St. Withburga
புனித வித்பர்கா (-743)
இவர் இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்; இவரது தந்தை இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டின் கிழக்கு ஆங்கிலேயாவை ஆண்டுவந்த அன்னா என்பவராவார்.
இவரது தந்தை எதிரி நாட்டோடு போர்தொடுக்கச் சொல்லும்போது போரில் எதிரிகளால் கொல்லப்பட்டார். இச்செய்தியை அறிந்த இவர் பெரிதும் வருந்தி அழுதார்.
பின்னர் இவர் எல்லாவற்றையும் துறந்துவிட்டுத் துறவு வாழ்க்கையை மேற்கொள்ளத் தொடங்கினார்.
இவர் தன் சொந்த முயற்சியால் டெரகம் என்ற இடத்தில் ஒரு துறவுமடத்தையும் கோயிலையும் கட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கிறபொழுது, இவரால் பணியாளர்களுக்குப் போதிய உணவு கொடுக்க முடியாத சூழ்நிலை ஏற்பட்டது. அப்போது இவர் புனித கன்னி மரியாவிடம் உருக்கமாக வேண்ட, அவர் பணியாளர்களுக்கு அற்புதமான முறையில் உணவு கிடைக்கச் செய்தார்.
இவர் கோயிலைக் கட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கிற போதே இவரது உயிர், இவருடைய உடலைவிட்டுப் பிரிந்தது. இதற்குப் பிறகு கோயில் கட்டும் பணியை இவருடைய மடத்தில் இருந்த ஏனைய சகோதரிகள் தம் பொறுப்பில் எடுத்து, நிறைவு செய்தார்கள்.
இவர் 743 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.
St. Wihtburh, depicted in St Nicholas's Church, Dereham, Norfolk
Died 17 March 743
Dereham
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Major shrine Ely Cathedral
Feast 8 July
Attributes A pair of does; church
Catholic cult suppressed 1540s[1]
Withburga (d.c. 743) + Virgin and Benedictine nun. The youngest daughter of King Anna of East Anglia, England (d. 653). Following the death of her father in battle, she moved to Dereham where she established a nunnery and a church. She died with the church unfinished, on March 17. Her remains were later stolen by monks who enshrined her in Ely. A fresh spring, called Withburga's Well, sprang up at her grave in Dereham. Feast day: July 8.
Wihtburh (also Withburga or Withburge; died 743) was an East Anglian saint, princess and abbess. According to tradition, she was the youngest daughter of Anna, king of the East Angles, but Virginia Blanton has suggested that the royal connection was probably a fabrication. One story says that the Virgin Mary sent a pair of female deer to provide milk for Wihtburh's workers during the construction of her convent at Dereham, in Norfolk. When a local official attempted to hunt down the does, he was thrown from his horse and killed.
Withburh died in 743 and was buried at Dereham. Her body was said to be uncorrupted by age or decay when her tomb was opened half a century after her death, and the church and the tomb subsequently became a place of pilgrimage. When her relics were stolen on the orders of the abbot of Ely Abbey, the remains were re-interred at Ely next to her sisters Æthelthryth and Seaxburh. In 1106, Withburh's body was again examined and found to be intact.
Wihtburh’s cult in Eastern England, which was never large, was closely linked with that of her sister Æthelthryth. It was suppressed during the Reformation in the 1540s, and her relics were all destroyed.
St. Raymond of Toulouse
Born Toulouse, France
Died 3 July 1118
Toulouse, France
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse
Feast 8 July
A chanter and canon renowned for generosity. A native of Toulouse, France, he was known originally as Raymond Gayrard. After the death of his wife, he became a canon of St. Sernin, Toulouse, helping to rebuild the church which became a popular place for pilgrims. After his death on July 3, many miracles were reported at his tomb.
Old hospital of St. Raymond, now museum, new building of the fifteenth century.
Raymond of Toulouse, also known as Raymond Gayrard, was a chanter and canon renowned for generosity.[1] A native of Toulouse, who entered religious life after the death of his wife. He became a canon of St. Sernin, Toulouse, helping to rebuild the church which became a popular place for pilgrims.
