இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 14

 Bl. Ambrose Fernandez

Feastday: March 14

Death: 1620

Martyr of Japan. Ambrose was born in Sisto, Portugal, in 1551. He went to Japan as a trader but entered the Jesuits in 1577 as a lay brother. Arrested by the Japanese, he died in Suzota prison.

Bl. Dominic Jorjes

Feastday: March 14

Death: 1619

A martyr of Japan, a Portuguese who settled in that country. He was arrested for sheltering Blessed John Spinola. He was burned alive in Nagasaki, Japan, on November 18. He was beatified in 1819.

St. Mathilda

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 14)

✠ புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா ✠

(St. Matilda of Ringelheim)

ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு அரசி: 

(German queen)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 894/97

என்ஜெர், சக்ஸனி, கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியா

(Enger, Saxony, East Francia)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 14, 968

குயிட்லின்பர்க், சக்ஸனி, புனித ரோம பேரரசு

(Quedlinburg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

குயிட்லின்பர்க் மடம், சக்ஸனி-அன்ஹல்ட், ஜெர்மனி

(Quedlinburg Abbey, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 14

புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா, கி.பி. 912ம் ஆண்டு முதல் “சக்ஸனி” (Duchess of Saxony) சீமாட்டியாகவும், கி.பி. 919ம் ஆண்டு முதல் ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு (German queen) அரசியாகவும் ஆட்சி புரிந்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது கணவர் "ஹென்றி" (Henry the Fowler) "ஒட்டோனியன்" (Ottonian dynasty) வம்சத்தின் முதல் அரசராவார். 936ம் ஆண்டு, அவரது கணவர் ஹென்றி இறந்ததும் அவரது ஞாபகார்த்தமாக "குயிட்லின்பர்க் துறவற மடத்தினை" (Quedlinburg Abbey) நிறுவினார். இவரது காலத்திலேயே இவரது மூத்த மகனான "ஓட்டோ" (Otto) 962ம் ஆண்டு, "தூய ரோமப் பேரரசராக" (Holy Roman Emperor) முடிசூடி மேற்கத்திய ஏகாதிபத்திய ஆட்சியை மீண்டும் அமல் படுத்தினார்.

ஜெர்மன் நாட்டின் சக்ஸனி பிராந்தியத்தின் "என்ஜெர்" (Enger) எனுமிடத்தில் பிறந்த மெட்டில்டாவின் தந்தை, உள்ளூர் பிரபுவான "டயட்ரிச்" (Dietrich) ஆவார். இவரது தாயார் “ரெய்ன்ஹில்ட்" (Reinhild) ஆவார்.

இவர் தமது இளம் வயதில், தமது பாட்டி மடாதிபதியாக இருந்த "ஹெர்ஃபோர்ட்" (Herford Abbey) துறவு மடத்தில் கல்வி கற்றார்.

சக்ஸனி பிரபுவான "ஓட்டோ” (Otto the Illustrious) தமது மூத்த மகனான ஹென்றிக்கு (Henry) மெட்டில்டாவை திருமண ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துகொண்டார். ஹென்றி, மெட்டில்டாவைவிட இருபது வயது மூத்தவர் ஆவார். மற்றும், அவருக்கு இது இரண்டாவது திருமணம் ஆகும். அவர் தமது முதல் மனைவியான "ஹத்தேபர்க்" (Hatheburg of Merseburg) என்பவரை விவாகரத்து செய்திருந்தார். ஹென்றி - மெட்டில்டா ஆகியோருக்கு இரண்டு பெண்களும் மூன்று ஆண்களுமாக ஐந்து குழந்தைகள் பிறந்தன.

936ம் ஆண்டு, மெட்டில்டாவின் கணவர் ஹென்றி மரணமடைந்த பிறகு, அவரும் அப்போதைய "கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியாவின்" (East Francia) அரசனாக இருந்த இவரது மகனான “முதலாம் ஒட்டோவும்” (King Otto I) "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) எனும் துறவு மடத்தினை நிறுவினர்.

ஹென்றியின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர் முப்பத்திரண்டு வருட காலம் வாழ்ந்த மெட்டில்டா, 968ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 14ம் நாளன்று, தமது "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) மடத்திலேயே மரணமடைந்தார்.

"லியுட்பிராண்ட்" (Liutprand of Cremona) மற்றும் "தியெட்மார்" (Thietmar of Merseburg) போன்ற மத்திய கால வரலாற்றாசிரியர்கள் மெட்டில்டாவை அவரது பக்தி, செப வாழ்வு மற்றும் பரோபகார செயல்களுக்காக கொண்டாடினர். மெட்டில்டா பல மத நிறுவனங்களை நிறுவினார். தமது காலத்தில் பல கல்வி நிறுவனங்களையும் நிறுவினார்.

பின்னாளில், "சக்ஸனி" மற்றும் "பவரியா" (Saxony and Bavaria) மட்டுமல்லாது ஜெர்மனி முழுதும் அவரை வழிபட தொடங்கினர். 1856–58 ஆண்டுகளில், "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg) எனுமிடத்தில் "நியோ கோதிக்" புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் (Neo-Gothic St. Matilda's Church) அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. மற்றுமொரு புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் "லாட்ஸன்" (Laatzen, Lower Saxony) எனுமிடத்தில் 1938ல் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. 1964ம் ஆண்டு, மற்றுமோர் தேவாலயம் "அல்லேபோ" (Aleppo) எனுமிடத்தில் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது.

Feastday: March 14

Birth: 895

Death: 968

St. Mathilda was the daughter of Theodoric, a Saxon Count. At an early age she was placed in the monastery of Erfurt under the care of Maud, her grandmother, who was Abbess of the monastery which she had entered after the death of her husband. Here St. Mathilda learned needlework and acquired the love of labor, prayer and spiritual reading. She remained in the convent until her parents gave her in marriage, in 913, to Henry "the Fowler," so called from his fondness for hawking. He became Duke in 916 on the death of his father, and in 919 he was chosen to succeed Conrad as King of Germany. The pious Queen adorned the throne by her many virtues. She visited and comforted the sick and the afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and endeavored to convert sinners, and her husband concurred with her in her pious undertakings. After twenty-three years of married life King Henry died, in 936. No sooner had he expired than she had a Mass offered up for the repose of his soul, and from that moment she renounced all worldly pomp. Of her three sons, Otho afterward became Emperor, Henry was Duke of Bavaria, and St. Bruno   edified the Church as Archbishop of Cologne. Otho became King of Germany in 937, and in 962 he was crowned Emperor at Rome. In the contest between her two sons, Otho and Henry, for the crown which was elective, the Queen favored the former, a fault she expiated by great suffering, for both these sons subjected her to a long and cruel persecution. She died in 968. Her feast day is March 14th.

Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 892 – 14 March 968[1]), also known as Saint Matilda, was a Saxon noblewoman. Due to her marriage to Henry I in 909, she became the first Ottonian queen.[2] Her eldest son, Otto I, restored the Holy Roman Empire in 962.[3] Mathilde founded several spiritual institutions and women's convents. She was considered to be extremely pious, righteous and charitable. Mathilde’s two hagiographical biographies and The Deeds of the Saxons serve as authoritative sources about her life and work.

Early life and marriage with Henry I

Mathilde, daughter of Reinhild and the Saxon Count Dietrich (himself a descendant of the Saxon duke Widukind who fought against Charlemagne) was born in around 892, and was raised by her grandmother Mathilde in Herford Abbey. She had three sisters; Amalrada, Bia, and Fridarun, who married Charles III of West Francia, king of West Francia; and a brother Beuve II, the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne.[1] Due to Fridarun’s marriage to count Wichmann the Elder, there was an alliance between the House of Billung and the Ottonian family, which expanded their possessions to the west.[4] In 909, she married Henry, at the time Duke of Saxony and later East-Franconian king, after his first marriage to Hatheburg of Merseburg was cancelled.[5][2] She gave birth to five mutual children: Otto (912-973), who was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor in 962;[3] Henry (919/22-955), who was appointed Duke of Bavaria in 948;[2] Bruno (925-965), who was elected Archbishop of Cologne in 953 and Duke of Lorraine in 954;[6] Hedwig (d. 965/80), who married the West Frankish duke, Hugh the Great; and Gerberga (d. 968/69), who first married Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine and later the Carolingian King Louis IV of France.

In 929, Mathilde received her dowry, that Henry gave to her in the so-called Hausordnung. It consisted of goods in Quedlinburg, Pöhlde, Nordhausen, Grona (near Göttingen), and Duderstadt.[1] During her time as queen, she took an interest in women’s monasteries and is said to have had an influence on her husbands reign by having a strong sense of justice.[7]

Life as a widow

After Henry’s death 936 in Memleben, he was buried in Quedlinburg, where Queen Mathilde founded a convent the same year.[8] She lived there during the following years and took care of the family’s memorialization. Thus Quedlinburg Abbey became the most important center of prayer and commemoration of the dead in the East-Franconian Empire.[9] Like in other convents, daughters of noble families where raised in Quedlinburg, to later become Abesses in order to secure the families influence. One of them was her own granddaughter Matilda, daughter of Otto I and Adelheid of Burgundy, to whom she passed on the conducting of the convent in 966, after 30 years of leadership. The younger Mathilde therefore became the first abbess of the convent in Quedlinburg.[10] With her other goods, Queen Mathilde founded further convents, one of them in 947 in Enger.[11] Her last foundation was the convent of Nordhausen in 961.[12]

Mathilde’s handling of her dowry, which she had received from King Henry I previous to his death, was subject to a dispute between her and Otto I during the years 936-946. Otto made a claim on his mother's possessions, which eventually led to her fleeing into exile. Otto's wife, Queen Eadgyth, is said to have brought about the reconciliation in which Mathilde left her goods and Otto was forgiven for his actions.[13]

The exact circumstances of this feud are still controversial to this day, but in order to protect her goods, Mathilde acquired papal privileges for all monasteries in eastern Saxony in the period before her death in early 968.[14] However, these efforts were ignored when Theophanu, the wife of Otto II, received Mathilde’s dowry after she died.[15]

Death and commemoration

After a long illness, Queen Mathilde died on 14 March 968,[16] in the convent of Quedlinburg. She was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, next to her late husband.[17] Throughout her life, Mathilde was dedicated to charity and her spiritual foundations- as expressed several times in her two hagiographies.[18][page needed] A commemorative plaque dedicated to her can be found in the Walhalla memorial near Regensburg, Germany.[19] Mathilde is the patron of the St. Mathilde church in Laatzen (Germany), the St. Mathilde church in Quedlinburg (Germany), the Melkite church in Aleppo (Syria) and the Mathilden-Hospital in Herford (Germany). Her feast day is 14 March.

