இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 14

 Saint Matilda of Saxony

புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா 

ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு அரசி: 

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 894/97

என்ஜெர், சக்ஸனி, கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியா

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 14, 968

குயிட்லின்பர்க், சக்ஸனி, புனித ரோம பேரரசு

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

குயிட்லின்பர்க் மடம், சக்ஸனி-அன்ஹல்ட், ஜெர்மனி

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 14

புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா, கி.பி. 912ம் ஆண்டு முதல் “சக்ஸனி” (Duchess of Saxony) சீமாட்டியாகவும், கி.பி. 919ம் ஆண்டு முதல் ஜெர்மன் நாட்டு (German queen) அரசியாகவும் ஆட்சி புரிந்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது கணவர் "ஹென்றி" (Henry the Fowler) "ஒட்டோனியன்" (Ottonian dynasty) வம்சத்தின் முதல் அரசராவார். 936ம் ஆண்டு, அவரது கணவர் ஹென்றி இறந்ததும் அவரது ஞாபகார்த்தமாக "குயிட்லின்பர்க் துறவற மடத்தினை" (Quedlinburg Abbey) நிறுவினார். இவரது காலத்திலேயே இவரது மூத்த மகனான "ஓட்டோ" (Otto) 962ம் ஆண்டு, "தூய ரோமப் பேரரசராக" (Holy Roman Emperor) முடிசூடி மேற்கத்திய ஏகாதிபத்திய ஆட்சியை மீண்டும் அமல் படுத்தினார்.

ஜெர்மன் நாட்டின் சக்ஸனி பிராந்தியத்தின் "என்ஜெர்" (Enger) எனுமிடத்தில் பிறந்த மெட்டில்டாவின் தந்தை, உள்ளூர் பிரபுவான "டயட்ரிச்" (Dietrich) ஆவார். இவரது தாயார் “ரெய்ன்ஹில்ட்" (Reinhild) ஆவார்.

இவர் தமது இளம் வயதில், தமது பாட்டி மடாதிபதியாக இருந்த "ஹெர்ஃபோர்ட்" (Herford Abbey) துறவு மடத்தில் கல்வி கற்றார்.

சக்ஸனி பிரபுவான "ஓட்டோ” (Otto the Illustrious) தமது மூத்த மகனான ஹென்றிக்கு (Henry) மெட்டில்டாவை திருமண ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துகொண்டார். ஹென்றி, மெட்டில்டாவைவிட இருபது வயது மூத்தவர் ஆவார். மற்றும், அவருக்கு இது இரண்டாவது திருமணம் ஆகும். அவர் தமது முதல் மனைவியான "ஹத்தேபர்க்" (Hatheburg of Merseburg) என்பவரை விவாகரத்து செய்திருந்தார். ஹென்றி - மெட்டில்டா ஆகியோருக்கு இரண்டு பெண்களும் மூன்று ஆண்களுமாக ஐந்து குழந்தைகள் பிறந்தன.

936ம் ஆண்டு, மெட்டில்டாவின் கணவர் ஹென்றி மரணமடைந்த பிறகு, அவரும் அப்போதைய "கிழக்கு ஃபிரான்ஸியாவின்" (East Francia) அரசனாக இருந்த இவரது மகனான “முதலாம் ஒட்டோவும்” (King Otto I) "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) எனும் துறவு மடத்தினை நிறுவினர்.

ஹென்றியின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர் முப்பத்திரண்டு வருட காலம் வாழ்ந்த மெட்டில்டா, 968ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 14ம் நாளன்று, தமது "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg Abbey) மடத்திலேயே மரணமடைந்தார்.

"லியுட்பிராண்ட்" (Liutprand of Cremona) மற்றும் "தியெட்மார்" (Thietmar of Merseburg) போன்ற மத்திய கால வரலாற்றாசிரியர்கள் மெட்டில்டாவை அவரது பக்தி, செப வாழ்வு மற்றும் பரோபகார செயல்களுக்காக கொண்டாடினர். மெட்டில்டா பல மத நிறுவனங்களை நிறுவினார். தமது காலத்தில் பல கல்வி நிறுவனங்களையும் நிறுவினார்.

பின்னாளில், "சக்ஸனி" மற்றும் "பவரியா" (Saxony and Bavaria) மட்டுமல்லாது ஜெர்மனி முழுதும் அவரை வழிபட தொடங்கினர். 1856–58 ஆண்டுகளில், "குயிட்லின்பர்க்" (Quedlinburg) எனுமிடத்தில் "நியோ கோதிக்" புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் (Neo-Gothic St. Matilda's Church) அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. மற்றுமொரு புனிதர் மெட்டில்டா தேவாலயம் "லாட்ஸன்" (Laatzen, Lower Saxony) எனுமிடத்தில் 1938ல் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது. 1964ம் ஆண்டு, மற்றுமோர் தேவாலயம் "அல்லேபோ" (Aleppo) எனுமிடத்தில் அர்ச்சிக்கப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Matilda of Ringelheim

• Matilda, Queen of Germany

• Mathilde, Mathildis, Maud

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Daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark; she was raised by her grandmother, abbess of the Eufurt. In 913, Matilda left the abbey, and married King Henry the Fowler of Saxony (Henry I), who had received an annulment from a previous marriage. Queen of Germany. Mother of Otto, Holy Roman Emperor; Henry the Quarrelsome, Duke of Bavaria; Saint Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany; Gerberga, wife of King Louis IV of France; Hedwig, mother of Hugh Capet. Founded several Benedictine abbeys. Well known throughout the realm for her generosity, she taught the ignorant, comforted the sick, and visited prisoners. Betrayed by Otto after Henry's death when he falsely accused her of financial mismanagement.

Born

c.895 at Engern, Westphalia, Germany

Died

• 14 March 968 at Quedlinburg, Germany of natural causes

• buried in the monastery at Quedlinburg

Patronage

• death of children

• disappointing children

• falsely accused people

• large families

• people ridiculed for their piety

• queens

• second marriages

• widows

Saint Leobinus of Chartres

காட்ரஸ் நகர் ஆயர் லியோபின் Leobin von Chartres

பிறப்பு 

6 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு

இறப்பு 

14 மார்ச் 557, 

காட்ரஸ், பிரான்சு

இவர் நாட்டிலுள்ள லூபின் Lubin என்ற ஊரில் இளைஞர்களை வழிநடத்தும் ஆயனாக இருந்தார். இவர் நன்றாக படிக்கக் கூடியவராகவும், வாசிக்க்க் கூடியவராகவும் இருந்தார். இவர் படிப்பறிவில்லாதவர்களுக்கு கல்வி கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். இவர் ஒருமுறை படிப்பறிவில்லா துறவி ஒருவருக்கு கல்விக் கற்றுக் கொடுத்தார். அத்துறவி ஒருமுறை லியோபினை தன் துறவற இல்லத்திற்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றார். அப்போது லியோபின் துறவியர்களின் வாழ்வால் கவரப்பட்டார். இதனால் தானும் ஓர் குருவாக வேண்டுமென்று ஆசைக்கொண்டார். காட்ரஸ் என்ற மறைமாவட்டத்தின் பக்கத்து மாவட்டமான பிரவ்வில் Brau இருந்த, ஓர் குருமடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருவானார். 

544 ஆம் ஆண்டு சில்டேபெர்ட் Childebert என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட அரசன் ஒருவன், காட்ரஸ் நகரின் அரசனாக இருந்தார். அரசன் லியோபினை 544 ல் காட்ரஸ் மறைமாநிலத்தின் ஆயராக தேர்ந்தெடுத்தான். லியோபின் ஆயராக இருக்கும்போது மக்கள் அவரைப் புனிதராக கருதினார். இவர் செய்த மறைப்பணியே இவர் புனிதர் என்பதற்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டாக இருந்தது. இவர் இறந்தப் பிறகு காட்ரசிலுள்ள பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Also known as

Lubinus, Lubin, Lubinius, Lumine, Leubinus, Loubin

Additional Memorial

9 September (translation of relics)/p>

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Son of peasants, he was a field worker and shepherd in his youth. Thirsting for education, he went to the monastery at Noailles, France, working for the monks by day, being taught by them at night. He studied late by candle light, which annoyed the monks who had to wake for early prayers; Leobinus put a screen around the candle, and pressed on.

Friend of Saint Carilef. Student of Saint Avitus of Perche, who suggested that the young man join his monastery. Monk at Lyon, France. Captured by renegade soldiers during war between the Franks and Burgundians, Leobinus was tortured to make him give up the location of the monastery's treasure. He told the soldiers nothing, and they left him for dead, thinking they'd drowned him; he eventually recovered.

Joined Saint Avitus' community at Le Perche, France. Priest. Abbot at Brou, France. Bishop of Chartres, France. Noted reformer. Participant of the synod of Orleans in 549, and Paris in 552. Miracle worker; had the gift of healing, especially of dropsy or edema. Worked with Saint Caletric who gave him his last Communion, and succeeded him as bishop. Innkeepers and wine merchants near Chartres considered him their patron.

Born

at Poitiers, France

Died

14 March 558 following a lengthy illness

Patronage

• against dropsy

• against edema

• against rheumatism

• innkeepers

• wine merchants

Blessed Giacomo Cusmano

Also known as

• Jacob Cusmano

• Jakob Cusmano

• Jacques Cusmano

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Fourth of five children born to Giacomo and Magdalene Cusmano; his father worked as a surveyor, and the family was well-off financially. Giacomo's mother died of cholera when the boy was three. He was a pious child, eager for the religious instruction from his father, and showing concern for the poor; the family had to lock up clothes because he would give away thing in the closets to beggars. Educated at Jesuit schools. Physician, graduating from medical school in 1851. Taught at the medical school of the Royal University of Palermo. His father died in 1852, and Giacomo returned home to manage the family business and estate; he still managed to continue his education and become certified as a surgeon.

Feeling a call to religious vocation, he considered becoming a Capuchin friar, but his spiritual director recommended the priesthood. Ordained on 22 December 1860 in archdiocese of Palermo, Italy. Devoted to penance, he fasted often and would sleep on a cross. Along with about 40 of his parishioners, he founded the Missionary Servants of the Poor on 12 May 1867 and the Sisters Servants of the Poor.

Born

15 March 1834 in Palermo, Italy

Died

at 04:30am on 14 March 1888 in Palermo, Italy of natural causes following a severe bout of pleurisy

Beatified

30 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Arnold of Padua

Also known as

• Arnold de'Cattanei

• Arnold Cattaneo

• Arnald, Arnaldo, Arnaud, Arnoldus

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Born to the nobility. Benedictine monk at the Santa Giustina monastery in Padua, Italy. Chosen abbot in 1209 at age 24, he restored and expanded the abbey structure, and fought to maintain its rights. When Ezzelino III conquered Padua in 1237, Arnold escaped to Monselice. He returned in 1238, but when Ezzelino returned to the city, he arrested Arnold in 1246 and imprisoned him to live his remaining eight years on bread and water.

