இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஆகஸ்ட் 22

 Queenship of Mary

 விண்ணக மண்ணக அரசியான மரியா 

(ஆகஸ்ட் 22) 

மரியாவை விண்ணக மண்ணைக அரசியாக ஏற்று, விழாக் கொண்டாடும் வழக்கம் 1954 ஆம் ஆண்டுதான் உருவாக்கப்பட்டது என்றாலும், மரியாவை அரசியாக அழைக்கின்ற வழக்கம் பதினாறாம் நூற்றாண்டிலிருந்தே இருந்து வந்திருக்கின்றது. தூய எப்ராகிம் மரியாவை அரசியாகப் பாவித்து அழைத்ததற்கான குறிப்புகள் இருக்கின்றன. அது போன்று மக்களும் மரியாவை அரசியாக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டதற்கான சான்றுகள் இருக்கின்றான் ‘Hail holy Queen, Queen of Heaven’ என்ற சொல்லாடல்கள் எல்லாம் அதற்குச் சான்றாக அமைகின்றன. 

கி. பி. 425 ஆம் ஆண்டு எபேசு நகரில் நடைபெற்ற சங்கம் மரியாவை ஆண்டவரின் தாய் எனப் பிரகடனம் செய்தது. இயேசு ஆண்டவர் என்றால் மரியா ஆண்டவள், அரசி என்பதுதான் அர்த்தமாக இருக்கின்றது. யூதர்கள் வழக்கமாக அரசரின் அன்னையை அரசியாக அழைப்பார்கள். இயேசு அரசருக்கெல்லாம் அரசர். அப்படியானால் ‘மரியாவை படைப்பிற்கெல்லாம் அரசி’ என்று அழைப்பது தகுதியும் நீதியும் ஆகும். 

மரியா விண்ணக மண்ணக அரசி என்றால், விண்ணகத்தில் அவர் இயேசுவின் அருகே இருந்து நமக்காகப் பரிந்து பேசுகின்றார் என்பத்தான் அர்த்தமாக இருக்கின்றது. ஆகவே, நாம் மிகுந்த நம்பிக்கையோடு அன்னை மரியிடம் நம்முடைய வேண்டுதல்களை, ஜெபங்களை எடுத்துரைக்கும் போது அவர் நமக்காக தன் மகன் இயேசுவிடம் பரிந்துரைந்து, நமக்கு வேண்டியதைப் பெற்றுத் தருவார் என்பதுதான் உண்மையாக இருக்கின்றது.

Also known as

Also known as

• Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo

• Our Lady, Queen of the Angels

• Our Lady, Queen of Heaven

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A Marian feast day decreed by Pope Pius XII in his encyclical Ad caeli reginam to recognize and celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of the world, of the angels, of heaven, etc. The movement to officially recognise the Queenship of Mary was initially promoted by several Catholic Mariological congresses in Lyon, France, Freiburg, Germany, and Einsiedeln, Switzerland. Pro Regalitate Mariae, an international society to promote the Queenship of Mary, was founded in Rome, Italy by noted Marioligist and writer Father Gabriel Roschini.

 St. Hippolytus of Porto

Feastday: August 22

Death: 236

Bishop and martyr of Porto, Italy. He was drowned in Porto or in Ostia. His cult was suppressed in 1969.

Saint Philip Benizi

 புனித பிலிப்பு பெனிடியுஸ் 

சபை நிறுவுனர் 

பிறப்பு : 15 ஆகஸ்டு 1233,

புளோரன்ஸ் Florenz, இத்தாலி 

இறப்பு : 22 ஆகஸ்டு 1285,

டோடி Todi, இத்தாலி 

புனிதர்பட்டம்: 1671, திருத்தந்தை 10 ஆம் கிளமெண்ட் 

பாதுகாவல்: சர்வைட் சபைக்கு 

இவர் பெண்களுக்கான "சர்வைட்" Servites என்ற சபையை நிறுவினார். இவர் பாரிஸ் மற்றும் பதுவையில் Padua தனது மருத்துவ படிப்பையும், தத்துவயியல் படிப்பையும் படித்தார். தனது 19 ஆம் வயதில் சர்வைட் சபையில் சேர்ந்து ஏழு ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து 1259 ல் குருப்பட்டம் பெற்றார். 1267 ல் சர்வைட் சபையை வழிநடத்தும் பொறுப்பை ஏற்றார். தனது சபையை வலிமை பெற்ற சபையாக மாற்றினார். பின்னர் இத்தாலி ஜெர்மனி போன்ற ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளுக்கு சென்று மிஷினரியாக பணியாற்றினார். அந்நாடுகளில் தன் சபையை பரப்பி, சில சர்வைட் துறவற இல்லங்களையும் கட்டினார்.

இவர் சிறப்பாக ஏழைகளுக்கும், நோயாளிகளுக்கும் பணிபுரிந்தார். வாழ்வில் எதுவுமே இல்லையென்றுணர்ந்த மக்களை, தன் இதயத்தில் சுமந்து, வாழ்விற்கு வழிகாட்டினார். எண்ணிலடங்கா ஏழைகளின் வாழ்வில் ஒளியேற்றினார். 

செபம்: 

என்றும் வாழும் எல்லாம் வல்ல தந்தையே! புனித பிலிப்பு பெனிடியுஸ் வழியாக பெண்களுக்கான சர்வைட் சபையை உருவாக்கினார். அறுவடையோ மிகுதி, வேலையாட்களோ குறைவு. இவ்வுலகில் உமது பணியை தொடர்ந்து ஆற்ற இச்சபைக்கு தேவையான தேவ அழைத்தலைத் தாரும். இச்சபை கன்னியர்களோடு, உடனிருந்து வழிநடத்தியருளும். இச்சபையை வழிநடத்தும் சபை பொறுப்பாளர்களுக்கு தேவையான ஆவியின் அருள்கொடைகல் அனைத்தையும் தந்து, ஆசீர்வதித்திட வேண்டுமென்று இப்புனிதரின் வழியாக இறைவா உம்மை மன்றாடுகின்றோம்.

Also known as

• Felipe Benicio

• Filip Benizi

• Philip Benitius

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Brilliant student. Studied medicine at Paris, France, and Padua, Italy, receiving his doctorates in medicine and philosophy by age 19. Practiced medicine for about a year, but following a vision of the Virgin Mary, he quit to join the Servites as a lay brother at Monte Senario in 1254. Ordained at Siena, Italy in 1258. Tried to hide his education so he could remain a simple member of the Order, but he was persuaded to use his gifts and background to further the Servite mission. Novice master at Siena in 1262.

Sent to Forli, Italy to resolve a conflict between the papacy and the emperor, he was heckled and then physically attacked while preaching. Philip turned the other cheek. Father Philip's non-violent ways caused a converion in Peregrine Laziosi who later became a Servite saint.

Superior of several Servite friaries. Elected prior-general of the order on 5 June 1267, much against his protests. Attended the Council of Lyons. Codified the Servite rules, and defended against attempts to disband it in the wake of the Second Council of Lyons which put restrictions on mendicant orders. Worked to bring peace to the Guelphs and Ghibellines in 1279. He was considered a candidate for the papacy at one point; when he heard the rumor, he went into hiding on Mount Tuniato until Pope Saint Gregory X was chosen. Worked with Blessed Andrew Dotti. Helped Saint Juliana of Cornillon found the Servite third order. Dispatched the first Servite missionaries to the East in 1284. Lived his last few months in retirement in a Servite house in Todi, Italy.

Miracle worker and healer. He once met a leper on the road, and gave the man his cloak; the leprosy was instantly cured.

Born

15 August (Feast of the Assumption) 1233 at district of Oltrarno, Florence, Italy

Died

• 22 August (Octave of the Assumption) 1285 at Todi, Italy

• buried in Todi

Canonized

• 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X

• first Servite to be canonized

Saint John Kemble

Additional Memorials

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Son of John and Anne Kemble. Studied at Douai, France. Ordained on 23 February 1625 at Douai College. Returned to England on 4 June 1625 as a missioner in Monmouthshire and Herefordshire. He tended to his covert flock for 53 years.

Arrested at Pembridge Castle, the home of a family member, in 1678, and lodged in Hereford Gaol. Falsely accused of being part of the Titus Oates Plot. Condemned in March 1679 for the treason of Catholic priesthood. Martryed at age 80.

Before leaving for his execution, John sat for a while with the under-sheriff, having a final drink and smoking a final pipe. This led to the Herefordshire expression "Kemble cup" and "Kemble pipe", meaning one taken before a parting.

Born

1599 at Rhydica Farm, Saint Weonard's Parish, Herefordshire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 at Widemarsh Common, Hereford, England

• so well respected in the area that he was permitted to die on the gallows and avoid the agony of the drawing and quartering elements

• buried in the Welsh Newton Churchyard

• his hand is preserved as a relic at Saint Francis Xavier's church, Hereford, England

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Blessed Giacomo Bianconi of Mevania

Also known as

• Giacomo Bianconi da Bevagna

• James Bianconi

• James of Bevagna

• Jacobus de Blanconibus de Mevania

Profile

Joined the Dominicans at Spoleto, Italy at age 16 in 1236, choosing a life of extreme poverty even by Dominican standards. Founder and first prior of a Dominican friary in Mevania, Italy. Aided survivors and refugees in Mevania after it was sacked by emporer Frederick II in 1248. Helped quash the return of the Nicholaites anti-montanist heresy in Umbria, Italy. Reputed miracle worker.

