Saint Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy
Also known as
Antonio Daveluy
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Profile
Born to a prominent and pious family, his father was a factory owner, city councilman, and government official; Antoine and two of his brothers became priests. He studied at the Saint Sulpice Seminary in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France in October 1834, and was ordained a priest on 18 December 1841. Assistant pastor in a parish in Roye, France. Joined La Société des Missions Etrangères (Paris Foreign Missions Society) on 4 October 1843, and left for missionary work on 6 February 1844, intending to work on the Japanese Ryuku Islands. However, in Macau he was convinced by Bishop Jean-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Ferréol to go to Korea instead; he travelled there with Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, and arrived in October 1846.
As part of his work, Father Antoine became fluent in Korean, and wrote a French–Korean dictionary, a history of Catholicism in Korea, revised material intended for new converts, and translated a number of works to Korean. Seminary rector in 1848. Appointed co-adjutor bishop of Korea and titular bishop of Akka by Pope Pius IX on 13 November 1855. In the late 1850's he researched and wrote biographies of the martyrs and confessors of Korea. His missionary work in the Haut Nai-hpo region in 1865 and Keu-to-ri region in the spring of 1866 brought many converts to the faith. He became Apostolic Vicar of Korea on 8 March 1866 following the martyrdom of his predecessor, Saint Siméon-François Berneux. Bishop Antoine was arrested three days later on 11 March 1866; he was imprisoned and tortured for his faith and his work. He was given a chance in court to denouce Christianity, but instead he explained it to the judges in simple terms. Martyr.
Born
16 March 1818 in the parish of Saint-Leu, Amiens, Somme, France
Died
• beheaded on Good Friday, 30 March 1866 at the Galmaemot naval base, Boryeong, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
• the executioner took three blows to kill him, with long pauses to argue over what he was being paid for the job
• buried in the sand at the execution site
• body exhumed in June 1866 and re-buried in the district of Hong-san, Korea
• body exhumed in March 1882 and sent to Nagasaki, Japan to prevent desecration in a renewed persecution
• relics enshrined in the cathedral in Seoul, South Korea in 1900
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Pierre Aumaître
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Profile
Eldest of five children in a peasant family; his father was a farmer, his mother a seamstress. Pierre was baptized in Verteuil, France on 26 May 1837, confirmed in Aizecq, France on 21 May 1844, and made his first Communion on 2 May 1847. He early felt a call to the priesthood, walked seven miles a day to take Latin lessons, and entered the Petit Séminaire de Richemont near Cognac, France in 1852, then the Société des Missions Etrangères (Paris Foreign Missions Society) seminary in Paris, France in 1857. Ordained a priest on 14 June 1862. He left for missionary work in Korea on 18 August 1862, arriving in June 1863; he studied the language and customs in Seoul and Saemgol, and then began working in the Naep'o region. Worked with Saint Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy and his bishop, Saint Siméon-François Berneux. To prevent his parishioners in Saemgol from being interrogated and abused by government authorities, he surrendered in March 1866; he was taken to Seoul, imprisoned, tortured, and finally executed for his faith and his work. Martyr.
Born
8 April 1837 in Aizecq, Charente, France
Died
• beheaded on 30 March 1866 in Galmaemot, Boryeong, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
• buried in the sand at the execution site
• remains later recovered and buried in the cathedral in Seoul, South Korea
• some relics in the Salle des Martyrs des Missions Étrangères in Paris, France
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Mary Restituta Kafka
Also known as
• Helen Kafka
• Helena Kafka
• Maria Restituta Kafka
• Sister Restituta
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Sixth daughter of a shoemaker. Grew up in Vienna, Austria. Worked as a sales clerk. Nurse. Joined the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Hartmannschwestern) in 1914, taking the name Restituta after an early Church martyr. Worked for twenty years as a surgical nurse, beginning in 1919. Known as a protector of the poor and oppressed. Vocal opponent of the Nazis after Anschluss, the German take over of Austria. Sister Restituta hung a crucifix in every room of a new hospital wing. The Nazis ordered them removed; Restituta refused. She was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942. Sentenced to death on 28 October 1942 for “aiding and abetting the enemy in the betrayal of the fatherland and for plotting high treason”; Martin Bormann decided that her execution would provide “effective intimidation” for other opponents of the Nazis. She spent her remaining time in prison caring for other prisoners; even the Communist prisoners spoke well of her. She was offered her freedom if she would abandon her religious community; she declined. Martyr.
