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08 July 2023

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 09

 St. Agilulfus

Born unknown

Germany

Died c. 750

Germany

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, True Orthodox Church including Tikhonites.

Canonized Pre-congregation

Major shrine Kölner Dom

Feast July 9



Also called Agilulf, a martyr and the archbishop of Cologne, Germany. He also served as abbot of Stavelot, and his life was written by a monk of the Benedictine house located in Malmedy, France. Agilulfus was from a good family and gained a reputation at Stavelot. Named archbishop of Cologne, he tried to persuade King Pepin not to name his illegitimate son Charles Martel heir to the throne, and was slain as a result. His remains were taken to the Church of Our Lady of the Steps in Cologne where they were venerated. He also received a commendation from Pope Zacharius in 747.



St. James Lacop


Feastday: July 9

Death: 1572


One of the many martyrs of Gorkum. Born in Oudenarden, France, he left the faith but returned to the Church and the Norbertines. The Calvinists martyred him at Gorkum with the other better known Franciscans. James was canonized in 1867.




St. Jerome of Werden


Feastday: July 9

Birth: 1522

Death: 1572


Franciscan martyr. Born in Werden, Holland, he entered the Franciscans and journeyed to Palestine, where he labored as a missionary among the Muslims. Returning to Europe, he devoted his evangelizing efforts to working among the Calvinists and served as vicar of the friary at Gorkum. He was thus a member of the martyrs of Gorkum, dying with his fellow Franciscans.


St. John of Osterwick


Feastday: July 9

Death: 1572


Augustinian martyr of Gorkum. He was a native of Holland who became a confessor of Augustinian nuns at Gorkum and was murdered by a group of Calvinists.



Saint Paulina do Coração Agonizante de Jesus

தூய பவுலின் (ஜூலை 09)


இன்று நாம் நினைவுகூரும் பவுலின், 1865 ஆம் ஆண்டு, இத்தாலியில் உள்ள, வட்டரோவில் பிறந்தார். இப்பகுதியில் அமைதியில்லாத சூழல் நிலவியதால், இவருடைய குடும்பம் பிரேசிலுக்கு இடம் பெயர்ந்தது. அப்போது இவருக்கு வயது பத்து.

பவுலின் சிறுவயது முதலே பக்தியில் சிறந்து விளங்கி வந்தாள். இது மட்டுமல்லாமல், அக்கம் பக்கத்து வீட்டிலிருந்த குழந்தைகளுக்கு மறைக்கல்வி சொல்லிக் கொடுத்து வந்தாள்.

இப்படியே இவருடைய வாழ்க்கை நகர்ந்துகொண்டிருக்க, ஒருநாள் இவர் ஒரு புற்றுநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மனிதரைச் சந்தித்தார். அவரைச் சந்தித்த பின்பு, இவருடைய வாழ்க்கை முற்றிலுமாக மாறத் தொடங்கியது. ஆம், சமூகத்தில் இருக்கின்ற இதுபோன்ற நோயாளிகள், கைவிடப்பட்டவர்கள், அனாதைகள் இவர்களுக்கு ஏன் நாம் உதவி செய்யக்கூடாது என்று மிகத் தீவிரமாக யோசித்தார். அதன் வெளிப்பாடாக இவர் Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart என்றொரு சபையை நிறுவினார். இதில் ஏராளமான பேர் உறுப்பினர்களாகச் சேர்ந்தார்கள். அவர்களுடைய ஒத்துழைப்பினால், இவர் பல நல்ல பணிகளைச் செய்து வந்தார்.

ஏழை எளியோர், பல்வேறு விதமான நோயினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கு இவர் ஆற்றி வந்த சேவை, பல தரப்பினரிடமிருந்தும் இவருக்கு நல்ல பெயரைப் பெற்றுத் தந்தது. அதே நேரத்தில் ஒருசிலர் இவருடைய வளர்ச்சியைப் பிடிக்காமல், இவருக்கு எதிராகச் செயல்படத் தொடங்கினார்கள். குறிப்பாக இவரைத் தேவையற்ற விதங்களில் எல்லாம் விமர்சனம் செய்தார்கள். அவற்றையெல்லாம் இவர் பொறுமையோடு தாங்கிக்கொண்டார்.


மக்களுடைய விமர்சனங்கள் ஒருபுறம் இவரைத் தாக்கியது என்றால், இவருக்கு வந்த நீரழிவு நோய் இவரைக் கடுமையாகத் தாக்கியது. அதனால் இவரால் முன்புபோல் பணிகளைச் சிறப்பாகச் செய்யமுடியாமல் போனது. ஒருகட்டத்தில் இவருடைய நோய் முற்றவே, இவர் படுத்தபடுக்கையாகி, 1942 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறந்துபோனார். இவருக்கு 2002 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Amabile Lucia Visintainer

• Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus

• Pauline Visintainer



Profile

The daughter of Antonio Napoleone Visintainer and Anna Pianezzer, she was born to a poor but pious family. In September 1875 her family, along with 100 other folks, about a fifth of her home town, emigrated from Italy to the state of Saint Catherine in Brazil to seek a better life. There the Italian emigres founded the village of Vigolo (modern Nova Trento). She received First Communion about age twelve. In her early teens, Amabile began teaching children catechism, visited the sick, and cleaned the church.


On 12 July 1890 Amabile and her friend Virginia Rosa Nicolodi were caring for a woman suffering from cancer. From them and their work began the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, approved by José de Camargo Barros, bishop of Curitiba. They and Teresa Anna Maule took their religious vows in December 1890; Amabile took the name Sister Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus. Their congregation grew quickly, and in 1903 Mother Pauline was elected Superior General for life. Even with her new responsibilities, she left Nova Trento in late 1903 for Saõ Paulo to work with orphans, the children of slaves, and aged slaves who had been left to die because they could no longer work.


In 1909 she was relieved of her duties as Superior General by Duarte Leopoldo e Silva, Archbishop of Saõ Paulo following a series of disputes within the congregation. She was sent to work with the sick and aged at the Hospice of Saint Vincent de Paul at Bragança Paulista. She spent her spare time in prayer in support of the Congregation. In 1918 she was recalled to the Congregation's motherhouse of Ipiranga. She lived there for over 20 years, caring for sick sisters, praying, and living away from the world. In 1938 her health began a long, slow decline as she fought a losing battle with diabetes.


The Congregation continues its work today in Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua, Chad, Zambia, Mozambique and Italy. They combine interior spirituality with service to those in need, drawing strength from devotion to the Eucharist, the Immaculate Virgin, and Saint Joseph. She is the first Brazilian citizen to be canonized.


Born

16 December 1865 in Vigolo Vattaro, Trent, Italy as Amabile Lucia Visintainer


Died

9 July 1942 at Ipiranga, Brazil of diabetic complications


Canonized

19 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy


Patronage

• against diabetes

• diabetics




Blessed Marija Petkovic


Also known as

• Maria Petkovic

• Marija of Jesus Crucified Petkovic

• Marija of Jesus Crucified

• Mary of Jesus Crucified



Profile

Sixth of eleven children born to Antun Petkovic-Kovac and Maria Marinovic. Raised in a wealthy family known for their charity to the poor. Educated in public elementary school and then the School of Domestic Science run by the Servants of Charity. Made her First Communion in 1905 at age 13.


She joined the Daughters of Mary in 1906, felt a serious call to religious life, and on 21 November she made a private vow of chastity. President of the 300 member Daughters of Mercy from 1909 to 1919. Member of the Good Shepherd Association, a group of twenty young women who visited the sick and helped children prepare for their First Communion. Her father died in 1911 when Mary was 19, and she had to help raise her younger siblings. Founded the Society of Catholic Mothers in 1915. Led a group of 200 Franciscan tertiaries in 1917, and began working in a Servants of Charity soup kitchen. Her work led her to become well-known and well-loved in her home town of Blato, Croatia, and in 1918 she promised its citizens that she would stay to live and help them.


On 25 March 1919 she and her friend Marija Telenta joined the Sisters of Charity. However, in May the superior died, the Italian sisters were forced to leave the country, and Mary, Marija and two other Croatian sisters were left to handle the work in the area. Mary was put in charge, and requested that the remaining Sisters follow the Rule of the Third Order Franciscans. Few as they were, in 1919 the Sisters still opened a recovery center, a child-care facility, and an orphanage.


On 25 August 1920, Mary wrote the first Constitutions of a new order. On 4 October 1920 it was founded as the Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy, Mary taking the name Marija of the Crucified Jesus. She served as the Superior General of the Congregation for over 30 years, helped found 46 communities of the Daughters serving in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, seminaries, and parishes. Her health failed in her later years, and she was partially paralysed the last three years of her life.


Born

10 December 1892 at Blato, Korcula, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia as Maria Petkovic


Died

9 July 1966 in Rome, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

6 June 2003 by Pope John Paul II in Croatia




Our Lady of Chiquinquirá


Also known as

La Chinita


Profile

In the mid-16th century the Spanish painter Alonso de Narvaez created a portrait of the Virgin of the Rosary. He painted in pigments from the soil, herbs and flowers of the region of modern Colombia, and his canvas was a rough 44 inch x 49 inch cloth woven by local Indians. The image of Mary is about a meter high, and stands about a half moon. She has a small, sweet smile, both her face and the Child's are light colored, and she looks like she's about to take a step. She wears a white toque, a rose-coloured robe, and a sky blue cape. A rosary hangs from the little finger of her left hand, and she holds a sceptre in her right. She holds the Christ Child cradled in her left arm, and looks toward him. Christ has a little bird tied to his thumb, and a small rosary hangs from his left hand. To either side of Mary stand Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Andrew the Apostle, the personal patrons of the colonist, Don Antonio de Santana, and monk, Andrés Jadraque, who commissioned the work.



In 1562 the portrait was placed in a rustic chapel. It was exposed to the air, the roof leaked, and soon the damage caused by the humidity and sun completely obscured the image. In 1577 the damaged painting was moved to Chiquinquirá, Colombia, and stored in an unused room. In 1585 Maria Ramos, a pious woman from Seville, cleaned up the little chapel, and hung the faded canvas in it. Though the image was in terrible shape, she loved to sit and contemplate it.


On Friday 26 December 1586 the faded, damaged image was suddenly restored. It's colors were bright, the canvas cleaner, the image clear and seemingly brand new. The healing of the image continued as small holes and tears in the canvas self-sealed. It still has traces of its former damage, and the figures seem brighter and clearer from a distance than up close. For 300 years the painting hung unprotected, and thousands of objects were touched against the frail cotton cloth by pilgrims. This rough treatment should have destroyed it, but it healed and survives. In 1829, Pope Pius VII declared Our Lady of Chiquinquirá patroness of Colombia, and granted a special liturgy. In 1897 a thick glass plate was placed over it to shield the painting from the weather and the excess zeal of the faithful. The image was canonically crowned in 1919, and in 1927 her sanctuary declared a Basilica.


Patronage

• Colombia (1829)

• Venezuelan National Guard



Blessed Fidelis Jerome Chojnacki


Also known as

• Fedele Chijnacki

• Jerome Spurinska

• Hieronim Chojnacki

• prisoner 22473



Additional Memorial

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


Profile

Youngest of six children born to Waclaw and Leokadia Spurinska. Raised in a pious family. Studied in public schools and a military academy. Worked for a year at Szczuczyn Mowogrodzki in the Institute of Social Insurance. Worked at the Central Post Office in Warsaw, Poland. Member and administrator of Catholic Action. Worked against alcohol abuse and helped recovering alcoholics in his region. Joined the Secular Franciscan Order at the Capuchin church in Warsaw. Friend of Blessed Anicet Koplinski. Joined the Capuchins on 27 August 1933, taking the name Fidelis. Developed a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Studied philosphy at Zakroczym, Poland. Founded a Club for Intellectual Collaboration for the seminarians. Continued his work with alcoholics, working a group of Franciscans. Studied theology in Lublin, Poland, begining in 1937; his studies were interrupted by the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Arrested for his faith on 25 January 1940 and held in the "Fortress of Lublin". On 18 June 1940 he was moved to the prison camp at Sachsenhausen. To this point Fidelis had kept his optimism, hope and simplicity, but this camp broke him; the abuse of himself and the other prisoners sent him into depression. On 14 December 1940 he, with other priests and religious, was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp; tattooed with his prisoner number, and subjected to more abuse. Abused, starved and over-worked, he developed a serious heart condition and finally died from the abuse. His last words to fellow prisoners as he was being taken away were, "Praised be Jesus Christ; we'll see each other in heaven."


Born

1 November 1906 at Lodz, Poland as Jerome Spurinska


Died

• 9 July 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Germany due to lengthy and assorted abuse

• body burned in the camp's crematorium ovens


Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Veronica Giuliani

புனிதர் வெரோனிகா கிலியானி 

பெண்கள் துறவு மடாதிபதி மற்றும் கத்தோலிக்க மறைபொருள்:

பிறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 27, 1660

மேர்சடேல்லோ சுல் மேடௌரோ, ஊர்பினோ (இத்தாலி)

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 9, 1727 (வயது 66)

ஸிட்டா டி கஸ்டெல்லோ, திருத்தந்தையர் மாநிலம், (இத்தாலி)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஜூன் 17, 1804

திருத்தந்தை ஏழாம் பயஸ்

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 26, 1839

திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் கிரகோரி

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

புனிதர் வெரோனிகா கிலியானி துறவு மடம், ஸிட்டா டி கஸ்டெல்லோ

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 9

புனிதர் வெரோனிகா கிலியானி, ஒரு இத்தாலிய “கபுச்சின் எளிய கிளாரா” சபையின் அருட்சகோதரியும் (Italian Capuchin Poor Clares nun), மறைபொருளும், (Mystic) ஆவார்.