Born

1185

Died

• 10 February 1255 in the prison in Limena, Padua, Italy

• buried in the Franciscan church in Asolo, Italy

• returned to Padua and buried at the Santa Giustina monastery

• relics translated to a chapel in the basilica in Padua on 14 March 1562

Blessed Eve of Liège

Also known as

• Eve of Saint-Martin

• Eve of Mount Cornelius

• Eva, Evelyne, Heva

Additional Memorial

5 April with Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon

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Born wealthy, she gave it up to become an anchoress at the church of Saint Martin in in Liège, Belgium. Friend of Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon, and continued her campaign to introduce the feast of Corpus Christi.

Born

c.1205 in Liège, Belgium

Died

• 1265 in Liège, Belgium of natural causes

• buried in the church of Saint Martin in Liège

• relics enshrined in 1542, 1622 and 1746

• relics currently enshrined in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Liège

Beatified

1 May 1902 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Lazarus of Milan

Also known as

Lazzaro

Additional Memorial

11 February (Ambrosian Rite)

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Archbishop of Milan, Italy c.439, a time when invading Ostrogoths controlled the area. May have developed and certainly popularized the Rogationtide litanies; originally devised to ask for protection from the Ostrogoths, over time the devotion spread throughout Europe. His February feast day is due to the Milanese custom of not celebrating saint days during Lent.

Died

14 March 450

Blessed Pauline of Thuringia

Also known as

• Pauline of Hirsau

• Pauline of Münsterschwarzach

• Pauline of Fulda

• Pauline of Zell

• Paolina, Paulina

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Born to the Saxon nobility. Married. Widow. Re-married to Sir Ulric de Scharaplan. Mother. Widowed again. Founded a double monastery in the Thuringian Forest and entered it as a nun.

Died

14 March 1107 in Fulda, Germany of natural causes

Saint Alexander of Pydna

Also known as

Alessandro, Alexandros

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Priest in Pydna, Macedonia (in modern Greece). Martyr by Maximian Galerius for publicly refusing to sacrifice to idols.

Died

• beheaded c.305 in Macedonia

• a fresh spring of water poured from the place of his execution

• buried in Thessalonica

• skull taken to the Great Lavra on Mount Athos in the mid 10th-century

Representation

leading four men in white clothing into heaven

Blessed Philip of Turin

Also known as

• Philip Longo

• Filippo...

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On hearing of the work of Saint Francis of Assisi, he tracked down Francis and became one of the first twelve Franciscans. Known for his deep understanding of scripture. Served as the first confessor to the first Poor Clares, and travelled to preach with Saint Francis.

Born

Turin, Italy

Died

14 March 1246 in Perugia, Italy of natural causes

Saint Boniface Curitan

Also known as

• Boniface Curitan of Ross

• Boniface Kyrin

• Boniface Kyrstin

• Boniface of Ross

• Kyrin, Kyrstin

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Bishop of Ross, Scotland. Evangelized the Picts and Scots. Introduced Roman liturgy, observance and monastic discipline into the region. Found many churches in the northern British Isles.

Born

may have been a Roman citizen

Died

c.660

Blessed Thomas Vives

Also known as

Tommaso

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Mercedarian sent to Tunisia to redeem Christian prisoners. There he was imprisoned for five years before being executed. Martyr.

Died

stoned to death while in prayer

Saint Leo of the Agro Verano

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Married. Adult convert to Christianity. Bishop. Martyred by Arians.

Died

• Agro Verano, Rome, Italy, date unknown

• tomb was discovered outside the walls of Rome in 1857

Saint Eutychius of Mesopotamia

Also known as

Eustathius

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One of a group of Christians murdered for their faith in Mesopotamia after the conquest by Muslims. Martyr.

Died

741

Blessed Agno of Zaragoza

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Canon of the cathedral of Zaragoza, Spain. Franciscan Friar Minor. Missionary bishop of Morocco.

Born

Zaragoza, Spain

Died

1260 Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes

Saint Maximilian

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Christian who refused to serve in the army as he believed the life of an imperial soldier was against the tenants of his faith, and was executed for his refusal. Martyr.

Saint Diaconus

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A 6th-century deacon in the Marsi region of Italy. Martyred by Lombards with two unnamed monks. His name has been lost, and over time his title was taken as his name.

Saint Aphrodisius of Africa

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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.

Saint Peter of Africa

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Martyred in the 5th century by Arian Vandals in North Africa.

Saint Talmach

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Seventh century spiritual student of Saint Finbar at Lough Erc, Ireland. Founded a monastery.

47 Martyrs of Rome

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Forty-seven people who were baptised into the faith in Rome, Italy by Saint Peter the Apostle, and were later martyred together during the persecutions of Nero.

Died

martyred c.67 in Rome, Italy

Martyrs of Valeria

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Two monks martyred by Lombards in Valeria, Italy who were never identified. After the monks were dead, their killers could still hear them singing psalms.

Died

hanged on a tree in Valeria, Italy in the 5th century

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 13

 St. Nicephorus

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Born c. 758

Constantinople

(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)

Died 5 April 828

Constantinople

(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church

Feast 13 March, 2 June

Patriarch of Constantinople and martyr. The son of the secretary of Emperor Constantine V, he was raised as an opponent of the Iconoclasts in the imperial capital and remembered always that his father had been tortured for opposing the Iconoclast emperor. Nicephorus became known for his intellect and his eloquence, and received the post of imperial commissioner. After founding a monastery near the Black Sea, he was chosen despite being a layman to succeed to the office of patriarch of Constantinople in 806, succeeding St. Tarasius. He was opposed for a time by St. Theodore Studites after Nicephorus forgave a priest who married Emperor Constantine VI toTheodota despite the fact the Constantine's wife, Mary, still lived. The patriarch also challenged the Iconoclast policies of Emperor Leo V the Armenian and was deposed by a synod of Iconoclast bishops at the conniving of the emperor. Nearly assassinated on several occasions, Nicephorus was exiled to the monastery he had founded on the Black Sea, spending his remaining years there in prayer. He died on June 2 or March 13, 829. While patriarch, he brought various reforms to his large diocese and inspired the lay people. He was also the author of anti Iconoclast writings and two historical works, a Chronographia and Brevianim.

St. Euphrasia of Constantinople

Born 380

Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire

(now Istanbul, Turkey)

Died March 13, 410 (aged 30)

The Thebaid, Egypt

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Church

Feast March 13 (Roman Catholic)

July 25 (Eastern Orthodox)

Noble Roman raised by Emperor Theodosius I when her father, Antigonus, died. Her mother entered a convent in Egypt, and Euphrasia, at the age of five, went with her. At the age of twelve, orphaned, she was commanded by Emperor Arcadius to marry a senator but received permission to give her wealth to the poor and remain a nun. Also known as Euphraxia, she was known for her holiness.

Saint Euphrasia (also, Eupraxia) (380 – March 13, 410) was a Constantinopolitan nun who was venerated after her death as a saint for her piety and example of charity.

Life

Euphrasia was the only daughter of Antigonus—a nobleman of the court of Emperor Theodosius I, to whom he was related—and of Euphrasia, his wife. When Antigonus died, his widow and young daughter withdrew together to Egypt, near a monastery of one hundred and thirty nuns.[1] This was less than a century since St. Anthony had established his first monastery, but monasticism in that time had spread with incredible speed.

At the age of seven, Euphrasia begged to take vows and become a nun at the monastery. When her mother presented the child to the abbess, Euphrasia took up an image of Christ and kissed it, saying, "By vow I consecrate myself to Christ."[1] Her mother replied, "Lord Jesus Christ, receive this child under your special protection. You alone doth she love and seek: to you doth she recommend herself."[1] Soon after, Euphrasia's mother became ill and died.

Hearing of her mother's death, the Emperor Theodosius I sent for Euphrasia, whom he had promised in marriage to a young senator.[1] She responded with a letter to the Emperor declining the offer to marry; instead, she requested that her estate be sold and divided among the poor, and that her slaves be manumitted. The emperor did as she requested shortly before his death in 395.[1]

Another version of her biography states that Euphrasia was raised in the court of Theodosius, and that her mother joined the monastery; Euphrasia joined her as a child. The same version says that it was Theodosius' successor, Arcadius, that commanded her to marry the senator, but she was likewise permitted to remain a nun and give away her property.[2]

Euphrasia was known for her humility, meekness, and charity; her abbess often advised her to perform manual labor when she was burdened with temptations. As a part of these labors, she often carried heavy stones from one place to another—once she did so for thirty days at one time.[1] Euphrasia died in the year 410 at the age of thirty.

Saint Leander of Seville

புனிதர் லியாண்டர் 

ஆயர்:

பிறப்பு: கி,பி, 534

கார்டகெனா, ஸ்பெயின்

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 13, 600

செவில், ஸ்பெயின்

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 13

புனிதர் லியாண்டர், "செவில்" நகரின் கத்தோலிக்க ஆயரும் (Catholic Bishop of Seville) தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின் மற்றும் போர்ச்சுகல் நாடுகளை ஒன்றிணைத்த அப்போதைய "ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பத்தின்" (Iberian Peninsula) மன்னர்களை கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைக்கு மனம் மாற தூண்டுகோலாய் இருந்தவரும் ஆவார். ("ஐபீரிய தீபகற்பம்" – “Iberian Peninsula” ஐரோப்பாவின் தென்மேற்கு கோடியில் அமைந்துள்ள வளைகுடாவாகும்)

இவர், புனிதர் இஸிதோரி'ன் (St. Isidore of Seville) சகோதரர் ஆவார். இவரது சகோதரர்கள் அவைவருமே புனிதர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்கள் உயரடுக்கு "ஹிஸ்பானோ-ரோமன்" (Hispano-Roman) குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்களது தந்தை "செவரியனஸ்" (Severianus) "கார்ட்டஜெனாவின்" ஆளுநர் (Governor of Cartagena) ஆவார். சுமார் கி.பி. 554ல் செவில் (Seville) நகருக்கு குடிபெயர்ந்தனர். புனிதர்கள் லியாண்டர் மற்றும் இசிதோர் இருவரும் செவில் நகரின் ஆயர்களாவர். இவர்களது சகோதரியான புனிதர் ஃப்ளோரின்டினா" (Saint Florentina) ஒரு மடாதிபதியும், சுமார் நாற்பதுக்கு மேற்பட்ட பள்ளிகளை நிறுவியவருமாவார். சுமார் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பெண் துறவியர்கள் இவரது மடத்தில் இருந்தனர். மூன்றாவது சகோதரரான "புனிதர் ஃபுல்ஜென்ஷியஸ்" (St. Fulgentius of Cartagena) "எஸிஜா" மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் (Bishop of Écija) ஆவார்.

புனிதர் லியாண்டர், கிறிஸ்துவை கடவுள் என்பதை நம்பாமல் மறுத்துவந்த ஆரியனிச நாத்திகவாதிகளுக்கு எதிராக (heresy of Arianism) மக்களை மனம் திருப்புவதில் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டவர் ஆவார். இவரது மரணம் சம்பவித்த காலத்தில், அரசியல் மற்றும் மத எழுச்சி கொண்டிருந்த ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் கிறிஸ்தவ சமயம் வளமையடைய பெரிதும் உதவினார்.

