இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜூன் 11

 St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions

Feastday: June 11
Death: 1242

A group of Spanish martyrs. The seven were members of the Knights of Santiago of Portugal who were caught and put to death by the Moors. While blessed, their cult has not been approved.

Saint Juan de Sahagún

Also known as

• John of Saint Facundo
• John of Saint Fagondez
• John Gonzales de Castrillo
• John of Saint Facun
• San Fagondez

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Son of John Gonzalez de Castrillo and Sancia Martinez, the oldest of seven children, their first after sixteen years of sterility and frustration; raised in a pious and well-to-do family. Educated by Benedictines at Fagondez abbey at Sahagun. Ordained in 1445. Held several benefices in the diocese of Burgos, Spain, his father obtaining them for him like investments, but John surrendered all but one. Unlike many of his class who took their vocation as a profession, John felt a true call to service and a holy life, and he gave most of the proceeds from his benefices to the poor. Majordomo in the residence of his bishop.

Studied at the University of Salamanca, and then at Burgos. Following a grave illness and major surgery, he became an Augustinian canon at Salamanca, joining on 18 June 1463, and making his final profession on 28 August 1464. Novice-master in the order. Definitor of his province. Prior of the order in Salamanca in 1471.

Noted for his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament; during Mass, he often saw the Host surrounded by light, sometimes had visions of the bodily form of Christ at the moment of consecration. His devotion, and his visions, often led to some very lengthy Masses. Reported to levitate during his prayers. Could read hearts in confession, and became a sought-after spiritual director. Great preacher whose sermons helped change social conditions in Salamanca.

His sermons against sinful living conditions, and in support of the rights and diginity of workers brought him the opposition of some local leaders. A duke at Alba de Tormes hired assassins to stop him, but they recognized John's holiness, and would not touch him, confessed to him, and asked forgiveness. The duke later fell ill, and was healed by John's prayers. Some local women, however, were not so concerned; when he preached against wasting resources on extravagant fashions, some of them threw stones at him in the street.

Miracles were attributed to Father John's intervention, before and after his death. One occurred in Salamanca when a small child fell into a well. The locals made every effort, but could not effect a rescue. They sent for Father John who went to the scene, laid his waistband on stone wall of the well, and prayed that the waters return the child. The well water rose to ground level, floating the child to safety. This incident is depicted in the image of Saint John on this page.

Born

1419 at Sahagun (Saint Fagondez), Léon, Spain as John Gonzales de Castrillo

Died

• 11 June 1479 at Salamanca, Spain of natural causes
• may have been poisoned by a woman whose lover, a nobleman, broke off their relationship after hearing John preach, and for this reason he is sometimes listed as a martyr
• relics in churches in Spain, Belgium and Peru

Beatified

• 19 June 1601 by Pope Clement VIII
• 28 September 1651 by Pope Pope Innocent X

Canonized

16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII

Patronage

• city of Salamanca, Spain
• diocese of Salamanca, Spain

Blessed Ignazio Maloyan

Also known as

• Choukrallah Maloyan
• Ignadios Maloyan
• Ignatios Maloyan
• Ignatius Maloyan
• Shoukrallah Maloyan
• Shukrallah Maloyan

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Son of Melkon and Faridé Maloyan. Studied at the convent of Bzommar-Lebanon where he was ordained on 6 August 1896. Member of the Bzommar Institute. Took the name of Ignatius in remembrance of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. Parish priest in Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt from 1897 to 1910. Assistant to Patriarch Boghos Bedros XII in 1904, but respiratory health problems forced his return to Egypt. Dispatched to the diocese of Mardin to restore order and discipline. Archbishop of Mardin on 22 October 1911, working with the Armenian Catholic minority. Encouraged the devotion to the Sacred Heart.

At the outbreak of World War I, Armenians in Turkey, especially Christians, became the target of persecutions. On 30 April 1915 a group of Turkish soldiers surrounded the Armenian Catholic Bishopric and church in Mardin, claiming it was used to hide weapons. On 3 June 1915, Turkish soldiers arrested Bishop Maloyan along with many other Armenian Catholic priests and laymen. In court, chief of the police Mamdooh Bek ordered bishop Maloyan to convert to Islam; the bishop declined, and was beaten, tortured, chained, and imprisoned. On 10 June 1915, Ignazio and over 400 other Christians, including fourteen priests, were force marched into the desert. When they stopped, bishop Ignazio celebrated an impromptu liturgy with scraps of bread; the group was then murdered. The bishop was the last to die. At the last minute, Mamdooh Bek again demanded that Ignazio convert to Islam; when the bishop refused, Bek shot him.

Born

18 April 1869 at Mardin, Turkey

Died

• shot to death on 11 June 1915 by Mamdooh Bek at Zerzevan Castle, Çinar, Diyarbakir, Turkey
• his body is reported to have radiated light for three days after his death

Beatified

7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Barnabas the Apostle

இன்றைய புனிதர் :

(11-06-2021)

புனித பர்னபா - திருத்தூதர்

லிஸ்திராவில் பர்னபாவும் பவுலும் போதித்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும்போது அங்கே பிறவிலேயே கால் ஊனமுற்ற ஒருவர் இருந்தார். அவரிடம் நலம்பெறுவதற்கான நம்பிக்கை இருந்ததால் பவுல் அவரிடம், "நீர் எழுந்து காலூன்றி நேராக நில்லும்" என்றார். உடனே அவர் துள்ளி எழுந்து நடக்கத் தொடங்கினார். பவுல் செய்வதைப் பார்த்த மக்கள் கூட்டத்தினர் தங்களுடைய மொழியில், "தெய்வங்கள் மனித உருவில் நம்மிடம் இறங்கி வந்திருக்கின்றன" என்று குரலெழுப்பிக் கூறினார்கள். அதோடு மட்டுமல்லாமல் நகருக்கு வெளியே இருந்த சேயுசு கோவில் அர்ச்சகர் காளைகளையும் பூமாலைகளையும் கோவில் வாயிலுக்குக் கொண்டுவந்து கூட்டத்தினருடன் சேர்ந்து பலியிட விருப்பினார். அப்போது பர்னபா அவர்களுக்கு முன்பாகத் தோன்றி, "மனிதர்களே!, ஏன் இவ்வாறு செய்கிறீர்கள்? நாங்களும் உங்களைப் போன்ற மனிதர்கள்தாம்; நீங்கள் இந்த பயனற்ற பொருட்களை விட்டுவிட்டு, விண்ணையும் மண்ணையும் கடலையும் அவற்றிலுள்ள அனைத்தையும் உண்டாக்கிய வாழும் கடவுளிடம் திரும்புங்கள் என்ற நற்செய்தியை உங்களுக்கு அறிவிக்கின்றோம்" என்றார்.

அந்நேரத்தில் அந்தியோக்கியாவிலிருந்தும் இக்கோனியாவிலிருந்தும் யூதர்கள் வந்து மக்களைத் தூண்டிவிட்டு பவுல் மற்றும் பர்னபாவின் மீது கல்லெறியத் தொடங்கினார்கள். ஆனால் அவர்கள் இறைவனின் கருணையால் உதிர் தப்பினார்கள். எல்லா புகழும் மாட்சியும் இறைவனுக்கே உரியது என்று செயல்பட்ட பர்னபா மற்றும் பவுலின் வாழ்வு நமது சிந்தினைக்குரியதாக இருக்கின்றது

வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு

பர்னபா சைப்ரசை சேர்ந்த ஒரு லேவியர். இவருக்கு யோசேப்பு என்ற இன்னொரு பெயரும் உண்டு, ஊக்குவிக்கும் பண்பு கொண்டவர் என்றும் அழைக்கப்படுகின்றார். திருத்தூதர்கள் அணியில் இவர் இடம்பெறாவிட்டாலும் தொடக்கத் திருச்சபையில் இவர் திருத்தூதருக்கு இணையாக வைத்துப் பார்க்கப்பட்டார். இவர் இயேசு அனுப்பிய எழுபத்தி இரண்டு சீடர்களில் ஒருவர் எனவும் சொல்லப்படுகின்றது. அதேபோல் இவர் நல்லவர், தூய ஆவியால் ஆட்கொள்ளப்பட்டவர், நம்பிக்கை நிறைந்தவர் என்றும் விவிலியம் நமக்கு எடுத்துச் சொல்கிறது (திப 11:24).

விவிலியத்தில் இவர் அறிமுகமாகும் இடம் திருத்தூதர் பணிகள் நூல் 4 ஆம் அதிகாரம் ஆகும். அங்கே இவர் தன்னுடைய நிலபுலன்களை எல்லாம் விற்று அதிலிருந்து வந்த பணத்தை திருத்தூதர்களின் காலடியில் கொண்டுபோய் வைக்கிறார். அவர்கள் இறைமக்களின் தேவைக்கு ஏற்ப ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் பகிர்ந்துகொடுக்கிறார்கள் (திப 4: 36-37). அடுத்ததாக இவர் வரக்கூடிய இடம் திருத்தூதர் பணிகள் நூல் 9 வது அதிகாரம் ஆகும். அங்கே இவர் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை கொடுமைப்படுத்திய பவுல் மனமாற்றம் பெற்று மக்களுக்கு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கச் சென்றபோது மக்கள் அவரை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளாத நிலை ஏற்பட்டபோது பர்னபாதான் பவுலைக் குறித்து நல்லவிதமாய் பேசி, இறைமக்கள் கூட்டத்தில் அவரை அறிமுகம் செய்துவைக்கிறார் (திப 9: 26-28)

பர்னபா திருத்தூதர்கள் மற்றும் மக்கள் மத்தியில் நன்மதிப்பைப் பெற்றிருந்தார். அதனால்தான் அந்தியோக்கியாவில் கிறிஸ்தவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை பெருகியபோது திருத்தூதர்கள் பர்னபாவை அவர்களுக்கு மத்தியில் அனுப்பி வைத்து, அவரை நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கச் செய்தார்கள் (திப 11: 22-23). கிபி.45 ஆம் ஆண்டு எருசலேமில் கடுமையான பஞ்சம் ஏற்பட்டபோது இவர்தான் அந்தியோக்கு நகருக்குச் சென்று, அங்கிருந்த மக்களிடமிருந்து நிதி திரட்டி வந்து, அதனை எருசலேமில் இருந்த இறைமக்களுக்குக் கொடுத்து அவர்களின் பசியைப் போக்கினார் (திப 14: 18-20). 51 ஆம் ஆண்டு எருசலேமில் நடைபெற்ற முதல் பொதுச் சங்கத்தில் இவர் பவுலடியார் சார்பாக இருந்து தன்னுடைய பங்களிப்பைச் செய்தார்.

