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Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас!  (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!)
R.  Deo grátias. R.  Thanks be to God.
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  97 ST TIMOTHY, BISHOP AND MARTYR At Ephesus,
St. Timothy, disciple of the apostle St. Paul

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The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible.

 Pride makes us forgetful of our eternal interests.
It causes us to neglect totally the care of our soul.
-- St John Baptist de la Salle



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January 24
  97 ST TIMOTHY, BISHOP AND MARTYR At Ephesus, St. Timothy, disciple of the apostle St. Paul
St. Paul ordained him bishop of that city.  After many labours for Christ, he was stoned for rebuking those who offered sacrifices to Diana, and shortly after went peacefully to his rest in the Lord.
1622  St. Francis de Sales converted 40,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism 
1679 Bl. William Ireland Jesuit English martyr for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot
1697 Bl. John Grove English martyr alleged in the Titus Oates plot

January 24 – Our Lady of Prayer (Toledo, Spain) – Saint Francis de Sales (d. 1622) 
 
Mary and the Jews
 Our Virgin comes from your stump; she comes from your offspring; she derives from your root, from your generations, and from your people. She comes from your nation, your origin, your very origin.
However, she belongs to our faith, our creed, our consent, our respect, our devotion, our praise,
our preaching, our celebration, our defense, and our claim.
 Ildefonsus of Toledo (607-667)
 
January 24: Recognizing and welcoming God's presence in the other in Jesus' name
"Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me" (Matthew 18: 5).
 "To be an angel in prayer and a beast in one's relations with people is to go lame on both legs."
Saint Francis De Sales

January 24 - St Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church (1567 - 1622)
O Most Sweet Virgin Mary
O Most Sweet Virgin Mary, You are the common Mother of all poor humans
And mine in particular… My Mother, you are obliged to comply with all my requests.
For the honor and glory of your Son, Accept me as your child, Without considering my miseries and sins.
Deliver my soul and my body from all evil But most of all, give me humility.
Give me all the gifts, goods and Graces most pleasing to the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Saint Francis de Sales (d. December 28, 1622)

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  97 ST TIMOTHY, BISHOP AND MARTYR
Apud Ephesum sancti Timóthei, qui fuit discípulus beáti Pauli Apóstoli; atque, ab eódem Ephesi ordinátus Epíscopus, ibi, post multos pro Christo agónes, cum Diánæ immolántes argúeret, lapídibus óbrutus est, ac paulo post obdormívit in Dómino.
       At Ephesus, St. Timothy, disciple of the apostle St. Paul, who ordained him bishop of that city.  After many labours for Christ, he was stoned for rebuking those who offered sacrifices to Diana, and shortly after went peacefully to his rest in the Lord.     
       St. Thyrsus & Projectus Martyrs of an unknown year
       St. Macedonius Hermit of Syria, called Kriptophagus “the barley eater,” miracles of healing
       St. Mardonius Martyr of Asia Minor
 250 St. Babylas Martyred Antioch bishop w/companions refused Emperor Philip the Arab
  254 ST FELICIAN, Bishop OF FOLIGNO, MARTYR is also regarded as the original apostle of Umbria; the earliest trace of the use of the pallium is met with in the account of the episcopal consecration of this saint
 268 St. Zama 1st recorded bishop of Bologna
4th v. St. Guasacht Bishop of Longford or Granard
 396 St. Artemius Bishop imperial legate
 430 ST MACEDONIUS; Theodoret relates many miraculous cures of sick persons, and of his own mother among them, wrought by water over which Macedonius had made the sign of the cross. He adds that his own birth was the effect of the anchoret’s prayers after his mother had lived childless in marriage thirteen years
5th v. St. Exuperantius Bishop of Cingoli
 580 St. Cadoc Welsh bishop martyr founded Llancarfan Monastery
 580 Saint Suranus, Abbot of the Sora Monastery;  
7th v. St. Bertrand Benedictine abbot of Saint-Quentin
1397 BD MARCOLINO OF FORLI; qualities most remarked were exact observance of rule, love of poverty and obedience, especially a spirit of great humility, supreme contentment undertaking lowliest and most menial offices; practised rigorous bodily penance; lover of the poor and little children; favoured with continual ecstasies
1622  St. Francis de Sales converted 40,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism 
1622 St Francis De Sales, Bishop Of Geneva And Doctor Of The Church, Co-Founder Of The Order Of The Visitation
1679 Bl. William Ireland Jesuit English martyr for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot
1697 Bl. John Grove English martyr alleged in the Titus Oates plot
The Protestant Soldier and the Icon of Our Lady (II). Our Lady of Damascus (Syria)
Once I had gathered my wits, I found that I was still holding the icon in my hands. I would never rid myself of it again.
I later took it home with me as a souvenir of the great protection that I had had from it.
So I put my treasure in the inside pocket of my jacket.
That night, we counter attacked. Machine and submachine guns sowed death in our ranks. During a lull, I felt my chest for my icon. To my amazement I found a bullet imbedded in its back, which was covered with a fairly thick layer of copper.
That bullet should have pierced my heart. I was so moved and full of gratitude that tears came to my eyes.
Then I placed my dear Madonna back on my heart.
This all took place many years ago. But I have never forgotten how the icon of the Mother of God saved my life.
I told this story to my wife and my children. The whole family now lovingly venerates Our Lady who brought back a father safely to his children, and a husband safely to his wife.
Today, the icon hangs in a niche in a place of honor in our home. Every day, my family and I gather around Our Lady, adorned with flowers and lit candles, to say our prayers. Why has devotion to Mary, Mother of Jesus, been deleted from our religion?
Saarbrucken (Germany), November 22, 1948 (by A. Dewald).
Reported and translated by Brother Albert Plfeger, Marist, in his Recueil Marial 1980

The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”,
showing us that a life of Christian perfection is not impossible.
January 24 - Our Lady of Damascus - Saint Francis de Sales.
Prayer to Mary Saint Francis de Sales (d. 1622)
Most Holy Mary Virgin Mother of God, I am unworthy to be your servant.
Yet moved by your motherly care for me and longing to serve you, I choose you this day to be my Queen,
my Advocate, and my Mother. I firmly resolve ever to be devoted to you and to do what I can to encourage others
to be devoted to you. My loving Mother, through the Precious Blood of your Son shed for me,
I beg you to receive me as your servant forever.
Help me in my actions and beg for me the grace never by thought, word, or deed to be displeasing in your sight
and that of your most holy Son. Remember me, dearest Mother, and do not abandon me at the hour of death.
January 24 - Our Lady of Damascus - Saint Francis de Sales.

  Prayer to Mary
Most Holy Mary Virgin Mother of God, I am unworthy to be your servant.
Yet moved by your motherly care for me and longing to serve you,
I choose you this day to be my Queen, my Advocate, and my Mother.
I firmly resolve ever to be devoted to you and to do what I can to encourage others to be devoted to you.
My loving Mother, through the Precious Blood of your Son shed for me,
I beg you to receive me as your servant forever.
Help me in my actions and beg for me the grace never by thought, word, or deed
to be displeasing in your sight and that of your most holy Son.
Remember me, dearest Mother, and do not abandon me at the hour of death.
Saint Francis de Sales (d. 1622)

97 ST TIMOTHY, BISHOP AND MARTYR
ST TIMOTHY, the beloved disciple of St Paul, was probably a native of Lystra in Lycaonia. His father was a Gentile, but his mother Eunice a Jewess. She, with Lois, his grandmother, embraced the Christian religion, and St Paul commends their faith. Timothy had made the Holy Scriptures his study from early youth. When St Paul preached in Lycaonia the brethren of Iconium and Lystra gave Timothy so good a character that the apostle, being deprived of St Barnabas, took him for his companion, but first circumcised him at Lystra. St Paul refused to circumcise Titus, born of Gentile parents, in order to assert the liberty of the gospel, and to condemn those who affirmed circumcision to be still of precept in the New Law. On the other hand, he circumcised Timothy, born of a Jewess, that he might make him more acceptable to the Jews, and might show that he himself was no enemy of their law. Chrysostom here commends the prudence of Paul and, we may add, the voluntary obedience of the disciple. Then St Paul, by the imposition of hands, committed to him the ministry of preaching, and from that time regarded him not only as his disciple and most dear son, but as his brother and the companion of his labours. He calls him a man of God, and tells the Philippians that he found no one so truly united to him in spirit as Timothy.
St Paul travelled from Lystra over the rest of Asia, sailed to Macedonia, and preached at Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea. Being compelled to quit this last city by the fury of the Jews, he left Timothy behind him to confirm the new converts there. On arriving at Athens, however, St Paul sent for him, but learning that the Christians of Thessalonica lay under a very heavy persecution, he soon after deputed Timothy to go in his place to encourage them, and the disciple returned to St Paul, who was then at Corinth, to give him an account of his success. Upon this the apostle wrote his first epistle to the Thessalonians. From Corinth St Paul went to Jerusalem, and thence to Ephesus, where he spent two years. In 58 he seems to have decided to return to Greece, and sent Timothy and Erastus before him through Macedonia to apprise the faithful of his intention, and to prepare the alms he wished to send to the Christians of Jerusalem.
Timothy was afterwards directed to visit Corinth. His presence was needed there to revive in the minds of the faithful the doctrine which the apostle had taught them. The warm commendation of the disciple in I Corinthians xvi 10 no doubt has reference to this.
    Paul waited in Asia for his return, and then went with him into Macedonia and Achaia. St Timothy left him at Philippi, but rejoined him at Troas. The apostle on his return to Palestine was imprisoned, and after a two years’ incarceration at Caesarea was sent to Rome. Timothy seems to have been with him all or most of this time, and is named by him in the title of his epistle to Philemon and in that to the Philippians. St Timothy himself suffered imprisonment for Christ, and confessed His name in the presence of many witnesses, but was set at liberty. He was ordained bishop, it seems, as the result of a special inspiration of the Holy Ghost. St Paul having returned from Rome to the East left St Timothy at Ephesus to govern that church, to oppose false teachers, and to ordain priests, deacons and even bishops. At any rate, Chrysostom and other fathers assume that the apostle committed to him the care of all the churches of Asia, and St Timothy is always described as the first bishop of Ephesus.
St Paul wrote his first letter to Timothy from Macedonia, and his second from Rome, while there in chains, to press him to come to Rome, that he might see him again before he died. It is an out-pouring of his heart, full of tenderness towards this his dearest son. In it he encourages him in his many trials, seeks to revive in his soul that spirit of intrepidity and that fire of the Holy Ghost with which he was filled at his ordination, gives him instructions concerning the false brethren of the time, and predicts still further disorders and troubles in the Church.
We learn that St Timothy drank only water, but his austerities having prejudiced his health, St Paul, on account of his frequent infirmities, directed him to take a little wine. Upon which Chrysostom observes, “He did not say simply ‘take wine’ but ‘ a little wine’, and this not because Timothy stood in need of that advice but because we do”. St Timothy, it seems, was still young—perhaps about forty. It is not improbable that he went to Rome to confer with his master. We must assume that Timothy was made by St Paul bishop at Ephestis before St John arrived there. There is a strong tradition that John also resided in that city as an apostle, and exercised a general inspection over all the churches of Asia. St Timothy is styled a martyr in the ancient matyrologies.
The “Acts of St Timothy”, which are in some copies ascribed to the famous Polycrates, Bishop of Ephesus, but which seem to have been written at Ephesus in the fourth or fifth century, and abridged by Photius, relate that under the Emperor Nerva in the year 97 St Timothy was slain with stones and clubs by the heathen; he was endeavouring to oppose their idolatrous ceremonies on a festival called the Katagogia, kept on January 22, on which day they walked in troops, everyone carrying in one hand an idol and in the other a club. We have good evidence that what purported to be his relics were translated to Constantinople in the reign of Constantius. The supernatural manifestations said to have taken place at the shrine are referred to as a matter of common knowledge both by Chrysostom and St Jerome.
See the Acta Sanctorum for January 24. The Greek text of the so-called Acts of St Timothy has been edited by H. Usener, who, in view of the small admixture of the miraculous element, inclines to regard them as reproducing a basis, derived perhaps from some Ephesian chronicle, of historical fact. The absence of any reference to the translation of St Timothy’s relics to Constantinople in 356 induces him to pronounce the composition of these “acts” to be earlier than that date. Cf. R. Lipsius, Die Apokryphen Apostelgeschichten, vol. ii, pt. 2, pp. 372 seq.; and BHL., n. 1200; BHG., n.135. 
1622  St. Francis de Sales converted 40,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism
1622 St Francis De Sales, Bishop Of Geneva And Doctor Of The Church, Co-Founder Of The Order Of The Visitation
Patron Saint of Journalists b: 1567 d: 1622 

Born in France in 1567, Francis was a patient man. He knew for thirteen years that he had a vocation to the priesthood before he mentioned it to his family. When his father said that he wanted Francis to be a soldier and sent him to Paris to study, Francis said nothing. Then when he went to Padua to get a doctorate in law, he still kept quiet, but he studied theology and practiced mental prayer while getting into swordfights and going to parties. Even when his bishop told him if he wanted to be a priest that he thought that he would have a miter waiting for him someday, Francis uttered not a word. Why did Francis wait so long? Throughout his life he waited for God's will to be clear. He never wanted to push his wishes on God, to the point where most of us would have been afraid that God would give up!

God finally made God's will clear to Francis while he was riding. Francis fell from his horse three times. Every time he fell the sword came out of the scabbard. Every time it came out the sword and scabbard came to rest on the ground in the shape of the cross. And then, Francis, without knowing about it, was appointed provost of his diocese, second in rank to the bishop.

Perhaps he was wise to wait, for he wasn't a natural pastor. His biggest concern on being ordained that he had to have his lovely curly gold hair cut off. And his preaching left the listeners thinking he was making fun of him. Others reported to the bishop that this noble-turned- priest was conceited and controlling.

Then Francis had a bad idea -- at least that's what everyone else thought. This was during the time of the Protestant reformation and just over the mountains from where Francis lived was Switzerland -- Calvinist territory. Francis decided that he should lead an expedition to convert the 60,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism. But by the time he left his expedition consisted of himself and his cousin. His father refused to give him any aid for this crazy plan and the diocese was too poor to support him.

For three years, he trudged through the countryside, had doors slammed in his face and rocks thrown at him. In the bitter winters, his feet froze so badly they bled as he tramped through the snow. He slept in haylofts if he could, but once he slept in a tree to avoid wolves. He tied himself to a branch to keep from falling out and was so frozen the next morning he had to be cut down. And after three years, his cousin had left him alone and he had not made one convert.

Francis' unusual patience kept him working. No one would listen to him, no one would even open their door. So Francis found a way to get under the door. He wrote out his sermons, copied them by hand, and slipped them under the doors. This is the first record we have of religious tracts being used to communicate with people.

The parents wouldn't come to him out of fear. So Francis went to the children. When the parents saw how kind he was as he played with the children, they began to talk to him.
By the time, Francis left to go home he is said to have converted 40,000 people back to Catholicism.
In 1602 he was made bishop of the diocese of Geneva, in Calvinist territory. He only set foot in the city of Geneva twice -- once when the Pope sent him to try to convert Calvin's successor, Beza, and another when he traveled through it.
It was in 1604 that Francis took one of the most important steps in his life, the step toward holiness and mystical union with God.
In Dijon that year Francis saw a widow listening closely to his sermon -- a woman he had seen already in a dream. Jane de Chantal was a person on her own, as Francis was, but it was only when they became friends that they began to become saints. Jane wanted him to take over her spiritual direction, but, not surprisingly, Francis wanted to wait. "I had to know fully what God himself wanted. I had to be sure that everything in this should be done as though his hand had done it." Jane was on a path to mystical union with God and, in directing her, Francis was compelled to follow her and become a mystic himself.