Born

7 March 1220 at Mevania (modern Bevagna), diocese of Spoleto, Umbria, Italy as Giacomo Bianconi

Died

22 August 1301 at Mevania, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 1400 by Pope Boniface IX (cultus confirmed)

• 18 May 1672 by Pope Clement X (cultus confirmed)

Saint John Wall

Also known as

• Francis Dormore

• Francis Johnson

• Francis Webb

• Joachim of Saint Anne

• John Marsh

Additional Memorials

• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Born to a wealthy Catholic family. Studied in Douai, France and entered the Roman College on 5 November 1641, using the name John Marsh. Ordained 3 December 1645. Joined the Friars Minor in Rome on 1 January 1651, taking the name Joachim of Saint Anne. Vicar and novice-master at Douai. Joined the Worcester mission in 1656 where he served for over 20 years, using several aliases, and living as a fugitive. Arrested in connection with the Titus Oates Plot in December 1678; acquitted of participation in the plot, but was martyred for the crime of priesthood.

Born

1620 Chingle Hall near Preston, Lancashire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 near Redhill, Corcester, England

• buried at Saint Oswald's church

Canonized

25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Saint Symphorian of Autun

Profile

Born to the imperial Roman nobility, the son of Senator Faustus and Blessed Augusta. Covert Christian. As a young man he studied at Autun, Gaul (in modern France). There he was arrested by provincial governor Heraclius for not worshipping the pagan goddess Cybele, he asked for tools to destroy the statue. Arrested and flogged for heresy. Because he was from a noble family, he was given a chance to recant, and was even offered bribes to do so; he declined. Martyred in the presence of his mother.

Died

• beheaded by sword on 22 August 178

• a basilica was built over his tomb in the late 5th century by Saint Euphronius of Autun

Saint Andrew of Fiesole

புனிதர் ஆண்ட்ரூ ஸ்காட் 

தலைமைக் குருவின் பெரிய உதவி அதிகாரி:

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 800 

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 877 அல்லது 880

ஃபியசோல், இத்தாலி

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

புனித மார்ட்டின் தேவாலயம், ஃபியசோல், இத்தாலி

புனிதர் ஆண்ட்ரூ ஸ்காட் (St. Andrew the Scot), இத்தாலிய பிராந்தியமான “டுஸ்கனியின்” (Tuscany) பெருநகரான “ஃபுளோரன்ஸின்” (Metropolitan City of Florence) பகுதியான “ஃபியசோலின்” (Fiesole) ஆயரான “புனிதர் டோனடஸின்” (St. Donatus) “பெரிய உதவி அதிகாரி” (Archdeacon) ஆவார். இவர் “டஸ்கனியின் ஆண்ட்ரூ” (Andrew of Tuscany) என்றும், “ஃபியசோல் நகர ஆண்ட்ரூ” (Andrew of Fiesole) என்றும், “அயர்லாந்தின் ஆண்ட்ரூ” (Andrew of Ireland) என்றும் அறியப்படுகிறார். இவர், புனிதர் பிரிட்ஜெட்’டின் (Bridget of Fiesole) சகோதரரும் ஆவார்.

“அயர்லாந்து” அல்லது “ஸ்காட்லாந்து” (Ireland or Scotland) நாட்டில் பிறந்ததாக கூறப்படும் இவர், இத்தாலியிலுள்ள “டுஸ்கனியின்” (Tuscany) “ஃபுளோரன்ஸிலுள்ள” (Florence) “ஃபியசோல்” (Fiesole) நகரில் மரித்தார்.

ஆண்ட்ரூவும் அவரது சகோதரியும் புனிதர் டோனடஸிடம்” (St. Donatus) கல்வி கற்றனர். டோனடஸ் இத்தாலிக்கு புனித யாத்திரை சென்றபோது, ஆண்ட்ரூவும் உடன் சென்றார். டோனடஸ், ஆண்ட்ரூ இருவரும் ஃபியசோல் சென்று சேர்ந்தபோது, அங்குள்ள மக்கள், தமக்கு ஒரு ஆயரை தேர்ந்தெடுப்பதற்காக ஒன்றுகூடியிருந்தனர். அப்போது, வானிலிருந்து இறங்கி வந்த அசரீரி குரல் ஒன்று, டோனடசை சுட்டிக்காட்டி, “இவரே மரியாதைக்கு மிகவும் தகுதியுள்ளவர்” என்றது. ஆயராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டு, பொறுப்பேற்றுக்கொண்டதும், டோனடஸ் தமது “பெரிய உதவி அதிகாரியாக” (Archdeacon) ஆண்ட்ரூவை நியமித்துக்கொண்டார்.

ஃபியசோல் நகரிலிருந்தபோது, பிரபு ஒருவரின் மகள் ஒருவர் இவரால் குணமடைந்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. முடக்குவாத நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த சிறுமியை காப்பாற்ற மருத்துவர்களால் இயலவில்ல என்றானதும், சிறுமியின் தந்தை, ஆண்ட்ரூவை வந்து தமது மகளுக்காக செபிக்குமாறு வேண்டினார். சிறுமியின் படுக்கையருகே முழங்கால்படியிட்டு செபித்த ஆண்ட்ரூம், “உன்னை இயேசு குனமாக்கிவிட்டார்; எழுந்திரு” என்றார். அந்த சிறுமியும் எழுந்து சென்றாள். ஃபியசோல் நகரில் “பெரிய உதவி அதிகாரியாக” (Archdeacon) இருந்த காலத்தில், இதுபோல் பல அற்புதங்களை இயேசுவின் பெயரால் நிகழ்த்தியதாக கூறப்படுகின்றது. பிசாசுக்களை துரத்தினார். பார்வையற்றவர்களுக்கு பார்வை வரவழைத்தார். நோயுற்றோரை குணமாக்கினார்.

நாற்பத்தேழு வருட ஆயராக சேவையில், ஆண்ட்ரூ டோனடஸுக்கு தீவிர விசுவாசமாக பணியாற்றினார். “மென்சுலா” நகரிலுள்ள “புனித மார்ட்டின் ஆலயத்தை” (Church of San Martino di Mensula) மீட்கவும் அங்கே ஒரு துறவியர் மடத்தை உருவாக்கவும் உந்துசக்தியாக விளங்கினார். தமது கடினமான, மற்றும் எளிய வாழ்க்கைக்காகவும், ஏழைகளுக்கு இவர் ஆற்றிய எல்லையற்ற தொண்டுகளுக்காகவும் ஆண்ட்ரூ பாராட்டப்படுகிறார். இவர், தமது ஆசான் டோனடஸ் மரித்த சில காலத்திலேயே இவரும் மரித்தார். இவர் மரண படுக்கையிலிருந்தபோது, இவருக்கு உதவுவதற்காக இவரது சகோதரி புனிதர் பிரிட்ஜெட்’டை (Bridget of Fiesole) அயர்லாந்திலிருந்து ஒரு தேவதூதர் அழைத்து வந்ததாக கூறப்படுகிறது. இவர் மீட்டெடுத்த புனித மார்ட்டின் தேவாலயத்தில் (St. Martin's Church) இவரது உடல் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது.

Also known as

• Andrew of Ireland

• Andrew of Tuscany

• Andrew the Scot

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Born to the Irish nobility. Brother of Saint Bridget the Younger. Educated by Saint Donatus of Fiesoli, and made a pilgimage to Rome, Italy with him in 816. When Donatus was miraculously chosen bishop of Fiesole, Italy, Andrew was ordained as archdeacon. He served for 47 years, restored the church of Saint Martin and founded a monastery in Mensola, Italy where he may have lived for a while as a monk. He was known as "the Scot", common in that day when speaking of some one from Ireland. Legend says that as he lay dying, his sister was brought to him his bedside by an angel for a final farewell. Little is known of his life, which caused many later writers to fill in the details with pious fiction.

Born

Ireland

Died

• c.877 in Italy of natural causes

• relics in the church of Saint Martin, Fiesole, Italy

Blessed William Lacey

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Married to a widow name Creswell; both his step-sons from that marriage became Jesuits. He held a civil service position, possibly as coroner, until c.1565 when he began to be persecuted for his Catholicism. Imprisoned for a while at Hull. Widower. He travelled to the European continent in 1580, staying in Rheims and then Pont-a-Mousson in France, and then in Rome, Italy where he obtained dispensation to study for the priesthood. After ordination, he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Arrested in York Castle on 22 July 1582 for the crime of priesthood. Abused, loaded with chains, imprisoned underground, and repeatedly interrogated before being executed for being a priest. Martyr.

Born

in Horton, Yorkshire, England

Died

22 August 1582 in York, North Yorkshire, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Symeon Lukach

Also known as

Simeon Lukac

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Greek Catholic. Born to a farm family. Entered the seminary in 1913; his studies were interrupted by World War I, but he graduated in and was ordained in 1919. Taught moral theology at the seminary in Ivano-Franksivsk. Believed to have been secretly ordained a bishop in April 1945; the secrecy was necessitated by Soviet persecution of the Church. Arrested for his faith by Soviet secret police on 26 October 1949; held until 11 February 1955. Worked as a covert priest after his release. Imprisoned again in July 1962. Contracted tuberculosis and died in prison. Martyr.

