின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆவார்.
Also known as
Vivia Perpetua
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Lay-woman born to a noble pagan family. Convert to Christianity. Wife and mother. Martyred with her maid, friend, and fellow convert Saint Felicitas. In centuries past, their story was so popular that Saint Augustine of Hippo warned against giving it the weight of Scripture.
Died
mauled by wild beasts and beheaded 7 March 203 at Carthage, North Africa
Saint Teresa Margaret Redi
Also known as
• Ann Maria Redi
• Anna Maria Redi
• Anne Mary Redi
• Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart
• Teresa Margherita Redi of the Sacred Heart
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Born to the Tuscan nobility, the daughter of Count Ignatius Redi and Camilla Billeti. Pious child who saw God in all things, and who was confused to learn that not everyone knew that God loved them.
Educated at the Saint Apollonia convent at Florence, Italy from age nine. A gentle and mature child, she was often left in to watch over her peers. Noted for an intense desire for her First Communion, and for a devotion to Our Lady. Had an extensive correspondence with her father, discussing her spiritual life in great detail; she asked that he destroy each letter after reading it, and sadly, he did so.
In September 1763 she received a message from Saint Teresa of Jesus advising her to become a Carmelite. Anna went home to Arezzo, Italy at age 17, but returned to Florence almost immediately. Became a Discalced Carmelite, joining the convent of Saint Teresa on 1 September 1764, and taking the name Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart. She received the veil on 11 March 1765, and made her final vows on 12 March 1766.
Sister Teresa worked in the convent's infirmary, and appeared to have a gift of healing. She predicted her own death less than five years after making her final vows. Her short life and vocation were spent in contemplative union with God as she ever meditated on her favourite phrase, "God is love."
Born
15 July 1747 at Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy as Anna Maria Redi
Died
• 7 March 1770 at Florence, Italy of a severe and painful abdominal disorder
• post-mortem, all the swelling and discoloration in her body disappeared, her body was incorrupt several weeks later, had a healthy glow, and exuded an odor of perfume
Canonized
19 March 1934 by Pope Pius XI
Blessed José Olallo Valdés
Also known as
Poor People's Priest (though he wasn't a priest)
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José was abandoned as an infant at the age of one month at the Saint Joseph orphanage in Havana, Cuba; he had a note which had his birthdate and the statement that he had not been baptized. The orphanage baptized him 2 days later, and he lived there till he was 7 years old when he was transferred to the Benefencia orphanage, also in Havana.
In 1834 joined the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, finishing his novitiate in April 1835, and assigned to work at the Brothers hospital in Puerto Príncipe (modern Camagüey, Cuba); he worked there as a nurse for the rest of his life. Appointed head nurse of the hospitals in 1845. Chosen prior of the Brothers in Camagüey. The Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba recommended that he enter the priesthood, but Brother José declined as he would not longer be able to continue his work in the hospital. He cared for people during cholera epidemics, and treated the wounded to both sides in the Ten Years War in Cuba from 1868 to 1878; he was able to prevent a massacre of civilians ordered by the Spanish forces. Due to the suppression of religious orders by the Spanish government, he was the only surviving member of the Hospitallers in Cuba for the last 13 years of his life.
Born
12 February 1820 in Havana, Cuba
Died
• 7 March 1889 in Camagüey, Cuba of natural causes
• re-interred at the chapel of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God hospital in Camagüey
Beatified
• 29 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification celebrated at the Plaza de La Caridad, Camagüey, Cuba, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins
• his was the first beatification cemetery celebrated in Cuba
• the beatification miracle involved the healing of three-year-old Daniela Cabrera Ramos
Blessed María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa
Also known as
• María Antonia of Saint Joseph
• Mama Antula
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Raised in a pious family, Maria early felt a call to religious life, but as there were no cloistered religious congregations in the region at the time, she simply donned a black robe and moved in with some other women who felt the same call. Under the spiritual direction of Jesuit Father Gaspar Juarez, she taught children, cared for the sick and poor, did needlework to help support herself, and assisted at retreats based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. In 1767, King Charles III of Spain expelled the Jesuits; with her spiritual director gone, Maria herself started leading the retreats. She met some hostility as the Exercises are associated with Jesuits, but for years she used them as the basis for retreats in several cities, bringing the message of Christ to tens of thousands of people, and received the support of Archbishop Sebastián Malvar y Pinto of Buenos Aires. Founded the Daughters of the Divine Savior and a retreat house in Buenos Aires which continues its good work over two centuries later.