Saint Leobinus of Chartres

காட்ரஸ் நகர் ஆயர் லியோபின் Leobin von Chartres

பிறப்பு 

6 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு

இறப்பு 

14 மார்ச் 557, 

காட்ரஸ், பிரான்சு

இவர் நாட்டிலுள்ள லூபின் Lubin என்ற ஊரில் இளைஞர்களை வழிநடத்தும் ஆயனாக இருந்தார். இவர் நன்றாக படிக்கக் கூடியவராகவும், வாசிக்க்க் கூடியவராகவும் இருந்தார். இவர் படிப்பறிவில்லாதவர்களுக்கு கல்வி கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். இவர் ஒருமுறை படிப்பறிவில்லா துறவி ஒருவருக்கு கல்விக் கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். அத்துறவி ஒருமுறை லியோபினை தன் துறவற இல்லத்திற்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றார். அப்போது லியோபின் துறவியர்களின் வாழ்வால் கவரப்பட்டார். இதனால் தானும் ஓர் குருவாக வேண்டுமென்று ஆசைக்கொண்டார். காட்ரஸ் என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்தின் பக்கத்து மாவட்டமான பிரவ்வில் Brau இருந்த, ஓர் குருமடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருவானார். 

544 ஆம் ஆண்டு சில்டேபெர்ட் Childebert என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட அரசன் ஒருவன், காட்ரஸ் நகரின் அரசனாக இருந்தார். அரசன் லியோபினை 544 ல் காட்ரஸ் மறைமாநிலத்தின் ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுத்தான். லியோபின் ஆயராக இருக்கும்போது மக்கள் அவரைப் புனிதராக கருதினார். இவர் செய்த மறைப்பணியே இவர் புனிதர் என்பதற்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டாக இருந்தது. இவர் இறந்தப் பிறகு காட்ரசிலுள்ள பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

Lubinus, Lubin, Lubinius, Lumine, Leubinus, Loubin

Additional Memorial

9 September (translation of relics)/p>

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Son of peasants, he was a field worker and shepherd in his youth. Thirsting for education, he went to the monastery at Noailles, France, working for the monks by day, being taught by them at night. He studied late by candle light, which annoyed the monks who had to wake for early prayers; Leobinus put a screen around the candle, and pressed on.

Friend of Saint Carilef. Student of Saint Avitus of Perche, who suggested that the young man join his monastery. Monk at Lyon, France. Captured by renegade soldiers during war between the Franks and Burgundians, Leobinus was tortured to make him give up the location of the monastery's treasure. He told the soldiers nothing, and they left him for dead, thinking they'd drowned him; he eventually recovered.

Joined Saint Avitus' community at Le Perche, France. Priest. Abbot at Brou, France. Bishop of Chartres, France. Noted reformer. Participant of the synod of Orleans in 549, and Paris in 552. Miracle worker; had the gift of healing, especially of dropsy or edema. Worked with Saint Caletric who gave him his last Communion, and succeeded him as bishop. Innkeepers and wine merchants near Chartres considered him their patron.

Born

at Poitiers, France

Died

14 March 558 following a lengthy illness

Patronage

• against dropsy

• against edema

• against rheumatism

• innkeepers

• wine merchants

Blessed Giacomo Cusmano

Also known as

• Jacob Cusmano

• Jakob Cusmano

• Jacques Cusmano

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Fourth of five children born to Giacomo and Magdalene Cusmano; his father worked as a surveyor, and the family was well-off financially. Giacomo's mother died of cholera when the boy was three. He was a pious child, eager for the religious instruction from his father, and showing concern for the poor; the family had to lock up clothes because he would give away thing in the closets to beggars. Educated at Jesuit schools. Physician, graduating from medical school in 1851. Taught at the medical school of the Royal University of Palermo. His father died in 1852, and Giacomo returned home to manage the family business and estate; he still managed to continue his education and become certified as a surgeon.

Feeling a call to religious vocation, he considered becoming a Capuchin friar, but his spiritual director recommended the priesthood. Ordained on 22 December 1860 in archdiocese of Palermo, Italy. Devoted to penance, he fasted often and would sleep on a cross. Along with about 40 of his parishioners, he founded the Missionary Servants of the Poor on 12 May 1867 and the Sisters Servants of the Poor.

Born

15 March 1834 in Palermo, Italy

Died

at 04:30am on 14 March 1888 in Palermo, Italy of natural causes following a severe bout of pleurisy

Beatified

30 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Arnold of Padua

Also known as

• Arnold de'Cattanei

• Arnold Cattaneo

• Arnald, Arnaldo, Arnaud, Arnoldus

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Born to the nobility. Benedictine monk at the Santa Giustina monastery in Padua, Italy. Chosen abbot in 1209 at age 24, he restored and expanded the abbey structure, and fought to maintain its rights. When Ezzelino III conquered Padua in 1237, Arnold escaped to Monselice. He returned in 1238, but when Ezzelino returned to the city, he arrested Arnold in 1246 and imprisoned him to live his remaining eight years on bread and water.

Born

1185

Died

• 10 February 1255 in the prison in Limena, Padua, Italy

• buried in the Franciscan church in Asolo, Italy

• returned to Padua and buried at the Santa Giustina monastery

• relics translated to a chapel in the basilica in Padua on 14 March 1562

Blessed Eve of Liège

Also known as

• Eve of Saint-Martin

• Eve of Mount Cornelius

• Eva, Evelyne, Heva

Additional Memorial

5 April with Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon

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Born wealthy, she gave it up to become an anchoress at the church of Saint Martin in in Liège, Belgium. Friend of Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon, and continued her campaign to introduce the feast of Corpus Christi.

Born

c.1205 in Liège, Belgium

Died

• 1265 in Liège, Belgium of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Martin in Liège

• relics enshrined in 1542, 1622 and 1746

• relics currently enshrined in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Liège

Beatified

1 May 1902 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Lazarus of Milan

Also known as

Lazzaro

Additional Memorial

11 February (Ambrosian Rite)

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Archbishop of Milan, Italy c.439, a time when invading Ostrogoths controlled the area. May have developed and certainly popularized the Rogationtide litanies; originally devised to ask for protection from the Ostrogoths, over time the devotion spread throughout Europe. His February feast day is due to the Milanese custom of not celebrating saint days during Lent.

Died

14 March 450

Blessed Pauline of Thuringia

Also known as

• Pauline of Hirsau

• Pauline of Münsterschwarzach

• Pauline of Fulda

• Pauline of Zell

• Paolina, Paulina

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Born to the Saxon nobility. Married. Widow. Re-married to Sir Ulric de Scharaplan. Mother. Widowed again. Founded a double monastery in the Thuringian Forest and entered it as a nun.

Died

14 March 1107 in Fulda, Germany of natural causes

Saint Alexander of Pydna

Also known as

Alessandro, Alexandros

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Priest in Pydna, Macedonia (in modern Greece). Martyr by Maximian Galerius for publicly refusing to sacrifice to idols.

Died

• beheaded c.305 in Macedonia

• a fresh spring of water poured from the place of his execution

• buried in Thessalonica

• skull taken to the Great Lavra on Mount Athos in the mid 10th-century

Blessed Philip of Turin

Also known as

• Philip Longo

• Filippo...

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On hearing of the work of Saint Francis of Assisi, he tracked down Francis and became one of the first twelve Franciscans. Known for his deep understanding of scripture. Served as the first confessor to the first Poor Clares, and travelled to preach with Saint Francis.

Born

Turin, Italy

Died

14 March 1246 in Perugia, Italy of natural causes

Saint Boniface Curitan

Also known as

• Boniface Curitan of Ross

• Boniface Kyrin

• Boniface Kyrstin

• Boniface of Ross

• Kyrin, Kyrstin

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Bishop of Ross, Scotland. Evangelized the Picts and Scots. Introduced Roman liturgy, observance and monastic discipline into the region. Found many churches in the northern British Isles.

Born

may have been a Roman citizen

Died

c.660

Blessed Thomas Vives

Also known as

Tommaso

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Mercedarian sent to Tunisia to redeem Christian prisoners. There he was imprisoned for five years before being executed. Martyr.

Died

stoned to death while in prayer

Saint Leo of the Agro Verano

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Married. Adult convert to Christianity. Bishop. Martyred by Arians.

Died

• Agro Verano, Rome, Italy, date unknown

• tomb was discovered outside the walls of Rome in 1857

Saint Eutychius of Mesopotamia

Also known as

Eustathius

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One of a group of Christians murdered for their faith in Mesopotamia after the conquest by Muslims. Martyr.

Died

741

Blessed Agno of Zaragoza

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Canon of the cathedral of Zaragoza, Spain. Franciscan Friar Minor. Missionary bishop of Morocco.