தமது இளமையில் துறவறம் புகுந்த லியாண்டர், மூன்று வருடங்களை கல்வியிலும் செபத்திலும் செலவிட்டார். அந்த சாந்தமான காலத்தின் பின்னர் அவர் ஆயராக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். பின்வந்த அவரது வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் நாத்திகத்திற்கு எதிராக விடாமுயற்சியுடன் போராடிப் பணியாற்றினார். கிறிஸ்தவத்திற்கெதிரான அரசன் கி.பி. 586ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்ததும் லியாண்டரின் கனவுகள் நனவாக காரணமாயின. அதன்பின்னர் முடிசூடிய அரசனும், லியாண்டரும் கிறிஸ்தவ மரபுகளை மீட்கவும் அறநெறி உணர்வுகளை புதுப்பிக்கவும் கைகோர்த்து பணியாற்றினார். ஆரியனிச ஆயர்கள் பலர் தமது விசுவாசத்தினை மாற்றிக்கொள்ள இணங்கவைப்பதில் லியாண்டர் பெரும் வெற்றி கண்டார்.

கி.பி. சுமார் 600ம் ஆண்டு, மரணமடைந்த லியாண்டர், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுனராக போற்றப்படுகின்றார்.

Also known as

Leandro

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Son of Severianus and Theodora, known for their piety. Elder brother of Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint Fulgentius of Ecija, and Saint Florentina of Cartagena. Monk at Seville, Spain. Bishop of Seville.

Converted Saint Hermengild and Prince Reccared, sons of the Arian Visigoth king Leovigild, who then exiled Leander to Constantinople from 579 to 582. There he became close friends with the papal legate who later became Pope Saint Gregory the Great; he recommended that Gregory write his famous commentary (Moralia) on the Book of Job.

When Reccared ascended the throne, Leander was allowed to return to Seville. He worked against Arianism, and presided over the Third Council of Toledo in 589. He revised and unified the Spanish liturgy, and his boundless energy and steady faith led the Visigoths back to orthodox Christianity. Leander wrote an influential Rule for nuns. He introduced the Nicene Creed to Mass in the west. Honored as a Doctor of the Faith by the Church in Spain.

Born

c.534 at Cartagena, Spain

Died

c.600 at Seville, Spain of natural causes

Blessed Françoise Tréhet

Also known as

Francesca

Additional Memorial

21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval

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Born to the nobility, she grew up in a family of wealthy land-owners. Joined of the Soeurs de la Charité de Notre-Dame d'Evron (Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron), dedicated to education of children and care of the sick. She began teaching at the parish school of St-Pierre-des-Landes in 1783. Martyred in the French Revolution for refusing to take the oaths of allegience to the state, and helping to hide priests who had also refused. Sister Francesca sang the Salve Regina as she climbed the scaffold to the guillotine.

Born

8 April 1756 in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne, France

Died

• guillotined on 13 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France

• relics enshrined at the church of St-Pierre-des-Landes where she had taught

Beatified

19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy

Saint Ansovinus of Camerino

Also known as

Ansovino, Ansuinus, Answin, Oswin

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Priest. Hermit at Castel Raimondo near Torcello, Italy. Bishop of Camerino, Italy, consecrated by Pope Leo IV; he accepted the vocation on the condition that his parishioners did not have to recruit soldiers, an obligation imposed on most bishops of the time. Confessor to Emperor Louis the Pious. Attended the Council of Rome called by Pope Saint Nicholas I in 861. Miracle worker. His association with crops come from his work of feeding the poor. Once when the granary was empty, but there were still poor people to feed, he prayed for help; the granary was found to be full, and everyone ate their fill.

Born

at Camerino, Italy

Died

• 868 at Camerino, Italy from a fever contracted at Rome, Italy

• relics enshrined in a 14th century sarcophagus in the crypt of the cathedral in Camerino, Italy

Patronage

• gardeners

• protection of crops

Saint Roderick of Cordoba

புனித_ரொட்ரிக் (-837)

மார்ச் 13

இவர் (#StRoderic) ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டைச் சார்ந்தவர். அருள்பணியாளரான இவருக்கு இரண்டு சகோதரர்கள் இருந்தனர். ஒருவர் இஸ்லாமிய சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்தார்; இன்னொருவர் கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை இல்லாமல் இருந்தார். 

ஒருநாள் இவரது சகோதரர்கள் இருவருக்கும் இடையே வாக்குவாதம் ஏற்பட்டுப் பெரிய சண்டையானது. அந்தச் சண்டையை இவர் தீர்த்து வைக்க முற்பட்டபோது, இஸ்லாம் சமயத்தைப் பின்பற்றி வந்த சகோதரர், இவர் இஸ்லாம் மதத்திலிருந்து கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்திற்கு மாறிவிட்டார் என்று பழியை இவர்மீது தூக்கிப் போட்டார்.

இதனால் அதிகாரிகள் இவரை இழுத்துச் சென்று சிறையில் தள்ளினார். அங்குச் சாலமோன் என்பவரும் இதே குற்றத்திற்காகச் சிறையிலிருந்தார். இருவரும் சிறையில் கடுமையாகச் சித்திரவதை செய்யப்பட்டார்கள். இவற்றையெல்லாம் இவர்கள் இருவரும் பொறுமையோடு தாங்கிக் கொண்டார்கள்.‌

இந்நிலையில் இவர்கள் இருவரும் ‌837 ஆம் ஆண்டு மார்ச் திங்கள் 13 ஆம் நாள் கொலைசெய்யப்பட்டார்கள்.  இவ்வாறு இருவரும் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி, தங்கள் இன்னுயிரைத் துறந்தார்கள். 

Also known as

Rodrigo, Rodriguez, Rudericus, Roderic, Ruderic

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A Christian priest in Moorish Spain, Roderick had a brother who became Moslem and another with no religion. One day he tried to break up a fight between his brothers; they turned on him and beat him into a coma. The Moslem brother, seeking further revenge, announced to authorities that Roderick had converted to Islam. When Roderick awoke, he was questioned about it, and denied the allegation, claiming allegiance to Christ. The Moslem authorities took this to be apostasy, deciding Roderick was denying his new Moslem faith. He was imprisoned for several months, and then martyred with Saint Salomon of Cordoba.

Born

9th century southern Spain

Died

beheaded in 857 in Cordoba, Spain

Representation

priest in Mass vestments holding a palm of martyrdom as an angel brings him a wreath of roses

Blessed Agnellus of Pisa

Also known as

Agnello

Additional Memorials

7 May (Franciscan)

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Born to the Italian nobility. Received into the Franciscans by Saint Francis himself. Deacon. Custos of Saint-Denis, the first Franciscan friary in Paris, France. Worked with the University of Paris. Appointed by Saint Francis to introduce the Franciscans into England in 1224. With eight associates he established houses in Canterbury and London, then a school for friars in Oxford. Friend of King Henry III. Helped prevent civil war between Henry and Earl Marshall. Known for his personal piety and his strict adherence to the Franciscan Rule, especially on the matter of poverty.

Born

c.1195 in Pisa, Italy

Died

• 7 May 1236 at Oxford, England of dysentery

• body reported incorrupt up to the time the Oxford house was dissolved by King Henry VIII

Beatified

4 September 1892 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Heldrad of Novalese

Also known as

Aldradus, Eldrad, Eldrado, Eldradus, Heldradus, Heltrodus

Additional Memorial

31 October (Benedictines)

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Born wealthy, he spent his fortune on charity, then made a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy as a mendicant. Benedictine monk at the Abbey Saints Peter and Andrew at Novalese in the Alps in 726, a community with many former pilgrims. Abbot of the house for 30 years during which he greatly expanded the library and built a hospice for the safety of travellers on Mount Cenis.

Born

in Provence, France

Died

• 842 at the Novalesa Abbey of natural causes

• relics transferred to the parish church in Novalesa, Italy in 1794

Beatified

9 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Henrik of Denmark

Also known as

• Enrico di Danimarca

• Henry of Perugia

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Related to the Danish royal family, Henrik became a Franciscan tertiary and became a penitent pilgrim. In Perugia, Italy, while en route to Assisi as part of a pilgrimage to the sites of Saint Francis, his health failed, and he died in the local hospital. However, he had apparently been in town long enough to have developed a local reputation for holiness and wisdom as devotion to him developed immediately, rewarded by healing miracles.

Died

• 13 March 1415 at the Hospital of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Perugia, Italy of natural causes

• legend says that at the moment of his death the town's church bells rang without being moved by anyone

• relics re-enshrined in an urn in the 18th century

Blessed Peter II of La Cava

Also known as

Pietro

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Benedictine monk at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Salerno, Campania, Italy under the leadership of Blessed Benincasa. Abbot of the house in 1195. Obtained the support of Emperor Henry VI for the house. Involved in the region's politics of the day. Founded the hospice of Vietri sul mare in 1202.

Born

12th-century Italy

Died

• 13 March 1208 at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the Arsicia cave crypt near the monastery

• relics transferred to the chapel of Santi Padri at La Cava abbey on 20 October 1675

Beatified

16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)

Saint Gerald of Mayo

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Monk at Lindisfarne, England. Friend of Saint Colman of Lindesfarne. Monk at Innisboffin, Ireland in 668. Abbot at Mayo of the Saxons abbey in 670, a house for English monks in Ireland; he there served until 697 when he resigned in favour of Saint Adamnan. Saw the supplanting of the Celtic rite with the Roman rite in his abbey. Founded the abbey of Elytheria in Connaught, Ireland; of Teaghna-Saxon; and a convent led by his sister Segretia. May have been bishop of Mayo, Ireland, but records vary.

Born

Northumbria, England

Died

• 13 March 731 in Galway, Ireland of natural causes

• buried at Mayo, Ireland

Patronage

against plague

Saint Sabinus of Egypt

Also known as

• Sabinus of Al-Ashmunayn

• Sabinus of Hermopolis

• Sabino of...

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Born to the nobility, he lived in Hermopolis (modern Al-Ashmunayn), Egypt. With other Christians, he retreated into the wilderness to escape the persecutions of Diocletian, but was betrayed to the authorities by a beggar he had helped. Martyr.

Died

drowned in the River Nile in Egypt c.307

Saint Mochoemoc

Also known as

• Caomhán Leith

• Mo Chóemóc mac Béoáin

• Mochaemhog, Mochaomhog, Mo-Chaomhog, Mochaomhóg, Mochoemhoc, Pulcherius, Vulcanius

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Nephew of Saint Ita, who raised him. Monk at Bangor Abbey in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founder and abbot of Liath-Mochoemoc monastery.

Born

at Munster, Ireland

Died

c.656

Blessed Judith of Ringelheim

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Sister of Saint Bernward of Hildesheim. All traces of her history were destroyed by Protestants.

