இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் செப்டம்பர் 02

 St. Diomedes

Feastday: September 2

Death: unknown

Martyr with Julian, Philip, Eutychian, Hesychius, Leonides, Philadelphus, Menalippus, and Pantagapes. There are no details as to the time or location of their martyrdom, but records indicate some were beheaded, others crucified, drowned, or burned alive.

St. Zeno

Feastday: September 2

Death: 302

A martyr put to death at Nicomedia with his two sons, Concordius and Theodore, during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian

Saint Nonnosus of Monte Soratte

Also known as

• Nonnosus of Monte Soracte

• Nonnoso, Nonosius, Nonoso, Nonossus

Additional Memorials

• 12 May (discovery of his relics)

• 19 August (enshrining of relics in Bamberg, Germany)

Profile

Benedictine monk, then prior at the San Silvestre monastery on Monte Soratte north of Rome, Italy. Known to have suffered great abuse and harassment from his abbot, but was the only person who could calm the man down and reason with him. Nonnosus became abbot of Soratte himself c.560. Pope Saint Gregory the Great wrote about him.

Born

c.500

Died

• c.575 of natural causes

• buried on Monte Soratte in the Viterbo, Italy

• relics transferred to Castel Saint'Elia, Italy in the 9th century to prevent their destruction by invading Muslims

• relics enshrined in Freising, Germany in c.1050 by Bishop Nitker, where they became the site of pilgrimages

• relics re-buried there in a stone coffin in 1161

• oil from the eternally burning grave lamp is reported to have healing powers

• some relics taken to Bamberg, Germany in the mid 17th century; his head is known to have been enshrined by 1660

• his stone coffin in Freising was moved to the cathedral crypt in 1708; it is raised off the floor, and a tradition developed of crawling around it or under it lengthwise while praying for the intercession of Nonnosus, especially for kidney problems

• some relics enshrined in the church of San Antonio Abate in Castel Saint'Elia, Italy

Patronage

• against infirmities or weakness

• against kidney ailments

• Diocese of Nepi-Sutri, Italy

• Castel Saint'Elia, Italy

• Freising, Germany

Saint Solomon le Clerq

Also known as

• Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Leclerq

• Nicholas Leclerq

• Salomon Leclerq

• Salomone LeClercq

• Solomon Leclerq

Profile

Son of a wealthy French wine merchant. Though his father wanted him to pursue the family business, Nicholas early discerned a call to religious life. On 25 March 1767, he entered the novitiate of the Brothers of Christian Schools, and took the name Solomon. A good student, recognized for his piety and deep prayer life, Brother Solomon spent several years teaching at various schools throughout France, and witnessed much of the political turmoil tearing his country apart. He served as director of novices for his community, and was a frequent correspondent with his brothers and sisters on matters spiritual. Procurator in the Congregation's motherhouse, and worked as secretary to the superior general of the Order. In the summer of 1792, Brother Solomon, along with many other priests and religious, was imprisoned, and martyred as part of the suppression of Christianity of the French Revolution. He was the first martyr of the Brothers of Christian Schools.

Born

14 November 1745 in Boulogne-ser-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France as Nicholas

Died

stabbed with a sword on 2 September 1792 at the garden of the Hôtel des Carmes Carmelite convent at Paris, France

Canonized

16 October 2016 by Pope Francis

Blessed François-Joseph Pey

Profile

One of nine children born to Joseph-François Pey, a physician, and Marguerite Rose Moutte; five of these died in childhood. Theirs was a pious family; both François-Joseph and his older brother, Jean-Louis, became priests. François-Joseph studied at seminaries in Aix-en-Provence, then Paris, and then Trier. Ordained a priest on 10 August 1784 in the archdiocese of Trier, he returned to Paris where he served as chaplain at the College Sainte-Barbe. At the same time, he studied at the Sorbonne, and obtained a Master's degree on 11 October 1785, and a doctorate on 16 January 1787. Noted as a Bible scholar.

François-Joseph was chosen canon of the cathedral in Paris on 19 March 1787, but considered such a post to be a way that made the priesthood into a career insted of the life of service to God that he sought. Appointed vicar of the parish of Saint-Landry on the Ile de la Cité in Paris on 15 July 1788, he served as sacristan and treasurer. Chosen an elector of deputies to the legislature on 23 April 1789, he helped document the grievances of the working classes in Paris.

In January 1791, the government of the French Revolution ordered all priests to take an oath of loyalty to the civil constitution; Father Pey refused. On 10 August 1791 he was arrested for this, imprisoned without the formality of a trial, and when he refused to change his mind or desert the other objecting priests, he was murdered. One of the Martyrs of September.

Born

January 1759 in Solliès-Pont, Var, France

Died

stabbed with sabers and beaten with shovels at 11:30pm on 2 September 1792 at the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Anne-Alexandre-Charles-Marie Lanfant

Also known as

Father Alexander Charles Lanfant

Profile

Born to a middle-class family, Alexandre studied at Trinity College in Lyon, France, then became a Jesuits novice on 7 September 1741 at age 15 in Avignon, France. He taught grammar, rhetoric and humanities in several schools in the French cities of Aix, Besancon and Marseille, studying theology all the while. Ordained a priest in 1759. He made his solemn profession in the Jesuits in 1760 Macon, France, and soon became a noted preacher of parish missions in the region of Nancy, France.

When the Jesuits were suppressed in France in 1762, Father Alexandre was able to continue his priestly ministry under the protection of the Duke Stanislaus I of Lorraine. Upon the death of the duke, Father Alexandre travelled to Vienna, Austria where he served as preacher in the court of Empress Maria Theresa. In 1789 he returned to Paris, France, where he served for two years as confessor to King Louis XVI, and became the target of the enmity of the Jansenists.

Alexandre was arrested in August 1792 in the persecutions of the French Revolution for his faith, his priesthood, his refusal to take the oath to the civil constitution, and the assumed influence he had over the king. One of the Martyrs of September.

Born

9 September 1726 in Lyons, Rhône, France

Died

beheaded on 2 September 1792 at the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Ingrid of Sweden

Also known as

• Ingrid Elofsdotter of Skänninge

• Ingrid Elovsdotter

Additional Memorial

30 July (translation of relics)

Profile

Born to the Swedish nobility, Ingrid was well educated, and was known from her youth as a pious girl. Given in an arranged marriage when young, she was widowed soon after. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands, then to the Vatican, then to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Spiritual student of Father Petrus de Dacia, a noted Dominican author and hagiographer. Ingrid became the first Dominican nun in Sweden, founded the first Dominican cloister in Sweden, Saint Martins in Skänninge, dedicated on 15 August 1281, and served as its prioress; it was destroyed during the Reformation.

Born

13th century in Skänninge, Sweden

Died

• 2 September 1282 in Skänninge, Sweden of natural causes

• miracles reported at her tomb

• relics solemnly translated on 29 July 1507

• relics destroyed along with her convent during the Reformation

Canonized

• popular devotion began almost immediately after her death

• many miracles reported at her tomb, several investigations were conducted, but proved inconclusive, and her Cause seems to have ended during the Reformation

Born in Skänninge, Sweden, in the 13th century, St. Ingrid lived under the spiritual direction of Peter of Dacia, a Dominican priest. She was the first Dominican nun in Sweden and in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there, called St. Martin's in Skänninge. She died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity.

Miracles obtained through her intercession followed and led to a popular cult of this saint. In 1405, a canonization process was begun and the Swedish Bishops introduced her cause at the Council of Constance. An inquest was held in Sweden in 1416-1417 and the results were inconclusive. In 1497, the cause was reactivated and in 1507 her relics were solemnly translated, and a Mass and Office were composed - but formal canonization seems never to have occurred. During the Reformation, her cult came to an end and her convent and relics were destroyed.

Saint Ingrid of Skänninge (died in Skänninge, 9 September 1282) was a Swedish abbess venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. She founded Skänninge Abbey, a nunnery belonging to the Dominicans, in 1272. Her feast day is on September 2.

Ingrid was the daughter of Elof, a nobleman from Östergötland. She was a member of the family Elofssönernas ätt, and belonged to the elite of the Swedish nobility. She had at least two brothers, Anders and Johan, the latter of whom was a knight of the Teutonic Order. Her niece, Kristina Johansdotter (d. 1293), was the first spouse of Birger Persson, who became the father of Bridget of Sweden in his second marriage. It is believed that Ingrid was an inspiration of Bridget.

Ingrid married a nobleman referred to as Sir Sigge, who likely died in 1271. After being widowed, Ingrid and her sister Kristina became a part of a circle of pious females around the Dominican friar Petrus de Dacia in Skänninge. In one of his letters, Petrus de Dacia has left a description of the ascetic life style and mystic revelations of one of his "spiritual daughters" in this circle of women, which likely refers to Ingrid.[3]

In 1272, this circle of women formed an informal convent under the leadership of Ingrid by adopting the habit of the Dominicans and practicing its rules. Ingrid made pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, Jerusalem and Rome. After the death of her sister, Ingrid applied for formal recognition of her convent. This was granted in 1281, a year before her death.

Veneration

After her death in 1282, Ingrid's remains became objects of veneration and pilgrimages to her convent. She was, however, not formally recognized by the Pope as a saint. When her relative Bridget of Sweden was formally canonized by Pope Boniface IX on 7 October 1391, it caused a need to have Ingrid recognized as a saint as well. At the Council of Costance, an application was made for the cause of her canonization. In 1499, Pope Alexander VI agreed to a translation of her remains, which took place in Skänninge Abbey in 1507.

