Saint Tremorus of Brittany November 7

 Saint Tremorus of Brittany

Also known as

Trémeur

Profile

Son of Saint Triphina. Educated by Saint Gildas the Wise. Murdered as a child by his step-father, Count Conmore due to his hatred of the faith.

Died

6th century at a monastery at Carhaix, Brittany (in modern France)

Patronage

Carhaix, France

Representation

child holding his own severed head and a palm branch of martyrdom

Blessed Lucia of Settefonti November 7

Blessed Lucia of Settefonti

Profile

Twelfth-century nun in the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Cristina in Ozzana Emilia, Italy. Abbess of her house. Noted for her personal piety, and as a pious and charitable leader of her sisters.

Died

• 12th century Italy of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the church of Sant’Adrea di Ozzano by Cardinal Paleotti on 7 November 1573

Beatified

1779 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmation)

Saint Prosdocimus of Padua November 7

 Saint Prosdocimus of Padua

Also known as

Prosdecimus, Prosdocimo, Prosdozimus

Profile

First bishop of Padua, Italy; he evangelized the entire region. Baptized Saint Daniel of Padua, who served him as deacon. Tradition says Prosdocimus was sent Saint Peter the Apostle.

Died

• c.100

• entombed is situated at the basilica of Santa Giustina at Padua, Italy

Patronage

• Asolo, Italy

• Cittadella, Italy

• Padua, Italy

Saint Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns November 7

Saint Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns

Also known as

Hyacint, Hyacinth

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Dominican priest. Missionary to the Philippines, China, and Tonkin. Martyr.

Born

13 November 1743 in Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain

Died

beheaded on 7 November 1773 in Ðong Mo, Ha Tay, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Vincenzo Grossi November 7

 Saint Vincenzo Grossi

Profile

One of seven children born to Baldassare Grossi and Maddalena Capellini. Ordained a priest in the diocese of Lodi, Italy on 22 May 1869. Noted for this simple austere life style, and the humour and trust in Christ that he brought to it. Founded the Daughters of the Oratory for the Christian eduction of young people.

Born

9 March 1845 in Pizzighettone, Cremona, Italy

Died

7 November 1917 in Vicobellignano, Cremona, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

18 October 2015 by Pope Francis at Rome, Italy

Saint Vincent Liêm November 7

 Saint Vincent Liêm

Also known as

• Vincent Liêm Quang Lê

• Vinh-son Le Quang Liem

• Vinh-son Liêm Quang Lê

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Born to the Tonkinese nobility. Studied in the Philippines. Joined the Dominicans in 1753, making his solemn profession in 1754. Ordained in 1758. Returned to Tonkin in January 1759 where he served as missionary and evangelist. Imprisoned for preaching Christianity, he preached to prisoners. Martyr.

Born

c.1732 in Trà Lu, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 7 November 1773 in Ðong Mo, Ha Tay, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Anthony Baldinucci November 7

 Blessed Anthony Baldinucci

Profile

Joined the Jesuits on 21 April 1681. He taught in Rome and Terni, Italy. Ordained on 28 October 1695. Parish missioner in the area of Colli Albani, Frascati and Viterbo, Italy, preaching 448 missions. Noted for organizing processions during which Anthony and many of his flock wore crowns of thorns, and scourged themselves. His missions were popular, drawing crowds so large that they had to be conducted outdoors; Anthony employed a crowd control gang of thugs - and then converted them all to the faith. Also noted for his spread of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary whose image was always carried on his missions.

Born

19 June 1665 in Florence, Italy

Died

6 November 1717 of natural causes

Beatified

23 April 1893 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Engelbert of Cologne November 7

 Saint Engelbert of Cologne

Also known as

Engelbert of Berg

Profile

Son of the influential Count Englebert of Berg and Margaret, daughter of the Count of Gelderland. Studied at the cathedral school at Cologne, Germany. In a time when clerical and episcopal positions were a part of political patronage, Englebert was made provost of churches in Cologne and Aachen, Germany while still a young boy, and of the Cologne cathedral at age 14. He led a worldly and dissolute youth; known for his good looks, keen mind, and wild ways. Englebert went to war to support his cousin, Archbishop Adolf, against Archbishop Bruno; for this, and for threatening to attack the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV, both Engelbert and Adolf were excommunicated in 1206.

