இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 09

 St. Jose de Anchieta

Feastday: June 9

Patron: Catechists, of those who suffer scoliosis and compatrono of Brazil

Birth: March 19, 1534

Death: June 9, 1597

Beatified: June 22, 1980, Saint Peter's Square, Rome, by Pope John Paul II

Canonized: April 3, 2014, Vatican City, by Pope Francis

José de Anchieta (March 19, 1534 - June 9, 1597) was a Canarian Jesuit missionary to Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the 1st century after its discovery on April 22, 1500 by a Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, Anchieta was one of the founders of Săo Paulo, in 1554, and Rio de Janeiro, in 1565. He was a writer and poet, and is considered the first Brazilian writer. Anchieta was also involved in the catechesis and conversion to the Catholic faith of the Indian population; his efforts at Indian pacification, together with another Jesuit missionary, Manuel da Nóbrega, were crucial to the establishment of stable colonial settlements in the new country.

Bl. Diana

Feastday: June 9

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

Saint Columba of Iona

Also known as

• Apostle of the Picts

• Apostle to Scotland

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

Additional Memorials

• 6 January as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland

• 17 June translation of relics

Profile

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

Born

7 December 521 at Garton, County Donegal, Ireland

Died

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

• relics translated to Dunkeld, Scotland in 849

Patronage

• against floods

• bookbinders

• poets

• Ireland

• Scotland

• 5 dioceses, 2 cities

Saint Ephrem of Syria

 நிசிபிஸ் புனித எஃப்ரெம் 

பிறப்பு : 306, நிசிபிஸ் 

இறப்பு : ஜூன் 09, 373 

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜுன் 09 

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

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

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

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

Also known as

• Ephrem of Edessa

• Ephrem the Syrian

• Ephraem...

• Ephraim...

• Ephraem Syrus

• Deacon of Edessa

• Harp of the Holy Spirit

• Jefrem Sirin

• Sun of the Syrians

Additional Memorials

• 28 January (Eastern Orthodox; Eastern Catholic)

• 8 June (Scottish Episcopal)

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

• 18 June (Maronite Church)

• 7th Saturday before Easter (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Profile

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

Born

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

Died

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

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

Patronage

• spiritual directors

• spiritual leaders

Blessed Anne Marie Taigi

Also known as

• Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi

• Anna Maria Taigi

• Anne Marie Gianetti

Profile

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

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

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

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

Born

29 May 1769 at Siena, Italy as Anne Marie Gianetti

Died

• 9 June 1837 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

• body incorrupt

• remains transferred several times

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

Beatified

30 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV

Patronage

victims of verbal spouse abuse

Saint José de Anchieta

Also known as

• Apostle of Brazil

• Giuseppe de Anchieta

• Jose Anchieta

• Joseph Anchieta

Profile

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

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

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

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

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

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

Born

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

Died

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

Canonized

3 April 2014 by Pope Francis (equipollent canonization)

Blessed Luigi Boccardo

Also known as

Apostle of Merciful Love

Profile

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

Born

9 August 1861 in Moncalieri, Turin, Italy

Died

9 June 1936 at Turin, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 14 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

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

Saint Baithen of Iona

Also known as

• Baithen Mor

• Baithen the Great

• Baithin, Comin, Cominus

Profile

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

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

Born

536 in Ireland

Died

c.599 of natural causes

Blessed Arnulf of Velseca

Profile

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

Born

12th century in the area of modern Belgium

Died

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

Saint Felicianus and Saint Primus

Profile

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

Died

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

• relics in the church of Saint Stephen on Mount Celio

Blessed Joseph Imbert

Profile

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

Born

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

Died

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

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Henry the Shoemaker

Also known as

• Der Gute Heinrich

• Heinrich Bucke

• Henry Michael Bucke

• Henry the Good

Profile

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

Born

in Luxembourg

Died

1666

Saint Pelagia of Antioch

Profile

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

Born

late 3rd century in Antioch

Died

c.311 by jumping off a roof

Patronage

against sexual temptation

Blessed Sylvester Ventura

Also known as

Sylvester of Valdisive

Profile

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

Born

Florence, Italy

Died

1348

Blessed Robert Salt

Additional Memorial

4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs

Profile

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

Born

English

Died

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

Beatified

20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Richard of Andria

Profile

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

Born

England

Died

c.1200 of natural causes

Patronage

• city of Andria, Italy

• diocese of Andria, Italy

Blessed Alexander of Kouchta

Profile

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

Died

1439 of natural causes

Blessed Luciano Verdejo Acuña

Profile

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

Born

26 October 1885 in Almeria Spain

Died

9 June 1938 in Tur´n, Granada Spain

Venerated

14 June 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Saint Diomedes of Tarsus

Also known as

• Diomedes of Nicaea

• Diomede...

Profile

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

Born

Tarsus, Cilicia

Died

beheaded c.305 at Nicaea, Bithynia

Saint Maximian of Syracuse

Profile

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

Born

Sicily

Died

594 of natural causes

Saint Julian of Mesopotamia

Profile

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

Died

c.370 of natural causes

Saint Vincent of Agen

Also known as

Vincenzo di Aquitania

Profile

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

Died

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

Saint Cumian of Bobbio

Also known as

Cummian, Cummin, Cummianus

Profile

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

Born

Ireland

Saint Alexander of Prusa

Also known as

Alexandros

Profile

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

Saint Comus of Scotland

Also known as

Come

Profile

6th-century monk and abbot in Scotland.

Saint Valerius of Milan

Profile

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

Saint Cyrus

Also known as

Kyros

Profile

No details have survived.

Martyrs of Arbil

Profile

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

Died

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

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 08

 Bl. Pacificus of Cerano

Feastday: June 8

Birth: 1424

Death: 1482

Franciscan friar and renowned preacher. Pacificus Ramota was a native of Cerano, Novara, Italy, and entered the Franciscans in 1445. He served as a missionary in northern Italy and worked for the reform of the Church, fulfilling a task given to him by Pope Sixtus IV to bring reform to the Church in Sardinia. The pope also asked him to preach a crusade against the Ottoman Turks who had recently captured Constantinople and were threatening the Mediterranean. Especially respected for his knowledge of moral theology, Pacificus authored the Summa Pacifica, which was widely read by theologians of the time. He died at Sassari, Sardinia, on June 4, 1482, and his cult was confirmed in 1745.

St. Levan

Feastday: June 8

Death: 6th century

Celtic saint, sometimes listed as Levin or Selyr. He went to Cornwall, England, as a missionary and is revered there.

St Levan (Cornish: Selevan[1]) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is rural with a number of hamlets of varying size with Porthcurno probably being the best known. Hewn out of the cliff at Minack Point and overlooking the sea to the Logan Rock is the open-air Minack Theatre, the inspiration of Rowena Cade in the early 1930s.

St Levan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the South West Coast Path, which follows the coast of south-west England from Somerset to Dorset passes by on the cliffs. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), designated for the vegetation and geology, and Gwennap Head in particular, is favoured by birdwatchers, many who travel the length and breadth of Britain to watch rare seabirds.

St. Edgar the Peaceful

Feastday: June 8

Birth: 943

Death: 975

English king and patron of St. Dunstan, who served as his counselor. England underwent a religious revival in his reign, and he is venerated at Glastonbury. However, his daughter, St. Edith of Wilton, was borne by one of two religious woman with whom he had an affair.

"Edgar of England" redirects here. See also Edgar Ætheling, who was briefly proclaimed king in 1066.

"Edgar I" redirects here. See also Edgar, King of Scotland.

Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār [ˈæːɑdɡɑːr]; c. 943 – 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable,[1] was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. The younger son of King Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, he came to the throne as a teenager following the death of his older brother, King Eadwig.[1] As king, Edgar further consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors, with his reign being noted for its relative stability. His most trusted advisor was Dunstan, whom he recalled from exile and made Archbishop of Canterbury. The pinnacle of Edgar's reign was his coronation at Bath in 973, which was organised by Dunstan and forms the basis for the current coronation ceremony. After his death he was succeeded by his son Edward, although the succession was disputed.

