St. Alberic Crescitelli
Born 30 June 1863
Altavilla, Italy
Died 21 July 1900 (aged 37)
Shaanxi, China
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 18 February 1951, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII
Canonized 1 October 2000, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast 22 July and 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
Missionary and martyr. Born near Naples, Italy, Alberic joined the Milan Foreign Missionary Society and was sent to China in 1888. He worked in schools and missions along the Han River until the Boxer Rebellion brought chaos to China. A group of boxers captured Alberic and hacked him to pieces on July 21, 1900. He was beatified in 1951.
Alberico (Alberic) Crescitelli (1863–1900), Chinese name Guo Xide (Chinese: 郭西德), was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary to China. Born in Italy on 30 June 1863, Alberico Crescitelli entered the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1880 and was ordained a priest on 4 June 1887. The following year he went to China and began work in southern Shaanxi.
Crescitelli was believed to have been killed in the Boxer Rebellion. Crescitelli's confreres, who had known him well and for many years, started his beatification cause in 1908, only eight years after his death. The testimony provided by the confreres was unanimous about the holiness of Crescitelli's life.
At the Vatican, in St. Peter's Basilica on 18 February 1951, Pope Pius XII declared Alberico Crescitelli "blessed." The Pope's speech was memorable especially for the passage in which he described Father Crescitelli's martyrdom:
Humanly speaking, his death was horrible; perhaps one of the most atrocious recorded in history. Nothing was missing, neither the cruelty of the torments, nor the time they lasted, the most barbaric humiliations, nor the suffering of the heart, nor the hypocritical betrayal of false friends, nor the hostile and threatening screams of his murderers, nor the darkness of being abandoned.
Pope John Paul II included him in the list of 120 Martyr Saints of China canonized in St. Peter's Square on October 1, 2000.
This large group canonisation was bitterly opposed in China itself, with Bishop Fu Tieshan, the leader of the state-run Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association describing it as "intolerable". A statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry alleged that "some of those canonised by the Vatican this time perpetrated outrages such as raping or looting in China and committed unforgivable crimes against the Chinese people." A further statement from China's State Administration of Religious Affairs singled out Alberico Crescitelli for special comment, alleging that he had been "notorious for taking the 'right of the first night' of each bride under his diocese."[1] The Catholic Church's Holy Spirit Study Centre in Hong Kong has described the accusations as baseless.[2]
In his homily at the canonisation ceremony on 1 October 2000, Pope John Paul II made a statement asking for forgiveness for any past wrongs by the missionaries to China: "There are those who with a partial and not very objective reading of history see only limits and errors in their action. If they happened - is there any man exempt from defects? - we ask for forgiveness.
Saint Mary Magdalen
புனிதர் மகதலின் மரியாள்
அப்போஸ்தலர்களின் அப்போஸ்தலர்:
பிறப்பு: தகவலில்லை
மகதலா, யூதேயா
இறப்பு: தகவலில்லை
பிரான்ஸ் அல்லது எபேசஸ்
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
ஆங்கிலிகன் சமூகம்
லூதரன் திருச்சபை
மற்ற எதிர் திருச்சபைகள்
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஜூலை 22
பாதுகாவல்:
மருந்து செய்து விற்பவர்கள்; தியான வாழ்வு வாழ்பவர்கள்; மனம்மாறியவர்கள்; கையுறை செய்பவர்கள்; சிகை அலங்காரம் செய்பவர்கள்; பெண்கள், செய்த பிழைக்கு மனம் வருந்துபவர்கள், இத்தாலியர்.
புனிதர் மகதலின் மரியாள், புதிய ஏற்பாட்டின்படி, இயேசுவின் பிற சீடர்களில் ஒருவராக இயேசுவுடன் பயணித்த யூதப் பெண் ஆவார். இவர், இயேசுவின் சிலுவைப் பாடுகளையும் இறைவனின் உயிர்த்தெழுதலையும் நேரில் கண்டவர் என அறியப்படுகிறது. நான்கு நற்செய்தி நூல்களுல், பிற அப்போஸ்தலர்களைவிட, சுமார் 12 தடவைக்கும் அதிகமாக இவரது பெயர் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இவரது பெயர் இவர் பிறந்த ஊரான தற்போதய இசுரேலில் அமைந்துள்ள மகதலாவின் மரியாள் எனப் பொருள்படும்.
