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Mary the Mother of Jesus
Love and allow Jesus and Mary do what they will”,
The motto Dina Belanger lived by through her entire religious life.

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!)
RDeo grátias. R.  Thanks be to God.
September is the month of Our Lady of Sorrows since 1857
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22,013  Lives Saved Since 2007

TERRORIST ATTACKS
In 452, Pope Leo rode out to meet Attila and persuaded him not to sack Rome.
This delayed the inevitable for only a few more decades.
Finally, in 476, barbarian Chieftain Odoacer attacked, and Rome is considered to have officially fallen on September 4, 476.

If this generation does not listen to my Mother …
In 1983, Gladys Quiroga de Motta, a married woman and mother, received apparitions of the Virgin of the Rosary and of Jesus,
 in San Nicolas de los Arroyos, Argentina. These apparitions were approved on May 22, 2016, by the local bishop.

Beginning on November 15, 1983, she received 78 apparitions of Jesus. Here are some of his messages:
"If this generation does not listen to my Mother, it will perish. Tell everyone to listen to her." (March 2, 1986)
"Today, I warn the world, because the world is unaware of this—souls are in grave danger. Many are lost. Few find salvation unless they welcome me as their Savior. My Mother must be accepted and welcomed. All of my Mother’s messages must be heard ...
I chose the Heart of my Mother so that my requests may be accomplished. Souls will come to me through her Immaculate Heart." (March 19, 1986)
"In the past, the world was saved through Noah's ark. Today, my Mother is the Ark. It will be through her that souls shall be saved,
because I will lead them to myself. Whoever rejects my Mother rejects me." (December 1989)

1689 B.C. Moses The Holy Prophet and God-Seer of the tribe Levi, son of Abram and Jochabed
(Exodus 6:20) performed many miracles during his lifetime, and also after his death.
He appeared on Tabor with the Prophet Elias at the Transfiguration of the Lord.
His life is described in the Bible (Exodus 2 through Deuteronomy 34:12).

The Unburnt Bush Theotokos Icon of the Most Holy is based on the miracle witnessed by Moses in the Old Testament. In Chapter 3 of Exodus God calls Moses on Mt. Horeb from the midst of a bush which "was burning, yet it was not consumed" (Ex. 3:2). Moses is informed that he will lead the Hebrews out of their slavery in Egypt, and then God tells him His name, "I am Who am" (Ex. 3:14).
   78 St. Candida the Elder cured of an illness by St. Peter
 117 St. Hermione Ephesus Martyr prophetess in Acts of the Apostles
 125 St. Thamel & Companions A group of martyrs
        St. Magnus Martyr with Castus and Maximus at Ancyra, Galatia. A group of seventeen martyrs died on the same day
  178 Marcellus of Lyons martyred for the faith M (RM)
249-251 Saint Babylas Bishop of Antioch, 3 youths Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius and mother Christodoula
284-305 St. Theodore With Oceanus Ammianus, and Julian, martyrs  from the village of Quandababa (near Nicomedia). For confessing faith in Christ they were arrested and given over to torture
 420 St. Salvinus Bishop of Verdun
        Sts. Athanasius, the Bishop, Gerasimus (Jarasimus), and Theodotus; God honored them by manifesting many signs and wonders from their bodies {Coptic}

 423 Boniface I  Pope gently, but firmly, defended the rights of the Holy See (RM)
 456 St. Monessa Virgin convert of St. Patrick
4th-5th v.? St. Marinus Bishop and hermit of Dalmatia
  515  St. John, the Short, Arrival of the Holy Relic to the Wilderness of Scetis.
  580 St. Caletricus Bishop of Chartres St. Rufinus, Silvanus, and Victalicus martyred Children at Ancyraun
VII c. St. Rhuddlad Welsh virgin
 650 Birinus Er wurde von Erzbischof Asterius in Genua zum Bischof geweiht und von Papst Honorius (625-638) 634 zur Mission in das Innere Englands gesandt.
 657 St. Ultan Bishop of Ardbraccan, Ireand
825 St Ida of Herzfeld, Widow a great-granddaughter of Charles Mattel; redoubling devotion, self-denial and austerities; she chiefly employed revenues of her estate in relieving the poor; afflicted with a painful and unremitting illness she bore with patience and turned to advantage
1105 Blessed Agnes of Bagno nun at the Camaldolese convent of Santa Lucia  OSB Cam. (AC)
1160  St. Rosalia hermit; descendant great Charlemagne
1251 St. Rose of Viterbo
1574 Blessed Catherine Mattei, OP Tert. V (AC)
         Frezal of Mende converted all the notable pagans M
         Marcellus of Trèves B (RM) 
1711 Blessed Joseph Vaz, the "Apostle of Sri Lanka several miracles attributed registered in Sri Lanka. "These records are regularly sent to Rome,"  few pilgrims from Goa visit his country, because "we don't have anything of Blessed Vaz." By Vatican proclamation, the venerated native son was declared patron of Goa in 2000.
1754 Saint Joasaph descended from the old and venerable Ukrainian lineage of the Gorlenkovi
1773 Saint Simeon Davit-Gareji Monastery labored as a simple monk advanced age -- chosen abbot; Outstanding in virtue, humility, endowed by the Lord with ability to work miracles.

1926 Blessed Dina Bélanger her devotion to the Blessed Sacrament transformed her into a woman of infectious joy despite illness
Blessed Catherine Matte
God reached the heart of little Catherine when she was only five. It was then that her mystical experiences began.
Our Lady appeared to her while the tiny child was praying alone in her tiny room and told Catherine that Jesus wished to make her His spouse.
Then as a child her own age, Jesus himself appeared, accompanied by many other saints including Catherine of Siena and Peter Martyr, and the Blessed Mother place the ring of espousal on her finger. Like the ring of Saint Catherine of Siena, it was visible to today's saint but could not be seen by others.

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Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary

Mary's Divine Motherhood
Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos).
Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251.

Mary's Obedience Unloosened the Knot of Eve's Disobedience- OUR LADY OF HAUT (Belgium, 1419)
"Fittingly, Mary the Virgin is found obedient, saying, 'Behold Thy handmaid, 0 Lord; be it done to me according to Thy word.' But Eve was disobedient; for she obeyed not, while she was yet a virgin. As she, having indeed Adam for a husband, but as yet being a virgin (...) becoming disobedient, became the cause of death both to herself and to the whole human race, so also Mary, bearing in her womb the predestined Man, and being yet a Virgin, by being obedient, became both to herself and to the whole human race the cause of salvation.
(...) And on account of this the Lord said, that the first should be last and the last first. And the Prophet signifies the same, saying, 'Instead of fathers you have children.' For, whereas the Lord, when born, was the first-begotten of the dead, and received into His bosom the primitive fathers, He regenerated them into the life of God, He Himself becoming the beginning of the living, since Adam became the beginning of the dying.

Therefore also Luke, commencing the line of generations from the Lord, referred it back to Adam, signifying that He regenerated the old fathers, not they Him, into the Gospel of life. And so the knot of Eve's disobedience received its unloosing through the obedience of Mary; for what Eve, a virgin, bound by her incredulity, Mary, a virgin, unloosed by her faith."
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, Adv. Haer. III. 22.34.
423 Pope St. Boniface I;  gently, but firmly, defended the rights of the Holy See;  a strong supporter of St Augustine in his opposition to Pelagianism (RM)

"The answers to many of life's questions can be found by reading the Lives of the Saints. They teach us how to overcome obstacles and difficulties, how to stand firm in our faith, and how to struggle against evil and emerge victorious." 
1913 Saint Barsanuphius of Optina



1689 B.C. Moses The Holy Prophet and God-Seer of the tribe Levi, son of Abram and Jochabed (Exodus 6:20) performed many miracles during his lifetime, and also after his death. He appeared on Tabor with the Prophet Elias at the Transfiguration of the Lord
His life is described in the Bible (Exodus 2 through Deuteronomy 34:12).
In monte Nebo, terræ Moab, sancti Móysis, legislatóris et Prophétæ.
    On Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab, the holy lawgiver and prophet Moses.
Moses was born in Egypt around 1689 B.C. When Pharaoh ordered all male children of the Hebrew slaves to be killed (Exodus 1:22), Moses' mother placed him in a basket of papyrus coated with pitch, and set him adrift on the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter found him and raised him as her own son.
   At the age eighty, Moses fled to Midian, where he spoke to God in the Burning Bush on Mt. Horeb (Exodus 3:2). God chose Moses to lead His people from the slavery of Egypt. They crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land, and for forty years they wandered in the desert.  Arriving in the land of Moab, Moses went to the top of Mt. Nabau, or Nebo (Deuteronomy 32:49), which is called Phasga (Deut. 34:1). There, according to the will of God, he died in 1569 B.C. at the age of 120 without entering the Promised Land.

The first two Biblical Odes are attributed to Moses: "Let us sing to the Lord…" (Exodus 15:1-9), which was sung on the shores of the Red Sea after the Hebrews had crossed it. "Attend, O heaven…" (Deut. 32:1-43) was sung in the land of Moab, a few days before Moses' death. He is also regarded as author of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament).
The holy Prophet Moses performed many miracles during his lifetime, and also after his death.
He appeared on Tabor with the Prophet Elias at the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 6).
On the day that St John of the Ladder (March 30) was installed as abbot of Mt. Sinai, the Prophet Moses was seen going around and giving orders to the cooks, stewards, and servants. When the guests had gone and the monks were sitting at table, they wondered what had become of the stranger who had been giving orders. St John said, "Our Lord Moses does nothing strange by serving in the place which belongs to him ."
The Unburnt Bush Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is based on the miracle witnessed by Moses in the Old Testament. In Chapter 3 of Exodus God calls Moses on Mt. Horeb from the midst of a bush which "was burning, yet it was not consumed" (Ex. 3:2). Moses is informed that he will lead the Hebrews out of their slavery in Egypt, and then God tells him His name, "I am Who am" (Ex. 3:14).