Born

Zaragoza, Spain

Died

1260 Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes

Saint Maximilian

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Christian who refused to serve in the army as he believed the life of an imperial soldier was against the tenants of his faith, and was executed for his refusal. Martyr.

Saint Diaconus

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A 6th-century deacon in the Marsi region of Italy. Martyred by Lombards with two unnamed monks. His name has been lost, and over time his title was taken as his name.

Saint Aphrodisius of Africa

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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.

Saint Peter of Africa

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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.

Saint Talmach

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Seventh century spiritual student of Saint Finbar at Lough Erc, Ireland. Founded a monastery.

47 Martyrs of Rome

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Forty-seven people who were baptised into the faith in Rome, Italy by Saint Peter the Apostle, and were later martyred together during the persecutions of Nero.

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martyred c.67 in Rome, Italy

Martyrs of Valeria

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Two monks martyred by Lombards in Valeria, Italy who were never identified. After the monks were dead, their killers could still hear them singing psalms.

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hanged on a tree in Valeria, Italy in the 5th century

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 13

 Bl. Agnello of Pisa

Feastday: March 13

The founder of the English Franciscan province, Blessed Agnello, was admitted into the Order by St. Francis himself on the occasion of his sojourn in Pisa. He was sent to the Friary in Paris, of which he became the guardian, and in 1224, St. Francis appointed him to found an English province; at the time he was only a deacon. Eight others were selected to accompany him. True to the precepts of St. Francis, they had no money, and the monks of Fecamp paid their passage over to Dover. They made Canterbury their first stopping place, while Richard of Ingworth, Richard of Devon and two of the Italians went on to London to see where they could settle. It was the winter of 1224, and they must have suffered great discomfort, especially as their ordinary fare was bread and a little beer, which was so thick that it had to be diluted before they could swallow it. Nothing, however, dampened their spirits, and their simple piety, cheerfulness and enthusiasm soon won them many friends. They were able to produce a commendatory letter from Pope Honorius III, so that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Steven Langton, in announcing their arrival, said, "Some religious have come to me calling themselves penitents of the Order of Assisi, but I called them of the Order of the Apostles." In the meantime, Richard of Ingworth and his party had been well received in London and hired a dwelling on Cornhill. They were now ready to push on to Oxford, and Agnello came from Canterbury to take charge of the London settlement. Everywhere the Friars were received with enthusiasm, and Matthew Paris himself attests that Blessed Agnello was on familiar terms with King Henry III. Agnello is thought to have died at the age of forty-one, only eleven years after he landed at Dover, but his reputation for sanctity and prudence stood high amongst his fellows. It is stated that his zeal for poverty was so great that "he would never permit any ground to be enlarged or any house to be built except as inevitable necessity required." He was stern in resisting relaxations in the Rule, but his gentleness and tact led him to be chosen in 1233 to negotiate with the rebellious Earl Marshal. His health is said to have been undermined by his efforts in this cause and by a last painful journey to Italy. Opon his return he was seized with dysentery at Oxford and died there, after crying out for three days, "Come, Sweetest Jesus." The cult of Blessed Agnello was confirmed in 1892; his feast is observed in the Archdiocese of Birmingham today and by the Friars Minor on the eleventh.

Agnellus of Pisa, (c. 1195 – 1236), was an Italian Franciscan friar. As its first Minister Provincial in England (1224–1236),[1] he is considered the founder of the Franciscans in England. His feast day is variously observed on May 7 or September 10.

Life

The only account of the life of Agnellus is a brief one recorded by Thomas of Eccleston, a Friar Minor.

Angellus was born in Pisa in 1195 of the prominent Agnelli family. In early youth he was received into the Seraphic Order by Francis himself, in 1212, during the latter's sojourn in Pisa.[2]

Francis sent Agnellus, although but a deacon, to Paris, where he built a friary and became custos. He then returned to Italy, was present at the "Chapter of Mats", and thence was sent to establish the Order in England.[3]

On September 10, 1224 Agnellus and his party of eight friars, landed at Dover, courtesy of the monks of Fécamp Abbey, who kindly paid their way.[4] When they arrived at Canterbury, they were hospitably received by the Dominicans, who had already established a friary in the town. On the way to Oxford, they found shelter in a barn belonging to the Benedictines of Abingdon Abbey, who at first mistook them for a band of ragged minstrels..[5]

At Oxford, King Henry III gave them on which to build a friary. Agnellus established a school for the friars at Oxford, and asked Robert Grosseteste to serve as lector in theology to the Franciscans, a position he held from about 1229 to 1235.[6][7] The English Franciscan Order subsequently played a large role in the establishment of the University of Oxford.[8]

Agnellus became known for his humble piety and prudence. In 1233 King Henry III asked him to help arbitrate a dispute with Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke that had broken out into civil war.[4] The following year, he was part of a delegation representing the English bishops at the Roman Curia.

Throughout his life, Agnellus would never allow expansion to the friars quarters, beyond what was absolutely necessary. This practice was maintained for a little more than a decade, until Haymo of Faversham began the expansion of the English order's holdings so that they would be able to provide for themselves rather than depend on others' charity.

By the time of his death, there were forty-three friaries established in the English Province. Agnellus died after a brief illness, on 7 May 1236. His remains were buried at Oxford.[6]

Veneration

His cultus was confirmed by Pope Leo XIII in 1882, and his feast day is kept on May 7 in Italy. The English Franciscan provinces celebrate his memory on September 10. In honor of his great influence in the establishment of the university. Eccleston wrote that his incorrupt body was preserved with great veneration at Oxford up to the dissolution of the religious houses in the time of Henry VIII,[2] when the friary and church were destroyed.

St. Nicephorus

Feastday: March 13

Patriarch of Constantinople and martyr. The son of the secretary of Emperor Constantine V, he was raised as an opponent of the Iconoclasts in the imperial capital and remembered always that his father had been tortured for opposing the Iconoclast emperor. Nicephorus became known for his intellect and his eloquence, and received the post of imperial commissioner. After founding a monastery near the Black Sea, he was chosen despite being a layman to succeed to the office of patriarch of Constantinople in 806, succeeding St. Tarasius. He was opposed for a time by St. Theodore Studites after Nicephorus forgave a priest who married Emperor Constantine VI toTheodota despite the fact the Constantine's wife, Mary, still lived. The patriarch also challenged the Iconoclast policies of Emperor Leo V the Armenian and was deposed by a synod of Iconoclast bishops at the conniving of the emperor. Nearly assassinated on several occasions, Nicephorus was exiled to the monastery he had founded on the Black Sea, spending his remaining years there in prayer. He died on June 2 or March 13, 829. While patriarch, he brought various reforms to his large diocese and inspired the lay people. He was also the author of anti Iconoclast writings and two historical works, a Chronographia and Brevianim

Saint Leander of Seville

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 13)

✠ புனிதர் லியாண்டர் ✠

(St. Leander of Seville)

ஆயர்:

(Bishop)

பிறப்பு: கி,பி, 534

கார்டகெனா, ஸ்பெயின்

(Cartagena, (in modern Spain)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 13, 600

செவில், ஸ்பெயின்

(Seville, Spain)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 13

புனிதர் லியாண்டர், "செவில்" நகரின் கத்தோலிக்க ஆயரும் (Catholic Bishop of Seville) தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின் மற்றும் போர்ச்சுகல் நாடுகளை ஒன்றிணைத்த அப்போதைய "ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பத்தின்" (Iberian Peninsula) மன்னர்களை கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைக்கு மனம் மாற தூண்டுகோலாய் இருந்தவரும் ஆவார். ("ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பம்" – “Iberian Peninsula” ஐரோப்பாவின் தென்மேற்கு கோடியில் அமைந்துள்ள வளைகுடாவாகும்)

இவர், புனிதர் இஸிதோரி'ன் (St. Isidore of Seville) சகோதரர் ஆவார். இவரது சகோதரர்கள் அவைவருமே புனிதர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்கள் உயரடுக்கு "ஹிஸ்பானோ-ரோமன்" (Hispano-Roman) குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்களது தந்தை "செவரியனஸ்" (Severianus) "கார்ட்டஜெனாவின்" ஆளுநர் (Governor of Cartagena) ஆவார். சுமார் கி.பி. 554ல் செவில் (Seville) நகருக்கு குடிபெயர்ந்தனர். புனிதர்கள் லியாண்டர் மற்றும் இசிதோர் இருவரும் செவில் நகரின் ஆயர்களாவர். இவர்களது சகோதரியான புனிதர் ஃப்ளோரின்டினா" (Saint Florentina) ஒரு மடாதிபதியும், சுமார் நாற்பதுக்கு மேற்பட்ட பள்ளிகளை நிறுவியவருமாவார். சுமார் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பெண் துறவியர்கள் இவரது மடத்தில் இருந்தனர். மூன்றாவது சகோதரரான "புனிதர் ஃபுல்ஜென்ஷியஸ்" (St. Fulgentius of Cartagena) "எஸிஜா" மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் (Bishop of Écija) ஆவார்.

புனிதர் லியாண்டர், கிறிஸ்துவை கடவுள் என்பதை நம்பாமல் மறுத்துவந்த ஆரியனிச நாத்திகவாதிகளுக்கு எதிராக (heresy of Arianism) மக்களை மனம் திருப்புவதில் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டவர் ஆவார். இவரது மரணம் சம்பவித்த காலத்தில், அரசியல் மற்றும் மத எழுச்சி கொண்டிருந்த ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் கிறிஸ்தவ சமயம் வளமையடைய பெரிதும் உதவினார்.