“ஊர்சுளா கிலியானி” (Ursula Giuliani) என்ற இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், இத்தாலியின் “மெர்சடேல்லோ” (Mercatello) என்ற இடத்தில், கி.பி. 1660ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 27ம் தேதியன்று, பிறந்தார். இவருடைய தந்தை ஃபிரான்செஸ்கோ” (Francesco) ஆவார். இவரது தாயார் பெயர் “பெனேடேட்டா” (Benedetta Mancini Giuliani) ஆகும். இவரது பெற்றோருக்கு பிறந்த ஏழு பெண் குழந்தைகளில் இவர் கடைசி குழந்தை ஆவார். சகோதரிகள் எழுவரில் மூவர் துறவு வாழ்க்கையை தேர்வு செய்துகொண்டனர்.

இவருக்கு ஏழு வயதான போது இவரது தாயார் மரித்துப் போனார். குழந்தைப் பருவத்தில் இவர் சற்றே முரடாகவும் முன்கோபியாகவும் இருந்தார். ஆனால் பதினாறு வயதில் இவர் கண்ட ஒரு திருக்காட்சி, இவரது குறைபாடுள்ள குணத்தை மாற்றியமைத்தது. மகளுக்கு திருமண வயது வந்ததை உணர்ந்த தந்தை, ஊர்சுளாவுக்கு திருமண ஏற்பாடுகளை கவனிக்க ஆரம்பித்தார். ஆனால், இவர் தந்தையிடம் அழுது கெஞ்சி திருமணத்துக்கு மறுப்பு தெரிவித்தார். மகளின் விருப்பத்தை அறிந்துகொண்ட தந்தை, அவரை தாம் விரும்பிய வாழ்வினை தேர்ந்தெடுக்க அனுமதியளித்தார்.

கி.பி. 1677ம் ஆண்டு, 17 வயதான ஊர்சுளா, இத்தாலியின் “ஊம்ப்ரியா” (Umbria) மாநிலத்திலுள்ள “ஸிட்டா டி கஸ்டெல்லோ” (Città di Castello) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள “கபுச்சின் எளிய கிளாரா” (Capuchin Poor Clares) பெண் துறவு மடத்தில் இணைந்தார். இறைவனின் பாடுகளின் நினைவாக “வெரோனிகா” (Veronica) எனும் ஆன்மீக பெயரையும் ஏற்றார். இவர் துறவு மடத்தில் இணைந்த அன்று, ஆயர் இவரது மடாதிபதியிடம் கூறியதாவது, “நான் இந்த புதிய மகளை உங்கள் சிறப்பு கவனிப்பிற்கு விடுகிறேன்; ஏனென்றால், இவர் ஒருநாள் மிகவும் பெரிய புனிதராவார்” என்றார்.

வெரோனிகா தனது ஆன்மீக வழிகாட்டிகளின் (Spiritual Directors) விருப்பத்திற்கு முழுமையாக கீழ்ப்படிந்தார். துறவற வாழ்வின் முதல் ஆண்டில் அவர் சமையலறை, மருத்துவமனை மற்றும் புனிதப் பாத்திரங்கள், அங்கிகள் முதலானவை வைக்கும் இடம் ஆகிய இடங்களில் பணியாற்றினார். அத்துடன் சுமை தூக்குபவராகவும் பணியாற்றினார். இறுதியில், தமது 34 வயதில், புதுமுக பெண் துறவியரின் தலைவரானார்.

அருட்சகோதரி வெரோனிகா, ஐம்பது வருடங்கள் கபுச்சின் பள்ளியில் வாழ்ந்தார். 34 வருடங்கள் புதுமுக பெண் துறவியரின் தலைவராக தாழ்ச்சியுடனும், 11 வருடங்கள் மடாதிபதியாக உறுதியுடனும் கண்டிப்புடனும் வாழ்ந்தார்.

வெரோனிகா தமது வாழ்நாள் முழுதும் கிறிஸ்துவின் பாடுகளின்பால் அளப்பரிய பக்தி கொண்டிருந்தார். அந்த பக்தியானது, இறுதியில் அவரது உடல் அடையாளங்களில் வெளிப்பட்டது. கி.பி. 1694ம் ஆண்டு, கிறிஸ்துவின் முள்முடியின் அடையாளம் அவரது முன் நெற்றியில் தோன்றியது. கி.பி. 1697ம் ஆண்டு, இறைவனின் ஐந்து காய அடையாளங்கள் இவரது உடம்பிலும் தோன்றின. 

ஆனால், அவருடைய ஆயரின் கடுமையான சோதனைகள் அவருடைய அனுபவத்தை அவமானப்படுத்தியது. அவர் சாதாரண சமுதாய வாழ்க்கையில் இருந்து நீக்கப்பட்டார் மற்றும் அவருடன் தொடர்ந்து கண்காணிப்பில் வைக்கப்பட்டார். அந்த நிகழ்வுகள் உண்மையானவை என்று ஆயர் முடிவு செய்தபோதுதான் அவர் மீண்டும் அவரது துறவு மடத்திற்குள் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார்.


கி.பி. 1727ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், 9ம் தேதியன்று, “ஸிட்டா டி கஸ்டெல்லோ” (Città di Castello) நகரில் வெரோனிகா மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Ursula Giuliani

• Veronica de Julianis


Profile

Born wealthy, the daughter of Francesco Giuliana and Benedetta Mancini. In her youth, Ursula developed a deep spirituality and desired nothing more than to dedicate her life to God. She received visions as a child, and her first words were reported to be "Do justice, God sees you," said to a crooked merchant. Ursula's father presented suitors in hopes that she would marry her; the girl became ill at the idea of not devoting her life to God, and she finally received her father's blessing on her call to religious life.



She joined the Poor Clares in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy, on 17 July 1677 at age 17, receiving the veil on 28 October and taking the name Veronica. In 1693 she received visions that indicated that the Passion would be re-enacted in her own soul; in 1694 she received the first sign of the stigmata, in her case the visible wounds of the crown of thorns; on Good Friday in 1697 she received the wounds on her hands, feet and side. She submitted to medical treatment and many examinations, never trying to prove the stigmata was real, just suffering through the wounds, the exams and the scorn of her peers.


Veronica served as novice mistress for over thirty years; she refused to let them read any related to visions or mysticism, insisting that they become practical brides of Christ. Chosen abbess of her house in 1716, and served for more than a decade. Her 10-volume Diary of the Passion catalogues her religious experiences.


Born

1660 at Mercatello, Duchy of Urbino (part of modern Italy) as Ursula Giuliani


Died

• 9 July 1727 at Città di Castello, Italy of natural causes

• the figure of the cross was found impressed upon her heart

• body incorrupt


Beatified

17 June 1804 by Pope Pius VII


Canonized

26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI


Representation

• crowned with thorns and embracing the Cross

• holding a heart marked with a cross




Blessed Adrian Fortescue


Profile

Born to the English nobility, the son of Sir John Fortescue, and a cousin of Anne Boleyn. Made a Knight of Bath in 1503, frequently serving in the royal court of King Henry VIII. Fought for England in France in 1513 and 1522. Married twice, and father of seven. Made a Knight of Saint John in 1532. He collected several lists of proverbs and folk sayings, often writing them in the margins of his Book of Hours. On 29 August 1534, for reasons never explained, he was arrested by the king's order, and imprisoned for several months. Arrested again on 3 February 1539, and sent to the Tower of London. Without trial, he was condemned to death in April for treason, though no specific act was alleged, only general "sedition and refusing allegiance", a consquence of his loyalty to Rome. Martyr.



Born

1476 in Punsborne, Hertfordshire, England


Died

beheaded on 9 July 1539 on Tower Hill, London, England


Beatified

13 May 1895 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)




Saint Mary Hermina Grivot


Also known as

• Irma Grivot

• Maria Ermellina di Gesù

• Marie Hermine de Jésus

• Mary Hermina of Jesus



Additional Memorials

• 8 July as one of the Martyrs of Shanxi

• 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

Daughter of a cooper and a housekeeper. Irma was an active, affectionate, sensitive, intelligent but sickly child, and her education stopped at the elementary level. She felt drawn to religious life, but her family opposed it, She worked as a tutor to make her own way, and in 1894 she entered a pre-novitiate of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary at Vanves near Paris, France, then her novitiate at Les Châtelets in July, taking the name Marie Hermine de Jésus. Her poor health caused her to spend a longer than usual noviate, proving that she was capable of the rigors of missionary life. She served in her house by taking care of the accounts in Les Chatelets and Vanves, caring for the sick in Marseilles, France and then as superior of the missionaries in Taiyuanfu, China. In 1898 she and six sisters were sent to the Shanxi diocese in China to serve the poor in hospitals, and care for the unwanted or other destitutes in orphanages. There they all died in the Boxer Rebellion. One of the Martyrs of Shanxi and the Martyrs of China.


Born

28 April 1866 in Beaune, France


Died

beheaded on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuanfu, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II in Rome




Blessed Luigi Caburlotto


Profile

Son of a Venetian gondolier. Parish priest in the archdiocese of Venice, Italy, ordained on 24 September 1842. Worked with children and teens who had been abandoned or were homeless. On 30 April 1850 he founded a school for poor and abandoned girls, and with two like-minded catechists, formed what would become the Figlie di San Giuseppe (Daughters of Saint Joseph). In 1857 he founded a home for poor girls, in 1859 a school complex for the poor, and later a free college. In 1869 he was assigned to re-organize and re-vitalize the Manin Institute, a trade and craft school for men. In 1881 he took over two more impoverished schools and managed to re-vitalize them and re-staff them with religious devoted to teaching. His health began to fail, and he was confined more and more to his home parish where he spent him non-management time conducting retreats for clergy and laity. His health continuing to fail, Father Luigi spent his final years out of the public eye, living much a like a prayerful hermit, keeping track of his beloved institutions, but unable to visit them The Daughters continue their good work today in Italy, Brazil, Kenya and the Philippines.



Born

7 June 1817 in Venice, Italy


Died

• 9 July 1897 in Venice, Italy of natural causes

• re-interred in a chapel at the parish church of San Sebastion in Venice on 1 March 2009


Beatified

• 16 May 2015 by Pope Francis

• recognition celebrated in Venice, Italy




Saint Ioachim Hao


Also known as

• Joachim Ho

• Joakim Hao Kaizhi

• Yajin


Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China



Profile

Raised in a pagan family, he worked in cotton for a while, and then as a blacksmith. Convert some time after 1802. Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Guizhou, China. Married; widower. He lived an quietly, giving what he could to the poor, fasting, and having services and teaching in his house. Arrested during an official persecution in 1814; he was tortured and finally exiled to Ili, Mongolia. There he worked with other Christians, even building churches. Joakim aided soldiers assigned to fight Muslim rebels in the area, received commendation for his work by the commanding general, and was allowed to return from exile in 1832. In 1836 he was arrested during another wave of persecutions, ordered to renounce his faith, and put to torture when he refused. Martyr.


Born

c.1782 in Zhazuo, Xiuewen, Guizhou, China


Died

strangled on 9 July 1839 at Guiyang, Guizhou, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Patermutius of Egypt


Also known as

Patermuthius, Patermouthios, Pater Mucius, Patermuthias, Father Mutius



Profile

A notorious robber and thief, he converted to Christianity, brought to the faith by Saint Copra. Desert hermit in Egypt. At age 75, he was arrested in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate for refusing to sacrifice to idols. Julian sent Copra, who had renounced Christianity, to convince Patermutius to do the same. Instead, Patermutius brought Copra back to the faith. Thrown into a flaming furnace for his defiance, he was unharmed by the fire and was seen standing and praying; this show of faith and strength brought Saint Alexander of Egypt to convert. Patermutius was then pulled from the furnace and executed. Martyr.


Died

• beheaded c.363 in Egypt

• relics enshrined in Rome, Italy

• when the church of their shrine was demolished, Pope Pius V had them re-enshrined in the church of San Angelus in Italy

• some relics enshrined in the church of Sante Maria in Vallicella, Italy



Saint Copra of Egypt


Also known as

Copres, Copretes


Profile

Desert hermit in Egypt. Helped lead Saint Patermutius to the faith. At age 45 he was arrested in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate for refusing to sacrifice to idols. Through flattery and the offer of riches, Julian convinced Copra to renounce Christianity. Copra was then sent to convince Patermutius to apostasize. Instead, Patermutius convinced Copra to return to Christianity. For this, Julian had Copra's tongue torn out of his head, and had him thrown into a furnace with Patermutius. The two were unharmed by the flames, and were seen standing in the fire and praying; this show of faith and strength brought Saint Alexander of Egypt to convert. Copra was pulled from the furnance and executed. Martyr.


Died

• beheaded c.363 in Egypt

• relics enshrined in Rome, Italy

• when the church of their shrine was demolished, Pope Pius V had them re-enshrined in the church of San Angelus in Italy

• some relics enshrined in the church of Sante Maria in Vallicella, Italy



Blessed Jane Scopelli


Also known as

• Giovanna Scopelli

• Jane of Reggio



Profile

From an early age, Jane felt drawn to religious life. Her family opposed the vocation, and she obeyed them, living a pious, austere life in her parents' home. On their deaths she founded the Our Lady of the People Carmelite priory at Reggio, Italy, and served as its first prioress. She refused all endowments or gifts to the convent unless they were given as alms with no strings or conditions attached. Her prayers reportedly resulted in miracles.