பர்னபா பவுலோடு சேர்ந்து ஆற்றிய நற்செய்திப் பணிகள் ஏராளம். அதற்காக அவர் பயணம் செய்த தூரம் ஏராளம். பர்னபா பவுலின் முதல் திருத்தூது பயணத்தில் உடன்சென்றார். இரண்டாவது திருத்தூது பயணத்தின் போதுதான் பவுல் தன்னோடு ஜான் மாற்கை கூட்டிச்செல்ல மறுத்தபோது, பர்னபா அவரை தன்னோடு கூட்டிக்கொண்டு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கச் செல்கிறார். பதிலுக்கு பவுல் தன்னோடு சீலாவைக் கூட்டிக்கொண்டு நற்செய்தி அறிவிக்கச் செல்கிறார். பர்னபா பவுலை விட்டுப் பிரிந்துசென்றபிறகு அவர் மிலன் நகருக்குச் சென்று நற்செய்தி அறிவித்ததாகச் சொல்லப்படுகின்றது. இன்னும் ஒருசிலர் இவர் சைப்பிரசுக்குச் சென்று நற்செய்தி அறிவித்தபோது அங்கே இருந்தவர்கள் 61 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவரைக் கல்லால் எறிந்துகொன்றார்கள் என்றும் சொல்கிறார்கள். இவருடைய உடல் 477 ஆம் ஆண்டு கண்டெடுக்கப்பட்டது, இவருடைய உடலோடு மத்தேயு நற்செய்தியின் பிரதி ஒன்றும் இருந்ததாகச் சொல்லப்படுகின்றது

Also known as

Bernabé, Joseph

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Levite Jewish convert, coming to the faith soon after Pentecost, taking the name Barnabas. Though not of the chosen Twelve Apostles, Barnabas is mentioned frequently in the Acts of the Apostles, is included among the prophets and doctors at Antioch, and is considered an Apostle. Companion of Saint Paul who introduced him to the Apostles. Like Paul, Barnabas believed in the Church's mission to Gentiles, and worked with him in Cyprus and Asia, but split with him over a non-theological matter. Evangelized in Cyprus with Saint Mark. Founded the Church in Antioch. Subject and possible author of some apocryphal works. Martyr.

Born

Cyprus as Joseph

Died

• martyred in c.61 at Salamis
• at the time of his death he was carrying a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew that he had copied by hand

Name Meaning

son of encouragement; son of consolation

Patronage

• against hailstorms
• Antioch
• Cyprus
• invoked as peacemaker
• Marbella, Costa del Sol, Spain
• Marino, Italy

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Saint Paula Frassinetti

Also known as

Paola Frassinetti

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Only daughter of John and Angela Frassinetti, she was raised in a pious family; all four of her brothers became priests. Paula's mother died when the girl was nine years old. In need of a substitute mother, Paula turned to Our Lady.

One of Paula's aunts moved in to help with the family, but she died three years later, and at age twelve, Paula took over as homemaker. Because of the endless chores at home, Paula was not able to attend school. However, each night her brothers would pass along what they had learned that day, her father filled in the gaps, and Paula actually had a good education. She attended Mass daily, and prayed her way though all of her work.

At age 20 she developed respiratory problems, and moved in with one of brothers, a village priest in Quinto, Italy. When she recovered, Paula, with her brother's help, opened a parochial school for poor girls in the area. In 1834, with a group of like-minded young women, she founded the Sisters of Saint Dorothy (Frassinetti Sisters), a congregation dedicated to educating poor children. They soon opened foundations in Italy, Portugal, and Brazil, and were noted for their work with the sick in the cholera epidemic that ravaged northern Italy in 1835. The Sisters received papal approval in 1863.

Born

3 March 1809 at Genoa, Italy

Died

• 11 June 1882 of pneumonia following a series of strokes
• entombed at Saint Onofria, the Dorothean motherhouse in Rome, Italy
• body found incorrupt in 1906

Canonized

11 March 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Patronage

sick people

Saint Aleydis of Schaerbeek

Also known as

• Aleydis the Leper
• Aleydis of Scharembeke
• Adelaide, Alice, Alix, Adelheid, Aliz

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At age seven Aleydis was sent to the Cistercian convent of Camera Sanctae Mariae to receive an education; she stayed the rest of her life. In adolescence she developed leprosy and was isolated from the community; the spirit with which she bore her illness served as an example to the rest of the community. While in isolation, Aleydis developed a deep devotion to Real Presence in the Eucharist, but was unable to drink from the cup due to the danger of contagion. As the disease progressed, she became blind and paralyzed. Visionary; given to ecstasies, and a visit from Christ to assure her of the complete Communion of the Eucharist. Was given the gift of healing of others, but not herself.

Born

12th century at Schaerbeck, Belgium

Died

sunrise Saturday 11 June 1250 of natural causes

Canonized

• on 1 July 1702 Pope Clement XI granted the monks of the Fuliensi Congregation of Saint Bernard permission to celebrate her feast
• cultus extended to the entire Cistercian Order in 1870
• cultus extended to all of Belgium in 1907 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• blind people
• paralyzed people

Blessed Helen of Poland

Also known as

• Helen of Hungary
• Helena, Iolantha, Joheleth, Jolanda, Jolanta, Jolenta, Yolanda

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Born a princess, the daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary and Maria Laskaris. Niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, grand-niece of Saint Hedwig of Andechs, and younger sister of Blessed Cunegund of Poland, who raised her. Married to Duke Boleslas V, the devout prince of Kalishi, Pomerania; mother of three. Franciscan tertiary. Founded a Poor Clare convent in Gnesen, Poland. Widowed in 1279. She, one of her daughters, and Cunegund retired to a Poor Clare convent Cunegund had founded in Sandeck. Just before her death, Helen became superior of the convent she had founded in Gnesen.

Born

c.1235 in Hungary

Died

11 June 1298 at Gnesen, Poland of natural causes

Beatified

26 September 1827 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Parisius

Also known as

Parisio

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Camaldolese monk at age 12 at the monastery of Saint Michael's. Hermit. Priest. Chaplain and spiritual director of the Saint Christina convent of Treviso, Italy in 1191; he served there for 72 years. Cared for the spritual needs of pilgrims and the sick at the All Saints Hospice at his monastery. Miracle worker. Had the gift of prophecy.

Born

1160 at Treviso or Bologna, Italy (records vary)

Died

• 11 June 1267 of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Treviso, Italy

Canonized

25 November 1268 by Bishop Alberto Rich of Treviso, Italy, which was a valid procedure at that time

Saint Bardo of Mainz

Also known as

Bardone, Bardon

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Benedictine monk at Fulda, Germany. Abbot of Werden Abbey, Essen-Werden, Germany in 1029. Abbot of Hersfeld Abbey, Hesse, Germany in 1031. Archbishop of Mainz, Germany in 1031. As monk, abbot and bishop he was known for his simple, ascetic life, his charity to the poor, the gift of prophecy, and his care for animals.

Born

982 in Oppershofen, Germany

Died

1053 of natural causes

Blessed Jean de Bracq

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Known as a pious and intelligent youth. Premonstratensian monk. Canon of the Premonstratensian monastery in Vicogne, France. Chosen abbot of his house in 1513, he refurbished the monastery, spent his nights in prayer, and was known for his charity and aid to the area poor; he served as abbot for 37 years. Advisor and confessor to Emperor Charles V. Declined the bishopric of Arras, France as it owuld have meant leaving monastic life.

Born

1488 in France

Died

1550 in northern France of natural causes

Blessed Kasper of Grimbergen

Also known as

Kaspar

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Premonstratensian monk. Canon of the Grimbergen Premonstratensian monastery in modern Flanders, Belgium. Priest. When Calvinists controlled the region in 1581, Kasper dressed as a layman and travelled from town to town, ministering to covert Catholics in their homes.

Born

16th century Netherlands

Died

17th century of natural causes

Saint Rembert of Hamburg

Also known as

Rimbert

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Benedictine monk at Turhout, Belgium. Worked with Saint Ansgar as a missionary to pagan Scandinavia. Bishop of Hamburg-Bremen, Germany in 865 with jurisdiction over Denmark and Sweden. Worked to evangelize the Slavs in his region, and ransomed Christian captives. Wrote a biography of Saint Ansgar.

