St. Raymond of Fitero
Feastday: March 15
Death: 1163
Cistercian abbot and founder of the Order of Calatrava, also called Ramon Sierra. Born in Aragon, Spain, he served as a canon at Tarazona Cathedral and then joined the Cistercians at Scala Dei Monastery in France. He was sent to Spain to establish and serve as abbot of the Fitero Abbey in Navarre, a post which brought him into the forefront of the struggle between Christian Spain and the Moors. Thus, when the Moors were on the verge of attacking the Toledo outpost of Calatrava in 1158, Raymond convinced King Sancho HI of Castile to aid his call for an army to march to the city's defense. Assisted by Diego Velasquez, a one time knight who was then a humble monk, Raymond enlisted the aid of the archbishop of Toledo and created a vast host of Christian soldiers. The Moors failed to attack, but Raymond suggested that the knights be formed into the military order of the Knights of Calatrava. The members accepted the Benedictine rule and soon distinguished themselves as one of the most ardent forces advancing the cause of the Reconquista. The cult of Raymond as a saint was approved in 1719.
Raymond of Fitero (also known as Ramon Sierra,[1] Spanish: San Raimundo de Fitero) (*? - †Ciruelos, 1163) was a monk, abbot, and founder of the Order of Calatrava.
His birthplace is unknown; Saint-Gaudens (France), Tarazona (Aragon), and Barcelona (Catalonia) have all claimed to be Raymond's birthplace.
As a young man, Raymond felt a religious vocation, and became a canon of the new cathedral at Tarazona, established after King Alfonso I of Aragon reconquered the historic city from the Moors in 1119.
Calatrava la Vieja
Across the Pyrenees mountains, at Escaladieu Abbey in Gascony, Raymond became a monk of the Cistercian Order, which had been founded relatively recently (in 1098) and which accepted many former knights as members. When King Alfonso VII of Castile supported the order's extension into Spain, Raymond joined abbot Durando (a.k.a. Durandus, Durand) and other monks and established a new monastery near the Ebro River at Nienzabas (Niencebas), between Calahorra (reconquered from the Moors in 1045) and Tudela (which Alfonso I had recaptured from the Moors in 1114 and was still subject to raids). At Durando's death, fellow monks elected Raymond (who had been prior) his successor. The monks then moved across the Ebro to strategic Castejón, Navarre, and finally built their new monastery at a spot named Fitero (Castellón de Fitero), situated slightly up the Alhama river from Castejón along the frontier between Castile's La Rioja region and the Kingdom of Navarre. They called their new monastery the Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Fitero.
When King Alfonso VII died in 1158, Raymond went to Toledo so that the new king, Sancho III of Castile, could confirm the privileges that his father had granted the new monastery. In Toledo Raymond's companion, former knight Father Diego Velásquez, learned that Christian leaders planned a major offensive south against the Moors. Furthermore, Sancho promised to grant the strategic town of Calatrava (Calatrava la Vieja) on the Guadiana River to anyone who promised to defend it from the Moors, who might themselves be planning a sally north to test the new Christian king. His father had reconquered Calatrava in 1147, and it was on the road from Toledo (reconquered in 1085) to Córdoba and Moorish strongholds.
Encouraged by Father Diego, Raymond took up the challenge, and Sancho granted them the privilege of defending Calatrava. With the support of the Archbishop of Toledo, Raymond organized an army that successfully prevented a Moorish attack on Calatrava that year.[1]
This success prompted Raymond to found the military Order of Calatrava, organized along Cistercian[3] lines. Raymond then moved some fighting monks south from the relatively safe Fitero in Navarre to Calatrava in what became the Castilla-La Mancha province. He himself retired to Ciruelos, near Ocaña, where he died in 1163. On September 26, 1164 Pope Alexander III recognized the new military order, which played a crucial role in the Reconquest.
Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer
Also known as
• Apostle of Vienna
• Clemens Mary Hofbauer
• Johannes Hofbauer
• John Dvorák
• Klemens Maria
• Second Founder of the Redemptorists
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Ninth child of a butcher who changed the family name from the Moravian Dvorák to the Germanic Hofbauer. His father died when Clement was six years old. The young man felt a call to the priesthood, but his family was too poor to afford his education. Apprentice and journeyman baker at Premonstratensian monastery at Bruck, Germany. Hermit.
When hermitages were abolished by Emperor Joseph II, Clement worked as a baker in Vienna, Austria. Hermit in Italy with Peter Kunzmann, taking the name Clement. Made three pilgrimages to Rome. During the third, he joined the Redemptorists at San Giuliano, adding the name Marie. He met some sponsors following a Mass, and they agreed to pay for his education. Studied at the University of Vienna, and at Rome. Ordained in 1785, and assigned to Vienna.
Missionary to Warsaw, Poland with several companions from 1786 to 1808, working with the poor, building schools and orphanages; the brothers preached five sermons a day. Spiritual teacher of Venerable Joseph Passerat. With Father Thaddeus Hubl, he introduced the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer to Poland. From there he sent Redemptorist missionaries to Germany and Switzerland. Clement and his companions were imprisoned in 1808 when Napoleon suppressed religious orders, then expelled to Austria.
Noted preacher and spiritual director in Vienna. Chaplain and spiritual director of an Ursuline convent. Founded a Catholic college in Vienna. Worked with young men, and helped revitalize German religious life. Worked against the establishment of a German national Church. Worked against Josephinism which sought secular control of the Church and clergy.
Born
26 December 1751 at Tasswitz, Moravia (in the modern Czech Republic) as John Dvorák
Died
15 March 1820 at Vienna, Austria of natural causes
Canonized
20 May 1909 by Pope Pius X
Blessed Jan Adalbert Balicki
Also known as
• John Balicki
• Giovanni Balicki
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Born to a poor but pious family. Attended twelve years of school in Rzeszow, Poland with teachers who taught a love of Polish culture. Entered the seminary at Przemysl, Poland in September 1888. Ordained on 20 July 1892. Assistant pastor of Polna, Poland where he was noted as a gifted preacher and man of prayer. Studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University from 1893 to 1897, concentrating on Saint Thomas Aquinas, spending his evenings in prayer, his free time visiting the shrines of the saints. He came to believe that science could also lead a man to God.
Professor of dogmatic theology at the seminary in Przemysl in 1897. Prefect of studies for three years. Reluctant vice-rector of the seminary in 1927; rector in 1928. He considered the spiritual formation of priests his most important mission, studying reports carefully, and praying for help before presenting candidates to the bishop. Spiritual director of Blessed Ladislaus Findysz.
In 1934 his failing health forced him to resign from the seminary posts, but he lived at the seminary, hearing confessions and working as a favourite spiritual director to students. In 1939 when Przemysl was divided between the warring German and Soviet forces, Father Jan stayed in the Soviet sector, hoping to keep the seminary running; soon, however, he was forced to move from the seminary to the bishop's residence where he stayed even after the war. In his last years his health failed more and more as his tuberculosis spread. Jan was noted for his gentle discernment of the people who entered his confessional, and his devotion to prayer as a way to know the heart of God.
Father Jan wrote a study of mystical prayer that listed four degrees:
• prayer of quiet
• prayer of simple union
• ecstatic union
• perfect union
He gave a list of the seven steps for progress in the spiritual life -
• serious approach to life
• readiness to be critical of self
• unshakable confidence in prayer
• joy of spirit
• love for suffering
• praise of divine mercy
• continuous self amendment
Born
25 January 1869 in Staromiescie, Poland
Died
15 March 1948 of pneumonia and tuberculosis in Przemysl, Poland
Beatified
18 August 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Krakow, Poland
Blessed Artemide Zatti
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One of three sons born to Albino Vecchi and Luigi Zatti. His was a poor family, and the boy had to drop out of school at age nine to work for a wealthy neighbor. The family eventually immigrated to Bahia Blanca, Argentina to find work, arriving in Buenos Aires on 9 February 1897. There Artemide worked in a tile factory, and attended a local parochial school run by the Salesians. He felt drawn to the Salesians, and at age 20 entered their seminary, Casa di Bernal.