Legacy

Following the Swedish Reformation, the remains of Ingrid were removed to the Vadstena Abbey. In 1645, the skull was stolen from the Vadstena church by Antoine de Beaulieu, who believed it to be the skull of Bridget of Sweden. Antoine de Beaulieu gave Ingrid's skull to the French ambassador Gaspard Coignet de la Thullerie, who in turn placed it in the Church of Courson-les-Carrières in France. In 1959, it was given to the Bridgettine abbey of Mary's Refuge in Uden, The Netherlands, where it was exhibited as the skull of Bridget of Sweden.

Saint Margaret of Louvain

Also known as

• Margaret la Fière

• Margaret van Leuven

• Margaret van Löwen

• Margarita Lovania

• Fiere Margriet

• Margaretula, Margarita, Margaritha, Margriet, Margrit, Marguerite

Profile

Born to a poor family, in her late teens Margaret began working as a maid at the Sint Joris, an inn in Louvain, Belgium owned by her uncle Aubert. Aubert and his wife eventually sold the inn, each planning to enter religious life; Margaret planned to become a Cistercian nun. On their last night in the inn, thieves broke in and killed the erstwhile owners while Margaret was out. She came home as the killers were leaving, and she was murdered, too. Devotion developed after miracles occurred near her original gravesite beside the river.

Born

1207 at Louvain, Brabant, Belgium

Died

• throat cut on 2 September 1225 at Louvain, Brabant, Belgium

• body thrown into the river Deel by her killers

• the body was recovered, and buried along the river bank; legend says that a large fish pushed the body up-stream and an angel hovered over the river, shining a light on the body until some one came to recover it

• later re-interred at Saint Peter's Church, Louvain, Belgium

• many miracles reported at her tomb

Beatified

1905 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

martyrs

Blessed Antonio Franco

Also known as

Antony

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Born to the nobility; his family were French expatriates living in Italy. He earned a doctorate in civil and canon law at age 17, then studied in Rome, Italy. He served as a courtier to King Philip III in Madrid, Spain. Ordained a priest in 1610, Father Antonio became royal chaplain to Philip III for ten years. Bishop of the territorial prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy, confirmed by Pope Paul V, from 12 November 1616 until his death nearly 10 years later. Counselor and chaplain to the court of the kingom of Sicily. For all his time spent in royal and noble courts, Father Antonio was known to his ascetic life, sleeping on the bare ground or floor, eating little and plainly; he was noted for his concern for piety and penance, a ministry to the poor and sick, and work with people who were victims of loan sharks.

Born

26 September 1585 in Naples, Italy

Died

• 2 September 1626 in Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy

• incorrupt remains enshrined in the basilica of Santa Lucia del Mela

Beatified

• 2 September 2013 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Saint Agricola of Avignon

Also known as

• Agricola of Bologna

• Agricol, Agricolus

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Son of Saint Magnus of Avignon, a Gallo-Roman senator who became a monk and then bishop of Lerins, France. Agricola moved to Lerins at age 14 and became a Benedictine monk there at age 16. He was ordained a priests in Lerins. Co-bishop of Avignon with his father in 660. Bishop in 670. He built a church and Benedictine convent in Avignon, the church staffed with his brother monks. Noted preacher, he was known for his charity and defense of the poor and sick against civil authorities. His blessing ended an invasion of storks, leading to his patronage of them, and his emblem in art. His prayers were said to produce rain, good weather and fine harvests.

Born

c.625 in Avignon, France

Died

• c.700 of natural causes

• buried in the chapel of Saint Peter the Apostle in the cathedral of Avignon, France

Patronage

• against misfortune

• against plague epidemics

• for rain

• for good weather

• storks

• Avignon, France, city of (named in 1647)

• Avignon, France, diocese of

Saint Antoninus of Pamiers

Also known as

• Antonin, Antoní, Antolin • Apostle of the Rouergue

Additional Memorials

• 18 May (translation of relics to the Diocese of Palencia, Spain)

• 19 June (translation of relics to Pamiers, France in 887)

• 9 November (Coptic calendar)

Profile

First century convert, first to an Arian form of Christianity, then to the orthodox form. Pilgim to Rome, Italy where he studied and was ordained a priest. He became a travelling preacher in Italy, and served as a parish priest in Salerno, Italy for 18 years. Missionary to the Aquitaine region of modern France, which led to his title Apostle of the Rouergue. Miracle worker.

Born

at Fredelacum, Gaul (modern Pamiers, France)

Died

• stabbed in the area of his neck in Vallis Nobilis, Gaul (modern Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, France)

• some relics in the Catedral de san Antolín of the Diocese of Palencia, Spain, which was dedicated to him in 1172

• some relics in Palencia, Spain

Patronage

• Chiusa de Pesio, Italy

• Medina del Campo, Spain

• Palencia, Spain

• Pamiers, France

Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian

Also known as

• Elpidius of Cappadocia

• Elpidius the Abbot

• Elpidius the Hermit

• Elpidio....

Profile

Monk. Abbot in Asia Minor. Hermit in a cave on Mount Luca, Cappadocia for over twenty years. Legend says that an angel convinced him to immigrate to the area of Ancona, Italy where his reputation for holiness and wisdom attracted many disciples.

Born

Cappadocia

Died

• 4th century of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the town of Cluana (modern Sant'Elpidio a Mare), Ancona, Italy in the 7th century

• the relics are believed to have saved the town from a Lombard siege when Elpidius appeared in the sky asking the inhabitants to defend the village

Patronage

• Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy

• Sant'Elpidio Morico, Italy

Saint Justus of Lyon

Also known as

Just, Justo, Giusto

Additional Memorials

• 4 August (translation of relics in Lyon, France)

• 14 October (translation of relics)

Profile

Deacon at Vienne, France. Priest. Bishop of Lyon, France c.350. He presided over the Council of Aquileia in 381, strongly opposed the heresy of Arianism, and became a friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan.

When a violently insane criminal sought sanctuary in the cathedral of Lyon after attacking people in the street, the man was seized and killed by an avenging mob who ignored the sanctity of the church and the tradition of sanctuary. Justus was so disillusioned with the people, and what he considered his failure to bring them the real faith, that he left his see. He and Saint Viator of Lyon spent the rest of their days as prayerful hermits in the desert near Alexandria, Egypt.

Born

at Vivarais, Gaul (in modern France)

Died

• 390 in the Egyptian desert of natural causes

• relics returned to Lyon, France

• buried in the cemeterial basilica of the Machabees in Lyon

Blessed Albert of Pontida

Also known as

Albert Prezzati

Additional Memorial

5 September (Benedictines)

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Soldier in the army of Bergamo, Italy. Severely wounded in battle, he made the common offer to God that he would enter religious life if he was healed. Albert recovered, made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella, became a Benedictine monk, and c.1079, he returned to Pontida, Italy where he founded the Cluniac abbey of Saint James. Its first abbot was Blessed Vitus of Pontida who served while Albert studied the Cluniac reform in France. When Vitus died, Albert took over for as the second abbot.

Born

11th century Pontida, Italy

Died

• 2 September or 12 September in 1095, 1096 or 1099 (records vary) of natural causes

• relics interred with those of Blessed Vitus of Pontida at the church of the abbey of Saint James in Pontida, Italy

• following a fire at the abbey church, relics moved to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, Italy in 1373

• relics returned to the abbey in Pontida in 1911

Blessed Jules-Honoré-Cyprien Pazery de Thorame

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Born to the French nobility, the son of Pierre Symphorien de Pazery, a knight, the lord of Thorame, and councilor to the French parliament, and of Catherine Lordonne; Jules was baptized at the age of one day. He earned as Master's degree in Paris, France on 17 February 1784, and studied at the San-Sulpice seminary, being ordained a priest in 1788. He earned a doctorate from the Sorbonne, and served as vicar-general to the bishop of Toulon, France. When the bishop was exiled to Italy during the persecutions of the French Revolution, Father Jules administered the diocese. When his see was suppressed, he returned to Paris on 1 April 1792. On 11 August 1792, he was arrested by the Revolutionary authorities as part of their anti-Catholic persecutions. One of the Martyrs of September.

Born

16 September 1763 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Died

2 September 1792 at the Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, France

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Pierre-Louis de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers

Profile

Born to the French nobility, the son of the lord of Maumont Jean de La Rochefoucauld and Marguerite des Escots; his brother Francois-Joseph became bishop of Beauvais, France, and his sister was abbess of the convent of Notre Dame de Soissons. Priest. Prior commendator of Nanteuil, France in 1770. Chosen general agent of the clergy in 1775. Bishop of Saintes, France in 1781. Organized a bank that functioned like modern fire insurance. Elected deputy of the clergy to the general states for the Sénéchaussée de Saintes on 24 March 1789. One of the Martyrs of September, killed in the anti–Christian excesses of the French Revolution.

Born

12 October 1744 in Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard-le-Peyrat, Charente, France

Died

martyred on 2 September 1792 at the Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, France

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Saint William of Roskilde

Also known as

• William of Denmark

• William of Roschild

• William of Roskilde

• Wilhelmus...

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Priest. Court chaplain to King Canute of England and Denmark. During a trip to Denmark, William saw a crying need for Christian missionaries in the area, and he worked there the rest of his life.