Died

• 13 March, year unknown, based on tomb inscription

• relics enshrined in 1497 following many years of public devotion at her tomb

• relics destroyed by Protestants

Saint Patricia of Nicomedia

Also known as

Patritia of Nicomedia

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Married of Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia and mother of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Grace of Saragossa

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Unmarried lay woman arrested, tortured and martyred for her faith in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

breasts cut off and beaten until she received internal injuries, then returned to her prison cell to die of the wounds, c.304 at Zaragoza, Spain

Saint Ramirus of Léon

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Monk and then prior of the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain. He and all his brother monks were martyred by Arian Visigoths.

Died

murdered c.600 while chanting the Nicene Creed in the choir of the church at the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain

Blessed Beatrice of Cochem

Also known as

• Beatrice of Kochem

• Beatrice of Kocheim

• Beatrix...

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A Premonstratensian nun who lived her entire religious life in the monastery of Porta Angelica in Kochem, Rhineland-Palatinate (in modern Germany).

Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia

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Married to Saint Patricia of Nicomedia; father of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Eustachius of Huy

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Eldest of the sons of Blessed Ivetta of Huy, he was eventually brought to the faith by her. Cistercian monk at the Orval monastery (in modern Belgium). He later served as abbot of the house.

Born

latter 12th century in Huy, Belgium

Saint Modesta of Nicomedia

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Daughter of Saint Patricia of Nicomedia and Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.

Died

martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Berengar de Alenys

Also known as

Berengario

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Mercedarian monk. Abbot of the convent of Santa Maria in Avignon, France.

Saint Urpasian of Nicomedia

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Christian member of the imperial household of Roman emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey). Martyred for his faith.

Died

burned alive in 295 in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Theusitas of Nicaea

Also known as

Theusetas

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Father of Saint Horres of Nicaea. Martyred with his son and several other Christians.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Horres of Nicaea

Also known as

Ilorres

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Son of Saint Theusitas of Nicaea. Martyred with his father and several others.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Pientius of Poitiers

Also known as

Pien, Pient, Pienzio

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Bishop of Poitiers, France. Helped Saint Radegunde to found her convent.

Died

c.561 of natural causes

Saint Christina of Persia

Also known as

Kristina

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Martyred in the persecutions of Khosrau I of Persia.

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Persian

Died

scourged to death

Saint Eufrasia of Nicomedia

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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

beheaded c.300 in Nicomedia (modern Izmet, Turkey)

Saint Kevoca of Kyle

Also known as

Evox, Kennotha, Mochoemoc, Quivoca, Quivox

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Seventh century saint honored in Kyle, Scotland; I have found no other reliable information.

Saint Nymphora of Nicaea

Also known as

Nymphodora

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Marcus of Nicaea

Also known as

Mark

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Salomon of Cordoba

Also known as

Solomon

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Martyr.

Died

martyred in 857 in Cordoba, Spain

Saint Theodora of Nicaea

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

Saint Arabia of Nicaea

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Martyr.

Died

at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 12

 Saint Luigi Orione

புனித_லூகி_ஓரியன் (1872- 1940)

மார்ச் 12

இவர் (#StLuigiOrione) இத்தாலியைச் சார்ந்தவர். 

அருள்பணியாளராக வேண்டும் என்ற கனவோடு பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையில் சேர்ந்த இவருக்கு அங்கு உடல்நிலை சரியில்லாமல் போகவே வீட்டிற்குத் திருப்பினார்.

பின்னர் இவர் புனித ஜான் போஸ்கோவோடு தங்கியிருந்து கல்வி கற்றார். அவரது அடக்க நிகழ்வில் கலந்துகொண்டு வேண்டிக் கொண்டிருக்கும்போது இவருடைய நோய் நீங்கியது. 

இதற்குப் பிறகு இவர் டோர்டோனா என்ற இடத்தில் இருந்த குரு மடத்தில் சேர்ந்து குருத்துவ வாழ்விற்குத் தன்னையே தயாரித்தார். இவர் குருத்துவப் படிப்புப் படித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தபோதே ஏழைக்காக ஓர் இல்லத்தைத் தொடங்கினார். 

1893 ஆம் ஆண்டு குருவாக அருள்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்ட இவர் ஆண், பெண் என இருபாலருக்கும் துறவு அவைகளைத் தொடங்கினார். உரோமையில் ஓர் அனாதை இல்லத்தை நிறுவினார்; டோர்டோனாவில் மரியாவின் திருத்தலம் ஒன்றை நிறுவினார். 

இப்படி ஏழைகள்மீது மிகுந்த அன்பு இறைப்பணியைச் செய்த இவர் 1940 ஆம் ஆண்டு இதய நோய் காரணமாக இறையடி சேர்ந்தார். இவருக்குத் திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான்பால் 2004 ஆம் ஆண்டு புனிதர் பட்டம் கொடுத்தார்

Also known as

Aloysius Orione

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Joined the Franciscans at Voghera, Italy as a young man, but developed severe health problems and returned to his family. Studied under Saint John Bosco at Turin, Italy, was present at Saint John's death, and was cured of his illness during Saint John's funeral.

Studied at the seminary in Tortona, Italy. While still a layman and student, he opened San Luigi House at San Bernardino in 1893, a home for the poor, homeless and abandoned. Ordained on 13 April 1895.

Founded the Hermits of Divine Providence congregation, the Ladies of Divine Providence, and an orphanage in Rome, Italy in 1899. Under the patronage of Pope Saint Pius X, he founded the Little Missionaries of Charity. Constructed the Marian shrine at Tortona, a site that became a rallying point for people during times of political unrest. To administer the houses of his congregations, Luigi travelled the world, visiting houses in Wales, Brazil, the United States, and throughout Italy.

Born

23 June 1872 at Pontecurone, Allessandria, Italy

Died

• 12 March 1940 at San Remo, Imperia, Italy from heart disease

• body found intact when exhumed in 1965

• interred at the shrine of Our Lady of Safe Keeping, Tortona, Italy

Canonized

16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Martyrs of Nicomedia

Additional Memorial

28 December as part of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia

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Eleven Christians who were martyred in succession in a single incident during the persecutions of Diocletian. First there were the eight imprisoned Christians, Domna, Esmaragdus, Eugene, Hilary, Mardonius, Maximus, Mígdonus and Peter, about whom we know little more than their names. Each day for eight days one of them would be strangled to death in view of the others so that they would spend the night in dread, not knowing if they were next.

Peter was the chamberlain or butler in the palace of Diocletian. When he was overheard complaining about this cruelty, he was exposed as a Christian, arrested, tortured and executed by having the flesh torn from his bones, salt and vinegar poured on the wounds, and then being roasted to death over a slow fire.

Gorgonio was an army officer and member of the staff in the house of emperor Diocletian; Doroteo was a staff clerk. They were each exposed as Christians when they were overhead objecting to the torture and murder of Peter. This led to their own arrest, torture and executions.

Died

in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci

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Born to the nobility, Giustina grew up in a wealthy household. As a child, she frequently fasted on her own, and had a habit of hiding away to pray. She was drawn to the religious life, but her parents strongly opposed it, not wishing to lose their only daughter to the cloister. However, her father fell seriously ill, and during his recovery time he meditated on what was and was not important in life. This led him to give his blessing to Giustina becoming a nun.

She began her Benedictine novitiate at the monastery of San Marco at age 12; legend says that a dove landed on her as she walk into the convent, and all took this as a sign of blessing from the Holy Spirit on her choice. Feeling the need for more solitude, with her bishop‘s permission she became a hermitess and anchoress. She lived in isolation for 35 years; legend says that when wolves would gather around her hermitage, an angel would drive them off. In later years, her health began to fail, she became blindess, and she was forced to return to live in the convent. When the convent became unsafe due to civil unrest, she returned to her family home in 1315, and spent her remaining years there. Subject to ecstasies and received visions.

Born

c.1257 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Died

• 12 March 1319 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy of natural causes while praying

• a white lily grew out of the stone of her tomb

• body found incorrupt when moved in 1329

• body enshrined in an iron in the Holy Spirit Benedictine monastery in Arezzo

• body found incorrupt when moved in 1709

• relics enshrined in the Santa Maria del Flore Benedictine monastery in Lapo, Italy in 1968

Beatified

14 January 1891 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng

Also known as

• Iosephus Zhang Depeng

• Joseph Tchang Taong

• Joseph Tshang-ta-Pong

• Ruose

Additional Memorial

28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

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A clever and inquisitive boy, he was much attracted to Taoism in his youth. He moved to Guiyang in 1794, and entered the silk business. Through a business contact, he first learned of Christianity. He converted, but was unable to join the Church because, in the custom of the day, he kept a concubine. He eventually left her, and in 1800, against strong opposition from his family and business associates, he joined the Church, taking the name Joseph.

Because of trouble at his business over his new-found faith, he went out on his own, opening his own store. He began a ministry of preaching and teaching, and converted a house into a small school for religion. He became a school principal in 1808, and worked as a catechist and altar server.

During the anti-Christian persecutions led by the White Lotus Cult, Joseph went briefly into hiding, but continued his catechist work covertly. In 1814 he was betrayed by his anti-Christian brother-in-law, and was arrested. He was lodged with Saint Peter Wu Gousheng, and the two spent their prison time ministering to other prisoners. He was offered his freedom if he would denounce Christianity; he declined. Martyr.

Born

c.1754 in Duyun, Guizhou Province, China

Died

• strangled to death on 12 March 1815 in Guiyang, Guizhou, China

• buried in Xijiaotang, China

• grass from his grave has become part of local folk remedies

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Angela Salawa

அருளாளர் ஏஞ்சலா சலாவா 

பொதுநிலைப் பெண்:

பிறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 9, 1881

சியேப்ராவ், மலோபோல்ஸ்கீ, போலந்து

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 12, 1922 (வயது 40)

க்ரகோவ், மலோபோல்ஸ்கீ, போலந்து

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஆகஸ்ட் 13, 1991

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

பாதுகாவல்:

ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவகங்கள்

மாணவர்கள்

சாவான நோய்களுக்கு ஆளான மக்கள்

மூளை மற்றும் முதுகு தண்டு நரம்பு செல்களில் ஏற்படும் நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள்

அருளாளர் ஏஞ்சலா சலாவா (Blessed Angela Salawa) முதலாம் உலகப்போரின்போது மருத்துவமனைகளில் பணியாற்றிய ஒரு போலந்து நாட்டுப் பெண்மணியாவார். சார்புநிலையற்ற ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின் (Secular Franciscan Order) உறுப்பினரான இவர், மிகவும் பக்திவாய்ந்த குடும்பமொன்றில் பதினோராவது குழந்தையாகப் பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். முதலாம் உலகப்போரின்போது மருத்துவமனைகளில் நோயாளிகளினூடே பணியாற்றியதால், பின்னாளில் இவரும் நோய்த்தொற்று ஏற்பட்டு, தமது நாற்பது வயதிலேயே மரித்துப்போனார்.