இயேசு அவரை "ஏழு அரக்கர்களிடமிருந்து" காப்பாற்றியதாக, (லூக்கா 8:2 & மார்க்கு 16:9) கூறப்படுவது சிக்கலான நோய்களிலிருந்து அவரைக் குணப்படுத்தியதைக் குறிப்பதாக புரிந்துகொள்ளப்படுகிறது. மகதலின் மரியாள் இயேசுவின் கடைசி நாட்களில் - பாடுகள்பட்டு, மரித்து, உயிர்தெழும்வரை கூடவே இருந்தார்; அவரை சிலுவையில் அறைந்தபோது, (அன்பிற்குரிய ஜானைத் தவிர) பிற ஆண் சீடர்கள் ஓடியபோதும், பின்னர் கல்லறையிலும் உடனிருந்தார்.
இவர் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை, கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை, ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம், லூதரன் திருச்சபை மற்றும் பிற எதிர் திருச்சபைகளால் புனிதராக மதிக்கப்படுகிறார். இவரது நினைவுத் திருநாள் ஜூலை 22 ஆகும். மரியாளின் வாழ்க்கை, ஆய்வாளர்களால் தொடர்ந்து சர்சைக்குட்படுத்தப்பட்டு வந்துள்ளது.
புனிதர் லுக்கா எழுதிய நற்செய்தியின் ஏழாம் அதிகாரத்தில் நாம் காணும் பாவியான பெண்ணும், லூக்கா பத்தாம் அதிகாரம், அருளப்பர் பதினோரம் அதிகாரம் ஆகியவற்றில் நாம் காணும் மார்த்தாள் - லாசர் இவர்களுடைய சகோதரியும் இவரேயாவார்.
இவர் வேறு பல புண்ணிய பெண்களோடு இயேசுவைப் பின்சென்று அவருக்கு சேவை செய்து வந்தார். இயேசு தனக்குச் செய்த உதவிகளுக்கு நன்றியாக, இவர் தனது உடமைகளைப் பயன்படுத்தி, அவருக்குச் சேவை செய்தார். சாகும்வரை அவருக்குப் பிரமாணிக்கமாய் இருந்தார்.
மரியாள் ஓர் பெரும்பாவி என்று மக்களால் ஒதுக்கி வைக்கப்பட்டபோது, தன் நிலையை உணர்ந்து அழுது, இயேசுவிடம் ஓடிச்சென்றார். தன் பாவங்களின் பரிகாரமாய் செய்த செயலினால், இயேசுவின் ஆழ்மனதில் இடம்பிடித்தார். அன்னை மரியாளுக்குப் பிறகு, இயேசுவின் அருகில் எப்போதும் அவருக்காக வாழ்ந்தவர்.
"என்னை இப்படி பற்றிக்கொள்ளாதே" என்று ஆண்டவரே கூறுமளவுக்கு, அவர் மேல் அன்புகொண்டவர். இயேசுவைப் பற்றிக்கொள்வதில் அனைவருக்கும் சிறந்த எடுத்துக்காட்டாய் அன்றிலிருந்து இன்றுவரை திகழ்கிறார்.
இயேசு தொங்கிய சிலுவையின் அடியில் இவர் நின்றார்.
கல்லறை வெறுமனே இருப்பதை முதன்முதலில் பார்த்து, இயேசுவை காணவில்லையே என்று ஆதங்கப்பட்டு, கண்ணீர் விட்டு அழுது, இயேசுவை பற்றிக்கொண்டவர் இவர்.
உயிர்த்த இயேசு தம் அன்னைக்கு முதலில் காட்சி கொடுத்தார். அடுத்தபடியாக காட்சி கொடுத்தது இவருக்கே.
யோவான் 20 மற்றும் மார்க்கு 16:9 ஆகிய இரு நற்செய்தியாளர்கள் கூற்றுப்படி, இயேசு உயிர்த்தெழுந்த பிறகு, முதலில் அவரைக் கண்டதும் மகதலின் மரியாளேயாவார்.