Born
1 May 1894 in Brno, Czechoslovakia (modern Czech Republic) as Helena Kafka
Died
beheaded on 30 March 1943 at Vienna, Austria
Beatified
21 June 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Ludovico of Casoria
கசோரியா புனிதர் லூடோவிகோ
குரு, நிறுவனர்:
பிறப்பு: மார்ச் 11, 1814
நேப்பிள்ஸ், இத்தாலி அரசு
இறப்பு: மார்ச் 30, 1885 (வயது 71)
நேப்பிள்ஸ், இத்தாலி அரசு
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
அருளாளர் பட்டம்: ஏப்ரல் 18, 1993
திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்
புனிதர் பட்டம்: நவம்பர் 23, 2014
திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்
பாதுகாவல்: கசோரியா (Casoria)
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 30
கசோரியா புனித லூடோவிகோ இத்தாலிய ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் (Italian Franciscan) துறவி ஆவார். அதிசிறந்த சமூக சீர்திருத்தவாதியான இவர், "சாம்பல் நிற துறவியர் கருணை இல்லம்" (Grey Friars of Charity) மற்றும் "புனிதர் எலிசபெத்தின் சாம்பல்நிற அருட்சகோதரிகள்" (Grey Sisters of Saint Elizabeth) ஆகிய இரண்டு சபைகளை தோற்றுவித்தார்.
"அர்ச்சாஞ்செலோ பல்மென்ட்டியேரி" (Arcangelo Palmentieri) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், தச்சுப் பணியில் பயிற்சி பெற்றவர் ஆவார். 1832ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், முதல் தேதியன்று, “லூடோவிகோ” என்ற ஆன்மீக பெயரை ஏற்றவாறு “ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன்” இளம் துறவிகள் மடத்தில் இணைந்தார். ஐந்து வருடங்களின் பின்னர் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்ற சிறிது காலத்திலேயே இவர் 'நேப்பிள்ஸ்' நகரிலுள்ள புனித பேதுருவின் 'ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன்' துறவு மடத்தின் இளம் துறவிகளுக்கு கணிதம், வேதியியல் மற்றும் தத்துவ இயல் கற்பிக்க நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.
1847ம் ஆண்டு, இவர் கொண்ட ஒரு இறை அனுபவம், இவரை வாழ்நாள் முழுதும் ஏழைகளுக்கும் தேவையிலிருப்பவர்களுக்காகவும் சேவை செய்வதில் தம்மை அர்ப்பணித்துக்கொண்டதாக கூறப்படுகின்றது. இவர், மருந்தகங்களையும் அநாதை இல்லங்களையும் உருவாக்குவதில் விரைந்து செயல்பட்டார். 1852ம் ஆண்டு, அடிமைத்தளையிலிருந்து மீட்கப்பட்ட ஆபிரிக்க இளம் சிறுவர் சிறுமிகளுக்காக பள்ளிக்கூடம் ஒன்றினையும் நிறுவினார்.
இவர் ஏழைகளையும், வயது முதிர்ந்தோரையும், நோயாளிகளையும், தன் இதயத்தில் தாங்கி பராமரித்தார். எண்ணிலடங்கா மருத்துவமனைகளையும், வயோதிகர் இல்லங்களையும், சாகும் தருவாயில் உள்ளவர்களுக்கென இல்லங்களையும், பள்ளிக்கூடங்களையும் கட்டினார். காதுகேளாதோர் மற்றும் பேசும் திறன் இல்லாதோருக்கும் பள்ளிகளை நிறுவினார். அவர்களை பராமரிப்பதற்கென இல்லங்களையும் கட்டினார். அவரது பிராந்தியத்தின் துறவியர்க்கு உதவும் வகையில் மருத்துவமனை மட்டுமல்லாது, "நேப்பிள்ஸ்" (Naples), ஃப்ளோரன்ஸ்" (Florence) மற்றும் "அஸிஸி" (Assisi) ஆகிய இடங்களில் தொண்டு நிறுவனங்களை நிறுவினார்.