Bishop of Roskilde, Zeeland. He decreed that a person who had shed blood unjustly could not receive the sacraments until he had done public penance. King Sweyn, who was one of the targets of this order, came to the cathedral with armed men determined to have his own way and show that the king ruled, not the Church. William stood in the door, armed only with his crosier. When the guards threatened to attack him, William offered no resistance. Sweyn was shamed, asked forgiveness, and gave the church a gift of lands in token his penance.

Born

Anglo-Saxon

Died

1067 of natural causes

Blessed Ambroise-Augustin Chevreux

Also known as

Ambrosius, Ambrose, Ambrogio

Profile

Ambroise-Augustin joined the Benedictine Maurist abbey of Saint-Florent de Saumur in Orléans, France on 14 May 1744 at the age of 16. He was later sent to the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey in Paris, France. Beginning in 1763, he began to be appointed to leadership positions, and in 1783 was chosen the superior-general of the French Maurists; he was the last person to hold the position. Arrested in August 1792 and imprisoned with other clerics at the Carmelite monastery in Paris, France in the persecutions of the French Revolution, he became one of the Martyrs of September.

Born

13 February 1728 in Orléans, Loiret, France

Died

2 September 1792 at Paris, France

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Prospero of Tarragona

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Bishop of Tarragona, Spain c.693. In 711, ahead of Muslim invaders, Prospero packed up the cathedral's liturgical books and the relics of Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona and other martyrs, and fled Spain with his cathedral priests, Giustino and Procopio, and cathedral deacons, Marziale, Pantaleone and Giorgio. They travelled to Italy, first to Cagliari in Sardinia, but settled on the coast of the region of Liguria near Genoa. Prospero founded the Benedictine monastery of Capodimonte whose church enshrined the relics the group had brought with them, and where they were all subsequently buried in their time.

Born

Spain

Died

c.715 in Tarragona, Spain of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

• on 4 May 1854 Pope Pius IX approved the veneration in the parish church of Camogli, Italy

Saint Brocard

Also known as

Brocardo, Brocardus, Burchard, Brochard

Profile

Monk on Mount Carmel who was chosen prior of his house. Around the year 1210, he asked Saint Albert, patriarch of Jerusalem, to write a Rule for the monks. This Rule became the foundation for the Carmelite Order. Pope Honorius III objected to its use because it did not have his prior approval. The Pope received a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary who supported the rule; Honorius gave his approval. Brocard ruled his house for 35 years, setting an example for devotion to the Rule, and gaining great respect from the region's Muslims.

Born

French

Died

1231 of natural causes

Beatified

added to the Carmelite breviary in 1564

Blessed André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Profile

Immigrant from Canada to France where he served as a priest in the archdiocese of Sens and canon of the cathedral there. During the persecutions of the French Revolution, he was arrested and murdered for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to civil constitution. One of the Martyrs of September.

Born

5 April 1758 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Died

2 September 1792 at the Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, France

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Saint Abibus of Edessa

Also known as

Abibo, Abbibos, Abibos, Abbibus, Habib

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Fourth-century deacon in Edessa, Syria. Friend of Saint Shamuna of Edessa and Saint Gurias of Edessa, he escaped execution in the persecutions of Galerius in which Shamuna and Gurius died. When imperial tolerance was declared for Christianity in 311, Abibus returned to the city and his ministry. Eleven years later, in the persecutions of Emperor Licinius and governor Lisania, he was arrested, tortured and finally executed. Martyr.

Died

• burned at the stake in Edessa, Syria in 322

• though he died, his body did not burn up, and he was buried next to Saint Shamuna of Edessa and Saint Gurias of Edessa

Saint Hieu

Also known as

Heiu

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Nun, receiving the veil from Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne. Abbess of Hartlepool Abbey in 640. Abbess at Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, the first woman to rule a double monastery. Some writings identify her with Saint Bega.

Born

early 7th century Northumbria, England

Died

c.657 in Healaugh, Yorkshire, England of natural causes

Saint Comus of Crete

Also known as

• Comus of Candia

• Cosmas, Kosmas

Additional Memorial

20 April (translation of relics)

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Monk. An opponent of the monothelite heresy, he withdrew from the world to become a naked, barefoot hermit on the island of Candia (modern Crete).

Died

• c.706 on Crete (in modern Greece) of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the church of George the Great in Venice, Italy

Blessed Vitus of Pontida

Also known as

Guido, Vito

Additional Memorial

5 September (Benedictines)

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Benedictine monk. Friend and fellow student of Blessed Albert of Pontida. First abbot of the Cluniac abbey of Saint James in Pontida, Italy.

Died

• relics interred with those of Saint Vitus at the church of the abbey of Saint James in Pontida, Italy

• following a fire at the abbey church, relics moved to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, Italy in 1373

• relics returned to the abbey in Pontida, Italy in 1911

Saint Antoninus of Syria

Also known as

Antoninus of Apamea

Additional Memorial

9 September (Byzantine calendar)

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Stone mason in predominently pagan Aribazus, Syria. He denounced their non-Christian practices of neighbors, and became a hermit for two years. He then returned to his village and destroyed the pagan idols there. He afterwards moved to Apamea, Syria where he built a church. Martyr.

Died

4th century in Apamea, Syria

Saint Theodota of Bithynia

Also known as

Teodota, Theodote

Profile

Born to the nobility, Theodota was a Christian woman who as married and became the mother of three saints - Evodius, Hermogenes and Callista. Widow. When she refused an offer of marriage by imperial prefect Leucatius during the persecutions of Diocletian, he denounced her as a Christian, had her arrested, beaten and executed. Martyr.

Died

thrown into a furnace in 304 in Nicaea, Bithynia (in modern Turkey)

Eleazar the Patriarch

Also known as

• Eleazar the Priest

• El'azar, Eleàzaro, Eleàzar, Eleasar

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Third son of Old Testament Patriarch Aaron. Leader of the Jewish theocracy. With his brother Ithamar, he founded the Israelite priestly class. Old Testament patriarch.

Saint Syagrius of Autun

Also known as

Siacre, Siagrio

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Bishop of Autun, France c.560. Known for his learning and zeal for the faith in the councils he attended, and was greatly admired by Pope Saint Gregory the Great.

Died

• c.600 of natural causes

• some relics enshrined at Val-de-Grace, Paris, France

Saint Elpidius of Lyon

Also known as

Elpidio, Elpèidius

Profile

Bishop of Lyon, France from 410 until his death 12 years later.

Died

• 422 of natural causes

• relics in the church of Saint Justus in Lyon, France

Saint Lanfranco of Vercelli

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Fifth century bishop of Vercelli, Italy for nine years.

Saint Maxima of Rome

Also known as

Massima

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Slave in imperial Rome. Martyred with Saint Ansanus in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

scourged to death in 304 in Rome, Italy

Saint Aithalas of Adrianopolis

Profile

Early martyr.

Died

whipped to death in Adrianopolis, Thrace (an area of modern Bulgaria)

Saint Ammun of Adrianopolis

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Early martyr.

Died

whipped to death in Adrianopolis, Thrace (an area of modern Bulgaria)

Saint Valentine of Strasbourg

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Fourth Bishop of Strasbourg, Alsace, France in the 4th century.

Died

4th century

Saint Lolanus

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Bishop in Scotland.

Died

c.1034

Holy Bishops of Rennes

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Honors all the bishops of the Diocese of Rennes, France who have been recognized as saints and beati. They include -

Saint Maximinus of Rennes

Saint Modéran of Rennes

Saint Rambert of Rennes

Saint Riotisme of Rennes

Saint Servius of Rennes

Saint Synchronius of Rennes

http://www.catholicsaints.co/Holy_Bishops_of_Rennes

Martyrs of Nicomedia

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Three Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. No details about them but their names have survived – Concordius, Theodore and Zenone.

Died

Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey)

Martyrs of 2 September

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A group of ten Christian martyrs; their names are on old martyrologies, but we have lost all record of their lives and deaths.

• Antoninus

• Diomedes

• Eutychian

• Hesychius

• Julian

• Leonides

• Menalippus

• Pantagapes

• Philadelphus

• Philip

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

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

• Blessed Baldomer Margenat Puigmitja

• Blessed Fortunato Barrón Nanclares

• Blessed Joan Franquesa Costa

• Blessed José María Laguía Puerto

• Blessed Lorenzo Insa Celma

Martyrs of September

Also known as

• Martyrs of Paris

• Martyrs of Carmes

Profile

A group of 191 martyrs who died in the French Revolution. They were imprisoned in the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés, Hôtel des Carmes in the rue de Rennes, Prison de la Force, and Seminaire de Saint-Firmin in Paris, France by the Legislative Assembly for refusing to take the oath to support the civil constitution of the clergy. This act placed priests under the control of the state, and had been condemned by the Vatican. They include

