Bl. Magdalena of Nagasaki
Feastday: September 28
Patron: of Secular Augustinian Recollects
Birth: 1611
Death: 1634
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki was born in 1611 as the daughter of a Christian couple martyred about 1620. With the arrival of the Augustinian Order, Magdalene served as an Augustinian lay sister or tertiary, interpreter and catechist for Fathers Francis of Jesus Terrero and Vincent of Saint Anthony Simoens.
Magdalene of Nagasaki (Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila)
Magdalene of Nagasaki (長崎のマグダレナ, Nagasaki no Magudarena) was a Japanese Christian who served as a translator and catechist for the Augustine Recollect missionaries. She became tertiary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.
Life
Born in 1611 near Nagasaki, Magdalene was the daughter of a Christian couple martyred about 1620. With the arrival of the Augustinian Order in 1623, Magdalene served as an interpreter for the friars Francis of Jesus Terrero and Vincent of Saint Anthony Simoens.[1] In 1625, she became a tertiary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects,[2]
Magdalen taught catechism to the young, sought alms for the poor, and encouraged the people in times of persecution. In 1632, the two Augustinian friars, who had been her spiritual counselors, were burned alive. After the martyrdom of her counselors, she apprenticed herself to two other Augustinians, Melchior of Saint Augustine and Martin of Saint Nicholas. When these two friars were also put to death, she turned to Giordano Ansaloni de San Esteban, a Dominican.[1] In 1629, she sought refuge with other Christians in the hills of Nagasaki, where she baptized the young and visited the sick.
Seeing so many apostatize, some time later, attired in her Augustinian habit, Magdalene turned herself into the authorities and declared herself a follower of Jesus Christ. At age 23, she died on October 15, 1634 after thirteen days of torture, suffocated to death and suspended upside down in a pit of offal on a gibbet (tsurushi).[1] In the end, the pit was filled with water and she drowned.[3]
After death, her body was cremated and her ashes scattered in Nagasaki Bay.
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on February 18, 1981 in Manila, and canonized on October 18, 1987 at Vatican City among the 16 Martyrs of Japan.[4]
Depiction
Though the official picture of Magdalene of Nagasaki shows her wearing an Augustinian habit while holding a palm leaf in her hands and carrying a bag through her elbow, another depiction of her is used by the Dominicans for their own devotion. Instead of the black habit, she is shown wearing a kimono while holding a cross in her hands. One sculpture of her shows that she wears a veil with a crown or halo on her head. More depictions show the differences of her picture such as holding a palm leaf and rosary in separate hands.
St. Lorenzo Ruiz
புனித லொரென்சோ
இவர் முதல் பிலிப்பினோ மறைசாட்சி மற்றும் புனிதர் ஆவார் . ஒரு மகளும் ,இரு மகன்களும் கொண்ட பொதுநிலை கத்தோலிக்கராக இருந்தார் .மணிலாவில் 1600 களின் துவக்கத்தில் பிறந்த இவர் ,அங்கிருந்த ஒரு தொமினிக்கன் பள்ளியில் பயின்றார் . பிநோண்டோ தேவாலயத்தில் பீடச் சிறுவனாகவும் , பின்னர் உபதேசியாராகவும் பணி புரிந்தார் . செபமாலை மாதா சபையின் உறுப்பினராகவும் இருந்தார் . அலுவலக மற்றும் சொந்த பயன்பாட்டுக்கென உருவாக்கப்படும் ஆவணங்களில் அழகிய கையெழுத்து எழுதும் எழுத்தராக பணிபுரிந்தார் . அவர் வாழ்ந்த காலகட்டங்களில் மெத்தப் படித்த ,அதிகத் திறமையுள்ளவர்களே இப்பணியைச் செய்தனர்.1636 ம் ஆண்டில் இவர் ஒரு குற்றப்பழியைச் சுமக்க நேரிட்டது . இவர் குற்றமுள்ளவரா , இல்லையா என்பது தெளிவாக்க முடியாததால் ஜப்பானுக்கு புலம் பெயர்ந்தார் .அங்கு கத்தோலிக்கர்கள் பெருமளவில் வதைபட்டனர். இவரும் இவரது நண்பர்களும் பலவேறு இன்னல்களுக்கு ஆளாயினர் . கத்தோலிக்க மதத்தை விட்டு வரும்படி கட்டாயப்படுத்தப்பட்டனர். இவர்களோ மறுத்து விட்டனர் .தனக்கு ஆயிரம் உயிர்கள் இருந்தாலும் அத்தனையையும் கடவுளுக்கு அர்பணிக்க தான் தயாராக இருப்பதாக இவர் கூறினார் . இறுதியாக தூக்கிலே தொங்க விடப்பட்டு இரு நாட்கள் மூச்சுத் திணறல் மற்றும் காயங்களால் வதைபட்டு மரித்தார் . இவரது உடல் எரிக்கப்பட்டு அஸ்தி கடலிலே கரைக்கப்பட்டது . இவருக்கும் இவரோடு மரித்த 15 பேருக்கும் திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் அருள் சின்னப்பர் 1981 இல் முத்திப்பேறு பட்டம் அளித்தார் . மீண்டும் 1987ல் புனிதர் பட்டம் அளித்தார்.
