இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 10

 Bl. Peter Tecelano

Feastday: December 10

Death: 1287

 Franciscan mystic. A native of Campi, Tuscany, Italy, he was trained as a comb maker at Siena. After the death of his wife he entered the Franciscans as a tertiary and served as nurse to the sick in a Franciscan hospital. He also toiled making combs. In his lifetime, he was reputed to be a deeply mystical and holy individual and was credited with miracles. He was beatified in 1802, in part because of miracles reported as occurring at his tomb.

St. Mennas

Feastday: December 10

Death: 312

Martyr with Eugraphus and Hermogenes, beheaded in Alexandria, Egypt. Mennas was an Athenian from Greece, sent to Alexandria on an imperial commission by Emperor Galerius. Working successfully, he announced that he and his assistant, Eugraphus, were Christians. They were taken before Hermogenes, a judge, where Mennas sang a four-hour musical defense of Christianity. His eyes were gouged out and his tongue cut off when he ended his defense. According to a highly doubtful legend, Mennas' eyes and tongue were miraculously restored, an event that brought about the conversion of Hermogenes.

St. Peter Duong

Feastday: December 10

Death: 1838

Canonized: Pope John Paul II

Vietnamese martyr. A native of Vietnam, Peter served as a catechist and, with Peter Truat, was martyred by anti-Christian forces.

The Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), 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. 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).

 

Saint John Roberts

Additional Memorials

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

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Son of John and Anna Roberts; his ancestors were princes in Wales. Raised Protestant, John always felt an affinity for Catholicism. He studied at Saint John's College, Oxford from 1595 to 1597, but left without a degree. He then studied law at the Inns of Court at age 21. In 1598, while travelling in France, he joined the Church of Rome at Notre Dame in Paris.

Entered the English College at Valladolid, Spain on 18 October 1598. He left the College in 1599 to join the Abbey of Saint Benedict in Valladolid. Benedictine novice at the Abbey of Saint Martin in Compostela, Spain in 1600. Ordained there.

Father John returned to England as a missioner, leaving on 26 December 1602, and entering the country in April 1603. Arrested in May 1603, and exiled. Returned to England in 1604, and worked with plague victims in London; arrested and banished again. Returned to England in 1605. During a search for suspects involved in the Gunpowder Plot, John was found in the home of Mrs Thomas Percy, and was arrested again. Though he had no connection to the Plot, he spent seven months in prison, and was exiled again in July 1606.

While in exile he founded a house in Douai for exiled English Benedictines; this house became the monastery of Saint Gregory. Responsible for the conversion of Blessed Maurus Scott. Returned to England in October 1607, was arrested in December, and sent to Gatehouse prison. He escaped, and spent a year working in London, but was again arrested. His execution was scheduled for May 1609, but the intercession of the French ambassador led to a reduction in sentence; he was exiled yet again.

Returned to England a few months later, he was arrested while celebrating Mass on 2 December 1610. Convicted on 5 December 1610 of the crime of priesthood. Martyred with Blessed Thomas Somers.

Born

1577 at Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, Gwynedd, northern Wales

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1610 at Tyburn, London, England

• body taken to Saint Gregory's in Douai, France, but disappeared during the French Revolution

• two fingers are preserved at Downside Abbey and Erdington Abbey

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Blessed María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas

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Born to pious parents, the daughter of Joaquín Riquelme y Gómez and María Emilia Zayas de la Vega. She received a good education, studying painting, singing, piano and languages. At age 7, Maria received a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus; she made a vow to devote herself to God, and consecrated herself to Our Lady of Carmel. Maria's mother died when the girl was 8 years old.

As she grew older, she explained her call to religious life to her father; he wouldn't have it, and arranged many social events for her; she wouldn't have it and ignored most of them to spend her time visiting hospitals and ministering to the poor. Any money she received, she gave away to poor young women to keep them from a life of prostitution, and to young men who felt a call to the priesthood.

When her father died in 1885, Maria tried to enter religious life, but health problems forced her to give up. She built a chapel at her house, and spent her time praying and helping the poor. Her work and personal piety attracted other like-minded women, and they formed a community which became the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Mary Immaculate. They received archdiocesan approval in 1896, and Mother Maria became their superior, serving the remaining 44 years of her life. The Missionaries continue their good work today in Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and the United States.

Born

5 August 1847 in Granada, Spain

Died

10 December 1940 in Granada Spain of natural causes

Beatified

• 9 November 2019 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Encarnación in Granada, Spain with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu the chief celebrant

Patronage

Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Mary Immaculate

Saint Eustace White

Additional Memorials

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Convert to Catholicism which led to his anti-Catholic father cursing him and caused a permanent estrangement from his family. In 1584 Eustace began studies for the priesthood in Rheims, France and Rome, Italy, and was ordained at the English College in Rome in 1588. In November 1588 he returned to the west of England to minister to covert Catholics. The Church was going through a period of persecution in England, made even worse by the attack of the Armada from Catholic Spain. Arrested in Blandford, Dorset, England on 1 September 1591 for the crime of being a priest. He was lodged in Bridwell prison in London, and repeatedly tortured. At his trial he forgave the judges who sentenced him to death. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

1559 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 in Tyburn, London, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Blessed Giuseppe Antonio Migliavacca

Also known as

Arsenio of Trigolo

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The fifth of twelve children born to Glicerio Migliavacca and Annunziata Strumia. Giuseppe entered the diocesan seminary in Cremona, Italy in 1863, and was ordained a priest in 1874. Parish priest in Cassano d'Adda, Italy. Joined the Jesuits in 1875. He founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix in 1893, and the sisters continue their good work today with hundreds of members in several countries. In 1902 Father Giuseppe felt a new calling, and became a Capuchin friar novice.

Born

13 June 1849 in Trigolo, Cremona, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (modern Italy)

Died

• 10 December 1909 in his convent cell in Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy of a brain aneurysm

• buried in the city cemetery of Bergamo

• re-interred in the cemetery of Cepino Imagna, Italy in 1940

• re-interred in the chapel of the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix in Milan, Italy on 13 October 1953

Beatified

• 7 October 2017 by Pope Francis

• the beatification recognition was celebrated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente in Milan, Italy with Cardinal Angelo Amato as the chief celebrant

• the beatification miracle involved the healing of Sister Ausalia Ferrario from pulmonary and intestinal tuberculosis; the miracle occurred in the chapel of the Sisters of Mary convent in Voghera, Italy on 17 October 1946 after those present at a Eucharistic Adoration prayed for the intercession of Father Giuseppe

Patronage

Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix

Our Lady of Loreto

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The title Our Lady of Loreto refers to the Holy House of Loreto, the house in which Mary was born, and where the Annunciation occurred, and to an ancient statue of Our Lady which is found there. Tradition says that a band of angels scooped up the little house from the Holy Land, and transported it first to Tersato, Dalmatia in 1291, then Recanati, Italy in 1294, and finally to Loreto, Italy where it has been for centuries. It was this flight that led to her patronage of people involved in aviation, and the long life of the house that has led to the patronage of builders, construction workers, etc. It is the first shrine of international renown dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and has been known as a Marian center for centuries. Popes have always held the Shrine of Loreto in special esteem, and it is under their direct authority and protection.

Patronage

• air crews • Air Forces • aircraft pilots • Argentinian Air Force • Arpino, Italy • aviation • aviators • Belgian air crews • builders • construction workers • flyers • flying • Ghajnsielem Gozo, Italy • Guidonia Montecelio, Italy • Italy • Loreto, Italy • Spanish air crews •

Pope Saint Gregory III

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Priest at Saint Crisogono Church in Rome, Italy; except that his father's name was John, nothing else is known about his life prior to being elected 90th pope by popular acclamation in 731. Noted for his learning and virtue. The beginning of his pontificate was troubled by the excesses of the iconoclasts. He called a synod in November 731 to condemn iconoclasm; iconoclast leaders responded by seizing papal territories and assets, and insisting on the ecclestiastical allegiance to the Patriarch of Constantinople. The end of Gregory's reign was troubled by the invasions of the Lombards, against these he sought the help of Charles Martel, establishing ties with the French crown that would echo for centuries. Gregory promoted the Church in northern Europe, supporting the missions of Saint Boniface in Germany and Saint Willibald in Bohemia, bestowed palliums on Egbert of York and Saint Tatwine of Canterbury, beautified Rome, and supported monasticism in general.

Born

• in Syria

• last pope born outside Europe until the ascension of Pope Francis

Papal Ascension

• elected on 11 February 731

• enthroned in March 731

Died

28 November 741 of natural causes

✠ மெரிடா நகர் புனிதர் யூலேலியா ✠

(St. Eulalia of Merida)

மெரிடா நகர் மறைசாட்சி:

(Martyr of Merida)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 290

மெரிடா, ஸ்பெயின்

(Merida, Spain)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 304 

மெரிடா, ஸ்பெயின்

(Merida, Spain)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை 

(Roman Catholic Church)

மரபுவழி கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை 

(Orthodox Catholic Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

சேன் சல்வேடோர் தேவாலயம்

(Cathedral of San Salvador)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 10

பாதுகாவல்: 

மெரிடா, ஸ்பெயின், ஒவியேடோ, வீட்டை விட்டு ஓடிப்போனவர்கள், துன்புருத்தப்பட்டோர், கைம்பெண்.

(Mérida, Spain, Oviedo, Runaways, Torture Victims; Widows)

புனிதர் யூலேலியா, அந்நாளைய “லூசிடானியாவின்” (Lusitania) தலைநகரான "எமெரிடாவில்" (Emerita) (தற்போதைய “ஸ்பெயின்” (Spain) நாட்டின் “மெரிடா” (Mérida) நகர்) "டயோக்லேஷியன்" (Diocletian) மற்றும் "மேக்ஸிமியன்" (Maximian) ஆகியோரால் துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்ட, பதினாலே வயதான ஒரு இளம் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க புனிதர் ஆவார்.

ஓர் பக்தியுள்ள கிறிஸ்தவ குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த இவர், குழந்தைப் பருவத்திலிருந்தே தனிமையில் செபிக்கும் வழக்கம் கொண்டிருந்தார். அக்காலத்தில் கத்தோலிக்க எதிர்ப்பு நிலவிய காரணத்தால், அவரது தாயார் அவரை கிராமப் புறங்களில் மறைத்து வைத்திருந்தார்.

ஆனால் அதையும் மீறி ஓடிப்போன பதினாலே வயதான கன்னிப் பெண்ணான யூலேலியா, “எமெரிடாவிலுள்ள” (Emerita) “கவர்னர் டாசியானின்” (Governor Dacian) அரசவைக்கு சென்றார். அங்கே, பலர் அறிய தான் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவர் என பிரகடணம் செய்தார். பாகன் மதத்தினரையும் பேரரசன் "மாக்ஸிமியானையும்" (Maximian) இழித்துப் பேசினார். அவரது தைரியம் அனைவரையும் பிரமிக்கச் செய்தது. தம்மை மறைசாட்சியாக வதைத்துக் கொல்லும்படி சவால் விடுத்தார்.

கிறிஸ்தவ மறையை பின்பற்றக்கூடாது என்றும், பாகன் மதத்துக்கு வந்துவிடும்படியும் எவ்வளவோ நயமாகவும் பயமுறுத்தியும் பார்த்த நீதிபதியின் முயற்சிகள் யாவும் வீணாயின. யூலேலியா இதை மீறியதால் சிறைப்பிடித்து செல்லப்பட்டார். படைவீரர்கள் இவரை கொண்டு சென்று தனிமையான சிறையில் அடைத்தனர். அவரின் ஆடைகள் களையப்பட்டன. வியக்கத்தக்க வகையில் பனித்துகள்கள் அவரது நிர்வாண உடலை மறைத்து அவர் ஒரு தேவதை போல காட்சியளித்தார்.

உயிருள்ள உடலின்மேல் நெருப்பு மூட்டினர். நெருப்பினாலும் புகையாலும் மூச்சு திணறியது. அப்போதும் கூட அவரின் நா இறைவனை புகழ்ந்து கொண்டே இருந்தது. இதனால் ஆத்திரமடைந்த படைவீரர்கள் அவரை அடுப்பிலிட்டு உயிரோடு எரித்துக் கொன்றனர். யூலேலியா மரித்த வேளையில், அவரது வாயிலிருந்து ஒரு புறா பறந்து வெளியே சென்றது.

