இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மே 30

 St. Hubert

Feastday: May 30

Death: 714

Benedictine monk, sometimes called Hugbert. He became a monk at the age of twelve at the abbey of Bretigny, near Noyon, France. 

Bl. Maurus Scott

Feastday: May 30

Death: 1612

Benedictine martyr of England. Bom William Scott in Chigwell, Essex, England, he studied law at Cambridge, where he became a Catholic. Maurus was converted by Blessed John Roberts, the Benedictine, and was sent to Sahagun, in Spain, to St. Facundus Benedictine Abbey He was ordained there, taking the name Maurus. When he returned to England he was arrested, imprisoned for a year, and then banished. He returned again and again, being exiled each time. Finally, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on May 30 with Blessed Richard Newport. They were beatified in 1929.

 

Saint Dymphna

Also known as

Dympna, Dimpna, Dympne

Profile

Daughter of a pagan Irish chieftain named Damon, and a beautiful devoted Christian woman whose name has not come down to us. Her mother died when Dymphna was a teenager. Her father searched the Western world for a woman to replace his wife, but none could. Returning home, he saw that his daughter was as beautiful as her mother, and maddened by grief, he made advances on her. She fought him off, then fled to Belgium with Saint Gerebernus, an elderly priest and family friend.

Dymphna's father searched for them, and his search led to Belgium. There an innkeeper refused to accept his money, knowing it was difficult to exchange. This told Damon that his daughter was close - it would be unusual for a village innkeeper to know a lot about foreign currency, and his knowledge indicated that had recently seen it. The king concentrated his search in the area. When he found them in Gheel, he beheaded Gerebernus, and demanded that Dymphna surrender to him. She refused, and he killed her in a rage.

The site where she died is known for its miraculous healings of the insane and possessed. There is now a well-known institution on the site, and her relics are reported to cure insanity and epilepsy.

Born

Ireland

Died

beheaded in Gheel, Belgium

Patronage

• against sleepwalking; sleepwalkers

• against epilepsy; epileptics

• against insanity, mental illness or mental disorders; mentally ill people

• for family happiness

• incest victims

• against the loss of parents

• martyrs

• mental asylums, mental health caregivers, mental health professionals, mental hospitals, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists

• nervous or neurological disorders

• possessed people

• princesses

• rape victims

• runaways

Saint Ferdinand III of Castille

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Son of Alfonso IX, King of Leon, and Berengaria, daughter of King Alfonso III of Castile; cousin of Saint Louis IX. King of Castile in 1217 at age 18. King of Leon in 1230. King of Palencia, Valladolid, and Burgos. Married to Princess Beatrice, daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany. The couple had seven sons and three daughters. In his later years, Ferdinand's father desired to return to his throne, and he turned against Ferdinand; he eventually gave up the idea, however, and the two reconciled. Following the death of Beatrice in 1236, Ferdinand married Joan of Ponthiers, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.

A stern judge when it came to the law, he was gentle and forgiving in his personal life. Founded the University of Salamanca. Rebuilt the Cathedral of Burgos. Crusaded for 27 years against the Muslims in Spain. Successfully held back Islamic invasions in 1225, and took Cordoba and Seville from them in 1234-36. Founded the Cathedral of Burgos and the University of Salamanca. Converted the Great Mosque in Seville to a cathedral.

A man of great faith and devotion, especially to Our Lady, Ferdinand founded and funded hospitals, bishoprics, monasteries, and churches. He reformed Spanish law, and compiled it into a form used for centuries after. An excellent administrator and just ruler, often pardoning those who worked against the crown. Strove always to use his power to better his people and his nation.

Born

1198 near Salamanca, Spain

Died

• 30 May 1252 at Seville, Spain of natural causes

• buried at the Cathedral of Seville in the habit of the Secular Franciscan Order

• body reported incorrupt

• miracles reported at the tomb

Beatified

31 May 1655 by Pope Alexander VII

Canonized

1671 by Pope Clement X

Saint Joan of Arc

✠ புனிதர் ஜோன் ஆஃப் ஆர்க் ✠

(St. Joan of Arc)

தூய கன்னியர்; மறைசாட்சி:

(Holy Virgin and Martyr) 

பிறப்பு: ஜனவரி 6, 1412

டோம்ரேமி, ஃபிரான்ஸ் அரசு

(Domrémy, Kingdom of France) 

இறப்பு: மே 30, 1431 (வயது 19)

ரோவன், நோர்மண்டி

(அப்போது இங்கிலாந்தின் கட்டுப்பாட்டுக்குள் இருந்தது)

(Rouen, Normandy - Then under English rule) 

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் ஒன்றியம்

(Anglican Communion)

அருளாளர் பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 18, 1909

திருத்தந்தை பத்தாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius X) 

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 16, 1920

திருத்தந்தை பதினைந்தாம் பெனடிக்ட்

(Pope Benedict XV) 

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மே 30 

பாதுகாவல்:

ஃபிரான்ஸ்; இரத்த சாட்சிகள்; கைதிகள்; இராணுவத்தினர்; நம்பிக்கையினால் நிந்திக்கப்படுவோர்; “ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகளின் பெண் இராணுப் படையினர்” (Women's Army Corps); “ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க கடற்படை ரிசர்வ் (மகளிர் ரிசர்வ்) அல்லது, “இரண்டாம் உலகப் போரின்போது தானாகவே முன்வந்து சேவையாற்றிய பெண்கள் படை” (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service in the World War II)

புனிதர் ஜோன் ஆஃப் ஆர்க் (St. Joan of Arc), கி.பி. 1412ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 6ம் தேதி, ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் உள்ள “டாம்ரேமி” (Domrémy) என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தார் என நம்பப்படுகிறது. இவர் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டு வீராங்கனையும் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் புனிதரும் ஆவார்.

“ஓர்லியன்ஸ் பணிப்பெண்” (The Maid of Orléans) எனும் செல்லப்பெயர் அல்லது புனைப் பெயர் (Nickname) கொண்ட இவரது தந்தை “ஜாக்குஸ் டி ஆர்க்” (Jacques d'Arc) ஆவார். இவரது தாயார் “இஸபெல்லா ரோமி” (Isabelle Romée) ஆவார். இவர்களுக்கு பிறந்த ஐந்து குழந்தைகளில், ஜோன் மூன்றாவது குழந்தை ஆவார். இவரது தந்தை ஒரு விவசாயி. எனவே ஜோன் தனது குழந்தை பருவத்தில் தனது தந்தையுடன் சேர்ந்து விவசாயத்திலும் கால்நடை பராமரிப்பிலும் ஈடுபட்டு வந்தார். மேலும் ஜோன் தன் தாயாரிடம் இருந்து தனது மதம் மற்றும் அதன் கோட்பாடுகள் பற்றியும், வீட்டை பராமரிப்பதைப் பற்றியும் கற்றுக்கொண்டார். இவரது பெற்றோர்கள் ஆழ்ந்த இறை நம்பிக்கை உடையவர்களாகத் திகழ்ந்தனர். எனவே ஜோன் ஆழ்ந்த இறை சிந்தனையுடையவராகவே இருந்தார்.

"இறைதூதர் மிக்கேல்" (Archangel Michael), "புனிதர் மார்கரெட்" (Saint Margaret) மற்றும் "புனிதர் கேதரின்" (Saint Catherine of Alexandria) ஆகியோர் தமக்குக் காட்சி தந்ததாகவும், ஆங்கிலேயர்களின் ஆக்கிரமிப்பிலிருக்கும் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டினை மீட்க நூறு வருட கால போரிடும் முடியிழந்த ஃபிரெஞ்ச் மன்னன் ஏழாம் சார்ளசுக்கு (The uncrowned King Charles VII) உதவுமாறு தமக்கு உத்தரவிட்டதாகவும் ஜோன் கூறினார். 

அந்நியரை “ஓர்லியன்ஸ்” (Orléans) பிராந்தியத்தை விட்டு விரட்டுவதற்காகவே கடவுள் தம்மைப் படைத்திருப்பதாக இவர் நம்பினார். மீட்புப் போரின் முதல் கட்டமாக ஓர்லியன்ஸ் (Orléans) முற்றுகைக்கு செல்லுமாறு ஏழாம் சார்ள்ஸ் உத்தரவிட்டார். ஜோன் ஃபிரெஞ்சு படையை தலைமை ஏற்று வழிநடத்தினார். இவரால் ஊக்கம் பெற்ற ஃபிரெஞ்சு வீரர்கள், இவரின் தலைமையின் கீழ் அந்நியரை வெற்றி கொண்டனர். இவர் ஃபிரெஞ்சு படையினர் நூறாண்டுப் போரின் போது பல முக்கிய வெற்றிகள் அடைய காரணமானார். இவையே ஃபிரான்சின் ஏழாம் சார்ளஸின் முடிசூடலுக்கு வழிவகுத்தது. 

ஆயினும் பர்கண்டியர்களால் (Burgundian) கி.பி. 1430ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 23ம் நாளன்று, போர்க் கைதியாக பிடிக்கப்பட்ட இவர், ஃபிரான்சின் எதிரிகளான ஆங்கிலேயரிடம் விற்கப்பட்டார். அவர்கள் "பேயுவைஸ்" ஆங்கில சார்பு ஆயரான "பியேர் கெளசொன்" (pro-English Bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon) துணையோடு இவரை சூனியக்காரி எனவும், தப்பறை கொள்கையுடையவர் எனவும் பொய் குற்றம் சாட்டி, இவரின் 19ம் வயதில் இவரை உயிரோடு தீமூட்டிக் கொன்றனர். இவர் இறந்து 25 ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பின், திருத்தந்தை மூன்றாம் கலிக்ஸ்டஸால் (Pope Callixtus III) இவரின் வழக்கு மீண்டும் விசாரிக்கப்பட்டு, இவர் மீதிருந்த குற்றச்சாட்டுகள் தள்ளுபடி செய்யப்பட்டன. இவர் குற்றமற்றவர் என தீர்ப்பு வழங்கப்பட்டது. இவர் கத்தோலிக்க மறைசாட்சி என அறிவிக்கப்பட்டார்.

பின்னர் இவருக்கு புனிதர் பட்டமளிப்புக்கான பணி துவங்கப்பட்டு, கி.பி. 1909ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 18ம் நாளன்று, திருத்தந்தை பத்தாம் பயஸ் (Pope Pius X) அவர்களால், “நோட்ரே டேம் டி பாரிஸ்” (Notre Dame de Paris) ஆலயத்தில் அருளாளர் பட்டமும், 1920ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 16ம் நாளன்று, திருத்தந்தை பதினைந்தாம் பெனடிக்ட் (Pope Benedict XV) அவர்களால் ரோம் நகரின் “தூய பேதுரு பேராலயத்தில்” (St. Peter's Basilica) புனிதர் பட்டமும் அளிக்கப்பட்டது. இவரின் நினைவுத் திருநாள் மே மாதம் 30ம் நாள் ஆகும்.

Also known as

• Jean D'arc

• Jeanne d'Arc

• Jehanne Darc

• Maid of Orleans

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One of five children born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romee. Shepherdess. Mystic. From age 13 she received visions from Saint Margaret of Antioch, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and Michael the Archangel.

In the early 15th century, England, in alliance with Burgundy, controlled most of what is modern France. In May 1428 Joan's visions told her to find the true king of France and help him reclaim his throne. She resisted for more than three years, but finally went to Charles VII in Chinon and told him of her visions. Carrying a banner that read "Jesus, Mary", she led troops from one battle to another. She was severely wounded, but her victories from 23 February 1429 to 23 May 1430 brought Charles VII to the throne. Captured by the Burgundians during the defence of Compiegne, she was sold to the English for 10 thousand francs. She was put on trial by an ecclesiastical court conducted by Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais, a supporter of England, and was excuted as a heretic. In 1456 her case was re-tried, and Joan was acquitted (23 years too late).

