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23 February 2022

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் பெப்ரவரி 24

 St. Montanus


Feastday: February 24

Death: 259


Martyr with Flavian, Julian, Lucius, Victoricus, and five others at Carthage. They were disciples of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Victoricus was a priest. These martyrs were tortured and then beheaded.



St. John Theristus


Feastday: February 24

Birth: 1049

Death: 1129


Benedictine monk, called Theristus or "Harvester." He was of Calabrian lineage, born in Sicily. His mother was a slave of the Saracens. John escaped at a young age and became a monk.



John Theristus (Italian: Giovanni Theristis; 1049–1129) was an Italian Byzantine monk, called Theristus or “Harvester”.[1] Despite dying almost a century after the Great Schism of 1054, he is notably a saint in both the Catholic and Orthodox Church. The life of this monk is handed down by legends and popular beliefs.


Life

John's father, Arconte di Cursano, a Byzantine farmer near Botterio Signore in the territory of Stylus,[2] was killed in a Saracen raid on the coasts of Calabria. His Calabrian mother captured Saracens and brought to Palermo, where she gave birth. He grew up in the Christian faith in a Muslim environment. At the age of 14, he was encouraged by his mother to flee to his native country. He crossed the Strait of Messina in a boat without oars or sail, and reached Monasterace. The inhabitants, seeing him dressed as a Moor, took him to the Bishop, who interrogated him. The boy answered that he was seeking baptism, but the bishop subjected him to harsh trials before giving him his name.


Once he grew up, he felt more and more attracted to the life of the monks who lived in the caves around Stylus, fascinated by the example of two Basilian ascetics, Ambrose and Nicholas. After much insistence, despite his young age, he was admitted into the community.[3] He distinguished himself by virtue, so much so that he was later elected abbot. He found in Cursano a treasure that belonged to his family, and following the rule of Saint Basil he distributed it to the poor.


Once in June, at harvest time, he went to visit at Monasterace a knight who had provided food for the monastery. He took with him a flask of wine and some bread. When he arrived at two fields, called Marone and Maturavolo, he offered the farmers the bread and wine. A furious storm rose up, risking destruction of the harvest, but through John's prayer the storm held off until the wheat be harvested and gathered in sheaves. Thus he helped to miraculously harvest a large crop ahead of destructive weather, saving the locals from starvation.[4] This and other episodes testifying to the help given to the farmers, earned him the nickname of Therìstis, that is "reaper". The owner of the fields, struck by the incident, donated them to the monastery.


Veneration


View of the restored side of the monastery.

According to tradition, King Roger, suffering from an incurable wound on his face, was healed upon contact with John's tunic and many others were healed: crippled, blind, deaf, and demonic. Roger II then founded the monastery of St. John in Nemore (del Bosco), named after John Theristus.


The memory of John Theristus is found in all Greek menologies and synaxarions. It also entered the Roman Martyrology on 23 February.


In 1660 Pope Alexander VIII had his body transferred to Stylus to avoid the raids of brigands and earthquakes. On 12 March 1662, together with the relics of Saints Ambrose and Nicholas, the remains were placed in a church built by the Minims Fathers and later purchased by the Basilians who dedicated it to San Giovanni Teristi. In 1791 it passed to the Redemptorists, who embellished the church and convent with marble works. In the left aisle, under the altar, are venerated the relics of Teristi and his fellow monks. The convent is accessed through a marble portal worked in marble. In the centre of the cloister stands an ancient well in pink granite with four columns, covered by a canopy surmounted by a tin ship, with a praying child holding a cross inside, in memory of the young John's miraculous journey by sea.



Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco

அருளா ளர் தாமஸ் மரிய ஃபஸ்கோ 

(Bl. Tommaso Maria Fusco)

குரு, நிறுவனர்:

(Priest and Founder)

பிறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 1, 1831

பகனி, சலேர்மோ, இரண்டு சிசிலிக்களின் அரசு

(Pagani, Salerno, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies)

இறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 24, 1891 (வயது 59)

பகனி, சலேர்மோ, இத்தாலி அரசு

(Pagani, Salerno, Kingdom of Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 7, 2001

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

(Pope John Paul II)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 24

பாதுகாவல்:

மிக மதிப்புமிக்க திருஇரத்தத்தின் கருணையின் மகள்கள் சபை

(Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood)

அருளாளர் தாமஸ் மரிய ஃபஸ்கோ, ஒரு இத்தாலிய ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க குருவும், “மிக மதிப்புமிக்க திருஇரத்தத்தின் கருணையின் மகள்கள்” (Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood) எனும் சபையின் நிறுவனருமாவார்.

கி.பி. 1831ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், முதல் நாள், அன்றைய இரண்டு சிசிலிக்களின் அரசின் சலேர்மோ’வின் (Salerno) பகனி (Pagani) நகரில் பிறந்த தாமஸின் தந்தையார் பெயர், “அந்தோனியோ ஃபஸ்கோ” (Antonio Fusco) ஆகும். தாயாரின் பெயர், ஸ்டெல்லா ஜியோர்டேனோ” (Stella Giordano) ஆகும். இவர், தமது பெற்றோருக்குப் பிறந்த எட்டு குழந்தைகளில் ஏழாவது குழந்தை ஆவார். இவருக்கு ஆறு வயதாகையில் இவரது தாயார் மரித்துப் போனார். பத்து வயதாகையில் இவரது தந்தையும் மரித்துப் போனார். இதன்காரனத்தால் இவரது தாய்மாமனான “ஜியுசெப்” (Giuseppe) இவரையும் இவரது சகோதரர்களையும் தத்தெடுத்தார்.

கி.பி. 1847ம் ஆண்டு, தென் இத்தாலியின் “கம்பானியா” (Campania) பிராந்தியத்திலுள்ள “நோசேரா” (Nocera) நகரில் தமது குருத்துவக் கல்வியை தொடங்கினார். அதே வருடம், அவரது தாய்மாமனும் மரித்துப் போனார். கி.பி. 1855ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 22ம் நாளன்று, தமது இருபத்துநான்கு வயதில் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார்.

தமது சொந்த ஊரிலேயே பங்குத் தந்தையாக சேவையாற்றிய தாமஸ், அங்கேயே ஒரு பள்ளியையும் திறந்தார். கி.பி. 1857ம் ஆண்டு, “நோசேரா” (Nocera) நகரின் “மிஷனரிகளின் சபை” (Congregation of the Missionaries) உறுப்பினரானார். தென்திசை ஊர்களில் பிரசங்கிப்பதற்காக பயணிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். இவர், மிஷனரிகளின் சபையை ஆதரிப்பதற்காக, கத்தோலிக்க அப்போஸ்தலப் பணிகளுக்கான ஒரு குருக்களின் (Priestly Society of the Catholic Apostolate) சமுதாயத்தையும் நிறுவினார். கி.பி. 1874ம் ஆண்டு, இதற்கான ஒப்புதலும் திருத்தந்தை “ஒன்பதாம் பயசிடமிருந்து” (Pope Pius IX) பெறப்பட்டது.

அதன்பின்னர், கி.பி. 1873ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 6ம் நாளன்று, “மிக மதிப்புமிக்க திருஇரத்தத்தின் கருணையின் மகள்கள்” (Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood) எனும் சபையினை நிறுவிய இவர், கி.பி. 1874 – 1887 ஆண்டு காலத்தில், “பகனி” (Pagani) நகரின் பங்குத் தந்தையாக சேவை புரிந்தார். தார்மீக இறையியல் உள்ளடங்கிய பல்வேறு தலைப்புகளில் அவர் பல பிரசுரங்களை எழுதினார்.

தாமஸ் மரிய ஃபஸ்கோ, கி.பி. 1891ம் ஆண்டின் தொடக்கத்திலேயே மரித்தார்.

Also known as

Thomas Mary Fusco



Profile

Son of Dr Antonio Fusco, a pharmacist, and Stella Giordano, an Italian noble; seventh of eight children in a pious family. His mother died of cholera in 1837 when Tommaso was six, his father in 1841 when the boy was ten, and he was educated by his fraternal uncle Giuseppe, a priest and school teacher. Entered the seminary at Nocera, Italy in 1847, the same year his uncle Giuseppe died. Ordained on 22 December 1855.


Opened a school for boys in his own home, and organized prayer groups at night in his parish. Joined the Congregation of the Missionaries of Nocera in 1857, and became a travelling missionary in southern Italy. Chaplain and spiritual director at the Shrine of Our Lady of Carmel (Our Lady of the Hens) in Pagani, Italy in 1860. Opened a school of moral theology in his home in 1862, and trained priests in the ministry of Confession. Founded the Priestly Society of the Catholic Apostolate to support missions, a congregation that received the approval of Pope Blessed Pius IX in 1874. Founded the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood on 6 January 1873, a congregation devoted to the care of orphans. Parish priest at San Felice e Corpo di Cristo at Pagani from 1874 to 1887. Confessor to cloistered nuns at Pagani and Nocera. Wrote on a number of topics including moral theology; his works always expressed his devotion to the Precious Blood.


Late in life he was the victim of slander when a brother priest became jealous of Tommaso's good works and consequent notoriety. But Father Fusco prayed his way through the matter, continued his work, and was vindicated in the end.