"பர்ட்லோமியேஜ் சலாவா" (Bartłomiej Salawa) என்ற தந்தைக்கும் "ஈவா பொச்சேநெக்" (Ewa Bochenek) என்ற தாய்க்கும் பிறந்த பன்னிரண்டு குழந்தைகளில் பதினோராவது குழந்தையான ஏஞ்சலா, பிறந்த நான்காவது நாளில் திருமுழுக்கு பெற்றார். இவரது தந்தை ஒரு கொல்லன் ஆவார். மிகவும் ஏழ்மையான குடும்பம். இதன்காரணமாகவே ஆஞ்செலா இலகுவாக நோய்வாய்ப்படுபவராகவும் பலவீனமானவராகவும் இருந்தார். மிகவும் கீழ்படியும் குணமுள்ள இவர், தமது குடும்பத்திற்கு தம்மாலான உதவிகள் செய்துவந்தார். சிறு வயதிலேயே தாம் கிறிஸ்துவில் அழைக்கப்படுவதாக உணர்ந்தார்.

பதினாறு வயதிலேயே "க்ரகோவ்" (Kraków) நகரில் பணிப்பெண் பணி புரிவதற்காக வீட்டை விட்டு சென்றார். அங்கே, உலக நாட்டங்களில் ஈடுபாடு கொண்ட இவர், தமது சமய ஆர்வங்களிலிருந்து விலகிப்போனார். இவ்வுலக நாட்டங்களில் ஏற்பட்ட ஈடுபாடுகளை மறுபரிசீலனை செய்யும்படி கேட்டுக்கொண்ட தமது சகோதரி தெரெசா (Teresa) இறந்தபோது மிகவும் மனதளவில் பாதிக்கப்பட்டார்.

ஒருமுறை, திருமண வரவேற்பு நிகழ்ச்சியொன்றில் நடனமாடிக்கொண்டிருந்தார். அப்போது, இயேசு கிறிஸ்து தமதருகில் நிற்பது போலவும், "என்னைப் பின்தொடர விரும்பும் நீ இங்ஙனம் நடனம் போன்றவற்றில் நாட்டம் கொள்வதேன்" என்று கேட்பதாக உணர்ந்தார். மனம் வருந்திய ஏஞ்சலா, உடனே அங்கிருந்து விலகிச் சென்றார். தேவாலயம் ஒன்றிற்கு சென்று செபித்தார். நற்கருணை ஆண்டவரை வழிபட தொடங்கினார்.

சமயப் பணியாற்ற விரும்பிய ஏஞ்சலாவுக்கு அவரது பலவீன உடல்நிலை தடையாக இருந்தது. தூய்மை மற்றும் நல்லொழுக்கத்திற்காக தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் சத்திய பிரமாணம் எடுத்துக்கொண்ட இவர் 1912ம் ஆண்டு, "சார்புநிலையற்ற ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையின்" (Secular Franciscan Order) உறுப்பினரானார்.

1914ம் ஆண்டு, முதலாம் உலகப்போர் வெடித்தபோது, அவர் மத இன வேறுபாடுகளின்றி காயமடைந்த போர் வீரர்களுக்கு சேவை புரிந்தார். ஏற்கனவே நோய்களால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த ஏஞ்சலா, இன்னும் அதிகமாக பாதிக்கப்பட்டதை எவரும் கவனிக்கவில்லை. ஆனாலும் மனம் தளராது பணியாற்றினார்.

1916ம் ஆண்டு, இவர் மீது திருட்டுப் குற்றம் சாட்டிய இவரது முதலாளி, இவரை பணியிலிருந்து நீக்கினார். வீடற்ற ஏஞ்சலா, நோய்களின் தாக்கத்தால் வேதனைகளால் துயருற்றார். பார்க்க நலமடைந்த பெண்போல காட்சியளித்த காரணத்தால், மருத்துவமனையிலிருந்து வெளியே அனுப்பப்பட்டார். இறுதியில், குடும்பத்தால் கைவிடப்பட்டு, சொந்தங்களிழந்து, சுற்றத்தாரும் நண்பர்களும் இல்லாத அனாதையாக வாழ்ந்த ஏஞ்சலா, 1922ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 12ம் நாளன்று, மரணமடைந்தார்

Also known as

Aniela Salawa

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Daughter of Salaw Bartlomiej and Ewa Bochenek, the youngest of ten children in a pious tradesman's family. She received two years of formal education, and at age 12 began work as a domestic in nearby homes. On 27 April 1900 she joined the Saint Zita Assocation, a religious group for maids. Within this church-centered place, Angela felt at home, and devoted her free time to the house, the church, and a call to religion, attending Mass daily and in routine contact with Franciscans. She was unable to enter religious life due to poor health, and continued to work as a maid and to mentor other young women. She became a Franciscan tertiary on 15 March 1912. Worked as a nurse in a Krakow hospital during World War I, spending her own money and any that she could beg to buy better food for injured soldiers. In 1917 her health collapsed completely; she spent the last five years of her life in a small room, surviving on the charity of the Saint Zita Association, and spending her time in prayer.

Born

9 September 1881 in Siepraw, Malopolskie, Poland

Died

• 12 March 1922 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland of natural causes

• relics transferred to the Franciscan Chapel of the Lord's Passion on 13 May 1949

Beatified

13 August 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Rutilio Grande García

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The youngest of seven children born to a poor family, his parents divorced when Rutilio was small, and he was raised by his grandmother and an older brother. He began attending a high school seminary in San Salvador at age 12, and joined the Jesuits when he was 17. Ordained a priest on 30 July 1959.

Father Rutilio came into his own as a priest in the 1960’s; what he took from the work of Vatican II was that his own spiritual development would come from his self-sacrifice for the good of others. He became director of social action projects in San Salvador, and for nine years taught seminarians to live and work with the poor so that they were part of the flock, and to be an example of the church among them.

After work at the seminary, he became a parish priest and school teacher in Aguilares, El Salvador where he was murdered by El Salvadoran security forces while on his way to celebrate Saturday night Mass; he was the first priest martyred in the lead up to the civil war. A friend of Saint Oscar Romero, Saint Oscar later said the death of Blessed Rutilio was his own wake-up call to the cause of the Salvadoran people.

Born

5 July 1928 in El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Died

• shot around 5pm on Saturday 12 March 1977 on the road between Aguilares and El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

• he was hit by 12 rounds

Beatified

22 January 2022 by Pope Francis

Saint Seraphina  (Saint Fina or Saint Serafina)

புனிதர் ஃபீனா 

கன்னியர்: 

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1238

சான் கிமிக்னானோ, இத்தாலி

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 12, 1253

சான் கிமிக்னானோ, இத்தாலி

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

பாதுகாவல்:

மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள், நெசவாளர்கள்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 12

புனிதர் ஃபீனா அல்லது புனிதர் செரஃபினா (Saint Fina or Saint Serafina) ஓர் இத்தாலிய கிறிஸ்தவ குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த சிறுமி ஆவார்.

“ஃபினா டே சியார்டி” (Fina dei Ciardi) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், வட-மத்திய இத்தாலியின் “டுஸ்கனி” (Tuscany) மாகாணத்தின், “சியேனா” (Siena) பிராந்தியத்தின் “சேன் ஜிமிக்நானோ” (San Gimignano) எனும் மலை நகரில் 1238ம் ஆண்டு பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். இவரது பெற்றோர், "காம்பியோ சியார்டி" மற்றும் "இம்பீரியேரா" (Cambio Ciardi and Imperiera) ஆவர். ஒருவேளை உணவு கூட வயிறார உண்ணமுடியாத அளவிற்கு ஏழ்மையாக வாழ்ந்தவர். அவ்வாறு இருந்தபோதிலும், தன்னிடம் உள்ள உணவில் சிறிதளவை மற்ற ஏழைகளுடன் பகிர்ந்து வாழ்ந்தார்.

இவர், அதிதூய கன்னி மரியாளிடம் தீவிர பக்தியுள்ளவர். தமது வாழ்நாளில், திருப்பலிக்காக ஆலயத்திற்குச் செல்வதைத் தவிர்த்து வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியே சென்றறியாதவர். இவர் பிறரிடம் தீவிர அன்பு செலுத்துபவராக அறியப்படுகிறார்.

1248ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபீனா காசநோய் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட எலும்பு அல்லது எலும்பு மஜ்ஜையில் அழற்சி (Tuberculous Osteomyelitis) போன்ற பெரும் நோயால் தாக்கப்பட்டு, மிகக் கொடுமையான வேதனைகளை அனுபவித்தார். நோயின் வேதனை தாங்க முடியாமல் துடித்தபோதும், பொறுமையை இழக்காமல், இறைவனை இறுக பற்றி வாழ்ந்தார். படுக்கையை மறுத்து, மரக் கோரைப்பாயில் படுத்து உறங்கினார். தான் படும் வலிகளை இறைவனுக்காக அனுபவிக்கிறேன் என்று புன்னகையோடு ஏற்றார். இவரது இந்த ஆழ்ந்த தீவிர விசுவாசம் இவரது வேதனைகளைக் குறைத்தது.

நெடுநாளைய நோய்ப்படுக்கையால் இவரது உடல் இவர் படுத்திருந்த மரக் கோரைப்பாயுடன் ஒட்டிக்கொண்டதாக கூறுகின்றனர். இவரது உடலில் ஏற்பட்ட புண்களை புழுக்களும் எலிகளும் கடித்தனவாம். இவர் நோயில் இருக்கையிலேயே இவரது தந்தை மரித்துப்போனார். இவரது தாயாரும் பின்னர் கீழே விழுந்து மரணமடைந்தார். தமது துரதிர்ஷ்டத்திலும் ஏழ்மையிலும் இவர் இறைவனுக்கு நன்றி கூறிக்கொண்டேயிருந்தார். தமது ஆத்மா விரைவில் இவ்வுடலை விட்டு வெளியேறி இறைவனை காணவேண்டுமென்ற தமது விருப்பத்தை சொல்லிக்கொண்டேயிருந்தார்.

இப்புனிதரின் ஆழ்ந்த பக்தியானது, அவரை அடிக்கடி வந்து பார்த்துச் சென்ற சான் கிமிக்னானோ நகர மக்களுக்கு ஒரு சிறந்த எடுத்துக்காட்டாக அமைந்தது.

வாழும் போதே புனிதர் என்று போற்றப்பட்ட இவர், நோயுற்று, நீண்ட ஐந்து வருட வேதனையின் பிறகு, 1253ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், நான்காம் நாளன்று, அவருடைய செவிலியர்களான “பெல்டியா” (Beldia) மற்றும் “பொனவென்சுரா” (Bonaventura) ஆகியோர் அவரது இறப்புக்காக காத்திருக்கையில், “புனிதர் பெரிய கிரகோரி” (Saint Gregory the Great) அவரது அறையில் தோன்றி, அவர் மார்ச் 12ம் தேதியன்று மரணமடைவார் என்று முன்னறிவித்தார். புனிதர் பெரிய கிரகோரி முன்னறிவித்தபடியே ஃபீனா மார்ச் 12ம் தேதி மரணமடைந்தார். அவர் இறக்கும்போது அவருக்கு வயது பதினைந்து.

