Blessed Frano Gjini
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Ordained a priest in the diocese of Shkodrë, Albania on 28 June 1908. Vicar-general of the archdiocese of Durrës, Albania in 1918. Parish priest in Durrës, Derven of Fushë Krujë, Kurbin and Perlat of Kthella, Albania at different times. Chosen abbot of the Abbey Nullius of Saint Lelezhdri of Orosh in Mirdita on 29 June 1930. Consecrated titular bishop of Semta on 28 October 1930. Chosen apostolic delegate to Albania on 11 November 1945 after the previous delegate was not permitted back into the country. Chosen bishop of Lezhë, Albania on 4 January 1946. He was arrested by Communist authorities in Shkodrë on 15 November 1946 for continuing to work for the Church, sentenced to death on 8 January 1948 and executed. Martyr.
Born
20 February 1886 in Shkodër, Albania
Died
shot on 11 March 1948 in Shkodër, Albania
Beatified
• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Alexius U Se-Yong
Also known as
• Alejo U Se-yong
• Alessio U Se-yong
• Alleksio
• U Se-Yeong
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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Young layman, born to the wealthy nobility in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Having become interested in Christianity, he met with Saint Siméon-François Berneux, and Saint Marcus Chong Ui-Bae served as his catechist. Convert. His family was strongly opposed to Christianity, and Alexius left home to work with missionaries, translating the Catechism and other texts to Korean.
During one of the repeated persecutions, all Christians in his village were arrested. Alexius gave in to his fears and denied the faith, and was released. He then repented and went to prison to confess his failure to his bishop. He was then arrested, imprisoned with the others, tortured, and finally executed for his faith. Martyr.
Born
1845 in Seoheung, Hwanghae-do, North Korea
Died
11 March 1866 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Marcus Chong Ui-Bae
Also known as
• Jeong Eui-Bae
• Mareuko
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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Raised in a pagan family, he became a teacher. He married but was a widower with no children. He became interested in Christianity when he saw the calm with which two priests met their martyrdom. He began studying, read himself into the faith, and converted. He served as a catechist; among others, he helped bring Saint Alexius U Se-Yong to the faith; and spent his free time caring for orphans and visiting the sick. During one of the periodic persecutions of Christians, he was given a chance to leave the country, but stayed to help those who could not leave. He was seized, insulted, abused and beaten by his neighbors and his own family members for his faith, then turned over to government officials for execution. Martyr.
Born
1795 in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Died
11 March 1866 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Dedë Nikaj
Also known as
• Brother Ciprian
• Dedë Nikacj
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Orphaned at age five, he was educated by the Franciscans. Studied in Shkodër, Albania, then Lankowitz and Graz in Austria, then in Rome, Italy. Ordained a priest in Rome on 25 July 1924. Taught at a Franciscan seminary from 1929 to 1932. Novice master from 1932 to 1938. Franciscan provincial master from 1938 to 1941. Director of the Franciscan seminary from 1941 to 1944. Franciscan Guardian of Gjuhadol in 1944. On 15 November 1946 the Communist authorities arrested him on a charge of concealing weapons behind a church altar. He was imprisoned, tortured, sentenced to death, and finally executed. Martyr.
Born
19 July 1900 in Shkodër, Albania
Died
shot on 11 March 1948 in Shkodër, Albania
Beatified
• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Saint Eulogius of Cordoba
யூலோஜியஸ்
குரு & மறை சாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 819க்கு முன்னர்
கொர்டோபா நகரின் கலிபா (தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின்)
இறப்பு: மார்ச் 11, 857
கொர்டோபா
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:
ஒவியேடோ தேவாலயம்
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 11
புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ், “கொர்டோபா” (Córdoba) நகரின் மறைசாட்சியருள் ஒருவராவார். ஒன்பதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் மத்தியில் கொர்டோபா'வை ஆண்ட அரசர்கள் "இரண்டாம் கொர்டோவன் எமிர்ஸ் அப்-டேர்-ரஹ்மான்" (Cordovan emirs Abd-er-Rahman II) மற்றும் "முதலாம் முஹம்மத்" (Muhammad I) ஆகியோரது காலத்தில் இவர் வளர்ச்சியடைந்தார்.