யூலேலியாவின் கல்லறையின் மீது விரைவிலேயே ஒரு திருத்தலம் அமைக்கப்பட்டது. ஐந்தாம் நூற்றாண்டின் ஸ்பேனிஷ்-ரோமன் கவிஞர் "ப்ருடென்ஷியஸ்" (Prudentius) எழுதிய கவிதைகளில் யூலேலியாவை புகழ்ந்து பாடியுள்ள ஏடுகள் இன்றளவும் உள்ளன. அவரது கவிதைகள் யூலேலியாவின் புகழை மென்மேலும் உயர்த்தின. கி.பி. 560ம் ஆண்டு, 'மெரிடா' மறை மாவட்டத்தின் ஆயர் "ஃபிடேலிஸ்" (Bishop Fidelis of Mérida) யூலேலியாவின் கல்லறை மீதிருந்த திருத்தலத்தை புணரமைத்தார். ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் "விஸிகோதிக்" (Visigothic) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள இவரது திருத்தலம் மிகவும் பிரபலம் பெற்றது.

கி.பி. 780ம் ஆண்டு, இவரது உடலை "ஒவியேடோ" (Oviedo) என்னும் இடத்திற்கு அரசன் "சிலோ" (King Silo) கொண்டு சென்றார். அது தற்போது, கி.பி. 1075ம் ஆண்டு, "ஆறாம் அல்ஃபோன்சோ" (Alfonso VI) தானமாக அளித்த அரபு வெள்ளி சவப்பேழையில் (Coffin of Arab silver) இருக்கிறது.

Saint Eulalia of Merida

Also known as

Aulaire, Aulazie, Olalla

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A consecrated virgin who, from her early youth, wanted to be a martyr. During the Diocletian persecutions, when she was around 12 to 14 years old (sources vary), she went to the tribunal, and confessed her faith on her own initiative. Tortured and martyred with Saint Julia of Merida. Legend says that when she was thrown naked into the street, snow fell to cover her; later when her ashes were dumped in a field, snow fell on them to create a burial pall. Often confused with Saint Eulalia of Barcelona.

Born

c.290 in Spain

Died

tortured and burned alive c.304 Merida, Spain

Patronage

• Merida, Spain

• Oviedo, Spain

• runaways

• torture victims

• widows

Representation

• young woman with a cross, stake, and dove

• naked young woman lying in the snow

Saint Polydore Plasden

Also known as

Oliver Palmer

Additional Memorials

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of the English College

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

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Son of a horn maker. Studied for the priesthood at Rheims, France and the English College in Rome, Italy. Ordained on 7 December 1586, he return to England to minister to covert Catholics during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I. Arrested on 2 November 1591 at the home of Saint Swithun Wells in Gray's Inn Fields while Saint Edmund Gennings was celebrating Mass. Executed for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.

Born

1563 in London, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 in Tyburn, London, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

செர்பியா_நாட்டுப்_புனித_ஏஞ்சலினா (-1510)

டிசம்பர் 10

இவர் (#StAngelinaOfSerbia) அல்பேனியாவில் பிறந்தவர்; இவரது தந்தை அல்பேனியாவை ஆண்டு வந்த ஜார்ஜ் ஸ்கென்டர்பெர்க் என்பவர் ஆவார்.

சிறுவயது முதலே இவரது தாயார் இவரைக் கிறிஸ்தவ நெறியின்படி வளர்த்து வந்தார். இதனால் இவருக்குக் கிறிஸ்துவின்மீது மிகுந்த அன்பு ஏற்பட்டது. 

இந்நிலையில் செர்பியாவை ஆண்டுவந்த ஸ்டீபன் பிரான்கோவிச் எதிரிகளிடமிருந்து வந்த ஆபத்திலிருந்து தன்னைக் காத்துக்கொள்ள அல்பேனியாவை ஆண்டுவந்த ஜார்ஜ் ஸ்கென்டர்பெர்க்கிடம்  தஞ்சம் அடைந்தார்.

தன்னிடம் தஞ்சம் அடைந்த ஸ்டீபன் பிரான்கோவிச்சை ஜார்ஜ் ஸ்கென்டர்பெர்க் நல்ல முறையில் கவனித்துக் கொண்டார். நாள்கள் மெல்ல உருண்டு ஓடியபொழுது ஸ்டீபன் பிரான்கோவிச்சிற்கும் ஏஞ்சலா விற்கும் இடையே காதல் மலர்ந்தது. பின்னர் பெற்றோரின் சம்மதத்துடன் இருவருக்கும் திருமணம் நடைபெற்றது.

திருமண வாழ்வில் இவர்கள் இருவருக்கும்  இறைவன் ஜான், ஜார்ஜ் என்ற இரண்டு குழந்தைகளைக் கொடுத்து அருள் பாலித்தார். இப்படி வாழ்க்கை மகிழ்ச்சியாகச் சென்று கொண்டிருக்கையில் ஏஞ்சலா தனது கணவர் மற்றும் பிள்ளைகளுடன் செர்பியாவிற்குச் சென்றார்.

அங்குச் சென்ற ஒரு சில ஆண்டுகளிலேயே இவரது கணவர் எதிரிகளால் கொல்லப்பட்டார். இதனால் இவர் கைம்பெண் ஆனார். இதற்குப் பிறகு இவர் தன்னுடைய இரண்டு பிள்ளைகளுக்கும் நல்லதொரு வாழ்க்கையை அமைத்துக் கொடுத்துவிட்டுத்  துறவற வாழ்க்கையை மேற்கொண்டார். 

துறவற வாழ்வில் முன்பு தான் வசதியான வாழ்க்கையை வாழ்ந்தவள் என்றெல்லாம் நினையாமல், மிகுந்த தாழ்ச்சியோடு சாதாரண பணிகளையும் செய்தார். தன் வாழ்வின் இறுதி நாள்களில் இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் நோன்பிற்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வாழ்ந்து வந்த இவர், 1510 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Saint Angelina of Serbia

Also known as

• Angelina of Krusedol

• Angelina of Krushedol

• Angelina Arianit Komneni

• Angelina Brankovic

• Mother Angelina

Profile

Born to the nobility, the daughter of Prince Georg Skenderberg of Albania. Married to King Stefan Brankovic of Serbia, and with him live in Mexile. As a mother she concentrated on the Christian part of her sons' education. Widowed, she renounced her position in the world to become a nun and then abbess at the Krushedol abbey so she could spend her days in prayer and caring for the poor.

Born

late 15th-century in modern day Berat, Albania as Angelina Arianit Komneni

Died

• 1510 in Fruska Gora, Serbia of natural causes

• buried beside her husband and sons Stephen and John Maxim in Krusedol Abbey

Saint Swithun Wells

Additional Memorial

25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Profile

Married layman teacher in the apostolic vicariate of England. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for having provided shelter to priests, noteably Saint Edmund Gennings and Saint Polydore Plasden, hiding from the anti-Catholic authorities, and for permitting Mass to be celebrated in his house.

Born

1536 in Bambridge, Hampshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 in Tyburn, London, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Saint Edmund Gennings

Also known as

Edmund Jennings

Additional Memorials

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Convert to Catholicism at age 17. He studied and was ordained at Rheims, France in 1590. He then returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Martyr.

Born

1567 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Gray's Inn Fields, Tyburn, London, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Pope Saint Miltiades

Also known as

Melchiades

Profile

Pope during the time that Constantine the Great declared tolerance for Christians in the Roman Empire. Counted as a martyr on many lists due to the sufferings he endured prior to the toleration decree. May have been Pope when the Church was given the Lateran Palace which became the pope's residence and the seat of the central administration of the Church. Saint Augustine of Hippo thought highly of him, and mentioned him in his writings.

Born

Africa

Papal Ascension

2 July 311

Died

11 January 314 at Rome, Italy

Blessed Brian Lacey.

Profile

Yorkshire country gentleman. Cousin, companion and assistant to Venerable Father Montford Scott Arrested in 1586 for helping and hiding priests. Arrested again in 1591 when his own brother Richard betrayed him, Brian was tortured at Bridewell prison to learn the names of more people who had helped priests. Finally arraigned down the Old Bailey, he was condemed to death for his faith, for aiding priests and encouraging Catholics. Martyr.

Born

Brockdish, Norfolk, England

Died

hanged on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Thomas Somers

Also known as

Thomas Wilson

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Schoolmaster. Seminarian in Douai, France. Priest. Returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in London, sometimes using the alias Thomas Wilson. Arrested and condemned to death for the crime of being a priest. Martyred with Saint John Roberts.

Born

Skelsmergh, Westmoreland, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1610 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Bruno of Rommersdorf

Also known as

• Bruno von Braunsberg

• Brun

Profile

Born to the noblity in Braunschweig, Germany. Knight. He gave up worldly privilete and joined the Premonstratensians. Abbot of the Rommersdorf cloister near Engers am Rhein, Germany; he expanded the house and enlarged its library. Assigned by Pope Honorius III to preach Crusade in the Rhineland. Friend of Blessed Louis IV of Thuringia and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.

Born

12th century Germany

Died

10 December 1236 of natural causes

Blessed Marco Antonio Durando

Also known as

Marcantonio Durando

Profile

Priest in the Congregation of the Mission of Saint Vincent de Paul. Founded the Institute of the Sisters of Jesus the Nazarene.

Born

22 May 1801 in Mondovi, Italy

Died

10 December 1880 in Turin, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

20 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed John Mason

Additional Memorial

1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Layman. Servant to a Mr Owen of Oxfordshire. Arrested for harbouring priests in general, and Saint Edmund Gennings in particular, physically restraining the men who were going to arrest Gennings during Mass. Martyr.

Born

at Kendal, Westmoreland, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Mercury of Lentini

Also known as

• Mercury of Leontium

• Mercurius of...

Profile

Officer in the imperial Roman army. Led a group of soldiers escorting Christian prisoners to trial during the persecutions of emperor Licinius and governor Tertyllus. Mercurius and many of his men were converted to the faith by the prisoners while on the road, and were martyred with them.

Died

beheaded in Lentini, Sicily, Italy

Saint Thomas of Farfa

Profile

Benedictine monk. Pilgrim to the Holy Land. Lived as a hermit near Farfa Abbey, Italy. Friend of the duke of Spoleto, Italy. Restored Farfa Abbey with the financial aid of the duke. Abbot.

Born

at Maurienne, Savoy, France

Died

c.720 of natural causes

Holy House of Loreto

About

The feast is so named from the tradition that the house where the Holy Family lived in Nazareth, was transported by angels to the city of Loreto, Italy. The Holy House is now encased by a basilica. It has been one of the famous shrines of the Blessed Virgin since the 13th century.

Saint Gemellus of Ancyra

Also known as

• Gemellus of Edessa

• Gemellus of Paphlagonia

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.

Died

crucified in 362 at Ancyra, Galatia (Asia Minor)

Blessed Fulgentius of Afflighem

Profile

Benedictine monk at the monastery of Saint Airy in Verdun, France. When the monastery, was dissolved due to political conflicts, Fulgentius became monk and then abbot of the monastery of Afflighem, Belgium.

Born

latter 11th century in Wallonia (in modern Belgium)

Blessed Sidney Hodgson

Profile

Layman. Convert. Martyred for assisting priests during a period of English history when Catholicism was outlawed.

Born

English

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Caesarius of Epidamnus

Also known as

• Caesarius of Durazzo

• Caesarius of Durrës

• Caesarius of Dyrrachium

• Cesare of...

Profile

One of the 72 disciples of Christ described in Acts. Bishop of Epidamnus (modern Durrës, Albania). Martyr.

Blessed Albert of Sassovivo

Profile

Born to the nobility, the son of Count Gualterio of Sassovivo, Foligno, Umbria, Italy who gave land to Blessed Mainard the land to build the Benedictine Holy Cross Abbey. Albert became a monk and later abbot there.

Died

c.1012 of natural causes

Blessed Sebastian Montanol

Profile

Dominican missionary to Zacateca, Mexico. When some natives treated the Eucharist with disrespect, Sebastian chastised them; they murdered him.

