St. Cantius, Cantianus, Cantianilla, & Protus
Feastday: May 31
Death: 304
A martyr with his brother, Cantianus, and his Sister, Cantianilla. They belonged to the Roman Anicii family, nobles orphaned as children and raised as Christians by one Protus. They freed their slaves, sold their estates, gave to the poor, and fled to Aquileia, Italy, when Emperor Diocletian started his persecution of Christians. Captured at Aquae Gradatae they refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods and were beheaded. St. Maximus of Turin preached a panegyric in their honor.
St. Thomas Du
Feastday: May 31
Death: 1839
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Vietnamese martyr. A native of Vietnam, he entered the Dominicans as a tertiary and aided the Catholic cause in Vietnam until his arrest by authorities. He was tortured and finally beheaded. Pope John Paul II canonized him in 1988.
Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam; French: Martyrs du Viêt Nam) or Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Vietnamese: Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. On June 19, 1988, thousands of Overseas Vietnamese worldwide gathered at the Vatican for the Celebration of the Canonization of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, an event chaired by Monsignor Tran Van Hoai.[2] Their memorial is on November 24 (although several of these saints have another memorial, having been beatified and on the calendar prior to the canonization of the group).
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
அருள்நிறை கன்னி மரியாளின் மினவுதல் விழா
திருவிழா நாள்: மே 31
மரியாள், எலிசபெத்தை (Elizabeth) சந்தித்தல் அல்லது மாதா எலிசபெத்தம்மாளை மினவுதல் என்பது லூக்கா நற்செய்தி 1:39–56ல் விவரிக்கப்படும் ஒரு நிகழ்வாகும். இயேசு பிறப்பின் முன்னறிவிப்பின்போது, தனது உறவினராகிய எலிசபெத்து கருவுற்றிருப்பதை கபிரியேல் தூதர் மூலம் மரியாள் அறிந்தார். கருவுற இயலாதவர் என்று சொல்லப்பட்ட எலிசபெத்து, தம் முதிர்ந்த வயதில் ஒரு மகவைக் கருத்தரித்திருக்கிறார் எனவும் இது அவருக்கு ஆறாம் மாதம் எனவும் கபிரியேல் மரியாளுக்கு அறிவித்திருந்தார்.
இதனால் மரியாள் புறப்பட்டு யூதேய (Judah) மலைநாட்டில், 100 மைல் தொலைவில் உள்ள எலிசபெத்தின் ஊருக்கு விரைந்து சென்றார். மரியாள் செக்கரியாவின் வீட்டை அடைந்து எலிசபெத்தை வாழ்த்தினார். மரியாளின் வாழ்த்தை எலிசபெத்து கேட்டபொழுது அவர் வயிற்றிலிருந்த குழந்தை மகிழ்ச்சியால் துள்ளிற்று. எலிசபெத்து தூய ஆவியால் முற்றிலும் ஆட்கொள்ளப்பட்டு உரத்த குரலில், “பெண்களுக்குள் நீர் ஆசி பெற்றவர்; உம் வயிற்றில் வளரும் குழந்தையும் ஆசி பெற்றதே! என் ஆண்டவரின் தாய் என்னிடம் வர நான் யார்? உம் வாழ்த்துரை என் காதில் விழுந்ததும் என் வயிற்றினுள்ளே குழந்தை பேருவகையால் துள்ளிற்று. ஆண்டவர் உமக்குச் சொன்னவை நிறைவேறும் என்று நம்பிய நீர் பேறுபெற்றவர்” என மரியாவை வாழ்த்தினார் என விவிலியம் விவரிக்கின்றது.
எலிசபெத்தின் வாழ்த்துதலைக் கேட்ட மரியாள் கடவுளை போற்றி ஒரு பாடல் பாடினார். அப்பாடல் மரியாளின் பாடல் என அழைக்கப்படுகின்றது.
இந்நிகழ்வு மேற்கு கிறிஸ்தவத்தில், குறிப்பாக கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் மே 31 அன்றும், கிழக்கு கிறிஸ்தவத்தில் 30 மார்ச் அன்றும் கொண்டாடப்படுகின்றது. இந்நிகழ்வு நடந்த இடத்தில் இப்போது சந்தித்தல் ஆலயம் உள்ளது.
கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில், மரியாள் எலிசபெத்தை சந்தித்த நிகழ்வு, செபமாலையின் மகிழ்ச்சி மறைபொருள்களின் இரண்டாம் மறைபொருள் ஆகும்.
இவ்விழாவில் நான்கு நிகழ்ச்சிகளைக் கொண்டாடுகிறோம்:
1. கபிரியேல் அதிதூதர் கிறிஸ்துவின் மனித அவதாரத்தை அறிவித்த பின் கன்னி மரியாள் தன் உறவினரான எலிசபெத்தம்மாளைச் சந்திக்க சென்றது.
2. அவரது உதரத்திலிருந்த ஸ்நாபக அருளப்பர் (John the Baptist) கன்னி மரியாளின் வாழ்த்து மொழிகளைக் கேட்டதும் ஜென்மப் பாவத்திலிருந்து விடுவிக்கப்பட்டது.
3. பரிசுத்த ஆவியால் ஏவப்பட்ட எலிசபெத்தம்மாள், "பெண்களுக்குள் ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்டவள் நீரே" என கன்னி மரியாளைப் பாராட்டியது.
4. "என் ஆன்மா ஆண்டவரை ஏத்திப் போற்றுகின்றது" என்னும் உயரிய பாடலை மரியாள் இசைத்தது.
எலிசபெத்தம்மாள் எருசலேமிலிருந்து மேல் திசையில் ஆறு மைல் தொலைவில் மலை நாட்டில் வசித்து வந்தார். அவருக்கு உதவி செய்யும்படி கன்னி மரியாள் சென்றார். தன்னைவிட தாழ்ந்த நிலையில் ஒரு பெண்ணுக்கு உதவி செய்யப் போகிறார். அவரை கூப்பிடாமலே தானாகக் செல்கிறார். ஒன்று இரண்டு நாட்களல்ல, மூன்று மாதங்களாக அங்கு தங்கி எல்லா வேலைகளையும் செய்கிறார்.
எலிசபெத்தம்மாள் அவரை வாழ்த்தியதும், தன்னைப்பற்றி பெருமை கொள்ளாமல் கடவுளை வாழ்த்துகிறார் மரியாள். ஏறக்குறைய மூன்று மாதம் எலிசபெத்தம்மாளோடு தங்கியிருந்தபின் வீடு திரும்பினார்.
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This day is called the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary because on it Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth, whom, as the angel had told her, God had blessed with a son in her old age.
In the Introit of the Mass the Church sings
"Hail, holy parent, who didst bring forth the King Who rules heaven and earth forever. My heart hath uttered a good word; I speak of my works for the King."
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Prayer
Vouchsafe, O Lord, we beseech Thee, unto us Thy servants the gift of Thy heavenly grace, that, as in the childbirth of the Blessed Virgin our salvation began, so from the votive solemnity of her visitation we may obtain an increase of peace. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. Amen.
Epistle: Canticle 2:8-14
Behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart; behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices. Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come. For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers have appeared in our land, the tune of pruning is come; the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig-tree hath put forth her green figs; the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come; my dove in the clifts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, show me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears; for thy. voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
Gospel: Luke 1:39-47
At that time: Mary rising up went unto the hill-country with haste, into a city of Juda; and she entered into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost; and she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord. And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord; and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
As soon as Mary heard that Elizabeth was with child she hastened to her. The alacrity of the Blessed Virgin teaches us that we should take part with gladness in the happiness of our fellow-men, and quickly make ourselves ready to discharge our duties, sacrificing for that object, if necessary, even our own much-loved retirement, our devotions and other exercises of piety.
Mary visited her cousin out of real love, not out of unmeaning ceremony. Would that her example were followed in our visits!
By the visit of the Blessed Virgin John was sanctified in his mother's womb, and Elizabeth, enlightened by the Holy Ghost, knew, by the miraculous movements of her child, that Mary was the Mother of the Lord. Such effects did this visit produce. What would Jesus effect in us if we received Him with due preparation!
