இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் நவம்பர் 27

 Saint Laverius

Also known as

Laberio, Laverio, Lavierio, Laviero

Additional Memorial

• 17 November on some calendars in southern Italy

• 7 September (Tito, Italy)

Profile

Son of Achille, Laverius was raised in a pagan family. Served as a soldier in the imperial Roman army. A convert to Christianity, he began preaching in the streets of Teggiano, Italy. By order of the prefect Agrippa, Laverius was arrested, tortured, put on display for public abuse and ridicule, and ordered to make sacrifice to pagan gods; he refused. He was then thrown to wild animals in the amphitheatre, but instead of attacking him, they knelt in front of him. Laverius was thrown back into this cell, but an angel freed him during the night and ordered him to travel to Grumentum (modern Grumento Nova, Italy). He arrived on 15 August 312 and began immediately to preach and to baptize converts. Agrippa sent soldiers after him. Laverius was captured, flogged, and when he would not stop preaching Christ even while being beaten, he was executed. Martyr.

Born

3rd century Acerenza, Ripacandida or Teggiano (records vary), Italy

Died

• beheaded on 17 November 312 at the confluence of the Agri and Sciaura Rivers outside Grumentum (modern Grumento Nova, Italy)

• his soul was seen flying from the body into heaven

• his body was abandoned by the soldiers where it fell, but a Roman matron came later and gave him a Christian burial

• a chapel devoted to him was built at the execution site

• relics later dis-interred and dispersed to prevent their loss to invading barbarians

• relics later further dispersed to prevent their loss to invading Saracens

• some relics destroyed c.1427 in the sack of Satriano, Italy

• an arm bone made it to Tito, Italy by 1465

• last relic stolen in Tito in December 1968

Blessed Bernardine of Fossa

Also known as

• Bernardine d'Amici

• Bernardine of Aquila

• Bernardine of Aquilanus

• Fra Bernardino of Fossa

• Giovanni Amici

Additional Memorial

7 November (Franciscans)

Profile

Born to the nobility, member of the Amici family. An excellent student, he was educated at Aquila, Italy. Obtained doctorates in civil law and canon law at Perugia, Italy. Joined the Franciscan Friars Minor on 12 March 1445 in Perugia, taking the name Giovanni Bernardino, and receiving the habit from Saint James of the Marches. Held assorted administrative posts at several Franciscan monasteries in the regions of Umbria and Abruzzi in Italy. Evangelist throughout Italy, Dalmatia and Serigonia. Provincial of his Order in Italy from 1454 to 1460; provincial in Dalmatia and Bosnia from 1464 to 1467; attorney general to the Roman Curia from 1467 to 1469; provincial in Italy from 1472 to 1475. Twice chosen bishop of Aquila, and twice refused the see, citing his inadequacy to the position. Noted historian and ascetical writer, and many of his sermons have survived to today; wrote the first biography of Saint Bernardine of Siena.

Born

1420 in Fossa, Aquila, Italy as Giovanni Amici

Died

27 November 1503 in the Franciscan convent in L'Aquila, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

26 March 1828 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Virgilius of Salzburg

Also known as

• Apostle of Carinthia

• Fergal, Fearghal, Ferghil, Vergil, Virgiel, Virgil

Profile

Benedictine monk. Pilgrim to the Holy Land in 743, and on the way home he stopped in Bavaria - and stayed. Worked with Saint Rupert of Salzburg. Abbot of Saint Peter's monastery in Salzburg, Austria; one of his monks was Saint Modestus. Bishop of Salzburg in 765, ordained by Duke Odilo. Saint Boniface twice accused him of heresy because of his scientific ideas (including a round earth), but this reflected some friction between the style and people of Roman and Celtic origins, and Virgilius was always cleared of the charges. He rebuilt the cathedral of Salzburg. Sent missionary priests to Carinthia, Austria.

Born

8th century Ireland

Died

• 784 at Salzburg, Austria of natural causes

• relics in the altar of the cathdral of Salzburg, Austria

Canonized

10 June 1233 by Pope Gregory IX

Patronage

• against birth complications

• Salzburg, Austria

• Slovenes

Saint Josaphat

Also known as

Ioasaph, Iasaph, Joasaph, Yudasaf

Profile

With Saint Barlaam, one of the protagonists in a Christianized retelling of the story of Siddhartha Buddha that was popular in the Middle Ages.

Many people in India were converted by Thomas the Apostle. Astrologers foretold that the son of King Abenner would one day become a Christian. To prevent this, Abenner began persecuting the Church, and had his son placed under house arrest. In spite of these precautions, Barlaam, a hermit of Senaar, met him, and converted him to the Faith. Abenner tried to pervert Josaphat, but failed, and shared the government with him. Abenner himself later became a Christian, abdicated the throne, and became a hermit. Josaphat governed for a time, then abdicated, too. He travelled to the desert, found Barlaam, and spent his remaining years as a holy hermit. Years after their deaths, the bodies Josaphat and Barlaam were brought to India; their joint grave became renowned by miracles.

Saint Secundinus of Ireland

Also known as

• Secundinus of Dunsaghlin

• Secundinus of Dunseachlin

• Secundinus of Dunshaughlin

• Seachnal, Seachnall, Sechnall, Secundin

Additional Memorial

6 December (joint celebration of the missionary work of Secundinus and Saint Auxilius)

Profile

Migrated to Ireland in 439 with Saint Auxilius and Saint Iserninus to help Saint Patrick evangelize the country; Secundinus preached in the north and east. There are many conflicting documents about him - whether he was a priest or bishop when he arrived, if he had been there before, etc. He apparently served as acting bishop of Armagh, Ireland when Patrick went to Rome. Founded a church and served as first bishop of Dunshaughlin, Meath, Ireland. Wrote the earliest poem of the Irish Church, an alphabetical hymn in honour of Saint Patrick.

Born

c.375 in Gaul (modern France, possibly the area of Auxerre

Died

27 November 447 of natural causes

Saint Maximus of Riez

Profile

Raised in a Christian home, in his youth he began to live as a hermit there. Monk at the monastery founded by Saint Honoratius in Lerins, France. Abbot in 426; Saint Sidonius wrote about the revitalization of the monastic life under Maximus' leadership. He became known as a miracle worker and his reputation for wisdom and holiness spread to the point that he fled to live as a forest hermit. Reluctant bishop of Riez, Provence in 434, consecrated by Saint Hilary who had tracked him down at his hermitage. Lived as much as a monk as his vocation as bishop would allow. Attended synods at Riez in 439, Orange in 441, and Arles in 454. One of the most influential bishops in the Gaul of his day.

Born

in Decom, Provence (modern Châteauredon, France)

Died

• 460 of natural causes

• interred in Riez, France

Blessed Bronislao Kostkowski

Also known as

Bronislas, Bronislaw

Additional Memorial

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

Profile

Seminarian in the diocese of Wlaoclawek, Poland. Arrested by Nazi officials in 1939 along with his seminary teachers, and lodged in the concentration camp at Dachau, Bavaria, Germany, which had a special section for Catholic clergy. He was offered his freedom if he would renounce his calling to the priesthood; he declined. Martyr.

Born

11 March 1915 in Slupsk, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland

Died

starved to death on 27 November 1942 the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Fergus the Pict

Also known as

• Fergus Cruithneach

• Fergustian, Fergustus

Profile

May have studied in both Scotland and Ireland. Priest. Travelling bishop in Ireland. Evangelist in the counties of Perth and Caithness in Scotland. Founded churches dedicated to Saint Patrick at Strageath, Blackford, and Dolpatrick in Perthshire; Wick and Halkirk, in Caithnessshire; and Lungley (now Saint Fergus), in Aberdeenshire. Settled in Glamis in c.710. Attended a synod in Rome, Italy in 721 which condemned sorcery and irregular marriages.

Born

Pictish Scotland

Died

• c.730 at Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland of natural causes

• head transferred to the Scone Abbey

Saint Gulstan

Also known as

Constans, Goustan, Gulstanus, Gunstan, Gustan

Profile

Sailor. Hermit. Benedictine monk and then abbot at the abbey of Saint Gildas of Rhuys, Brittany under Saint Felix. Hermit on Hoëdic Island off the southern coast of Brittany.

Born

Ouessant, Brittany, France

Died

• c.1010 of natural causes

• buried at the church of St-Gildas-de-Rhuys in Brittany, France

Patronage

• Saint-Goustan, Auray, France

• Hoëdic Island, France

• sailors

Saint James Intercisus

புனித_ஜேம்ஸ்_இன்டர்சிசுஸ் (ஐந்தாம் நூற்றாண்டு)

நவம்பர் 27

இவர் (#StJamesIntercisus) பெர்சியாவை ஆண்ட  முதலாம் யஸ்டிகெர்ட் (Yezdigerd I 399-420) என்பவருடைய படையில் படை வீரராகப் பணியாற்றி வந்தார்.

அடிப்படையில் இவர் கிறிஸ்தவராக இருந்தாலும், உயிருக்குப் பயந்து கிறிஸ்தவ அடையாளத்தை மறைத்தே வந்தார். இச்செய்தி எப்படியோ இவருடைய தாயாருக்குத் தெரியவர, அவர் இவரை ஒரு கடிதம் மூலம் கடிந்துகொண்டார்.

இதன்பிறகு இவர் தன் தவற்றை உணர்ந்து, கிறிஸ்தவ நம்பிக்கை மிகத் துணிச்சலாக அறிவித்தார். இச்செய்தி அப்பொழுது பெர்சியாவை  ஆண்ட பஹ்ராம் என்ற மன்னனுக்குத் தெரியவர, அவன் இவரை 28 துண்டுகளாக வெட்டிக் கொன்று போட்டான்.

Also known as

Jakob Intercisus

Profile

Military officer and courtier to King Jezdigerd I. During Jezdigerd's persecution of Christians, James apostacized. Following Jezdigerd's death, he was contacted by family members who had never renounced their faith. James experienced a crisis of faith and conscience, and openly expressed his faith to the new king Bahram. He was condemned, tortured and martyred.

Born

Beth Laphat, Persia

Died

slowly cut into 28 pieces, finally dying from beheading in 421

Patronage

• lost vocations

• torture victims

Saint Eusician

Also known as

Eusice, Eusicio, Eusizio

Profile

Sixth-century hermit at the foot of Mount Caro in the area of Blois, France living in a small cell protected from the outside world by thorny brush. Coming to believe that such a complete withdrawal from his fellow man to spend a life in prayer was somewhat selfish, Eusician embarked on a mission of doing good works; known as a healer, especially of children and of throat ailments in particular. Saint Gregory of Tours wrote about his reputation for spiritual wisdom.