Born

1 December 1831 at Pagani, Salerno, parish of San Felice e Corpo di Cristo, diocese of Nocera-Sarno, Italy


Died

24 February 1891 of a chronic liver disease


Beatified

• 7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II

• the beatification miracles involved the healing of Mrs Maria Battaglia on 20 August 1964 in Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicily



Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser


Also known as

• Pepi (nickname)

• Martyr of the First Commandment



Profile

Raised in a pious, rural Italian farm family; his brother Jakob became a priest. Devotee of Blessed Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam and Saint Vincent de Paul. To follow their example, he joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in 1932, and by 1937 was the president of the Bolzano, Italy division. In addition to directly caring for the poor, he became a vocal spokesman for them. A member of Catholic Action, in 1934 he became the head of the organization in the diocese of Trent, Italy. Student of the writing of Saint Thomas More and Saint Thomas Aquinas, concentrating on their correspondence as he thought that letters would reveal the real men themselves. He joined the covert anti–Nazi group Andreas Hofer Bund in 1939. Married to Hildegard Straub on 26 May 1942; their son Alberto was born in 1943.

Drafted into the German army in World War II, assigned to an SS unit in 1944, and sent to Prussia for training. On 4 October 1944 he announced that his faith prevented him from taking the oath of loyalty and obedience to Hitler, or of cooperating with the anti–Christian Nazi ideology. Imprisoned for his belief, Josef was sentenced in February 1945 to be executed in the Dachau concentration camp, he died while en route there. Martyr.


Born

27 December 1910 in Bolzano, Italy


Died

• morning of 24 February 1945 in Erlangen, Germany of dysentery on a train en route to the Dachau concentration camp to be executed by firing squad

• re-buried at the church of San Giuseppe in Bolzano, Italy in 1958


Beatified

• 18 March 2017 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated at the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Bolzano, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato



Blessed Constantius of Fabriano


Also known as

• Constantius Bernocchi

• Constantius Servoli

• Constantius di Meo

• Costanzo, Costante



Profile

Known as a pious child; Constantius once convinced his parents to pray with him for the healing of his terminally ill sister - and she was immediately cured. He joined the Dominicans at age 15 at the convent of Santa Lucia. Spiritual student of Blessed Laurence of Ripafratta, Blessed Corradino of Brescia and Saint Antoninus of Florence. Reforming prior of friars in the Italian cities of Florence, Fabriano, Perugia and Ascoli Piceno. Noted preacher and peacemaker in local disturbances; worked with Blessed Peitro da Mogliano and Saint James of the March. Known for his deep prayer life, as a miracle worker. and for his gift of prophecy; he miraculously knew the instant of the death of Saint Antoninus. He was considered a saint in life by all who knew him.


Born

early 15th century Fabriano, Marches of Ancona, Italy


Died

• c.1481 at Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes

• the local senate and council assembled at the news of his death, proclaimed it a "public calamity", and voted to pay for the funeral

• buried at the Dominican church of Saint Peter Martyr in Ascoli Piceno

• some relics swiped by a fellow Domincan and taken to Frabriano, Italy


Beatified

1821 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)


Prayers

God of justice and truth, you made Blessed Constantius renowned for his unceasing prayer and his zeal for peace. By the help of his prayers may we walk in the path of justice and reach everlasting peace and glory. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Order of Preachers



Blessed Florentina Nicol Goni


Also known as

• Maria Ascension of the Heart of Jesus

• Mother Ascension del Corazon de Jesus

• Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi



Profile

Youngest of four children. Educated in the Saint Rose of Lima Dominican boarding school at Huesca, Spain where she became a Dominican nun in 1885, taking the name Ascensión. Teacher in 1886. In 1913 the Spanish state took over the school expelled the sisters. Missionary to Peru, arriving with eight others on 30 December 1913, teaching girls and caring for the poor and sick. Co-founded the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary on 5 October 1918, and served the rest of her life as its first superior. Today the congregation has 785 missionaries in 21 nations.


Born

14 March 1868 in Tafalla, Navarre, Spain as Florentina Nicol Goni


Died

24 February 1940 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain of natural causes


Beatified

• 14 May 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City



Saint Ethelbert of Kent

 புனிதர் ஏத்தல்பெர்ட் 

(St. Ethelberht of Kent)


கென்ட் நாட்டின் அரசன்:

(King of Kent)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 6ம் நூற்றாண்டு

கென்ட், இங்கிலாந்து

இறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 24, 616

இங்கிலாந்து

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 24

புனித ஏத்தல்பெர்ட், கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்திற்கு மாறிய முதல் ஆங்கிலேய அரசனாவார். ஆங்கிலேய அரசரான "எயோர்மென்ரிக்" (Eormenric) அவர்களுக்குப் பின்னர் அரசாளும் உரிமையை அவரது மகனான ஏத்தல்பெர்ட் பெற்றார். இவரது ஆட்சியின்போதுதான் "கென்ட்" (Kent) மாநிலத்தில் முதன்முதலாக பணப்பரிமாற்றம் நிகழத் தொடங்கியது. இது, "ஆங்கிலோ - சாக்ஸன்" (Anglo-Saxon) படையெடுப்பின் பின்னர் தொடங்கியது. கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தை நிறுவுவதில் இவர் ஆற்றிய பெரும்பங்கின் காரணமாக, பின்னாளில் இவர் கிறிஸ்தவ புனிதராக மதிக்கப்படுகின்றார்.

"ஃப்ராங்க்ஸ்" (Franks) நாட்டு அரசன் "சாரிபெர்ட்'டின்" கிறிஸ்தவ மகளான "பெர்த்தா'வை" (Bertha) ஏத்தல்பெர்ட் திருமணம் செய்தார். பெர்த்தா'வின் செல்வாக்கினால் திருத்தந்தை முதலாம் கிரகொரி (Pope Gregory I) "அகுஸ்தினா'ரை" (Augustine) ரோம் நகரிலிருந்து மறை பரப்பாளராக அனுப்பினார்.

597ல் அகுஸ்தினார் சுமார் நாற்பது துறவியருடன் "கிழக்கு கென்ட்" பிராந்தியத்தில் வந்து இறங்கினார். அவர் வந்து சேர்ந்த சிறிது காலத்திலேயே ஏத்தல்பெர்ட் கிறிஸ்தவராக மதம் மாறினார். அவரது இராச்சியத்தில் எண்ணற்ற தேவாலயங்கள் கட்டப்பட்டன. பரவலாக கிறிஸ்தவ மத மாற்றம் நிகழ்ந்தது. "காண்டர்பரி" (Canterbury) மாநிலத்தில் நிலங்களுடன் தேவாலயம் கட்டி கொடுத்தார். அவர் ஆரம்பித்து வைத்த இப்பணி, இறுதியில் "ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சமூகம்" (Anglican Communion) உருவாக காரணியானது.

ஆதியில், பிரிட்டன் நாட்டவர் ரோமன் சட்டங்களின்படி (Roman rule) கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மதம் மாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டனர். "ஆங்கிலோ - சாக்ஸன்" (Anglo-Saxon) படையெடுப்பு, பிரிட்டன் திருச்சபையை ஐரோப்பிய திருச்சபையிடமிருந்து நூற்றாண்டுகளுக்கு பிரித்து வைத்தது. ரோம ஆட்சியாளர்கள், பிரிட்டனில் தமது பிரதிநிதிகளோ, அதிகாரமோ இல்லாத காரணத்தாலும், பிரிட்டன் திருச்சபையைப் பற்றி ஏதும் அறியாத காரணத்தாலும் பிரிட்டன் நாட்டின் பழக்க வழக்கங்களில் ஏற்பட்ட பிளவுகளை அறியமுடியாமல் போனது.

இருப்பினும், ஏத்தல்பெர்ட் ரோம திருச்சபைகளைப் பற்றி தமது "ஃபிராங்கிஷ்" மனைவியான (Frankish wife) "பெர்த்தா" (Bertha) மூலம் சிறிது அறிந்து வைத்திருந்ததாலும் "பெர்த்தா" மூலம் "லியுதர்ட்" (Liudhard) என்ற கத்தோலிக்க ஆயரை அழைத்துவந்து "புனித மார்ட்டின்" (St Martin's) தேவாலயத்தை கட்டினார்.


கி.பி. 616ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபெப்ரவரி மாதம் 24ம் நாளன்று, ஏத்தல்பெர்ட் மரணமடைந்தார். ரோம மறைசாட்சிகளின் (Edition 2004 of Roman Martyrology) கி.பி. 2004ம் ஆண்டு பதிப்பின்படி, ஏத்தல்பெர்ட் ஃபெப்ரவரி 24 அன்று பட்டியலிடப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

Also known as

Ædilberct, Æthelberht, Aedilberct, Aethelberht, Aibert, Albert, Edilbertus



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Son of Eormenric; great-grandson of Hengist, Saxon conqueror of Britain. Raised as a pagan worshipper of Odin. King of Kent in 560. Defeated by Ceawlin of Wessex at the battle of Wimbledon in 568, ending his attempt to rule all of Britain. Married the Christian Bertha, daughter of Charibert, King of the Franks; they had three children, including Saint Ethelburgh of Kent. Convert to Christianity, baptized by Saint Augustine of Canterbury in 597; his example led to the baptism of 10,000 of his countrymen within a few months, and he supported Augustine in his missionary work with land, finances and influence. Issued the first written laws to the English people in 604.