ஒன்பதாம் நூற்றாண்டில், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டை வெற்றி கண்ட முஸ்லிம் வெற்றியாளர்கள், கொர்டோபா நகரை தமது தலைநகராக ஆக்கினார்கள். அவர்கள், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் சமாதானமாக வாழ அனுமதித்தனர். மாதாந்த வரி செலுத்த உத்தரவிட்டனர். கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் தமது சமய வழிபாடுகளை செய்யவும் அனுமதித்தனர். யூலோஜியஸின் இளைய சகோதரர் போன்றோர் அரசாங்கத்தின் உயர் பதவி வரை உயர அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டனர்.
அக்காலத்தில், கிறிஸ்தவ தேவாலயங்களும் ஆராதனைகளும், கிறிஸ்தவ சொத்துக்களும் தாராளமாக அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டன. பிறப்பு மட்டுமல்லாது, இறப்புக்கும் வரி தாராளமாக விதிக்கப்பட்டது. அவ்வாறு வரி செலுத்த இயலாத கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசிகள் அநேகர் ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் வடக்கு பிராந்தியங்களுக்கு புலம்பெயர்ந்து போயினர். இன்னும் பலர் "ஸியெர்ரா" (Sierras) மாநிலத்திலுள்ள துறவு மடங்களில் அடைக்கலம் புகுந்தனர். இங்ஙனமாக, கிறிஸ்தவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை இங்கே சுருங்கிப்போயிற்று.
இரண்டாம் அப்-டேர்-ரஹ்மானி'ன் ஆட்சி காலத்தில், ஆட்சியாளர்களின் அணுகுமுறையில் மாற்றம் வந்தது. கடுமையான துன்புறுத்தலின் பின்நிகழ்வாய், முஸ்லிம்களின் பள்ளிவாசல்களில் நுழைந்து முஹம்மதுவின் நினைவுச் சின்னங்களை அவமதித்ததாகவும், அரசுக்கு எதிராக சதி செய்ததாகவும் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மீது குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டது.
ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:
புனிதர் யூலோஜியசின் பிறந்த நாள், வருடம் பற்றிய சரியான ஆதாரங்கள் எதுவும் கிடைக்கவில்லை. ஆனால், அவர் கி.பி. 819ம் ஆண்டுக்கு முன்னர் பிறந்திருக்க வேண்டும். காரணம், 848ம் ஆண்டில் அவர் "கடலோனியா மற்றும் நவர்ரெ" (Catalonia and Navarre) ஆகிய பிரதேசங்களிலிருந்த கிறிஸ்தவ மக்களின் மத்தியில் மிகவும் பிரசித்தி பெற்ற மத குருவாக இருந்திருக்கிறார். குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற குறைந்த பட்ச வயது முப்பது ஆகையால் அவர் 819ம் ஆண்டுக்கு முன்னர் பிறந்திருக்க வேண்டும்.
ரோமர்களின் காலத்தில், யூலோஜியசும் அவரது ஐந்து சகோதரர்களும் இரண்டு சகோதரிகளும் "கொர்டோபா" (Córdoba) நகரில் அவர்களது தாயாரான "இஸபெல்'லின்" (Isabel) மேற்பார்வையில் உயர்தர கல்வி கற்று வளர்ந்தனர்.
புனிதர் ஸோய்லஸ் (St. Zoilus) அவர்களின் குரு மடத்தில் தங்கி கல்வி பயின்ற யூலோஜியஸ், கல்வி பூர்த்தி பெற்றதும் தமது தாயாரை கவனித்துக்கொள்வதற்காக வீட்டிலேயே தங்கினார். அவரது நல்லொழுக்கம் மற்றும் கற்றலின் காரணமாக அவர் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார். பின்னர், அவர் "கொர்டோவா" (Cordova) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள தலைமை திருச்சபை பள்ளியில் பணியமர்த்தப்பட்டார்.
850ம் ஆண்டு, முஹம்மதுவுக்கு எதிராக பேச ஆரம்பித்த சில கிறிஸ்தவர்கள், இஸ்லாமியர்கள் சிலரை கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மதம் மாற்றினர். இதனால் கடும் கோபமுற்ற மொகம்மதிய ஆட்சியாளர்கள், கிறிஸ்தவர்களை துன்புறுத்த ஆரம்பித்தனர். அவர்கள், யூலோஜியஸ் உள்ளிட்ட குருக்கள், கொர்டோபா நகர ஆயர் ஆகியோரை கைது செய்து சிறையிலடைத்தனர்.