Born

Spanish

Died

murdered in 1616 in Zacateca, Mexico

Saint Sindulf of Vienne

Also known as

Dreiuls, Sindolf, Sindulfe, Sindulfus, Sindulphe, Sindulphus, Syndulphe

Profile

Bishop of Vienne, France. Attended councils in 625 and 630. Encouraged the monastic life in his diocese.

Died

c.669

Blessed Guglielmo de Carraria

Also known as

William of Carraria

Profile

Soldier. Mercedarian knight at the convent of Santa Maria d'Esteron in Menorca, Spain. Noted for his austere lifestyle and personal piety.

Saint Carpophorus

Also known as

Carpoforo

Profile

Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

martyred c.300 at Spoleto, Italy or Seville, Spain (records vary)

Patronage

Arona, Italy

Saint Guitmarus

Also known as

Guimar, Guimare, Guimer, Guitmaire, Guitmar, Guitmer, Vitmar, Vitmarus, Widmar, Widmer, Witmaire, Witmar, Witmer

Profile

Abbot at Saint-Riquier Abbey, Normandy, France.

Died

c.765

Saint Florentius of Carracedo

Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot of the house at Carracedo, Leon, Spain. Greatly esteemed by King Alphonsus VII.

Died

1156 of natural causes

Saint Deusdedit of Brescia

Profile

Bishop of Brescia, Italy. Played a leading role in the councils convened against the Monothelite heresies.

Died

c.700

Saint Abundius

Also known as

Abundantius

Profile

Deacon. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

c.300 at Spoleto, Italy or Seville, Spain (records vary)

Saint Maurus of Rome

Profile

Child martyr, celebrated by Pope Damasus.

Died

Via Salaria, Rome, Italy

Saint Julia of Merida

Profile

Martyred with Saint Eulalia of Merida in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

c.304 at Merida, Spain

Saint Hildemar of Beauvais

Profile

Benedictine monk at Corbie Abbey. Bishop of Beauvais, France in 821.

Died

c.844

Saint Lucerius

Profile

Benedictine monk at Farfa, Italy. Abbot of the house at Maurienne, France.

Died

740 of natural causes

Saint Valeria

Profile

Roman martyr whose cultus was very popular in France during the time of Saint Eligius.

Martyrs of Alexandria

Profile

A group of Christians murdered for their faith in the persecutions of Galerius Maximian. The only details that have survived are three of the names - Eugraphus, Hermogenes and Mennas.

Died

beheaded c.312 at Alexandria, Egypt

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:

• Blessed Agustín García Calvo

• Blessed Antonio Martín Hernández

• Blessed Emérico Martín Rubio

• Blessed Gonzalo Viñes Masip

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(டிசம்பர் 10)

✠ அருளாளர் அடால்ஃப் கொல்பிங் ✠

(Blessed Adolph Kolping)

குரு மற்றும் நிறுவனர்:

(Priest and Founder)

பிறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 8, 1813

கெர்பென், ரெய்ன்-எர்ஃப்ட்-க்ரெய்ஸ், ரைன் கூட்டமைப்பு

(Kerpen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Confederation of the Rhine)

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 4, 1865

கொலோன், வடக்கு ரைன்-வெஸ்ட்ஃபாலியா, ஜெர்மன் கூட்டமைப்பு

(Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Confederation)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 27, 1991

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 10

பாதுகாவல்:

உலக இளைஞர் தினம் (World Youth Day)

பணிபயில்பவர் (Apprentices)

தொழிலாளர்கள் (Labourers)

சமூக தொழிலாளர்கள் (Social workers)

கத்தோலிக்க தொழில் முனைவோர் (Catholic Entrepreneurs)

அருளாளர் அடால்ஃப் கொல்பிங், ஒரு ஜெர்மன் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க குருவும், “கொல்பிங் சங்கத்தின்” (Kolping Association) நிருவனருமாவார். இவர், தொழில்சார்ந்த நகரங்களில் உள்ள தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு சமூக ஆதரவு வழங்குவதற்கும், ஊக்குவிப்பதற்குமான பணிகளில் பொறுப்பேற்று தலைமை தாங்கி வழி நடத்தினார்.

கி.பி. 1813ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 8ம் தேதி ஏழை கால்நடை மேய்க்கும் “பீட்டர் கொல்பிங்” (Peter Kolping) என்பவரின் மகனாக பிறந்தார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், “அன்னா மரியா” (Anna Maria Zurheyden) ஆகும். தமது பெற்றோருக்குப் பிறந்த ஐந்து குழந்தைகளில் நான்காவதாகப் பிறந்த இவர், தமது குழந்தைப் பருவத்தில் அடிக்கடி நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டிருந்தார்.

கி.பி. 1820ம் ஆண்டு முதல், 1826 ஆண்டு வரையான ஆரம்பப் பள்ளிக் கல்வியில் தாம் ஒரு நல்ல மாணவன் என்பதை நிரூபித்த இவரால் தமது ஏழ்மை காரணமாக மேலே படிக்க இயலவில்லை.

கி.பி. 1831ம் ஆண்டு, தமது பதினெட்டு வயதில், ஒரு செருப்பு தைப்பவரின் உதவியாளராக “கொலோன்” (Cologne) நகருக்கு பயணித்த இவர், அங்கு வாழ்ந்த தொழிலாள வர்க்கத்தின் வாழ்க்கை நிலைமைகளால் அதிர்ச்சியடைந்தார். இதனால் இவர் ஒரு குருவாக முடிவெடுப்பதில் உறுதியாக இருந்தார் என்பதை நிரூபித்தது. கி.பி. 1841ம் ஆண்டுவரை சுமார் பத்து வருடங்கள் அவர் செருப்பு தைக்கும் பணி செய்தார். கி.பி. 1834ம் ஆண்டு கோடை முதல், “மூன்று அரசர்கள் பள்ளியில்” (Three Kings School) கல்வி கற்ற இவர், கி.பி. 1841–42 ஆண்டுகளில் “மியூனிச்” (Munich) நகரில் இறையியல் கற்றார்.

கி.பி. 1845ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 13ம் நாள், கொலோன் நகரில் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார். இவர் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெறுவதன் முதல் நாள் இரவு, இவரது தந்தையார் மரித்துப் போனார். ஆகவே, இவரது குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு நிகழ்வுகள் குழப்பமான உணர்ச்சிக்கலவைகளாகவே இருந்தன.

ஜெர்மனியின் (Germany) “வடக்கு ரைன் வெஸ்ட்பாலியா’விலுள்ள” (North Rhine-Westphalia) “வுப்பெர்டல்” (Wuppertal) நகரின் சித்ராலய குருவாக ஆன்மீக வாழ்க்கையை தொடங்கிய இவர், கி.பி. 1849ம் ஆண்டுவரை அங்கேயே இருந்தார். கி.பி. 1847ம் ஆண்டு, “கெசெல்லேன்ன்வெரியன்” (Gesellenverein) என அழைக்கப்படும் ஜெர்மனியின் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க சமூகங்களின் கூட்டமைப்பின் இரண்டாவது தலைவராக பொறுப்பேற்றார். இதன் காரணமாக, அதன் உறுப்பினர்களுக்கு சமய மற்றும் சமூக ஆதரவு கிட்டியது. கி.பி. 1849ம் ஆண்டு, தேவாலய துணைத் தலைவராக கொலோன் திரும்பினார். கி.பி. 1854ம் ஆண்டு “ரைன் பிராந்திய மக்கள் பத்திரிகை” (Rhine Region People’s Paper) எனும் பெயரில் ஒரு பத்திரிகை தொடங்கினார். கி.பி. 1852 – 1853 ஆண்டு காலத்தில், “கத்தோலிக்க மக்களின் காலண்டரின்” (Catholic People's Calendar) ஆசிரியராக பணியாற்றினார். கி.பி. 1862ம் ஆண்டு, “செயின்ட் மரியா எம்பஃபேன்கினிஸ் தேவாலயத்தின்” (Saint Maria Empfängnis Church) அதிபரானார்.

நுரையீரல் புற்றுநோயால் (Lung Cancer) பாதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த இவர், கி.பி. 1865ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 4ம் தேதி மரித்தார்.

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 09

 St. Peter

Feastday: December 9

Death: unknown

Martyr of Africa who was put to death with Successus, Bassian, Primitivus, and companions during the Roman persecutions. Nothing is known of them with any certainty. .

Martyrs of Saragossa

Feastday: December 9

Death: 304

Two groups of martyrs put to death at Saragossa, Spain, by the Romans during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian.

(d.c. 304) Eighteen martyrs whose deaths were recorded by the fourth-century Latin poet Prudentius. They were Optatus, Lupercus, Successus, Martial, Urban, Julia, Quinitilian, Publius, Fronto, Caecilian, Felix, Eventius, Primitivus, Apodemius, and four martyrs named Saturninus. Feastday: April 16 (d.c. 304) A second group, called "the Innumerable Martyrs of Saragossa," was slain under a Roman prefect named Dacian. He exiled all Christians from the city, and when they started toward the gates of Saragossa, they were massacred by Dacian's Roman troops. Prudentius wrote of their sufferings. Feastday: November 3

 

Saint Engratia (Portuguese: Santa Engrácia, Spanish: Santa Engracia) is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 303 AD. She should not be confused with the 8th-century Spanish martyr of the same name.

History

Although their martyrdom is traditionally placed around 303 during the Diocletianic Persecution, more recently it is considered probable that they died during the persecution of Valerian (254-260).[1]

Legend

Engratia was a native of Braga who had been promised in marriage to a nobleman of Roussillon. He sent as her escort to Gaul her uncle Lupercius (sometimes identified with the Luperculus who was a bishop of Eauze[2]) and a suite of sixteen noblemen and a servant named Julie or Julia.[3]

Upon reaching Zaragoza, they learned of the persecution of Christians there by the governor Dacian, who reigned in the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian. She attempted to dissuade him from his persecution, but was whipped and imprisoned when it was discovered that she was a Christian. She died of her wounds. Her companions were decapitated.

Martyrs of Zaragoza

Many others, called the Martyrs of Zaragoza, were martyred at the same time.[3] Also called the Countless Martyrs of Zaragoza,[3]

It is said that Dacian, to detect and so make an end of all the faithful of Saragossa, ordered that liberty to practice their religion should be promised them on condition that they all went out of the city at a certain fixed time and by certain designated gates. As soon as they had thus gone forth, he ordered them to be put to the sword and their corpses burned. Their ashes were mixed with those of criminals, so that no veneration might be paid them. But a shower of rain fell and washed the ashes apart, forming those of the martyrs into certain white masses. These, known as the "holy masses" (las santas masas) were deposited in the crypt of the church dedicated to St. Engratia, where they are still preserved.[4]

Their number includes, besides Engratia, Lupercius and Julia:

Caius and Crescentius, confessors rather than martyrs: they were imprisoned and tortured, but did not succumb to their treatment.[5]

Successus, Martial, Urban, Quintilian, Publius, Fronto, Felix, Cecilian, Evodius, Primitivus, Apodemius, and

four men all sharing the name Saturninus.[6] who, according to St. Eugenius II of Toledo would be Jenaro, Casiano, Matutino and Fausto.

Januarius[7]

Veneration

Saint Engratia, Bartolomé Bermejo.

Prudentius, a native of Zaragoza, wrote a hymn in honor of these martyrs, and lists their names, and describes the terrible tortures suffered by Encratis (Engratia).[6] An important cult arose around these saints. Engratia was certainly the most venerated of the group, and her cult was diffused throughout Spain and the Pyrenees. Engracia was declared patroness of the city of Saragossa in 1480.

During a synod held at Zaragoza in 592, the church dedicated to her there was reconsecrated, an act celebrated on November 3, which sometimes served as an alternate feast day.[6]

The Church of Santa Engrácia in Lisbon is dedicated to her.