The Church has always regarded the Unburnt Bush on Horeb as a type of the Most Holy Theotokos giving birth to the Savior Christ, while remaining a Virgin. This imagery is to be found in the Church's hymnography (for example, the Dogmatikon at Saturday Vespers in Tone 2), and also in iconography.

One of the earliest depictions of the Mother of God as the Unburnt Bush shows her holding her divine Son in the midst of a burning bush. Moses is shown to one side, removing his sandals, for that place was holy (Ex. 3:5).

Most icons now depict the bush in a symbolic fashion. There are two overlapping diamonds: one red (representing the fire), the other green (representing the bush), forming an eight pointed star. The Theotokos is shown in the center.

In the four corners of the green diamond are the symbols of the four Evangelists: a man (St Matthew), a lion (St Mark), an ox (St Luke), and an eagle (St John). These symbols are derived from Ezekiel 1:10 and Revelation 4:7. Archangels are depicted in the four corners of the red diamond.

The design of the icon has become more complex over time. Now we can see archangels, Moses and the burning bush (Ex. 3:2), Isaiah and the seraphim with the burning coal (Is. 6:7), Ezekiel and the gate through which only the Lord may enter (Ez. 44:2), and Jacob with the ladder (Gen. 28:12). The Theotokos is shown holding Jacob's ladder which leads from earth to heaven. Sometimes the Root of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1) is shown in the center of the icon's lower border.

There is an old story about a fire which was consuming several wooden buildings. In the midst of the fire an old woman stood in front of her house holding an icon of the "Unburnt Bush." A witness happened to see her there, and marveled at her faith. The next day he returned to the spot and was astonished to see the old woman's home completely unscathed by the fire, while all the other houses around it were destroyed. This may explain why the Mother of God, through her Icon of the Unburnt Bush, is regarded as the protector of homes from fire.
It is believed that the earliest icons of the Unburnt Bush originated at St Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai.
78 St. Candida the Elder cured of an illness by St. Peter
Neápoli, in Campánia, natális sanctæ Cándidæ, quæ sancto Petro Apóstolo, ad eam urbem veniénti, prima occúrrit, atque, ab eo baptizáta, póstea sancto fine quiévit.
    At Naples in Campania, the birthday of St. Candida, who was the first to meet St. Peter when he came to that city, and being baptized by him afterwards ended her holy life in peace.
An elderly woman of, Naples, Italy, cured of an illness by St. Peter. She was baptized by the Apostle and became an ardent Chris­tian, converting St. Aspren, who became the first bishop of Naples.

Candida the Elder VM (RM). Long-venerated in Rome, Saint Candida is said to have been the first to welcome Saint Peter to Naples as he passed through on his way to Rome, and to have been miraculously cured of an illness by the apostle. In her turn, she converted Saint Aspren, who became the first bishop of Naples. Candida was martyred with a group of other Christians on the Ostian Way. In the 9th century, her relics were enshrined in Saint Praxedes church by Pope Saint Paschal I (Benedictines, Encyclopedia)
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Luca Giordano, The Patron Saints of Naples (Baculus, Euphebius, Francis Borgia, Aspren, and Candida the Elder (kneeling)) adoring the Crucifix, 17th century. Palazzo Reale, Naples.
117 St. Hermione; Ephesus Martyr; prophetess in Acts of the Apostles; daughter of Philip the Deacon
She was the daughter of Philip the Deacon. Hermione is called a prophetess in the Acts of the Apostles.
Hermione of Ephesus V (AC). In the Acts of the Apostles (21:9), Saint Hermione is mentioned as a prophetess and the daughter of Saint Philip the Deacon. Tradition records that she was martyred at Ephesus (Benedictines).
The Holy Martyr Hermione was a daughter of St Philip the Deacon (October 11). Wishing to see the holy Apostle John the Theologian, Hermione with her sister Eutychia went to Asia Minor in search of the saint. During their journey, they learned the saint had died. Continuing on, the sisters met a disciple of St Paul named Petronius, and imitating him in everything, they became his disciples. St Hermione, having mastered the healing arts, rendered help to many Christians and healed the sick by the power of Christ.

During this period, the emperor Trajan (98-117) waged war against the Persians and he came with his army through the village where the saint lived. When they accused Hermione of being a Christian, he gave orders to bring her to him.

At first the emperor, with casual admonitions, sought to persuade the saint to renounce Christ. When this did not succeed, he commanded that she should be struck on the face for several hours, but she joyfully endured this suffering. Moreover, she was comforted by a vision of the Lord, in the form of Petronius, sitting upon the throne of judgment. Convincing himself that she was steadfast in her faith, Trajan sent her away. Hermione later built a hospice in which she took in the sick, treating their infirmities both of body and soul.

Trajan's successor, Hadrian, again commanded that the saint be brought to trial for confessing the Christian Faith. At first, the emperor commanded that she be beaten mercilessly, then they pierced the soles of her feet with nails, and finally they threw her into a cauldron with boiling tar, lead and sulphurous brimstone. The saint bore everything, giving thanks to God.

And the Lord granted her His mercy: the fire went out, the lead spilled out, and the saint remained unharmed. Hadrian in surprise went up to the place of torture and touched at the cauldron, to ascertain whether it had cooled. When he touched at the cauldron, he burned the skin on his hand, but even this did not dissuade the torturer.
He gave orders to heat a sort of skillet and put the holy martyr in it naked. Here again another miracle took place. An angel of the Lord scattered the hot coals and burned many who stood by the fire. The saint stood in the skillet, as though on green grass, singing hymns of praise to the Lord.
When she was removed from the skillet, the holy martyr seemed to be willing to offer sacrifice to the pagan god Hercules. The delighted emperor gave orders to take her off to the temple. When the saint prayed to God, a loud thunderclap was heard, and all the idols in the pagan temple fell and shattered.

In a rage, the emperor ordered that Hermione be led out of the city and beheaded. Two servants, Theodulus and Theotimos, were entrusted to carry out the execution. Since they were in such a hurry to execute the saint, not allowing her time for prayer, their hands withered. Then they believed in Jesus Christ and with repentance they fell at the feet of St Hermione. They besought her to pray that the Lord would call them to Himself before her.
This is what transpired, through her prayers. After this, she also fell asleep in the Lord.
125 St. Thamel & Companions A group of martyrs
Eódem die sanctórum Thamélis, ántea idolórum sacerdótis, et Sociórum Mártyrum, sub Hadriáno Imperatóre.
    On the same day, St. Thamel, previously a pagan priest, and his companions, martyrs under Emperor Hadrian.
put to death under Emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138) in the Eastern Empire.
Thamel was a pagan priest converted to Christianity. With him died his Sister
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St. Magnus Martyr with Castus and Maximus at Ancyra, Galatia. A group of seventeen martyrs died on the same day
Eódem die sanctórum Mártyrum Magni, Casti et Máximi.    On the same day, the holy martyrs Magnus, Castus and Maximus.
178 Marcellus of Lyons martyred for the faith M (RM)
Tréviris sancti Marcélli, Epíscopi et Mártyris.    At Treves, St. Marcellus, bishop and martyr.
       At Chalons in France, under Emperor Antoninus, St. Marcellus, martyr.  Being invited to a profane banquet by the governor Priscus, he scorned to partake of the meats that were served, and reproved with great freedom all persons present for worshipping idols.  For this, with unheard-of cruelty, the same governor had him buried alive up to the waist.  After persevering for three days in praising God, he yielded up his undefiled spirit.
Cabillóne, in Gálliis, sancti Marcélli Mártyris, qui, sub Antoníno Imperatóre, cum a Præside Prisco ad profánum convívium fuísset invitátus, et, hujúsmodi épulas éxsecrans, omnes qui áderant, cur idólis deservírent, líbera increpatióne corríperet, ab eódem Præside, inaudíto crudelitátis génere, cíngulo tenus defóssus est in terra; sicque, cum in Dei láudibus tríduo perseverásset, incontaminátum spíritum réddidit. 

Marcellus And Valerian, Martyrs The massacre of the martyrs of Lyons with their bishop, St Pothinus, took place during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius in the year 177.   Marcellus, a priest, we are told in his passio, by divine intervention managed to escape to Chalon-sur-Saone, where he was given shelter.  His host was a pagan, and seeing him offer incense before images of Mars, Mercury and Minerva, Marcellus remonstrated with and converted him. While journeying towards the north the priest fell in with the governor Priscus, who asked him to a celebration at his house.  Marcellus accepted the invitation, but when he found that Priscus was preparing to fulfil religious rites he asked to be excused on grounds he was a Christian.  This raised an outcry, and the bystanders tried to kill Marcellus there and then by tying him to the tops of two young trees in tension and then letting them fly apart. The governor ordered him to make act of worship before an image of Saturn. He refused peremptorily, whereupon he was buried up to his middle in the earth on the banks of the Sabne, and died in three days of exposure and starvation.
  Alban Butler mentions with St Marcellus the martyr St Valerian, who is named in the Roman Martyrology on September 15.  He is said to have escaped from prison at the same time as Marcellus, and was beheaded for the faith at Tournus, near Autun.

It is difficult to say how much confidence can be placed in the two sets of acts (printed in the Acta Sanctorum, September, vol. ii) which record the martyrdom of St Marcellus. The eighteenth-century Bollandists seem inclined to defend them from criticisms of Tillemont. In the second set the name of Valerian is associated with Marceltus, and an inscription in a church near Bagnols (Gard) couples together certain relics of the two saints. The cult of both was certainly early and is indirectly attested by Gregory of Tours. Dom Quentin in his Martyrologes historiques, pp. 179-180, provides an interesting illustration of how the long elogium of Marcellus in the Roman Martyrotogy originated.
Saint Marcellus, a priest of Lyons, escaped from prison, where he was being held because of his faith. When he was again captured, the authorities buried him up to his waist along the banks of the River Saône and left him to die, which he did three days later (Benedictines). In art, Saint Marcellus is portrayed as a priest who is half buried alive. He is especially venerated in Lyons (Roeder).
249-251 Saint Babylas Bishop of Antioch, 3 youths Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius and their mother Christodoula
Babylas von Antiochia  Orthodoxe Kirche: 4. September  Katholische Kirche: 24. Januar

The Hieromartyr died as martyrs under the emperor Decius (249-251). During his stay in their city of Antioch, the emperor arranged for a large festival in honor of the pagan gods.  At the same time, Babylas, the holy and God-fearing Bishop of Antioch, was serving the Divine Liturgy in church. He prayed for his flock and taught them to endure all tribulations for Christ with courage. The idolater Decius, curious to witness the Divine Mysteries, decided to enter the church.