சிறையில், யூலோஜியஸ் தம்முடன் சிறையில் இருந்த மற்றவர்களுக்கு புனித விவிலியத்தை படித்துக் காட்டி, அவர்களுக்கு கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை போதித்தார்.
857ம் ஆண்டு, "லியோகிரிஷியா" (Leocritia) எனும் உயர் இஸ்லாமிய குடும்ப முஸ்லிம் கன்னி, யூலோஜியஸின் போதனையால் கிறிஸ்தவராக மதம் மாறினார். அவர், தமது பெற்றோர் மற்றும் முஸ்லிம்களிடமிருந்து பாதுகாப்பு கோரினார். யூலோஜியஸ் அவரை தமது நண்பர்களிடையே ஒளித்து மறைத்து பாதுகாத்தார். ஆனால் நெடுநாள் வரை அந்த பாதுகாவல் நீடிக்கவில்லை. அனைவரும் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டு மரண தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டனர். 857ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 11ம் நாளன்று, புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ் தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார். அது போலவே நாலு நாட்கள் கழித்து, புனிதர் லியோகிரிஷியாவும் (St. Leocritia) 857ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 15ம் நாளன்று, தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார்.
புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ், டோலேடோ (Toledo) உயர்மறை மாகாணத்தின் பேராயராக (Archbishop of Toledo) தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தார். ஆனால், அவரது சிறை வாசமும், அதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக அவர் சிரச்சேதம் செய்யப்பட்டதும் அவர் பேராயராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்படாமல் போனது.
தாம் பாதுகாத்து வந்த மிக நேர்த்தியான கிறிஸ்தவ கோட்பாடுகளை விட்டுச் சென்றிருக்கும் புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ் "ஒவியேடோ" பேராலயத்தில் (Cathedral of Oviedo) அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்.
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Son of a senatorial family from Cordoba, Spain. Well educated. Priest. Head of an ecclesiastical school. Worked to comfort and support Christian martyrs and their survivors during Islamic persecutions in Moorish occupied Spain. Arrested several times for his faith, he wrote Exhortation to Martyrdom while during one of his imprisonments. Appointed to succeed the Archbishop of Toledo, Spain, but was never consecrated. Imprisoned after he gave shelter to Saint Leocritia of Cordoba, he preached the Gospel in court, then in front of the king's counsel. Martyr.
Died
• scourged and beheaded 11 March 859 at Cordoba, Spain
• some relics translated to Paris, France in the early 860's
Blessed John Kearney
Also known as
Seán Ó Cearnaigh
Additional Memorials
• 1 March (Franciscans)
• 20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Son of John Kearney and Elizabeth Creagh. Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants), entering the novitiate at Kilkenny, Ireland. Moved to Leuven, Belgium in 1638 to enter the seminary. Ordained in Brussels, Belgium in 1642. On his way back to Ireland in 1644, he was arrested in London, England, tortured and condemned to death. He escaped and made his way to France, finally travelling from Calais to Wexford, Ireland. Taught philosophy in Cashel, served as novice master in Waterford and porter at Carric-on-Suir, living his vocation for nine years as a wanted man. Arrested in Tipperary in early 1653 on the old charge of being a Catholic priest in England. Martyr.
Born
1619 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Died
• hanged on 11 March 1653 in Clonmel, Ireland
• his body was burned
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Saint Aengus the Culdee
Also known as
• Aengus of Clonenagh
• Aengus of Tallaght
• Aengus Cúldeo
• Angus, Dengus, Oengo, Oengus, Ceile De
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Hermit or culdee near the River Nore in Ireland where he was known to commune with angels. Hermit near Maryborough. Monk at Clonenagh in Ireland. His reputation for holiness attracted so many would-be students that he retired to be a lay brother at the monastery of Tallaght near Dublin, Ireland under the abbacy of Saint Maelruan. With Maelruan he wrote the Martyrology of Tallaght, a catalog of Irish saints, in 790. Wrote Felire, a poetic version of the martyrology. These works complete, he resumed life as a hermit and then a bishop.