Feastday: September 28
Patron: of Filipino youth, Chinese-Filipinos, the Philippines, Overseas Filipino Workers, people living in poverty, Filipino altar servers
Birth: 1600
Death: 1637
Martyr of Japan with Michael Aozaraza, Anthony Gonzales, William Cowtet, Vincent Shiwozuka, and Lazarus. Lawrence was born in Manila, the Philippines. He and his companions were tortured and slain on Okinawa. They were beatified by John Paul II in 1981 and canonized in 1987.
Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino: Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; Chinese: 李樂倫; Spanish: Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; November 28, 1594 – September 29, 1637), also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. A Chinese-Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century.
Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.
St. John Kokumbuko
Feastday: September 28
Death: 1630
Martyr of Japan, and an Augustinian tertiary. A catechist, he was arrested and beheaded at Nagasaki, receiving beatification in 1867.
St. John of Dukla
Feastday: September 28
Patron: of Poland and Lithuania
Birth: 1414
Death: 1484
Beatified: January 23, 1733 by Pope Clement XII
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
John of Dukla is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is one of the patron saints of Poland and Lithuania.
John of Dukla (also called "Jan of Dukla") is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is one of the patron saints of Poland and Lithuania.[1]
Biography
John was born in Dukla, Poland, in 1414. He joined the Friars Minor Conventual,[2] and studied at Krakow. After being ordained, he preached in Lwów (then part of Poland), Moldavia, and Belerus; and was superior of Lwów. He may have joined the Observants at a time when efforts were being made to unite the two branches of the Franciscans.[3]
Though he went blind at age seventy,[3] he was able to prepare sermons with the help of an aide. His preaching was credited with bringing people back to the Church in his province.[2] Soon after his death, there was an immediate veneration at his tomb and several miracles were attributed to him.
He died in 1484 in Lwów, Poland. On June 10, 1997, he was canonized by Pope John Paul II in a mass at Krosno, Poland, before approximately one million people
Bl. Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga
Feastday: September 28
Birth: 1582
Death: 1633
Beatified: 18 February 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 18 October 1987, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Saint Fr. Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María (c. 1582 - August 17, 1633) was born in Kyudetsu, Japan. In his youth, he dedicated himself to the catechism apostolate. After 1614, he came to Manila and, aspiring to greater perfection, he besought reception into the Dominican Order. His request was granted. Ordained priest in 1626 he returned to his native country in 1632, risking his life for the service of God and the conversion of souls. After one year of difficult apostolate in the midst of dangers, privations and sufferings, his hiding place was discovered by the authorities through the revelations of his own catechist, Miguel Kurobioye. Arrested in July 1633, he was put to the torture of the gallows and the pit on August 15, 1633; expiring after two days of agony. His body was cremated and the ashes thrown into the sea.
Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María (Japanese: ヤコボ・デ・サンタ・マリア朝長五郎兵衛, Yakobo de Santa Maria Tomonaga Gorōbyōe; c. 1582 – August 17, 1633) was a Japanese Dominican priest. He composed one of the first modern Japanese dictionaries.[1]
Life
Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga was born of a noble Christian family in Kuidetsu (part of modern Ōmura, Nagasaki), Japan. In his youth, he studied with the Jesuits and became a catechist. After 1614, he came to Manila and became a Franciscan tertiary. He then sought admission to the Dominican Order and was accepted. He was ordained a priest in 1626 and sent to the island of Formosa (Taiwan). He returned to Manila in 1630.[2]
He returned to Japan in 1632 as a missionary.[3] He served to spread Catholism during the period of Christians persecution.[4]
After returning to Japan he spent very difficult years of hunger, his life was at risk and he was continually in hiding. In July 1633 his hiding place was uncovered by the authorities with the help of the traitor Matthew Kohioye, who was his own catechist, he was caught and put into prison. There he was tortured by gallows and thrown into a pit on 15 August 1633. In two days he was dead. His body was not buried but burnt and thrown into the sea.[5]
Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga was declared Venerable on 11 October 1980 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom), who later beatified him on 18 February 1981 in Manila, Philippines [4] and canonized him on 18 October 1987 in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
St. Domingo Ibanez de Erquicia
Feastday: September 28
Birth: 1589
Death: 1633
Beatified: 18 February 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 18 October 1987, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Saint Fr. Domingo Ibáńez de Erquicia was born in Régil, Guipuskoa, Spain. In 1605, he was professed in the Dominican Order and in 1611, he arrived in the Philippines where he zealously worked as missionary to Pangasinan and later as Professor of Theology at the Colegio de Santo Tomas.