Born

1428 at Reggio d' Emilia, Italy


Died

1491 of natural causes


Beatified

1771 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)



Saint Alexander of Egypt


Profile

Soldier in the army of emperor Julian the Apostate. When he witnessed the faith and strength of Saint Patermutius and Saint Copra when they were thrown into a flaming furnace, he was convinced of the power of Christianity, and announced he was converting. He was immediately throw into the furnace with them. Martyr.


Died

• burned to death in a furnace c.363 in Egypt

• relics enshrined in Rome, Italy

• when the church of their shrine was demolished, Pope Pius V had them re-enshrined in the church of San Angelus in Italy

• some relics enshrined in the church of Sante Maria in Vallicella, Italy



Blessed Marguerite-Marie-Anne de Rocher


Also known as

• Sister Marguerite-Marie-Anne of the Angels

• Maria Anna Margherita degli Angeli de Rocher



Profile

Ursuline nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.


Born

20 January 1755 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France


Died

9 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Blessed Catherine of Santa Chiara


Also known as

Caterina


Profile

Born to the Spanish nobility. Feeling an early call to religious life, she became a Poor Clare nun at age 14 at the monastery in Baeza, Spain, and was known for her life of austerity and penance. Chosen abbess of her house, she was known for her leadership by example, and strict observance of the Rule of her Order.


Born

15th century Baeza, Spain


Died

1514 in Baeza, Spain of natural causes



Saint Everild of Everingham


Also known as

Averil, Everildis


Profile

Seventh century English nobility. Convert to Christianity. Nun, entering a convent at York with Saint Bega and Saint Wuldreda under the direction of Saint Wilfrid. Assigned by Wilfrid to lead a large community of nuns at Bishop's Farm (later called Everildsham in her honour, and today called Everingham). Noted spiritual director of her sisters.


Born

in Wessex, England


Died

c.700 of natural causes



Blessed Marie-Anne-Madeleine de Guilhermier


Also known as

Sister Saint Melania


Profile

Ursuline nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.



Born

29 June 1733 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France


Died

9 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Martyrs of the Baths


Profile

A group of Christians enslaved by Diocletian to build the gigantic baths in imperial Rome, Italy. The end of their labours coincided with the beginning of the great persecutions of Diocletian, and they were all executed. Ancient records indicated there were 10,204 of them; Zeno of Rome is the only one whose name has come down to us, and we know nothing else about any of their individual lives.

Died

c.304 

St. Zeno

Feastday: July 9

Death: 300

The leader of an enormous group of martyrs who were all put to death at the command of Emperor Diocletian. The Christians, supposedly numbering more than ten thousand, were forced to labor upon public works constructed on behalf of the emperor, who then commanded all of them to be executed.


Saint Auremondo of Mairé


Also known as

Aurebondo


Profile

Educated and supported by Abbot Giuniano of the Mairé Benedictine abbey, Auremondo became a Benedictine monk, and then abbot of Mairé in 587 where he served for nearly 40 years.


Born

6th century in Chaunay, diocese of Poitiers, France


Died

c.625 of natural causes



Saint Audax of Thora


Profile

Prison guard. During the persecutions of Decius, Audax was one of the guards of Saint Anatolia, who helped convert him. Martyr.



Died

beheaded c.250 in Rome, Italy



Saint Brictius of Martola


Profile

Bishop of Martola, Italy. Imprisoned in the persecutions of Diocletian, but was not martyred. Considered a confessor of the faith.


Died

c.312 of natural causes



Blessed Dionysius the Rhetorician


Profile

Monk at the Studion monastery in Constantinople. Spiritual student of Saint Metrophanes.


Died

1606 of natural causes



Blessed Catherine of Jesus


Also known as

Caterina


Profile

Poor Clare nun at the monastery of Saint Anthony of Padua in Baeza, Spain.


Died

1520 of natural causes



Saint Hérombert of Minden


Profile

Bishop of Minden, Westphalia (in modern Germany), chosen with the support of Blessed Charlemagne. Missionary to the Saxons.


Died

800



Saint Floriana of Rome


Profile

Virgin martyr.



Died

Rome, Italy, date unknown



Saint Cyril of Gortyna


Profile

Elderly bishop of Gortyna, Crete. Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Decius.


Died

beheaded in 250



Saint Agrippinus of Autun


Profile

Bishop of Autun, France. Ordained Saint Germanus of Paris.


Died

538 of natural causes



Saint Faustina of Rome


Profile

Virgin martyr.


Died

Rome, Italy, date unknown



Saint Felician of Sicily


Also known as

Feliciano, Felicianus


Profile

Martyr.



Four Holy Polish Brothers


Profile

Four brothers who became hermits, Benedictine monks, and saints – Andrew, Barnabas, Benedict and Justus


.

Born

Poland


Died

1008 of natural causes



Martyrs of Orange


Also known as

Women Religious of Orange



Profile

32 nuns from several orders who spent up to 18 months in prison and were finally executed for refusing to renounce Christianity during the persecutions of the French Revolution.


• Anne Cartier • Anne-Andrée Minutte • Dorothée-Madeleine-Julie de Justamond • élisabeth Verchière • élisabeth-Thérèse de Consolin • Jeanne-Marie de Romillon • Madeleine-Françoise de Justamond • Madeleine-Thérèse Talieu • Marguerite-Eléonore de Justamond • Marguerite-Marie-Anne de Rocher • Marguerite-Rose de Gordon • Marguerite-Thérèse Charensol • Marie Cluse • Marie-Anastasie de Roquard • Marie-Anne Béguin-Royal • Marie-Anne Depeyre • Marie-Anne Doux • Marie-Anne Lambert • Marie-Anne-Madeleine de Guilhermier • Marie-Claire du Bac • Marie-Clotilde Blanc • Marie-Elisabeth Pélissier • Marie-Gabrielle-Françoise-Suzanne de Gaillard de Lavaldène • Marie-Gertrude de Ripert d'Alauzier • Marie-Marguerite Bonnet • Marie-Marguerite de Barbégie d'Albrède • Marie-Rose Laye • Rosalie-Clotilde Bes • Suzanne-Agathe Deloye • Sylvie-Agnès de Romillon • Thérèse-Henriette Faurie •


Died

guillotined between 6 July and 26 July 1794 at Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Franciscan Martyrs of China


Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

25 priests, friars, nuns, seminarians and lay people, all members of the Franciscan, and all murdered together for their faith in the Boxer Rebellion. Each has a profile on CatholicSaints.Info, and they are -


• André Bauer • Elia; Facchini • Francesco; Fogolla • Franciscus; Zhang; Rong • Gregorio; Grassi • Iacobus; Yan; Guodong • Iacobus; Zhao; Quanxin • Ioannes; Wang; Rui • Ioannes; Zhang; Huan • Ioannes; Zhang; Jingguang • Jeanne-Marie; Kerguin • Maria; Chaira • Marianna; Giuliani • Marie; Adolphine; Dierks • Marie; Amandine • Marie; de; Saint; Just • Mary; Hermina; Grivot • Matthias; Feng; De • Patricius; Dong • Petrus; Wang; Erman • Petrus; Wu; Anbang • Petrus; Zhang; Banniu • Philippus; Zhang; Zhihe • Simon; Chen • Thomas; Shen; Jihe •


Died

beheaded on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuanfu, Shanxi, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II in Rome




Martyrs of Gorkum


Also known as

• Gorkum Martyrs

• Martyrs of Gorcum



Profile

Nineteen martyrs killed by Calvinists for loyalty to the Pope and for their belief in the Real Presence in the Eucharist. They are -


• Adrianus van Hilvarenbeek • Andreas Wouters • Antonius van Hoornaar • Antonius van Weert • Cornelius van Wijk • Francisus de Roye • Godfried van Duynen • Godfried van Melveren • Hieronymus van Weert • Jacobus Lacops • Joannes Lenaerts • John of Cologne • Leonardus van Veghel • Nicasius Janssen van Heeze • Nicolaas Pieck • Nicolaas Poppel • Petrus van Assche • Theodorus van der Eem • Willehad van Deem •


Died

hanged on 9 July 1572 in Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands


Canonized

29 June 1867 by Pope Pius IX


Martyrs of China

புனித அகஸ்டின் ஸாவோ ரோங் 

மறைசாட்சிகள்:

பிறப்பு: ----

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 1648 முதல் கி.பி. 1930 வரை

கிங் டைனாஸ்டி மற்றும் சீன குடியரசு

ஏற்கும் சமயம்: 

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: நவம்பர் 24, 1946

திருத்தந்தை 12ம் பயஸ்

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 1, 2000

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 9

கி.பி. 5ம் நூற்றாண்டிலேயே சீன நாட்டில் கிறிஸ்துவின் நற்செய்திக்கு வித்திடப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. 7ம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில் ஒரு கிறிஸ்தவ ஆலயம் கட்டப்பட்டது. கி.பி. 618-907ம் ஆண்டு வரை, டாங் வம்சத்தினர் அரசுரிமை ஏற்று ஆட்சி செய்த காலத்தில் 2 நூற்றாண்டுகளாக கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் வாழ்ந்து வந்தனர். 13ம் நூற்றாண்டில் மேலை நாடுகளிலிருந்து நற்செய்தி பரப்ப சென்ற “ஜியோனித மோன்றோ கோர் வீனோ” (Gionitha Mondro Gor vino) போன்றோர் சீன மக்களின் முன் கூறப்பட்ட கலாச்சாரத்தை ஆழமாக புரிந்து வைத்திருந்தார்கள். இதனால் பெய்ஜிங் தலைநகரிலேயே ஆயர் தங்குவதற்கு ஆயர் இல்லம் அமைந்திருந்தது. இதனால் மறைபரப்பு பணியாளர் தங்கள் பணியில் முழுவீச்சில் இறங்கவும் வாய்ப்புக் கிடைத்தது.


பின்னர் கி.பி. 16ம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதி தொடங்கி, மறைப்பணியாளர் பல துறவு சபைகளிலிருந்தும் மிக கவனமாக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டு சீனா சென்றடைந்தனர். அவர்களில் ஒருவர் புகழ்பெற்ற இயேசு சபைக் குரு மத்தேயுரிச்சி. இவ்வாறு சென்றவர்கள் முதலில் சீன நாட்டின் கலாச்சாரத்தை நன்கு புரிந்து வைத்திருந்தனர். அதோடு கணிதம், விஞ்ஞானம் போன்ற கலைகளிலும் சிறந்தவர்களாய் இருந்தனர். இதனால் சீன மக்களிடம் எளிதாக தொடர்புகொண்டனர். அவர்களின் மனதில் இடம்பிடித்து அவர்களுக்கேற்ப நற்செய்தி பணியை பரப்பினர். கி.பி. 16ம், 17ம் நூற்றாண்டுகளில் ஏராளமானோர் நற்செய்தியை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றனர். இவ்வாறு கிறிஸ்தவர்களானவர்கள் மெய்மறை கற்று, தங்களை உயர்ந்தவர்களாக கருதினர்.




அப்போது சீன நாட்டு மன்னன், கி.பி. 1692ம் ஆண்டு, நாடு தழுவிய மறை சுதந்திரத்தை பிரகடனப்படுத்தினர். இதன்மூலம் விரும்புபவர்கள் மெய்மறையில் சேரலாம். கிறிஸ்துவை பின்பற்றலாம் என்றும் கூறினான். இதன் பலனாக ஏராளமான மக்கள் திரண்டுவந்து ஞானஸ்நானம் பெற்றனர். அப்போது திருத்தந்தையாக இருந்தவரின் பிரதிநிதி டூர்னோனின் (Durnon) அறிவின்மையால் "திருவழிபாட்டில் சீன ரீதி" என்பதை அறிமுகப்படுத்தினார். இதனால் மன்னன் ஆத்திரமடைந்து கிறிஸ்தவர்களை தாக்கினான். அண்டை நாடான ஜப்பானில் கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்கு விரோதிகளாக இருந்தவர்கள், சீனாவிற்கு வந்து கிறிஸ்தவர்களை கொன்று குவித்தார்கள். 19ம் நூற்றாண்டின் பாதி வரை இக்கொடுமை நடந்தவண்ணமாய் இருந்தது. பல ஆலயங்களும் தாக்கப்பட்டது.



கி.பி. 1648ம் ஆண்டு, "மஞ்ச் டார்டர்" (Manj Dardar) இனத்தை சேர்ந்த கொடியவர்கள், கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் வாழ்ந்த ஊர் ஒன்றை இடித்து தரைமட்டமாக்கினார்கள். அத்தோடு புனித சாமிநாதர் சபையை சார்ந்த தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ் பெர்னாண்டசைக் கொன்றனர். வியாகுல அன்னை மறையுண்மைகளை கூறி செபமாலை செபிக்கும்போது, அவரின் உடனிருந்த தோழர்களையும் கொன்றனர். இவர்களே சீன மண்ணில் முதல் மறைசாட்சிகள் ஆவர்.