Died

542 in the area of Blois, France of natural causes

Saint Barlaam

Also known as

Varlaam

Profile

Convert to Christianity in northern India. Hermit. Brought Saint Josaphat to the faith, and then returned to his life as a cave hermit.

Representation

• man in a tree, which is being gnawed by a mouse, grabbing a beehive while hanging over a dragon in a pit

• with Saint Josaphat

• praying in a cave

Blessed Juan Antonio de Bengoa Larriñaga

Also known as

Daciano

Profile

Professed religious in the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers). Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

17 January 1882 in Dima, Vizcaya, Spain

Died

27 November 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain

Beatified

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

Saint Acharius of Tournai

Also known as

• Acharius of Noyon

• Acharius of Luxeuil

• Achaire of...

Profile

Monk at Luxeuil Abbey in Burgundy (in modern France) under the direction of Saint Eustace. Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in 621. Helped the missionary work of Saint Amandus of Maastricht. Worked to have Saint Omen named bishop of Thérouanne.

Died

640 of natural causes

Blessed José Pérez González

Also known as

Ramiro of Sobradillo

Profile

Franciscan Capuchin priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

5 January 1907 in Sobradillo, Salamanca, Spain

Died

27 November 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain

Beatified

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

Saint Severinus the Hermit

Also known as

Severin

Profile

Hermit at and then near Paris, France. Lived in a walled up cell. Spiritual teacher of Saint Cloud.

Died

• c.540 in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Notre Dame

Saint Bilhild

ஆல்ட்முயூன்ஸ்டர் நகர் துறவி பில்ஹில்டிஸ் Bilhildis von Altmünster

பிறப்பு 

7 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு, 

பவேரியா

இறப்பு 

734, 

மைன்ஸ் Mainz, Germany

இவரைப்பற்றிய வரலாறு அதிகம் அறியப்படவில்லை. இவர் இளம் வயதிலேயே திருமணம் செய்யப்பட்டவர் என்று கூறப்படுகின்றது. தூரின் நாட்டு அரசர் முதல் ஹெட்டான் (Hetan I) என்பவர் இவரின் கணவர். பில்ஹில்டிஸ் தன் கணவரையும் அவரின் குடும்ப உறுப்பினர்கள் அனைவரையும் மனந்திருப்பி, கிறிஸ்துவ மறையை பின்பற்றச் செய்தார். என்று சொல்லப்படுகின்றது. பில்ஹில்டிஸின் கணவர் இறந்தபிறகு விதவையான இவர் தன் மாமா பேராயராக இருந்ததால் பல விதங்களிலும் அவருக்கு உதவி செய்துள்ளார். 

பின்னர் ஆல்ட்முயூன்ஸ்டர் சென்று அங்கு ஒரு துறவற மடத்தில் சேர்ந்து பல நாட்கள் கழித்து துறவியானார் என்று கூறப்படுகின்றது. இவர் இறக்கும் வரை மிகப் பக்தியுள்ள சிறந்த துறவியாக வாழ்ந்துள்ளார். இவர் இறந்தபிறகு எங்கு புதைக்கப்பட்டார் என்று கண்டறிய இயலவில்லை. 

Also known as

Bilhildis

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Born to the nobility. Married to the Duke of Thuringia. Widow. Founded the convent of Altenmünster in Mainz, Germany.

Born

c.630 near Würzburg, Germany

Died

c.710

Saint Hirenarchus of Sebaste

Also known as

Hirenarkus, Hiernarkus, Hiernarchus

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Pagan who converted while witnessing the faith of the Martyrs of Sebaste during their persecution; he was martyred with them.

Died

c.305 at Sebaste, Armenia

Saint Acacius of Sebaste

Profile

Priest at Sebaste, Armenia. Martyred during the persecutions of Diocletian with Saint Hirenachus and seven female companions whose names have not come down to us.

Died

c.305 at Sebaste, Armenia

Saint Valerian of Aquileia

Profile

Bishop of Aquileia, Italy. Fought for years to eradicate Arianism.

Died

389

Saint Facundus

✠ புனிதர்கள் ஃபகுண்டஸ் மற்றும் பிரிமிடிவஸ் ✠

(Saints Facundus and Primitivus)

மறைசாட்சியர்:

(Martyrs)

பிறப்பு: ----

லியோன், ஸ்பெயின்

(León, Spain)

இறப்பு: கி. பி. 300

தற்போதைய 'சஹாகுன்' என்ற இடத்திற்கு அருகில், ஸ்பெயின்

(Near present-day Sahagún, Spain)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

கீழ் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Eastern Orthodox Church)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: நவம்பர் 27

புனிதர்கள் ஃபகுண்டஸ் மற்றும் பிரிமிடிவஸ் ஆகிய இருவரும் கிறிஸ்தவ மறைசாட்சிகளாகவும் புனிதர்களாகவும் அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டவர்களாவர். 

பாரம்பரியப்படி, ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் லியோன் (León) பகுதியின் கிறிஸ்தவ பூர்வீக குடிகளாகிய இவர்கள், "சியா" (River Cea) நதிக்கரையில் சித்திரவதை செய்யப்பட்டு தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டனர்.

அவர்களது தியாகத்தின் தகவல்களின் அடிப்படையில், அவர்களது தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்ட வேளையில், அவர்கள் இருவரதும் கழுத்துப் பகுதியில் இருந்து பாலும் இரத்தமும் பீரிட்டதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.

"சஹாகுன்" (Sahagún) நகரைச் சுற்றியுள்ள “பெனடிக்டைன் துறவு மடம்” (Benedictine monastery) இவ்விரு புனிதர்களின் பெயரில் அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Also known as

Facundo

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Martyr. The monastery of Sahagun, Spain, and the town that grew up around it, were named for him.

Born

in Léon, Spain

Died

beheaded c.300 at Sahagun, Spain

Born: ----

León, Spain

Died: 300 AD

Near present-day Sahagún, Spain

Venerated in:

Roman Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Church

Feast: November 27

Saints Facundus and Primitivus are venerated as Christian martyrs. According to tradition, they were Christian natives of León who were tortured and then beheaded on the banks of the River Cea. According to an account of their martyrdom, after the two saints were beheaded, milk and blood gushed from their necks.

Veneration :

The town of Sahagún arose around the Benedictine monastery dedicated to the two saints. The name Sahagún putatively derives from an abbreviation and variation on the name San Fagun ("Saint Facundus").

The 12th-century work known as The Guide for the Pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela states:

“Furthermore, the bodies of Facundus and Primitivus must be visited, whose basilica was constructed by Charlemagne.”

Saint Siffred of Carpentras

Also known as

Siffrein, Suffredus, Syffroy

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Monk at Lérins Abbey. Bishop of Carpentras, France.

Born

Albano, Italy

Died

c.540

Saint John Angeloptes

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Bishop of Ravenna, Italy in 430. Metropolitan of Aemilia and Flaminia. Once received a vision of an angel who helped him celebrate the Eucharist.

Died

433 of natural causes

Saint John of Pavia

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Ninth-century bishop of Pavia, Italy for 12 years. Noted for his care for the poor, his insistence on clerical discipline, and his work against vice in the general population of his diocese.

Saint Primitivus of Sahagun

Also known as

Primitivo of Sahagun

Profile

Martyr.

Born

in Léon, Spain

Died

beheaded c.300 at Sahagun, Spain

Saint Apollinaris of Monte Cassino

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Abbot of Monte Cassino Abbey for eleven years.

Died

828

Saint Gallgo

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Sixth century founder of the Llanallgo monastery in Anglesey, Wales.

Born

Welsh

Martyrs of Antioch

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A group of Christians martyred together for their faith. Little information has survived except for their names - Auxilius, Basileus and Saturninus.

Martyrs of Nagasaki

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A group of eleven Christians martyred together for their faith during a period of official persecution in Japan. They are

• Alexius Nakamura

• Antonius Kimura

• Bartholomaeus Seki

• Ioannes Iwanaga

• Ioannes Motoyama

• Leo Nakanishi

• Matthias Kozasa

• Matthias Nakano

• Michaël Takeshita

• Romanus Motoyama Myotaro

• Thomas Koteda Kyumi

Died

27 November 1619 in Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

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:

• Bartolomé Gelabert Pericás

• Eduardo Camps Vasallo

• José Pérez González

• Juan Antonio de Bengoa Larriñaga

• Miguel Aguado Camarillo

• Pedro Armendáriz Zabaleta

✠ புனிதர் ஃபிரான்சிஸ் அந்தோணி ஃபசானி ✠

(St. Francis Anthony Fasani)

இத்தாலிய துறவி:

(Italian Friar)

பிறப்பு : ஆகஸ்ட் 6, 1681

லுசேரா, ஃபோக்கியா, நேபிள்ஸ் அரசு

(Lucera, Foggia, Kingdom of Naples)

இறப்பு: நவம்பர் 29, 1742

லுசேரா, ஃபோக்கியா, நேபிள்ஸ் அரசு

(Lucera, Foggia, Kingdom of Naples)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 15, 1951

திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius XII)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 13, 1986

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: நவம்பர் 27

பாதுகாவல்: லுசேரா (Lucera)

“ஜியோவன்னியெல்லோ ஃபசானி” (Giovanniello Fasani) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட புனிதர் ஃபிரான்சிஸ் அந்தோணி ஃபசானி, (Order of Conventual Friars Minor) என்றழைக்கப்படும், “பள்ளிகளைச் சார்ந்த இளநிலை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையைச்” சேர்ந்த ஒரு இத்தாலிய துறவியாவார்.

கி.பி. 1681ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 6ம் தேதி, அன்றைய “நேப்பில்ஸ்” அரசின் (Kingdom of Naples) “ஃபோக்கியா” (Foggia) பிராந்தியத்தின் “லுசேரா” (Lucera) எனுமிடத்தில் பிறந்த இவரது தந்தையின் பெயர், “கியுசெப் ஃபசானி” (Giuseppe Fasani) ஆகும். தாயாரின் பெயர், “இசபெல்லா டெல்லா மொனாக்கா” (Isabella della Monaca) ஆகும். தமது ஊரிலேயே உள்ள (Conventual friary) துறவற மடத்தில் ஆரம்ப கல்வி கற்க தொடங்கிய இவர், அங்கேயே சபையில் இணைந்து, புனிதர்கள் “ஃபிரான்சிஸ்” மற்றும் “அந்தோனியார்” (Saints Francis and Anthony) ஆகியோரின் பெயர்களை தமது ஆன்மீக பெயராக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். தமது சத்தியப்பிரமான உறுதிப்பாடுகளை கி.பி. 1696ம் ஆண்டு ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

தென் இத்தாலியின் “மொலிஸ்” (Molise region) பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள “அக்னோன்” (Agnone) எனுமிடத்தில் தமது இறையியல் கல்வியை தொடங்கிய ஃபசானி, இத்தாலியின் அடிப்படை நிர்வாக நகரான “அசிசியில்” (Assisi), புனிதர் ஃபிரான்சிசின் கல்லறைக்கு அருகிலுள்ள “பொது ஆய்வு மையத்தில்” (General Study Centre) தொடர்ந்தார். 1705ம் ஆண்டு, அசிசி நகரிலேயே குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்ற இவர், இன்னும் இரண்டு ஆண்டுகள் அங்கேயே தங்கியிருந்து கி.பி. 1707ம் ஆண்டு தமது இறையியல் கல்வியை பூர்த்தி செய்தார்.