Born

7 July 1893 at Starunya, Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast', Ukraine

Died

22 August 1964 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast', Ukraine of tuberculosis

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine

Blessed Timoteo da Monticchio

Also known as

Timoteo de Mound

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Born to a peasant family and grew up poor but pious. Joined the Franciscan Friars Minor. Priest. Franciscan novice master in Campli, Teramo, Italy, and lived in the San Angelo d'Ocre convent. Noted for his austere devotion to the Franciscan life, his deep prayer life, and devotion to Franciscan saints. Received visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Francis of Assisi.

Born

1444 in Monticchio, L'Aquila

Died

22 August 1504 in the San Angelo convent in Ocra, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

10 March 1870 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Élie Leymarie de Laroche

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

Born

8 January 1758 in Annesse, Dordogne, France

Died

22 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Bernard Perani

Also known as

Bernard Offida

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Born to a pious peasant family. Capuchin lay brother, joining the Order in 1626. Worked seven years as a cook. Noted for his charity to the poor, his extensive study of scripture and devotional writings, and his spiritual insights. Given to ecstasies during Eucharistic adoration, he was seen to levitate and to shine with an inner light.

Born

c.1604 in Italy

Died

1694 of natural causes

Beatified

25 May 1795 by Pope Pius VI

Blessed Richard Kirkman

Additional Memorial

29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

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Studied at Douai, France; ordained in Rheims, France in 1579. Returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Tutor for Richard Dymake's family in Scrivelsby. Arrested near Wakefield in 1582 for the treason of not accepting the Queen as head of the Church. Martyr.

Born

Addingham, Yorkshire, England

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 22 August 1582 at York, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Blessed José Joaquín Erviti Insausti

Also known as

Pascual

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Redemptorist brother, making his profession on 24 February 1935. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

11 November 1902 in Echalecu, Navarra, Spain

Died

22 August 1936 in Pradera de San Isidro, Madrid, Spain

Venerated

24 April 2021 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Saint Sigfrid of Wearmouth

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Benedictine monk. Spiritual student of Saint Benedict Biscop, and brother monk to Saint Esterwine of Wearmouth and Saint Ceolfrid. Biblical scholar. Co-adjutor abbot of Jarrow Abbey. Abbot in Wearmouth, England in 686.

Died

• 22 August 688 of natural causes related to respiratory illness

• buried in the church of Saint Peter at Jarrow Abbey

Saint Timothy of Rome

Also known as

Timotheus

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Priest in Antioch, Syria. He re-located to Rome, Italy where he became a noted preacher. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Born

Syrian

Died

• beheaded c.309 in Rome, Italy

• relics enshrined in a chapel near the church of Saint Paul-outside-the-Walls at Rome, Italy

Saint Gunifort

Also known as

Guniforme, Guniforto, Gunifortus

Additional Memorial

26 August (Pavia, Italy) 

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Martyred while on pilgrimage.

Born

in the British Isles

Died

Pavia, Italy, date undetermined

Saint Anthusa of Seleucia

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Wealthy third-century lay woman in Seleucia, Asia Minor. Convert to Christianity, baptized by Saint Athanasius of Tarsus. Driven out of Seleucia due to her faith, she lived as a desert hermitess for 23 years.

Saint Antoninus of Rome

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Imperial government executioner in the reign of Commodus. Convert who had to immediately turn his back on all his previous life.

Died

186

Saint Arnulf of Eynesbury

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Ninth-century hermit whose records have been lost but who has been long venerated in Arnulphsbury, Cambridgeshire, England.

Saint Athanasius of Tarsus

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Bishop of Tarsus in Asia Minor. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Valerian.

Died

257

Saint Maurus of Rheims

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Priest. The only one of a group of 50 martyrs whose name has survived.

Died

• c.260 in Rheims, France

Saint Ethelgitha of Northumbria

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Nun. Abbess of a convent in Northumbria, England.

Saint Ethelgitha of Northumbria was a Benedictine abbess of Northumbria, England. She was born in the early 7th century and died in 720.

Ethelgitha was the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and his wife, Æthelburg. She was married to Prince Peada of Mercia, but he died young. After his death, Ethelgitha entered the religious life and became a nun.

She founded a Benedictine monastery at Coldingham, which became a center of learning and piety. Ethelgitha was known for her wisdom and holiness. She was also a skilled poet and musician.

Ethelgitha died in 720 and was buried at Coldingham. She is remembered as a saint and her feast day is celebrated on August 22.

Died

c.720

Saint Fabrician of Toledo

Also known as

Fabricianus

Saint Fabrician of Toledo is a Christian martyr who is venerated by the Catholic Church. He is said to have been martyred in Toledo, Spain, during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian (284-305 AD).

Not much is known about the life of Saint Fabrician. He is said to have been a priest in Toledo and was martyred along with another Christian, Saint Filiberto. The two men were beheaded for their faith.

Saint Fabrician is the patron saint of Toledo. His feast day is celebrated on August 22.

.Died

Toledo, Spain

Saint Saturninus of Ostia

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Martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy.

ere is a Saint Saturninus of Ostia. He is a martyr honored in Ostia, Italy who died in 300 AD. His feast day is August 22.

Not much is known about his life. He is said to have been a priest in Ostia and was martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. He was beheaded along with two other Christians, Crescentius and Eutichia.

Died

c.300

Saint Epictetus of Ostia

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Martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy.

Saint Epictetus of Ostia is a saint who is said to have been martyred in Ostia, Italy, during the persecution of Diocletian. He is mentioned in the unreliable acta of Saint Aurea of Ostia, but there is no other historical evidence to support his existence.

According to the acta, Epictetus was a young man who was arrested for being a Christian. He was tortured and executed, along with several other Christians, including Saint Felix of Ostia and Saint Maprilis of Ostia.

The feast day of Saint Epictetus of Ostia is celebrated on August 22.

Died

c.300

Saint Maprilis of Ostia

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Martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy.

Saint Maprilis of Ostia is a saint who is said to have been martyred in Ostia, Italy, during the persecution of Diocletian. He is mentioned in the unreliable acta of Saint Aurea of Ostia, but there is no other historical evidence to support his existence.

According to the acta, Maprilis was a young man who was arrested for being a Christian. He was tortured and executed, along with several other Christians, including Saint Felix of Ostia.

The feast day of Saint Maprilis of Ostia is celebrated on August 22.

Died

c.300

Saint Martial of Ostia

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Martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy.

aint Martial of Ostia is a saint who is said to have been born in Ostia, Italy, and to have died as a martyr in Limoges, France. His feast day is celebrated on August 22.

However, there is no historical evidence to support the existence of Saint Martial of Ostia. The earliest known mention of him is in a 12th-century manuscript. It is possible that he was a real person, but it is also possible that he is a legendary figure.

Died

• c.300

Saint Felix of Ostia

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Martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy.

Saint Felix of Ostia was a 4th-century Roman priest and martyr. He was born in Ostia, a port city near Rome, and was ordained a priest. He was known for his piety and charity, and he often ministered to the poor and sick.

During the persecution of Diocletian, Felix was arrested and tortured for his faith. He was eventually beheaded, and his body was buried in Ostia. His feast day is celebrated on August 22.

Died

c.300

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

• Blessed Dalmau Llebaría Torné

• Blessed Joan Farriol Sabaté

• Blessed Josep Roselló Sans

• Blessed Julio Melgar Salgado

• Blessed Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría

Ildebrando di Bagnoregio

Sure, here is the English translation of my previous response about Ildebrando di Bagnoregio:

Ildebrando di Bagnoregio was an Italian bishop, the 7th of the diocese of Bagnoregio from 855 to 873. He was born in Bagnoregio, Umbria, around 823. He studied in Rome and was ordained a priest in 847. In 855 he was elected bishop of Bagnoregio. During his episcopate, he dedicated himself to the reform of ecclesiastical life and the defense of the rights of the Church against Emperor Lothair I. He died in Bagnoregio on August 22, 873. He was canonized in 1190 by Pope Celestine III.

Ildebrando was a man of great culture and great spirituality. He was also a man of great strength of character and great courage. He fought for the defense of the rights of the Church and for the reform of ecclesiastical life. He was a great shepherd and a great example of Christian life.

Ildebrando is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on August 22.

 Stefano de Fontsanta

Stefano de Fontsanta was a Mercedarian of great culture, piety, wisdom, and integrity of life. He was proclaimed Patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope Honorius IV in 1286. He died with great sanctity and doctrine, and the Order celebrates him on August 22.

He was born in Fontsanta, Spain, around 1220. He joined the Mercedarians and was sent to preach in the Kingdom of Naples. He was a very effective preacher and converted many people to Christianity.

In 1286, he was appointed Patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope Honorius IV. He was a very wise and capable administrator, and he did a great deal to improve the organization of the Patriarchate.

He died in Jerusalem in 1299. He was canonized by Pope Leo XIII in 1888.