Three years after working with Jane, he finally made up his mind to form a new religious order. But where would they get a convent for their contemplative Visitation nuns? A man came to Francis without knowing of his plans and told him he was thinking of donating a place for use by pious women. In his typical way of not pushing God, Francis said nothing. When the man brought it up again, Francis still kept quiet, telling Jane, "God will be with us if he approves." Finally the man offered Francis the convent.

Francis was overworked and often ill because of his constant load of preaching, visiting, and instruction -- even catechizing a deaf man so he could take first Communion. He believed the first duty of a bishop was spiritual direction and wrote to Jane, "So many have come to me that I might serve them, leaving me no time to think of myself. However, I assure you that I do feel deep-down- within-me, God be praised. For the truth is that this kind of work is infinitely profitable to me." For him active work did not weaken his spiritual inner peace but strengthened it. He directed most people through letters, which tested his remarkable patience. "I have more than fifty letters to answer. If I tried to hurry over it all, i would be lost. So I intend neither to hurry or to worry. This evening, I shall answer as many as I can. Tomorrow I shall do the same and so I shall go on until I have finished."

At that time, the way of holiness was only for monks and nuns -- not for ordinary people.
Francis changed all that by giving spiritual direction to lay people living ordinary lives in the world. But he had proven with his own life that people could grow in holiness while involved in a very active occupation. Why couldn't others do the same? His most famous book, INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE, was written for these ordinary people in 1608. Written originally as letters, it became an instant success all over Europe -- though some preachers tore it up because he tolerated dancing and jokes!

For Francis, the love of God was like romantic love. He said, "The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises. When it is gone they express their feelings in letters, and can't pass by a tree without carving the name of their beloved in its bark. Thus too those who love God can never stop thinking about him, longing for him, aspiring to him, and speaking about him.
If they could, they would engrave the name of Jesus on the hearts of all humankind."

The key to love of God was prayer. "By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God."
For busy people of the world, he advised "Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others and talk to God."
The test of prayer was a person's actions:
"To be an angel in prayer and a beast in one's relations with people is to go lame on both legs."

He believed the worst sin was to judge someone or to gossip about them.
Even if we say we do it out of love we're still doing it to look better ourselves. But we should be as gentle and forgiving with ourselves as we should be with others.

As he became older and more ill he said, "I have to drive myself but the more I try the slower I go." He wanted to be a hermit but he was more in demand than ever. The Pope needed him, then a princess, then Louis XIII. "Now I really feel that I am only attached to the earth by one foot...
" He died on December 28, 1622, after giving a nun his last word of advice: "Humility."
He is patron saint of journalists because of the tracts and books he wrote.

St. Francis de Sales
(1567-1622)
 
Francis was destined by his father to be a lawyer so that the young man could eventually take his elder’s place as a senator from the province of Savoy in France. For this reason Francis was sent to Padua to study law. After receiving his doctorate, he returned home and, in due time, told his parents he wished to enter the priesthood. His father strongly opposed Francis in this, and only after much patient persuasiveness on the part of the gentle Francis did his father finally consent. Francis was ordained and elected provost of the Diocese of Geneva, then a center for the Calvinists. Francis set out to convert them, especially in the district of Chablais. By preaching and distributing the little pamphlets he wrote to explain true Catholic doctrine, he had remarkable success.
At 35 he became bishop of Geneva. While administering his diocese he continued to preach, hear confessions and catechize the children. His gentle character was a great asset in winning souls. He practiced his own axiom, “A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrelful of vinegar.”

Besides his two well-known books, the Introduction to the Devout Life and A Treatise on the Love of God, he wrote many pamphlets and carried on a vast correspondence. For his writings, he has been named patron of the Catholic Press. His writings, filled with his characteristic gentle spirit, are addressed to lay people. He wants to make them understand that they too are called to be saints. As he wrote in The Introduction to the Devout Life: “It is an error, or rather a heresy, to say devotion is incompatible with the life of a soldier, a tradesman, a prince, or a married woman.... It has happened that many have lost perfection in the desert who had preserved it in the world. ”

In spite of his busy and comparatively short life, he had time to collaborate with another saint, Jane Frances de Chantal (August 12), in the work of establishing the Sisters of the Visitation. These women were to practice the virtues exemplified in Mary’s visit to Elizabeth: humility, piety and mutual charity. They at first engaged to a limited degree in works of mercy for the poor and the sick. Today, while some communities conduct schools, others live a strictly contemplative life.

Comment:  Francis de Sales took seriously the words of Christ, “Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart.” As he said himself, it took him 20 years to conquer his quick temper, but no one ever suspected he had such a problem, so overflowing with good nature and kindness was his usual manner of acting. His perennial meekness and sunny disposition won for him the title of “Gentleman Saint.” Quote:  Francis de Sales tells us: “The person who possesses Christian meekness is affectionate and tender towards everyone: he is disposed to forgive and excuse the frailties of others; the goodness of his heart appears in a sweet affability that influences his words and actions, presents every object to his view in the most charitable and pleasing light.” 
St. Thyrsus & Projectus Martyrs.
 Item sanctórum Mártyrum Thyrsi et Projécti.       Also, the holy martyrs Thyrsus and Projectus.
St. Mardonius Martyr of Asia Minor.  
 Neocæsaréæ, in Mauritánia, sanctórum Mártyrum Mardónii, Musónii, Eugénii et Metélli; qui omnes igni tráditi sunt, et eórum relíquiæ in flumen dispérsæ.
      At Neocaesarea, the holy martyrs Mardonius, Musonius, Eugenius, and Metellus, who were all burned to death, and their remains thrown into the river.
 with Eugene, Metellus, and Musonius, burned at the stake at an unknown location.
  250 St. Babylas Martyred Antioch bishop w/companions refused Emperor Philip the Arab
 Antiochíæ sancti Bábilæ Epíscopi, qui, in persecutióne Décii, póstea quam frequénter passiónibus suis ac cruciátibus glorificáverat Deum, gloriósæ vitæ finem sortítus est in vínculis férreis, cum quibus et suum corpus sepelíri mandávit.  Referúntur étiam passi cum eo tres púeri, scílicet Urbánus, Prilidiánus et Epolónius, quos ille in Christi fide instrúxerat.
      At Antioch, in the persecution of Decius, Bishop St. Babylas, who frequently glorified God by his sufferings and torments, ended his life in chains, with which he ordered his body to be buried.  Three boys, whom he had instructed in the faith of Christ, Urbanus, Prilidian, and Epolonius, are said to have suffered with him.

Death of Saint Babylas, Patriarch of Antioch, and his martyred companions.

 Besides the universally well-known Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Ignatius, Babylas is very popular in Eastern Catholic circles. He and his companions were thrown in chains and left to die during the terrible persecution of the Roman emperor Decius.


250 ST BABYLAS, Bishop OF ANTIOCH, MARTYR
THE most celebrated of the ancient bishops of Antioch after St Ignatius was St Babylas, who succeeded Zebinus about the year 240, but regrettably little is known about him. According to St John Chrysostom he was the bishop who, Eusebius reports, refused admittance to the church on Easter day in 244 to Philip the Arabian—alleged to be a Christian—till he had done penance for the murder of his predecessor the Emperor Gordian. St Babylas died a martyr during the persecution of Decius, probably in prison as Eusebius says, but Chrysostom states he was beheaded.
St Babylas is the first martyr of whom a translation of relics is recorded. His body was buried at Antioch; but in 351 the caesar Gallus removed it to a church at Daphne a few miles away to counteract the influence there of a famous shrine of Apollo, where oracles were given and the licentiousness was notorious.
The oracles were indeed silenced, and in 362 Julian the Apostate ordered that the relics of the martyr be removed. Accordingly they were taken back to their former resting-place, the Christians accompanying them in procession, singing the psalms that speak of the powerlessness of idols and false gods. The following evening, we are told, the temple of Apollo was destroyed by lightning. A little later there was a third translation, made by the bishop St Meletius, to a basilica he built across the Orontes; Meletius himself was buried next to St Babylas.
See the Analecta Bollandiana, vol. xix (1905), pp. 5-8, and the Acta Sanctorum for January 24, where two passions of St Babylas are printed, admittedly of no authority. Neither can the two panegyrics preached by Chrysostom be regarded as trustworthy historical sources, as Delehaye has shown in chap. ii of Les passions des martyrs . . . (1921), especially pp. 209 and 232. St Babylas, however, not only figures in the earliest Syriac martyrology, but was widely celebrated even in the West, and we have an account of him both in prose and verse written by St Aldhelm of Sherborne in the seventh century. These have been edited with the rest of Aldhelm’s works by R. Ehwald in MGH., Auctores antiquissimi, vol. xv, pp. 274, 397. Cf. Tillemont, Mémoires…, vol. iii, pp. 400—408; and Delehaye, Origines du culte… (1933), pp. 54, 58, etc.  
Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonius. Babylas became the bishop of Antioch, Turkey, about 240. St. John Chrysostom related that Babylas refused permission for Emperor Philip the Arab (244-249 A.D.) to enter his church until he performed penances.
Philip had murdered his predecessor Gordian III. Babylas and his companions, young students of his, were arrested during the persecutions of Emperor Trajanus Decius (250), and Babylas died while awaiting execution. His relies were enshrined near a temple of Apollo.
254 ST FELICIAN, Bishop OF FOLIGNO, MARTYR is also regarded as the original apostle of Umbria; the earliest trace of the use of the pallium is met with in the account of the episcopal consecration of this saint
 Fulgínei, in Umbria, sancti Feliciáni, qui, a sancto Victóre Papa Primo Epíscopus ejúsdem civitátis ordinátus, illic, post multos labóres, in última senectúte, sub Décio Imperatóre, martyrio coronátus est.
    At Foligno in Umbria, St. Felician, consecrated bishop of that city by Pope St. Victor I.  After many labours, in extreme old age, he was crowned with martyrdom in the time of Decius.

Death of Saint Felician, Bishop of Foligno who is purported to be the first prelate other than a Pope to be presented the woolen pallium. This was done by Pope Saint Victor I when the Holy Father traveled to Felician's site in Italy to ordain him a bishop and make the presentation. Felician governed his see for five decades before being arrested by Decius and condemned to death. He died at the age of 94 from excessive torture and whippings being dragged behind a Roman chariot outside of Foligno.

THE Roman Martyrology commemorates on this day an early bishop and patron of Foligno, St Felician, who is also regarded as the original apostle of Umbria. It is difficult to say how much foundation of fact may underlie the two Latin biographies that have been preserved of him. He is represented as having always been given up to missionary labours, as a trusted disciple of Pope St Eleutherius, who ordained him priest, and then as the friend of Pope St Victor I, who consecrated him bishop of Foligno. If we could trust the details given in the longer of the two lives, we should be able to claim that the earliest trace of the use of the pallium is met with in the account of the episcopal consecration of this saint: for the pope, we are told, granted to him as a privilege that he might wear a woollen wrap outwardly round his neck, *{* “Concessit ut extrinsecus lineo [probably an error for laneol sudario circumdaretur collo ejus” (Analecta Bollandiana, vol. ix, p. 383).} and with this is associated in the same context the duty of consecrating bishops outside of Rome.
  Felician was bishop for more than fifty years, but in the persecution of Decius he was arrested and, refusing to sacrifice to the gods, was tortured by the rack and repeated scourgings. While he lay in prison he was tended by a maiden, St Messalina, who in consequence of the devotion she showed to him was herself accused and required to offer sacrifice; but remaining steadfast in the faith, was then tortured until released by death. Orders were given that Felician should be conveyed to Rome that he might suffer martyrdom there, but he died on the way, only three miles from Foligno, as a result of the torments and imprisonment he had undergone. He was ninety-four years of age, and had been fifty-six years a bishop.
See the Acta Sanctorum for January 24; the Analecta Bollandiana, vol. ix (1890), pp. 379—392; and A San Feliciano, protettore di Foligno (1933) short essays, with many pictures, ed. Mgr Faloci—Pulignani. 
268 St. Zama 1st recorded bishop of Bologna
 Bonóniæ sancti Zamæ, qui, a sancto Dionysio, Románo Pontífice, primus ejúsdem civitátis Epíscopus ordinátus, illic Christiánam fidem mirífice propagávit.
      At Bologna, St. Zamas, the first bishop of that city, who was consecrated by Pope St. Denis, and there did wonders in spreading the Christian faith.
 Italy. He was ordained by Pope St. Dionysius and entrusted with the founding of this illustrious see.
4th v. St. Guasacht Bishop of Longford or Granard.
Ireland, a convert of St. Patrick. He was the son of Maelchu, the master of St. Patrick when St. Patrick was a slave in Ireland.
396 St. Artemius Bishop imperial legate.
Artemius was on his way to Spain but fell ill and settled in Clermont, France. There he was appointed as bishop.
430 ST MACEDONIUS; Theodoret relates many miraculous cures of sick persons, and of his own mother among them, wrought by water over which Macedonius had made the sign of the cross. He adds that his own birth was the effect of the anchoret’s prayers after his mother had lived childless in marriage thirteen years
This Syrian ascetic is said to have lived for forty years on barley moistened in water till, finding his health impaired, he ate bread, reflecting that it was not lawful for him to shorten his life in order to shun labours and conflicts. This also was the direction he gave to the mother of Theodoret, persuading her, when in a poor state of health, to use proper food, which he said was a form of medicine. Theodoret relates many miraculous cures of sick persons, and of his own mother among them, wrought by water over which Macedonius had made the sign of the cross. He adds that his own birth was the effect of the anchoret’s prayers after his mother had lived childless in marriage thirteen years. The saint died when ninety years old, and is named in the Greek menologies.
Practically all our information comes from Theodoret’s Historia Religiosa (see Migne, PG., vol. lxxxii, 1399), but Macedonius also has a paragraph in the Synaxary of Constanti­nople (ed. Delehaye, pp. 457—458), under date February 11. Cf. also DCB., vol. iii, p. 778 and the Acta Sanctorum for January 24.
St. Macedonius Hermit of Syria, called Kriptophagus “the barley eater,” miracles of healing
as grain was his only sustenance for four decades. He is reported to have performed many miracles of healing in Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia .
5th v. St. Exuperantius Bishop of Cingoli; attained great fame by his miracles
 Cínguli, in Picéno, sancti Exsuperántii Confessóris, ejúsdem civitátis Epíscopi, ob miraculórum famam illústris.
       At Cingoli in Piceno, St. Exuperantius, confessor and bishop of that city, who attained great fame by his miracles.
 Italy, possibly a native African.
580 St. Cadoc Welsh bishop martyr founded Llancarfan Monastery
a companion of St. Gildas. Cadoc is also called Docus, Cathmael, and Cadvael. He founded Llancarfan Monastery near Cardiff, Wales, before becoming a missionary on the coast of Brittany, in France. Returning to Britain, Cadoc was involved in the Saxon occupation of the British lands. He was martyred by the Saxons near Weedon, England.
580 Saint Suranus, Abbot of the Sora Monastery;
Death of Saint Suranus, Abbot of the Sora Monastery. Legend has it that when the Lombards threatened the village at Sora St. Suranus gave the refugees fleeing the city anything they could carry with them for survival, totally depleting the monastery for he knew the Lombards would level it anyway. They did as well as making St. Suranus a martyr on this date in 580 when they realized there was nothing to salvage.
7th v. St. Bertrand Benedictine abbot of Saint-Quentin
companion of St. Bertinus and aide to St. Omer. He worked as a missionary in northern France and Flanders, Belgium, before becoming the abbot of Saint-Quentin.
1397 BD MARCOLINO OF FORLI; qualities most remarked were exact observance of rule, love of poverty and obedience, especially a spirit of great humility, supreme contentment undertaking lowliest and most menial offices; practised rigorous bodily penance; lover of the poor and little children; favoured with continual ecstasies
THE family name of Bd Marcolino was Amanni, and he is said to have entered the Dominican noviceship when only ten years old. The qualities most remarked in him were his exact observance of rule, his love of poverty and obedience, but especially a spirit of great humility, which led him to avoid all occasions of drawing notice upon himself and to find his supreme contentment in undertaking the lowliest and most menial offices. We are told also that he practised rigorous bodily penance, that he was a lover of the poor and of little children, and that he was favoured with continual ecstasies. He spent so much time in praying upon his knees that calluses had formed there, as was discovered after his death.
   Bd Raymund of Capua, master general of the Dominicans, had a high opinion of Father Marcolino, though he was unable to make use of him in carrying out the reform of the Order of Preachers after the ravages of the Black Death and the troubles which followed on the Great Schism, because of his retiring disposition. Father Marcolino, who is said to have foretold the time of his own death, passed away at Forli on January 2, 1397, at the age of eighty. To the surprise of his brethren, who had failed to appreciate his holiness, a great concourse attended his funeral, drawn thither, we are told, by an angel who in the guise of a child gave notice of it in the entire surrounding district. The cultus was confirmed in 1750.
Our knowledge of Bd. Marcolino is largely based on certain letters of Bd John Dominici. See Mortier, Histoire des Maitres Généraux O.P., vol. iii, pp. 564—568; and Procter, Short Lives, pp. 13—15. 
1697 Bl. John Grove English martyr alleged in the Titus Oates plot
the servant of Blessed William Ireland. He served several Jesuits at a London house until his arrest. John was martyred at Tyburn with Blessed William Ireland for alleged involvement in the Titus Oates Plot. He was beatified in 1929.
1679 Bl. William Ireland Jesuit English martyr for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot
He was born in Lincolnshire and studied at St. Omer, France, where he joined the Jesuits in 1655. He was professed in 1673 and was a confessor to nuns until he was sent to England, where he became known as William Ironmonger or Iremonger. William worked for the English mission until his arrest at the London Jesuit house and his subsequent execution at Tyburn for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1929.