In 1623, he departed for Japan when the persecution was most violent. During ten years he displayed heroic priestly dedication in the care of the Christians, comforting them, reconciling the apostates, administering the sacraments in painfully difficult circumstances. Constantly sought by the authorities, and desiring martyrdom, he was captured on July 1633 and interned in the prison of Nagoya. Taken to Nagasaki, and after refusing to renounce his faith, he was placed in the torment of gallows and the pit on August 13, 1633 and gave his soul to God the following day. Fr. Domingo Ibáńez de Erquicia with Lorenzo Ruiz was beatified in Manila on February 18, 1981 by Pope John Paul II who canonized him and Lorenzo on October 18, 1987. Lorenzo and Domingo's beatification was the first one outside the Vatican.
St. Domingo was aided in his missionary efforts by St. Francis Shoyemon, a Japanese layman who later was received into the Order of Preachers as a Dominican Cooperator Brother. St. Francis served as a catechist and translator, and when St. Domingo was imprisoned, St. Francis was with him. It was while they were in prison that St. Domingo received St. Francis into the Dominican Order as a cooperator brother. The two coworkers in the faith were martyred on the same day.
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The Thomasian Martyrs were the Dominican Catholic priests who became administrators, professors, or students in the University of Santo Tomas, Manila.[1] All of them gave up their lives for their Christian faith, some in Japan, others in Vietnam, and in the 20th century, in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila was among the lay companions of the Thomasian martyrs of Japan.
St. Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
✠ புனிதர் முதலாம் வென்செஸ்லாஸ் ✠
(St. Wenceslaus I)
மறைசாட்சி:
(Martyr)
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 907
ப்ராக், போஹேமியா
(Prague, Bohemia)
இறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 28, 935
ஸ்டாரா போலேஸ்லாவ், போஹேமியா
(Stará Boleslav, Bohemia)
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
(Roman Catholic Church)
கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை
(Eastern Orthodox Church)
முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:
தூய விதுஸ் பேராலயம், ப்ராக்
(St Vitus Cathedral, Prague)
நினைவுத் திருவிழா: செப்டம்பர் 28
சித்தரிக்கப்படும் வகை:
மகுடம், குத்துவாள், பதாகையில் கழுகு
பாதுகாவல்: ப்ராக் (Prague), பொஹேமியா (Bohemia), செக் குடியரசு (Czech Republic)
புனிதர் முதலாம் வென்செஸ்லாஸ் "போஹேமியா"வின் (Bohemia) கோமகனாக கி.பி 921ம் ஆண்டு முதல் கி.பி. 935ம் ஆண்டில் தனது தம்பி “கொடூரன் போலஸ்லாஸ்” (Boleslaus the Cruel) என்பவரால் கொல்லப்படும்வரை ஆட்சியில் இருந்தவர் ஆவார். இவருடைய உயிர்த் துறப்பாலும் இவருடைய வாழ்க்கை வரலாற்று நூல்களாலும் நற்பண்புமிக்க நாயகன் என்று போற்றப்பட்டு புனிதராக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் செக் குடியரசு, பொஹேமியா மற்றும் ப்ராக் ஆகிய இடங்களின் பாதுகாவலராவார்.
வாழ்க்கை:
இவரது பெற்றோர், “முதலாம் விராடிஸ்லாஸ்” மற்றும் “டிராஹோமிரா” (Vratislaus I & Drahomíra) ஆவர். இவரது தந்தை, போஹேமியாவின் “பிரெமிஸ்லிட்” (Přemyslid dynasty) எனும் அரச வம்சத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர் ஆவார். வென்செஸ்லாஸ், சிறுவயது முதல் இறையுணர்வும், அடக்கமும் கொண்டவராகவும், நன்கு கற்றறிந்தவராகவும், புத்திசாலியாகவும், அறியப்பட்டார். இவர் சிறுவயது முதல், நற்கருணை வழிபாட்டில் அதிக ஈடுபாடு கொண்டவர். அவரது தந்தையின் மறைவுக்குப் பிறகு போஹேமியாவின் கோமகனாக, வென்செஸ்லாஸ் பதவியேற்றார்.
மரணம்:
இவருக்கு ஒரு மகன் பிறந்ததால், தன் அரசு உரிமையை இழந்ததாக நினைத்த இவரது தம்பி போலெஸ்லாவ், இவரைக் கொல்லத் திட்டமிட்டான். தன் வீட்டில் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்த புனிதர்கள் “கோஸ்மாஸ் மற்றும் தமியான்” (Saints Cosmas and Damian) விழாவில் பங்கேற்று விருந்துண்ண அழைத்தான். விருந்துக்குச் செல்லும் வழியில் தேவாலயத்திற்குச் சென்ற வென்செஸ்லாஸை, தேவாலயத்தின் வாசலிலேயே இவரது தம்பியுடனிருந்தோர்கள் குத்திக் கொன்றனர். "இறைவன் உன்னை மன்னிப்பாராக." என்ற வார்த்தைகளுடன் வென்செஸ்லாஸ் உயிர் துறந்தார்.