News of this reached the bishop, so he went out to meet Decius and blocked the path to the church, for he was unwilling to permit impiety in the temple of God. When the emperor approached the church doors, St Babylas refused to let him enter, so the emperor had to abandon his intention.
He wanted to take revenge on the saint right away, but when he saw the large throng of Christians, he feared they might riot.

The next day the angry emperor ordered that the church be set on fire, and for Bishop Babylas to be brought before him. When asked why he had insulted the imperial dignity by not allowing the emperor to enter the church, the holy bishop answered, "Anyone who would rise up against God and want to desecrate His sanctuary, is not worthy of respect, but has become the enemy of the Lord."

Decius declared that the holy bishop must worship the idols in order to make up for his lack of respect for the emperor, or else face execution. After convincing himself that the martyr would remain steadfast in his faith, he commanded the military commander Victorinus to put him in heavy chains and lead him through the city in disgrace. The holy martyr replied, "Emperor, these chains are as venerable for me as your imperial crown is for you. For me, suffering for Christ is as desirable as the imperial power is for you. Death for the Immortal King is as precious to me as your life is to you."

At the trial with Bishop Babylas were three young brothers, who did not forsake him even in this most difficult moment. Seeing them, the emperor asked, "Who are these children? "
"These are my spiritual children," the saint replied, "and I have raised them in piety, I have given them an education, cultivated them with guidance, and here before you in a small body are these great young men and perfect Christians. Test them and see."
The emperor tried in all sorts of ways to entice the youths and their mother Christodoula to renounce Christ, but in vain. Then, in a rage, he ordered each of them to be whipped with a number of blows corresponding to their age. The first received twelve blows, the second, ten, and the third, seven. Dismissing the mother and children, the torturer again summoned the bishop, telling him that the children had renounced Christ. He did not believe the lie, however.  Then he commanded all the martyrs be tied to a tree and burned with fire. Seeing the stoic bravery of the saints, the emperor finally condemned them to be beheaded with the sword.

The Martyr Babylas and 84 disciples with him suffered in the city of Nicomedia for confessing Christianity during the reign of the emperor Maximian (284-305). The emperor, who was then in Nicomedia, renewed the persecution against Christians.  Like many other believers, St Babylas was denounced as someone who was instructing children in Christian piety. When Babylas was brought before the emperor, and after his confession of faith in the true God, he was given over to many torments.  During his sufferings the holy martyr cried to God, "I thank You, O Lord, that You have made me, who am old and infirm, to be young and strong." After being pelted with stones, he was clapped in irons and they took him to prison.

Then the saint 's young disciples were brought before the emperor. Neither flattery nor promise of gifts were able to alter the Christian convictions of the children. Two of them, Ammonias and Donatus, firmly declared, "We are Christians, and we will not offer sacrifice to deaf and dumb devils."

The emperor flew into a rage over the unexpected and firm rebuke from the children. At first, he ordered them to be whipped, and later to be put to death by beheading, together with their teacher. On the way to execution, the holy Martyr Babylas quoted Isaiah, "Behold, I and the children which God has given me" (Isaiah 8:18). With spiritual rejoicing, first St Babylas, and then his 84 disciples, received the crown of martyrdom.

Babylas von Antiochia  Orthodoxe Kirche: 4. September  Katholische Kirche: 24. Januar
Babylas war unter Decius (249-251) Bischof von Antiochia. Decius feierte (um 251) in Antiochia ein großes heidnisches Opferfest und wollte nach dem Fest die christliche Kirche betreten. Babylas und seine Gemeinde, die gerade einen Gottesdienst gehalten hatten, hinderten ihn daran. Daraufhin ließ Decius Babylas am nächsten Tag verhaften und verhören. Babylas wurde von seinen Schülern Urban, Prilidian und Eppolonias sowie ihrer Mutter Christodoula begleitet. Die Kinder waren 12, 10 und 7 Jahre alt. Da alle fünf sich weigerten, dem christlichen Glauben abzuschwören, wurden sie nach Folterungen hingerichtet.
St. Rufinus, Silvanus, and Victalicus martyred Children at Ancyraun in Galatia with other members of the Christian community
  Ancyræ, in Galátia, natális sanctórum trium puerórum Mártyrum, id est Rufíni, Silváni et Vitálici.
    At Ancyra in Galatia, the birthday of three saintly boys, Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus, martyrs.

284-305 St. Theodore With Oceanus Ammianus, and Julian, martyrs from the village of Quandababa (near Nicomedia). For confessing faith in Christ they were arrested and given over to torture
Item sanctórum Mártyrum Theódori, Océani, Ammiáni et Juliáni; qui sub Maximiáno Imperatóre, disséctis pédibus in ignem conjécti, martyrium consummárunt.
    Also, the holy martyrs Theodore, Oceanus, Ammian, and Julian, who had their feet cut off, and completed their martyrdom by being thrown into the fire, in the time of Emperor Maximian.
The Holy Martyrs Theodore, Mianus, Julian and Kion lived during the reign of Maximian (284-305)and were from the village of Quandababa (near Nicomedia). For confessing faith in Christ they were arrested and given over to torture.
At first their bodies were torn with sharp iron hooks, and then they were locked into a hot and flooded bath-house. The doors were locked and sealed with the imperial signet ring so that they should not escape. An angel of the Lord freed them, however.
Soldiers arrested the martyrs again and led them outside the city for execution. The saints at their request were given time for prayer, and then they surrendered their souls to the Lord. Their bodies were hacked into pieces and thrown into a fire.
who were put to death in the Eastern Empire. They died by being burned at the stake under Emperor Maximinus
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Sts. Athanasius, the Bishop, Gerasimus (Jarasimus), and Theodotus; God honored them by manifesting many signs and wonders from their bodies {Coptic}

On this day, Sts. Athanasius, the Bishop, Gerasimus (Jarasimus), and Theodotus, his two servants, were martyred. Certain men laid an accusation against the bishop before Arianus, the governor, that he had baptized the daughter of Antonios, the chancellor. Arianus brought St. Athanasius and asked him to worship the idols. The bishop refused and declared his faith in the Lord Christ. The governor tortured him with severely painful tortures, and when he saw him getting firmer in his faith, he ordered to cut off his neck and the necks of the two servants with him. Some believers took their bodies, shrouded them, and laid them in coffins. God honored them by manifesting many signs and wonders from their bodies.
May their prayers be with us. Amen
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420 St. Salvinus Bishop of Verdun
France. No details of his ministry are extant, but he was the successor of St. Maurus in that see.

423 Boniface I  Pope gently, but firmly, defended the rights of the Holy See;  a strong supporter of St Augustine in his opposition to Pelagianism (RM)
Romæ sancti Bonifátii Primi, Papæ et Confessóris.    At Rome, St. Boniface I, pope and confessor.

422 ST BONIFACE I, POPE
  This a piece of hagiographical common form to say of a holy man raised to the episcopate that he accepted the office with the greatest reluctance doubtless they (and lesser men) generally did, though frequently there is no evidence either way.  But in the case of Boniface it is certainly true, for he was an old man and he knew that he was faced by a rival, the antipope Eulalius.  On the same day, or even the day before, that Boniface was chosen pope by the senior clergy of Rome, a faction, chiefly of deacons, seized the Lateran and elected Eulalius, who had considerable support behind him. The ensuing disorder lasted fifteen weeks, and required the intervention of the Emperor Honorius before Boniface could take possession of his see.
   This pope combined a peaceable disposition with firmness, especially in resisting the encroachments of the Eastern emperor and the Constantinopolitan see, and  in other jurisdictional questions.
While reiterating that "the blessed apostle Peter received by our Lord's word and commission the care of the whole Church", he was careful to vindicate the rights of bishops against the encroachments of papal vicars.  St Boniface was a strong supporter of St Augustine in his opposition to Pelagianism, and when letters were sent him by Pelagians slandering their opponent, he forwarded them to Augustine for his information.  As a mark of his respect and gratitude St Augustine dedicated to the pope the work he wrote in reply to his critics, and sent it to Rome by the hand of St Alipius.
   St Boniface I died in 422, after being pope for not quite four years.   He was buried in the cemetery of Maximus on the New Salarian Way, close to the chapel he had built over the grave of St Felicitas, to whose memory he had a warm devotion.
The Liber Pontificalis with Duchesne's notes (vol. i, pp. 227-229 and ci. p. lxii), and the letters calendared by Jaffe-Kaltenbrunner (vol. i, pp. 52-54) form our most direct source of information. See also the Acta Sanctorum, September, vol. ii; DTC., vol. ii, cc. 988-989, with appended bibliography; and Grisar, History of Rome and the Papacy (Eng, trans.), pp. 219, 226, 466, 471.
Died September 4, 423. In 418, Saint Boniface, an old Roman priest, was elected pope the day after a group of dissidents had seized the Lateran and elected Eulalius pope. Emperor Honorius called two councils, decided in favor of Boniface, and ousted Eulalius and his faction. Later in his papacy he had to deal with the ever-recurring claims of the patriarch of Constantinople. Boniface continued his predecessor's opposition to Pelagianism, persuaded Emperor Theodosius II to return Illyricum to Western jurisdiction, and gently, but firmly, defended the rights of the Holy See. He supported Saint Augustine, who dedicated several treatises against Pelagianism to him (Benedictines, Delaney) .
Pope St. Boniface I
Elected 28 December, 418; d. at Rome, 4 September, 422. Little is known of his life antecedent to his election. The "Liber Pontificalis" calls him a Roman, and the son of the presbyter Jocundus. He is believed to have been ordained by Pope Damasus I (366-384) and to have served as representative of Innocent I at Constantinople (c. 405).