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near Bruges, Flanders, Belgium

Died

888 of natural causes

Saint Blitharius of Seganne

Also known as

Blitarius, Blier

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Evangelized in France with Saint Fursey of Peronne, finally settling in Seganne, Champagne where he was known for his life of penance and prayer.

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Scotland

Died

• 7th century France of natural causes
• relics burned by Calvinists in the 16th century

Saint Maximus of Naples

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Bishop of Naples, Italy in 359, but spent much of his service in exile for having defended the Nicene Creed against Arian rulers. Martyr.

Died

c.361

Canonized

13 June 1871 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Saint Riagail of Bangor

Also known as

Ragallach, Regail, Reghuil

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Ninth-century monk and then abbot of Bangor Abbey, County Down, Ireland. He led the house during a bleak period of recovery following a series of Viking raids.

Died

881

Blessed Hugh of Marchiennes

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Educated at Rheims, France. Benedictine monk at Saint Martin's abbey, Tournai, Belgium. Abbot of the monastery at Marchiennes, France in 1148.

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at Tournai, Belgium

Died

1158

Saint Tochumra of Kilmore

Also known as

Tochumra of Tuam

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A holy virgin venerated in Kilmore, Ireland.

Patronage

women in labour

Saint Herebald of Bretagne

Also known as

Herband, Hereband

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Eighth century hermit in Brittany.

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in Britain

Saint Tochumra of Tuam

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A church in the diocese of Killfenora, Ireland was dedicated to him, but no details of his life have survived.

Martyrs of Tavira

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Members of the Knights of Santiago de Castilla. During the re-conquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Muslims by Christian forces, in a period of truce between the armies, the group was allowed to leave the Portuguese camp to hunt. Near Tavira, Portugal, he and his companions were ambushed and killed by a Muslim force. Making a reprisal attack, the Portuguese army took the city of Tavira. The murdered knights were considered to be martyrs as they died in an action defending the faith. They were –

• Blessed Alvarus Garcia
• Blessed Beltrão de Caia
• Blessed Damião Vaz
• Blessed Estêvão Vasques
• Blessed Garcia Roiz
• Blessed Mendus Valle
• Blessed Pedro Rodrigues

Died

• 1242 outside Tavira, Faro, Portugal
• relics enshrined under the altar of Saint Barnabas in the Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels (modern Santa Maria do Castelo) in Tavria

Mercedarian Martyrs of Damietta

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Three Mercedarian lay knights who worked to ransom Christians enslaved by Muslims. During the 7th Crusade, a plague swept through the Christian army and these knights volunteered to work with the sick. During this work they were captured by Muslims and ordered to convert to Islam; they refused. They were tortured, taken to Damietta, Egypt where they were murdered for their faith. Martyrs.

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thrown from a tower in the mid-13th century in Damietta, Egypt

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 10

 Bl. Olivia

இன்றைய புனிதர் 

(ஜூன் 10) 

✠ பலெர்மோ நகர் புனிதர் ஒலிவியா ✠ 

கன்னியர்/ மறைசாட்சி: 

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 448

பலெர்மோ, சிசிலி 

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 463

டுனிஸ், வட ஆபிரிக்கா 

ஏற்கும் சமயம்: 

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை 

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை 

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஜூன் 10 

பாதுகாவல்: 

சிசிலியின் நகரங்களான:

பலெர்மோ, மோன்டே சேன் கிலியானோ, டேர்மினி இமெரெஸ், அல்கமோ, பெட்டினியோ, செஃபலு 

ஒலேசா டி மொன்ட்செர்ராட் (கட்டலோனியா) 

புனிதர் ஒலிவியா கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்திற்காக கொடூரமாக துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டு மறைசாட்சியாக உயிர்துறந்த கன்னியரும் கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதரும் ஆவார். 

இவரது சரித்திரத்தை எழுதிய சரித்திரவியலாளர்களின் கூற்றின்படி, கி.பி. ஏறக்குறைய 448ம் ஆண்டு உன்னதமான சிசிலியன் குடும்பமொன்றில் பிறந்த அழகிய மகள் ஆவார். சிறு வயதிலிருந்தே ஏழைகளுக்கு தொண்டாற்ற விரும்பிய இச்சிறுமி, தமது குடும்பத்துக்கே உரித்தான வசதியான வாழ்க்கை மற்றும் கௌரவம் ஆகியவற்றை ஒதுக்கி, தம்மை ஆண்டவருக்கு அர்ப்பணித்துக் கொண்டவர் ஆவார். 

கி.பி. 454ம் ஆண்டு, சிசிலியை வெற்றிகொண்ட “வண்டல்ஸ்” அரசன் “ஜென்செரிக்”  என்பவன், “பலெர்மோ”  மாநிலத்தை முற்றுகையிட்டதுடன் அநேகம் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை துன்புறுத்தி கொன்றான். 

ஒலிவியா தமக்கு பதின்மூன்று வயதானபோது, நோயாளிகளுக்கு வேண்டிய சேவைகளை செய்ய தொடங்கினார். தமது கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தில் திடமாக, உறுதியாக இருக்குமாறு பிற கிறிஸ்தவ மக்களை வேண்டிக்கொண்டார். அவருடைய ஆத்மாவின் வலிமையால் “வண்டல்ஸ்” ஈர்க்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அவருடைய விசுவாசத்திற்கு எதிராக எதுவுமே நடக்க முடியாது என்பதையும் அறிந்திருந்தது. “வண்டல்ஸ்” மக்கள் அவரை “டுனிஸ்”  நகரத்துக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்தனர். அங்கே, ஆளுநர் அவருடைய நிலைப்பாட்டிலிருந்து அவரை மீட்டெடுக்க முயல்வார் என்று நம்பினார்கள். 

ஆனால், “டுனிஸ்”  நகரில் ஒலிவியா அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்த்தத் தொடங்கினார். ஏராளமான பாகன் இன மக்களை கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்திற்கு மனம் மாற்றினார். கோபமுற்ற ஆளுநர், ஒலிவியாவை கொடிய விலங்குகள் இருக்கும் காட்டில் கொண்டு தனிமையில் விட உத்தரவிட்டார். ஒன்று, ஒலிவியா பசி பட்டினியால் சாகனும்; அல்லது பசியெடுத்த காட்டு மிருகங்களுக்கு இரையாகணும் என்ற எண்ணத்தில் அவரை காட்டில் கொண்டு விட்டனர். ஆனால், அவர்களது எண்ணம் ஈடேறவில்லை. அங்கிருந்த காட்டு மிருகங்கள் அவரை சீண்டவேயில்லை. அவரைச் சுற்றிலும் அமைதியுடன் திரிந்தன. 

ஒருமுறை, “டுனிஸ்” நகரிலிருந்து வேட்டையாடும் நோக்கில் ஓலிவியா இருந்த காட்டுக்கு வேட்டையாட வந்த சிலர், அங்கே ஒலிவியாவைக் கண்டு, அவரது அழகில் ஆசை கொண்டு, அவரை பாலியல் வன்கொடுமை செய்ய முயன்றனர். ஆனால், ஒலிவியா இறை வார்த்தைகளைக் கொண்டு அவர்களையும் மனம் மாற்றினார். பாகன் இன இளைஞர்களாகிய அவர்கள் அனைவரையும் கிறிஸ்தவ வேதத்திற்கு மனம் மாற்றினார். அவர்களுக்கு அங்கேயே திருமுழுக்கு அளித்தார். 

காட்டிலிருந்து வெளியே வந்த ஒலிவியா, “டுனிஸ்” பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள நோயுற்ற மக்களை அற்புதமாக குணமாக்கினார். துன்புறும் மக்களை அதிசயமாக ஆறுதல் படுத்தினார். எண்ணற்ற பாகன் இன மக்களை கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்திற்கு மனம் மாற்றினார். இவற்றையெல்லாம் கேள்வியுற்ற ஆளுநர், ஒலிவியாவை கைது செய்து சிறையிலடைத்தார். மனம் மாறி வருத்தம் தெரிவித்து கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தைக் கைவிட சந்தர்ப்பமளித்தார். ஆனால், இவை யாவற்றையும் மறுத்த ஒலிவியா கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை கைவிட தீர்க்கமாக மறுத்தார். 

சிறையிலடைக்கப்பட்ட ஒலிவியாவின் ஆடைகள் களையப்பட்டன. சிறுமியென்றும் பாராமல் இரக்கமற்ற வகையில் அவர் அடித்து துன்புறுத்தப்பட்டார். கொதிக்கும் எண்ணெயுள்ள கொப்பரையில் மூழ்கடிக்கப்பட்டார். ஆனால் இத்தகைய சித்திரவதைகள் அவருடைய உடலில் எவ்விதத்திலும் தீங்கு இழைக்கவில்லை. அதேபோல கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை கைவிடுமளவுக்கு அவரது மனமும் பலவீனப்படவில்லை. இறுதியில், கி.பி. 463ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், பத்தாம் தேதி, ஒலிவியாவின் தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு அவர் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார். அவரது ஆன்மா ஒரு புறா வடிவில் வான் நோக்கி பறந்து சென்றதாக கூறப்படுகிறது. 

ஒலிவியாவின் உடலை தேடிக்கொண்டிருந்த ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையினரால் கி.பி. 1500ம் ஆண்டின் இறுதியில் அவருடைய வழிபாட்டு முறை பரவத்தொடங்கியது.

Feastday: June 10

Olivia is a derivative of Olive whose feast day is June 10th. According to pious fictional legend, she was a beautiful girl of thirteen, of a noble Palermo, Italy, family who was carried off to Tunis by raiding Moslems. They allowed her to live in a nearby cave but when they found that her miracles and cures had converted many Mohammedans, she was imprisoned, tortured, and after converting her executioners trying to burn her to death, was beheaded.