Born

552


Died

• 24 February 616 at Canterbury, England of natural causes

• buried in the side chapel of Saint Martin in the abbey church of Saints Peter and Paul

• relics later translated to Canterbury



Blessed Marco De' Marconi


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Born to a pious Christian family. Joined the Order of the Hermits of Saint Jerome in Migliarino, Italy at age 16. Known during his short life for the depth and intensity of his prayer life.



Born

1480 in Mantua, Italy


Died

• 24 February 1510 in Mantua, Italy of natural causes

• body later found incorrupt

• when his home monastery was destroyed in war in the mid-17th century, his relics were moved to a new monastery and church in Mantua

• the church and monastery were suppressed in the late 18th century, and the relics were briefly hidden

• relics enshrined in the cathedral in Mantua


Beatified

2 March 1906 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmation)



Blessed Josefa Naval Girbes


Also known as

Josepha Naval Girbes



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Consecrated herself by a personal perpetual vow of chastity when a young woman. Very active in her parish life. Opened a school for girls in her own home where she taught needlework and prayer. Member of the Third Order Secular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Teresa of Jesus. Great devotion for the Virgin Mary.


Born

11 December 1820 at Algemesi, archdiocese of Valencia, Spain


Died

• 24 February 1893 of natural causes

• buried in the parish church of Saint James, Algemesi, archdiocese of Valencia, Spain


Beatified

25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Praetexatus of Rouen


Also known as

Pretextat, Pretextatus, Prix



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Bishop of Rouen, France from 549, a position he held for 35 years. Because of his involvement in political intrigue, the French king had him brought before a court of bishops on a charge of fomenting rebellion. Praetextatus denied the charges, but agreed to exile for several years instead of execution. He was formally reinstalled as bishop by the Council of Macon. Praetextatus continued correcting the queen and preaching against the evil practices of her regime, encouraging the monarch to set a holy example. Instead, she had him assassinated.


Died

murdered in 586 during morning prayers



Saint Sergius of Caesarea


Also known as

George, Georgi, Sergio, Syrgi


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Monk in Caesarea, Cappadocia. May have been a priest; records are unclear. He was one of a group of Christians assembled and ordered to make a sacrifice to idols during the persecutions of Diocletian; when the sacrificial fire went out, Sergius immediately claimed it was the work of the true God. He was immediately "tried" and executed by order of the local governor. Martyr.


Died

• c.306 in Caesarea, Cappadocia

• relics translated to Úbeda, Spain



Blessed Berta of Busano


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Born to the nobility, the daughter of Emilia della Rovere and Arduino II, Count of Valperga; sister of the Blessed Arduino of Turin; aunt of Blessed Boniface of Aosta. Benedictine nun in Busano, Italy as a young woman. Later chosen abbess of her house; she used the position and family connections to repair and expand her convent. Had the gift of prophecy.


Died

1195 in Busano, Turin, Italy of natural causes



Blessed Arnold of Carcassonne



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A cousin of Saint Peter Nolasco, Arnold joined the Mercedarians on the first day of their founding in the early 13th century, and lived in the monastery in Valencia, Spain. He helped spread interest in the Order and its work by explaining the virtues that develop from living the Order’s Rule.



Saint Adela of Blois

 நார்மண்டியின் புனிதர் அடேலா 


(St. Adela of Normandy)

பிலாயிஸ், சார்ட்ரெஸ் மற்றும் மியூக்ஸ் நகரங்களின் கோமாட்டி:

(Countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1067

நோர்மண்டி, ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Normandy, France)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 8, 1137 (வயது 69–70)

மர்ஸிக்னி-ஸுர்-லொய்ர், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

(Marcigny-sur-Loire, France)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: ஃபெப்ரவரி 24

புனிதர் அடேலா, ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் “பிலாயிஸ்” (Blois), “சார்ட்ரெஸ்” (Chartres) மற்றும் “மியூக்ஸ்” (Meaux) நகரங்களின் கோமாட்டியும், “பிலாயிஸ்” கோமகன் (Count of Blois) “இரண்டாம் ஸ்டீஃபனின்” (Stephen II) மனைவியுமாவார். இவர் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையினால் புனிதராக வணங்கப்படுகின்றார்.

கி.பி. 1096-1100 மற்றும் 1101-02 ஆண்டு காலங்களில், தமது கணவர் இல்லாத காலத்தில், “பிலாயிஸ்” நகரின் அரசாட்சிப் (Regent of Blois) பிரதிநிதியுமாவார். கி.பி. 1102 முதல் 1120ம் ஆண்டு வரையான காலத்தில், வயது வராத தமது மகனுக்குப் பதிலாக அரசாட்சிப் பிரதிநிதியாக ஆண்டார்.

இவர், இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டின் “முதல் நார்மன் அரசனான” (First Norman King of England) “முதலாம் வில்லியமின்” (William I) மகளாவார். இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டின் அரசியான “மெட்டில்டா” (Matilda of Flanders) இவரது தாயாராவார். இங்கிலாந்தின் அரசனான “ஸ்டீஃபன்” (Stephen) மற்றும் “வின்ச்செஸ்டர்” ஆயரான (Bishop of Winchester) “ஹென்றி” (Henry of Blois) ஆகியோர் இவரது குழந்தைகளாவர்.

இவர் பிறந்த வருடம் சரியாக தெரியாத காரணத்தால், கி.பி. 1066 மற்றும் 1070 ஆண்டுகளுக்கிடையேயான காலத்தில் இவர் பிறந்திருக்கலாம் என யூகிக்கப்படுகிறது. இவரது தந்தை இங்கிலாந்தின் ஆட்சிக்கு வந்த பிறகு பிறந்த காரணத்தால், இவர் கி.பி. 1067ம் ஆண்டு பிறந்திருக்கலாம். இவர், இங்கிலாந்தின் அரசன் முதலாம் ஹென்றிக்கு (King Henry I of England) மிகவும் பிடித்த சகோதரியாவார். லத்தீன் அறிவைக் கொண்ட அடேலா ஒரு சிறந்த கல்வியாளரும், சுறுசுறுப்பும், வீரமும் கொண்ட பெண்ணாவார்.

சுமார் கி.பி. 1083ம் ஆண்டு, அடேலா, தமது பதினைந்தாவது வயதில், பிலாயிஸ் கோமகனின் (Count of Blois) மகனான “ஸ்டீஃபன் ஹென்றியை” (Stephen Henry) திருமணம் செய்துகொண்டார். ஸ்டீஃபன் கிட்டத்தட்ட இருபது ஆண்டுகள் இவரைவிட மூத்தவராக இருந்தார். ஸ்டீஃபன், கி.பி. 1089ம் ஆண்டு, தமது தந்தையின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர், “பிலாயிஸ்” (Blois), “சார்ட்ரெஸ்” (Chartres) மற்றும் “மியூக்ஸ்” (Meaux) நகரங்களின் ஆட்சிப் பொறுப்புக்கு வந்தார்.

ஸ்டீஃபன் ஹென்றி, கி.பி. 1096ம் ஆண்டு, தமது மைத்துனரும், “நார்மண்டியின் பிரபுவுமான” (Duke of Normandy) “ராபர்ட் கர்தூஸ்” (Robert Curthose) என்பவருடன் இணைந்து, திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் அர்பன் (Pope Urban II) அவர்களால் “புனித பூமியை” (Holy Land) மீட்பதற்காக அழைக்கப்பட்ட முதலாம் சிலுவைப் போரில் (First Crusade) பங்குகொள்ள இணைந்தார். அடேலாவுக்கு ஸ்டீபன் எழுதிய கடிதங்களில் சிலுவைப் போரின் தலைவர்களின் அனுபவங்களையும், தாம் இல்லாத காலத்தில் அவர் பிலாய்சை சிறப்பாக ஆளுவார் என்ற தமது நம்பிக்கையையும் வெளிப்படுத்தியிருந்தார்.

கி.பி. 1095–1098ம் ஆண்டுகாலங்களில் முதலாம் சிலுவைப்போரின்போதும், பின்னர் இரண்டாம் தடவையாக கி.பி. 1101ம் ஆண்டும், தமது கணவர் நாட்டிலில்லாத காலங்களில் சிறப்பாக ஆட்சிப் பிரதிநிதியாக ஆட்சி செய்தார். இக்காலகட்டங்களில், புதிய தேவாலயங்கள் கட்டுவதற்கு துறவியருக்கு அனுமதியளித்தார். இவர், “சார்ட்ரஸ்” (Bishop of Chartres) ஆயரான “புனிதர் இவோ” (Saint Ivo of Chartres) என்பவருடன் இணைந்து பல்வேறு காரியங்களைச் செய்தார். தமது ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில், தவறான நடவடிக்கைகளில் ஈடுபடும் கன்னியாஸ்திரிகளை கட்டுப்படுத்துவது, மற்றும் ஏற்றுக்கொண்ட சத்தியப் பிரமாணங்கள் பற்றின பெரும் பிரச்சினைகள் சம்பந்தமாக இருவரும் கடிதங்களைப் பரிமாறிக்கொண்டனர். கணவர் இல்லாத காலங்களில் அடேலா நாடு முழுதும் பயணித்தார். பிரச்சனைகளை தீர்த்துவைத்தார். பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சிகளை ஊக்குவித்தார். அரசருடன் இணைந்து போருக்குச் செல்லுமாறு வீரர்களை தூண்டினார்.