கி.பி. 1707ம் ஆண்டுமுதல், கி.பி. 1742ம் ஆண்டு அவர் மரிக்கும்வரை தமது சொந்த ஊரான லுசேராவிலேயே (Lucera) கழித்த ஃபசானி, அந்த நகரத்தின் உண்மையுள்ளவர்களிடம் தன்னைப் பிரியப்படுத்தினார். கி.பி. 1709ம் ஆண்டு, “இறையியலில் முனைவர் பட்டம்” (Doctor of Theology) வென்றார். “அறிவார்ந்த தத்துவ” (Scholastic Philosophy) கல்வியின் மதிப்புமிக்க ஆசிரியராக, ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் பல்வேறு கடமைகளை நிறைவேற்றினார். புதுமுக பயிற்சி துறவியரின் தலைவர் (Master of Novices) பதவி மற்றும் பயிற்சி நிறைவு செய்த இளம் துறவியரின் தலைமைப் (Master of Novices) பொறுப்பையும் (Junior Professed Friars) ஏற்றிருந்தார்.

ஃபசானி, ஆழ்ந்த செபம் மற்றும் ஆன்ம பலம் கொண்டவராயிருந்தார். வேண்டுவோருக்கு நல்ல ஒப்புரவாளராகவும் போதகராகவும் விளங்கினார். பங்குகளில் அவரது தொடர்ந்த மறை பிரசங்கங்கள் பிரபலமாக இருந்தன. தமது பங்கிலும், பிற பங்குகளிலும் தியானங்களையும் தவ முயற்சிகளையும் நவநாள் செபங்களையும் முன்னின்று நடத்தினார். அவர் செபிக்கும் வேளைகளில், உயரத்தில், அல்லது உயர வானில், அல்லது மாயாஜால சக்தியால், குறிப்பாக காற்று மூலம் மிதப்பது போல உணர்வதாக பரவலாக மக்கள் கூறுவதுண்டு. அதேவேளை, அவர் ஏழைகளின் இணைபிரியாத நண்பனாய் இருந்தார். தேவைப்படுவோருக்கு நிதி உதவிகளும் செய்துவந்தார்.

லுசேரா (Lucera) நகரில் மரித்த ஃபசானி, அங்குள்ள பங்கு தேவாலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார். அவர் மரித்த செய்தியறிந்த அந்நகரத்து சிறுவர்கள், “புனிதர் இறந்துவிட்டார்; புனிதர் இறந்துவிட்டார்” எனக் கூவியபடி நகர தெருக்களில் ஓடினார்கள்.

Born: Giovanniello Fasani

August 6, 1681

Lucera, Foggia, Kingdom of Naples

Died: November 29, 1742

Lucera, Foggia, Kingdom of Naples

Venerated in:

Roman Catholic Church

(Franciscan Order)

Beatified: April 15, 1951

Pope Pius XII

Canonized: April 13, 1986

Pope John Paul II

Feast: November 27

Patronage: Lucera

Saint Francis Anthony Fasani, was an Italian friar of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

He was a friend of another Conventual friar, the Blessed Antonio Lucci.

St. Francesco (Francis) Antonio Fasani was born as Giovanneillo in Lucera, Italy in 1681, the son of Giuseppe Fasani and Isabella Della Monaca. He entered the Conventual Franciscans in 1695 and took the names of St. Francis and St. Anthony.

St. Francesco (Francis) Antonio Fasani was born as Giovanneillo in Lucera, Italy in 1681, the son of Giuseppe Fasani and Isabella Della Monaca. He entered the Conventual Franciscans in 1695 and took the names of St. Francis and St. Anthony. He spent much of his time studying and was ordained a priest 10 years after entering the order. He then taught philosophy to younger friars, served as the guardian of his friary, and later became provincial of his order. When his term of office as provincial ended, Francesco became a novice-master, and eventually pastor in his hometown.

In all his various ministries, he was loving, devout, and penitential. He was a sought-after confessor and preacher. One witness at the canonical hearings regarding Francesco’s holiness testified, "In his preaching he spoke in a familiar way, filled as he was with the love of God and neighbour; fired by the Spirit, he made use of the words and deed of Holy Scripture, stirring his listeners and moving them to do penance."

Francesco showed himself a loyal friend of the poor, never hesitating to seek from benefactors what was needed. He was also a mystic, known for his deep prayer life and supernatural gifts, and was known to levitate while praying. The people of Lucera were known to compare him with St. Francis of Assisi, from whom he derived his name. He died in 1742 and was canonized in 1986.

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் நவம்பர் 26

 St. Phileas

Feastday: November 26

Death: 307

Martyr. Born in Thumis, Egypt, he became bishop of his native city in the Nile Delta and was renowned for his learning and wisdom. Arrested during the persecution of Emperor Maximinus, he refused to offer sacrifices to the gods and was beheaded by the local governor. With him died Philoromus, a tribune and treasurer at Alexandria, who objected to the cruelties inflicted upon Phileas and a group of Christians. A reliable contemporary account is extant, and Phileas was mentioned by the historian Eusebius of Caesarea.

St. Faustus

Feastday: November 26

Death: 311

Egyptian martyr with Ammonius, Didius, Hesychius, Pachomius, Phileas, Theodore, and more than six hundred fifty others. Faustus was a priest of Alexandria, Egypt. Phileas, Pachomius, Hesychius, and Theodore were bishops.

St. Dominic Doan Xuyen

Feastday: November 26

Death: 1839

Canonized: Pope John Paul II

Martyr of Vietnam, beheaded with St. Thomas Du. He was a Vietnamese Dominican canonized in 1988.

The Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam; French: Martyrs du Viêt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. On June 19, 1988, thousands of overseas Vietnamese worldwide gathered at the Vatican for the Celebration of the Canonization of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, an event chaired by Monsignor Tran Van Hoai. Their memorial is on November 24 (although several of these saints have another memorial, having been beatified and on the calendar prior to the canonization of the group).

St. John Berchmans

Feastday: November 26

Patron: of Altar Servers

Birth: 1599

Death: 1621

Eldest son of a shoemaker, John was born at Diest, Brabant. He early wanted to be a priest, and when thirteen became a servant in the household of one of the Cathedral canons at Malines, John Froymont. In 1615, he entered the newly founded Jesuit College at Malines, and the following year became a Jesuit novice. He was sent to Rome in 1618 to continue his studies, and was known for his diligence and piety, impressing all with his holiness and stress on perfection in little things. He died there on August 13. Many miracles were attributed to him after his death, and he was canonized in 1888. He is the patron of altar boys. His feast day is November 26.

John Berchmans (Dutch: Jan Berchmans [jɑm ˈbɛr(ə)xmɑns]; 13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1615, the Jesuits opened a college at Mechelen and Berchmans was one of the first to enroll. His spiritual model was his fellow Jesuit Aloysius Gonzaga, and he was influenced by the example of the English Jesuit martyrs. Berchmans is the patron saint of altar servers, Jesuit scholastics, and students.

Early life

John Berchmans was born on 13 March 1599, in the city of Diest situated in what is now the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, the son of a shoemaker. His parents were John Charles and Elizabeth Berchmans. He was the oldest of five children and at baptism was named John in honor of John the Baptist. He grew up in an atmosphere of political turmoil caused by a religious war between the Catholic and Protestant parts of the Low Countries.[1] When he was age nine, his mother was stricken with a very long and a very serious illness. John would pass several hours each day by her bedside.[2] He studied at the Gymnasium (grammar school) at Diest and worked as a servant in the household of Canon John Froymont at Mechelen in order to continue his studies.[1] John also made pilgrimages to the Marian shrine of Scherpenheuvel, some 30 miles east of Brussels, but only a few miles from Diest.

Call to the Society of Jesus

In 1615, the Jesuits opened a college at Mechelen and Berchmans was one of the first to enroll. Immediately upon entering, he enrolled in the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin. When Berchmans wrote his parents that he wished to join the Society of Jesus, his father hurried to Mechelen to dissuade him and sent him to the Franciscan convent in Mechelen. At the convent, a friar who was related to Berchmans also attempted to change his mind. Finally as a last resort, Berchmans's father told him that he would end all financial support if he continued with his plan.[3]

Nevertheless, on 24 September 1616, Berchmans entered the Jesuit novitiate. He was affable, kind, and endowed with an outgoing personality that endeared him to others. He requested that after ordination as a priest he could become a chaplain in the army, hoping to be martyred on the battlefield.[1]

On 24 January 1618, he made his first vows and went to Antwerp to begin studying philosophy. After only a few weeks he was sent to Rome, where he was to continue the same study. He set out on foot, with his belongings on his back, and on arrival was admitted to the Roman College to begin two years of study. He entered his third-year class in philosophy in the year 1621.[2]

Later, in August 1621, the prefect of studies selected Berchmans to participate in a discussion of philosophy at the Greek College, which at the time was administered by the Dominicans. Berchmans opened the discussion with great clarity and profoundness, but after returning to his own quarters, was seized with the Roman fever.[2] His lungs became inflamed and his strength diminished rapidly.[3] He succumbed to dysentery and fever on 13 August 1621, at the age of twenty-two years and five months.[4] When he died, a large crowd gathered for several days to view his remains and to invoke his intercession. That same year, Phillip-Charles, Duke of Aarschot, sent a petition to Pope Gregory XV with a view to beginning the process leading to the beatification of Berchmans, whose remains were eventually buried in Sant'Ignazio Church.

Spirituality of John Berchmans

John Berchmans took as his spiritual model his fellow Jesuit Aloysius Gonzaga and he was also influenced by the example of the English Jesuit martyrs. It was his realistic appreciation for the value of ordinary things, a characteristic of the Flemish mystical tradition, that constituted his holiness. He had a special devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus; and to him is owed the Little Rosary of the Immaculate Conception.[3]

Veneration

Jan Berchmans, by Boetius Adams Bolswert.jpg

At the time of Berchmans's death, his heart was returned to his homeland in Belgium where it is kept in a silver reliquary on a side altar in the church at Leuven (Louvain).[5] Berchmans was declared Blessed in 1865, and canonized in 1888.[2] Statues frequently depict him with hands clasped, holding his crucifix, his book of rules, and his rosary.