"About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they're just one thing, and we shouldn't complicate the matter." - Saint Joan of Arc, as recorded at her trial

Born

6 January 1412 at Greux-Domremy, Lorraine, France

Died

burned alive on 30 May 1431 at Rouen, France

Canonized

16 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

Patronage

• captives, prisoners

• martyrs

• opposition of Church authorities

• people ridiculed for their piety

• rape victims

• soldiers

• France

• WACs (Women's Army Corps)

• WAVES (Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service)

Blessed Otto Neururer

Also known as

Ottone Neururer

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Twelfth and youngest child of a peasant family, Otto grew up on a small farm with a mill. His father died when the boy was still young. His mother was devout, but suffered periodic bouts of depression. Otto was known as a brilliant but timid young man who also battled depression. He attended seminary at Brixen, Italy. Priest. Curate and religion teacher in several places in the diocese.

At the turn of the 20th century, ideological and social tensions arose in Tyrol, both in political and ecclesiastical circles. Otto joined the Christian Social Movement which caused problems with his more conservative superiors.

Nazis occupied the Tirol in 1938, at a time when Otto Neururer was parish priest in Gotzens, Austria. The occupation triggered a bloody persecution of the Church in Austria. Thousands of the faithful were harassed, interrogated by the Gestapo, imprisoned, thrown into concentration camps, and/or murdered.

Father Otto counseled a girl in his parish not to marry a divorced man who was leading a dissolute life. The man was a personal friend of the Gauleiter, the highest Nazi authority in the Tyrol, and Otto's intervention brought down the wrath of the Nazis. Neururer was arrested for "slander to the detriment of German marriage," and imprisoned in Dachau and Buchenwald. He suffered the abuse that was standard in these places, and was routinely tortured, but ministered to his new flock of fellow sufferers, even sharing his scant rations with prisoners weaker than himself. In Buchenwald he was approached by a prisoner who asked to be baptized. Otto suspected a trap, but felt he could not refuse. Two days later he was transferred to the "bunker", the place of extreme punishment, where he was hanged upside down until he died, the first priest killed in a concentration camp.

Born

25 March 1881 at Piller, Tyrol, Austria

Died

• 30 May 1940 at Buchenwald, Thuringia, Germany

• relics (urn of his ashes) at Gotzens, Austria

Beatified

24 November 1996 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Carlo Liviero

Also known as

Hammer of Socialism (a nickname given by his parishioners)

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Son of a railway worker. Baptized on 30 May 1866. Entered seminary in Padua, Italy in October 1881. Ordained on 22 December 1888. Assigned to Gallio, Italy where he worked with boys who seemed to have a vocation to the priesthood. Archpriest of Gallio in 1890. Transferred to the impoverished parish of Agna in Padua in 1900, he worked with his parishioners to be bring out the best in their human and spiritual gifts. Fought against the rising socialist anti-Christian, anti-clerical movement. Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy from 8 January 1910 until his death 24 years later. In that position he continued to fight against socialists, secularists and anti-Church forces. Built schools for the poor in 1910, 1915 and 1920, a library in 1919, and a summer camp in Pesaro, Italy for the poor, sick and disabled in 1925. Founded the Congregation of the Little Servants of the Sacred Heart to work in these schools and more; they received papal approval on 16 October 1916. Cared for those displaced in World War I, founded a newspaper for the laity and one for his priests.

Born

29 May 1866 in Vicenza, Italy

Died

• 7 July 1932 in hospital in Fano, Pesaro, Italy from injuries received in an automobile accident on 24 June

• buried in the cemetery of Città di Castello, Italy

• relics re-interred in a marble sarcophagus in crypt of the cathedral of Città di Castello on 5 March 1933

Beatified

• 27 May 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins in the cathedral of Citta di Castello, Italy

Saint Joseph Marello

Also known as

Giuseppe Marello

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Son of Vincenzo and Anna Maria Marello. His mother died when Joseph was very young, and the family moved from Turin to Santi Martino Alfieri. Entered the seminary at age 12. Contracted typhus at age 19; promised Our Lady that if he survived, he would continue his studies to be ordained. He recovered, attributed the cure to Our Lady of Consolation, and was ordained on 19 September 1868.

Secretary to Bishop Carlo Savio at Asti, Italy for 13 years. Attended the First Vatican Council with Bishop Savio in 1869 and 1870. Took over an Asti retirement home to save it from bankruptcy. Spiritual director and catechist in his diocese. Founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph in 1878, a congregation dedicated to caring for the poor, educating the young, and assisting bishops in any capacity required.

Bishop of Acqui, Italy on 17 February 1889. Visited all the parishes in his diocese, and wrote six pastoral letters to his flock. Died while participating in a celebration of the 3rd centennial of Saint Philip Neri.

Born

26 December 1844 at Turin, Italy

Died

30 May 1895 of cerebral hemorrhage at Savona, Italy

Canonized

25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Marie-Céline of the Presentation

Also known as

• Jeanne-Germaine Castang

• Joan Germana Castang

• Marie-Céline Castang

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Fifth of twelve children born to a poor but pious family. Due to a childhood illness, one of her legs was paralyzed, but she always helped where she could, and basically took over housekeeping for the family when her mother died. Lived five years with the Sisters of Nazareth. Entered the Poor Clares in Bordeaux, France on 12 June 1896. Made her profession on 21 November 1896, taking the name Marie-Celine of the Presentation. Her health, never great, continue to fail, but she became a model of joy within suffering for her sisters.

Born

24 May 1878 in Nojals, Dordogne, France as Jeanne-Germaine Castang

Died

• 30 May 1897 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France of tuberculosis of the bone

• interred at the Poor Clare monastery in Bordeaux

Beatified

• 16 September 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Bordeaux, France by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

Blessed Thomas Cottam

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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Son of Laurence Cottam and Anne Brewer; raised in a Protestant family. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, England, receiving a Master of Arts on 14 July 1572. Master of a grammar school in London, England. Adult convert to Catholicism. Studied at Douai, France, and at Rome, Italy. Deacon at Cambrai, France in December 1577. Joined the Jesuits in Rome on 8 April 1579 in hopes of becoming a missionary to India. Ordained on 28 May 1580 at Soissons, France. Returned to England in June 1580 to recuperate following a severe fever. Arrested at his landing in Dover for the crime of priesthood. He was imprisoned in Marshalsea, and it is likely that celebrated his first Mass in prison. Tortured and then transferred to the Tower of London for additional abuse. Condemned to death on 16 November 1581. Martyr.

Born

1549 in Dilworth, Lancashire, England

Died

hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Luke Kirby

Additional Memorial

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Educated at Cambridge University in England. Converted to Catholicism in Louvain, France. Seminarian at Douai College in 1576. Ordained at Cambrai, France in September 1577. Took the oath of the English College in Rome, Italy on 23 April 1579. Returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. When he arrived in Dover in June 1580 he was arrested for the crime of being a priest. Transferred to the Tower of London on 4 December 1580. Tortured. Condemned to death on 17 November 1581, he spent several more months in prison, the last few weeks in chains. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

c.1549 in northern England

Died

hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

• 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

• 4 May 1970 by Pope/a> Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Saint Walstan of Bawburgh

Also known as

• Walstan of Norfolk

• Walstan the Generous

• Walstan of Taversham

• Walston, Valstano

Profile

Son of a prince, Walstan left home at an early age to live as a mendicant pilgrim and itinerant farm worker. One of his employers liked him so much that he wanted to make Walstan an heir, but the young man declined, asking only for a pregnant cow. Legend says that the cow had twins, and when Walstan died while working in the fields, the calves carried his body to Bawburgh church, passing through solid walls to leave the body at the altar.

Born

965 at Bawburgh, Norfolk, England

Died

1016 in Taverham, Norfolk, England of natural causes

Patronage

agricultural workers, farm workers, farmers, field hands, husbandmen

Blessed Lawrence Richardson

Also known as

• Lawrence Johnson

• Laurence Richardson

Additional Memorials

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Son of Richard Johnson, Lawrence was born to an ancient landed family known for its piety. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. Convert to Catholicism. Seminarian at Douai, France in 1573. Ordained on 23 March 1577. He returned to Lancashire, England in 1578 to minister to covert Catholics, using the name Lawrence Johnson. Arrested in London, in 1581, accused of treason as part of the phony Rheims and Rome Plot. He spent his remaining months chained and abused in the Tower of London. Martyr.

Born

Great Crosby, County Lancaster, England

Died

hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

26 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Blessed William Scott

Also known as

Brother Maurus

Profile

Studied law at Cambridge University. Adult convert to Catholicism, brought to the faith by Blessed John Roberts. Studied at Saint Facundus Benedictine Abbey in Sahagun, Spain. Benedictine, taking the name Maurus. Priest. He returned to England to minister to covert Catholics, but was caught, imprisoned for a year, and then exiled. He returned, was captured, imprisoned and exiled; he then returned as was captured and exiled; he then returned, was captured and finally executed. Martyred in the persecutions of King James I.

Born

Chigwell, Essex, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 May 1612 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed William Filby

Additional Memorial

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, England. Seminarian at Rheims, France beginning on 12 October 1579. Ordained on 25 March 1581. Soon after he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Arrested in July 1579 for the crime of priesthood, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and Marshalsea prison. Abused for several months, and then executed. Martyr.

Born

c.1557 in Oxfordshire, England

Died

hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

26 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Elisabeth Stagel

Also known as

• Elisabeth Staglin

• Elisabeth Steiglin

• Elsbeth...

Profile

Born to the nobility. Dominican nun. Friend and spiritual student of Blessed Henry Suso; unknown to him, she kept all their correspondence and wrote down their conversations about relgious life. When he found out, Elisabeth gave Henry her writings and he burned most of them as he did not want to be seen as promoting the level of self-denial and asceticism that he lived. Prioress of the convent in Töss, Switzerland.

Born

c.1300 in Zurich, Switzerland

Died

c.1360 of natural causes

Blessed Richard Newport

Also known as

Richard Smith

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Studied in Douai, France and Rome, Italy, and ordained in 1597. Returning to England, he minister to covert Catholics in London for several years. He was imprisoned and exiled twice for the crime of being a priest, returning each time before being arrested and condemned to death. Martyred in the persecutions of King James I.

Born

Ashby Saint Legers, Northamptonshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 May 1612 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Matiya Mulumba

Also known as

Mattias Kalemba Murumba

Additional Memorial

3 June as one of the Martyrs of Uganda

Profile

Born to the Lugave clan. A man who was seeking God, he converted first to Islam, and then to Christianity. Martyred in the Mwangan persecutions.

Born

at Busoga, Uganda

Died

hacked to pieces on 27 May 1886 at Old Kampala, Uganda

Canonized

18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy

Saint Basil the Elder

Profile

Son of Saint Macrina the Elder; married to Saint Emmelia; father of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory Nyssen, Saint Peter of Sebaste, and Saint Macrina the Younger. Exiled for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor Galerius Maximianus, he eventually returned home and live to an old age and became known as an example of Christian virtue to all.

Born

Caesarea, Cappadocia

Died

in 370 in Caesarea, Cappadocia of natural causes

Saint Exuperantius of Ravenna

Also known as

Exsuperantius, Essuperanzio

Profile

Bishop of Ravenna, Italy c.397. He served for 20 years and was known not just for his spiritual leadership, but for his great charity.

Born

4th century Italy

Died

• 418 of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Agnes at Ravenna, Italy

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Ravenna

Saint Isaac of Constantinople

Also known as

Isaac of Dalmatia

Profile

While still a layman, he publicly opposed the Arian heresy of Emperor Valens. Monk. Abbot at Constantinople.

Died

30 May 383 at Constantinople of natural causes

Patronage

Romanov dynasty

Saint Emmelia

Also known as

Emmélie, Emilie, Emilia, Emelia

Profile

Married to Saint Basil the Elder; mother of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory Nyssen, Saint Peter of Sebaste, and Saint Macrina the Younger. Exiled for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor Galerius Maximianus, she eventually returned home.

Died

in Caesarea, Cappadocia of natural causes

Saint Gavino of Sardinia

Also known as

Gabinus, Gavinus

Additional Memorial

25 October in Sardinia

Profile

Missionary priest in Sardinia, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Hadrian.

Died

c.130 at Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy

Saint Madelgisilus

Also known as

Maguil, Mauguille

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Fursey. Monk at Saint Riquier Abbey in France. Retired to live as a hermit with Saint Pulgan near Monstrelet, France.

Born

Ireland

Died

c.655

Saint Restitutus of Cagliari

Profile

Early bishop of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Martyr.

Died

• early 2nd century in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

• relics enshrined in the crypt under the cathedral of Cagliari

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-restitutus-of-cagliari/

Saint Venantius of Lérins

Profile

Elder brother of Saint Honoratus of Arles. Lived as a hermit on an island near Cannes, France. Lived and studied monasticism in Greece, Egypt and Palestine.

Died

c.400

Saint Anastasius II of Pavia

Profile

A follower of the Arian heresy, he converted to orthodox Christianity and eventually became bishop of Pavia, Italy in 668 where he served for 12 years.

Died

680

Saint Reinhildis of Riesenbeck

Profile

Martyr.

Died

• date unknown, but a gravestone in Riesenbeck, Germany dates from the early 12th century

• some relics in Riesenbeck

Saint Crispulus of Sardinia

Profile

Missionary in Sardinia, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Hadrian.

Died

c.130 at Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy

Saint Gamo of Brittany

Profile

Eighth century Benedictine monk. Abbot of near Noyon, France. Worked for expansion of the monastic movement. Noted patron of the arts.

Saint Euplius

Profile

Martyr.

Died

rolled in a cowhide and laid out in the sun to be crushed as it shrank

Martyrs of Aquileia

Profile

Three Christians martyr together. We have no other details than their names - Cantianus, Euthymius and Eutychius.

Died

Aquileia, Italy

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மே 29

 St. William Arnaud

Feastday: May 29

Death: 1242

Martyr and inquisitor. A member of the Dominicans, he held the post of inquisitor general in Southern France during the effort to extirpate the Albigensian heresy. He was martyred by the heretics with eleven companions and is counted among the Martyrs of Toulouse.

Bl. Joseph Gerard

Feastday: May 29

Birth: 1831

Death: 1914

Beatified: September 15, 1988 by John Paul II

Blessed Joseph Gérard, OMI (March 12, 1831-May 29, 1914) was a French Catholic missionary who chiefly worked among the Basotho people of modern day Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa. He was born in Bouxičres-aux-Chęnes, in the Diocese of Nancy and received his religious training from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, whom he joined at the age of twenty. He wasn't particularly gifted academically, but was quick at learning languages, which would later help him in learning the Zulu and Sesotho languages he used for his missionary work. Gérard moved to South Africa in 1853, and never returned to his home country again.

For other people named Joseph Gerard or a related name, see Joseph Gerard.

Joseph Gérard (12 March 1831 – 29 May 1914) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; he worked in the missions among the Basotho people in Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa.[1] His works in the mission are now attributed to a partial degree to a boom in Roman Catholicism in Lesotho where he was well-known and regarded for his extensive work; he was even working up until a month prior to his own death just before World War I.[2][3]

His beatification was celebrated in Lesotho on 15 September 1988.[4]

Life

Joseph Gérard was born in Bouxières-aux-Chênes on 12 March 1831 as the eldest of five children to Jean Gérard and Ursule Stofflet. He spent his childhood on his farm and had a religious upbringing.[1][2] He made his First Communion on 2 February 1842 and received his Confirmation on 24 March 1844.

He received his religious education from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and he later joined their order on 9 May 1851 when he commenced his period of the novitiate. He studied in the minor seminary of Pont-à-Mousson from October 1844 before moving to Nancy for his theological studies.[2][4] He was there from October 1849 until later pursuing it in Marseilles from mid-1852; he then completed them while in South Africa. He was not a gifted academic but rather was quick and adept at learning languages which would help him in learning the Zulu and Sesotho languages that he used for his active work in the missions. Gérard moved to South Africa in 1853 and never returned to his native France. He made his perpetual vows on 10 May 1852.

The order's founder Eugène de Mazenod elevated him to the diaconate and on 3 April 1853 assigned him to Natal in South Africa in 1853; he set off not long after on 10 May after bidding farewell to his family the previous day. He arrived in Natal on 21 January 1854. Gérard was ordained to the priesthood at Pietermaritzburg on 19 February 1854 and received ordination from Bishop Allard. He began his work among the Zulus in the Natal vicariate but met with little progress there.[1][4]

In January 1862 he joined Bishop Marie-Jean-François Allard in starting the first Catholic mission in Lesotho since there had existed a Protestant congregation that the a French movement founded.[1][3] Gérard approached and received permission from the Basotho King Moshoeshoe I and so helped found the "Motse-oa-'M'a-Jesu" ("Village of the Mother of Jesus") mission around 32 kilometers (20 mi) south of Thaba Bosiu now at the present Roma. Moshoeshoe held Gérard in great esteem and respect for remaining in the nation during the Free State–Basotho War and it has been said that it was at Gérard's encouragement that the chief sought British intervention at the end of the conflict. Moshoeshoe also allowed for the Christian authorities to consecrate Lesotho to the Blessed Virgin Mary on 15 August 1865.[2] But Gérard's work still progressed at a slow pace: at the end of 1879 there were 700 Catholics in the nation.

In 1875, he founded the Saint Monica mission in the Leribe District in northern Lesotho. From there he serviced the Basotho of Lesotho and also all those who lived in the neighboring Orange Free State. He returned to the Roma congregation in 1898 where he continued his work for the remainder of his life.

He died in mid-1914 after suffering from ill health for at least a month prior to his death.

Beatification

The beatification process commenced under Pope Pius XII on 1 March 1955 and he became titled as a Servant of God while the confirmation of his life of heroic virtue allowed for Pope Paul VI to name him as Venerable on 13 November 1976. The miracle required for his beatification was investigated and later received validation from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 14 March 1986; a medical board approved it on 3 December 1986 as did theologians on 13 March 1987 and the C.C.S. members on 19 May 1987. Pope John Paul II approved this miracle on 1 June 1987 and beatified the late priest while on his visit to Lesotho on 15 September 1988.

Blessed Pope Paul VI

புனிதர் ஆறாம் பவுல் 

(St. Paul VI)

262ம் திருத்தந்தை:

(262nd Pope)

பிறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 26, 1897

கொன்சேசியோ, ப்ரேசியா, இத்தாலி அரசு

(Concesio, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy)

இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 6, 1978 (வயது 80)

கன்டோல்ஃபோ கோட்டை, இத்தாலி

(Castel Gandolfo, Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

திருப்பட்டங்கள்:

குருத்துவத் அருட்பொழிவு (Ordination) : மே 29, 1920

ஜாச்சிந்தோ காஜ்ஜியா (Giacinto Gaggia)

ஆயர்நிலை திருப்பொழிவு (Consecration): டிசம்பர் 12, 1954

யூஜீன் டிஸ்செரன்ட் (Eugène Tisserant)

கர்தினாலாக உயர்த்தப்பட்டது: டிசம்பர் 15, 1958

திருத்தந்தை இருபத்திமூன்றாம் யோவான்

(Pope Saint John XXIII)

முத்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 19, 2014

திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்

(Pope Francis)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 14, 2018

திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்

(Pope Francis)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மே 29

பாதுகாவல்:

மிலன் உயர்மறைமாவட்டம் (Archdiocese of Milan)

ஆறாம் பால் “போண்டிஃபிகல்” இன்ஸ்டிடியூட் (Paul VI Pontifical Institute)

இரண்டாம் வத்திக்கான் கவுன்சில் (Second Vatican Council)

ப்ரெஸ்ஸியா மறைமாவட்டம் (Diocese of Brescia)

“கான்செஸியோ” (Concesio)

“மெஜந்தா” (Magenta)

“பதர்னோ டுக்னானோ” (Paderno Dugnano)

திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுல், கி.பி. 1963ம் ஆண்டு முதல் 1978ம் ஆண்டு வரையான காலத்தின் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் 262ம் திருத்தந்தையும், ரோம் ஆயரும் ஆவார். "ஜியோவன்னி பட்டிஸ்டா என்ரிக்கோ அன்டோனியோ மரிய மோன்டினி" (Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini) என்னும் நீண்ட திருமுழுக்கு பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், 1962ம் ஆண்டு, கூட்டியிருந்த இரண்டாம் வத்திக்கான் பொதுச்சங்கத்தை (Second Vatican Council) தொடர்ந்து நடத்தி நிறைவுக்குக் கொணர்ந்தார். மரபுவழி கிறிஸ்தவ சபையோடும், எதிர் திருச்சபைகளோடும் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை நல்லுறவுகளை வளர்க்க இவர் பாடுபட்டார். இக்குறிக்கோளை அடைய இவர் பல திருச்சபைகளின் தலைவர்களைச் சந்தித்துப் பேசியதோடு அச்சபைகளோடு பல ஒப்பந்தங்களையும் செய்தார்.

2018ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 14ம் நாள் அன்று, வத்திக்கான் நகரின் புனித பேதுரு சதுக்கத்தில் திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ் அவர்கள், இவருக்கு புனிதர் பட்டம் அளித்தார். கடந்த 2019ம் ஆண்டுவரை, இவரின் நினைவுத் திருவிழா நாள், இவரின் பிறந்த நாளான செப்டம்பர் 26ம் தேதி நினைவுகூரப்பட்டது. 2020ம் ஆண்டுமுதல், இவரது நினைவுத் திருநாள் மே மாதம் 29ம் நாளன்று நினைவுகூரப்படும்.

திருத்தந்தை ஆவார் என்னும் எதிர்பார்ப்பு:

குருத்துவப் பட்டம் பெற்றதும் தந்தை “மோன்டினி" (Montini) வத்திக்கான் நகரத்தின் வெளியுறவுத் துறையில் 1922ம் ஆண்டு முதல் 1954ம் ஆண்டு வரை பணியாற்றினார். அப்போது மோன்டினியும், (Domenico Tardini) “டோமினிக்கோ டர்டினி” என்னும் மற்றொரு குருவும் அன்று ஆட்சியிலிருந்த திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரண்டாம் பயஸ் என்பவருக்கு மிக நெருக்கமான உடனுழைப்பாளர்களாகக் கருதப்பட்டார்கள். பன்னிரண்டாம் பயஸ், மோன்டினியை மிலான் நகரத்தின் பேராயராக உயர்த்தினார். வழக்கமாக, மிலான் உயர் மறைமாவட்டத்தின் ஆயர் கர்தினால் நிலைக்கு உயர்த்தப்படுவதுண்டு. ஆனால் பன்னிரண்டாம் பயசின் ஆட்சிக்காலம் முழுவதும் மோன்டினி கர்தினாலாக நியமிக்கப்படவில்லை. திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரண்டாம் பயஸ் இறந்தபின்னர் திருத்தந்தையாகத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட இருபத்திமூன்றாம் யோவான் பேராயர் மோன்டினியை 1958ல் கர்தினால் நிலைக்கு உயர்த்தினார். 1962ல் திருத்தந்தை இருபத்திமூன்றாம் யோவான் இறந்ததும் கர்தினால் மோன்டினி அவருக்குப் பின் திருத்தந்தையாகத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்படுவார் என்னும் எதிர்பார்ப்பு வலுவாக இருந்தது.

பவுல் என்னும் பெயரைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தல்:

கர்தினால் மோன்டினி திருத்தந்தையாகத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டதும் "பவுல்" என்னும் பெயரைத் தெரிந்துகொண்டார். கி.பி. முதல் நூற்றாண்டில் இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் நற்செய்தியை அறிவிப்பதில் அயராது உழைத்த புனிதர் பவுலைப் போல, தாமும் கிறிஸ்துவின் நற்செய்தியை உலகெங்கும் அறிவிக்க அழைக்கப்பட்டதாகப் புதிய திருத்தந்தை உணர்ந்ததால் "பவுல்" என்னும் பெயரைத் தமதாக்கிக் கொண்டார். அவரது ஆட்சிக் காலத்தின் தொடக்கத்திலேயே அவர் எடுத்த முக்கியமான முடிவு, அவரது முன்னோடியாகிய இருபத்திமூன்றாம் யோவான் தொடங்கியிருந்த இரண்டாம் வத்திக்கான் பொதுச்சங்கத்தைத் தாம் தொடர்ந்து நடத்தப்போவதாக அறிவித்ததுதான்.

1965ம் ஆண்டு, பொதுச்சங்கம் நிறைவுற்றதும் அச்சங்கம் எடுத்த முடிவுகளையும், பரிந்துரைத்த கருத்துகளையும், செயல்படுத்தும் பெரும் பொறுப்பு ஆறாம் பவுல் கைகளில் சேர்ந்தது. பொதுச்சங்கம் முன்மொழிந்த சீர்திருத்தங்கள் யாவை என்று வரையறுப்பதில் கருத்துவேறுபாடுகள் எழுந்த பின்னணியில் ஆறாம் பவுல் தீவிரப் போக்குகளைத் தவிர்த்து நடுநிலை நின்று செயல்பட்டார்.

அன்னை மரியாள் மீது பக்தி:

ஆறாம் பவுல், அன்னை மரியாள் மீது மிகுந்த பக்தி கொண்டிருந்தார். மரியாளுக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்ட திருத்தலங்களை அவர் சென்று சந்தித்து, அங்கு பல முறை உரையாற்றினார். அன்னை மரியாளைப் பற்றிச் சுற்றுமடல்கள் எழுதினார். அவருக்குப் பல நூற்றாண்டுகளுக்கு முன், மிலான் நகரின் ஆயராக இருந்த புனித அம்புரோசு என்பவரைப் போல, ஆறாம் பவுலும் இரண்டாம் வத்திக்கான் பொதுச்சங்கத்தின்போது மரியாளைத் "திருச்சபையின் தாய்" என்னும் சிறப்புப் பெயரால் அழைத்து பெருமைப்படுத்தினார்.

உலக மக்களோடு உரையாடல்:

ஆறாம் பவுல் உலக மக்களோடும், கத்தோலிக்கரல்லாத பிற கிறிஸ்தவர்களோடும், பிற சமயத்தவரோடும், ஏன், கடவுள் நம்பிக்கையற்றவர்களோடு கூட உரையாடலில் ஈடுபட முன்வந்தார். அவருடைய அணுகுமுறை எந்த மனிதரையும் விலக்கிவைக்கவில்லை. துன்பத்தில் உழல்கின்ற மனித இனத்திற்குப் பணிசெய்யும் எளிய ஊழியனாகக் கடவுள் தம்மைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்ததாக அவர் உணர்ந்தார். எனவே "மூன்றாம் உலகம்" (Third World) என்று அழைக்கப்பட்ட ஏழை நாடுகளின் வளர்ச்சிக்குச் செல்வம் படைத்த நாடுகள் மனமுவந்து உதவிட வேண்டும் என்று அவர் அடிக்கடி கோரிக்கை விடுத்தார். செயற்கை முறைகளைப் பயன்படுத்தி குடும்பக் கட்டுப்பாடு செய்வது அறநெறிக்கு மாறானது என்று திருத்தந்தை 1968ம் ஆண்டு, தாம் எழுதிய "மானிட உயிர்" (Humanae Vitae) என்னும் சுற்றுமடலில் போதித்தார். அது மேற்கு ஐரோப்பாவிலும் வட அமெரிக்காவிலும் பலத்த எதிர்ப்பைச் சந்தித்தது. ஆயினும் கிழக்கு ஐரோப்பா, தெற்கு ஐரோப்பா, தென் அமெரிக்கா போன்ற பகுதிகளில் அப்போதனைக்கு ஆதரவும் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

உலக நாடுகளில் நிகழ்ந்த பெரும் மாற்றங்கள்:

ஆறாம் பவுல் திருத்தந்தையாகப் பணியாற்றிய காலம் அரசியல், கலாச்சாரம், சமூக உறவுகள் ஆகிய பல துறைகளிலும் பெரிய மாற்றங்களைச் சந்தித்த காலம் ஆகும். 1960களில் வெடித்த மாணவர் போராட்டம், வியட்நாம் போருக்கு எதிர்ப்பு, மூன்றாம் உலக நாடுகளில் ஏற்பட்ட போராட்டங்கள் போன்றவற்றைக் குறிப்பிடலாம். இவற்றிற்கு நடுவே கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் போதனையை எடுத்துரைத்து, மக்களை வழிநடத்தும் பொறுப்பை ஆறாம் பவுல் ஆற்ற வேண்டியிருந்தது.

மரணம்:

திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுல் 1978ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 6ம் நாள், இயேசு கிறிஸ்து தோற்றம் மாறிய திருவிழாவன்று மரித்தார்.

Also known as

Giovanni Battista Montini

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Son of a prominent newspaper editor. Ordained in Brescia, Italy on 29 May 1920, he continued his studies in Rome, Italy, and became part of the Vatican secretariat of state in 1922. One of two pro-secretaries to Pope Pius XII. Archbishop of Milan from 1954 to 1963 where he worked on social problems and to improve relations between workers and employers. Created cardinal-priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti on 15 December 1958. Elected 262nd Pope in 1963.

As Pope, Paul continued the reforms of John XXIII. He re-convened the Second Vatican Council, and supervised implementations of many of its reforms, such as the vernacularization and reform of the liturgy. He instituted an international synod of bishops; bishops were instructed to set up councils of priests in their own dioceses. Powers of dispensation devolved from the Roman Curia onto the bishops, rules on fasting and abstinence were relaxed, and some restrictions on inter-marriage were lifted. A commission to revise canon law revision was established.

In 1964, Paul made a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands, becoming the first pope in over 150 years to leave Italy. That was followed by trips to India in 1964, the United States in 1965, where he addressed the United Nations, Africa in 1969, and Southeast Asia in 1970. Relations between the Vatican and the Communists improved, and Communist leaders visited the Vatican for the first time. Paul met with leaders of other churches, and in 1969 addressed the World Council of Churches, and limited doctrinal agreements were reached with the Anglicans and Lutherans. Paul issued frequent reassertions of papal primacy in the face of growing dissent within the Roman Catholic Church itself. He enlarged the college of cardinals, and added cardinals from third world countries.

In the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, Paul reaffirmed the church’s ban on contraception, a disappointment to many liberals. It led to protests, and many national hierarchies openly modified the statement. Liberals raised questions about priestly celibacy, divorce, and the role of women in the church, but Paul held to traditional Church positions.

Born

26 September 1897 at Concesio, Lombardy, Italy as Giovanni Battista Montini

Papal Ascension

21 June 1963

Died

6 August 1978 at Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 19 October 2014 by Pope Francis

• the beatification miracle involved the healing in utero of an infant that doctors had diagnosed as disabled and encouraged the mother to abort; she refused, trusted to the intercession of Blessed Paul, and the infant survived with no health concerns at all

Canonized

• on 6 March 2018, Pope Francis promulgated a decree of a miracle obtained through the intervention of Blessed Paul

• the canonization miracle involved the healing of a mother and unborn child in the 5th month of pregnancy

• canonization tentatively planned for late October 2018 following a synod of bishops

Saint Ursula Ledochowska

செயிண்ட் உர்சுலா லெடோச்சோவ்ஸ்கா

 போலந்து பிரபு அந்தோனி லெடோச்சோவ்ஸ்கா மகள் . பக்தியுள்ள குடும்பத்தில் ஐந்து குழந்தைகளில் ஒருவர்; செயிண்ட் தெரசா லெடோச்சோவ்ஸ்காவின் சகோதரி. நிதி தோல்வி காரணமாக, குடும்பம் 1873 இல் ஆஸ்திரியாவின் செயிண்ட் பொல்டனுக்கு குடிபெயர்ந்தது. அவரது தந்தை பிப்ரவரி 1885 இல் பெரியம்மை நோயால் இறந்தார், ஜூலியாவின் மாமா கார்டினல் லெபோ அவர்களுக்கான பொறுப்பை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

மத வாழ்க்கைக்கான அழைப்பை ஜூலியா உணர்ந்தார், மேலும் உர்சுலா கன்னியாஸ்திரி ஆனார், உர்சுலா என்ற பெயரை எடுத்தார். 1906 ஆம் ஆண்டில் போலந்தின் பினீவியில் உள்ள தாய் இல்லத்துடன் சேக்ரட் ஹார்ட்டின் உர்சுலைன்ஸ் (இயேசுவின் வேதனையான இதயத்தின் உர்சுலின் சகோதரிகள், கிரே உர்சுலின்ஸ்) நிறுவப்பட்டது. 1907 ஆம் ஆண்டில் போப் பியஸ் எக்ஸ் உத்தரவின் பேரில் ரஷ்யாவிற்கு மிஷனரி. கம்யூனிஸ்ட் புரட்சியின் போது வெளியேற்றப்பட்ட அவர், ஸ்காண்டனாவியா முழுவதும் தனது பணியைத் தொடர்ந்தார். போப் பெனடிக்ட் XV இன் வேண்டுகோளின் பேரில், அவர் ரோம் சென்றார். ஒரு பிரபலமான சொற்பொழிவாளர், அவர் அடிக்கடி ராயல்டி மற்றும் தேசிய தலைவர்களுக்கு முன் பேசினார். போலந்து சுதந்திரத்திற்கான உரிமையை அழைத்தார், பாதுகாத்தார். 

பிறப்பு:

17 ஏப்ரல் 1865 ஆஸ்திரியாவின் லூஸ்டூரில் ஜூலியா லெடச்சோவ்ஸ்காவாக.

இறந்தது:

29 மே 1939 இயற்கை காரணங்களுக்காக இத்தாலியின் ரோம், டெல் காசலெட் வழியாக கிரே உர்சுலின் கான்வென்ட்டில்

Also known as

• Julia Ledóchowska

• Urszula Ledóchowska

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Daughter of Count Anthony Ledochowska, a Polish noble, and an Austrian mother. One of five children in a pious family; sister of Saint Theresa Ledochowska. Due to financial failure, the family moved to Saint Poelten, Austria in 1873. Her father died of smallpox in February 1885, and Julia's uncle Cardinal Lebo assumed responsibility for them.

Julia felt a call to religious life, and became an Ursuline nun, taking the name Ursula. Founded the Ursulines of the Sacred Heart (Ursuline Sisters of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Gray Ursulines) in 1906 with the motherhouse in Pniewy, Poland. Missionary to Russia in 1907 by order of Pope Pius X. Expelled during the Communist Revolution, she continued her work throughout Scandanavia. Translated and published a catechism in Finnish. At the request of Pope Benedict XV, she moved to Rome. From there she administered her Order, and inspired others. A noted orator, she frequently spoke before royalty and national leaders. Called for, and defended the right of Polish independence. The Gray Ursulines continue their work today in Poland, Italy, France, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Finland, Germany, Tanzania, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Born

17 April 1865 at Loosdoor, Austria as Julia Ledóchowska

Died

• 29 May 1939 in the Gray Ursuline convent, Via del Casalet, Rome, Italy of natural causes

• incorrupt body transferred to the Gray Ursuline motherhouse in Pniewy, Poland on 29 May 1989

Canonized

18 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican Basilica

Saint Maximinus of Trier

Also known as

Maximin

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Born to the Gallic nobility. Brother of Saint Maxentius of Poitiers. Educated and ordained by Saint Agritius, whom he succeeded as bishop of Trier in 332 or 335. Trier was the government seat of the Western Empire, and his office put Maximinus close contact with Emperors Constantine II and Constans. Friend of Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, whom he harboured as an honoured guest during his exile from 336 to 338. Received the banished patriarch Paul of Constantinople in 341, and effected his return to Constantinople.

Fought Arianism. When four Arian bishops came to Trier in 342 to sway Emperor Constans, Maximinus refused to receive them, and convinced the emperor to reject their proposals. With Pope Julius I and Bishop Hosius of Cordova, he persuaded Emperor Constans to convene the Synod of Sardica in 343, and probably took part in it. Arians considered him one of their chief opponents, and they condemned him by name at their synod of Philippopolis in 343. In 345 he took part in the Synod of Milan, Italy. Presided over a synod at Cologne, Germany in 346 where Bishop Euphratas of Cologne was deposed due to his leanings toward Arianism.

Sent Saint Castor and Saint Lubentius as missionaries to the valleys of the Mosel and the Lahn. His cult began right after his death.

Born

at Silly near Poitiers, France

Died

• 12 September 349 or 29 May 352 (records vary)

• in autumn 353, he was buried in the church of Saint John near Trier

• in the 7th century the Benedictine abbey of Saint Maximinus was founded there, which flourished till 1802

Patronage

Trier, Germany

Blessed Richard Thirkeld

Also known as

Richard Thirkild

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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Educated at Queen's College, Oxford, 1564 - 1565. Studied at Douai and Rheims, France. Ordained on 18 April 1579 at an age somewhat older than his confreres. Returned to England on 23 May 1579 as a home missioner around York. Confessor to Saint Margaret Clitherow. Arrested on Annunciation Eve in 1583 for the crime of priesthood; the authorities became suspicious when he visited a Catholic prisoner. Lodged in Ousebridge Kidcote prison, York, for two months. He wore a cassock to trial, was convicted on 27 May 1583 of hearing confessions and bringing the lapsed back to the Church, and was sentenced on 28 May 1583 to death. He used his time in jail to minister to other prisoners, working especially with others sentenced to death. Martyred in secret for fear his covert parishioners would cause a civil disturbance. Six of his letters have survived.

Born

at Coniscliffe, Durham, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 29 May 1583 at York, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Bona of Pisa

 பிசா நகர் புனிதர் போநா 

(St. Bona of Pisa)

கன்னியர்:

(Virgin)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி 1156

பிசா, இத்தாலி

(Pisa, Italy)

இறப்பு: கி.பி 1207

பிசா, இத்தாலி

(Pisa, Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி 1962

திருத்தந்தை இருபத்துமூன்றாம் ஜான்

(Pope John XXIII)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மே 29

பாதுகாவல்:

பயணிகள், கூரியர்கள், வழிகாட்டிகள், யாத்ரீகர்கள், விமான பணிப்பெண்கள், பிசா

பிசா நகர் புனிதர் போநா, அகஸ்தீனிய மூன்றாம் நிலை (Third Order of the Augustinian nuns) கன்னியர் சபையின் உறுப்பினர் ஆவார். அவர் பயணிகளை யாத்திரைகளுக்கு வழிநடத்த உதவினார். கி.பி. 1962ம் ஆண்டில், திருத்தந்தை இருபத்துமூன்றாம் ஜான் இவரை கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் ஒரு புனிதராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்தார். அவர் பயணிகளின் பாதுகாவல் புனிதராக கருதப்படுகிறார். குறிப்பாக கூரியர்கள், வழிகாட்டிகள், யாத்ரீகர்கள், விமான பணிப்பெண்கள் மற்றும் பிசா நகரம் ஆகியவற்றின் பாதுகாவலராவார்.

வாழ்க்கை:

பிசா நகரை பூர்வீகமாகக் கொண்ட இவருக்கு சிறு வயதிலிருந்தே தெய்வீக தரிசனங்கள் காணும் அனுபவங்கள் வாய்த்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. ஒரு சந்தர்ப்பத்தில், தூய கல்லறை தேவாலயத்தில் (Holy Sepulchre Church) சிலுவையில் அறையப்பட்ட திருச்சொரூபம் ஓன்று, அவளுக்கு கையில் கிட்டியது.

மற்றொரு தேவாலயத்தில், இயேசு, அன்னை கன்னி மரியாள், மற்றும் புனிதர் பெரிய யாக்கோபு (James the Greater) உள்ளிட்ட மூன்று புனிதர்களின் தரிசனத்தைக் கண்டார். இவர்களைச் சுற்றியிருந்த ஒளியால் அவள் பயந்து ஓடிப்போனாள். புனிதர் பெரிய யாக்கோபு, அவளைப் பின்தொடர்ந்து சென்று, அவளை இயேசுவின் திருச்சொரூபத்திடம் அழைத்துச் சென்றார். போநா, தமது வாழ்நாள் முழுதும், புனிதர் பெரிய யாக்கோபுவிடம் தீவிர பக்தி கொண்டிருந்தார். தமது பத்து வயதில், அவர் தன்னை ஒரு அகஸ்தீனிய மூன்றாம் நிலை கன்னியர் (Augustinian tertiary) சபையில் அர்ப்பணித்தார். சிறு வயதிலிருந்தே தவறாமல் உண்ணாவிரதம் இருந்தார். வாரத்தில் மூன்று நாட்கள் மட்டும், ரொட்டியும் தண்ணீரும் மட்டுமே தமது உணவாக எடுத்துக் கொண்டார்.

இவர் மேற்கொண்ட பல பயணங்களின் முதல் பயணமாக, நான்கு வருடங்கள் கழித்து, ஜெருசலேமுக்கு (Jerusalem) அருகே நடந்துவந்த சிலுவைப் போரில் (Crusades) சண்டையிட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்த தனது தந்தையைக் காண பயணப்பட்டார். வீட்டிற்கு செல்லும் பயணத்தில், அவர் மத்தியதரைக் கடலில் (Mediterranean Sea) முஸ்லீம் கடற்கொள்ளையர்களால் (Muslim pirates) சிறைபிடிக்கப்பட்டார். அதில் காயமடைந்த அவர், பின்னர் சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டார்.

பின்னர் அவர் தனது நாட்டு மக்களில் சிலரால் மீட்கப்பட்டு, வீட்டிற்கு செல்லும் தனது பயணத்தை முடித்தார்.

அதன்பிறகு, அவர் மற்றொரு புனித யாத்திரைக்கு புறப்பட்டார். இந்த முறை புனிதர் பெரிய யாக்கோபு கௌரவிக்கப்படும் இடமான, வடமேற்கு ஸ்பெய்ன் (Northwestern Spain) நாட்டிலுள்ள, "கலீசியா" (Galicia) பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள, "சாண்டியாகோ டி காம்போஸ்டெலா" (Santiago de Compostela) நகருக்கு, நீண்ட மற்றும் ஆபத்தான ஆயிரம் மைல் பயணத்தில் ஏராளமான யாத்ரீகர்களை வழிநடத்தினார். இதற்குப் பிறகு, "நைட்ஸ் ஆஃப் செயிண்ட் ஜேம்ஸ்" (Knights of Saint James) என்றழைக்கப்படும், அப்போஸ்தலர் பெரிய யாக்கோபுவால் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட ஆன்மீக சபையினரால், இந்த யாத்திரை வழிப்பாதைகளில், அதிகாரப்பூர்வ வழிகாட்டிகளில் ஒருவராக அவர் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அவர், ஒன்பது தடவை, இந்த வழிப்பாதைகளில் வெற்றிகரமாக பயணங்களை நடத்தி முடித்தார்.

பின்னர், தமது உடல்நிலை சரியில்லாமல் இருந்தபோதிலும், அவர் பத்தாவது பயணத்தை மேற்கொண்டு முடித்து, பிசா நகருக்குத் திரும்பினார். சிறிது காலத்திலேயே அவர் பிசா நகரில், உள்ள "சான் மார்டினோ" தேவாலயத்திற்கு (Church of San Martino) அருகில் தாம் தங்கியிருந்த அறையில் மரித்தார். அங்கு அவரது உடல் இன்றுவரை பாதுகாக்கப்படுகிறது.

Profile

Mystic and visionary from her childhood. Augustinian tertiary by age 10. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands at age 14, travelling to see her father who was fighting in the Crusades. On the way home she was captured and imprisoned by Islamic pirates in the Mediterranean, but was rescued by fellow Pisan Christians. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela, Spain nine times, leading groups of pilgrims each time, which led to several of her areas of patronage.

Born

c.1156 at Pisa, Italy

Died

• c.1207 at Pisa, Italy of natural causes

• interred at the church of San Martino in Pisa

Patronage

• air hosts, air hostesses, air stewards, flight attendants, stewardesses (chosen by Pope John XXIII in 1962)

• couriers

• guides

• pilgrims

• travellers

• Pisa, Italy

Saint Conon the Elder

Also known as

Cuomo the Elder

Profile

Father of Conon the Younger. On the death of his wife, the Elder urged his son to religious life, and lived as a hermit himself. He and his son were charged with the treason of being Christian; both freely admitted it. Tortured and martyred.

Born

Iconium, Asia Minor

Died

• roasted over a fire and then racked to death in 275

• relics translated to Acerra, Italy

Patronage

Acerra, Italy

Saint Cyril of Caesarea

Also known as

Cyril of Kayseri

Profile

Raised in a wealthy pagan family, in his youth Cyril was baptized in secret. When his family learned of his conversion, his father banished him from the family estate. Cyril was imprisoned for his faith, and ordered by local officials to renounce Christianity and sacrifice to idols; he refused. Martyr.

Died

beheaded in 251 in Caesarea, Cappadocia

Saint Conon the Younger

Also known as

• Cuomo the Younger

• Cuono, Conello

Profile

Son of Saint Conon the Elder. A pious youth, he was a lector at age 12. Deacon. He and his father were charged with the treason of being Christian; he freely admitted it. Tortured and martyred.

Born

Iconium, Asia Minor

Died

• slowly roasted over a fire, and then racked to death in 275

• relics translated to Acerra, Italy

Patronage

Acerra, Italy

Blessed Gerardesca

Also known as

Gherardesca

Profile

Lay woman who married young and had several children. She eventually convinced her husband to become a Camaldolese monk at San Salvio. She lived nearby as a recluse, under the obedience of the abbey, but without taking orders.

Born

c.1200 at Pisa, Italy

Died

c.1265 of natural causes

Beatified

1856 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Giles Dalmasia

Also known as

Egidio

Profile

Obtained a degree in theology. Mercedarian. While suffering regular beatings and abuse for being a Christian, he not only ransomed many Christian slaves in Africa, he converted others to the faith. Martyr.

Died

1399 in Africa

Saint Hesychius of Antioch

Also known as

Esichio

Profile

Imperial Roman soldier during a period of persecution. Suddenly moved to proclaim his faith, he threw off his military belt and announced himself a Christian. He was promptly executed. Martyr.

Died

drowned c.303 in the River Orontes near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey)

Saint Felix de Atarés

Profile

Brother of Saint Votus. Hermit in the Pyranees mountains under a huge rock on which the Benedictine abbey of San Juan de Peña, a cradle of Christianity in Navarre and Aragon, was later built.

Born

Saragossa, Spain

Died

c.750 of natural causes

Saint Votus de Atarés

Profile

Brother of Saint Felix. Hermit in the Pyranees mountains under a huge rock on which the Benedictine abbey of San Juan de Peña, a cradle of Christianity in Navarre and Aragon, was later built.