JANUARY 01
  178 St. Concordius Martyred subdeacon
2nd v. St. Elvan & Mydwyn
Apud Spolétum sancti Concórdii, Presbyteri et Mártyris; qui, tempóribus Antoníni Imperatóris, primo cæsus fústibus, dehinc equúleo suspénsus, ac póstea macerátus in cárcere, ibíque Angélica visitatióne confortátus, demum gládio vitam finívit.
At Spoleto, in the time of Emperor Antoninus, St. Concordius, priest and martyr, who was beaten with clubs, then stretched on the rack, and after long confinement in prison, where he was visited by an angel, lost his life by the sword.
3rd v. St. Martina, virgin
Item Romæ, via Appia, corónæ sanctórum mílitum trigínta Mártyrum, sub Diocletiáno Imperatóre.
In the same city, on the Appian Way, the crowning with martyrdom of thirty holy soldiers under Emperor Diocletian.
Eódem die sancti Magni Mártyris. The same day, St. Magnus, martyr.
5th v. ST EUPHROSYNE, VIRGIN; The Greeks call St Euphrosyne “Our Mother”, and pay her great honour, but we have no authentic accounts of her life. Her so-called history is nothing but a replica of the story of St Pelagia, as narrated for Western readers in the Vitae Patrum or in the Golden Legend, a tale which struck the popular fancy and which, with slight variations, adapted as an embellishment to the lives of St Marina, St Apollinaris, St Theodora, etc.
379 St. Basil the Great, bishop, confessor, and doctor of the Church
  400 St. Telemachus an Eastern ascetic; martyred seperating gladiators; he caused abolishing of contests
  475 St. Basil Bishop of Aix, in Provence
  510 St. Eugendus 4th abbot of Condat, near Geneva Switzerland. Also called Oyand, Eugendus never ordained, but he was a noted Scripture scholar.
  533 St. Fulgentius Bishop of Ruspe, Tunisia friend of St. Augustine; “A person may be endowed with the gift of miracles, and yet may lose his soul. Miracles insure not salvation; they may indeed procure esteem and applause; but what will it avail a man to be esteemed on earth and afterwards be delivered up to torments?”
 540 St. Justin of Chieti; A patron of Chieti, Italy
 580 St. FELIX, BISHOP OF BOURGES; orthodox patriarchate; numerous cures are said obtained by those who drank water in which some of the dust of the old crumbling tomb slab had been mingled
 585 St. Fanchea lrish abbess foundress of a convent of St. Ends
 590 St. Connat The abbess of St. Brigid’s convent at Kildare, Ireland
6th v. St. Cuan Irish abbot founded many churches and monasteries
  660 ST CLARUS, ABBOT; many marvellous stories of the miracles he worked, *{* It is perhaps desirable to remind the reader once for all that only Almighty God can do miracles. The use of the above and similar expressions is permissible by custom, but in fact God does the miracle through the agency or at the intercession of the saint concerned.}  patron of tailors
837 St Peter of Atroa, Abbot; numerous miracles; undertook restoration of St Zachary’s and reorganization of 2 other monasteries he established, his own residence hermitage at Atroa; Iconoclast troubles began again and, the local bishop being an opponent of images, Peter judged it wise once more to disperse his monks to more remote houses; ninth-century Byzantine hagiography and for what it tells of monastic life during the Iconoclast troubles; moines de l’Olympe  scanty ruins of St Peter’s monastery of St Zachary, and of numerous others, can still be seen.
1031 St William of Saint Benignus, Abbot; character was great zeal and firmness joined with tender affection for his subjects;  did not hesitate to oppose, both by action and writings, the most powerful rulers of his time, like Emperor St Henry, Robert, King of France, and Pope John XIX, when he felt the cause of justice was at stake; In interests of the Cluniac reform he was constantly active, making many journeys and travelling as far as Rome.
1048 St. Odilo monk at Cluny 5th abbot ecstacies great austerities inaugurated All Souls' Day
1125 Saint Bonfilius one of the founders of the Servite Order
1252 Bl. Berka Zdislava founded Dominican priory of St. Laurence Communion daily
        St. Maelrhys Welsh saint, probably a Breton
        St. Magnus Martyr noted in the Roman Martyrology
1260 BD HUGOLINO OF GUALDO; entered the Order of the Hermits of St Augustine, and that somewhere about the year 1258 he took over a monastery in his native place, Gualdo in Umbria
1261 St. Bonfilius, confessor, one of the seven founders of the Order of the Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1713 St. Joseph Mary Tomasi;  Cardinal confessor of Pope Clement XI {1649 1721}; He answered that the days of actual physical martyrdom are over, and that we are now in the days of hidden martyrdom, seen only by God; the lesson of it all being trust in God; Even before his death the sick were healed through touching his clothing, and when the end had come cures multiplied round his bier. Bd Joseph Tommasi was beatified in 1803.


JANUARY 02
THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS
3rd-4th v. St. Artaxus Martyr with Acutus & companions
304 Lichfield Martyrs in England during the persecution of Diocletian 
  305 commemoration of many holy martyrs, who preferred maryterdom to giving up Códices
3rd v. St. Isidore of Antioch bishop, martyred
  320 St. Argeus martyr soldiers with brothers Narcissus and Marcellus at Tomi 
  379 St. Basil the Great  vast learning and constant activity, genuine eloquence and immense charity Patron of hospital administrators
      St. Martinian Bishop of Milan Council of Ephesus foe of Nestorianism
4th v. Nítriæ, in Ægypto, beáti Isidóri, Epíscopi et Confessóris.
4th v. The PriestMartyr Theogenes was bishop of the Asia Minor city of Pareia at the beginning of the IV Century.
  394 ST MACARIUS OF ALEXANDRIA
  560 St. Aspasius Bishop in Councils of Orleans, in 533, 541, and 549
7th v. St. Munchin Patron of Limerick or “little monk.”
 672? ST VINCENTIAN; There is nothing even to show that such a person as St Vincentian ever existed.
  630 St. Blidulf Monk at Bobbio reformed the court and the area
730 Vincentian, Hermit (AC) (also known as Viance, Viants)
     A disciple of Saint Menelaus, who became a hermit in the diocese of Tulle (Auvergne) (Benedictines).
 827 St. Adelard monk Charles Martel grandson King Pepin nephew Charlemagne 1st cousin
1146? BD AYRALD, Bishop of MAURIENNE; “Here lies Ayrald, a man of noble blood, monk of Portes, glory of pontiffs, a light of the Church, stay of the unfortunate, shining with goodness and unnumbered miracles.”
1530 BD STEPHANA QUINZANI, VIRGIN; third order of St Dominic, she spent her time in nursing the sick and relieving the poor until she was able herself to found a convent at Soncino;  performed many miracles of healing and to have multiplied food and money;
1604 Saint Juliana of Lazarevo (or Juliana of Murom)
1833 St. Seraphim of Sarov Russian monk/mystic high honorific title of starets Vision from Mary
1836 St. Caspar del Bufalo Various miracles many graces were obtained by his intercession
1. The Martyrdom of St. Ignatius, Patriarch of Antioch.  COPTIC
2. The Departure of St. Philogonus, Patriarch of Antioch.COPTIC
3. The Birth of St. Takla Haymanot, the Ethiopian.COPTIC


JANUARY 03
 168 St. Daniel Padua Martyr Jewish deacon
  236 ST ANTHERUS, POPE AND MARTYR; the Liber Pontificalis states that he was put to death for obtaining copies of the official proceedings against the martyrs with the view of preserving them in the episcopal archives
  284 St. Theopemptus bishop of Nicomedia/Theonas martyrs
  320 The Martyr Gordius centurion for confessing the Name of Christ the Savior
  303 St. Zosimus & Athanasius hermits tortured in Cilicia but survived
  311 ST PETER BALSAM, MARTYR
  320 St. Cyrinus Martyred soldier with Primus and Theogenes
        St. Florentius of Vienne Bishop and martyr of Vienne  France, who attended the Council of Valence in 374.
  512 St. Genevieve Paris averted Attila scourge by fasting/ prayer
6th v. St. Fintan Abbot and patron saint of Doon
6th v. St. Finlugh Irish abbot, the brother of St. Fintan
  660 St. Blitmund Monk of Bobbio disciple-St. Attalas companion-St. Valery 
        St. Wenog Saint of Wales
        St. Narses Martyred bishop of Persia
8th v. ST BERTILIA OF MAREUIL, WIDOW
1953 Saint Ekvtime (Euthymius) Taqaishvili, Georgia called the “Man of God,”; From beginning of career he began to collect historical-archaeological and ethnographical materials from all over Georgia; including historiography, archaeology, ethnography, epigraphy, numismatics, philology, folklore, linguistics, and art history. Above all, St. Ekvtime strove to learn more about Georgian history and culture by applying the theories and methodologies of these various disciplines to his work; after 10 years burial, his body, even his clothing and footwear remained incorrupt.

Last Holy Prophetic book Malachi means "my messenger':  probably anonymous
  “The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God, as John the theologian and evangelist says: ‘But as many as received him, he gave them the power to be made the sons of God....’
Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death, so that we may also share their crowns of glory” (Exposition of the Orthodox Faith).

JANUARY 04
1st v. Synaxis der Siebzig Apostel; Orthodoxe Kirche: 4. Januar - Katholische Kirche: 15. Juli 
1st v. birthday of St. Titus, consecrated bishop of Crete by the apostle St. Paul; In the Christian New Testament, Saint Titus, (a common Roman first name) was a companion of Paul of Tarsus, mentioned in several of Paul's epistles, including the Epistle to Titus. Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem, although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles.
   211 St. Mavilus, martyr, who, being condemned by the very cruel governor Scapula to be devoured by wild beast received the crown of martyrdom.
   300  Saints Hermes, Aggaeus, and Caius, martyrs, who suffered under Emperor Maximian
 4th v.  Romæ sanctórum Mártyrum Prisci Presbyteri, et Priscilliáni Clérici, ac Benedíctæ, religiósæ féminæ; qui, témpore impiíssimi Juliáni, gládio martyrium complevérunt.
At Rome, in the reign of the impious Julian, the holy martyrs Priscus, a priest, Priscillian, a cleric; and Benedicta, a religious woman, whose martyrdom was ended by the sword.
   340 St. Anastasia Martyrdom of; Coptic  -- visit those imprisoned for their faith ministered to them, comforted them, offered them whatever they needed; her husband shut her up in house placed guards over her; distributed wealth among poor and those in prison, confessors and strivers, for sake of the faith Commemoration of St. Juliana the Martyr.  On this day also is the commemoration of St. Juliana the martyr.
   484 St. Aquilinus Martyr with Sts. Geminus & companions
         St. Dafrosa Martyred mother of St. Bibiana
  539 ST GREGORY, Bishop of Langres miracles recorded after death; he seemed preference to captives arrested by the officers of human justice
  745 St. Rigobert Benedictine archbishop of Reims; patient acceptance of all trials, love of retirement and prayer, miraculous cures attributed to him, gained him the repute of high sanctity.
  740 St. Pharaildis A Flemish maiden a miracle worker
800 Theoktistos gründete im 8, Jahrhundert ein Kloster in Cucuma (Sizilien) und war auch dessen Leiter. In dem Kloster lebten vor allem griechische Mönche, die vor dem Bildersturm geflohen waren. Theoktistos starb 800.Orthodoxe Kirche: 4. January
1160 BD ROGER OF ELLANT sick and the suffering were the object of his particular care
1309 Bl. Angela of Foligno Franciscan tertiary and mystic Many miracles
1310 BD ORINGA, VIRGIN The Augustinians keep her feast on January 4
1570 Bl. Thomas Plumtree English martyr
 1821 St. ELIZABETH ANN SET0N (née Bayley). Born in New York City, 1774; married William Seton, 1794; widowed in 1803; received into the Catholic Church in 1805; made religious vows, 1809; died at Emmetsburg in Maryland, 4 January 1821. Mother Seton founded the American Sisters of Charity and was the first native-born American citizen to be beatified, in 1963.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton; At the suggestion of the president of St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland, Elizabeth started a school in that city. She and two other young women, who helped her in her work, began plans for a Sisterhood. They established the first free Catholic school in America.
1897 Birthday of Thérèse de Lisieux (2 January 1873 Alençon, France – 30 September 1897).
1946 Fritz von Bodelschwingh; When Bodelschwingh got to know in May, 1940 from the euthanasia actions, he exerted himself vehement with the highest places against these people-despising measures, however, reached only to be stamped as a public enemy.