St. Maximus of Aquila

Feastday: June 10

Death: 250

Martyred deacon of Aquila, Italy. He was thrown over a cliff by the Roman authorities for refusing to deny the faith. Maximus is patron saint of Aquila.

 

Saint Maximus of Aveia (d. ca. 250 AD) (sometimes also known as Saint Maximus of Aquila) is one of the patron saints of L'Aquila, Italy.

He was born in Aveia, nowadays known as Fossa. A deacon, he was martyred for his faith. The tradition says he was tortured and then thrown over a cliff near his native city. This occurred during the persecutions of Decius.

In 1256 the episcopal seat of Aveia was moved to L'Aquila, together with the relics of Maximus. The newly-built cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila was dedicated in his name and that of Saint George, another martyr.

St. Maximus of Naples

Feastday: June 10

Death: 361

Martyred bishop of Naples, Italy, from 359 . He died in exile from his see and is venerated as a martyr.

Saint Maximus (d. 361 AD) was Bishop of Naples, who was sent into exile. Maximus was known as a great defender of the decrees of the Council of Nicaea, especially with the opposition to Arianism. This led to his exile, and being replaced as Bishop of Naples, by Zosimos, who proclaimed the Arianistic doctrine. A well known legend states that each time Zosimos wanted to speak in public, his words would not come out. Many attributed this as a miracle, through the prayers of the exiled Maximus. He would be martyred in exile.

St. Gezelin

Feastday: June 10

A hermit honored at Slebusrode, near Colonge, Germany. He is listed as Ghislain, Gisle, and Jocelyn

Bl. Caspar Sadamazu

Feastday: June 10

Death: 1626

Japanese martyr, a Jesuit received into the Order at Bungo in 1582. Caspar served as the secretary to several provincials before being arrested as a Christian. His superior, who joined him in prison, was Blessed Francis Pacheco. Caspar was burned alive in Nagasaki. He was beatified in 1867

St. Bardo

புனித.பார்டோ (St.Bardo)

மைன்ஸ் ஆயர்(Bishop of Mainz)

பிறப்பு 

980

ஒப்பர்ஹோப்பன்(Oppershofen), ஹெஸன்(Hessen), ஜெர்மனி

    

இறப்பு 

10 ஜூன் 1051

பாடர்போர்ன்(Paderborn), ஜெர்மனி

பார்டோ மிகவும் அமைதியானவராகவும் பக்தியானவராகவும் தன் வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் திகழ்ந்தார். சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே தான் பிறந்த ஊரிலிருந்த ஆலயத்திற்கு சென்று, ஆலய பணிகளில் ஈடுபட்டு வந்தார். பார்டோ புல்டாவில்(Fulda) இருந்த ஆசீர்வாதப்பர் சபையில் சேர்ந்து குருவானார். குருவானபிறகு ஹெர்ஸ்பெல்டு(Herzfeld) என்ற ஊரிலிருந்த துறவற மடத்தில் பணிபுரிய அனுப்பப்பட்டார். அப்போது எதிர்பாராதவிதமாக அத்துறவற இல்ல தலைவர் இறந்துவிட்டார். இதனால் அவரை தொடர்ந்து, பார்டோ தலைவர் பொறுப்பேற்று, ஆலயப்பணிகளிலும் ஈடுபட்டார். அப்போதுதான் அவர் மைன்ஸ் என்ற மறைமாநிலத்திற்கு 1031 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் மற்றவர்களின் நல்வாழ்விற்காக தன் வாழ்வையே தியாகமாக்கினார். போதுமான அளவு உணவுகூட உண்ணாமல் வாழ்ந்தார். தன்னுடைய உணவையும், தனக்கு சொந்தமான அனைத்தையுமே ஏழைகளுக்கு கொடுத்துவிட்டு, மிகவும் ஏழ்மையான வாழ்வு வாழ்ந்தார். இதனால் திருத்தந்தை 9 ஆம் லியோ அவர்களால் கண்டிக்கப்பட்டார். பணியாற்ற உடலுக்கு சக்தி வேண்டுமென்று திருத்தந்தை அறிவுரை கூறினார். திருத்தந்தையின் ஆசீரையும் அறிவுரையும் பெற்ற பார்டோ, பாடர்போன் என்ற ஊருக்கு இறைபணிக்காக பயணம் செய்யும்போது காலமானார். அவரது கல்லறை ஜெர்மனியில் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவரது கல்லறையை ஏராளமானோர் பார்வையிட சென்றனர். அவர்கள் இவரிடம் மன்றாடும்போது, கேட்டவைகள் அனைத்தையும் பெற்றுக்கொண்டனர். இன்றுவரை இவரின் கல்லறையில் ஏராளமான புதுமைகள் நடந்த வண்ணமாக உள்ளது.

Feastday: June 10

Death: 1053

Benedictine archbishop and official of the Holy Roman Empire. He was born in Oppershafen, Wetterau, Germany, in about 982. Educated at Fulda Abbey, he became a Benedictine and was made the abbot of two monasteries, becoming the archbishop of Mainz in 1031. He served as chancellor and chief almoner alms distributor for the empire. Pope St. Leo IX advised Bardo to lighten his duties and relax some of his personal austerities and mortifications.

St. Basilides and Companions

Feastday: June 10

Death: 275

Twenty-three martyrs, including Mandal and Tripos, slain in Rome on the Aurelian Way. They died in the persecution under Emperor Aurelian.

St. Aresius and Companions

Feastday: June 10

African martyrs, seventeen in number, including Rogatus. No details of this martyrdom have survived, but these martyrs were included in early martyrologies.

St. Amelberga

Feastday: June 10

Death: 690

Benedictine nun and widow. She was a relative of Blessed Pepin of Landen and was a mother of Sts. Cludula, Emebert, and Reinildis. Her husband, Count Witger, became a religious, and she entered a convent.

Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort

Also known as

• Martyrs des Pontons de Rochefort

• Martyrs of La Rochelle

• Martyrs of Rochefort

• Martyrs of the Prison Hulks of Rochefort

• Martyrs of the Rochefort Ships

Profile

In 1790 the French Revolutionary authorities passed a law requiring priests to swear allegience to the civil constitution, which would effectively remove them from the authority of, and allegience to, Rome. Many refused, and in 1791 the government began deporting them to French Guyana. 827 priests and religious were imprisoned on hulks (old ships no longer sea-worthy and used for storage, jails, hospitals, etc.) at Rochefort, France to await exile, most on the Deux-Associés and the Washington which had previously been used to house slaves or prisoners. There they were basically ignored to death as there was little provision for food and water, less for sanitation, and none at all for medical help. 542 of the prisoners died there.

The survivors were freed on 12 February 1795 and allowed to return to their homes. Many of them wrote about their time on the hulks, and many of them wrote about the faith and ministry of those who had died. 64 of them have been positively identified and confirmed to have died as martyrs, dying for their faith –

• Antoine Auriel

• Antoine Bannassat

• Augustin-Joseph Desgardin

• Barthélemy Jarrige de La Morelie de Biars 

• Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel

• Charles-Arnould Hanus

• Charles-René Collas du Bignon

• Claude Beguignot

• Claude Dumonet

• Claude Laplace

• Claude Richard

• Claude-Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux

• Claude-Joseph Jouffret de Bonnefont

• élie Leymarie de Laroche

• Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac

• François d'Oudinot de la Boissière

• François François

• François Hunot

• François Mayaudon

• Gabriel Pergaud

• Georges-Edme René

• Gervais-Protais Brunel

• Jacques Gagnot

• Jacques Lombardie

• Jacques Retouret

• Jacques-Morelle Dupas

• Jean Baptiste Guillaume

• Jean Bourdon

• Jean Hunot

• Jean Mopinot

• Jean-Baptiste de Bruxelles

• Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil

• Jean-Baptiste Laborie du Vivier

• Jean-Baptiste Menestrel

• Jean-Baptiste Souzy

• Jean-Baptiste-Ignace-Pierre Vernoy de Montjournal

• Jean-Baptiste-Xavier Loir

• Jean-François Jarrige de la Morelie de Breuil

• Jean-Georges Rehm

• Jean-Nicolas Cordier

• Joseph Imbert

• Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin

• Joseph Marchandon

• Lazare Tiersot

• Louis-Armand-Joseph Adam

• Louis-François Lebrun

• Louis-Wulphy Huppy

• Marcel-Gaucher Labiche de Reignefort

• Michel-Bernard Marchand

• Michel-Louis Brulard

• Nicolas Savouret

• Nicolas Tabouillot

• Noël-Hilaire Le Conte

• Paul-Jean Charles

• Philippe Papon

• Pierre Gabilhaud

• Pierre Jarrige de la Morelie de Puyredon

• Pierre-Joseph le Groing de la Romagère

• Pierre-Michel Noël

• Pierre-Sulpice-Christophe Faverge

• Pierre-Yrieix Labrouhe de Laborderie

• Raymond Petiniaud de Jourgnac

• Scipion-Jérôme Brigeat Lambert

• Sébastien-Loup Hunot

Died

between 19 May 1794 and 23 February 1795 aboard prison ships docked at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Edward Joannes Maria Poppe

Profile

Son of Dèsirè, a baker, and Josefa; Edward was one of eleven children; one brother became a priest, five sisters were nuns. Raised in a pious and hard working family, Edward was an energetic, almost hyperactive child, but an excellent student who early felt a call to the priesthood. His father died in January 1907, and Edward wanted to take over the family business, but his mother insisted that he continue his studies. Seminarians were subject to military service, and in September 1910 Edward was drafted; being a seminarian made him the target for much harassment. He entered the seminary in Leuven, Belgium on 13 March 1912, and in Ghent in September 1913. He served as battlefield nurse during World War I, during which his health was nearly ruined, and his prayers to Saint Joseph led to the miraculous freeing of several prisoners of war.