Artemide contracted tuberculosis while caring for a young Salesian priest with the disease, a man who died from it in 1902. He was sent to San Josè Hospital for what little treatment there was in that day, but with little hope. With his friend and unofficial doctor, Father Evarisio Garrone, Artemide prayed for the intervention of Our Lady, Help of Christians, offering to dedicate his life to the care of the sick; the young Salesian was miraculously and completely healed.
He kept his promise. He worked in the San Jose pharmacy, and learned about hospital management from Father Garrone. Upon his mentor's death, Artemide took charge of the hospital, and what time he could spare from his administrative duty was spent caring for patients. Today the hospital is named in his honour.
Born
12 October 1880 at Boretto, Reggio Emilia, in northern Italy
Died
• 15 March 1951 of cancer at Bahia Blanca, Argentina
• relics interred in the Salesian chapel at Viedma, Argentina
Beatified
14 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Louise de Marillac
புனிதர் லுயீஸ் டி மரில்லாக்
(St. Louise de Marillac)
மனைவி, அன்னை, விதவை, நிறுவனர், சமூக சேவகர்:
(Wife, Mother, Widow, Foundress, and Social Service worker)
பிறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 12, 1591
லி மியக்ஸ், ஒய்ஸ், ஃபிரான்ஸ்
(Le Meux, Oise, France)
இறப்பு: மார்ச் 15, 1660 (வயது 68)
பாரிஸ், ஃபிரான்ஸ்
(Paris, France)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
அருளாளர் பட்டம்: மே 9, 1920
திருத்தந்தை 15ம் பெனடிக்ட்
(Pope Benedict XV)
புனிதர் பட்டம்: மார்ச் 11, 1934
திருத்தந்தை 11ம் பயஸ்
(Pope Pius XI)
முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:
அன்னையின் அற்புத பதக்க சிற்றாலயம், ரியூ டு பக், பாரிஸ், ஃபிரான்ஸ்
(Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Rue du Bac, Paris, France)
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மார்ச் 15
பாதுகாவல்:
பெற்றோரை இழந்தோர் (Loss of Parents),
நோயாளிகள் (Sick People), கைம்பெண்கள் (Widows),
சமூக சேவகர்கள் (Social Workers),
ஏமாற்றமடைந்த குழந்தைகள் (Disappointing Children),
மத சபையினரால் நிராகரிக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள் (People Rejected by Religious Orders)
"புனிதர் லுயீஸ் டி க்ராஸ்" (Louise Le Gras) என்றும் அழைக்கப்படும் புனிதர் லுயீஸ் டி மரில்லாக் (Louise de Marillac), புனிதர் வின்சென்ட் தே பவுலோடு (Saint Vincent de Paul) இணைந்து "பிறரன்பின் புதல்வியர் துறவற சபையை" (Daughters of Charity) நிறுவியவரும், கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் புனிதரும் ஆவார்.
தொடக்க காலம்:
லுயீஸ் டி மரில்லாக், ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் பாரிஸ் நகரில் 1591ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 12ம் தேதி பிறந்தார். சிறு வயதிலேயே இவர் பெற்றோரை இழந்தார். இருந்தாலும் நல்ல முறையில் வளர்க்கப்பட்டார். பெரிய துறவற மடம் ஒன்றில் கல்வி பயின்றார். இதனால் இவருக்கு துறவற வாழ்வில் ஆர்வம் ஏற்பட்டது. பாரிஸ் நகரிலுள்ள "கப்புச்சின் அருட்சகோதரிகள்" (Capuchin nuns) என்ற துறவற சபையில் சேர இவர் விண்ணப்பித்தார். இவரது விண்ணப்பம் மறுக்கப்பட்டது. லூயீஸ் மனமுடைந்து போனார். எனவே, 22 வயதான இவரை இல்லற வாழ்வில் ஈடுபடுமாறு குடும்பத்தினர் அறிவுறுத்தினர்.