In 1208 Engelbert publicly submitted to the pope's authority, and was received back into the Church. He fought the Albigensians in 1212. Chosen archbishop of Cologne on 29 February 1216. By this point, Engelbert had mellowed somewhat, and cared about his see, but still had worldly ambitions. To preserve the possessions and revenues of his see and the countship of Berg, he went to war with the Duke of Limburg and the Count of Cleves, restored civil order, demanded the allegiance of his nobles, erected defences around his lands, and even prosecuted family members when needed. He enforced clerical discipline, helped establish the Franciscans in his diocese in 1219 and the Dominicans in 1221, built monasteries and insisted on strict observance in them, and used a series of provincial synods to regulate church matters.

Engelbert was appointed guardian of the juvenile King Henry VII and administrator of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Frederick II in 1221. He supervised the kingdom and the king's education, and placed the crown himself during Henry's coronation in 1222. Worked for a treaty with Denmark at the Diet of Nordhausen on 24 September 1223.

However, for all that he was loved by his people for the stability and security he brought, many of the nobility hated and feared him, and the archbishop had to travel with a troupe of bodyguards. Pope Honorius III and Emperor Frederick II advised Engelbert to protect the nuns of Essen who were being oppressed and harassed by Engelbert's cousin, Count Frederick of Isenberg. To prevent action by the archbishop, Count Frederick and some henchmen ambushed Engelbert on the road from Soest to Schwelm, stabbing him 47 times. Considered a martyr as he died over the defense of religious sisters.

Born

c.1185 at Berg in modern Germany

Died

• stabbed to death on the evening of 7 November 1225 near Schwelm, Germany

• relics translated to the old cathedral of Cologne, Germany on 24 February 1226

Canonized

• no formal canonization

• proclaimed a venerated martyr by Cardinal Conrad von Urach on 24 February 1226, and by Archbishop Ferdinand in 1618

• listed in the Roman Martyrology

St. Melasippus November 7

 St. Melasippus

Feastday: November 7

Death: 360

Martyr with Carina, his wife, and Anthony, their son. They suffered at Ancyra. Melasippus and Carina died under torture. Anthony was beheaded.

St. Hieron November 7

 St. Hieron

Feastday: November 7

Death: 300

Martyr with Hesychius, Nicander, and thirty Armenians. They suffered at Melitene.

St. Hyacinth Castaneda November 7

 St. Hyacinth Castaneda

Feastday: November 7

Death: 1773

Martyr of Vietnam and a Dominican. Born in Setavo, Spain, he was sent to China and then Vietnam. Hyacinth was beheaded in Vietnam. He was canonized in 1988.

St. Cumgar Facts November 7

 St. Cumgar

Facts

Feastday: November 7

Death: 6th or 8th century

Monastic founder, possibly identified with St. Docuinus. A native of Devon, he founded monasteries at Budgworth, Somerset, England, and at West Glamorgan, Wales. He was buried at Somerset.

நவம்பர் 7 * வி. பீட்டர் யு *

* இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் *

 நவம்பர் 7

 * வி.  பீட்டர் யு *

 (1768-1814)