After his death on 3 July 1118, many miracles were reported at his tomb and he was beatified in 1652 by Pope Innocent X.
Saint Killian
புனித. கிளியன் (St.Kilian)
ஆயர், மறைசாட்சி
பிறப்பு
640
வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் ( Wurzburg )
இறப்பு
ஜூலை 8, 689
வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் (Würzburg)
முத்திபேறுபட்டம்: 788
இவர் பெயரில் வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க்கில் ஓர் ஆலயம் உள்ளது. பல வருடங்களாக இவ்வாலயம் புனித தலமாக இருந்தது. அங்குள்ள கிரிப்தா (Krypta)என்ற சிற்றாலயத்தில் உள்ள கல்லறையில் இப்புனிதரின் உடல் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. அவர் ஆயராக இருந்தபோது பயன்படுத்திய, தலையில் வைக்கும் தொப்பியும்,கையில் பிடிக்கும் நீண்ட பெரிய சிலுவையும் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டு, பார்வைக்கு வைக்கப்பட்டது. மற்றும் சில பொருட்களும், திருவிவிலியம் மைன்ஸ்(Mainz) என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு சொந்தமான நூலகத்தில் வைத்து பாதுகாக்கப்படுகின்றது. இவரின் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு மிக நீண்ட அளவில் இருப்பதால் வரலாறாக வடிவமைக்கப்பட்டது.
இவர் 687 ஆம் ஆண்டில் மிக சிறந்த ஆயர் என்ற பெருமையை பெற்றார். வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் மக்களிடையே இவரின் பெயரில் தனிப்பட்ட நம்பிக்கை வளர்ந்தது. 689 ஆம் ஆண்டு கெய்லானா (Gailana) என்ற நாட்டை சார்ந்த ஓர் அரசன், இனத்தின் பெயரால், ஆயர் கிளியன் கொலைசெய்ய திட்டமிட்டான். அவருடன் இணைந்து பணிபுரிந்த குருக்கள் கோலோண்ட்(Kolont) மற்றும் டோப்னான்(Tofnan) இருவரும் முதலில் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள். நற்செய்திக்கு சான்று பகரும் விதமாக இருவரும் மறைசாட்சியானார்கள். பிறகு கிளியன் அவர்களின் செப வாழ்வினால் அரசர் குடும்பத்தினர் தூண்டப்பட்டு, வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் வந்து ஆயரிடம் ஞானஸ்நானம் பெற்று மனந்திரும்பினர். பாவமன்னிப்பு பெற்று இறைவனை நம்பினர். ஆனால் அரசனின் படையை சேர்ந்தவர்கள், அரசருக்கு தெரியாமலேயே ஆயரை கொன்றார்கள். இவர்கள் மூவருக்குமே (கிளியன், கோலோண்ட், டோப்னான்) வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் பேராலயத்தில் கல்லறைகள் உள்ளது. உலகப் போரில் இப்பேராலயமானது அழிவுக்குள்ளாக்கப்பட்டதால், 1910 ஆம் ஆண்டு மீண்டும் புதுப்பிக்கப்பட்டு நொய்முன்ஸ்ரர் பேராலயம்(Neumünsterkirche) என்று இன்றும் அழைக்கப்பட்டு, ஆயிரக்கணக்கான மக்கள் திருப்பலியில் பங்கெடுக்கப்படுகின்றது.
Also known as
• Apostle of Franconia
• Chilianus, Chillian, Chillien, Cilian, Cillíne, Cillian, Kilian, Killena
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Born to the Irish nobility. Monk at the monastery of Hy. May have been an abbot. Travelling bishop throughout Ireland. Missionary with eleven companions through Gaul to Würzburg, Germany whose people he found to be pagan, and whom he resolved to convert. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy in 686 where he received papal authority for his mission; Pope Conon ordained him as a missionary bishop. Kilian then returned to Würzburg in 687 with Saint Colman and Saint Totnan. With them, he evangelized East Franconia and East Thuringia, areas in modern Bavaria, Germany, converted Duke Gozbert and a large part of Gozbert's subjects.