The Church of Santa Engracia de Zaragoza was built on the spot where Engratia and her companions were said to have been martyred. It was destroyed in the Spanish War of Independence, with only the crypt and the doorway being left.[4] It was rebuilt in the late 19th or early 20th century, and served as a parish church.[1]

St. Restitutus

Feastday: December 9

Death: unknown

Bishop of Carthage and a martyr. He was honored by having a sermon preached about him by St. Augustine

✠ புனிதர் ஜுவான் டியெகோ ✠

(St. Juan Diego)

மரியான் திருக்காட்சியாளர்:

(Marian visionary)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1474

குவாஹ்டிட்லன், மெக்ஸிகோ

(Cuauhtitlán, Mexico)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 1548 (வயது 73–74)

டெபேயக், மெக்ஸிகோ

(Tepeyac, Mexico)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: மே 6, 1990

குவாதலுப் பேராலயம், மெக்ஸிகோ நகர்

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City by Pope John Paul II)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூலை 31, 2002

குவாதலுப் பேராலயம், மெக்ஸிகோ நகர்

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City by Pope John Paul II)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்: 

குவாதலுப் பேராலயம்

(Basilica of Guadalupe)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 9

பாதுகாவல்: பழங்குடி மக்கள் (Indigenous Peoples)

புனிதர் ஜுவான் டியெகோ, மெக்ஸிகோ நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்தவரும், அமெரிக்க நாடுகளின் பழங்குடியைச் சார்ந்த முதல் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க புனிதரும் ஆவார். “புனிதர் ஜுவான் டியேகோ குவாஹ்ட்லடோட்ஸின்” (Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin) மற்றும், “புனிதர் ஜுவான் டியெகோட்ஸில்” (Saint Juan Diegotzil) ஆகிய பெயர்களாலும் இவர் அறியப்படுகின்றார்.

கி.பி. 1531ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், வெவ்வேறு நான்கு சம்பவங்களின்போது “டெபேயக்" மலைப் பகுதியிலும், (Hill of Tepeyac) பின்னர் மலைப்பகுதியின் வெளியேயும் (தற்போதைய மெக்ஸிகோ பெருநகரம்) இவருக்கு அன்னை மரியாளின் தரிசனம் கிட்டியதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.

ஜுவான் டியெகோவுக்கு அன்னை மரியாளின் தரிசனம் கிட்டியதன் நம்பகத்தன்மையை உறுதி செய்யும் வகையில், "டெபேயக்" (Tepeyac) மலையின் அடிவாரத்தில் அமைந்திருக்கும் "குவாதலுப் திருத்தலத்தில்" புனிதர் ஜுவான் டியெகோவின் 'டில்மா' (Tilma) என்றழைக்கப்படும் அங்கி அல்லது சால்வை இருப்பதாகவும் அதன்மேலே அன்னை கன்னி மரியாளின் தூய உருவம் பதிந்திருப்பதாகவும் அறியப்படுகின்றது. இந்த அதிசய சித்திரத்தை கொடுப்பதற்காகவே தூய அன்னை தரிசனம் தந்ததாகவும் அதன் காரணமாகவே மலையடிவாரத்தில் தோன்றிய திருத்தலம் "குவாதலுப் அன்னை திருத்தலம்" என்ற பெயரில் வழிபடப்படுகிறது எனவும் சொல்கிறார்கள். இதனால் இந்த திருத்தலத்தின் வல்லமைகளும் பெருமைகளும் ஸ்பேனிஷ் மொழி பேசும் அமெரிக்கர்களிடையேயும், அதற்கப்பாலும் பரவி, இன்று உலகளவில் கத்தோலிக்க திருயாத்திரைத் தலமாக மாறியுள்ளது.

"டாக்டர் மிகுவேல் லியோன்-போர்டில்லா" (Dr. Miguel León-Portilla) போன்ற மெக்ஸிகன் அறிஞர்களின் கூற்றுப்படி, கி.பி. 1474ம் ஆண்டு மெக்ஸிகோவில் பிறந்த ஜுவான் டியெகோ, ஒரு இந்திய வம்சாவளி ஆவார். இவர் செல்வந்தரோ செல்வாக்குள்ளவரோ கிடையாது. இவரது தனிப்பட்ட வாழ்க்கையைப் பற்றி வெவ்வேறு கதைகள் கூறப்படுகின்றன. இவர் திருமணம் ஆனவர் என்றும், ஒரு மகன் இருந்தார் என்றும் ஒரு கதை. திருமணம் ஆகியும் கடைசிவரை கன்னித்தன்மையுடன் வாழ்ந்தனர் என்றொரு கதை. நற்செய்தி பிரசங்கம் ஒன்றினால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட இவர்கள் கற்புநெறி வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்தனர் என்றும் கூறுவார். ஆனால், எதற்கும் உறுதியான ஆதாரங்கள் கிடையாது.

கி.பி. 1524ம் ஆண்டில், முதன்முறையாக மெக்ஸிகோ வந்த பிரான்சிஸ்கன் மிஷனரிகளின் முதல் குழுவினரால் ஜுவான் டியெகோவும் அவரது மனைவி என்று அறியப்படும் 'மரியா லூசியாவும்' (María Lucía) திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றனர். இவருக்கு அன்னையின் தரிசனம் கிடைப்பதற்கு இரண்டு வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னரேயே இவரது மனைவி மரித்துப்போனார்.

இவருக்கு கத்தோலிக்க மறையின் மீதிருந்த உற்சாகமான ஈர்ப்பும் அன்னை மரியாளின் மீது இவர் கொண்டிருந்த அளவற்ற மரியாதையும் பக்தியும் இவரது வெள்ளை மனமும் கருணையுடன் பிறருடன் பழகும் அணுகுமுறையும் இவரது புனிதர் பட்டம் வழங்குவதற்கான ஆரம்ப கட்ட பணிகளின் தவிர்க்க இயலாத அளவுகோல்களாக அமைந்தன என்பர்.

இவருக்கு அன்னை மரியாளின் தரிசனம் கிட்டியதன் பின்னர், இவர் டெபேயக் மலை அடிவாரத்தில் அமைந்திருந்த துறவு மடத்தின் அருகே வசிக்க அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார். அவர் தமது வாழ்வின் இறுதிவரை அருகிலேயே அமைந்திருந்த அன்னை குவாதலுப் திருத்தலத்தில் சேவை செய்து வாழ்ந்தார்.

Saint Juan Diego

Also known as

• Cuauhtlatoatzin

• Juan Diego Cuautlatoatzin

Profile

Born an impoverished free man in a strongly class-conscious society. Farm worker, field labourer, and mat maker. Married layman with no children. A mystical and religious man even as a pagan, he became an adult convert to Christianity around age 50, taking the name Juan Diego. Widower in 1529. Visionary to whom the Virgin Mary appeared at Guadalupe on 9 December 1531, leaving him the image known as Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Born

1474 Tlayacac, Cuauhtitlan (about 15 miles north of modern Mexico City, Mexico) as Cuauhtlatoatzin

Died

30 May 1548 of natural causes

Beatified

• 9 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican City

• recognition celebrated on 6 May 1990 at Mexico City, Mexico

Canonized

• 31 July 2002

• recognition celebrated at the basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico by Pope John Paul II

Representation

eagle

புனித பேதுரு ஃபோரியர் 

St. Petrus Fourier

நினைவுத்திருநாள் : டிசம்பர் 9

பிறப்பு : 30 நவம்பர் 1565, லோத்ரிங்கன் Lothringen, பிரான்ஸ்

இறப்பு : 9 டிசம்பர் 1640, கிரே Gray, பிரான்ஸ்

முத்திபேறுபட்டம்: 1730

புனிதர்பட்டம்: 7 மே 1897, திருத்தந்தை 13 ஆம் லியோ

இவர் தனது 20 வயதில் 1589 ஆம் ஆண்டு டிரியரிலுள்ள சிமியோன் ஆலயத்தில் குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். அதன்பிறகு தான் பிறந்த ஊரின் பக்கத்து ஊரிலேயே மறைப்பணிக்காக அனுப்பப்பட்டார். இவர் அவ்வூரில் முதல் திருப்பலி நிறைவேற்றிய போது ஆற்றிய மறையுரையால் பலர் மனந்திரும்பி, உண்மையுள்ள கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மாறினர். இவர் ஊர் ஊராக கால்நடையாகவே சென்று மறைப்பணியாற்றினார். இவர் குருவான சில ஆண்டுகளிலேயே பல பங்குகளை உருவாக்கினார். ஒவ்வொரு ஊர்களிலும் தவறாமல் திருப்பலியை நிறைவேற்றினார். 

இவர் இளைஞர்களுக்கு மிக முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து அவர்களின் மனதில் இடம்பிடித்தார். இளைஞர்களை பராமரிப்பதற்கென்று 1597 ஆம் ஆண்டு சபை ஒன்றை தொடங்கினார். இச்சபையானது தொடங்கிய 25ஆண்டுகளில் உலகம் முழுவதும் பரவியது. இச்சபையை திருத்தந்தை 5 ஆம் பவுல் துறவற சபையாக அறிவித்து அங்கீகாரம் அளித்தார். மிக சிறப்பாக பணியாற்றிய இவர் சிறந்த குரு என்றழைக்கப்பட்டு புகழப்பட்டார். 

செபம்:

நன்மைகளின் ஊற்றே எம் இறைவா! பேதுரு ஃபோரியர் சிறந்த குருவாக பணியாற்றி இளைஞர்கலை வளர்த்தெடுத்ததைப்போல எம் குருக்களும் இளைஞர்களின்பால் அக்கறைக்கொண்டு வாழ உதவி செய்தருளும். சிறந்த குருக்களாக வாழ்ந்து என்றும் உமக்கு சான்று பகர்ந்திட செய்தருளும்.

---JDH---தெய்வீக குணமளிக்கும் இயேசு /திண்டுக்கல்.

Saint Peter Fourier

Also known as

• Good Father of Mattaincourt

• Le Bon Père de Mattaincourt

Profile

Educated at the University of Pont-a-Mousson, entering at age 15. Tutor to the sons of many noble families. Augustinian Canon Regular at the abbey in Chaumousey, France. Ordained in 1589. He returned to university, became a master of patristic theology, and could recite the Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas by heart. Reforming priest at Mattaincourt, Vosges, France, an area noted for corruption and lax attitudes to heresy; he revitalized the spiritual life of the district, and established charities and banks for the poor. Spiritual teacher of Blessed Alix le Clerc. In 1598 he founded the Daughters of Our Lady for the education of girls. Founded the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception, or Children of Mary. His attempt to found a parallel order to teach boys failed. In 1621 he was ordered to reform his order in Lorraine. In 1625 he was sent to Salm to preach missions and work against Calvinism; within six months all the fallen away Catholics had returned to the Church. Helped found the Congregation of Our Saviour in 1629 and served as its superior general in 1632. When the French government ordered him to swear allegiance to King Louis XIII he refused, and spent the rest of his life in exile in the town of Gray, Haute-Saone, France.

Born

30 November 1565 at Mirecourt, Lorraine (modern France)

Died

9 December 1640 at Gray, Haute-Saone (modern France) of natural causes

Beatified

20 January 1730 by Pope Benedict XIII

Canonized

27 May 1897 by Pope Leo XIII

Representation

man wearing a rochet, distributing pictures of the Blessed Virgin Mary and chaplets to children

Blessed Liborius Wagner

Also known as

Liborio

Profile

Raised a Protestant, he studied in Mühlhausen, Leipzig, Gotha and Strasbourg, then in 1621 began studying with Jesuits in Würzburg, Germany where he converted to Catholicism. Ordained on 29 March 1625, Liborius served as chaplain in Hardheim, Germany, then as parish priest at Altenmünster, Germany a predominently Protestant city. He ministered to everyone in his city, and his example brought many Protestants to re-union with the Catholic Church. In 1631, the Protestant Swedes, fighting in the Thirty Years' War, reached Altenmünster, and Father Liborius was forced to flee the city; he hid in Reichmannhausen, which was only couple of miles away, so he could return to minister to his parishioners. On 4 December 1631 he was betrayed, captured by the Swedes, tied behind a horse, and dragged several miles to the castle of Mainberg where he was subjected to several days of torture to force him to renounce the Catholic Church; he refused. Martyr.