மீண்டும் கி.பி. 1715-1747ம் ஆண்டு வரை நற்செய்தி பரப்பிய ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டு மறைப்பணியாளர்களையும் கொன்றனர். இன்னும் பல மறைப்பணியாளர்களையும் கொன்றனர். கி.பி. 1796-1821ம் ஆண்டு முடிய ஆட்சி செய்த மன்னன் கியா கின் (Kiya Kin) கிறிஸ்தவ மறைக்கு எதிராக பல சட்டங்களை விதித்தான். சட்டங்களை மீறியவர்களுக்கு மிக கடுமையான தண்டனையை கொடுத்தான். பல கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் கழுத்து நெறிக்கப்பட்டும், தலை வெட்டப்பட்டும் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். கி.பி. 5ம் நூற்றாண்டிலிருந்து கி.பி. 1862ம் ஆண்டு வரை கொல்லப்பட்டவர்களில் 119 பேர் புனிதர் பட்டம் பெற்றவர்கள் ஆவர்.

8 July – Martyrs of Shanxi

9 July – Franciscan Martyrs of China

Franciscan Martyrs of China

Martyrs of Zhaojia

Martyrs of Zhujiahe

Saint Agatha Lin

Saint Agnes Cao Guiying

Saint Alberic Crescitelli

Saint André Bauer

Saint Andreas Wang Tianqing

Saint Anna An Jiaoshi

Saint Anna An Xingshi

Saint Anna Wang

Saint Antonino Fantosati

Saint Auguste Chapdelaine

Saint Augustine Tchao

Saint Barbara Cui Lianshi

Saint Callistus Caravario

Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio

Saint Chi Zhuze

Saint Elia Facchini

Saint Elisabeth Qin Bianshi

Saint Francesco Fogolla

Saint Francis Ferdinand de Capillas

Saint Francis Serrano

Saint Francisco Díaz del Rincón

Saint Franciscus Zhang Rong

Saint Giovanni of Triora

Saint Gregorio Grassi

புனிதர் கிரகொரி மேரி கிரஸ்ஸி 

துறவி, ஆயர், மறைசாட்சி:

பிறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 13, 1833

காஸ்டெல்லஸோ போர்மிடா, பிட்மாண்ட், இத்தாலி

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 9, 1900

டையுவன், ஷன்க்ஸி, சீனா

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: நவம்பர் 27, 1946

திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் பயஸ்

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 1, 2000

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 8

புனிதர் கிரகொரி மேரி கிரஸ்ஸி, ஒரு “இத்தாலிய பிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியும்” (Italian Franciscan Friar), ஆயரும், ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையால் மறைசாட்சியாகவும் புனிதராகவும் கௌரவிக்கப்படுபவருமாவார். 2000ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், முதல் தேதியன்று, திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல் (Pope John Paul II) அவர்களால் புனிதர்களாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்ட 120 சீன மறைசாட்சியருள் (120 Martyrs of China) இவரும் ஒருவராவார்.

“பியர்லுய்கி கிரஸ்ஸி” (Pierluigi Grassi) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், இத்தாலி நாட்டின் “பியட்மாண்ட்” (Piedmont) பிராந்தியத்தின் “காஸ்டெல்லஸோ போர்மிடா” (Castellazzo Bormida) எனுமிடத்தில், கி.பி. 1833ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 13ம் தேதியன்று, பிறந்தார்.

தமது 15 வயதில், கி.பி. 1848ம் ஆண்டு, நவம்பர் மாதம், 2ம் தேதியன்று, “ரொமாக்னா” (Romagna) பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள “மான்ட்டியானோ” (Montiano) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவு மடத்தில் வார்த்தைப்பாடு எடுத்துக்கொண்டார். தமது பெயரையும் “கிரகோரி” (Gregory) என்று ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். பின்னர், இறையியல் கற்பதற்காக “போலோக்னா” (Bologna) அனுப்பப்பட்ட இவர், கி.பி. 1856ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 17ம் நாளன்று, “மிரண்டோலா” (Mirandola) நகரில், குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார்.

பின்னர், சீன (China) நாட்டில் செய்யவேண்டிய மறைப்பணிக்கான தயாரிப்புக்கான பயிற்ச்சிகளுக்காக ரோம் (Rome) அனுப்பப்பட்டார்.

கி.பி. 1860ம் ஆண்டு, வட சீனாவிலுள்ள “டையுவன்” (Taiyuan) நகர் அனுப்பப்பட்ட இவர், மறைப்பணி பரப்பாளராகவும், மறைப்பணியின் அனாதைகள் இல்லத்தின் இயக்குனராகவும், பாடல் குழுவின் தலைவராகவும் நியமனங்களைப் பெற்றார்.

கி.பி. 1876ம் ஆண்டு, (Apostolic Vicariate of Shansi) ஆக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். 1891ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், 6ம் தேதியன்று, சீன மக்களுக்கு பிரான்சிஸ்கன் வாழ்வில் அணுகல் வழங்குவதற்காக “ஷன்க்ஸி” (Shanxi) எனுமிடத்தில் ஒரு புகுநிலை (Novitiate) மடம் ஒன்றினை நிறுவினார். அதிகமாக உழைக்கும் மறைப் பணியாளர்களுக்காக ஒரு ஓய்வு இல்லம் ஒன்றினையும் கட்டினார்.

பிளேக் (Plague) மற்றும் பஞ்சம் (Famine) போன்ற பேரழிவுகளால் பாதிப்படைந்த மக்களுக்காக அக்கறையுடன் சேவையாற்றினார். இவர்களுக்காக நகரில் ஏற்கனவேயுள்ள அநாதை இல்லங்களை பெரிது படுத்தினார். வேறு பல இல்லங்களையும் நிறுவினார்.

கி.பி. 1899ம் ஆண்டு முதல் 1901ம் ஆண்டு வரை, சீனாவிலிருந்த வெளிநாட்டினர், ஏகாதிபத்திய எதிர்ப்பாளர்கள் மற்றும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களுக்கெதிராக பெரும் கலகம் ஒன்று வெடித்தது. இது “பாக்ஸர் கலகம்” (Boxer Rebellion) என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டது. பேரரசி “டோவகர் சிக்ஸி” (Empress Dowager Cixi) “வெளிநாட்டு சக்திகளுக்கு எதிரான போரை அறிவிக்கும் அரசு ஆணை’யை” (Imperial Decree of declaration of war against foreign powers) பிரகடனப்படுத்தினார்.

கிரகொரி தப்பி ஓடுமாறு வலியுறுத்தப்பட்டார். ஆனால் கிரெகொரி பின்வருமாறு பதிலளித்தார்.:

“நான் எனக்கு பன்னிரண்டு வயதானபோதே, கடவுளுக்காக மறைசாட்சியாக உயிர்த்தியாகம் செய்யும் நிலை வேண்டி வரம் கேட்டேன். இப்போது நான் ஏங்கின காலம் வந்துவிட்டது, நான் ஓடிப்போகலாமா?”

“டையுவன்“ (Taiyuan) நகரில் கிரகொரியும் அவருடன் சுமார் பன்னிரண்டு மிஷனரிகளும், நான்கு பிற துறவியரும், “மரியாளின் பிரான்சிஸ்கன் மிஷினரிகள்” (Franciscan Missionaries of Mary) ஏழு பேரும், “புனிதர் பிரான்ஸிசின் மூன்றாம் நிலை (Third Order of St. Francis) சபையின் 11 சீன நாட்டு உறுப்பினர்களும் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர். அடித்து சிதைக்கப்பட்ட அனைவரும் இரும்பு கூண்டுகளில் அடைத்து பொதுமக்கள் பார்வைக்காக வைக்கப்பட்டனர். அக்கம்பக்கத்து கிராமங்களினூடே ஊர்வலமாக கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டனர். ஜூலை மாதம், 8ம் தேதியன்று, அவர்கள் “டையுவன்“ (Taiyuan) நகருக்கு திரும்ப இழுத்து வரப்பட்டனர். மறுநாள் ஒன்பதாம் தேதி, “யூக்ஸியன்” (Yuxian) என்ற ஆளுநர் அத்தனை பேரையும் கழுத்தை வெட்டி கொன்றான். இதனை “டையுவன் படுகொலை“ (Taiyuan Massacre) என்றழைக்கின்றனர்.

“பாக்ஸர் கலகம்” (Boxer Rebellion) காலத்தின்போது, 5 ஆயர்களும், 50 குருக்களும், 2 அருட்சகோதரர்களும், 15 அருட்சகோதரியரும் 40,000 சீன கிறிஸ்தவர்களும் கொல்லப்பட்டனர்.


கி.பி. 1906ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியரால் சேவை செய்யப்பட்ட 146,575 கத்தோலிக்கர்கள், கி.பி. 1924ம் ஆண்டு, 303,760 பேராக பல்கிப் பெருகினர். அப்போது, 282 ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியரும், 174 உள்ளூர் குருக்களும் இருந்தனர்.

Saint Huailu Zhang

Saint Iacobus Yan Guodong

Saint Iacobus Zhao Quanxin

Saint Ioachim Hao

Saint Ioannes Baptista Luo Tingyin

Saint Ioannes Baptista Wu Mantang

Saint Ioannes Baptista Zhao Mingxi

Saint Ioannes Baptista Zhu Wurui

Saint Ioannes Wang Kuixin

Saint Ioannes Wang Rui

Saint Ioannes Wu Wenyin

Saint Ioannes Zhang Huan

Saint Ioannes Zhang Jingguang

Saint Iosephus Ma Taishun

Saint Iosephus Wang Kuiju

Saint Iosephus Wang Yumei

Saint Iosephus Yuan Gengyin

Saint Iosephus Yuan Zaide

Saint Iosephus Zhang

Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre

Saint Jean-Pierre Néel

Saint Jeanne-Marie Kerguin

Saint Jerome Lu

Saint Joaquín Royo Pérez

Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng

Saint Juan Alcober Figuera

Saint Laurentius Bai Xiaoman

Saint Lawrence Wang

Saint Léon-Ignace Mangin

Saint Lucia Wang Cheng

Saint Lucia Wang Wangzhi

Saint Lucia Yi Zhenmei

Saint Luigi Versiglia

Saint Magdalena Du Fengju

Saint Marcus Ji Tianxiang

Saint Maria An Guoshi

Saint Maria An Linghua

Saint Maria Chaira

Saint Maria Chi Yu

Saint Maria Du Tianshi

Saint Maria Du Zhauzhi

Saint Maria Fan Kun

Saint Maria Fu Guilin

Saint Maria Guo Lizhi

Saint Maria Wang Lishi

Saint Maria Zhao

Saint Maria Zhao Guoshi

Saint Maria Zheng Xu

Saint Maria Zhu Wushi

Saint Marianna Giuliani

Saint Marie Adolphine Dierks

Saint Marie Amandine

Saint Marie de Saint Just

Saint Martha Wang

Saint Martinus Wu Xuesheng

Saint Mary Hermina Grivot

Saint Matthias Feng De

Saint Modeste Andlauer

Saint Patricius Dong

Saint Paul Denn

Saint Paulus Chen Changpin

Saint Paulus Ge Tingzhu

Saint Paulus Lang Fu

Saint Paulus Liu Hanzuo

Saint Paulus Liu Jinde

Saint Paulus Wu Anju

Saint Paulus Wu Wanshu

Saint Pere Sans Jordà

Saint Peter Ou

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Saint Petrus Wang Zuolung

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Saint Petrus Zhang Banniu

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Saint Petrus Zhu Rixin

Saint Philippus Zhang Zhihe

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Saint Rosa Zhao

Saint Simon Chen

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Saint Teresia Chen Qingjieh

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Saint Yangzhi Lang


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• Brictius of Seez

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• Pontian of Todi

• Procula of Gannat

07 July 2023

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 08

 St. Withburga

புனித வித்பர்கா (-743)

இவர் இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்; இவரது தந்தை இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டின் கிழக்கு ஆங்கிலேயாவை ஆண்டுவந்த அன்னா என்பவராவார்.

இவரது தந்தை எதிரி நாட்டோடு  போர்தொடுக்கச் சொல்லும்போது போரில் எதிரிகளால் கொல்லப்பட்டார். இச்செய்தியை அறிந்த இவர் பெரிதும் வருந்தி அழுதார்.


பின்னர் இவர் எல்லாவற்றையும் துறந்துவிட்டுத் துறவு வாழ்க்கையை மேற்கொள்ளத் தொடங்கினார். 

இவர் தன் சொந்த முயற்சியால் டெரகம் என்ற இடத்தில் ஒரு துறவுமடத்தையும் கோயிலையும் கட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கிறபொழுது, இவரால் பணியாளர்களுக்குப் போதிய உணவு கொடுக்க முடியாத சூழ்நிலை ஏற்பட்டது. அப்போது இவர் புனித கன்னி மரியாவிடம் உருக்கமாக வேண்ட, அவர் பணியாளர்களுக்கு அற்புதமான முறையில் உணவு கிடைக்கச் செய்தார்.

இவர் கோயிலைக் கட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கிற போதே இவரது உயிர், இவருடைய உடலைவிட்டுப் பிரிந்தது. இதற்குப் பிறகு கோயில் கட்டும் பணியை இவருடைய மடத்தில் இருந்த ஏனைய சகோதரிகள் தம் பொறுப்பில் எடுத்து, நிறைவு செய்தார்கள்.