கி.பி. 1100ம் ஆண்டின் ஆரம்பத்தில் நாடு திரும்பிய ஸ்டீஃபன், கி.பி. 1101ம் ஆண்டு இரண்டாம் சிலுவைப் போரில் கலந்துகொண்டார். இறுதியில், கி.பி. 1102ம் ஆண்டு, எகிப்து நாட்டின் “ஃபடிமிட் கலிபேட்” (Fatimid Caliphate) என்பவருடன் நடந்த “ரம்லா போரில்” (Battle of Ramla) பொறுப்பேற்றிருந்த ஸ்டீஃபன், நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டு மரித்துப் போனார்.

கணவரின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர், வயதுக்கு வராத மகன் “திபௌட்” (Thibaud) ஆட்சி பொறுப்பேற்கும் வரை அடேலா நாட்டை ஆண்டார். மகன் ஆட்சிப் பொறுப்பேற்ற பிறகும் ஆட்சியில் வழிகாட்டினார்.

பக்தியுள்ள, பெனடிக்டைன் துறவியர்பால் அனுதாபம் கொண்ட அடேலா, தமது குழந்தைகளுக்கு கல்வி கற்பிக்க பல்வேறு உயர் ஆசிரியர்களை நியமித்திருந்தார். அடேலா, தமது இளைய மகன் ஹென்றியை கருத்தரித்திருந்த வருடம், அவரது கணவரான ஸ்டீஃபன், சிலுவைப்போர் காரணமாக ஃபிரான்சிலிருந்தார். ஹென்றிக்கு இரண்டு வயதானபோது, அவரை கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்சின் “க்லுனி” (Cluny) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள முன்னாள் பெனடிக்டைன் (Former Benedictine monastery) துறவு மடமான “க்லுனி” (Cluny Abbey) துறவு மடத்திலுள்ள ஆலயத்தில் ஒப்புக்கொடுத்தார். மத்திய கால வழக்கங்களின்படி, ஹென்றி கடவுளின் சேவைக்கு அர்ப்பணிக்கப்பட்டார்.

வளர்ந்த ஹென்றி, இங்கிலாந்து நாட்டின் “சொம்ரேஸ்ட்” (Somerset) எனுமிடத்திலுள்ள “பில்டொன்” (Pilton) பங்கிலுள்ள “கிளஸ்டோன்பரி” (Glastonbury) மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியானார். பின்னர், “வின்ச்செஸ்டர்” (Bishop of Winchester) ஆயரானார். அவர் பாலங்கள், கால்வாய்கள், அரண்மனைகள், கோட்டைகள், மற்றும் முழு கிராமங்கள் உள்ளிட்ட நூற்றுக்கணக்கான கட்டுமான பணிகளுக்கு நிதியுதவி செய்தார். மேலும், டஜன் கணக்கான மடாலயங்களையும் சிற்றாலயங்களையும் கட்டிய ஆயர் ஹென்றி, புகழ்பெற்ற, மதிப்பு மிக்க “வின்செஸ்டர் பைபிள்” (Winchester Bible) உள்ளிட்ட பல புத்தகங்களுக்கு நிதியுதவி செய்தார்.

அடேலா தனது மூத்த மகனான வில்லியம் (William) உடன் சண்டையும் சச்சரவுகளும் கொண்டிருந்தார். முன்னர், தமது வாரிசாக வில்லியமை நியமித்திருந்தபோதிலும், கி.பி. 1107ம் ஆண்டு, அவரை வாரிசாக மாற்றுவதற்காக தனது தம்பி தியோபல்டை (Theobald) நியமித்தார்.

அடேலா, கி.பி. 1120ம் ஆண்டு, “மார்சிக்னி பள்ளியில்” (Marcigny Convent) ஓய்வு பெற சென்றார். அவர் தமது குழந்தைகள், மற்றும் அவர் ஏற்கனவே ஆட்சி செய்த நிலப்பிரதேச தலைவர்களுடனும் தொடர்ந்து தொடர்புகொண்டிருந்தார். அவர்களுடன் தொடர்புகொள்வதோடு, தமது செல்வாக்கை பிரதேசங்களில் பராமரிக்கவும் செய்தார்.

அதே வருட இறுதியில், தமது கணவருடன் கடல் பயணம் செய்துகொண்டிருந்த அடேலாவின் மகளான “லூசியா-மஹௌட்” (Lucia-Mahaut) தாம் பயணம் செய்த “வெள்ளைக் கப்பல்” (White Ship) மூழ்கியதால் மரணமடைந்தார். ஆங்கிலேயர் சிம்மாசனத்தில் தனது மகன் ஸ்டீஃபனைக் காண்பதற்காக அடேலா நீண்ட காலமாக வாழ்ந்தார். அவர், கி.பி. 1137ம் ஆண்டு, “மார்சிக்னியில்” (Marcigny) மரித்தார்.

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Princess. Youngest daughter of King William the Conqueror of England. Married Stephen of Blois, France in 1080. Mother of eleven children. Active in English politics throughout her life. Endowed several churches and monasteries.



Born

c.1067 in Normandy, France

Died

8 March 1137 Marcigny-sur-Loire, France of natural causes

Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England (c. 1067 – 8 March 1137),[1] also known as Saint Adela in Roman Catholicism,[2] was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders who later became the countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux by marriage to Stephen II of Blois. Her husband greatly benefited from the increased social status and prestige that came with such a marriage. She brought with her not only her bloodline, but a dowry of money and other movable goods from the prodigious store of Anglo-Norman wealth. She was regent of Blois during the absence of her spouse in 1096–1100 and 1101–02, and during the minority of her son from 1102 until 1120.[3] Adela was the mother of King Stephen of England and Bishop Henry of Winchester.


Early life

Adela was born, it is generally believed, after her father's accession to the English throne, between 1066 and 1070.[1] Her royal blood marked her as noble in the eyes of her peers. She was the favorite sister of King Henry I of England, and they were probably the youngest of the Conqueror's children.[4] Adela was a high-spirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of Latin.[5] She had three older brothers and one younger, and thus she would not inherit her father's honors, but her bloodline would be a valuable asset to any suitor.[6]


Adela married Stephen Henry, son and heir to the count of Blois, between 1080 and 1083, around her fifteenth birthday.[7] Stephen was nearly twenty years her senior.[1] Stephen inherited Blois, Chartres and Meaux upon his father's death in 1089, as well as lands and right in parts of Berry and Burgundy.[7] The Thibaudian dynasty had other possessions east of Paris, and by the end of Adela's life these were coalescing into the county of Champagne. While Theobald IV takes most of the credit for the emergence of that principality, Adela helped lay its foundations.[8] Adela and her husband had a relationship based on trust and mutual respect, if not affection, and she made decisions along with Stephen.[9] She swore, for instance, to bind herself and her husband to protect the bishop of Chartres, then in a dispute with the king of France.[9]


First regency

Stephen-Henry joined the First Crusade in 1096, along with his brother-in-law Robert Curthose. Stephen's letters to Adela form a uniquely intimate insight into the experiences of the Crusade's leaders[10] and show that he trusted Adela to rule as regent while he was on crusade.[7]


Adela filled in as regent for her husband during his extended absence as a leader of the First Crusade (1095–1098)[7] as well as during his second expedition in 1101. This included granting monks the right to build new churches, as well as other charters. Adela also worked with Ivo of Chartres at various points, exchanging letters throughout her regency[11] to discuss matters such as the control of misbehaving nuns and larger issues such as disputes about sworn oaths.[7] While her husband was away, Adela would continue to tour their lands, settling disputes, promoting economic growth, and even commanding knights to go to battle with the king.[7] This however was not unique, as during the crusades it was common for noble women to take upon themselves the duties of their male counterparts.[12]


The Count of Blois returned to France in 1100 bringing with him several cartloads of maps, jewels and other treasures, which he deposited at Chartres. When he abandoned the First Crusade returning to France in ignominy, Adela constantly berated him, even during their love-making, urging him to return to the Holy Land.[8] He was under an obligation to the pope for agreements made years earlier and returned to Antioch to participate in the crusade of 1101. He was ultimately killed in a last stand after the Battle of Ramla in 1102.[13] The image of Adela persuading her ease-loving husband to redeem his reputation through action has proved popular with historians attempting to account for the crusader motivations.[14]


Second regency

Adela continued to act as regent after her husband's death and through her son Thibaud's early rule until her retirement in 1120.[7] Even after Thibaud came of age and no longer needed a regent, Adela continued to issue charters and act as co-ruler of many parts of their land. Adela did not secure a marriage alliance for Thibaud, who did not get married until after Adela's retirement, which helped to maintain her power and influence over both her son and her lands.[15]


Adela, a devout Benedictine sympathizer, employed several high-ranking tutors to educate her children.[16] Her youngest son, Henry, was conceived during the single year Stephen was in France between crusading duties. At two years of age Henry was pledged to the Church at Cluny Abbey, Saône-et-Loire, France, as an oblate child, that is, he was dedicated to the service of God, according to medieval practice. Henry went on to be appointed Abbot of Glastonbury and Bishop of Winchester. In that capacity, he sponsored hundreds of constructions including bridges, canals, palaces, forts, castles, and whole villages. In addition, Bishop Henry built dozens of abbeys and chapels and sponsored books including the treasured Winchester Bible.