JANUARY 05
       The fourth day of the Forefeast of Theophany falls on January 5.
 126 ST TELESPHORUS Pope in the time of Antoninus Pius, St. Telesphorus, pope, who, after many sufferings for the confession of Christ, underwent a glorious martyrdom.
  303 Ss Theopemptus bishop in Nicomedia and Theonas Holy Martyrs; Theopemptus Speaking against idolatry, defended the faith in Christ  became first victims of the Diocletian persecution.
 305 Thebais In Egypt commemoration of many holy martyrs
 400 St. Syncletica consecrated her virginity to God
 459 ST SIMEON THE STYLITE; By invincible patience bore all afflictions and rebukes without a word of complaint; sincerely looked upon himself as outcast of the world; spoke to all with the most engaging sweetness and charity.
 470 Saint Apollinaria was a daughter of Anthemias, a former proconsul of the Byzantine Empire during the minority of Theodosius the Younger (408-450).
 550 St. Emiliana Mystic aunt of Pope St. Gregory the Great
6th v. Saint Menas lived in asceticism 50 years in Sinai monastery; Myrrh flowed from his holy relics. St John Climacus speaks of this wonderful man in THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT (Step 4:34).
 592 St  Simeon Stylites The Younger
 593 St. Lomer Hermit founder of Corbion Monastery
        St. Cera An Irish abbess
7th v. Saint Phosterius the Hermit led an ascetical life on a lofty mountain, where he was fed by an angel. He brought many back to the Church from the heresy of Iconoclasm by his miracles and saintly life.
 820 Saint Gregory of Akrita (Sea of Marmora);  led a life of piety on Seleukia; 12 years persecuted by Jews in Jerusalem; accomplished great ascetic deeds
 868 St. Convoyon Benedictine abbot exiled by Norseman in Brittany
1004 St. Gaudentius Benedictine bishop friend of St. Adalbert
11th v. ST DOROTHEUS THE YOUNGER, Abbot; Among many miracles credited multiplied corn, saved from shipwreck a vessel far away out at sea and on another occasion by invoking the Holy Trinity to have caused a huge stone which crashed down during the building operations to rise unassisted and resume its proper place
1066 In England, St. Edward, king and confessor, illustrious by the virtue of chastity and the gift of miracles
1170 St. Gerlac Dutch soldier/sailor Hermit correspondent with St. Hildegard
1236 St. Roger  da Todi  received the habit from St. Francis of Assisi
1368 St. Paula Camaldolese  peaceful resolution to the feud between Florence and Pisa
1694 St. Romanus of Karpenisi Martyr monk on Mt. Athos; suffered for Christ at Constantinople, beheaded Turks
1860  St. Bd John Nepomucen Neumann. Born in Bohemia, 1811; he was ordained priest in New York City in 1836 and joined the Redemptorist congregation; consecrated fourth bishop of Philadelphia in 1852; he died there on 5 January 1860  Bd John NEPOMUCEN NEUMANN. Born in Bohemia, 1811; he was ordained priest in New York City in 1836 and joined the Redemptorist congregation; consecrated fourth bishop of Philadelphia in 1852; he died there on 5 January 1860. Bishop Neumann, a naturalized American citizen, organized Catholic schools into a diocesan system. He was beatified in 1963.
        St. Talida Abbess head of convents in Egypt
        St. Charles of Sezze a lay brother at Naziano
 1893 Fr. Charles of St. Andrew; the saint of Mount Argus; received by Blessed Dominic Barberi, Passionist; Due to his poor mastery of the English language, he was never a formal preacher and he never preached missions. Rather he very successfully dedicated himself to spiritual direction, especially through the sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). The fame of his virtue was such that great crowds of people would gather at the monastery to seek his blessing. There are also numerous testimonies to the outstanding miraculous cures that he worked to the extent that even during his lifetime he was known as a miracle worker.

JANUARY 06
210 In Africa commemorátio plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum     
 287 St. Macra Virgin martyr of Reims France
4th v. St. Anastasius VIII Martyr at Syrmium 
        St. Nilammon, anchoret
 390 St. Gregory Nazianzen “the Theologian.”
 511 St. Melani a monk helped draw up the canons of the Council of Orleans in 511
 516 St. Hywyn Welsh founder patron of churches-western England
 535 St. Melanius bishop of Rennes France when Franks invaded Gaul
 607 St. Peter of Canterbury  Benedictine 1st abbot monastery Sts. Peter/Paul - Canterbury
6th v. St. Merinus Titular patron of churches in Wales /Brittany
6th v. St. Schotin hermit disciple of St. David of Wales
6th v. St. Edeyrn hermit patron of a church in Brittany, France 
6th v. St. Eigrad Founder of a church in Anglesey Wales
 658 St. Diman Abbot-bishop Connor Ireland 
 986 St. Wiltrudis Widow Benedictine nun wife of Duke Berthold - Bavaria 
1121 St. Erminold Benedictine abbot A large number of miracles are recorded at his tomb after death.
1150 ST GUARINUS, OR GUÉRIN, BISHOP of SI0N esteemed by St Bernard
1275 St Raymond of Pennafort canon of Barcelona Dominican, Archbishop
1358 BD GERTRUDE OF DELFT, VIRGIN stigmata knowledge of people’s thoughts, distant and future events
1373 St. Andrew Corsini regarded as a prophet and a thaumaturgus miracles were so multiplied at his death that Eugenius IV permitted a public cult immediately; Feast kept on February 04
1611  St. John de Ribera Archbishop Vice-roy of Valencia deported Moors Many miracles attributed his intercession
1925 BD RAPHAELA MARY, VIRGIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE HANDMAIDS OF THE SACRED HEART  her answer to misery was, I see clearly that God wants me to submit to all that happens to me as if I saw Him there commanding it.”
                           Bd Raphaela Mary
1937  Blessed André Bessette (b. 1845) expressed a saint’s faith by a lifelong devotion to St. Joseph.

JANUARY 07
St. Felix & Januarius Martyrs of Heraclea
300 St. Clerus A Syrian deacon martyred at Antioch Turkey.
312 St. Lucian of Antioch Theologian scholar martyr praised by Sts. John Chrysostom and Jerome
St. Crispins 1/ Pavia Lombardy 30 yrs 2/bishop w Pope St. Leo I Great.
4th v. St. Theodore of Egypt; Monk, disciple of St. Ammonius.
335-414 St. Nicetas of Remesiana Bishop Te Deum missionary friend of St. Paulinus of Nola who made fierce and barbarous nations humane and meek by preaching the Gospel to them.
470 St. Valentine Abbot missionary bishop in Rhaetia; a fairly long medieval biography of him is printed in the Acta Sanctorum; but this, as all are agreed, is historically worthless
7th v/ St. Cronan Beg bishop of Aendrum, County Down Ireland. He is mentioned in connection with controversy 640.
680 Shiite saint Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad
Known as Ashoura and observed by Shiites across the world, the 10th day of the lunar Muslim month of Muharram: the anniversary of the 7th century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints. 
702 St. Tillo Benedictine monk; ransomed and baptized by St Eligius. That fervent apostle sent him to his abbey of Solignac, in the Limousin; was honoured with miracles
734 St. Kentigerna Widowed hermitess mother St. Coellan daughter of Kelly the prince of Leinster, Ireland.
767 St. Emilian Benedictine Recluse of Bordeaux, France also called Aemilio. He was native of Vannes and a Benedictine.
856 St. Aidric Bishop court diplomat Charlemagne and son/successor Louis Raised at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, the royal residence of Charlemagne.
960? St. Reinold  Benedictine monk martyred by stonemasons; patron of stone masons sometimes listed as Rainold  or Reynold.
977 St. Anastasius XVIII Archbishop Sens. He served the archdiocese from 968-977, started the cathedral, and promoted the monks of Saint-Pierre-le-Vin. His relics are in the monastic church.
1131 St. Canute Lavard Martyred nephew of St. Canute son of King Eric the Good.  In Dánia sancti Canúti, Regis et Mártyris.  In Denmark, St. Canute, king and martyr.
1225 St. Raymond of Peñafort Dominican Marian; sailed on water w/cloak; Patron of Canonists taught philosophy at 20-gratis. The brave religious of this Order devoted themselves to saving poor Christians captured by the Moors.
St. Brannock Welsh monk famed for holiness and zeal who migrated to Devon, England. He founded a monastery at Braunton.
1593 Bl. Edward Waterson English convert; martyred He was born in London, England, and ordained in Reims, France. In 1592, he was returned to England to serve hidden Catholics. Edward was arrested the following year and executed at Newcastle. He was beatified in 1929.

JANUARY 08
The second day of the Afterfeast of Theophany.
175 St. Apollinaris appologist bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
290 St. Lucian Martyred missionary with companions, Julian, /Maximian; relics were famous for miracles.
304 St. Carterius Priest martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
400+? Saint Domnica came from Carthage to Constantinople By her miracles the saint moved inhabitants of the capital towards concerns about life eternal and the soul
491 St. Patiens Archbishop of Lyons, Gaul best known for his immense efforts at charitable work. He constantly gave aid and comfort to the poor, devoting the resources of the diocese to feed those left starving by the Gothic and Germanic invasions and to rebuilding and repairing burned and looted churches
425 St. Atticus Bishop converted opponent of St. John Chrysostom then called a "true successor of Chrysostom" by Pope St. Celestine I.
482 St. Severinus Monk hermit founded Danube monasteries comfort to refugees /victims of Attila many miracles
5th v. St. Ergnad Irish nun who received the veil from St. Patrick. She followed the monastic tradition of performing prayer and penance in seclusion.
511 St. Maximus Bishop of Pavia, Italy. attended the councils of Rome convened by Pope Symmachus.
550 ST SEVERINUS, legend BISHOP OF SEPTEMPEDA
7v Saint George the Chozebite example in fasting, vigil and physical efforts lived as angel on the earth, died in peace Theophilus, deacon, and Helladius In Libya, the holy martyrs
673 St. Frodobert Benedictine abbot-founder monk, trained by St. Waldebert. a monk at Luxeuil, France. He founded MoutierlaCelle Abbey near Troyes.
686 St.  Erhard Irish Bishop missionary to Bavaria baptized St Odilia, who, though born blind, recovered her sight on receiving the sacrament.
712 St. Gudula Patroness of Brussels, Belgium daughter of St. Amalberga, educated by St. Gertrude of Nivelles was known for her great charity.
719 ST PEGA, VIRGIN; Ordericus Vitalis says her relics were honoured with miracles, and kept in a church which bore her name at Rome, but this church is not now known
762 St. Garibaldus Benedictine bishop of Regensburg ordained by St. Boniface He was also a noted scholar.
800 St. Albert Patron saint of Cashel English in Ireland and Bavaria
923 St. Athelm Benedictine Archbishop of Canterbury uncle of St. Dunstan
1002 St. Wulsin Benedictine bishop monk St. Dunstan disciple abbot of Westminster
1285 St. Thorfinn miracles reported at his tomb 50 yrs after death
        St. Theophilus deacon & Helladius a layman martyrs  in Libya
1309 Blessed Angela of Foligno dedicated to prayer and works of charity; her Book of Visions and Instructions Angela the title "Teacher of Theologians." She was beatified in 1693. 
1456 St. Lawrence Justinian first Patriarch of Venice the death of; Eminent for learning, and abundantly filled with the heavenly gifts of divine wisdom the 5th of September, on which day he ascended the pontifical throne.

JANUARY 09
  
 303 St. Marciana Virgin martyr in Caesarea amphitheater in Mauretania
       St. Paschasia virgin martyr in the area of modern Dijon, France 
 250 St.  Epicharis bishop Martyr of Africa with 7 companions
3rd v. Saint Polyeuctus first martyr in the Armenian city of Meletine; soldier
 302  St. Julian Basilissa & Companions Martyr with Anastasius 
        St. Vitalicus bishop martyrs at Smyrna Revocatus Fortunatus deacons
 391 ST PETER, Bishop OF SEBASTEA; In this family three brothers were at the same time eminently holy bishops, St Basil, St Gregory of Nyssa and St Peter of Sebastea; their eldest sister, St Macrina, was the spiritual mother of many saints and excellent doctors; and their father and mother, St Basil the Elder and St Emmelia, were banished for their faith in the reign of the Emperor Galerius Maximian, and fled into the deserts of Pontus.  Finally, the grandmother was the celebrated St Macrina the Elder, who was instructed in the science of salvation by St Gregory Thaumaturgus.
 683 St. Waningus Benedictine abbot entered a monastery founded Holy Trinity Church and Convent of Fecamp
 700 St. Maurontus Benedictine abbot founder of Saint-Florentle-Vieil in Anjou
 710 St. Adrian, African Abbot near Naples tomb famous for miracles 
 731 St. Brithwald Benedictine Archbishop of Canterbury from 692 until 37 years;  friendly relations with St Aldhelm, St Boniface and other prominent and holy ecclesiastics; letter written to Berhtwald by Waldhere, Bishop of London, is the first extant letter from one Englishman to another
8th v. St. Foellan Irishman with his mother to Scotland became monk; missionary
1569 Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow
1622 Bl. Alix Le Clercq nun founded Augustinian Canonesses Congregation of Our Lady from Rome
1975 St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer God showed him his specific mission: he was to found Opus Dei.

JANUARY 10

The fourth day of the Afterfeast of Theophany;  The fourth day of the Afterfeast of Theophany falls on January 10. Some of the hymns of this period compare the streams of the Jordan to the life-giving waters of Baptism.

       St. Nicanor Early martyr 1/7 deacons of Jerusalem
       St. Paul, the first hermit who lived alone in the desert from the sixteenth to the one hundred and thirteenth year of his age.  His soul was seen by St. Anthony carried by angels among the choirs of apostles and prophets.  His feast is kept on the 15th of this month.
385 Saint Theosebia the Deaconess; virgin served the Holy Church caring for the sick, distributing food to vagrants, raising orphans and preparing women for holy Baptism; sister of Sts Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter, Bishop of Sebaste
395 St. Gregory of Nyssa  {lower Armenia where Nathaniel was martyred}
       January 10 (Eastern Christianity, Lutheranism)  Catholic, March 9
463 St. Petronius Monk bishop of Die
471 St. Marcian Confessor hymnist - Constantinople famous for miracles; received gift of wonderworking, St Marcian healed the sick and cast out devils
6th v. St. Dermot Abbot monastery founder
601 Saint Dometian, Bishop of Melitene Armenia miracles glorified by God
660 St. Saethryth  Benedictine abbess
660 St. Thomian Armagh Archbishop
660 St. John Camillus the Good Bishop of Milan
681  Pope St. Agatho  678-681 a holy death, concluded a life remarkable for sanctity and learning.
987 St. Peter Orsini Venetian Admiral Benedictine hermit  
1209 St. William of Bourges canon monk Cistercian many miracles deaf, dumb, blind, the mentally ill became sound. The stone of his tomb in the Cathedral Church of Bourges cured mortal wounds and illnesses and delivered possessed persons; the deaf and dumb, the blind, the mentally ill became sound. So many miracles occurred there that the monks could not record them all, and he was canonized nine years after his death, in 1218, by Pope Honorius III.
1276 Teobaldo Visconti Pope St. Gregory X 1210-1276; Arriving in Rome in March, he was first ordained priest, then consecrated bishop, and crowned on the 27th  of the same month, in 1272. He took the name of Gregory X, and to procure the most effectual succour for the Holy Land he called a general council to meet at Lyons. This fourteenth general council, the second of Lyons, was opened in May 1274. Among those assembled were St Albert the Great and St Philip Benizi; St Thomas Aquinas died on his way thither, and St Bonaventure died at the council. In the fourth session the Greek legates on behalf of the Eastern emperor and patriarch restored communion between the Byzantine church and the Holy See.;  miraculous cures performed by him
1429 Saint Paul of Obnora famed disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh; spent years as a hermit; His final words were, "Brethren, have love one for another and keep to the rule of the monastic community."; died at 112;
15th v. Saint Macarius of Pisma and Kostroma A fellow ascetic of St Paul of Obnora. In the second half of the 15th century, he founded the Makariev Transfiguration monastery at the River Pisma on the outskirts of Kostroma.
1882 Saint Antipas of Romania; came to Valaam Monastery from Mt Athos 1865; spent rest of life in the skete at Valaam, living like a hermit.  Blessed with the gift of clairvoyance
1884 Alphonse Ratisbonne With Theodore elder brother Theodore, he founded the Congregation of Our Lady of Zion.
 January 10 - Our Lady of the Guides (Constantinople, 1570)
            The Incarnation of the Human Values Necessary to My Life
A German Catholic priest told that one day he saw a painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary hanging in place of honor in the cabinet of Field Marshal Hindenburg. As the priest did not hide his surprise, Hindenburg (who was a Lutheran) said, "I see in the Blessed Virgin the incarnation of the human values necessary to my life."