1613ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம், 5ம் தேதி, “ஆன்டனி லீ க்ராஸ்” (Antoine Le Gras) என்பவருடன் "புனித ஜெர்வைஸ்" (Church of St. Gervaise) தேவாலயத்தில் இவருக்கு திருமணம் நடந்தது. மரில்லாக் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் குடும்பம் நடத்தினார். இவர்களுக்கு மைக்கேல் (Michel) என்ற குழந்தையும் பிறந்தது. இந்த நிலையில் இவரது கணவர் கடுமையாக நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டார். மரில்லாக், தனது கணவரை அன்புடன் கவனித்துக்கொண்டார். ஆனாலும் கடவுளுக்காக துறவறம் மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணம் இவரது மனதில் தொடர்ந்து நீடித்தது. இரண்டு ஆண்டுகள் வேதனைக்கு பின்பு இவரது கணவர் மரணம் அடைந்தார்.
துறவற சபை:
அந்த வேளையில் லுயீஸ் டி மரில்லாக், புனிதர் வின்சென்ட் தெ பவுலை சந்திக்க நேரிட்டது. அதன்பின் ஏழைகளுக்கும் தேவையில் இருப்பவர்களுக்கும் உதவி செய்யும் விதத்தில், இவர் துறவற வாழ்வை மேற்கொண்டார். புனிதர் வின்சென்ட் தெ பவுலுடன் இணைந்து, பிறரன்பின் புதல்வியர் என்ற துறவற சபையைத் தோற்றுவித்தார்.
இவருடன் சேர்ந்து உழைத்த துறவற சபை அருட்கன்னியர்கள், பாவிகளை மனந்திருப்புவதிலும், ஏழைகளுக்கு உதவி செய்வதிலும் ஆர்வமுடன் உழைத்தனர். நோயாளிகளை கவனிக்க மருத்துவமனைகளும், ஆதரவற்றோரை கவனிக்க முதியோர் இல்லங்களும் இச்சபை சார்பில் அமைக்கப்பட்டன.
மரில்லாக் மக்களுக்கு செய்த சேவையை, இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவுக்கு செய்த சேவையாக எண்ணினார். ஏழைகளிலும், கைவிடப்பட்டோரிலும் கடவுளைக் கண்டார். சிறப்பாக இவரது சபையினர் ஏழைப் பெண்களுக்கு உறைவிடம் அளித்து, உணவு கொடுத்து பாதுகாத்து வந்தனர். போரில் காயம் அடைந்த வீரர்களுக்கும் மருத்துவ சேவை செய்தனர்.
இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் பெயரால் மக்களுக்கு சேவைகள் செய்து வந்த லுயீஸ் டி மரில்லாக் 1660ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 15ம் தேதி, மரணமடைந்தார். அவரது மரணத்தின்போது, அவர் நிறுவிய சபையின் நாற்பதுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட கிளைகள் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாடு முழுதும் பரவியிருந்தது. அவர் மரித்த ஆறாம் மாதத்திலேயே புனிதர் வின்சென்ட் தே பவுலும் (Saint Vincent de Paul) மரணமடைந்தார்.
1960ம் ஆண்டு, “திருத்தந்தை 23ம் ஜான்” (Pope John XXIII) இவரை கிறிஸ்தவ சமூக சேவகர்களின் பாதுகாவலராக அறிவித்தார். புனிதர் லுயீஸ் டி மரில்லாக்கின் அழியாத உடல், பாரிஸ் நகரில் இவர் வாழ்ந்த துறவற சபையின் சிற்றாலயத்தில் இன்றளவும் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது.
Also known as
• Louise de Marillac Le Gras
• Luisa
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Though she considered a religious vocation from an early age, her ill health kept any house from taking her. She married Antony LeGras, an official to the queen, in 1611. Widowed in 1625. Spiritual student of Saint Vincent de Paul. With Saint Vincent, she founded the Daughters of Charity in 1642, receiving Vatican approval in 1655. Founded the Sisters of Charity, took her vows in the order, and served as its superior until her death. Spiritual guide for groups of lay women.