தமது இளமையில் துறவறம் புகுந்த லியாண்டர், மூன்று வருடங்களை கல்வியிலும் செபத்திலும் செலவிட்டார். அந்த சாந்தமான காலத்தின் பின்னர் அவர் ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். பின்வந்த அவரது வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் நாத்திகத்திற்கு எதிராக விடாமுயற்சியுடன் போராடிப் பணியாற்றினார். கிறிஸ்தவத்திற்கெதிரான அரசன் கி.பி. 586ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்ததும் லியாண்டரின் கனவுகள் நனவாக காரணமாயின. அதன்பின்னர் முடிசூடிய அரசனும், லியாண்டரும் கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுகளை மீட்கவும் அறநெறி உணர்வுகளை புதுப்பிக்கவும் கைகோர்த்து பணியாற்றினார். ஆரியனிச ஆயர்கள் பலர் தமது விசுவாசத்தினை மாற்றிக்கொள்ள இணங்கவைப்பதில் லியாண்டர் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டார்.

கி.பி. சுமார் 600ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்த லியாண்டர், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுனராக போற்றப்படுகின்றார்.

Also known as

Leandro

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Son of Severianus and Theodora, known for their piety. Elder brother of Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint Fulgentius of Ecija, and Saint Florentina of Cartagena. Monk at Seville, Spain. Bishop of Seville.

Converted Saint Hermengild and Prince Reccared, sons of the Arian Visigoth king Leovigild, who then exiled Leander to Constantinople from 579 to 582. There he became close friends with the papal legate who later became Pope Saint Gregory the Great; he recommended that Gregory write his famous commentary (Moralia) on the Book of Job.

When Reccared ascended the throne, Leander was allowed to return to Seville. He worked against Arianism, and presided over the Third Council of Toledo in 589. He revised and unified the Spanish liturgy, and his boundless energy and steady faith led the Visigoths back to orthodox Christianity. Leander wrote an influential Rule for nuns. He introduced the Nicene Creed to Mass in the west. Honored as a Doctor of the Faith by the Church in Spain.

Born

c.534 at Cartagena, Spain

Died

c.600 at Seville, Spain of natural causes

Blessed Françoise Tréhet

Also known as

Francesca

Additional Memorial

21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval

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Born to the nobility, she grew up in a family of wealthy land-owners. Joined of the Soeurs de la Charité de Notre-Dame d'Evron (Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron), dedicated to education of children and care of the sick. She began teaching at the parish school of St-Pierre-des-Landes in 1783. Martyred in the French Revolution for refusing to take the oaths of allegience to the state, and helping to hide priests who had also refused. Sister Francesca sang the Salve Regina as she climbed the scaffold to the guillotine.

Born

8 April 1756 in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne, France

Died

• guillotined on 13 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France

• relics enshrined at the church of St-Pierre-des-Landes where she had taught

Beatified

19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy

Saint Roderick of Cordoba

#புனித_ரொட்ரிக் (-837)

மார்ச் 13

இவர் (#StRoderic) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். அருள்பணியாளரான இவருக்கு இரண்டு சகோதரர்கள் இருந்தனர். ஒருவர் இஸ்லாமிய சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்தார்; இன்னொருவர் கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை இல்லாமல் இருந்தார். 

ஒருநாள் இவரது சகோதரர்கள் இருவருக்கும் இடையே வாக்குவாதம் ஏற்பட்டுப் பெரிய சண்டையானது. அந்தச் சண்டையை இவர் தீர்த்து வைக்க முற்பட்டபோது, இஸ்லாம் சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்த சகோதரர், இவர் இஸ்லாம் மதத்திலிருந்து கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்திற்கு மாறிவிட்டார் என்று பழியை இவர்மீது தூக்கிப் போட்டார்.

இதனால் அதிகாரிகள் இவரை இழுத்துச் சென்று சிறையில் தள்ளினார். அங்குச் சாலமோன் என்பவரும் இதே குற்றத்திற்காகச் சிறையிலிருந்தார். இருவரும் சிறையில் கடுமையாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்யப்பட்டார்கள். இவற்றையெல்லாம் இவர்கள் இருவரும் பொறுமையோடு தாங்கிக் கொண்டார்கள்.‌

இந்நிலையில் இவர்கள் இருவரும் ‌837 ஆம் ஆண்டு மார்ச் திங்கள் 13 ஆம் நாள் கொலைசெய்யப்பட்டார்கள்.  இவ்வாறு இருவரும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி, தங்கள் இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்தார்கள். 

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Also known as

Rodrigo, Rodriguez, Rudericus, Roderic, Ruderic

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A Christian priest in Moorish Spain, Roderick had a brother who became Moslem and another with no religion. One day he tried to break up a fight between his brothers; they turned on him and beat him into a coma. The Moslem brother, seeking further revenge, announced to authorities that Roderick had converted to Islam. When Roderick awoke, he was questioned about it, and denied the allegation, claiming allegiance to Christ. The Moslem authorities took this to be apostasy, deciding Roderick was denying his new Moslem faith. He was imprisoned for several months, and then martyred with Saint Salomon of Cordoba.

Born

9th century southern Spain

Died

beheaded in 857 in Cordoba, Spain

Saint Ansovinus of Camerino

Also known as

Ansovino, Ansuinus, Answin, Oswin

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Priest. Hermit at Castel Raimondo near Torcello, Italy. Bishop of Camerino, Italy, consecrated by Pope Leo IV; he accepted the vocation on the condition that his parishioners did not have to recruit soldiers, an obligation imposed on most bishops of the time. Confessor to Emperor Louis the Pious. Attended the Council of Rome called by Pope Saint Nicholas I in 861. Miracle worker. His association with crops come from his work of feeding the poor. Once when the granary was empty, but there were still poor people to feed, he prayed for help; the granary was found to be full, and everyone ate their fill.

Born

at Camerino, Italy

Died

• 868 at Camerino, Italy from a fever contracted at Rome, Italy

• relics enshrined in a 14th century sarcophagus in the crypt of the cathedral in Camerino, Italy

Patronage

• gardeners

• protection of crops

Saint Heldrad of Novalese

Also known as

Aldradus, Eldrad, Eldrado, Eldradus, Heldradus, Heltrodus

Additional Memorial

31 October (Benedictines)

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Born wealthy, he spent his fortune on charity, then made a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy as a mendicant. Benedictine monk at the Abbey Saints Peter and Andrew at Novalese in the Alps in 726, a community with many former pilgrims. Abbot of the house for 30 years during which he greatly expanded the library and built a hospice for the safety of travellers on Mount Cenis.

Born

in Provence, France

Died

• 842 at the Novalesa Abbey of natural causes

• relics transferred to the parish church in Novalesa, Italy in 1794

Beatified

9 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Henrik of Denmark

Also known as

• Enrico di Danimarca

• Henry of Perugia

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Related to the Danish royal family, Henrik became a Franciscan tertiary and became a penitent pilgrim. In Perugia, Italy, while en route to Assisi as part of a pilgrimage to the sites of Saint Francis, his health failed, and he died in the local hospital. However, he had apparently been in town long enough to have developed a local reputation for holiness and wisdom as devotion to him developed immediately, rewarded by healing miracles.

Died

• 13 March 1415 at the Hospital of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Perugia, Italy of natural causes

• legend says that at the moment of his death the town's church bells rang without being moved by anyone

• relics re-enshrined in an urn in the 18th century

Blessed Peter II of La Cava

Also known as

Pietro

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Benedictine monk at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Salerno, Campania, Italy under the leadership of Blessed Benincasa. Abbot of the house in 1195. Obtained the support of Emperor Henry VI for the house. Involved in the region's politics of the day. Founded the hospice of Vietri sul mare in 1202.

Born

12th-century Italy

Died

• 13 March 1208 at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the Arsicia cave crypt near the monastery

• relics transferred to the chapel of Santi Padri at La Cava abbey on 20 October 1675

Beatified

16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)

Saint Gerald of Mayo

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Monk at Lindisfarne, England. Friend of Saint Colman of Lindesfarne. Monk at Innisboffin, Ireland in 668. Abbot at Mayo of the Saxons abbey in 670, a house for English monks in Ireland; he there served until 697 when he resigned in favour of Saint Adamnan. Saw the supplanting of the Celtic rite with the Roman rite in his abbey. Founded the abbey of Elytheria in Connaught, Ireland; of Teaghna-Saxon; and a convent led by his sister Segretia. May have been bishop of Mayo, Ireland, but records vary.

Born

Northumbria, England

Died

• 13 March 731 in Galway, Ireland of natural causes

• buried at Mayo, Ireland

Patronage

against plague

Saint Sabinus of Egypt

Also known as

• Sabinus of Al-Ashmunayn

• Sabinus of Hermopolis

• Sabino of...

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Born to the nobility, he lived in Hermopolis (modern Al-Ashmunayn), Egypt. With other Christians, he retreated into the wilderness to escape the persecutions of Diocletian, but was betrayed to the authorities by a beggar he had helped. Martyr.

Died

drowned in the River Nile in Egypt c.307

Saint Mochoemoc

Also known as

• Caomhán Leith

• Mo Chóemóc mac Béoáin

• Mochaemhog, Mochaomhog, Mo-Chaomhog, Mochaomhóg, Mochoemhoc, Pulcherius, Vulcanius

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Nephew of Saint Ita, who raised him. Monk at Bangor Abbey in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founder and abbot of Liath-Mochoemoc monastery.

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at Munster, Ireland

Died

c.656

Blessed Judith of Ringelheim

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Sister of Saint Bernward of Hildesheim. All traces of her history were destroyed by Protestants.

Died

• 13 March, year unknown, based on tomb inscription

• relics enshrined in 1497 following many years of public devotion at her tomb

• relics destroyed by Protestants

Saint Patricia of Nicomedia

Also known as

Patritia of Nicomedia

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Married of Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia and mother of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Grace of Saragossa

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Unmarried lay woman arrested, tortured and martyred for her faith in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

breasts cut off and beaten until she received internal injuries, then returned to her prison cell to die of the wounds, c.304 at Zaragoza, Spain

Saint Ramirus of Léon

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Monk and then prior of the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain. He and all his brother monks were martyred by Arian Visigoths.