Feastday: September 28
Patron: of Bohemia, Czech state, Prague
Birth: 907
Death: 935
Patron saint of Bohemia, parts of Czech Republic, and duke of Bohemia frorn 924-929. Also called Wenceslas, he was born near Prague and raised by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla, until her murder by his mother, the pagan Drahomira.
Wenceslaus's mother assumed the regency over Bohemia about 920 after her husband's death, but her rule was so arbitrary and cruel in Wenceslaus' name that he was compelled on behalf of his subjects to overthrow her and assume power for himself in 924 or 925.
A devout Christian, he proved a gifted ruler and a genuine friend of the Church.
German missionaries were encouraged, churches were built, and Wenceslaus perhaps took a personal vow of poverty. Unfortunately, domestic events proved fatal, for in 929 the German king Heinrich I the Fowler (r. 919-936) invaded Bohemia and forced Wenceslaus to make an act of submission.
This defeat, combined with his pro-Christian policies, led a group of non-Christian nobles to conspire against him. On September 28, 935, a group of knights under the leadership of Wenceslaus' brother, Boreslav, assassinated the saint on the doorstep of a church.
Virtually from the moment of his death, Wenceslaus was considered a martyr and venerated as a saint.
Miracles were reported at his tomb, and his remains were translated to the church of St. Vitus in Prague which became a major pilgrimage site.
The feast has been celebrated at least since 985 in Bohemia, and he is best known from the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslaus."
"St. Wenceslas" redirects here. For the 1930 Czechoslovak film, see St. Wenceslas (film).
Not to be confused with Wenceslaus I of Bohemia.
Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav [ˈvaːtslaf] (About this soundlisten); c. 911 – September 28, 935), Wenceslas I or Václav the Good[2] was the duke (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his assassination in 935. His younger brother, Boleslaus the Cruel, was complicit in the murder.
His martyrdom and the popularity of several biographies gave rise to a reputation for heroic virtue that resulted in his elevation to sainthood. He was posthumously declared to be a king and came to be seen as the patron saint of the Czech state. He is the subject of the well-known "Good King Wenceslas", a carol for Saint Stephen's Day.
St. Mark
Feastday: September 28
Martyr of Antioch, in Pisidia, with Alexander, Alphius, Zosimus, Nicon, Neon, Heliodorus, and thirty soldiers. Mark was a shepherd and his non-military companions were his brothers.
Bl. Michael Kinoshi
Feastday: September 28
Death: 1630
Martyr of Japan, beheaded at Nagasaki for sheltering Catholic missionaries. Michael, who was beatified in 1867, was an Augustinian tertiary.
Bl. Peter Kufioji
Feastday: September 28
Death: 1630
Martyr in Japan. A native Japanese, he joined the Augustinians as a tertiary. At the time of the persecution of Christians by the Japanese government, he was arrested and beheaded at Nagasaki for giving aid and shelter to Augustinian missionaries.
St. Raymond Li-Ts'Uan
Feastday: September 28
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Chinese Martyrs (traditional Chinese: 中華聖烈士; simplified Chinese: 中华圣烈士; pinyin: Zhōnghuá shéng lièshì; Wade–Giles: Chung1-hua2 shêng4-lieh4-shih4) is the name given to a number of members of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church who were killed in China during the 19th and early 20th centuries. They are celebrated as martyrs by their respective churches. Most were Chinese laity, but others were missionaries from various other countries; many of them died during the Boxer Rebellion.
Eastern Orthodox
The Eastern Orthodox Church recognizes 222 Orthodox Christians who died during the Boxer Rebellion as "Holy Martyrs of China". On the evening of June 11, 1900 leaflets were posted in the streets, calling for the massacre of the Christians and threatening anyone who would dare to shelter them with death.[2]
They were mostly members of the Chinese Orthodox Church, which had been under the guidance of the Russian Orthodox since the 17th century and maintained close relations with them, especially in the large Russian community in Harbin. They are called new-martyrs, as they died under a modern regime. The first of these martyrs was Metrophanes, Chi Sung, leader of the Peking Mission, was killed, along with his family, during the Boxer Rebellion. All told, 222 members of the Peking Mission died.[3]
Roman Catholic
See also: Martyr Saints of China
The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 120 Catholics who died between 1648 and 1930 as its "Martyr Saints of China". They were canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000. Of the group, 87 were Chinese laypeople and 33 were missionaries; 86 died during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.[4] The Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church in Toronto, Ontario is named for them.
Protestant
Many Protestants also died during the Boxer Rebellion, including the "China Martyrs of 1900", but there is no formal veneration (according to their religious beliefs) nor a universally recognized list.
At least 189 missionaries and 500 native Chinese Protestant Christians were murdered in 1900 alone.[5] Though some missionaries considered themselves non-denominationally Protestant, among those killed were Baptists, Evangelical,[6] Anglicans, Lutherans,[7] Methodists,[8] Presbyterians[9] and Plymouth Brethren.
St. Remigius Isore
Feastday: September 28
Birth: 1852
Death: 1900
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
This article is about the Catholic martyrs of the 17th to 20th centuries. For other Christian martyrs in China, see Chinese Martyrs.