1859ம் ஆண்டு, இவர் ஆண்களுக்கான ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் மூன்றாம் சபை ஒழுங்குகளைக் கடைப்பிடிக்கும் சபை ஒன்றினை துவக்கினார். அது, "சாம்பல் நிற துறவியர் கருணை இல்லம்" (Grey Friars of Charity) என்று அறியப்பட்டது. மூன்று வருடங்களின் பிறகு, பெண்களுக்கான துறவு மடம் ஒன்றினையும் துவக்கினார். அது, "புனிதர் எலிசபெத்தின் ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் அருட்சகோதரிகள்" (Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth) எனும் பெயரில் அறியப்பட்டது.
ஆண் துறவியர் சபையின் பணிகள் ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகளிலும் (United States) பரவின. அங்கே அவர்கள், "நியு ஜெர்சியில்" (New Jersey) "இத்தாலிய - அமெரிக்க சமூகத்தினருக்கு (Italian American community) சேவையாற்றினார். தற்போது, அச்சபையின் துறவியர் எண்ணிக்கை மிகவும் குறைவாக இருந்ததால், திருத்தந்தையகம் அந்த சபையை 1971ம் ஆண்டு கலைத்தது.
"புனிதர் எலிசபெத்தின் ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் அருட்சகோதரிகள்" (Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth) சபை, தற்போதும் ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள் (United States of America), எத்தியோப்பியா (Ethiopia), இந்தியா (India), பனாமா (Panama) மற்றும் ஃபிலிப்பைன்ஸ் (Philippines) ஆகிய நாடுகளில் சேவை புரிகின்றது.
1876ம் ஆண்டு, தீராத பெரும் நோயொன்றால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட லூடோவிகோ, ஒன்பது வருடங்களின் பின்னர், 1885ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 30ம் நாளன்று, தமது 71 வயதில் மரித்தார்.
Also known as
• Arcangelo Palmentieri
• Louis
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An apprentice cabinet maker as a youth, Arcangelo joined the Franciscan Friars Minor on 1 July 1832, taking the name Ludovico. Priest. Taught philosophy and mathematics to young friars in Naples, Italy. He began working with the poor, founding orphanages and dispensaries. Around 1852 he opened a school dedicated to educating young Africans who had been ransomed from slavery. Founded a school for the deaf and the mute. Established centers for the care of elderly friars. In 1859 he founded the Frati Bigi della Carita (Gray Friars of Charity) to take over work at the institutions he founded; they received Vatican approval in 1877, worked in Italy and with Italian immigrants in the United States, and were disbanded in 1971 due to a lack of members. In 1862 Ludovico founded the female equivalent, the Suore Elisabettiane Bigie (Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth; Gray Sisters of Saint Elizabeth), who continue their good work today in Italy, the United States, Ethiopia, India, Panama and the Philippines.
Born
11 March 1814 in Casoria, Naples, Italy as Arcangelo Palmentieri
Died
30 March 1885 in Naples, Italy of natural causes
Canonized
23 November 2014 by Pope Francis
Blessed Joachim of Fiore
Also known as
• Joachim de Floris
• Joachim of Flora
• Joachim the Prophet
• Joachim von Fiore
• Gioacchino...
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Born to a middle class family; his father was a notary. Page to the court of the Norman King Roger of Sicily. Pilgrim to Palestine. Priest. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Santa Maria della Sambucina Abbey near Luzzi, Italy, where he tried to reform the Order. Abbot at Santa Maria di Corazzo Abbey in Calabria, Italy in 1176. Hermit at Pietro Alto in 1183. Left the Cistercian order and founded a congregation at Fiore, Italy c.1190. Mentioned by Dante in the Paradiso as being in heaven. Never officially beatified, he was been referred to as Beatus since his death.
Prolific writer on ascetics, clerical reform, and biblical studies, including treatises on the Gospels, an exposition on Revelations, and a concordence of the Old and New Testaments that were based on a moment of insight he was given upon waking one Easter morning. After his death, his works were used to bolster the arguments of some heretics (the Joachimites) who believed that the year 1260 would usher in the era of the Holy Spirit, replacing the era of Christ, a teaching condemned by the Lateran Council of 1215.