இவரது இறப்பை முன்னறிவிக்க புனிதர் பெரிய கிரகோரி தோன்றியது, பெரும் அதிசயமாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டது.

இவர் “சேன் ஜிமிக்நானோ” (San Gimignano) நகரில் உள்ள பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார். அப்பேராலயத்தின் அருகில் இவர் பெயரில் ஆலயம் ஒன்றும் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது

Born 1238

San Gimignano, Italy 

Died 12 March [O.S. 5 March] 1253

San Gimignano, Italy

Venerated in San Gimignano, Italy

Feast March 12 and 1st Sunday of August

Attributes Violets, depicted with Saint Gregory the Great, or lying on her wooden board

Patronage disabled people, spinners

Also known as

Fina, Serafina

Profile

Born poor, and though she stayed that way, she still found ways to help those in worse shape that herself. A pretty girl, she lived as a hermit in her home, doing chores, giving to the poor when she could, spinning, sewing, and praying through the nights. Seraphina's father died when the girl was very young. Soon after, she was stricken with a condition that made any movement painful; she had to be carried everywhere on a board. Fina lived the rest of her life in constant suffering, and neglect, which she turned over to God in her constant prayers. She never joined an order but lived her life under Benedictine Rule. Devoted to Saint Gregory the Great who suffered from a condition like hers. She received a vision from Saint Gregory who foretold the date of her death.

Born

1238 at San Geminiano, Tuscany, Italy

Died

12 March 1253 of natural causes

Patronage

• disabled people

• handicapped people

• physically challenged people

• spinners

Representation

• violets

• with Saint Gregory the Great

• lying on a wooden board

Saint Paul Aurelian

Also known as

• Paul of Léon

• Paol Aorelian

• Paulinus Aurelianus

• Paul Aurelian of Léon

• Pol Aurelian

• Pol de Léon

Profile

Born a Romano-Briton prince, the son of Perphius, a Welsh chieftain. Educated at Llantwit Major with Saint David of Wales, Saint Samson of York, Saint Gildas the Wise and Saint Illtyd. Hermit. To escape being made a bishop, he and 12 companions established a monastery at Porz-Pol, Ouessant Island, Brittany (part of modern France. He later relented and became bishop of Ouismon. Spiritual director of his nephew, Saint Joavan of Brittany.

Legend says that Saint Pol subdued a dragon on the Île de Batz by wrapping his clerical stole around the animal's neck, then used his bishop‘s crozier to drag it to the north edge of the island and ordered it to disappeared into the sea.

Born

Glamorgan, Wales

Died

572 on Île de Batz, France

Patronage

Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France

Saint Mura McFeredach

Also known as

• Murames McFeredach

• Muran McFeredach

• Murin of Fahan

• Mura of Fahan

Profile

Abbot of Fahan (Othan Mor), appointed by Saint Columba. Friend of King Hugh of Ireland. Spiritual teacher of Saint Laserian of Leighlin. Member of the O'Neill clan. Writer of a number of works including a rhymed biography of Saint Columba. In the ruined church of Saint Mura at Fahan is a beautiful Irish cross, and nearby is Saint Mura's Well.

Born

c.550 in County Donegal, Ireland

Died

• 645 of natural causes

• relics include his crozier at the National Museum, Dublin, Ireland, and his bell-shrine at the Wallace Collection, London, England

Patronage

• Fahan, Ireland

• O'Neill clan

Saint Theophanes the Chronographer

Also known as

Theophanus the Confessor

Profile

Educated at the Byzantine imperial court. Married layman. Both he and his wife entered religious life. Founded two monasteries. Abbot at Mount Migniana abbey. Wrote a Chronography, a sort of abstract of history from 284 to 813. Arrested, tortured, and exiled to Samothrace by Leo the Armenian for opposing iconoclasm.

Born

Constantinople

Died

12 March 817 of natural causes

Saint Maximilian of Thebeste

Also known as

• Maximilian of Tebessa

• Maximilian of Theveste

• Mamilian...

Profile

Son of a Roman army veteran. Conscientious objector - when drafted into the Roman army, he refused to serve on the grounds that his faith prohibited it. Martyred for this stand.

Born

274

Died

• beheaded c.295 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa

• buried at Carthage

Blessed Girolamo da Recanati

Also known as

• Girolamo Gherarducci

• Jerome...

Profile

Priest. Member of the Hermits of Saint Augustine, and lived in their convent in Recanati, Italy. Worked as a peacemaker between warring Italian political and military factions.

Died

• 12 March 1350 in Recanati, Piceno, Italy of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the church of Sant'Agostino in Recananti

Beatified

1804 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation)

Saint Bernard of Carinola

Also known as

Bernard of Capua

Profile

Studied at Monte Cassino Abbey; spiritual student of the abbot who later became Pope Victor III; fellow student of Saint Peter Damian. Priest. Counselor and chaplain to prince Jordan of Capua, Italy. Bishop of Forum Claudii, Italy, consecrated on 21 March 1087; he moved the see city to Carinola, Campania, Italy in 1100.

Born

1040 at Capua, Italy

Died

• 1109 of natural causes

• interred in a marble sarcophagus in the cathedral of Carinola, Italy

Patronage

Carinola, Campania, Italy

Blessed Manuel Solórzano

Profile

Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador. He was married to Eleuteria Antonia Guillén, and the couple had ten children. In Aguilares, Chile, he sold seeds and cattle for a living. Murdered by El Salvadoran security forces while on his way to serve at Saturday night Mass. Martyr.

Born

c.1905 in Suchitoto, Cuscatlán, El Salvador

Died

shot around 5pm on Saturday 12 March 1977 on the road between Aguilares and El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Beatified

22 January 2022 by Pope Francis

Blessed Beatrix of Engelport

Profile

Dominican nun in 1262 at the convent of Engelport in Hundsrück, Germany. All the nuns at the convent became Premonstratensians in 1272. Beatrix may have served as the first prioress.

Born

13th century Germany

Died

• c.1275

• interred in the choir loft of the convent church

• legend says that if the convent forgot to celebrate her feast day, Beatrix would make knocking noises in her tomb

• relics destroyed during the anti-Church excesses of the French Revolution

Blessed Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez

Profile

Young, single layman in the archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador. Murdered by El Salvadoran security forces while on his way to serve at Saturday night Mass. Martyr.

Born

10 November 1960 in El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Died

shot around 5pm on Saturday 12 March 1977 on the road between Aguilares and El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador

Beatified

22 January 2022 by Pope Francis

Saint Peter the Deacon

Also known as

Peter Levita

Profile

Benedictine monk, sub-deacon in Sicily, deacon in Rome. Friend, spiritual student and secretary to Pope Saint Gregory the Great; Gregory dictated four books of the Dialogues to Peter.

Born

6th century

Died

early c.605

Patronage

Salassola, Italy

Saint Alphege the Bald

Also known as

• Alphege of Winchester

• Alphege the Elder

• Ælfheah, Elphege, Elfego, Elpigio

Profile

Relative of Saint Dunstan of Canterbury and Saint Ethelwold. Monk. Bishop of Winchester, England in 935. Great supporter of the monastic life. Ordained Saint Dunstan and Saint Ethelwold.

Died

951 of natural causes

Saint Almut of Wetter

Also known as

Almud of Wetter

Profile

Born to the royal family. With her sister Digmund, she founded the convent of Wetter in Oberlahngau, Germany, and served as its first abbess.

Born

9th century Germany

Died

10th century

Saint Heiu of Hartlepool

Profile

First nun to take vows in Northumbria (part of modern England), consecrated by Saint Aiden of Lindisfarne. Founded a convent at Hartlepool, Northumbia, and later another at Healaugh, Northumbria.

Died

mid-7th century

Saint Fechno

Also known as

Fiachna

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Columbanus. Went with Columbanus to evangelize in Scotland.

Born

northern Ireland

Died

• 580 of natural causes

• miracles reported at his tomb

Saint Corman of Iona

Also known as

Coman

Profile

Seventh-century priest. Monk at Iona Abbey. Missionary to Northumbria in northern England; he may have been the first priest to evangelize the area.

Born

Ireland

Saint Egdunus

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian with seven other Christians.

Died

hung by his feet over a fire to die of smoke inhalation in 303 in Nicomedia, Asia Minor

Saint Indrecht of Iona

Profile

Monk. Abbot of Iona Abbey. Martyred by Saxons while travelling to Rome, Italy.

Died

854

Blessed Claudius the Minor

Also known as

Claude

Profile

Franciscan monk.

Saint Basilissa of Asia

Profile

Married to a man named Felicius. Martyred, date unknown.

Also celebrated but no entry yet

• Brian Bòruimhe

• Symeon the New Theologian

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மார்ச் 11

 Blessed Frano Gjini

Profile

Ordained a priest in the diocese of Shkodrë, Albania on 28 June 1908. Vicar-general of the archdiocese of Durrës, Albania in 1918. Parish priest in Durrës, Derven of Fushë Krujë, Kurbin and Perlat of Kthella, Albania at different times. Chosen abbot of the Abbey Nullius of Saint Lelezhdri of Orosh in Mirdita on 29 June 1930. Consecrated titular bishop of Semta on 28 October 1930. Chosen apostolic delegate to Albania on 11 November 1945 after the previous delegate was not permitted back into the country. Chosen bishop of Lezhë, Albania on 4 January 1946. He was arrested by Communist authorities in Shkodrë on 15 November 1946 for continuing to work for the Church, sentenced to death on 8 January 1948 and executed. Martyr.

Born

20 February 1886 in Shkodër, Albania

Died

shot on 11 March 1948 in Shkodër, Albania

Beatified

• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Saint Alexius U Se-Yong

Also known as

• Alejo U Se-yong

• Alessio U Se-yong

• Alleksio

• U Se-Yeong

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

Profile

Young layman, born to the wealthy nobility in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Having become interested in Christianity, he met with Saint Siméon-François Berneux, and Saint Marcus Chong Ui-Bae served as his catechist. Convert. His family was strongly opposed to Christianity, and Alexius left home to work with missionaries, translating the Catechism and other texts to Korean.

During one of the repeated persecutions, all Christians in his village were arrested. Alexius gave in to his fears and denied the faith, and was released. He then repented and went to prison to confess his failure to his bishop. He was then arrested, imprisoned with the others, tortured, and finally executed for his faith. Martyr.

Born

1845 in Seoheung, Hwanghae-do, North Korea

Died

11 March 1866 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Marcus Chong Ui-Bae

Also known as

• Jeong Eui-Bae

• Mareuko

Additional Memorial

20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea

Profile

Raised in a pagan family, he became a teacher. He married but was a widower with no children. He became interested in Christianity when he saw the calm with which two priests met their martyrdom. He began studying, read himself into the faith, and converted. He served as a catechist; among others, he helped bring Saint Alexius U Se-Yong to the faith; and spent his free time caring for orphans and visiting the sick. During one of the periodic persecutions of Christians, he was given a chance to leave the country, but stayed to help those who could not leave. He was seized, insulted, abused and beaten by his neighbors and his own family members for his faith, then turned over to government officials for execution. Martyr.