The miracle that led to his canonization occurred at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. In 1866, one year after the Civil War, he appeared to novice Mary Wilson. Mary's health was poor, and her parents thought that the gentler climate of south Louisiana could be a remedy. However, her health continued to decline, to the point where for about 40 days she had only been able to take liquids. "Being unable to speak, I said in my heart: 'Lord, Thou Who seest how I suffer, if it be for your honor and glory and the salvation of my soul, I ask through the intercession of Blessed Berchmans a little relief and health. Otherwise give me patience to the end.'" She went on to describe how John Berchmans then appeared to her, and she was immediately healed.[6] When the Academy opened a boys school in 2006, the trustees named it St. John Berchmans School. It is the only shrine at the exact location of a confirmed miracle in the United States.[7]

The feast day of John Berchmans has never been inscribed in the General Roman Calendar, but prior to the liturgical reforms of Pope John XXIII there was a Mass set for him among the section of Masses for Various Places (Missae pro aliquibus locis) of the Roman Missal which foresaw that it would be celebrated in different places on either 13 August or 26 November. Berchmans is currently inscribed in the 2004 official edition of the Catholic Church's Martyrologium Romanum (p. 451) on 13 August, the date of his dies natalis (heavenly birthday). He is celebrated by the Society of Jesus on 26 Nov.

Kelby Tingle, a seminarian from the diocese of Shreveport, Louisiana, where the Cathedral is named for the Saint, is known for his devotion to St. John Berchman and is known to frequent the spot of his burial at the Ignazio Church in Rome.

Blessed Gaetana Sterni

Also known as

Cajetana Sterni

Profile

Daughter of Giovanni Battista Sterni and Giovanna Chiuppani; one of six children. Her father was an administrator for the country property of the Mora, who were members of the Venetian nobility. The family lived relatively comfortably until Gaetana was about 15 years old when, in short order, her elder sister Margherita died, her father died, and her brother Francesco left home to become an actor, leaving the rest of the family in sad shape financially. Gaetana, a pious girl, did what she could to help her mother, but soon attracted the attention and a marriage offer from Liberale Conte, a widower with three children.

Gaetana accepted, and was soon very happily married and pregnant. However, during prayer one day she received a prophecy of her husband's early death; it proved true, and she widowed before their child was born. The baby died a few days after birth, and her late husband's family demanded that her three step-children be returned to them. At age 19 Gaetana found herself a widow, alone, broke, alienated from her in-laws, and having buried a child; she returned to her mother's house.

She spent much of her time there in prayer, looking for a direction for her future, and finally came to understand that she had a call to the religious life. Joined the Canosian convent at Bassano, Italy for five months, but received another prophetic message in prayer that foretold her mother's death. Her mother died a few days later, and Gaetana left the convent to care for her younger siblings. She was head of the household for the next six years.

Free at last at age 26, she began to fulfill anther message she had received in prayer while with the Canosians. There she had been told "to employ there all of herself in the service of the poor and thus fulfill His will." A Jesuit priest confirmed this message for her, and in 1853, she began work at the hospice for beggars in Bassano. She would remain there for her remaining 36 years, tending to the aged, the sick, the dying. In 1860, at age 33 she made a private vow of total devotion to God.

In 1865 Gaetana and two like-minded friends formed what would become the Daughters of the Divine Will, a name chosen to indicate that the members would surrender themselves completely to God's plans. They dedicated themselves to service to the sick and poor, and worked especially with those who were sick, but still able to live in their own homes. The bishop of Vicenza, Italy approved the congregation in 1875, and today the Daughters are working across Europe, America, and Africa.

Born

26 June 1827 at Cassola, Vicenza, Italy

Died

• 26 November 1889 of natural causes

• buried at the Daughters mother house at Bassano del Grapo, Vicenza, Italy

Beatified

4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Leonard of Port Maurice

✠ மவுரிஸ் கோட்டை புனிதர் லியோனார்ட் ✠

(St. Leonard of Port Maurice)

இத்தாலிய ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் போதகர்/ துறவற எழுத்தாளர்:

(Italian Franciscan Preacher/ Ascetic writer)

பிறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 20, 1676 

போர்டோ மவுரிஸியோ

(Porto Maurizio)

இறப்பு: நவம்பர் 26, 1751 

ரோம் (Rome)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஜூன் 19, 1796

திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius VI)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூன் 29, 1867 

திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius IX)

பாதுகாவல்: மறைப்பணியாளர்கள்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: நவம்பர் 26

“பால் ஜெரோம் கஸனோவா” (Paul Jerome Casanova) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட புனிதர் லியோனார்ட், இத்தாலிய ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபை துறவியும் போதகரும் ஆவார். "டொமினிகோ கஸனோவா" மற்றும் "அன்னா மரியா பென்ஸா" (Domenico Casanova and Anna Maria Benza) இவரது பெற்றோர் ஆவர். இவரது தந்தையார் ஒரு கப்பல் தலைவர் ஆவார். இவர்களது குடும்பம் இத்தாலியின் வடமேற்கு கடற்கரை பகுதியான “போர்ட் மௌரிஸ்” (Port Maurice) எனும் இடத்தில் வசித்து வந்தனர்.

இவர் தமது பதின்மூன்று வயதில் தமது மாமன் “அகோஸ்டினோ” (Agostino) என்பவருடன் தங்கி “இயேசுசபையின் ரோமன் கல்லூரியில்” (Jesuit Roman College) கல்வி பயில்வதற்காக இத்தாலி சென்றார். நல்ல மாணவரான லியோனார்ட், மருத்துவ தொழிலை தேர்வு செய்திருந்தார். ஆனால், கி.பி. 1697ம் ஆண்டில் “இளம் துறவியர்” (Friars Minor ) சபையில் இணைந்தார். அவர் தாம் தேர்வு செய்திருந்த மருத்துவ தொழிலை கைவிட்டபோது, அவரது மாமனும் அவரை கைவிட்டார்.

கி.பி. 1697ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், இரண்டாம் தேதி, தமது துறவற சீருடைகளைப் பெற்றுக்கொண்ட “பால் ஜெரோம் கஸனோவா” “அருட்சகோதரர் லியோனார்ட்” என்ற ஆன்மீக பெயரையும் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். 

மத்திய இத்தாலியின் "சபின் மலை” (Sabine mountains) பகுதியிலுள்ள “போண்டிசெல்லி" (Ponticelli) என்னும் இடத்தில் “துறவறப் புகுநிலை பயிற்சியை” (Novitiate) பூர்த்தி செய்தபின்னர், ரோம் நகரின் “பாலடின் (Palatine) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள “தூய போனவெஞ்சுரா” கல்லூரியில் (St. Bonaventura) தமது கல்வியை முடித்தார். குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவின் பிறகு அங்கேயே தங்கி பேராசிரியராக பணியாற்றிய லியோனார்ட், சீன பயணங்களை எதிர்பார்த்து காத்திருந்தார். ஆனால், அந்நேரத்தில் (கி.பி. 1704ல்) அல்ஸர் நோயும் அதில் இரத்தப்போக்குமாக பாதிக்கப்பட்ட லியோனார்ட் அவரது சொந்த ஊரிலுள்ள ஃபிரான்ஸிஸ்கன் துறவு இல்லத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டார். நான்கு வருடங்களின் பின்னர் நோயிலிருந்து குணமடைந்த அவர் “போர்ட்டோ மௌரிஸோ” (Porto Maurizio) பகுதிகளில் தமது போதனையை தொடங்கினார்.

பதினெட்டாம் நூற்றாண்டின் தலைசிறந்த போதகர் என்று அழைக்கப்பட்ட லியோனார்ட், சமய போதனைகளிலும் தியானங்களிலும் நோன்பு விரதம் போன்றவைகளைப் பற்றியும் பங்கு பயணங்கள் பற்றியும் பிரசங்கிப்பதில் பிரபலமானவராயும் வல்லவராயும் திகழ்ந்தார். சிறந்த மறைப்பரப்பு பணியாளராக செயல்பட்டார். பயணங்கள் பல மேற்கொண்டு, ஊர் ஊராக சென்று மறையுரையாற்றினார். இவரின் மறையுரையால் பலர் கவர்ந்து, இவரை பின்தொடர்ந்தனர். அனைத்து வித மக்களும் எளிமையாக புரிந்துகொள்ளும் விதத்தில் மறையுரை ஆற்றும் திறமையை பெற்றிருந்தார். இயேசுவின் நற்செய்தியை மிக எளிய முறையில் அறிவித்தார். அவரது ஒவ்வொரு போதனை பயணங்களும் பதினைந்து முதல் பதினெட்டு நாட்கள் வரை நீடித்தன. மேலும் அதன் பிறகும் ஒரு வாரம் வரை பாவ மன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் பணிக்காக தங்கி இருப்பார்.

கி.பி. 1720ம் ஆண்டு, “டுஸ்கனி” (Tuscany) எல்லைகளைக் கடந்து மத்திய மற்றும் தென் இத்தாலி பகுதிகளில் மறையுரையாற்றினார். திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் கிளெமென்ட்டும் (Pope Clement XII). திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் பெனடிக்ட்டும் (Pope Benedict XIV) அவரை ரோம் வரவழைத்து கௌரவித்தனர். திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் பெனடிக்ட் (Pope Benedict XIV), அவரை பல்வேறு சிக்கலான இராஜதந்திர பணிகளில் ஈடுபடுத்தினார். “ஜெனோவா” (Genoa), “கோர்ஸிகா” (Corsica), “லுக்கா” (Lucca) மற்றும் “ஸ்போலெடோ” (Spoleto) ஆகிய நாடுகளின் பிரஜைகள் திருத்தந்தையின் நோக்கங்களை பிரதிநிதித்துவம் செய்ய ஒரு அலங்கார கர்தினாலை எதிர்பார்த்திருந்தனர். ஆனால், அவர்கள் கண்டதோ மிகவும் பணிவான, காலணிகள் கூட இல்லாத, சேரும் சகதியுமான ஒரு துறவியை. அவர்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்புக்கு மாறானவராக அவர் இருந்தார்.