இவர் 743 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

St. Wihtburh, depicted in St Nicholas's Church, Dereham, Norfolk

Died 17 March 743

Dereham

Venerated in

Roman Catholic Church

Anglican Communion

Major shrine Ely Cathedral

Feast 8 July

Attributes A pair of does; church

Catholic cult suppressed 1540s[1]

Withburga (d.c. 743) + Virgin and Benedictine nun. The youngest daughter of King Anna of East Anglia, England (d. 653). Following the death of her father in battle, she moved to Dereham where she established a nunnery and a church. She died with the church unfinished, on March 17. Her remains were later stolen by monks who enshrined her in Ely. A fresh spring, called Withburga's Well, sprang up at her grave in Dereham. Feast day: July 8.

 



Wihtburh (also Withburga or Withburge; died 743) was an East Anglian saint, princess and abbess. According to tradition, she was the youngest daughter of Anna, king of the East Angles, but Virginia Blanton has suggested that the royal connection was probably a fabrication. One story says that the Virgin Mary sent a pair of female deer to provide milk for Wihtburh's workers during the construction of her convent at Dereham, in Norfolk. When a local official attempted to hunt down the does, he was thrown from his horse and killed.


Withburh died in 743 and was buried at Dereham. Her body was said to be uncorrupted by age or decay when her tomb was opened half a century after her death, and the church and the tomb subsequently became a place of pilgrimage. When her relics were stolen on the orders of the abbot of Ely Abbey, the remains were re-interred at Ely next to her sisters Æthelthryth and Seaxburh. In 1106, Withburh's body was again examined and found to be intact.


Wihtburh’s cult in Eastern England, which was never large, was closely linked with that of her sister Æthelthryth. It was suppressed during the Reformation in the 1540s, and her relics were all destroyed.


St. Raymond of Toulouse


Born Toulouse, France

Died 3 July 1118

Toulouse, France

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Major shrine Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse

Feast 8 July

A chanter and canon renowned for generosity. A native of Toulouse, France, he was known originally as Raymond Gayrard. After the death of his wife, he became a canon of St. Sernin, Toulouse, helping to rebuild the church which became a popular place for pilgrims. After his death on July 3, many miracles were reported at his tomb.


Old hospital of St. Raymond, now museum, new building of the fifteenth century.

Raymond of Toulouse, also known as Raymond Gayrard, was a chanter and canon renowned for generosity.[1] A native of Toulouse, who entered religious life after the death of his wife. He became a canon of St. Sernin, Toulouse, helping to rebuild the church which became a popular place for pilgrims.


After his death on 3 July 1118, many miracles were reported at his tomb and he was beatified in 1652 by Pope Innocent X.


Saint Killian

புனித. கிளியன் (St.Kilian)

ஆயர், மறைசாட்சி

பிறப்பு

640

வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் ( Wurzburg )

இறப்பு

ஜூலை 8, 689

வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் (Würzburg)

முத்திபேறுபட்டம்: 788

இவர் பெயரில் வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க்கில் ஓர் ஆலயம் உள்ளது. பல வருடங்களாக இவ்வாலயம் புனித தலமாக இருந்தது. அங்குள்ள கிரிப்தா (Krypta)என்ற சிற்றாலயத்தில் உள்ள கல்லறையில் இப்புனிதரின் உடல் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. அவர் ஆயராக இருந்தபோது பயன்படுத்திய, தலையில் வைக்கும் தொப்பியும்,கையில் பிடிக்கும் நீண்ட பெரிய சிலுவையும் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டு, பார்வைக்கு வைக்கப்பட்டது. மற்றும் சில பொருட்களும், திருவிவிலியம் மைன்ஸ்(Mainz) என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு சொந்தமான நூலகத்தில் வைத்து பாதுகாக்கப்படுகின்றது. இவரின் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு மிக நீண்ட அளவில் இருப்பதால் வரலாறாக வடிவமைக்கப்பட்டது.


இவர் 687 ஆம் ஆண்டில் மிக சிறந்த ஆயர் என்ற பெருமையை பெற்றார். வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் மக்களிடையே இவரின் பெயரில் தனிப்பட்ட நம்பிக்கை வளர்ந்தது. 689 ஆம் ஆண்டு கெய்லானா (Gailana) என்ற நாட்டை சார்ந்த ஓர் அரசன், இனத்தின் பெயரால், ஆயர் கிளியன் கொலைசெய்ய திட்டமிட்டான். அவருடன் இணைந்து பணிபுரிந்த குருக்கள் கோலோண்ட்(Kolont) மற்றும் டோப்னான்(Tofnan) இருவரும் முதலில் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள். நற்செய்திக்கு சான்று பகரும் விதமாக இருவரும் மறைசாட்சியானார்கள். பிறகு கிளியன் அவர்களின் செப வாழ்வினால் அரசர் குடும்பத்தினர் தூண்டப்பட்டு, வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் வந்து ஆயரிடம் ஞானஸ்நானம் பெற்று மனந்திரும்பினர். பாவமன்னிப்பு பெற்று இறைவனை நம்பினர். ஆனால் அரசனின் படையை சேர்ந்தவர்கள், அரசருக்கு தெரியாமலேயே ஆயரை கொன்றார்கள். இவர்கள் மூவருக்குமே (கிளியன், கோலோண்ட், டோப்னான்) வூர்ட்ஸ்பூர்க் பேராலயத்தில் கல்லறைகள் உள்ளது. உலகப் போரில் இப்பேராலயமானது அழிவுக்குள்ளாக்கப்பட்டதால், 1910 ஆம் ஆண்டு மீண்டும் புதுப்பிக்கப்பட்டு நொய்முன்ஸ்ரர் பேராலயம்(Neumünsterkirche) என்று இன்றும் அழைக்கப்பட்டு, ஆயிரக்கணக்கான மக்கள் திருப்பலியில் பங்கெடுக்கப்படுகின்றது.


Also known as

• Apostle of Franconia

• Chilianus, Chillian, Chillien, Cilian, Cillíne, Cillian, Kilian, Killena





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Born to the Irish nobility. Monk at the monastery of Hy. May have been an abbot. Travelling bishop throughout Ireland. Missionary with eleven companions through Gaul to Würzburg, Germany whose people he found to be pagan, and whom he resolved to convert. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy in 686 where he received papal authority for his mission; Pope Conon ordained him as a missionary bishop. Kilian then returned to Würzburg in 687 with Saint Colman and Saint Totnan. With them, he evangelized East Franconia and East Thuringia, areas in modern Bavaria, Germany, converted Duke Gozbert and a large part of Gozbert's subjects.


After Duke Gozbert converted, Killian explained that the duke's marriage with Geilana, his brother's widow, was unlawful. He secured the duke's promise to leave her, which made an enemy of pagan Geilana. She plotted against the saint, and caused the murder of him, Colman and Totnan, and the burial of their corpses, sacred vessels, vestments, and holy writings at the crime scene. When the duke returned to her, Geilana denied knowing the location of the missionaries. The actual murderer went mad, confessed his crime, and died miserably. Geilana herself eventually died insane.


Kilian's good work did not long survive him. When Saint Boniface arrived in Thuringia, he found evidence of his predecessor's influence. The relics of the martyrs, after cures had brought fame to their burial place, were transferred to the Church of Our Lady in 743 by Saint Burchard, first Bishop of Würzburg. After Burchard obtained Pope Zachary's permission for their public veneration, they were solemnly transferred, probably on 8 July 752, to the newly finished Cathedral of the Saviour. Later they were buried in Saint Kilian's vault in the new cathedral erected on the spot where tradition says they were martyred. His skull is still preserved, is be-jewelled, and is processed on his feast day. Killian's copy of the New Testament was preserved in Würzburg Cathedral until 1803, and since then has been in the university library.


Born

c.640 in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland


Died

beheaded on 8 July 689


Patronage

• against rheumatism

• against gout

• whitewashers

• Bavaria, Germany

• archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany

• diocese of Würzburg, Germany

• Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland (staging point for his mission to mainland Europe)


Representation

• bishop being murdered with two priests

• bishop holding a crozier and sword

• bishop holding a large sword and standing between two priests

• with Saint Colman and and Saint Totnan



Blessed Giulio of Montevergine


Also known as

Julio, Julius



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Born to the Italian nobility, he received a good education in music, literature and the sciences. As a young man he felt a call to religious life, gave away all he had to the poor, and left home to live as a hermit in the area of Campania, Italy. He and a another hermit, named Giovanni, developed such a reputation for wisdom and holiness that they attraced would-be students, and the local feudal lords built them a hermitage and a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The two hermits wanted the property entrusted to a religious order, so Pope Gregory XIII sent the Camaldolese Benedictines. With the place and the local people cared for by the monks, Giulio withdrew from the area to return to life as a prayerful hermit. With the permission of the monks, he lived near the abbey of Montevergine, but never joined the Order. He served the abbey for 24 years as organist and achieved such a reputation that people came from other cities to hear him during liturgies.


Born

16th century Nardò, Lecce, Italy


Died

• 8 July 1601 at the abbey of Montevergine of natural causes

• buried at his own request under the floor of the Chapel of the Madonna in the abbey so that he would be trampled by all the pilgrims and thus be reminded that he was a great sinner

• his tomb was opened in 1621 during renovations to the chapel, and his body was found to be incorrupt after 20 years



Saint Sunniva of Bergen


Also known as

• Sunniva of Norway

• Sunnifa, Synnöve


Additional Memorial

31 August (translation of relics)



Profile

Daughter of a tenth century Irish king. To avoid an arranged marriage with an invading pagan king, she, her brother Alban, and several female companions fled her home to settle in a cave on the island of Selje off the Norwegian coast. Some time later, Viking locals decided that the group was stealing cattle, and sent an armed band to attack them. When they arrived, they found the cave sealed by a landslide; none of the group of exiles were ever seen alive again. Years later, around 995, after reports of strange lights in the area, King Olaf Tryggvason had the cave opened; Sunniva's body was found incorrupt, and the king built a church there in her honour.


Sunniva's story was retold and revised over the years, often combining elements of Saint Ursula's history. Sometimes she is a nun leading a group of pious sisters seeking solitude. According to post-Reformation sources, Sunniva had two sisters, Saint Borni and Saint Marita, and her brother was Saint Alban.


Patronage

• Bergen, Norway

• Norwegian west coast



Martyrs of Shanxi


Profile

In 1898 seven sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary were sent to the Shanxi diocese in China to serve the poor in hospitals, and care for the unwanted or other destitutes in orphanages. They were -



• Anne-Catherine Dierks

• Anne-Francoise Moreau

• Clelia Nanetti

• Irma Grivot

• Jeanne-Marie Kuergin

• Marianna Giuliani

• Pauline Jeuris


There they all died in one of the periodic crackdowns against foreign missionaries.


Died

beheaded on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuanfu, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Edgar the Peaceful


Also known as

• Eadgar the Peaceful

• Edgar the Peaceable

• Edgar I

• Edgar of England



Profile

Born a prince, the son of King Edmund I and Saint Elgiva of Shaftesbury. King of the Mercians and Northumbrians in 957. King of the West Saxons on 1 October 959, which effectively made him king of all England. Efficient and unusually tolerant of local customs; while he spent much time in military actions, his reign was a peaceful period for civilians. Supported his friend Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Oswald of York, and Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester in founding abbeys, encouraged the Benedictine movement, and enacted penalties for nonpayment of tithes and Peter's pence. Father of Saint Edward the Martyr.


Born

943 or 944 in Wessex, England


Died

8 July 975 in Winchester, Wessex, England


Patronage

• kings

• widowers



Blessed Pope Eugene III


Also known as

• Peter dei Paganelli di Montemagno

• Bernard of Pisa

• Bernardo Pignatelli



Profile

Prominent Cistercian monk. Friend of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Abbot of the monastery of Tre Fontaine. Elected pope unanimously on day of his predecessor's funeral; the cardinals wanted a quick election to prevent the interference of secular authorities. Promoted the disastrous Second Crusade. In 1146, the agitation of Arnold of Brescia and the republicans drove the pope from Rome. While in exile from 1146 to 1149 and again from 1150 to 1152, Eugene worked to reform clerical discipline.


Born

at Montemagno, Pisa, Italy as Peter dei Paganelli di Montemagno


Papal Ascension

15 February 1145


Died

8 July 1151 at Tivoli, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

28 December 1872 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)



Saint Pancras of Taormina


Also known as

• Pancratius

• Pankratios

• Pancrazio

• Pankratiy



Profile

Travelled from Turkey to Jerusalem as a boy during the ministry of Jesus. Back in Antioch, he and his entire family converted. Hermit in a cave in Pontus. Consecrated as a missionary bishop by the Saint Peter the Apostle, and sent to Taormina, Sicily. Miraculously saved the city from destruction by the pagan commander Aquilinus. Martyred by other pagans who opposed Christianity.


Born

Antioch, Cilicia (modern Adana, Turkey)


Died

stoned to death in Taormina, Sicily


Patronage

• Taormina, Italy

• Canicattì, Italy


Representation

elderly bishop holding a cross in his right hand and a Gospel in his left



Saint Grimbald


Profile

Benedictine monk, and prior of Saint Bertin monastery. Alfred of England was impressed with the man's holiness, and when he ascended the throne, Alfred asked Grimbald to come to England to share his knowledge and holiness. Grimbald arrived in England around 885, and impressed many with his knowledge of Scripture, his skill in music, and his holiness. Grimbald helped found the University of Oxford, and served as its first professor of divinity. Declined the bishopric of Canterbury. He retired to Winchester, and with the king's encouragement, he began the foundation of Newminister, and was then installed as abbot. After two decades in England, Grimbald became ill. He took Communion, spent several days in contemplation, gathered the monks of the community to his room for one last time of fellowship, and died.