 சீனாவில் வாழ்ந்து இயேசுவுக்காக தியாகியாக இருந்த பல புனிதர்களில் பீட்டர் யூவும் ஒருவர்.  கிறிஸ்தவமல்லாத பெற்றோருக்குப் பிறந்த யூ, சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே நல்லொழுக்கங்களால் நிறைந்திருந்தார்.  எல்லா வகையிலும் இருந்த யூ, எப்போதும் ஏழைகளுக்கு உதவவும், ஏழைகளுக்கு உதவவும் முயன்றார்.  அவர் இளமையாக இருந்தபோது, ​​ஒரு பெரிய ஹோட்டலைத் தொடங்கினார்.  வர்த்தகம் பெருகிக் கொண்டிருந்த நேரத்தில் அவர் திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டார்.  யு மிகவும் உற்சாகமாகவும் பேசக்கூடியதாகவும் இருந்தது.  அந்த நேரத்தில் கிறிஸ்தவ மிஷனரிகள் ஒரு குழு அவரது தாயகத்திற்கு வந்தது.  அவர்களின் பேச்சும் நடத்தையும் யூவைக் கவர்ந்தது.  கடவுள் மீதான தனது நம்பிக்கை தவறான பாதையில் இருப்பதை அவர் உணர்ந்தார்.  அவர் வீடு திரும்பி தனது கடவுள்களின் எல்லா உருவங்களையும் அழித்த பிறகு, அவர் முழுக்காட்டுதல் பெற்று ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவராக ஆனார்.  பீட்டர் என்ற பெயரை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்.  அவர் சென்ற இடமெல்லாம் கிறிஸ்துவைப் பற்றி பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தார்.  யூவின் பேச்சு பலரை இயேசுவிடம் ஈர்க்க முடிந்தது.  அந்த நாட்டில் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை வழிநடத்தியது யு.  பின்னர் அவர் சீனாவின் பல பகுதிகளுக்குச் சென்று சுவிசேஷம் செய்தார்.  கிறிஸ்தவத்தை அடக்க அதிகாரிகள் முயன்றபோது யு கைது செய்யப்பட்டார்.  சிறைச்சாலை சித்திரவதை.  ஆனால் அவர் இயேசுவை மறுக்க மறுத்துவிட்டார்.  சிறையில் தன்னுடன் இருந்தவர்களையும் அவர் மாற்றி, அவர்களை இயேசுவின் சீஷர்களாக மாற்றினார்.  அதிகாரிகள் பீட்டர் யூவை சிலுவையில் அறையுமாறு கட்டளையிட்டனர்.  அவர் அதற்குத் தயாராக இல்லை என்பதைக் கண்டதும் அவர் தூக்கிலிடப்பட்டார்.  அக்டோபர் 1, 2000 அன்று போப் இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால் பீட்டர் யூவை நியமனம் செய்தார்.

*​SAINT OF THE DAY​*

Feast Day: November 7

*​St. Peter Ou*

(1768 -1814)

St. Peter Ou is one of the Martyrs of China. He was born to a non-Christian family in 1768. As a young man, he was outspoken with had a deep understanding of justice, and would eventually come to the defense of the poor and oppressed.

He married and ran his own business, which was a large hotel. He was one of the first to convert to Christianity after missionaries arrived in his area, and he took the name Peter at his baptism. He enthusiastically preached Christianity to anyone who came by, later becoming a lay leader of the converts in his district. He also worked as a catechist.

In 1814, he was imprisoned and tortured in a violent backlash against the faith. Under these conditions, he continued to inspire his fellow prisoners in the faith, and he led prayer services in the cells. He was sentenced to death for refusing to apostatize by stepping on a crucifix.

St. Peter Ou was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000.

புனித_அக்கிலஸ் (-313)நவம்பர் 07

புனித_அக்கிலஸ் (-313)

நவம்பர் 07

இவர் எகிப்தில் உள்ள அலெக்சாந்திரியா நகரைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

கல்வியிலும் இறைப் பற்றிலும் சிறந்து விளங்கிய இவர், முதலில் அலெக்சாந்திரியா நகரின் ஆயராகவும், பின்னர் பதினெட்டாவது திருத்தந்தையாகவும் உயர்த்தப்பட்டார். 