Died

murdered c.600 while chanting the Nicene Creed in the choir of the church at the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain

Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia

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Married to Saint Patricia of Nicomedia; father of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Eustachius of Huy

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Eldest of the sons of Blessed Ivetta of Huy, he was eventually brought to the faith by her. Cistercian monk at the Orval monastery (in modern Belgium). He later served as abbot of the house.

Born

latter 12th century in Huy, Belgium

Saint Modesta of Nicomedia

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Daughter of Saint Patricia of Nicomedia and Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Berengar de Alenys

Also known as

Berengario

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Mercedarian monk. Abbot of the convent of Santa Maria in Avignon, France.

Saint Urpasian of Nicomedia

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Christian member of the imperial household of Roman emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey). Martyred for his faith.

Died

burned alive in 295 in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Theusitas of Nicaea

Also known as

Theusetas

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Father of Saint Horres of Nicaea. Martyred with his son and several other Christians.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Horres of Nicaea

Also known as

Ilorres

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Son of Saint Theusitas of Nicaea. Martyred with his father and several others.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Pientius of Poitiers

Also known as

Pien, Pient, Pienzio

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Bishop of Poitiers, France. Helped Saint Radegunde to found her convent.

Died

c.561 of natural causes

Saint Christina of Persia

Also known as

Kristina

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Martyred in the persecutions of Khosrau I of Persia.

Born

Persian

Died

scourged to death

Saint Eufrasia of Nicomedia

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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

beheaded c.300 in Nicomedia (modern Izmet, Turkey)

Saint Kevoca of Kyle

Also known as

Evox, Kennotha, Mochoemoc, Quivoca, Quivox

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Seventh century saint honored in Kyle, Scotland; I have found no other reliable information.

Saint Nymphora of Nicaea

Also known as

Nymphodora

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Marcus of Nicaea

Also known as

Mark

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Salomon of Cordoba

Also known as

Solomon

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Martyr.

Died

martyred in 857 in Cordoba, Spain

Saint Theodora of Nicaea

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Arabia of Nicaea

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 12

 St. Peter of Nicomedia

Feastday: March 12

Death: 303

Martyr. According to tradition, he was a chamberlain at the court of Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia. Arrested for being a Christian when the last great persecution of the Church was launched at Diocletian's command, Peter was cruelly tortured by having the flesh stripped from his body and salt and vinegar poured and rubbed into the wounds. Finally, he was roasted to death over a fire. He is ranked as one of the first victims of the last persecution by the Roman Empire.

St. Fina

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 12)

✠ புனிதர் ஃபீனா ✠

(St. Fina)

கன்னியர்:

(Virgin)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1238

சான் கிமிக்னானோ, இத்தாலி

(San Gimignano, Italy)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 12, 1253

சான் கிமிக்னானோ, இத்தாலி

(San Gimignano, Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

பாதுகாவல்:

மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள், நெசவாளர்கள்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 12

புனிதர் ஃபீனா அல்லது புனிதர் செரஃபினா (Saint Fina or Saint Serafina) ஓர் இத்தாலிய கிறிஸ்தவ குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த சிறுமி ஆவார்.

“ஃபினா டே சியார்டி” (Fina dei Ciardi) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், வட-மத்திய இத்தாலியின் “டுஸ்கனி” (Tuscany) மாகாணத்தின், “சியேனா” (Siena) பிராந்தியத்தின் “சேன் ஜிமிக்நானோ” (San Gimignano) எனும் மலை நகரில் 1238ம் ஆண்டு பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது பெற்றோர், "காம்பியோ சியார்டி" மற்றும் "இம்பீரியேரா" (Cambio Ciardi and Imperiera) ஆவர். ஒருவேளை உணவு கூட வயிறார உண்ணமுடியாத அளவிற்கு ஏழ்மையாக வாழ்ந்தவர். அவ்வாறு இருந்தபோதிலும், தன்னிடம் உள்ள உணவில் சிறிதளவை மற்ற ஏழைகளுடன் பகிர்ந்து வாழ்ந்தார்.

இவர், அதிதூய கன்னி மரியாளிடம் தீவிர பக்தியுள்ளவர். தமது வாழ்நாளில், திருப்பலிக்காக ஆலயத்திற்குச் செல்வதைத் தவிர்த்து வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியே சென்றறியாதவர். இவர் பிறரிடம் தீவிர அன்பு செலுத்துபவராக அறியப்படுகிறார்.

1248ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபீனா காசநோய் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட எலும்பு அல்லது எலும்பு மஜ்ஜையில் அழற்சி (Tuberculous Osteomyelitis) போன்ற பெரும் நோயால் தாக்கப்பட்டு, மிகக் கொடுமையான வேதனைகளை அனுபவித்தார். நோயின் வேதனை தாங்க முடியாமல் துடித்தபோதும், பொறுமையை இழக்காமல், இறைவனை இறுக பற்றி வாழ்ந்தார். படுக்கையை மறுத்து, மரக் கோரைப்பாயில் படுத்து உறங்கினார். தான் படும் வலிகளை இறைவனுக்காக அனுபவிக்கிறேன் என்று புன்னகையோடு ஏற்றார். இவரது இந்த ஆழ்ந்த தீவிர விசுவாசம் இவரது வேதனைகளைக் குறைத்தது.

நெடுநாளைய நோய்ப்படுக்கையால் இவரது உடல் இவர் படுத்திருந்த மரக் கோரைப்பாயுடன் ஒட்டிக்கொண்டதாக கூறுகின்றனர். இவரது உடலில் ஏற்பட்ட புண்களை புழுக்களும் எலிகளும் கடித்தனவாம். இவர் நோயில் இருக்கையிலேயே இவரது தந்தை மரித்துப்போனார். இவரது தாயாரும் பின்னர் கீழே விழுந்து மரணமடைந்தார். தமது துரதிர்ஷ்டத்திலும் ஏழ்மையிலும் இவர் இறைவனுக்கு நன்றி கூறிக்கொண்டேயிருந்தார். தமது ஆத்மா விரைவில் இவ்வுடலை விட்டு வெளியேறி இறைவனை காணவேண்டுமென்ற தமது விருப்பத்தை சொல்லிக்கொண்டேயிருந்தார்.

இப்புனிதரின் ஆழ்ந்த பக்தியானது, அவரை அடிக்கடி வந்து பார்த்துச் சென்ற சான் கிமிக்னானோ நகர மக்களுக்கு ஒரு சிறந்த எடுத்துக்காட்டாக அமைந்தது.

வாழும் போதே புனிதர் என்று போற்றப்பட்ட இவர், நோயுற்று, நீண்ட ஐந்து வருட வேதனையின் பிறகு, 1253ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், நான்காம் நாளன்று, அவருடைய செவிலியர்களான “பெல்டியா” (Beldia) மற்றும் “பொனவென்சுரா” (Bonaventura) ஆகியோர் அவரது இறப்புக்காக காத்திருக்கையில், “புனிதர் பெரிய கிரகோரி” (Saint Gregory the Great) அவரது அறையில் தோன்றி, அவர் மார்ச் 12ம் தேதியன்று மரணமடைவார் என்று முன்னறிவித்தார். புனிதர் பெரிய கிரகோரி முன்னறிவித்தபடியே ஃபீனா மார்ச் 12ம் தேதி மரணமடைந்தார். அவர் இறக்கும்போது அவருக்கு வயது பதினைந்து.

இவரது இறப்பை முன்னறிவிக்க புனிதர் பெரிய கிரகோரி தோன்றியது, பெரும் அதிசயமாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டது.

இவர் “சேன் ஜிமிக்நானோ” (San Gimignano) நகரில் உள்ள பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார். அப்பேராலயத்தின் அருகில் இவர் பெயரில் ஆலயம் ஒன்றும் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Feastday: March 12

St. Fina or Seraphina, Virgin A.D. 1253 The old town of San Geminiano in Tuscany treasures with special veneration the memory of Santa Fina, a young girl whose claim to be recognized as a saint lay in the perfect resignation with which she accepted bodily suffering. She was born of parents who had seen better days but had fallen into poverty. The child was pretty and attractive. Poor as she was she always kept half her food to give to those who were worse off than herself. As far as possible she lived the life of a recluse at home, sewing indeed and spinning during the day, ;but spending much of the night in prayer. Her father seems to have died when she was still young and about the same time Fina was attacked by a sudden complication of diseases. Her head, hands, eyes, feet and internal organs were affected and paralysis supervened. She lost her good looks and became a miserable object. Desiring to be like our Lord on the cross, for six years she lay on a plank in one position, unable to turn or to move. Her mother had to leave her for hours while she went to work or beg, but Fina never complained. Although in terrible pain she always maintained serenity and with her eyes fixed upon the crucifix she kept on repeating,"It is not my wounds but thine, O Christ, that hurt me".

Fresh trouble befell her. Her mother died suddenly and Fina was left utterly destitute. Except for one devoted friend Beldia she was now so neglected that it was clear she could not live long, dependent on the casual attentions of poor neighbors who shrank from contact with her loathsome sores. Someone had told her about St. Gregory the Great and his sufferings, and she had conceived a special veneration for him. She used to pray that he, who was so much tried by disease would intercede with God that she might have patience in her affliction. Eight days before her death as she lay alone and untended, Gregory appeared to her and said, "Dear child on my festival God will give you rest". And it came to pass when her body was removed from the board on which it had rested, the rotten wood was found to be covered with white violets. All the city attended the funeral and many miracles were reported as having been wrought through her intercession. In particular she is said as she lay dead, to have raised her hand and to have clasped and healed the injured arm of her friend Beldia. The peasants of San Geminiano still give the name of Santa Fina's flowers to the white violets which bloom about the season of her feast day of March 12th.