 It is possible to dream of a better definition of what Mary has brought to the world? To a world completely abandoned to proud egoism, Mary teaches the humility of Bethlehem. To a world dominated by money and greed, she recalls the poverty of Nazareth. To a twisted, dishonest world, she brings truth and simplicity. To a world that gets more and more hardened by hatred every day, she repeats her lessons of gentleness. To an impure and vain world,
she offers the testimony of her fertile virginity. To an aged world, she brings her eternal youth.  
H. Engelmann  Excerpt from his book I Lost the Faith (J’ai perdu la foi, p.91) 

JANUARY 11
The fifth day of the Afterfeast of Theophany

Pope Benedict XVI to The Catholic Church In China { article here }

137-140 St. Hyginus, Pope Greek confront Gnostic heresy
180 St. Leucius Bishop of Brindisi a missionary from Alexandria
St. Salvius martyr in Roman Africa
St. Alexander Bishop of Fermo
250 St. Alexander "The charcoal burner" Bishop of Comana, in Pontus martyr
269 St. Theodosius martyred With fifty soldiers
  Item Romæ natális sancti Melchíadis, Papæ et Mártyris; qui multa, in persecutióne Maximiáni,  passus est, atque, réddita Ecclésiæ pace, quiévit in Dómino.  Ipsíus autem festívitas quarto Idus Decémbris celebrátur.
      Also at Rome, the birthday of St. Melchiades, who, having suffered much in the persecution of Maximian, went to his rest in the Lord after peace returned to the Church.  His feast day is on the 10th of December.
325 St. Palaemon Egyptian hermit development of monasticism
412 St. Theodosius of Antioch Monk founder Cilicia monastery  healings miracles
      St. Ethenea and Fidelmia 2/of 1st converts- St. Patrick
500 St. Honorata Nun at Pavia ransomed by brother St. Epiphanus  
529 St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch Abbot founder various nationalities of monks
570 St. Anastasius X Benedictine abbot angel summoned him and monks to heaven
625 St. Vitalis of Gaza Monk reforming prostitutes and scandalous women
625 St Salvius, Or Sauve, Bishop Of Amiens
       St. Peter, Severus and Leucius Martyrs confessors Alexandria
5th v, St. Brandan Irish monk confronted the Pelagian heretics
        St. Boadin Benedictine monk from Ireland
8th v. St. Paldo, Tato, and Taso Benedictine monastery founders
1392 Saint Theodosius, Metropolitan of Trebizond
1453 Blessed Michael of Klops
1546 Ernst der Bekenner; studierte ab 1512 in Wittenberg und wurde hier von Luther geprägt;
1584 Blessed William Carter; arrest for "printing lewd [i.e., Catholic] pamphlets" as well as possessing books upholding Catholicism; hanged, drawn and quartered
1915 Mary Slessor; Missionarin nach Westafrika ging. Sie kam nach Nigeria, lernte die Stammessprache (Efik) und lebte wie die Einheimischen; weitere Missionare aus Schottland kamen

JANUARY 12


JANUARY 13
Octáva Epiphaníæ Domini.
The Octave of the Epiphany of our Lord.
160+ Martyr Potitus at Naples In Sardinia, by the power of God he worked wondrous miracles; who, having suffered much under Emperor Antoninus and the governor Gelasius, was at last put to death by the sword. July 1 Orthodox.
235 St. Andrew of Trier bishop possible martyr
253-268? Romæ, via Lavicána, corónæ sanctórum mílitum quadragínta, quas ipsi, sub Galliéno Imperatóre, pro veræ fídei confessióne percípere meruérunt.
315 St. Hermylus Martyr with Stratonicus drowned-Danube Belgrade Serbia
335 St. Agrecius Bishop missionary trusted associate of St. Helena  According to the life of the saint, a docu­ment which is certainly not older than the eleventh century, and which modern scholars pronounce to be entirely fabulous
324 St. Glaphyra persecuted slave owned by Empress Constantia
337 St. Leontius of Cuesaren Bishop of Caesarea Nicaea Council participant
368 St. Hilary gentle courteous devoted writing great theology on Trinity
5th v. St. Elian ap Erbin known only through local Welsh liturgical calendars
5th v. St.  Erbin Saint of the Comish and Devonshire regions England
6th v. St. Elian Perhaps a Breton missionary
530  St. Remigius or Remi, Bishop of Rheims extraordinary gift of miracles
603 St. Kentigern Mungo {"dear one"} First bishop of Strathclyde Britons in 325
       ‘Angel of Peace”
631 St. Enogatus Bishop of Aleth Brittany France
852 St. Gumesindus priest Spanish martyr with Servus Dei a monk
927 Berno of Cluny 1st abbot of renowned of Clunymonastery OSB, Abbot

1127 BD GODFREY OF KAPPENBERG belongs to the category of those youthful saints who spent the few years of their life on earth in making preparation for Heaven.
1228 BD JUTTA OF HUY, Widow an extraordinary power of reading the thoughts of others, and apparently a knowledge of distant events; she also displayed the greatest charity in directing and helping the many souls who came to consult her in her anchorage.
1228 Bl. Yvette not canonized considered a saint extraordinary charisms
1497 Blessed Veronica of Binasco (b. 1445) known as a great contemplative who also gave loving care to sick sisters in her community and ministered to the people of Milan. She had the gifts of prophecy, discernment and miracles.


JANUARY 14

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The Virgin Mary of Nazareth
January is the month of the Holy Name of Jesus since 1902;
The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (III)
When faith is strong it works wonders ( Mk 16:17 ). 
Mary's heart is not a document, it's a source. "She stored up all these things in her heart"
(Lk 2:19 & 51), and that was the Word of God.
Excerpt from "Follow the Lamb" (Suivre l'Agneau)  Father Marie-Dominique Philippe Saint Paul Ed. 2005
THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS
       In Judæa sancti Malachíæ Prophétæ.       In Judea, St. Malachy, prophet.
 255 St. Felix of Nola Bishop distributed inheritance to the poor assistant to St. Maximus of Nola tomb famous for miracles
 340 St. Macrina the Elder Grandmother of Sts. Basil and Gregory of Nyssa
 309 Martyrs Monks of Mount Sinai slain by Bedouins
       Saint Moses was one of the Holy Monastic Fathers Slain at Sinai and Raithu.
 335 Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia and Equal of the Apostles
 346 St. Barbasymas bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon Martyr of Persia with 16 companions
 368  Sancti Hilárii, Epíscopi Pictaviénsis, Confessóris et Ecclésiæ Doctóris; qui prídie hujus diéi evolávit in cælum.
 400 Saint Theodulus son of St Nilus the Faster Lord saved boy through prayers of his father
 552 St. Datius Bishop of Milan, Italy , exiled by the Arian Ostrogoths
 610 Saint Kentigern (meaning "head chief") of Glasgow "Mungo" meaning "dear one"
 664 St. Deusdedit first Anglo-Saxon primate of England Benedictine archbishop of Canterbury
8th v. Saint Stephen great ascetics glorious departure into Heaven with the angels
       St. Felix A Roman priest of whom nothing is known
       St. Euphrasius A bishop martyred by the Vandals
1180 Saint Lawrence O'Toole descendant of Irish petty kings
1200 BD ODO OF NOVARA He worked many miracles both during life and after death, but it horrified him to think that people should attribute to him any supernatural power.
1225 St. Sava patron of Serbia monk founded monasteries translated religious works into Serbian
1237 BD ROGER OF TODI received the habit of the Friars Minor from the hands of the Seraphic Father himself in 1216, that he was appointed by St Francis to act as spiritual director to the community founded and governed by Bd Philippa Mareri at Rieti in Umbria under the rule of St Clare, that he assisted Philippa on her deathbed in 1236, and that he died himself at Todi shortly afterwards on January 5, 1237.
1331 BD ODORIC OF PORDENONE IT would not be easy to find in secular literature a more adventurous career than that of the Franciscan Friar Odoric of Pordenone. Miracle worker
        Marytrs of Raithu Forty-three hermits in the Raithu Sinai Desert
1501 Servant of God John the Gardener; " as John insisted, forgiveness is the loveliest thing in God’s eyes."
1518 BD GILES OF LORENZANA his ecstatic prayer miracles, and gift of prophecy were renowned far and wide. In particular he is said to have been frequently seen raised from the ground and physically assaulted by the Evil One.
1811 St. Joseph Pignatelli, Pius XI said, served "chief link between Society of Jesus that had been and Society to be."
1833 Seraphim von Sarow
1892 ST ANTONY PUCCI a member of a religious order, the Servants of Mary, spent most of his life and achieved holiness as a parish priest and miracles of healing took place at his grave.


JANUARY 15
In Judæa sanctórum Hábacuc et Michǽæ Prophetárum, quorum corpora, sub Theodósio senióre, divína revelatióne sunt repérta.
       In Judea, the holy prophets Habakkuk and Micah, whose bodies were found by divine revelation in the days of Theodosius the Elder.





THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS
     250 St. Secundina Martyred virgin
  250 St. Maximus of Nola Bishop suffered greatly
  303 St. Ephysius martyr revered on Sardinia
        St. Sawl Welsh chieftain and the father of St. Asaph
 342 St. Paul the Hermit
4th v. St. Maura & Britta Virgins
       St. Macarius the Great Egyptian hermit enemy of Arianism
  404 ST ISIDORE OF ALEXANDRIA governor of the great hospital at Alexandria
  450 St. John Calabytes Hermit (at 12) lived unknown in a small hut famous for prayers penances He sanctified his soul by wonderful patience, meekness and prayer.  The legend of Calybites has either originated from, or been confused with, those of St Alexis, St Onesimus, and one or two others in which the same idea recurs of a disguise long persisted in.
 510 Saint Maurus was the first disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia
 511 St. Eugyppius African priest of Rome companion of St. Severinus of Noricum
6th v. St. Liewellyn & Gwrnerth Welsh monks of Welshpool and Bardsey, Wales
 570 St. Ita virgin founded a community of women dedicated to God extravagant miracles attributed
6th v. St. Lleudadd Welsh abbot, companion of St. Cadfan to Brittany
 600 St. Tarsicia Virgin hermit granddaughter of the Frankish king Clotaire I
 700 St. Bonitus resigned the See Bishop of Clermont in 689 doubts of election
 710 St. Emebert bishop of Cambrai, in Flander
 764 St. Ceolwulf King of Northumbria patron of St. Bede
7th V St. Malard Bishop of Chartres, in France
 823 St. Blaithmaic Irish abbot who sought martyrdom among the Danes
1208 Bl. Peter of Castelnau Martyred Cistercian papal legate and inquisitor
        St. Teath may also be St. Ita
1648 Bl. Frances de Capillas The Proto martyr of China Dominican missionary
1909 Bl. Arnold Jansen Founder of the Society of the Divine Word


JANUARY 16

42 The Veneration of the Honorable Chains of the Holy and All-Praised Apostle Peter
98 ST PRISCILLA, MATRON the mother of the senator St Pudens, and through him, the ancestress of SS. Praxedis and Pudentiana. St Peter, the apostle, is believed to have used a villa belonging to St Priscilla on the Via Salaria, beneath which the catacomb was afterwards excav­ated, as the seat of his activities in Rome
309 Marcellus I, Pope M (RM) reorganized Church in Rome 
 Romæ sanctæ Priscíllæ, quæ se súaque pio Mártyrum obséquio mancipávit.
       At Rome, St. Priscilla, who devoted herself and her goods to the service of the martyrs.
385 St. Melas Bishop of Rhinocolura, near the boundary between Egypt and Palestine on the Mediterranean Sea.  He was cruelly abused and imprisoned by the Arian heretics.
429 James of Tarentaise B (AC)
429 Honoratus of Arles archbishop blessedly joyful B (RM)
5th v. St. Liberata Virgin sister of St. Honorata and St. Epiphanius of Pavia, Italy.
453 St. Valerius Hermit bishop reputation for goodness and wisdom 
550 St. Triverius Hermit native of Neustria Gaul 
6th v. St. Honoratus of Fondi abbot-founder (RM)  
633 St. Fulgentius Bishop in Spain brother of Sts'. Isidore St. Leander and St. Florentina 
648 St. Fursey Irish monastic founder brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan intense ecstasies  
650 St. Titian Bishop 30 yrs in outlying regions near Venice  
670 St. Ferreolus bishop of Grenoble BM
           Karantoc same as Saint Carantog (Carantoc) (Benedictines).
988 St. Dunchaid O'Braoin Abbot on Clanmocnoise 
1105 Blessed Jane of Bagno Camaldolese lay-sister OSB Cam. V (AC)  
1127 St. Henry of Cocket Danish hermit gifts of prophecy telekinesis read souls
1145 Blessed Conrad martyred abbot of Mondsee
1220 ST HENRY OF COCKET THE Danes were indebted in part for the light of faith, under God, to the example and labours of English missionaries. Henry was born in that country, and from his youth gave himself to the divine service with his whole heart.
1220 Berard, Peter, Otto, first martyrs of Franciscan order 
1259 Blessed Gundisalvus of Amarante miracles appears 40 yrs after death  

JANUARY 17
155? SS. SPEUSIPPUS, ELEUSIPPUS AND MELEUSIPPUS, MARTYRS
 Romæ Invéntio sanctórum Mártyrum Diodóri Presbyteri, Mariáni Diáconi, et Sociórum; qui, sancto Stéphano Papa Ecclésiam Dei regénte, martyrium Kaléndis Decémbris sunt assecúti.
       At Rome, the finding of the holy martyrs Diodorus, priest, and Marian, deacon, and their companions.  They suffered martyrdom on the 1st of December during the pontificate of Pope St. Stephen.
356 St. Anthony the Abbot miraculous healings Faith comes from God rhetoric from humans
 377 ST JULIAN SABAS “In the district of Edessa, in Mesopotamia (the commemoration) of St Julian, the hermit, called Sabas, who, when the Catholic faith at Antioch had almost died out in the time of the Emperor Valens, restored it again by the power of his miracles”.
4 th v. St. Achillas Hermit in Egypt with Amoes "the Flowers of the Desert" by the Greek Church
       Blessed Gonzalo de Amarante Dominican priest
  395  St. Pior Hermit disciple of St. Anthony in Egypt
 420 Sabinus of Piacenza B (RM); feast day formerly December 11. Bishop Saint Sabinus of Piacenza was a close friend of Saint Ambrose, who used to send him his writings for editing.
 624 St. Sulpicius Bishop of Bourges in austerities holiness devoted to the poor
715 ST RICHIMIR, ABBOT selected a place called later Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois. There he built a church in honour of the Apostles, and founded a monastery over which he ruled as abbot till his death
6th v. St. Nennius 1 of the 12 Apostles of Ireland disciple of St. Finian
 676 St. Mildgytha Benedictine nun, daughter of St. Ermenburga
1220 St. Berard and Companions prompted Anthony of Padua a young Augustinian canon to join the Franciscans
1329 BD ROSELINE, VIRGIN holy Carthusian nun frequent visions and ecstasies, and possessed an extraordinary gift of reading the hearts of all who came to her. Her body was indescribably beautiful after death, and no sign of rigidity or corruption appeared in it. Five years afterwards it was still perfectly preserved, and the ecclesiastic who presided at the them enucleated and kept in a reliquary apart. The body was still quite entire a hundred years later, and the eyes had neither shrivelled nor decayed as late as 1644.