Explanation of the Canticle "Magnificat," Or "My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord"
In this hymn Mary with joy praises God, the Lord, that He has regarded her humility, aud made her to be the Mother of His only-begotten Son, wherefore she should be called blessed by all generations; and she declares the truths and mysteries which the incarnation brought to light. The mercy of God, namely, reaches from generation to generation to them that fear Him. He scatters the thoughts of the proud, and puts down from their seats the mighty; but He exalts the humble. He fills those who hunger for justice with good things, but those who think themselves rich He sends away empty. He receives all true Israelites, and performs in them the promises which He gave to the fathers. This hymn is repeated by the Church every day at Vespers, in praise of the work of redemption, begun by the incarnation of the Son of God in Mary. Would that every Christian, since he becomes one only by Christ being, as it were, born in him, might share those feelings which the Blessed Virgin and Mother has expressed in this hymn of praise, and, with the Church, daily praise God for the mystery of the incarnation!
Aspiration
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who didst descend from the highest heavens io the womb of the Virgin Mary, didst therein rest for rune months, and with her didst condescend to visit and sanctify Saint John, grant that we, by the practice of good works, particularly of humility, may become partakers of the fruits of Thy incarnation.
Saint Camilla Battista Varano
Also known as
• Battista Varano
• Camilla da Varano
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Born to the wealthy nobility; her father was the prince of Camerino, Italy. Camilla early felt a call to the religious life, which her family initially opposed, hoping for a good marriage for her. She became a Poor Clare nun in Urbino, Italy at age 23. Abbess of the convent of Santa Maria Nuova at Camarino, Italy which her father had restored for her. In 1502 her father and brothers were all killed for political reasons. In 1505, Pope Julius II sent her to found a Poor Clare convent in Fermo, Italy. In 1521 she helped institute the rule of the Poor Clares in San Severino Marche, Italy. Visionary; the visions of angels helped her understand several theological concepts. Stigmatist.
Born
9 April 1458 in Camerino, Macerata, Italy
Died
• 31 May 1524 in Camerino, Macerata, Italy of natural causes
• interred in the Poor Clare monastery in Camerino
Beatified
• 7 April 1843 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)
• 19 December 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Canonized
17 October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI
Blessed James Salomone
Also known as
• Father of the Poor
• James of Salomonio
• James Salomonelli
• James Salomonio
• James Salomonius
• James the Venetian
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Born to the nobility, and an only child. His father died when James was very small, his mother left the family to become a Cistercian nun, and James was raised by his grandmother. Tutored by a Cistercian monk who taught the boy to meditate. When he came of age, he became a Dominican at Santa Maria Celeste in Venice, Italy. On his way to the monastery he gave away his money to the poor he met on the way, keeping only enough to buy books; on arrival, he found a lay-brother in need of clothes; he gave the man the rest of his money, and entered empty-handed. Dominican for 66 years, holding offices in several houses in and around Venice. When word got out about his gift for spiritual direction, he feared the notoriety, and tried to withdraw from public life, transferring to the house in Forli, Italy, a place noted for its poverty and strict observance. Worked with the sick, heard confessions by the hour, and gave away everything that came to hand. Noted healer with hundreds of miraculous cures attributed to his intervention.
Born
1231 at Venice, Italy
Died
• 31 March 1314 of cancer at Forli, Italy
• buried in the chapel at Forli
Beatified
1526 by Pope Clement VII
Saint Petronilla of Rome
புனிதர் பெட்ரோனிலா
கன்னியர் மறைசாட்சி:
கன்னியர், மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: தெரியவில்லை
இறந்தது: 1 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு; 3 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மே 31
பாதுகாவல்:
ஃபிரான்சின் டாபின்கள் (The dauphins of France) (ஃபிரான்சின் சிம்மாசனத்தின் வெளிப்படையான வாரிசுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட தலைப்பு), மலை பயணிகள்; திருத்தந்தையர் மற்றும் ஃபிராங்கிஷ் பேரரசர்களுக்கு இடையிலான ஒப்பந்தங்கள்; காய்ச்சலுக்கு எதிராக
புனிதர் பெட்ரோனிலா ஒரு ஆதிகால கிறிஸ்தவ துறவி ஆவார். கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையால் அவர் ஒரு ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட கன்னியர் மறைசாட்சியாக வணங்கப்படுகிறார். பெட்ரோனிலா "டொமிடிலா" (Domitilla family) குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு உன்னதப் பெண்ணாக இருந்தார். அவர் கி.பி. முதலாம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதியில் அல்லது மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில், ரோம் நகரில், கிறிஸ்தவ மதமாற்றம் பெற்றவர் ஆவார். அவர் மரித்தார்.