உயிர்த்த இயேசுவைக் காணும்வரை இவர் இளைப்பாறவில்லை. "அவரை எங்கே வைத்திருக்கிறீர்கள்? நான் அவரைத் தூக்கிக் கொண்டு செல்வேன்" என்றார். அவரைத் தூக்கிச் செல்ல இவரால் முடியாதென்றாலும், இச்சொற்கள் இவரது அன்பைக் காட்டுகின்றன. இவரை யூதர்கள் நாடு கடத்தினார்கள்.
மார்த்தாள், லாசர் மற்றும் இன்னும் சில சீடர்களுடன் இவர் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டை அடைந்தார் என பாரம்பரியம் கூறுகிறது.
அப்போஸ்தலர்களுக்கு அப்போஸ்தலி(திருத்தூதர்களுக்கு திருத்தூதுரைத்தவள்) :
சமீபத்தில் திருத்தந்தை பிரான்சிஸ் மகதலா மரியாளின் நினைவு நாளை அப்போஸ்தலர்களை போலவே திருவிழாவாக மாற்றினார்.[6] அதில் மகதலா மரியாளின் சிறப்பான அப்போஸ்தல பணியானது சுட்டிக்காட்டப்படுகிறது. "ஆண்டவர் இயேசு உயிர்த்தெழுந்தார் " என்பதே கிறிஸ்தவ மறையின் தலையாய விசுவாசமும் நற்செய்தியும் ஆகும்(1 கொரிந்தியர் 15:14). அதை முதன் முதலில் உலகுக்கு அறிவித்தது ஒரு பெண். அவள் தான் மகதலா மரியாள். ஏதேன் தோட்டத்தில், வாழ்வு நிறைந்திருந்த நிலையில் ஏவாள் என்னும் முதல் அன்னை மனிதனுக்கு சாவினை கனி வழியாக அறிவித்தாள். கெத்சமணி தோட்டத்தில் , சாவும் துயரமும் நிறைந்திருந்த நிலையில் மகதலா மரியாள் என்னும் அன்னை மனிதனுக்கு வாழ்வினை நற்செய்தி என்னும் இயேசுவின் கனி வழியாக அறிவித்தாள். இதை புனித தோமா அக்குவினாரும் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். புனிதர்களில் இத்தகு சிறப்பு பெயரை தாங்கியுள்ள ஒருவர் புனித மகதலா மரியாள் என்பது குறிப்பிடப்பட்டது.
இறைஇரக்கத்தின் சாட்சி:
கெத்சமணி தோட்டத்தில் தம் அன்பர் இயேசுவை காணாத மகதலா மரியாள் கண்ணீர் வடித்தாள் என்று திருவிவிலியம் கூறுகின்றது . அவளின் அன்புக்கண்ணீரை புனித அன்ஸ்லம் "தாழ்ச்சியின் கண்ணீர் " என்று குறிப்பிடுகின்றார். மகதலா மரியாளின் அன்பால் கசிந்த கண்ணீரை கண்டு இரங்கிய கிறிஸ்து தன் உயிர்ப்பின் மகிமையில் அவளுக்கு தோன்றினார். தான் படைத்த படைப்பு, தன்னை படைத்தவரை அன்பொழுக தேடும் போது அன்பே உருவான இறைவன் ,எவ்வாறு தன்னை மறைத்துக் கொள்வார் ? புனித பாப்பரசர் பெரிய கிரகோரியார் இதை முன்னிட்டே இறை இரக்கத்தின் சாட்சியென மகதலா மரியாளை கூறுகின்றார்
Also known as
• Maria Maddalena
• Maria Magdalena
• Mary Magdalene
• the Sinner
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We have very little solid information about Saint Mary, and both scholars and traditions differ on the interpretation of what we do know.
She was a friend and follower of Jesus. Filled with sorrow over her sin, she anointed Christ, washed his feet with her hair. He exorcised seven demons from her. She was visited by the Risen Christ.
There are also arguments about her life after the Crucifixion.
The Greek Church maintains that she retired to Ephesus with the Blessed Virgin Mary and lived there the rest of her life.
A French tradition says that Mary, Lazarus, and some companions came to Marseilles, France, evangelized and converted the whole Provence region, and then retired to live 30 years as a penitent hermitess at La Sainte-Baume.