Born

5 December 1593 at Mühlhausen, Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia, Germany

Died

• beaten to death with swords and firearms on 9 December 1631 on the River Main, Schonungen, Schweinfurt, Germany

• stripped of his priestly garb to make identification harder, and his body thrown into the River Main

• body recovered from the river by area Catholics, and buried nearby

• following the end of Swedish rule in the area, his body was re-interred in the chapel of the castle of Mainberg

• re-interred in the parish church of San Lorenzo, Heidenfeld, Germany on 15 December 1637

Beatified

24 March 1974 by Pope Paul VI

Blessed Clara Isabella Fornari

Also known as

• Anna Felecia Fornari

• Chiara Fornari

Profile

Novice in the Poor Clares of Todi, Italy at age 15, and took her vows under the name Clara Isabella at 16. Given to long and frequent ecstatic visions of Jesus, Our Lady, Saint Clare of Assisi, and Saint Catherine of Siena. During one of these, Jesus placed a ring on her finger, and pronounced her his "spouse of sorrow."

Stigmatist, with constant marks and periodic bleeding. Her head was weighted with a mystical crown of thorns that invisibly, but painfully, grew through the skin until the thorns popped through and fell, leaving bleeding open wounds.

Driven to depression and despair from the pain, she was tempted to apostasy and suicide. Toward the end of her short life she even lost the memories of her earlier, consoling visits from Heaven. However, not long before she died the memories of those earlier, ecstatic times returned to her, her joy in God returned, and she went happily into the next life.

Born

25 June 1697 at Rome, Italy as Anna Felicia Fornari

Died

9 December 1744

Saint Nectarius of Auvergne

Also known as

• Nectarius of Limagne

• Nectarius of Senneterre

• Nectarius of St-Nectaire

• Nectaire, Necterius

Profile

Missionary sent by Pope Saint Fabian to take the faith into Gaul in the 3rd century, centering his work around the modern Auvergne, France. Worked with Saint Austremonius, Saint Gatianus of Tours, Saint Trophimus of Arles, Saint Paul of Narbonne, Saint Martial of Limoges, Saint Dionysius of Paris, Saint Baudimius, Saint Auditor of Saint-Nectaire and Saint Saturninus of Toulouse; may have been related to Baudimus and/or Auditor. Turned a pagan temple into the new Christian church. Martyr.

Died

• murdered by the pagan chieftain Bradulus

• the Benedictine priory of St-Nectaire, France was built over his grave

• the small town of Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme grew up around it, giving it's name to a world famous cheese

Patronage

Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme, France

புனித_லியோகாதியா  (-303)

டிசம்பர் 09

இவர் (#StLeocadiaOfToledo) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் உள்ள ஸடொலேதோ என்ற இடத்தில் இருந்த ஒரு மதிப்புமிக்க குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர்.

இவரது காலத்தில் உரோமை ஆண்டுவந்த தியோகிளசியன் என்ற மன்னன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களைப் பிடித்துத் துன்புறுத்தியும் கொலை செய்தும் வந்தான்.

தியோகிளசியன்  மன்னனுக்குக் கீழ் ஆளுநராக இருந்தவன் டெசியானுஸ் என்பவன். அவன் லியோகாதியா கிறிஸ்துவின்மீது மிகுந்த பற்றுக்கொண்டிருப்பதை அறிந்து, பலவந்தமாக இழுத்துச் சென்று, மிக கொடுமையாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்து, கிறிஸ்துவை  மறுதலிக்கச் சொன்னான். ஆனால் இவர் தனது நம்பிக்கையில் மிக உறுதியாக இருந்ததால், அவன் இவரைச் சிறையில் தள்ளி, மீண்டுமாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்தான். 

இதற்கு நடுவில் யுலேலியா என்ற புனிதை தன்னைப் போன்று சித்திரவதை செய்யப்படுவதை அறிந்து, இவர் மிகவும் வருந்தினார். அவருக்காக இவர் தொடர்ந்து மன்றாடினார். 

சிறையில் இவருக்குக் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட தண்டனை மிகுதியானதால், இறைவனிடத்தில் இவர் தனது உயிரை எடுத்துக்கொள்ளுமாறு மன்றாடினார். அதன் படி இவர் டிசம்பர் 9ஆம் நாள் இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Saint Leocadia of Toledo

Also known as

Locaie of Toledo

Profile

Slave. Beaten and imprisoned for refusing to denounce her faith during the Diocletian persecutions. Scheduled for torture and either apostasy or martyrdom, she learned of the abuse being suffered by the 13 year old Saint Eulalia of Merida. Leocadia prayed for God to remove her from a world where such evil occurred; she died soon after, of no particular cause, without being touched by her torturers. Ancient and popular cultus developed in Toledo, Spain.

Died

• c.303 at Toledo, Spain of (super) natural causes

• relics translated 26 April 1589

Patronage

• Toledo, Spain, city of

• Toledo, Spain, archdiocese of

Representation

• woman holding a tower, indicating she died in prison

• woman holding a cross and palm

Saint Budoc of Brittany

Also known as

• Budoc of Dol

• Beuzec, Beuzeg, Beuzegig, Bozeg, Bozel, Budeaux, Budeg, Budeux, Budock, Budog, Budogan, Budok, Budokus, Buoc

Profile

Born a prince, the son of a king of Brittany; his mother was Azenor, princess of Brest, France. Legend says that his mother was set adrift in a cask, and that Budoc was born at sea with Saint Brigid of Ireland in attendance. Educated in a monastery near Waterford, Ireland. Abbot at Youghal, Ireland. Bishop of Dol, Brittany for 26 years. Several places in Devon and Cornwall in England are named after him.

Born

in Brittany (part of modern France)

Patronage

• castaways

• fishermen

• sailors

• Plourin, France

• Plymouth, England

Saint Syrus of Pavia

Also known as

Cyril, Siro

Profile

Evangelized and served as first bishop of Pavia, Italy in the 1st century; tradition says that he was appointed by the Apostles, and an old legend says that he was the boy with five loaves who appears in the Gospels. Worked with Saint Juventius of Pavia. Fought Arianism.

Died

relics in the cathedral of Pavia, Italy

Patronage

• Pavia, Italy, city of

• Pavia, Italy, diocese of

Representation

• bishop trampling a basilisk (symbol of Arianism) underfoot

• bishop enthroned between two deacons

• with Saint Juventius of Pavia

Saint Gorgonia

Profile

Daughter of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder and Saint Nonna. Sister of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen and Saint Caesarius of Nazianzen. Married, and mother of three. Twice miraculously cured of serious maladies, one of which resulted from being trampled by a team of mules which broke bones and crushed internal organs, and the other whose symptoms included headaches, fever, paralysis, and repeated coma. Each was cured by the strength of her prayer.

Died

c.375 of natural causes

Patronage

• against bodily ills

• against illness

• against sickness

• sick people

Saint Valeria of Limoges

Profile

Daughter of an imperial Roman senator. Convert. Spiritual student of Saint Martial of Limoges. Betrothed in an arranged marriage, she said that she wanted to devote herself to God; her fiancee refused to believe it, assumed she had another lover, and killed her. Martyr. Possibly apocryphal.

Died

beheaded in Limoges, France

Representation

• woman with crown and palm

• holding her severed head

• with Saint Martial of Limoges

Saint Auditor of Saint-Nectaire

Also known as

Auditeur

Profile

Missionary sent by Pope Saint Fabian to take the faith into Gaul in the 3rd century, centering his work around the modern Auvergne, France. Worked with Saint Austremonius, Saint Gatianus of Tours, Saint Trophimus of Arles, Saint Paul of Narbonne, Saint Martial of Limoges, Saint Dionysius of Paris, Saint Baudimius, Saint Nectarius of Auvergne and Saint Saturninus of Toulouse; may have been related to Baudimus and/or Nectarius.

Patronage

Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Saint Proculus of Verona

Profile

Bishop of Verona, Italy. Made public confession of his faith during the persecutions of Diocletian, for which he he was harassed, beaten and run out of town. He eventually returned to resume leadership of his flock.

Died

c.320 at Verona, Italy of natural causes

Saint Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury

Also known as

AEthelgifu of Shaftesbury

Profile

Princess, the daughter of King Alfred the Great. Nun. With her father's help, she founded and served as first abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, England.

Died

896

Saint Cyprian of Périgueux

Profile

Sixth century monk at Périgueux, France. In late life he became a hermit on the banks of the River Dordogne. Saint Gregory of Tours wrote a biography of him.

Died

586 of natural causes

Saint Balda of Jouarre

Profile

Late 7th century abbess in Jouarre Abbey, diocese of Meaux, France.

Died

relics in the abbey church at Nesle-la-Reposte, diocese of Troyes, France

Saint Caesar of Korone

Profile

First century convert. Spiritual student of Saint Paul the Apostle. One of the 72 disciples sent out to spread the faith at the beginning of the Church. Bishop.

Saint Wulfric of Holme

Also known as

Wolfeius of Holme

Profile

Hermit at Saint Benet Hulme in Norfolk, England.

Died

c.1000

Saint Cephas

Profile

First century convert. Spiritual student of Saint Paul the Apostle. One of the 72 disciples sent out to spread the faith at the beginning of the Church.

Saint Julian of Apamea

Profile

Third century bishop of Apamea, Syria. Worked against the Montanist and Kata-Phrygian heresies.

Blessed Mercedarian Fathers

Profile

The memorial of ten Mercedarian friars who were especially celebrated for their holiness.

• Arnaldo de Querol • Berengario Pic • Bernardo de Collotorto • Domenico de Ripparia • Giovanni de Mora • Guglielmo Pagesi • Lorenzo da Lorca • Pietro Serra • Raimondo Binezes • Sancio de Vaillo •

Martyrs of North Africa

Profile

Twenty-four Christians murdered together in North Africa for their faith. The only details to survive are four of their names - Bassian, Peter, Primitivus and Successus.

Martyrs of Samosata

Profile

Seven martyrs crucified in 297 in Samosata (an area of modern Turkey) for refusing to perform a pagan rite in celebration of the victory of Emperor Maximian over the Persians. They are - Abibus, Hipparchus, James, Lollian, Paragnus, Philotheus and Romanus.

Died

crucified in 297 in Samosata (an area in modern Turkey)

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:

• Blessed Carmen Rodríguez Banazal

• Blessed Dolores Broseta Bonet

• Blessed Estefanía Irisarri Irigaray

• Blessed Isidora Izquierdo García

• Blessed José Ferrer Esteve

• Blessed José Giménez López

• Blessed Josefa Laborra Goyeneche

• Blessed Josep Lluís Carrera Comas

• Blessed Julián Rodríguez Sánchez

• Blessed María Pilar Nalda Franco

• Blessed Recaredo de Los Ríos Fabregat

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 08

 St. Patapius

Feastday: December 8

Death: 4th century

A fourth century hermit. He was originally from Egypt but journeyed to Constantinople where he lived as a hermit. Patapius is especially revered in the Eastern Churches.

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(டிசம்பர் 8)

✠ திபெஸ் நகர புனிதர் படபியொஸ் ✠

(St. Patapios of Thebes)

துறவு மட நிறுவனர்:

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டு

திபெஸ், எகிப்து

(Thebes, Egypt)

இறப்பு: எகிப்து (Egypt)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 8

திபெஸ் நகர புனிதர் படபியொஸ், கி.பி. நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டைச் சேர்ந்த துறவியும், கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதரும் ஆவார். இவரது நினைவுத் திருநாள் டிசம்பர் மாதம் எட்டாம் தேதி அனுசரிக்கப்படுகின்றது.

இவரது உடலின் மிச்சங்கள் (Relic) இன்றும் கிரேக்கத்தில் ஏதென்ஸ் நகரின் அருகேயுள்ள “லௌட்ரகி” (Loutraki, a spa town near Athens, Greece) என்னும் இடத்திலுள்ள பெண்களுக்கான "புனிதர் படபியொஸ் துறவு மடத்தில்" (Monastery of Saint Patapios) வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

கி.பி. நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டில் எகிப்து நாட்டின் "திபெஸ்" (Thebes) நகரில் வசதி வாய்ந்த கிறிஸ்தவ பெற்றோருக்கு பிறந்த புனிதர் படபியோஸ், சிறு வயதிலேயே பாலைவனங்களில் ஒரு துறவியாக ஒதுங்கி வாழ்ந்தார். அவரது அறிவுரைகளைக் கேட்கவும், அவரது போதனைகளைக் கேட்கவும் மக்கள் கூட்டம் அவரைக் காண சென்று கொண்டிருந்தது. அவரது வாழ்க்கையில் பிறகு, அவர் திபெஸ் நகரையும் பாலைவனங்களையும் விட்டு "காண்ஸ்டன்டினோபில்" (Constantinople) சென்றார். அங்கே அவர், பின்னாளில் புனிதர்களாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட "வாராஸ்" (Varas) மற்றும் "ரெவௌலஸ்" (Ravoulas) ஆகிய இரு துறவிகளைச் சந்தித்தார். புனிதர் ரெவௌலஸ், "ரோமனோஸ் நுழைவுவாயில்” (Gate of Romanos) என்னுமிடத்தில் துறவியாக இருந்தார். புனிதர் வாராஸ், "பெட்ரியோன்" (Petrion) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள “ஸ்நாபக அருளப்பரின் துறவு மடத்தை” (Monastery of St John the Baptist) கட்டியவராவார்.