Born
c.1130 at Celico, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples (in modern Italy)
Died
30 March 1202 at Fiore, Calabria, Italy of natural causes
Saint Iosephus Chang Chu-gi
Also known as
• Yosep Jang Ju-gi
• Joseph, Giuseppe, José
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Profile
Born to a wealthy family with a history of working as diplomats. Married. An adult convert to Christianity, he was baptized at age 26 along with his entire family. He served as a catechist, conducting classes first in his home and then in a small building he bought and maintained for that purpose in Paeron, Korea. On four occassions, Iosephus hid in the mountains to avoid government persecution of Christians, and he finally moved to the Jecheon area to escape them in 1845. When Saint Siméon-François Berneux built a seminary in the area, he offered his house for its use, he worked in its administration, and he and his wife farmed to help feed the seminarians. He and his wife were arrested in March 1866. A local official arranged their release, but five days later, Iosephus was arrested again. He admitted in court to being a Christian, teaching Christianity, to helping missionaries, and to owning the building where the catechists had worked for many years. He was imprisoned, tortured and eventually executed for his faith and his work. Martyr.
Born
1803 in Suwon, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
Died
beheaded on 30 March 1866 in Galmaemot, Boryeong, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Secundus of Asti
Also known as
Secondo di Asti
Additional Memorial
• 1st Tuesday in May (Asti, Italy)
• 1 June (Asti, Italy; translation of his relics)
Profile
Born to the patrician class. Soldier; subaltern officer in the imperial Roman army, a low rank which probably indicates he was a young man. Convert to Christianity, baptised in Milan, Italy. He illegally gave a Christian burial to the martyr Saint Marcian of Tortona, and then fled to his family in Asti, Italy. There he was arrested, tortured and beheaded. Martyr. A number of legends have grown up around him, but they're just that - legends. The large market that grew up around the cathedral in Asti, which cathedral holds his relics, led to a tradition of patronage of bankers and merchants by Secundus.
Died
• beheaded c.119 at Asti, Italy
• relics in the cathedral in Asti
Saint John Climacus
Also known as
• John of the Ladder
• John Scholasticus
• John the Sinaita
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Well educated and came to adulthood in a intellectual environment. Monk on Mount Sinai at age 16. Hermit in various places in the Arabian Desert. Abbot at Mount Sinai at age 75. Just before his death he resigned his position to return to his solitary life. Ascetical writer whose works have for 15 centuries influenced those seeking the holy life.
Born
between 505 and 579 in Syria
Died
between 605 and 649 on Mount Sinai of natural causes
Saint Leonard Murialdo
Additional Memorial
18 May (Salesians)
Profile
Born to a wealthy, pious family. Studied at the University of Turin, and the College of Saint Sulpice in Paris, France. Ordained in 1851 at the Church of the Visitation. After studies in France, he returned to Italy to take the assignment of “provisional director” of an impoverished college for young working men; he would spend his career there.
Founded the Society of Saint Joseph of Turin modelled after and under the patronage of Saint Joseph, the model for working people; the Society still exists, and still supports young apprentices. Founded a center for delinquent boys, the forerunner of Boy's Town and similar institutions. Supported the Catholic Workers Union. Established a national federation to improve the level of Italian journalism. A model for Christian social workers, he was called a Socialist for advocating an 8-hour work day in 1885.
Born
26 October 1828 at Turin, Italy
Died
• 30 March 1900 of natural causes in Turin, Italy
• buried at Church of Saint Barbara, Turin, Italy
Canonized
3 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Saint Martin-Luc Huin
Also known as
Min
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Profile
One of ten children born to a pious vintner‘s family. Began to study theology in 1851, studying with missionaries who had returned to teach, and was ordained a diocesan parish priest on 29 June 1861. Joined the Société des Missions Etrangères (Paris Foreign Missions Society) on 20 August 1863. Assigned to the missions in Korea in 1864, and after studying the language and customs, he arrived at Chosun on 27 May 1865. Worked with Saint Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy in the Nappo province, then left for the Dangjin province. Arrested on 12 March 1866 in the government’s anti–Christian persecutions, imprisoned in Seoul, Korea, and then executed for his faith and work. Martyr.