At he death of Pope Zosimus, the Roman Church entered into the fifth of the schisms, resulting from double papal elections, which so disturbed her peace during the early centuries. Just after Zosimus's obsequies, 27 December, 418, a faction of the Roman clergy consisting principally of deacons seized the Lateran basilica and elected as pope the Archdeacon Eulalius. The higher clergy tried to enter, but were violently repulsed by a mob of adherents of the Eulalian party. On the following day they met in the church of Theodora and elected as pope, much against his will, the aged Boniface, a priest highly esteemed for his charity, learning, and good character. On Sunday, 29 December, both were consecrated, Boniface in the Basilica of St. Marcellus, supported by nine provincial bishops and some seventy priests; Eulalius in the Lateran basilica in the presence of the deacons, a few priests and the Bishop of Ostia, who was summoned from his sickbed to assist at the ordination. Each claimant proceeded to act as pope, and Rome was thrown into tumultuous confusion by the clash of the rival factions. The Prefect of Rome, Symmachus, hostile to Boniface, reported the trouble to the Emperor Honorius at Ravenna, and secured the imperial confirmation of Eulalius's election. Boniface was expelled from the city. His adherents, however, secured a hearing from the emperor who called a synod of Italian bishops at Ravenna to meet the rival popes and discuss the situation (February, March, 419). Unable to reach a decision, the synod made a few practical provisions pending a general council of Italian, Gaulish, and African bishops to be convened in May to settle the difficulty. It ordered both claimants to leave Rome until a decision was reached and forbade return under penalty of condemnation. As Easter, 30 March, was approaching, Achilleus, Bishop of Spoleto, was deputed to conduct the paschal services in the vacant Roman See. Boniface was sent, it seems, to the cemetery of St. Felicitas on the Via Salaria, and Eulalius to Antium. On 18 March, Eulalius boldly returned to Rome, gathered his partisans, stirred up strife anew, and spurning the prefect's orders to leave the city, seized the Lateran basilica on Holy Saturday (29 March), determined to preside at the paschal ceremonies. The imperial troops were required to dispossess him and make it possible for Achilleus to conduct the services. The emperor was deeply indignant at these proceedings and refusing to consider again the claims of Eulalius, recognized Boniface as legitimate pope (3 April, 418). The latter re-entered Rome 10 April and was acclaimed by the people. Eulalius was madeBishop either of Nepi in Tuscany or of some Campanian see, according to the conflicting data of the sources of the "Liber Pontificalis". The schism had lasted fifteen weeks. Early in 420, the pope's critical illness encouraged the artisans of Eulalius to make another effort. On his recovery Boniface requested the emperor (1 July, 420) to make some provision against possible renewal of the schism in the event of his death. Honorius enacted a law providing that, in contested Papal elections, neither claimant should be recognized and a new election should be held.


Boniface's reign was marked by great zeal and activity in disciplinary organization and control. He reversed his predecessor's policy of endowing certain Western bishops with extraordinary papal vicariate powers. Zosimus had given to Patroclus, Bishop of Arles, extensive jurisdiction in the provinces of Vienna and Narbonne, and had made him an intermediary between these provinces and the Apostolic See. Boniface diminished these primatial rights and restored the metropolitan powers of the chief bishops of provinces. Thus he sustained Hilary, Archbishop of Narbonne, in his choice of a bishop of the vacant See of Lodeve, against Patroclus, who tried to intrude another (422). So, too, he insisted that Maximus, Bishop of Valence, should be tried for his alleged crimes, not by a primate, but by a synod of the bishops of Gaul, and promised to sustain their decision (419). Boniface succeeded to Zosimus's difficulties with the African Church regarding appeals to Rome and, in particular, the case of Apiarius. The Council of Carthage, having heard the representations of Zosimus's legates, sent to Boniface on 31 May, 419, a letter in reply to the commonitorium of his predecessor. It stated that the council had been unable to verify the canons which the legates had quoted as Nicene, but which were later found to be Sardican. It agreed, however, to observe them until verification could be established. This letter is often cited in illustration of the defiant attitude of the African Church to the Roman See. An unbiased study of it, however, must lead to no more extreme conclusion than that of Dom Chapman: "it was written in considerable irritation, yet in a studiously moderate tone" (Dublin Review. July, 1901, 109-119). The Africans were irritated at the insolence of Boniface's legates and incensed at being urged to obey laws which they thought were not consistently enforced at Rome. This they told Boniface in no uncertain language; yet, far from repudiating his authority, they promised to obey the suspected laws thus recognizing the pope's office as guardian of the Church's discipline. In 422 Boniface received the appeal of Anthony of Fussula who, through the efforts of St. Augustine, had been deposed by a provincial synod of Numidia, and decided that he should be restored if his innocence be established. Boniface ardently supported St. Augustine in combating Pelagianism. Having received two Pelagian letters calumniating Augustine, he sent them to him. In recognition of this solicitude Augustine dedicated to Boniface his rejoinder contained in "Contra duas Epistolas Pelagianoruin Libri quatuor".

In the East he zealously maintained his jurisdiction over the ecclesiastical provinces of Illyricurn, of which the Patriarch of Constantinople was trying to secure control on account of their becoming a part of the Eastern empire. The Bishop of Thessalonica had been constituted papal vicar in this territory, exercising jurisdiction over the metropolitans and bishops. By letters to Rufus, the contemporary incumbent of the see, Boniface watched closely over the interests of the Illyrian church and insisted on obedience to Rome. In 421 dissatisfaction expressed by certain malcontents among the bishops, on account of the pope's refusal to confirm the election of Perigines as Bishop of Corinth unless the candidate was recognized by Rufus, served as a pretext for the young emperor Theodosius II to grant the ecclesiastical dominion of Illyricurn to the Patriarch of Constantinople (14 July, 421). Boniface remonstrated with Honorius against the violation of the rights of his see, and prevailed upon him to urge Theodosius to rescind his enactment. The law was not enforced, but it remained in the Theodosian (439) and Justinian (534) codes and caused much trouble for succeeding popes. By a letter of 11 March, 422, Boniface forbade the consecration in Illyricum of any bishop whom Rufus would not recognize. Boniface renewed the legislation of Pope Soter, prohibiting women to touch the sacred linens or to minister at the burning of incense. He enforced the laws forbidding slaves to become clerics. He was buried in the cemetery of Maximus on the Via Salaria, near the tomb of his favorite, St. Felicitas, in whose honor and in gratitude for whose aid he had erected an oratory over the cemetery bearing her name. The Church keeps his feast on 25 October.

456 St. Monessa Virgin convert of St. Patrick
in Ireland. Reportedly the daughter of an Irish chieftain, Monessa died in the instant that she was baptized.
Monessa (Munessa) of Ireland V (AC)
According to tradition, Saint Monessa was the daughter of an Irish chieftain who was baptized by Saint Patrick. Immediately after rising from the water, she died in a state of grace. Nothing else is known about her (Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Montague)
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5th v. St. Marinus Bishop and hermit of Dalmatia
Arímini sancti Maríni Diáconi.    At Rimini, St. Marinus, deacon.

Fourth Century? St Marinus
  Between Italian provinces of Forli, Pesaro and Urbino lies an area of land of less than forty square miles, having only some 12,000 inhabitants, yet forming an independent republic, which retained its sovereignty against all assaults for a thousand years.  On the highest of seven hills, Il Titano, is built the capital city of this tiny state, called San Marino; from this city the whole republic takes its name, and the San Marino referred to is St Marinus the Deacon, named in the Roman Martyrology on this day. 
His legend, unhappily worthless, is as follows.
  Marinus was born on the Dalmatian coast and was by trade a stonemason. Hearing that the walls and town of Rimini were being rebuilt, he went there to find work in company with another mason, St Leo. They were employed squaring and working stone in the quarries of Monte Titano in what is now San Marino and met among their fellow workmen a number of Christians of gentle birth who had been sentenced to labour in the quarries because of their adherence to the faith.   Marinus and Leo did their best to alleviate the hardships of these unfortunate people, helping them in their work and encouraging them to persevere and also made a number of new converts.
  At the end of three years St Leo was ordained priest by St Gaudentius, Bishop of Rimini, and went to live at Montefeltro (where he is now titular of the cathedral); St Marinus was made deacon, and returned to his work that he might continue to look after the confessors and converts.  For twelve years he was working on an aqueduct, and was known as a skilled and indefatigable mason and a good man, a model Christian workman. Then a misfortune happened to him. A Dalmatian woman turned up one day at Rimini, saw Marinus, and claimed him as her deserting husband.  He lost his head.   Escaping out of the city, he made his way to Monte Titano and there hid himself.  The woman pursued him and for a week he had to barricade himself into a cave, until she retired for lack of food.  Marinus took the opportunity to penetrate further up the mountain, the woman did not find him again, and he chose to pass the rest of his life there as a hermit.  On the site of the hermitage first a monastery and then the town of San Marino arose.
The Bollandists print this fabulous story from Mombritius (Acta Sanctorum, September, vol. ii; and cf. August, vol. i, the priest Leo being honoured on August i). See also L. A. Gentili, Compendio della vita di S. Marino (1864).
Croatia, born on an island off the coast. A stonemason, he went to Rimini, Italy, with St. Leo and was possibly made bishop there. He died as a hermit in modern San Marino, named in his honor.
Marinus of San Marino, Hermit Deacon (RM)
Born near Dalmatia, fifth century. His specious story is that he was a stonemason, who had been ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Saint Gaudentius of Rimini. Marinus fled to a hermit's cell on Monte Titano (now San Marino) to escape a woman who falsely claimed to be his wife (Attwater, Benedictines). Saint Marinus is portrayed in art as a bearded layman with a stonemason's hammer. He may also be depicted (1) as a young deacon with a hammer; (2) serving as a deacon to Saint Leo the Great or (3) Saint Gaudentius; or (4) with two oxen near him. He is the patron of the tiny country of San Marino, which is named after him (Roeder)
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515  Arrival of the Holy Relic of St. John, the Short, to the Wilderness of Scetis. {Coptic}

On this day also, in the year 515 A.D., the body of the great saint Anba John, the Short, was relocated from Al-Qulzum (Red Sea) to the wilderness of Scetis. When Pope John (Youhanna), 48th Pope of Alexandria, was in the wilderness of Scetis, some of the monks expressed their wish to relocate the relics of St. John, the Short, to his monastery. The Grace of God moved the Pope, and he wrote a letter by the hand of the Hegumen Kosman and Hegumen Boctor, from the elders, and sent them to Al-Qulzum. They were not able to take the body because it was in the hands of the followers of the Council of Chalcedon. So they returned empty handed.