The Martyr Saints of China (traditional Chinese: 中華殉道聖人; simplified Chinese: 中华殉道圣人; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xùndào shèngrén), or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church. The 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries[1] from the mid-17th century to 1930 were martyred because of their ministry and, in some cases, for their refusal to apostatize.
Many died in the Boxer Rebellion, in which anti-colonial peasant rebels slaughtered 30,000 Chinese converts to Christianity along with missionaries and other foreigners.
In the ordinary form of the Latin Rite, they are remembered with an optional memorial on July 9.
St. Rose Wang-Hoei
Feastday: September 28
Death: 1900
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Chinese Martyr
Chinese Martyrs (traditional Chinese: 中華聖烈士; simplified Chinese: 中华圣烈士; pinyin: Zhōnghuá shéng lièshì; Wade–Giles: Chung1-hua2 shêng4-lieh4-shih4) is the name given to a number of members of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church who were killed in China during the 19th and early 20th centuries. They are celebrated as martyrs by their respective churches. Most were Chinese laity, but others were missionaries from various other countries; many of them died during the Boxer Rebellion.
Eastern Orthodox
See also: Metrophanes, Chi Sung
The Eastern Orthodox Church recognizes 222 Orthodox Christians who died during the Boxer Rebellion as "Holy Martyrs of China". On the evening of June 11, 1900 leaflets were posted in the streets, calling for the massacre of the Christians and threatening anyone who would dare to shelter them with death.[2]
They were mostly members of the Chinese Orthodox Church, which had been under the guidance of the Russian Orthodox since the 17th century and maintained close relations with them, especially in the large Russian community in Harbin. They are called new-martyrs, as they died under a modern regime. The first of these martyrs was Metrophanes, Chi Sung, leader of the Peking Mission, was killed, along with his family, during the Boxer Rebellion. All told, 222 members of the Peking Mission died.[3]
Roman Catholic
See also: Martyr Saints of China
The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 120 Catholics who died between 1648 and 1930 as its "Martyr Saints of China". They were canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000. Of the group, 87 were Chinese laypeople and 33 were missionaries; 86 died during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.[4] The Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church in Toronto, Ontario is named for them.
Protestant
See also: China Martyrs of 1900
Many Protestants also died during the Boxer Rebellion, including the "China Martyrs of 1900", but there is no formal veneration (according to their religious beliefs) nor a universally recognized list.
At least 189 missionaries and 500 native Chinese Protestant Christians were murdered in 1900 alone.[5] Though some missionaries considered themselves non-denominationally Protestant, among those killed were Baptists, Evangelical,[6] Anglicans, Lutherans,[7] Methodists,[8] Presbyterians[9] and Plymouth Brethren.
Bl. Thomas Hioji Rokuzayemon Nishi
Feastday: September 28
Death: 1634
Beatified: 18 February 1981 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Thomas Hioji Rokuzayemon Nishi was a Dominican priest and Martyr
Bl. Thomas Kufioji
Feastday: September 28
Death: 1630
Japanese martyr. An Augustinian tertiary, he was beheaded at Nagasaki. Thomas was beatified in 1867
Bl. Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz
Feastday: September 28
Death: 1637
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
For other uses, see Lorenzo Ruiz (disambiguation).
Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino: Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; Chinese: 李樂倫; Spanish: Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; November 28, 1594 – September 29, 1637), also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. A Chinese-Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century.
Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.
Saint Simón de Rojas
Also known as
• Simón Ruiz de Rojas
• Simon of Rojas
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A pious child, his first words, at age 14 months, were reported to be Ave Maria. From his youth and throughout his life he loved to visit Marian shrines. Joined the Trinitarians in Valladolid, Spain at age 12, and made his religious profession on 28 October 1572. He studied at the University of Salamanca from 1573 to 1579, and was ordained a priest in 1577. Taught philosophy and theology in Toleda, Spain from 1581 to 1587. From 1588 to 1624, he served as superior of several Trinitarian convents in Castile and Andalusia, and served three periods as Apostolic Visitor to the regions.
His theological studies and contemplation of the mission and cooperating of the Blessed Virgin Mary led his to declare that he was a “slave” of Mary, and he founded the Congregation of the Slaves of the Most Sweet Name of Mary on 14 April 1612 for lay people who wanted to help lead people to God through devotion to Mary; the Congregation spread widely, included kings and princes, and helped to care for the poor. He caused the printing of thousands of images of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the caption “Ave Maria” and had them distributed inside and outside Spain. He made and distributed rosary crowns of 72 blue beads on white cord with symbols of the Assumption and of the Immaculate Conception; there was a tradition at the time Mary had lived to age 72.
Chosen the tutor of the royal infants of Spain in 1619. Elected Trinitarian Provincial of Castile on 12 May 1621. Confessor of Queen Isabella of Bourbon on 1 January 1622. Though a member of the royal court, he lived in poverty, travelled on foot everywhere he went, and spent whatever he had for the care of the poor.