Born
20 October 1836 in Guyonvelle, Haute-Marne, France
Died
• beheaded on 30 March 1866 in Galmaemot, Boryeong, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
• buried in the sand at the execution site
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Peter Regalatus
புனிதர் பீட்டர் டி ரிகலடோ
ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவி, சீர்திருத்தவாதி:
பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1390
வல்லடோலிட், ஸ்பெயின்
இறப்பு: மார்ச் 30, 1456
ஸ்பெயின்
ஏற்கும் சமயம்:
ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை
அருளாளர் பட்டம்: மார்ச் 11, 1684
திருத்தந்தை பதினோராம் இன்னொசென்ட்
புனிதர் பட்டம்: ஜூன் 29, 1746
திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் பெனடிக்ட்
நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மார்ச் 30
"புனிதர் பீட்டர் டி ரிகலடோ" (St. Peter de Regalado), ஒரு ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியும் சீர்திருத்தவாதியும் ஆவார்.
சரித்திரத்தில் மிகவும் பரபரப்பாகக் காணப்பட்ட காலகட்டத்தில் பீட்டர் வாழ்ந்தார். 1378 முதல் 1417ம் ஆண்டு வரையான "பெரும் மேற்கத்திய பிளவு" (The Great Western Schism), 1414-1418ம் ஆண்டு, "கான்ஸ்டன்ஸ் சபையில்" (Council of Constance) தீர்வு காணப்பட்டது.
"கான்ஸ்டண்டினோபிள்" (Constantinople) துருக்கியர்களிடம் (Turks) தோற்றுப்போனதால், "பைஸன்டைன் பேரரசு" (Byzantine Empire) சுத்தமாக துடைத்தெறியப்பட்டது. இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாடுகளுக்கிடையே நடந்த நூறு வருட கால யுத்தம் முடிவுக்கு வந்தது.
ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் "வல்லடோலிட்" (Valladolid) என்ற இடத்தில் செல்வ செழிப்புள்ள குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த பீட்டர், தமது 13 வயதில் "ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் பள்ளிகளில்" (Conventual Franciscan) சேர அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார். அவரது குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவின் பின்னர், அவர் "அகிலர்" (Aguilar) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள துறவு மடத்தின் தலைவராக பொறுப்பேற்றார். ஏழ்மை மற்றும் தவம் ஆகியவற்றை குறிக்கோளாகக்கொண்டு வாழும் துறவியர் குழுவொன்றில் இணைந்தார். 1442ம் ஆண்டு, அவரது சீர்திருத்த குழுவிலுள்ள அனைத்து ஸ்பேனிஷ் ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் தலைமைப் பொறுப்பேற்றார்.
பீட்டர் தமது துறவியர்க்கு தாமே முன்மாதிரியாகக் கொண்டு வாழ்ந்தார். ஏழைகள் மற்றும் நோயாளிகளிடம் விசேட அன்பு காட்டினார். அவர் நிகழ்த்திய அற்புதங்கள் பற்றின கதைகள் பலவும் சொல்லப்படுகின்றன. உதாரணத்திற்கு, ஏழைகளுக்கு அவர் கொடுக்கும் ரொட்டியானது, அவர் அனைத்து ஏழைகளுக்கும் கொடுத்து தீரும்வரை தீருவதில்லை. தனது வாழ்நாளின் பெரும்பகுதியை பசியுடனேயே கழித்தார். வெறும் ரொட்டியும் தண்ணீருமே அவரது அன்றாட உணவாக இருந்தன.
1456ம் ஆண்டு, பீட்டர் மரித்த காலத்திலேதான், அச்சுக்கலை ஜெர்மனி நாட்டில் தொடங்கியது. சுமார் நாற்பது வருட காலத்தின் பின்னரே "கொலம்பஸின்" (Columbus) வருகை இருந்தது. அவர் மரித்த உடனேயே அவரது கல்லறை யாத்திரை ஸ்தலமாக மாறிப்போனது. பீட்டர் 1746ம் ஆண்டு, புனிதராக அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.