இவருடைய காலத்தில் திரு அவைக்குப் பல தரப்பிலிருந்தும் எதிர்ப்புகள் வந்தன. குறிப்பாக ஆரியன் என்ற குருவானவர் இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் இறைத் தன்மையை மறுத்து வந்தார். அவரை எதிர்த்து  இவர் போராடியதால், அவர் தன்னோடு ஒருசிலரைச் சேர்த்துக் கொண்டு இவருக்கு எதிராகக் கிளர்ச்சி செய்தார். அப்படிப்பட்ட சூழ்நிலையிலும் இவர் மனவுறுதி இருந்து, அவரையும், அவருடைய தப்பறைக் கொள்கையையும் முறியடித்தார். 

இப்படித் திருஅவையைத் தப்பறைக் கொள்கையிலிருந்தும், எதிரிகளிடமிருந்தும் காப்பாற்றிய இவர், 313 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

புனித அத்தனாசியஸ் இவரிடமிருந்த அறிவையும் ஞானத்தையும் பார்த்துவிட்டு, இவரை பெரிய அக்கிலஸ் என்று அழைப்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

✠ புனிதர் வில்லிப்ரார்ட் ✠(St. Willibrord)உட்ரெச்ட் ஆயர்:(Bishop of Utrecht)நவம்பர் 7

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(நவம்பர் 7)

✠ புனிதர் வில்லிப்ரார்ட் ✠

(St. Willibrord)

உட்ரெச்ட் ஆயர்:

(Bishop of Utrecht)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 658

நார்தும்ப்ரியா

(Northumbria)

இறப்பு: நவம்பர் 7, 739 (வயது 81)

எக்டேர்னாக், லக்ஸம்பர்க்

(Echternach, Luxembourg)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

எக்டேர்னாக் (Echternach)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: நவம்பர் 7

பாதுகாவல்:

வலிப்பு, கால்-கை வலிப்பு நோய், லக்ஸம்பர்க் (Luxembourg), நெதர்லாந்து (Netherlands), உட்ரெச்ட் பேராயம் (Archdiocese of Utrecht)

புனிதர் வில்லிப்ரார்ட், நவீன நெதர்லாந்தின் “ஃபிரைசியன்ஸ்" (Frisians) இன மக்களின் அப்போஸ்தலர் எனப்படுபவரும், “நார்தும்ப்ரியன்” (Northumbrian) துறவு புனிதரும் ஆவார். இவர், “உட்ரெச்ட்” (Utrecht) மறை மாவட்டத்தின் முதல் ஆயர் ஆவார்.

ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:

வில்லிப்ரார்ட்டின் தந்தை பெயர் “வில்கில்ஸ்” (Wilgils) ஆகும். இவர் புதிதாய் கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தை தழுவியவர் ஆவார். இவர் தமது மகன் வில்லிப்ரார்டை உலக பந்தங்களிலிருந்து விடுவித்து, “ரிப்பொன்” (Ripon) எனும் இடத்திலுள்ள துறவு மடத்தில் இணைக்க விரும்பினார். புனித ஆண்ட்ரூவுக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்ட, "வாக்குவன்மை" பற்றின இனச் சார்பற்ற சமூகத்தை (Oratory) நிறுவினார். (கி.பி. 1564ல், ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் சார்புநிலையற்ற அருட்பணியாளர்கள் ரோம் நகரில் கூடி, பிரசங்கம் மற்றும் பிரபலமான சேவைகளை வழங்கும் அமைப்பினைத் தொடங்கி, பிற நாடுகளிலும் பரவச் செய்தனர்.

வில்லிப்ரார்ட், அன்றைய “யார்க்” மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் (Bishop of York) “புனித வில்ஃபிரிடின்” செல்வாக்கின் கீழ் வளர்ந்தார்.

பின்னர், இவர் பெனடிக்டைன் (Benedictines) துறவு மடத்தில் இணைந்தார். நெடுங்கால துறவு வாழ்வில், மறைபோதனையுடன் தவ வாழ்வு வாழ்ந்த வில்லிப்ரார்ட், தமது 81ம் வயதில் மரணமடைந்தார்.