 Thomas Percy

The feast day of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, is celebrated on August 22. He was a Catholic nobleman who was executed for treason in 1572 for his role in the Rising of the North. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1895.

Timoteo da Monticchio

Timoteo da Monticchio (1444-1504) was an Italian Franciscan friar, beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1870.

He was born in Monticchio, Abruzzo, Italy, in 1444 to a peasant family. He entered the Order of Friars Minor in 1458 and was ordained a priest in 1473. He was the master of novices in the convent of Campli and then the provincial minister of Abruzzo.

Timoteo da Monticchio was a man of great piety and devotion. He was known for his austerity of life and his intense life of prayer. He also had the gift of ecstasies and visions.

He died in Ocre, Abruzzo, Italy, on August 22, 1504. His body is preserved incorrupt in the church of the convent of Sant'Angelo d'Ocre.

Timoteo da Monticchio is venerated as a saint by the faithful all over Italy. His feast day is celebrated on August 22.

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் ஆகஸ்ட் 21

 St. Apollinaris Sidonius

Feastday: August 21

Birth: 430

Death: 489

Bishop and classical scholar. Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius was born in Lugdunum, about 423. He was from a noble family and received a brilliant education in the classical style. Entering the military, he married Papianilla, the daughter of Avitus, who became emperor of the West in 455. Living at the imperial court, Apollinaris survived the deposition of Avitus in 456 and subsequently served as the chief senator and prefect of Rome from 468 to 469. He then retired to Gaul, where he carried on a vast correspondence that gives considerable insight into the political period. In 469, although unwilling and not yet a priest, Apollinaris was named bishop of Avernum. He was chosen because of his piety and because he was considered the only one capable of defending the people against the invading Goths, under Alaric. Apollinaris assumed the humble lifestyle of the bishopric and learned so much about ecclesiastical affairs that he was soon recognized as an authority. He opposed King Euric of the Goths in 474 and was exiled briefly. He was an outstanding orator and poet, and he introduced the days of public prayer called "Rogation Days." Twenty-four of his letters and poems survived and are a valuable resource on the period. Apollinaris is considered to be the last representative of the great classical culture of Rome which was being overrun by the Germanic invasions.

Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November[1] of an unknown year, c. 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius is "the single most important surviving author from fifth-century Gaul" according to Eric Goldberg.[2] He was one of four Gallo-Roman aristocrats of the fifth- to sixth-century whose letters survive in quantity; the others are Ruricius, bishop of Limoges (died 507), Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne (died 518) and Magnus Felix Ennodius of Arles, bishop of Ticinum (died 534). All of them were linked in the tightly bound aristocratic Gallo-Roman network that provided the bishops of Catholic Gaul.[3] His feast day is 21 August.

Pope Saint Pius X

புனிதர் பத்தாம் பயஸ் 

257வது திருத்தந்தை:

இயற்பெயர்:

குயிசெப் மேல்ச்சியோர் ஸர்டோ

பிறப்பு: ஜூன் 2, 1835

ரெய்சி, ட்ரேவிசோ, லம்பர்டி-வெனிஷியா, ஆஸ்திரிய பேரரசு

இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 20, 1914 (வயது 79)

அப்போஸ்தலர் மாளிகை, ரோம், இத்தாலி அரசு

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: ஜூன் 3, 1951

திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரண்டாம் பயஸ்

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 29, 1954

திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரண்டாம் பயஸ்

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்ட் 21

பாதுகாவல்:

அட்லான்டா உயர் மறைமாநிலம்; தேஸ் மொயின்ஸ், ஐயோவா மறைமாநிலம்; புது நன்மை வாங்குவோர்; கிரேட் பால்ஸ்-பில்லிங்ஸ் மறைமாநிலம்; [கோட்டயம், இந்தியா மறைமாநிலம்; திருப்பயணிகள்; சான்டா லுசிஜா, மால்டா; ஸ்பிரிங் பீல்டு, மிசூரி மறைமாநிலம்; சம்போஙா, பிலிப்பைன்சு மறைமாநிலம்

திருத்தந்தை புனிதர் பத்தாம் பயஸ், கி.பி. 1903ம் ஆண்டு முதல் 1914ம் ஆண்டு வரை கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் 257-ஆவது திருத்தந்தையாக ஆட்சி செய்தவர் ஆவார். இவர் ஐந்தாம் பயஸுக்கு பின் புனிதர் பட்டம் பெற்ற திருத்தந்தையாவார். இவர் திருச்சபையின் கொள்கைகளுக்கு நவீனத்துவ விளக்கங்கள் அளிப்பதை எதிர்த்தார். பாரம்பரிய விளக்கங்களையே ஊக்குவித்தார். இவரின் மிகமுக்கிய செயல்பாடாக கருதப்படுவது, இவர் வெளியிட்ட திருச்சபை சட்ட தொகுப்பாகும். இவ்வாறு வெளியிடப்படுவது இதுவே முதல் முறையாம். இவர் கிறிஸ்தவ ஒழுக்கங்களை தனிமனித வாழ்விலும் கடைபிடிப்பதில் ஊக்குவித்தார். இவர் பிறந்த ஊரான ரெய்சி, இவரின் பொருட்டு பின்நாளின் ரெய்சி பியோ X (இத்தாலிய ஒளி பெயர்ப்பில் இவரின் பெயர்) என பெயர் மாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டது.

இவர் மரியாளிடம் பக்தி கொண்டவராக விளங்கினார். இவர் “Ad Diem Illum” என்னும் தனது சுற்றறிக்கையில், "மரியாளின் வழியாக கிறிஸ்துவில் யாவற்றையும் புதுப்படைப்பாக்க" என்னும் தனது விருப்பத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தினார். இதையே தனது ஆட்சியின் குறிக்கோளுரையாகக் கொண்டார். கி.பி. 20ம் நூற்றாண்டில் திருத்தந்தையாக இருந்தவரில் பத்தாம் பயஸ் மட்டுமே அதிக தளப்பணி செய்தவராவார். இந்த அனுபவத்தாலேயே அவரவரின் சொந்த மொழியிலேயே மறைபரப்ப தூண்டினார்.

இவரின் தொண்டு உள்ளம் வியக்கத்தக்கது. கி.பி. 1908ல் நடந்த மெசினா நிலநடுக்கத்தில் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களை, இத்தாலிய அரசு உதவி புரிய ஆரம்பிக்கும் முன்பே, தாமாகவே முன்வந்து திருத்தூதரக அரண்மனையில் தங்க வைத்தார். தம் குடும்பத்திற்கு எந்தவித உதவியும் பெறவில்லை. இவரின் மிகவிருப்பமான உடன் பிறந்தவரின் மகன் கடைசிவரை கிராமத்தில் பங்கு குருவாகவே இருந்தார். மற்ற மூன்று சகோதரிகளும் ஏழ்மையிலேயே வாழ்வைக் கழித்தனர். 'நான் ஏழையாக பிறந்தேன், ஏழையாக வாழ்ந்தேன், ஏழையாகவே சாக விரும்புகிறேன்' என அடிக்கடி சொல்வார். பலர் இவரின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர், இவரை புனிதரெனக் கொண்டாடி வெளிப்படையான வணக்கம் செலுத்தினர். இதனாலேயே இவரின் புனிதர் பட்ட நிகழ்வு விரைவில் நடந்தேறியது.

கி.பி. 1878ல் மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் சனாலியின் மரணத்திற்குப் பின், மறைமாவட்டப் பேராலய உயர்நிலைக் குருக்கள் பேரவை இவரை (மற்றொரு ஆயர் நியமிக்கப் படும் வரை) அதன் தலைவராகத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தது. கி.பி. 1878 டிசம்பர் முதல் ஜூன் 1880 வரை இப்பொறுப்பில் அவர் இருந்தார்.

கி.பி. 1880-க்கு பின் திரிவிசோ குருமடத்தில் ஆசிரியராக பணியாற்றினார்.

கர்தினாலாகவும் மூப்பராகவும்:

கி.பி. 1893ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், 12ம் நாளன்று, பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோ இவரை கத்தோலிக்க கர்தினாலாக உயர்த்தினார். சான் பெர்னாதோ அலே தெர்மியின் (பட்டம் சார்ந்த) கர்தினால் குருவாகவும், மூன்று நாட்களுக்கு பின் வெனிசின் மூப்பராகவும் திருத்தந்தை அறிவித்தார். இத்தாலிய அரசுடன் திருச்சபைக்கு இருந்த மனக்கசப்பால் கி.பி. 1894ம் ஆண்டு வரை பொறுப்பேற்க இயலவில்லை.

திருப்பீட தேர்வு:

கி.பி. 1903ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், 20ம் நாளன்று, பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோ காலமானார். அதன் பின் கூடிய திருப்பீடத்தேர்வில் (en:Papal Election) கர்தினால் சார்தோ 1903ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 4ம் நாளன்று, திருத்தந்தையாக தேர்த்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இவர் தன் ஆட்சிப்பெயராக பத்தாம் பயஸை தெரிவு செய்தார். 1903ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம், 9ம் தேதி, முடிசூட்டு விழா நடந்தது.