Born
near Clonenagh, Ireland
Died
• 11 March 824 of natural causes
• buried in Clonenagh, Ireland
Blessed Pal Prennushi
Also known as
Mati
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Studied in Schaz, Austria, in Caldaro, Italy, and in Grac, Austria. Franciscan Friar Minor. Ordained a priest in Shkodrë, Albania on 25 March 1904. He served as parish priest in several places, and then as Provincial Vicar. Arrested by Communist authorities in Shkodrë on 15 November 1946 for remaining loyal to Rome and refusing to cooperate with the new state-run “church”, he was given a show trial and executed. Martyr.
Born
2 October 1881 in Shkodrë, Albania
Died
shot on 11 March 1948 in Shkodrë, Albania
Beatified
• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Blessed John Righi of Fabriano
குரு யோஹானஸ் பாப்டிஸ்டா ரீகி Johannes Baptista Righi OFM
பிறப்பு
1469,
பாப்ரியானோ Fabriano, இத்தாலி
இறப்பு
11 மார்ச் 1539,
அன்கோனா Ancona, இத்தாலி
இவர் ஓர் உயர்தர குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவர் இவ்வுலக வாழ்வில் சிறிதும் ஈடுபாடு இல்லாமல் வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் தான் ஓர் குருவாக வேண்டுமென்று சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே ஆசைக்கொண்டார். இதனால் இவர் தனது 15 ஆம் வயதில் புனித பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையில் சேர்ந்து குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையிலும் முழு திருப்தி இல்லாமல் போகவே, மீண்டும் அன்கோனா திரும்பினார். அங்கு அவர் தான் இறப்பின் வரை மறைப்பணியாற்றினார்.
இவர் சிறப்பாக நோயாளிகளை சந்தித்து, ஆறுதல் கூறி நோயில் பூசுதல் வழங்கி, ஒவ்வொரு நோயாளிகளையும் இறைவனோடு ஒன்றிக்கச் செய்தார். இவர் தான் இறந்த பிறகு எண்ணிலடங்கா புதுமைகளைச் செய்தார்.
Also known as
• Giovanni Battista da Fabriano
• Giovanni da Fabriano
• Giovanni Righi
• Joannes de Fabriano
• Johannes Baptista Righi
• John Baptist of Fabriano
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Born to the Italian nobility. Joined the Franciscans in 1484 at Forano, Italy. From 1511, he lived as a hermit at Cupramontana, Ancona, Italy, preaching and caring for the sick. Noted for an ascetic life style and for long periods of prayer.
Born
1469 at Fabriano, Ancona, Italy
Died
• 1539 of natural causes
• miracles reported at his gravesite
• relics re-interred under an altar in the church of San Giacomo della Romita at his monastery
Beatified
1903 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Saint Vindician of Cambrai
Also known as
Vidicianus, Vindicien
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Spiritual student of Saint Eligius. Bishop of Arras-Cambrai, France in 669. Promoted monasticism in his diocese. Protested against the excesses of the Merovingian kings, including Theirry III, and the powerful mayors of the palace. In his later years he retired to the Saint Vaast monastery in Arras, France.
Born
632 at Bullecourt, France
Died
• 712 at Brussels, Belgium of natural causes
• buried at Mont-Saint-Eloi
• relics translated to Cambrai in 1030
• relics moved to Douai and Arras, France at unknown dates
• relics returned to Mont-Saint-Eloi in 1453
• relics moved again in in 1598 and 1601
• relics finally interred in the cathedral at Arras
Saint Constantine II
Also known as
Constantin, Constantinus, Costantino, Costentyn, Custennin
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Born a Scottish prince, the son of King Kenneth II, Constantine led a life of vice until his conversion. Married, and the father of at least one son. Widowed, he abdicated his position, founded a monastery at Govan on the river Clyde, became a monk there, and evangelized the region. Priest. Spiritual student of Saint Columba and Saint Kentigern. Abbot of a monastery in Govan, Scotland. Martyr.
Died
• bled to death in 874 in a cave near Crail after his right arm was cut off by Danish pirates
• considered a martyr in Scotland for defending his Christian land against pagan invaders
Saint Euthymius of Sardis
Also known as
Euthymios, Eutimio
Additional Memorial
26 December (Greek menology)
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Studied in Alexandria, Egypt. Monk. Priest. Bishop of Sardis, Lydia (in modern Turkey) in 787. He fought iconoclasm, and condemned it at the Seventh Ecumenical Council in Nicea. For this opposition, and other conflicts with Emperor Nicephorus, Euthymmius was exiled three times. Over the next 29 years he was occasionally recalled and offered a chance to return if he would accept the iconoclast heresy; he always declined. Martyred in the iconoclast persecutions of Emperor Theophilus.