Oh, some things we do know for certain - Mary wasn't Jesus' wife or mistress, she wasn't the mother of His child, she didn't found a royal dynasty or separate branch of Christianity, et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseam.
Died
the Greek Church says
• she died in Ephesus of natural causes
• her relics were transferred to Constantinople in 886 where they remain today
a French tradition says
• as she lay on her death bed, nine angels carried Mary to the oratory of Saint Maximinus in Aix where she received Communion and then died of natural causes
• she was interred in an oratory constructed by Saint Maximinus at Villa Lata (Saint Maximin)
• in 745 her relics were moved to Vézelay to save them from Saracen invaders
• at some point they were moved to a shrine at her hemitage on La Sainte-Baume; they were there in 1279 when King Charles II of Naples funded a Dominican convent on the hill
• in 1600 the relics were placed in a sarcophagus sent by Pope Clement VIII
• in 1814 the church on La Sainte-Baume, wrecked during the anti-Christian excesses of the French Revolution, was restored
• in 1822 the grotto was re-consecrated, still has the head of the saint, and is a pilgrimage centre
Saint Gualtero of Lodi
Also known as
Gautier, Gualtiero, Walter
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The only child of Aliprando and Adelazia, pious parents who were childless so long that they promised God they would devote any child of theirs to the Church. They kept their pledge, giving the boy a good education, and by age fifteen Gualtero was working as a Hospitaller friar in the San Raimondo il Palmerio hospital in Piacenza, Italy, beginning his lifelong devotion to care of the sick and poor. His father died not long after; his mother entered a convent, Gualtero sold off and gave away all their property, and the two devoted themselves to God. Gualtero worked in then San Bartolomeo hospital in Lodi, Italy, living as a sort of anchorite on the grounds. He founded clinics for the poor and pilgrims in the Italian cities of Fanzago, Vercelli, Tortona, Crema and Melegnano. With the financial assistance of the city of Lodi and the archbishop of Milan, Italy, he and a fellow priest founded the Ospitale della Misericordia (Hospital of Mercy) in Lodi, which attracted the services of many brothers, sisters and hermits, and the adjoining church of Saints James and Philip on 30 April 1206. Known for his ascetic life, working and travelling barefoot and dressed in sack cloth, he could heal by prayer and always gave away anything he had that was more than his immediate need.
Born
c.1184 in Lodi, Lombardy, Italy
Died
• c.1224 in Lodi, Lombardy, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the Church of Saints James and Philip in Lodi, which became a pilgrimage site for those who sought aid at the Hospital of Mercy
• on 26 January 1384, some fanatical devotees, aided by some friars of San Biagio, stole his relics and hid them, first in San Biagio, then in the nearby church of Saint Paul; after a few weeks, the relics were returned
• relics re-enshrined in the Church of Saints James and Philip on 18 February 1384
• relics enshrined in the main altar of the cathedral of Lodi in the mid-15th century
• relics re-enshrined in the cathedral c.1600
• relics re-enshrined in the cathedral in 1896
• relics re-enshrined in the cathedral in 1946
• re-interred at the church of Saints James, Philip and Gualtero in Lodi in 1960
Blessed Augustine Fangi
Also known as
• Augustine of Biella
• Agostino Fangi
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Born to wealthy nobility. Joined the Dominicans as a young man, and entered the house in Biella, Italy. Noted for his severe self-imposed penances, and his complete self-control; he once had surgery without anesthetic, and without making an outcry, claming his mind had been on his prayers. Prior of houses in Biella, Socino in 1464, Vercelli, and Vigevano. Miracle worker, whose incidents include
A deformed child, who died without baptism, was restored to life by Augustine's prayer long enough to be baptized.
Augustine met a little boy who was crying because he had broken a jug of wine. Augustine gathered up the shards and put them back together again, and prayed over it; it refilled with wine.
Through his intercession, a woman was delivered from possession of five devils.
Augustine spent his final ten years in the monastery in Venice, Italy.