• Ambroise-Augustin Chevreux • Andé Angar • André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur • André-Abel Alricy • Anne-Alexandre-Charles-Marie Lanfant • Antoine-Charles-Octavien du Bouzet • Antoine-Mathieu-Augustin Nogier • Apollinaris of Posat • Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand • Armand-Anne-Auguste-Antonin-Sicaire Chapt de Rastignac • August-Dénis Nezel • Bernard-François de Cucsac • Bertrand-Antoine de Caupenne • Charles Carnus • Charles-François le Gué • Charles-Jéremie Bérauld du Pérou • Charles-Louis Hurtrel • Charles-Regis-Mathieu de la Calmette de Valfons • Charles-Victor Véret • Claude Bochot • Claude Cayx-Dumas • Claude Chaudet • Claude Colin • Claude Fontaine • Claude Ponse • Claude Rousseau • Claude-Antoine-Raoul Laporte • Claude-François Gagnières des Granges • Claude-Louis Marmotant de Savigny • Claude-Silvain-Raphaël Mayneaud de Bizefranc • Daniel-Louis André Des Pommerayes • Denis-Claude Duval • Éloy Herque du Roule • Étienne-François-Dieudonné de Ravinel • Étienne-Michel Gillet • Eustache Félix • François Balmain • François Dardan • François Dumasrambaud de Calandelle • François Lefranc • François Varheilhe-Duteil • François-César Londiveau • François-Hyacinthe lé Livec de Trésurin • François-Joseph de la Rochefoucald-Maumont • François-Joseph Monnier • François-Joseph Pey • François-Louis Hébert • François-Louis Méallet de Fargues • François-Urbain Salins de Niart • Gabriel Desprez de Roche • Gaspard-Claude Maignien • Georges Girault • Georges-Jérôme Giroust • Gilbert-Jean Fautrel • Gilles-Louis-Symphorien Lanchon • Guillaume-Antoine Delfaut • Henri-August Luzeau de la Mulonnière • Henri-Hippolyte Ermès • Henri-Jean Milet • Jacques de la Lande • Jacques Dufour • Jacques Friteyre-Durvé • Jacques-Alexandre Menuret • Jacques-Augustin Robert de Lézardières • Jacques-étienne-Philippe Hourrier • Jacques-François de Lubersac • Jacques-Gabriel Galais • Jacques-Jean Lemeunier • Jacques-Joseph Le jardinier desLandes • Jacques-Jules Bonnaud • Jacques-Léonor Rabé • Jacques-Louis Schmid • Jean Charton de Millou • Jean Goizet • Jean Lacan • Jean Lemaître • Jean-André Capeau • Jean-Antoine Guilleminet • Jean-Antoine Savine • Jean-Antoine Seconds • Jean-Antoine-Barnabé Séguin • Jean-Antoine-Hyacinthe Boucharenc de Chaumeils • Jean-Antoine-Joseph de Villette • Jean-Baptiste Bottex • Jean-Baptiste Jannin • Jean-Baptiste Nativelle • Jean-Baptiste-Claude Aubert • Jean-Baptiste-Marie Tessier • Jean-Baptiste-Michel Pontus • Jean-Charles Caron • Jean-Charles Legrand • Jean-Charles-Marie Bernard du Cornillet • Jean-François Bonnel de Pradal • Jean-François Bousquet • Jean-François Burté • Jean-François-Marie Benoît-Vourlat • Jean-Henri Gruyer • Jean-Henri-Louis-Michel Samson • Jean-Joseph de Lavèze-Bellay • Jean-Joseph Rateau • Jean-Louis Guyard de Saint-Clair • Jean-Marie du Lau d'Alleman • Jean-Michel Philippot • Jean-Philippe Marchand • Jean-Pierre Bangue • Jean-Pierre Duval • Jean-Pierre Le Laisant • Jean-Pierre Simon • Jean-Robert Quéneau • Jean-Thomas Leroy • Joseph Bécavin • Joseph Falcoz • Joseph-Louis Oviefre • Joseph-Marie Gros • Joseph-Thomas Pazery de Thorame • Jules-Honoré-Cyprien Pazery de Thorame • Julien le Laisant • Julien Poulain Delaunay • Julien-François Hédouin • Laurent • Louis Barreau de La Touche • Louis le Danois • Louis Longuet • Louis Mauduit • Louis-Alexis-Mathias Boubert • Louis-Benjamin Hurtrel • Louis-François Rigot • Louis-François-André Barret • Louis-Jean-Mathieu Lanier • Louis-Joseph François • Louis-Laurent Gaultier • Louis-Remi Benoist • Louis-Remi-Nicolas Benoist • Loup Thomas-Bonnotte • Marc-Louis Royer • Marie-François Mouffle • Martin-François-Alexis Loublier • Mathurin-Nicolas de la Ville Crohain le Bous de Villeneuve • Mathurin-Victoir Deruelle • Michel Leber • Michel-André-Sylvestre Binard • Michel-François de la Gardette • Nicolas Bize • Nicolas Clairet • Nicolas Colin • Nicolas Gaudreau • Nicolas-Claude Roussel • Nicolas-Marie Verron • Olivier Lefebvre • Philibert Fougères • Pierre Bonzé • Pierre Brisquet • Pierre Brisse • Pierre Gauguin • Pierre Landry • Pierre Ploquin • Pierre Saint-James • Pierre-Claude Pottier • Pierre-Florent Leclercq • Pierre-François Hénocq • Pierre-François Pazery de Thorames • Pierre-Jacques de Turmenyes • Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis • Pierre-Jean Garrigues • Pierre-Louis de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers • Pierre-Louis Gervais • Pierre-Louis Joret • Pierre-Louis-Joseph Verrier • Pierre-Michel Guérin • Pierre-Michel Guérin du Rocher • Pierre-Nicolas Psalmon • Pierre-Paul Balzac • Pierre-Robert Regnet • René Nativelle • René-Joseph Urvoy • René-Julien Massey • René-Marie Andrieux • René-Nicolas Poret • Robert le Bis • Robert-François Guérin du Rocher • Saintin Huré • Sébastien Desbrielles • Solomon Leclerq • Thomas-Jean Montsaint • Thomas-Nicolas Dubray • Thomas-René Dubuisson • Urbain Lefebvre • Vincent Abraham • Vincent-Joseph le Rousseau de Rosencoat • Yves-André Guillon de Keranrun • Yves-Jean-Pierre Rey de Kervisic •

Died

massacred by a mob on 2 September and 3 September 1792

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் செப்டம்பர் 01

 St. Ammon

Feastday: September 1

Death: 332

Martyr who died with forty young women converts. Ammon was a deacon in Thrace, now in the southern Balkans. Under the persecutions of Emperor Licinius, he and forty of his converts died. St. Ammon was singled out and slain by having a red hot poker placed on his head.

St. Anna the Prophetess

Feastday: September 1

Death: unknown

A widow and seeress, described in St. Luke's Gospel.

St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses

Feastday: September 1

Patron: of Prisoners

Birth: 1424

Death: 1490

Beatified: 28 July 1926, Rome, Kingdom of Italy, by Pope Pius XI

Canonized: 3 October 1976, Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI

St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses, Religious (Feast - September 1) Beatrice was born in Ceuta, Portugal, in 1424. She was the daughter of the Count of Viana, and the sister of St. Amedeus of Portugal. In Portugal, Beatrice is known as Brites.

Raised in the household of Princess Isabel, Beatrice went to Spain with her when Isable married John II of Castile. Evenually, she tired of court life and entered the Cistercian convent at Toledo.

In 1484, Beatrice founded the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The groups first house was the castle of Galliana, a gift from Queen Isabel. Beatrice died at Toledo on September 1, 1490 and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1976.

In his own wisdom, God calls each individual to a particular vocation. The life of St. Beatrice reminds us of how important it is for us to be always open to God's designs in our regard, and to pray that his will be done.

Beatrice of Silva, O.I.C., also known (in Spanish) as Beatriz da Silva y de Menezes and (in Portuguese) as Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492) was a noblewoman of Portugal, who became the foundress of the monastic Order of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady in Spain. She is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

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Life

Beatrice was one of the eleven children of Rui Gomes da Silva, the first governor of Campo Maior, Portugal, after its reconquest from Arab rule, and of Isabel de Menezes, the Countess of Portalegre, an illegitimate daughter of Dom Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real and 2nd Count of Viana do Alentejo, in whose army her father was serving at the time of her birth. One of her brothers was the Blessed Amadeus of Portugal, O.F.M., a noted reformer of the Order of Friars Minor. She was long thought to have been born in the Portuguese colony of Ceuta in North Africa, where her father was serving as a military adjutant at that time. Modern research has determined that she was, in fact, born in the family home at Campo Maior.[1]

The apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Beatrice da Silva

Tomb of Saint Beatrice da Silva in Toledo, Spain.

Beatrice was raised in the castle of Infante John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz. In 1447 Beatrice accompanied his daughter, Princess Isabel of Portugal, to Castile as her lady-in-waiting when Isabel left to marry King John II of Castile and became Queen of Castile and León.[2] Beatrice was her good and close friend, (and later was to receive her support when she founded the Conceptionists). Soon, however, her great beauty began to arouse the irrational jealousy of the Queen, who had her imprisoned in a tiny cell. During this incarceration, Beatrice experienced an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in which she was instructed to found a new Order in Mary's honor.

Beatrice finally escaped her imprisonment with difficulty and took refuge in the Dominican Second Order monastery of nuns in Toledo. Here she led a life of holiness for thirty-seven years, without becoming a member of that Order.[2] In 1484 Beatrice, with some companions, took possession of a palace in Toledo set apart for them by Queen Isabel the Catholic for the new community under the name Monastery of Santa Fe, which was to be dedicated to honoring the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

In 1489, by permission of Pope Innocent VIII, the nuns adopted the Cistercian Rule,[2] bound themselves to the daily recitation of the Office of the Immaculate Conception, and were placed under obedience to the ordinary of the archdiocese. The foundress determined on the religious habit, which is white, with a white scapular and blue mantle, with a medallion of Mary under her title of the Immaculate Conception.

Beatrice died in the monastery she had founded on 16 August 1492.[3] Her remains are still venerated in the chapel of that monastery.