"ப்லாச்செர்னா" (Blachernae) என்ற இடத்திலுள்ள உலர் மலைப் பகுதிகளில் வசித்த புனிதர் படபியோஸ், "எகிப்தியர்களின் துறவு மடத்தினை" (Monastery of the Egyptians) கட்டினார். இறுதியில் அவர் அங்கேயே மரித்தார்.

கி.பி. 536ம் ஆண்டு, புனிதர் படபியோஸ் கட்டிய எகிப்தியர்களின் துறவு மடம் இடிக்கப்பட்டபோது, அவரது உடலின் மிச்சங்கள் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டு, புனிதர் வாராஸால், "பெட்ரியோன்" (Petrion) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள “ஸ்நாபக அருளப்பரின் துறவு மடத்துக்கு” (Monastery of St John the Baptist) கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டன.

"காண்ஸ்டன்டினோபில்" (Constantinople) நாட்டை ஆண்ட "பைஸன்டைன் பேரரசின்" (Byzantine Empire) இறுதி நூற்றாண்டான அக்கால கட்டத்தில், புனிதர் படபியோஸின் உடலின் மிச்சங்கள் அரச பாதுகாவலுடன் கொண்டுபோகப்பட்டன. அப்போதைய பேரரசர் "பதினொன்றாம் காண்ஸ்டன்டைன் பலையோலோகோஸ்" (Constantine XI Palaiologos) அவர்களின் தாயாரும் பின்னாளில் கத்தோலிக்க அருட்சகோதரியான "புனிதர் ஹிபோமோன்" (Saint Hypomone) அதற்கு பேருதவிகள் செய்தார்.

"ஓட்டமோன்" பேரரசால் (Ottoman Empire) காண்ஸ்டன்டினோபில் வெற்றிகொள்ளப்பட்டதன் பிறகு, கி.பி. 1453ம் ஆண்டில் புனிதர் படபியோஸின் மிச்சங்கள் "பலையோலோகோஸ்" பேரரசரின் உறவினர் ஒருவரால் கடத்தப்பட்டு தென் கிரேக்கப் பகுதியிலுள்ள "ஜெரனியா" மலையிலுள்ள (Mount Geraneia) ஒரு குகையில் மறைத்து வைக்கப்பட்டது. சில நூற்றாண்டுகளின் பிறகு அது கைவிடப்பட்டது.

கி.பி. 1904ம் ஆண்டு, "லௌட்ரகி" (Loutraki) நகர மக்களால் அந்த குகையும் அதில் மறைத்து வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த மிச்சங்களும் கண்டு பிடிக்கப்பட்டன. பின்னாளில் புனிதர் ஜெரோம் அவர்களின் மாணவர்களில் ஒருவரான அருட்தந்தை "நேக்டரியோஸ்" (Father Nektarios) என்பவர் புனிதர் படபியோஸின் மிச்சங்கள் மீட்கப்பட்ட அதே குகையில் ஒரு பெரும் துறவு மடத்தினை அமைத்தார். அங்கேயே மிச்சங்கள் திரும்ப வைக்கப்பட்டன.

புனிதர் படபியோஸ் அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்த்துவதில் பிரசித்தி பெற்றவராவார். அவர் நிகழ்த்திய அற்புதங்கள் அங்குள்ள துறவு மடத்திலேயே பட்டியலிடப்பட்டுள்ளன. அவர் பெயரால் இன்றளவும் அதிசயங்களும் அற்புதங்களும் நடக்கின்றன.

St. Patapios Of Thebes

Feastday: December 8

Death: 4th Century

Image of St. Patapios Of Thebes I came from the Upper Kemetian area known as the Thebaid. God graced me with the gift of healings, though I had to call upon Him often in my dispositions with the Desert. I finally left Kemet and died near the Corinthian Gulf, in a cave near

Constantinople. Dec. 8th. (Greek Rite.)

† இன்றைய திருவிழா †

(டிசம்பர் 8)

✠ கடவுளின் அதிதூய அன்னை மரியாளின் அமலோற்பவ திருவிழா ✠

(Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Holy Mother of God)

திருவிழா நாள்: டிசம்பர் 8

கடவுளின் அதிதூய அன்னை மரியாளின் அமல உற்பவ விழா என்பது, இயேசுவின் தாய் மரியாள், தமது தாயின் வயிற்றில் பாவமின்றி கருவானதைக் கொண்டாடும் விழா ஆகும். 

மரியாள் ஜென்மப் பாவம் இன்றி பிறந்தார் என்னும் கருத்தை மையப்படுத்தும் விழாவாக அமைந்துள்ள இது, கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் டிசம்பர் மாதம், 8ம் நாளன்று, சிறப்பிக்கப்படுகிறது.

அமல உற்பவம்:

அமலோற்பவ அன்னை:

பொதுவான கிறிஸ்தவ நம்பிக்கையின்படி, ஆதாமினால் தோன்றிய பாவம் மரபுவழியாகத் தொடர்ந்து உலகில் பிறக்கும் ஒவ்வொரு குழந்தையோடும் இணைந்து பிறக்கிறது. இது சென்மப் பாவம் அல்லது பிறப்புநிலைப் பாவம் என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. இப்பாவம் மனிதரை கடவுளின் அருள் நிலையில் இருந்து பிரித்து, உலகின் தீய நாட்டங்களுக்கு அடிமை ஆக்குகிறது.

தந்தையாம் கடவுள், உலக மீட்பரின் தாயாகுமாறு மரியாளை தொடக்கம் முதலே தெரிந்துகொண்டார். எனவே, மரியாளுக்கு மிகுதியான அருளைப் பொழிந்து, பாவ மாசற்ற நிலையில் தாயின் வயிற்றில் கருவாக உருவாகச் செய்தார். இதுவே, மரியாளின் அமல உற்பவம் என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. மீட்பரின் தாயானதால், மீட்பின் பேறுபலன்கள் மரியாளுக்கு முன்னதாகவே வழங்கப்பட்டன.

வரலாற்றில்:

✹ கி.பி. ஐந்தாம் நூற்றாண்டில், டிசம்பர் மாதம், 9ம் தேதி “கீழை கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபை” (Eastern Christian Church) முதன்முதலாக "கடவுளின் அதிதூய அன்னையின் மாசற்ற அமலோற்பவம்" (Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy and All Pure Mother of God) என்ற பெயரில் கடவுளின் தூய அன்னையின் அமலோற்பவ விழாவை “சிரியா”வில் (Syria) கொண்டாடியது.

✹ கி.பி. ஏழாம் நூற்றாண்டில், கீழைத் திருச்சபையின் பெரும்பாலான இடங்களில் இவ்விழா சிறப்பிக்கப்பட்டது.

✹ கி.பி. எட்டாம் நூற்றாண்டில், மேலைத் திருச்சபைக்கு பரவிய இவ்விழா டிசம்பர் 8ம் தேதி கொண்டாடப்பட்டது.

✹ கி.பி. பதினொன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டில், "மரியாள் பாவமின்றி உற்பவித்தவர்" என்ற கருத்துரு தோன்றியது.

✹ கி.பி. 1476ம் ஆண்டு, திருத்தந்தை நான்காம் சிக்ஸ்டஸ் (Pope Sixtus IV) மரியாளின் அமல உற்பவம் திருவிழாவை அனைத்து இடங்களிலும் கொண்டாடுமாறு அறிவுறுத்தினார்.

✹ “டிரென்ட் பொதுச்சங்கம்” (Council of Trent) (1545-1563), பிற்காலத்தில் இவ்விழா கொண்டாட்டங்களுக்கு ஆதரவு தெரிவித்தது.

✹ கி.பி. 1854ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 8ம் தேதி, திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ் (Pope Pius IX) மரியாளின் அமல உற்பவத்தை விசுவாசக் கோட்பாடாக (Dogma of Faith) அறிவித்தார்.

✹ கி.பி. 1858ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் லூர்து அன்னையாக காட்சி அளித்த மரியன்னை, "நானே அமல உற்பவம்" என்று தம்மை அறிமுகம் செய்து கொண்டார்.

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Also known as

• Immaculate Conception of Mary

• Mary, the Immaculate Conception

• Nossa Senhora da Conceição

• Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

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The Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved from the stain of original sin in the first instant of her conception in the womb of her mother. This was a singular privilege and grace of God, granted in view of the merits of Jesus Christ. By her conception is meant not the act or part of her parents in it, nor the formation of her body, nor the conception of Christ later in her own womb; from the moment her soul was created and infused into her body, it was free from original sin and filled with sanctifying grace. Her soul was never stained by original sin, nor by the depraved emotions, passions, and weaknesses consequent on that sin, but created in a state of original sanctity, innocence, and justice. She had at least the graces of the first Eve before the Fall and more. This privilege was befitting the one who was to be mother of the Redeemer.

The doctrine was defined by Blessed Pope Pius IX, 8 December 1854. It is in accord with the texts of Scripture (Genesis 3), "I will put enmities between thee [the serpent] and the woman, and thy seed and her seed"; (Luke 1), "Hail, full of grace." It is established by tradition, by the writings of the Fathers, by feasts observed in honour of this prerogative, by the general belief of the faithful. The very controversies over it among theologians brought about a clear understanding and acceptance of the doctrine long before it was declared by Blessed Pope Pius IX. After the declaration, some Protestant writers denounced what they styled Mariolatry (idolatry of Mary). However, there is a constantly-growing devotion among Catholics, and respect among some Protestant groups for the prerogatives of the Mother of Our Redeemer.

Among the many masters who have represented the Immaculate Conception in art are: Carducci, Carreno de Miranda, Falco, Holbein, Montanes, Muller, Murillo, Reni, Ribera, and Signorelli. It is the title she used when appearing at Lourdes.

The feast originated in the East about the 8th century where it was celebrated on 9 December. In the Western Church it appeared first in England in the 11th century and was included in the calendar of the universal Church in the 14th century. It has a vigil and an octave, and is a holy day of obligation in the United States, Ireland, and Scotland.

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Saint Noel Chabanel

Additional Memorials

• 16 March - Jesuits

• 26 September - as one of the Martyrs of North America

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Son of a notary, and one of four children. Entered the Jesuit novitiate in Toulouse, France on 8 February 1630. College teacher in Toulouse from 1632 to 1639. Ordained in 1641. Taught rhetoric at the college of Rodez. Noel, like many other Jesuits, felt a call to missionary work. Missionary to the Hurons in New France in 1643, arriving in Quebec on 15 August.

Father Noel had terrible trouble adapting to the mission fields. He could not grasp the languages of the natives, hated the food, never became comfortable with the living conditions, and was going through a period of spiritual dryness and trial. Deciding to go completely on faith, he vowed before the Blessed Sacrament that if necessary he would spend the rest of his life at the work. He survived a massacre of Christian Hurons by pagan Iroquois, and was leading a group of survivors to safety when he was murdered by an apostate Huron. One of the Martyrs of North America.

Born

2 February 1613 at Saugues, France

Died

8 December 1649 on a trail near Saint Jean, Ontario, Canada

Canonized

29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI

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Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo-Morán

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Daughter of Pedro Martillo Mosquera and Josefina Moran. Her people were farmers, and her parents died when she was still a child. She moved to Guayaquil, Ecuador where for the next 15 years she worked as a seamstress to support her younger siblings, living a single life, helping those even poorer than herself when she could, and spending her time in prayer. In 1868 she moved to Lima, Peru where she worked in a convent of Dominican nuns. She never took vows and remained a lay person her whole life, but spent eight hours a day in prayer, lived as austerely as any sister, and was known to experience ecstasies.