Born
mid-8th century
Died
scourged to death c.840
Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem
Also known as
• Sophronius of Damascus
• Sophronius the Sophist
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Travelled widely in the East and West. Taught rhetoric. Monk in Palestine at several houses, including at Bethlehem. Lived several years at Alexandria, Egypt near Saint John the Almoner. Ecclesiastical writer of distinction. Poet and extensive correspondent; some of his writings have survived. Fought the Monothelitism heresy. Patriach of Jerusalem from 634 until his death. Driven from the city by Saracens in 637, he eventually negotiated a peace that guaranteed a level of protection to the city's Christians.
Born
Damascus, Syria
Died
c.638; sources disagree on cause and location
Saint Ðaminh Cam
Also known as
Domenic Cam
Additional Memorial
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
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Priest in the apostolic vicariate of Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). Member of the Fraternity of Dominican Priests. Worked in secret for years during the persecutions of emperor Tu-Duc, ministering to covert Catholics before he was captured. Imprisoned for years, repeatedly tortured and finally executed. Martyr.
Born
Cam Chuong, Bac Ninh, VietnamDied
beheaded on 11 March 1859 in Hung Yên, Vietnam
Canonized
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Thomas Atkinso
nAdditional Memorials
• 22 November as one of the 85 Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
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Studied and was ordained at Rheims, France. Returned to England in 1588 to minister to covert Catholics. He travelled by night, hid by day, and served his flock for decades. Betrayed to the authorities, he was arrested along with the family who was hiding him. Martyred for the crime of priesthood.
Born
Menthorpe, North Yorkshire, England
Died
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 11 March 1616 at York, England
Beatified
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Pionius
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Priest. Noted scholar and preacher. During the persecutions of Decius, Pionius and fifteen followers, hearing they were about to be arrested, spent the night of 22-23 February 250 in prayer; they were arrested in the morning at the end of Mass. They had put on their own chains and shackles to make it obvious that they were prisoners, and not going to aposticize. Every time he was taken into public, the courts, or anywhere out of his cell, Pionius preached faith to the Christians, civility to the pagans. Racked and torn with hooks to make him sacrifice to pagan gods; he refused. Martyr.
Born
at Smyrna, Turkey
Died
nailed to a stake and burned alive on 12 March 250
Saint Áurea of San Millán
Also known as
Oria
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Daughter of Saint Amunia, she grew up a Christian child in a village invaded by Moors. She was devoted to Saint Agatha, Saint Eulalia of Merida, and Saint Cecilia. Benedictine nun and hermit at San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spanish Navarre. Received a vision from Agatha, Saint Eulalia of Merida, and Saint Cecilia in which they supported her vocation. Spiritual student of Saint Dominic of Silos. Miracle worker.
Born
c.1042 at Villavelayo, Spain
Died
1069 at San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spanish Navarre of natural causes
Blessed Balbina the Younger
Also known as
Balbina of Assisi
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Granddaughter of Saint Clare of Assisi. Balbina joined the Poor Clares at the monastery of San Damiano. Helped found the Poor Clare monastery in Arezzo, Italy. Known for a life of Christian virtues and supernatural gifts.
Born
1215 in Assisi, Italy
Died
11 March 1254 in Assisi, Italy of natural causes
Saint Benedict Crispus of Milan
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Archbishop of Milan, Italy from 681 until his death 45 years later. Wrote the epitaph for King Caedwalla of Wessex.
Died
• 725 of natural causes
• interred in the basilica of Saint Ambrose in Milan, Italy
Saint Rosina of Wenglingen
புனித_ரோசினா (நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டு)
மார்ச் 11
இவர் (#StRosinaOfWenglingen) ஜெர்மனியைச் சார்ந்தவர்.
சிறு வயது முதலே தன்னை ஆண்டவருக்கு அர்ப்பணித்து வாழ்ந்த இவர், வளர்ந்து பெரியவரானதும் காட்டிற்குச் சென்று கடுந்தவம் மேற்கொண்டு வந்தார்.