லியோனார்ட், சிறிது காலம் இங்கிலாந்து (England), ஸ்காட்லாந்து (Scotland) மற்றும் அயர்லாந்து (Ireland) நாடுகளின் அரசனான, “ஜேம்ஸ் பிரான்சிஸ் எட்வர்ட்” (James Francis Edward) என்பவரது மனைவியான “மரியா கிளமென்டினா’வின்” (Maria Clementina Sobieska) ஆன்மீக வழிகாட்டியாக பணியமர்த்தப்பட்டிருந்தார்.

லியோனார்ட் பல பக்தி மார்க்க சபைகளை நிறுவினார். இயேசுவின் திருஇருதய (Sacred Heart of Jesus) பக்தியையும் தூய நற்கருணை (Most Blessed Sacrament) ஆராதனையையும் பரப்ப தம்மை அர்ப்பணித்துக்கொண்டார். 

நாற்பத்துமூன்று வருடங்களுக்கும் மேலாக அன்னை மரியாளுக்கு வணக்கத்தையும், சிலுவைப்பாதை வழிபாடுகளையும் போதித்த லியோனார்ட், எளிமையான முறையில் மக்களை வழிநடத்தி இறையுணர்வை கொண்டு வாழ செய்தார். இவர் மருத்துவப்படிப்பையும் தத்துவயியலையும் கற்றிருந்தபோதும் கூட எளிமையாக வாழ்ந்து நற்செய்திக்கு சான்று பகிர்ந்தார்.

மறை பரப்புதல் பணியின் கடின உழைப்பு அவரது ஆரோக்கியத்தை கடுமையாக பாதித்தது. எழுபத்தைந்து வயதான புனித லியோனார்ட் தமது "தூய பொனவெஞ்சுரா” (St. Bonaventura) துறவு இல்லத்தில் மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Jerome Casanova

• Paul Jerome Casanova

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Son of Domenico Casanova, a sea captain, and Anna Maria Benza. Placed at age thirteen with his uncle Agostino to study for a career as a physician, but the youth decided against medicine, and his uncle disowned him. Studied at the Jesuit College in Rome, Italy. Joined the Riformella, a branch of the Franciscans of the Strict Observance on 2 October 1697, taking the name Brother Leonard. Ordained in Rome in 1703. Taught for a while, and expected to become a missionary to China, but a bleeding ulcer kept him in his native lands for the several years it took to recover and regain his strength.

Sent to Florence, Italy in 1709 where he became a noted preached in the city and nearby region. He was often invited to other areas, and worked for devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, Sacred Heart, Immaculate Conception, and the Stations of the Cross. Established the Way of the Cross in over 500 places, including the Colosseum in Rome. Sent as a missionary by Pope Benedict XIV to the island of Corsica in 1744. There he restored discipline to the holy orders there, but local politics greatly limited his success in preaching. He returned exhausted to Rome where he spent the rest of his days.

Born

20 December 1676 at Porto Maurizio, Italy on the Riviera di Ponente as Paul Jerome Casanova

Died

11:00pm 26 November 1751 at the monastery of Saint Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Canonized

29 June 1867 by Pope Pius XI

Patronage

• Imperia, Italy

• parish missions

Saint Sylvester Gozzolini

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Born to the Italian nobility. Began the study of civil law in Bologna and Padua in Italy in 1197. Renouncing civil law, he studied theology and was ordained in 1217 in the diocese of Osimo, Italy; his father was so upset with the change that he refused to speak to his son for ten years. Canon in Osimo, Italy; his ministry was so successful that his local bishop became jealous. Hermit at age 50, living on herbs and water, sleeping on the ground, and spending his time in study and prayer; his reputation for learning and holiness attracted many students. He received a vision of Saint Benedict of Nursia in 1231 and understood that he should form his spiritual students into a formal community. Founded a Benedictine community at Monte Fano, Fabriano, Italy, a house devoted to strict adherence to the Benedictine Rule, and built on the site of an old pagan temple that Sylvester destroyed. The Order, known as a the Sylvestrines or Blue Benedictines, was approved by Pope Innocent IV in 1247, Sylvester led them until his death decades later, Sylvester founded eleven houses of them in his time, and they continue their work today.

Born

1177 in Osimo, Marche, Italy

Died

• 26 November 1267 at Monte Fano, Fabriano, Italy

• re-interred in a shrine in the monastery church of Monte Fano c.1280

Canonized

• 1598 by Pope Clement VIII (added to the Martyrology)

• 1890 by Pope Leo XIII (office and Mass added to the General Roman Calendar)

Saint Bellinus of Padua

Also known as

Bellino

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Priest. During a period of turmoil in his diocese, Bellinus stayed loyal to the bishop appointed by the legitimate Pope. Bishop of Padua, Italy. Led a reform of the spiritual lives of the canons in his diocese, and the effort to rebuild the cathedral after its destruction in 1117 by earthquake. Worked to re-build the status and dignity of the Church, defended Church rights and helped build schools. Killed by assassins paid by the Capodivacca family of Padua; Bellinus was becoming very effective in building up the Church at the expense of the noble families. Martyr.

Born

late 11th century in Padua, Italy

Died

• stabbed by assissins 1151 on a forest road while on a trip to Rome, Italy

• buried in the church of San Giacomo in Lugarano, Italy

• the church was destroyed by flood and the relics relocated to the church of San Bellinus in San Martino di Variano, Italy

• relics relocated to a newly built chapel in San Martino di Variano in 1647

Canonized

by Pope Eugene IV

Patronage

• Adria, Italy, city of

• Adria, Italy, diocese of

• against dog bites

• against rabies

Saint Conrad of Constance

#புனித_கொன்ராட் (-975)

நவம்பர் 26

இவர் (#St_ConradOfConstance) ஜெர்மனியை ஆண்டுவந்த ஹென்றி என்ற  பிரபுவின் இரண்டாவது மகன்.

தனது கல்வியைத் தற்போது சுவிட்சர்லாந்தில் உள்ள கான்ஸ்டான்ஸ் என்ற இடத்தில் இருக்கக்கூடிய பள்ளியில் படித்த இவர், அருள்பணியாளராகவும் பின்னர், 934 ஆம் ஆண்டு கொன்ஸ்டான்ஸ் நகரின் ஆயராகவும் உயர்த்தப்பட்டார்.

இவர் ஆயராக உயர்த்தப்பட்ட பிறகு, தனக்குச் சேரவேண்டிய குடும்பச் சொத்து அனைத்தையும் திருஅவைக்கும் ஏழைகளுக்கும் பகிர்ந்து கொடுத்தார். இவ்வாறு இவர் ஏழைகளின்மீது கொண்டிருந்த அன்பை வெளிப்படுத்தினார்.

இவர் மூன்றுமுறை புனித நாடுகளுக்கும், ஒருமுறை உரோமைக்கும் திருப்பயணம் சென்று, ஆண்டவர்மீது கொண்டிருந்த பற்றில் இன்னும் உறுதியடைந்தார்.

ஏறக்குறைய 42 ஆண்டுகள் கான்ஸ்டான்ஸில் ஆயராகப் பணிபுரிந்த இவர், அம்மறைமாவட்டத்தைப் பல நிலைகளிலும் வளர்த்தெடுத்தார்; நிறைய கோயில்களை கட்டியெழுப்பினார். 

ஒருமுறை இவர் திருப்பலி நிறைவேற்றிக் கொண்டிருந்தபோது, பெரிய சிலந்தி ஒன்று இரசக் கிண்ணத்தில் விழுந்துவிட்டது. இது இவருக்குத் தெரியாது. இரசக் கிண்ணத்திலிருந்த இயேசுவின் திருஇரத்தத்தைப் பருகிய பின்னரே இவருக்குத் தெரிந்தது. ஆனாலும் இவர் கடவுளிடத்தில் தனக்கு ஒன்றும் ஆகக்கூடாது என்று வேண்டிக் கொண்டார். இவர் வேண்டிக்கொண்டது போன்றே இவருக்கு எந்தவோர் ஆபத்தும் ஏற்படவில்லை. இதனாலேயே இவருடைய கையில் இரசக் கிண்ணம் உள்ளது.

இவர் எந்தவொரு பதவிக்கும் ஆசைப்படாதவராகவே வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.

இப்படித் தன் வாழ்வாலும் வார்த்தையாலும் ஆண்டவருக்குச் சான்று பகர்ந்து வாழ்ந்த இவர் 975 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Konrad of Konstanz

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Second son of Count Heinrich von Altdorf, part of the Guelf family. Educated at the cathedral school at Constance, Germany (in modern Switzerland). Priest. Provost of the cathedral. Bishop of Constance from 934 to 975. Made three pilgrimages to the Holy Lands. Accompanied Emperor Otto I to Rome, Italy. Renovated churches in his diocese, and built three new ones on lands he inherited. Known for his charity to the poor, and his lack of concern over the power politics that occupied so many other bishops of the day.

During Mass one day a spider dropped into the chalice of Precious Blood; though Conrad believed all spiders were poisonous, his love of communion overcame his fear, and he drank the Blood, spider and all. He did, of course, survive.

On 14 September 948 Conrad was witness to the miraculous consecration of the Chapel of Mary, Einsiedeln, Switzerland by Christ and some angels.

Died

975 of natural causes

Canonized

1123 by Pope Callistus II

Patronage

• Constance, Germany, diocese of

• Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, archdiocese of

Blessed Pontius of Faucigny

Also known as

Ponzio

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Born to the nobility of the Savoy region (in modern France). Monk at the Canonici Regolari di Abondance abbey as a young man. Over the years he helped revise the constitutions of the abbot to put them in closer accord to the Augustinian rule. Founded a religious house in Sixt, Savoy in 1144, and served as its first abbot. Abbot of the Abondance abbey in 1172. Late in life he retired from the abbacy to spend his final days as a prayerful simple monk.

Born

c.1100 in Faucigny, Savoy (in modern France)

Died

• 26 November 1179 in Sixt, Savoy (in modern France) of natural causes

• buried in the abbey church

• relics enshrined in the church at an unknown date

• Saint Francis de Sales, having a devotion, took some relics on 14 November 1620

Beatified

15 December 1896 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Pope Saint Siricius

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Son of Tiburtius. Lector. Deacon. Friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan. Unanimously elected 38th pope in 384. He was opposed by the anti-pope Ursinus, but the pretender could not get any support, and nothing came of it. Expanded papal power and authority, decreeing that any papal documents should receive widespread distribution. Held a synod at Rome, Italy on 6 January 386 which re-affirmed a variety of canon laws and disciplines for both clergy and laity. A separate synod in 390 to 392 re-affirmed the merits of fasting, good works, and the need for celibate life among the religious and clergy. Opposed the Manicheans. Settled the Meletian schism at Antioch.