Born
1730 in Silípica, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Died
• 6 – 7 March 1799 in the retreat house in Buenos Aires, Argentina of natural causes
• interred in the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in Buenos Aires
Beatified
• 27 August 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated at Francisco de Aguirre Park, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
• her beatification miracle involved the 1904 healing of Sister Rosa Vanina
Saint Simon-Marie-Just Ranfer de Bretenières
Also known as
Pere Païk Chen Fou (Father White as Snow)
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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Born to the nobility, he was well educated, and earned a degree in Lyon, France in 1856. Simon entered the Sulpician seminary in Paris, France in 1859. He joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and began studying at their seminary on 25 July 1861. Ordained on 21 May 1864. Assigned to Korea, it took ten months of travel before he was able to sneak into the country on 29 May 1865 to begin ministering to Christians during a period of persecution. Worked with Saint Siméon-François Berneux. Arrested on 26 February 1866, he was imprisoned, tortured and martyred with his bishop and two brother priests.
Born
28 February 1838 in the home of his maternal grand-parents at Châlon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France
Died
tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Ioannes Baptista Nam Chong-Sam
Also known as
• Nam Jong-Sam
• Yohan
• John the Baptist Nam Chong-sam
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Well educated, he embarked at an early age on a career in civil service, and by age 39 was a regional governor. However, John had trouble reconciling his official duties with his Christianity, and he finally resigned in order to work with missionaries, teaching them the Korean language. He moved to Seoul and earned his living teaching Chinese literature to the children of high officials. With increasing fears of a Russian invasion in 1866, a wave of anti-foreign and anti–Christian nationalism swept through the country. John-Baptiste was enlisted to bring in French officials to help resolve the matter, but he was eventually swept up in the persecutions that followed, being arrested, tortured and murdered for his faith. Martyr.
Born
1817 in Chungju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
Died
7 March 1866 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Bernard-Louis Beaulieu
புனித_லூயிஸ்_பெர்னார்ட்_பியூலியூ
(1840-1866)
இவர் (#StLouisBernardBeaulieu) பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்.
சிறுவயதில் தன் தந்தையை இழந்த இவர், தன் தாயின் பராமரிப்பில் வளர்ந்து வந்தார். இவரது தாய் இவரை இறை நம்பிக்கையில் மிகச் சிறந்த விதமாய் வளர்த்தார்.
இவர் சிறு வயதிலேயே இறைவனின் அழைப்பை உணர்ந்தார். அதனால் இவர் தன் ஒன்பதாவது வயதில் இளம் குடும்பத்தில் சேர்ந்து, பதினேழாம் வயதில் பெரிய குடும்பத்தில் நுழைந்து, 1864 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.
இவர் குருவானதும் கொரியாவிற்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்க அனுப்பப் பட்டார். அங்கு இவர் சியோல் என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கப் பணிக்கப்பட்டார். கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்கெதிரான அச்சுறுத்தல்கள் தொடர்ந்து இருந்த அப்பகுதியில் இவர் மனவுறுதியோடு நற்செய்தி அறிவித்தார்.
இந்நிலையில் 1864 ஆம் ஆண்டு எதிரிகள் இவரைப் பிடித்துக் கொடூரமாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்து கொலை செய்தார்கள். இவருக்குத் திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான்பால் அவர்களால் 1984 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.