பெட்ரோனிலா பாரம்பரியமாக புனிதர் பேதுருவின் மகள் என்று அடையாளம் காணப்படுகிறது. இருப்பினும் இது பெயர்களின் ஒற்றுமையிலிருந்து வெறுமனே தோன்றக்கூடும். அவர் துறவியின் மதமாற்றக்காரராக இருந்திருக்கலாம் (இதனால் ஒரு "ஆன்மீக மகள்"), அல்லது பின்பற்றுபவர் அல்லது வேலைக்காரர் என்றுகூட பொருள்படும். புனிதர் பேதுரு அவரை வாத நோயிலிருந்து குணப்படுத்தினார் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.
ரோமானிய கல்வெட்டுகள் அவளை ஒரு மறைசாட்சியாக அடையாளம் காட்டுகின்றன. அவர் புனிதர் "ஃபிளேவியா டொமிடிலா"வுடன் (Saint Flavia Domitilla) தொடர்புடையவராக இருக்கலாம்.
பெட்ரோனிலா ஒரு அழகான பெண் என்றும், பாகன் மன்னனான "ஃப்ளாக்கஸ்" (Flaccus) என்பவன் இவரை மணக்க விரும்பினான். ஃப்ளாக்கஸுடன் (Flaccus) திருமணத்தை மறுத்துவிட்ட பெட்ரோனிலா, அதற்கு பதிலாக தன்னை கிறிஸ்துவுக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்க விரும்பினார். இவரைப்போன்றவர்களிடமிருந்து பெட்ரோனிலா வை காப்பதற்காக, தூய பேதுரு இவரை ஒரு ஒரு கோபுரத்தில் பூட்டி வைத்திருந்தார் என்றும், "ஃப்ளாக்கஸ்" (Flaccus) போன்றோரிடமிருந்து தப்புவதற்காக பெட்ரோனிலா உண்ணா நோன்பிருந்து தன்னை வருத்திக்கொண்டதாகவும், அதன் விளைவாக இவர் மரித்துப்போனதாகவும், இவர் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட புராணங்கள் கூறுகின்றன.
இவர் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட மற்றுமொரு புராண கதையில், தமது கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை கைவிட மறுத்த காரணத்தால், இவர் துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது.
Also known as
Aurelia Petronilla, Pernelle, Peroline, Perrenotte, Perrette, Perrine, Perronelle, Petronella, Peyronne, Peyronnelle, Pierrette, Pérette, Périne, Pétronille
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For centuries legend said she was the daughter of Saint Peter, and that she was so beautiful that he had locked her in a tower to keep her from eligible men, but none of that is true. She may have been related to Peter, a servant, a co-worker, one of his converts, his "spiritual daughter", or the tradition may have started because of the similarities of the names. May have been related to Saint Flavia Domitilla of Terracina. Cured of palsy by Saint Peter. One story says she refused a marriage offer by a pagan king named Flaccus; when he pressed his case, she went on a hunger strike, and died three days later. Old inscriptions, however, list her as a martyr in the more common murdered-for-the-faith form.
Born
1st century Roman citizen
Died
• 1st century
• relics in Saint Peter's cathedral, Rome, Italy
Blessed Iacobus Chu Mun-mo
Also known as
• Jacob Chu Mun-mo
• James Zhou Wen-mo
• Zhou Wenmo
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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Orphaned as a child, he was raised by his grandmother. Convert to Catholicism. Studied at the diocesan seminary in Beijing, China, and was one of the first priest ordained there.