Ordained on 1 May 1916. Associate pastor at Saint Collette's in Ghent, a struggling parish where he had strong ministry to the poor, children and the dying; taught catechism, founded Eucharistic associations, and worked against the secularization of life in his city. His health still suffering, he was transferred to rural Moerzeke, Belgium where he served from 1918 to 1922 as rector of a religious community. He suffered a heart attack on 11 May 1919, and spent his recuperation studying, praying, and writing hundreds of articles and thousands of letters against Marxism, secularism, and materialism. Edward developed a devotion to Saint Therese of Lisieux, visiting her tomb in 1920, and adopting her "little way". He organized teachers in an evangelization campaign, and his home became a center of organization, prayer and spiritual rebirth. Began service as spiritual director of seminarians doing military service in October 1922. He suffered another heart attack on 1 January 1924, and his health deteriorated rapidly, but he worked tirelessly in his remaining months, encouraging the laity and seminarians.

Born

18 December 1890 in Temse, Belgium

Died

10 June 1924 at Moerzeke, Belgium of a stroke

Beatified

3 October 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed John Dominic

Also known as

• Giovanni Dominici

• John Dominici

• John Dominici de Banchini

Profile

He had a humble background, little education, and a tendency to stammer and stutter, but John had a great memory, great drive to improve, and became a great theologian and preacher. He spent much of his youth in or around the nearby Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella. Though he lacked education and the Dominicans were scholars, and though he had trouble speaking and the Dominicans were preachers, he joined the Order at age 17.

He studied in Pisa and Florence in Italy, and received his degree in theology from the University of Paris. Priest. In one letters, he said that his speech impediment threatened to limit his vocation; it was cured through the intervention of Saint Catherine of Siena, and he spent 12 years as a preacher in Venice, Italy.

Prior of the Dominican house at Santa Maria Novella. Vicar-provincial in Rome, Italy in 1392. With Blessed Raymund of Capua, master general of the Order, he helped lead the rebuilding of the Order after the plague, and restoration of discipline to the members. Founded Dominican houses and convents in the Italian cities of Venice (1388 and 1394), Fiesole (1406), Chioggia, Citta di Castello, Cortona, Lucca, and Fabriano. Correspondent with Blessed Clara Gambacorta, giving her advice on her work to restore discipline to Dominican nuns. Because of his support of the Dominican White Penitents in Venice, he briefly lost papal support, but was later welcomed back, and resumed the work.

Worked to support Christian education of the young. Opposed pagan ideas that were creeping into the humanist thought of the day. Confessor and advisor to Pope Gregory XII. Cardinal of San Sisto in 1407. Archbishop of Ragusa, Italy in 1408. Helped heal the Western Schism. Convinced Pope Gregory XII to call the Council of Constance, and to abdicate in order to force the hands of the anti-popes, causing them to drop their claims to the crown.

Papal legate to Hungary and Bohemia for Pope Martin V. Worked to settle the disruptions caused by the death of John Hus, and to heal the Hussite Schism; converted some, but was unable to affect the larger problem.

Wrote Scripture commentaries and hymns in Italian. His portrait was painted by Fra Angelico, who had joined the order under him, and a memoir of him was written by Saint Antoninus of Florence who had joined the Order after hearing John preach, and had worked with him in Fiesole.

Born

1356 at Florence, Italy

Died

• 10 June 1419 of a fever at Buda, Hungary

• buried in the Church of Saint Paul the Hermit in Buda

• his tomb became noted for miracles, and was briefly a pilgrimage point

• it was destroyed by the Turks

Beatified

• 1832 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Gregory XVI

• 1837 (beatified) by Pope Gregory XVI

Blessed Bogumilus of Gniezno

Also known as

Bogimilus, Bogumil Piotr, Bogumilo, Theophilus

Profile

Born to the Polish nobility, twin brother of Boguphalus. Studied in Paris, France. Priest. Served Holy Trinity parish in Dobrow, Poland, a church that he built himself. Chancellor of Gniezno, Poland. Had a great dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and loved solitude. Archbishop of Gniezno in 1167. Through the five years of his episcopacy, he was opposed by his own clergy for his insistence on strict adherance to the clerical discipline and simple lifestyle. He resigned his see in 1172 and became a Camaldolese hermit at Uniedow, Poland for the last decade of his life.

Born

c.1135 bear Dobrow, Poland

Died

• c.1182 near Uniedow, Poland of natural causes

• on his deathbed he received a vision of Our Lady and the Christ Child surrounded by angels and beckoning him to heaven

• relics enshrine in the Collegiate Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Uniejów, Poland

• his stole is kept in Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Poznan, Poland

Beatified

27 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)

Patronage

archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland (given by Pope Paul VI)

Blessed Diana d'Andalo

Profile

Born to a wealthy and politically connected land owner. We know nothing of her childhood, but was known as a beautiful, intelligent and happy young woman. Influenced by the preaching of Blessed Reginald, she joined the Dominicans, and was received into the Order by Saint Dominic de Guzman himself, but her family forced her to stay home. She joined the Augustinians at Roxana, Italy, but was abducted and taken home by her family; Diana was injured in the abduction, but later escaped from home and returned to the Augustinians. Blessed Jordan of Saxony met with her family and convinced them that the way to keep the girl close to them was to build a Dominican convent; in 1222 they helped her found the monastery of Saint Agnes in Bologna, Italy on land her father owned. She and several other sisters, including Blessed Cecilia of Bologna and Blessed Amata of Bologna lived out their days there. Diana and Blessed Jordan kept up a correspondence that lasted for years and dozens of letters, many of which survive today.

Born

1201 near Bologna, Italy

Died

9 January 1236 in Bologna, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

8 August 1888 by Pope Leo XIII

Blessed Henry of Treviso

Also known as

• Henry of Bolzano

• Henry of Bozen

• Arrigo, Heinrich, Rigo

Profile

Born poor, Henry was a married lay man and father who worked as a day labourer. However, when his wife and child died young, Henry completely lost interest in a worldly life. He continued to work as a labourer, giving away everything he could spare. He never learned to read or write, but attended daily Mass, worked to help those even poorer than himself, and spent his spare time in prayer. In his later years he became a beggar, asking alms and giving away all that he did not need.

Born

c.1250 at Bolzano, Italy

Died

• 10 June 1315 in Treviso, Italy of natural causes

• he was so well loved by the people of Treviso that at his death his little room was stripped of the straw that served for his bed and was his only possession

Beatified

• 23 July 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

• 276 miracles were recorded before the confirmation could be completed

Blessed Joseph Kugler

Also known as

Brother Eustachius

Profile

As a young man he was apprenticed as an iron worker, but an injury ended that career. He joined the Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God at Reichenbach, Germany in 1893, making his profession in 1898. He served 20 years in several Hospitaller convent hospitals, often as their prior. He then served 21 years as the Hospitaller provincial. Founded two hospitals.

Born

15 January 1867 in Neuhaus, diocese of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Died

10 June 1946 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes

Beatified

• 4 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Regensburg, Germany by Archbishop Angelo Amato

Saint Getulius of Tivoli

தூய கெட்டூலியஸ் (ஜூன் 10)

“என் பொருட்டு ஆளுநர்களிடமும் அரசர்களிடமும் உங்களை இழுத்துச் செல்வார்கள். இவ்வாறு யூதர்கள் முன்னும் பிற இனத்தவர் முன்னும் சான்று பகர்வீர்கள். இப்படி அவர்கள் உங்களை ஒப்புவிக்கும்பொழுது, ‘என்ன பேசுவது? எப்படிப் பேசுவது?’ என நீங்கள் கவலைப்பட வேண்டாம். நீங்கள் என்ன பேசவேண்டும்? என்பது அந்நேரத்தில் உங்களுக்கு அருளப்படும். ஏனெனில் பேசுபவர் நீங்கள் அல்ல. மாறாக, உங்கள் தந்தையின் ஆவியாரே உங்கள் வழியாய் பேசுவார்” (மத் 10: 18 -20)

வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு

முதலாம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதியில் திருச்சபை வேகமாக வளர்ந்து வந்தது. இது பிடிக்காத ஒருசிலர் அப்போது உரோமையை ஆண்டுகொண்டிருந்த மன்னன் டிரேஜனிடம், கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் ஒன்றாகக் கூடிவந்து கேளிக்கைகளில் ஈடுபடுகிறார்கள், எதையெதையோ வழிபடுகிறார்கள் என்று பற்றி வைத்தார்கள். இதைக் கேட்டு சீற்றம் கொண்ட அவன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களைக் கொன்றொழிக்கத் திட்டம் தீட்டினான்.

இதற்கிடையில் டிரேஜனின் படையில் கெட்டூலியஸ் என்ற அதிகாரி ஒருவர் இருந்தார். அவர் கிறிஸ்துவின் போதனையால் தொடப்பட்டு, கிறிஸ்தவ மறையைத் தழுவினார். இதைத் தொடர்ந்து அவர், தான் வகிந்து வந்த பதவியைத் துறந்துவிட்டு திவோலிக்கு அருகில் இருந்த சபைன் என்ற குன்றுக்கு அருகில் குடிசை அமைத்து அங்கே கிறிஸ்துவைப் பற்றிய நற்செய்தியை அறிவிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். அவருடைய போதனையைக் கேட்க ஏராளமான பேர் வந்து போனார்கள்.