In 1105, after St Anselm visited her during a sickness, she was responsible for communicating the archbishop's earnestness in threatening excommunication to her brother Henry I. Orderic Vitalis praises her as a "wise and spirited woman" who ably governed her husband's estates and her own.[7] Adela's power and interests are reflected in letters collected, they demonstrate her religiosity and intellect. In one such letter to the public from 1104, Adela gifts a monastery a portion of land with all the wildlife inhabiting it, but she reserves the power to pass judgment upon crimes committed in the area. She also makes sure to mark her place as a woman, tying herself to not only her late husband but her sons.[17]


Adela quarrelled with her eldest son William and despite his previously being named heir-designate,[18] she appointed his younger brother Theobald to replace him as heir in 1107. Another son, Stephen of Blois, moved to London in 1111 to join the court of his uncle, King Henry I (Beauclerc), and became his favorite. Upon Beauclerc's death in Normandy (1135), Stephen seized the English throne from Holy Roman Empress Dowager Matilda, King Henry I's daughter, whom the monarch had named as his successor. This started a protracted civil war in England that lasted nearly twenty years.[19]


Retirement

Adela retired to Marcigny Convent in 1120. Though she may have considered retiring to an abbey in Normandy where members of her family, including sisters and nieces, may have already been living, Adela was drawn to and chose the larger, more prestigious convent at Marcigny near her son Henry at Cluny Abbey.[20] Adela may have acted as prioress within the community at Marcigny, though this is not certain.[21] She continued to interact and communicate with her children and the ecclesiastical leaders of lands that she had once ruled, maintaining her influence over the area.[22] In one instance, Adela sent letters to both her son Thibaud [23] and Geoffrey, bishop of Chartres, reminding them of her settlement of a monastic case.[24] In these letters she reminds her son how his father and she felt about alms gifting to monasteries.[25]


Later that same year, her daughter Lucia-Mahaut drowned in the wreck of the White Ship alongside her husband. Adela lived long enough to see her son Stephen on the English throne, though any response she may have had to this development has been lost.[26] She likely took pride in the ascension of her youngest child, Henry of Blois, to the bishopric of Winchester in 1129.[4] [27] After her death in 1137 at Marcigny, prayers were offered at a number of churches that she had endowed personally or had recognized at some point during her life.[28] Her money, influence, and entry into the convent resulted in Adela becoming a saint of the Catholic Church


Saint Liudhard


Also known as

Letard


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Chaplain of Queen Bertha of Kent. Bishop. Helped convert King Ethelbert of Kent, which led to the conversion of all of Kent, England.


Born

France


Died

• c.600 in Canterbury, England

• buried at the monastery of Saint Augustine in Canterbury



Saint Modestus of Trier


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Bishop of Trier, Germany in 486 during a period of great political turmoil when the city came under the rule of the Franks.


Died

• 489 of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the church Saint Matthias, Trier, Germany



Saint Cumine the White


Also known as

Cummian Albus of Iona


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Brother of Saint Comman of Iona. Monk. Abbot of Iona, Scotland. Wrote a biography of Saint Columba of Iona.


Born

Ireland


Died

669 of natural causes



Saint Evetius of Nicomedia


Also known as

Euhetis, Evezio


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When a copy of Diocletian's edict against Christianity was posted in public, Evetius vandalized it. Martyr.


Died

303 at Nicomedia



Saint Paulian of Le Puy


Also known as

Paolino, Pauliano, Paulien


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Sixth century bishop of the Le Puy area of Gaul (modern Le Puy-en-Velay, France) based in the city of Ruessium (modern Saint-Paulien).



Blessed Antonio Taglia


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Mercedarian friar.



Died

convent of Santa Maria in Toulouse, France of natural causes



Blessed Lotario Arnari


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Mercedarian friar.



Died

convent of Santa Maria in Toulouse, France of natural causes



Blessed Simon of Saint Bertin


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Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint-Bertin, France. Abbot at Auchy, France. Abbot at Saint-Bertin in 1138.


Died

1148 of natural causes



Blessed Ida of Hohenfels


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Married to Eberhard, Count of Spanheim. Widow. Benedictine nun at Bingen.


Died

c.1195 of natural causes



Saint Peter the Librarian


Also known as

Peter Palatine


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Martyr.


Died

burned alive in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia



Saint Betto


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Benedictine monk at Saint-Colombe abbey, Sens, France. Bishop of Auxerre, France in 889.


Died

918 of natural causes



Saint Primitiva


Also known as

Primitivus


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An early martyr in Rome, Italy.

22 February 2022

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 St. Martha


Feastday: February 23


Virgin martyr of Spain. She was beheaded at Astorga, Spain, and her relics were enshrined in the abbey of Ribas de Sil and at Ters.




St. Zebinus


Feastday: February 23

Death: 5th century


A hermit who lived in Syria.




St. Cerneuf


Feastday: February 23



Serenus, the Gardener, also known as Cerneuf, according to his probably fictious legend, was born in Greece. He imigrated to Sirmium (Metrovica, Yugoslavia), and was known for his gardening. He went into hiding for a time to escape a persecution of Christians that had just begun, and on his return, rebuked a lady for walking in his garden at an unseemly time. She reported to her husband that he had insulted her, and the husband, a member of the imperial guards, reported the matter to Emperor Maximian. Upon orders from the Emperor the governor investigated the matter, found Serenus innocent of insulting the woman, but while examining him, found that he was a Christian. When Serenus refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, he was beheaded. His feast day is February 23rd.


Serenus the Gardener, also known as "Serenus of Billom", "Sirenatus", and, in French, French: Cerneuf is a 4th-century martyr who is venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.



Biography

According to pious legend, he was born in Greece;[3] quit his life there and decided to live a celibate life of penance and prayer; emigrated to Sirmium, Pannonia in the Roman Empire (presently Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia); purchased, cultivated, and lived off of a garden there; and was known for his horticultural skill. He rebuked the wife of a Roman imperial guard for walking in his garden with her daughters, this purportedly being contrary to the mores of the time without male accompaniment. Her pride wounded, the wife informed her husband of the affair in writing, and he reported Serenus to Emperor Maximian, who gave the husband a letter to deliver to the governor of Pannonia that permitted the governor to remedy the supposed injustice. On the testimony of Serenus to the governor, the husband retracted his accusation and the governor judged Serenus innocent of insulting the wife. However, the governor suspected from the words of Serenus' testimony that he might be a Christian, and inquired of his religion. When Serenus testified to being one and refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods, the governor had him decapitated on 23 February 307.[1][2]


Parts of this narrative are probably fictitious,[4] however according to Butler there may possibly be some historical basis to the story.[5]


A tradition centered in Clermont-Ferrand, France maintains that Austremonius sent Serenus to evangelize Thiers, also in Auvergne.[6]


Veneration


The Church of Saint-Cerneuf à Billom

The commune of Billom, Auvergne, France claimed a portion of Serenus' relics.[5] Serenus became known as "Saint Cerneuf" in France, and "L'église Saint-Cerneuf" (the Church of Saint Serenus" in Billom is dedicated to him)



St. Jurmin


Feastday: February 23

Death: 7th century


Prince of East Anglia, England, and a relative of King Anna . He is honored as a confessor, and his relics were enshrined at Bury St. Edmunds.


Anna (or Onna; killed 653 or 654) was king of East Anglia from the early 640s until his death.


He was a member of the Wuffingas family, the ruling dynasty of the East Angles, and one of the three sons of Eni who ruled the kingdom of East Anglia, succeeding some time after Ecgric was killed in battle by Penda of Mercia. Anna was praised by Bede for his devotion to Christianity and was renowned for the saintliness of his family: his son Jurmin and all his daughters – Seaxburh, Æthelthryth, Æthelburh and possibly a fourth, Wihtburh – were canonised.


Little is known of Anna's life or his reign, as few records have survived from this period. In 631 he may have been at Exning, close to the Devil's Dyke. In 645 Cenwalh of Wessex was driven from his kingdom by Penda and, due to Anna's influence, he was converted to Christianity while living as an exile at the East Anglian court. Upon his return from exile, Cenwalh re-established Christianity in his own kingdom and the people of Wessex then remained firmly Christian.


Around 651 the land around Ely was absorbed into East Anglia, following the marriage of Anna's daughter Æthelthryth. Anna richly endowed the coastal monastery at Cnobheresburg. In 651, in the aftermath of an attack by Penda on Cnobheresburg, Anna was forced to flee into exile, perhaps to the western kingdom of the Magonsæte. He returned to East Anglia in about 653, but soon afterwards the kingdom was attacked again by Penda and at the Battle of Bulcamp the East Anglian army, led by Anna, was defeated by the Mercians, and both Anna and his son Jurmin were killed. Anna was succeeded by his brother, Æthelhere. Botolph's monastery at Iken may have been built in commemoration of the king. After Anna's reign, East Anglia seems to have been eclipsed by its more powerful neighbour, Mercia.