Shortly after, a prince from the Arabs took charge of Al-Qulzum, and he was a friend of Anba Michael, bishop of Epla'os. Once again the Patriarch wrote another letter to the bishop expressing his wish to take the body of St. John and to send it with the monks carrying his letter. The bishop rejoiced with the letter, and informed the prince about the wish of the Patriarch. The prince asked, "How could they reach the place?" His scribe answered him, "Let the monks put Arab garments over their own apparel, and let them come with us to the place." The monks came in, along with the Arabs, to the place where the body was. The monks carried the body and walked all night until they came to Misr, and then went to the wilderness. The monks of the monastery of St. Macarius went out carrying crosses and censers and met them with songs and hymns. They brought the body of St. John to where the body of St. Macarius was. They poured many perfumes and fragrant oil over him, then carried him to his monastery while they were chanting. The monks of his monastery received him with joy and happiness.

When Pope Mark (Marcus), 49th Patriarch, was ordained, and went to the wilderness with the bishops of Lower Egypt and some priests, he visited the monastery of this saint. He uncovered the holy relic of the saint, and he was blessed by it. He covered him with the sackcloth that was covering him, then wrapped him in fine linens. The monks praised and thanked God, and sang many hymns and songs for this holy father.
May his prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
580 St. Caletricus Bishop of Chartres
France, the successor of St. Lubinus.
Caletricus of Chartres B (AC) Born at Chartres in 529. Caletricus succeeded Saint Leobinus as bishop of Chartres 557 Benedictines. In art Saint Caletricus administering Extreme Unction to dying Saint Leobinus Roeder
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650 Birinus Er wurde von Erzbischof Asterius in Genua zum Bischof geweiht und von Papst Honorius (625-638) 634 zur Mission in das Innere Englands gesandt.
Katholische Kirche: 3. Dezember Anglikanische Kirche: 4. September

Das Geburtsjahr und die Herkunft von Birinus sind nicht bekannt. In Quellen werden Deutschland, Irland und Italien genannt. Er wurde von Erzbischof Asterius in Genua zum Bischof geweiht und von Papst Honorius (625-638) 634 zur Mission in das Innere Englands gesandt. Bei seiner Landung stellte Birinus fest, daß auch die Westsachsen Heiden waren und begann an der Küste seine Arbeit. Birinus konnte 635 die Königsfamilie taufen und mit Unterstützung des Königs von Northumbria, Oswald erfolgreich missionieren. In Dorcic (Dorchester in Oxfordshire), der Hauptstadt von Wessex, errichtete er seinen Bischofssitz. Er starb hier am 3.12.650
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657 St. Ultan Bishop of Ardbraccan, Ireand

St  Ultan, Bishop
   This Ultan is said to have been a maternal uncle to St Brigid, but this cannot have been the case if as is recorded, he died in the middle of the seventh century.  The uncertainty is made worse by confusion with other saints of the name, for instance, the St Ultan who was abbot of Fosses in Belgium.  He is supposed to have been bishop in Ardbraccan, whence he evangelized and ministered to the Dal Conchubhair branch of the Desi of Meath.  An old quatrain refers to his particular care for children, especially orphans and those sick (he was sometimes responsible for "fifty and thrice fifty" children at a time), and to his fondness for bathing in cold water on a windy day.  He also educated and fed numerous poor students, and was a man of letters himself.  He is said to have collected the writings of St Brigid, to have written the "third Life" of her, and supplied to St Tirechan the materials for his annotations on the life of St Patrick in the Book of Armagh.  The hymn in honour of St Brigid, beginning Christus in nostra insula, Quae vocatur Hibernia, is often attributed to St Ultan, but was probably written by another.  He also, we are told, illuminated his own manuscripts. St Ultan is no longer commemorated liturgically in Ireland, but a holy well at Ardbraccan bears his name.
There is no formal life of St Ultan, either in Latin or Irish, but an unusually copious gloss is appended to his notice in the Felire of Oengus. This deals more especially with the proverbial phrase, "Ultan's left hand against evil". The saint was feeding children with his right hand when an appeal reached him to exert his power against the Norse marauders then infesting Ireland. Even with his left hand he put them to flight, and an early Irish poet wrote:  "Had it been the right hand that noble Ultan raised against them, no foreigner would ever have come into the land of Erin."
A Latin poem in praise of Ultan has been printed by Dummler, Poetae Latini mediiaevi, 589.  See also the references in The Irish Liber Hymnorum seq.
He was noted for his care of the poor, orphans, and the sick, and is the reputed collector of the writings of St. Brigid. Ultan illustrated his own manuscripts.  Ultan of Ardbraccan B (AC)  7th century. Ultan is a popular name among Irish saints; this one is said to have been the first bishop of Ardbraccan (Meath), Ireland, and apostle to the Desi of Meath. He had a special place in his heart for children, especially orphans and foundlings for whom he provided for founding a school, where he educated and fed them. He is also reported to have collected the writings of Saint Brigid and wrote her vita. No life of Saint Ultan has survived, but there is a long notice in the Martyrology of Oengus and a poem praising him (Benedictines, Farmer, Husenbeth) (Henry Bradshaw Society) and O'Hanlon, LIS., vol. ix, pp. 83.
VIIc St. Rhuddlad Welsh virgin
patroness of Llanrhyddlad in Anglesey, Wales
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813 Ida of Herzfeld  Widow  great-granddaughter of Charles Martel  revenues of her estate to the poor (AC)
As the great-granddaughter of Charles Martel, Saint Ida was reared in the Merovingian court. Her marriage to Lord Egbert was arranged by Blessed Charlemagne. She was still very young when she was widowed. This state gave her the freedom to increase her devotions to God, engage in austerities, and direct most of the revenues of her estate to the poor. She built a small chapel for herself within a church that she had founded near her house at Hofstadt in Westphalia. When her son, Warin, became a monk at Corvey, Ida moved to Herzfeld (Westphalia), where she established a convent. It is said that she had a stone coffin made for herself and had it filled daily with food for the poor in order to remind herself of her duty to her neighbor and her own mortality. She suffered a painful illness the last years of her life but endured it with patience. She was buried in the cemetery of the Herzfeld convent. In art, she is shown filling a tomb with food for the poor; or with a dove over her head; or carrying a church (Benedictines, White)
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825 St Ida of Herzfeld, Widow a great-granddaughter of Charles Mattel; redoubling devotion, self-denial and austerities; The revenues of her estate she chiefly employed in relieving the poor; afflicted with a painful and unremitting illness, which she bore with patience and turned to advantage
This noble lady was a great-granddaughter of Charles Mattel, and was born in Alsace; her father was in great favour with Charlemagne, in whose court she had her upbringing.  The emperor gave her in marriage to a lord named Egbert, but the death of her husband left Ida a widow whilst she was yet very young. This state she sanctified by redoubling her devotion, self-denial and austerities. The revenues of her estate she chiefly employed in relieving the poor, and she built herself a little chapel within a church which she had founded near her own house at Hofstadt in Westphalia.
  When her son Warin, moved by his mother's example, went to be a monk at Corvey, St Ida changed her residence to Herzfeld, where she lived for the remainder of her life, continuing always in good works.  It is said that, to remind her both of her earthly end and of her duty to her neighbour, she had a stone coffin made for herself, which was daily filled up with food for distribution to the needy. During her last years she was afflicted with a painful and unremitting illness, which she bore with patience and turned to advantage.   St Ida was buried at Herzfeld in the cemetery of the convent she had founded there.
Her life, written a century and a half after her death by Uffing, a monk of Werden, is full of improbable miracles. It is printed in the Acta Sanctorum, September, vol. ii.  For a modem biography see A. Hosing, Die hl. Ida, Grafin von Herzfeld (1880); and a booklet by J. Herold (1925).
1105 Blessed Agnes of Bagno nun at the Camaldolese convent of Santa Lucia  OSB Cam. (AC)
cultus confirmed in 1823. Agnes, whose relics are enshrined in the village church of Pereto, was a nun at the Camaldolese convent of Santa Lucia near Bagno di Romagna, Tuscany (Benedictines)
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1160  St. Rosalia hermit descendant great Charlemagne
Panórmi natális sanctæ Rosáliæ, Vírginis Panormitánæ, ex régio Cároli Magni sánguine ortæ; quæ, pro Christi amóre, patérnum principátum aulámque profúgit, et, in móntibus ac spelúncis solitária, cæléstem vitam duxit.
    At Palermo, the birthday of St. Rosalia, virgin, a native of that city, born of the royal blood of Charlemagne.  For the love of Christ, she forsook the princely court of her father, and led a saintly life alone in mountains and caverns.