JANUARY 18
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ST PETER’S CHAIR AT ROME
 250 St. Ammonius and a fellow soldier Moseus Martyrs
 Ibídem sancti Athenógenis, antíqui Theólogi, qui, per ignem consummatúrus martyrium, hymnum lætus cécinit, quem et discípulis scriptum relíquit.       In the same country, St. Athenogenes, an aged divine, who, on the point of being martyred by fire, joyfully sang a hymn, which he left in writing to his disciples.
  270  St Prisca of Rome ST PRISCA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR
  293 St. Archelais and Companions Martyr with Thecla and Susanna
 373 Saints Athanasius and Cyril were Archbishops of Alexandria
 388 Saint Marcian of Cyrrhus gift of wonderworking many other miracles on behalf of the brethren
 496 St. Volusian Bishop of Tours France A senator
 625 Deicolus, Abbot known for the peace and joy radiated from his soul miracles spring
       St Diarmis, Abbot founder spiritual director and teacher of Saint Kieran
 593 St. Leobard Hermit disciple of St. Gregory of Tours
 580 Sts Faustina and Liberata sisters founded convent of Santa Margarita in Como
        Paul & 36 Christian Soldiers evangelized Egypt
1028 St. Ulfrid Missionary martyr from England great learning and virtue
1270 St. Margaret, virgin, from the royal family of Arpad, and a nun of the Order of St. Dominic
1272 St Fazzio of Verona goldsmith founded charitable society in Cremona Order of the Holy Spirit
1262 Blessed Beatrix II of Este founded Benedictine convent of Saint Antony at Ferrara
1337 Saint Cyril and his wife Maria
1516 Saint Maximus the New life of great spiritual endeavors
1543 Blessed Christina Ciccarelli extraordinary humility and love of the poor
1550 Saint Athanasius of Synadem and Vologda incorrupt relics
       St. Day (Dye), Abbot Cornish church is dedicated
16th v. Righteous Athanasius of Navolotsk
1670 St. Charles of Sezze Franciscan Pope Clement IX called Charles to his bedside for a blessing
1890 St. Vincenza Mary Lopez y Vicuna Foundress of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate
1937 St Jaime Hilario Barbal, religious Brother teaching the poor executed during the Spanish Civil War: "The day you learn to surrender yourself totally to God, you will discover a new world, just as I am experiencing. You will enjoy a peace and a calm unknown, surpassing even the happiest days of your life."   “To die for Christ, my young friends, is to live.”

JANUARY 19
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1st v.  Marius wife Martha, their sons Audifax and Habbakuk, noble Persians, who came to Rome through devotion in the time of Emperor Claudius
St. Paul, Gerontius and Companions martyrs of Africa  
156 St. Germanicus Martyr of Smyrna
169 St. Pontianus martyred at Spoleto 
250 St. Fabian  Roman layman a dove settled on his head
251 St. Messalina Virgin martyr disciple of St. Felician 
260 SS. MARIUS, MARTHA, AUDIFAX, and ABACHUM, MARTYRS
257 or 288 St. Sebastian; Nothing is historically certain about St. Sebastian except that he was a Roman martyr, was venerated in Milan even in the time of St. Ambrose and was buried on the Appian Way, probably near the present Basilica of St. Sebastian. Devotion to him spread rapidly, and he is mentioned in several martyrologies as early as a.d. 350.
303 The Holy Virgin Martyr Euphrasia refused offer sacrifice to idols
395 Saint Macarius of Alexandria great ascetic and monastic head, worked many miracles
400 Saint Macarius the Great of Egypt worked many healings Abba Anthony received him
       with love, and Macarius became his devoted disciple and follower
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413 St. Bassian Bishop of Lodi in Lombardy, Italy 
510 St. Contentius bishop of Bayeux
6th v. St. Branwallader Bishop of Jersey
7th v? ST ALBERT OF CASHEL, BISHOP (SEVENTH CENTURY?) But the whole story is fabulous
678 St. Nathalan Hermit bishop of Tullicht, best known for his miracles 
772  St. Remigius Bishop of Rouen introduction Roman rite into Gallic {French Church}
8th 9th v.  St. Arcontius Bishop and martyr of Viviers
       St. Catellus Bishop of Castellamore
8th v. ST FILLAN, OR FOELAM, ABBOT (EIGHTH CENTURY) extravagant incidents  
959 St. Arsenius 1st bishop of Corfu convert from Judaism 
       St. Firminus Third bishop of Gabales, in France    
1095 St. Wulfstan Bishop reformer died while daily ritual wash feet of 12 poor men
1086 St. Canute IV Martyred king of Denmark
1157 St. Henry of Sweden an Englishman Bishop of Uppsala residing at Rome miracles at tomb 
        St. Fillan monk hermit abbot reknowned for his most extravagant miracles 
1392 Blessed Theodore of Novgorod possessed gift of clairvoyance; spend his time in unceasing prayer
1457 Saint Mark Eugenikos, Archbishop of Ephesus admired and honored by all
1652 Saint Sava of Storozhev and Zvenigorod Today we commemorate opening of incorrupt relics of
1485 BD ANDREW OF PESCHIERA Some miracles attributed are of a rather extravagant character
        Saint Macarius the Faster of the Near Caves of Kiev was a deacon
1667 BD BERNARD OF CORLEON extraordinary graces levitations, and of prophecies and miracles innumerable.
1670 ST CHARLES OF SEZZE extreme simplicity, company was sought by cardinals and other eminent ecclesiastics
1700 BD MARGARET BOURGEOYS, VIRGIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME OF MONTREAL
1924 Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar; Bishop of Przemysl in 1900 until his death in 1924. He made frequent visits to the parishes, supported the religious orders, conducted three synods, and worked for the education and religious formation of his priests. He encouraged devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic devotions, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Virgin Mary. He built and restored churches, built nurseries, kitchens, homeless shelters, schools for the poor, and gave tuition assistance to poor seminarians. He worked for the implentation of the social doctrine described in the writings of Pope Leo XIII. He left behind a large body of work including books, pastoral letters, sermons, addresses, prayers and other writings. 


JANUARY 20
477 St. Euthymius monk bishop sixty-six years in the desert 
   Inna, Pinna and Rimma Holy Martyrs disciples of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called
250 St. Fabian layperson dove descended this stranger was elected Pope able built Church of Rome
250 St Fabian, Pope M (RM)  succeeded Saint
  Antheros as pope and governed as bishop of
  Rome for 14 peaceful years
286 St. Sebastian an officer in imperial bodyguard
  secretly done many acts of love and charity for
  brethren in the Faith.
 303 Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius and Basilides
  Holy Martyrs witnessed Bishop Theopemptus of
  Nicomedia
 310 St. Neophytus Martyr martyr at 15 in Nicaea
   Schemamonk Euthymius of the Kiev Caves
   St Laurence incorrupt relics lie in the Far Caves of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
1465 Saint Euthymius of Syanzhemsk and Vologda igumen Ascension monastery
  477 St. Euthymius monk bishop sixty-six years in the desert
  655 St. Molagga Abbot-founder disciple of St. David of Wales
 665 St. Fechin founding Abbot of Fobhar died of plague devastating Ireland
  946 St. Maurus Benedictine bishop of Cesena   
1107 Blessed Benedict Ricasoli hermit
1194 Blessed Didier 33rd bishop of Thérouanne founder of the Cistercian abbey
1232 Blessed Daniel of Cambron Cistercian abbot 
1468 St. Eustochium Calafato Foundress and Poor Clare  love of Jesus in poverty and penance was outstanding
1670 St. Charles of Sezze 17th-century successor to Brother Juniper
1782 The Holy New Martyr Zachariah Peloponnesos in Greece

JANUARY 21
112 Publius of Malta prefect host to Saint Paul BM (RM).
   Zacchaeus the tax-collector he "sought to see who Jesus was" (Luke 19:3).
  258 The holy Virgin Martyr Agnes Many miracles occurred at the grave relics rest in the church built in her honor,
along the Via Nomentana born at Rome during the third century.
    Holy_Martyr_Eugene & others 284-311
  Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia 1236-1325  Sultan-Ul-Mashaikh Hazrat Khwaja Syed Nizamuddin Aulia, affectionately
  known as Mehboob-i Elahi or "Beloved of God".
  Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki  renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles in the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and spiritual successor (khalifa) Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti Order. His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was Fariduddin Ganjshakar. More Here
   Baba Sheikh Farid Ji was a great Sufi saint  On the banks of the river Sutlej at a place called Pak Pattan,
  tamerlane horses suddenly stopped. The horsement whipped their animals. The stallions started bleeding but
  refused to move further voice came from somewhere and called, "Baba Farid, the King of Kings" More Here
 259 Fructuosus B bishop Augurius & Eulogius deacons the heavens open and the saints carried up with crowns on
        their heads MM (RM)
 279 Patroclus of Troyes invoked against demons and fever M (RM)
 284-305 The Holy Martyr Neophytus red-hot oven holy martyr remained unharmed 3 days and 3 nights in it
 284 311 The Holy Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian and Aquila suffered for their faith in Christ red-hot oven
   emerged from it unharmed reign of Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311), under regimental commander Lycius.
 497 Epiphanius of Pavia reputation for sanctity, charity to the poor; bishop and confessor. B (RM)
 6th v. Vimin Scottish bishop his many miracles
 6th v St. Brigid also known as Briga 6th century
 6th century Lawdog titular patron of four churches in the diocese of Saint David's in Wales (AC)
 662 Saint Maximus the Confessor 3 candles burned miraculously over the grave proving his fight against the
       Monothelite heresy
 662 The Holy Martyr Anastasius disciple of St Maximus the Confessor
 861 St. Meinrad martyr hermit founder of the Benedictine abbey of Einsiedeln
       Blessed Inez practiced severe austerities prophesies Augustinian hermitesses at Beniganim taking the name Sister
       Josepha Maria of St. Agnes.
 978 Maccallin of Waulsort hermit founded Saint Michael's monastery at Thiérache OSB, Abbot (AC)
1556 Saint Maximus the Greek translate patristic and liturgical books into Slavonic translated St John Chrysostom's
       Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew and John
1586 Blessed Edward Stransham priest five years martyred at Tyburn M (AC)
1642 St. Alban Bartholomew Roe Missionary martyr 1/40 of England and Wales
1642 Blessed Thomas Reynolds priest for nearly 50 years  M (AC)
1696 Blessed Inés de Beniganim barefoot Augustinian hermits OSA Disc., V (AC)
  St. Maccalin Benedictine abbot of St. Michael's at Thierache 


JANUARY 22
93 St_Timothy_disciple_of_St_Paul was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra in Asia Minor.
St Timothy was converted to Christ in the year 52 by the holy Apostle Paul (June 29). When the Apostles Paul and Barnabas first visited the cities of Lycaonia, St Paul healed one crippled from birth. Many of the inhabitants of Lystra then believed in Christ, and among them was the future St Timothy, his mother Eunice and grandmother Loida (Lois) (Acts 14:6-12; 2 Tim. 1:5).  The seed of faith, planted in St Timothy's soul by the Apostle Paul, brought forth abundant fruit. He became St Paul's disciple, and later his constant companion and co-worker in the preaching of the Gospel. The Apostle Paul loved St Timothy and in his Epistles called him his beloved son, remembering his devotion and fidelity with gratitude.
He wrote to Timothy: "You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, and patience" (2 Tim. 3:10-11). The Apostle Paul appointed St Timothy as Bishop of Ephesus, where the saint remained for fifteen years. Finally, when St Paul was in prison and awaiting martyrdom, summoned his faithful friend, St Timothy, for a last farewell (2 Tim. 4:9). St Timothy ended his life as a martyr.
The pagans of Ephesus celebrated a festival in honor of their idols, and used to carry them through the city, accompanied by impious ceremonies and songs. St Timothy, zealous for the glory of God, attempted to halt the procession and reason with the spiritually blind idol-worshipping people, by preaching the true faith in Christ.  The pagans angrily fell upon the holy apostle, they beat him, dragged him along the ground, and finally, they stoned him. St Timothy's martyrdom occurred in the year 93. In the fourth century the holy relics of St Timothy were transferred to Constantinople and placed in the church of the Holy Apostles near the tombs of St Andrew (November 30) and St Luke (October 18). The Church honors St Timothy as one of the Apostles of the Seventy.
In Russian practice, the back of a priest's cross is often inscribed with St Paul's words to St Timothy: "Be an example to the believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity" (1 Tim. 4:12)
304 St. Vincent the Deacon martyr would not surrender the holy books
305 St. Vincent, Orontius, & Victor 3 martyrs of the Pyrenees
312 St. Paschasius  Bishop of Vienne, France
380 St. Vincent of Digne Bishop of Digne France from Africa
383 St. Blaesilla Widow of Rome; St. Blaesilla herself began to study Hebrew, and it was at her request that St. Jerome began his translation of the book of Ecclesiasts.
      Monk Martyr Anastasius, Deacon of the Kiev Caves
      Holy martyrs of Christ one of 377 Christians captured in Thrace by Bulgars
410 Saint Gaudentius, Bishop of Brescia from 387 successor of the writer on heresies, St. Philastrius
 628 St. Anastasius XIV Martyr a Persian called Magundat monk in Jerusalem
 680 Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad
1031 St. Dominic of Sora Benedictine abbot founder
1045 St. Brithwald Benedictine bishop monk at Glastonbury visions a prophet
1592 Bl. William Patensona priest English martyr converted six other prisoners
1623 Saint Macarius of Zhabyn Wonderworker of Belev incorrupt relics appeared to the participants
1745 St. Francis Gil de Frederich Dominican martyr Tonkin, China, & Vietnam
1745 St. Matthew Alonso Leziniana Dominican martyr of Vietnam
1850 St. Vincent Pallotti Priest spent huge sums for the poor/underprivileged Founder of The Society of Catholic Apostolate the motto of founder St. Vincent Pallotti, “The Love of Christ urges us on!” St Vincent foresaw all Catholic Action, even its name, said Pius XI; and Cardinal Pellegrinetti added,
“He did all that he could; as for what he couldn’t do—well, he did that too.”