Christianity had taken root in Korea through the work of lay people who learned of the faith from books and letters written by missionaries to China. Father James was the first priest to enter the country, crossing the border on 24 December 1794. He studied Korean, and conducted his first Mass on Easter Sunday 1795. When the authorities learned of his presence, they began to hunt for him; he had been assisted in hiding out by Blessed Paulus Yun Yu-il, Blessed Matthaeus Choe In-gil, and Blessed Sabas Ji Hwang, all of whom were martyred for having helped him. Father James stayed on the move, ministering to covert Christians, compiling a catechism in Korea, organizing classes in Scripture and doctrine. Thousands were brought to the faith.
In 1801 the government began arresting and torturing lay people to learn where Father James was hiding. To stop this abuse, Father James surrendered to the authorities on 11 March 1801. Over the next 10 weeks he was repeatedly interrogated and tortured, the authorities believing he was a spy, that Christianity was subversive, that he came with some evil intent. He talked of nothing but Christ. Martyr.
Born
1752 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Died
• beheaded on 31 May 1801 by the Han River in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea
• legend says that at the moment of his execution the skies clouded over and a violent hail storm descended on his executioners
Beatified
15 August 2014 by Pope Francis
Saint Mechtildis of Edelstetten
Also known as
• Mechthildis of Diessen
• Mechthildis of Ammersee
• Mechthildis of Andechs
• Mechthildis von Dießen
• Mathildis, Mechtild, Mechtilde, Meta, Matilda, Matilde
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Born to the nobility, the daughter of Count Berthold and Sophie of Andechs; sister of Blessed Euphemia of Altomünster. Raised in a Benedictine convent at Diessen, Germany that had been founded by her parents. When she became Benedictine nun herself, her obvious virtue led to her superiors making her novice mistress. Abbess at Driessen and then of Edelstetten Abbey in 1153 where she was known as a reformer, mystic and miracle worker.
Born
1125 in Bavaria, Germany
Died
• 31 May 1160 at Diessen, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes
• relics enshrined in 1468
• relics transferred to the Saint Sebastian chapel in the Diessen abbey in 1488
• relics transferred to the Saint Magdalen altar in the early 18th century
Blessed Mariano of Roccacasale
Also known as
• Cicchetti (childhood nickname; means "snack size" or "little bit")
• Domenico di Nicolantonio
• Marianus...
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Born to a poor but pious farm family, he worked as a shepherd on Mount Morrone until the age of 23. Joined the Franciscans in 1802 at the convent of Saint Nicholas in Arischia, Italy as a lay brother; he served as cook, gardener, woodworker and alms beggar for 12 years. Friar Minor at the Franciscan convent in Bellegra, Italy, outside Rome, in 1815. There he served over 50 years as porter, dispensing charity and aid to pilgrims and the poor. Known for great devotion to Our Lady, for his devotion to Eucharistic Adoration, and his complete poverty and disregard of worldly concerns for himself. With little education but much time in prayer, he became a spritual advisor to many.
Born
13 January 1778 in Roccacasale, L'Aquila, Italy
Died
31 May 1866 in Bellegra (a.k.a. Civitella), Rome, Italy of natural causes
Veneration
3 May 1923 by Pope Pius XI (decree on heroic virtues)
Beatified
• 3 October 1999 by Pope John Paul II
• the beatification miracle involved the complete cure of a 15 month old boy, Louis Reposini, from severe encephalitis on the evening of 28 March 1918 through the intercession of Brother Mariano
Blessed Nicolas Barré
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Educated by Jesuits. Joined the Minims of Saint Francis of Paola at age 19. Taught philosophy while still a deacon. Priest. Director of the library at the convent of Place Royale, Paris, France. Noted preacher. Falling ill, he was sent to the friary in Amiens, France, and then to Rouen, France. After much prayer and thought, Nicholas decided that a lack of education was behind most social evils as young people were unable to fit into society, and so he started an educational movement. Small general classes were begun in many parishes, and trade schools and apprentice programs soon developed. He helped found a community of men and women teachers dedicated to public education; these Charitable Teachers helped found several other groups with the same mission. Consulted several times by Saint John Baptist de la Salle who used Nicolas's thought when founding the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Noted spiritual director who taught an abandonment to faith. Founded Sisters of the Infant Jesus, Sisters of the Infant Jesus - Providence Sisters of Rouen, and Sisters of Providence of Lisieux.