After Duke Gozbert converted, Killian explained that the duke's marriage with Geilana, his brother's widow, was unlawful. He secured the duke's promise to leave her, which made an enemy of pagan Geilana. She plotted against the saint, and caused the murder of him, Colman and Totnan, and the burial of their corpses, sacred vessels, vestments, and holy writings at the crime scene. When the duke returned to her, Geilana denied knowing the location of the missionaries. The actual murderer went mad, confessed his crime, and died miserably. Geilana herself eventually died insane.
Kilian's good work did not long survive him. When Saint Boniface arrived in Thuringia, he found evidence of his predecessor's influence. The relics of the martyrs, after cures had brought fame to their burial place, were transferred to the Church of Our Lady in 743 by Saint Burchard, first Bishop of Würzburg. After Burchard obtained Pope Zachary's permission for their public veneration, they were solemnly transferred, probably on 8 July 752, to the newly finished Cathedral of the Saviour. Later they were buried in Saint Kilian's vault in the new cathedral erected on the spot where tradition says they were martyred. His skull is still preserved, is be-jewelled, and is processed on his feast day. Killian's copy of the New Testament was preserved in Würzburg Cathedral until 1803, and since then has been in the university library.
Born
c.640 in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland
Died
beheaded on 8 July 689
Blessed Giulio of Montevergine
Also known as
Julio, Julius
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Born to the Italian nobility, he received a good education in music, literature and the sciences. As a young man he felt a call to religious life, gave away all he had to the poor, and left home to live as a hermit in the area of Campania, Italy. He and a another hermit, named Giovanni, developed such a reputation for wisdom and holiness that they attraced would-be students, and the local feudal lords built them a hermitage and a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The two hermits wanted the property entrusted to a religious order, so Pope Gregory XIII sent the Camaldolese Benedictines. With the place and the local people cared for by the monks, Giulio withdrew from the area to return to life as a prayerful hermit. With the permission of the monks, he lived near the abbey of Montevergine, but never joined the Order. He served the abbey for 24 years as organist and achieved such a reputation that people came from other cities to hear him during liturgies.
Born
16th century Nardò, Lecce, Italy
Died
• 8 July 1601 at the abbey of Montevergine of natural causes
• buried at his own request under the floor of the Chapel of the Madonna in the abbey so that he would be trampled by all the pilgrims and thus be reminded that he was a great sinner
• his tomb was opened in 1621 during renovations to the chapel, and his body was found to be incorrupt after 20 years
Saint Sunniva of Bergen
Also known as
• Sunniva of Norway
• Sunnifa, Synnöve
Additional Memorial
31 August (translation of relics)
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Daughter of a tenth century Irish king. To avoid an arranged marriage with an invading pagan king, she, her brother Alban, and several female companions fled her home to settle in a cave on the island of Selje off the Norwegian coast. Some time later, Viking locals decided that the group was stealing cattle, and sent an armed band to attack them. When they arrived, they found the cave sealed by a landslide; none of the group of exiles were ever seen alive again. Years later, around 995, after reports of strange lights in the area, King Olaf Tryggvason had the cave opened; Sunniva's body was found incorrupt, and the king built a church there in her honour.
Sunniva's story was retold and revised over the years, often combining elements of Saint Ursula's history. Sometimes she is a nun leading a group of pious sisters seeking solitude. According to post-Reformation sources, Sunniva had two sisters, Saint Borni and Saint Marita, and her brother was Saint Alban.
Martyrs of Shanxi
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In 1898 seven sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary were sent to the Shanxi diocese in China to serve the poor in hospitals, and care for the unwanted or other destitutes in orphanages. They were -
• Anne-Catherine Dierks
• Anne-Francoise Moreau
• Clelia Nanetti
• Irma Grivot
• Jeanne-Marie Kuergin
• Marianna Giuliani
• Pauline Jeuris
There they all died in one of the periodic crackdowns against foreign missionaries.
