July 3^rd

 

This Day, the Third Day of July

 

Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle, who, when the other disciples were announcing that Jesus had risen, did not believe, but, when Jesus himself offered to him his pierced side, exclaimed: “My Lord and my God.” It is handed down that he evangelized the peoples of India concerning this faith.

 

2.  At Laodicea in Syria, the commemoration of Saint Anatolius, bishop, who left behind admirable writings not only for religious men but also for philosophers.

 

3.  At Bizye in Thrace, Saint Memnon, centurion, martyr, who, in the time of Diocletian and Maximian, having been converted to the faith by Saint Severus, was tortured with savage torments together with him, and went up to heaven as the first victor.

 

4.  In Mysia, the commemoration of Saints Marcus and Mocianus, martyrs, who, because they refused to sacrifice to idols and rather more fervently confessed Christ, were beheaded for Christ.

 

5.  At Altinum in Venetia, Saint Heliodorus, bishop, who, having been trained under the direction of Saint Valerian of Aquileia, was a companion of Saints Chromatius and Jerome, and was the first to hold the episcopal seat of this city.

 

6.  At Constantinople, Saint Anatolius, bishop, who professed the orthodox faith concerning the two natures of Christ as expressed in the tome of Saint Leo the pope to Flavian, and took care that it be professed in the Council of Chalcedon.

 

7.  At Rome near Saint Peter’s, Saint Leo the Second, pope, learned in both the Greek and Latin languages, a friend to poverty and to the poor, who undertook the Third Council of Constantinople.

 

8.  At Toulouse on the Garonne in Gaul, Saint Raymond Gayrard, who, a teacher of schools, after being bereft of his wife, zealously devoted himself to works of charity and founded a hospice, and then was admitted among the Canons of the basilica of Saint Saturninus.

 

9.  In the city of Hung Yen in Tonkin, Saint Joseph Nguyễn Đình Uyển, martyr, who, a catechist, died in prison under the emperor Minh Mạng out of hatred for the Christian faith.

 

10.  In the city of Vĩnh Long in Cochinchina, Saint Philip Phan Văn Minh, priest and martyr, who, under the emperor Tự Đức, endured beheading for Christ.

 

11.  In the town of Fuencarral near Madrid in Spain, blessed Maria Anna Mogas Fontcuberta, virgin, who, for the instruction of girls and the care of the poor and sick, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd.

 

12.  In the marsh near the village of Dongyangtai near Shenxian in the province of Hebei in China, Saints Peter Zhao Mingzhen and John the Baptist Zhao Mingxi, martyrs, who, being brothers, during the persecution stirred up by adherents of the “Yihetuan” sect, heedless of their own safety, while protecting Christian women and children fleeing, were killed by the enemies.

 

 

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July 4^th

 

This Day, the Fourth Day of July

 

Saint Elizabeth, who, queen of the Portuguese, was admirable in reconciling the discords of kings and in charity toward the poor, and who, after her husband King Denis had died, embraced the religious life among the nuns of the Third Order of Saint Clare in the monastery of Estremoz in Portugal, founded by herself, where she passed to God while attempting to reconcile her son and son-in-law.

 

2.  In Africa, Saint Iucundianus, martyr.

 

3.  In the village of Vistiniacum in the region of Bourges in Aquitaine, Saint Laurianus, martyr.

 

4.  At Cahors in Aquitaine, Saint Florentius, bishop, whom Saint Paulinus of Nola praises as humble in heart, strong in grace, and mild in speech.

 

5.  At Langres, likewise in Aquitaine, Saint Valentinus, priest and hermit.

 

6.  At Blangy in the district of Artois in Gaul, Saint Bertha, abbess, who entered the monastery founded by herself with her daughters Gertrude and Deotila, and after several years enclosed herself in a cell.

 

7.  At Eressus on the island of Lesbos, the passing of Saint Andrew of Crete, bishop of Gortyna, who with prayers, hymns, and chants sang praises to God with singular skill and exalted the Virgin Mother of God as immaculate and assumed into heaven.

 

8.  At Augsburg in Bavaria, Saint Ulrich, bishop, distinguished for remarkable abstinence, generosity, and vigilance, who, after fifty years in the episcopate, died in his ninetieth year.

 

9.  In the monastery of Hautecombe near Lake Bourget in Savoy, the deposition of blessed Boniface, bishop, who, of royal lineage, first hid himself among the Carthusians, then was raised to the See of Belley, and finally to that of Canterbury, and always devoted himself to the care of his flock.

 

10.  At Florence in Etruria, blessed John of Vespignano.

 

11.  At Dorchester in England, the blessed martyrs John, surnamed Cornelius, priest, recently admitted to the Society of Jesus, Thomas Bosgrave, John Carey, and Patrick Salmon, laymen, who aided that same priest; all together under Queen Elizabeth the First glorified Christ by martyrdom.