† Saint of the Day †

(November 7)

✠ St. Willibrord ✠

Bishop of Utrecht:

Born: 658 AD

Northumbria

Died: November 7, 739 (Aged 81)

Venerated in:

Roman Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Church

Anglican Communion

Major shrine: Echternach

Feast: November 7

Patronage:

Convulsions; Epilepsy; Epileptics; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands

Saint Willibrord was a Northumbrian missionary saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.

Willibrord is not a name we associate with Irish saints. A native of Yorkshire, he spent some years of his training and was ordained in Ireland, so he is included in the Irish calendar of saints for this day. He was one of the first missionaries to what is now known as the Benelux countries: the image is a commemorative postage stamp from Luxemburg. Patrick Duffy gathers what is known about him.

The Irish connection:

Willibrord was a native of Yorkshire and was educated from an early age by St Wilfrid at Ripon. He was professed at fifteen and when Wilfrid was dislodged in 678, Willibrord went with two companions Egbert and Wigbert to Rath Melsigi in Ireland for further studies and formation. (Rath Melsigi, which is mentioned by Bede, is variously located at Clonmelsh, Co Carlow, at Mellifont, Co Louth, and at Mayo where Anglo-Saxon Gerald and his monks set up a monastery after the Synod of Whitby.) He was ordained a priest in Ireland and in 690 returned to England with his companions.

Mission:

Egbert had wanted to evangelize Frisia, but, instructed by a vision, he went to Iona to bring the Roman usage there. He persuaded his companions to go to Frisia. Wigbert went for two years and returned without success. Willibrord set out with a band of monks and was well received by Pepin of Herstal, duke, and prince of the Franks.

Approval and consecration by Pope Sergius I:

Willibrord’s first action was to visit Rome where he obtained approval for his mission and relics to set up churches from Pope Sergius I (687-701). His mission prospered and in 695, with Pepin’s recommendation, he went to Rome again and was consecrated archbishop of the Frisians and set up his metropolitan see at Utrecht.

The monastery at Echternach:

In 701 Willibrord established an important monastic centre at Echternach in what is now eastern Luxemburg. To this, he invited some monks from Ireland and it later developed as an important library and scriptorium in the Frankish empire. After the death of Pepin in 714 the pagan Frisian prince Radbod drove Willibrord out of Utrecht, but on Radbod’s death in 719, Willibrord was able to move not only into West Frisia but also east and north into Germany and Denmark.

Missionary methods:

Willibrord’s missionary methods show his conviction of the power of the Christian religion. In Denmark, he bought thirty slave-boys whom he educated as Christians. In Heligoland, he flouted the pagan custom of not drawing water without observing the strictest silence when he baptized three persons in a fountain and pronouncing the words aloud. He also killed some sacred cows for his companions to eat and incurred no retribution.

St Boniface joined Willibrord for three years before moving on further into Germany. Similar stories are told about Boniface and the cutting down the tree sacred to the god Thor and which people say is the origin of the Christmas tree.

The Calendar of St Willibrord:

The Calendar of St Willibrord is the 8th-century manuscript now in the National Library in Paris, which seems to have been written like a personal liturgical calendar of Willibrord and used in his household. It provides an index to those saints who were widely honoured in early eighth-century Europe, but also little-known saints from places as far away as Constantinople and Syria. A  facsimile of the manuscript itself with an introduction and commentary on the saints commemorated was published for the Henry Bradshaw Society by H.A. Wilson (d.1927), one of England’s outstanding liturgical scholars.

Death and influence:

Willibrord died aged eighty-one at his monastery at Echternach. Very soon after his death, he was venerated as a saint and pilgrims came to his grave. St Bede (672-735) wrote an edifying account of his penance, devotion, and charity and St Boniface (672-754) mentions him in a letter so that his reputation soon spread throughout northern Europe. Alcuin (735-804) wrote a biography some years after his death. Willibrord is seen as a patron saint of the Benelux countries.

An annual dancing procession takes place in Echternach on Whit Tuesday to honour this saint of truly European dimension. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, professor of medieval Irish history at NUIG, argues for a connection through Willibrord between Irish and Echternach manuscripts and between the procession there and Irish dancing.