Died
beheaded on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuanfu, China
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Edgar the Peaceful
Also known as
• Eadgar the Peaceful
• Edgar the Peaceable
• Edgar I
• Edgar of England
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Born a prince, the son of King Edmund I and Saint Elgiva of Shaftesbury. King of the Mercians and Northumbrians in 957. King of the West Saxons on 1 October 959, which effectively made him king of all England. Efficient and unusually tolerant of local customs; while he spent much time in military actions, his reign was a peaceful period for civilians. Supported his friend Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Oswald of York, and Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester in founding abbeys, encouraged the Benedictine movement, and enacted penalties for nonpayment of tithes and Peter's pence. Father of Saint Edward the Martyr.
Born
943 or 944 in Wessex, England
Died
8 July 975 in Winchester, Wessex, England
Blessed Pope Eugene III
Also known as
• Peter dei Paganelli di Montemagno
• Bernard of Pisa
• Bernardo Pignatelli
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Prominent Cistercian monk. Friend of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Abbot of the monastery of Tre Fontaine. Elected pope unanimously on day of his predecessor's funeral; the cardinals wanted a quick election to prevent the interference of secular authorities. Promoted the disastrous Second Crusade. In 1146, the agitation of Arnold of Brescia and the republicans drove the pope from Rome. While in exile from 1146 to 1149 and again from 1150 to 1152, Eugene worked to reform clerical discipline.
Born
at Montemagno, Pisa, Italy as Peter dei Paganelli di Montemagno
Papal Ascension
15 February 1145
Died
8 July 1151 at Tivoli, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
28 December 1872 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)
Saint Pancras of Taormina
Also known as
• Pancratius
• Pankratios
• Pancrazio
• Pankratiy
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Travelled from Turkey to Jerusalem as a boy during the ministry of Jesus. Back in Antioch, he and his entire family converted. Hermit in a cave in Pontus. Consecrated as a missionary bishop by the Saint Peter the Apostle, and sent to Taormina, Sicily. Miraculously saved the city from destruction by the pagan commander Aquilinus. Martyred by other pagans who opposed Christianity.
Born
Antioch, Cilicia (modern Adana, Turkey)
Died
stoned to death in Taormina, Sicily
Saint Grimbald
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Benedictine monk, and prior of Saint Bertin monastery. Alfred of England was impressed with the man's holiness, and when he ascended the throne, Alfred asked Grimbald to come to England to share his knowledge and holiness. Grimbald arrived in England around 885, and impressed many with his knowledge of Scripture, his skill in music, and his holiness. Grimbald helped found the University of Oxford, and served as its first professor of divinity. Declined the bishopric of Canterbury. He retired to Winchester, and with the king's encouragement, he began the foundation of Newminister, and was then installed as abbot. After two decades in England, Grimbald became ill. He took Communion, spent several days in contemplation, gathered the monks of the community to his room for one last time of fellowship, and died.
Born
9th century Flanders, Belgium
Died
901 of natural causes
Blessed Peter the Hermit
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Preached the First Crusade to recover the Holy Lands from invading Muslims. Went with the armies of Godfrey of Bouillon. Vicar General of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Returned to Belgium in 1099. Founded the Neufmoustier monastery in Huy, Belgium were he served as prior for the rest of his life. Known as a popular preacher and for living an extremely ascetic life; when his relics were moved in 1242 he was discovered to have worn a hair shirt under his habit.
Born
c.1050 at Amiens, France
Died
• 1115 at the Neufmoustier monastery in Huy, Belgium of natural causes
• re-interred in 1242
Pope Saint Adrian III
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Pope for approximately one year. Almost nothing is known of his life before his ascension. Adrian opposed the Roman aristocratic faction led by the corrupt bishop Formosus, and arrested the more violent members of the group. He died en route to Worms, Germany where he was going to help settle the question of succession to Emperor Charles the Fat.
Born
at Teano, Italy, or Rome, Italy (records vary)
Papal Ascension
17 May 884
Died
• summer 885 near Modena, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the monastery of Nonantula near Modena
Martyrs of Syrmium
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Five Christians martyred together for their faith. We know nothing else about them but the names - Cecilia, Eperentius, Eraclius, Sostratus and Spirus.