Born
12 August 1591 at Meux, France
Died
• 15 March 1660 at Paris, France of natural causes
• body incorrupt
Canonized
11 March 1934 by Pope Pius XI
Patronage
• disappointing children
• loss of parents
• people rejected by religious orders
• sick people
• social workers (proclaimed on 12 February 1960 by Pope John XXIII)
• Vincentian Service Corps
• widows
Blessed Anthony of Milan
Also known as
• Antonio of Milano
• Anthony Cantoni
• Anthony Cantoni of Milan
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One of three Franciscans assigned to Armenia with a mission to improve the conditions of Christians there, and to bring the faith to any Muslims who were open. In Arzenga, Armenia, on the first Friday in Lent, the group stood in the street and preached Jesus to the people going to prayers. To prevent violence in the street, the local leader ordered a stop to the preaching. The missionaries ignored the order and returned the following Friday. Local Muslims threatened to kill the street preachers, and the council of elders agreed. On the third Friday, the missionaries returned, were arrested, and dragged to the city's public square. A local Muslim man tried to defend them and spoke against violence, but he was killed on the spot. The mob then turned on the Franciscans, attacking with swords, dismembering the men before finally killing them. Martyr.
Died
• beheaded on 15 March 1314 at Arzenga, Armenia
• their severed arms and legs were hung on the city walls as a warning, their bodies dragged to the fields to be left for wild animals
• body parts collected and buried by a local priest and his parishioners
Blessed Francis of Fermo
Also known as
• Francesco de Fermo
• Francis of Petrioli
• Frans av Fermo
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One of three Franciscans assigned to Armenia with a mission to improve the conditions of Christians there, and to bring the faith to any Muslims who were open. In Arzenga, Armenia, on the first Friday in Lent, the group stood in the street and preached Jesus to the people going to prayers. To prevent violence in the street, the local leader ordered a stop to the preaching. The missionaries ignored the order and returned the following Friday. Local Muslims threatened to kill the street preachers, and the council of elders agreed. On the third Friday, the missionaries returned, were arrested, and dragged to the city's public square. A local Muslim man tried to defend them and spoke against violence, but he was killed on the spot. The mob then turned on the Franciscans, attacking with swords, dismembering the men before finally killing them. Martyr.
Died
• beheaded on 15 March 1314 at Arzenga, Armenia
• their severed arms and legs were hung on the city walls as a warning, their bodies dragged to the fields to be left for wild animals
• body parts collected and buried by a local priest and his parishioners
Blessed Monaldus of Ancona
Also known as
Monaldo
Additional Memorial
28 April (translation of relics)
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One of three Franciscans assigned to Armenia with a mission to improve the conditions of Christians there, and to bring the faith to any Muslims who were open. In Arzenga, Armenia, on the first Friday in Lent, the group stood in the street and preached Jesus to the people going to prayers. To prevent violence in the street, the local leader ordered a stop to the preaching. The missionaries ignored the order and returned the following Friday. Local Muslims threatened to kill the street preachers, and the council of elders agreed. On the third Friday, the missionaries returned, were arrested, and dragged to the city's public square. A local Muslim man tried to defend them and spoke against violence, but he was killed on the spot. The mob then turned on the Franciscans, attacking with swords, dismembering the men before finally killing them. Martyr.
Died
• beheaded on 15 March 1314 at Arzenga, Armenia
• their severed arms and legs were hung on the city walls as a warning, their bodies dragged to the fields to be left for wild animals
• body parts collected and buried by a local priest and his parishioners
Pope Saint Zachary
Also known as
Zacharias
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Son of Polichronius, but little else is known of his early life. Deacon. Advisor to Pope Gregory III. 91st pope. First pope after Saint Gregory the Great to not seek imperial confirmation on his election. Negotiated peace between the Lombards and Greek empire. Restored the Lateran palace and many churches around Rome. Encourged the missionary work of Saint Boniface, and appointed Saint Abel as archbishop of Rheims, France. When Venetian slavers bought slaves at Rome to sell to Saracens in Africa, Zachary bought them all so that Christians should not become the property of heathens. Translated the Dialogues of Gregory the Great into Greek. Many of his actions among the royal powers of the day continued to echo for centuries.