Born
1430 at Biella, Piedmont, Italy
Died
• 22 July 1493 at Venice, Italy of natural causes
• in the 1530s, workmen found his coffin floating in the water that had seeped into the burial chamber - when opened, Augustine's body and clothing were found to be incorrupt
Beatified
• 1872 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed)
• 1878 (beatified)
Saint Anna Wang
Additional Memorial
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
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Born to a poor Christian farm family, Anna's mother, a pious woman, died when the girl was five years old. In addition to her schooling, Anna had to help work the farm to support the family, but her teacher, Sister Lucy Wang, continued the religious education begun by Anna's mother. When she was 11, Anna's family tried to force her into an arranged marriage, but she fought against it. On 21 July 1900, an armed group associated with the anti–Christian, anti-Western Boxer Rebellion entered her village, burned the church, gathered all the Christians, and ordered them to renounce Christianity; many did, usually as a way to save their children, and Anna's step-mother encouraged her to do so. Anna refused, spending her remaining hours in prayer and encouraging others in their faith. Martyr.
Born
c.1886 in Machiazhuang, Weixian, Hebei, China
Died
• beheaded on 22 July 1900 in Machiazhuang, Weixian, Hebei, China
• body dumped in a mass grave
• exhumed on 6 November 1901 and given proper burial
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa
Also known as
• Sister María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament
• Manuelita (nickname)
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Fifth of eight children in her family. Nun, entering the monastery of the Hail Mary in Los Angeles, California in 1929, making her perpetual vows on 14 December 1933 and living a cloistered life. Founder of the Congregations of the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in August 1945 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; it received papal approval in 1949 and 1951. Founder of the Missionaries of Christ for the Universal Church. By the time of her death she was over-seeing 36 missionary houses in 14 countries. Over 6,000 of her writings survive.
Born
7 July 1904 in Ixtlán del Rio, Nayarit, Mexico
Died
22 July 1981 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
21 April 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Joseph of Palestine
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Jewish layman who was attached to the biblical school of Tiberius, and served as assistant to the famous Rabbi Hillel. Secretly a Christian believer, Hillel was baptized on his death bed, and entrusted his holy books to Joseph. As head of the synagogue in Tarsus, his congregation caught Joseph reading the gospels; they beat him and threw him in the Cydnus River. He then publicly converted.
Friend and counselor to emperor Constantine the Great, who appointed him to the high position of comes. Built churches in Galilee, Tiberias, Nazareth, Capernaum, Bethsan, and Diocaesarea, and evangelized throughout the Holy Land. Fought Arianism, and moved to Scytholopolis where he hid priests from their persecution. Financial patron of Saint Eusebius of Vercielli and Saint Epiphanius; Epiphanius wrote Joseph's biography.
His guardianship of holy writings and holy men led to his association with guardians in general.
Died
c.356 of natural causes at Palestine
Saint John Lloyd
Additional Memorial
25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
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Educated at the Royal College of Saint Alban at Valladolid, Spain, entering in 1649. Took the missionary oath on 16 October 1649 to return to England. Sent to Wales in 1654 to minister to covert Catholics, he lived his vocation while constantly on the run for 24 years. Arrested at Penllyne, Glamorganshire, 20 November 1678. Served time in the Cardiff jail with Saint Philip Evans. It took several months before the authorities could find anyone will to testify about the two, but they finally had a trial and condemned them on 5 May 1679 for the treason of Catholic priesthood. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Born
at Powys, Wales
Died
hanged, drawn, and quartered 22 July 1679 on Gallows Field in Cardiff, Wales
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Saint Wandrille of Fontenelle
Also known as
• Vandregisilo
• Vandrille
• Wandregisel
• Wandregisilus
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Member of the court of King Dagobert I. Married. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy, his wife became a nun and Wandrille became a monk at Montfaucon, Switzerland. Spiritual student of Saint Balderic. Hermit at Saint-Ursanne, Jura, France. Monk in Bobbio, Italy. Priest, ordained by Saint Ouen of Rouen. Founded the Abbey of Fontenelle in Normandy, France in 657.
Born
c.600 near Verdun, Austrasia (in modern France)
Died
• 668 of natural causes
• during the Viking invasions, Wandrille's relics were dispersed to assorted church and abbeys
• in the 19th century his skull was found in storage in Liège, Belgium
• skull returned to the Fontenelle Abbey's new church in 1967
Saint Philip Evans
Additional Memorial
25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
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Educated at the college of Saint Omer. Could play the harp, and played tennis. Joined the Jesuits on 7 September 1665. Ordained at Liege, Belgium. Sent to southern Wales in 1675 to minister to covert Catholics. Arrested at Christopher Turberville's house, Sker, Glamorganshire on 4 December 1678 during the increased persecutions following the Titus Oates Plot. When he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy he was imprisoned in Cardiff Castle; he served time with Saint John Lloyd. Condemned on 5 May 1679 in Cardiff for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.