Bl. Daniel Brottier


Feastday: February 23

Birth: 1876

Death: 1936

Beatified: November 25, 1984 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Daniel Jules Alexis Brottier, C.S.Sp. (September 7, 1876 - February 28, 1936) was a French Roman Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Holy Ghost. He was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d'honneur for his services as a chaplain during World War I, did missionary work in Senegal, and administered an orphanage in Auteuil, a suburb of Paris. He was declared venerable in 1983, and beatified on November 25, 1984, by Pope John Paul II.


Daniel Jules Alexis Brottier, C.S.Sp. (7 September 1876 – 28 February 1936), was a French Roman Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (who currently refer to themselves as Spiritans). He was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d'honneur for his services as a chaplain during World War I, did missionary work in Senegal, and administered an orphanage in Auteuil, a suburb of Paris. He was declared venerable in 1983, and then beatified on the 25 November 1984, by Pope John Paul II.


Early life

Brottier was born in La Ferté-Saint-Cyr, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher Department of France on 7 September 1876, the second son of Jean-Baptiste Brottier, coachman for the Marquis Durfort, and his wife Herminie (née Bouthe).[1] A story from his childhood recounts that his mother asked him what he would like to be when he grew up. Daniel's answer was, "I won't be either a general or a pastry chef—I will be the Pope!" His mother reminded him that to be the pope, he would first have to become a priest. Little Daniel piped up, "Well, then I'll become a priest!" [a] At the age of 10, Brottier made his First Communion, and enrolled a year later in the minor seminary at Blois. In 1896, at the age of 20, he did one year of military service at Blois.[2] He was ordained on 22 October 1899, after which he was assigned to teach for three years at a secondary school in Pontlevoy, France.[1]


Missionary work in Africa


A young Father Brottier in 1903, ready to set out for Senegal, posed for a picture with his parents, Jean-Baptiste and Herminie

Restless in his life as a teacher and determined to be a missionary, the young Abbé Brottier joined the Congregation of the Holy Spirit at Orly in 1902. After completing his novitiate, Brottier was sent by the congregation to serve as a vicar in a mission parish in Saint-Louis, Senegal in 1903. He was disappointed that he had been assigned to a city rather than the more difficult interior.[3]


Nevertheless, Brottier immediately set to work. He gave weekly instructions to secondary school students, founded a center for child welfare, and published a parish bulletin, The Echo of St. Louis.[3] His health suffered from the climate, however, and he spent a six-month period of convalescence in France in 1906.[1] In 1911 his poor health would force him to return to France for good.[4]


After his final departure from Senegal, Brottier spent a brief, but personally significant, stay at the Trappist monastery at Lérins—the same island monastery associated with Saint Patrick's preparation for evangelization in Ireland. Brottier had felt called to a more contemplative life than he had been living as a missionary in Africa, but the stay at Lérins rid him of that idea. As Brottier wrote to his sisters, "I lived unforgettable hours in the recollection of the cloister in an atmosphere of sacrifice and immolation. But the lack of sleep, and especially of food, wore me down, and after a few days I had to yield to the evidence: I was not made for this kind of life".[3]


Even after he had left Senegal, Brottier was asked by Bishop Hyacinthe Jalabert, the Apostolic Vicar of Senegal, to conduct a fund-raising campaign to build a cathedral in Dakar.[1] To this end, Brottier was appointed the Vicar General of Dakar, even though he was residing in Paris.[3] Brottier focused on this project for seven years over two periods (i.e., 1911–1914 and 1919–1923), the interlude being a result of the First World War.[3] The so-called "African Memorial Cathedral" was consecrated on February 2, 1936, just a few weeks before Brottier's death.


My secret is this: help yourself and heaven will help you. ... I have no other secret. If the good God worked miracles [at Auteuil], through Thérèse's intercession, I think I can say in all justice that we did everything, humanly speaking, to be deserving, and that they were the divine reward of our work, prayers and trust in providence.


—Daniel Brottier[3]

Service during World War I

At the outbreak of the First World War, Brottier became a volunteer chaplain for France's 121st Infantry Regiment. He was cited six times for bravery, and awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d'honneur. He attributed his survival on the front lines to the intercession of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and built a chapel for her at Auteuil when she was canonized: the first church dedicated to the saint.[5] After the war, Brottier founded the National Union of Servicemen (L'Union Nationale des Combattants), an organization of French veterans of various conflicts.[1]


Work with the orphans of Auteuil

In November 1923, the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, Louis-Ernest Dubois, asked the Congregation of the Holy Spirit to assume charge of an orphanage in an arrondissement of Paris, the Orphan Apprentices of Auteuil. Brottier, with his associate chaplain Yves Pichon, labored for 13 years to expand the facilities and worked for the welfare of the orphans. He dedicated his work to two aims: to save the most poor and unfortunate, and to dedicate those efforts to the intercession of Saint Thérèse.[1] In 1933, Brottier pioneered a program that placed the children in the households of Catholic paysans associated with the Orphan Apprentices. The fruit of his labors at Auteuil included the construction of workshops, opening a printing house and a cinema, and launching magazines. At the time of his arrival, the facility was in charge of 140 orphans; when Brottier died, there were more than 1,400.[1]


Particularly notable of Brottier's work with the orphans of Auteuil, and perhaps of his work in general, was his eagerness to expand to previously unexplored means of seeking financial support. An example of this is that he mastered the art of the camera and offered instruction on film making to the children. He even produced a popular film on the life of his personal patron, Saint Thérèse.[3]


Brottier died on 28 February 1936 in the Hospital of St. Joseph in Paris.[1] Fifteen thousand Parisians attended his funeral Mass.[2] He was buried in the Chapel of St. Thérèse in Auteuil on 5 April 1936.[1]


Veneration

Brottier was declared venerable on 13 January 1983 with a decree of heroic virtue by Pope John Paul II. He was beatified by John Paul II in Paris on 25 November 1984.[4] The cause for his canonization was greatly advanced by the claim, in 1962, that his body was as intact as on the day of his burial.[2] In addition, many miracles have been attributed to his intercession.[3] His feast day is celebrated by the Spiritan Fathers on 28 February



Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

புனிதர் பொலிகார்ப் 


(St. Polycarp)

மறைசாட்சி, திருச்சபை தந்தையர், ஆயர்:

(Martyr, Church Father and Bishop)

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 69

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 156

ஸ்மைரனா, ஆசியா, ரோமப் பேரரசு

(Smyrna, Asia, Roman Empire)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:


கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை


(Roman Catholic Church)


கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை


(Eastern Orthodox Church)


ஆங்கிலிக்கன் ஒன்றியம்


(Anglican Communion)


லூதரனியம்


(Lutheran Church)


ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை


(Oriental Orthodox Church)


நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஃபெப்ரவரி 23


சித்தரிக்கப்படும் வகை :

பாலியம் அணிந்தவாறு, ஒரு நூலினை ஏந்தியவாறு

பாதுகாவல்:

காது வலியால் அவதியுறுவோர், இரத்தக்கழிசல்


குறிப்பிடத்தக்க படைப்புகள்:


பொலிகார்ப் பிலிப்பியர்களுக்கு எழுதிய திருமுகம்


புனிதர் பொலிகார்ப், கி.பி. 2ம் நூற்றாண்டில் வாழ்ந்த, “ஸ்மைரனா” (Smyrna) நகரின் ஆயராவார். “பொலிகார்ப்பின் மறைசாட்சியம்” (Martyrdom of Polycarp) என்னும் நூலின்படி, அடுக்கப்பட்ட விரகுகளின்மீது இவரை வைத்து உயிருடன் தீயிட்டு கொளுத்த முயன்றபோது, தீ இவரை தொட தவறியதால், இவர் கத்தியால் குத்திக் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார். கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை, கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை, ஓரியண்டல் மரபுவழி திருச்சபை, ஆங்கிலிக்கன் மற்றும் லூதரனியம் இவரை புனிதர் என ஏற்கின்றன.


இவரை “திருத்தூதர் யோவானின்” (John the Apostle) சீடர் என “இரனேயுஸ்” (Irenaeus) மற்றும் “டேர்டுல்லியன்” (Tertullian) ஆகியோர் குறிக்கின்றனர். பொலிகார்ப், யோவானின் சீடர் என்றும், யோவானே இவரை ஸ்மைர்னா நகரின் ஆயராக திருப்பொழிவு செய்தார் எனவும் புனிதர் ஜெரோம் (Saint Jerome) கூறியுள்ளார்.


“ரோமின் கிளமெண்ட்” (Clement of Rome) மற்றும் “அந்தியோக்குவின் இஞ்ஞாசியார்” (Ignatius of Antioch) ஆகியோரோடு புனித பொலிகார்ப்பும், அப்போஸ்தலிக்க தந்தையர்களுல் (Apostolic Fathers) மிக முக்கியமானவராகக் கருதப்படுகின்றார்.


இவரால் எழுதப்பட்டதாக தற்போது உள்ள ஒரே ஆவணம், பொலிகார்ப் பிலிப்பியர்களுக்கு எழுதிய திருமுகம் (Letter to the Philippians) ஆகும். இதனை முதன் முதலில் பதிவு செய்தவர் இரனேயு (Irenaeus of Lyons) ஆவார்.