Born

29 October 1832 at Nobol, Guayas, Ecuador

Died

• 8 December 1869 at Lima, Peru of natural causes

• re-interred at Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1955

Canonized

Sunday 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(டிசம்பர் 8)

✠ டிரையர் மறைமாவட்ட புனிதர் யூச்சரியஸ் ✠

(St. Eucharius of Trier)

டிரையர் மறைமாவட்ட முதல் ஆயர்:

(First Bishop of Trier)

பிறப்பு: ----

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 250

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 8

புனிதர் யூச்சரியஸ், டிரையர் மறைமாவட்ட முதல் ஆயராக (First Bishop of Trier) .வணங்கப்படுகிறார். மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதியில் ,வாழ்ந்திருந்த இவர், பழமையான புராணங்களின்படி, கிறிஸ்துவின் எழுபத்திரெண்டு சீடர்களில் ஒருவராவார். புனிதர் பேதுருவால் ஆயராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்ட இவர், இரும்பு யுகத்தின்போது, "கௌல்" (Gaul) என்னும் மேற்கு ஐரோப்பாவின் பிராந்தியத்திற்கு மறைபரப்பும் பணிகளுக்காக அனுப்பப்பட்டார். இவருடன், "திருத்தொண்டர் வலேரியஸும்" (Deacon Valerius), "துணைத் திருத்தொண்டர் மெட்டர்னஸும்" (Subdeacon Maternus) நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கும் பணிகளுக்காக அனுப்பப்பட்டனர்.

கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்சின் பண்பாட்டு மற்றும் வரலாற்று பிராந்தியமான "அல்ஸாசிலுள்ள" (Alsace) "ரைன்" (Rhine) எனும் ஐரோப்பிய நதி படுக்கைக்கும், பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து "எல்லேலும்" (Ellelum) எனும் இடத்திற்கும் வந்தபோது, "துணைத் திருத்தொண்டர் மெட்டர்னஸும்" (Subdeacon Maternus) மரித்துப்போனார். புனிதர் பேதுருவிடமே திரும்பி விரைந்த அவரது தோழர்களிருவரும், இறந்தவரை உயிருடன் மீட்டுத் தருமாறு அவரை வேண்டினர். புனிதர் பேதுரு, யூச்சரியஸுக்கு தன்னுடைய வல்லமையை தந்தருளினார். அதனால் தொடப்பட்டபோது, நாற்பது நாட்களாக கல்லறையில் இருந்த மெட்டர்னஸ் உயிரோடு திரும்பினார். அதன்பின்னர், "ஜென்டைல்" (Gentile) எனப்படும் யூதரல்லாத இன மக்கள், பெருமளவில் கத்தோலிக்கர்களாக மனமாற்றம் செய்விக்கப்பட்டனர்.

பல்வேறு ஆலயங்காலை நிறுவயதன்பின்னர், தோழர்கள் மூவரும் "டிரையர்" (Trier) மாகாணத்திற்கு சென்றனர். அங்கே, சுவிசேஷ பணிகள் மிக விரைவாக முன்னேறி வந்தது. யூச்சரியஸ், தமது ஆயர் குடியிருப்புக்காக அந்த நகரத்தையே தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார். புராணத்தில் தொடர்புடைய மற்ற அற்புதங்களுடன், அவர் இறந்தவர் ஒருவரை உயிரோடு எழுப்பினார். ஒரு தேவதூதன், அவருடைய மரணவேளை நெருங்கி வந்ததையும், வலேரியஸை அவருடைய வாரிசாக சுட்டிக்காட்டினார்.

ஆயராக இருபத்தைந்து வருடங்களுக்கும் மேலாக பணியாற்றிய யூச்சரியஸ், டிசம்பர் மாதம் எட்டாம் தேதி, மரணமடைந்தார். நகருக்கு வெளியேயிருந்த தூய யோவான் தேவாலயத்தில் (Church of St. John) அவர் நல்லடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Saint Eucharius of Trier

Profile

First bishop of Trier, Germany. A basilica was built over his tomb in the catacomb of Saint Matthias.

Legend says that he was one of the 72 disciples of Christ, and that he was sent to Gaul as its first bishop in the 1st century. There, one of his companions, Maternus, died. Eucharius returned to Saint Peter the Apostle, borrowed his pastoral staff, returned to Gaul, touched Maternus with the staff, and brought him back to life.

Died

relics in the crypt in the Basilica of Saint Matthias, Trier, Germany, and in Lisbon, Portugal

Patronage

• against plague

• Trier, Germany

Representation

• bishop holding the Cathedral of Trier

• bishop with a dragon

• bishop with a dog

• bishop with pallium

• bishop with a demon

• bishop with Venus

இன்றைய புனிதர்

2020-12-08

ரேமிரேமொண்ட் நகர் ரோமாரிக் Romarich von Remiremont

பிறப்பு 

570, 

பிரான்ஸ்

இறப்பு 

8 டிசம்பர் 655, 

ரேமிரேமொண்ட், பிரான்ஸ்

இவர் ரேமிரேமொண்ட் நகரில் பெனடிக்ட் சபையைத் தொடங்கினார். இவர் அரசர்கள் சிலரை மனமாற்றி பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபையில் சேர்த்தார். அவர்களை துறவற வார்த்தைப்பாட்டை பெற்று சிறந்த துறவிகளாக வாழச் செய்தார். பின்னர் ஆலோசகராக பணியாற்றினார். பின்னர் அரசர் 2 ஆம் குளோடார் (Chlotar II) என்பவரிடமிருந்து நிலம் ஒன்றைப் பரிசாக பெற்றார். அந்நிலத்தில் 620 ஆம் ஆண்டு பெண்களுக்கென்று துறவற மடம் ஒன்றையும் கட்டினார். சில ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து அம்மடத்தை 2 மடங்காக விரிவடையச் செய்தார். இவர் தான் இறக்கும் வரை இவர் தொடங்கிய துறவற சபையை மிகக் கவனமாய் இருந்து வழிநடத்தினார்.

செபம்:

நிலைவாழ்வளிக்கும் தந்தையே! புனித பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபையை வழிநடத்தும் தலைவர்களையும் அச்சபையை துறவிகளையும் ஆசீர்வதியும். தொடர்ந்து சிறப்பாக அவர்களை வழிநடத்தி உம் பணியை இவ்வுலகில் விரிவடைய செய்தருள வேண்டுமென்று இறைவா உம்மை இறைஞ்சுகின்றோம்.

இந்நாளில் நினைவுகூறப்படும் பிற புனிதர்கள்

ஓர்வால் நகர் குரு கான்ஸ்டாண்டினுஸ் Constantinus von Orval

பிறப்பு: 1090, பிரான்ஸ்

இறப்பு: 8 டிசம்பர் 1145 , ஓர்வால், பெல்ஜியம்

ஓர்ட்ரூஃப் நகர் குன்தில்டீஸ் Gunthildis von Ohrdruf

பிறப்பு: 750, பிரான்ஸ்

இறப்பு: 8 டிசம்பர் 655 எல்சாஸ் Elsaß, பிரான்ஸ்

Saint Romaric of Remiremont

Also known as

Romaricus

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Merovingian noble, Lord of Austrasia, and part of the court of King Clotaire II. Married layman. Converted by Saint Amatus. Monk at Luxeuil Abbey in Burgundy (in modern France). Founded the convent and monastery of Habendum at Remiremont (Romarici mons) and served as prior with Amatus as abbot. Romaricus became abbot in 623, a position he held 30 years. His two daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter all joined the houses under his leadership. Friend of Saint Arnulf of Metz. He died while on a mission to the Frankish court to petition for Dagobert to receive the crown.

Died

• 653 of natural causes

• relics enshrined at the altar of Remiremont in 1051

• church and relics destroyed in the French Revolution

Canonized

1051 by Pope Leo IX

Pope Saint Eutychian

Also known as

Eutychianus

Profile

He was the 27th pope, but very little is known about him. Legend says he buried 324 martyrs with his own hands, but he reigned in a quiet period of no state persecution, so this is questionable. Another legend credits him with developing the blessings of fields and crops, but this came later. Some documents call him a martyr, but there are no contemporary records to back it up.

Born

• Etruria or Tuscany (both in modern Italy)

Papal Ascension

4 January 275

Died

7 December 283

Blessed Alojzy Liguda

Profile

Member of the Society of the Divine Word. Priest. One of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.

Born

23 January 1898 in Winów, Opolskie, Poland

Died

martyred on 8 December 1942 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany

Beatified

• 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

• recognition celebrated at Warsaw, Poland

Saint Thibaud de Marly

Also known as

Theobald, Thibaut

Profile

Born to the French nobility, he renounced the worldly life and property to become a Cistercian monk. Abbot of Vaux-de-Cernay monastery in Yvelines, France, a house with 200 monks, in 1235. Known as the humblest of the brothers.

Died

1247 of natural causes

Saint Patapius of Constantinople

Also known as

• Patapius of Thebes

• Patapius of Egypt

• Patapios...

Profile

Desert monk near Thebes, Egypt. Hermit outside the city walls of Constantinople. His reputation for holiness attraced a number of monks an other students, who then provided help to the poor, sick and needy of the area.

Born

Egypt

Died

7th century of natural causes

Blessed Johanna of Cáceres

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Benedictine Cistercian nun the convent of Saint Benedict at Cáceres, western Spain when still very young; she spent almost her entire life in the convent. Abbess.

Born

14th century Spain

Died

murdered in front of the convent chapal altar by marauding soldiers on 8 December 1383 in Cáceres, Spain

Saint Gunthildis of Ohrdruf

Also known as

Cunihilt, Cynehild, Cynehildis, Gunthild

Profile

Nun. At the request of Saint Boniface, she travelled to Germany to become abbess of a convent in Thuringia. Inspector of all the schools that had been established in Germany by English nuns.

Born

at Wimborne, England

Died

c.748

Saint Casari of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

Also known as

Cazarie, Gosaria

Profile

Hermitess in the area of Avignon, France near where the Abbey Saint-André-de-Villeneuve was founded.

Died

• 586 of natural causes

• relics in the Abbey Saint-André-de-Villeneuve

Blessed José María Zabal Blasco

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Married layman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

19 March 1898 in Valencia, Spain

Died

8 December 1936 in Picadero de Paterna, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Iacobus Gwon Sang-yeon

Profile

Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.

Born

1751 in Jinsan, Jeolla-do, South Korea

Died

8 December 1791 in Jeonju, Jeolla-do, South Korea

Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis

Blessed Paulus Yun Ji-chung

Profile

Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.

Born

1759 in Jinsan, Jeolla-do, South Korea

Died

8 December 1791 in Jeonju, Jeolla-do, South Korea

Beatified

15 August 2014 by Pope Francis

Saint Macarius of Alexandria

Profile

During the persecutions of Decius he was dragged before a judge who tried to reason him into rejecting Christianty; it didn't work. Martyr.

Died

burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt mid-3rd century

Saint Sofronius of Cyprus

Profile

May have been a 6th century bishop on Cyprus, but the records of the period are all lost and all we know for certain is that his name has remained on the calendar.

Saint Anthusa of Africa

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Hunneric.

Died

burned alive in the late 5th century

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 07

 Martyrs of Africa

Feastday: December 7

The collective name given to the martyrs who died for the faith in Africa Latina, the northwestern region of Africa. The martyrs vary according to year and feast day.