இச்செய்தி மன்னனின் காதுகளைச் சென்றடைந்தது. இதனால் சினமுற்ற மன்னன் கெட்டூலியசையும் அவரோடு இருப்பவர்களையும் கைதுசெய்து வருமாறு  செரேயாலிஸ் என்னும் படைவீரனை அனுப்பி வைத்தான். இப்படி வந்தவனிடம் கெட்டூலியஸ் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவின் பாடுகளையும் அவருடைய அன்பையும் அவனுக்கு எடுத்துச் சொன்னார். இதைக் கேட்டு மனம்மாறிய அந்தப் படைவீரன் கெட்டூலியசோடு சேர்ந்துகொண்டு கிறிஸ்தவ நெறியைப் பின்பற்றத் தொடங்கினான். செய்தி மன்னனின் காதுகளை எட்டியது. அவன் பிரிமிட்வுஸ் என்னும் படைவீரனை அனுப்பி வைத்து, கெட்டூலியசையும் செரேயாலிசையும் கைது செய்து வருமாறு அனுப்பி வைத்தான். அவனும் கெட்டூலியசின் போதனையால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்டு கிறிஸ்தவ நெறியைப் பின்பற்றத் தொடங்கினான். இதைத் தொடர்ந்து கெட்டூலியசின் சகோதரன் அமாசியசும் கிறிஸ்தவரானார்.

இவை எல்லாவற்றையும் குறித்துக் கேள்விப்பட்ட மன்னன் டிரேஜன், லிசினியுஸ் என்பவனைக் கூப்பிட்டு, கெட்டூலியசையும் அவனோடு இருக்கக்கூடிய படைவீரர்களையும் மக்களையும் கிறிஸ்துவை மறுதலிக்கச் சொல். அப்படி அவர்கள் மறுதலிக்கவில்லையென்றால் அங்கேயே அவர்களைக் கொன்றுபோட்டு” என்று சொல்லி அனுப்பி வைத்தான். லிசினியுஸ் கெட்டூலியசிடம் வந்து, மன்னன் சொன்னதைக் சொன்னான். அதற்கு கெட்டூலியசோ, “நானும் இங்கே இருக்கின்ற எல்லாரும் ஒருபோதும் கிறிஸ்துவை மறுதலிக்க மாட்டோம்” என்று மிக உறுதியாகச் சொன்னார். இதனால் லிசினியுஸ் கெட்டூலியசோடு அங்கிருந்த அனைவரையும் கைது செய்தான்.

அதன்பின்னர் அவன் அவர்கள் அனைவரையும் 27 நாட்கள் சிறையில் வைத்து, கொடுமையாகச் சித்ரவதை செய்தான். பிறகு அவர்களை தீயிலிட்டு சுட்டெரித்தான். ஆனால் தீயானது அவர்களை ஒன்றும் செய்யவில்லை. கடைசியில் அவன் அவர்களை தலைவெட்டிக் கொன்றுபோட்டான். இவ்வாறு கெட்டூலியசும் அவரோடு இருந்தவர்களும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்கு தங்களுடைய இரத்தம் சிந்தி சான்று பகர்ந்தார்கள்.

கெட்டூலியசின் உடல் அவருடைய மனைவியும் தூயவருமான தூய சிம்போரோசாவின் கல்லறைக்கு அருகிலேயே வைக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

Getulio

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Husband of Saint Symphorosa of Tivoli. Roman officer in the armies of Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Public convert to Christianity with his brother Saint Amantius. Getulius resigned his commission, and retired to the country of the Sabines. Emperor Hadrian sent the guards Caerealis and Primitivus to arrest the ex-officer; instead, the brothers converted the guards. Hadrian ordered the judge Licinius to condemn the whole group to death. They were offered a reprieve if they would renounce Christianity; they declined. Martyr.

Died

clubbed to death c.120 at Tivoli, Italy

Blessed Walter Pierson

Additional Memorial

4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs

Profile

Carthusian lay brother in the London Charterhouse. Arrested with his brothers for opposing the takeover of the Church by King Henry VIII. Chained standing up in Newgate Prison and left to starve. Martyr.

Died

starved to death on 10 June 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Amantius of Tivoli

Profile

Public convert to Christianity with his brother Saint Getulius. With Getulius he retired to the country of the Sabines. Emperor Hadrian sent the guards Caerealis and Primitivus to arrest the two; instead, the brothers converted the guards. Emperor Hadrian ordered the judge Licinius to condemn the whole group to death. They were offered a reprieve if they would renounce Christianity; they declined. Martyr.

Died

clubbed to death c.120 at Tivoli, Italy

Blessed Gerlac of Obermarchtal

Also known as

Gerlach, Gerlache, Gerlachus, Gerlacus

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Premonstratensian monk at Mönchsrot monastery in southern Germany. Spiritual student of Blessed Eberhard of Obermarchtal and Blessed Ulrik of Obermarchtal. Prior of his house, and then its third abbot where he served until struck down by a stroke.

Born

12th century Germany

Died

10 June c.1200 of natural causes

Saint Ithamar of Rochester

Also known as

Itamaro, Ythamar

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Known in his day for his learning. First Anglo-Saxon to be ordained a bishop, succeeding Saint Paulinus of York to the see of Rochester, England in 644, consecrated by Saint Honorius. Miraculous cures, especially of the eyes, recorded at his tomb.

Born

at Kent, England

Died

• c.656 of natural causes

• buried at Rochester, England

Saint Faustina of Cyzicus

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Martyr.

Died

• 303

• buried in the catacombs of San Callisto in Rome, Italy

• relics re-discovered in 1830

• relics transferred to Palma Campania, Italy in 1839

• relics enshrined in a glass reliquary in the church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Palma Campania

Saint Asterius of Petra

Also known as

Asterio

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A former heretic who converted from Arianism to orthodox Christianity. Bishop of Petra. Fought heresy and earned the hatred of Arians by writing about their intrigues at the Council of Sardica in 347. Exiled to Africa by Emperor Constantius. Recalled to his diocese by Julian the Apostate. Assisted at the Council of Alexandria in 362.

Died

c.364 of natural causes

Blessed Elizabeth Guillen

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Mercedarian nun in Barcelona, Spain.

Died

• 1300 of a fever at the the monastery of Saint Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain

• interred near the high altar in the monastery church

Readings

I want to melt and be in Christ. - Blessed Elizabeth on her deathbed

Saint Primitivus of Tivoli

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Imperial Roman guard. Sent by Emperor Hadrian with Caerealis to arrest the brother converts Saint Getulius and Saint Amantius. Instead, the brothers converted the guards. Hadrian ordered the judge Licinius to condemn the whole group to death. They were offered a reprieve if they would renounce Christianity; they declined. Martyr.

Died

clubbed to death c.120 at Tivoli, Italy

Saint Caerealis of Tivoli

Profile

Imperial Roman guard. Sent by Emperor Hadrian with Primitivus to arrest the brother converts Saint Getulius and Saint Amantius. Instead, the brothers converted the guards. Hadrian ordered the judge Licinius to condemn the whole group to death. They were offered a reprieve if they would renounce Christianity; they declined. Martyr.

Died

clubbed to death c.120 at Tivoli, Italy

Blessed Thomas Green

Also known as

Thomas Greenwood

Additional Memorial

4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs

Profile

Carthusian choir monk of the Charterhouse in London, England. Martyred for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church.

Died

starved to death on 10 June 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Blessed José Manuel Claramonte Agut

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Priest. Member of the Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

6 November 1892 in Almazora, Castellón, Spain

Died

10 June 1938 in Vall d'Alba, Castellón, Spain

Beatified

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

Saint Evermund of Fontenay

Also known as

Ebremund of Fontenay

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Married. Founded several monasteries and convents. His wife then entered one of the convents as a nun, and Evermund became a monk at the Fontenay-Louvet house near Séez, France. Abbot.

Born

in Bayeux, France

Died

c.720 of natural causes

Blessed Amata of San Sisto

Also known as

Amata of Bologna

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Dominican nun, assigned to Rome. Helped found the Saint Agnes Convent at Valle di Petro, Bologna, Italy.

Died

• 1270 of natural causes

• interred in the chapel of Saint Clare, Assisi, Italy

Saint Landericus of Paris

Also known as

Landry

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Bishop of Paris, France from 650. Founded the first hospital in Paris. Noted for his work with the poor. Encouraged the Benedictines to establish houses in his diocese.

Died

c.661 of natural causes

Saint Censurius of Auxerre

Also known as

Censurio

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Bishop of Auxerre, France from 448 until his death; he served 38 years.

Died

• 486 of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Germanus

Saint Maurinus of Cologne

Also known as

Maurino

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Monk at the monastery of Saint Panteleon, Cologne, Germany. Probably served as abbot of his house. Martyr.

Died

Cologne, Germany

Blessed Albert of Cotignola

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Franciscan friar from the Cotignola area of Ravenna, Italy, remembered in an early Franciscan martyrology for his "wisdom, writing and piety".

Died

c.1531

Saint Landericus of Novalese

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Monk at Novalèse abbey in Savoy (part of modern France). Martyr.

Died

drowned in the River Arc (in modern France) in 1050

Saint Restitutus of Rome

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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Nero.

Died

martyred in the 1st century, either in Rome, Italy, or in Spain; records are unclear

Saint Crispulus of Rome

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Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Nero.