Born

1795 in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Died

11 March 1866 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Dedë Nikaj

Also known as

• Brother Ciprian

• Dedë Nikacj

Profile

Orphaned at age five, he was educated by the Franciscans. Studied in Shkodër, Albania, then Lankowitz and Graz in Austria, then in Rome, Italy. Ordained a priest in Rome on 25 July 1924. Taught at a Franciscan seminary from 1929 to 1932. Novice master from 1932 to 1938. Franciscan provincial master from 1938 to 1941. Director of the Franciscan seminary from 1941 to 1944. Franciscan Guardian of Gjuhadol in 1944. On 15 November 1946 the Communist authorities arrested him on a charge of concealing weapons behind a church altar. He was imprisoned, tortured, sentenced to death, and finally executed. Martyr.

Born

19 July 1900 in Shkodër, Albania

Died

shot on 11 March 1948 in Shkodër, Albania

Beatified

• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Saint Eulogius of Cordoba

யூலோஜியஸ் 

குரு & மறை சாட்சி:

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 819க்கு முன்னர்

கொர்டோபா நகரின் கலிபா (தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின்)

இறப்பு: மார்ச் 11, 857

கொர்டோபா

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

ஒவியேடோ தேவாலயம்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 11

புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ், “கொர்டோபா” (Córdoba) நகரின் மறைசாட்சியருள் ஒருவராவார். ஒன்பதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் மத்தியில் கொர்டோபா'வை ஆண்ட அரசர்கள் "இரண்டாம் கொர்டோவன் எமிர்ஸ் அப்-டேர்-ரஹ்மான்" (Cordovan emirs Abd-er-Rahman II) மற்றும் "முதலாம் முஹம்மத்" (Muhammad I) ஆகியோரது காலத்தில் இவர் வளர்ச்சியடைந்தார்.

ஒன்பதாம் நூற்றாண்டில், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டை வெற்றி கண்ட முஸ்லிம் வெற்றியாளர்கள், கொர்டோபா நகரை தமது தலைநகராக ஆக்கினார்கள். அவர்கள், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் சமாதானமாக வாழ அனுமதித்தனர். மாதாந்த வரி செலுத்த உத்தரவிட்டனர். கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் தமது சமய வழிபாடுகளை செய்யவும் அனுமதித்தனர். யூலோஜியஸின் இளைய சகோதரர் போன்றோர் அரசாங்கத்தின் உயர் பதவி வரை உயர அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டனர்.

அக்காலத்தில், கிறிஸ்தவ தேவாலயங்களும் ஆராதனைகளும், கிறிஸ்தவ சொத்துக்களும் தாராளமாக அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டன. பிறப்பு மட்டுமல்லாது, இறப்புக்கும் வரி தாராளமாக விதிக்கப்பட்டது. அவ்வாறு வரி செலுத்த இயலாத கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசிகள் அநேகர் ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் வடக்கு பிராந்தியங்களுக்கு புலம்பெயர்ந்து போயினர். இன்னும் பலர் "ஸியெர்ரா" (Sierras) மாநிலத்திலுள்ள துறவு மடங்களில் அடைக்கலம் புகுந்தனர். இங்ஙனமாக, கிறிஸ்தவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை இங்கே சுருங்கிப்போயிற்று.

இரண்டாம் அப்-டேர்-ரஹ்மானி'ன் ஆட்சி காலத்தில், ஆட்சியாளர்களின் அணுகுமுறையில் மாற்றம் வந்தது. கடுமையான துன்புறுத்தலின் பின்நிகழ்வாய், முஸ்லிம்களின் பள்ளிவாசல்களில் நுழைந்து முஹம்மதுவின் நினைவுச் சின்னங்களை அவமதித்ததாகவும், அரசுக்கு எதிராக சதி செய்ததாகவும் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மீது குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டது.

ஆரம்ப வாழ்க்கை:

புனிதர் யூலோஜியசின் பிறந்த நாள், வருடம் பற்றிய சரியான ஆதாரங்கள் எதுவும் கிடைக்கவில்லை. ஆனால், அவர் கி.பி. 819ம் ஆண்டுக்கு முன்னர் பிறந்திருக்க வேண்டும். காரணம், 848ம் ஆண்டில் அவர் "கடலோனியா மற்றும் நவர்ரெ" (Catalonia and Navarre) ஆகிய பிரதேசங்களிலிருந்த கிறிஸ்தவ மக்களின் மத்தியில் மிகவும் பிரசித்தி பெற்ற மத குருவாக இருந்திருக்கிறார். குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற குறைந்த பட்ச வயது முப்பது ஆகையால் அவர் 819ம் ஆண்டுக்கு முன்னர் பிறந்திருக்க வேண்டும்.

ரோமர்களின் காலத்தில், யூலோஜியசும் அவரது ஐந்து சகோதரர்களும் இரண்டு சகோதரிகளும் "கொர்டோபா" (Córdoba) நகரில் அவர்களது தாயாரான "இஸபெல்'லின்" (Isabel) மேற்பார்வையில் உயர்தர கல்வி கற்று வளர்ந்தனர்.

புனிதர் ஸோய்லஸ் (St. Zoilus) அவர்களின் குரு மடத்தில் தங்கி கல்வி பயின்ற யூலோஜியஸ், கல்வி பூர்த்தி பெற்றதும் தமது தாயாரை கவனித்துக்கொள்வதற்காக வீட்டிலேயே தங்கினார். அவரது நல்லொழுக்கம் மற்றும் கற்றலின் காரணமாக அவர் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றார். பின்னர், அவர் "கொர்டோவா" (Cordova) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள தலைமை திருச்சபை பள்ளியில் பணியமர்த்தப்பட்டார்.

850ம் ஆண்டு, முஹம்மதுவுக்கு எதிராக பேச ஆரம்பித்த சில கிறிஸ்தவர்கள், இஸ்லாமியர்கள் சிலரை கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக மதம் மாற்றினர். இதனால் கடும் கோபமுற்ற மொகம்மதிய ஆட்சியாளர்கள், கிறிஸ்தவர்களை துன்புறுத்த ஆரம்பித்தனர். அவர்கள், யூலோஜியஸ் உள்ளிட்ட குருக்கள், கொர்டோபா நகர ஆயர் ஆகியோரை கைது செய்து சிறையிலடைத்தனர்.

சிறையில், யூலோஜியஸ் தம்முடன் சிறையில் இருந்த மற்றவர்களுக்கு புனித விவிலியத்தை படித்துக் காட்டி, அவர்களுக்கு கிறிஸ்தவ விசுவாசத்தை போதித்தார்.

857ம் ஆண்டு, "லியோகிரிஷியா" (Leocritia) எனும் உயர் இஸ்லாமிய குடும்ப முஸ்லிம் கன்னி, யூலோஜியஸின் போதனையால் கிறிஸ்தவராக மதம் மாறினார். அவர், தமது பெற்றோர் மற்றும் முஸ்லிம்களிடமிருந்து பாதுகாப்பு கோரினார். யூலோஜியஸ் அவரை தமது நண்பர்களிடையே ஒளித்து மறைத்து பாதுகாத்தார். ஆனால் நெடுநாள் வரை அந்த பாதுகாவல் நீடிக்கவில்லை. அனைவரும் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டு மரண தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டனர். 857ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 11ம் நாளன்று, புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ் தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார். அது போலவே நாலு நாட்கள் கழித்து, புனிதர் லியோகிரிஷியாவும் (St. Leocritia) 857ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 15ம் நாளன்று, தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார்.

புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ், டோலேடோ (Toledo) உயர்மறை மாகாணத்தின் பேராயராக (Archbishop of Toledo) தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தார். ஆனால், அவரது சிறை வாசமும், அதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக அவர் சிரச்சேதம் செய்யப்பட்டதும் அவர் பேராயராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்படாமல் போனது.

தாம் பாதுகாத்து வந்த மிக நேர்த்தியான கிறிஸ்தவ கோட்பாடுகளை விட்டுச் சென்றிருக்கும் புனிதர் யூலோஜியஸ் "ஒவியேடோ" பேராலயத்தில் (Cathedral of Oviedo) அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

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Son of a senatorial family from Cordoba, Spain. Well educated. Priest. Head of an ecclesiastical school. Worked to comfort and support Christian martyrs and their survivors during Islamic persecutions in Moorish occupied Spain. Arrested several times for his faith, he wrote Exhortation to Martyrdom while during one of his imprisonments. Appointed to succeed the Archbishop of Toledo, Spain, but was never consecrated. Imprisoned after he gave shelter to Saint Leocritia of Cordoba, he preached the Gospel in court, then in front of the king's counsel. Martyr.

Died

• scourged and beheaded 11 March 859 at Cordoba, Spain

• some relics translated to Paris, France in the early 860's

Patronage

• carpenters

• coppersmiths

Blessed John Kearney

Also known as

Seán Ó Cearnaigh

Additional Memorials

• 1 March (Franciscans)

• 20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Son of John Kearney and Elizabeth Creagh. Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants), entering the novitiate at Kilkenny, Ireland. Moved to Leuven, Belgium in 1638 to enter the seminary. Ordained in Brussels, Belgium in 1642. On his way back to Ireland in 1644, he was arrested in London, England, tortured and condemned to death. He escaped and made his way to France, finally travelling from Calais to Wexford, Ireland. Taught philosophy in Cashel, served as novice master in Waterford and porter at Carric-on-Suir, living his vocation for nine years as a wanted man. Arrested in Tipperary in early 1653 on the old charge of being a Catholic priest in England. Martyr.

Born

1619 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland

Died

• hanged on 11 March 1653 in Clonmel, Ireland

• his body was burned

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Saint Aengus the Culdee

Also known as

• Aengus of Clonenagh

• Aengus of Tallaght

• Aengus Cúldeo

• Angus, Dengus, Oengo, Oengus, Ceile De

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Hermit or culdee near the River Nore in Ireland where he was known to commune with angels. Hermit near Maryborough. Monk at Clonenagh in Ireland. His reputation for holiness attracted so many would-be students that he retired to be a lay brother at the monastery of Tallaght near Dublin, Ireland under the abbacy of Saint Maelruan. With Maelruan he wrote the Martyrology of Tallaght, a catalog of Irish saints, in 790. Wrote Felire, a poetic version of the martyrology. These works complete, he resumed life as a hermit and then a bishop.

Born

near Clonenagh, Ireland

Died

• 11 March 824 of natural causes

• buried in Clonenagh, Ireland

Blessed Pal Prennushi

Also known as

Mati

Profile

Studied in Schaz, Austria, in Caldaro, Italy, and in Grac, Austria. Franciscan Friar Minor. Ordained a priest in Shkodrë, Albania on 25 March 1904. He served as parish priest in several places, and then as Provincial Vicar. Arrested by Communist authorities in Shkodrë on 15 November 1946 for remaining loyal to Rome and refusing to cooperate with the new state-run “church”, he was given a show trial and executed. Martyr.