பொலிகார்ப், ஆரம்பகால கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபை வரலாற்றில் ஒரு முக்கியமான இடத்தை ஆக்கிரமித்துள்ளார். ஆரம்பகால கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் பலருள் இவரது எழுத்துக்கள் இன்னமும் இருக்கின்றன. இவர், கிறிஸ்தவ திருச்சபைகளை நிறுவுவதில், பெரும் பங்களிப்பாக இருந்த ஒரு முக்கிய சபையின் மூப்பராவார். முக்கிய மரபுகளைக் கொண்டிருந்த இவருடைய சகாப்தம் அனைத்து திருச்சபைகளாலும் பரவலாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டன. விவிலிய அறிஞரான “டேவிட் ட்ரோபிக்” (David Trobisch) என்பவரின் கூற்றுப்படி, பொலிகார்ப் புதிய ஏற்பாட்டினை தொகுத்து, திருத்தி, வெளியிட்டவர்களுள் ஒருவராக இருந்திருக்கலாம். இவையனைத்தும், இவரது எழுத்துக்களை பெரும் ஆர்வம் கொண்டவைகளாக ஆக்கின

Profile

Associate of, converted by, and disciple of Saint John the Apostle. Friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Papias; spiritual teacher of Saint Irenaeus of Lyon. Fought Gnosticism. Bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey). Revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century. The Asia Minor churches recognized Polycarp's leadership and chose him representative to Pope Anicetus on the question the date of the Easter celebration. Only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has survived, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi, Macedonia. At 86, Polycarp was to be burned alive in a stadium in Smyrna; the flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger, and his body burned. The Acts of Polycarp's martyrdom are the earliest preserved reliable account of a Christian martyr's death. Apostolic Father.



Born

c.69


Died

• stabbed to death c.155 at Smyrna

• body burned


Patronage

• against dysentery

• against earache




Saint Serenus the Gardener


Also known as

• Serenus of Billom

• Cerneuf, Serenusa, Sireno, Sinero, Sirenatus



Additional Memorial

10 May (in Billum, France)


Profile

Serenus abandoned his home and people to live as a hermit in Sirmiun, Pannonia (modern Hungary) where he directed his thought to prayer, his labour to working a garden of fruit and herbs.


One day he found a woman and her daughters walking in the garden around noon. He recommended they withdraw, and return in the cool of the evening, but the way he said it led her to believe he was simply chasing them out. The woman's husband was an imperial guard, and he convinced Emperor Maximian to avenge this imagined insult. Serenus was arrested and brought to trial, but simply repeated what he had said, and was immediately acquitted. However, his demeanor led the judge to suspect that Serenus was a Christian, which was illegal. When questioned about it, Serenus admitted his faith. He was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods; he refused, and was sentenced to death.


His story was very popular in times past due to his being a simple man brought to ruin not through any fault of his own, but as a result of the arrogance of the ruling class, a theme which has resonated in many an age, and because many writers and preachers liked to use the metaphor of the garden as an example of a proper Christian life.


Born

Greece


Died

beheaded 23 February 303 at Sirmiun, Pannonia (modern Hungary)


Patronage

• bachelors

• falsely accused people

• gardeners



Saint Willigis of Mainz

மைன்ஸ் பேராயர் வில்லிஜிஸ் Willigis von Mainz

பிறப்பு 

10 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு, 

நீடர்சாக்சன், ஜெர்மனி

இறப்பு 

23 பிப்ரவரி 1011, 

மைன்ஸ் Mainz, ஜெர்மனி

இவர் ஓர் ஏழைக் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவரது இளம் பருவத்தைப் பற்றி குறிப்புகள் ஏதும் வழங்கப்படவில்லை. 970 ஆம் ஆண்டு அரசர் 2 ஆம் ஓட்டோ என்பவர் இவரை மைசன் Meißen நகருக்கு ஆயராகத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார். அதன்பிறகு ஆயர் அரசரின் ஆலோசகராகவும் இருந்தார். பிறகு 975 ஆம் ஆண்டு மைன்ஸ் நகரின் பேராயராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். முதல் ஜெர்மனி ஆயர் என்றழைத்த திருத்தந்தை 5 ஆம் கிரகோர் வில்லிஜிஸை உரோமிற்கு மாற்றினார். 


வில்லிஜிஸ் உரோமையில் 1002 ஆம் ஆண்டு அரசர் 2 ஆம் ஹென்றிக்கு அரசராக முடிசூட்டும் பட்டத்தை முன்னின்று வழிநடத்தினார். அதன்பிறகு அரசர் ஜெர்மனியிலுள்ள பாம்பெர்க்கிற்கு தன் இருப்பிடத்தை மாற்ற தேவையான உதவிகளை வில்லிஜிஸ் செய்துக் கொடுத்தார். பின்னர் ஏழை மக்களின் நல்வாழ்வுக்காக அரசரிடம் பெரிதும் பரிந்து பேசினார். ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் ஏறக்குறைய 30 ஏழைகள் தேவையான அளவு உணவு உட்கொள்ள ஏற்பாடு செய்து உதவினார். இவர் ஏழைகளின் தந்தை என்றழைக்கப்பட்டார். 

இவர் இறந்தபிறகு, மைன்சில் உள்ள புனித ஸ்டீபன் பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டு வணக்கம் செலுத்தப்பட்டது. செயின் ஸ்டீபன் ஆலயமானது வில்லிஜிஸ் அவர்கள்தான் ஆயராக இருக்கும் எழுப்பினார் என்று கூறப்படுகின்றது.

Profile

Son of a wheelwright. Well educated. Priest. Canon at Hildesheim, Germany. Noted speaker. Chaplain to Emperor Otto II. Chancellor of Germany in 971. Archbishop of Mainz, Germany in 973. Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire in 975. Vicar apostolic to Germany in 975, ordained by Pope Benedict VII. He crowned the infant Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor in 983, and served in the regencies of Empress Theophano and Empress Adelaide. Assisted at the consecration of Pope Gregory V in 996. Participated in the synod in 996, and spoke for the return of Saint Adalbert of Prague, whom he had consecrated as bishop, to his diocese. Worked to insure the choice of Emperor Henry II in 1002, and consecrated the the emperor. Presided at the Synod of Frankfort in 1007. He sent missionaries to Scandinavia, founded churches, built roads and bridges, supported artists and monasteries, and rebuilt the cathedral of Mainz. Though he was known as a brilliant statesman and politician, he was a Church man first, and was also known for the care he took in educating priests, and choosing them for their assignments.



Born

at Schoningen, Germany


Died

• 23 February 1011 of natural causes

• interred in the Church of Saint Stephen




Blessed Josephine Vannini


Also known as

• Giuditta Vannini

• Giuseppina Vannini



Profile

Orphaned as a small child. Raised in the Torlonia Conservatory on Via Sant' Onofrio, under the guidance of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Entered the Daughters' novitiate in Siena, Italy, but was forced to leave due to poor health.


On retreat in 1891 she met Blessed Louis Tezza, procurator general of the Camillians. He had been thinking of founding a women's community for the care of the sick. He invited Josephine to help establish the new community, she prayed over it, and decided "yes." In 1892 she and two companions received the scapular of Camillian tertiaries, and a year later professed private vows, adding service to the sick, even at risk of their lives. They took their perpetual vows in 1895, and Josephine was elected Superior General. Blessed Louis was sent to Lima, Peru in 1900, responsibility for the new congregation rested with Mother Vannini, and under her leadership the congregation spread to France, Belgium and Argentina.


Born

7 July 1859 at Rome, Italy


Died

23 February 1911 in Rome, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

16 October 1994 by Pope John Paul II


Canonized

on 13 May 2019 Pope Francis promulgated a decree of a miracle received through the intercession of Blessed Josephine



Blessed Ludwik Mzyk


Also known as

• Ludivico Mzyk

• Ludvig Mzyk


Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Polish Martyrs



Profile

The fifth of ten children born in the family of a pious coal miner. Early feeling a call to the priesthood, Ludwyk entered the seminary in Heiligenkreuz in his teens; when there was a break in the classes, he would go home to work in the mines to help support his family. Joined the Society of the Divine Word. He continued his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Ordained a priest on 30 October 1932. Served three years as director of novices at the Chludowie monastery near Poznan, Poland where he taught theology, and became rector of the house. When the German army invaded Poland in 1939, Father Ludwyk came into immediate conflict with the Gestapo for trying to defend his novices against Nazi demands and propaganda. He was arrested on 25 January 1940, and assigned to barracks 7 at the Poznan death camp. Between bouts of torture, Ludwyk ministered to other prisoners until the Nazis finally gave up trying to break him and simply killed him. Martyr.


Born

22 April 1905 in Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland


Died

23 February 1942 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland


Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Giovanni Theristi


Additional Memorial

24 February (monastery of Bivongi, Italy)


Also known as

• Giovanni Terestes

• Giovanni Theristus

• John the Reaper



Profile

When his mother was pregnant with Giovanni, she was enslaved and taken to Palermo, Sicily by Saracen raiders; his father was killed in the same attack. At age 14, Giovanni returned to his parent’s home town of Stilo, Italy and was baptized by his bishop, Giovanni, at one of the old monasteries around the town. The area Christians, including the bishop, were surprised and suspicious that a young man dressed as an Arab wanted to become a Christian. As an adult, Giovanni was drawn to religious life, and became an Eastern style monk. He would help reapers in the field and then give all he had earned to the poor. A miracle worker, he once prayed for help to save a harvest that was about to be destroyed by a storm; an angel appeared and instantly harvested the crop, saving the peasants from starving. Founded the monastery at Bivongi, Italy; the house was later re-named in his hounour.