St  Rosalia, Virgin
There were churches dedicated in honour of St Rosalia in Sicily in the thirteenth century, but she was not mentioned in any of the ancient martyrologies and there are no accounts of her life older than the end of the sixteenth century.  Her history says Father Stilting, the Bollandist, is put together from the evidence of local tradition, inscriptions and paintings.  According to these Rosatia, while yet young, left her home to live as a recluse in a cave on Mount Coschina, near Bivona in Sicily.   Later she migrated to a stalagrnitic grotto on Monte Pellegrino, three miles from Palermo;   here she died, and in due course a stalactitic deposit completely covered her remains.  The inscription to which Father Stilting referred was found carved on the walls of the cave at Coschina, ostensibly by her own hand:  Ego Rosalia Sinibaldi Quisquine et Rosorum domini filia amore Domini mei Iesu Christi in hoc antrohabitare decrevi: "I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, lord of Quisquina and Rosac, decided to live in this cave for the love of my Lord Jesus Christ."  St Rosalia has been claimed as a nun both by the Benedictines and, with considerable likelihood, by the Greek religious who formerly flourished in Sicily in the Byzantine archabbcy of St Saviour at Messina was a wooden crucifix with the inscription," J, Sister Rosalia Sinibaldi, place this wood of my Lord, which I have ever followed, in this monastery". This relic is now at Palermo.
   In the year 1624 an epidemic of plague broke out at Palermo. In accordance, it is said, with a vision of St Rosalia that appeared to one of the victims, search was made in the cave on Monte Pellegrino and the bones of the maiden were found.  They were put into a reliquary and carried in procession through the city, and the pestilence was stayed.  In their gratitude the people of Palmero made St Rosalia their principal patron and built a church over her hermitage.  Pope Urban VIII entered her name in the Roman Martyrology, wherein she is mentioned twice, on this date (said to be of her death) and on July 15, the anniversary of the finding of her relics. With the bones were found a crucifix of terra-cotta, a Greek cross of silver, and a string of beads, twelve small and a large one, which was doubtless a rosary in one of its many early forms. The feast of St Rosalia on September 4 is still the principal popular festa among the Panormitans, who always look for a cleansing rain on the preceding days.
A multitude of small Italian biographies have been written to do honour to the patroness of Palermo, but they add nothing of value to the account, compiled by the Bollandists and illustrated with several engravings, in the Acta Sanctorum, September, vol. ii.  See, however, D. M. Sparacio, S. Rosalia, vergine panormitana (1924) .
Daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, was a descendant of the great Charlemagne. She was born at Palermo in Sicily. In her youth, her heart turned from earthly vanities to God. She left her home and took up her abode in a cave, on the walls of which she wrote these words: "I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ." She remained there entirely hidden from the world.
She practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God. Afterward she transferred her abode to Mount Pellegrino, about three miles from Palermo, in order to triumph entirely over the instincts of flesh and blood, in sight of her paternal home. She is said to have appeared after death and to have revealed that she spent several years in a little excavation near the grotto. She died alone, in 1160, ending her strange and wonderful life unknown to the world. Her body was discovered several centuries later, in 1625, during the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII.

Rosalia of Palermo V (RM)
Died 1160 (?); she has another feast day on July 15 (perhaps the finding of her relics?).

"I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, the lord of Quisquina and Rosae, for the love of my Lord Jesus Christ left the world to live in this cave." --Inscription of the wall of Saint Rosalia's cave.  Saint Rosalia, a hermitess at Palermo, is honored because of a miracle that occurred five centuries after her death: her relics are said to have rescued the city from the throes of a plague. Although she was a princess (or just of a good family), the young girl had no use for the pomps of court or vanities of its courtiers. She wanted no company except that of the Lord. She gathered a few possessions--a wooden crucifix, a silver Greek cross, another of terracotta, a string of one large and 12 small prayer beads (a early form of the Rosary)--and retired to a cave on Mount Coschina (near Bivona, Sicily). Unable to find the solitude she desired because of the number of petitioners who came to her, she migrated to a grotto on Monte Pellagrino near Palermo. There she is said to have died and her body covered by deposits from a stalagmite.

A victim of the plague of 1624, had a vision of Rosalia that led to the finding of her alleged relics, the silver and terracotta crosses, and her "rosary." Near them was found the inscription shown at the beginning of this piece. Her remains were placed in a reliquary and carried throughout the ravaged city; the epidemic ended and Rosalia was acclaimed patroness of Palermo. In gratitude, the people built a church dedicated to her.

Both the Benedictines and Greek religious have claimed her as a nun. There is some evidence that she may have been associated with a Greek convent because there is a wooden crucifix in the Byzantine Archabbey of Saint Savior in Messina inscribed "I, Sister Rosalia Sinibaldi, place this wood of my Lord, which I have ever followed, in this monastery." The cross is now at Palermo (Benedictines, Bentley, Encyclopedia, White).

In art, Saint Rosalia is portrayed as a young girl with a wreath of roses. She may be shown (1) receiving the wreath from the Blessed Virgin and Christ Child as angels bring roses and with a skull near her; (2) with a distaff, book, and palm (Roeder); (3) holding a double Greek cross, distaff and book or palm; or writing her name on the wall of the cave (White). She is invoked against the plague (Roeder).
1251 St. Rose of Viterbo
 Vitérbii Translátio beátæ Rosæ Vírginis, ex tértio Ordine sancti Francísci, témpore Alexándri Papæ Quarti.
    At Viterbo, the translation of St. Rose the Virgin, of the Third Order of St. Francis, during the pontificate of Pope Alexander IV.

1252? St Rose Of Viterbo, Virgin 
    When the ambitious Frederick II was excommunicated for the second time by Pope Gregory IX the emperor retorted by setting out to conquer the papal states themselves, and in 1240 he occupied Viterbo in the Romagna. A few years previously there had been born in this city, to parents of lowly station, a girl child, who was christened Rose. From babyhood she displayed a far from usual goodness and her childish virtue and devotion made such an impression that in after years some very surprising legends about her grew up, and it is difficult to disentangle truth from error in her story as it has come down to us.
  During an illness when she was eight years old Rose is said to have had a vision or dream of our Lady, who told her that she was to be clothed in the habit of St Francis, but that she was to continue to live at home and to set a good example to her neighbours by both word and work.  Rose soon recovered her health, received the dress of a lay penitent in due course, and thought more and more about the sufferings of our Lord and the thoughtless ingratitude of sinners. 

   Perhaps inspired by some sermon she heard or the burning words of some indignant Guelf, she began when she was about twelve years old to preach up and down the streets, upbraiding the people for their supineness in submitting to Frederick and urging them to overthrow the Ghibelline garrison.  Her simple words did not fail of effect, which was heightened by the rumours of marvels attending her speeches which circulated among the citizens.  Crowds would gather outside her house to get a glimpse of her, till her father became frightened, and forbade her to show herself in public  if she disobeyed she would be beaten.   Rose replied gently,   "If Jesus could he beaten for me, I can be beaten for Him.  I do what He has told  me to do and I must not disobey Him."  At the instance of their patish priest her father withdrew his prohibition and for about two years the pope's cause continued to be preached in public by this young girl. Then the partisans of the emperor became alarmed and clamoured that Rose should be put to death as a danger to the state.  The podesta of the city would not hear of this he was a just man, and moreover he feared the people; but instead he passed a sentence of banishment against St Rose and her parents.

   They took refuge at Soriano, and here, in the beginning of December 1250, St Rose is said to have announced the approaching death of the Emperor Frederick II. He in fact died in Apulia on the 13th of the month; the papal party thereupon got the upper hand in Viterbo, and St Rose returned thither. There is a story that before doing so she confuted a zealous female Ghibelline by a successful appeal to the ordeal by fire. She now went to the convent of St Mary of the Roses at Viterbo and asked to be received as a postulant. The abbess refused, for want of a dowry.   "Very well", said St Rose smilingly.  "You will not have me now, but perhaps you will be more willing when I am dead."  Her parish priest took it upon himself to open a chapel close by the convent, with a house attached wherein St Rose and a few companions might lead a religious life; but the nuns got an order from Pope Innocent IV for it to be closed, on the ground that they had the privilege of having no other community of women within a given distance of their own. St Rose therefore returned to her parents' house, where she died on March 6 1252, about the age of seventeen. She was buried in the church of Santa Maria in Podio, but her body was on September 4 in 1258 translated to the church of the convent of St Mary of the Roses, as she had foretold. This church was burnt down in 1357 but her body was preserved and is annually carried in procession through the streets of Viterbo. Pope Innocent IV immediately after her death ordered an inquiry into the virtues of St Rose, but her canonization was not achieved until 1457.
If any authentic or early materials for the history of this saint ever existed, they have perished, and legend plays a large part in what is now presented as her life. The Bollandists in the eighteenth century collected what they could, but were ill-satisfied with the result see the Acta Sanctorum, September, vol. ii.  They have, however, preserved substantial extracts from the later process of canonization. The best-known biographies in Italian are those of Andreucci (1750) and Mencarini (1828), and in more recent years that of L. de Kerval in French (1896), which has been translated into German and  Flemish.  A short English life was included in the Oratorian series (1852), and we have also a notice in Leon, Aureole Séraphique (Eng. trans.), vol. iii, pp. 98-109.  An article in The Month (September, 1899) gives an account of the festa of the saint at Viterbo and of the famous "Macchina" which is carried in the procession on that occasion.  The sources for St. Rose are carefully examined by G. Abate in S. Rosa da Viterbo (1952).
Rose achieved sainthood in only 18 years of life. Even as a child, born 1233, Rose had a great desire to pray and to aid the poor. While still very young, she began a life of penance in her parents’ house. She was as generous to the poor as she was strict with herself. At the age of 10 she became a Secular Franciscan and soon began preaching in the streets about sin and the sufferings of Jesus.
Viterbo, her native city, was then in revolt against the pope. When Rose took the pope’s side against the emperor, she and her family were exiled from the city. When the pope’s side won in Viterbo, Rose was allowed to return. Her attempt at age 15 to found a religious community failed, and she returned to a life of prayer and penance in her father’s home, where she died in 1251. Rose was canonized in 1457.
Comment: The list of Franciscan saints seems to have quite a few men and women who accomplished nothing very extraordinary. Rose is one of them. She did not influence popes and kings, did not multiply bread for the hungry and never established the religious order of her dreams. But she made a place in her life for God’s grace, and like St. Francis before her, saw death as the gateway to new life. Quote: Rose's dying words to her parents were: "I die with joy, for I desire to be united to my God. Live so as not to fear death. For those who live well in the world, death is not frightening, but sweet and precious."
1574 Blessed Catherine Mattei, OP Tert. V (AC)
(also known as Catherine of Racconigi)