Born
• at Calabria, Italy
• Greek ancestry
Papal Ascension
5 December 741
Died
• 22 March 752 of natural causes
• buried at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
Blessed William Hart
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இவர் (#BlWilliamHart) இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்.
ஆக்ஸ்போர்டு பல்கலைக்கழகம் போன்ற பல இடங்களில் கல்வி கற்ற இவர், 1581 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டுத் தன் சொந்த நாட்டிற்கே திரும்பி வந்து, யோர்க் என்ற இடத்தில் இருந்த சிறையில், கத்தோலிக்கக் கிறிஸ்தவக் கைதிகளைச் சந்தித்துத் தேற்றினார்.
இதை இவருக்கு நெருக்கமாக இருந்த ஒருவர் அரசாங்க அதிகாரியிடம் காட்டிக் கொடுக்க, 1583 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர் தூக்கிலிடப்பட்டார்.
Additional Memorials
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
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Raised Protestant. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. Convert to Catholicism. Studied for the priesthood at Douai, Rheims, and Rome, Italy. Ordained in 1581, he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Betrayed by an apostate in the house of Saint Margaret Clitherow. Martyr.
Born
1558 at Wells, England
Died
martyred on 15 March 1583 at York, North Yorkshire, England
Beatified
29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Saint Aristobulus of Britannia
Also known as
• Aghios, Arwystli, Aristibule
• Aristobulus Senex
• Aristibulus the Old
• Apostle to Britain
Additional Memorial
• 4 January (feast of the Seventy Disciples)
• 31 October (feast of the assistants of Saint Andrew)
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One of the 70 disciples sent out to preach Christianity at the beginning of the Church. Missionary to the British Isles. Mentioned by Saint Paul the Apostle in the Epistle to the Romans ("Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus."). Martyr.
Blessed Pío Conde y Conde
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Baptized at the age of one day. Member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, beginning his novitiate in Sarrià-Barcelona, Spain, and making his profession on 3 February 1906. Priest. Worked in colleges in the Spanish cities of Sarrià, Madrid, Valencia, Béjar, Salamanca and Santander. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
4 January 1887 in Portela-Allariz, Orense, Spain
Died
15 March 1937 in Madrid, Spain
Beatified
28 October 2007 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Menignus of Parium
Also known as
Menigno of Pario
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Married layman. fuller and cloth dyer. Tortured, his fingers hacked off, and executed in the persecutions of Decius for tearing down an edict suppressing the faith. Martyr.
Died
• beheaded c.250 in the Greek city of Parium in the Hellespont (in modern Turkey)
• witnesses say they saw his soul leave the mouth of his severed head in the form of a dove
Saint Leocritia of Cordoba
Also known as
Lucretia
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Born to wealthy Moorish parents, Leocritia converted to Christianity; her family drove her out. Saint Eulogius of Cordoba gave her shelter. She entered into religious life, was arrested, scourged, and martyred.
Born
Cordoba, Spain
Died
beheaded on 9 March 859 in Cordoba, Spain
Blessed Walter of Quesnoy
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Premonstratensian canon in Vicogne, France. Abbot of the house in 1212. During his 17 year abbacy he was known for re-invigorating the spiritual lives of his brothers, re-building and expanding the monastery, and collecting the relics of saints.
Born
late 12th century
Died
• 26 September 1229 of natural causes
• interred in the choir of his abbey
Saint Nicander of Alexandria
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Physician noted for his charity, for ministering to and treating people imprisoned for their faith, and giving Christian burial to martyrs who died in the persecutions of Diocletian. Imprisoned, tortured and martyred for his faith and good works.
Born
Egyptian
Died
beheaded in the 4th century in Alexandria, Egypt
Blessed Arnold of Siena
Also known as
Arnaldo
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Studied law in Toulouse, France. Augustinian hermit, taking his vows on 11 July 1494; known for his strict observance of the Rule of his Order.