St. Severinus

Feastday: June 8

Patron: of Pioraco

Death: 550

Bishop and brother of St. Victorinus. Severinus and Victorinus became hermits at Montenero, Italy, giving away their extensive wealth to the poor. Compelled to become bishops by Pope Vigilius, Severinus served as head of Septempeda (modern Sanseverino) in the marches, or territories of Aneona, and Victorinus was named bishop of Camerino.

Saints Severinus of Sanseverino (or of Septempeda) (d. 550 AD) and Victorinus of Camerino (d. 543 AD) were brothers who were both bishops and hermits of the 6th century.

Biography

Both had given away their great wealth to the poor and had become hermits at Monte Nero near Septempeda. They also became hermits in caves near Pioraco. Victorinus was prone to strong temptations, and he inflicted upon himself a difficult and painful penance: he had himself tied to a tree, with his hands crushed between two branches.[1] Victorinus’ particular method of self-mortification was depicted on a small panel in the church of San Venanzio, in Camerino, by the artist Niccolò da Foligno (called l'Alunno), who created the piece between 1478–80.[2]

However, Pope Vigilius appointed them both as bishops of two separate sees: Severinus became bishop of what was then called Septempeda, later called San Severino Marche after him, in the Marches of Ancona; Victorinus became bishop of Camerino. Their joint feast day is June 8.

Saint Medard of Noyon

புனித.மேடர்டாஸ் (St. Medardaus)

ஆயர்

பிறப்பு 

475

வாலெண்சியென்னா(Valencienne), ஆப்பிரிக்கா

 இறப்பு 

560

பிரான்சு

இவர் தன் இளம் வயதில், ஒரு நாள் புல்வெளியில் நடந்து கொண்டிருக்கும்போது, இடி மின்னலுடன் கூடிய மழை வந்தது. அப்போது ஒரு பெரிய பருந்து வந்து இளைஞனை அப்படியே தூக்கிக்கொண்டு பிறந்தது. இளைஞன் மழையில் நனையாமல் இருக்க தன் சிறகுகளை அடர்ந்து விரித்து, தன் சிறகுகளின் நிழலில் வைத்து காத்தது. இதனால் மழை இல்லாமல் இயற்கை வளம் கருகும்போது இவரின் பெயரை கூறி ஜெபித்தால் மழை வரும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை பரவியது. அதேபோல் மக்கள் இவரின் பெயரால் ஜெபிக்கும்போது, பலமுறை மழையைபெற்று கொண்டனர். இதனால் ஜூன் 8 ஆம் நாள் மழைக்கான நாள் என்று குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளனர். இறைவனின் அருளால் நிரப்பப்பட்டு இவர் எப்போதும் சிரித்துக் கொண்டே இருப்பார். இவர் சிரித்தாலே, இவரின் வாயில் உள்ள மொத்தப் பற்களையும் பார்க்கலாம். அவ்வாறு அவர் வாய்விட்டு சிரிப்பார். 

505 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவர் குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். 530 ஆம் ஆண்டு பாரிசிலிருந்த நையன் (Noyon) என்ற மறைமாநிலத்திற்கு ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் ரைம்ஸ் (Reims) பேராயர் ரெமிஜியுஸ் என்பவரால் ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். ஆயர் மேடர்டாஸ் – ன்(Medardaus) பணி அம்மறைமாநிலத்தில் ஆல் போல் தழைத்து வளர்ந்தது. அப்போது அவர் தூரின் நாட்டு அரசின் ராடேகுண்டீஸ் என்பவரால் வதைக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார். இவரது உடல் "புனித மடோனா" என்ற துறவற மடத்திற்கு சொந்தமான கல்லறையில் புதைக்கப்பட்டது. இன்று இக்கல்லறையின் மேல் ஒரு சிறிய கெபி கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது

Also known as

Medardus

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Son of Nectardus, a Frankish noble, and Protagia, Gallo-Roman nobility. Brother of Saint Gildardus, Bishop of Rouen, France. Pious youth and excellent student, educated at Saint-Quentin. Often accompanied his father on business to Vermand, France and to Tournai, Belgium, and frequented the schools there. Ordained at age 33.

Reluctant bishop of Vermand in 530; in 531, he moved his see to Noyon, France, which was further from border clashes. Bishop of Tournai in 532; the union of the two dioceses lasted until 1146. Gave the veil to Queen Saint Radegunde. Medardus was one of the most honoured bishops of his time, his memory has always been venerated in northern France, and he soon became the hero of numerous legends.

Each year on his memorial the Rosiere is awarded to the young girl who has been judged the most virtuous and exemplary in the region of Salency, France; she is escorted by 12 boys and 12 girls to the church, where she is crowned with roses and given a gift of money. This is a continuation of a yearly stipend or "scholarship" he apparently instituted when bishop.

Legend says that when he was a child, Medard was once sheltered from the rain by a hovering eagle. This is his most common depiction in art, and led to his patronage of good weather, against bad weather, for people who work the fields, etc. Legend has it that if it rains on his feast day, the next 40 days will be wet; if the weather is good, the next 40 will be fine as well. He was also depicted as laughing aloud with his mouth wide open; this led to his patronage against toothache.

Born

c.456 at Salency, Picardy, France

Died

• 8 June 545 at Noyon, France of natural causes

• relics at the royal manor of Crouy at the gates of Soissons, France

• a Benedictine abbey was built over his tomb

Patronage

• against bad weather

• against imprisonment, prisoners, captives

• against sterility

• against toothache

• brewers

• for good harvests

• for good weather

• for rain

• mentally ill people

• peasants

• vineyards

Blessed Maria Droste zu Vischering

Also known as

• Countess Droste zu Vischering

• Maria Anna Johanna Franziska Theresia Antonia Huberta Droste zu Vischering

• Maria of the Sacred Heart

• Mary of the Divine Heart of Jesus

• Maria vom Göttlichen Herzen

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Born to the wealthy German nobility, she had a twin brother, Max, and pious parents, Klemens Heidenreich Franz Hubertus Eusebius Maria, the count Droste zu Vischering, and Helene Clementine Maria Anna Sybille Huberta Antonia, the countess of Galen, who were loyal to the Church during the period of the Kulturkampf persecution. Baptized on the day of her birth, she grew up in Darfeld Castle, in Rosendahl, Germany, dressing like a princess and playing like a tomboy. She was educated at home by a governess and begining in April 1879 at the school of the Sacré-Coeur Sisters in Riedenburg, Bavaria, Germany. There she began feeling a call to religious life. She began her novitiate in the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd at the convent in Münster, Germany on 21 November 1888; she received the habit on 10 January 1889, taking the name Maria vom Göttlichen Herzen (Mary of the Divine Heart). She became mother superior of the convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Porto, Portugal in 1896. Through her adult life she received visions and locutions from Jesus to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Blessed Eucharist. She influenced Pope Leo XIII to make the consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart.

Born

8 September 1863 in Münster, Germany

Died

• Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 8 June 1899 in the Convent of the Good Shepherd in Porto, Portugal of natural causes

• incorrupt body exposed in the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ermesinde, Portugal

• some relics enshrined at the sanctuary of Christ the King, Almada, Portugal

Beatified

1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI

Saint William of York

 யோர்க் நகர தூய வில்லியம் 

12 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு இங்கிலாந்து. 

பிறப்பு : ஏப்ரல் 12, 1789 

இறப்பு : ஜூன் 7, 1846 (வயது 57) 

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜுன் 08 

வில்லியம், பன்னிரெண்டாம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதியில் இங்கிலாந்தில் உள்ள யோர்க் நகரில் இருந்த ஹெர்பர்ட் என்பவருக்கு மகனாகப் பிறந்தார். இந்த ஹெர்பர்ட் ஒரு நிலபிரபு. 

வசதியான குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த வில்லியம் மிகவும் சந்தோசமாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். எதையும் பெரிதாக எடுத்து கொள்ளாவிட்டாலும் எல்லாரிடத்திலும் அன்பாக இருந்தார். இவர் வளர்ந்து பெரியவனாகியபோது இவருடைய தந்தை தனக்கு இருந்த அதிகார பலத்தையும் பண பலத்தையும் பயன்படுத்தி 1143 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவரை யோர்க் நகரத்தின் பேராயராக ஏற்படுத்தினார். இது குருக்களுக்கு மத்தியிலும் இறைமக்களுக்கு மத்தியிலும் மிகப்பெரிய குழப்பத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியது. எனவே அவர்கள் வில்லியம் பேராயராக உயர்ந்ததை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளாமல் செய்தியை அப்போது திருத்தந்தையாக இருந்த மூன்றாம் யூஜினுசிடமும் கொண்டு சென்றார்கள். அவர் வில்லியம் யோர்க் நகரின் பேராயராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டது செல்லாது என்று 1147 ஆம் ஆண்டு அறிவித்தார். 

இதனால் வில்லியம் மிகுந்த மன வேதனைக்கு உள்ளானார். அதன்பிறகு இவர் ஜெபத்திலும் தவத்திலும் தன்னை முழுமையாய் ஈடுபடுத்தி வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். இவருடைய ஜெப தவத்தினாலோ என்னவோ ஏறக்குறைய ஆறு ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து இவர் மீண்டுமாக யோர்க் நகரப் பேராயராக திருப்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார். அப்போது இவர் அடைந்த மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு அளவே இல்லை. 

இவர் பேராயராக பேறுபெற்ற பின்பு பல்வேறு பணிகளை மிகச் சிறப்பான முறையில் செய்தார். அது மட்டுமல்லாமல் முன்பு தன்னைப் பேராயர் பதவியிலிருந்து விலகுவதற்குக் காரணமாக இருந்தவர்களை மனதார மன்னித்தார். 

இப்படிப்பட்ட இரக்கமும் மன்னிக்கின்ற குணமும் எல்லாரையும் நேசிக்கக்கூடிய குணத்தையும் தன்னகத்தே கொண்ட வில்லியம் ஒருசில ஆண்டுகளிலே இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்கு 1227 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை மூன்றாம் ஹோனோரியஸ் என்பவரால் புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• William FitzHerbert

• William FitzHerbert of York

• William of Thwayt

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Son of Count Herbert, treasurer to King Henry I, and Emma, half-sister to King William. Treasurer of the church in York, England while still young. Priest. Chaplain to King Stephen.

Archbishop of York in 1140. His selection was challenged by reformers, especially a group of Cistercians, and William was accused of simony, sexual misconduct, and being unduly influenced by his connections to the royal court. The Vatican investigated, Pope Innocent cleared him of all charges, and confirmed him as archbishop on 26 September 1143. However, the charges resurfaced a few years later under Pope Eugene III, a Cistercian; Eugene suspended William from his see, and in 1147 removed him as archbishop, replacing him with the Cistercian Henry Murdac, abbot of Fountains. Some of William's supporters took to the streets to defend him, and during a riot, they attacked and burned the monastery of Fountains. William, however, retired to Winchester, and became a monk, noted for his austerities and active prayer life.

In 1154, in the reign of Pope Anastasius IV, William was called from his seclusion, and again ordained archbishop of York; he died a month later. There were accusations of poisoning, including poison introduced in the sacramental wine. An investigation ensued, but no records of its result have survived, and it's more likely he died from fever.

Died

• June 1154

• buried in the cathedral of York, England

Canonized

• 18 March 1226 by Pope Honorius III

• the investigation was led by the Cistercians

Our Lady of Sunday

Also known as

Notre-Dame du Dimanche

About the Apparition

An apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Auguste Arnaud on 8 June 1873 and 8 July 1873. Arnaud was married, the father of two, and a winemaker who regularly skipped Sunday Mass to work his vineyards. Our Lady appeared to him in the vineyard on 8 June and reminded him "You must not work on Sundays." In honour of this blessing, Arnaud placed a cross and a statue of Mary at the site in the field. On 8 July Our Lady appeared again, this time to both Auguste and his neighbors who had gathered there, and told them, "You must never work on Sunday! Blessed are those who believe."

Dates

8 June and 8 July in 1873

Location

vineyard in Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve, l'Hérault, France

Approval

1876 by Bishop de Cabrières

Saint Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan

 புனிதர் மரியம் திரேசியா சிரமெல் 

(St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel)

அருட்சகோதரி, தூய திருக்குடும்ப சபை நிறுவனர்:

(Religious; Mystic, and Foundress of Congregation of the Holy Family)

பிறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 26, 1876

புத்தேஞ்சிரா, திருச்சூர் மாவட்டம், கேரளா, இந்தியா

(Puthenchira, Thrissur District, Kerala, India)

இறப்பு: ஜூன் 8, 1926 (வயது 50)

குஜிகட்டுசேரி, திருச்சூர் மாவட்டம், இந்தியா

(Kuzhikattussery, Thrissur District, India)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Catholic Church)

சிரோ-மலபார் திருச்சபை

(Syro-Malabar Church)

சிரியாக் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Syriac Catholic Church)

லத்தீன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Latin Catholic Church)

முக்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 9, 2000

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 13, 2019

திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்

(Pope Francis)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

புத்தன்சிரா, இந்தியா

(Puthenchira, India)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூன் 8

பாதுகாவல்:

தூய திருக்குடும்ப சபை

(Congregation of the Holy Family)

"திரேசியா சிரமெல் மன்கிடியன்" (Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட புனிதர் மரியம் திரேசியா சிரமெல், ஒரு இந்திய சிரோ-மலபார் கத்தோலிக்க அருட்சகோதரியும் (Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic Professed Religious), "பரிசுத்த திருக்குடும்ப சபையின்" (Congregation of the Holy Family) நிறுவனரும் ஆவார். தனது சக அருட்சகோதரியரிடையே, தனது சபை விதிமுறைகளை கண்டிப்பாக கடைப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும் என்று வலியுறுத்திய இவர், தனது வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் திருத்தூதுப் பணிகளில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்தார்.

1999ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம் 28ம் தேதி இவருக்கு "வணக்கத்துக்குரியவர்" என்ற பட்டமும், 2000ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 9ம் தேதி, முக்திப்பேறு பட்டமும் திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால் வழங்கினார்.

2019ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 13ம் தேதி, திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ் இவரை புனிதராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார்.

கி.பி. 1876ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 26ம் தேதி, கேரள மாநிலம், திருச்சூர் (Thrissur) மாவட்டத்தின், "புத்தேஞ்சிரா" (Puthenchira) எனும் கிராமத்தில், பணக்காரக் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த திரேசியாவின் தந்தை பெயர், "தோமா" (Thoma), தாயார் பெயர், "தாந்தா" (Thanda) ஆகும். இவரது பெற்றோருக்குப் பிறந்த ஐந்து குழந்தைகளில், இவர் மூன்றாவது குழந்தை ஆவார்.

செல்வச் செழிப்புடன் இருந்த இவர்களுடைய குடும்பம் ஏழ்மையில் வாடியது. இதனால் மனம் உடைந்த இவரது தந்தை தோமா, குடிப்பழக்கத்திற்கு அடிமையானார். ஆனால், இவரது தாய் தாந்தா மிகுந்த பக்தியுள்ளவர் என்பதால், திரேசியா உள்பட எல்லா குழந்தைகளையும் பக்தி மார்க்கத்தில் வளர்த்தார்.

அம்மாவைப்போலவே திரேசியா பக்தியில் அதிக ஈடுபாட்டுடன், தினமும் தவறாமல் ஜெபம் செய்வார். அவருக்கு 12 வயதாகும்போது அவரது தாய் தாந்தா இறந்துவிட்டதால், பள்ளிப்படிப்பை நிறுத்திவிட்டார். ஆனாலும், ஜெபம் செய்வதை மட்டும் விடவில்லை. ஒருநாள் ஜெபம் செய்துகொண்டிருக்கும்போது தன்னைக் கடவுள் அழைப்பதை உணர்ந்தார்.

அன்னை மரியின் மீதான அன்பின் காரணமாகத் தன் பெயருடன் 'மரியம்' என்று சேர்த்துக் கொண்டார். அதேபோல் புனிதர் "அவிலாவின் தெரசா" (St. Teresa of Ávila) மீது கொண்ட பற்றின் காரணமாகத் 'திரேசா' என்ற பெயரையும் சேர்த்துக் கொண்டார். இவரது பெயர் பிற்காலத்தில் "மரியம் திரேசியா சிரமெல்" என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டது.

திரேசியா சிரமெல்லுக்கு மூன்று தோழிகள் இருந்தனர். இவர்கள் அனைவரும் ஒன்றுசேர்ந்து "திருக்குடும்பச் சபை" என்ற பெயரில் கத்தோலிக்க சபை தொடங்கும் ஆர்வத்தில், அப்போதைய ஆயரிடம் அனுமதி வேண்டி விண்ணப்பித்தனர். தோழியர் அனைவருக்கும் 13 அல்லது 14 வயதே ஆகியிருந்தது என்பதால், "கார்மெல்" (Carmelite) என்ற பெயரில் இயங்கிவரும் அருட்கன்னியர்களுக்கான சபையில் சேர்ந்து செயல்படுங்கள்' என்று பதில் கிடைத்தது. மேலும் 'சிறு வயது என்பதால், முதிர்ச்சி இருக்காது' என்ற காரணத்தைச் சுட்டிக்காட்டிச் 'சபை தொடங்கும் திட்டம் வேண்டாம்' என்றார் ஆயர். ஆனால், திரேசியா சிரமெல் உறுதியாக இருப்பதைப் பார்த்த ஆயர், பின்புச் சபை தொடங்க அனுமதி வழங்கினார்.

'திருக்குடும்பச் சபை' என்ற பெயரில் அருட்கன்னியர்களுக்கான சபையைத் தொடங்கிய திரேசியா சிரமெல், மூன்று முக்கியப் பணிகளைக் கையில் எடுத்துச் சிறப்பாகப் பணியாற்றினார்.

குடிக்கு அடிமையானவர்களை மீட்டெடுக்கும்விதமாக அவர்களுக்குக் கவுன்சலிங் கொடுப்பதை முதன்மைப் பணியாகச் செய்தார்.

அடுத்துக் குடும்பப் பிரச்சினைகளைக் கையில் எடுத்தார். அதாவது, பல்வேறு காரணங்களால் பிரிந்துபோன குடும்பங்களை ஒன்று சேர்த்து வைத்தார்.

மூன்றாவதாக, நோய்களால் அவதிப்படுபவர்களைச் சந்தித்து அவர்களது தனிமைத் துயரைப் போக்கியதுடன் சிகிச்சைப் பெறவும் உதவினார்.

அன்றைய காலகட்டத்தில், பெண்கள் வீட்டைவிட்டு வெளியே வரக்கூடாது என்று நிறைய கட்டுப்பாடுகள் இருந்தன. ஆனால், அவை அனைத்தையும் மீறி இந்தப் பணிகள் அனைத்தையும் அவர் சிறப்பாகச் செய்தார். மேலும் இந்தப் பணிகளின்போது இவரது அளவுகடந்த பக்தி, ஜெபம், ஒறுத்தல் முயற்சிகள் போன்றவை மக்கள் மத்தியில் பெரிதும் பேசப்பட்டது.

சேவை ஒன்றையே குறிக்கோளாகக் கொண்ட இவரை, நீரிழிவு நோய் பீடித்தது. அதுபற்றி பற்றிக் கவனம் செலுத்தாத காரணத்தால், ஒருநாள், காலில் மரக்கட்டை ஒன்று விழுந்தபோது ஏற்பட்ட புண்ணைக் குணப்படுத்த முடியவில்லை. இதன் காரணமாக, தமது 50வது வயதில், 1926ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், 8ம் தேதி, திரேசியா சிரமெல் மரணமடைந்தார்.

Also known as

Maria Theresa Chiramel

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Made a vow of private chastity at age 10. Her mother died when Mariam was 12, and she dedicated herself to prayer, to the service of the poor and sick, and to the comfort of lonely people in her parish. With three friends, she formed a prayer group, and engaged in apostolic work on the streets, with the neediest families of the village including the Untouchables caste.

In 1903 she requested permission to build a house of prayer and retreat, but Apostolic Vicar, Mar John Menachery of Trichur, refused the request, and recommended that she test her vocation. Mariam entered several Congregations, and in 1913 her bishop granted her permission to build the home. On 14 May 1914, the Congregation of the Holy Family was founded. By Mariam's death, they had established three convents, two day schools, two boarding schools, a study home, and an orphanage. Today the Congregation operates in Kerala, in northern India, Germany, Italy, and Ghana with over 170 houses.

Born

26 April 1876 at Trichur, Kerala, India

Died

8 June 1926 in Kuzhikattussery, Thissur, Kerala, India of natural causes

Canonized

13 October 2019 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy

Saint Jacques Berthieu

Also known as

• Giacomo Berthieu

• Jacob Berthieu

• Martyr of Madagascar

• Martyr of the Red Island

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One of seven children in a pious farm family. Ordained on 21 May 1864. Parish priest in Roannes-Saint Mary, France. Feeling a call to religious life, he joined the Jesuits on 31 October 1873. Missionary to Madagascar in 1875. Superior of the mission in Ambositra in 1885, he expanded the stations and brought many converts to the faith. Forced to move several times due to political reasons as his connection to France brought him into conflict with assorted local officials. Martyr.

Born

28 November 1838 in Monlogis, Polminhac, Cantal, France

Died

• shot on 8 June 1896 in Ambiatibe, Antananarivo, Madagascar by Menalamba rebels for his work in replacing ancestor worship with Christianity

• body dumped in the Mananara River

Canonized

21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI

Blessed István Sándor

Also known as

Stephen Sándor

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Printer. Salesian lay brother in 1940. Led a group of young Catholic workers. Arrested in 1952 by the Hungarian Communist authorities in a crackdown during which all religous groups were outlawed; he received a show trial in October and was sentenced to death for bring actively Christian. Martyr.

Born

26 October 1914 in Szolnok, Hungary

Died

hanged on 8 June 1953 at Budapest, Hungary

Beatified

19 October 2013 by Pope Francis

Blessed John Davy

Also known as

John Davies

Additional Memorial

4 May (as one of the Carthusian Martyrs)

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Carthusian deacon and choir monk at the Charterhouse in London, England. Imprisoned on 29 May 1537 and martyred with brother Carthusians for opposing King Henry VIII's claim of supremacy in spiritual matters.

Died

chained to a wall until he starved to death on 8 June 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England

Beatified

20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Blessed Peter de Amer

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Mercedarian secular knight. Elected Master-General of the Mercedarians in 1271. Wrote the first Constitutions of the Order. Founded at least 15 new Mercedarian convents in Spain and France. Led the Order for nearly 30 years until his brother Mercedarians began calling for a clerical Master-General instead of a layman.

Died

8 June 1301 at the convent of El Puig, Spain of natural causes

Saint Victorinus of Camerino

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Brother of Saint Severinus of Septempeda. The two brothers distributed their wealth to the poor in their area, then retired to live as hermits on Montenero. Ordered by Pope Vigilius to become Bishop of Camerino, Italy.

Died

543 of natural causes

Saint Clodulf of Metz

Also known as

Chlodulf, Clodould, Clodulphe, Clodulphus, Clou, Cloud

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Son of Saint Arnulf of Metz. Courtier. Bishop of Metz, France in 656 where he served for 40 years.

Born

605

Died

• 696 of natural causes

• interred in the cathedral in Metz, France

• relics taken to Lay Abbey near Nancy, France in the 10th century

Saint Melania the Elder

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Married; mother; grandmother of Saint Melania the Younger. Widowed at age 21. Travelled through Palestine for several years, and founded a monastery on the Mount of Olives.

Born

c.342

Died

c.410 of natural causes

Saint Gildard of Rouen

Also known as

Gildardus, Godard

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Bishop of Rouen, France from 488 to 525. Attended the First Council of Orléans in 511.

Died

c.525 of natural causes

Saint Heraclius of Sens

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Bishop of Sens, France. Witnessed the baptism of Clovis on 25 December 496. Built the abbey of Saint John the Evangelist at Sens.

Died

• c.515 of natural causes

• buried at the abbey of Saint John the Evangelist at Sens, France

Saint Syra of Troyes

Also known as

Syria of Troyes

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Sister of Saint Fiacre. When her brother fled Ireland to find solitude, she followed and lived as an anchoress in Troyes, France.

Born

Ireland

Died

7th-century Troyes, France of natural causes

Saint Eustadiola of Moyen-Moutier

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Married. Wealthy widow. She spent her fortune building the convent of Moyen-Moutier, Francewhere she became a nun and then abbess.

Born

Bourges, France

Died

690 of natural causes

Saint Maximinus of Aix

Also known as

Massimino, Maximin

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First bishop of Aix, Provence (in modern France).

Patronage

archdiocese of Aix, France

Blessed Engelbert of Schäftlarn

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Premonstratensian monk. First prior of the convent in Ursber, Bavaria, Germany, the Order‘s first house in southern Germany.

Born

c.1100 in Germany

Died

8 June 1153

Blessed Maddallena of the Conception

Also known as

Magdalene

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Mercedarian nun at the monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain. Had a great devotion to prayer for souls in Purgatory.

Blessed Giorgio Porta

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Mercedarian monk. Commander of the San Lazzaro convent in Zaragoza, Spain. Ransomed many Christians enslaved by Muslims in Granada, Spain and Algiers in north Africa.

Died

15th century

Blessed Giselbert of Cappenberg

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Servant to Blessed Godfrey of Cappenberg. Premonstratensian monk. Lector. Known for his charity.

Died

early 12th century

Blessed Robert of Frassinoro

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Benedictine monk. Abbot of the abbey of Frassinoro near Modena, Italy.

Died

1070

Blessed John Rainuzzi

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Benedictine monk at Saint Margaret's monastery at Todi, Italy. Noted for his charity.

Died

c.1330

Saint Bron of Cassel-Irra

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Spiritual student of Saint Patrick. Bishop of Cassel-Irra, Ireland.

Died

c.511

Saint Muirchu

Also known as

Maccutinus

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Writer whose works include biographies of Saint Brigid of Ireland and Saint Patrick.

Saint Calliope

Also known as

Calliopa

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Third century martyr.

Died

beheaded, exact date and time unknown

Saint Fortunato of Fano

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Sixth century bishop of Fano, Italy.

Patronage

Fano, Italy

Saint Sallustian

Also known as

Sallustianus

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Hermit in Sardinia.

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீன் 07

 St. Vulphy

Feastday: June 7

Death: 643

Hermit and miracle worker, also called Vulfiafius. Originally from Rue, near Abbeville, France. Vulphy was married but received his wife's permission to become a priest. He gave up an active life after a pilgrimage to become a hermit.

St. Willibald

Feastday: June 7

Birth: 700

Death: 786

Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Boniface. After studying in a monastery in Waitham, in Hampshire, he went on a pilgrimage to Rome (c. 722) with his father, who died on the way at Lucca, Italy. Willibald continued on to Rome and then to Jerusalem. Captured by Saracens who thought him a spy, he was eventually released and continued on to all of the holy places and then to Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey), where he visited numerous lauras, monasteries, and hermitages. Upon his return to Italy, he went to Monte Cassino where he stayed for ten years, serving as sacrist, dean, and porter. While on a visit to Rome, he met Pope St. Gregory III (r. 731-741), who sent him to Germany to assist his cousin St. Boniface in his important missionary endeavors. Boniface ordained him in 741 and soon appointed him bishop of Eichstatt, in Franconia. the Site of Willibald's most successful efforts as a missionary. With his brother Winebald, he founded a double monastery at Heidenheim, naming Winebald abbot and his sister Walburga abbess. Willibald served as bishop for some four decades. His Vita is included in the Hodoeporicon (the earliest known English travel book). An account of his journeys in the Holy Land was written by a relative of Willibald and a nun of Heidenheim.

Willibald (Latin: Willibaldus; c. 700 – c.787) was an 8th-century bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.

Information about his life is largely drawn from the Hodoeporicon (itinerary) of Willibald, a text written in the 8th century by Huneberc, an Anglo-Saxon nun from Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm who knew Willibald and his brother personally.[1] The text of the Hodoeporicon was dictated to Huneberc by Willibald shortly before he died.

Willibald's father was Richard the Pilgrim, and his mother Wuna of Wessex. His brother was Winibald and his sister was Walburga.[2]

Willibald was well-travelled and the first known Englishman to visit the Holy Land.[3] His shrine is at the Eichstätt Cathedral in Germany, where his body and relics from his journeys are preserved.

His feast day is 7 July.

St. Paul of Constantinople

Feastday: June 7

Death: 350

Bishop of Constantinople, during the period of bitter controversy in the Church over the Arian heresy. Elected in 336 to succeed Alexander of Constantinople, the following year he was exiled to Pontus by Emperor Constantius II. Because of his staunch position against Arianism, Paul was replaced by the heretical bishop Macedonius. Allowed to return in 338, Paul was again exiled by the Arians, who had the support of many in the imperial government, but returned about 340. Once more he was seized and, at the order of Emperor Constantius, he was exiled to Mesopotamia. Brought back in 344, he was sent yet again into exile, this time to Cucusus, inArmenia. Here he was deliberately starved and finally strangled by Arian supporters. He is considered a martyr for the orthodox cause and was a close friend St. Athanasius.

From Menologion of Basil II

Paul I or Paulus I or Saint Paul the Confessor (died c. 350), was the sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected first in 337 AD. Paul became involved in the Arian controversy which drew in the Emperor of the West, Constans, and his counterpart in the East, his brother Constantius II. Paul was installed and deposed three times from the See of Constantinople between 337 and 351. He was murdered by strangulation during his third and final exile in Cappadocia. His feast day is on November 6.

Biography

He was a native of Thessalonica, a presbyter of Constantinople, and secretary to the aged bishop Alexander of Constantinople, his predecessor in the see. Both the city and its inhabitants suffered much during the Arian controversies. No sooner had Alexander breathed his last than the Arian and Orthodox parties came into open conflict. The Orthodox party prevailed; in 337 Paul was elected and consecrated by bishops who happened to be at Constantinople in the Church of Peace, close to what was afterwards the Hagia Sophia.[1]

First exile

The Emperor Constantius II had been away during these events. On his return he was angry at not having been consulted. He summoned a synod of Arian bishops, declared Paul quite unfit for the bishopric, banished him, and transported Eusebius of Nicomedia to Constantinople. This is thought to have been around 339. Paul, seeing himself rendered useless to his flock, while Arianism reigned in the East under the protection of Constantius, took shelter in the West, in the dominions of Constans. He went to Rome where he met Athanasius, who also had been expelled from his see.[2]

Athanasius of Alexandria was then in exile from Alexandria, Marcellus from Ancyra, and Asclepas from Gaza; with them Paul betook himself to Rome and consulted Pope Julius I, who examined their cases severally, found them all staunch to the creed of Nicaea, admitted them to communion, espoused their cause, and wrote strongly to the bishops of the East. Athanasius and Paul recovered their sees; the Eastern bishops replied to Pope Julius altogether declining to act on his advice.[1]

Second exile

Paul returned to Constantinople. Eusebius died in 341, and Paul was reinstated as bishop.[3] The Arians seized the occasion; Theognis of Nicaea, Theodorus of Heraclea, and other heterodox bishops, consecrated bishop Macedonius in the church of St. Paul; and again the city became the prey of a civil war.[1]

The Emperor Constantius was at Antioch when he heard of this, where he ordered Hermogenes, his general of cavalry, to see that Paul was again expelled. The people would not hear of violence being done to their bishop; they rushed upon the house where the general was, set fire to it, killed him on the spot, tied a rope round his feet, pulled him out from the burning building, and dragged him in triumph round the city.[1] Constantius was not likely to pass over this rebellion against his authority. He rode on horseback at full speed to Constantinople, determined to make the people suffer heavily for their revolt. They met him, however, on their knees with tears and entreaties, and he contented himself with depriving them of half their allowance of corn, but ordered Paul to be driven from the city.[1]

Third exile

Paul seems to have retired to Triers, but returned to Constantinople in 344, with letters of recommendation from Constans, the emperor of the West, who wrote to Constantius, that should Paul not receive his patriarchal see, he would attack him. Constantius only allowed Paul's re-establishment for fear of his brother's arms, and Paul's situation in the East continued very uneasy, for he had much to suffer from the power and malice of the Arian party.[3]

Constans died in 350. Constantius, in Antioch, ordered Philippus, prefect of the East, to once more expel Paul and to put Macedonius in his place. At a public bath called Zeuxippus, adjoining a palace by the shore of the Bosphorus, Philippus asked Paul to meet him, as if to discuss some public business. When Paul arrived, he showed him the emperor's letter, and ordered him to be quietly taken through the palace to the waterside, placed on board ship, and carried off to Thessalonica, his native town. Philippus allowed him to visit Illyricum and the remote provinces, but forbade him to set foot again in the East.[1]

Paul was later loaded with chains and taken to Singara in Mesopotamia, then to Emesa, and finally to Cucusus in Cappadocia.[1] Here he was confined in a close, dark place, and left to starve to death. After he had passed six days without food, he was, to the great disappointment of his enemies, found alive. Upon which they strangled him, and gave out that he died after a short sickness.

Paul's body was brought to Ancyra in Galatia, and, by the order of Theodosius the Great, was thence translated to Constantinople in 381, about thirty years after his death. It was buried there in the great church built by Macedonius, which from that time was known by no other name than that of St. Paul. His remains were removed to Venice in 1226, where they are kept with great respect in the church of St. Laurence.

Saint Robert of Newminster

Profile

Studied at the University of Paris. Wrote a commentary on the Psalms, but it has been lost. Parish priest at Gargrave, England, and later a Benedictine monk at Whitby, England. With his abbot's permission, he joined the founders of the Cistercian monastery of Fountains Abbey in 1132. He headed the first Cistercian colony sent from Fountains in 1138. He established the abbey of Newminster near the castle of Ralph de Merlay, one in Morpeth, England, one in Pipewell, England in 1143, one in Roche, Cornwall in 1147, and another in Sawley, Lancashire, England in 1148. Friend of Saint Godric of Finchale. Reputed to have had supernatural gifts, received visions, and suffered encounters with demons.

At least one biography says that Robert was accused by his own monks of sexual misconduct with a local woman, and that he went abroad c.1147-1148, to defend himself before Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. However, there seems little support for this story except the desire by its originator to claim he was acquitted by the great Bernard.

Legend says that he fasted so rigorously during Lent that a brother monk pleaded with him to eat. Robert agreed, and was given some buttered oatcake. But he suddenly feared to commit the sin of gluttony, and asked it be given to the poor. A beautiful stranger at the gate took the cake - and the dish. As a brother was explaining the incident, the dish suddenly appeared on the table before the abbot; the brothers decided the stranger was an angel.

Born

c.1100 at Gargrave, Craven district, Yorkshire county, England

Died

• 7 June 1159 at Newminster England of natural causes

• buried in Newminster, but later entombed in the local church

• Saint Godric of Finchale said that he saw Robert's soul ascend to heaven as a ball of fire

• miracles reported at the tomb

Saint Anthony Mary Gianelli

 புனிதர் அன்டோனியோ மரிய கியனேல்லி 

(St. Antonio Maria Gianelli) 

பிறப்பு : ஏப்ரல் 12, 1789

செரெட்டா, மான்ட்டுவா, மிலன்

(Cereta, Mantua, Duchy of Milan) 

இறப்பு : ஜூன் 7, 1846 (வயது 57) 

புனிதர் பட்டம் : அக்டோபர் 21, 1951

திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius XII) 

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜுன் 07 

பாதுகாவல் :

போப்பியோ மறைமாவட்டம் (Diocese of Bobbio), வல் டி வர (Val di Vara) 

புனிதர் அன்டோனியோ மரிய கியனேல்லி, இத்தாலியின் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் ஆயரும், "தோட்ட அன்னையின் மகள்கள்" (Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden) மற்றும் "புனித அல்போன்சஸ் மறைப்பணியாளர்கள்" (The Missionaries of Saint Alphonsus) ஆகிய சபைகளை நிறுவியவரும் ஆவார். 

கி.பி. 1789ம் ஆண்டு, விவசாயிகளின் கிராமமொன்றில் பிறந்த அன்டோனியோ மரிய கியனேல்லியின் தந்தை பெயர் "கியாகொமோ" (Giacomo) ஆகும். இவரது தாயார் பெயர் "மரிய கியனேல்லி" (Maria Gianelli) ஆகும். ஐந்து சகோதரர்களுடன் பிறந்த இவர் ஒரு விதிவிலக்கான மாணவர் ஆவார். இவரது குடும்பத்தினர் தங்கியிருந்து பணியாற்றிய பண்ணையின் உரிமையாளரே இவரது குருத்துவ படிப்புக்காக செலவு செய்தார். 

1807ம் ஆண்டு, நவம்பர் மாதம், தமது 18 வயதில் "இறையியல் சித்தாந்தம்" மற்றும் "புனித வழிபாட்டு முறை" ஆகியவற்றை கற்க ஆரம்பித்து முனைவர் பட்டம் வென்றார். 1812ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், "ஜெனோவாவின் கர்தினால் பேராயர்" (Cardinal Archbishop of Genoa) "கியுசெப் மரிய ஸ்பினா" (Giuseppe Maria Spina) அவர்களால் திருத்தொண்டராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்ட இவர், அதே 1812ம் வருடத்திலேயே அதே கர்தினால் பேராயராலேயே குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார். முறையான வயதாகாத காரணத்தால் இவருக்கு சிறப்பு ஒதுக்கீடு அளிக்கப்பட்டது. குருத்துவம் பெற்ற இவர், "மான்ட்டுவா" (Mantua) என்ற பங்கில் பங்குத்தந்தையாக நியமனம் பெற்று பணியாற்றினார். 

1826ம் ஆண்டு, "சியாவாரியின்" (Chiavari) தலைமை குருவாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். 1837ம் ஆண்டு வரை பதினோரு வருடங்கள் அதே பதவியிலிருந்தார். ஆண்களுக்கான "புனித அல்போன்சஸ் மறைப்பணியாளர்கள்" (The Missionaries of Saint Alphonsus) என்ற சபையை 1827ம் ஆண்டு நிறுவினார். அந்த சபை 1848ம் ஆண்டு வரை நீடித்தது. 1829ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 12ம் நாளன்று, "தோட்ட அன்னையின் மகள்கள்" (Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden) என்ற பெண்களுக்கான சபையை நிறுவினார். ஏழைப் பெண்களுக்கு கல்வி கற்பிக்கவும் நோயாளிகளுக்கு சேவை செய்வதற்காகவும் இந்த சபை பணியாற்றுகிறது. இதன் சேவைகள், இன்றும் ஐரோப்பா, ஆசியா மற்றும் ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள் (Europe, Asia and the United States of America) ஆகிய உலக நாடுகளில் தொடர்ந்து நடைபெறுகிறது. இவர் மரித்து பல வருடங்களின் பின்னர் 1882ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், 7ம் நாளன்று, திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோ (Pope Leo XIII) இச்சபைக்கு முறையாக அங்கீகாரமளித்தார். 

திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் கிரகோரி (Pope Gregory XVI) அவர்கள் இவரை "போப்பியோ" மறைமாவட்ட ஆயராக (Bishop of Bobbio) 1837ம் ஆண்டு, நியமித்தார். 

சுமார் ஒரு வருட காலம் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டிருந்த இவர், ஜூன் 1846ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், 7ம் நான்று, மரித்தார்.

Also known as

Antony Gianelli

Profile

Son of Mary and James Gianelli, Anthony grew up in a poor but pious family in a small farming village. His mother taught catechism, and his father was known as a generous peace-maker in the town. Anthony was such a promising student that the owner of his family farm paid for his seminary education. Ordained on 24 May 1812; he was so young that he needed special dispensation for the ordination, but was such a promising candidate that he received it. Served as a parish priest.

Archpriest of Chiavari, Italy in 1826. Founder of the Missionaries of Saint Alphonsus in 1827, a men's missionary congregation that lasted until 1856. Founder of the Oblates of Saint Alphonsus in 1828, which lasted until 1848. Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Garden 1829, a women's teaching order that also worked with the sick, and which continues its work today in Europe, the United States, and Asia. Bishop of Bobbio, Italy in 1837. Organized the Society of Saint Raphael and Society of Saint Dorothea to instruct the faithful in his diocese. Restored devotion to Saint Columbanus in his diocese. Conducted two synods, and was constantly on the road from parish to parish, visiting his flock.

Born

12 April 1789 at Cerreto, Italy

Died

7 June 1846 of a serious fever

Canonized

21 October 1951 by Pope Pius XII

Readings

O Saint Anthony Gianelli, who through your work have shown such great love to all, intercede for the bishops of the world and especially my bishop {name of your bishop}. Help our bishops to spread the Gospel to all men so that through them all men may find the way to salvation. I ask you to intercede on my behalf so that through your powerful intercession I may obtain the grace that I so ardently desire {name your intention}. Intercede for me and for all those who are dear to me peace of mind, perseverance in good works and a holy death. Amen.

Saint Deochar

Also known as

Deocarus, Deotker, Dietger, Gottlief, Theotgar, Theutger

Profile

Hermit in the Franconia forests near Fulda, an area in modern Germany. Spiritual student of Blessed Alcuin at Aachen, Germany. Benedictine monk and first abbot of Herriedon abbey; he was chosen for the position by Blessed Charlemagne. Appointed missus regius (king's messenger), a royal office, in 802. Helped translate the relics to Saint Boniface to Fulda in 819. Attended the synod of Mainz, Germany in 829. A famous miracle ascribed to him was healing a young boy's blindness by prayer.

Born

late 8th century, probably in Bavaria, Germany

Died

• 847 at the abbey of Herriedon, Germany of natural causes

• interred in the church of Saint Vitus

• some relics were moved to Saint Lawrence church, Nuernberg, Germany in 1316

• these relics were moved to Eichstätt, Germany in 1845

Patronage

• blind people

• eye patients

Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew

Also known as

• Ana García Manzanas

• Ana of Saint Bartholomew

• Anne Garcia

Profile

Worked as a shepherdess in her youth. Lay Carmelite at age 20 under the direction of Saint Teresa of Avila. Anne became secretary to and close friend of Saint Teresa; Teresa died in Anne's arms. Worked on the Carmelite reform in France. Prioress of houses at Tours and Pontoise. Founded the Carmelite house in Antwerp, Belgium in 1612. Wrote poetry, some of which has survived to today.

Born

1 October 1549 at Almendral, Spain as Anne Garcia

Died

7 June 1626 at Antwerp, Belgium of natural causes

Beatified

6 May 1917 by Pope Benedict XV

Saint Gotteschalk

Also known as

Godescalco, Godescalcus, Godeschalc, Gotteschalc, Gottschalk

Profile

Son of Udo, Prince of the Abrodites. Prince of the Wends. Raised a Christian, he turned apostate following the murder of his father, led armies into lands held by the Slavs, and then into England. There, for reasons never clearly explained, he returned to the faith. On his return from England, he subdued more of the Slavic countries, and went on period a great missionary work and church construction. Gottschalk often interpreted to the people in the Sclavonian tongue the sermons and instructions of the priests in the church, which led to his patronage of linguists and translators. Martyr.

Died

murdered at the altar with 29 fellow missionaries on 7 June 1066 in Lenzen, Pomerania, by assassins hired by his brother-in-law

Patronage

• linguists

• lost vocations

• princes

• translators

Saint Colman of Dromore

Also known as

• Colman of Llangolman

• Colmoc, Mocholmoc, Mocholmog

Additional Memorials

• 20 November (Llangolman, Wales)

• 6 June (Aberdeen Breviary)

Profile

Knew Saint Patrick. Studied at Noendrum under Saint Mochae of Noendrum, and then under Saint Ailbe of Emly. First abbot of Muckmore Abbey, County Antrim, Ireland. Founding abbot-bishop of the diocese of Dromore, County Down, Ireland c.514. Taught Saint Finnian of Clonard. Friend and advisor to Saint Macanisius. Miracle worker.

Born

Argyllshire, Dalriada (in modern Scotland)

Died

c.585 of natural causes

Canonized

1903 (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

diocese of Dromore, Ireland

Saint Meriadoc of Vannes

Also known as

Meredith, Meriadec, Meriasek, Meryasek

Profile

Wealthy 6th-7th century lord of a large manor, he sold it off and gave the procedes to the poor. Hermit at Rohan, Brittany, France. Ordained by Saint Hingueten. Bishop of Vannes, France in 666. Subject of a wholly fictional medieval play in vernacular Cornish. Legend says that a bell from his church in Stival in Brittany would cure deafness and migraines if placed against the head of the sufferer.

Born

Welsh

Patronage

• against deafness

• against migraines

• Cambourne, Cornwall, England

Saint Wallabonsus of Cordoba

Also known as

Wallabonso

Profile

His mother was a Christan convert from Islam; his sister Maria became a nun. Educated at the monastery of Saint Felix. Deacon in Moorish-occupied Cordoba, Spain, working with Saint Peter. Martyred in the persecutions of Abderrahman for denouncing Mohammed.

Born

Elepha (modern Niebla), Huelva, Spain

Died

• beheaded on 7 June 851 at Cordoba, Spain

• body put on display for public abuse, then burned and ashes dumped in the Guadalquivir river

Saint Jeremiah of Cordoba

Also known as

Geremia, Jeremias

Profile

As a very old man, Jeremiah founded the double-monastery of Tábanos in Moorish-occupied Cordoba, Spain, and became a monk there; his wife, Elizabeth, became a nun in the female wing. Martyred in the persecutions of Abderrahman for denouncing Mohammed.

Born

Cordoba, Spain

Died

• scourged to death on 7 June 851 at Cordoba, Spain

• body put on display for public abuse, then burned and ashes dumped in the Guadalquivir river

Saint Landulf of Yariglia

Also known as

Landulf of Asti

Profile

Studied at the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, Italy. Priest. Canon of Milan, Italy. Bishop of Asti, Italy in 1105, a position that included the civil government of the city.

Born

the latter 11th century at Vergiate, Milan, Italy

Died

• c.1133

• interred in a marble sarcophagus

• relics moved to the altar of the chapel of Saint Agnes at the cathedral of Asti, Italy some point soon after 1450

Blessed Basilissa Fernandez

Profile

Premonstratensian nun at the monastery of Santa Sofia Toro in Zamora, Spain, making her vows on 13 October 1867. Secretary to her abbess, she maintained the correspondence with all other Premonstratensian houses. wrote several articles and pamphlets to support the work of Messe Réparatrice and the Sodality of Saint Peter Claver. Known for her dedication to Eucharistic Adoration.

Born

15 April 1845 in Tiedra, Valladolid, Castilla y Leon, Spain

Died

7 June 1907

Saint Wistremundus of Cordoba

Also known as

Wistremundo

Profile

Monk at the monastery of Saint Zoilus in Moorish-occupied Cordoba, Spain. Martyred in the persecutions of Abderrahman for denouncing Mohammed.

Born

Froniano, Spain

Died

• beheaded on 7 June 851 at Cordoba, Spain

• body put on display for public abuse, then burned and ashes dumped in the Guadalquivir river

Saint Sabinian of Cordoba

Also known as

Sabiniano, Sabinianus

Profile

Monk at the monastery of Saint Zoilus in Moorish-occupied Cordoba, Spain. Martyred in the persecutions of Abderrahman for denouncing Mohammed.

Born

Froniano, Spain

Died

• beheaded on 7 June 851 at Cordoba, Spain

• body put on display for public abuse, then burned and ashes dumped in the Guadalquivir river

Blessed Demosthenes Ranzi

Profile

Graduated with a law degree from the University of Turin, Italy. Joined the Franciscans in 1477 at the convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Turin. A noted preacher, in 1497 he was given a commission by Pope Alexander VI to preach against Waldensianism.