Born

Saragossa, Spain

Died

c.750 of natural causes

Saint John de Atarés

Profile

Hermit in the diocese of Jaca, Aragonese Pyrenees (in modern Spain). His cell was under a huge rock on which the Benedictine abbey of San Juan de Peña, a cradle of Christianity in Navarre and Aragon, was later built.

Died

c.750 of natural causes

Saint Daganus

Profile

Bishop honoured in Galloway, Scotland, who was known for his personal piety. Involved in the dispute over using the Roman or Celtic computation for Easter. Saint Bede the Venerable wrote about him, and his name is part of the Dunkeld Litany.

Died

c.609 of natural causes

Saint Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce

Profile

Brother of Saint Grimwald and Saint Fulk. Died while on pilgramage.

Born

England

Died

Rocca d'Arce, Italy of natural causes

Patronage

Rocca d'Arce, Italy

Saint Senator of Milan

Profile

Priest. Papal legate to the Byzantine court of Theodosius II for Pope Saint Leo the Great. Attended the Council of Chalcedon. Archbishop of Milan, Italy in 472.

Born

Milan, Italy

Died

480 of natural causes

Saint Gerald of Mâcon

Also known as

Gerardo

Profile

Benedictine monk at Brou. Bishop of Mâcon, France for 40 years, but in his old age he resigned and retired to his old monastery to live as a hermit.

Died

927

Saint Theodosia of Caesarea

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian; she died with 12 other Christian women, but none of their names have come down to us.

Died

303 in Caesarea, Palestine

Saint Restitutus of Rome

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

c.299 in Rome, Italy

Saint Maximus of Verona

Profile

Sixth-century bishop of Verona, Italy.

Martyrs of Toulouse

Also known as

Martyrs of Avignonet

Profile

A group of eleven Dominicans, Franciscans, Benedictines, clergy and lay brothers who worked with the Inquisition in southern France to oppose the Albigensian heresy. Basing their operations in a farmhouse outside Avignonet, France, he and his brother missioners worked against heresy. Murdered by Albigensian heretics while singing the Te Deum on the eve of Ascension.

• Adhemar

• Bernard of Roquefort

• Bernard of Toulouse

• Fortanerio

• Garcia d'Aure

• Pietro d'Arnaud

• Raymond Carbonius

• Raymond di Cortisan

• Stephen Saint-Thibery

• William Arnaud

• the prior of Avignonet whose name unfortunately has not come down to us

The church in which they died was placed under interdict as punishment to the locals for the offense. Shortly after the interdict was finally lifted, a large statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was found on the door step of church. Neither the sculptor nor the patron was ever discovered, nor who delivered it or how. The people took it as a sign that they were forgiven, but that they should never forget, and should renew their devotion to Our Lady. They referred to the image as "Our Lady of Miracles".

Until recently there was a ceremony in the church on the night of the 28th to 29th of May, the anniversary of the martyrdom. Called "The Ceremony of the Vow", parishioners would gather in the church, kneel with lit candles, and process across the church on their knees, all the while praying for the souls of the heretics who had murdered the martyrs.

Died

beaten to death on the night of 28 to 29 May 1242 in the church of Avignonet, Toulouse, France

Beatified

1 September 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Martyrs of Trentino

புனித சிசினியுஸ், புனித அலெக்சாண்டர் (St.Sicinnius, St.Alexander)

மறைசாட்சிகள் (Martyrius)

இறப்பு 

29 மே 397 

தென் டிரோல்(Südtirol), இத்தாலி

இவர்கள் மூவரும் தென் டிரோலிலுள்ள பேராலயத்தில் மறைசாட்சிகளானார்கள். இவர்கள் மூவருமே மிலான் பேராயர் அம்புரோஸ் அவர்களால் திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டு, தமத்திருத்துவர்கள் என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார்கள். பிறகு ஆயர் விஜிலியஸ்(Vigilius) அவர்களால் மிஷினரியாக அனுப்பப்பட்டார்கள். மூன்று பேரும் இறைவனின் வார்த்தைகளை இடைவிடாமல் பரப்பினார்கள். கடவுளுக்கென்று நோனிஸ்பெர்க்(Nonsberg) என்ற ஊரில் ஓர் ஆலயம் எழுப்பினார்கள். இவர்களின் மறைபரப்பு பணிகளை பார்த்தவர்களும், இதனால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்டவர்களுள் ஏராளமானோர் மனந்திரும்பி இறைவனை நம்பினர். அவ்வாறு அவர்கள் தொடர்ந்து போதிக்கும்போது ஒருநாள், மூவரும் அறுவடை திருநாளை சிறப்பிக்கும்விதமாக ஆலயத்தில் கூடி ஜெபிக்கும் வேளையில், கடவுளை நம்பாதவர்களில் சிலர், அதிரடியாக ஆலயத்திற்குள் நுழைந்து மூவரையும் தாக்கினார்கள். அதில் அலெக்சாண்டர் உயிருடன் எரிக்கப்பட்டார். உயிருடன் எரித்த அலெக்சாண்டரின் சாம்பலை கொண்டுவந்து சிசினியுஸ், மார்டீரியசின் மேல் தூவி ஏளனம் செய்து, அவர்கள் இருவரையும் கொலை செய்தார்கள். இவ்வாறு மூவருமே கொடியவர்களின் அகோர செயல்களால், மறைசாட்சிகளாக அவ்வாலயத்திலேயே இறந்தார்கள்.

Also known as

Martyrs of Cappadocia

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Three missionaries to the Tyrol region of Austria, sent by Saint Ambrose of Milan and welcomed by Saint Vigilius of Trent. All were martyred - Alexander, Martyrius and Sisinius.

Born

Cappadocia

Died

397 in Austria

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மே 28

 St. Senator

Feastday: May 28

Death: 480

Archbishop of Milan, Italy, and papal legate. While still a priest, he was sent by Pope St. Leo I the Great as a legate to the imperial court of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) to petition Emperor Theodosius II to summon a council to define Chrisfs two natures in the wake of the heresies of the time. Senator was subsequently sent as a papal representative to the Council of Chalcedon (451), which proved a triumph for orthodoxy and the position of the pope. In 472, Senator was appointed archbishop of Milan.

St. Bernard of Montjoux

மான்ட்ஜூக்ஸ் நகர புனிதர் பெர்னார்ட் 

(St. Bernard of Montjoux)

இத்தாலிய துறவி, மறைப்பணியாளர், புகழ்பெற்ற (Hospice) எனப்படும் நல்வாழ்வு சேவை மையம் மற்றும் மடத்தின் நிறுவனர்:

(Italian monk, Religious, and the Founder of the famed Hospice and Monastery)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி 1020

சேட்டோ டி மெந்தன், சவோய் கவுண்டி, ஆர்லஸ் இராச்சியம்

(Château de Menthon, County of Savoy, Kingdom of Arles)

இறப்பு: ஜூன் 1081

நோவாரா இம்பீரியல் சுதந்திர நகரம், தூய ரோமானியப் பேரரசு

(The Imperial Free City of Novara, Holy Roman Empire)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை (Catholic Church)

(புனித அகஸ்டினின் சபை உறுப்பினர்கள்) (Canons Regular of St. Augustine)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி 1681

திருத்தந்தை பதினோராம் இன்னசென்ட்

(Pope Innocent XI)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மே 28

பாதுகாவல்:

மலையேறுபவர்கள், பனிச்சறுக்கு, பனிச்சறுக்குப் பலகை, மலையேறுபவர்கள் பின்னால் சுமக்கும் சுமை மற்றும் ஆல்ப்ஸ் மலை

மான்ட்ஜூக்ஸ் நகர புனிதர் பெர்னார்ட், ஒரு இத்தாலிய துறவியும், மறைப்பணியாளருமாவார். இவர், (Hospice) எனப்படும் புகழ்பெற்ற நல்வாழ்வு மையம் மற்றும் துறவு மடத்தின் நிறுவனரும் ஆவார். இது, கிட்டத்தட்ட ஆயிரம் ஆண்டு காலமாக, மேற்கு ஆல்ப்ஸ் மலைத்தொடரின் மிகவும் ஆபத்தான பகுதிகளில் அடைக்கலமாகும் மலையேறும் பயணிகளை மீட்கும் பணி சேவை செய்திருக்கிறது. இவர்களது மீட்புப் பணி முழுதுமே, இவர்களது சபையினராலேயே செய்யப்பட்டு வந்துள்ளது. குளிர்கால புயல்களின் போது மீட்புப் பணிக்காக இவர் வளர்த்துவந்த புகழ்பெற்ற ஒருவகை இன நாய்கள், இவற்றின் சிறப்புக்காகவே, இவரது பெயராலேயே - "புனித பெர்னார்ட் நாய்கள்" (St. Bernard dogs) என்று அழைக்கப்படுகின்றன.

அக்கால "ஆர்லெஸ்" (Kingdom of Arles) இராச்சியத்தின் ஒரு பகுதியான "கௌன்டி சவோய்" (County of Savoy) எனப்படும் தூய ரோம மாநிலத்தின் "சேட்டோ டி மெந்தன்" (Château de Menthon) எனும் நகரில் பிறந்த பெர்னார்ட், ஒரு பணக்கார மற்றும் உன்னத குடும்பத்திலிருந்து வந்தவர் ஆவார். பாரிஸ் (Paris) நகரில் தமது முழுமையான கல்வியைப் பெற்றார். அவர் இளமைப் பருவத்தை அடைந்ததும், திருச்சபையின் சேவைக்காக தன்னை அர்ப்பணிக்க முடிவுசெய்தார். தனது தந்தை ஏற்பாடு செய்த கெளரவமான திருமணத்தை மறுத்துவிட்டார்.

(பிரபலமான புராணக்கதை ஓன்று, இவருக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட திருமணத்திற்கு முந்தைய இரவில் அவர் கோட்டையிலிருந்து வெளியேறினார் என்றும், ஜன்னலிலிருந்து தன்னைத் தூக்கி எறிந்து, தரையிலிருந்து சுமார் 40 அடி உயரத்தில் கோட்டையிலிருந்து பறக்கும்போது, தேவதூதர்களால் பிடிக்கப்பட்டு மெதுவாக, பாதுகாப்பாக இறக்கப்பட்டதாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது.

இத்தாலிய ஆல்ப்ஸ் மலைகளில் (Italian Alps) உள்ள இருமொழிப் பகுதியான "ஆஸ்டா பள்ளத்தாக்கின்" (Aosta Valley) "ஆஸ்டா" (Aosta) நகரின் தலைமை திருத்தொண்டரான (Archdeacon of Aosta) "பீட்டரின்" (Peter) வழிகாட்டுதலின் கீழ் தன்னை நிலைநிறுத்திக் கொண்டார். அவருடைய வழிகாட்டுதலின் கீழ் அவர் வேகமாக முன்னேறினார். ஒரு குருவாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட பெர்னார்ட், மலை கிராமங்களில் மிஷனரியாக பணியாற்றினார். பின்னர், அவரது கற்றல் மற்றும் நல்லொழுக்கம் காரணமாக, அவர் தனது ஆலய தலைமை திருத்தொண்டராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். அவருக்கு நேரடியாக ஆயரின் கீழே, மறைமாவட்டத்தின் அதிகார பொறுப்புகளை வழங்கினர்.

42 ஆண்டுகளாக, அவர் தொடர்ந்து இந்த மக்களுக்கு நற்செய்தியைப் பிரசங்கித்தார். இத்தாலியின் வடமேற்குப் பிராந்தியமான லோம்பார்டியின் பல மண்டலங்களுக்குள் கூட, ஏராளமான மாற்றங்களைச் செய்தார். மற்றும் பல அற்புதங்களையும் செய்தார். புனித பெர்னார்ட்டின் வாழ்க்கையின் கடைசி செயல் இரண்டு பிரபுக்களின் இடையே இருந்த வேற்றுமைகளை அகற்றிச் சமரச நல்லிணக்கமாகும். அவர்களிடையே இருந்த சண்டை ஒரு அபாயகரமான அச்சுறுத்தியதலை விளைவிக்கக் கூடியதாய் இருந்தது.