Born
21 October 1621 in Amiens, Somme, France
Died
31 May 1686 in Paris, France of natural causes
Beatified
7 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Felice of Nicosia
Also known as
• Felice Amoroso of Nicosia
• Filippo Giacomo Amoroso
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Son of a shoemaker, he learned his father's trade. Pious, hard working youth. Orphan. At age 19 he tried to enter a Capuchin convent, but was turned away; he tried again; and again; and again. After eight years of pleading, he was admitted on 19 October 1743, taking the name Felix. For 40 years he served as a beggar for his house. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Had the gift of healing, both physical and spiritual, and of bilocation. Worked tirelessly with the sick during a plague epidemic in Cerami, Italy in March 1777, healing many and coming though it unharmed. He was so devoted to his obedience to his Order that he asked his guardian for permission to die.
Born
5 November 1715 in Nicosia, Italy as Giacomo Amoroso
Died
• 31 May 1787 in Nicosia, Italy of natural causes
• relics translated to the cathedral of Nicosia in 1891
Canonized
23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy
Blessed Vitalis of Assisi
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Following a wild and mis-spent youth, Vitalis had a conversion and sought to do penance first by going on pilgrimage to the most important shrines throughout Europe, and then by becoming a Benedictine monk at Monte Subasio in Umbria, Italy. Late in life he left community life to live as a barefoot hermit near Assisi, Italy; his only possession was a basket he used to fetch water. Known throughout the region for his piety and healing miracles, especially involving the urinary tract.
Born
1295 in Bastia Umbra, Italy
Died
31 May 1370 in Assisi, Italy of natural causes
Blessed Robert Thorpe
Additional Memorials
• 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
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Began studying at the English College in Rheims, France on 1 March 1583. Ordained in April 1585. Returned to England on 9 May 1585 to minister to covert Catholics in Yorkshire. Betrayed to a justice of the peace by some one who had seen him preparing palm fronds, he was arrested in bed in the early morning of Palm Sunday, 1591 for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.
Born
c.1560 in Yorkshire, England
Died
hanged, drawn and quartered on 31 May 1591 in York, North Yorkshire, England
Beatified
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Nowa Mawaggali
Also known as
• Noah Mawaggali
• Noe Mawaggali
Additional Memorial
3 June as one of the Martyrs of Uganda
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Member of the Ngabi clan. Convert. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.
Born
at Buganda, Uganda
Died
stabbed with a spear and torn apart by wild dogs on 31 May 1886 at Mityana, Uganda
Canonized
18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy
Blessed Thomas Watkinson
Additional Memorial
22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales
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Married layman and family man in the apostolic vicariate of England who provided aid to covert priests in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I. Martyr.
Born
in Menthorpe, North Yorkshire, England
Died
hanged, drawn and quartered on 31 May 1591 in York, North Yorkshire, England
Beatified
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Silvio of Toulouse
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Fourth bishop of Toulouse, France. Designed and began the construction of the first basilica in the diocese. Enshrined the relics of Saint Saturninus of Toulouse.
Died
c.400 in Toulouse, France of natural causes
Blessed Juan Moya Collado
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Young layman in the diocese of Almeria Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
2 October 1918 in Almeria Spain
Died
31 May 1938 in Turón, Granada Spain
Venerated
14 June 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Blessed Kasper Gerarz
Also known as
Kaspar
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Premonstratensian monk. Canon of the monastery in Heylissem, Belgium. Spiritual director of the convent of Langwaden in Grevenbroich, Germany.
Born
1544 in the Netherlands
Died
31 May 1614 of natural causes
Saint Alexander of Auvergne
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Martyr.
Died
• somewhere in the area of modern France, date unknown
• relics enshrined in modern Auvergne, France
Saint Crescentian of Sassari
Also known as
Crescentianus
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Martyred in the persecutions of Hadrian.
Died
c.130 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
Blessed Nicholaus of Vangadizza
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Camaldolese monk and priest in the abbey of Vangadizza (in modern Badia Polesine, Italy).
Died
c.1210
Saint Mancus of Cornwall
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Sixth century saint who lived in Cornwall. A church is dedicated to him, but no information about him has survived.
Born
Ireland
Saint Myrbad of Cornwall
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Sixth century saint who lived in Cornwall. A church is dedicated to him, but no information about him has survived.
Born
Ireland
Saint Winnow of Cornwall
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Sixth century saint who lived in Cornwall. A church is dedicated to him, but no information about him has survived.
Born
Ireland
Saint Galla of Auvergne
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Martyr.
Died
• somewhere in the area of modern France, date unknown
• relics enshrined in modern Auvergne, France
Blessed Nicholaus of Vaucelles
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One of the first members of the Cistercians. Monk. Abbot of the Vaucelles abbey.
Died
c.1163
Saint Hermias of Comana
கொமானா நகர் புனிதர் ஹெர்மியாஸ்
மறைசாட்சி:
பிறப்பு: தெரியவில்லை
இறப்பு: கி.பி. 160
கொமானா, கப்படோசியா
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மே 31
கொமானா நகர் புனிதர் ஹெர்மியாஸ், ஒரு ஆதிகால கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபையின் மறைசாட்சியும், ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க மற்றும் கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபைகளின் புனிதரும் ஆவார். இரண்டாம் நூற்றாண்டில் வாழ்ந்த இப்புனிதர், ரோம இராணுவத்தில் (Roman army) சிப்பாயாக நெடுங்காலம் பணியாற்றியவர் ஆவார். கிறிஸ்துவின் மேலுள்ள விசுவாசத்திற்காக கொடூரமாக துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டார்.
ஹெர்மியாஸ், "போன்டஸ்" எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள (Comana in Pontus) "கொமானா" எனுமிடத்தில் ரோம இராணுவத்தின் சிப்பாயாக நீண்ட கால சேவையாற்றினார். "அன்டோனியஸ் பயஸின்" (Antoninus Pius) ஆட்சியின் கீழ் (கி.பி. 138-161) இராணுவ சேவையை நிறைவு செய்த இவர், தமது சேவைக்காக சம்பளமாகவோ ஏனைய படியாகவோ ஏதும் பெற்றுக்கொள்ள மறுத்துவிட்டார். தமது விசுவாசத்தை கிறிஸ்துவில் அர்ப்பணித்தார்.
இவற்றை அறிந்த செபாஸ்டியன் (Sebastian) எனும் "கொமானா" எனுமிடத்தின் ஆளுநர் (Proconsul in Comana), கிறிஸ்துவில் விசுவாசத்தை மறுதலிக்கவும், ரோம பேரரசின்மேல் விசுவாசத்தை அறிக்கையிடவும் ஹெர்மியாசை அழைத்தான். அக்காலத்தில், ஆளுநர் என்பவர், பண்டைய ரோம் நாட்டில் ஏகாதிபத்திய அதிகாரம் கொண்ட பதவியாகும்.
ரோம ஆளுநர் செபாஸ்டியனின் (Sebastian) அழைப்பினை கடுமையாக நிராகரித்த ஹெர்மியாஸ், துன்புறுத்துவதற்காக அனுப்பப்பட்டார். சித்திரவதையாளர்களால் அவரது தாடை எலும்புகள் உடைக்கப்பட்டன. அவருடைய முகத்தின் தோல் உரிக்கப்பட்டது. பின்னர், எரியும் உலையில் எறியப்பட்ட இவர் மூன்று நாட்களின் பின்னர் எவ்வித காயங்களோ பாதிப்புகளோ இன்றி வெளிவந்தார்.
இவற்றையெல்லாம் கண்டு ஆத்திரம் கொண்ட செபாஸ்டியன், கொடிய விஷம் தயாரிக்கும் மந்திரவாதியான "மாரஸ்" (Marus) என்பவனின் உதவியை நாடினான். விஷம் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டு ஹெர்மியாஸ் அருந்த கொடுக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால், அவ்விஷம் புனிதரை தீங்கு ஏதும் செய்யவில்லை. மீண்டும் கொடிய விஷம் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டு கொடுக்கப்பட்டது. பின்னரும் அதனால் எவ்வித பாதிப்பும் இல்லை என்றானதும், கிறிஸ்துவின் தெய்வீக சக்தியை உணர்ந்த "மாரஸ்" (Marus) கிறிஸ்துவில் தமது விசுவாசத்தை அறிக்கையிட்டு வெளிப்படுத்தினான். இதுகண்ட செபாஸ்டியன், உடனடியாக "மாரஸின்" (Marus) தலையை வெட்டிக் கொன்றான். புனிதர் "மாரஸ்" (Marus) தமது சொந்த இரத்தத்தாலேயே திருமுழுக்கு அளிக்கப்பட்டார். உடனேயே மறைசாட்சி எனவும் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டார்.