Born

9th century Flanders, Belgium


Died

901 of natural causes



Blessed Peter the Hermit


Profile

Preached the First Crusade to recover the Holy Lands from invading Muslims. Went with the armies of Godfrey of Bouillon. Vicar General of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Returned to Belgium in 1099. Founded the Neufmoustier monastery in Huy, Belgium were he served as prior for the rest of his life. Known as a popular preacher and for living an extremely ascetic life; when his relics were moved in 1242 he was discovered to have worn a hair shirt under his habit.



Born

c.1050 at Amiens, France


Died

• 1115 at the Neufmoustier monastery in Huy, Belgium of natural causes

• re-interred in 1242



Pope Saint Adrian III


Profile

Pope for approximately one year. Almost nothing is known of his life before his ascension. Adrian opposed the Roman aristocratic faction led by the corrupt bishop Formosus, and arrested the more violent members of the group. He died en route to Worms, Germany where he was going to help settle the question of succession to Emperor Charles the Fat.



Born

at Teano, Italy, or Rome, Italy (records vary)


Papal Ascension

17 May 884


Died

• summer 885 near Modena, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the monastery of Nonantula near Modena



Martyrs of Syrmium


Profile

Five Christians martyred together for their faith. We know nothing else about them but the names - Cecilia, Eperentius, Eraclius, Sostratus and Spirus.


Died

4th century in Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Serbia)



Saint Priscilla the Tent Maker

தூயவர்களான அக்கில்லா மற்றும் பிரிஸ்கா (ஜூலை 08)

“கிறிஸ்து இயேசுவுக்காக என்னோடு சேர்ந்து உழைக்கின்ற பிரிஸ்காவுக்கும் அக்கில்லாவுக்கும் என் வாழ்த்து” (உரோ 16:3)

வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு

அக்கில்லா, பிரிஸ்கா ஆகிய இருவரும் பிறப்பால் யூதர்கள். இவர்கள் இருவரும் கூடாரத் தொழில் செய்து பிழைத்து வந்தார்கள். கி.பி.49 ஆம் ஆண்டு, உரோமையை ஆண்டுவந்த கிளாடியஸ் என்ற மன்னன் கிறிஸ்தவர்களைக் கொடுமைப்படுத்தத் தொடங்கியதால், இவர்கள் அங்கிருந்து கொரிந்து நகருக்கு இடம்பெயர்ந்து, அங்கே கூடாரத் தொழில் செய்து பிழைத்து வந்தார்கள்.

இப்படிப்பட்ட சமயத்தில்தான் புறவினத்தாரின் இறைவாக்கினர் என அழைக்கப்படும் பவுல் இவர்களிடத்தில் வந்து, பிழைப்பிற்காக கூடாரத் தொழில் செய்து வந்தார். பவுலடியாரின் போதனையும் எடுத்துக்காட்டன வாழ்வும் இவர்களை மிகவும் மாற்றியது என்றுதான் சொல்லவேண்டும். இதனால் இவர்கள் பவுலடியாருக்கு பணிவிடை செய்யத் தொடங்கினார்கள்.

பவுல் எபேசு நகருக்குச் சென்றபோது இவர்கள் இருவரையும் தன்னோடு கூட்டிச் சென்றார். அங்கே இவர்கள் இருவரும் நற்செய்திப் பணியில் பவுலுக்கு மிகவும் உறுதுணையாக இருந்தார்கள். இதற்கிடையில் இவர்கள் இருவரும் அப்போல்லோவைச் சந்தித்தார்கள். அவரோ திருமுழுக்கு குறித்த போதுமான தெளிவில்லாமல் இருந்தார். எனவே அவருக்கு இவர்கள் சரியான போதனையை எடுத்துச் சொல்லி, அவரைத் தெளிவுபடுத்தினார்கள்.


எபேசு நகரில் சில காலத்திற்கு பவுலோடு நற்செய்திப் பணியாற்றிய இவர்கள் இருவரும் உரோமை நகருக்கு வந்தார்கள். அங்கே இவர்கள் இருவரும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவைப் பற்றி வல்லமையோடு மக்களுக்கு எடுத்துரைத்து வந்தார்கள். இதுகுறித்து கேள்விப்பட்ட உரோமை மன்னன் இவர்களைக் கொன்றுபோட்டான். இவ்வாறு அக்கில்லாவும் பிரிஸ்காவும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி, தங்களுடைய இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்தார்கள்.

Also known as

Prisca



Profile

First century Jewish tent-maker. Married to Saint Aquila. Convert to Christianity. Entertained Saint Paul in Corinth and Ephesus. While they lived in Rome, Italy, their house was used as a church. Mentioned in Acts 18; Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 16; and 2 Timothy 4. Martyr.


Died

Rome, Italy





Saint Aquila the Tent Maker


Profile

First century Jewish tent-maker. Married to Saint Priscilla. Convert to Christianity. Entertained Saint Paul in Corinth and Ephesus. While they lived in Rome, Italy their house was used as a church. Mentioned in Acts 18; Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 16; and 2 Timothy 4. Martyr.



Born

Pontus


Died

Rome, Italy




Blessed Adolf IV of Schauenburg


Profile

Born to the nobility. Count of Schauenburg, Germany. Conquered the Holstein region of modern Germany from invading pagan Danes in 1225. Crusader to Livonia in 1228. Founded monasteries in Hamburg and Kiel in Germany. Joined the Franciscans in Hamburg in 1239. Ordained in 1245.



Died

• 8 July 1261 in Kiel, Germany of natural causes

• interred in the church of the Franciscan abbey in Kiel



Saint Ioannes Wu Wenyin


Also known as

• John Wu Wenyin

• Ruowang



Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China


Profile

Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.


Born

c.1850 in Dongertou, Yongnian, Hebei, China


Died

8 July 1900 in Dongertou, Yongnian, Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Mancius Araki Kyuzaburo


Also known as

Mancio Araki


Additional Memorial

10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan


Profile

Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Gave Blessed Francisco Pacheco a home during his missionary work. For this he was imprisoned and left to die. Martyr.


Born

c.1590 in Kuchinotsu, Japan


Died

8 July 1626 in Shimabara, Japan of tuberculosis


Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX



Saint Colman of Thuringia


Also known as

Kolonat



Profile

Evangelized Franconia and East Thuringia. Worked and martyred with Saint Kilian and Saint Totnan.


Died

c.689 at East Thuringia


Patronage

• against gout

• against rheumatism

• whitewashers



Saint Ithier of Nevers


Also known as

Ythier


Profile

Physician. Taught medicine. Treated the poor for free. Chosen bishop of Nevers, France, he became a priest in order to be consecrated.


Born

Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France


Died

• 695 of natural causes

• buried in the collegiate church of Saint Ythier in Sully-sur-Loire, France



Saint Totnan of Thuringia


Profile

Evangelized Franconia and East Thuringia. Worked and martyred with Saint Kilian and Saint Colman.



Died

c.689 at East Thuringia


Patronage

• against gout

• against rheumatism

• whitewashers



Saint Procopius of Ceasarea


Also known as

Procopio



Profile

Soldier in the imperial Roman army. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for having declared himself a Christian in open court.


Died

beheaded c.303 at Caesarea, Palestine



Saint Ampelius of Milan


Also known as

Ampèle, Ampelio



Profile

Bishop of Milan, Italy from 665 to 672. Worked to Christianize the invading Lombards.


Died

c.672 of natural causes



Saint Morwenna


Profile


No details about her have survived. She is reported to have appeared in visions in Morwenstow, Cornwall, England where her relics are apparently buried under the church floor.



Saint Brogan of Mothil


Also known as

Bearchan, Bracan, Broccan, Brochan


Profile

Sixth or seventh century scribe and bishop of Mothil, Waterford, Ireland. May have been the nephew of Saint Patrick, and may have served as his secretary.



Abrahamite Monks


Also known as

Martyrs of Constantinople


Profile

A group of monks in a monstery founded by Saint Abraham of Ephesus. Martyred in the iconoclast persecutions of emperor Theophilus.


Died

c.835 in Constantinople



Saint Glyceria of Heraclea


Also known as

Gliceria



Profile

Martyr.


Died

Heraclea, Thrace



Saint Arnold of Arnoldsweiler


Profile

Noted for his charity to the poor. The village Arnoldsweiler, Germany is named for him.



Died

c.800



Saint Landrada


Profile

Founded the convent of Munsterbilsen, Belgium and served as its first abbess.



Died

c.690



Saint Apollonius of Benevento


Profile

Bishop of Benevento, Italy. Forced into hiding during the persecutions of Diocletian.


Died

c.326



Saint Doucelin


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Martin of Tours. Evangelist.


Patronage

• Allonnes, Maine-et-Loire, France

• Verrains, France



Saint Abraham the Martyr


Profile

Bishop. Martyr.


Died

348


Representation

sword, the instrument of his execution



Saint Auspicius of Trier


Profile

Bishop of Trier, Germany


Died

c.130



Saint Auspicius of Toul


Profile

Bishop of Toul, France.


Died

c.475



Also celebrated but no entry yet


• Albert of Genoa

• Anastasius of Ioannina

• Benedict of Alignan

• Disibod of the Rhineland

• Illuminatus of Rieti

• Lorenzo Illuminatore di Farfa

• Nom

• Palmerio of Sardinia

• Peter Vigne

06 July 2023

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஜீலை 07

 St. Illidius

Died 385

Clermont-Ferrand

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Major shrine Abbaye Saint Allyre, near Clermont

Feast July 7; June 5 (locally at Clermont-Ferrand)

Patronage Clermont-Ferrand





Bishop of Clermont, France. Also known as Allyre, he was much respected by St. Gregory of Tours. Illidius did much to establish Clermont as a leading monastic and cultural center in the region.


Saint Illidius (French: Saint Allyre, Alyre;[1] died 385) was a 4th-century bishop of Clermont, France.[2] To Illidius is attributed the rise of Clermont-Ferrand as a center of religious teaching and culture.[3] According to tradition, he cured the daughter of the Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus at Trier


St. Humphrey Lawrence


Born c. 1571

Hampshire

Died 7 July 1591 (aged 19 - 20)

Winchester, Hampshire, U.K.

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Beatified 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Feast 7 July


Martyr of England. Born in Hampshire, he was a convert to Catholicism through the efforts of Jesuit missionaries. Humphrey openly called Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and she had him arrested immediately. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Winchester. Pope Pius XI beatified him in 1929.



St. Felix of Nantes



Feastday: July 7

Death: 584



Bishop of Nantes, France, known for the cathedral he erected there. A noble of Aquitaine and married, Felix accepted the post of bishop when his wife entered a convent in 549. Felix was noted for his charitable works and for building the cathedral of Nantes. He died there on January 6.


St. Eoban


Bishop of Utrecht

Church Catholic Church

Diocese Archdiocese of Utrecht

In office 753–754

Personal details

Died 5 June 754


Benedictine monk and martyr of Irish descent, a companion of Sts. Willibrord and Boniface. Eoban was martyred with Boniface at Dokkum, Holland.

Eoban (died 5 June 754 at Dokkum) was a companion of St. Boniface, and was martyred with him on his final mission. In Germany, he is revered as a bishop and martyr.

Biography

Little is known of Eoban apart from what the Vita Bonifatii says.[1] Apparently, he was an English priest who came to Germany together with St. Boniface. In 753, Willibald's Vita lists him as a Chorbishop. The Fulda martyrology mentions him as a bishop,[2] as does the Vita tertia Bonifatii.[3]

According to the Vita Bonifatii auctore Willibaldo, on the morning of 5 June 754, Boniface and 50 others, presumably including Eoban (none of the companions are mentioned by name in the Vita), were killed at Dokkum (The Netherlands) by pagan Frisians.[4] His cult was of some importance to English Catholics; he is included in the paintings made by Niccolò Circignani of English saints and martyrs in the English College, Rome.[4]

Veneration in Erfurt

After 756 the relics of the bishops of Utrecht Eoban and Adalar were transferred to Fulda, and buried next to St. Boniface. Before 1100 they had been then transferred to Erfurt. [5] Around this time the veneration of the companions of St. Boniface began in Erfurt.

The Sarcophagus containing the relics of the saints Adalar and Eoban in the Erfurt Cathedral is dated from about 1350.

His feast day as a saint is 7 July.


St. Ampelius


Church Roman Catholic Church

Appointed 671

Term ended 676

Predecessor Maurilius

Successor Mansuetus

Sainthood

Feast day July 7

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church



A bishop of Milan, Italy, during the Lombard period. Ampelius made great missionary efforts among the Lombard people.

Ampelius (Latin: Ampelius, Italian: Ampelio) was Archbishop of Milan from 671 to 676. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church.[1]

Life

Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Ampelius. He ruled the diocese of Milan in a period marked by the troubles due to the Lombards. Ampelius is remembered as man able to do miracles, but we have no detail about his acts.[2]

Goffredo da Bussero in the 15th century informs us that his feast day was the 8 February, possibly the date of his death.[1] His feast day is now celebrated on July 7 in the Roman Rite and on July 8 in the Ambrosian Rite.[3] He was buried in the Basilica of St. Simplician where his relics are still venerated under the main altar


Blessed Maria Romero Meneses

அருளாளர் மரிய ரொமேரோ மெனெசெஸ் 

மறைப் பணியாளர்:

பிறப்பு: ஜனவரி 13, 1902

கிரனடா, நிகரகுவா

இறப்பு: ஜூலை 7, 1977 (வயது 75)

லஸ் பெனிடஸ், லியோன், நிகரகுவா

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 14, 2002

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஜூலை 7

அருளாளர் மரிய ரொமேரோ மெனெசெஸ், ஒரு “நிகரகுவா” (Nicaragua) குடியரசின் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் அருட்சகோதரியும், “டான் பாஸ்கோவின் சலேசிய சகோதரிகள்” (Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco) சபையின் ஒப்புக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட உறுப்பினரும், “கோஸ்டா ரிகா’வின்” சமூக அப்போஸ்தலருமாவார். (Social Apostle of Costa Rica).