இந்நிலையில் இறை நம்பிக்கையில்லாத சிலர் இவரிடம் வந்து, இவரைக் கொன்று போட்டனர். இவ்வாறு இவர் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி உயிர் துறந்தார்.
Also known as
Rofina, Rufina
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Young woman who consecrated herself to God. May have lived as a forest hermit. Martyr.
Died
4th century
Saint Vincent of Léon
Additional Memorial
11 September (Benedictines)
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Benedictine monk. Abbot of the monastery of Saint Claudius, Léon, Spain. Martyred by Arian Visigoths.
Born
Spanish
Died
c.554 or 630 (sources vary)
Saint Quiricus of Murisengo
Also known as
Cerdre, Cergue, Cirgues, Cyr, Cyricus, Kerykos, Quiric, Quirico
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Martyr whose death became linked to the Theban Legion.
Died
c.286 in Murisengo, Alessandria, Italy
Saint Vigilius of Auxerre
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Succeeded Saint Palladius as bishop of Auxerre, France in 661. Murdered by order of Waraton, mayor of the palace.
Died
murdered in 685 in a forest near Compiègne, France
Blessed Alramo of Niederaltaich
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Benedictine monk at the Niederaltaich monastery no later than 1099. Details about his life have been lost.
Died
11 March 1123
Saint Zosimus of Carthage
Also known as
Zozimus
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Martyred in Carthage in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.
Born
African
Died
c.263
Saint Heraclius of Carthage
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Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.
Born
African
Died
c.263 in Carthage, North Africa
Saint Serrano of Oviedo
Also known as
Sernano
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Early bishop of Oviedo, Spain, probably in the mid 9th century. No other details about him have survived.
Saint Candidus the Martyr
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One of a group of 22 martyrs who died together.
Died
c.257 in North Africa
Saint Firmian the Abbot
Also known as
Fermanus, Firminus
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Abbot of San Sabino Piceno near Fermo, Italy.
Died
c.1020
Saint Trophimus the Martyr
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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
crucified c.300 at Laodicea, Syria
Saint Alberta of Agen
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One of the first martyrs in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
martyred c.286 in Agen, France
Saint Thalus the Martyr
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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
crucified c.300 at Laodicea, Syria
Saint Piperion the Martyr
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One of a group of 22 martyrs who died together.
Died
c.257 in North Africa
Martyrs of Antioch
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A group of Christians martyred together by Emperor Maximian Galerius.
Died
c.300 in Antioch, Syria
Saint Peter the Spaniard
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Pilgrim from Spain to Rome. Settled to live as a hermit in Babuco, Italy.
Saint Amunia
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Married and the mother of Saint Aurea of San Millán. Widow. Hermitess.
Died
1069 of natural causes
Saint Constantine of Carthage
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Confessor of the faith at Carthage.
Saint Firmus the Martyr
Also known as
Firminus
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Third century martyr.
feast day on March 11th, the most likely reference is to Saint Firmus and Saint Rusticus, two martyrs venerated together:
Commemoration: Celebrated on March 11th in various Christian traditions.
Location: Associated with the city of Verona in northern Italy.
Context: According to their unreliable "Acts," they were prominent citizens of Bergamo who refused to offer sacrifices to pagan idols during Emperor Maximian's reign in the late 3rd or early 4th century. They were consequently tortured, beheaded, and buried together, becoming venerated martyrs.
Saint Gorgonius the Martyr
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Third century martyr.
Constantine of Cornwall
"Constantine of Cornwall" celebrated on March 11th is most likely a reference to King Constantine, a historical figure associated with Cornwall and Wales in the 6th century. Here's what we know:
Context:
Historical Figure: While not officially canonized as a saint in any major Christian denomination, Constantine of Cornwall is recognized as a historical figure with a strong association with the early Christian communities of Cornwall and Wales.
Feast Day: March 11th is considered his feast day in some traditions, particularly within Scottish and Irish communities. However, it’s crucial to note that this is not an officially recognized feast day in the Catholic Church or other major denominations.
Constantine of Strathclyde (King, Confessor)
Celebrated on March 11th in some Eastern Orthodox traditions, particularly within the "Great Synaxaristes," a compilation of saintly biographies.
This Constantine is depicted as a king of Strathclyde (a kingdom in what is now southwest Scotland and northwest England) who converted to Christianity under the influence of Saint Columba, a prominent Irish saint. He is then portrayed as a missionary and pious ruler.