Additional Memorials
• 20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
• 21 May (diocese of Bourdeaux, France)
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Bernard-Louis's father died when the boy was very young, but his mother raised him with a good Christian education. He entered the seminary of the diocese of Bordeaux, France at age 17, but health problems caused his studies to take a little longer than normal. He joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1863, was ordained on 21 May 1864, and sent to the missions in Korea where he worked and died with Saint Siméon-François Berneux. Tortured and martyred in one of the anti–Christian persecutions.
Born
8 October 1840 in Langon, Gironde, France
Died
tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Sae-nam-teo, Seoul, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Manuel Vílchez Montalvo
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After studies at the Guadix Seminary, Manual was ordained a priest of the archdiocese of Granada, Spain on 6 June 1912. He served as pastor in the Spanish cities of Baza, Castil, Iznalloz, in the cathedral of Guadix, and as a professor at the San Torcuato Seminary.
After his parish church in in Iznalloz was burned in the early days of the Spanish Civil War, Father Manuel moved to Granada where he served as a parish until the anti–Catholic militia found him, imprisoned him for several months, and then executed him. Martyr.
Born
5 June 1889 in Moreda, Granada, Spain
Died
• 7 March 1937 in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain
• we have no information on how his body was disposed of
Venerated
28 November 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Saint Felicity of Carthage
Also known as
Felicitas
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Lay-woman. Convert. Maid, friend, and fellow convert of Saint Perpetua. Martyred with her. In centuries past their story was so popular that Saint Augustine of Hippo warned against giving it the weight of Scripture.
Died
mauled by wild beasts and beheaded 7 March 203 at Carthage, North Africa
Saint Pierre-Henri Dorie
Also known as
Peter Henricus Dorie
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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Studied at the seminaries of Sables-d'Olonne and Luçon. Ordained a priest on 21 May 1864. Member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and assigned to missionary work in Korea. Tortured and martyred in one of the anti–Christian persecutions.
Born
23 September 1839 in St-Hilaire-de-Talmont, Vendée, France
Died
tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Drausinus of Soissons
Also known as
Drausius, Drausin
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Bishop of Soissons, France. Established several foundations, even getting the tyrant Ebroin, who cared nothing for the Church, to help establish a chapel for sick nuns. Mediaeval legend says that to spend the night at Drausinus' tomb made one invincible; whole platoons of soldiers used to camp out at the tomb the night before a battle. His patronage also helps thwart the plans of your enemies, and Saint Thomas Becket visited the tomb before returning to the treachery he knew awaited him at home.
Died
c.674 of natural causes
Saint Esterwine of Wearmouth
Also known as
Easterwine, Eosterwine, Esterwinus
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Born to the Northumbrian nobility. Soldier in the army of King Egfrid of Northumbria. Monk at Wearmouth Abbey at age 24 with his relative Saint Benedict Biscop. Ordained in 679. Succeeded Saint Benedict as abbot in 682. Noted for his gentleness to all and for living and working side by side with his brother monks.
Born
in 650 in Northumbria, England
Died
• 6 March 686 of natural causes
• interred by the door of the Church of Saint Peter at Wearmouth Abbey
• relics later translated to a shrine near the high altar of the church
Saint Gaudiosus of Brescia
Also known as
Gaudioso
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Bishop of Brescia, Italy.
Died
• c.445
• relics re-discovered and re-enshrined at the church of Sant'Alessandro in Brescia, Italy in 1454
• relics hidden in private chapel of the Da Ponte family during the anti–Christian excesses of the French Revolution
• relics re-enshrined at Sant’Alessandro in 1823
Blessed Henry of Austria
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Mercedarian lay knight. Noted for his openness, charity and deep prayer life. In Tunis, while working to free Christians held as slaves by Muslims, he was scourged for expressing his Christianity publicly, but survived to return to Spain.