திருப்பீட ஆட்சி:

இவர் கிறிஸ்தவத்தின் அடிப்படைவாத கொள்கையையுடையவர். இதனையே தம் ஆட்சிக்காலத்திலேயும் கையாண்டார். இவர் முடி சூட்டப்பட்ட தினத்தன்று இவரின் கழுத்தில் இருந்த சிலுவை முலாம் பூசப்பட்டது என்பதை அறிந்த பணியாளர்கள் அதிர்ந்தனர். ஆனால் இவர் அமைதியாக தன்னிடம் வேறு சிலுவை இல்லை எனக்கூறி அதனையே அணிந்து வந்தார். திருத்தந்தை எட்டாம் அர்பனால் கொண்டுவரப்பட்ட பழக்கமான, திருத்தந்தை தனியாக உணவருந்துதலை இவர் அழித்தார். இவர் தன் நண்பர்களைத் தன்னோடு உணவருந்த அழைப்பு விடுத்தார்.

இவர் சிறுவர்களிடம் தனிப்பட்ட அன்பு செலுத்தினார். சிறுவர்களைக் கவர எப்போதும் தன்னுடன் இனிப்புகளை எடுத்துச் செல்வார். இவர் பங்குகளில் சிறுவர்களுக்கான மறைக்கல்வியின் முக்கியத்துவத்தை எடுத்துரைத்து, சிறுவர்களை ஆன்மிக இருளிலிருந்து வெளிக்கொணர முயன்றார்.

திருச்சபை சீர்திருத்தங்களும் இறையியலும்:

கிறிஸ்தியல் மற்றும் மரியாலியலில்:

பத்தாம் பயஸ் தினசரி நற்கருணை வாங்குவதை ஊக்குவித்தார். 1904ல் வெளியிட்ட சுற்றுமடலில் (Encyclical Ad Diem Illum), "கிறிஸ்துவில் எல்லாவற்றையும் புனிதமாக்குவதில்" மரியாளுக்கு இருக்கும் பங்கினை எடுத்தியம்பினார். நாம் அனைவரும் மரியாளின் ஆன்மிகப் பிள்ளைகளாயிருப்பதால் அவருக்கு அன்னைக்குரிய வணக்கம் செலுத்தப்பட வேண்டும் என்றார். வாக்கு மனிதர் ஆனார் என கிறிஸ்துவைப்பற்றி விவிலியம் கூறுகின்றது. ஆனால் மனு உருவான அவ்வாக்கிற்கு உடல் கொடுத்ததால் அவர் கிறிஸ்துவின் அன்னையாகிறார். கிறிஸ்துவின் மறைஉடலான திருச்சபை, கிறிஸ்துவின் மனித உடலிலிருந்து வேறுபடுத்திப் பார்க்க இயலாது, ஆகவே மரியாள் திருச்சபையின் ஆன்மீக அன்னை மட்டுமல்ல, அவள் உண்மையான அன்னையும் கூட என்றார்.

திருச்சபை சட்டங்களில் சீர்திருத்தம்:

1904ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 19ம் தேதி, திருச்சபையின் சட்டத்தொகுப்பை உலகம் முழுமைக்கும் ஒரே சட்டத்தொகுப்பாக்கும்படி கர்தினால் குழாமின் ஆணையம் ஒன்றை வடிவமைத்தார். இவருக்கு முன் உலகம் முழுமைக்கும் ஒரே திருச்சபை சட்டத்தொகுப்பு இருந்ததில்லை. இவருக்குப் பின் திருத்தந்தையானவர்களுள் இருவர் (பதினைந்தாம் பெனடிக்ட் மற்றும் பன்னிரண்டாம் பயஸ்) இவ்வாணையத்தில் இருந்தனர். இவ்வாணையம் தன் பணியை பதினைந்தாம் பெனடிக்டின் ஆட்சியில் 1917ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 27ம் நாளன்று, நிறைவு செய்தது. அவை, 1918ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 19ம் நாளன்று துவங்கி, 1983ம் ஆண்டின் திருவருகை காலம் வரை நடைமுறையில் இருந்தது.

திருச்சபை சட்டத்தில் சீர்திருத்தம்:

பத்தாம் பயஸ் திருத்தந்தையின் திருப்பீடத்தின் கீழ் வரும் ஆட்சித்துறைகளை (Roman Curia) சீரமைத்தார். குறிப்பாக குருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளை மேல்பார்வையிடும் ஆயர்களின் பணியைப் புதிய சட்டங்களால் 'Pieni L'Animo' என்னும் சுற்றுமடலின் மூலமாக திருத்தினார். பல சிறிய குருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளை ஒன்றிணைத்து பெரிய குருமடம் உருவாக செய்தார். புதிய குருத்துவ கல்வி முறையை உருவாக்கினார். பொதுப்பணித்துறை நிறுவனங்களை குருக்கள் தலைமை தாங்கி நடத்த தடை விதித்தார்.

வாழ்நாளில் செய்ததாக கூறப்படும் புதுமைகள்:

பத்தாம் பயஸ் தன் வாழ்நாளிலேயே பல புதுமைகளை செய்துள்ளார் என்பர். முடக்கு வாதம் உற்ற குழந்தை இவர் தூக்கியதால் நலம் பெற்றது என்பர். மூளைக் காய்ச்சல் உடைய இரண்டு வயது குழந்தையின் பெற்றோர் இவரை செபிக்கும்படி கடிதம் எழுதினர். இரண்டு நாட்களில் குழந்தை குணமானது என்பர்.

காச நோயுற்றிருந்த எர்னஸ்தோ ருபின் (பின்நாளின் பலேர்மோவின் பேராயர்) இவரைக்கண்ட போது, ருபின் குணமடைந்து விடப்போவதாகவும், அதனால் குருத்துவக் கல்வியை தொடர மீண்டும் குரு மடத்திற்கு செல்ல அறிவுறுத்தியதாக குறியுள்ளார்.

பிற செயல்கள்:

பத்தாம் பயஸ் பத்து பேருக்கு முக்திபேறு பட்டமும், நான்கு பேருக்கு புனிதர் பட்டமும் அளித்துள்ளார். பத்தாம் பயஸ் 16 திருத்தூது மடல்களை வரைந்துள்ளார்; அவற்றுள் “Vehementer nos” என்னும் மடல் ஃபெப்ரவரி 11, 1906, அன்று வெளியிடப்பட்டதில் 1905ம் ஆண்டு ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அரசு சமயம் பிரிவினை சட்டத்தைக் கண்டித்தார்.

இறப்பும் அடக்கமும்:

1913ல், புகைப்பழக்கம் உள்ள பத்தாம் பயஸ், மாரடைப்பால் உடல் நலம் குன்றினார். 1914ல் வின்னேற்பு அன்னை திருவிழாவன்று (15 ஆகஸ்ட்) இவர் திரும்பவும் நோய்வாய்பட்டார். முதலாம் உலகப் போர் துவங்கியதால் மனம் பாதிக்கப்பட அவர், 20 ஆகஸ்ட் 1914 அன்று இயற்கை எய்தினார். பின்பு இவர் புனித பேதுரு பேராலயத்தில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டார்.

இவருக்கு முன்பு வரை திருத்தந்தையரை அடக்கம் செய்யும் முன், உடல் பதனிடும்போது உள் உறுப்புகளை நீக்குவர். ஆனால் இவர் இதை தடை செய்தார். இன்றுவரை இத்தடை அமலில் உள்ளது.

Also known as

• Giuseppe Melchior Sarto

• Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto

• Giuseppe Sarto

• Joseph Sarto

• Pope of the Blessed Sacrament

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Son of Giambattista Sarto, a village cobbler, and Margherita Sanson, living an impoverished childhood as one of eight children. Baptized on 3 June 1835. Confirmed on 1 September 1848. He early felt a calling to the priesthood. Studied at the seminary of Padua, Italy, and was known as an exceptional student. Ordained by Blessed Giovanni Antonio Farina on 18 September 1858. Chaplain at Tombolo from 1858 to 1867. Archpriest of Salzano from 1867 to 1875. Canon of the Treviso cathedral chapter in 1875. Rector of the Treviso seminary and its spiritual director for nine years. Primicerius of the cathedral in 1879. Chancellor of the diocese of Treviso. Vicar capitular from December 1879 to June 1880. Bishop of Mantua, Italy on 10 November 1884. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 19 June 1891. Created cardinal-priest of Saint Bernardo alle Terme on 12 June 1893. Patriarch of Venice on 15 June 1893. Chosen 257th pope in 1903, taking the name Pius X.

Issued decrees on early Communion (age 7 instead of 12 or 14 as previously). Destroyed the last vestiges of Jansenism by advocating frequent and even daily Communion. Reformed the liturgy, promoted clear and simple homilies, and brought Gregorian chant back to services. Revised the Breviary, and teaching of the Catechism. Fought Modernism, which he denounced as "the summation of all heresies". Reorganized the Roman curia, and the other administrative elements of the Church. Worked against the modern antagonism of the state against the Church. Initiated the codification of canon law. Promoting Bible reading by all the faithful. Supported foreign missions. His will read: "I was born poor; I lived poor; I wish to die poor."