Born

c.995 in Palermo, Italy


Died

• c.1050 in Stilo, Calabria, Italy of natural causes

• relics in the church of San Giovanni Theristi in Stilo, Italy


Patronage

Stilo, Italy



Blessed Alerinus de Rambaldis


Also known as

Alerino Rembaudi



Profile

Born to the Italian nobility, from his youth Alerinus was drawn to religious life. He became a canon of the cathedral of Alba, Italy, and was chosen bishop of Alba by Pope Martin V on 10 September 1419; he led the diocese for over 36 years.


Following a vision, Bishop Alerino rediscovered the lost burial site and relics of Blessed Theobald Roggeri on 31 January 1429; legend says that all the bells of the local churches rang out on their own the next morning. Alerino conducted the Synod of Alba in 1434. He invited the Augustinians to work in his diocese, supported the vocation and work of Blessed Margaret of Savoy, and in 1446 he laid the first stone of her Dominican monastery. On 27 April 1455, he translated the relics of Saint Frontiniano and others to the cathedral in Alba, and proclaimed 27 April to be the feast of the patrons of the city of Alba.


Born

late 14th century in Alba, Cuneo, Italy


Died

21 July 1456 of natural causes



Blessed Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Villalonga


Profile

Born to a wealthy and pious family, the daughter of Gutiérrez de Cabiedes and Rosaria de Arambarri y Mancebo. Rafeala was a pious girl, made her first Communion at age 11, and was given to long meditations on the suffering of Christ. In 1861, at age 18, she married the wealthy and pious Giuseppe Vilallonga of Catalonia. The couple had seven children of their own, and took in many relatives who were poor, sick, frail or neglected. In her mid-thirties, and with Giuseppe’s approval, Rafaela took personal vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. Widowed, she spent her life and fortune caring for others. She founded the Institute of the Sisters of Guardian Angels to work with abandoned and neglected children.



Born

16 January 1843 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain


Died

23 February 1900 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain


Beatified

30 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Alexander Akimetes


Also known as

Alexandros


Profile

Born to the nobility. Studied in Constantinople. Soldier and officer in the imperial army for four years. Adult convert to Christianity who read himself into the faith, and took his example from the words of Christ to the young rich man - he sold all his goods and became a hermit in Syria for several years. At one point he came back to the city; there he burned a pagan temple, and was imprisoned; he spent his time there bringing his jailers to Christianity. Released, he returned to the life of a hermit for several years, but felt called missionary work, and worked in Antioch, but with no success. Founded monasteries in Mesopotamia, Constantinople and Gomon, and at one point led 400 monks. Converted Rabulas, bishop of Edessa. Alexander began the liturgical service in which his monks sang the Divine Office continuously day and night.


Born

4th century on one of the Aegean Islands of Greece


Died

403 in Gomon of natural causes



Saint Romana


Profile

Daughter of an imperial Roman official, Romana was drawn to Christianity. Around age 16, to avoid marriage, she fled her family home. With the help of an angel, she made it to the cave on Mount Soracte where Pope Saint Sylvester was hiding from the persecutions of Diocletian. She explained to him her desire for Christian religious life; he baptized her and left, leaving her the cave as a home. Her reputation for holiness soon spread, and she attracted so many students that they founded a community around her cave.


While such a saint may well have lived in the cave, and such people certainly attracted would-be students and followers, the tales that grew up around her are likely pious fiction that was later mistaken for history.


Born

c.308


Died

• c.324 in her cave on Mount Soracte near Rome, Italy of natural causes

• her parents were brought to the cave, and buried her there



Saint Milburga

புனித_மில்பர்கா (-715)

பிப்ரவரி 23





இவர் (#StMilburga) இங்கிலாந்தில் உள்ள மெர்சியாவை ஆண்ட ஒரு குறுநில மன்னரின் மகள்.

இவர் சிறு வயது முதலே கடவுள்மீது ஆழமான பற்றுறுதி கொண்டிருந்தவர். அதனால் இவர் வளர்ந்து பெரியவரானதும் புனித பெனடிக்ட் துறவற சபையில் சேர்ந்து, துறவியானார்.

சோபிஷேர் என்ற இடத்தில் துறவுமடத்தைத் தொடங்கிய இவர், அம்மடத்தின் தலைவியாக உயர்ந்தார்.

இவரது பகுதியில் இருந்த விளைநிலங்களில் பறவைகள் புகுந்து, கதிர்களையெல்லாம் நாசம் செய்தன. அப்பொழுது இவர் அதற்காக வேண்ட, பறவைகளின் தொந்தரவு  முற்றிலுமாகக் குறைந்தது.

இப்படிப் பல வல்ல செயல்களைச் செய்த 715 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறையடி சேர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Milburg, Milburge, Mildburg, Mildburga, Milburgh


Additional Memorial

25 June (translation of relics)


Profile

Daughter of Merewalh, King of Mercia, and Saint Ermenburga. Sister of Saint Mildred and Saint Mildgytha. Took the veil from archbishop Saint Theodore. Benedictine nun. Founded Much Wenlock abbey in Shropshire, England, and was abbess there. Miracle worker. Had a mysterious power over birds; they would avoid damaging the local crops when she asked them to.


Born

7th century England


Died

• 715 at the Much Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire, England of natural causes

• relics re-discovered in 1101 and enshrined in the nearby priory church


Patronage

birds



Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski


Profile

Ordained on 13 March 1937. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1939, Stefan was shuttled through the concentration camps Fort Seven, Stutthof, Grenzdorf, Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen and finally Dachau. Spiritual leader of other prisoners wherever he was imprisoned. He contracted typhus while working with fellow prisoners dying of the disease, and is thus considered a martyr of charity.



Born

22 January 1913 in Chelmza, Poland


Died

23 February 1945 of typhus at the Dachau concentration camp, Germany


Beatified

7 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Torun, Poland



Blessed Nicolas Tabouillot


Profile

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



Born

16 February 1745 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, France


Died

23 February 1795 of unspecified disease aboard the prison ship Washington, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France


Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Milo of Benevento


Also known as

• Milo of Auvergne

• Milone...


Profile

Studied for the priesthood in Paris, France. Priest in Auvergne, France. Canon of the cathedral of Auvergne. He was the teacher of the young Saint Stephen of Muret. Milo’s reputation for piety led to the people of Benevento, Italy to choose him as their bishop where he served the remaining two years of his life.


Born

Auvergne, France


Died

c.1073 in Benevento, Italy of natural causes



Blessed Giovannina Franchi


Profile

Born to a wealthy family, she grew up wanting and working to help the poor. Nun in the diocese of Como, Italy. Founded the Nursing Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows.


Born

24 June 1807 in Como, Italy


Died

23 February 1872 in Como, Italy of smallpox


Beatified

20 September 2014 by Pope Francis



Saint Boswell


Also known as

Boisil


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne. Monk. Abbot at the abbey of Melrose, Scotland. Teacher and spiritual director of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne and Saint Eghert. Bible scholar. Had the gift of prophecy. Noted preacher.


Born

Northumbrian (in modern England)


Died

• 661 of the yellow plague

• relics at Durham, England



Blessed Juan Lucas Manzanares


Also known as

Braulio Carlos


Profile

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


Born

10 December 1913 in Cortiji-Lorca, Murcia, Spain


Died

23 February 1937 in Madrid, Spain


Beatified

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis



Blessed Anselm of Milan


Profile

15th century Franciscan friar. His body is enshrined in the church of Santa Maria della Pace in Milan, Italy, but all records about him have been lost, and we know nothing about him.


Died

1481



Saint Martha of Astorga


Profile

Virgin martyr in the persecutions of Decius.


Died

• beheaded in 250 at Astorga, Spain

• relics enshrined in the abbey of Ribas de Sil and at Ters



Saint Zebinus of Syria


Profile

Hermit in Syria. Spiritual teacher of many monks, including Saint Maro and Saint Polychronius.


Died

5th century of natural causes



Saint Medrald


Also known as

Merald, Merault, Meraut


Profile

Benedictine monk at Saint-Evroult, Ouche, France. Abbot of Vendome, France.


Died

850 of natural causes



Saint Felix of Brescia


Profile

Bishop of Brescia, Italy for 40 years. Fierce opponent of Arianism.


Born

6th century


Died

650



Saint Polycarp of Rome


Profile

Priest in Rome, Italy who was known for his ministry to people imprisoned for their faith.


Died

c.300



Saint Dositheus of Egypt


Profile

Sixth-century desert hermit whose deep prayer life led to deep personal holiness.


Born

Egypt



Blessed John of Hungary


Profile

Born

French


Died

1287 of natural causes



Saint Ordonius


Profile

Benedictine monk in Sahagun, Leon, Spain. Bishop of Astorga, Spain in 1062.


Died

1066 of natural causes



Saint Florentius of Seville


Profile

Martyr.


Died

c.485 in Seville, Spain



Martyrs of Syrmium 


Profile

73 Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. We know no details about them, and only six of their names - Antigonus, Libius, Rogatianus, Rutilus, Senerotas and Syncrotas.


Died

c.303 at Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)