Died
20 May 1507 of natural causes
Beatified
never officially beatified, but popular devotion began soon after his death
Blessed Ludovico de la Pena
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Mercedarian monk at the convent of Santa Eulalia in Seville, Spain. Miracle worker restoring sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and raising the dead to life. Died during a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Blessed Peter Pasquale
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Mercedarian friar, receiving the habit from Saint Peter Nolasco. First Commander of the San Martino monastery in Perpignan, France. Miracle worker.
Saint Mancius of Evora
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Christian slave bought in Rome, Italy by Jewish traders and taken to Evora, Portugal where he was martyred by his new owners.
Born
5th century Rome, Italy
Died
5th century Evora, Portugal
Saint Eusebius II
Also known as
• Eusebio II
• Eusebius II of Vercelli
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Bishop of Vercelli, Italy in 501.
Died
c.520
Saint Speciosus
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Wealthy land owner at Campania, Italy. He and his brother Gregory became monks, taking the cowl from Saint Benedict at Monte Cassino. Monk at Terracina.
Died
c.555 at Capua, Italy of natural causes
Saint Bodian of Hanvec
Also known as
• Bodianus of Hanvec
• Bozian of Hanvec
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I can find no information on this saint.
Born
6th century Wales
Saint Sisebuto
Also known as
Sisebut
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Monk. Abbot of the Spanish monastery of Cardena.
Died
1086 near Burgos, Castile, Spain of natural causes
Saint Eoghan of Concullen
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Son of Saran of Cloncullen. Monk.
Born
County Tipperary, Ireland
Three Daughters of Eltin
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Listed in several Irish martyrologies, but no details about them have survived.
Saint Vicenta of Coria
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Nun. Martyr.
Died
424 in Coria, Hispania Lusitana (in modern Portugal)
Saint Matrona of Capua
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Nun in Capua, Italy.
பயஸ் கெல்லர் Pius Keller
பிறப்பு
25 செப்டம்பர் 1825,
பாலிங்ஹவ்சன் Nallinghausen, பவேரியா
இறப்பு
15 மார்ச் 1904,
முனர்ஸ்டாட் Münnerstadt, பவேரியா
இவர் ஓர் விவசாயியின் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரின் பெற்றோர் இவருக்கு யோஹானஸ் Johannes என்று பெயரிட்டனர். இவர் குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட சில மாதங்களிலேயே 1849 ஆம் ஆண்டு அகஸ்டின் துறவற இல்லத்திற்குச் சென்றார். இவர் அவ்வில்லத்திற்குச் சென்ற ஒரு சில ஆண்டுகளில் அவ்வில்லத்தின் தலைவராகத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் தனது 53 ஆம் வயதில் அச்சபையின் மாநிலத் தலைவராகத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். அதன்பிறகு இவர் மீண்டும் முனர்ஷ்டட் திரும்பினார்.
இவர் அங்கு எண்ணிலடங்கா துறவற இல்லங்களைக் கட்டினார். அத்துடன் குருமடங்களையும் நிறுவினார். இவர் ஒப்புரவு அருட்சாதனம் கேட்கும் பணியை எப்போதும் தவறாமல் செய்தார். இவர் தன் வாழ்வின் எல்லாச் சூழலிலும் மிகக் கடுந்தவ வாழ்வை வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் புனித அகஸ்டின் துறவற இல்லத்தின் வாழும் புனிதர் என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார். 1934 ல் ஆண்டு முத்திபேறுபட்டம் அளிப்பதற்கான ஏற்பாடுகள் தொடங்கப்பட்டது. 1960 ஆம் ஆண்டு தயாரிப்பு பணிகள் அனைத்தும் முடிந்ததும் எழுத்தில் வடிவமைத்து அறிக்கைகள் அனைத்தும் உரோமைக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவரின் உடல் அகஸ்டின் துறவற இல்லத்தில் அமைந்துள்ள கல்லறையில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது
