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06 December 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 07

 St. Victor of Piacenza


Feastday: December 7

Death: 375



Bishop of Piacenza, Italy, from about 322. The Theban Legion suffered martyrdom there. As the founding bishop of the see, Victor was present at the Council of Sardica.


This article is about the city in Italy. For the province, see Province of Piacenza. For other uses, see Piacenza (disambiguation).

Piacenza (Italian: [pjaˈtʃɛntsa] (listen); Piacentino: Piaṡëinsa [pi.aˈzəi̯sɐ]; Latin: Placentia) is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over 102,000 inhabitants.[3][4]


Westernmost major city of the region of Emilia-Romagna, it has strong relations with Lombardy, with which it borders, and in particular with Milan. It was once defined by Leonardo da Vinci as "Land of passage", in his Codex Atlanticus, by virtue of its crucial geographical location.[5] Piacenza integrates characteristics of the nearby Ligurian and Piedmontese territories added to a prevalent Lombard influence, favored by communications with the nearby metropolis, which attenuate its Emilian footprint.[6][7][8]


Piacenza is located at a major crossroads at the intersection of Route E35/A1 between Bologna and Milan, and Route E70/A21 between Brescia and Turin. Piacenza is also at the confluence of the Trebbia, draining the northern Apennine Mountains, and the Po, draining to the east. Piacenza also hosts two universities, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Polytechnic University of Milan and University of Parma.


Saint Ambrose of Milan

 புனிதர் அம்புரோஸ் 

மிலன் நகரின் பேராயர்/ திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுநர்:

(Archbishop of Milan/ Doctors of the Church)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 340

ஆகஸ்ட்டா ட்ரெவெரோரும், கல்லியா பெல்ஜிகா, ரோம பேரரசு (தற்போதைய டிரையர், ஜெர்மனி)

(Augusta Treverorum, Gallia Belgica, Roman Empire (Modern Trier, Germany)

இறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 4, 397

மெடியோலனும், இடாலியா அன்நோனரியா, ரோம பேரரசு

(தற்போதைய மிலன், இத்தாலி)

(Mediolanum, Italia annonaria, Roman Empire (Modern Milan, Italy)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: டிசம்பர் 7

ஏற்கும் சபை:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion)

லூதரன் திருச்சபை

(Lutheran Church)

ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodoxy)

சித்தரிக்கும் வகைகள் :

தேன் கூடு, குழந்தைகள், சாட்டை, எலும்புகள்

பாதுகாவல்:

தேனீ வளர்ப்பு; தேனீக்கள்; மெழுகுவர்த்தி தயாரிப்பாளர்கள்; வீட்டு விலங்குகள்; கற்றல்; மிலன்; மாணவர்கள்; ஆயர்கள்; வாத்துக்கள்; கால்நடை; காவல் அதிகாரிகள்; மெழுகு சுத்திகரிப்பாளர்கள்;

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

அம்புரோசு பேராலயம்

(Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio)

“ஆரேலியஸ் அம்புரோசியஸ்” (Aurelius Ambrosius) என்னும் இயற்பெயருடைய புனிதர் அம்புரோஸ், “மிலன் நகரின் கத்தோலிக்க பேராயரும்” (Archbishop of Milan), கி.பி. நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டின் திருச்சபை தலைவர்களுள் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க ஒருவரும் ஆவார். இவர் பேராயராகும் முன்னர், வடமேற்கு இத்தாலியின் கடற்கரைப் பிராந்தியமான “லிகுரியா” (Liguria) மற்றும் வட இத்தாலியின் சரித்திர பிராந்தியமான “எமிலியா” (Emilia) ஆகியவற்றின் “ரோமன் ஆளுநராக” (Roman governor) பதவியேற்றிருந்தார். மிலன் நகர் இவரது தலைமையிடமாக இருந்தது.

திருச்சபையின் முதல் நான்கு அசல் “மறைவல்லுநர்களுள்” (Doctors of the Church) இவரும் ஒருவர். இவர் மிலன் நகரின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆவார். அகுஸ்தீனுக்கு இவரால் ஏற்பட்ட தாக்கத்துக்காக இவர் பெரிதும் அறியப்படுகின்றார்.

இவர் பல விவிலிய விளக்க உரைகளை எழுதியுள்ளார். இவற்றில் இவரின் வாழ்கை குறித்த செய்திகள் பல காணக் கிடைக்கின்றன. இவரின் முன்னோர்கள் ரோமக்குடிமக்களாகவும், தொடக்கத்திலேயே கிறிஸ்தவ மறையினை தழுவியவர்களாகவும், அரசின் உயர் அதிகாரிகளாகவும் கிறிஸ்தவ மறைசாட்சிகளாகவும் இருந்துள்ளனர். “ஔரெலியஸ் அம்ப்ரோசியஸ்” (Aurelius Ambrosius) எனும் பெயரால் அறியப்படும் இவரது தந்தை, ரோமப்பேரரசின் “கௌல்” பிராந்தியத்தின் (Praetorian prefecture of Gaul) ஆளுநராக இருந்தார். இப்பதவி ரோமக்குடிமக்கள் வகிக்கக்கூடிய மிக உயரிய பதவி ஆகும்.

இவரது மூத்த சகோதரியான “மார்செல்லினா” (Marcellina) மற்றும் சகோதரர் “சாடிரஸ்” (Satyrus of Milan) ஆகிய இருவருமே புனிதர்களாவர். இவரது குழந்தைப்பருவத்தில் ஒருநாள் இவர் தொட்டிலில் படுத்திருக்கையில், தேனீக்களின் கூட்டமொன்று இவருடைய முகத்தைச் சூழ்ந்து மூடிக்கொண்டதாகவும், அவருடைய முகத்தில் ஒருதுளி தேனை விட்டுச் சென்றதாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது. இதனைக் கண்ட இவரது தந்தையார், இக்குழந்தை எதிர்காலத்தில் இனிமையாகவும் எளிமையாகவும் பேசக்கூடிய நாவன்மை கொண்டதாக வளருவதற்கான இது ஒரு அறிகுறியாகும் என்று குழந்தையின் தந்தை எண்ணினார்.

இவரது தந்தையின் மரணத்தின் பின்பு இவரின் குடும்பம் ரோமில் குடியேறியது. இலக்கியம், சட்டம், சொல்லாட்சி ஆகியவற்றைக் கற்ற இவரை, நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதியில், செல்வம், அதிகாரம் மற்றும் சமூக தொடர்புகளுக்கு புகழ்பெற்ற ரோமானிய உயர்குடித் தலைவரான “செக்ஸ்டஸ் கிளாடியஸ் பெட்ரோனியஸ் ப்ரோபஸ்” (Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus) என்பவரும், பிறிதொரு உயர் அதிகாரியும் (Praetorian Prefect) இணைந்து, முதலில் அரசவையில் (Council) அதிகாரமிக்க பதவியளித்தனர். பின்னர், 372ம் ஆண்டில் இவரை “லிகுரியா” (Liguria) மற்றும், “எமிலியா” (Emilia) ஆகிய பிராந்தியங்களின் “ரோமன் ஆளுநராக” (Roman governor) நியமித்தனர். இப்பிராந்தியங்களின் தலைமையகமாக மிலன் இருந்தது. இதுவே அக்காலத்தில் இத்தாலியின் இரண்டாம் தலைநகராக கருதப்பட்டது.

அரசியலில் மிகவும் பிரபலமான நபராக அம்புரோஸ் கருதப்பட்டார். ரோமப்பேரரசன் (Roman emperor) “முதலாம் வலேண்டினிய’னுடைய” (Valentinian I) அரசவையில் இவர் மதிப்புமிக்கவராக இருந்த அம்புரோஸ் எப்போதும் திருமணம் செய்துகொண்டது கிடையாது.

கி.பி. 374ம் ஆண்டு, மிலன் மறைமாவட்டத்தில் (Diocese of Milan) அப்போதைய ஆரியனிச ஆயர் “ஆக்சென்ஷியஸ்” (Auxentius) என்பவர் இறந்தார். அப்போது அடுத்து அப்பதவியினை ஏற்கப்போவது யார் என்பது குறித்து ஆரியனிச (Arians) கொள்கை உடையவர்களுக்கும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்கும் (Nicene Christianity) இடையே பெரும் சிக்கல் உருவானது. அரச ஆளுநரான அம்புரோஸ், கலகம் ஏற்படாதிருக்க இரு தரப்பினருக்கிடையே அமைதி ஏற்படுத்த முனைந்தார். ஆனால் இப்பேச்சுவார்த்தையின்போது அனைவராலும் அம்புரோஸ் ஆயராக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார்.

ஆயராக விரும்பாததால் ஓடி ஒளிந்த அம்புரோஸ், பேரரசர் கிரேஷியன் (Emperor Gratian) கடிதம் கொடுத்து அனுப்பிய காரணத்தால், வேறு வழியின்றி ஆயர் பதவியினை ஏற்றார். அப்போது அவர் திருமுழுக்குகூட பெற்றிருக்கவில்லை என்பதும் திருமுழுக்கு பெற ஆயத்தம் செய்து கொண்டிருந்தார் என்பதுவும் குறிக்கத்தக்கது. திருமுழுக்கு பெற்று, குருத்துவம் பெற்று, எட்டு நாட்களுக்குப்பின் கி.பி. 374ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 7ம் நாள், ஆயர்நிலை திருப்பொழிவு பெற்றார். இரண்டே ஆண்டுகள் ஆளுநராக பதவி வகித்த அம்புரோஸ், கி.பி. 374ம் ஆண்டு, மிலன் நகரின் ஆயராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். இன்னாளிலேயே கிழக்கு மற்றும் மேற்கு கிறிஸ்தவ பிரிவுகள் இவரின் விழா நாளை கொண்டாடுகின்றனர்.

ஆயராகப் பதவியேற்றதுமே சட்டென தம்மை ஆன்மீக வாழ்வுக்கு மாற்றிக்கொண்ட அம்புரோஸ், அவரிடமிருந்த பணத்தை ஏழைகளுக்கு வழங்கினார். அவரது நிலம் அனைத்தையும் நன்கொடையாக வழங்கினார். தமது மூத்த சகோதரி “மார்செல்லினாவுக்கு” (Marcellina) வேண்டியதை மட்டுமே விட்டுவைத்தார். (ஆனால், பின்னர் அவரும் அருட்சகோதரியாக துறவறம் பெற்றார்). குடும்பப் பொறுப்புகளை சகோதரர் “சாடிரஸ்” (Satyrus of Milan) ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். இதனால், அவருடைய செல்வாக்கு இன்னும் அதிகரித்தது. பேரரசருக்கும் அவர்மீது கணிசமான அரசியல் செல்வாக்கு இருந்தது. அம்புரோஸ், “மரணத்தின் நன்மை” (The Goodness of Death) என்றோர் ஆய்வுக் கட்டுரை எழுதினர்.

அம்புரோஸ், மிலன் மறைமாவட்டத்தில் ஆரியனிச (Arianism) செயல்பாடுகளை வலுக்கட்டாயமாக நிறுத்தினார். அக்காலத்தில், மேற்குலகில் அரிதாக இருந்த கிரேக்க மொழியில் தமக்கிருந்த மிகுந்த அறிவைப் பயன்படுத்தி, தமது அனுகூலத்திற்காக பழைய ஏற்பாட்டினை படித்தார். இவ்வறிவை பிரசங்கங்கள் செய்வதற்கு உபயோகப்படுத்தினார். குறிப்பாக பழைய ஏற்பாட்டின் வெளிப்பாடுகளில் விசேட கவனம் செலுத்தினார். அவரது சொல்லாட்சி திறன், அதுவரை கிறிஸ்தவ பிரசங்கிகளை மோசமாக எண்ணியிருந்த அகுஸ்தினாரை (Augustine of Hippo) கவர்ந்தது.

ஆயராக அரும்பணிகள் பல செய்துள்ள இவரது மறையுரைகள் மற்றும் விவிலிய விளக்க உரைகள் இன்றளவும் பயன்படுகின்றன. கி.பி. 387ம் ஆண்டு, உயிர்த்தெழுந்த திருவிழாவன்று புனிதர் அகுஸ்தீனுக்கு திருமுழுக்கு அளித்தவர் இவரேயாவார். இவரை அகுஸ்தீன், தன்வரலாற்று நூலில் போற்றி குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். ஆரியனிச பதிதக் கொள்கையினை இவர் சீராக்க பாடுபட்டார்.

கி.பி. 397ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 4ம் தேதி மரித்த இவரது உடல், மிலன் நகரிலுள்ள “அம்புரோஸ் பேராலயத்தில்” (Church of Saint Ambrogio) பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டு வருகின்றது.

Also known as

• The Honey Tongued Doctor

• Ambreuil, Ambrogio, Ambroise, Ambrosius, Ambrun, Embrun



Additional Memorials

• 4 April (Old Catholics; Lutherans)

• 20 December (Orthodox)


Profile

Born to the Roman nobility. Brother of Saint Marcellina and Saint Satyrus. Educated in the classics, Greek, and philosophy at Rome, Italy. Poet and noted orator. Convert to Christianity. Governor of Milan, Italy.


When the bishop of Milan died, a dispute over his replacement led to violence. Ambrose intervened to calm both sides; he impressed everyone involved so much that though he was still an unbaptized catechumen, he was chosen as the new bishop. He resisted, claiming that he was not worthy, but to prevent further violence, he assented, and on 7 December 374 he was baptized, ordained as a priest, and consecrated as bishop. He immediately gave away his wealth to the Church and the poor, both for the good it did, and as an example to his flock.


Noted preacher and teacher, a Bible student of renown, and writer of liturgical hymns. He stood firm against paganism and Arians. His preaching helped convert Saint Augustine of Hippo, whom Ambrose baptized and brought into the Church. Ambrose's preaching brought Emperor Theodosius to do public penance for his sins. He called and chaired several theological councils during his time as bishop, many devoted to fighting heresy. Welcomed Saint Ursus and Saint Alban of Mainz when they fled Naxos to escape Arian persecution, and then sent them on to evangelize in Gaul and Germany. Proclaimed a great Doctor of the Latin Church by Pope Boniface VIII in 1298.


The title Honey Tongued Doctor was initially bestowed on Ambrose because of his speaking and preaching ability; this led to the use of a beehive and bees in his iconography, symbols which also indicate wisdom. This led to his association with bees, beekeepers, chandlers, wax refiners, etc.


Born

c.340 in Trier, southern Gaul (modern Germany)


Died

• Holy Saturday, 4 April 397 at Milan, Italy of natural causes

• relics at basilica of Milan


Patronage

• bee keepers

• bees

• bishops

• candle makers

• chandlers

• domestic animals

• French Commissariat

• geese

• honey cake bakers

• learning

• livestock

• police officers

• schoolchildren, students

• security personnel

• starlings

• wax melters

• wax refiners

• archdiocese of Milan, Italy

• 8 cities


Representation

• baby with bees on his mouth

• beehive

• bees

• bishop holding a church

• bones, referring to the relics of Saint Gervase and Saint Protase which were revealed to him in a vision

• dove

• man arguing with a pagan

• ox

• pen

• lash, whip or scourge, usually with three thongs; represents the doctrine of the Trinity which defeated the Arian

• with Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Jerome and Saint Augustine of Hippo

• beehive at his feet

• books

• at the grave of Saint Martin of Tours (Ambrose saw his burial in a vision)

• with Saint Protase and Saint Gervase (they appeared to Ambrose in a vision to lead him to their lost relics)




Saint John the Silent


Also known as

• John Hesychastes

• John Sabaites

• John Silentiarius

• John the Silent



Profile

Son of Enkratios, a military commander, and Euphemia; his brother and other family members were advisors to emperors. John received an excellent secular and religious education. His parents died in 471, and at age 18 John used his inheritance to build the Church of the Most Holy Mother of God in Nicopolis. By age 20 he had founded a monastery for himself and ten fellow young monks. Bishop of Colonia (Taxara) by age 28; ecclesiastical duties permitting, he continued to live as a monk.


In his tenth year as bishop, his brother-in-law, Pazinikos, was appointed governor of Armenia, and immediately began meddling in Church affairs. Overwhelmed by secular matters he was not prepared for, he secretly fled to Jerusalem, praying for a place to hide from the world. Accepted as a novice at Saint Sabas monastery, working as a steward and construction worker. After four years at the monastery, he was being considered for ordination, and felt compelled to reveal his secret life to the Jerusalem Patriarch Elias. Elias permitted him to take a vow of silence, and wall himself into his cell for another four years.


Lived as a hermit in a hut built against a rock face in the desert wilderness for nine years; legend says he was protected from brigands by a lion that stayed nearby. Saint Sava convinced John to return to the monastery. His secret came out, and he lived many years at the monastery under the protection of Sava. Late in life he left his solitude to fight the Origenists. Miracle worker. Healer. Exorcist.


Born

8 January 454 at Nicopolis, Armenia


Died

8 January 558 in Jerusalem of natural causes




Saint Mary Joseph Rosello


Also known as

• Benedetta Rossello

• Benedicta Rossello

• Josepha Rossello

• Maria Giuseppe Rossello

• Maria Joseph Rollo

• Sister Mary-Joseph


Profile

One of nine children, her father was a potter. Born in poverty, she suffered from poor health all her life. Pious from early youth she tried to enter a religious order, but was refused admission due to her health and lack of dowry. The pious, childless couple she worked for could have given her a dowry, but would not because they did not want to lose her as member of their family. Franciscan tertiary at age 16.



Her bishop knew of her skill in teaching the faith to girls, and in 1837 he gave her a house which she and three other young women made into two classrooms. From this humble beginning came the Institute of the Daughters of Mercy in 1837 under the protection of Our Lady of Mercy and Saint Joseph, groups devoted to teaching the young, and caring for the sick. Any deserving girl would be accepted into the community, even without a dowry. Mary Joseph served as superior of this band of teachers for over 40 years. In 1875 they opened their first house in the Americas at Buenos Aires, Argentina.



Josepha's success and personal holiness were such that her bishop, over strong objection from many, allowed her to organize a group that encouraged vocations to the priesthood.


Born

1811 at Albissola Marina, Liguria, diocese of Savona, Italy as Benedetta Rossello


Died

7 December 1888 at Savona, Italy of natural causes


Canonized

1949 by Pope Pius XII




Saint Sabino of Spoleto


Also known as

• Sabino of Assisi

• Sabinus, Savino



Profile

Bishop, possibly of Spoleto, Italy, during the persecutions of Diocletian; he was imprisoned in Assisi and Spoleto, Italy. As punishment for continuing to spread Christianity in defiance of imperial decrees, Sabino had his hands amputated so he could live on as an example to others. While imprisoned, Sabino restored the sight of a blind fellow prisoner. The prison's executioner, who had chopped off the hands, suffered from an eye disease and went to see Sabino; the bishop healed the man, and talked to him about Christianity; the other guards were so angry at the continual defiance, they beat Sabino to death. Martyr.


Died

• beaten by prison guards c.303 in Spoleto, Italy

• some relics stolen in 954 by Duke Conrad of Spoleto, and taken to Ivrea, Italy in order to combat an epidemic that was raging in the city; miracles reported in connection with the relics, and they were processed through the center of the old city every 7 July for centuries


Patronage

• Fermo, Italy

• Ivrea, Italy


Representation

• blind or blindfolded bishop

• bishop having his hands cut off

• bishop with no hands preaching



Saint Burgundofara


Also known as

Burgondophora, Fare, Fara


Profile

Sister of Saint Cagnoald and Saint Faro of Meaux; daughter of Count Agneric, courtier of King Theodebert II. As a baby, she was blessed by Saint Columbanus.



Burgundofara was early drawn to a religious vocation, despite her father's fierce opposition. He demanded that she marry, and arranged a marriage for her. The girl became deathly ill, and when she was miraculously healed by Saint Eustace, Burgundofara's father gave in, and built his daughter a convent. It followed the Rule of Saint Columban, and is now known as the Benedictine abbey of Faremoutiers.


Abbess for 37 years, noted for her piety and administrative skill. She trained many English nun-saints, including Saint Ethelburga. Bede refers to her, which led to the mistaken idea that she died in England.


Born

595 in Burgundy, France


Died

643 or 655 or 657 near Meaux, France (records vary) of natural causes


Patronage

Faremoutiers, France


Representation

• abbess with an ear of corn

• a child being blessed by Saint Columbanus



Saint Charles Garnier


Additional Memorials

• 19 October as one of the Martyrs of North America

• 26 September in Canada


Profile

Son of the wealthy Jean G and Anne de Garault. A studious lad whose health was never strong, he early felt a call to religious life. Studied classics, philosophy and theology at the Jesuit college of Clermont, France. Joined the Jesuits in 1624. Ordained in 1634. Missionary to Canada in 1636. Missionary to the Huron for 13 years, one of the famous "black robes" who lived in terrible conditions to bring the faith to the far north. Died when the fort at which he was stationed was attacked by Iroquois. Charles spent his last hours ministering to the dying before he was murdered. Martyr.



Born

1606 in Paris, France


Died

shot in the chest and abdomen, and tomahawked in the head on 7 December 1649 at Fort Saint Jean, Canada


Canonized

29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI



Saint Athenodorus of Mesopotamia


Also known as

Athenodoros


Profile

Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Eleusis and Diocletian.


Died

• sentenced to be burned at the stake in 304 in Mesopotamia, but the fire would not light

• sentenced to be beheaded, but the executioner dropped dead when he approached Athenodorus

• while another solution was sought, Athenodorus began to pray, and he died quietly



Saint Antonius of Siya


Profile

Married to the daughter of his employer, a wealthy merchant. Moved to Novgorod with the business. Widower. Monk in Kensk. Hermit in the forest around the White Sea. His reputation for holiness attracted disciples, and the Prince of Moscow built a monastery for them. In his later years, Antonius tried to retire to live as a hermit again, but his brother monks followed him.


Born

Archangel, Russia


Died

1556



Blessed Humbert of Clairvaux


Profile

Benedictine monk at Chaise-Deux. Monk at Clairvaux Abbey in 1117. Prior at Clairvaux, appointed by Saint Bernard. Abbot at Igny, France in 1127. Humbert tried to return to Clairvaux, but was ordered back to Igny by Bernard under pain of monastic excommunication. Bernard delivered a touching homily at Humbert's funeral Mass.


Died

1148



Saint Agatho of Alexandria


Profile

Soldier in Alexandria, Egypt. When he prevented a mob of pagans from desecrating the bodies of Christian martyrs killed in the persecutions of Decius, the mob dragged him to court where he confessed to being a Christian himself. Martyr.


Died

martyred in 250 in Alexandria, Egypt



Saint Servus the Martyr


Profile

Born to the nobility. A layman, he was tortured and murdered in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal King Hunneric for adhering to orthodox Christianity.


Born

African


Died

beaten and then dragged over stones until dead in 484 in North Africa



Saint Buithe of Monasterboice


Also known as

• Buithe mac Bronach

• Boethius, Buite


Profile

Pilgrim to Rome who studied in Italy, then returned to Scotland to work as a missionary to the Picts.


Born

Scotland


Died

521



Saint Nilus of Stolbensk


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Sabas of Pskov. Hermit in the forests in the Tver region. He attracted so many would be students that he moved to a deserted island in Lake Seliguer.


Died

1554 of natural causes



Saint Geretrannus of Bayeux


Profile


Sixth century bishop of Bayeux, France.



Saint Diuma


Profile

Missionary and evangelizing bishop in Mercia, England. The modern town of Peterborough, England, grew up around a monastery he founded.


Born

Ireland


Died

658



Saint Martin of Saujon


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Martin of Tours. Founded the monastery of Saujon, France.


Died

c.400



Saint Anianas of Chartres


Also known as

Agnan of Chartres


Profile

Fifth century bishop of Chartres, France.



Saint Urban of Teano


Profile

Bishop of Teano, Campania, Italy.


Died

c.356



Saint Polycarp of Antioch


Died

martyred in Antioch



Saint Theodore of Antioch


Died

martyred in Antioch


05 December 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 06

 Blessed Adolph Kolping

அடோல்ஃப் கோல்பிங் Adolf Kolping

பிறப்பு 

8 டிசம்பர் 1813, 

கொலோன் Köln

இறப்பு 

4 டிசம்பர் 1865, 

கொலோன் Köln

இவர் ஓர் ஆடு வளர்ப்பவர்கள் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர். தொடக்கக்கல்வி மட்டுமே படித்தவர். அதன்பிறகு காலணி செய்யும் தொழிலைக் கற்றார். பின்னர் காலணி செய்து ஊர் ஊராக சென்று வியாபாரம் செய்து வந்தார். அதிலிருந்து பெற்ற பணத்தைக்கொண்டு, 23 ஆம் வயதில் கொலோனிலிருந்த மார்ட்செல்லன் (Marzellen) பள்ளியில் இடைநிலைக் கல்வியைக் கற்றார். அதனைத் தொடர்ந்து உயர்நிலைக் கல்வியையும், இறையியல் கல்வியையும் மியூனிக்கில் கற்றார். பிறகு 13 ஏப்ரல் 1845 ஆம் ஆண்டு கொலோனில் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு எல்பர்ஃபெல்டிலும் (Elberfeld), வுப்பர்டாலிலும் (Wuppertal) துணை பங்கு குருவாகப் பணியாற்றினார். சிறந்த முறையில் மறையுரையாற்றி பல மக்களை திருப்பலியில் பங்கெடுக்கச் செய்தார். 1846 ஆம் ஆண்டில் இளைஞர்களுக்கென்று நிறுவனம் ஒன்றை நிறுவினார். அதன்பிறகு மீண்டும் 1849 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஏறக்குறைய ஏழு நிறுவனங்களையும் இளைஞர்களுக்கென்று நிறுவினார். மீண்டும் இவர் 1849 ஆம் ஆண்டு கொலோனில் வேறொரு பங்கிற்கு மாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டார். அப்போது இவர் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு நிறுவனம் ஒன்றையும் நிறுவினார். 

இவர் நிறுவிய அந்நிறுவனங்களில் ஒரு சில மாதங்களில் 230 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பணியாளர்கள் வந்து சேர்ந்தனர். அதன்பிறகு 1851ல் கைவேலை செய்யும் நிறுவனம் ஒன்றையும் தொடங்கினார். பிறகு 1853ல் கொலோனில் மிகப்பெரிய நிறுவனத்தை தொடங்கினார். அந்நிறுவனங்கள் அனைத்தும் சமூக பணிகளுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து செயல்பட்டது. அத்தோடு நோயாளிகளை கவனிப்பதற்கென்றும், இளைஞர்கள் நல்லதோர் எதிர்காலத்தை பெறுவதற்கும் வழிகாட்டியது. அத்துடன் படிப்பதற்கும் வழிகாட்டியது. அதன்பிறகு இந்நிறுவனங்கள் உலகம் முழுவதும் பணியாற்றியது. இன்றுவரை இவர் தொடங்கிய நிறுவனம் "கோல்பிங்" என்ற பெயரிலேயே இயங்கி பலவித பணிகளை ஆற்றிவருகின்றது. 