Born

2 October 1881 in Shkodrë, Albania

Died

shot on 11 March 1948 in Shkodrë, Albania

Beatified

• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis

• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Blessed John Righi of Fabriano

குரு யோஹானஸ் பாப்டிஸ்டா ரீகி Johannes Baptista Righi OFM

பிறப்பு 

1469, 

பாப்ரியானோ Fabriano, இத்தாலி

இறப்பு 

11 மார்ச் 1539, 

அன்கோனா Ancona, இத்தாலி

இவர் ஓர் உயர்தர குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தார். இவர் இவ்வுலக வாழ்வில் சிறிதும் ஈடுபாடு இல்லாமல் வாழ்ந்தார். இவர் தான் ஓர் குருவாக வேண்டுமென்று சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே ஆசைக்கொண்டார். இதனால் இவர் தனது 15 ஆம் வயதில் புனித பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையில் சேர்ந்து குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். அதன்பிறகு பிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையிலும் முழு திருப்தி இல்லாமல் போகவே, மீண்டும் அன்கோனா திரும்பினார். அங்கு அவர் தான் இறப்பின் வரை மறைப்பணியாற்றினார். 

இவர் சிறப்பாக நோயாளிகளை சந்தித்து, ஆறுதல் கூறி நோயில் பூசுதல் வழங்கி, ஒவ்வொரு நோயாளிகளையும் இறைவனோடு ஒன்றிக்கச் செய்தார். இவர் தான் இறந்த பிறகு எண்ணிலடங்கா புதுமைகளைச் செய்தார்.

Also known as

• Giovanni Battista da Fabriano

• Giovanni da Fabriano

• Giovanni Righi

• Joannes de Fabriano

• Johannes Baptista Righi

• John Baptist of Fabriano

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Born to the Italian nobility. Joined the Franciscans in 1484 at Forano, Italy. From 1511, he lived as a hermit at Cupramontana, Ancona, Italy, preaching and caring for the sick. Noted for an ascetic life style and for long periods of prayer.

Born

1469 at Fabriano, Ancona, Italy

Died

• 1539 of natural causes

• miracles reported at his gravesite

• relics re-interred under an altar in the church of San Giacomo della Romita at his monastery

Beatified

1903 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Saint Vindician of Cambrai

Also known as

Vidicianus, Vindicien

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Eligius. Bishop of Arras-Cambrai, France in 669. Promoted monasticism in his diocese. Protested against the excesses of the Merovingian kings, including Theirry III, and the powerful mayors of the palace. In his later years he retired to the Saint Vaast monastery in Arras, France.

Born

632 at Bullecourt, France

Died

• 712 at Brussels, Belgium of natural causes

• buried at Mont-Saint-Eloi

• relics translated to Cambrai in 1030

• relics moved to Douai and Arras, France at unknown dates

• relics returned to Mont-Saint-Eloi in 1453

• relics moved again in in 1598 and 1601

• relics finally interred in the cathedral at Arras

Saint Constantine II

Also known as

Constantin, Constantinus, Costantino, Costentyn, Custennin

Profile

Born a Scottish prince, the son of King Kenneth II, Constantine led a life of vice until his conversion. Married, and the father of at least one son. Widowed, he abdicated his position, founded a monastery at Govan on the river Clyde, became a monk there, and evangelized the region. Priest. Spiritual student of Saint Columba and Saint Kentigern. Abbot of a monastery in Govan, Scotland. Martyr.

Died

• bled to death in 874 in a cave near Crail after his right arm was cut off by Danish pirates

• considered a martyr in Scotland for defending his Christian land against pagan invaders

Saint Euthymius of Sardis

Also known as

Euthymios, Eutimio

Additional Memorial

26 December (Greek menology)

Profile

Studied in Alexandria, Egypt. Monk. Priest. Bishop of Sardis, Lydia (in modern Turkey) in 787. He fought iconoclasm, and condemned it at the Seventh Ecumenical Council in Nicea. For this opposition, and other conflicts with Emperor Nicephorus, Euthymmius was exiled three times. Over the next 29 years he was occasionally recalled and offered a chance to return if he would accept the iconoclast heresy; he always declined. Martyred in the iconoclast persecutions of Emperor Theophilus.

Born

mid-8th century

Died

scourged to death c.840

Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem

Also known as

• Sophronius of Damascus

• Sophronius the Sophist

Profile

Travelled widely in the East and West. Taught rhetoric. Monk in Palestine at several houses, including at Bethlehem. Lived several years at Alexandria, Egypt near Saint John the Almoner. Ecclesiastical writer of distinction. Poet and extensive correspondent; some of his writings have survived. Fought the Monothelitism heresy. Patriach of Jerusalem from 634 until his death. Driven from the city by Saracens in 637, he eventually negotiated a peace that guaranteed a level of protection to the city's Christians.

Born

Damascus, Syria

Died

c.638; sources disagree on cause and location

Saint Ðaminh Cam

Also known as

Domenic Cam

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). Member of the Fraternity of Dominican Priests. Worked in secret for years during the persecutions of emperor Tu-Duc, ministering to covert Catholics before he was captured. Imprisoned for years, repeatedly tortured and finally executed. Martyr.

Born

Cam Chuong, Bac Ninh, VietnamDied

beheaded on 11 March 1859 in Hung Yên, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Thomas Atkinso

nAdditional Memorials

• 22 November as one of the 85 Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Studied and was ordained at Rheims, France. Returned to England in 1588 to minister to covert Catholics. He travelled by night, hid by day, and served his flock for decades. Betrayed to the authorities, he was arrested along with the family who was hiding him. Martyred for the crime of priesthood.

Born

Menthorpe, North Yorkshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 11 March 1616 at York, England

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Pionius

Profile

Priest. Noted scholar and preacher. During the persecutions of Decius, Pionius and fifteen followers, hearing they were about to be arrested, spent the night of 22-23 February 250 in prayer; they were arrested in the morning at the end of Mass. They had put on their own chains and shackles to make it obvious that they were prisoners, and not going to aposticize. Every time he was taken into public, the courts, or anywhere out of his cell, Pionius preached faith to the Christians, civility to the pagans. Racked and torn with hooks to make him sacrifice to pagan gods; he refused. Martyr.

Born

at Smyrna, Turkey

Died

nailed to a stake and burned alive on 12 March 250

Saint Áurea of San Millán

Also known as

Oria

Profile

Daughter of Saint Amunia, she grew up a Christian child in a village invaded by Moors. She was devoted to Saint Agatha, Saint Eulalia of Merida, and Saint Cecilia. Benedictine nun and hermit at San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spanish Navarre. Received a vision from Agatha, Saint Eulalia of Merida, and Saint Cecilia in which they supported her vocation. Spiritual student of Saint Dominic of Silos. Miracle worker.

Born

c.1042 at Villavelayo, Spain

Died

1069 at San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spanish Navarre of natural causes

Blessed Balbina the Younger

Also known as

Balbina of Assisi

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Granddaughter of Saint Clare of Assisi. Balbina joined the Poor Clares at the monastery of San Damiano. Helped found the Poor Clare monastery in Arezzo, Italy. Known for a life of Christian virtues and supernatural gifts.

Born

1215 in Assisi, Italy

Died

11 March 1254 in Assisi, Italy of natural causes

Saint Benedict Crispus of Milan

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Archbishop of Milan, Italy from 681 until his death 45 years later. Wrote the epitaph for King Caedwalla of Wessex.

Died

• 725 of natural causes

• interred in the basilica of Saint Ambrose in Milan, Italy

Saint Rosina of Wenglingen

புனித_ரோசினா (நான்காம் நூற்றாண்டு)

மார்ச் 11

இவர் (#StRosinaOfWenglingen) ஜெர்மனியைச் சார்ந்தவர்.

சிறு வயது முதலே தன்னை ஆண்டவருக்கு அர்ப்பணித்து வாழ்ந்த இவர், வளர்ந்து பெரியவரானதும் காட்டிற்குச் சென்று கடுந்தவம் மேற்கொண்டு வந்தார்.

இந்நிலையில் இறை நம்பிக்கையில்லாத சிலர் இவரிடம் வந்து, இவரைக் கொன்று போட்டனர். இவ்வாறு இவர் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவுக்காக இரத்தம் சிந்தி உயிர் துறந்தார். 

Also known as

Rofina, Rufina

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Young woman who consecrated herself to God. May have lived as a forest hermit. Martyr.

Died

4th century

Patronage

Wenlingen, Germany

Saint Vincent of Léon

Additional Memorial

11 September (Benedictines)

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Benedictine monk. Abbot of the monastery of Saint Claudius, Léon, Spain. Martyred by Arian Visigoths.

Born

Spanish

Died

c.554 or 630 (sources vary)

Patronage

Cercemaggiore, Italy

Saint Quiricus of Murisengo

Also known as

Cerdre, Cergue, Cirgues, Cyr, Cyricus, Kerykos, Quiric, Quirico

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Martyr whose death became linked to the Theban Legion.

Died

c.286 in Murisengo, Alessandria, Italy

Saint Vigilius of Auxerre

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Succeeded Saint Palladius as bishop of Auxerre, France in 661. Murdered by order of Waraton, mayor of the palace.

Died

murdered in 685 in a forest near Compiègne, France

Blessed Alramo of Niederaltaich

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Benedictine monk at the Niederaltaich monastery no later than 1099. Details about his life have been lost.

Died

11 March 1123

Saint Zosimus of Carthage

Also known as

Zozimus

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Martyred in Carthage in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Born

African

Died

c.263

Saint Heraclius of Carthage

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Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Born

African

Died

c.263 in Carthage, North Africa

Saint Serrano of Oviedo

Also known as

Sernano

Profile

Early bishop of Oviedo, Spain, probably in the mid 9th century. No other details about him have survived.

Saint Candidus the Martyr

Profile

One of a group of 22 martyrs who died together.

Died

c.257 in North Africa

Saint Firmian the Abbot

Also known as

Fermanus, Firminus

Profile

Abbot of San Sabino Piceno near Fermo, Italy.

Died

c.1020

Saint Trophimus the Martyr

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

crucified c.300 at Laodicea, Syria

Saint Alberta of Agen

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One of the first martyrs in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

martyred c.286 in Agen, France

Saint Thalus the Martyr

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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

crucified c.300 at Laodicea, Syria

Saint Piperion the Martyr

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One of a group of 22 martyrs who died together.

Died

c.257 in North Africa

Martyrs of Antioch

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A group of Christians martyred together by Emperor Maximian Galerius.

Died

c.300 in Antioch, Syria

Saint Peter the Spaniard

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Pilgrim from Spain to Rome. Settled to live as a hermit in Babuco, Italy.

Saint Amunia

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Married and the mother of Saint Aurea of San Millán. Widow. Hermitess.

Died

1069 of natural causes

Saint Constantine of Carthage

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Confessor of the faith at Carthage.

Saint Firmus the Martyr

Also known as

Firminus

Profile

Third century martyr.

Saint Gorgonius the Martyr

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Third century martyr.

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