Born
1645 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died
hanged, drawn, and quartered 22 July 1679 on Gallows Field in Cardiff, Wales
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Saint Andreas Wang Tianqing
Additional Memorial
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
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Nine year old boy in Machiazhuang, China. On 21 July 1900, an armed group associated with the anti–Christian, anti-Western Boxer Rebellion entered his village, burned the church, gathered all the Christians, and ordered them to renounce Christianity; many did, usually as a way to save their children who would have been killed, as well. Andreas refused. Martyr.
Born
c.1891 in Weixian, Hebei, China
Died
• beheaded on 22 July 1900 in Machiazhuang, Weixian, Hebei, China
• body dumped in a mass grave
• exhumed on 6 November 1901 and given proper burial
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Lucia Wang Wangzhi
Additional Memorial
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
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Married and mother of two. On 21 July 1900, an armed group associated with the anti–Christian, anti-Western Boxer Rebellion entered her village, burned the church, gathered all the Christians, and ordered them to renounce Christianity; many did, usually as a way to save their children who would have been killed, as well. Lucia refused. Martyr.
Born
c.1869 in Weixian, Hebei, China
Died
• beheaded on 22 July 1900 in Machiazhuang, Weixian, Hebei, China
• body dumped in a mass grave
• exhumed on 6 November 1901 and given proper burial
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Rosalío Benito Ixchop
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Pious married layman of the diocese of Quiché, Guatemala who served his parish as a catechist. Murdered by government troops. Martyr.
Born
16 August 1914 in La Puerta, Chinique, Guatemala
Died
22 July 1982 in La Puerta, Chinique, Quiché, Guatemala
Beatified
• 23 April 2021 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
Saint Maria Wang Lishi
Also known as
• Maria Wang Lizhi
• Mali
Additional Memorial
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
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Married lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion for openly declaring herself a Christian.
Born
c.1851 in Fancun, Weixian, Hebei, China
Died
22 July 1900 in Daning, Weixian, Hebei, China
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Jacques Lombardie
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Priest in the diocese of Limoges, France. 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
1 December 1737 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
Died
22 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Beatified
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Syntyche of Philippi
Also known as
Synteches, Syntykhé
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Mentioned by Saint Paul the Apostle in the Letter to the Philippians as having helped him spread the gospel, but no information about her has come down to us.
Readings
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to come to a mutual understanding in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my true yokemate, to help them, for they have struggled at my side in promoting the gospel, along with Clement and my other co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. – Philippians 4:2-3
Blessed Joaquin Rodríguez Bueno
Also known as
Ireneo Jacinto
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Professed religious in the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers). Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
20 August 1910 in Mazuelo de Muñó, Burgos, Spain
Died
22 July 1936 in Almudena, Madrid, Spain
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Blessed Rosalío Benito
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Pious layman of the diocese of Quiché, Guatemala who served his parish as a catechist. Murdered by government troops. Martyr.
Born
c.1902 in Guatemala
Died
22 July 1982 in La Puerta, Chinique, Quiché, Guatemala
Venerated
23 January 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Blessed Benno of Osnabruck
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Monk. Courtier to Emperor Henry III. Bishop of Osnabruck, Germany in 1068; he served for 20 years. Involved in the disputes between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. Founded Iburg Abbey in Bad Iburg, Germany.
Died
1088 at Iburg Abbey and Castle, Bad Iburg, Germany of natural causes
Saint Theophilus of Cyprus
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Eighth-century soldier, sailor and admiral of the Christian fleet stationed on Cyprus. Captured in battle by invading Muslims, he was imprisoned for four years, then ordered to renounce Christianity and convert to Islam; he refused. Martyr.
Died
789 in Cyprus
Saint Meneleus of Ménat
Also known as
Mauvier, Menele, Meneve
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Monk at Carméry in Auvergne, France. Restored the monastery of Ménat near Clermont, France.