அவர் கி.பி. 1081ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், நோவாரா இம்பீரியல் சுதந்திர நகரில் இறந்தார். புனித லாரன்ஸ் மடத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

நியூயார்க் (New York) நகர "சரனாக்" (Saranac Lake) ஏரியில் உள்ள புனித பெர்னார்ட் கத்தோலிக்க தேவாலயம் (Saint Bernard's Catholic Church) அவரது பெயரில் அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்டதாகும்.

Feastday: May 28

Patron: of mountaineers, skiers, the Alps

Birth: 923

Death: 1008

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Bernard of Montjoux was probably born in Italy. He became a priest, was made Vicar General of Aosta, and spent more than four decades doing missionary work in the Alps. He built schools and churches in the diocese but is especially remembered for two Alpine hospices he built to aid lost travelers in the mountain passes named Great and Little Bernard, after him. The men who ran them in time became Augustinian canons regular and built a monastery. The Order continued into the twentieth century. He was proclaimed the patron saint of Alpinists and mountain climbers by Pope Pius XI in 1923. He is sometimes fallaciously referred to as Bernard of Menthon and the son of Count Richard of Menthon, which he was not. His feast day is May 28th.

Bernard became patron and protector of skiers because of his four decades spent in missionary work throughout the Alps.

Bernard of Menthon (Italian: San Bernardo di Mentone; Latin: Bernardus; German: Bernhard) was a canon regular and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice,[1] as well as its associated Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard.[2] He gave his name to the Saint Bernard breed of dog, originally bred for the cold environment of the hospice.

Blessed Maria Bagnesi

Also known as

• Bartholomaea Bagnesi

• Maria Bartolomea Bagnesi

• Marietta Bagnesi

• Mary-Bartholomew Bagnesi

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A happy, beautiful, under-sized, frequently neglected child, her mother often left her to the care of others, including a sister who was a Dominican nun. Marietta grew up and had her best times in her sister's convent, and four of her sisters eventually entered religious life.

When her father arranged a marriage for Maria, she actually fainted in horror. The thought of marriage made her so sick that she eventually became unable to walk, and was bed-ridden. Her father, a man easily swayed by quacks, crack-pots and con men, put her through 34 years of flummery and what passed for medical treatment in the 16th century.

Being bed-ridden, Maria was not able to follow her sisters into the convent, but she did become a Dominican tertiary in 1544. She made her formal profession in 1545, and was soon able to get out of bed for brief periods. However, a combination of pleurisy, asthma, kidney disease, and the non-stop "treatments" she received from assorted quacks and cranks immobilized her again. She began to have visions, and to converse with angels, devils and saints. Her neighbors thought she was possessed, but a local priest became her spiritual advisor, and reassured the locals that Marietta was not in league with the devil or being attacked by him.

With the priest's assurances, Marietta's room became a place for area pilgrims who came to her for wisdom and peace, and for area animals, especially cats. Cats had a special affection for her, many stayed in her room, slept on her bed, guarded her pet songbirds, and at least once fetched her some cheese when she became hungry.

Maria developed a deep devotion to Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, and added his name to hers. As her visions and ecstacies continued and became more constant, she became more mystical in her conversation, became focused on the glorious and sorrowful mysteries, and was seen to levitate. She came to know Saint Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, and shared her visions with her.

Born

15 August 1514 at Florence, Italy

Died

28 May 1577 at Florence, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

11 July 1804 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• abuse victims

• against the death of parents

• sick people

Blessed Iuliu Hossu

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The son of Ioan Hossu and Victoria Mariutiu. He studied at the Seminary of Cluj, Romania, the seminary of Budapest, Hungary, the University of Vienna, Austria, and the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum “De Propaganda Fide,” Rome, Italy. He earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1906, and one in theology in 1908. Ordained a priest in the archdiocese of Fagaras si Alba Iulia, Romania on 27 March 1910; the ordination was performed by his uncle, Bishop Vasile Hossu. From 1911 to 1914 he served variously as protocolist, archivist, librarian, vicar-general and secretary to the bishop of Gherla, Romania. Military chaplain to the Romanian soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I from 1914 to 1917. Chosen Bishop of Cluj-Gherla, Romania by Pope Benedict XV on 21 April 1917. Apostolic Administrator of Maramures, Romania from 19 July 1930 till 31 January 1931. Apostolic Administrator of Oradea Mare, Romania from 29 August 1941 till 1947. For opposing the state-ordered separation of Byzantine-Rumanian Church from Rome, he was imprisoned in prisons in the Romanian cities of Jilava, Drogoslavele, Sighet, and Gherla from 1948 till 1964, and then at the monastery of Caldrusani in Moara Saraca near Bucharest, Romania from 1964 until his health began to fail in 1970 when he was moved to hospital. Secretlu elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI on 28 April 1969, but to prevent additional abuse, this was was not revealed until after the Cardinals‘ death. Martyr.

Born

30 January 1885 in Milas, Bistrita-Nasaud, archdiocese of Fagaras e Alba Julia, Romania

Died

• 9 a.m. on 28 May 1970 at Coletina Hospital in Bucharest, Romania

• buried in the Bellu Catholic Cemetery, Bucharest

• re-interred in his permanent tomb in the the same cemetery on 7 December 1982

Beatified

2 June 2019 by Pope Francis

Blessed Luigi Biraghi

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The fifth of eight children. Entered the Minor Seminary of Castello sopra Lecco, Italy at age 12; studied in the Major Seminaries of Monza and Milan in Italy. Ordained in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy on 28 May 1825. Taught in the seminaries of Castello sopra Lecco, Seveso and Monza. A highly educated and cultured man with deep knowledge of the early Church fathers and archeology. Spiritual director of the Major Seminary of Milan in 1833.

With the help of Mother Mariana Videmari, in 1836 Father Biraghi founded the Institute of the Sisters of Saint Marcellina (Marcellina Sisters) at Cernusco sul Naviglio; the Institute requires fidelity to the faith in daily life by its members, and established schools for girls, both the nobility who could pay for it, and the poor who were not required. Named a doctor of the prestigious Biblioteca Ambrosiana in 1855. Honorary canon of the Basilica of Saint Ambrose. In 1862, by the Pope's request, he acted as mediator among the clergy of Milan who were split between those who supported a united Italy, and those who sought the return of the Papal States. Vice-Prefect of the Ambrosiana in 1864. Appointed Domestic Prelate to Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1873. Today the Marcellina Sisters continue their good work in Italy, France, Brazil, Switzerland, England, Albania, Canada, and Mexico.

Born

2 November 1801 in Vignate, Milan, Italy

Died

• 11 August 1879 in Milan, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the family grave in Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy

• relics translated to the chapel of the mother-house of the Marcellina Sisters in Cernusco in 1951

Beatified

• 30 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated in Milan, Italy

Blessed Antoni Julian Nowowiejski

Also known as

Antonio Giuliano Nowowiejski

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II

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Antoni studied at the seminary of Plock, Poland, and was ordained a priest on 10 July 1881 in Plock. Professor and rector of the Plock seminary. Vicar-General of Plock in 1902. Bishop of Plock on 12 June 1908. Titular Archbishop of Silyum on 25 November 1930. Known for his deep spiritual and prayer life, he was an historian, active pastor of his people, and supported religious and Bible study groups.

In his 80's, Bishop Antoni was imprisoned with a a group of his priests during the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II. He was taken from prison to prison, and finally ended in the Dzialdowo concentration camp. As he was leader among the prisoners, especially the imprisoned clergy, he was tortured repeatedly, and the guards worked hard to humiliate him and break his spirit; Bishop Antoni responded by blessing them. Martyr.

Born

11 February 1858 in Lubien, Poland

Died

• died of starvation and abuse on 28 May 1941 at Dzialdowo death camp, occupied Poland

• buried in an unmarked grave somewhere near the camp

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland

Blessed Margaret Pole

Also known as

Margaret Plantaganet

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Daughter of the Duke of Clarence. Niece of King Edward IV and King Richard III of England. Married Sir Richard Pole in 1491. Mother of five, one of whom became a cardinal. Widow. Unofficial ward of King Henry VIII, who made her Countess of Salisbury and governess to Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII.

When she opposed Henry's plan to marry Ann Boleyn, she was driven from court and received the king's disfavor. When her son, Cardinal Reginald Pole, wrote against Henry's presumptions to spiritual supremacy, the king decided to crush the family. Two of Margaret's sons were executed in 1538 for the crime of being the brothers of Reginald. The elderly Margaret was arrested soon after, falsley charged with plotting revolution; in 1539 she was sent to the Tower of London where she spent her remaining two years. In 1541, at the outbreak of an actual uprising, Margaret was summarily executed with trial as a precaution. Martyr.

Born

14 August 1473 in Somerset, Wilshire, England as Margaret Plantaganet

Died

• beheaded 28 May 1541 on Tower Hill, London, England

• buried at Saint Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Lanfranc of Canterbury

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After a liberal education in England, he went to Normandy and entered the monastery at Bec, where he opened a famous school. An opponent of the doctrines of Berengarius, he succeeded in having the Catholic doctrine defined at the Lateran Council of 1059. He obtained the papal dispensation for the marriage of William, Duke of Normandy, to Matilda of Flanders, and after William's invasion of England in 1066, Lanfranc was made Archbishop of Canterbury. He secured the primacy of the See of Canterbury over that of York, helped reform the Church in Scotland, and prevented many ruptures between the king and pope over the question of tithes. In the struggle over investitures, he consistently upheld the rights of the Church. Lanfranc probably advised the king to name William Rufus his successor, and he subsequently made constant efforts to check the evil deeds of the latter.

Born

c.1005 in Pavia, Italy

Died

• 24 May 1089 in Canterbury, England of natural causes

• interred under the Saint Martin altar at the Canterbury cathedral

Blessed Herculaneum of Piegaro

Also known as

• Herculaneum of Pieghèro

• Ercolano, Herculan, Herculanus

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Franciscan friar minor. Spiritual student of Blessed Albert of Sarteano. Ordained a priest in the early 15th century, Herculaneum became a sought after travelling preacher known for his austerity, his long fasts, and as a miracle worker. While he was preaching in the cathedral of Lucca, Italy during Lent of 1430, the city came under seige by the army of Florence, Italy; Herculaneum rallied the people of Lucca, found ways to smuggle food into the city, and helped them keep their faith until the siege ended; the people of Lucca gave him the Pozzuolo convent in thanks and to insure he returned. Sent by the papal legate to preach missions in the east from 1435 to 1437.

Born

late 14th-century at Piegaro, Italy

Died

• summer of 1451 in the convent of Castelnuovo, Garfagnana, Tuscany, Italy of natural causes

• exhumed in 1456 and found incorrupt

• relics enshrined in the church of the convent of Castelnuovo

Beatified

29 March 1860 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Saint Phaolô Hanh

Also known as

Paul Hanh

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Born to a Christian family in the apostolic vicariate of West Cochinchina (in modern Vietnam), Paul and two of his brothers joined a band of highwaymen and burglars, with Paul as their leader. When Paul insisted that the thieves return some of their loot to the poor, they betrayed him to the authorities, accusing him of treason by collaborating with the French. Arrested, Paul denied the treason but proclaimed himself a sinful Christian and refused to renounce his faith. Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of emperor Tu-Duc.

Born

c.1826 in Cho Quán, Gia Dinh, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 28 May 1859 at Saigon (modern Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

• buried in the cemetery at Cho Quán, Gia Dinh, Vietnam

Beatified

2 May 1909 by Pope Pius X as part of the Annamite Martyrs

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint William of Gellone

Also known as

• William of Aquitaine

• William of Orange

• William of Toulouse

• Willliam Fierabrace

• William in the Desert

• Guillaume...