Died
• predicted the date of his death, and choirs of angels were reported to be heard in his cell when he died
• buried at the Mercedarian church in Barcelona, Spain of natural causes
Blessed John Larke
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Parish priest. Rector of Saint Ethelburga's, Bishopgate, London, England from 1504 to 1524. Rector of Woodford, Essex from 1526 to 1527. Rector at Chelsea, London. Friend of and imprisoned with Saint Thomas More. Executed with Blessed German Gardiner and Blessed John Ireland for denying that the King of England had supremacy over the Church, and for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.
Died
7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England
Beatified
29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Saint Eubulus of Caesarea
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Travelled from Batanaea to Caesarea in Palestine to visit and minister to the Christians there. Martyred with Saint Adrian in the persecutions of governor Firmilian.
Died
7 March 308
Blessed German Gardiner
Also known as
Jermyn Gardiner
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Educated at the University of Cambridge, England. Secretary to the bishop of Winchester, England. Martyred with Blessed John Larke for refusing to recognize the spiritual supremacy of the King of England.
Died
martyred on 7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England
Beatified
29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
Saint Paul the Simple
புனிதர் எளிய பவுல்
துறவி (Hermit):
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 225
எகிப்து (Egypt)
இறப்பு: கி.பி. 339
எகிப்து (Egypt)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 7
எகிப்தின் புனிதர் எளிய பவுல் (St. Paul the Simple of Egypt), ஒரு துறவியும், புனிதர் வனத்து அந்தோனியாரின் (St. Anthony the Great) சீடருமாவார். இவர், ஆட்சி மற்றும் ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட எளிமை ஆகியவற்றில் நமக்கு சிறந்த முன்னுதாரணம் என்று, சினாய் மடாதிபதியான புனிதர் ஜான் (St John, the Abbot of Sinai) எழுதி வைத்துள்ளார். புனிதர் எகிப்தின் பவுல் (St. Paul of Egypt), இவரது சம காலத்தவராவார்.
புனிதர் எளிய பவுல், ஒரு விவசாயி ஆவார். தமது அழகிய மனைவி, வேறு ஒருவருடன் தகாத உறவில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்ததை அறிந்த இவர், தமது அறுபது வயதில், குடும்ப வாழ்வை துறந்து, துறவியாகும் எண்ணத்தில் வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியே சென்றார்.
புனிதர் வனத்து அந்தோனியாரை அணுகி, தாம் ஒரு துறவி ஆக விரும்பியதைக் கூறினார். வனத்து அந்தோனியாரும், அறுபது வயதான ஒருவர், தீவிர துறவு வாழ்வைப் பின்பற்றுவது மிகவும் சாத்தியமற்றது என்று கூறி பதிலளித்தார். அதற்கு பதிலாக, நன்றியுணர்வோடு, பயபக்தியுள்ளவராய் இருப்பதன் மூலம் திருப்தியடையும்படி பவுலை அவர் ஊக்கப்படுத்தினார். இந்த பதிலால் திருப்தியடையாத பவுல், அவருடைய சித்தத்தை ஏற்றுக்கொள்வதன் மூலம், கற்றுக்கொள்வதாக கூறினார். இத்துடன், பவுலை வெளியே நிறுத்தி, வனத்து அந்தோனியார் கதவைச் சாத்தினார். நான்காம் நாள், இவர் செத்துப் போவாரோ என பயந்துபோன வனத்து அந்தோனியார், அவரை உள்ளே அழைத்தார். அவர், எளிய பவுலை, பனை இலைகளில் இருந்து ஒரு கயிற்றை நெசவு செய்யும்படி கூறினார். பின்னர், நெய்த கையிற்றை அவிழ்க்க கூறினார். பின்னர், அதனை மீண்டும் நெய்ய சொன்னார்.
கடுமையான உழைப்பு, உண்ணாவிரதம், இரவில் விழித்திருத்தல், தொடர்ந்து சங்கீதங்கள் பாடுதல் போன்றவை மூலம், பவுலின் சகிப்புத் தன்மை மற்றும் பணிவு ஆகியவற்றை வனத்து அந்தோனியார் தொடர்ந்து பரீட்சித்தார். பவுலின் தன்னடக்கம் மற்றும் அர்ப்பணம் ஆகியவற்றால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட வனத்து அந்தோனியார், அங்கிருந்து சில மைல் தொலைவிலுள்ள ஒரு சிறு அறையை இவருக்கு அளித்தார். இறுதியில், பசாசுக்களை ஓட்டும் சக்தியை பவுல் பெற்றிருந்தார் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.
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Farmer. Upon the discovery of his wife's adultery, Paul became a desert hermit. Spiritual student of Saint Anthony the Abbot. Given the title The Simple for his simple and humble acceptance of the teachings. Received visions, and known as a miracle worker.
Died
c.339 of natural causes
Blessed Volker of Segeberg
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Priest. Augustinian canon at the Segeberg monastery and fortress in modern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where he was a spiritual student of Saint Vicelin of Oldenburg. He served as a missionary to the surrounding area until he was killed by pagans. Martyr.
Died
• c.1135 near Segeberg, Germany
• relics interred in Neumünster, Germany
Blessed Maisam Pho Inpèng
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Married layman in the apostolic vicariate of Vientiane (in modern Laos). Martyr.
Born
1934 in Sam Neua, Houaphan, Laos
Died
7 March 1970 in Den Din, Vientiane, Laos
Beatified
• 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in Vientiane, Laos, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Ardo of Aniane
Also known as
Ardone, Smaragdus
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Monk at the abbey of Aniane, France, taking the name Ardo. Director of the abbey schools. Travelled with Saint Benedict of Aniane, served as his secretary, and wrote his biography. Abbot at Aniane.
Born
Languedoc (part of modern France) as Smaragdus
Died
843 of natural causes
Blessed Luc Sy
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Married layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Vientiane (in modern Laos). Martyr.
Born
1938 in Ban Pha Hôk, Xieng Khouang, Laos
Died
7 March 1970 in Den Din, Vientiane, Laos
Beatified
• 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in Vientiane, Laos, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed John Ireland
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Priest. Chaplain to Blessed John Larke and Saint Thomas More. Rector at Eltham, Kent, England from 1535 to 1536. Martyred with Blessed German Gardiner and Blessed John Larke for denying that the King of England had supremacy over the Church.
Died
7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Blessed Daniel of Wichterich
Also known as
Daniel of Verden
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Chosen bishop of Verden, Germany on 27 November 1342, he served for nearly 14 years before retiring to the Carmelite monastery in Cologne, Germany in 1356.
Died
7 March 1364 at the Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, Germany of natural causes
Blessed William of Assisi
Also known as
William the Englishman
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May have been a priest. Joined the Franciscans and travelled with Saint Francis of Assisi in the early days of the Order.
Born
England
Died
1232 in Assisi, Italy of natural causes
Blessed Reinhard of Reinhausen
Also known as
Reginhard
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Monk of Helmarshausen in modern Bad Karlshafen, Germany. Monk and head of the abbey school at Stavelot, Belgium. First abbot at Reinhausen, Germany in 1130.
Died
c.1168
Saint Paul of Prusa
Also known as
Paul of Pelusium
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Bishop of Prusa, Bithynia (part of modern Turkey). Opposed the iconoclasts, and for his trouble he was exiled to Egypt where he spent the rest of his life.
Died
840 in Egypt of natural causes
Saint Deifer of Bodfari
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Sixth century founder and abbey of Bodfari Abbey in Clwyd, Wales.
Saint Enodoch
Also known as
Wenedoc
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Venerated in Wales.
Died
c.520
Martyrs of Carthage
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A catechist and three students martyred together for teaching and learning the faith. We know little more than their names - Revocatus, Saturninus, Saturus and Secundulus.
Died
mauled by wild beasts and beheaded 7 March 203 at Carthage, North Africa
Mocelloc of Magh-Scethe
"Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae," a website dedicated to Irish saints, lists Mocelloc of Magh-Scethe with a feast day on March 7th