Died
4th century in Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Serbia)
Saint Priscilla the Tent Maker
தூயவர்களான அக்கில்லா மற்றும் பிரிஸ்கா (ஜூலை 08)
“கிறிஸ்து இயேசுவுக்காக என்னோடு சேர்ந்து உழைக்கின்ற பிரிஸ்காவுக்கும் அக்கில்லாவுக்கும் என் வாழ்த்து” (உரோ 16:3)
வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு
அக்கில்லா, பிரிஸ்கா ஆகிய இருவரும் பிறப்பால் யூதர்கள். இவர்கள் இருவரும் கூடாரத் தொழில் செய்து பிழைத்து வந்தார்கள். கி.பி.49 ஆம் ஆண்டு, உரோமையை ஆண்டுவந்த கிளாடியஸ் என்ற மன்னன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களைக் கொடுமைப்படுத்தத் தொடங்கியதால், இவர்கள் அங்கிருந்து கொரிந்து நகருக்கு இடம்பெயர்ந்து, அங்கே கூடாரத் தொழில் செய்து பிழைத்து வந்தார்கள்.
இப்படிப்பட்ட சமயத்தில்தான் புறவினத்தாரின் இறைவாக்கினர் என அழைக்கப்படும் பவுல் இவர்களிடத்தில் வந்து, பிழைப்பிற்காக கூடாரத் தொழில் செய்து வந்தார். பவுலடியாரின் போதனையும் எடுத்துக்காட்டன வாழ்வும் இவர்களை மிகவும் மாற்றியது என்றுதான் சொல்லவேண்டும். இதனால் இவர்கள் பவுலடியாருக்கு பணிவிடை செய்யத் தொடங்கினார்கள்.
பவுல் எபேசு நகருக்குச் சென்றபோது இவர்கள் இருவரையும் தன்னோடு கூட்டிச் சென்றார். அங்கே இவர்கள் இருவரும் நற்செய்திப் பணியில் பவுலுக்கு மிகவும் உறுதுணையாக இருந்தார்கள். இதற்கிடையில் இவர்கள் இருவரும் அப்போல்லோவைச் சந்தித்தார்கள். அவரோ திருமுழுக்கு குறித்த போதுமான தெளிவில்லாமல் இருந்தார். எனவே அவருக்கு இவர்கள் சரியான போதனையை எடுத்துச் சொல்லி, அவரைத் தெளிவுபடுத்தினார்கள்.
எபேசு நகரில் சில காலத்திற்கு பவுலோடு நற்செய்திப் பணியாற்றிய இவர்கள் இருவரும் உரோமை நகருக்கு வந்தார்கள். அங்கே இவர்கள் இருவரும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவைப் பற்றி வல்லமையோடு மக்களுக்கு எடுத்துரைத்து வந்தார்கள். இதுகுறித்து கேள்விப்பட்ட உரோமை மன்னன் இவர்களைக் கொன்றுபோட்டான். இவ்வாறு அக்கில்லாவும் பிரிஸ்காவும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி, தங்களுடைய இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்தார்கள்.
Also known as
Prisca
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First century Jewish tent-maker. Married to Saint Aquila. Convert to Christianity. Entertained Saint Paul in Corinth and Ephesus. While they lived in Rome, Italy, their house was used as a church. Mentioned in Acts 18; Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 16; and 2 Timothy 4. Martyr.
Died
Rome, Italy
Saint Aquila the Tent Maker
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First century Jewish tent-maker. Married to Saint Priscilla. Convert to Christianity. Entertained Saint Paul in Corinth and Ephesus. While they lived in Rome, Italy their house was used as a church. Mentioned in Acts 18; Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 16; and 2 Timothy 4. Martyr.
Born
Pontus
Died
Rome, Italy
Blessed Adolf IV of Schauenburg
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Born to the nobility. Count of Schauenburg, Germany. Conquered the Holstein region of modern Germany from invading pagan Danes in 1225. Crusader to Livonia in 1228. Founded monasteries in Hamburg and Kiel in Germany. Joined the Franciscans in Hamburg in 1239. Ordained in 1245.