Died

martyred in the 1st century, either in Rome, Italy, or in Spain; records are unclear

Blessed Mary Magdalene of Carpi

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Nun who served as alms-beggar for her house in Carpi, Italy.

Born

Austria

Died

1546

Saint Timothy of Prusa

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Bishop of Prusa, Bithynia (in modern Turkey). Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.

Died

362

Saint Illadan of Rathlihen

Also known as

Illathan, Iolladham

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Sixth century bishop of Rathlihen, Offaly, Ireland.

Blessed Elisabeth Hernden

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Leader of a group of Franciscan tertiaries in Germany.

Died

1527

Saint Zachary of Nicomedia

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicomedia, date unknown

Martyrs of North Africa

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A group of seventeen Christians martyred together in North Africa; the only surviving details are two of their names - Aresius and Rogatius.

Died

North Africa, date unknown

Martyrs of the Aurelian Way

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A group of 23 martyrs who died together in the persecutions of Aurelian. The only details that survive are three of their names - Basilides, Mandal and Tripos.

Died

c.270-275 on the Aurelian Way, Rome, Italy

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 9

Bl. Diana

Feastday: June 9

A member of the d'Andalo family, Diana was born near Bologna Italy, and convinced her father to withdraw his opposition to the founding of a Dominican priory on land he owned in Bologna. Dominic received her vow of virginity, but she was forced to remain at home by her family. Later she joined the Augustinians at Roxana but was forcibly removed from the convent by her family. She was injured in the struggle but later escaped and returned to Roxana. Sometime later Blessed Jordan of Saxony convinced the family to found a Dominican convent in 1222 for her, staffed with Diana and four companions and four nuns brought from Rome, two of them Cecilia and Amata. Diana died on January 9, and when Cecilia and Amata died, they were buried with her. All three were beatified in 1891. Feast day is June 9th.

Saint Columba of Iona

Also known as

• Apostle of the Picts

• Apostle to Scotland

• Coim, Colmcille, Colum, Columbkill, Columbkille, Columbus, Columcille, Columkill, Combs

Additional Memorials

• 6 January as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland

• 17 June translation of relics

Profile

Born to the Irish royalty, the son of Fedhlimidh and Eithne of the Ui Neill clan. Bard. Miracle worker. Monk at Moville. Spiritual student of Saint Finnian. Priest. Itinerant preacher and teacher throughout Ireland and Scotland. Spiritual teacher of Saint Corbmac, Saint Phelim, Saint Drostan, Saint Colman McRhoi and Saint Fergna the White; uncle of Saint Ernan. Travelled to Scotland in 563. Exiled to Iona on Whitsun Eve, he founded a monastic community there and served as its abbot for twelve years. He and the monks of Iona, including Saint Baithen of Iona and Saint Eochod, then evangelized the Picts, converting many, including King Brude. Attended the Council of Drumceat, 575. Legend says he wrote 300 books.

Born

7 December 521 at Garton, County Donegal, Ireland

Died

• 9 June 597 at Iona, Scotland, and buried there

• relics translated to Dunkeld, Scotland in 849

Patronage

• against floods

• bookbinders

• poets

• Ireland

• Scotland

• 5 dioceses, 2 cities

Saint Ephrem of Syria

இன்றைய புனிதர் 

(ஜூன் 09) 

✠ நிசிபிஸ் புனித எஃப்ரெம் ✠ 

பிறப்பு : 306, நிசிபிஸ் 

இறப்பு : ஜூன் 09, 373 

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜுன் 09 

எஃப்ரேம், 306 ஆம் ஆண்டு, மெசபடோமியாவில் உள்ள நிசிபிஸ் என்னும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவருடைய தந்தை பிற சமயத்தைச் சார்ந்தவர். ஆனால், எஃப்ரேமோ கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தில் அதிகமான ஈடுபாடு வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். இதனால் அவருடைய தந்தை அவரை வீட்டை விட்டே துரத்திவிட்டார். எஃப்ரேம் வீட்டைவிட்டு வெளியே வந்து நிசிபிசில் ஆயராக இருந்த ஜேம்ஸ் என்பவரிடத்தில் தஞ்சம் புகுந்து கல்வி கற்றார். ஏறக்குறைய எட்டு ஆண்டுகள் அவரோடு இருந்து எல்லாவிதமான பயிற்சிகளையும் பெற்ற இவர், அதன்பிறகு பாலைவனத்திற்குச் சென்று தனிமையில் சில காலத்தைச் செலவழித்தார். 

363 ஆம் ஆண்டு நாட்டில் ஏற்பட்ட அரசியல் குளறுபடிகளின் காரணமாக இவர் எடேசாவிற்கு செல்ல நேர்ந்தது. அங்கே இவர் தியாக்கோனாக இருந்து பல்வேறு விதமான பணிகளைச் செய்தார். ஏற்கனவே அறிவிலும் ஞானத்திலும் சிறந்துவிளங்கிய இவர் அப்போது திருச்சபைக்கு மிகவும் அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருந்த பலவிதமான தப்பறைக் கொள்கைகளை மிகத் துணிவோடு எதிர்த்து வெற்றிகொண்டார். மேலும் இறைவன் இவருக்கு நல்ல எழுத்துத் திறனைக் கொடுத்திருந்தார். அதைக் கொண்டு இவர் பல மறையுரைகளை எழுதினார். இது மட்டுமல்லாமல், திருச்சபையின் வரலாற்றில் முதல்முறை திருவழிபாட்டுப் பாடல்கள் மூலம் இறைமக்களுக்கு பல உண்மைகளை எடுத்துச் சொன்னார். 

இப்படி நாட்கள் நகர்ந்துகொண்டிருக்க எடேசாவில் மிகப்பெரிய பஞ்சம் உண்டானது. அந்நாட்களில் மக்கள் உணவிற்காக மிகவும் கஷ்டப்பட்டார்கள். அப்படிப்பட்ட சமயத்தில் இவர் மக்களுக்கு மத்தியில் இறங்கி பணிசெய்யத் தொடங்கினார். குறிப்பாக இவர் வசதிபடைத்தவர்களிடமிருந்து தேவைக்கு மிகுதியாக இருந்த உணவுப் பொருட்களை வாங்கி, அவற்றை தேவையில் இருந்த மக்களுக்குப் பகிர்ந்து கொடுத்தார். இவ்வாறு அங்கு ஏற்பட்ட பஞ்சத்தை ஓரளவு சமாளித்தார். 

இப்படி பல்வேறு பணிகளைச் செய்து, திருச்சபையை எதிரிகளிடமிருந்து காப்பாற்றி, தன் வாழ்நாள் முழுக்க ஒரு திருத்தொண்டராகவே இருந்த எஃப்ரேம் 373 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1920 ஆண்டு மறைவல்லுநர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Ephrem of Edessa

• Ephrem the Syrian

• Ephraem...

• Ephraim...

• Ephraem Syrus

• Deacon of Edessa

• Harp of the Holy Spirit

• Jefrem Sirin

• Sun of the Syrians

Additional Memorials

• 28 January (Eastern Orthodox; Eastern Catholic)

• 8 June (Scottish Episcopal)

• 10 June (Wales; Episcopal Church in the USA)

• 18 June (Maronite Church)

• 7th Saturday before Easter (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Profile

May have been the son of a pagan priest. Brought to the faith by Saint James of Nisibis, and baptized at age 18. Helped to evangelize Nisibis, Mesopotamia. May have attended the Council of Nicaea in 325. Deacon. Preacher. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 363 Nisibis was ceded to Persia; a great persecution of Christians began, and Eprem led an exodus of the faithful to Edessa. Founded a theological school in Edessa. Wrote homilies, hymns and poetry. Helped introduce the use of hymns in public worship. Fought Gnosticism and Arianism by his writings, including poems and hymns. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1920.

Born

c.306 at Nisibis, Mesopotamia (in modern Syria)

Died

• 9 June 373 at Edessa (in modern Iraq) of natural causes

• tomb in Armenian monastery, Der Serkis, west of Edessa

Patronage

• spiritual directors

• spiritual leaders

Blessed Anne Marie Taigi

Also known as

• Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi

• Anna Maria Taigi

• Anne Marie Gianetti

Profile

Daughter Luigi Giannetti and Maria Masi. Her father was a pharmacist in Siena, Italy, but his business went bankrupt when Anna Marie was five years old. The family moved to Rome, Italy in search of work, but Luigi could only find a job as a household servant. Anne was married on 7 January 1789 to Dominico Taigi, a butler to the noble family of Chigi. She was married for 48 years, and mother of seven, two of whom died very young.

Anne Marie was always very concerned about her dress and appearance, far more than would be expected of a working class mother. Life at home was not always peaceful, Dominico could be ill-tempered and caustic, and Anne was known to have had an adulterous affair with an older man. But one day while at prayer at Saint Peter's Cathedral, she felt a sudden strong inspiration to ignore the things of this world. She began to live a more austere life, and to listen to the Spirit. Trinitarian tertiary. She found holy spiritual directors, gave all she could to the poor, visited the sick, and counselled many of the patients at the hospital of San Giacomo of the Incurables. She worked hard to evangelize her own family, changing her husband's demeanor, and they all regularly assembled in a small personal chapel to pray together.

As the years went on and Anne Marie devoted herself more and more to prayer, she began to receive mystical gifts, including prophecy and clairvoyance. She sometimes went into ecstacies, and received heavenly and prophetic visions. Her simple presence had a powerful effect on many, and she helped with many conversions. Counsellor to cardinals, royalty and three popes.