Also known as

• Father of All Apprentices

• Apostle of Working Men





Profile

Son of a poor shepherd. Apprenticed to a shoemaker. Studied in Munich, Bonn and Cologne in Germany. Ordained on 10 April 1845. Chaplain of Saint Laurentius parish, Elberfeld, Germany from 1845 to 1849. Founded several Catholic apprentice associations, one of which became the International Kolping Society with all its national and local organizations. Worked to improve the physical and spiritual lives of craftsmen and their apprentices. Worked with youth, and to improve family life. Vicar of the cathedral in Cologne. Rector of Saint Maria Empfängnis Church, Cologne in 1862.

Adolph Kolping was born on 8 December 1813 in Kerpen as the fourth of five children to the poor shepherd Peter Kolping (d. 12 April 1845) and Anna Maria Zurheyden (d. 4 April 1833). He often lived in the shadow of frail health during his childhood.[1]


He proved to be an able student while in school from 1820 to 1826 but his poverty prevented him from furthering his education despite his commitment to pursue additional studies. In 1831 he travelled to Cologne as a shoemaker's assistant and soon became shocked with the living conditions of the working class that lived there and this proved to be definitive in influencing his decision to become a priest; he remained a shoemaker until 1841.[3] Kolping's desire for higher education never ceased. In summer 1834 he attended the Three Kings School and afterwards in 1841 began his theological education in Munich (1841–42) at the college there as well as later in Bonn (1842–44) and Cologne (26 March 1844 – 1845).[4] His time spent on his studies saw him become friends with the future Bishop of Mainz Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler.



Kolping as a priest

Kolping was ordained to the priesthood on 13 April 1845 in Cologne's Minoritenkirche but his father died the night before so his ordination was full of mixed emotions. He first served in Elberfeld – now part of Wuppertal – as a chaplain and religious education teacher from 1845 until 1849. There a number of journeymen carpenters had founded a choral society with the aid of a teacher and the local clergy. It grew rapidly into a Young Workmen's Society with the acknowledged object of fostering the religious life of the members, and at the same time of improving their mechanical skill. In 1847 he became the second president of the Gesellenverein, German Catholic societies for the religious, moral, and professional improvement of young men which gave its members both religious and social support.[3]


In 1849 he returned to Cologne as the cathedral's vicar and established Cologne's branch of the Gesellenverein. "Initially his objective was to provide a home-away-from- home for young apprentices and journeymen while they learned a trade that would enable them to make a decent and honest living."[5] The Cologne society soon acquired its own home, and opened therein a hospice for young traveling journeymen. In his efforts to develop the work Kolping was energetic and undaunted. He was eloquent both as speaker and writer. He visited the great industrial centres of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Hungary.[2] In 1850 he united the existing associations as the "Rheinischer Gesellenbund" – this fusion was the origin of the present international "Kolpingwerk". In 1854 he founded the newspaper "Rheinische Volksblätter" (or the "Rhine Region People’s Paper") which quickly became one of the most successful press organs of his time. He was the editor of the Catholic People's Calendar from 1852 to 1853 and of the Calendar for the Catholic People from 1854 to 1855.[4] In 1862 he became the rector of the Saint Maria Empfängnis church in Cologne. Pope Pius IX titled him as a Monsignor in 1862 – this came about after the pair met in Rome in a private audience in May to discuss the priest's work. By 1865, over 400 local groups of the journeymen’s organization had been established and were functioning throughout Europe and in America.[6]

He died on 4 December 1865 due to lung cancer; he had suffered from a severe joint inflammation in his right forearm that spring.[4] His remains are buried in the Saint Maria Empfängnis church (Minoritenkirche). He is remembered as the "Father of All Apprentices" and in 2003 was ranked eleventh in the Unsere Besten.[3] Pope John Paul II visited his tomb in November 1980 while visiting the nation. He said:”We need models like Adolph Kolping in today’s Church"

Born

8 December 1813 at Kerpend, Germany


Died

• 4 December 1865 at Cologne, Germany of natural causes

• buried in the Church of the Minor Friars, Saint Maria Empfängnis, Cologne


Beatified

27 October 1991 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy



Saint Nicholas of Myra

 புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ் 

மரபுகளின் பாதுகாவலர்/ வியக்கவைக்கும் பணியாளர்/ பரிசுத்த தலைமை போதகர்/ மிரா மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர்:

பிறப்பு: மார்ச் 15, 270

பட்டாரா, ரோம பேரரசு

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 6, 343 (வயது 73)

மிரா, ரோம பேரரசு

ஏற்கும் சபை/ சமயம்: 

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

திருமுழுக்கு கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

ஓரியண்ட்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை


லூதரன் திருச்சபை

மெத்தடிஸ்ட் கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

ப்ரெஸ்பைடெரியன் கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

சீர்திருத்த கிறிஸ்தவ எதிர் திருச்சபை

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முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்: 

பசிலிக்கா டி சேன் நிக்கொலா, பாரி, இத்தாலி

(Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy)

பாதுகாவல்: 

குழந்தைகள், கடலோடிகள், மீனவர், பொய் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவர், அடகு பிடிப்போர், மனம்திரும்பிய திருடர்கள், மருந்தாளுநர்கள், ரஷியா, கிரேக்கம், லிவர்பூல், மாஸ்கோ, ஆம்ஸ்டர்டாம், லோர்ரேய்ன், குடிபானம் தயாரிப்பவர், அடகு வியாபாரம் செய்வோர், ஹெலெனிக் கடற்படை (Hellenic Navy)

புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ் என்பது துருக்கியின் மிரா நகரின் புனித நிக்கலசுக்கு வழங்கப்படும் பெயராகும். தனது வாழ்நாளில் இரகசியமாக பரிசுகளை வழங்கும் பழக்கத்தை கொண்டிருந்த இவர், தற்காலத்தில் தமிழில் கிறிஸ்துமஸ் தாத்தா, நத்தார் தாத்தா, என அழைக்கப்படுகிறார். நெதர்லாந்திலும் வடக்கு பெல்ஜியத்திலும் செயிண்ட் நிக்கலஸ் அல்லது "சேன்டகிலாஸ்" என அழைக்கப்படுகிறார்.

ரோமப்பேரரசின் “அனடோலியன் தீபகற்பத்திலுள்ள” (Anatolian peninsula), “பட்டாரா” (Patara) எனும் துறைமுக நகரில், மூன்றாம் நூற்றாண்டில், கிரேக்க குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இவர், “லிசியாவிலுள்ள” (Lycia) “மிரா” (Lycia) நகரில் வசித்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. கி.பி. 325ம் ஆண்டு, ரோமப் பேரரசன் (Roman Emperor) “முதலாம் கான்ஸ்டன்டைன்” (Constantine I) என்பவரின் கேள்விகளுக்கு பதிலளித்த பல்வேறு ஆயர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவராவார். “பைதீனியன்” நகரான “நிசெயாவில்” (Bithynian city of Nicaea) நடந்த முதல் ஆயர்களின் கூட்டத்தில் (First Council of Nicaea) கலந்துகொண்ட 151 ஆயர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவராவார். அங்கே, நிக்கலஸ் ஆரியனிசத்தை (Arian) தீவிரமாக எதிர்த்தார். கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுகளுக்கு பாதுகாவலராக இருந்தார். கிறிஸ்தவ நம்பிக்கை சின்னமான “நிசீன் க்ரீட்’ள்” (Nicene Creed) கையெழுத்திட்ட ஆயர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவராவார். “மதங்களுக்கு எதிரான கொள்கையில் பற்றுடைய” (Heretic) ஆயரான “ஆரியஸ்” (Arius) என்பவரை கௌன்சில் கூட்டத்தினிடையேயே முகத்திலேயே அறைந்தார் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது.

சரித்திர ஆளுமையின் தாக்கத்தினால் உருவான கற்பனை பாத்திரம் ஜெர்மனியில் சண்க்ட் நிகொலவுஸ் எனவும் நெதர்லாந்து மற்றும் பிலாண்டர்சில் சிண்டெர்கிலாஸ் எனவும் அழைக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த கற்பனை பாத்திரமே இன்றுள்ள "சேன்டகிலாஸ்" பாத்திரத்துக்கு வித்திட்டது. 'சிண்டெர்கிலாஸ்' நெதர்லாந்திலும், பிலாண்டர்சிலும் முக்கியமான விழாவாகும். இந்நாளில் சரித்திர மனிதரான புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ் நினைவுகூறப்பட்டு வணங்கப்படுகிறார்.


புனிதர் நிக்கலஸ், பல நாடுகளினதும் நகரங்களதும் பாதுகாவலராகவும் வழிப்படப்படுகிறார்.

Also known as

• Nicholas of Bari

• Nicholas of Lpnenskij

• Nicholas of Lipno

• Nicholas of Sarajskij

• Nicholas the Miracle Worker

• Klaus, Mikulas, Nikolai, Nicolaas, Nicolas, Niklaas, Niklas. Nikolaus, Santa Claus


Additional Memorial

9 May (translation of relics)

Saint Nicholas of Myra[a] (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343),[3][4][b] also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (Greek: Μύρα; modern-day Demre, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.[7][8] Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker.[c] Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the pious, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the traditional model of Santa Claus ("Saint Nick") through Sinterklaas.


Very little is known about the historical Saint Nicholas. The earliest accounts of his life were written centuries after his death and contain many legendary elaborations. He is said to have been born in the Greek seaport of Patara, Lycia in Asia Minor to wealthy Christian parents.[9] In one of the earliest attested and most famous incidents from his life, he is said to have rescued three girls from being forced into prostitution by dropping a sack of gold coins through the window of their house each night for three nights so their father could pay a dowry for each of them. Other early stories tell of him calming a storm at sea, saving three innocent soldiers from wrongful execution, and chopping down a tree possessed by a demon. In his youth, he is said to have made a pilgrimage to Egypt and Palestine. Shortly after his return, he became Bishop of Myra. He was later cast into prison during the persecution of Diocletian, but was released after the accession of Constantine. An early list makes him an attendee at the First Council of Nicaea in 325, but he is never mentioned in any writings by people who were at the council. Late, unsubstantiated legends claim that he was temporarily defrocked and imprisoned during the council for slapping the heretic Arius. Another famous late legend tells how he resurrected three children, who had been murdered and pickled in brine by a butcher planning to sell them as pork during a famine.


Fewer than 200 years after Nicholas's death, the St. Nicholas Church was built in Myra under the orders of Theodosius II over the site of the church where he had served as bishop, and his remains were moved to a sarcophagus in that church. In 1087, while the Greek Christian inhabitants of the region were subjugated by the newly arrived Muslim Seljuk Turks, and soon after their church was declared to be in schism by the Catholic church, a group of merchants from the Italian city of Bari removed the major bones of Nicholas's skeleton from his sarcophagus in the church without authorization and brought them to their hometown, where they are now enshrined in the Basilica di San Nicola. The remaining bone fragments from the sarcophagus were later removed by Venetian sailors and taken to Venice during the First Crusade.



Profile

Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Myra, Lycia (modern Turkey). Generous to the poor, and special protector of the innocent and wronged. Many stories grew up around him prior to his becoming associated with Santa Claus. Some examples

• Upon hearing that a local man had fallen on such hard times that he was planning to sell his daughters into prostitution, Nicholas went by night to the house and threw three bags of gold in through the window, saving the girls from an evil life. These three bags, gold generously given in time of trouble, became the three golden balls that indicate a pawn broker's shop.

• He raised to life three young boys who had been murdered and pickled in a barrel of brine to hide the crime. These stories led to his patronage of children in general, and of barrel-makers besides.

• Induced some thieves to return their plunder. This explains his protection against theft and robbery, and his patronage of them - he's not helping them steal, but to repent and change. In the past, thieves have been known as Saint Nicholas' clerks or Knights of Saint Nicholas.

• During a voyage to the Holy Lands, a fierce storm blew up, threatening the ship. He prayed about it, and the storm calmed - hence the patronage of sailors and those like dockworkers who work on the sea.

Died

• c.346 at Myra, Lycia (in modern Turkey) of natural causes

• relics believed to be at Bari, Italy


Patronage

• against fire • against imprisonment • against robberies • against robbers • against storms at sea • against sterility • against thefts • altar servers • archers • boys • brides • captives • children • choir boys • happy marriages • lawsuits lost unjustly • lovers • maidens • penitent murderers • newlyweds • paupers • pilgrims • poor people • prisoners • scholars • schoolchildren, students • penitent thieves • spinsters • travellers • unmarried girls • apothecaries • bakers • bankers • barrel makers • boatmen • boot blacks • brewers • butchers • button makers • candle makers • chair makers • cloth shearers • coopers • dock workers • druggists • educators • farm workers, farmers • firefighters • fish mongers • fishermen • grain merchants • grocers • grooms • hoteliers • innkeepers • judges • lace merchants • lawyers • linen merchants • longshoremen • mariners • merchants • millers • notaries • parish clerks • pawnbrokers • perfumeries • perfumers • pharmacists • poets • ribbon weavers • sailors • ship owners • shoe shiners • soldiers • spice merchants • spinners • stone masons • tape weavers • teachers • toy makers • vintners • watermen • weavers • Greek Catholic Church in America • Greek Catholic Union • Varangian Guard • Germany • Greece • Russia • 3 dioceses • 278 cities •


Representation

• anchor

• bishop calming a storm

• bishop holding three bags of gold

• bishop holding three balls

• bishop with three children

• bishop with three children in a tub at his feet

• purse

• ship

• three bags of gold

• three balls

• three golden balls on a book

• boy in a boat



Blessed Peter Paschal

புனித_பீட்டர்_பஸ்காசியூஸ் (1227-1300)

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இவர் (#StPeterPaschasius) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டிலுள்ள வாலன்சியா என்ற நகரில் பிறந்தவர்.

சிறுவயது முதலே கல்வி கேள்வியிலும், இறைப்பற்றிலும் சிறந்து விளங்கிய இவர், குருத்துவ வாழ்விற்குத் தன்னை அர்ப்பணித்து, 1250 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.

இதற்குப் பிறகு சில காலத்திற்கு அரகோனை ஆண்ட மன்னரின் மகனுக்குப் பாடம் கற்றுத் தந்த இவர், 1297 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜீன் நகரின் ஆயராகத் திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார்.

இவருடைய காலத்தில் மூர் இனத்தை சார்ந்தவர்கள் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மீது அடிக்கடி தாக்குதல் நடத்தினார்கள். ஒருமுறை இவர் இருந்த நகர்மீது தாக்குதல் நடத்திய மூர் இனத்தவர் இவரைக் கைது செய்து இழுத்துச் சென்றனர். அங்கு இவர் கடுமையாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்து கொல்லப்பட்டார். 

இறைவனுக்காகத் தன் இன்னுயிர் தந்த இவர் ஒரு மிகப் பெரிய எழுத்தாளர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது

Also known as

• Peter Pascual

• Peter Pascualez

• Peter Paschasius

• Pedro Pascual

• Pietro Pascasio



Profile

Received his doctorate from the University of Paris, France. Joined the Mercedarians in 1250. Priest. Tutor to Don Sancho, son of the king of Aragon (part of modern Spain), in 1253. Bishop of Jaén, Spain in 1289 during a period when the diocese was in territory controlled by Moors. Worked to ransom Christians held hostage by the Moors. Wrote and preached against Islam as a faith, and against Moorish hostage taking in general. Ambushed by Moors, he was imprisoned in Granada from 1297 until his martyrdom at the order of King Moulay Mohammed.


Born

1227 at Valencia, Spain


Died

beheaded on 6 December 1300 at Granada, Spain


Beatified

14 August 1670 by Pope Clement X


Representation

• Mercedarian priest beheaded in his vestment, usually at the altar

• Mercedarian priest writing in a book



Saint Abraham of Kratia


Profile

Monk in at Emesa (modern Hims, Syria). His community was destroyed and the brothers dispersed by pagan nomad raids when Abraham was in his early 20's. He moved to Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) where c.500 he was made abbot at Gratia, Bithynia at age 26. He served for ten years, but finally fled in secret to Palestine for the quieter life of a hermit. However, when Church authorities located him, Abraham was ordered to return to his post. Consecrated as the reluctant bishop of Kratia soon after. Around 525 he was finally allowed to resign his see and retire for 30 years of ermetical solitude and prayer.


Born

c.474 at Emesa, Syria


Died

c.558 in Palestine



Saint Giuse Nguyen Duy Khang


Also known as

• Joseph Kang

• Joseph Khang



Profile

Dominican tertiary. Catechist. Servant to Saint Jerome Hermosilla. Tried to help Saint Jerome escape from prison. Captured, he was lashed, tortured, and martyred in the persecutions of Tu-Duc.


Born

c.1832 at Tra-Vinh, Nam-Dinh province, Vietnam


Died

beheaded on 6 December 1861 at Hai Duong, Vietnam


Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Asella of Rome


Profile

A consecreated virgin (a nun) from age 10. At age 12 she moved into a cell in Rome, Italy in which she lived the rest of her life. From it she led a community of like-minded women, and she emerged only to attend Mass and to visit the tombs of martyrs. She received visits from the historian Bishop Palladia. Her story is recounted by Saint Jerome who called her a flower of the Lord.


Died

c.406 of natural causes



Blessed János Scheffler


Profile

Ordained on 6 July 1910. Bishop of Satu Mare, Romania on 26 March 1942. Martyr.



Born

29 October 1887 in Camin, Diocese of Satu Mare, Hungary (in modern Romania)


Died

6 December 1952 in Bucharest, Romania


Beatified

1 July 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Saint Gerard of La-Charite


Also known as

Gerhard of La-Charité


Profile

Benedictine monk. Prior of the Cluniac house of La-Charite-sur-Loire, diocese of Namur in modern France. He founded several houses in France, served as abbot at Soignies (in modern Belgium), and in later life resigned to live out his days as a choir monk at La-Charite.


Died

1109 of natural causes



Saint Dionysia the Martyr


Profile

Born to the nobility. Widow. Sister of Saint Dativa. Mother of Saint Majoricus the Martyr. Martyred during the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric. A witness records that as she was being scourged, she called to her son not to lose his faith.


Died

scourged and burned at the stake in 484, somewhere in North Africa



Saint Gertrude the Elder


Also known as

• Gertrude of Hamage

• Gertrude of Hamaye


Profile

Married lay woman. Widow. Founded the convent at Hamaye near Douai, France. She joined the convent as nun and first abbess.


Born

c.560


Died

6 December 649 at Hamage, France of natural causes



Saint Majoricus the Martyr


Profile

Son of Saint Dionysia. Nephew of Saint Dativa. Child martyr in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.


Died

• beaten to death in 484 somewhere in North Africa

• buried in the house of Saint Dionysia



Saint Aemilianus the Martyr


Also known as

Aemilius, Emilian


Profile

Physician. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.


Died

flayed alive in 484 somewhere in North Africa



Saint Dativa the Martyr


Profile

Sister of Saint Dionysia. Aunt of Saint Majoricus. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.


Died

burned at the stake in 484 somewhere in North Africa



Saint Polychronius


Profile

Priest. Attended the Council of Nicaea. Opposed Arianism. Murdered at the altar by Arian extremists while he was celebrating Mass. Martyr.


Died

4th century



Blessed Angelica of Milazzo


Profile

Franciscan Minim tertiary lay woman.


Born

Milazzo, Sicily, Italy


Died

1559 of natural causes



Saint Isserninus of Ireland


Also known as

Iserninus


Profile

Bishop. Worked with Saint Patrick to evangelize Ireland in the fifth century.



Saint Leontia the Martyr


Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.


Died

martyred in 484 somewhere in North Africa



Saint Tertus


Also known as

Tertius


Profile

Monk. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.


Died

flayed alive in 484 somewhere in North Africa



Saint Boniface the Martyr


Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric.


Died

484 somewhere in North Africa



Martyred in the Spanish Civil War


Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:


• Blessed Esteban Vázquez Alonso

• Blessed Florencio Rodríguez Guemes

• Blessed Gregorio Cermeño Barceló

• Blessed Heliodoro Ramos García

• Blessed Ireneo Rodríguez González

• Blessed Juan Lorenzo Larragueta Garay

• Blessed Luis Martínez Alvarellos

• Blessed Luisa María Frías Cañizares

• Blessed Miguel Lasaga Carazo

• Blessed Narciso Pascual y Pascual

• Blessed Pascual Castro Herrera

• Blessed Vicente Vilumbrales Fuente


Also celebrated but no entry yet


• Constantine of Scotland

• Obius of Niardo

03 December 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 05

 Blessed Philip Rinaldi


Also known as

• Filippo Rinaldi

• Philippi Rinaldi



Profile

Philip met Don Bosco at age 5, and apparently instinctively understood the importance of the future saint. Though he felt a call to a religious vocation, Philip was torn, and was seriously considering marriage when he decided to become a disciple of Don Bosco at age 22. The Christian Brothers immediately saw something in him, and made him an assistant novice master even before he took his vows as a Salesian on 13 August 1880. Though he had no intention to become a priest, his superiors, who saw his potential better than he did, ordered him to study and take the tests, and he was ordained on 23 December 1882.


In addition to his work as novice master, Philip was placed in charge of the "late" vocations, those like himself who came to the Order as adults. Director of the Salesian community of Sarriá, Spain in 1889; he opened several new houses, and brought in many new vocations. Salesian provincial director in Spain from 1892 to 1901. Began publication of Lecturas Catolicas in 1895. Helped the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians expand in Spain.


Vicar-General of the Salesians on 1 April 1901. Founded centres to minister to the daily and spiritual needs of young women. Helped found the World Federations of Past-Pupils, and assisted the Salesian Sisters. Organized the Salesian International Congress of 1911. With Zelatrici di Maria Ausiliatrice he helped found the group that would evolve into the Volunteers of Don Bosco.


Rector Major of the Salesians on 24 May 1922, the third successor to Don Bosco, and the last one to have been personally trained by him. From that position he worked to bring Doc Bosco's vision to the 20th century, and the 20th century to the vision, doing all he could to spread Salesian spirituality and trust in God. He sent many young Salesians to learn foreign languages and customs so they would become more effective missionaries, and he asked Pope Pius XI to grant the "indulgence for sanctified work". He travelled extensively, preaching, encouraging vocations and the spiritual life of the laity. During his tenure the number of Salesians went from 6,000 to 10,000, there were 250 new houses and centres opened, and his teacher Don Bosco was recognized as a saint.


Born

28 May 1856 at Lu, Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy


Died

• 5 December 1931 of natural causes in Turin, Italy

• buried in the cemetery in Turin

• following the miraculous healing of Sister Mary Carla, he was re-interred in the Basilica of Mary Our Help, Turin


Beatified

• 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II

• his beatification miracle involved the healing and regeneration of the jaw of Sister Mary Carla who was shot in the face on 20 April 1945 in northen Italy in the waning days of World War II




Saint Sabbas of Mar Saba

 புனிதர் சப்பாஸ் 

வணக்கத்துக்குரிய தந்தை/ மடாதிபதி:

(Venerable Father/ Abbot)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 439

செசெரியா மஸாகா, கப்படோஸியா

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 5, 532

ஜெருசலேம், பாலஸ்தீனம் பிரைமா

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைகள்

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

தூய சப்பாஸ் மடாலயம், கிட்ரோன் பள்ளத்தாக்கு

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 5

புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், ஒரு கப்படோசியன் சிரியன் துறவியும் (Cappadocian-Syrian monk), குருவும் (Priest), பாலஸ்தீனத்தில் (Palaestina Prima) வாழ்ந்திருந்த புனிதருமாவார். இவரது பெயர் அராமைக் (Aramaic) மொழியிலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்டதாகும். அராமைக் மொழியில் இதன் அர்த்தம், முதியவர் என்று வரும். இவர், எண்ணற்ற பல்வேறு துறவு மடங்களை நிறுவினார். இவர் நிறுவிய மடங்களில் முக்கியமானது, "மார் சபா" (Mar Saba) மடாலயம் ஆகும்.


புனிதர் சப்பாஸ், கப்படோஸியாவின் (Cappadocia) "செசெரியா மஸாகா" (Caesarea Mazaca) அருகேயுள்ள "முட்டலாஸ்கா" (Mutalaska) எனும் இடத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவரது தந்தை, இராணுவ தளபதியான (Military Commander) "ஜான்" (John) என்பவராவார். இவரது தாயாரின் பெயர், "சோஃபியா" (Sophia) ஆகும்.

இராணுவ பணிகளின் காரணமாக "அலெக்ஸ்சாண்ட்ரியா" (Alexandria) பயணித்த இவரது பெற்றோர், ஐந்து வயதான இவரை இவரது தாய்மாமனிடம் விட்டுச் சென்றனர். இவருக்கு எட்டு வயதாகையில், இவர் அருகேயிருந்த "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) என்பவரது துறவு மடத்தில் சேர்ந்தார். புத்திசாலியான சிறுவன், விரைவிலேயே கற்றுத் தேர்ந்து, பரிசுத்த வேதாகமத்தின்பேரில் ஒரு நிபுணர் ஆனார். மீண்டும் இவ்வுலக வாழ்க்கைக்கு திரும்பவும், திருமணம் செய்துகொள்ளவும் அழுத்தம் தந்த இவரது பெற்றோரின் ஆலோசனைகளை சப்பாஸ் தீர்க்கமாக நிராகரித்தார்.

அவர் பதினேழு வயதானபோது, துறவற சமயச் சடங்குகளுக்காக தலையை முழுவதுமாக மழித்துக்கொண்டார் (Monastic Tonsure). பத்து வருடங்கள் "ஆயர் ஃபிளேவின்" (Bishop Flavian of Antioch) துறவு மடத்தில் செலவிட்ட அவர், பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து ஜெருசலேம் (Jerusalem) பயணித்தார். பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து, புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் மடாலயம் (Monastery of Saint Euthymius the Great) சென்றார். ஆனால், புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் அவரை அங்கிருந்து, அருகாமையிலுள்ள கண்டிப்பான செனொபிடிக் விதிகளைக் (Strict Cenobitic Rule) கடைபிடிக்கும் "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) எனும் மடாதிபதியின் மடாலயத்திற்கு அனுப்பினார். சப்பாஸ், தமது முப்பது வயது வரை இந்த மடாலயத்தில் கீழ்ப்படிதலுடன் வசித்தார்.

மூத்த "அப்பா தியோக்திஸ்டஸ்" (Abba Theoctistus) இறந்த பிறகு, அவரது பின்வரும் வாரிசு, சப்பாசை ஒரு குகையில் ஒதுங்கி வாழுமாறு ஆசீர்வதித்தார். சனிக்கிழமைகளில், அவர் தனது வசிப்பிடத்தைவிட்டு, மடாலயத்திற்கு வந்து, அங்கு அவர் தெய்வீக சேவைகளில் கலந்துகொண்டு சகோதர துறவியர்களுடன் உணவு உண்பார். ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலத்திற்குப் பிறகு, தன் வசிப்பிடத்தை விட்டு வெளியேறாதபடி சப்பாஸ், அனுமதி பெற்றார். அடுத்த ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்கு அவர் குகைக்குள் தனியாக வாழ்ந்தார்.

புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ் (Saint Euthymius the Great), இளம் துறவியின் ஆவிக்குரிய முதிர்ச்சியைக் கண்டு, அவருடைய வாழ்க்கையை கவனமாக வழிநடத்தி, அவரை தம்முடன் வனாந்தரத்தில் வாழ இட்டுச் சென்றார். அவர்கள் ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் ஜனவரி மாதம், 14ம் தேதி முதல், குருத்து ஞாயிறுவரை அங்கு தங்கினர். சப்பாசை மூத்த குழந்தை என்று அழைத்த புனிதர் பெரிய யூத்திமியஸ், அவரை துறவற நல்லொழுக்கங்களில் வளர ஊக்குவித்தார்.

சப்பாஸ் பல்வேறு மடாலயங்களை நிறுவினார். சப்பாஸின் ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் பல்வேறு அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்ந்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. வறண்ட காலத்தின் போது, இவரது ஜெபங்களின் மூலம் ஏராளமான மழையைப் பெற்றார்கள். நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டவர்களும் குணமானார்கள்.

கி.பி. 491ம் ஆண்டு, ஜெருசலேம் நகரின் குலபதி அல்லது பரம்பரைத் தலைவர் (Patriarch Salustius of Jerusalem), இவருக்கு குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்வித்தார். கி.பி. 532ம் ஆண்டு, சப்பாஸ் மரணமடைந்தார்

Also known as

• Sabbas the Sanctified

• Sabbas the Great

• Sabas, Sava



Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great at age 20. Anchorite from age 30, living in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and manual labor. He wove ten willow baskets each day. On Saturday he would take them to the local monastery, led by Saint Euthymius, and trade them for a week's food, and a week's worth of willow wands for more baskets. Took over leadership of the monks upon the death of Saint Euthymius. Co-superior with Saint Theodosius over 1,000 monks and hermits in the region.


Sabbas was a simple man with little education, but with a firm belief in the spiritual benefits of simple living. The combination of his lack of education and his severe austerities caused some of his charges to rebel. Sabbas tired of the squabbling, and he missed his time in prayer, so he fled to TransJordania. There he found a cave inhabited by a lion; the lion moved on, finding a new home, and giving the cave to the holy man. A distorted version of this tale reached the rebellious monks; they seized on it, reported to the patriarch that Sabbas had been killed by a lion, and requested a new leader be appointed. As this message was being formally presented to the patriarch, Sabbas walked into the room. This led to a confrontation during which the complaints of the monks were aired. However, the patriach took Sabbas's side, and the two restored order and discipline to the lives of the anchorites.


Sabbas led a peaceful uprising of 10,000 monks who demanded the end of the persecutions of Palestinian bishops of Anastatius I.


At age 90, Sabbas travelled to Constantinople where he successfully pled for clemency from Justinian for Samarians who were in revolt.


Born

439 at Motalala, Cappadocia


Died

• 532 of natural causes

• relics enshrined in Venice, Italy


Representation

• man holding the rule of his monastery in his hand

• man seated at the edge of a cliff

• man praying in a cave with a lion nearby



Blessed Jean-Baptiste Fouque


Also known as

the Saint Vincent de Paul of Marseilles



Profile

Jean-Baptiste grew up in a pious household, the son of Louis Fouque and Adèle Anne Remuzat. He studied at the school run by Servant of God Joseph-Marie Timon-David. Ordained a priest in Marseilles, France on 10 June 1876. Parish priest in the French cities of Auriol and La Major from 1876 to 1888; he was assigned to the Sainte Trinité parish on 15 April 1888, and served there the rest of his life, over 38 years.


In December 1891, his vicar-general asked Father Jean-Baptiste to organize care for orphans and abandoned chilldren. He founded "Le Sainte Famille" home for girls, which was eventually given to the care of Presentationist nuns, and used it as a model for opening other houses around the diocese, some for young girls, some for young boys, and some for those old enough to work as domestics. Opened "L'oeuvre de Salette" home for the elderly and infirm in an old convent in 1905. During World War I, 1914 to 1918, he worked to help the wounded and displaced.


There was little money available after the war to continue his work, but Father Jean-Baptiste convinced some physicians to donate their time to care for the poor and neglected. By 1919 the need for their work was so obvious that he was able to start contruction on a hospital for the poor, and opened the Saint John Hospital on 20 March 1921.


Born

12 September 1851 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France


Died

• 5 December 1926 at the Saint John Hospital in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France of natural causes

• re-interred at the Saint Joseph chapel of the hospital on 29 April 1993


Beatified

• 30 September 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Marseille, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu



Saint Justinian


Also known as

Iestin, Jestin


Profile

Born to the Breton nobility. Well educated. Priest. Left his country to become a travelling evangelist. Settled to live as a hermit on the Isle of Ramsey near southern Wales, living with a pious layman named on Honorius; he moved in on the condition that all the women of the household were sent away.


He visited Saint David of Wales, who was so impressed with the man's holiness that he gave him hermitages on the mainland and a nearby island. Justinian is listed on very ancient Welsh calendars of saints and martyrs, and the church at Llanstinan is dedicated to him.


Some wonderful stories have become attached to the holy hermit.


• Once some sailors landed at the island hermitage. They said that Saint David was very ill, and that they had been sent to bring Justinian to the mainland. En route, Justinian discerned that the sailors were actually devils in disguise. The saint recited Psalm 79; the devils changed to blackbirds and flew, leaving the boat to sail itself safely to shore where Justinian found David in excellent health.


• Justinian died when he advised his servants that they should apply themselves to their jobs. Goaded by devils, the three of them became enraged, assaulted Justinian, and beheaded him. At the place where the body fell, a spring of healing water emerged from the ground. The killers were struck with leprosy, and lived out their days in the caves and rocks near the hermitage. Justinian had already specified a location for his burial; a church was built over the tomb, and became known as a scene of miracles. Saint David later moved the body to his own church.


Born

6th century Brittany (part of modern France)


Died

• murdered by servants

• venerated as a martyr due to the demonic nature of his killers (see profile above) and the assumption that their motive was Justinian's faith



Saint Christina of Markyate


Also known as

• Christina of Markgate

• Christina Theodora

• Kristina of Markyate


Profile

Born to the Anglo-Saxon nobility, the daughter of Autti, a rich and influential guild merchant. At age 15 she visited Saint Albans Abbey where she made a private vow of celibacy. Her parents opposed her vow, and arranged a marriage for her with a man named Berktred. Christina took her case to Bishop Robert Bloet who initially sided with her, but who was later bribed into changing his ruling.


Christina was betrothed and married against her will, spending the first years of married life as a prisoner, refusing to consummate the union. With the help of a hermit named Eadwin, she escaped, and fled to Flamstead where she lived for two years with an anchoress named Alfwen. She moved to a hermitage at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England in 1118, becoming the spiritual student of the hermit Blessed Roger of Albans.


In 1122, Burktred obtained an annulment from Thurstan, Archbishop of York, England. This and the death of bishop Bloet in 1123 allowed Christina to return to Markyate where she lived the rest of her life.


Her reputation for holiness soon attracted others, and her house became a priory of nuns. She was offered the position of abbess in York, Fontevrault, and Marcigny, but stayed at Markyate.


A skillful needle worker, Christina embroidered mitres and sandals for the English Pope Adrian IV, a former student of Saint Albans. While noted as stable and balanced, she was given to ecstacies and visions.