Died
• 8 July 1261 in Kiel, Germany of natural causes
• interred in the church of the Franciscan abbey in Kiel
Saint Ioannes Wu Wenyin
Also known as
• John Wu Wenyin
• Ruowang
Additional Memorial
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
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Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.
Born
c.1850 in Dongertou, Yongnian, Hebei, China
Died
8 July 1900 in Dongertou, Yongnian, Hebei, China
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Mancius Araki Kyuzaburo
Also known as
Mancio Araki
Additional Memorial
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
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Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Gave Blessed Francisco Pacheco a home during his missionary work. For this he was imprisoned and left to die. Martyr.
Born
c.1590 in Kuchinotsu, Japan
Died
8 July 1626 in Shimabara, Japan of tuberculosis
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
Saint Colman of Thuringia
Also known as
Kolonat
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Evangelized Franconia and East Thuringia. Worked and martyred with Saint Kilian and Saint Totnan.
Died
c.689 at East Thuringia
Saint Ithier of Nevers
Also known as
Ythier
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Physician. Taught medicine. Treated the poor for free. Chosen bishop of Nevers, France, he became a priest in order to be consecrated.
Born
Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France
Died
• 695 of natural causes
• buried in the collegiate church of Saint Ythier in Sully-sur-Loire, France
Saint Totnan of Thuringia
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Evangelized Franconia and East Thuringia. Worked and martyred with Saint Kilian and Saint Colman.
Died
c.689 at East Thuringia
Saint Procopius of Ceasarea
Also known as
Procopio
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Soldier in the imperial Roman army. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for having declared himself a Christian in open court.
Died
beheaded c.303 at Caesarea, Palestine
Saint Ampelius of Milan
Also known as
Ampèle, Ampelio
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Bishop of Milan, Italy from 665 to 672. Worked to Christianize the invading Lombards.
Died
c.672 of natural causes
Saint Morwenna
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No details about her have survived. She is reported to have appeared in visions in Morwenstow, Cornwall, England where her relics are apparently buried under the church floor.
Saint Brogan of Mothil
Also known as
Bearchan, Bracan, Broccan, Brochan
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Sixth or seventh century scribe and bishop of Mothil, Waterford, Ireland. May have been the nephew of Saint Patrick, and may have served as his secretary.
Abrahamite Monks
Also known as
Martyrs of Constantinople
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A group of monks in a monstery founded by Saint Abraham of Ephesus. Martyred in the iconoclast persecutions of emperor Theophilus.
Died
c.835 in Constantinople
Saint Glyceria of Heraclea
Also known as
Gliceria
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Martyr.
Died
Heraclea, Thrace
Saint Arnold of Arnoldsweiler
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Noted for his charity to the poor. The village Arnoldsweiler, Germany is named for him.
Died
c.800
Saint Landrada
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Founded the convent of Munsterbilsen, Belgium and served as its first abbess.
Died
c.690
Saint Apollonius of Benevento
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Bishop of Benevento, Italy. Forced into hiding during the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
c.326
Saint Doucelin
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Spiritual student of Saint Martin of Tours. Evangelist.
Saint Abraham the Martyr
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Bishop. Martyr.
Died
348
Representation
sword, the instrument of his execution
Saint Auspicius of Trier
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Bishop of Trier, Germany
Died
c.130
Saint Auspicius of Toul
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Bishop of Toul, France.
Died
c.475
Albert of Genoa
Saint Albert of Genoa: Also known as Lambert of Genoa, he was a Cistercian hermit. Born in Genoa, Italy, Albert entered a nearby Cistercian abbey. He remained there for the rest of his life as a lay brother and a hermit. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, with his feast day on July 8th.
Disibod of the Rhineland
Irish Missionary: Disibod hailed from Ireland and arrived in Francia (present-day France) around 640 AD with a missionary purpose.
Teaching and Founding: After working in the Vosges and Ardennes regions for a decade, Disibod settled near Odernheim am Glan in the Rhineland. He established a hermitage there and became known for his teachings. Following his death, a monastery was founded on the same spot in his honor. This monastery, Disibodenberg Abbey, became a prominent center of learning and pilgrimage in the region.