Saint Beatrice of Silva's Patronism is of prisoners.

Legacy

In 1501 Pope Alexander VI united the nuns of Santa Fe, which Beatrice had founded, with the neighboring Benedictine Monastery of San Pedro de las Duenas, and put them all under the Rule of St. Clare. Through this, the Order became connected with the Franciscans. Pope Julius II gave the new Order a rule of life of its own in 1511, and in 1516 special Constitutions were drawn up for the new Order by the Franciscan Cardinal Francisco de Quiñones, who resolved some ongoing tensions between the nuns of Santa Fe and the former Benedictine nuns who had been fused into the Order, establishing the community as the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception.[4]

A second monastery was founded in 1507 at Torrigo, from which, in turn, were established seven others. The Order soon spread through Portugal, Spain, and their colonies in South America—as early as 1540, as well as in Italy, and France.[a] At its height, there were some 200 monasteries of the Order throughout the world.

Veneration

Beatrice de Menezes da Silva was beatified in 1926 by Pope Pius XI and later canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1976.[5] Her feast day is celebrated by both by the Conceptionist nuns and the Franciscan Order and in Spain on 1 September, but in 2012 was transferred to 17 August for Portugal

Bl. Michael Ghebre

Feastday: September 1

Death: 1855

Vincentian martyr of Ethiopia also listed as Mikael Gabra. A native of that country, Michael became a Catholic in 1844 - converted by a Vincentian - and was ordained in 1851. Theodore II, the Negus of Ethiopia, launched a persecution of Catholics in 1855. Michael and four companions were arrested. Michael was dragged from place to place and died from abuse in prison on August 28. He was beatified in 1926.

St. Fiacre

Feastday: September 1

Patron: of Gardeners and Cab-drivers

St. Fiacre (Fiachra) is not mentioned in the earlier Irish calendars, but it is said that he was born in Ireland and that he sailed over into France in quest of closer solitude, in which he might devote himself to God, unknown to the world. He arrived at Meaux, where Saint Faro, who was the bishop of that city, gave him a solitary dwelling in a forest which was his own patrimony, called Breuil, in the province of Brie. There is a legend that St. Faro offered him as much land as he could turn up in a day, and that St. Fiacre, instead of driving his furrow with a plough, turned the top of the soil with the point of his staff. The anchorite cleared the ground of trees and briers, made himself a cell with a garden, built an oratory in honor of the Blessed Virgin, and made a hospice for travelers which developed into the village of Saint-Fiacre in Seine-et-Marne. Many resorted to him for advice, and the poor, for relief. His charity moved him to attend cheerfully those that came to consult him; and in his hospice he entertained all comers, serving them with his own hands, and sometimes miraculously restored to health those that were sick. He never allowed any woman to enter the enclosure of his hermitage, and Saint Fiacre extended the prohibition even to his chapel; several rather ill-natured legends profess to account for it. Others tell us that those who attempted to transgress, were punished by visible judgements, and that, for example, in 1620 a lady of Paris, who claimed to be above this rule, going into the oratory, became distracted upon the spot and never recovered her senses; whereas Anne of Austria, Queen of France, was content to offer up her prayers outside the door, amongst the other pilgrims.

The fame of Saint Fiacre's miracles of healing continued after his death and crowds visited his shrine for centuries. Mgr. Seguier, Bishop of Meaux in 1649, and John de Chatillon, Count of Blois, gave testimony of their own relief. Anne of Austria attributed to the meditation of this saint, the recovery of Louis XIII at Lyons, where he had been dangerously ill; in thanksgiving for which she made, on foot, a pilgrimage to the shrine in 1641. She also sent to his shrine, a token in acknowledgement of his intervention in the birth of her son, Louis XIV. Before that king underwent a severe operation, Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, began a novena of prayers at Saint-Fiacre to ask the divine blessing. His relics at Meaux are still resorted to, and he is invoked against all sorts of physical ills, including venereal disease. He is also a patron saint of gardeners and of cab-drivers of Paris. French cabs are called fiacres because the first establishment to let coaches on hire, in the middle of the seventeenth century, was in the Rue Saint-Martin, near the hotel Saint-Fiacre, in Paris. Saint Fiacre's feast is kept in some dioceses of France, and throughout Ireland on this date. Many miracles were claimed through his working the land and interceding for others. Feast day is September 1st.

Saint Fiacre (Irish: Fiachra, Latin: Fiacrius) is the name of three different Irish saints, the most famous of which is Saint Fiacre of Breuil (c. AD 600 – 18 August 670[1]), the Catholic priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century who was famous for his sanctity and skill in curing infirmities. He emigrated from his native Ireland to France, where he constructed for himself a hermitage together with a vegetable and herb garden, oratory, and hospice for travellers. He is the patron saint of gardeners.[1]

St. Fiacre window, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)

Fiachra is an ancient pre-Christian, Irish name. It has been interpreted to denote "battle king"[3] or to derive from fiach ("raven").[4] The name is found in ancient Irish folklore and stories such as the Children of Lir.

The appellation "of Breuil" can in present times be misleading: the site of the hermitage, garden, oratory, and hospice of Saint Fiacre was in the place denominated "Brogillum" in ancient times and later renamed "Breuil", forming his epithet. However, Breuil was then again renamed "Saint-Fiacre" in his honor, which is the name of the present commune on the same site, in the Department of Seine-et-Marne, France.[5] The commune of Breuil, Department of Marne, France is located far from and is not the same as the commune of Saint-Fiacre (formerly named "Breuil"), although the two communes probably were both in the ancient French Province of Brie, which adds to the confusion.

Life

Saint Fiacre, 15th-century statue in the Church of Saint Taurin d'Évreux

"Though not mentioned in the earlier Irish calendars, Fiacre was born in Ireland at the end of the sixth century AD. He was raised in a monastery where he became a monk and imbibed knowledge of herbal medicine."[6] Fiacre was ordained a Catholic priest at some point, and elevated to the rank of abbot.[1] "In time he had his own hermitage and perhaps a monastery, possibly near St. Fiachra’s Well at Cill Fiachra (Kilferagh), Sheastown, in the barony of Shillelogher near Bennetsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland. As crowds flocked to him because of his reputation for his holiness and cures, he sailed to France in search of greater solitude."[6]

He arrived in Meaux, France in AD 628.[1] Saint Faro, the Bishop of Meaux, was "well-disposed to him due to kindnesses he and his father’s house had received from the Irish missionary Columbanus," and so "granted him a site at Brogillum (Breuil), in the province of Brie"[6][1] (presently Saint-Fiacre, Department of Seine-et-Marne, France) when Saint Fiacre approached him and manifested his desire to live a life of solitude in the forest.[7] There Saint Fiacre built a hermitage for his dwelling, a vegetable and herb garden, an oratory in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a hospice in which he cared for travellers. He lived a life of great mortification devoted to prayer, fasting, keeping vigils, and manual cultivation of his garden. "His fame for miracles was widespread. He cured all manner of diseases by laying on his hands".[1]

He died on 18 August AD 670, and his body was interred in the local church of the site of his hermitage complex, which church became his original shrine.[1] The site of his hermitage complex developed into a village, which was later named Saint-Fiacre and is presently in the Department of Seine-et-Marne, France.

Legends

Saint Faro allowed Saint Fiacre as much land as he might entrench in one day with a furrow; Fiacre turned up the earth with the end of his staff, toppling trees and uprooting briers and weeds. A suspicious woman hastened to tell Saint Faro that he was being beguiled and that this was witchcraft. Saint Faro, however, recognized that this was the work of God. It is said that thereafter Saint Fiacre prohibited women, on pain of severe bodily infirmity, from the precincts of his hermitage.[8]

Veneration

St. Fiachra's garden, Irish National Stud and Gardens

Saint Fiacre's relics were preserved in his original shrine in the local church of the site of his hermitage, garden, oratory, and hospice, in present Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne, France, but later transferred in 1568 to their present shrine in Meaux Cathedral in Meaux, which is near Saint-Fiacre and in the same French department, because of fear that fanatical Calvinists endangered them. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 11 August.[citation needed] 1 September is given as an alternative date for his memorial. Meaux continued to be a great centre of devotion to him, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. Visitors to his shrine included Anne of Austria, Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Saint John of Matha, King Louis XIII of France, and Saint Vincent de Paul.[9][1] Saint Fiacre had a reputation for healing haemorrhoids, which were denominated "Saint Fiacre's figs" in the Middle Ages. Cardinal Richelieu venerated his relics hoping to be relieved of the infirmity.[10][11]

To celebrate the Second Millennium, "Saint Fiachra's Garden" opened in 1999 at the Irish National Stud and Gardens, Tully, County Kildare, Ireland, his nation of birth.[12]

Patronage

Saint Fiacre is the patron saint of the commune of Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is the patron of growers of vegetables and medicinal plants, and gardeners in general, including ploughboys.[10] His reputed aversion to women is believed to be the reason he is also considered the patron of victims of venereal disease.[9] He is further the patron of victims of hemorrhoids and fistulas, taxi cab drivers, box makers, florists, hosiers, pewterers, tilemakers, and those suffering from infertility.[13] Finally, he is commonly invoked to heal persons suffering from various infirmities, premised on his reputed skill with medicinal plants.