Because of her charismatic gifts, and her lack of concern about worldly matters, Anne was often the topic of gossip and sander, but she was the recipient of public veneration soon after her death, and her Cause for beatification began in 1863.

Born

29 May 1769 at Siena, Italy as Anne Marie Gianetti

Died

• 9 June 1837 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

• body incorrupt

• remains transferred several times

• interred at Saint Crisogono church, Trastevere, Rome, Italy

Beatified

30 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

Patronage

victims of verbal spouse abuse

Saint José de Anchieta

Also known as

• Apostle of Brazil

• Giuseppe de Anchieta

• Jose Anchieta

• Joseph Anchieta

Profile

Son of a wealthy and prominent family, and possibly related to Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Educated in Portugal. Joined the Jesuits in 1551 at age 17. Missionary to Brazil, arriving on 13 July 1553. He is the National Apostle of Brazil, and was co-founder of the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

In youth he dislocated his spine. When he joined the Jesuits, he was sent to Brazil for its mild climate in the hope that his back would improve. It never did, and he was in constant pain for the 44 years he worked in the Americas.

He and the Jesuit Emanuel Nóbrega arrived at Piratininga on the feast of Saint Paul and so named the mission Sao Paulo. In 1553 he first met the Tupi Indians who lived on the outskirts of the settlement. As he was adept at languages, Joseph sooned learned theirs. For two decades Joseph worked on a grammar and dictionary used by Portuguese settlers and missionaries.

Joseph was later held hostage for five months by the Tamoyo tribe during which time he occupied himself by composing a Latin poem in honour of the Blessed Virgin. Since he had no writing supplies, he wrote in wet sand and memorized the verses. When he again reached Sao Vicente he committed all 4,172 lines to paper.

Joseph converted the Maramomis tribe, and composed plays for his students to perform, writing them in Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, and Tupi. Because his dramas were the first written in Brazil, Joseph is known as the Father of Brazilian national literature.

Jesuit provincial in 1577. In letters to his fellow missionaries, he warned that burning desire was not enough: "You must come with a bag-full of virtues."

Born

19 March 1534 at San Cristobal de la Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Died

9 June 1597 at Reritigba (Anchieta), Brazil of natural causes

Canonized

3 April 2014 by Pope Francis (equipollent canonization)

Blessed Luigi Boccardo

Also known as

Apostle of Merciful Love

Profile

One of ten children. Brother and god-son of Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo. Educated by the Barnabites. Entered the seminary in 1875, and was ordained in 1884 in the archdiocese of Turin, Italy. Assistant priest to his brother. Vice-rector and spiritual director at the Consolata College. Professor and spritual director of seminarians. Director of religious schools and religious education in his diocese. Visited prisoners and spent hours in the confessional at the Shrine of the Consolata. On the death of his brother, he was appointed superior of the Poor Daughters of San Gaetano in 1913. Director of an institute for the blind in 1919. Preached retreats. Promoted the building of a shrine to Jesus Christ, King and Priest. Founded the Sisters of Jesus the King, a contemplative branch of the Poor Daughters of San Gaetano in 1932.

Born

9 August 1861 in Moncalieri, Turin, Italy

Died

9 June 1936 at Turin, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 14 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins in Chiesa del Santo Volto (Church of the Holy Countenance), Turin, Italy at 3:30pm on Saturday 14 April 2007

Saint Baithen of Iona

Also known as

• Baithen Mor

• Baithen the Great

• Baithin, Comin, Cominus

Profile

Born to a noble Irish family, the son of Brenaron. Monk. Abbot of Tiree Island, Scotland. Spiritual student of Saint Columba, and part of Columba's mission to Britain in 563; may have been Columba's cousin. When Columba died, Baithen was immediately chosen abbot to replace him and continue his work. He wrote a biography of Columba, which was used by Saint Adamnan, but the work itself is lost.

When Saint Baithen ate, before each bite he recited the prayer "Deus in adjutorium meum intende". When he worked the fields with the monks, he held up one hand to Heaven, beseeching God, while with the other hand he gathered the corn. A wise counsellor, his advice was sought by many Irish saints. Spiritual teacher of Saint Fintan Munni.

Born

536 in Ireland

Died

c.599 of natural causes

Blessed Arnulf of Velseca

Profile

Premonstratensian monk. Lector at the Saint Cornelius monastery in Ninove in modern Belgium. Worked as a shoemaker at the monastery. He enjoyed the work as it kept his hands busy while his mind was on the things of heaven. Made trips to all the neighboring parishes on Sundays and feasts to distribute alms to the poor.

Born

12th century in the area of modern Belgium

Died

fractured his skull when he fell off a ladder while putting up a ladder for an Ascension procession in 1221 at the Saint Cornelius monastery in Ninove (in modern Flanders, Belgium)

Saint Felicianus and Saint Primus

Profile

Brothers who were tortured and martyred for their faith in the persecutions of Diocletian. The two were the first martyrs whose remains were transferred from a basilica outside the walls of Rome, Italy.

Died

• beheaded in 286 on the Via Nomentana, Rome, Italy

• relics in the church of Saint Stephen on Mount Celio

Blessed Joseph Imbert

Profile

Jesuit priest. Vicar apostolic of Moulins, France. Imprisoned on a ship during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution and left to die. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.

Born

c.1720 in Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Died

9 June 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Henry the Shoemaker

Also known as

• Der Gute Heinrich

• Heinrich Bucke

• Henry Michael Bucke

• Henry the Good

Profile

Shoemaker. Moved to Paris, France in 1645 where, with the help of Baron de Renti, he founded the Confraternity of Saints Crispin and Crispinian (Freres Cordonniers) for the spiritual development of his fellow cobblers. Though he considered a beati, there is no evidence of a public cultus for Henry.

Born

in Luxembourg

Died

1666

Saint Pelagia of Antioch

Profile

Disciple of Saint Lucian of Antioch. When soldiers arrived to arrest her for her faith, she believed she would be raped. To escape she invited the soldiers in, claimed she was going to change, then jumped out of an upper floor window; she was killed by the fall.

Born

late 3rd century in Antioch

Died

c.311 by jumping off a roof

Patronage

against sexual temptation

Blessed Sylvester Ventura

Also known as

Sylvester of Valdisive

Profile

At age 40 he joined the Camaldolese monks at the convent of Santa Maria degli in Florence, Italy where he served as a cook. Received a series of visions, and when he got behind in the kitchen, angels would come to help. Much in demand as a spiritual advisor.

Born

Florence, Italy

Died

1348

Blessed Robert Salt

Additional Memorial

4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs

Profile

Carthusian lay brother. Arrested on 29 May 1535 for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. Martyred with five other Carthusian brothers.

Born

English

Died

starved to death on 9 June 1537 at Newgate Prison, London, England

Beatified

20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Richard of Andria

Profile

Bishop of Andria, Italy for 40 years. Attended the Third Lateran Council in 1179. Known for his personal sanctity, his work in building the diocese, and as a miracle worker.

Born

England

Died

c.1200 of natural causes

Patronage

• city of Andria, Italy

• diocese of Andria, Italy

Blessed Alexander of Kouchta

Profile

Monk in Kamenni, Bulgaria. Seeking a more disciplined life, he became a hermit in the forest near Lake Koubensk in Russia. When Tartars attacked the area around his hermitage, he allowed the local peasants to “secretly” steal from his fields and garden to keep them fed.

Died

1439 of natural causes

Blessed Luciano Verdejo Acuña

Profile

Married layman in the diocese of Almeria, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

26 October 1885 in Almeria Spain

Died

9 June 1938 in Tur´n, Granada Spain

Venerated

14 June 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Saint Diomedes of Tarsus

Also known as

• Diomedes of Nicaea

• Diomede...

Profile

Physician at Constantinople. Lay evangelist. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Born

Tarsus, Cilicia

Died

beheaded c.305 at Nicaea, Bithynia

Saint Maximian of Syracuse

Profile

Monk at the monastery of Saint Andrew, Coelian Hill, Rome, Italy. Brother monk with Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Papal ambassador to Contantinople. Bishop of Syracuse, Sicily.

Born

Sicily

Died

594 of natural causes

Saint Julian of Mesopotamia

Profile

Kidnapped and sold into slavery in 4th century Syria. When free again, he became a monk in Mesopotamia. Spiritual student of Saint Ephrem of Syria.

Died

c.370 of natural causes

Saint Vincent of Agen

Also known as

Vincenzo di Aquitania

Profile

Deacon and preacher. Martyred by pagans as a sacrifice to a sun god.

Died

staked out, scourged and beheaded c.292 at Agen, Gascony, France

Saint Cumian of Bobbio

Also known as

Cummian, Cummin, Cummianus

Profile

Eight-century bishop in Ireland, he left his native land to live most of his life as a monk in Bobbio, Italy.

Born

Ireland

Saint Alexander of Prusa

Also known as

Alexandros

Profile

Bishop of Prusa, Bithynia (in modern Turkey). Martyr.

Saint Comus of Scotland

Also known as

Come

Profile

6th-century monk and abbot in Scotland.

Saint Valerius of Milan

Profile

Venerated in Milan, Italy, but no details have survived.

Saint Cyrus

Also known as

Kyros

Profile

No details have survived.

Martyrs of Arbil

Profile

Five nuns who were martyred together in the persecutions of Tamsabur for refusing to renounce Christianity for sun-worship - Amai, Mariamne, Martha, Mary and Tecla.

Died

beheaded on 31 May 347 at Arbil, Assyria (in modern Kurdistan, Iraq)