Born

c.334 at Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

December 384

Died

• 26 November 399 of natural causes

• buried in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Via Salaria, Rome, Italy

Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

Additional Memorial

22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales

Profile

Married layman and father. Fearful of the persecutions of the day, he was a covert Catholic who put in appearances in the Established church to keep the authorities away. He sheltered priests on the run, and had his children raised Catholic. In 1585 his children's tutor was arrested and bribed to apostatize, turn informer, and denounce Bowes for helping priests. Bowes and his wife were arrested and imprisoned in York; she was released, but Marmaduke was convicted on the statements the tutor. First layman executed under the law that made helping priests a felony. Martyr.

Born

Ingram Grange, Yorkshire, England

Died

hanged on 26 November 1585 in York, Yorkshire, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Alypius Stylites

Also known as

• Alypius of Adrianople

• Alypius of Adrianoplis

• Alypius of Hadrianople

• Alypius of Hadrianopolis

• Alipio, Stiljanus, Stylianos, Stylianus, Styllianus

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Deacon. Gave away all his possessions to live first as a monk, and then as a cave hermit and finally as one of the early ascetics who would live atop a pillar for long periods.

Born

early 4th-century in Adrianople, Paphlagonia, Asia Minor (modern Edirne, Turkey)

Died

c.390 at Adrianopolis, Paphlagonia, Asia Minor (modern Edirne, Turkey) of natural causes

Blessed Hugh Taylor

Memorial

• 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Studied at Rheims, France. Ordained in 1584. Ministered to covert and oppressed Catholics in England starting in March 1585. He worked for only a few months, being the first person martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth. One of the Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales.

Born

c.1559 at Durham, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 26 November 1585 at York, Yorkshire, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Albert of Haigerloch

Also known as

• Albert of Oberaltaich

• Adalbert of...

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Related to the Counts of Haigerloch, Hohenzollern (Germany). Benedictine monk at Oberaltaich, Bavaria in 1261. Head of the monastery school. Prior of his house, and priest of the surrounding parish. Insured support for the monastery scriptorium, and started care for lepers in the area of the Danube.

Born

1239 in Haigerloch, Hohenzollern (Germany)

Died

26 November 1311 at Oberaltaich, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes

Saint Humilis of Bisignano

Also known as

• Luca Antonio Pirozzo

• Umile of Bisignano

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Franciscan lay-brother. So renowned for his sanctity, he was summoned to Rome to be counselor to Pope Gregory XV and Pope Urban VIII.

Born

26 August 1582 at Bisignano, Cosanza, Italy

Died

26 November 1637 at Bisignano, Cosanza, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

19 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Ðaminh Nguyen Van Xuyên

Also known as

Dominic Nguyen Van Xuyen

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Dominican priest. Worked in the Dominican missions in Vietnam. Martyr.

Born

c.1786 in Hung Lap, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 26 November 1839 in Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Tôma Ðinh Viet Du

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Dominican priest. Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Minh Mang.

Born

c.1783 in Phú Nhai, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 26 November 1839 in Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Basolus of Verzy

Also known as

• Basolus of Limoges

• Basle of...

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Benedictine monk at Verzy, France. Lived for 40 years as a hermit on a hill near Rheims, France. Miracle worker.

Born

c.555 in Limoges, France

Died

• 620 of natural causes

• relics enshrined in 879 in the monastery built over his original tomb

Saint Martin of Arades

Also known as

Martin of Corbie

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Monk at Corbie Abbey in France. Priest. Court chaplain and confessor of Charles Martel.

Died

• 726 of natural causes

• buried in St-Priest-sous-Aixe, Haute-Vienne, France

Patronage

• against gout

• against paralysis

Saint James the Hermit

Also known as

• James the Lonely

• James Hypeterius

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Monk. Hermit. Miracle worker. His reputation for wisdom and holiness led the emperor to ask James to attend the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

Born

near Cyrus, Syria

Died

457 of natural causes

Blessed Delphine of Glandèves

Also known as

Delfina

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Married to Saint Elzear of Sabran. Widowed, she spent the rest of her days in prayerful poverty.

Died

c.1359

Saint Ida of Cologne

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Daughter of Matilda and Erenfrid, Count Palatine of Lorraine; her brother was Archbishop Hermann II of Cologne, her sisters were Queen Richeza of Poland and Abbess Theofano in Essen. Nun. Abbess of Saint-Mary-in-Kapitol Abbey in Cologne, Germany.

Died

1060

Saint Egelwine of Athelney

Also known as

Aylwine, Egelwin, Ethelwin, Ethelwine

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Seventh century prince of Wessex, England. Lived as a prayerful hermit at Athelney, Somersetshire, England.

Born

Athelney, Somersetshire, England

Saint Nicon of Sparta

Also known as

Nicon Metanoiete ( = repent)

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Monk. Wandering preacher and evangelist, especially in Greece, calling everyone to repent (metanoete).

Born

Armenia

Died

998 of natural causes

Saint Magnance of Ste-Magnance

Also known as

• Magnance of Auxerre

• Magnentia, Magnantia, Magnence

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Spiritual student of Saint Germanus of Auxerre.

Died

c.450 of natural causes

Saint Marcellus of Nicomedia

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Priest in Asia Minor. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Emperor Constantius.

Died

thrown from a cliff in 349 in Nicomedia, Asia Minor (modern Izmit, Turkey)

Saint Bertger of Herzfeld

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Priest in Herzfeld, Germany. Spiritual director and confessor of Saint Ida of Herzfeld.

Died

c.830 in Herzfeld, Germany of natural causes while celebrating Mass

Saint Amator of Autun

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Bishop of Autun, France c.270. Brought the Gallic Aedui tribe to the faith.

Died

buried in the cemetery of t-Pierre-l'Etrier just outside Autun, France

Saint Sabaudus of Trier

Also known as

Sebaldus, Sebaud

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Bishop of Trier, Germany.

Died

c.614

Saint Vacz

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Eleventh century hermit in Visegrád, Hungary.

Martyrs of Alexandria

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A group of approximately 650 Christian priests, bishops and laity martyred together in the persecution of Maximian Galerius. We have the names and a few details only seven of them - Ammonius, Didius, Faustus, Hesychius, Pachomius, Phileas and Theodore.

Born

Egyptian

Died

c.311 in Alexandria, Egypt

Martyrs of Capua

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A group of seven Christians martyred together. The only details about them to survive are the names - Ammonius, Cassianus, Felicissimus, Nicander, Romana, Saturnin and Serenus.

Died

in Capua, Campania, Italy, date unknown

Martyrs of Nicomedia

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A group of six orthodox Christians martyred by Arians. Few details have survived except their names - Marcellus, Melisus, Numerius, Peter, Serenusa and Victorinus.

Died

349 in Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor (modern Izmit, Turkey)

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் நவம்பர் 25

 St. Alnoth

இவர் (#St_Alnoth) இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

புனித வெர்பர்க்கின் துறவு மடத்தில் ஆடு, மாடு மேய்ப்பவராகத் தன் வாழ்க்கையைத் தொடங்கிய இவர், தூய்மைக்கும் பொறுமைக்கும் மிகச் சிறந்த எடுத்துக்காட்டாக விளங்கினார்.

பின்பு இவர் ஸ்டோவ் (Stowe) என்ற இடத்திற்குச் சென்று, ஒரு துறவியைப் போன்று இறைவேண்டலுக்கும் நோன்பிற்கும் ஒறுத்தலுக்கும் மிகுந்த முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்து வாழ்ந்தார்.

ஒருமுறை கொள்ளையர்கள் இருவர், இவரிடம் இருப்பதை அபகரித்து விட்டுப் போகலாம் என்று இவரிடம் வந்தனர்; ஆனால் அவர்கள் இருவரும் இவரிடம் எதுவும் இல்லாததைக் கண்டு இவரைக் கொலை செய்தனர்.

இவர் கொல்லப்பட்ட ஆண்டு கி.பி 700 ஆகும்

Feastday: November 25

Death: 700

Herder and hermit, mentioned in the life of St. Werburga. Alnoth tended cows on the lands of St. Werburga's monastery at Weedon, in Northhampton, England. He was badly used by a local official, earning a reputation for holiness and patience. Alnoth retired from active life and became a hermit. Two robbers accosted him in his hermitage, slaying him. He is honored locally as a martyr, and his tomb at Stowe, near Bubrook in Northhampton, became a popular shrine for pilgrims.

Ælfnoth or Alnoth (died 700) was an English hermit and martyr. Little is known of his life, though he is mentioned in Jocelyn's life of Saint Werburgh as a pious neatherd at Weedon, who bore with great patience the ill-treatment of the bailiff placed over him, and who afterwards became a hermit in a very lonely spot, where he was eventually murdered by two robbers. On this ground he was honoured as a martyr; and there was some concourse of pilgrims to his tomb at Stowe near Bugbrooke in Northamptonshire. Ælfnoth is not mentioned in any surviving early calendars; his feast was later kept on 27 February or on 25 November.

St. Mesrop

Feastday: November 25

Patron: of Armenia

Birth: 361

Death: 440

Confessor and disciple of St. Nerses the Great of Armenia, called "the Teacher." Mesrop was born in Taron, Armenia, and became a hermit under St. Nerses the Great. He served as a missionary with St. Isaac the Great and helped compose the Armenian alphabet and translations of the Holy Scriptures. Mesrop, sometimes listed as Mesrob, was proficient in Greek, Syriac, and Persian. He founded schools in Armenia and Georgia, and reportedly succeeded Patriarch Sahak in 440. Mesrop was beloved for his many contributions to Armenian education and died at Valarshapat on February 19 at age eighty.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

✠ அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா நகர புனிதர் கேதரின் ✠

(St. Catherine of Alexandria)

கன்னியர்/ இளவரசி/ மறைசாட்சி:

(Virgin, Princess and Martyr)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 287

அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா, ரோமன் எகிப்து

(Alexandria, Roman Egypt)

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 305 (வயது 17–18)

அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா, எகிப்து

(Alexandria, Egypt)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Orthodox Church)

ஓரியண்ட்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

(Oriental Orthodoxy)

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்

(Anglican Communion)

லூதரன் திருச்சபை

(Lutheranism)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

செயின்ட் கேதரின் துறவற மடம்

(Saint Catherine's Monastery)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: நவம்பர் 25

பாதுகாவல்:

திருமணமாகாத பெண்கள், எதிர்த்து வாதிடுபவர்கள், சக்கரத்துடன் வேலை செய்யும் கைவினைஞர்கள் (குயவர்கள், நெசவாளர்கள்), இறக்கும் மக்கள், கல்வியாளர்கள், பெண்கள், நீதிபதிகள், கத்தி தீட்டுபவர்கள், வழக்கறிஞர்கள், நூலகர்கள், நூலகங்கள், பாலிஹோல் கல்லூரி (Balliol College), மாஸ்ஸி கல்லூரி (Massey College), மணமாகாத இளம் பெண், ஆலை உரிமையாளர்கள், தொப்பி தயாரிப்பாளர்கள், செவிலியர், தத்துவவாதிகள், சாமியார்கள், அறிஞர்கள், பள்ளிக் குழந்தைகள், செயலர்கள், தட்டச்சர், மாணவர்கள், இறையியலாளர்கள், ஓவியேடோ பல்கலைக்கழகம் (University of Oviedo), பாரிஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகம் (University of Paris), செஜ்டன் (Żejtun), மால்ட்டா (Malta), ஸுர்ரியேக் (Żurrieq), பக்பிலாவோ (Pagbilao), கியூசொன் (Quezon), ஃபிலிப்பைன்ஸ் (Philippines), கர்கர் நகரம் (Carcar City), செபு (Cebu), கடேரிணி (Katerini), கிரேக்கம் (Greece)

“அலெக்சாண்ட்ரியா நகர புனிதர் கேதரின்” (Saint Catherine of Alexandria) என்றும், “சக்கரங்களின் புனிதர் கேதரின்” (Saint Catherine of the Wheel) என்றும் அழைக்கப்படும் இப்புனிதர், “மகா மறைசாட்சிப் புனிதர் கேதரின்” (The Great Martyr Saint Catherine) என்றும் அழைக்கப்படுகிறார். மரபுகளின்படி, கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதரும், கன்னியருமான இவர், நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில் அரசாண்ட ரோம பாகனிய பேரரசரான “மேக்சன்ஷியஸ்” (Pagan Emperor Maxentius) என்பவரது ஆட்சிக்காலத்தில் மறைசாட்சியாக மரித்தவர் ஆவார்.

இவரது சுயசரிதத்தின்படி, இளவரசியும், குறிப்பிடப்படும்படியான அறிஞருமான இவர், தமது பதினான்கு வயதில் கிறிஸ்தவ சமயத்திற்கு மனம் மாறினார். நூற்றுக்கணக்கான பாகன் இன மக்களை கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மனம் மாற்றிய இவர், தமது பதினெட்டு வயதில் மறைசாட்சியாக கொல்லப்பட்டார். அவரது தியாகத்தை தொடர்ந்து 1,100 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பின்னர் தோன்றிய புனிதர் “ஜோன் ஆஃப் ஆர்க்” (Saint Joan of Arc), தமக்கு காட்சியளித்ததும், ஆலோசனைகள் கூறியதுவும் புனிதர் கேதரினே என்று அடையாளம் கண்டுகொண்டார்.

கேதரினம், பாரம்பரிய கதைகளின்படி, கி.பி. 286–305 ஆண்டு காலத்தில் ஆண்ட ரோமப் பேரரசர் (Roman Emperor) “மேக்சிமியன்” (Maximian) காலத்தில், எகிப்திய அலெக்சான்றியாவின் (Egyptian Alexandria) ஆளுநராக (Governor) இருந்த “கான்ஸ்டஸ்” (Constus) என்பவரது மகள் ஆவார். சிறு வயதிலிருந்தே கல்வியில் ஆர்வம் காட்டி கற்றுவந்த இவருக்கு காட்சியளித்த, குழந்தை இயேசுவை ஏந்தி வந்த அன்னை கன்னி மரியாள், கேதரினை கிறிஸ்தவராக மனம் மாறுமாறு அறிவுறுத்தினார்.

பேரரசர் “மேக்சன்ஷியஸ்” (Emperor Maxentius) கிறிஸ்தவர்களை துன்புறுத்த தொடங்கியபோது, கேதரின் பேரரசரை அணுகி, அவரது கொடுமைகளுக்காக அவரைக் கடிந்துகொண்டார். ஐம்பது சிறந்த பாகன் இன தத்துவவாதிகளையும் (Pagan Philosophers), திறமையான பேச்சாளர்களையும் (Orators) அழைத்த பேரரசர், கேதரினுடன் பொது விவாதத்தில் ஈடுபட உத்தரவிட்டார். அவர்கள் கேதரினுடைய கிறிஸ்தவம் சார்பான வாதங்களை தமது திறமையான வாதங்களால் நிராகரிப்பார்கள்; தப்பென்று எடுத்துக்காட்டுவார்கள் என்று எதிர்பார்த்தார். ஆனால், கேதரின் அவரது எதிர்பார்ப்புகளை பொய்யாக்கினார். அவரை எதிர்த்து அவர்களால் ஜெயிக்க இயலவில்லை. கேதரின் தம்மை எதிர்த்தவர்களை தமது சொற்பொழிவால் வெற்றிகொண்டார். அவர்களில் பெரும்பாலானோர் தம்மை கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக சாற்றினர். அவர்களனைவரும் பேரரசனால் கொல்லப்பட்டனர்.

கேதரினை பிடித்து கசையால் அடித்து சிறையிலிட்டனர். குறுகிய கால வேளையில், அவரைக் காண இருநூற்றுக்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் சிறைச் சாலைக்கு வந்தனர். அவர்களை, பேரரசனின் மனைவியும், ரோமப் பேரரசியுமான (Empress of the Romans) “வலேரியா மேக்சிமில்லா” (Valeria Maximilla) ஒருவர். அவர்களனைவரும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மனம் மாறினார்கள். தொடர்ந்து, அவர்களனைவரும் மறைசாட்சியர்களாக கொல்லப்பட்டனர்.

கொடூரமான துன்புறுத்தல்களால் அழகியும் புத்திசாலியுமான இளவரசி கேதரினை வசப்படுத்த இயலாத “பேரரசர் மேக்சன்ஷியஸ்” (Emperor Maxentius) திருமண ஆசை காட்டினான். அவனை புறங்கையால் நிராகரித்த புனிதர், தமது மணவாளன் இயேசுவே என்று சாற்றினார். தமது கன்னிமையை அவருக்கே அர்ப்பணிப்பதாகவும் அறிவித்தார். ஆத்திரமடைந்த பேரரசன், உடைந்த சக்கரத்தின் மீது கேத்தரினை கட்டி கொள்ளுமாறு கட்டளையிட்டான். ஆனால், கேதரின் அச்சக்கரத்தை தொட்டதுமே அது மேலும் உடைந்து தகர்ந்து போனது. இறுதியில், கேதரின் தலை வெட்டப்பட்டு படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

Katherine, Ekaterina, Katharina, Katarina

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Apocryphal. Born to the nobility. Learned in science and oratory. Converted to Christianity after receiving a vision. When she was 18 years old, during the persecution of Maximinus, she offered to debate the pagan philosophers. Many were converted by her arguments, and immediately martyred. Maximinus had her scourged and imprisoned. The empress and the leader of the army of Maximinus were amazed by the stories, went to see Catherine in prison. They converted and were martyred. Maximinus ordered her broken on the wheel, but she touched it and the wheel was destroyed. She was beheaded, and her body whisked away by angels.

Immensely popular during the Middle Ages, there were many chapels and churches devoted to her throughout western Europe, and she was reported as one of the divine advisors to Saint Joan of Arc. Her reputation for learning and wisdom led to her patronage of libaries, librarians, teachers, archivists, and anyone associated with wisdom or teaching. Her debating skill and persuasive language has led to her patronage of lawyers. And her torture on the wheel led to those who work with them asking for her intercession. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

While there may well have been a noble, educated, virginal lady who swayed pagans with her rhetoric during the persecutions, the accretion of legend, romance and poetry has long since buried the real Catherine.

Died

beheaded c.305 in Alexandria, Egypt

Saint Peter of Alexandria

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Suffered in the persecution of Decius, but survived. Renowned for his knowledge of science and the Bible. Head of the catechetical school at Alexandria, Egypt. Bishop of Alexandria in 300. Opposed extreme Origenism. May have been the first to deal with the Arian heresy.

During the Diocletian persecution, Peter fled the area with many of his flock. Criticized by many for being lenient and forgiving to Christians who had renounced their faith during the persecutions. However, when a rogue bishop usurped Peter's position, the Meletian schism broke out in his clergy, and Peter had to return from hiding to deal with it. Peter excommunicated Meletius and convened a synod of bishops to condemn the schism. His writings were used in the Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon.

Bishop Peter was martyred with Father Dio, Father Ammonius, and Father Faustus, three of his priests, in the persecutions of Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus. As he was the last Christian martyred in Alexandria by civil authorities, the Coptic Church calls him "the seal and complement of the martyrs".

Born

at Alexandria, Egypt

Died

• martyred in 311 at Alexandria, Egypt

• initially buried in an Alexandria martyr's cemetery

• most relics later enshrined in a church at Grasse, France

Blessed Beatrice d'Ornacieux

Also known as

• Beatrice di Ornacieu

• Beatrice of Eymeu

• Beatrix...

Additional Memorial

• 27 November (diocese of Grenoble, France)

• 13 February (diocese of Valence, France)

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In 1273, at the age of thirteen, Beatice joined the Carthusians at the Charterhouse of Parménie, France. In 1301, she and two others, Luisa Alleman of Grésivaudan and Margherita di Sassenaye, were sent to found the monastery of Eymeu in the diocese of Valance, France. Noted for her devotion to the Passion of Christ, offering herself to suffer for others and as penance for the world. Said to have driven a nail through her left hand to help realize the sufferings of the Crucifixion.

Born

c.1260 in Ornacieu, Dauphine (in the southeastern area of modern France

Died

• 25 November 1303 at the monastery of Eymeu, Valence (in modern France) of natural causes

• re-interred in Parménie, France

• re-interred in the Olivetan sanctury there in 1901

• relics enshrined in the church of Rancurel

Beatified

15 April 1869 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Elizabeth Achler

Also known as

• Elizabeth Acheer

• Elizabeth Achlin

• Elizabeth Bona von Reute

• Elizabeth den Gode

• Elizabeth of Reute

• Elizabeth the Good

• Elizabeth the Recluse

• Elizabeth von Reute

• Betha, Elisabeth, Elsbeth

Additional Memorial

9 December (Franciscans)

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Born poor, the daughter of John and Anne Achler. Franciscan tertiary at age 14, but found it hard to lead a religious life while living with her parents. At age 17 she joined four other tertiaries in a community in Reute, Germany; she lived there the rest of her life. For most of her life she was subject to ecstasies, and received visions of heaven, hell and purgatory. Stigmatist whose wounds hurt constantly, but which bled on Fridays and during Lent. Had the gift of inedia, eating nothing but the Eucharist for long periods.