Born
28 October 1552 in Valladolid, Spain
Died
28 September 1624 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes
Canonized
3 July 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim
Also known as
• Lioba of Wimborne
• Leoben, Liobgytha, Liobgetha, Truthgeba
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Born to the Wessex nobility to parents who had long prayed for a child. Relative of Saint Boniface with whom she corresponded for several years. Educated at the convent of Minster-in-Thanet and in Wimborne in Dorset, England. Nun at Wimborne at a time when Saint Tetta of Wimborne served as abbess.
In 748 Lioba led a group of 30 nuns, one of whom was Saint Agatha of Wimborne to Germany to help the missionary work of Saint Boniface and found convents. They based their work at Bischofsheim in Würzburg, Franconia, followed the Benedictine Rule, and Lioba served as abbess. Noted for her intelligence, her endless optimism and positive attitude for the work, and her constant study of the scriptures. Her work and the houses she founded were instrumental in the conversion of Germany to Christianity.
Lioba retired from her position in 776 only to start another house Schornsheim, Mainz. Visited the court of Charlemagne in Aachen, Germany and became a close friend of Empress Hildegard. The Benedictines of Saint Lioba are based in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Born
c.710 in Wessex, England as Truthgeba (= God's gift)
Died
• 28 September 782 in Schornsheim, Germany of natural causes
• buried next to Saint Boniface in Fulda, Germany
• relics moved in 819
• relics moved in 839
• relics later moved to Saint Peter Berg Abbey in Fulda, Germany
Blessed Bernardine of Feltre
Also known as
• Bernardino of Feltre
• Martin Tomitani
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Born to the nobility, the eldest of nine children, he grew up with a speech impediment. After hearing Saint James of the Marches preach at Padua, Italy during Lent in 1456, he felt a call to the religious life. Joined the Order of Friars Minor in May 1456. Teacher. Studied at Mantua, Italy. Ordained in 1463. His speech impediment miraculously cured, and he became a travelling preacher throughout Italy, noted for his fiery sermons against usury. He organized more than thirty monti di pietá throughout Italy to give people an alternative to high-interest lenders.
Born
1439 at Feltre, Italy as Martin Tomitani
Died
28 September 1494 of natural causes
Beatified
• 13 April 1654 by Pope Innocent X (cultus confirmed)
• 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII (beatified)
Patronage
• bankers
• pawnbrokers
Saint Conval of Strathclyde
Also known as
• Conval the Confessor
• Conwall...
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Son of an Irish prince. Spiritual student of Saint Kentigern. Archdeacon and priest. One day as he stood on the edge of the Irish sea he asked for God's guidance for his life. The stone on which he was standing broke loose and carried him to Inchinnan where a chapel stands to commemorate it. Evangelized throughout East Renfrewshire, Scotland where there still exist "Conval wells" in Barrhead and Thornliebank.
Born
Irish
Died
c.630 in Scotland of natural causes
Patronage
East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Blessed Francis Piani
Also known as
Francis of Caldarola
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Francis grew up in a poor farming community where he saw many people become enslaved to high-interest money lenders and pawn dealers. Franciscan friar. Known as a powerful preacher and a peacemaker between feuding people, families and clans; he said his secret to peace-making was to talk to the people by day and then spend his nights in prayer. Worked with Blessed Bernardino da Feltre to set up the alternatives to pawn shops.
Born
1424 in Caldarola, Macerata, Italy
Died
12 September 1507 in the Franciscan convent in Colfano, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
• miracles reported at his graves, and devotion to him was recorded as early as 1511
• 1634 by Pope Urban VII (cultus confirmation)
• 1 September 1843 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation)
Blessed Thiemo of Salzburg
Also known as
Dietmar, Theodinarus, Theodmarus, Thimo
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Born to the Bavarian nobility. Benedictine monk at Niederaltaich Abbey. Renowned painter, engraver, sculptor, and artist in metal. Abbot of Saint Peter's Abbey in Salzburg, Austria in 1077. Archbishop of Salzburg in 1090. Attended the Council of Piacenza in 1095 which took place during a period of turmoil over lay investiture and the appointment of illegitimate bishops. Imprisoned in 1097 and exiled for loyalty to Pope Gregory VII. Crusader in 1101. Captured at Ascalon. Tortured and martyred in Corozain for refusing to convert to Islam.
Born
c.1040 in Bavaria, Germany
Died
1102 at Corozain, Palestine
Patronage
• engravers
• sculptors
Blessed Nikita Budka
Also known as
Niceta, Nykyta, Mykyta
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Greek-Catholic. Studied theology in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria, graduating in 1905. Ordained on 25 October 1905. First bishop for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada on 15 July 1912. Auxiliary bishop of Lviv, Ukraine on 14 October 1912. Vicar General of the Metropolitan Curia in Lviv in 1928. Arrested for his faith and sentenced to eight years in the Soviet concentration camps on 11 April 1945. Martyr.