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Saint Fina (1238–1253), or Saint Serafina, was an Italian Christian girl who is venerated in the Tuscan town of San Gimignano. She developed a paralytic illness and spent the rest of her life on a bed made from a wooden pallet, where Saint Gregory the Great allegedly appeared to her to predict her death. Miraculous healings were later attributed to her remains.

Saint Fina is celebrated in San Gimignano on both March 12, the anniversary of her death, and the first Sunday in August. Her relics are kept in a chapel in the Collegiata di San Gimignano. A hospital in San Gimignano was formerly named in her honor and several paintings of her can be found in the town.

Life

Representation of Saint Fina on a ceramic dish

Fina[1]dei Ciardi was born in San Gimignano in 1238. The Daughter of Cambio Ciardi and Imperiera, a declined noble family, she lived all her existence in a humble house located in the historic centre of the famous “city of beautiful towers” (today the small road on which her house stands takes her name). There is little record of the first ten years of her life, and what information available comes from legends narrated after her death. Some accounts note Fina's strong devotion to the Virgin Mary, and that she went out only to hear Mass. She was also said to be extraordinarily kind.

In 1248, Fina’s life was changed by a serious illness, which began, progressively, to paralyse her (probably a form of tuberculous osteomyelitis). Her deep faith relieved her pain. She refused a bed and chose instead to lie on a wooden pallet. According to her legend, during her long sickness her body became attached to the wood of the table, with worms and rats feeding on her rotting flesh. During her illness, she lost her father and later her mother died after a fall. In spite of her misfortune and poverty, she thanked God and expressed a desire that her soul might separate from the body in order to meet Jesus Christ.

Fina's immense devotion was an example to all the citizens of San Gimignano, who frequently visited her. Visitors were surprised to receive words of encouragement from a desperately ill young girl who was resigned to the will of God. On March 4, 1253, after five years of sickness and pain, her nurses Beldia and Bonaventura were waiting for her to die. Suddenly, Saint Gregory the Great allegedly appeared in Fina’s room and predicted that she would die on the 12th of March. Fina died on the predicted date at the age of 15.

Miracles and veneration

Announcement of Death to Saint Fina by Saint Gregory the Great, by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Miracles attributed to Fina are mentioned in stories, paintings, poems and in notary documents. The most important miracle of Fina's life is her vision of Saint Gregory, also because she died on Saint Gregory's feast day (12 March) as he predicted.

When Fina’s body was removed from the pallet that was her deathbed, onlookers saw white violets bloom from the wood, and smelt a fresh, floral fragrance throughout her house. The violets grew on the walls of San Gimignano and still grow there today. For this reason, the townspeople call them “The Saint Fina violets.” The young girl’s body was brought to the Pieve Prepositura[2] and during the transfer, the crowd proclaimed “The Saint is dead!”

For several days, pilgrims went to the Pieve to see Fina’s remains and in the same period there were many evidences of her curative power. One was her nurse Beldia. The woman had a paralysed hand for the labour in supporting Fina’s head during her sickness. While she was near the body, the dead young girl cured Beldia’s hand. Legends say that, at the exact moment of Fina’s passing away, all the bells of San Gimignano rang without anyone touching them.

Many sick people who visited her grave during the following years were cured and some of these became some of Fina's most fervent devotees. The decision of Fina to lie down on a wood table is still a mystery. Some documents tell about her sympathy for a soldier: before her sickness she received an orange from him as a love token. After the disappointment of her parents for Fina having accepted the present she might have chosen the pain.

Another legend tells that during a walk with two of her friends she heard another young girl, Smeralda, crying. Smeralda had broken a pitcher that her mother had given her in order to fill with water from Fonti.[3] While she was entertained by other children, she forgot the pitcher on the ground which unfortunately rolled down and broke. Fina told her to arrange the pieces and put them under the water: the pitcher became whole and full of water.

Another anecdote about Fina’s miracles is the one of Cambio di Rustico, the Ciardi family’s neighbor. On one anniversary of Fina's death, when the townsfolk had stopped working to remember her, Cambio went to cut wood and hurt his leg. Suffering, he asked forgiveness of Saint Fina and was very sorry for not having respected her memorial. His cut then miraculously disappeared.

Commemoration

Saint Fina is celebrated in San Gimignano on two separated days. Her first feast is on March 12 – the anniversary of her death – which has been a statutory holiday in the town since 1481. The second feast on the first Sunday of August commemorates her stopping two plagues that ravaged the town in 1479 and 1631.

On both days, her relics are carried in procession in order to bless the town. Her example of devotion has been handed down by the people of San Gimignano through her veneration, despite not being formally canonised by the Church. So, as written in some paintings dedicated to her, it would be correct to call her Blessed Fina. In fact, the official patron saint of her town is still Saint Gimignano.[4]

The hospital

The most important thing “produced” in the memory of Saint Fina is the “spedale” (hospital),[5] which took her name and was built in 1255 thanks to donations given at her tomb. The hospital gave hospitality to old and poor people and pilgrims too. It became in the following century one of the best in Tuscany. The building changed its name[specify] in 1816 and remained in function until the end of the 20th century. In the hospital’s chapel, the original oak wood table where Saint Fina lay down for five years is preserved.

Iconography and biographies

The most important monument dedicated to Saint Fina is her chapel (designed by Giuliano da Maiano in 1468 and consecrated in 1488) located inside the Collegiata di San Gimignano where, inside the altar (built by the brother Benedetto da Maiano), the bones are kept. On the left and right walls of the Chapel there are two frescoes painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio: one shows the vision of Saint Gregory; the other shows the funeral where the violets in blossom on the towers are represented. We also see an angel ringing the bells, Beldia’s cured hand and the self-portrait of the painter and his brother-in-law Mainardi, who painted the Chapel’s ceiling. On the altar there is a bust with Saint Fina’s relics inside.

Inside the Civic Museum of San Gimignano there is a wood tabernacle (by Lorenzo di Niccolò 1402) depicting Saint Fina with the town on her lap, an icon of St Gregory and some of her anecdotes. Another image of Fina is in the nearby Sant'Agostino Church, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli. Other artists depicting the Saint’s life were Piero del Pollaiolo and Pier Francesco Fiorentino. In others small churches in the countryside other painting about Saint Fina were discovered.

The most credited hagiography of Saint Fina is the one of Fra’ Giovanni del Coppo (“Historia vita et morte di Sancta Fina da San Gimignano”, written on 14th century and translated from Latin by Jacopo Manducci in 1575), who lived closest in time to Saint Fina. Many others have tried to tell Saint Fina’s life (Enrico Castaldi, Giovanni Bollando, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Teodoro Ferroni, Ignazio Malenotti, Luigi Pecori, Ugo Nomi Veronesi Pesciolini, and Enrico Fiumi).

The best and most updated book is “Fina dei Ciardi”, written by Profesoressa Iole Imberciadori Vichi in 1979: a deep research of all documents and biography existing in San Gimignano archives.

Saint Luigi Orione

#புனித_லூகி_ஓரியன் (1872- 1940)

மார்ச் 12

இவர் (#StLuigiOrione) இத்தாலியைச் சார்ந்தவர். 

அருள்பணியாளராக வேண்டும் என்ற கனவோடு பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையில் சேர்ந்த இவருக்கு அங்கு உடல்நிலை சரியில்லாமல் போகவே வீட்டிற்குத் திருப்பினார்.

பின்னர் இவர் புனித ஜான் போஸ்கோவோடு தங்கியிருந்து கல்வி கற்றார். அவரது அடக்க நிகழ்வில் கலந்துகொண்டு வேண்டிக் கொண்டிருக்கும்போது இவருடைய நோய் நீங்கியது. 

இதற்குப் பிறகு இவர் டோர்டோனா என்ற இடத்தில் இருந்த குரு மடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருத்துவ வாழ்விற்குத் தன்னையே தயாரித்தார். இவர் குருத்துவப் படிப்புப் படித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தபோதே ஏழைக்காக ஓர் இல்லத்தைத் தொடங்கினார். 

1893 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட இவர் ஆண், பெண் என இருபாலருக்கும் துறவு அவைகளைத் தொடங்கினார். உரோமையில் ஓர் அனாதை இல்லத்தை நிறுவினார்; டோர்டோனாவில் மரியாவின் திருத்தலம் ஒன்றை நிறுவினார். 

இப்படி ஏழைகள்மீது மிகுந்த அன்பு இறைப்பணியைச் செய்த இவர் 1940 ஆம் ஆண்டு இதய நோய் காரணமாக இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்குத் திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான்பால் 2004 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுத்தார்

Also known as

Aloysius Orione

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Joined the Franciscans at Voghera, Italy as a young man, but developed severe health problems and returned to his family. Studied under Saint John Bosco at Turin, Italy, was present at Saint John's death, and was cured of his illness during Saint John's funeral.

Studied at the seminary in Tortona, Italy. While still a layman and student, he opened San Luigi House at San Bernardino in 1893, a home for the poor, homeless and abandoned. Ordained on 13 April 1895.

Founded the Hermits of Divine Providence congregation, the Ladies of Divine Providence, and an orphanage in Rome, Italy in 1899. Under the patronage of Pope Saint Pius X, he founded the Little Missionaries of Charity. Constructed the Marian shrine at Tortona, a site that became a rallying point for people during times of political unrest. To administer the houses of his congregations, Luigi travelled the world, visiting houses in Wales, Brazil, the United States, and throughout Italy.