கி.பி. 1902ம் ஆண்டு, “நிகரகுவா” (Nicaragua) குடியரசில் நடுத்தர குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த ரொமேரோ’வின் தந்தை பெயர் “ஃபெலிக்ஸ்” (Félix Romero Arana) ஆகும். தாயாரின் பெயர், “அனா” (Ana Meneses Blandon) ஆகும். இவர் தமது பெற்றோரின் எட்டு குழந்தைகளில் ஒருவர் ஆவார். பிறந்து ஒரு வாரத்திலேயே திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றார். 1904ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், 23ம் தேதி, உறுதிப்பூசுதல் (Confirmation) அருட்சாதனம் பெற்ற இவர், 1909ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 8ம் தேதி, “புதுநன்மை” (First Communion) அருட்சாதனம் பெற்றார்.

கலையிலும் சங்கீதத்திலும் ஆர்வம் கொண்டு வளர்ந்ததால், இவருடைய பெற்றோர் இவருக்கு வயலின் மற்றும் பியானோ ஆகிய இசைக் கருவிகளை வாசிக்க கற்பித்தனர். பின்னர், “டான் பாஸ்கோவின் சலேசிய சகோதரிகள் பள்ளியில்” இணைந்து கல்வி கற்க ஆரம்பித்தார். எனினும் 1914ம் ஆண்டில் அவர் “வாதம் சம்பந்தமான காய்ச்சலால்” (Rheumatic Fever) நீண்ட காலம் பாதிப்படைந்தார். அக்காய்ச்சல், அவரது மீதமுள்ள வாழ்நாள் முழுதும் இருதய பாதிப்பை விட்டுச் சென்றது. ஆனால், அதிலிருந்து அவர் மீண்டபோது, அது இயற்கையிலேயே அற்புதமானதாக கருதப்பட்டது.

பூரண நம்பிக்கையுள்ள இப்பெண், 1915ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 8ம் நாளன்று, “கிறிஸ்தவர்களின் சகாய அன்னை மரியாளின் மகள்கள்” (Daughters of Mary Help of Christian) எனும் “மரியான் சமூகத்தில்” (Marian association) இணைந்தார். 1929ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 6ம் தேதி, அவர் தமது இறுதி வார்த்தைப் பாட்டை ஏற்றார்.

1931ம் ஆண்டு, “கோஸ்டா ரிகா” (Costa Rica) தீவின் தலைநகரான “சேன் ஜோஸ்” (San Jose) சென்றார். இது இவரது இரண்டாவது தாய் நாடாக கருதப்படுகிறது. 1933ம் ஆண்டு, கலை மற்றும் சங்கீதம் ஆகியவற்றின் ஆசிரியையானார். அங்குள்ள பள்ளியில் பணக்கார குழந்தைகளுக்கு தட்டச்சு கற்றுக்கொடுத்தார். பெரும் எண்ணிக்கையிலுள்ள அவரது மாணவர்கள் அவரைப்போன்றே அவருடன் இணைந்து ஏழைகளுக்கு சேவை செய்தனர். அவரது கவனம் சமூக அபிவிருத்தியில் இருந்தது. 1945ம் ஆண்டு பொழுதுபோக்கு மையங்களைத் தொடங்கிய இவர், 1953ம் ஆண்டில் உணவு விநியோக மையங்களையும் தொடங்கினார். 1961ம் ஆண்டில் ஏழை சிறுமிகளுக்காக பள்ளி ஒன்றினை நிறுவினார். 1966ம் ஆண்டு, நோயுற்றோருக்காக மருந்தகம் ஒன்றினையும் நிறுவினார். 1973ம் ஆண்டு, ஏழை குடும்பங்களுக்காக ஏழு இல்லங்களை கட்டினார்.

1977ம் ஆண்டு, “லியோன்” (Leon) நகரிலுள்ள “சலேசிய அருட்சகோதரிகளின்” இல்லத்தில் (Salesian Sisters house) ஓய்வுக்காக அனுப்பப்பட்டிருந்த மரிய ரொமேரோ மெனெசெஸ் மாரடைப்பால் தாக்குண்டு மரணமடைந்தார்.

Also known as

• the female John Bosco

• Daughter of Mary Help of Christians

• Social Apostle of Costa Rica





Profile

One of eight children born to a wealthy, upper-class family; her father was a government minister. Educated by her family, tutors and at the local Salesian Sisters' school, she could play piano and violin, studied drawing, and loved to learn. At the age of twelve she spent a year extemely sick from rheumatic fever; she was paralyzed for six months and her heart was permanently damaged. She was cured by the intercession and apparition of Our Lady, Help of Christians, during which vision she understood her vocation to be a Salesian sister.


On 8 December 1915, Maria joined the Marian Association's Daughters of Mary. She joined the Daughers of Mary, Help of Christians in 1920, and on 6 January 1929 in Nicaragua, Maria made her final profession as a Salesian. Transferred to San Jose, Costa Rica in 1931. Taught music, drawing and typing to rich school girls, trained catechists and trades to the poor. Many of her students were won over to her way of life, and worked with her to help the poor and abandoned.


Maria developed a ministry of fund raising and of showing the wealthy practical ways to bring their charity to the poor. She began to set up recreational centers in 1945, and food distribution centers in 1953. She opened a school for poor girls in 1961, and 1966 a clinic staffed by volunteer doctors. In 1973 she organized the construction of seven homes, which became the foundation of the village of Centro San Jose, a community were poor families could have decent homes. An excellent teacher, manager and fund-raiser, she was known for her way of bringing God to people one on one, bringing love and devotion to the Eucharist to social improvements.


Born

13 January 1902 at Granada, Nicaragua


Died

• 7 July 1977 in Las Peñitas, León, Nicaragua of a heart attack

• Salesian chapel, San José, Costa Rica


Beatified

14 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II




Saint Willibald of Eichstätt

புனித.வில்லிபால்டு 

ஆயர்

பிறப்பு

22 அக்டோபர் 700

தென் இங்கிலாந்து

இறப்பு

7 ஜூலை 787

ஐஷ்டாட்(Eichstatt) , ஜெர்மனி

பாதுகாவல்: ஐஷ்டாட் நகரின் பாதுகாவலர்

வில்லிபால்டு தென் இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டில் ரிச்சர்டு என்பவரின் மகனாக பிறந்தார். 720 ஆம் ஆண்டு தந்தை ரிச்சர்டு, உடன் பிறந்த சகோதரர் உன்னிபால்டும்(Wunibald) உரோம் நகரை நோக்கி திருப்பயணம் மேற்கொண்டனர். அப்போதுதான் இவரின் தந்தை லக்கா(Lucca) என்னுமிடத்தில் இறந்துவிட்டார். அப்போது வில்லிபால்டு உரோம் நகரிலேயே தங்கினார். இரண்டரை ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து இவர் பாலஸ்தீன மற்றும் கொன்ஸ்டாண்டீனோபிள் நோக்கி பயணம் மேற்கொண்டார். 729 ஆம் ஆண்டு அங்கிருந்து மீண்டும் இத்தாலி நாட்டிற்கு வந்தடைந்தார். அப்போதுதான் இவர் புனித பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்தார்.

739 ஆம் ஆண்டு திருத்தந்தை 3ஆம் கிரகோரி அவர்களால் குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். பின்னர் தன்னுடன் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்ற போனிபாஸ் என்பவருடன் சேர்ந்து ஜெர்மனி நாட்டிற்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டார். அங்கு அப்போஸ்தலர் பணியை சிறப்பாக செய்தபின் 741 ல் ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். ஆயரான பிறகும் கூட தனது மிஷனரி பணியை பவேரியா மறைமாநிலம் முழுவதிலும் சிறப்பாக செய்தார். 741- 787 ஆம் ஆண்டு வரை ஐஷ்டாட் என்ற மறைமாநிலத்தில் ஆயராக பணியாற்றினார். இவர் ஐஷ்டாட் மறைமாநிலத்தின் முதல் ஆயர் என்ற பெருமையை பெற்றார். இவர் 8 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில் இவரின் பெயரால் ஐஷ்டாட்டில் பேராலயம் ஒன்றை எழுப்பினார். இவ்வாலயத்தில்தான் வில்லிபால்டு அவர்களின் கால்கள் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. உரோமில் உள்ள புனித பேதுரு பேராலயத்தில் இவரின் உடல் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது.

1745 ஆம் ஆண்டு இவரின் 1000 ஆம் வருட ஜூபிலியை முன்னிட்டு, இவரது கல்லறையை பேதுரு பேராலயத்திலிருந்து ஐஷ்டாட்டிற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டது. இவர் வாழும்போதே ஆலயத்தில் பாடப்படும் பாடற்குழுவிற்கென ஓர் அழகிய மேடையை அமைத்தார். அவர் திருப்பலி ஆற்றும் போதெல்லாம், ஐஷ்டாட்டில் வாழும் ஒவ்வொருவரும் புனிதர்களே" என்று தவறாமல் கூறிவருவார்.

Also known as

Willebald


Profile

Born a prince, the son of Saint Richard the King. Brother of Saint Winnebald of Heidenheim and Saint Walburga. Related to Saint Boniface. He nearly died as an infant, leading his parents to pray for his life, vowing that he would be dedicated to God if he survived. Entered the Abbey of Waltham, Hampshire, England at age five. Educated by Egwald. Benedictine monk. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy in 722 with Saint Richard and Saint Winnebald; his father died on the way, and Willibald suffered from malaria while there.



Pilgrim to the Holy Lands in 724. He reached Jerusalem on 11 November 725, and is the first known Englishman in the Holy Land; the book of his travels, Hodoeporicon, is the first known English travelogue. Pilgrim to assorted holy sites throughout Europe. At one point he was arrested by Saracens at Emessa as a Christian spy, and imprisoned in Constantinople.


Willibald then spent ten years helping Saint Petronax restore the monastery of Monte Cassino; served there as sacristan, dean, and porter. In 740 he was sent by Pope Gregory III to help Saint Boniface evangelize the area that is modern Germany. Ordained on 22 July 741 by Saint Boniface, and consecrated as a missionary bishop by him on 21 October 741. Founded a missionary monastery in Eichstätt, Franconia (in modern Germany. Worked with Saint Sebaldus. First bishop of the diocese of Eichstätt. With Saint Winnebald, he founded the double monastery at Hiedenheim in 752.


Born

21 October 700 in Wessex, England


Died

• 7 July 781 of natural causes

• relics kept in a marble reliquary urn in Saint Willibald Cathedral, Eichstätt, Germany, which was completed in 1269


Canonized

938 by Pope Leo VII


Patronage

diocese of Eichstätt, Germany


Representation

• baby being dedicated by his parents at the foot of a cross

• bishop holding two arrows

• bishop overseeing construction of a church

• bishop with a broken glass

• monk or bishop with the words fides, spes, charitas on his cloak or arm

• monk with a crown at his feet as he talks to a man cutting down a tree

• pilgrim with Saint Richard the King and Saint Winnebald of Heidenheim

• receiving a bishop's mitre from Pope Gregory III

• with Saint Richard the King and Saint Winnebald of Heidenheim



Blessed Pope Benedict XI


Also known as

Niccolo Boccasini


Profile

He joined the Dominicans when a young man, and became 9th Master-General of his Order in 1296. Arranged an armistice between Philip IV of France and Edward I of England. Created Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Italy by Pope Boniface VIII. Papal legate. Defended Pope Boniface VIII against William of Nogaret and his allies.



Unanimously chosen 194th pope in 1303. Removed papal censure from Philip and France, and absolved the cardinals favoring Colonna political faction. Accomplished a number of reforms in religious and clerical life. Believed to have been poisoned by the agents of William of Nogaret. Known for his lifelong devotion to Dominican spiritual practices. Author of a volume of sermons and commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew, the Psalms, the Book of Job, and Revelations.


Born

1240 at Treviso, Italy as Niccolo Boccasini


Papal Ascension

22 October 1303


Died

7 July 1304 at Perugia, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

• 24 April 1736 by Pope Clement XII (cultus confirmed)

• 1773 by Pope Clement XIV (beatified)




Blessed Peter To Rot


Profile

Son of Angelo To Puia, a village chief, and Maria la Tumul, an adult converts who were part of the region's first generation of Catholics. Peter was a pious boy, and though somewhat drawn to religious life, he became a lay catechist and worked with missionaries in the area. An excellent teacher and organizer of classes, he constantly carried and taught from his Bible. Married to Paula la Varpit on 11 November 1936. Father of three; one child died in infancy, another soon after the War.