புனிதர் ஹெர்மியாஸ் புதிய துன்புறுத்தல்களுக்கு ஆளாக்கப்பட்டார். கொதிக்கும் எண்ணெயில் இடப்பட்டார். அவரது கண்கள் பிடுங்கப்பட்டன. தலைகீழாக மூன்று நாட்கள் தொங்கவிடப்பட்டார். ஆனாலும் அவர் கிறிஸ்துவில் தமது நன்றியை அறிவித்துக்கொண்டேயிருந்தார். இறுதியில், வெறி பிடித்த செபாஸ்டியன் இப்புனிதரின் தலையை தமது வாளால் வெட்டிக் கொன்றான்.
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Professional soldier. Martyr. Mentioned prominently in Greek liturgy.
Hermias of Comana (/hɜːrˈmaɪəs/; Greek: Ἑρμείας) is an early martyr commemorated in the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.[1] He lived in the 2nd century and was a soldier in the Roman army until he confessed Christ and was tortured. His feast day is 31 May.
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The Saint and Martyr Hermias was a soldier who had spent long years in the Roman army, in Comana in Pontus.[2] Completing his service under the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161), he refused any pay and confessed his faith to Christ. He was arrested and brought before Sebastian, Proconsul in Comana, who summoned him to renounce his confession to show his loyalty towards the Roman emperor. As Hermias refused vigorously, he was sent to be tortured. His tormentors broke his jaws, and then tore off the skin of his face. He was then thrown in a burning furnace, from which he left unscathed after three days. Sebastian then decided to resort to a sorcerer Marus, who concocted a strong poison with the intention of killing the Saint. Hermias blessed the poison with the sign of the cross and drank it with no harm. Having seen Saint Hermias drink with no effect a second stronger poison that he had prepared for him, Marus himself confessed the divine power of Christ and was immediately beheaded. Saint Marus was baptized in his own blood, and was made a martyr. Hermias was then subjected to new torments: he was plunged in boiling oil, his eyes were gouged out, and he was then suspended upside down for three days, but he kept giving thanks to Christ. Finally, the crazed Sebastian beheaded him with his own sword. Christians secretly buried the body of the martyr Hermias, whose relics bestowed numerous healings.
Died
170 at Comana, Pontus
Saint Paschasius of Rome
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Deacon in Rome, Italy. Wrote on theology.
Died
c.512
Saint Donatian of Cirta
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Martyr.
Died
Cirta, Numidia (in modern Algeria)
Martyrs of Aquileia
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Three young members of the imperial Roman nobility and who were raised in a palace and had Saint Protus of Aquileia as tutor and catechist. To escape the persecutions of Diocletian, the family sold their property and moved to Aquileia, Italy. However, the authorities there quickly ordered them to sacrifice to idols; they refused. Martyrs all - Cantianilla, Cantian and Cantius.
Died
beheaded in 304 at Aquae-Gradatae (modern San-Cantiano) just outside Aquileia, Italy
Martyrs of the Via Aurelia
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Four Christians martyred together. No information about them has survived except their names - Justa, Lupus, Tertulla and Thecla.
Died
69 on the Via Aurelia near Rome, Italy
Martyrs of Gerona
Also known as
• Martyrs of Gerunda
• Martyrs of Girona
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A group of Christians martyred together. No details about them have survived but the names –
• Agapia
• Amelia
• Castula
• Cicilia
• Donatus
• Firmus
• Fortunata
• Gaullenus
• Germanus
• Honorius
• Istialus
• Justus
• Lautica
• Lupus
• Maxima
• Paulica
• Rogate
• Rogatus
• Silvanus
• Tecla
• Teleforus
• Tertula
• Tertus
• Victoria
• Victurinus
• Victurus
Died
Gerona, Catalonia, Spain, date unknown