Fiacre cabs

Main article: Fiacre (carriage)

From about 1650, the Hotel de Saint Fiacre, in the rue St-Martin in Paris, hired out carriages. These carriages came to be known as fiacres, which became a generic term for hired horse-drawn transport. Although sometimes claimed by taxi-drivers as a patron saint, St. Fiacre is not recognized as such by the Church

Saint Giles

புனிதர் கைல்ஸ் 

(St. Giles) 

மடாதிபதி:

(Abbot) 

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 650

ஏதென்ஸ், அச்செயா, கிழக்கு ரோமப் பேரரசு

(Athens, Achaea, Eastern Roman Empire) 

இறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 1, 710

செப்டிமேனியா, விஸிகோத் அரசு, (தென் ஃபிரான்ஸ்)

(Septimania, Kingdom of the Visigoths (Languedoc, Southern France) 

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion) 

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

புனிதர் கைல்ஸ் துறவு மடம், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

புனிதர் கைல்ஸ் தேவாலயம், எடின்பர்க், ஸ்காட்லாந்து

(Abbey of Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles, France) 

St. Giles' Cathedral (Edinburgh, Scotland) 

பாதுகாவல்: 

பிச்சைக்காரர்கள்; கொல்லர்கள்; மார்பக புற்றுநோய்; தாய்ப்பால் ஊட்டுதல்; புற்றுநோயாளிகள்; ஊனமுற்றோர்; எடின்பர்க் (ஸ்காட்லாந்து); வலிப்பு; காடுகள்; துறவிகள்; குதிரைகள்; தொழு நோயாளிகள்; மன நோய்; தீயவர்கள்; ஏழை மக்கள்; ஆட்டுக்கடா; தூண்டுகோல் தயாரிப்போர்; மலட்டுத்தன்மை. 

நினைவுத் திருநாள் : செப்டம்பர் 1 

புனிதர் கைல்ஸ், ஏதேன்ஸ் நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு கிரேக்க துறவியும் கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதரும் ஆவார். இவரது சரிதம், “புரோவென்ஸ்” (Provence) மற்றும் “செப்டிமீனியா” (Septimania) பிராந்தியங்களை மையமாக கொண்டதாகும். “தூய கைல்ஸ்-டு-கர்ட்” (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard) எனுமிடத்தில் இவர் நிறுவிய துறவு மடம், இவரது சமாதியாகவும் பிரபல திருயாத்திரை ஸ்தலமாகவும் விளங்குகின்றது. இவர், பதினான்கு தூய (Fourteen Holy Helpers) உதவியாளர்களில் ஒருவராவார். 

கைல்ஸ் ஆரம்பத்தில் இன்றைய தென் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் “செப்டிமானியாவில்” (Septimania) “கர்ட்” நதி (River Gard) மற்றும் “ரோன்” (Rhône) நதிகளின் முகத்துவாரத்தில் வசித்தார். இவர், “ஏதென்ஸ்” (Athens) நாட்டின் அரசனான “தியோடோர்” (King Theodore) மற்றும் அரசி “பெலஜியா” (Queen Pelagia) ஆகியோரின் மகன் என்ற கூற்று முற்றிலும் ஜோடிக்கப்பட்ட கற்பனையே என்று ஆரம்பகால சரித்திர ஆசிரியர்கள் கூறுகின்றனர். இறுதியில், “நிமேஸ்” (Nîmes) பிராந்தியத்தினருகேயுள்ள அடர்ந்த காடுகளின் உட்பகுதிகளுக்கு பின்வாங்கிச் சென்ற இவர், பல ஆண்டு காலம் அங்கேயே தீவிர தனிமையில் வாழ்ந்தார். அவருக்கு துணையாக ஒரு மான் மட்டுமே எப்போதும் உடன் இருந்தது என்பர். பலவேளைகளில், தமது பால் தந்து இவரது பசியாற்றியதாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது. 

கைல்ஸ், புலால் உணவு உண்பதை முற்றிலும் தவிர்த்திருந்தார். இந்த பின்வாங்கல், அரசனின் வேட்டைக்காரர்களால் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. அவர் தஞ்சம் அடைந்த இடத்திலேயே அடைக்கலம் புகுந்தார். ஒருமுறை, இவரது மானை நோக்கி வீசப்பட்ட அம்பு ஒன்று, இவரை தைத்தது. இவர் காயமடைந்தார். இதனால், பின்னாளில் இவர் ஊனமுற்றோரின் பாதுகாவலர் ஆனார். 

வரலாற்று அமைப்பின் காரணமாக, “விசிகோத்” (Visigoth) அரசனான “வம்பா” (Wamba) ஒரு கபடமற்றவனாக சித்தரிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறார். அரசன் “வம்பா”, துறவி கைல்சை அவரது பணிவின் காரணமாக, மிகவும் மரியாதையாக நடத்தினார். அரசன் வம்பா, இவருக்காக பள்ளத்தாக்கில் “புனிதர் கைல்ஸ் துறவு மடம்” (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard) எனும் துறவு மடத்தை கட்டி கொடுத்தார். கைல்ஸ், துறவு மடத்தில் “பெனடிக்டைன்” (Benedictine rule) ஒழுங்கு விதிகளை அமல்படுத்தினார். 

கைல்ஸ், தமது துறவு மடத்திலேயே, புனிதத்தன்மை மற்றும் அற்புதங்களின் மிக உயர்ந்த புகழுடன் 8ம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில் மரித்தார். 

இங்கிலாந்தில், பல பண்டைய தேவாலயங்கள் மற்றும் மருத்துவமனைகள் கைல்ஸுக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. “புருஸ்ஸல்ஸ்” (Brussels) நகரின் ஒரு பகுதிக்கு அவரது பெயரிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஜெர்மனியில், 14 பரிசுத்த உதவியாளர்கள் என அழைக்கப்படுபவர்களுள் ஒருவராக கைல்ஸ் உட்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளார். நோயிலிருந்து மீள்வதற்காகவும், மரண வேளையில் வல்லமைக்காகவும் இந்த பரிசுத்த உதவியாளர்களை நோக்கி செபிக்கப்படுகிறார்கள். குறிப்பாக ஜேர்மனி, ஹங்கேரி மற்றும் சுவீடன் ஆகிய நாடுகளில் "பரிசுத்த உதவியாளர்களுக்கான" பக்தி தீவிரமாக உள்ளது. அத்தகைய பக்தியால் அவரது புகழ் பரவியது. கைல்ஸ் விரைவிலேயே ஏழைகள் மற்றும் ஊனமுற்றோரின் பாதுகாவலரானார்.

Also known as

Aegidius, Aegidus, Aigeides, Aigigios, Egidio, Egidius, Egydius, Gil, Gilg, Gilgen, Gilgian, Gilles, Ilg, Ilgen, Jilg

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Born to the wealthy, Greek nobility; when his parents died, Giles gave his fortune to help the poor. Known as a miracle worker. To avoid followers and adulation, he left Greece c.683 for France where he lived as a hermit in a cave in the diocese of Nîmes, a cave whose mouth was guarded by a thick thorn bush, and a lifestyle so impoverished that, legend says, God sent a deer to Giles to nourish him with her milk; a tradition developed that made him a patron of nursing mothers, and those suffering with breast cancer.

One day after he had lived there for several years in meditation, a royal hunting party chased the deer into Giles' cave. One hunter shot an arrow into the thorn bush, hoping to hit the deer, but instead hit Giles in the leg, crippling him. The king sent doctors to care for hermit's wound, and though Giles begged to be left alone, the king came often to see him.

From this, Gile's fame as sage and miracle worker spread, and would-be followers gathered near the cave. The French king, because of his admiration, built the monastery of Saint Gilles du Gard for these followers, and Giles became its first abbot, establishing his own discipline there. A small town grew up around the monastery, and upon Giles' death, his grave became a shrine and place of pilgrimage; the monastery later became a Benedictine house.

The combination of the town, monastery, shrine and pilgrims led to many handicapped beggars hoping for alms; this and Giles' insistence that he wished to live outside the walls of the city, and his own damaged leg, led to his patronage of beggars, and to cripples since begging was the only source of income for many. Hospitals and safe houses for the poor, crippled, and leprous were constructed in England and Scotland, and were built so cripples could reach them easily. On their passage to Tyburn for execution, convicts were allowed to stop at Saint Giles' Hospital where they were presented with a bowl of ale called Saint Giles' Bowl, "thereof to drink at their pleasure, as their last refreshing in this life."

In Spain, shepherds consider Giles the protector of rams. It was formerly the custom to wash the rams and colour their wool a bright shade on Giles' feast day, tie lighted candles to their horns, and bring the animals down the mountain paths to the chapels and churches to have them blessed. Among the Basques, the shepherds come down from the Pyrenees on 1 September, attired in full costume, sheepskin coats, staves, and crooks, to attend Mass with their best rams, an event that marks the beginning of autumn festivals, marked by processions and dancing in the fields. Giles is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, the only one not to die as a martyr.