Born

c.1097 at Huntingdon, England


Died

c.1160 at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England of natural causes



Blessed Niels Stenson

புனித அருளாளர் நிகோலஸ் ஸ்டெனோ (நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன்) 

( Blessed Nicolas Steno (Niels Stensen) )

மருத்துவர், ஆயர் :

பிறப்பு : ஜனவரி 11, 1638 

கோப்பென்ஹாகன் Kopenhagen, டென்மார்க்

இறப்பு : நவம்பர் 25, 1686 

ஸ்வேரின் Schwerin, மெக்லன்பூர்க் Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

முத்திபேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 23, 1988 

திருத்தந்தை 2ம் ஜான்பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருநாள் : டிசம்பர் 5

லூதரன் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த அருளாளர் நீல்ஸ் ஸ்டென்சன், 1667ம் ஆண்டு கத்தொயல்க்க கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை ஏற்று கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்தவ மறையை தழுவினார். புளோரன்ஸ் (Florenz) நகரில் மருத்துவம் பயின்றார். 1675ம் ஆண்டில் புளோரன்ஸில் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு பல ஆண்டுகள் ஆன்மீக குருவாக பணியாற்றினார். 1677ம் ஆண்டு ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். 1680ம் ஆண்டு முன்ஸ்டர் (Münster) மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு பேராயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் பல கத்தோலிக்க ஆலயங்களை கட்டினார். இவர் ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளிலுள்ள ஆலயங்கள் பலவற்றிற்கு சென்று மறைப்பணியாற்றி பல ஆன்மாக்களை இறைவன்பால் ஈர்த்துள்ளார்.

Also known as

• Niels Steensen

• Nicolaus Steno

• Father of Geology







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Anatomist and priest. Among his anatomical achievements was the discovery of the excretory duct of the parotid glands and the circulation of the blood in the body. When the Danes finally called for him to return, he had become a Catholic in Florence, Italy, and as such could not return. In Italy he made many geological discoveries and was the first to explain petrifactions in the earth. Ordained in 1675, he was made vicar Apostolic for the northern missions and titular bishop of Titiopolis. He was in a constant personal struggle to have this faith and his scientific discoveries exist and work together.


Born

11 January 1638 in Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark


Died

5 December 1686 in Schwerin, Germany


Beatified

23 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Saint John Almond


Additional Memorials

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

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai



Profile

Grew up in Ireland. Educated at Much Woolton, in Rheims, France, and at the English College, Rome, Italy at age 20. Ordained in 1598. Returned to England as a home missioner in 1602. Arrested in 1608 and 1612 for the crime of being a priest. The effectiveness of his debating skills against the anti-Catholic powers of the time led to his being one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.


Born

c.1577 at Allerton, Lancashire, England


Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 5 December 1612 at Tyburn, London, England


Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI



Saint Bassus of Nice


Also known as

Basse, Basso



Additional Memorials

• Easter Monday (translation of relics)

• 1 July (discovery of relics)


Profile

First bishop of Nice, France. Burned, beaten, tortured, and executed in the persecutions of Emperor Decius. Martyr.


Died

• nailed by two large metal brads to a board c.250

• relics moved to Cupra Marittima, Italy in the 6th century

• relics moved to the church of San Basso, Marano, Italy in 904

• relics moved to the church of the Assumption in 1876


Patronage

• Cupra Marittima, Italy

• diocese of Nice, France



Saint Crispina

புனித_கிறிஸ்பினா (நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டு)

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இவர் (#St_Crispina)தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவில் உள்ள தகோரா எந்த இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர். 

உரோமையில் இருந்த ஓர் உயர்குடிமகனை மணந்த இவர், தன் மக்களோடு மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

அக்காலத்தில் உரோமையைத் தியோகிளசியன் என்பவன் ஆண்டு வந்தான். அவன் கிறிஸ்துவர்களைப் பிடித்துத் துன்புறுத்திக் கொலை செய்தான்.

இந்நிலையில் கிறிஸ்பினா ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவள்  என்பதை அறிந்த தியோகிளசியன், கிறிஸ்துவை மறுதலித்துவிட்டு உரோமைக் கடவுளை வணங்கினால், விடுதலை செய்வதாகச் சொன்னான். இதற்கு இவர் மறுப்புத் தெரிவித்ததால், அவன் இவரைக் கொலை செய்தான். 

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Born a wealthy Roman citizen, she was a married lay woman, and mother of several children. Arrested for her Christianity during the persecutions of Diocletian. Tried, abused, humilitated and threatened in Thebeste (Thebessa) by Roman proconsul Anulinus, she gave a spirited defense of the faith. When she finished, she was sentenced to die. Marytr. Saint Augustine of Hippo routinely brought up Crispina in his homilies on martyrs.



Born

3rd century at Thagara (Tagora; Thacora), Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)


Died

beheaded in 304 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)



Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua


Profile

Carmelite priest at Mantua, Italy for 35 years. Spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for which he composed a rule and statutes. Spiritual teacher of Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo. Noted preacher and healer with a strong devotion to the Eucharist.



Born

at Mantua, Italy


Died

1495 of natual causes


Beatified

1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)



Saint Gerald of Braga


Also known as

Gérald de Moissac



Profile

Born to the French nobility. Benedictine monk at Moissac, France. Taught grammer and music. Worked with the archbishop in Toledo, Spain, and served as cathedral choir director. Reforming bishop of Braga, Portugal in 1100. Stopped ecclesiastical investiture by laymen in his diocese.


Born

at Cahors, Gascony (in modern France)


Died

5 December 1109 at Bornos, Portugal of natural causes


Patronage

Braga, Portugal



Saint Aper of Sens


Also known as

Apre, Aprus, Avre, Epvre, Evre


Profile

First priest in 7th century LaTerrasse, diocese of Grenoble, France. After years of bickering among his parishioners and slander from every corner, he retired to live as a hermit at LaChambre, diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France. Built a cell for private prayers, and a nursing home to care for the poor. Spiritual director of a man later known as Aprunculus (little wild boar). The town of Saint-Avre, France grew up around the cloister.


Born

Sens, France



Saint Dalmatius of Pavia


Also known as

Dalmazio, Dalmazzo



Profile

Raised a pagan. Adult convert to Christianity. Preached in Gaul and northern Italy. Bishop of Pavia, Italy for the last year of his life. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeus.


Born

at Monza, Lombardy, Italy


Died

304


Patronage

Cogliate, Italy



Blessed Giovanni Gradenigo


Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Benedictine monk at Cuxa in the Catalonian Pyranees of Spain. Friend and fellow monk with Saint Peter Urseolo. In later life he retired to live as a hermit near Monte Cassino Abbey in Italy.



Born

Venice, Italy


Died

1025 at Monte Cassino, Italy of natural causes



Saint Martiniano of Pecco


Profile

Soldier in the Theban Legion. Martyr.



Died

• relics formerly enshrined under the high altar of the cathedral of Turin, Italy

• most relics moved to a parish church in Turin

• some relics enshrined in the parish church of Pecco, Italy


Patronage

Pecco, Italy



Saint Gerbold of Bayeux


Also known as

Gereboldus



Profile

Benedictine monk at Ebriciacum (in modern France). Founder and abbot of the abbey of Livray, France. Bishop of Bayeux, France.


Died

• c.690 of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Exuperius


Patronage

• against dysentery

• against headaches



Saint Pelinus of Confinium


Also known as

• Pelinus of Brindisi

• Pelino


Profile

Priest. Bishop of Brindisi, Italy. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Pelinus prayed in front of a temple to the pagan god Mars; it collapsed. Martyr.


Died

beaten to death by pagan priests in 361 in Confinium, Italy


Canonized

668 by Bishop Ciprio of Brindisi



Saint Bassus of Lucera


Also known as

Basso of Lucera



Profile

First bishop of Lucera, Italy; tradition says that he was consecrated by Saint Peter the Apostle. Martyred in the persecutions of Trajan.


Born

c.45


Died

118


Patronage

Termoli, Italy



Saint Consolata of Genoa


Profile

Born while her parents were on pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. Nun in a nearby convent that had been built by her father.


Born

near the Sea of Galilee


Died

relics taken to Genoa, Italy in 1109 by Crusaders returning from the Holy Lands



Saint Lucidus of Aquara


Also known as

Lucido



Profile

Monk of Saint Peter's Abbey near Aquara, Italy.


Died

c.938


Patronage

Aquara, Italy



Saint Cawrdaf


Also known as

Caurdave


Profile

Chieftain in Brecknock (in modern Wales) and Hereford (in modern England). Abdicated and retired to a monastery under the leadership of Saint Illtyd.


Born

Welsh


Died

6th century of natural causes



Saint Basilissa of Øhren


Profile

Benedictine nun. Abbess of Oehren (Herren; Horreum) Abbey, Trier, Germany.


Died

c.780


Saint Cyrinus of Salerno


Also known as

Cirino


Profile

Bishop. Martyr.


Died

relics enshrined in Salerno, Italy



Saint Gratus


Profile

One of twelve Africans martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.


Died

302 at Thagura, Numidia, North Africa



Saint Anastasius


Profile

During an early persecution of Christians, Anastasius publicly proclaimed his faith. Martyr.



Saint Firminus of Verdun


Profile

Sixth century bishop of Verdun, France.



Saint Abercius


Profile

Martyr.



Martyrs of Thagura


Profile

A group of twelve African Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them that have survived are five of their names - Crispin, Felix, Gratus, Juliua and Potamia.


Died

302 in Thagura, Numidia



Martyred in the Spanish Civil War


Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:


• Blessed Joaquín Jovaní Marín

• Blessed Vicente Jovaní Ávila