Also known as
• Peter de Regalado
• Peter Regalado
• Peter Regalati
• Peter Regulatus
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Born to a wealth, pious, noble family. His father died when Peter was very young. Tried to join the Franciscans when he was only ten years old. Educated in a Franciscan convent in Valladolid, Spain from age 13. Disciple of Peter de Villacreces in 1404. Franciscan priest. Superior of the convent at Aguilera in 1415. Superior of the convent at Tribulos in 1422. A noted reformer, primarily by setting a good and pious example. Observed nine personal Lenten periods a year. Had the gifts of bi-location, prophecy and miracle working.
Born
1390 at Valladolid, Spain
Died
• 30 March 1456 at Aguilera, Spain of natural causes
• when exhumed in 1782 his body was found incorrupt
Canonized
29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV
Saint Julio Álvarez Mendoza
Additional Memorial
21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution
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Ordained in 1894, Father Julio worked his entire ministry at Mechoacanejo, Jalisco, Mexico. He visited the area ranches, going to people who would not come to the church. Great devotion to the Eucharist. When the Church was suppresed by the state, he conducted Mass on farms and baptized in mountain streams. Arrested on 26 March 1927 for the crime of priesthood. He was tied to a saddle and dragged several days to Leon where General Amaro sentenced him to death. Martyr.
Born
20 December 1866 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Died
• shot on 30 March 1927 at San Julian, Jalisco, Mexico
• body thrown onto a trash heap near his parish church at Mechoacanejo, Jalisco, Mexico
Canonized
21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico
Saint Zosimus of Syracuse
Also known as
Zozimus of Syracuse
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Son of wealthy land owners. Dedicated to Saint Lucy of Syracuse. Entered the monastery of Saint Lucy near Syracuse, Sicily at age seven. At one point as a child, he was unable to bear the quiet of the monastery and the tedium of his chores, and he ran away. His family sent him back to the monastery. There he had a vision of Saint Lucy who seemed angry. In the vision, Our Lady appeared, calmed Lucy, and welcomed the boy back to the monastery.
Zosimus studied under Saint Faustus of Syracuse. Monk for thirty years. During one meeting to choose an abbot, Zozimus was left behind to watch the door and guard the church's relics; the bishop decided this was a man humble enough to be trusted with the task, and made Zozimus abbot. Priest. Chosen the unwilling bishop of Syracuse in 649. Noted for his charity to the poor and his work to educate his parishioners.
Born
c.570 at Syracuse, Sicily
Died
660 of natural causes
Saint Lucas Hwang Sok-tu
Also known as
• Luca Hwang Sok-tu
• Luka, Luke, Lugar
Additional Memorial
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
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The only child in a wealthy family, Lucas learned about Christianity from a person he met while on the road to study in Seoul, Korea. His family opposed his interest in the faith, but he converted and eventually so did all of them. Lucas was married, worked as a teacher of Chinese literature, and served as a catechist. Co-wrote some of the works of Saint Siméon-François Berneux. Personal assistant to Saint Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy. Imprisoned and executed for his faith and works. Martyr.
Born
1813 in Yonp'ung, Ch'ungch'ong, South Korea
Died
beheaded on 30 March 1866 in Galmaemot, Boryeong, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed Amadeus of Savoy
Also known as
• Amadeus IX
• Amedee...
Additional Memorial
27 April (France)
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Member of the royal house of Piedmont. Duke of Savoy (an area of modern France). Known as a just and charitable ruler, he promoted the Church in his realm and personal holiness in his subjects.
Born
1 February 1435 in Thonon-les-Bains, France
Died
30 March 1472 at Vercelli, Italy of natural causes
Patronage
royal house of Piedmont
Saint Cronan Mochua
Also known as
• Cronan of Balla
• Cuan, Mochua, Moncan
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Educated at Bangor Abbey under Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founded a monastery at Gael, among the Feara Rois of Louth and Monaghan. Travelled to Fore, then Hy-Many in the country of Connaught (all these places are in Ireland). Founded the diocese and abbey of Balla, County Mayo, Ireland in 616, and served as its first abbot-bishop; a tower and altar from the monstery are all that remain of the original structures. Miracle worker. Confessor of the faith. Lived to be nearly 100.