Born
7 June 1877 in Dobomirka, Zbarazh District, Poland (modern Ukraine)
Died
1 October 1949 in a Soviet concentration camp in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Beatified
27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine
Saint Chariton of Palestine
Also known as
Chariton the Confessor
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Hermit in the Kidron Valley near Jericho. His reputation for holiness atrracted so many would-be spiritual students that he retreated to the desert of Jericho. Founded the Souka abbey at wadi Chareitun near Bethlehem, Palestine, and served as its first abbot; he founded several houses in the desert of Judea. Known for spending his days in manual labour and prayer, fasting till after sunset, and even then eating little and plainly.
Born
Iconium, Lycaonia, Asia Minor
Died
c.350 of natural causes at an advanced age
Saint Eustochium
புனித யூஸ்டோசியஸ் (369-419)
செப்டம்பர் 28
இவர் உரோமையில் பிறந்தவர். இவரது தந்தை டோக்சோசியுஸ், தாய் புனித பவுலா என்பவர் ஆவர். இவருக்கு மூன்று சகோதரிகள் இருந்தனர்.
சிறுவயதிலேயே ஆண்டவருக்குத் தன்னை அர்ப்பணித்து வாழத் தொடங்கிய இவர், ஒருமுறை புனித ஜெரோம் இத்தாலிக்கு வந்திருந்தபொழுது, அவரோடு பெத்லகேம் சென்று, திருவிவிலியத்தை மொழிபெயர்ப்பதில் அவருக்கு இவர் உறுதுணையாக இருந்து வந்தார்.
இவர் கிரேக்கம், இலத்தின், ஹூப்ரு ஆகிய மொழிகளை நன்றாகக் கற்றறிந்திருந்ததால், புனித ஜெரோமோடு திருவிவிலியத்தை மொழிபெயர்ப்பதற்கு அது பேருதவியாக இருந்தது.
பின்னாளில் புதிய ஜெரோம் பெண்களுக்கென நான்கு துறவுமடங்களை நிறுவியபொழுது, அவற்றில் ஒரு துறவு மடத்திற்கு இவர் தலைவியாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.
இவ்வாறு திருவிவிலியத்தை மொழிபெயர்ப்பதற்கு உதவியாய் இருந்து, ஒரு துறவியாய் பலருக்கும் எடுத்துக்காட்டாக விளங்கிய இவர், 419 ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.
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Daughter of Saint Paula of Rome and Roman senator Toxotius. Sister of Saint Blaesilla. Spiritual student of Saint Jerome in 382. Made a personal vow of perpetual virginity. Spoke Latin and Greek, and could read Hebrew. Travelled with Paula and Jerome to the Holy Land where she helped with the Vulgate Bible translation, working as Jerome's housekeeper, reading and writing for him when his eyesight began to fail. When Paula died in 404, Eustochium took over the spiritual direction of three women's communities formerly guided by her mother.
Born
c.369 at Rome, Italy
Died
c.419 at Bethlehem of natural causes
Saint Salonius of Geneva
Also known as
Salonio
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Son of Galla, who became a nun late in life, and of Saint Eucherius of Lyon; brother of Saint Veranus of Vence. Educated at Lérins Abbey where he became a monk. Bishop of Geneva, Switzerland in 439. Attended the Council of Orange in 441. Attended the Councils of Vaison in 442 and in 451. Supported the work of Pope Saint Leo the Great. Wrote Bible commentaries on the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, and was so well known in theological and intellectual circles that other works of the time were dedicated to him.
Born
c.400
Died
mid-5th century in Geneva, Switzerland of natural causes
Saint Annemond of Lyons
Also known as
Annemund, Anemundo, Annemundus, Chamond, Delphinus, Ennemond
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Born to the nobility, the son of Sigon, a prefect in Lyons, France; his brother was Count Dalfin of Lyons. Annemond grew up in the court of King Dagobert I, and councilor to King Clovis II. Friend of Saint Wilfrid of York. Archbishop of Lyons, France. Murdered by Ebroin in the turmoil following the death of Clovis. Saint-Chamond, Loire, France is named in his honour.
Died
• 657 in Châlon-sur-Saône, France
• relics enshrined by Saint Wilfrid of York
Saint Alodius of Auxerre
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Bishop of Auxerre, France, probably consecrated in August 452, and then serving for 30 years.
Died
• 28 September 482 in Auxerre, France of natural causes
• re-interred in the crypt of the church in Auxerre in 865
• the relics were re-surveyed and recorded in 1636
• the relics were re-surveyed and recorded in 1857
Saint Zama of Bologna
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First known bishop of Bologna, Italy, consecrated by Pope Saint Dionysius, c.260.
Died
• c.268 of natural causes
• relics translated from the Church of the Crucifix in Saint Stephen to the cathedral of Saint Peter in Bologna, Italy c.1500
• buried next to Saint Faustinianus
Saint Exuperius of Toulouse
Also known as
Essuperio, Exsuperius, Soupire
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Bishop of Toulouse, France. Known for his charity, including aid to the poor in Egypt and Palestine. Saint Jerome thought highly of him, and dedicated one of his Bible commentaries to him.