Born

25 November 1386 at Waldsee, Wurttemberg, Swabia, Germany

Died

• 25 November 1420 at Reute, Germany of natural causes

• buried in the church at Reute

Beatified

19 July 1766 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

Swabia, Germany

Saint Petrus Yi Ho-yong

Also known as

Peteuro, Pietro, Peter

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

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Brother of Saint Agatha Yi So-sa. Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Imprisoned for four years, regularly beaten, several bones broken, and he eventually died from his mistreatment. One of the earliest of the Martyrs of Korea.

Born

1803 in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Died

25 November 1838 in Seoul Prison, South Korea of abuse received in prison

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Beatrix of Ornacieux

Also known as

Beatrice

Additional Memorial

27 November in the diocese of Grenoble, France

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Carthusian nun. Founded a Carthusian house at Eymieux, France. Known for her devotion to the Passion of Christ; said to have driven a nail through her left hand to help realize the sufferings of the Crucifixion.

Born

c.1260 in Ornacieu, France

Died

c.1306 at the monastery at Eymieux, France of natural causes

Beatified

15 April 1869 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Saint Moses of Rome

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May have been of Jewish ancestry. Imperial Roman citizen. Priest. Noted preacher. Adamant opponent of the heresy of Novatianism. Correspondent with Saint Cyprian at the beginning of the persecutions of Decius. After the execution of Pope saint Fabian under Emperor Decius, he administered the Church with the help of the priests and bishops who were in Rome. Helped reconcile repentant apostates who were sick and about to die. Imprisoned for nearly a year for his faith. Martyr.

Born

Rome, Italy

Died

c.251 from terrible conditions in prison

Saint Mercurius of Caesarea

Also known as

Mercury

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Scythian Christian soldier who distinguished himself against the barbarian invaders of the Roman empire, and gained the notice of Decius. However, he refused to sacrifice to the pagan god Artemis, and so was tortured and executed. Some versions of his story include angelic visions and messages received in dreams, but his being a soldier and martyr is all we really know.

Died

• beheaded c.250 Caesarea, Cappadocia

• relics enshrined in several churches in southern Italy

Saint Audentius of Milan

Also known as

Audenzio

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Born to the imperial Roman nobility, and a sentator from Milan. When visited Saint Julius of Novara on the island of Orta he was so taken by Julius' obvious holiness that he gave him moral, spiritual and financial support in his evangelization work.

Died

• c.400 of natural causes

• buried on Isola San Giulio, Italy next to Saint Julius

Patronage

Pettenasco, Italy

Blessed Ekbert of Muensterschwarzach

Also known as

Egbert, Eckbert, Ekkbert

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Monk at Gorze. Abbot of Mönsterschwarzach, Bavaria, Germany.

Born

c.1010

Died

1075 of natural causes

Saint Imina of Würzburg

Also known as

Imma, Immina

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Daughter of Duke Hedan II of Thuringia. Donated Marienburg castle in Würzburg, Germany to Bishop Burkhard, and retired from public life to become a nun. Abbess at Karlburg, Franconia.

Born

c.700 at Würzburg, Germany

Died

752 of natural causes

Blessed Adalbert of Caramaico

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Benedictine monk at Casauria, Abruzzi, Italy. He retired to live as a hermit in the Caramaico mountain area near Chieti, Italy. There he attracted so many would-be spiritual students that he founded the Saint Nicholas monastery for them.

Died

c.1045 of natural causes

Blessed Conrad of Heisterbach

Also known as

Konrad

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Soldier. Ministered to the margraves of Thuringia until he was about 50 years old. He then became a Cistercian monk at Heisterbach Abbey in western Germany.

Died

c.1200 at Heisterbach Abbey, Germany of natural causes

Blessed Jacinto Serrano López

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Dominican priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

30 July 1901 in Urrea de Gaén, Teruel, Spain

Died

25 November 1936 in Híjar, Teruel, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Santiago Meseguer Burillo

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Dominican priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

1 May 1885 in Híjar, Teruel, Spain

Died

25 November 1936 in Híjar, Teruel, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Erasmus of Antioch

Also known as

Elme

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Priest. Bishop in Syria. During a period of persecution of Christians, he fled to Mount Linanus and lived as a hermit for 17 years. Martyred in the persecutions of Licinius.

Born

Antioch, Syria

Died

Antioch, Syria

Saint Alanus of Lavaur

Also known as

Alain, Ala

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Seventh century founder and abbot of the monastery of Lavaur in Gascony (in modern France).

Died

• 7th century of natural causes

• relics preserved in the hospice of the house he founded

Blessed Garcia of Arlanza

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Soldier. Monk. Abbot of Arlanza monastery, Burgos, Spain in 1039. Friend and counsellor of King Ferdinand I of Castile.

Born

at Quintanilla, Old Castile (in modern Spain)

Died

c.1073 of natural causes

Saint Marculo of Numidia

Also known as

Marcolo

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Bishop. Murdered for his faith by a man named Macario in the reign of emperor Constantine. Martyr.

Died

thrown from a rock in 347 in Numidia

Saint Jucunda of Reggio Aemilia

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Spiritual student of Saint Prosper of Reggio. Nun.

Born

Reggio Aemilia, Italy

Died

466 of natural causes

Saint Bernold of Ottobeuren

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Benedictine monk and priest of Ottobeuren in Bavaria, Germany. Known in his day as a "wonder worker".

Died

c.1050 of natural causes

Blessed Guido of Casauria

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Benedictine monk at Farfa, Italy. Abbot of the monastery at Casauria, Abruzzi, Italy.

Died

c.1045 of natural causes

Saint Maurino of Agen

Also known as

Maurin, Maurinus

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Sixth century evangelist in the rural areas of Agen, Aquitaine (in modern France). Martyr.

Martyrs of Africa

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A group of 13 Christians murdered together for their faith in Africa, date unknown. The only details to have survived are their names - Claudian, Cyprian, Donatus, Felix, Januarius, Julian, Lucian, Marcian, Martialis, Peter, Quirianus, Victor and Vitalis.

கர்தினால் சார்லஸ் மார்டியல் அல்லெமாண்ட் லவிகேரீ Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie

பிறப்பு 

31 அக்டோபர் 1825, 

பயோன்னே Bayonne, பிரான்சு

இறப்பு 

25 நவம்பர் 1892, 

அல்ஜீரியா

இவர் குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டு பேராசிரியராக பணியாற்றினார். 1863 ஆம் ஆண்டு நான்சி (Nancy) என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்திற்கு ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். பின்னர் 1867 ல் அல்ஜீரியாவிற்கு பேராயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். பின்னர் 1882 ல் கர்தினாலாக உயர்த்தப்பட்டார். பின்னர் ஆப்ரிக்காவில் மறைபரப்புப் பணியை ஆற்றச் சென்றார். பின்னர் 1886 ல் "வெள்ளை அருள்தந்தையர்" (Weißen Vater) என்ற பெயரிலும் "வெள்ளை அருள்சகோதரிகள்" (Weißen Schwestern) என்ற பெயரிலும் சபை ஒன்றை நிறுவினார். 

இவர் ஆப்ரிக்காவில் முஸ்லீம் இன மக்களிடையே தன் மறைபரப்பு பணியை ஆற்றினார். ஆப்ரிக்காவின் பல்வேறு நகரங்களில் மறைபரப்பு மையங்களை நிறுவினார். பின்னர் மால்டாவில் Malta மறைக்கல்வி நிறுவனம் ஒன்றையும் நிறுவினார். பின்னர் 12 நவம்பர் 1890 ல் மறைப்பணீயை பரப்புவதற்காக அல்ஜீரியாவிற்கு வரவழைக்கப்பட்டார். அங்கு இவர் கார்த்தாகோவில் Karthago இருந்த பேராலயத்தில் பணிபுரிந்துவந்தார். பல இளைய பெண்களுக்கு வழிகாட்டி துறவியாக்கினார். 

St. Lavigerie, Charles Martial Allemand (1825-1892)

Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie, Cardinal Archbishop of Algiers and Carthage, Primate of Africa, missionary founder and anti-slavery campaigner, was born near Bayonne in the Basque region of southern France. After his schooling, he studied theology at Saint Sulpice in Paris. In 1854, after priestly ordination and further studies, he was appointed professor of church history in the university of the Sorbonne, Paris. In 1860, as director of the work for oriental schools, he travelled to Lebanon and Syria to administer relief to Christians there, following the massacre by the Druses. During this journey he met the exiled Algerian leader, Abd el Kader, and was impressed by his humanity and Islamic culture. He also developed an interest in churches of the eastern rites and became aware of the twin threats to their existence of Muslim pressure and Catholic Latinization. On his return, he joined the staff of the Vatican as an auditor of the Roman Rota. At this time he also made the acquaintance of Daniel Comboni and his ideas for the regeneration of Africa.

In 1863 he was appointed Bishop of Nancy, France and was placed in line for the important archiepiscopal see of Lyons. However, he declined this prestigious appointment, and asked instead for the colonial see of Algiers, to which he was appointed archbishop in 1867. Algeria had become a French colony in 1830, and under Napoleon III was designated an “Arab Kingdom.” Although the French authorities discouraged proselytism among Muslims, Lavigerie made it clear that he had come to serve the whole population of Algeria and that his ultimate aim was to evangelize the entire continent of Africa. To this end he founded the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in 1868 and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters) in 1869. After difficult beginnings, these international missionary societies attracted large numbers of recruits in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Canada. Lavigerie established orphanages and schools for the child victims of successive famines in Algeria. In 1868 he was appointed Apostolic Delegate to the Sahara and Sudan by Pope Pius IX and ten years later was entrusted by Pope Leo XIII with the evangelization of sub-Saharan Africa. In 1878 he started a seminary in Jerusalem for Catholic students of the Greek Melchite rite, but his ambition to halt Latinization by himself becoming Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem was not realized.

From 1878 his missionaries established themselves in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa and, after his death, in the French territories of West Africa. Created a Cardinal in 1882, Lavigerie revived the ancient see of Carthage, with the title Primate of Africa, when the French annexed Tunisia. Throughout 1888 Lavigerie conducted a personal campaign against slavery in the capitals of Europe. In this campaign he made known the heart-rending experiences of slavery witnessed by his missionaries in equatorial Africa. The campaign resulted in the anti-slavery conferences of Brussels and Paris. At the request of Pope Leo XIII, Lavigerie pronounced the celebrated “Toast of Algiers” in 1890 in order to rally support for the French republican government. In doing this he forfeited the considerable support he was receiving from traditional French Catholics. Lavigerie was a passionate and far-sighted humanitarian, never far from controversy, but possessing a strong faith in the ability of African Christians to carry out the effective evangelization of their continent.