Born

Vercelli, Italy

Died

1512 in the convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli Turin, Italy of natural causes

Saint Habentius of Cordoba

Also known as

Abenzio, Abenzo

Profile

Monk at the monastery of Saint Christopher in Moorish-occupied Cordoba, Spain. Martyred in the persecutions of Abderrahman for denouncing Mohammed.

Died

• beheaded on 7 June 851 at Cordoba, Spain

• body put on display for public abuse, then burned and ashes dumped in the Guadalquivir river

Saint Meriadoc II of Vannes

Profile

Priest. Hermit. Meriadoc's reputation for holiness spread, and he was chosen reluctant bishop of in Brittany (in modern France). He hated to give up his life of solitude, but was a good shepherd to his people, especially noted for his charity to the poor.

Born

Brittany (part of modern France)

Died

1302

Saint Peter of Cordoba

Profile

Priest in Moorish-occupied Cordoba, Spain. Martyred in the persecutions of Abderrahman for denouncing Mohammed.

Born

Astigi (modern Ecija), Seville, Spain

Died

• beheaded on 7 June 851 at Cordoba, Spain

• body put on display for public abuse, then burned and ashes dumped in the Guadalquivir river

Saint Aventinus of Larboust

Profile

Hermit in the Larboust valley in the Pyrenees, part of the border region between modern France and Spain. Martyred by Saracens.

Born

in Bagnères in the Pyrenees mountains in France

Died

732 in the valley of Larboust

Saint Vulflagius of Abbeville

Also known as

Vulfiafius, Vulphy, Wulflagius

Profile

Priest who lived as a hermit near Abbeville, France. Greatly venerated in Montreuil-sur-Mer, France.

Died

c.643 of natural causes near Abbeville, France

Saint Lycarion of Egypt

Also known as

Licarion

Profile

Tortured extensively and executed for his faith. Martyr.

Born

Egypt

Died

beheaded with a sword in Egypt, exact date and location lost

Saint Potamiaena of Alexandria the Younger

Profile

Young Christian girl martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

c.304 in Alexandria, Egypt

Saint Justus of Condat

Profile

6th-century Benedictine monk in France.

Died

Condat, France

Canonized

9 December 1903 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmation)

Saint Odo of Massay

Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot at Massay the last 32 years of his life.

Died

967 of natural causes

Saint Quirinus of Cluny

Profile

Martyr.

Saint Sergius of Cluny

Profile

Martyr.

Martyrs of Africa

Profile

A group of seven Christians who were martyred together. No details about them have survived except the names – Donata, Evasius, Guirillus, Januaria, Privata, Spisinna, Victurus

Died

unknown location in Africa, date unknown

புனித மரிய தெரேசியா டி சோபிரான் (St. Maria Theresia de Soubiran)

சபை நிறுவுனர்

பிறப்பு 

1834

காஷ்டல்நாடரி(Castelnaudary)

இறப்பு 

7 ஜூன் 1889

முக்திபேறுபட்டம்: 1946, திருத்தந்தை 12 ஆம் பயஸ்

இவர் தனது 21 ஆம் வயதிலிருந்து அன்னைமரியிடம் கற்பு என்னும் வார்த்தைப்பாட்டை அர்ப்பணித்து துறவற வாழ்வை வாழ்ந்தார். தன்னுடன் 14 இளம் பெண்களையும் சேர்த்து அனைவரும் ஒரே குழுமமாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தனர். பின்னர் இக்குழுவை நாளடைவில் பல இளம் பெண்கள் இனங்கண்டு கொண்டு, தங்களையும் அக்குழுவோடு இணைத்தார். இளம் பெண்களின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரிக்கவே, மரிய தெரேசியா டி சோபிரான், தன் பிறந்த ஊரிலேயே ஒரு துறவற இல்லம் தொடங்கினார். இவ்வில்லத்தை இயேசு சபையை சார்ந்த அருட்தந்தை மரியா அக்சீலியாடிஸ் (Maria Auxiliatrice) என்பவர் உதவிசெய்து, ஆன்ம குருவாக பணியாற்றி வழிநடத்திவந்தார். இவர்கள் அனைவரும் ஒன்றாக இணைந்து ஜெபித்து, அன்னையின் அருளால் "மரியன்னையின் உதவியாளர்கள்"(Mariens von der immer währenden Hilfe) என்று தங்களின் சபைக்கு பெயர் சூட்டினர்.

இச்சபையினர் தேவையில் இருக்கும் மனிதர்களை இனங்கண்டு, ஏழைகளைத் தேடி சென்று உதவி செய்து வந்தனர். இவர்களின் பணி சிறக்கவே 1868 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை 9 ஆம் பயஸ் அவர்களால், முறையான துறவற சபையாக அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்டது. இதன்பின் தன் 34 ஆம் வயதில் அச்சபையின் முதல் சபைத்தலைவியாக மரிய தெரேசியா டி சோபிரான் அவர்கள் பொறுப்பேற்று வழிநடத்தினார். அதன்பின் பல அவதூறுகளுக்கும், துன்பங்களுக்கும் ஆளாக்கப்பட்டு, பல்வேறு துன்பங்களை அனுபவித்தார். இதனால் 1873 ஆம் ஆண்டு சபைத்தலைவி பதவியிலிருந்து தானே முன்வந்து விலகினார். அதன்பின் அச்சபையை விட்டே வெளியேற வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் ஏற்பட்டது. இதனால் அச்சபையிலிருந்து வெளியேறி "இயேசுவின் இறை இரக்கத்தின் கன்னியர்கள்"(Barmherzigen Sisters) என்ற சபையில் சேர்ந்து, தான் இறக்கும்வரை அங்கேயே தன் வாழ்நாட்களை கழித்தார்.

Sophie-Thérèse de Soubiran La Louvière French pronunciation: ​[maʁi teʁɛz d subiʁã la luvjɛʁ] (16 May 1834 - 7 June 1893) was a French Roman Catholic nun who established the Sisters of Marie-Auxiliatrice. She adopted the name of Marie of the Sacred Heart in 1877 after she had become a nun.

Pope Pius XII beatified her on 20 October 1946 after the recognition of two miracles found to have been attributed to her intercession.[1]

Life

Sophie-Thérèse de Soubiran La Louvière was born in 1834 in France to Joseph Paul Comte de Soubiran and Noemi de Gélis. She received her First Communion on 29 June 1845.

At the age of 20 she renounced her plans to become a Carmelite nun in order to achieve the aims that her priest uncle Louis de Soubiran had set out for his parish. She attended a retreat under the Jesuit Paul Ginhac and decided to establish her own religious institution in 1864 with a focus on girls. Pope Pius IX - on 19 December 1868 - issued a Decree of Praise for the new order.

Trouble began in 1869, the year after the community was authorized, with the profession of a new sister, who claimed to be a widow. Louvière trained her to keep the books of the order. In 1870 she fled to London due to the Franco-Prussian War and returned home after the Treaty of Frankfurt in May 1871. When she returned, she found herself accused of financial mismanagement by the new sister, with evidence out of the books. As a result, Louvière was forced to leave the community. It took a few years for her to find a community that would accept her; to support herself in the meantime, she took in embroidery. Finally, she was accepted by the Paris monastery of Our Lady of Charity in 1874, where she took vows three years later under the name Marie of the Sacred Heart.

Her health began to take a steep decline after 1881 and she taught at various places in France. Despite the pain she endured she continued to teach catechism to people. She died on 7 June 1889 with her last words being: "Come, Lord Jesus, come!"[1]

Two years later, a new Mary Help of Christians superior reviewed the allegations, as Louvière's book-keeping nemesis had fled the convent, and her husband had come looking for her. As a result of the subsequent examination, it was discovered that the fled book-keeper had embezzled monies of the order, and falsified the books so as to throw the blame on Louvière. The founder was vindicated, and her reputation was restored.

Sainthood

The beatification process started in Paris on 9 May 1934 under Pope Pius XI which granted her the title of Servant of God. The two processes that ensured were ratified in a decree on 22 March 1938. Pope Pius XII conferred upon her the title of Venerable on 7 August 1940 after the recognition of her life of heroic virtue.

Two miracles attributed to her were approved in 1945 and Pius XII beatified her on 20 October 1946.