Died
411
Saint Chuniald
Also known as
Conald, Cunialdo
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Seventh-century missionary priest in the region of Bavaria in modern Germany and Austria. Worked with Saint Rupert of Salzburg.
Born
Ireland, Scotland, France or Germany (records vary quite a bit)
Died
• c.718 at Salzburg, Austria of natural causes
• relics transferred to the church of Saint Rupert in 773–774
Saint Gislar
Also known as
Gisilario
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Seventh-century missionary priest in the region of Bavaria in modern Germany and Austria. Worked with Saint Rupert of Salzburg.
Born
Ireland, Scotland, France or Germany (records vary quite a bit)
Died
• c.718 at Salzburg, Austria of natural causes
• relics transferred to the church of Saint Rupert in 773–774
Blessed Christian Franco
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Brother of Blessed Desiderio Franco. Joined the Augustinians in 1362. Monk at the Carbonara convent in Naples, Italy in 1421. Augustinian superior general.
Born
Villafranca Piemonte, Italy
Died
• 1432 of natural causes
• buried at the Carbonara convent in Naples, Italy
Saint Tetta of Wimborne
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Abbess of Wimborne Abbey during a period when it had over 500 sisters including Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim, Saint Thecla of Kitzingen and Saint Agatha of Wimborne. Sent a contingent of the nuns and gave other help to the missionary work of Saint Boniface in Germany.
Died
c.772
Saint Faustus of Riez
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Monk at Lérins Abbey. Abbot there in 433. Bishop of Riez, France in 459. Fought Arianism and Pelagianism in his diocese.
Born
c.408 in Brittany, France
Died
c.490
Blessed Aaron of Auxerre
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Ninth-century bishop of Auxerre, France.
Died
• c.807 in Auxerre, France of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the church of Saint-Germain in Auxerre
Saint Willigod of Moyenmoutier
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Monk in the monastery in Moyenmoutier, France. Helped found the monastery in the area of Romont in modern Switzerland.
Died
c.690
Saint Martin of Moyenmoutier
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Monk in the monastery in Moyenmoutier, France. Helped found the monastery in the area of Romont in modern Switzerland.
Died
c.690
Saint Machan
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Educated in Ireland where he became a monk. Missionary to pagans in Scotland. Bishop, ordained in Rome, Italy.
Born
Scottish
Patronage
Aberdeen, Scotland
Saint Privatus of Rome
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Martyred in the persecutions of Alexander Severus.
Died
scourged to death in 223 in Rome, Italy
Saint Solomon of Genoa
Also known as
Salomon, Salonius
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First bishop of Genoa, Italy.
Died
c.269
Saint Paternus of Auch
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Second-century bishop of Auch, France.
Born
Bilbao, Spain
Saint Bardomianus
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One of a group of 28 Christians martyred in the early days of the Church in Asia Minor.
Saint Laurence of North Africa
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One of a group of 22 martyrs.
Saint Martial of North Africa
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One of a group of 22 martyrs.
Saint Eucarpus
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One of a group of 28 Christians martyred in the early days of the Church in Asia Minor.
Saint Stacteus
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Martyr.
Died
Rome, Italy
Augustinian Martyrs of Japan
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The first Augustinian missionaries arrived in Japan in 1602 and met with immediate success; many were brought to the faith; many of them became Augustinians; and many of them were martyred in the periodic persecutions of Christians. This memorial commemorates all of them, whether they have a sanctioned Cause for Canonization or not. They include
• Blessed Bartolomé Gutiérrez Rodríguez
• Blessed Ferdinand Ayala
• Blessed Francisco Terrero de Ortega Pérez
• Blessed Ioannes Mukuno Chozaburo
• Blessed Laurentius Kaida Hachizo
• Blessed Mancius Yukimoto Ichizaemon
• Blessed Martín Lumbreras Peralta
• Blessed Melchor Sánchez Pérez
• Blessed Michaël Ichinose Sukezaemon
• Blessed Pedro de Zúñiga
• Blessed Petrus Sawaguchi Kuhyoe
• Blessed Thomas Terai Kahyoe
• Blessed Vicente Simões de Carvalho
• Saint Magdalena of Nagasaki
• Blessed Thomas Jihyoe of Saint Augustine
Martyrs of Antioch
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A group of 30 soldiers and 7 civilians who were murdered together for their faith. The names that have come down to us are - Alexander, Alphinus, Heliodorus, Mark, Neon, Nicon and Zosumus.
Died
c.303 at Antioch, Pisidia (in modern Turkey)
Martyrs of China
About
A common memorial for the hundreds of the faithful, lay and clergy, who have died for their faith in the last couple of centuries in China.
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
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 Amalia Abad Casasempere de Maestre
• Blessed Francesc Xavier Ponsa Casallach
• Blessed Josep Casas Juliá
• Blessed Josep Casas Ros
• Blessed Josep Tarrats Comaposada
• Blessed María Fenollosa Alcaina