JANUARY 23
  98 St. Parmenas  1/7 deacons appointed by Apostles minister to Hellenized Jews of Jerusalem
 287 St. Asclas Martyr concerning Arrian governor of Egypt
 304 St. Emerentiana Martyr of Rome
 309 St. Agathangelus Martyr baptized by St. Clement of Ancyra died with him
4th v. St. Eusebius Syrian hermit
 356 St. Amasius Bishop of Teano exile involved in the Arian persecution of his era 
6th v. Martyrius of Valeria hermit -- Gregory the Great extols in his Dialogues (Dial. I, II)
6th v. St. Ormond French abbot
  616 St. John Almoner Patriarch of Alexandria generosity to the poor family died entered religious life known holiness
 667 St. Ildephonsus Archbishop Blessed Virgin devotion Our Lady's appearance present him with a chalice; prolific writer
 702 St. Colman of Lismore Abbot bishop monastery of Lismore
 841 St. Barnard Benedictine archbishop founder member of the court of Charlemagne 
 850  St. Lufthildis of Cologne she lived as an anchorite
 880 Maimbod martyr  miracles occur at his tomb blind Bishop Berengarius received sight from relics
       St. Severian & Aquila martyrs
1266 Baba Sheikh Farid Ji  On the banks of the river Sutlej at a place called Pak Pattan (Province Punjab, also known as the city of saints), tamerlane horses (1398) suddenly stopped. The horsement whipped their animals. The stallions started bleeding but refused to move further voice came from somewhere and called, "Baba Farid, the King of Kings"
1275 ST RAYMUND OF Peñafort.
1366 St. Henry Suso, Blessed Famed German Dominican mystic
        St. Maimbod Irish martyr
1505 Blessed Margaret of Ravenna patience and humility
1918 Blessed Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai  faced everything with unflinching courage smiling sweetly through all

JANUARY 24
  97 ST TIMOTHY, BISHOP AND MARTYR
Apud Ephesum sancti Timóthei, qui fuit discípulus beáti Pauli Apóstoli; atque, ab eódem Ephesi ordinátus Epíscopus, ibi, post multos pro Christo agónes, cum Diánæ immolántes argúeret, lapídibus óbrutus est, ac paulo post obdormívit in Dómino.
       At Ephesus, St. Timothy, disciple of the apostle St. Paul, who ordained him bishop of that city.  After many labours for Christ, he was stoned for rebuking those who offered sacrifices to Diana, and shortly after went peacefully to his rest in the Lord.     
       St. Thyrsus & Projectus Martyrs of an unknown year
       St. Macedonius Hermit of Syria, called Kriptophagus “the barley eater,” miracles of healing
       St. Mardonius Martyr of Asia Minor
 250 St. Babylas Martyred Antioch bishop w/companions refused Emperor Philip the Arab
  254 ST FELICIAN, Bishop OF FOLIGNO, MARTYR is also regarded as the original apostle of Umbria; the earliest trace of the use of the pallium is met with in the account of the episcopal consecration of this saint
 268 St. Zama 1st recorded bishop of Bologna
4th v. St. Guasacht Bishop of Longford or Granard
 396 St. Artemius Bishop imperial legate
 430 ST MACEDONIUS; Theodoret relates many miraculous cures of sick persons, and of his own mother among them, wrought by water over which Macedonius had made the sign of the cross. He adds that his own birth was the effect of the anchoret’s prayers after his mother had lived childless in marriage thirteen years
5th v. St. Exuperantius Bishop of Cingoli
 580 St. Cadoc Welsh bishop martyr founded Llancarfan Monastery
 580 Saint Suranus, Abbot of the Sora Monastery;  
7th v. St. Bertrand Benedictine abbot of Saint-Quentin
1397 BD MARCOLINO OF FORLI; qualities most remarked were exact observance of rule, love of poverty and obedience, especially a spirit of great humility, supreme contentment undertaking lowliest and most menial offices; practised rigorous bodily penance; lover of the poor and little children; favoured with continual ecstasies
1622  St. Francis de Sales converted 40,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism 
1622 St Francis De Sales, Bishop Of Geneva And Doctor Of The Church, Co-Founder Of The Order Of The Visitation
1679 Bl. William Ireland Jesuit English martyr for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot
1697 Bl. John Grove English martyr alleged in the Titus Oates plot


THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 235

My heart hath uttered a good word, Lady: it is sweetened with honey-flowing dew.

By thy sanctity let my sins be purged: by thy integrity may incorruption be bestowed upon me.

By thy virginity may my soul be loved by Christ: and joined to him by the bond of love.

By thy fecundity I, a captive, am redeemed: by thy virginal bringing forth I am delivered from eternal death.

By thy most worthy Son I, a lost one, am restored:
and from the exile of misery I am led back to the homeland of beatitude.

Let every spirit praise Our Lady

For thy spirit is kind: thy grace fills the whole world.

Thunder, ye heavens, from above, and give praise to her: glorify her, ye earth, with all the dwellers therein.

 Rejoice, ye Heavens, and be glad, O Earth: because Mary will console her servants and will have mercy on her poor.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning and will always be.
God loves variety. He doesn't mass-produce his saints. Every saint is unique, for each is the result of a new idea. 
As the liturgy says: Non est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly alike. It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints. Dear Lord, grant us a spirit that is not bound by our own ideas and preferences. 
Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives.  Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts.   God calls each one of us to be a saint in order to get into heaven:  only saints are allowed into heaven.
The more "extravagant" graces are bestowed NOT for the benefit of the recipients so much as FOR the benefit of others.
There are over 10,000 named saints beati  from history
 and Roman Martyology Orthodox sources
Patron_Saints.html  Widowed_Saints html  Indulgences The Catholic Church in China
LINKS: Marian Shrines   India Marian Shrine Lourdes of the East   Lourdes 1858  China Marian shrines 1995
Kenya national Marian shrine  Loreto, Italy  Marian Apparitions (over 2000)  Quang Tri Vietnam La Vang 1798
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The great psalm of the Passion, Chapter 22, whose first verse “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Jesus pronounced on the cross, ended with the vision: “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord;
and all the families of the nations shall worship before him” For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you. The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought.
Pope Benedict XVI to The Catholic Church In China {whole article here} 2000 years of the Catholic Church in China
The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible.

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Saint Frances Xavier Seelos  Practical Guide to Holiness
1. Go to Mass with deepest devotion. 2. Spend a half hour to reflect upon your main failing & make resolutions to avoid it.
3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible.  4. Say the rosary every day.
5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6.  Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day.
7.  Every month make a review of the month in confession.
8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue.
9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary
My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love Thee.  I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not
O most Holy trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly.  I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the Tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended, and by the infite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  I beg the conversion of poor sinners,  Fatima Prayer, Angel of Peace
The voice of the Father is heard, the Son enters the water, and the Holy Spirit appears in the form of a dove.
THE spirit and example of the world imperceptibly instil the error into the minds of many that there is a kind of middle way of going to Heaven; and so, because the world does not live up to the gospel, they bring the gospel down to the level of the world. It is not by this example that we are to measure the Christian rule, but words and life of Christ. All His followers are commanded to labour to become perfect even as our heavenly Father is perfect, and to bear His image in our hearts that we may be His children. We are obliged by the gospel to die to ourselves by fighting self-love in our hearts, by the mastery of our passions, by taking on the spirit of our Lord.
   These are the conditions under which Christ makes His promises and numbers us among His children, as is manifest from His words which the apostles have left us in their inspired writings. Here is no distinction made or foreseen between the apostles or clergy or religious and secular persons. The former, indeed, take upon themselves certain stricter obligations, as a means of accomplishing these ends more perfectly; but the law of holiness and of disengagement of the heart from the world is general and binds all the followers of Christ.
God loves variety. He doesn't mass-produce his saints. Every saint is unique each the result of a new idea.
As the liturgy says: Non est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly alike.
It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints.
Dear Lord, grant us a spirit not bound by our own ideas and preferences.
 Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves.
O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory.
 Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives.
Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts.
The 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary ) Revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)
1.    Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces. 2.    I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary. 3.    The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4.    It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things.  Oh, that soul would sanctify them by this means.  5.    The soul that recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish. 6.    Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune.  God will not chastise them in His justice, they shall not perish by an unprovided death; if they be just, they shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life. 7.    Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church. 8.    Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise. 9.    I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary. 10.    The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.  11.    You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary. 12.    I shall aid all those who propagate the Holy Rosary in their necessities. 13.    I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death. 14.    All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ. 15.    Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
His Holiness Aram I, current (2013) Catholicos of Cilicia of Armenians, whose See is located in Lebanese town of Antelias. The Catholicosate was founded in Sis, capital of Cilicia, in the year 1441 following the move of the Catholicosate of All Armenians back to its original See of Etchmiadzin in Armenia. The Catholicosate of Cilicia enjoyed local jurisdiction, though spiritually subject to the authority of Etchmiadzin. In 1921 the See was transferred to Aleppo in Syria, and in 1930 to Antelias.
Its jurisdiction currently extends to Syria, Cyprus, Iran and Greece.
Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction of Christianity into Edessa {Armenian Ourhaï in Arabic Er Roha, commonly Orfa or Urfa, its present name} is not known. It is certain, however, that the Christian community was at first made up from the Jewish population of the city. According to an ancient legend, King Abgar V, Ushana, was converted by Addai, who was one of the seventy-two disciples. In fact, however, the first King of Edessa to embrace the Christian Faith was Abgar IX (c. 206) becoming official kingdom religion.
Christian council held at Edessa early as 197 (Eusebius, Hist. Ecc7V,xxiii).
In 201 the city was devastated by a great flood, and the Christian church was destroyed (“Chronicon Edessenum”, ad. an. 201).
In 232 the relics of the Apostle St. Thomas were brought from India, on which occasion his Syriac Acts were written.

Under Roman domination martyrs suffered at Edessa: Sts. Scharbîl and Barsamya, under Decius; Sts. Gûrja, Schâmôna, Habib, and others under Diocletian. 
In the meanwhile Christian priests from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia and Persia, established the first Churches in the kingdom of the Sassanides.  Atillâtiâ, Bishop of Edessa, assisted at the Council of Nicæa (325). The “Peregrinatio Silviæ” (or Etheriæ) (ed. Gamurrini, Rome, 1887, 62 sqq.) gives an account of the many sanctuaries at Edessa about 388.
Although Hebrew had been the language of the ancient Israelite kingdom, after their return from Exile the Jews turned more and more to Aramaic, using it for parts of the books of Ezra and Daniel in the Bible. By the time of Jesus, Aramaic was the main language of Palestine, and quite a number of texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls are also written in Aramaic.
Aramaic continued to be an important language for Jews, alongside Hebrew, and parts of the Talmud are written in it.
After Arab conquests of the seventh century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic as the main language of those who converted to Islam, although in out of the way places, Aramaic continued as a vernacular language of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed its greatest success in Christianity. Although the New Testament wins written in Greek, Christianity had come into existence in an Aramaic-speaking milieu, and it was the Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac, that became the literary language of a large number of Christians living in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and in the Persian Empire, further east. Over the course of the centuries the influence of the Syriac Churches spread eastwards to China (in Xian, in western China, a Chinese-Syriac inscription dated 781 is still to be seen); to southern India where the state of Kerala can boast more Christians of Syriac liturgical tradition than anywhere else in the world.

680 Shiite saint Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad Known as Ashoura and observed by Shiites across the world, the 10th day of the lunar Muslim month of Muharram: the anniversary of the 7th century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints.  Imam Hussein died in the 680 A.D. battle fought on the plains outside Karbala, a city in modern Iraq that's home to the saint's shrine.  The battle over a dispute about the leadership of the Muslim faith following Muhammad's death in 632 A.D. It is the defining event in Islam's split into Sunni and Shiite branches.  The occasion is the source of an enduring moral lesson. "He sacrificed his blood to teach us not to give in to corruption, coercion, or use of force and to seek honor and justice."  According to Shiite beliefs, Hussein and companions were denied water by enemies who controlled the nearby Euphrates.  Streets get partially covered with blood from slaughter of hundreds of cows and sheep. Volunteers cook the meat and feed it to the poor.  Hussein's martyrdom recounted through a rich body of prose, poetry and song remains an inspirational example of sacrifice to many Shiites, 10 percent of the world's estimated 1.3 billion Muslims.
Meeting of the Saints  walis (saints of Allah)
Great men covet to embrace martyrdom for a cause and principle.
So was the case with Hazrat Ali. He could have made a compromise with the evil forces of his time and, as a result, could have led a very comfortable, easy and luxurious life.  But he was not a person who would succumb to such temptations. His upbringing, his education and his training in the lap of the holy Prophet made him refuse such an offer.
Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) She was first to set forth the doctrine of mystical love and who is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets. An elderly Shia pointed out that during his pre-Partition childhood it was quite common to find pictures and portraits of Shia icons in Imambaras across the country.
Shah Abdul Latif: The Exalted Sufi Master born 1690 in a Syed family; died 1754. In ancient times, Sindh housed the exemplary Indus Valley Civilisation with Moenjo Daro as its capital, and now, it is the land of a culture which evolved from the teachings of eminent Sufi saints. Pakistan is home to the mortal remains of many Sufi saints, the exalted among them being Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a practitioner of the real Islam, philosopher, poet, musicologist and preacher. He presented his teaching through poetry and music - both instruments sublime - and commands a very large following, not only among Muslims but also among Hindus and Christians. Sindh culture: The Shah is synonymous with Sindh. He is the very fountainhead of Sindh's culture. His message remains as fresh as that of any present day poet, and the people of Sindh find solace from his writings. He did indeed think for Sindh. One of his prayers, in exquisite Sindhi, translates thus: “Oh God, may ever You on Sindh bestow abundance rare! Beloved! All the world let share Thy grace, and fruitful be.”
Shia Ali al-Hadi, died 868 and son Hassan al-Askari 874. These saints are the 10th and 11th of Shia's 12 most revered Imams. Baba Farid Sufi 1398 miracle, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles 569 A.H. [1173 C.E.] hermit gave to poor, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti greatest mystic of his time born 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.), Hazrat Ghuas-e Azam, Hazrat Bu Ali Sharif, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life.
801 Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya Sufi One of the most famous Islamic mystics
(b. 717). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis, who in turn deeply influenced the European mystical love and troubadour traditions.  Rabi'a was a woman of Basra, a seaport in southern Iraq.  She was born around 717 and died in 801 (185-186).  Her biographer, the great medieval poet Attar, tells us that she was "on fire with love and longing" and that men accepted her "as a second spotless Mary" (186).  She was, he continues, “an unquestioned authority to her contemporaries" (218).
Rabi'a began her ascetic life in a small desert cell near Basra, where she lost herself in prayer and went straight to God for teaching.  As far as is known, she never studied under any master or spiritual director.  She was one of the first of the Sufis to teach that Love alone was the guide on the mystic path (222).  A later Sufi taught that there were two classes of "true believers": one class sought a master as an intermediary between them and God -- unless they could see the footsteps of the Prophet on the path before them, they would not accept the path as valid.  The second class “...did not look before them for the footprint of any of God's creatures, for they had removed all thought of what He had created from their hearts, and concerned themselves solely with God. (218)
Rabi'a was of this second kind.  She felt no reverence even for the House of God in Mecca:  "It is the Lord of the house Whom I need; what have I to do with the house?" (219) One lovely spring morning a friend asked her to come outside to see the works of God.  She replied, "Come you inside that you may behold their Maker.  Contemplation of the Maker has turned me aside from what He has made" (219).  During an illness, a friend asked this woman if she desired anything.
"...[H]ow can you ask me such a question as 'What do I desire?'  I swear by the glory of God that for twelve years I have desired fresh dates, and you know that in Basra dates are plentiful, and I have not yet tasted them.  I am a servant (of God), and what has a servant to do with desire?" (162)
When a male friend once suggested she should pray for relief from a debilitating illness, she said,
"O Sufyan, do you not know Who it is that wills this suffering for me?  Is it not God Who wills it?  When you know this, why do you bid me ask for what is contrary to His will?  It is not  well to oppose one's Beloved." (221)
She was an ascetic.  It was her custom to pray all night, sleep briefly just before dawn, and then rise again just as dawn "tinged the sky with gold" (187).  She lived in celibacy and poverty, having renounced the world.  A friend visited her in old age and found that all she owned were a reed mat, screen, a pottery jug, and a bed of felt which doubled as her prayer-rug (186), for where she prayed all night, she also slept briefly in the pre-dawn chill.  Once her friends offered to get her a servant; she replied,
"I should be ashamed to ask for the things of this world from Him to Whom the world belongs, and how should I ask for them from those to whom it does not belong?"  (186-7)
A wealthy merchant once wanted to give her a purse of gold.  She refused it, saying that God, who sustains even those who dishonor Him, would surely sustain her, "whose soul is overflowing with love" for Him.  And she added an ethical concern as well:
"...How should I take the wealth of someone of whom I do not know whether he acquired it lawfully or not?" (187)
She taught that repentance was a gift from God because no one could repent unless God had already accepted him and given him this gift of repentance.  She taught that sinners must fear the punishment they deserved for their sins, but she also offered such sinners far more hope of Paradise than most other ascetics did.  For herself, she held to a higher ideal, worshipping God neither from fear of Hell nor from hope of Paradise, for she saw such self-interest as unworthy of God's servants; emotions like fear and hope were like veils -- i.e., hindrances to the vision of God Himself.  The story is told that once a number of Sufis saw her hurrying on her way with water in one hand and a burning torch in the other.  When they asked her to explain, she said:
"I am going to light a fire in Paradise and to pour water on to Hell, so that both veils may vanish altogether from before the pilgrims and their purpose may be sure..." (187-188)
She was once asked where she came from.  "From that other world," she said.  "And where are you going?" she was asked.  "To that other world," she replied (219).  She taught that the spirit originated with God in "that other world" and had to return to Him in the end.  Yet if the soul were sufficiently purified, even on earth, it could look upon God unveiled in all His glory and unite with him in love.  In this quest, logic and reason were powerless.  Instead, she speaks of the "eye" of her heart which alone could apprehend Him and His mysteries (220).
Above all, she was a lover, a bhakti, like one of Krishna’s Goptis in the Hindu tradition.  Her hours of prayer were not so much devoted to intercession as to communion with her Beloved.  Through this communion, she could discover His will for her.  Many of her prayers have come down to us:
       "I have made Thee the Companion of my heart,
        But my body is available for those who seek its company,
        And my body is friendly towards its guests,
        But the Beloved of my heart is the Guest of my soul."  [224]
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Colombia was among the countries Mother Angelica visited. 
In Bogotá, a Salesian priest - Father Juan Pablo Rodriguez - brought Mother and the nuns to the Sanctuary of the Divine Infant Jesus to attend Mass.  After Mass, Father Juan Pablo took them into a small Shrine which housed the miraculous statue of the Child Jesus. Mother Angelica stood praying at the side of the statue when suddenly the miraculous image came alive and turned towards her.  Then the Child Jesus spoke with the voice of a young boy:  “Build Me a Temple and I will help those who help you.” 