Connection to Hildegard of Bingen: The famous abbess and polymath Hildegard of Bingen lived at Disibodenberg Abbey for a significant part of her life. She even wrote a biography of Saint Disibod titled "Vita Sancti Disibodi".
Disibodenberg Abbey:
Monastery's History: The abbey faced challenges throughout its history, including raids by Vikings and Magyars (Hungarians). However, it was also rebuilt and expanded, particularly under the leadership of Archbishop Willigis of Mainz in the 10th century.
Current Status: Today, Disibodenberg Abbey lies in ruins within a nature reserve. However, it remains a popular tourist destination for those interested in medieval history and religious sites.
Feast Day:
Veneration: Disibod is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on July 8th.
Lorenzo Illuminatore di Farfa
Lorenzo Illuminatore di Farfa, also known as Lawrence of Farfa, was a prominent figure in the early medieval history of the Abbey of Farfa in Sabina, Italy. He is revered for his contributions to the abbey's growth and spiritual development. While he isn't formally canonized as a saint, he holds a significant place in the abbey's history and is considered a blessed individual.
Life and Contributions:
Early Life and Monasticism: Details about Lorenzo's early life are scarce. It is believed he was born in the 8th century and entered the Abbey of Farfa as a young man. The abbey, founded in the 6th century, was a renowned center of learning and religious influence in the region.
Leadership and Reforms: Lorenzo rose through the ranks of the monastery and eventually became its abbot, likely in the early 9th century. During his tenure, he played a crucial role in revitalizing the abbey's spiritual and administrative practices. He implemented reforms aimed at strengthening monastic discipline and adherence to Benedictine Rule.
Expansion and Influence: Under Lorenzo's leadership, the Abbey of Farfa experienced significant growth and expansion. He oversaw the construction of new buildings, including a church dedicated to Saint Benedict. The abbey's landholdings increased, and its reputation as a center of learning and piety flourished.
Scholarly Contributions: Lorenzo was not only an able administrator but also a dedicated scholar. He is credited with writing or compiling several religious texts, including commentaries on the Bible and works on monastic life. These writings contributed to the abbey's intellectual reputation and helped spread its influence throughout the region.
Legacy and Veneration:
Enduring Impact: Lorenzo's legacy extends far beyond his time as abbot. He is remembered as a transformative figure who revitalized the Abbey of Farfa and solidified its position as a leading monastic institution. His contributions to monastic spirituality and scholarship continue to be valued within Benedictine traditions.
Veneration: While Lorenzo was never formally canonized as a saint, he is venerated as a blessed individual within the Benedictine tradition. His feast day is celebrated on July 8th, coinciding with the feast day of Saint Disibod of the Rhineland.
Peter Vigne
Peter Vigne (1670-1740) was a French Roman Catholic priest known for his missionary work and founding a religious order. Here's a summary of his life and achievements:
Early Life and Calling:
Born in Privas, France in 1670, Peter Vigne came from a Catholic family.
He displayed an interest in religious life from a young age.
Entered the Sulpician Seminary in Viviers in 1690 to pursue priesthood.
Priestly Ministry and Missionary Zeal:
Ordained a priest in 1694, Peter served as a curate in Saint-Agreve for six years.
He felt called to a more active missionary role and joined the Vincentian Fathers, a congregation dedicated to preaching missions.
Known for his passionate sermons and dedication to helping people, Peter Vigne traveled extensively throughout France, drawing large crowds to his missions.
Founding the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament:
In 1715, Peter Vigne established the Blessed Sacrament Sisters (Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament) in Boucieu-le-Roi, France.
This religious order focused on Eucharistic Adoration, prayer, and education for girls.
The congregation continues to operate today, contributing to Catholic education and fostering devotion to the Eucharist.
Later Life and Legacy:
Peter Vigne continued his missionary work and authored various spiritual writings throughout his life.
He passed away in 1740, leaving behind a legacy of dedicated service to the Church and the establishment of a thriving religious order.
Veneration:
In 2004, Pope John Paul II beatified Peter Vigne, recognizing him as Blessed Peter Vigne.
His feast day is celebrated on July 8th.