• Marquis au court nez

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Born to the nobility, the son of Aldana and Count Thierry of Toulouse. Career soldier. Member of the court of Blessed Charlemagne. Duke of Aquitaine. Led forces against the Saracens in southern France. In retirement he built a monastery at Gellone, France, and became a Benedictine monk there; the house was later named Saint-Guilhem-du-Desert in his honour. His reputation for chivalry, bravery and piety led to medieval romances being written about him including the Chançun de Guillaume (Song of William).

Born

755 in France

Died

812 of natural causes in the monastery that was later re-named Saint William in the Desert in his honour

Canonized

1066 by Pope Alexander II

Saint Germanus of Paris

 பாரிஸ் நகர் புனிதர் ஜெர்மாய்ன் 

(St. Germain of Paris)

பாரிஸ் மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர்/ ஏழைகளின் தந்தை:

(Bishop of Paris/ Father of the Poor)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 496

அவுடன், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Autun, France) 

இறப்பு: மே 28, 576

பாரிஸ், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Paris, France)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி. 754

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஸ்டீஃபன்

(Pope Stephen II)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மே 28

புனிதர் ஜெர்மாய்ன், பாரிஸ் மறை மாவட்ட ஆயரும் (Bishop of Paris) "ஏழைகளின் தந்தை" (Father of the Poor) என அறியப்படுபவரும் ஆவார்.

ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் "அவுடன்" (Autun) என்ற இடத்தினருகே வசதியுள்ள "கல்லோ-ரோமன்" (Gallo-Roman) இன பெற்றோருக்குப் பிறந்த ஜெர்மாய்ன், "பர்கண்டியிலுள்ள" "அவல்லான்" (Avallon in Burgundy) என்ற இடத்தில் கல்வி கற்றார்.

தமது 35 வயதில் புனிதர் "அக்ரிப்பினா" (Saint Agrippina of Autun) என்பவரால் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார். பின்னர், அருகாமையிலுள்ள "புனிதர் சிம்போரியன்" (Abbey of St. Symphorian) துறவு மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியானார். 

கி.பி. 555ம் ஆண்டு, பாரிஸ் நகரின் ஆயர் "சிபெலியஸ்" (Sibelius, the Bishop of Paris) இறந்துவிடவே, அரசர் "முதலாம் சில்டேபர்ட்" (Childebert I) ஜெர்மாய்னை ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுத்து அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார்.

ஆயர் ஜெர்மாய்ன் அவர்களின் ஆலோசனைகளாலும், செல்வாக்கினாலும் அரச குடும்பமே ஒரு சிறப்பான சீர்திருத்த வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்தது. அரசவையில் பணியாற்றியபோதும், எளிமையையும், துறவு வாழ்வையும் ஒருபோதும் எக்காரணத்தை முன்னிட்டும் கைவிடவில்லை. தன்னுடைய ஒறுத்தல் வாழ்வினாலும், அருமையான, எளிமையான மறையுரையாலும் மக்களை இறைவன்பால் ஈர்த்தார். இவரது மறையுரையைக் கேட்கவே மக்கள் கூடி வந்து, காத்திருந்தனர்.

566ம் ஆண்டு, "டூர்ஸ்" நகரில் நடந்த கிறிஸ்தவ மாநாட்டில் (Second Council of Tours) பங்குபெற்றார். கி.பி. 557ம் ஆண்டு முதல் கி.பி. 573ம் ஆண்டு வரை பாரிஸ் நகரில் நடந்த மூன்றாம் மற்றும் நான்காம் மாநாடுகளிலும் (Third and Fourth Councils of Paris) கலந்துகொண்டார். "கௌல்" (Gaul) மாநிலத்தில் வழக்கத்திலிருந்த பாகனிய பழக்கங்களை முறித்துக் கொள்ளும்படி அரசனை அவர் தூண்டினார். பெரும்பாலான கிறிஸ்தவ திருவிழாக்களுடன் பாகன் கொண்டாட்டங்களைச் சேர்த்துக் கொள்ளும் அதிகாரம் தடைசெய்யப்பட்டது.

ஆயர் ஜெர்மாய்ன் கி.பி. 576ம் ஆண்டு, பாரிஸ் நகரில் மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Father of the Poor

• Germain

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Priest, ordained by Saint Agrippinus of Autun. Abbot. Bishop of Paris, France in 555. Taught and ordained Saint Bertrand of Le Mans. Spiritual teacher of Saint Droctoveus. Cured King Childebert I from an unnamed illness, and converted him from a misspent life. The king then built him the abbey of Saint Vincent, now known as Saint-Germain-des-Pres.

Born

496 at Autun, France

Died

• 28 May 576 in Paris, France of natural causes

• interred in a decorated tomb in the chapel of Saint Symphorien next to the abbey church c.635

• relics re-shrined to the church in 754 by order of King Pepin the Short

Canonized

754 by Pope Stephen II

Patronage

archdiocese of Rimouski, Quebec

Blessed Wladyslaw Demski

Also known as

• Ladislao Demski

• Ladislaus Demski

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

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A professor of classical languages, he became a priest in the archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland, serving in the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary church in Inowroclaw, Poland. Arrested by occupying Nazi forces on 2 November 1939, he was sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp where he was abused, tortured, and finally murdered for refusing to trample his rosary when ordered to do so by camp guards. Martyr.

Born

5 August 1884 in Sztum, Pomorskie, Poland

Died

tortured to death on 28 May 1940 in the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Germany

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Caraunus of Chartres

Also known as

Carauno, Ceraunus, Cheron

Additional Memorial

18 October (translation of relics)

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When his parents died, Caraunus sold all his goods and estate, distributed the money to the poor, and retired from the world to live as a prayerful hermit. His reputation for holiness spread, his local bishop ordained Caraunus as a deacon, and the new deacon gave up the life of a hermit to serve as a missionary to areas of Gaul where the faith had all but disappeared.

Born

Gaul

Died

• killed by robbers near Chartres, France in the 5th century

• a church and monastery were later built over his tomb

• his relics were hidden to prevent their destruction during the anti–Christian persecutions of the French Revolution

• relics enshrined in the church of Saint Caraunus in Chartres

Blessed John Shert

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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Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, England graduating in 1566. Schoolmaster in London, England. Convert to Catholicism. Servant to Dr Thomas Stapleton at Douai, France. Studied at Douai, and at Rome, Italy. Ordained in 1576 at the English College at Rome. Returned to England on 27 August 1579 to minster to covert Catholics. Arrested for the crime of being a priest, and sent to the Tower of London on 14 July 1581. Martyr.

Born

at Shert Hall, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 28 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Thomas Ford

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Received a Master of Arts at Trinity College, Oxford, England on 14 July 1567. Fellow of Trinity College. Left to study at the English College, Douai, France in 1570. Ordained in March 1573 at Brussels, Belgium. Returned to the apostolic vicariate of England on 2 May 1576. Chaplain to Edward Yates and the Bridgettins at Lyford, Berkshire. Arrested on 17 July 1581, he was imprisoned and tortured in the Tower of London, accused and tried for treason as part of a non-existent conspiracy of Catholics against the crown, and executed in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I. Martyr.

Born

Devon, Devonshire, England

Died

hanged on 28 May 1582 in Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Ubaldesca Taccini

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An only child born to a poor but pious family, she was early drawn to religious life and the care of people even poorer than herself. Joining the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem at age 15, she lived a nun‘s life for 55 years. Had the gift of miraculously healing.

Born

1136 in Calcinaia, Pisa, Italy

Died

• feast of the Holy Trinity, 28 May 1206 in Pisa, Italy of natural causes

• miraculous healings reported at her tomb

• some relics translated to Malta on 30 June 1587

Beatified

Pope Sixtus V granted a plenary indulgence to those who visit her relics in Malta on 28 May

Blessed Robert Johnson

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Studied at Rheims, France, and Rome, Italy. Ordained at Douai, France in 1576. He then returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in the London area. Arrested in 1580 in connection with the non-existent Rheims and Rome Plot. Imprisoned in the Tower of London. Tried and convicted with Saint Edmund Campion and others. Martyr.

Born

in Shropshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 28 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Mary of the Nativity

Also known as

Anna de Corro

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In her youth, Anna made a private vow, consecrating herself to God. She joined the Mercedarians at the monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain, taking the name Sister Mary of the Nativity. Known for her deep contemplative prayer life, she received visions of heaven, and spent her time in praise of God. People throughout the region flocked to the convent to have her pray for them.

Died

1580 at the convent of the Assumption in Seville, Spain

Saint Luciano of Cagliari

Also known as

Feliciano

Additional Memorial

10 March (discovery of his relics)

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Convert, baptized by Saint Peter the Apostle. Spiritual student of Saint Paul the Apostle. Martyr.

Born

Sardinia

Died

• stabbed with a spear on 28 May 69

• relics enshrined in the sanctuary of the cathedral of Cagliari, Italy

Saint Heliconis of Thessalonica

Also known as

Eliconide, Helicondes, Heliconides

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Tortured, mutilated and martyred in the persecutions of Decius for refusing to worship idols.

Born

at Thessalonica

Died

• beheaded c.250 at Corinth, Greece

• legend says that milk, not blood, poured from the wound

Blessed Lluís Berenguer Moratona

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Vincentian priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

5 July 1869 in Santa Maria d'Horta, Barcelona, Spain

Died

28 May 1937 in Barcelona, Spain

Venerated

1 December 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Blessed Albert of Csanád

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Member of the Ordo Fratrum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremita (Order of Friars of Saint Paul the First Hermit) in 15th century Hungary. Noted speaker. Wrote poetry in Latin.

Died

c.1492 at the monastery of Bjacs, Hungary of natural causes

Saint Eoghan the Sage

Also known as

• Eoghan Sapiens

• Eoghan the Wise

• Eoghan of Cranfield

• Eoghan of Cremhcaille

• Magh-Creainb-Chaille

• Ernan, Eunt, Eugenius, Enny, Eugene, Owen

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No reliable information has survived.

Saint Eugene of Armagh

Also known as

• Eoghan

• Fear-leighinn

• Lector of Monastrboice

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Monk. Abbot of Armagh, Ireland. Abbot of Clonard, Ireland.

Born

8th century Ireland

Died

834 in Ireland of natural causes

Saint Caraunus the Deacon

Also known as

Cheron

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Convert during the 1st century. Deacon. Missionary to Gaul. Martyred in the persecutions of Domitian.

Born

Rome, Italy

Died

98 near Chartres in modern France

Saint Justus of Urgell

Also known as

Giusto

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First bishop of Urgell, Spain. Wrote a commentary on the Song of Songs.

Died

c.527

Saint Gemiliano of Cagliari

Also known as

Emily, Emilio, Emiliano, Millanu

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First century bishop of Cagliari, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Nero.

Saint Podius of Florence

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Priest. Bishop of Florence, Italy in 990.

Born

Tuscany, Italy

Died

1002 of natural causes

Saint Moel-Odhran of Iona

Also known as

Maelodran, Mailodranus

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7th century monk of Iona, Scotland.

Saint Dioscorides of Rome

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Martyr.

Died

burned to death c.244 in Rome, Italy

Saint Helladius of Rome

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Martyr.

Died

burned to death c.244 in Rome, Italy

Saint Crescens of Rome

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Martyr.

Died

burned to death c.244 in Rome, Italy

Saint Paulus of Rome

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Martyr.

Died

burned to death c.244 in Rome, Italy

Saint Accidia

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Martyred in Africa.

Martyrs of Palestine

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A group of early 5th century monks in Palestine who were martyred by invading Arabs.

Martyrs of Sardinia

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A group of early Christians for whom a church on Sardinia is dedicated; they were probably martyrs, but no information about them has survived except the names Aemilian, Aemilius, Emilius, Felix, Lucian and Priamus.

Patronage

diocese of Alghero-Bosa, Italy