Thus began a great adventure that would eventually result in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a Temple dedicated to the Divine Child Jesus, a place of refuge for all. Use this link to read a remarkable story about The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
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America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
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Brief History of our Beloved Holy Priest Here and his published books of Catholic History in North America
Reardon, J.M. Archbishop Ireland; Prelate, Patriot, Publicist, 1838-1918.
A Memoir (St. Paul; 1919); George Anthony Belcourt Pioneer Catholic Missionary of the Northwest 1803-1874 (1955);
The Catholic Church IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. PAUL from earliest origin to centennial achievement 1362-1950 (1952);
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Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's earliest Basilica.
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The only replicas ever made:  in order from west to east {1932}.
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 It Makes No Sense Not To Believe In GOD
THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM By Father John Corapi. 
  June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under Pope John Paul II;
then 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so.
By Father John Corapi
THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM By Father John Corapi. 
  June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under Pope John Paul II;
then 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so.
By Father John Corapi
Among the most important titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary are Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of the Rosary. These titles can be traced back to one of the most decisive times in the history of the world and Christendom. The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7 (date of feast of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial battle for the Christian forces against the radical Muslim navy of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral leadership in recognizing the danger posed to Christendom by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary to defeat it. Spiritual battles require spiritual weapons, and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins in the spiritual order—a true battle between good and evil.

Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn children.

No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion.
As we watch the spectacle of the world seeming to self-destruct before our eyes, we can’t help but be saddened and even frightened by so much evil run rampant. Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea—It is all a disaster of epic proportions displayed in living color on our television screens.  These are not ordinary times and this is not business as usual. We are at a crossroads in human history and the time for Catholics and all Christians to act is now. All evil can ultimately be traced to its origin, which is moral evil. All of the political action, peace talks, international peacekeeping forces, etc. will avail nothing if the underlying sickness is not addressed. This is sin. One person at a time hearts and minds must be moved from evil to good, from lies to truth, from violence to peace.
Islam, an Arabic word that has often been defined as “to make peace,” seems like a living contradiction today. Islam is a religion of peace.  As we celebrate the birthday of Our Lady, I am proposing that each one of us pray the Rosary for peace. Prayer is what must precede all other activity if that activity is to have any chance of success. Pray for peace, pray the Rosary every day without fail.  There is a great love for Mary among Muslim people. It is not a coincidence that a little village named Fatima is where God chose to have His Mother appear in the twentieth century. Our Lady’s name appears no less than thirty times in the Koran. No other woman’s name is mentioned, not even that of Mohammed’s daughter, Fatima. In the Koran Our Lady is described as “Virgin, ever Virgin.”

Archbishop Fulton Sheen prophetically spoke of the resurgence of Islam in our day. He said it would be through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Islam would be converted. We must pray for this to happen quickly if we are to avert a horrible time of suffering for this poor, sinful world. Turn to our Mother in this time of great peril. Pray the Rosary every day. Then, and only then will there be peace, when the hearts and minds of men are changed from the inside.
Talk is weak. Prayer is strong. Pray!  God bless you, Father John Corapi

Father Corapi's Biography

Father John Corapi is what has commonly been called a late vocation. In other words, he came to the priesthood other than a young man. He was 44 years old when he was ordained. From small town boy to the Vietnam era US Army, from successful businessman in Las Vegas and Hollywood to drug addicted and homeless, to religious life and ordination to the priesthood by Pope John Paul II, to a life as a preacher of the Gospel who has reached millions with the simple message that God's Name is Mercy!

Father Corapi's academic credentials are quite extensive. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pace University in the seventies. Then as an older man returned to the university classrooms in preparation for his life as a priest and preacher. He received all of his academic credentials for the Church with honors: a Masters degree in Sacred Scripture from Holy Apostles Seminary and Bachelor, Licentiate, and Doctorate degrees in dogmatic theology from the University of Navarre in Spain.
Father John Corapi goes to the heart of the contemporary world's many woes and wars, whether the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, or the Congo, or the natural disasters that seem to be increasing every year, the moral and spiritual war is at the basis of everything. “Our battle is not against human forces,” St. Paul asserts, “but against principalities and powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness...” (Ephesians 6:12). 
The “War to end all wars” is the moral and spiritual combat that rages in the hearts and minds of human beings. The outcome of that  unseen fight largely determines how the battle in the realm of the seen unfolds.  The title talk, “With the Moon Under Her Feet,” is taken from the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation, and deals with the current threat to the world from radical Islam, and the Blessed Virgin Mary's role in the ultimate victory that will result in the conversion of Islam. Few Catholics are aware of the connection between Islam, Fatima, and Guadalupe. Presented in Father Corapi's straight-forward style, you will be both inspired and educated by him.

About Father John Corapi.
Father Corapi is a Catholic priest .
The pillars of father's preaching are basically:
Love for and a relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary 
Leading a vibrant and loving relationship with Jesus Christ
Great love and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist from Holy Mass to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
An uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church

God Bless you on your journey Father John Corapi


Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican
Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified
Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification.

Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest
Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization.

Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood
Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint.

Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania
May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970.
 
Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized
May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor.

Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs
Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century.

Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women
Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
 
Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified
Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran.

The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says
Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church.
Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says
Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.”
 
Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo
Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December
Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8.

Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes
Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer.

Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’
Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor.
 
Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood
Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification.
 
Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism
Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism.
 
Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood
May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan.
 
Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries
Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions.
Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward
Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life.

Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican
Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified
Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification.

Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest
Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization.

Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood
Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint.

Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania
May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970.
 
Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized
May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor.

Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs
Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century.

Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women
Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
 
Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified
Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran.

The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says
Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church.
Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says
Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.”
 
Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo
Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December
Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8.

Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes
Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer.

Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’
Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor.
 
Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood
Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification.
 
Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism
Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism.
 
Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood
May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan.
 
Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries
Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions.
Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward
Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life.
8 Martyrs Move Closer to Sainthood 8 July, 2016
Posted by ZENIT Staff on 8 July, 2016

The angel appears to Saint Monica
This morning, Pope Francis received Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, he authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:

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MIRACLES:
Miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Luis Antonio Rosa Ormières, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angel; born July 4, 1809 and died on Jan. 16, 1890
MARTYRDOM:
Servants of God Antonio Arribas Hortigüela and 6 Companions, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; killed in hatred of the Faith, Sept. 29, 1936
Servant of God Josef Mayr-Nusser, a layman; killed in hatred of the Faith, Feb. 24, 1945
HEROIC VIRTUE:

Servant of God Alfonse Gallegos of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Titular Bishop of Sasabe, auxiliary of Sacramento; born Feb. 20, 1931 and died Oct. 6, 1991
Servant of God Rafael Sánchez García, diocesan priest; born June 14, 1911 and died on Aug. 8, 1973
Servant of God Andrés García Acosta, professed layman of the Order of Friars Minor; born Jan. 10, 1800 and died Jan. 14, 1853
Servant of God Joseph Marchetti, professed priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles; born Oct. 3, 1869 and died Dec. 14, 1896
Servant of God Giacomo Viale, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, pastor of Bordighera; born Feb. 28, 1830 and died April 16, 1912
Servant of God Maria Pia of the Cross (née Maddalena Notari), foundress of the Congregation of Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist; born Dec. 2, 1847 and died on July 1, 1919
Sunday, November 23 2014 Six to Be Canonized on Feast of Christ the King.

On the List Are Lay Founder of a Hospital and Eastern Catholic Religious
VATICAN CITY, June 12, 2014 (Zenit.org) - Today, the Vatican announced that during the celebration of the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, November 23, an ordinary public consistory will be held for the canonization of the following six blesseds, who include a lay founder of a hospital for the poor, founders of religious orders, and two members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See:
-Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888), an Italian bishop who founded the Institute of the Sisters Teachers of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts
-Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), a Syro-Malabar priest in India who founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
-Ludovico of Casoria (1814-1885), an Italian Franciscan priest who founded the Gray Sisters of St. Elizabeth
-Nicola Saggio (Nicola da Longobardi, 1650-1709), an Italian oblate of the Order of Minims
-Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877-1952), an Indian Carmelite of the Syro-Malabar Church
-Amato Ronconi (1238-1304), an Italian, Third Order Franciscan who founded a hospital for poor pilgrims
CAUSES OF SAINTS July 2015.
Pope Recognizes Heroic Virtues of Ukrainian Archbishop
Recognition Brings Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky Closer to Beatification
By Junno Arocho Esteves Rome, July 17, 2015 (ZENIT.org)
Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky. According to a communique released by the Holy See Press Office, the Holy Father met this morning with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

The Pope also recognized the heroic virtues of several religious/lay men and women from Italy, Spain, France & Mexico.
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is considered to be one of the most influential 20th century figures in the history of the Ukrainian Church.
Enthroned as Metropolitan of Lviv in 1901, Archbishop Sheptytsky was arrested shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 by the Russians. After his imprisonment in several prisons in Russia and the Ukraine, the Archbishop was released in 1918.

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic prelate was also an ardent supporter of the Jewish community in Ukraine, going so far as to learn Hebrew to better communicate with them. He also was a vocal protestor against atrocities committed by the Nazis, evidenced in his pastoral letter, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." He was also known to harbor thousands of Jews in his residence and in Greek Catholic monasteries.
Following his death in 1944, his cause for canonization was opened in 1958.
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The Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees regarding the heroic virtues of:
- Servant of God Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., major archbishop of Leopolis of the Ukrainians, metropolitan of Halyc (1865-1944);
- Servant of God Giuseppe Carraro, Bishop of Verona, Italy (1899-1980);
- Servant of God Agustin Ramirez Barba, Mexican diocesan priest and founder of the Servants of the Lord of Mercy (1881-1967);
- Servant of God Simpliciano della Nativita (ne Aniello Francesco Saverio Maresca), Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts (1827-1898);
- Servant of God Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres del Cancino, Mexican founder of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (1866-1937);
- Servant of God Marie-Charlotte Dupouy Bordes (Marie-Teresa), French professed religious of the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1873-1953);
- Servant of God Elisa Miceli, Italian founder of the Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1904-1976);
- Servant of God Isabel Mendez Herrero (Isabel of Mary Immaculate), Spanish professed nun of the Servants of St. Joseph (1924-1953)
October 01, 2015 Vatican City, Pope Authorizes following Decrees
(ZENIT.org) By Staff Reporter
Polish Layperson Recognized as Servant of God
Pope Authorizes Decrees
Pope Francis on Wednesday authorised the Congregation for Saints' Causes to promulgate the following decrees:

MARTYRDOM
- Servant of God Valentin Palencia Marquina, Spanish diocesan priest, killed in hatred of the faith in Suances, Spain in 1937;

HEROIC VIRTUES
- Servant of God Giovanni Folci, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Opera Divin Prigioniero (1890-1963);
- Servant of God Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish diocesan priest (1921-1987);
- Servant of God Jose Rivera Ramirez, Spanish diocesan priest (1925-1991);
- Servant of God Juan Manuel Martín del Campo, Mexican diocesan priest (1917-1996);
- Servant of God Antonio Filomeno Maria Losito, Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (1838-1917);
- Servant of God Maria Benedetta Giuseppa Frey (nee Ersilia Penelope), Italian professed nun of the Cistercian Order (1836-1913);
- Servant of God Hanna Chrzanowska, Polish layperson, Oblate of the Ursulines of St. Benedict (1902-1973).
March 06 2016 MIRACLES authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
Pope Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
MIRACLES

– Blessed Manuel González García, bishop of Palencia, Spain, founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth (1877-1940);
– Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity (née Elisabeth Catez), French professed religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1880-1906);
– Venerable Servant of God Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus (né Henri Grialou), French professed priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, founder of the Secular Institute “Notre-Dame de Vie” (1894-1967);
– Venerable Servant of God María Antonia of St. Joseph (née María Antonio de Paz y Figueroa), Argentine founder of the Beaterio of the Spiritual Exercise of Buenos Aires (1730-1799);
HEROIC VIRTUE

– Servant of God Stefano Ferrando, Italian professed priest of the Salesians, bishop of Shillong, India, founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (1895-1978);
– Servant of God Enrico Battista Stanislao Verjus, Italian professed priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, coadjutor of the apostolic vicariate of New Guinea (1860-1892);
– Servant of God Giovanni Battista Quilici, Italian diocesan priest, founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Crucified (1791-1844);
– Servant of God Bernardo Mattio, Italian diocesan priest (1845-1914);
– Servant of God Quirico Pignalberi, Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1891-1982);
– Servant of God Teodora Campostrini, Italian founder of the Minim Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows (1788-1860);
– Servant of God Bianca Piccolomini Clementini, Italian founder of the Company of St. Angela Merici di Siena (1875-1959);
– Servant of God María Nieves of the Holy Family (née María Nieves Sánchez y Fernández), Spanish professed religious of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools (1900-1978).

April 26 2016 MIRACLES authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
Here is the full list of decrees approved by the Pope:

MIRACLES
– Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco, diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist (1839-1910);
– Venerable Servant of God John Sullivan, professed priest of the Society of Jesus (1861-1933);
MARTYRDOM
– Servants of God Nikolle Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M., archbishop of Durres, Albania, and 37 companions killed between 1945 and 1974;
– Servants of God José Antón Gómez and three companions of the Benedictines of Madrid, Spain, killed 1936;
HEROIC VIRTUES
– Servant of God Thomas Choe Yang-Eop, diocesan priest (1821-1861);
– Servant of God Sosio Del Prete (né Vincenzo), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Congregation of the Little Servants of Christ the King (1885-1952);
– Servant of God Wenanty Katarzyniec (né Jósef), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1889-1921);
– Servant of God Maria Consiglia of the Holy Spirity (née Emilia Paqualina Addatis), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Addolorata, Servants of Mary (1845-1900);
– Servant of God Maria of the Incarnation (née Caterina Carrasco Tenorio), founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of the Flock of Mary (1840-1917);
– Servant of God , founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Family of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1851-1923);
– Servant of God Ilia Corsaro, founder of the Congregation of the Little Missionaries of the Eucharist (1897-1977);
– Servant of God Maria Montserrat Grases García, layperson of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (1941-1959).
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