Born

23 June 1872 at Pontecurone, Allessandria, Italy

Died

• 12 March 1940 at San Remo, Imperia, Italy from heart disease

• body found intact when exhumed in 1965

• interred at the shrine of Our Lady of Safe Keeping, Tortona, Italy

Canonized

16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Martyrs of Nicomedia

Additional Memorial

28 December as part of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia

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Eleven Christians who were martyred in succession in a single incident during the persecutions of Diocletian. First there were the eight imprisoned Christians, Domna, Esmaragdus, Eugene, Hilary, Mardonius, Maximus, Mígdonus and Peter, about whom we know little more than their names. Each day for eight days one of them would be strangled to death in view of the others so that they would spend the night in dread, not knowing if they were next.

Peter was the chamberlain or butler in the palace of Diocletian. When he was overheard complaining about this cruelty, he was exposed as a Christian, arrested, tortured and executed by having the flesh torn from his bones, salt and vinegar poured on the wounds, and then being roasted to death over a slow fire.

Gorgonio was an army officer and member of the staff in the house of emperor Diocletian; Doroteo was a staff clerk. They were each exposed as Christians when they were overhead objecting to the torture and murder of Peter. This led to their own arrest, torture and executions.

Died

in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci

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Born to the nobility, Giustina grew up in a wealthy household. As a child, she frequently fasted on her own, and had a habit of hiding away to pray. She was drawn to the religious life, but her parents strongly opposed it, not wishing to lose their only daughter to the cloister. However, her father fell seriously ill, and during his recovery time he meditated on what was and was not important in life. This led him to give his blessing to Giustina becoming a nun.

She began her Benedictine novitiate at the monastery of San Marco at age 12; legend says that a dove landed on her as she walk into the convent, and all took this as a sign of blessing from the Holy Spirit on her choice. Feeling the need for more solitude, with her bishop‘s permission she became a hermitess and anchoress. She lived in isolation for 35 years; legend says that when wolves would gather around her hermitage, an angel would drive them off. In later years, her health began to fail, she became blindess, and she was forced to return to live in the convent. When the convent became unsafe due to civil unrest, she returned to her family home in 1315, and spent her remaining years there. Subject to ecstasies and received visions.

Born

c.1257 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Died

• 12 March 1319 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy of natural causes while praying

• a white lily grew out of the stone of her tomb

• body found incorrupt when moved in 1329

• body enshrined in an iron in the Holy Spirit Benedictine monastery in Arezzo

• body found incorrupt when moved in 1709

• relics enshrined in the Santa Maria del Flore Benedictine monastery in Lapo, Italy in 1968

Beatified

14 January 1891 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng

Also known as

• Iosephus Zhang Depeng

• Joseph Tchang Taong

• Joseph Tshang-ta-Pong

• Ruose

Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

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A clever and inquisitive boy, he was much attracted to Taoism in his youth. He moved to Guiyang in 1794, and entered the silk business. Through a business contact, he first learned of Christianity. He converted, but was unable to join the Church because, in the custom of the day, he kept a concubine. He eventually left her, and in 1800, against strong opposition from his family and business associates, he joined the Church, taking the name Joseph.

Because of trouble at his business over his new-found faith, he went out on his own, opening his own store. He began a ministry of preaching and teaching, and converted a house into a small school for religion. He became a school principal in 1808, and worked as a catechist and altar server.

During the anti-Christian persecutions led by the White Lotus Cult, Joseph went briefly into hiding, but continued his catechist work covertly. In 1814 he was betrayed by his anti-Christian brother-in-law, and was arrested. He was lodged with Saint Peter Wu Gousheng, and the two spent their prison time ministering to other prisoners. He was offered his freedom if he would denounce Christianity; he declined. Martyr.

Born

c.1754 in Duyun, Guizhou Province, China

Died

• strangled to death on 12 March 1815 in Guiyang, Guizhou, China

• buried in Xijiaotang, China

• grass from his grave has become part of local folk remedies

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Angela Salawa

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(மார்ச் 12)

✠ அருளாளர் ஏஞ்சலா சலாவா ✠

(Blessed Angela Salawa)

பொதுநிலைப் பெண்:

(Laywoman)

பிறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 9, 1881

சியேப்ராவ், மலோபோல்ஸ்கீ, போலந்து

(Siepraw, Małopolskie, Poland)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 12, 1922 (வயது 40)

க்ரகோவ், மலோபோல்ஸ்கீ, போலந்து

(Krakow, Małopolskie, Poland)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஆகஸ்ட் 13, 1991

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Pope John Paul II)

பாதுகாவல்:

ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவகங்கள்

(Franciscan tertiaries)

மாணவர்கள்

(Students)

சாவான நோய்களுக்கு ஆளான மக்கள்

(People with terminal illnesses)

மூளை மற்றும் முதுகு தண்டு நரம்பு செல்களில் ஏற்படும் நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள்

(People with multiple sclerosis)

அருளாளர் ஏஞ்சலா சலாவா (Blessed Angela Salawa) முதலாம் உலகப்போரின்போது மருத்துவமனைகளில் பணியாற்றிய ஒரு போலந்து நாட்டுப் பெண்மணியாவார். சார்புநிலையற்ற ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் (Secular Franciscan Order) உறுப்பினரான இவர், மிகவும் பக்திவாய்ந்த குடும்பமொன்றில் பதினோராவது குழந்தையாகப் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். முதலாம் உலகப்போரின்போது மருத்துவமனைகளில் நோயாளிகளினூடே பணியாற்றியதால், பின்னாளில் இவரும் நோய்த்தொற்று ஏற்பட்டு, தமது நாற்பது வயதிலேயே மரித்துப்போனார்.

"பர்ட்லோமியேஜ் சலாவா" (Bartłomiej Salawa) என்ற தந்தைக்கும் "ஈவா பொச்சேநெக்" (Ewa Bochenek) என்ற தாய்க்கும் பிறந்த பன்னிரண்டு குழந்தைகளில் பதினோராவது குழந்தையான ஏஞ்சலா, பிறந்த நான்காவது நாளில் திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றார். இவரது தந்தை ஒரு கொல்லன் ஆவார். மிகவும் ஏழ்மையான குடும்பம். இதன்காரணமாகவே ஆஞ்செலா இலகுவாக நோய்வாய்ப்படுபவராகவும் பலவீனமானவராகவும் இருந்தார். மிகவும் கீழ்படியும் குணமுள்ள இவர், தமது குடும்பத்திற்கு தம்மாலான உதவிகள் செய்துவந்தார். சிறு வயதிலேயே தாம் கிறிஸ்துவில் அழைக்கப்படுவதாக உணர்ந்தார்.

பதினாறு வயதிலேயே "க்ரகோவ்" (Kraków) நகரில் பணிப்பெண் பணி புரிவதற்காக வீட்டை விட்டு சென்றார். அங்கே, உலக நாட்டங்களில் ஈடுபாடு கொண்ட இவர், தமது சமய ஆர்வங்களிலிருந்து விலகிப்போனார். இவ்வுலக நாட்டங்களில் ஏற்பட்ட ஈடுபாடுகளை மறுபரிசீலனை செய்யும்படி கேட்டுக்கொண்ட தமது சகோதரி தெரெசா (Teresa) இறந்தபோது மிகவும் மனதளவில் பாதிக்கப்பட்டார்.

ஒருமுறை, திருமண வரவேற்பு நிகழ்ச்சியொன்றில் நடனமாடிக்கொண்டிருந்தார். அப்போது, இயேசு கிறிஸ்து தமதருகில் நிற்பது போலவும், "என்னைப் பின்தொடர விரும்பும் நீ இங்ஙனம் நடனம் போன்றவற்றில் நாட்டம் கொள்வதேன்" என்று கேட்பதாக உணர்ந்தார். மனம் வருந்திய ஏஞ்சலா, உடனே அங்கிருந்து விலகிச் சென்றார். தேவாலயம் ஒன்றிற்கு சென்று செபித்தார். நற்கருணை ஆண்டவரை வழிபட தொடங்கினார்.

சமயப் பணியாற்ற விரும்பிய ஏஞ்சலாவுக்கு அவரது பலவீன உடல்நிலை தடையாக இருந்தது. தூய்மை மற்றும் நல்லொழுக்கத்திற்காக தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் சத்திய பிரமாணம் எடுத்துக்கொண்ட இவர் 1912ம் ஆண்டு, "சார்புநிலையற்ற ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின்" (Secular Franciscan Order) உறுப்பினரானார்.

1914ம் ஆண்டு, முதலாம் உலகப்போர் வெடித்தபோது, அவர் மத இன வேறுபாடுகளின்றி காயமடைந்த போர் வீரர்களுக்கு சேவை புரிந்தார். ஏற்கனவே நோய்களால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த ஏஞ்சலா, இன்னும் அதிகமாக பாதிக்கப்பட்டதை எவரும் கவனிக்கவில்லை. ஆனாலும் மனம் தளராது பணியாற்றினார்.

1916ம் ஆண்டு, இவர் மீது திருட்டுப் குற்றம் சாட்டிய இவரது முதலாளி, இவரை பணியிலிருந்து நீக்கினார். வீடற்ற ஏஞ்சலா, நோய்களின் தாக்கத்தால் வேதனைகளால் துயருற்றார். பார்க்க நலமடைந்த பெண்போல காட்சியளித்த காரணத்தால், மருத்துவமனையிலிருந்து வெளியே அனுப்பப்பட்டார். இறுதியில், குடும்பத்தால் கைவிடப்பட்டு, சொந்தங்களிழந்து, சுற்றத்தாரும் நண்பர்களும் இல்லாத அனாதையாக வாழ்ந்த ஏஞ்சலா, 1922ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 12ம் நாளன்று, மரணமடைந்தார்.