In 1942 all the missionaries and their staff were arrested by the invading Japanese armies, and were lodged in concentration camps. Peter continued to lead the faithful of his village as best he could, caring for the sick, Baptising and teaching the converts, helping the poor. When the War began to go against them, the Japanese began to repress the locals, forbidding Christianity, and pushing for a return to pre-Christian ways, particularly of polygamy. Peter opposed the regression, and was arrested in 1945 for conducting religious gatherings. Imprisoned in a cave, he was so well known, supported and beloved by those who knew him that he continued to be a source of strength to his people, and of annoyance to his captors. Martyr.


Born

1912 in Rakunai, East New Britain (part of modern Papua New Guinea)


Died

poisoned and suffocated on 7 July 1945 in a Japanese concentration camp at Rakunai, East New Britain (part of modern Papua New Guinea)


Beatified

17 January 1995 by Pope John Paul II




Blessed Ralph Milner


Also known as

Randolph, Ranulphe, Raoul, Rodolfo



Profile

Poor, uneducated but pious farmer, husband and father of eight children in 16th century England. Raised an Anglican, he converted to Catholicism. He was arrested on the day of his First Communion for the crime of converting. He was such a model prisoner that the jailers gave him keys so he could go out to work and return to serve his sentence. He used this as a way to get a priest, including Blessed Roger Dickenson, into the jail to minister to other Catholic prisoners. Arrested with Father Roger for the crimes of helping a priest, attending Mass and helping fellow Catholics during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I. He was given the chance for pardon if he would renounce Catholicism and attend a Protestant church; he declined. They brought his children to the jail in hopes of changing his mind; he gave them a father‘s blessing, and continued his preparation for execution. Martyr.


Born

Slackstead, Hampshire, England


Died

hanged on 7 July 1591 in Winchester, Hampshire, England


Beatification

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI




Blessed Juan Antonio Pérez Mayo


Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War


Profile

One of seven children born to Modesto Pérez and Beatriz Mayo; his was a pious family, and Juan was baptized on 23 March 1908. Member of the Tarsicios, a religious association for children; at age 14 he started doing over-night Eucharistic adoration and started talking about becoming a missionary. Member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, making his first profession on 15 August 1927. Studied at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas in Rome, Italy, made his perpetual vows in 1930, and was ordained on 26 June 1932. Worked in the Basque region in 1934, then in Madrid in 1935 where he taught philosophy. Arrested on 22 July 1936 by anti-Catholic forces fighting in the Spanish Civil War, he was imprisoned for a couple of days then martyred for his faith.


Born

19 November 1907 in Santa Marina del Rey, diocese of Astorga, León, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Saint Ethelburga of Faremoutier


Also known as

Aubierge, Edelburga, Edilberga



Profile

Daughter of the king of East Angles. During her childhood, Ethelburga lived in a Gallic convent under the direction of Saint Burgundofara, a home she would have for the rest of her life. She was known throughout the community for her adherence to the Rule of the Order. In the mid-seventh century, Ethelburga was chosen abbess. She ruled with wisdom and justice until her death. Saint Tortgith of Barking was one of her nuns.


Died

• 664 at Faremoutier, France of natural causes

• when her body was exhumed seven years after her death, it was found incorrupt



Saint Marcus Ji Tianxiang


Also known as

Magu, Marco, Mark


Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China



Profile

Married layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Father. Physician. An opium addiction led to him being forbidden to take Communion, and though he could not break his dependency for 30 years, he never lost his faith, never wanted to leave the Church, and when he was finally clean, he returned to full communion. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.


Born

c.1834 in Yazhuangtou, Jizhou, Hebei, China


Died

beheaded on 7 July 1900 in Yazhuangtou, Jizhou, Hebei, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Marie-Gabrielle-Françoise-Suzanne de Gaillard de Lavaldène


Also known as

• Francesca Maria Susanna

• Ifigenia di S. Matteo de Gaillard de la Valdène

• Sister Iphigénie of Saint Matthew



Additional Memorial

9 July as one of the Martyrs of Orange


Profile

Sacramentine nun. Martyred in the French Revolution.


Born

23 September 1761 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France


Died

guillotined on 7 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France


Beatified

10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI



Saint Antonino Fantosati


Also known as

• Antoninus Fantosati

• Antonio Fantosati

• Anthony Fantosat


Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China



Profile

Priest. Franciscan missionary bishop. Vicar apostolic for southern Hunan, China. One of the Martyrs of China, killed during the Boxer Rebellion.


Born

16 October 1842 at Santa Maria della Valle, Umbria, Italy


Died

4 July 1900 in Hengzhou, Hunan, China


Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Maelruan


Also known as

Maolruain, Melruan, Molruan


Profile

Founder and first Abbot of Tamalcht Abbey, County of Dublin, Ireland in 769 on land given by Donnchadh, King of Leinster. With Saint Aengus the Culdee he wrote the Rule of Célidhé Dé, "a minute series of rules for the regulation of the lives of the Célidhé Dé, their prayers, their preachings, their conversations, their confessions, their communions, their ablutions, their fastings, their abstinences, their relaxations, their sleep, their celebrations of the Mass, and so forth".


Died

791 at Ulster, Ireland



Blessed Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin


Profile

Sulpician priest. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.



Born

14 June 1739 in Limoges, Huate-Vienne, France


Died

7 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France


Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Oddino Barrotti


Also known as

• Oddino of Fossano

• Oddin...


Profile

Priest at Saint John the Baptist Church, Fossano, Italy. Franciscan tertiary. Eventually resigned his parish and turned his house into a hospital. In 1396 he agreed to serve as director of the collegiate chapter in Fossano. Died while working with the sick during a plague epidemic.


Born

1324 at Fossano, Piedmont, Italy


Died

1400 in Fossano, Italy of plague


Beatified

1808 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation)



Blessed Juan Pedro del Cotillo Fernández


Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War


Profile

Priest. Member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Martyr.


Born

1 May 1914 in Siero de la Reina, León, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Saint Apollonius of Brescia


Profile

Second century bishop of Brescia, Italy. Baptized Saint Afra of Brescia. The Acts of Saints Faustinus and Jovita say that Apollonius was the bishop who ordained them.



Died

• buried in the church of Saint Andrew at Brescia, Italy

• relics later enshrined in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Brescia, Italy



Blessed Francisco Polvorinos Gómez


Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War


Profile

Priest. Member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Martyr.


Born

29 January 1910 in Calaveras de Arriba, León, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Blessed Manuel Gutiérrez Martín


Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War


Profile

Priest. Member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Martyr.


Born

1 January 1913 in Fresno del Río, Palencia, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Blessed Justo González Lorente


Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War


Profile

Priest. Member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Martyr.


Born

14 October 1915 in Villaverde de Arcayos, León, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Saint Odo of Urgell


Also known as

• Ot of Urgell

• Dot of Urgell


Profile

Oldest son of a Spanish Count of of Pallars Sobirà. Soldier. Archdeacon in Urgell, Spain. Bishop of Urgell in 1095. Noted for his care for the poor.


Born

c.1065


Died

• 1122 of natural causes

• buried in the monastery of Santa Maria de Gerri


Canonized

1133


Patronage

La Seu d'Urgell, Spain



Blessed María Del Consuelo Ramiñán Carracedo


Also known as

Isabel


Profile

Nun of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.


Born

17 June 1876 in Seavía, La Coruña, Spain


Died

7 July 1936 in Madrid, Spain


Beatified

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis



Blessed Pascual Aláez Medina


Memorial

28 November as one of the Oblate Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War


Profile

Priest. Member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Martyr.


Born

11 May 1917 in Villaverde de Arcayos, León, Spain


Died

shot on 24 July 1936 in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain


Beatified

17 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI



Saint Hedda of Wessex


Profile

• Hedda of Dorchester

• Hedda of Winchester


Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot at Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Bishop of the Wessex, England region in 676; he served for almost 40 years. Established his see at Dorchester, then Winchester. Adviser to King Ina.


Born

England


Died

705 of natural causes



Saint Pantaenus of Alexandria


Also known as

Sicilian Bee


Profile

Known and praised for his learning, wisdom and holiness by may writers including Saint Jerome. Head of the Orthodox School in Alexandria, Egypt where Origen became a great teacher.


Born

Sicily


Died

c.190



Saint Syrus of Genoa


Also known as

Siro



Profile

Parish priest. Bishop of Genoa, Italy.


Died

• c.380 of natural causes

• buried in the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles


Patronage

Genoa, Italy



Blessed Bodard of Poitiers


Profile

Hermit near Poitiers, France.


Born

late 7th century near Poitiers, France


Died

• c.740 near Poitiers, France of natural causes

• relics translated to the Hornback monastery at Zweibrücken, Germany in the 9th century



Saint Carissima of Rauzeille


Also known as

Careme


Profile

Born to the Gallic nobility. Married. Mother. Widow. Helped found the abbey of Saint-Martin in Rauzeille near Aubusson, Creuse, Gaul (in modern France).


Born

7th century Limousin, France



Saint Hesychius


Profile

Fled to Macedonia to escape the persecutions in Italy, but martyred en route.


Born

Italian


Died

drowned by being loaded with chains and thrown overboard c.117



Saint They


Also known as

Dei, Dey, Teï, Tey


Profile

Fifth century spiritual student of Saint Guénolé at Landévennec abbey in Brittany.


Patronage

Lothey, France



Saint Bonitus of Monte Cassino


Profile

Abbot of Monte Cassino when the invading Lombards plundered and destroyed the monastery.


Died

c.582



Saint Angelelmus of Auxerre


Profile

Abbot of the monastery of Saint Gervase and Protase in Auxerre, France. Bishop of Auxerre.


Died

828



Saint Eoaldus of Vienne


Also known as

Eoalde


Profile

Related to Gallic royalty. Bishop of Vienne, France.


Died

716 of natural causes



Saint Prosper of Aquitaine


Profile

Married layman who devoted himself to theology.


Born

c.390 in Aquitaine, France


Died

436



Saint Odran


Profile

Brother of Saint Medran. Disciple of Saint Kieran of Saghir.



Saint Merryn


Profile

Venerated in Cornwall, England, but no information about his survived.



Saint Medran


Profile

Brother of Saint Odran. Disciple of Saint Kieran of Saghir.



Saint Alexander


Profile

Martyr.



Saint Partinimus


Profile

Martyr.



Martyrs of Durres


Also known as

• Martyrs of Dyrrachium

• Martyrs of Durazzo


Profile

A group of seven Italian Christians who fled Italy to escape the persecutions of emperor Hadrian. Arrived in Dyrrachium, Macedonia to find Saint Astius tied to a cross, covered in honey, laid in the sun, and left to be tortured by biting and stinging insects. When they expressed sympathy for Astius, they were accused of being Christians, arrested, chained, weighted down, taken off shore, and drowned. Martyrs. We know little more about each of them than their names – Germaus, Hesychius, Lucian, Papius, Peregrinus, Pompeius and Saturninus


Born

Italy


Died

drowned at sea c.117 off the coast of Dyrrachium (Durazzo), Macedonia (modern Durres, Albania)


Martyred in the French Revolution


Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin


Marie-Gabrielle-Françoise-Suzanne de Gaillard de Lavaldène


Martyred in the Spanish Civil War


Manuel Gutiérrez Martín


María del Consuelo Ramiñán Carracedo


Millán Garde Serrano

Boswell of Melrose

Joseph Maria Gambaro

Kyriaki

Théodoric Balat


Martyred in England


Laurence Humphrey

Raised in a Protestant family, Laurence was known to be a studious and pious boy, spending his time with the Bible and other religious works. At the age of 18 he began arguing the faith with a local priest, Father Stanney – and soon wound up converting to Catholicism. He continued his studies, and spent his spare time visiting prisoners and the sick, teaching and catechizing.


In 1591, while delirious with a high fever and talking to himself, he called Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and a harlot. He was overheard by some local Protestants, and while still sick, Laurance was jailed in Winchester, England for treason. At trial he swore that he did not remember speaking ill of the queen, but would not call his accusers liars, admitted openly and proudly of being Catholic, and so was condemned for treason and executed. Martyr.

புனித ஹம்ஸ்பிரே லாரன்ஸ் (1572-1591)

இவர் இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டிலுள்ள ஹம்ஸ்பியர் என்ற இடத்தில் பிறந்தவர்.

இவருடைய பெற்றோர் புராட்டஸ்டன்ட் திருஅவையைச் சார்ந்தவர்கள். இவர் இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டில் மறைப்பணி ஆற்றிவந்த இயேசு சபை அருள்பணியாளர்களின் எடுத்துக்காட்டான வாழ்வால் தொடப்பட்டு, கத்தோலிக்கத் திருஅவைக்கு மாறினார்.

இதற்குப் பிறகு இவர் திருவிவிலியத்தை ஆழமாக வாசிப்பதும், தான் வாசித்ததை மக்களுக்கு எடுத்துச் சொல்வதுமாக இருந்தார்.

இந்நிலையில், இவர் அப்போது இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டை ஆண்டு வந்த முதலாம் எலிசபெத் என்ற அரசியினுடைய துன்மாதிரியான வாழ்க்கையை நேரடியாகவே சுட்டிக்காட்டினார். இதனால் இவர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு, தூக்கிலிடப்பட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டார்.


இவர் இறக்கும்போது இவருக்கு வயது வெறும் 19 தான். இவருக்குத் திருத்தந்தை பதினோறாம்  பயஸ், 1929ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுத்தார்.

Ralph Milner


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Also celebrated but no entry yet


• Our Lady of Soviore

• Boswell of Melrose

• Joseph Maria Gambaro

• Kyriaki

• Lawrence Humphrey

• Maria Guo Lizhi

• Roger Dickinson

• Théodoric Balat