Born
Anjou, France
Died
c.720
Saint Movean of Inis-Coosery
Also known as
Biteus of Inis-Coosery
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Spiritual student of Saint Patrick. Monk. Abbot of Inis-Coosery in County Down, Ireland. Retired to live as a prayerful hermit in Perthshire, Scotland.
Saint Anastasius of Schemarius
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Monk in the Caucasus mountains. Spiritual student of Saint Maximus the Confessor. Imprisoned, tortured and martyred.
Died
662 at the Schemaris fortress, Caucasus mountains
Saint Plato of Ancyra
Also known as
Platone
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Brother of Saint Antiochus of Sebaste. Martyr.
Died
c.306 at Ancyra, Galatia
Saint Jerome of Pavia
Also known as
Gerolamo
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Bishop of Pavia, Italy from 778 until his death.
Died
787 of natural causes
Canonized
20 December 1888 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
Saint Claudius Marius Victorinus of Saussaye
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Commemorated in La Saussaye, Eure, France, but no details about him have survived.
Saint Dabius
Also known as
Bavins, Davius
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May have been a spiritual student of Saint Patrick. Priest. Missionary to Scotland where several churches are named for him.
Born
Irish
Saint Pancharius of Besançon
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Bishop of Besançon, France. Much persecuted by the Arian Emperor Constantius.
Died
c.356
Blessed Paolo de Lara
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Born to the nobility. Ordained as a priest in 1344. Mercedarian friar. Ransomed 209 Christians who were enslaved by Moors in Granada, Spain.
Saint Baudry of Montfaucon
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Seventh century monk. Founded the Abbey of Montfaucon in the diocese of Verdun, France.
Saint Lewine
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Fourth century nun in England. Martyred by invading pagan Saxons.
Born
Flanders (in modern Belgium)
Died
England
Saint Cyril of Antioch
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Patriarch of Antioch in 280.
Died
c.300 of natural causes
Saint Andrew of Antioch
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Martyr.
Died
c.280 in Antioch
Martyrs of Marula
Also known as
Martyrs of Massylis
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Three Christians martyred together. We know nothing else about them but the names – Ajabosus, Andrew and Elian.
Died
Massylis (Marula), Numidia (in modern Algeria)
Martyrs of Massilitani
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A group of Christians martyred together in northern Africa. Saint Augustine of Hippo wrote about them.
Martyred in China
Andreas Wang Tianqing
Anna Wang
Lucia Wang Wangzhi
Maria Wang Lishi
Martyred in the Spanish Civil War
Clemente López Yagüe
Esteban Cuevas Casquero
Eugenio Artola Sorolla
Francisco García León
Jaime María Carretero Rojas
Joaquin Rodríguez Bueno
José María Mateos Carballido
José Morales Ruiz
Juan Durán Cintas
Manuel Luque Ramos
Ovidio Fernández Arenillas
Pedro Alonso Ortega
Pedro Luque Cano
Pedro Ramón Rodríguez
Perfecto Domínguez Monge
Ramón María Pérez Sousa
Roque Catalán Domingo
Tomás Mateos Sánchez
Trifón Tobar Calzada
Victoriano Fernández Reinoso
Mother of God of Koloch
The Mother of God of Koloch is a venerated icon of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus within the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Origin: The icon is believed to have miraculously appeared in the year 1413 near the village of Koloch, not far from the city of Mozhaisk in Russia. A peasant named Luke found the icon and took it home, where it facilitated the healing of a paralyzed family member. News of this miracle spread, and the icon became a pilgrimage destination for those seeking the Virgin Mary's intercession.
Description: The specific details of the icon's appearance are not widely documented. However, like many Theotokos icons (icons of the Mother of God), it likely depicts Mary in a frontal position, holding the Christ Child.
Veneration: The icon is considered wonderworking, meaning it is believed to have miraculous properties. The Mother of God of Koloch is especially associated with healing the sick.
Location: The original icon is housed in the Koloch Monastery near Mozhaisk, Russia. Replicas of the icon can be found in other churches and monasteries.
Feast Day: The feast day of the Mother of God of Koloch is celebrated on July 9th in the Julian Calendar, which corresponds to July 22nd in the Gregorian Calendar used by most of the world today.