Born
6th century in Ulster, Ireland
Died
30 March 637 of natural causes
Saint Regulus of Scotland
Also known as
• Regulus of Saint Andrew
• Riagal, Riaghail, Riaghai, Rule
Additional Memorial
17 October (Aberdeen Breviary)
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Bishop of Patras, Greece. Custodian of the relics of Saint Andrew the Apostle. In 345 he received a vision telling him to take the relics to the west, and to found a church with the name Saint Andrew. He and some companions wandered to the west, and in 347 landed at Kilrimont where he built the church, the earliest in Scotland. Regulus is commemorated in the Aberdeen Breviary.
Saint Irene of Rome
புனித_ஐரின் (-288)
மார்ச் 30
இவர் (#StIreneOfRome) உரோமையைச் சார்ந்தவர்.
இவரது கணவர் காஸ்டுலுஸ் என்பவராவார். அவர் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் நடுவில் பணிசெய்ததால், உரோமை மன்னன் தியோகிளசியனால் கொல்லப்பட்டார்.
இதனால் கைம்பெண்ணான இவர், தொடர்ந்து கிறிஸ்வராகவே வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்.
இந்நிலையில் ஆட்சியாளர்களுக்கு அஞ்சாமல், கிறிஸ்தவ நம்பிக்கையில் உறுதியாக இருந்த செபஸ்தியார் அம்பு எய்து கொல்லப்பட்டார். உண்மையில் அவர் அம்புகளால் எய்யப்பட்டுக் குற்றுயிராய்க் கிடந்தார். அவருடைய காயங்களைத் துடைத்து, இவர்தான் அவருக்குச் சிகிச்சை அளித்தார்.
இதன் பிறகு செபஸ்தியார் தியோகளிசியன் முன்பாகச் செய்து, அவனுடைய ஆட்சி அழிந்து போகும் என்றார். அதனால் அவன் அவரை அடித்துக் கொன்றான்.
இதையடுத்து இவரும் 288 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறுதிவரை உண்மையான கிறிஸ்தவராய் வாழ்ந்து உயிர் துறந்தார்.
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Married to Saint Castulus of Rome. Widow. Healed the arrow wounds of Saint Sebastian, and tried unsuccessfully to talk him into leaving Rome.
Saint Clinius of Pontecorvo
Also known as
Clino, Clinio
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Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino Abbey. Abbot of Saint Peter's abbey near Pontecorvo, Italy.
Born
Greek
Died
relics at Pontecorvo, Italy
Saint Mamertinus of Auxerre
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Monk and then abbot at the Saints Cosmas and Damian Abbey in Auxerre, France.
Died
c.462
Saint Regulus of Senlis
Also known as
Rieul, Rule
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First bishop of Civitas Silvanectium, Gaul (modern Senlis, France).
Born
Greece
Died
c.260 at Senlis, France
Saint Quirinus the Jailer
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Father of Saint Balbina of Rome. Jailer of Pope Saint Alexander I who brought him to the faith. Martyred in the persecution of Hadrian.
Died
martyred c.117 in Rome, Italy
Saint Domnino of Thessalonica
Also known as
Donate, Donino, Donnino
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Martyr.
Died
4th century Thessalonica, Macedonia (in modern Greece)
Saint Fergus of Downpatrick
Also known as
Ferguisius, Fergustus
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Sixth century bishop of Downpatrick, Ireland.
Died
583 of natural causes
Saint Osburga of Coventry
Also known as
Osburgh of Coventry
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First abbess of a convent founded by King Canute in Coventry, England.
Died
c.1018
Saint Patto of Werden
Also known as
Pacificus
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Abbot of a monastery in Saxony. Bishop of Werden, Germany.
Died
c.788
Saint Pastor of Orleans
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Sixth century bishop of Orléans, France.
Saint Tola
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Abbot and Bishop of Disert Tola in Meath, Ireland.
Died
c.733
Martyrs of Constantinople
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Fourth-century Christians who were exiled, branded on the forehead, imprisoned, tortured, impoverished and murdered during the multi-year persecutions of the Arian Emperor Constantius.
Died
between 351 and 359 in Constantinople
Martyrs of Thessalonica
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A group of Christians martyred together - Achaicus, Domninus, Palotinus, Philocalus and Victor.
Died
304 in Thessalonica, Greece