Born

at Athens, Greece

Died

• between 710 and 724 in France of natural causes

• legend says that those who attended his funeral heard choirs of angels singing and then fading away as they carried his soul to heaven

• his tomb is in the crypt of the abbey church of Saint-Gilles, Gard, France

• in 1562, Huguenots burned the abbey, murdered the monks, looted the church, and vandalized the tomb; the surviving relics of Saint Giles were distributed to other churches

• in Scotland in the seventeenth century, his relics were stolen from a church which triggered a great riot

Patronage

• against breast cancer • against cancer in general; of cancer patients • against epilepsy; of epileptics • against noctiphobia or fear of night; of noctiphobics • against insanity or mental illness; of mentally ill people • against leprosy; of lepers • against plague • against sterility or barrenness • against drought • against fire • against storms • abandoned people; against abandonment • beggars • breast feeding or nursing mothers • disabled, handicapped or physically challenged people; cripples • hermits • poor people, paupers • forests, wood lands • horses • rams • blacksmiths • shepherds • spur makers • - • Graz, Austria • Klagenfurt, Austria • Monte San Savino, Italy • Tolfa, Italy • Edinburgh, Scotland

Blessed Giuliana of Collalto

Also known as

Juliana

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Born to the Italian nobility, the daughter of Count Rambaldo VI and Countess Giovanna of Sant'Angelo of Mantua. She received a Christian education, and at age 12, she entered the Benedictine convent of Santa Margherita di Salarola near Calaone, Italy. There she became a friend of Blessed Beatrix of Este the Elder who entered the convent in 1220. Founded a Benedictine convent on Spinalonga (modern Giudecca) off Venice, Italy, and served as its abbess. Known for her charity and care for the local poor. Late in life she began suffering from severe headaches, possibly migraines, which led to her patronage of others who do.

Blessed Giuliana was reported to be a miracle worker, including -

• instantly healing the shattered broken arm of one of her nuns by praying over her

• she went to the prison cell of an innocent man, opened the prison doors and removed all his chains simply by praying over them

• one Christmas night a severe storm kept the local priest from reaching the convent, Giuliana prayed about the problem; an angel carrying the Christ child appeared to the nuns, announcing the birth of Jesus

Born

1186 in Collalto, Susegana, Treviso, Italy

Died

• 1 September 1262 at Venice, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the cemetery of the San Biagio church of the Spinalonga convent

• the location of her grave was lost, but in 1297 dozens of small flaming torches were seen to hover over it; her body found to be incorrupt

• relics enshrined in a wooden sarcophagus the in the church altar in 1733

• relics moved to the church of the Redeemer in Venice in 1810

• relics moved to the Saint Anne chapel at the parish church of Saint Euphemia in Venice in 1820

• the original wooden sarcophagus is on exhibit in the Museo Correr in Venice

• some relics enshrined in a church in Collalto, Italy

Beatified

20 May 1753 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• against headaches

• against migraines; of migraine sufferers

Blessed Douceline of Digne

Also known as

Douceline of Hyères

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Daughter of Berengarius of Digne, a prosperous merchant, and Huguette of Barjols; the couple was known for their piety and charity. Following the death of her parents, she moved to Hyères, France, and was drawn to the spirituality of the Franciscans who had recently moved into the area; she sometimes stayed at a Poor Clare convent. She spent her time caring for the sick and poor, and her personal property dwindled to the clothes on her back and a pile of straw she used for a bed.

Learning of the Beguine life, she adopted the Beguine habit; she attracted a number of like-minded women who became the community of Beguines in Hyères known as the "Ladies of Roubaud", named after a river that flowed near where they met. In 1240, Douceline took vows of virginity and poverty, and became leader of the "Ladies". In 1250, with the invitation and help of her brother Hugues of Digne, a Franciscan friar who wrote the rule of the group, she established a Beguine house in Marseille, France. Her reputation for holy wisdom spread, she became a counsellor to many people of all stations, was known to levitate while in prayer, and though she never joined the Franciscans, the local brothers and sisters considered her one of their own.

Born

1214 in Digne-les-Bains, Provence (in modern France)

Died

• 1 September 1274 in Marseille, France of natural causes

• interred in the the Franciscan church in Marseille next to her brother Hugues

• the bishop of Orange, France delivered her funeral eulogy

• relics transferred to the New Major church when the old one was demolished in 1524

• relics transferred to the new cathedral, built in 1857

Patronage

Hyères, France

Saint Lupus of Sens

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Leu, Loup, Lowe, Lupo, Wolf

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Born to the Burgundian nobility, he was early noted to have a love to Christ and the Church. Nephew of Saint Austremius of Orleans, and Saint Aunarius of Auxerre who both saw to his education. Noted for his love of music and his generosity to the poor. Monk at Lérins. Priest. Archbishop of Sens, Burgundy (in modern France) in 609.

When Lupus hesitated to acknowledge Clotaire II as the rightful ruler of Burgundy, and insisted that the will of God trumps the will of rulers, Clotaire used the excuse of slander about Lupo and a woman to exile him to Ansenne, a predominently pagan area. Lupus evangelized the people of the area, converting many, including the region's governor. When Lupus' replacement in Burgundy, the politically ambitious monk Monegisil, was killed during a riot, the people demanded the return of their rightful bishop. Clotaire recalled Lupus, and punished those who had spoken against him.

Legend says that once when celebrating Mass, a jewel descended from heaven into the elevated chalice.

Born

near Orleans, Gaul (in modern France)

Died

• 623 in Brienon-sur-Armançon, Yonne, France of natural causes

• buried under the gutter of Saint Columba's basilica, Sens, France

• relics transferred to the new cathedral on 23 July 853

Patronage

against epilepsy; of epileptics

Exiles of Campania

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Twelve priests of northern Africa who were driven into exile into Italy by Arian Vandals. There they continued to be outspoken about their faith; all became noted preachers and evangelists, and some bishops in their dioceses. We have a few details about their individual lives, and the areas in which they became patrons. Their names are Adiutor, Augustus, Canion, Castrensis, Elpidius, Heraclius, Marcus, Priscus, Rosius, Secundinus, Tammarus and Vindonius.

Saint Nivard of Reims

Also known as

Nivardo, Nivo

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Born to the wealthy Gallic nobility, related to the Merovingians, and brother-in-law of King Childeric II of Austrasia. He grew up in the royal court and was an adult before feeling a call to religious life. Priest. Archbishop of Reims, France in 657.

Because of his court contacts, and because Reims was the capital of King Clovis II, Nivard obtained great benefits from the rich and powerful which he used to support religious houses. He worked helped found the Saint-Pierre Abbey in Hautvillers, France, a house that combined the rules of Saint Benedict of Nursia and Saint Columbanus, and was the house where tradition says Dom Pierre Perignon developed the process to make champagne. Bishop Nivard also built churches in his diocese and supported the monasteries of Corbie, Soissons and Fontenelle.

Born

early 7th century in the region of Reims, France

Died

• 1 September 673 of natural causes

• buried at Saint-Pierre Abbey, Hautvillers, France

Blessed Giovanna Soderini

Also known as

• Giovanna da Firenze

• Jane Soderini

• Johanna Soderini

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Born to the Italian nobility. Spiritual student of Saint Giuliana Falconieri. She became a Servite tertiary and withdrew from worldly life to live on Mount Senario, attending Mass every morning, in Eucharistic adoration every night. She was for her life of prayer and austerity, and her devotion to the Passion of Christ and the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Born

1301 at Florence, Italy

Died

1 September 1367 in or near Florence, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

1 October 1828 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Terentianus of Todi

Also known as

Terenciano, Terentian, Térentien, Terenziano

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Priest. Bishop of Todi, Umbria, Italy. Old traditions says that he was tortured on the rack, had his tongue cut out for preaching, and martyred in the persecutions of Hadrian in 118, but it is more likely that he was died in the 4th century.

Patronage

• Capranica, Italy

• Fraore, Italy

• Isola di Compiano, Italy

• Nicorvo, Italy

• Rezzoaglio, Italy

• San Terenziano, Italy

• Teano, Italy

Saint Firminus the Younger

Also known as

• Firminus II

• Firman...

Additional Memorial

2 January (translation of relics)

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His father, Faustinian, was prefect of imperial Roman Gaul and a convert, baptized by Saint Firminus of Amiens; Faustinian named his son Firminus in honour of the saint. Firminus became a priest, and c.350, he was chosen the third bishop of Amiens, France where he served for about 40 years.

Died

• c.390 of natural causes

• buried in the church of Our Lady in Amiens, France; the church has since been renamed for Saint Acheul

• relics translated to the cathedral of Amiens in the 7th century

Blessed Colomba of Mount Brancastello

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Born to the nobility, she was the daughter of the count of Pagliara, Italy, and sister of Saint Bernard Valeara of Teramo. As a teenager, Colomba retired to live as a mountain hermitess in a cave. Near the cave is an imprint in the rock that looks like a hand; tradition says it's where Colomba grabbed the stone to reach her home of solitude.

Born

1100 in Pagliara, Teramo, Italy

Died

• winter 1116 on Mount Brancastello, Italy of natural causes

• Saint Bernard Valeara of Teramo built a chapel on the site of her hermitage cave

Saint Firminus the Younger

Also known as

• Firminus II

• Firman...

Additional Memorial

2 January (translation of relics)

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His father, Faustinian, was prefect of imperial Roman Gaul and a convert, baptized by Saint Firminus of Amiens; Faustinian named his son Firminus in honour of the saint. Priest. Third bishop of Amiens, France c.350, serving for about 40 years.

Died

• c.390 of natural causes

• buried in the church of Our Lady, which has since been renamed for Saint Acheul in Amiens, France

• relics translated to the cathedral of Amiens in the 7th century

Joshua the Patriarch

Also known as

• Joshua the Prophet

• Joshua, son of Nun

• Giosuè, Hosea, Hoshea, Jehoshua, Jesus, Josua, Josue, Josuë, Jozua, Jozuë, Osee, Yehoshu'a, Yehoshúa, Yeshua

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Old Testament patriarch. The successor of Moses the PatriarchMoses as leader of the Israelites, he led them into Canaan. Led the Israelite forces that took Jericho.