Born

2 June 1835 at Riese, diocese of Treviso, Venice, Austria (now Italy) as Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto

Papal Ascension

• elected 4 August 1903

• installed 9 August 1903

Died

• 21 August 1914 at Vatican City from natural causes aggravated by worries over the beginning of World War I

• buried under the altar of the chapel of the Presentation, Saint Peter's basilica

Canonized

29 May 1954 by Pope Pius XII

Blessed Ladislaus Findysz

Also known as

Wladyslaw Findysz

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Born to pious peasants, the son of Stanislaus Findysz and Apollonia Rachwal. Received his early education from the Felician Sisters. Joined the Marian Solidality as a young student. Entered the major seminary in Przemysl in the autumn of 1927. Spiritual student of Blessed John Balicki. Ordained on 19 June 1932.

Assistant parish priest at Boryslaw, Poland (in modern Ukraine) on 1 August 1932. Assistant parish priest at Drohobycz, Poland (in modern Ukraine) on 17 September 1935. Assistant parish priest at Strzyzów, Poland on 1 August 1937. Assistant parish priest at Jaslo, Poland on 10 October 1940. Parish administrator and then parish priest in Nowy Zmigród beginning on 8 July 1941.

On 3 October 1944 Ladislaus and the rest of the town were expelled by the retreating German army. Having survived the oppression of the Nazis, he returned on 23 January 1945 to rebuild the parish, and to care for war refugees under the oppression of the Communists. He saved several Greek Catholic families who were being persecuted and exiled by the Communists. From 1946 until his death he was under surveillance of the secret police; that same year he was recognized for his good work by being declared an honorary canon. Ordered to stop teaching the catechism in 1952. In order to hinder his work, in 1952 and 1954 he was ordered to live outside the area of his parish. Vice-dean of the Nowy Zmigród deanery in 1957; dean in 1962.

In 1963 he started the Conciliar Works of Charity, a letter writing campaign to parishioners to exhort them to return to the Church, and to spread the word of the reforms of Vatican II. The Communists took a very dim view of this work, and on 25 November 1963 Father Ladislaus was arrested and imprisoned in the Rzeszów Castle, two months after major surgery to remove Ladislaus' thyroid gland. A standard show trial was conducted on 16 and 17 December 1963, and Ladislaus was given a 30 month sentence for the crime of "forcing" religion on his parishioners. This was followed by (also standard) series of published slanders and lies to discredit Ladislaus while he was being abused and starved in prison. Transferred to the central prison hospital on 25 January 1964, his health broken, and suffering from cancer of the esophagus. Surgery was postponed, and Ladislaus was permitted to suffer and deteriorate. Released from prison to his parish, Nowy Zmigród, on February 1964 due to his health, but civilian doctors proclaimed his tumors inoperable. Martyr.

Born

13 December 1907 in Kroscienko Nizne, near Krosno, Poland

Died

• morning of 21 August 1964 of cancer of the esophagus in the presbytery of Nowy Zmigród, Poland

• buried the same day in the parish cemetery

Beatified

• 19 June 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

• recognition celebrated by Cardinal Jozef Glemp in Pilsudski Square, Warsaw, Poland

• the Cause for canonization began on 27 June 2000, the first Cause from the diocese of Rzeszów

• beatification approved on 20 December 2004 by Pope John Paul II

• first successful cause for beatification of a martyr of the Communist persecution in Poland

• recognition originally scheduled for 24 April 2005, but delayed due to the death of Pope John Paul II

Blessed Jacinto Blanch Ferrer

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The son of José Blanch Bosch, a secretary, and Maria Ferrer Raurell, Jacinto was baptized on the day of his birth in his parish church of Santa Maria. His was a large and pious family; all his siblings would enter religious life, five of them as Claretian Missionaries. He made his First Communion at age 12, and entered the Claretian Missionaries' novitiate on 21 July 1884 in Vic, Spain at age 16. He studied in Vic, then Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and made his profession on 18 September 1885. Ordained a priest in the diocese of Zaragoza, Spain on 12 March 1892. As a seminarian, Jacinto had not been noted for scholarship, but was an immensely practical young man. He was assigned to teach Latin, and soon developed the speaking skills to preach in a series of Spanish cities for several years.

In the early 20th century, anti–Catholic violence broke out in Spain. Father Jacinto convinced some local nuns to wear street clothes instead of their habits in order to work in the community without persecution. He conducted a covert ministry in private homes for those who feared making their faith public, and he mixed with anti–Catholic mobs to talk them down from burning churches. His church and community house in Barcelona were burned in 1909. Jacinto was made superior of the community, and oversaw its reconstruction from 1911 through 1913. Superior of the Claretian community in Sallent, Spain in 1920 where he oversaw re-construction of their entire infrastructure.

In addition to a strong devotion to the Eucharist, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Rosary, Father Jacinto was a student and devotee of Father Anthony Mary Claret, the founder of the Claretian Missionaries. He served as Vice-Postulator the Cause for Canonization of Saint Anthony Mary Claret and Father Francesc Crusats Franch from 1916 to 1936, and he published a bibliographic study of Father Claret.

When the Spanish Civil War began in earnest, Father Jacinto moved to the house of Don Eugenio Bofill from which he continued to conduct his covert ministry, celebrating Mass in private homes, receiving other Claretians for instruction, hearing Confessions, teaching catechism, and leading groups to pray the Rosary. On 17 August 1936, fearing his work and visitors would draw attention to the Bofill family, he moved out; he was seized by the militia on 19 August. We have no record of his last two days, but he was executed on 21 August for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.

Born

27 April 1868 in Vilanova de Sau, Barcelona, diocese of Vic, Spain

Died

• shot on 21 August 1936 in Pedrales, Barcelona, Spain

• interred in a niche in the Bofill family mausoleum in the All Saints cemetery

• his bones were later thrown into a common grave, making identification or recovery of relics impossible

Beatified

• 21 October 2017 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated in the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo

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Daughter of Rainiandriantsilavo and Rambahinoro. Raised by her paternal uncle, Rainimaharavo, the commander-in-chief of the Malagasy army, the girl grew up in the animist faith of her ancestors. She began attending a Catholic school at age 13 and was immediately drawn to the faith. A convert, baptized on 1 November 1863, taking the name Victoire. A change in the national politics led to antipathy to the French and to Catholics; Victoire's family, being part of the ruling class, put her in a Protestant school and threatened to make her an outcast if she held to her new faith, but she would not change. Victoire felt drawn to religious life, but her family arranged a marriage for her to Ratsimatahodriaka, a cousin and leading figure in the military; they were wed on 13 May 1864. Her new husband was a violent, womanizing drunk, and all of Victoire's friends urged her to divorce him; she refused, saying that marriage was a sacrament and could not be broken, and instead she prayed for his conversion.

In 1883 the political situation in Madagascar turned forcefully against the French. All foreign missionaries, which included all priests, were ordered out of the country; Catholic schools and churches were ordered closed, Catholic gatherings were outlawed, and all Catholics were ordered to renouce the Church or be considered traitors. The faithful ignored the orders, held prayer services in boarded up churches, catechized new converts, and did it all peacefully and without a priesthood. Victoire helped lead and support the movement, keeping schools open, sometimes being the first into a church, shaming the police guards into letting the Christians enter. During 1885 peace was established between France and Madagascar, and on 7 March 1886 the missionaries were allowed to return; they found the faith alive and growing.

Victoire was widowed in in 14 March 1888, her husband asking forgiveness and being baptized on his death bed. She devoted the rest of her life to caring for the poor, the sick and the imprisoned, with all her free time spent in prayer.

Born

1848 in Antananarivo, Madagascar as Rasoamanarivo

Died

21 August 1894 in Anatanarivo, Madagascar

Beatified

30 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Abraham of Smolensk

 ஸ்மோலென்ஸ்க் நகர் புனிதர் ஆபிரகாம் 

ரஷிய துறவி மற்றும் குரு:

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1150

ஸ்மோலென்ஸ்க், ரஷியா

இறப்பு: கி.பி. 1222

ஸ்மோலென்ஸ்க், ரஷியா

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கிழக்கு மரபுவழி திருச்சபை

புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1549

திருத்தந்தை மூன்றாம் பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: ஆகஸ்ட் 21

பாதுகாவல்:

ஸ்மோலென்ஸ்க் (Smoensk)

புனிதர் ஆபிரகாம், ஒரு ரஷிய துறவியும் குருவும் (Russian Monk and Priest) ஆவார். “பொகாரோடிட்ஸ்காஜா” கான்வென்ட்டில் (Bogoroditzkaja convent) வசித்துவந்த இவர், அற்புதங்கள் புரிபவராக கருதப்பட்டார். விரிவான பிரசங்கங்களிலும், விவிலிய ஆய்வுகளிலும் ஈடுபட்டிருந்த இவர், மங்கோலிய ரஷியாவுக்கு முந்தைய (Pre-Mongol Russia) முக்கிய பிரமுகராக கருதப்படுகிறார்.