(date unknown) Two hundred and twenty mar­tyrs of Africa of whose martyrdoms no details are extant. Feastday: October 16 (date unknown) + A group of martyrs, numbering from one hundred to two hundred; no details of their deaths have survived. Feastday: October 30 (date unknown) + A group, called the Martyres Massylitani, put to death at Masyla in North Africa. The fourth-century Latin poet Prudentius wrote a hymn in their honor. Feastday: April 9 (d.c. 210) + Christians of both sexes who died in the persecution under Emperor Septimius Severus. They were burned at the stake. Feastday: January 6 (d.c. 303) + Martyrs called the "Guardians of the Holy Scriptures." These Christians refused to turn over the sacred Christian books to the authorities to be burned. Several "Guardians" groups were martyred. St. Augustine had high praise for those in Nicomedia. Feastday: February 11 (d. 459) + Large group martyred by the Arian heretical king Geiseric of the Vandals. He had them slain at a celebration of the Eucharist on Easter Sunday. A lector was shot by an arrow through the throat while chanting the Alleluia verse. Feastday: April 5 (d. 482) + Women martyrs put to death by the Vandal king Hunneric for refusing to accept Arian Christianity. Feastday: December 16

Saint Ambrose of Milan

Also known as

• The Honey Tongued Doctor

• Ambreuil, Ambrogio, Ambroise, Ambrosius, Ambrun, Embrun

Additional Memorials

• 4 April (Old Catholics; Lutherans)

• 20 December (Orthodox)

Profile

Born to the Roman nobility. Brother of Saint Marcellina and Saint Satyrus. Educated in the classics, Greek, and philosophy at Rome, Italy. Poet and noted orator. Convert to Christianity. Governor of Milan, Italy.

When the bishop of Milan died, a dispute over his replacement led to violence. Ambrose intervened to calm both sides; he impressed everyone involved so much that though he was still an unbaptized catechumen, he was chosen as the new bishop. He resisted, claiming that he was not worthy, but to prevent further violence, he assented, and on 7 December 374 he was baptized, ordained as a priest, and consecrated as bishop. He immediately gave away his wealth to the Church and the poor, both for the good it did, and as an example to his flock.

Noted preacher and teacher, a Bible student of renown, and writer of liturgical hymns. He stood firm against paganism and Arians. His preaching helped convert Saint Augustine of Hippo, whom Ambrose baptized and brought into the Church. Ambrose's preaching brought Emperor Theodosius to do public penance for his sins. He called and chaired several theological councils during his time as bishop, many devoted to fighting heresy. Welcomed Saint Ursus and Saint Alban of Mainz when they fled Naxos to escape Arian persecution, and then sent them on to evangelize in Gaul and Germany. Proclaimed a great Doctor of the Latin Church by Pope Boniface VIII in 1298.

The title Honey Tongued Doctor was initially bestowed on Ambrose because of his speaking and preaching ability; this led to the use of a beehive and bees in his iconography, symbols which also indicate wisdom. This led to his association with bees, beekeepers, chandlers, wax refiners, etc.

Born

c.340 in Trier, southern Gaul (modern Germany)

Died

• Holy Saturday, 4 April 397 at Milan, Italy of natural causes

• relics at basilica of Milan

Patronage

• bee keepers

• bees

• bishops

• candle makers

• chandlers

• domestic animals

• French Commissariat

• geese

• honey cake bakers

• learning

• livestock

• police officers

• schoolchildren, students

• security personnel

• starlings

• wax melters

• wax refiners

• archdiocese of Milan, Italy

• 8 cities

Representation

• baby with bees on his mouth

• beehive

• bees

• bishop holding a church

• bones, referring to the relics of Saint Gervase and Saint Protase which were revealed to him in a vision

• dove

• man arguing with a pagan

• ox

• pen

• lash, whip or scourge, usually with three thongs; represents the doctrine of the Trinity which defeated the Arian

• with Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Jerome and Saint Augustine of Hippo

• beehive at his feet

• books

• at the grave of Saint Martin of Tours (Ambrose saw his burial in a vision)

• with Saint Protase and Saint Gervase (they appeared to Ambrose in a vision to lead him to their lost relics)

Storefront

• medals and pendants, page 1

• medals and pendants, page 2

• medals and pendants, page 3

• medals and pendants, page 4

Saint John the Silent

Also known as

• John Hesychastes

• John Sabaites

• John Silentiarius

• John the Silent

Profile

Son of Enkratios, a military commander, and Euphemia; his brother and other family members were advisors to emperors. John received an excellent secular and religious education. His parents died in 471, and at age 18 John used his inheritance to build the Church of the Most Holy Mother of God in Nicopolis. By age 20 he had founded a monastery for himself and ten fellow young monks. Bishop of Colonia (Taxara) by age 28; ecclesiastical duties permitting, he continued to live as a monk.

In his tenth year as bishop, his brother-in-law, Pazinikos, was appointed governor of Armenia, and immediately began meddling in Church affairs. Overwhelmed by secular matters he was not prepared for, he secretly fled to Jerusalem, praying for a place to hide from the world. Accepted as a novice at Saint Sabas monastery, working as a steward and construction worker. After four years at the monastery, he was being considered for ordination, and felt compelled to reveal his secret life to the Jerusalem Patriarch Elias. Elias permitted him to take a vow of silence, and wall himself into his cell for another four years.

Lived as a hermit in a hut built against a rock face in the desert wilderness for nine years; legend says he was protected from brigands by a lion that stayed nearby. Saint Sava convinced John to return to the monastery. His secret came out, and he lived many years at the monastery under the protection of Sava. Late in life he left his solitude to fight the Origenists. Miracle worker. Healer. Exorcist.

Born

8 January 454 at Nicopolis, Armenia

Died

8 January 558 in Jerusalem of natural causes

Representation

bishop with a finger to his lips

Saint Mary Joseph Rosello

Also known as

• Benedetta Rossello

• Benedicta Rossello

• Josepha Rossello

• Maria Giuseppe Rossello

• Maria Joseph Rollo

• Sister Mary-Joseph

Profile

One of nine children, her father was a potter. Born in poverty, she suffered from poor health all her life. Pious from early youth she tried to enter a religious order, but was refused admission due to her health and lack of dowry. The pious, childless couple she worked for could have given her a dowry, but would not because they did not want to lose her as member of their family. Franciscan tertiary at age 16.

Her bishop knew of her skill in teaching the faith to girls, and in 1837 he gave her a house which she and three other young women made into two classrooms. From this humble beginning came the Institute of the Daughters of Mercy in 1837 under the protection of Our Lady of Mercy and Saint Joseph, groups devoted to teaching the young, and caring for the sick. Any deserving girl would be accepted into the community, even without a dowry. Mary Joseph served as superior of this band of teachers for over 40 years. In 1875 they opened their first house in the Americas at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Josepha's success and personal holiness were such that her bishop, over strong objection from many, allowed her to organize a group that encouraged vocations to the priesthood.

Born

1811 at Albissola Marina, Liguria, diocese of Savona, Italy as Benedetta Rossello

Died

7 December 1888 at Savona, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

1949 by Pope Pius XII

Saint Sabino of Spoleto

Also known as

• Sabino of Assisi

• Sabinus, Savino

Profile

Bishop, possibly of Spoleto, Italy, during the persecutions of Diocletian; he was imprisoned in Assisi and Spoleto, Italy. As punishment for continuing to spread Christianity in defiance of imperial decrees, Sabino had his hands amputated so he could live on as an example to others. While imprisoned, Sabino restored the sight of a blind fellow prisoner. The prison's executioner, who had chopped off the hands, suffered from an eye disease and went to see Sabino; the bishop healed the man, and talked to him about Christianity; the other guards were so angry at the continual defiance, they beat Sabino to death. Martyr.

Died

• beaten by prison guards c.303 in Spoleto, Italy

• some relics stolen in 954 by Duke Conrad of Spoleto, and taken to Ivrea, Italy in order to combat an epidemic that was raging in the city; miracles reported in connection with the relics, and they were processed through the center of the old city every 7 July for centuries

Patronage

• Fermo, Italy

• Ivrea, Italy

Representation

• blind or blindfolded bishop

• bishop having his hands cut off

• bishop with no hands preaching

Saint Burgundofara

Also known as

Burgondophora, Fare, Fara

Profile

Sister of Saint Cagnoald and Saint Faro of Meaux; daughter of Count Agneric, courtier of King Theodebert II. As a baby, she was blessed by Saint Columbanus.

Burgundofara was early drawn to a religious vocation, despite her father's fierce opposition. He demanded that she marry, and arranged a marriage for her. The girl became deathly ill, and when she was miraculously healed by Saint Eustace, Burgundofara's father gave in, and built his daughter a convent. It followed the Rule of Saint Columban, and is now known as the Benedictine abbey of Faremoutiers.

Abbess for 37 years, noted for her piety and administrative skill. She trained many English nun-saints, including Saint Ethelburga. Bede refers to her, which led to the mistaken idea that she died in England.

Born

595 in Burgundy, France

Died

643 or 655 or 657 near Meaux, France (records vary) of natural causes

Patronage

Faremoutiers, France

Representation

• abbess with an ear of corn

• a child being blessed by Saint Columbanus

Saint Charles Garnier

Additional Memorials

• 19 October as one of the Martyrs of North America

• 26 September in Canada

Profile

Son of the wealthy Jean G and Anne de Garault. A studious lad whose health was never strong, he early felt a call to religious life. Studied classics, philosophy and theology at the Jesuit college of Clermont, France. Joined the Jesuits in 1624. Ordained in 1634. Missionary to Canada in 1636. Missionary to the Huron for 13 years, one of the famous "black robes" who lived in terrible conditions to bring the faith to the far north. Died when the fort at which he was stationed was attacked by Iroquois. Charles spent his last hours ministering to the dying before he was murdered. Martyr.

Born

1606 in Paris, France

Died

shot in the chest and abdomen, and tomahawked in the head on 7 December 1649 at Fort Saint Jean, Canada

Canonized

29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Athenodorus of Mesopotamia

Also known as

Athenodoros

Profile

Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Eleusis and Diocletian.

Died

• sentenced to be burned at the stake in 304 in Mesopotamia, but the fire would not light

• sentenced to be beheaded, but the executioner dropped dead when he approached Athenodorus

• while another solution was sought, Athenodorus began to pray, and he died quietly

Saint Antonius of Siya

Profile

Married to the daughter of his employer, a wealthy merchant. Moved to Novgorod with the business. Widower. Monk in Kensk. Hermit in the forest around the White Sea. His reputation for holiness attracted disciples, and the Prince of Moscow built a monastery for them. In his later years, Antonius tried to retire to live as a hermit again, but his brother monks followed him.

Born

Archangel, Russia

Died

1556

Blessed Humbert of Clairvaux

Profile

Benedictine monk at Chaise-Deux. Monk at Clairvaux Abbey in 1117. Prior at Clairvaux, appointed by Saint Bernard. Abbot at Igny, France in 1127. Humbert tried to return to Clairvaux, but was ordered back to Igny by Bernard under pain of monastic excommunication. Bernard delivered a touching homily at Humbert's funeral Mass.

Died

1148

Saint Agatho of Alexandria

Profile

Soldier in Alexandria, Egypt. When he prevented a mob of pagans from desecrating the bodies of Christian martyrs killed in the persecutions of Decius, the mob dragged him to court where he confessed to being a Christian himself. Martyr.

Died

martyred in 250 in Alexandria, Egypt

Saint Servus the Martyr

Profile

Born to the nobility. A layman, he was tortured and murdered in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal King Hunneric for adhering to orthodox Christianity.

Born

African

Died

beaten and then dragged over stones until dead in 484 in North Africa

Saint Buithe of Monasterboice

Also known as

• Buithe mac Bronach

• Boethius, Buite

Profile

Pilgrim to Rome who studied in Italy, then returned to Scotland to work as a missionary to the Picts.

Born

Scotland

Died

521

Saint Nilus of Stolbensk

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Sabas of Pskov. Hermit in the forests in the Tver region. He attracted so many would be students that he moved to a deserted island in Lake Seliguer.

Died

1554 of natural causes

Saint Victor of Piacenza

Profile

First bishop of Piacenza, Italy, a flock he served for over 50 years. Staunch opponent of Arianism. Attended the Council of Sardica.

Died

375 of natural causes

Saint Geretrannus of Bayeux

Profile

Sixth century bishop of Bayeux, France.

Saint Diuma

Profile

Missionary and evangelizing bishop in Mercia, England. The modern town of Peterborough, England, grew up around a monastery he founded.

Born

Ireland

Died

658

Saint Martin of Saujon

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Martin of Tours. Founded the monastery of Saujon, France.

Died

c.400

Saint Anianas of Chartres

Also known as

Agnan of Chartres

Profile

Fifth century bishop of Chartres, France.

Saint Urban of Teano

Profile

Bishop of Teano, Campania, Italy.

Died

c.356

Saint Polycarp of Antioch

Died

martyred in Antioch

Saint Theodore of Antioch

Died

martyred in Antioch