Born

in pre-Exodus Egypt as Hoshea

Died

c.12th century BC

Abdon the Judge

Also known as

• Abdon ben-Hillel

• Abed-Dün

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Judge of Israel for 8 years, as described in the Old Testament Book of Judges. Married, the father of 40 sons, grandfather of 30 children.

Born

in Pirathon

Died

buried in Pirathon

Ibzan the Judge

Also known as

• Ibzan of Bethlehem

• Abesan, Ebzan

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Judge of Israel for 7 years, as described in the Old Testament Book of Judges. Married and the father of 30 sons and 30 daughters.

Born

Israelite

Died

buried in Bethlehem

Blessed Giustino of Paris

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Trained in the law, he taught at the University of Paris, France. Mercedarian secular knight in Valencia, Spain. Assigned to Granada, Spain where he worked to ransom Christians held prisoner by the Moors, and encourage Christians who were about to renounce their faith in fear. Beaten and murdered by Moors for his work. Martyr.

Born

Paris, France

Died

hanged in 1337 in Granada, Spain

Saint Regulus

Also known as

Regolo

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Priest. Bishop. Exiled from North Africa to Tuscany, Italy by Arian Vandals; there he lived as a holy and miracle working hermit. Martyred in the persecutions of Totila of the Ostrogoths.

Born

North Africa

Died

• beheaded c.545 in the Tuscan region of Italy

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of San Martino in Lucca, Italy

Patronage

• Montaione, Italy

• Vagli Sotto, Italy

• Metropolitan Chapter of the Cathedral of San Martino, Lucca, Italy

Saint Victorious of Le Mans

Also known as

Vittore, Victor

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Sub-deacon. Married and the father of one son. Spiritual student of Saint Martin of Tours. At the recommendation of Saint Martin, Victorius was chosen bishop of Le Mans, France c.450; his wife became a nun and Victorius served for approximately 40 years. He attended the Council of Angers in 453, and the Council of Tours in 461. Saint Gregory of Tours wrote about him.

Died

c.490 in Le Mans, Lugden Gaul (in modern France)

Saint Verena of Zurich

Also known as

Verena of Zurzach

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Related to one of the soldiers of the Theban Legion. Verena travelled to the area of modern Switzerland to search for him. After learning of his death, she settled down to live as an anchoress near Zurich.

Born

Egypt

Died

3rd century

Saint Constantius of Aquino

Also known as

Costantino

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Bishop of Aquino, Italy c.465 to c.487. Attended the Council of Rome in 465. Had the gift of prophecy. Pope Saint Gregory the Great wrote about him in the Dialogues, and Saint Peter the Deacon wrote a biography of him.

Died

c.487 of natural causes

Patronage

• Aquino, Italy

• Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy, diocese of

• Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy, diocese of

Our Lady of Montevergine

Also known as

• Madonna di Montevergine

• Madonna Bruna

• Mamma Schiavona

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One of the so-called Black Madonnas, this image serves as part of the altar piece of the Sanctuary on Montevergine, Italy, the destination of thousands of pilgrims each year.

Saint Sulien of Amorica

Also known as

Giles, Silin, Ssilin, Sulian, Sulinus

Additional Memorial

1 January as one of the Breton Missionaries to Britain

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Born to the Breton nobility. Missionary to the British Isles, working to oppose heresies. Hermit on an island near Anglesy, Wales. He then returned to Brittany where he converted many and led a group of spiritual students.

Born

6th century Brittany (in modern France)

Saint Sinicius of Reims

Also known as

Sinice, Sinicio

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Worked with Saint Sixtus of Reims, and became second bishop of Reims, France upon the death of Sixtus, and served c.280 to c.286.

Died

c.280 of natural causes

Saint Aegidius of Sansepolcro

Also known as

Egidio, Giles

Profile

With Saint Arcanus of Sansepolcro, he made a pilgrimage to Palestine where they collected relics of the saints, and brought them back to Italy in the mid- to late-10th century. They founded a Benedictine monastery, which grew into Borgo San Sepulcro (modern Sansepolcro, Italy), to house them.

Born

Spain

Died

c.1050 of natural causes

Saint Arcanus of Sansepolcro

Also known as

Arcanum, Arcano

Profile

With Saint Aegidius of Sansepolcro, he made a pilgrimage to Palestine where they collected relics of the saints, and brought them back to Italy in the mid- to late-10th century. They founded a Benedictine monastery, which grew into Borgo San Sepulcro (modern Sansepolcro), Italy, to house them.

Born

Italy

Died

c.1050 of natural causes

Saint Sixtus of Reims

Also known as

Sixte, Xystus

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First bishop of Reims, France, serving from c.270 to c.280. Worked with Saint Sinicius of Reims.

Died

c.280 of natural causes

Abigail the Matriarch

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Jewish laywoman and Old Testament matriarch. Wife of King David. One of the seven women considered a prophet by the Talmudic scholars. Her story is related in 1st Samuel.

Born

c.1000 BC

Died

c.950 BC

Saint Priscus of Capua

Also known as

Prisco

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Assigned by Saint Peter the Apostle as first bishop of Capua, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Nero.

Died

c.66

Blessed Simone Ponce

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Mercedarian friar. Assigned to the Andalusia region of modern Spain, he suffered abuse from the Moors, but managed to free 137 Christians enslaved by Muslims.

Born

Spain

Died

1359 of natural causes

Saint Ambrosinian of Armenia

Also known as

Ambrosinien, Ambrosinia

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Bishop from southern Armenia who came to France at an unknown time. He was revered by the parents of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who dedicated a chapel to him.

Died

relics enshrined in the cathedral of Langres, France

Blessed Luigi Conciso

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Mercedarian friar. A doctor of theology, he wrote a number of books about the Mercedarians. Assigned to Algiers in north Africa, he freed 88 Christians who had been enslaved by Muslims.

Died

1372

Saint Vincent of Xaintes

Also known as

• Vincent of Dax

• Vincent of Aquae Augustae

Profile

First bishop of Dax, France. Worked with Saint Laetus of Dax. Martyr.

Born

Toledo, Spain

Died

5th century

Patronage

Dax, France

Saint Arealdo of Brescia

Memorial

1 September

Profile

Martyred with his sons Carillo and Oderico by invading Lombards.

Died

• c.576 in Brescia, Italy

• relics enshrined in the cathedral in Brescia in 1305

• relics transferred to the cathedral crypt on 8 June 1614

Blessed Giles of Castaneda

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Benedictine Cistercian monk. Abbot of the monastery of San Martín de Castaneda, diocese of Astorga, Spain. In his old age he retired from community life to live as a prayerful hermit.

Born

Spanish

Died

c.1203 of natural causes

Saint Anea of Como

Profile

Child martyr.

Died

• in Rome, Italy, date unknown

• interred in the catacombs of Rome

• relics transferred to the church of San Croce in Como, Italy in 1700

Saint Laetus of Dax

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Deacon in the diocese of Dax, France. Worked with Saint Vincent of Xaintes.

Died

5th century

Saint Agia

Also known as

Aia, Aye

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Married. Mother of Saint Lupus of Sens. Widow.

Died

6th century

Saint Lythan

Also known as

Llythaothaw

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Two churches in Wales are dedicated to this saint, but no information about him has survived.

Twelve Holy Brothers

Also known as

Martyrs of the South

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A group of martyrs who died c.303 at various places in southern Italy. In 760 their relics were brought together and enshrined in Benevento, Italy as a group.

• Saint Arontius of Potenza

• Saint Donatus of Sentianum

• Saint Felix of Sentianum

• Saint Felix of Venosa

• Saint Fortunatus of Potenza

• Saint Honoratus of Potenza

• Saint Januarius of Venosa

• Saint Repositus of Velleianum

• Saint Sabinian of Potenza

• Saint Sator of Velleianum

• Saint Septiminus of Venosa

• Saint Vitalis of Velleianum

One tradition describes Saint Boniface of Hadrumetum and Saint Thecla of Hadrumetum as their parents.

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

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

• Blessed Agustín Navarro Iniesta

• Blessed Alejandro Cobos Celada

• Blessed Alfonso Sebastiá Viñals

• Blessed Amparo Carbonell Muñoz

• Blessed Andrés Iniesta Egea

• Blessed Antonio Lorca Muñoz

• Blessed Antonio Villanueva Igual

• Blessed Carmen Moreno Benítez

• Blessed Crescencio Lasheras Aizcorbe

• Blessed Enrique López y López

• Blessed Francesc Trullen Gilisbarts

• Blessed Guillermo Rubio Alonso

• Blessed Isidro Gil Arano

• Blessed Joaquín Ruiz Cascales

• Blessed Joaquim Pallerola Feu

• Blessed José Franco Gómez

• Blessed José Prats Sanjuán

• Blessed Josep Samsó y Elias

• Blessed Juan José Egea Rodríguez

• Blessed Julian Villanueva Alza

• Blessed Manuel Mateo Calvo

• Blessed Mariano Niño Pérez

• Blessed Maximiano Fierro Pérez

• Blessed Miquel Roca Huguet

• Blessed Nicolás Aramendía García

• Blessed Pedro Meca Moreno

• Blessed Pedro Rivera y Rivera

• Blessed Pio Ruiz De La Torre

• Blessed Simó Isidre Joaquím Brun Ararà

• Blessed Tomás Galipienzo Perlada