இப்புனிதர், கி.பி. 1150ம் ஆண்டு அல்லது 1172ம் ஆண்டில் பிரபுக்களுக்கு பிறந்ததாக கூறப்பட்டது. சிறு வயதிலேயே அனாதையான இவர், இவ்வுலக வாழ்க்கையை கைவிட்டு, மிகவும் கடினமான மற்றும் எளிய ஆன்மீக வாழ்க்கையை தேர்வு செய்ய முடிவு செய்தார். அவர் மனதில் கண்டிப்பு மற்றும் போர்க்குணமிக்க ஒரு மனிதராக விவரிக்கப்படுகிறார். இறுதி நியாயதீர்ப்பினை தமது மனதில் இருத்தியிருந்த இவர், அதனை பிறர் மனதிலும் இருத்த முயற்சித்தார். நோயுற்றவர்களுக்காகவும், கஷ்டபட்டவர்களுக்காகவும் பணிபுரிந்த அவர், உண்மையிலேயே விசுவாசமுள்ளவர்களுள் பிரபலமடைந்திருந்தார். அவருடைய உதவிக்காகவும் ஆலோசனைக்காகவும் அவரிடம் வருகிறவர்களுடன் அவர் மென்மையாக நடந்துகொண்டார். அவரது வெற்றிகள்மீது பொறாமை கொண்டிருந்த பிற குருமார்களோடு அவர் குறைவாகவே பிரபலமடைந்திருந்தார். பிற குருக்களிடையே இருந்த இந்த பதற்றம், அவருக்கு எதிரான பல தார்மீக மற்றும் இறையியல் குற்றச்சாட்டுகளுக்கு வழிவகுத்தது. இதன்காரணமாக, உள்ளூர் ஆயர் இவர் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுத்து, இவரை பிரசங்கிக்க தடை விதித்தார். இதன் காரணமாக, இவர்மீது எப்போதும் சந்தேகம் கொண்டிருந்த குருக்களைத் தவிர்த்து, இவருக்கு நண்பர்கள் எவரும் இல்லாது போயினர்.

பின்னர், இவருக்கு எதிரான வழக்கை மீண்டும் கையிலெடுத்த உள்ளூர் ஆயர், இவர் மீதிருந்த அனைத்து குற்றச்சாட்டுக்களிலிருந்தும் இவரை விடுவித்தார். பின்னர், அப்பகுதியிலுள்ள கடவுளின் அன்னையின் சிறிய மற்றும் வறிய பள்ளியின் மடாதிபதியாக அவரை நியமித்தார்.

தமது மீதமுள்ள வாழ்க்கையை அங்கேயே வாழ்ந்த இப்புனிதர், கி.பி. 1222ம் ஆண்டு, மரித்தார்.

Also known as

• Avraamii

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Born wealthy and orphaned young. When he was old enough to choose for himself, he gave away his fortune, and became a monk at the Bogoroditskaya monastery. Bible scholar, priest, and noted preacher. A stern and forceful man, his sermons concerned the Day of Judgement, and he lived his life as though he were about to be judged. He was very popular among the laity, gentle and ever concerned with the sick, the abused, and the troubled. However, it was a different matter among the clergy, many of whom were openly jealous or hostile toward him, and with the wealthy laity who opposed his teaching on poverty, an austere life, and the emptiness of worldly wealth. His abbot was pressured by local authorities, and he ordered Abraham to stop preaching.

To escape the disturbance, Abraham withdrew from the monastery, and joined the monks of the Holy Cross. He made no friends there, either, and in order to silence him some of his critics brought charges of moral and theological errors, heresy and immorality against him. He was acquitted in his first trial, so he was tried again. When he was acquitted again, he was ordered back to the Bogoroditskaya monastery, stripped of his priestly functions, and for five years he lived under a cloud of suspicion and disciplinary orders.

During a time of drought, the people demanded that he be reinstated as the hard times made them crave the intervention of an obviously holy man; the bishop re-opened his investigation, and this time Abraham was cleared of all charges. Legend says that Abraham then prayed for the city, and had not even returned to his cell in the monastery before it started to rain.

Appointed abbot of the small, impoverished Mother of God monastery in Smolensk, he lived the rest of his life in quiet prayer, supervising his house and receiving visitors, but declining to preach for fear of causing dissension in the faithful. His biography was written by one of his brother monks, and has survived to today.

Born

12th century at Smolensk, Russia

Died

c.1222 at Smolensk, Russia of natural causes

Canonized

1549 by Pope Paul III

Our Lady of Knock

Occurred

Thursday 21 August 1879 at 8pm

Status

devotion approved by Archbishop Thomas P Gilmartin, Archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland in 1936

Description

Our Lady, Saint Joseph and Saint John the Evangelist appeared in a blaze of light at the south gable of Saint John the Baptist Church, Knock, County Mayo, Ireland. They appeared to float about two feet above the ground, and each would occassionally move toward the visionaries, and then away from them. The Blessed Virgin Mary was clothed in white robes with a brilliant crown on her head. Where the crown fitted to her brow, she wore a beautiful full-bloom golden rose. She was praying with her eyes and hands raised towards Heaven. Saint Joseph wore white robes, stood on Our Lady's right, and was turned towards her in an attitude of respect. Saint John was dressed in white vestment, stood was on Mary's left, and resembled a bishop, with a small mitre. He appeared to be preaching and he held an open book in his left hand. Behind them and a little to the left of Saint John was a plain altar on which was a cross and a lamb with adoring angels. The apparition was witnessed by fifteen people. Miraculous healings were reported soon after the area, and it is now a major pilgrimage destination.

Blessed Bruno Zembol

Also known as

• Jan Zembol

• Johannes Zembol

Additional Memorial

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

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Franciscan friar at the monastery in Chelm Lubelski, Poland, taking the name Bruno. Arrested for his faith by the Nazis in November 1939 and sent to the Dachau concentration camp which had a special unit for dealing with imprisoned Catholic clergy. Bruno spent his time in the camp ministering to other prisoners. One of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.

Born

7 September 1905 in Letownia, Malopolskie, Poland as Jan Zembol

Died

beaten to death on 21 August 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland

Saint Gracia of Lérida

புனித கிரேஸ் (அ) கிராசியா (-1180)

ஆகஸ்ட் 21

இவர் தற்போதைய ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் உள்ள லெரிதா என்ற இடத்தைச் சார்ந்தவர். இவரது தந்தை லெரிதாவை ஆண்டு வந்த கலிபா (அ) மன்னர் அல்மான்ஜர் என்பவர் ஆவார் ‌. 

இவருக்குப் பெர்னார்ட் மற்றும் அல்மான்ஜர் என்று இரண்டு சகோதரர்களும், மரியா என்ற சகோதரியும் இருந்தனர். பிறப்பால் இஸ்லாமியரான இவர் தன் சகோதரர் பெர்னார்ட் மூலம் கிறிஸ்துவை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டார். இவரைத் தொடர்ந்து இவரது சகோதரியும் தந்தையும் கிறிஸ்துவை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டு, உண்மையான கிறிஸ்தவர்களாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தார்கள்.

இச் செய்தி இவரது மற்றொரு சகோதரரான அல்மான்ஜருக்குத் தெரியவர, அவர் இவரையும் இவரது சகோதரர், சகோதரி, தந்தை என நான்கு பேரையும் பற்றி மூர் இனத்தவரிடம் சொல்ல, அவர்கள் இவர்களைக் கொலைக் செய்தார்கள்.

இவ்வாறு கிரேஸ் (அ) கிராசியா தன்னுடைய இன்னுயிரைத் தந்து இயேசுவுக்குச் சான்று பகர்ந்தார்.

Also known as

Grace, Zaida

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Daughter of Almanzor, Muslim caliph of Lerida, Catalonia. Sister of Saint Bernard and Saint Maria. Convert, brought to the faith by her brother Bernard. The three tried to convert their brother Almanzor, who turned them over to Moorish authorities. Martyr.

Born

at Lerida, Catalonia (in modern Spain) as Zaida

Died

c.1180

Patronage

Alcira, Valencia, Spain

Saint Maria of Lérida

Also known as

• Mary of Lérida

• Zoraida of Lérida

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Daughter of Almanzor, Muslim caliph of Lerida, Catalonia in modern Spain. Sister of Saint Bernard of Lérida and Saint Grace of Lérida. Convert, brought to the faith by her brother Bernard. The three tried to convert their brother Almanzor, who turned them over to Moorish authorities. Martyr.

Born

at Lérida, Catalonia,Spain as Zoraida

Died

martyred c.1180

Saint Bernard of Lérida

Also known as

Achmed

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Son of Almanzor, Muslim caliph of Lerida, Catalonia. Brother of Saint Mary and Saint Grace. Convert. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Poblet, taking the name Bernard. With his sisters, he tried to convert his brother Almanzor, who turned them over to Moorish authorities. Martyr.

Born

at Lerida, Catalonia (in modern Spain) as Achmed

Died

c.1180

Patronage

Alcira, Valencia, Spain

Saint Bassa of Edessa

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A devout Christian woman married to a pagan priest. Mother of Saint Theogonius, Saint Agapius and Saint Fidelis. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. She was forced to watch her three sons be executed first; she prayed for them and encouraged them to not abandon their faith.

Died

c.304 in Edessa, Syria

Saint Giuse Ðang Van Viên

Also known as

Joseph

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Priest in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. Martyr.