Bd  Catherine of  Racconigi, Virgin
   Racconigi is a small place in Piedmont, and there in 1486 a poor working-man and his wife became the parents of a girl, who was baptized Catherine. She was born in a tumble-down shed, a fact that was symbolic of the whole of the material side of her life throughout which she had to endure indigence, ill-health and misunderstanding  but spiritually she was enriched with some of the more extraordinary favours which God extends to man.   It is told of her that already at five years old she believed herself to have been espoused to the child Jesus by His all-holy Mother, and that He gave her as her special patrons and protectors St Jerome, St Catherine of Siena and St Peter Martyr.  One day when she was nine, she broke down in tears of tiredness over her work and the wretched state of her home, she was again visited and comforted by the holy Child.  On the feast of St Stephen in the year 1500 she was praying to that saint, and reminding him that as a deacon the Apostles had especially entrusted the care of women to him, when he appeared to her and spoke encouraging words, promising that the Holy Spirit would come upon her in a special way.  Then it seemed that three rays of light flashed upon her, and a voice exclaimed, "I am come to take up my dwelling in you, and to cleanse, enlighten, kindle and animate your soul."  After she had made a vow of virginity the mystical espousals were repeated and the mark of a ring appeared upon her finger, and she suffered the pains of a crown of thorns and of the other stigmata of our Lord's passion, without, however, their becoming visible to the eye.
   In these and other things reported of Bd Catherine there is a very marked resemblance to what we are told of St Catherine of Siena, and the words of her breviary lessons are often quoted, that  between Racconigi and Siena there is only the difference of canonization". But this is not meant to be taken too literally. It was not until she was twenty-eight years old that she imitated her patron in becoming a tertiary of the Friars Preachers, continuing to live in the world and work hard for her family, and then she was said to have been girt by angels with a girdle of chastity, after the example of St Thomas Aquinas.   Catherine often implored God that the mouth of Hell might be for ever shut, and when she learned that this was impossible she offered herself as a victim for others and by her penances and austerities lightened the burden of many souls in Purgatory.  Many miracles are related of her, as that she was carried with great speed from place to place to bring spiritual help and she experienced both recognition and persecution.  Catherine was profoundly distressed by the evils brought upon her land by warfare, and offered herself to bear them also.  A long illness would seem to have been an acceptance of this, and she died at Carmagnola in her sixty-second year, deserted by her friends and without the ministrations of a priest.  Five months later her body was translated to Garezzo, amid miracles which gave rise to a cultus that has never since ceased.    It was confirmed in 1810.
It is regrettable that more satisfactory evidence is not available concerning the life of this interesting mystic. Our primary source of information is the account furnished by John Francis Pico della Mirandola and the Dominican, Peter Martyr Morelli. They knew her intimately, but it is evident that they accepted unquestioningly what she told them about herself, for example, that in some cause of charity she had travelled invisibly to a place 100 miles distant, returning within four hours of the time of starting.  The best notice of Bd Catherine is probably that of M. C. de Ganay, Les BienheureusesDominicaines (1913), pp. 475-502, but cf. Miscellanea di storia ecciesiastica e di theologia, vol. ii (1904), pp. 185-191. For a fuller bibliography see Taurisano, Catalogus hagiagraphicus OP. An English translation of the life by S. Razzi was published in the Oratorian series in 1852 and there is a short life in French by J. Christophe (1947).
Born in the diocese of Cuneo in the Piedmont, Italy, 1487; cultus confirmed in 1810. Catherine was born into poverty and hunger following the devastation of war. Her father, an unemployed locksmith, became despondent and quarrelsome as so many do when they lose their livelihood. Her mother supported the family by weaving coarse cloth at home. Catherine and her brother grew up in an atmosphere that was absent the peace of Christ.
Surprisingly, God reached the heart of little Catherine when she was only five. It was then that her mystical experiences began. Our Lady appeared to her while the tiny child was praying alone in her tiny room and told Catherine that Jesus wished to make her His spouse. Then as a child her own age, Jesus himself appeared, accompanied by many other saints including Catherine of Siena and Peter Martyr, and the Blessed Mother place the ring of espousal on her finger. Like the ring of Saint Catherine of Siena, it was visible to today's saint but could not be seen by others.

Thereafter Catherine had frequent ecstasies and visions. Jesus always appeared to her as a man her own age. He talked with her, taught her how to pray, and several times took her heart away to cleanse it. When He appeared with His Cross, he offered to help Him. He let it rest on her should a moment, and it left a wound for the rest of her life. She also received the stigmata, though it too remained invisible to others and, at her request, it was only revealed by her confessor after her death.

And, of course, Jesus worked many miracles on behalf of His friend: made a broken dish whole again, and provided money and food when the family's poverty was extreme. In times of trial, the heavenly hosts came to comfort the girl who received great consolation from the aspiration, "Jesus, my hope!"

Because her family opposed her becoming a Dominican, she took the habit of a tertiary. Her mystical experiences roused a storm of gossip among her neighbors, who were terrified at the lights and sounds that came from her home. The devil stirred up more trouble to mitigate her influence over other souls. Even the Dominican fathers ostracized her and eventually she was forced out of town and settled in Racconigi.

There rich and poor sought out Catherine for her wise counsel, prayers, and material assistance. She was almost continually in ecstasy. The particular object of Catherine's prayers was the salvation of soldiers dying in battle. Numerous miracles occurred before and after her death, and a cult arose at her tomb almost immediately. Even her persecutors were aware of her sanctity and retracted their bitter words (Benedictines, Dorcy).
1711 Blessed Joseph Vaz, the "Apostle of Sri Lanka several miracles attributed registered in Sri Lanka. "These records are regularly sent to Rome,"  few pilgrims from Goa visit his country, because "we don't have anything of Blessed Vaz." By Vatican proclamation, the venerated native son was declared patron of Goa in 2000.
Lankan Pilgrims follow Blessed Vaz's footprints in Goa
PANAJI, India (UCAN) -- A group of 30 Catholic Sri Lankan pilgrims spent five days in Goa with the aim of learning more about Blessed Joseph Vaz, the "Apostle of Sri Lanka."

Blessed Vaz, born in 1651 in a village in Goa and ordained a priest in 1676, volunteered to serve the priestless Catholic community in Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, where the Church was proscribed by Calvinist Dutch colonizers. According to biographers, he worked underground and under threat of persecution in the Dutch-controlled coastal areas, and left a Church of 70,000 Catholics, including 30,000 new converts, by the time of his death in 1711.
Roggy Corera, 71, an eighth-generation convert of Blessed Vaz, led the Sri Lankan pilgrims who ranged in age from 18 to 72. He said they were the ninth group to visit Goa since Bishop Vianney Fernando of Kandy initiated the pilgrimages, which the Sri Lankan National Joseph Vaz Secretariat organizes.
Blessed Vaz died in Kandy, central Sri Lanka, which remained an independent kingdom during the time of Dutch rule over the rest of the island. The late Pope John Paul II beatified him, declaring him blessed, in Colombo in 1995.

Corera's group was in Goa Aug. 25-29.
Shanti Fernando, one of the 23 women in the group, told UCA News she came to Goa to learn more about the saintly missioner. "We had heard so much of him, but seeing at least a part of what we heard about Blessed Vaz is really a walk back into his time," she added.
Goa, along the western coast of India, was a Portuguese colony for 451 years until India took control of it in 1961. Its capital, Panaji, is 1,910 kilometers southwest of New Delhi. Blessed Vaz was born and baptized in Benaulim, 40 kilometers south of Panaji.  The missioner's birthplace was one of the sites the Sri Lankan group visited. They also prayed at the church where he was baptized, at his father's house and at a Marian shrine where, in 1677, he wrote "the deed of bondage," an act of self-consecration to the Blessed Mother.
Fernando said she had "a spiritual experience" upon seeing a crucifix that Blessed Vaz on his deathbed had requested be sent to Goa.
Madu Jayasinghe, another woman in the group, took home a piece of bark from a jackfruit tree under which Blessed Vaz played as a child. Whenever someone falls ill at her home, the family seeks Blessed Vaz's intercession, she said.  Padma Fernando, an elderly woman, told UCA News that Catholics in her country now recognize Blessed Vaz as an intercessor for childless couples.
Corera said several miracles attributed to the saint have been registered in Sri Lanka. "These records are regularly sent to Rome," he added. The layman noted that few pilgrims from Goa visit his country, because "we don't have anything of Blessed Vaz." By Vatican proclamation, the venerated native son was declared patron of Goa in 2000.
According to Corera, even the grave of blessed Vaz is unknown. "But we know that it's in the city of Kandy," he said, reiterating that Sri Lanka has no Blessed Vaz-related landmark to interest pilgrims from Goa.
On Aug. 27, Archbishop Felip Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman offered Mass for the Sri Lankan pilgrims at the Sanctuary of Blessed Joseph Vaz in Sancoale, 22 kilometers south of Panaji.

In his homily, the archbishop said Goa and Sri Lanka enjoy a special relationship through Blessed Vaz, whose spirit and love of God he urged those present to imbibe so as to grow in their faith. He also expressed the hope that the Vatican would validate another miracle as due to Blessed Vaz's intercession, which would clear the way for his canonization as a saint.
The pilgrims had come to Goa via Bangalore, capital of Karnataka state, Goa's neighbor to the south. They departed for Mangalore, another city in Karnataka, where Blessed Vaz worked before going to Sri Lanka.
1754 Saint Joasaph descended from the old and venerable Ukrainian lineage of the Gorlenkovi
Saint Joasaph was born at Proluka, in the former Poltava governance, on September 8, 1705, the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. He was descended from the old and venerable Little Russian (Ukrainian) lineage of the Gorlenkovi. At Baptism he was named Joachim.
In 1712, his father enrolled the seven-year-old Joachim in the Kiev Spiritual Academy.