Also known as

Aniela Salawa

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Daughter of Salaw Bartlomiej and Ewa Bochenek, the youngest of ten children in a pious tradesman's family. She received two years of formal education, and at age 12 began work as a domestic in nearby homes. On 27 April 1900 she joined the Saint Zita Assocation, a religious group for maids. Within this church-centered place, Angela felt at home, and devoted her free time to the house, the church, and a call to religion, attending Mass daily and in routine contact with Franciscans. She was unable to enter religious life due to poor health, and continued to work as a maid and to mentor other young women. She became a Franciscan tertiary on 15 March 1912. Worked as a nurse in a Krakow hospital during World War I, spending her own money and any that she could beg to buy better food for injured soldiers. In 1917 her health collapsed completely; she spent the last five years of her life in a small room, surviving on the charity of the Saint Zita Association, and spending her time in prayer.

Born

9 September 1881 in Siepraw, Malopolskie, Poland

Died

• 12 March 1922 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland of natural causes

• relics transferred to the Franciscan Chapel of the Lord's Passion on 13 May 1949

Beatified

13 August 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Rutilio Grande García

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The youngest of seven children born to a poor family, his parents divorced when Rutilio was small, and he was raised by his grandmother and an older brother. He began attending a high school seminary in San Salvador at age 12, and joined the Jesuits when he was 17. Ordained a priest on 30 July 1959.

Father Rutilio came into his own as a priest in the 1960’s; what he took from the work of Vatican II was that his own spiritual development would come from his self-sacrifice for the good of others. He became director of social action projects in San Salvador, and for nine years taught seminarians to live and work with the poor so that they were part of the flock, and to be an example of the church among them.

After work at the seminary, he became a parish priest and school teacher in Aguilares, El Salvador where he was murdered by El Salvadoran security forces while on his way to celebrate Saturday night Mass; he was the first priest martyred in the lead up to the civil war. A friend of Saint Oscar Romero, Saint Oscar later said the death of Blessed Rutilio was his own wake-up call to the cause of the Salvadoran people.

Born

5 July 1928 in El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Died

• shot around 5pm on Saturday 12 March 1977 on the road between Aguilares and El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

• he was hit by 12 rounds

Venerated

21 February 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Saint Seraphina

Also known as

Fina, Serafina

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Born poor, and though she stayed that way, she still found ways to help those in worse shape that herself. A pretty girl, she lived as a hermit in her home, doing chores, giving to the poor when she could, spinning, sewing, and praying through the nights. Seraphina's father died when the girl was very young. Soon after, she was stricken with a condition that made any movement painful; she had to be carried everywhere on a board. Fina lived the rest of her life in constant suffering, and neglect, which she turned over to God in her constant prayers. She never joined an order but lived her life under Benedictine Rule. Devoted to Saint Gregory the Great who suffered from a condition like hers. She received a vision from Saint Gregory who foretold the date of her death.

Born

1238 at San Geminiano, Tuscany, Italy

Died

12 March 1253 of natural causes

Patronage

• disabled people

• handicapped people

• physically challenged people

• spinners

Saint Paul Aurelian

Also known as

• Paul of Léon

• Paol Aorelian

• Paulinus Aurelianus

• Paul Aurelian of Léon

• Pol Aurelian

• Pol de Léon

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Born a Romano-Briton prince, the son of Perphius, a Welsh chieftain. Educated at Llantwit Major with Saint David of Wales, Saint Samson of York, Saint Gildas the Wise and Saint Illtyd. Hermit. To escape being made a bishop, he and 12 companions established a monastery at Porz-Pol, Ouessant Island, Brittany (part of modern France. He later relented and became bishop of Ouismon. Spiritual director of his nephew, Saint Joavan of Brittany.

Legend says that Saint Pol subdued a dragon on the Île de Batz by wrapping his clerical stole around the animal's neck, then used his bishop‘s crozier to drag it to the north edge of the island and ordered it to disappeared into the sea.

Born

Glamorgan, Wales

Died

572 on Île de Batz, France

Patronage

Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France

Saint Mura McFeredach

Also known as

• Murames McFeredach

• Muran McFeredach

• Murin of Fahan

• Mura of Fahan

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Abbot of Fahan (Othan Mor), appointed by Saint Columba. Friend of King Hugh of Ireland. Spiritual teacher of Saint Laserian of Leighlin. Member of the O'Neill clan. Writer of a number of works including a rhymed biography of Saint Columba. In the ruined church of Saint Mura at Fahan is a beautiful Irish cross, and nearby is Saint Mura's Well.

Born

c.550 in County Donegal, Ireland

Died

• 645 of natural causes

• relics include his crozier at the National Museum, Dublin, Ireland, and his bell-shrine at the Wallace Collection, London, England

Patronage

• Fahan, Ireland

• O'Neill clan

Saint Theophanes the Chronographer

Also known as

Theophanus the Confessor

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Educated at the Byzantine imperial court. Married layman. Both he and his wife entered religious life. Founded two monasteries. Abbot at Mount Migniana abbey. Wrote a Chronography, a sort of abstract of history from 284 to 813. Arrested, tortured, and exiled to Samothrace by Leo the Armenian for opposing iconoclasm.

Born

Constantinople

Died

12 March 817 of natural causes

Saint Maximilian of Thebeste

Also known as

• Maximilian of Tebessa

• Maximilian of Theveste

• Mamilian...

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Son of a Roman army veteran. Conscientious objector - when drafted into the Roman army, he refused to serve on the grounds that his faith prohibited it. Martyred for this stand.

Born

274

Died

• beheaded c.295 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa

• buried at Carthage

Blessed Girolamo da Recanati

Also known as

• Girolamo Gherarducci

• Jerome...

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Priest. Member of the Hermits of Saint Augustine, and lived in their convent in Recanati, Italy. Worked as a peacemaker between warring Italian political and military factions.

Died

• 12 March 1350 in Recanati, Piceno, Italy of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the church of Sant'Agostino in Recananti

Beatified

1804 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation)

 

Blessed Manuel Solórzano

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Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador. He was married to Eleuteria Antonia Guillén, and the couple had ten children. In Aguilares, Chile, he sold seeds and cattle for a living. Murdered by El Salvadoran security forces while on his way to serve at Saturday night Mass. Martyr.

Born

c.1905 in Suchitoto, Cuscatlán, El Salvador

Died

shot around 5pm on Saturday 12 March 1977 on the road between Aguilares and El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Venerated

21 February 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Saint Bernard of Carinola

Also known as

Bernard of Capua

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Studied at Monte Cassino Abbey; spiritual student of the abbot who later became Pope Victor III; fellow student of Saint Peter Damian. Priest. Counselor and chaplain to prince Jordan of Capua, Italy. Bishop of Forum Claudii, Italy, consecrated on 21 March 1087; he moved the see city to Carinola, Campania, Italy in 1100.

Born

1040 at Capua, Italy

Died

• 1109 of natural causes

• interred in a marble sarcophagus in the cathedral of Carinola, Italy

Patronage

Carinola, Campania, Italy

Blessed Beatrix of Engelport

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Dominican nun in 1262 at the convent of Engelport in Hundsrück, Germany. All the nuns at the convent became Premonstratensians in 1272. Beatrix may have served as the first prioress.

Born

13th century Germany

Died

• c.1275

• interred in the choir loft of the convent church

• legend says that if the convent forgot to celebrate her feast day, Beatrix would make knocking noises in her tomb

• relics destroyed during the anti-Church excesses of the French Revolution

Blessed Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez

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Young, single layman in the archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador. Murdered by El Salvadoran security forces while on his way to serve at Saturday night Mass. Martyr.

Born

10 November 1960 in El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Died

shot around 5pm on Saturday 12 March 1977 on the road between Aguilares and El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Venerated

21 February 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Saint Alphege the Bald

Also known as

• Alphege of Winchester

• Alphege the Elder

• Ælfheah, Elphege, Elfego, Elpigio

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Relative of Saint Dunstan of Canterbury and Saint Ethelwold. Monk. Bishop of Winchester, England in 935. Great supporter of the monastic life. Ordained Saint Dunstan and Saint Ethelwold.

Died

951 of natural causes

Saint Almut of Wetter

Also known as

Almud of Wetter

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Born to the royal family. With her sister Digmund, she founded the convent of Wetter in Oberlahngau, Germany, and served as its first abbess.

Born

9th century Germany

Died

10th century

Saint Peter the Deacon

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Benedictine monk. Friend, spiritual student and secretary to Pope Saint Gregory the Great; Gregory dictated four books of the Dialogues to Peter.

Born

6th century

Died

early c.605

Patronage

Salassola, Italy

Saint Heiu of Hartlepool

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First nun to take vows in Northumbria (part of modern England), consecrated by Saint Aiden of Lindisfarne. Founded a convent at Hartlepool, Northumbia, and later another at Healaugh, Northumbria.

Died

mid-7th century

Saint Fechno

Also known as

Fiachna

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Spiritual student of Saint Columbanus. Went with Columbanus to evangelize in Scotland.

Born

northern Ireland

Died

• 580 of natural causes

• miracles reported at his tomb

Saint Corman of Iona

Also known as

Coman

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Seventh-century priest. Monk at Iona Abbey. Missionary to Northumbria in northern England; he may have been the first priest to evangelize the area.

Born

Ireland

Saint Egdunus

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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian with seven other Christians.

Died

hung by his feet over a fire to die of smoke inhalation in 303 in Nicomedia, Asia Minor

Saint Indrecht of Iona

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Monk. Abbot of Iona Abbey. Martyred by Saxons while travelling to Rome, Italy.

Died

854

Blessed Claudius the Minor

Also known as

Claude

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Franciscan monk.

Saint Basilissa of Asia

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Married to a man named Felicius. Martyred, date unknown.