Born

c.1787 in Tiên Chu, Hung Yên, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 21 August 1838 in Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Luxorius of Sardinia

Also known as

Lussurio

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Christian soldier in the imperial Roman army. Comforted Saint Cisellus and Saint Camerinus after the boys had been sentenced to death. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

beheaded in 303 in Sardinia, Italy

Saint Anastasius Cornicularius

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Military tribune, a position known as cornicularius. He was so impressed and moved by the courage of Saint Aeapitus under torture for his faith that he announced, "The God of Aeapitus is my God." He was immediately arrested and executed by order of Aurelian. Martyr.

Died

274 at Salone, Italy

Saint Cyriaca

Also known as

Dominica

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Wealthy married woman in Rome, Italy. Widowed, she spent her fortune sheltering persecuted Christians. Saint Lawrence of Rome used her house as a base for alms-giving and charitable work. Martyr. The church of Saint Mary in Dominica in Rome is named for her.

Died

scourged to death in 249 in Rome, Italy

Saint Maximianus the Soldier

Also known as

Maximinian, Maximilian

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Soldier in the imperial Herculean Legion serving under an uncle of Julian the Apostate. Tortured and executed for refusing to change the Labarum of Constantine, a Christian banner, for a pagan one. Martyr.

Died

362

Saint Privatus of Mende

Also known as

Privado, Privato

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Bishop of Mende, France. Captured by invading barbarians, but was offered his freedom if he would reveal where his flock was hiding or sacrifice to idols; he declined both offers. Martyr.

Died

beaten to death in 260 in Mende, France

Blessed Gilbert of Valenciennes

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Benedictine monk at Saint-Crespin-en-Chaie, Soissons, France. Abbot at the monastery of Saint John the Baptist Abbey at Valenciennes, France. Persecuted by the Count of Hainault (in modern Belgium).

Died

1185 of natural causes

Blessed Beatrice de Roelas

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Mercedarian nun. Founded the Assumption monastery in Seville, Spain.

Died

1580 in the Mercedarian monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain

Saint Natale of Casale Monferrato

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Martyr.

Died

relics in the cathedral of Casale Monferrato, Italy

Saint Quadratus of Utica

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Bishop of Utica in North Africa. Martyred with all his flock.

Died

3rd century

Saint Maximilian of Antioch

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Christian soldier of the Herculean cohort. Ordered by Julian the Apostate to remove the monogram of Christ from the cohort's standard; he refused. Martyr.

Died

c.353 in Antioch

Saint Bonosus

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Soldier; officer in the imperial Herculean Legion serving under an uncle of Julian the Apostate. Tortured and executed for refusing to change the Labarum of Constantine, a Christian banner, for a pagan one. Martyr.

Died

362

Saint Agathonicus of Constantinople

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Member of the Patrician class in the area around Constantinople. Martyred in the late 3rd-century persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian Herculeus.

Saint Zoticus the Philosopher

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Philosopher and teacher martyred with several of his spiritual students in the late 3rd-century persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian Herculeus.

Saint Theogonius of Edessa

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Son of Saint Bassa of Edessa. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Saint Theogonius of Edessa was a Christian martyr who was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution in the early 4th century. He was the eldest son of Bassa, a Christian woman who was married to a pagan priest. Theogonius and his two younger brothers, Agapius and Pistus, were also raised as Christians.

During the persecution, Bassa's husband denounced her and her sons to the authorities. Theogonius and his brothers were arrested and tortured. Theogonius was raked with iron claws, but he refused to renounce his faith. He was then beheaded.

Died

c.304 in Edessa, Syria

Saint Bernard de Alziva

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Convert, with his two sisters, from Islam to Christianity; they were all martyred for this choice.

Saint Bernard of Quintaval, a Spanish nobleman who converted to Christianity from Islam along with his two sisters, Mary and Aurea. They were all martyred for their faith in 1180.

Bernard was born into a Muslim family in Quintaval, Spain. He was educated in Islamic law and theology, but he eventually came to believe in Christianity. He converted to Christianity along with his sisters in 1177.

The siblings' conversion was met with hostility from their family and community. They were forced to flee Quintaval and take refuge in the mountains. They were eventually captured by the Almohads, a Muslim dynasty that ruled over much of Spain at the time.

The Almohads tortured Bernard and his sisters in an attempt to make them renounce their faith. However, they refused to give in. They were eventually beheaded in 1180.

Bernard, Mary, and Aurea are remembered as saints by the Catholic Church.

Died

1180

Saint Agapius of Edessa

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Son of Saint Bassa of Edessa. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Saint Agapius of Edessa is celebrated on August 21 together with his mother Saint Bassa and his brothers Saint Theogonius and Saint Pistus. They were all martyred during the Diocletianic Persecution in the early 4th century.

Agapius was the youngest of the three brothers. He was arrested and tortured for refusing to renounce his faith. His skin was flayed from head to chest, but he did not utter a sound. He was eventually beheaded.

The story of Saint Agapius and his family is a reminder of the strength and courage of the early Christians who were willing to die for their faith. It is also a reminder of the importance of family in the Christian life. Bassa and her sons were united in their faith, and they supported each other through their suffering.

c.304 in Edessa, Syria

Saint Fidelis of Edessa

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Son of Saint Bassa of Edessa. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

c.304 in Edessa, Syria

Saint Camerinus of Sardinia

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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

aint Camerinus of Sardinia was a young Christian who was martyred in the early 4th century during the Diocletianic Persecution. He was arrested and tortured for refusing to renounce his faith. He was eventually beheaded, along with two other Christians, Cisellus and Luxorius.

Camerinus was born in Sardinia, Italy. He was a newly baptized Christian when he was arrested. He was tortured by being burned with torches, but he refused to renounce his faith. He was eventually beheaded.

Died

beheaded in 303 in Sardinia, Italy

Saint Cisellus of Sardinia

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Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Saint Cisellus of Sardinia was a young Christian who was martyred in the early 4th century during the Diocletianic Persecution. He was arrested and tortured for refusing to renounce his faith. He was eventually beheaded, along with two other Christians, Camerinus and Luxorius.

Cisellus was born in Sardinia, Italy. He was a newly baptized Christian when he was arrested. He was tortured by being burned with torches, but he refused to renounce his faith. He was eventually beheaded.

Died

beheaded in 303 in Sardinia, Italy

Saint Avitus I of Clermont

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Bishop of Clermont, France. Ordained Saint Gregory of Tours as deacon.

Saint Avitus I of Clermont was the 18th bishop of Clermont, France, from 571 to 594 or 595. He was a member of the Roman Avitii family, which was connected to Emperor Avitus.

Avitus was born around 525 in Clermont. He was educated in Roman law and rhetoric. He was ordained a priest in 565.

In 571, Avitus was elected bishop of Clermont. He was a strong supporter of the Catholic faith. He opposed the Arian heresy, which was popular in the region at the time. He also supported the Church's efforts to rebuild after the devastation of the Gothic Wars.

Avitus was a prolific writer. He wrote a number of theological and philosophical works. He is also credited with founding the Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port in Clermont.

Avitus died in 594 or 595. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox churches. His feast day is celebrated on August 21

Died

c.600

Saint Hardulph

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Saint Hardulph was an English hermit who lived in the 9th century. He is said to have been a king of Northumbria, but he abdicated his throne to become a hermit. He lived in a cave near Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire, England.

Hardulph was a devout Christian and a skilled craftsman. He is said to have made a cross that was said to have miraculous powers. He also founded a monastery at Breedon on the Hill.

Hardulph died in 830. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on August 21.

There is not much historical evidence to support the story of Saint Hardulph. However, he is a popular figure in local folklore and legend. The Anchor Church Caves near Breedon on the Hill are said to have been his hermitage

Saint Paternus of Fondi

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Saint Paternus of Fondi was a priest from Alexandria, Egypt, who was martyred in the early 4th century during the Diocletianic Persecution. He was arrested and tortured for refusing to renounce his faith. He was eventually beheaded at Fondi, Italy.

Paternus was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in the early 3rd century. He was ordained a priest and served in the Church of Alexandria. When the Diocletianic Persecution began in 303, Paternus was arrested and tortured for refusing to renounce his faith. He was eventually beheaded at Fondi, Italy, in 304.

Paternus is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on August 21.

.Born

Alexandria, Egypt

Died

c.255 in Fondi, Italy

Saint Leontius the Elder

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Bishop of Bordeaux, France.

Saint Leontius the Elder was a notable theologian and writer. He is credited with helping to spread the Catholic faith in France. He was a strong leader who helped to defend the Catholic faith against the Arian heresy. He is an example of a bishop who was dedicated to his faith and to his flock

Died

c.541

Saint Euprepius of Verona

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First century bishop of Verona, Italy.

Saint Euprepius of Verona was the first bishop of Verona, Italy. He was martyred during the Diocletianic Persecution in the early 4th century.

Euprepius was born in Verona in the late 3rd century. He was ordained a priest and served in the Church of Verona. When the Diocletianic Persecution began in 303, Euprepius was arrested and tortured for refusing to renounce his faith. He was eventually beheaded in Verona in 304.

Euprepius is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on August 21.

Saint Aria of Rome

St. Aria the Roman martyr

In Italian this name means Melody!

In Hebrew it means Lioness of the Lord.

In Albanian it means precious treasure.

In Persian it means honorable, noble, and of good family.

Saint Aria

Very little is known of her other than she was a Roman Christian martyr.

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939

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