Within the walls of the academy he felt attracted to monastic life. For seven years he studied it further, and finally revealed his intention to his parents.
For a long time his mother and father pleaded with their first-born son not to accept monastic tonsure. But in 1725, unknown to them, he became a "rasophore" ("robe-wearing novice") with the name Hilarion at the Kiev Mezhigorsk monastery, and on 21 November 1727 he was tonsured in the mantya with the name Joasaph at the Kievo-Bratsk monastery. This event co-incided with the completion of his studies at the spiritual academy.
After the death of His Grace Barlaam, the See of Kiev was governed by Archbishop Raphael Zaborovsky.

Archbishop Raphael noticed the abilities of the young ascetic and assigned him to greater service to the Church. He was entrusted with the responsibility of the office of examiner of the Kiev archbishopric.
In November 1734, Archbishop Raphael ordained the hierodeacon Joasaph as hieromonk, and he was transferred from the Bratsk monastery school to the Kiev-Sophia archbishop's house. At the same time, he was appointed a member of the Kiev religious consistory.
In fulfilling the office of examiner, he exerted much effort towards the correction of moral deficiencies among the parish clergy.

The saint's service in the consistory office enabled him to develop his administrative abilities. During this time, he made a good study of the needs of clergy-servers, noting both the good points and the failings of the diocese. His talent for administration was combined with his great spiritual effort. He quickly ascended the ladder of spiritual perfection, which can be seen in his work, "The Conflict of the Seven Venerable Virtues with the Seven Deadly Sins."
On June 24, 1737 Hieromonk Joasaph was appointed head of the Holy Transfiguration Mgarsk monastery, and elevated to the rank of igumen.

Here he worked with all his strength to put the monastery in good order, for it was an old bastion of Orthodoxy in the struggle with the Unia. In this monastery were relics of St Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople and Wonderworker of Lubny (May 2). Several times St Athanasius appeared to Igumen Joasaph, as a sign of his patronal protection.
In 1744 Metropolitan Raphael elevated Igumen Joasaph to the dignity of archimandrite.
Towards the end of that same year he was called to Moscow and soon, at the direction of the Most Holy Synod, he was appointed vicar of the Holy Trinity Sergiev Lavra monastery. At this monastery of St Sergius he also unstintingly fulfilled obedience to the Church (this year required much exertion for the rebuilding of the monastery after a fire).
On June 2, 1748 at the Peter and Paul cathedral in Peterburg, Archimandrite Joasaph was ordained Bishop of Belgorod.

Ascending the archbishop's throne, St Joasaph strictly concerned himself with piety and the condition of the churches, with the proper celebration of divine services, and especially with the moral condition of his flock.  The saint devoted great attention to the education of the clergy, and the correct observance of churchly norms and traditions. Just as before, the saint worked with all his strength in his archpastoral service, without regard for his health.
On the eve of his repose, the saint forbade his cell attendant Stephen to aspire to the priesthood, and he predicted that if he did not obey him, he would meet with an untimely end. To another cell attendant Basil, the saint indicated that he would be a deacon, but would never become a priest. Later, this prediction was fulfilled. St Joasaph died on December 10, 1754, and was glorified on September 4, 1911.
1773  Saint Simeon was raised at Davit-Gareji Monastery. He labored as a simple monk until he reached an advanced age, and was chosen to be abbot. Outstanding in virtue and humility, St. Simeon was endowed by the Lord with the ability to work miracles.

Once St. Simeon became deathly ill and lay lifeless for more than an hour. Then, by Divine Providence, he arose and distributed all of his possessions to the fathers of the monastery to keep him in remembrance.

When St. Serapion heard about this miracle, he hastened to Abbot Simeon, his spiritual father, and, enlightened with prophetic grace, comforted him: “O honorable Father, give me your holy hands that I may kiss them. How I desire for these hands to bury the dust of my worthless body—but now you are departing this world ahead of me. You will go, Father, but without you I will not remain long on this earth; soon I will follow after you!”
So the fathers bade him farewell for the last time.
St. Simeon settled his affairs at the monastery, and in 1773 he reposed in peace, exactly one week after he had recovered from his deathly illness.
Frezal of Mende converted all the notable pagans M
"Bishop of Mende, who converted all the notable pagans except one of his nephews, who was avaricious, and who cut off his head" (Encyclopedia).

Marcellus of Trèves B (RM)
There is no good record of Saint Marcellus, whose name first appears in the 10th century. He may have been a bishop of Trèves (Trier, Germany) or of Tongres (Benedictines)
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1926 Blessed Dina Bélanger - Sister Marie de Sainte-Cécile of Rome; devotion to the Blessed Sacrament transformed her into a woman of infectious joy despite illness; “Love and allow Jesus and Mary do what they will”, such was the motto that she lived by through her entire religious life.
1897 - 1926  (also known as Marie Sainte-Cecile of Rome)
Dina was the daughter of Olivier-Octabe BÉLANGER and Séraphia MATTE who were married at Neuville, Québec on 23 June 1896.
Not many French-canadian families can claim the honor of having a family member that the Church has honored by raising her to the rank of Venerable. This young girl was educated at Saint-Roch, then at the College of Bellevue directed by the Ladies of the Congregation. 

From 1916 to 1918, Dina studied piano at the Conservatory of Music in New York. She, then, entered the convent of Jésus-Marie in 1921. She professed her vows two years later, using the religious name of Sister Marie de Sainte-Cécile of Rome; she prounced her perpetual vows in 1928. Less than a year later, afflicted with a pulmonary disease, she went into the convent infirmary and died there on 4 Septembre 1929.

Despite her brief existance, Dina was renowed as a great mystic. Sixty years after her death, on 13 May 1989, the Holy See recognized the heroism of her virtues and gave her the title of VENERABLE. In the simplicity of her exterior existence as child, young girl and religious, she led an interior life of a seraphin, of an angel. She was raised to terrific heights in the areas of enlightment and divine love.

In 1951, the remains of Dina Bélanger were placed in a lead sarcophagus and transfered to the religious community cemetery at Sillery. There are many people who go to kneel in prayer at her tomb. Her beatification cause has been completed and she was declared BLESSED on 20 March 1993. Her canonisation process has already been placed in the hands of the Holy See.

Born in Québec, Canada, 1897; died 1929; beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1993. When Dina joined the Sisters of Jesus-Marie in Rome (founded by Saint Claudine Thevenet), she took the name Marie Sainte-Cecile of Rome to honor the patron of musicians because she was herself an accomplished pianist. During the course of her life as a sister, her devotion to the Blessed Sacrament transformed her into a woman of infectious joy despite illness. Her autobiography was published in Québec in 1984 (Catholic World News, May 1, 1997).

Dina Bélanger was born in the St.Roch Parish in Québec City on April 30, 1897.  She was raised by her pious parents, and studied first at the St. Roch Convent, then at Bellevue College. She then headed to New York to embark on two years of musical studies.  Her first profound experience with God occurred on March 25, 1908. She returned to Québec City in 1918.

Upon her return, she agreed to give a few piano concerts for charity, but eventually Dina Bélanger, along with her mother, decided to devote herself entirely to the poor. She entered the Noviciat de Jésus-Marie in Sillery in 1921, professing her vows two years later.  She then devoted herself to the educational undertaking of her own religious congregation, mainly through music education.  She died of pulmonary tuberculosis on September 4, 1929, at the age of 33.
 
Though she had numerous “mystical encounters” with Jesus, she never profoundly spoke of them at any other time other than in her autobiography, published in 1934. It is therefore this autobiography that teaches us who Dina Bélanger truly was, as well as the nature of her relationship with Jesus and Mary. According to the testimony that she gives in her autobiography, the mission that Jesus had confided to her was to guide souls to His Eucharistic Heart.  

Dina Bélanger’s spiritual life was marked by prayer, fidelity, and a trusting abandonment to God. It was also marked by her illness from which she suffered in complete serenity. Above all, she was at all times intimately connected with Jesus, her one and only Love, the path to the Holy Trinity. “Love and allow Jesus and Mary do what they will”, such was the motto that she lived by through her entire religious life.

Her profound and sincere devotion, her intimate relationship with Jesus, her loving, faithful and blind obedience to Jesus are the honourable qualities that attributed to her beatification. Dina Bélanger is the first person who was born in Québec City to be beatified. She was declared Blessed on March 20, 1993. The church celebrates her feast day on September 4.


THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 54

I have loved the Mother of the Lord my God: and the light of her compassions she hath shined upon me.

The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the visitation of Mary hath rejoiced me.

I have incurred grief and danger: and I have been recreated by her grace.

Let her name and her memory be in the midst of our heart: and the blow of the malignant will not injure us.

Be converted, my soul, unto her praise: and thou shalt find refreshment in thy last end.


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 heavenonly 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
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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.
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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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Mother Angelica saving souls is this beautiful womans journey  Shrine_of_The_Most_Blessed_Sacrament
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
Father Reardon, Editor of The Catholic Bulletin for 14 years Lover of the poor; A very Holy Man of God.
Monsignor Reardon Protonotarius Apostolicus
 
Pastor 42 years BASILICA OF SAINT MARY Minneapolis MN
America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
August 7, 1907-ground broke for the foundation
by Archbishop Ireland-laying cornerstone May 31, 1908
James M. Reardon Publication History of Basilica of Saint Mary 1600-1932
James M. Reardon Publication  History of the Basilica of Saint Mary 1955 {update}

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);

The Church of Saint Mary of Saint Paul 1875-1922;
  (1932)
The Vikings in the American Heartland;
The Catholic Total Abstinence Society in Minnesota;
James Michael Reardon Born in Nova Scotia, 1872;  Priest, ordained by Bishop Ireland;
Member -- St. Paul Seminary faculty.
Affiliations and Indulgence Litany of Loretto in Stained glass windows here.  Nave Sacristy and Residence Here
Sanctuary
spaces between them filled with grilles of hand-forged wrought iron the
life of our Blessed Lady After the crucifixon
Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's earliest Basilica.
Ordered by Rome's first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great, Popes' cathedral and official residence first millennium of Christian history.

The only replicas ever made:  in order from west to east {1932}.
Every Christian must be a living book wherein one can read the teaching of the gospel
 
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.

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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.

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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.

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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
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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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