 

12.  At York likewise in England, the blessed martyrs William Andleby, priest, Henry Abbot, Thomas Warcop, and Edward Fulthorp, laymen, who, in the same persecution, condemned to death for their fidelity to the Church, together migrated to eternal rewards through the suffering of the gibbet.

 

13.  Among the Hurons in Canadian territory, Saint Anthony Daniel, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, having completed the Mass, was standing at the doors of the Oratory protecting the neophytes when enemies from the heathen burst in; pierced with arrows and finally burned with fire, he was killed.  His memory is celebrated with his companions on the nineteenth of October.

 

14.  At Mauriac on Mount Cantal in Gaul, blessed Catherine Jarrige, virgin, a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, outstanding in aiding the poor and sick, who, during the French Revolution, by every means defended priests from seditious pursuers and visited those imprisoned.

 

15.  In the city of Hengyang in the Hunan Province of China, Saint Caesidius Giacomantonio, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who, during the persecution carried out by supporters of the “Yihetuan” faction, while trying to protect the Most Holy Sacrament from a mob of soldiers, was stoned and wrapped in a cloth soaked with petroleum and died in the fire.

 

16.  At Turin in Italy, blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who, as a young man active in Catholic lay associations, devoted his whole soul zealously to stirring up the Society and exercising charity toward the poor and sick, until he was struck down by sudden paralysis.

 

17.  At the extermination camp of Oświęcim or Auschwitz near Krakow in Poland, blessed Joseph Kowalski, martyr, who, during wartime, was imprisoned for Christ, where he suffered torments and fulfilled martyrdom.

 

 

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July 5^th

 

This Day, the Fifth Day of July

 

Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest, who, for the reforming of the morals of the faithful, established the Congregation of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul, or the Barnabites, and at Cremona in Lombardy migrated to the Savior.

 

2.  At Rhegius Julius in Calabria,, Saint Stephen of Nicea, bishop and martyr.

 

3.  At Cyrene in Libya, Saint Cyprilla, martyr, who, it is narrated, in the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, held for a long time, burning coals with incense placed upon her hand, lest by shaking off the coals she might seem to have offered incense; then, most savagely mangled, adorned with her own blood, she migrated to the Bridegroom.

 

4.  Commemoration of Saint Athanasius of Jerusalem, deacon of the Church of the Holy Resurrection and martyr, who was slaughtered by the heretical monk Theodosius because he had reproached his impiety and had defended the holy Council of Chalcedon against adversaries.

 

5.  Also, the commemoration of Saint Dometius, surnamed the Physician, hermit on Mount Quros in Armenia.

 

6.  On Mount Mirabilis in Syria, Saint Martha, mother of Saint Simeon the Younger Stylite.

 

7.  In the monastery of Saint Mary of Terreto near Rhegium Iúlii in Calabria, Saint Thomas, abbot.

 

8.  On Mount Athos, Saint Athanasius, hegumen, humble and peaceful, who in the Great Lavra established the way of cenobitic life.

 

9.  At Wexford in Ireland, the blessed Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers, and Patrick Cavanagh, martyrs, of whom the first was a baker, the others seamen, who, for having preserved fidelity to the Roman Church and rendered help to Catholics, under Queen Elizabeth the First were hanged and disemboweled.

 

10.  At Oxford in England, the blessed martyrs George Nichols, Richard Yaxley, priests, Thomas Belson, destined for the priesthood, and Humphrey Pritchard, who, under the same queen, condemned to death by beheading; some because they had entered England as priests, others because they had helped them, underwent the punishments of the gibbet.

 

11.  Near the village of Huangeryin at Ningjinxian in the Hebei Province of China, Saints Teresa Chen Jinxie and Rosa Chen Aixie, virgins and martyrs, who, being sisters, in the persecution waged by the followers of the “Yihetuan,” in order to preserve the honor of virginity and the Christian faith, bravely resisted the corruption and barbarous cruelty of the persecutors and were pierced by blows of lances.

 

 

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July 6^rth

 

This Day, the Sixth Day of July

 

Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr, who went through a rough childhood, helping her mother in domestic tasks, and in constant prayer, in the twelfth year of her age, defending her chastity against an assailant near Nettuno in Latium of Italy, confessed [attested to her faith] by [through the] blows of a dagger, [and] was killed.

 

2.  At Nicomedia in Bithynia, Saint Cyriaca, virgin and martyr under Diocletian, who is honored with the greatest veneration at Tropea in Calabria.

 

3.  At Fiesole in Etruria, Saint Romulus, deacon, who is celebrated as the first martyr of the city.

 

4.  In Egypt, Saint Sisoes, surnamed the Great, hermit, very distinguished in the practice of monastic life.

 

6.  In Scotland, the commemoration of Saint Palladius, bishop, who, having been sent from the city of Rome to Ireland, died there while Saint Germanus of Auxerre was combating the error of Pelagius among the Britons.

 

6.  In the territory of Armagh in Ireland, Saint Moninne, abbess of the monastery of Killeevy founded by herself.

 

7.  On the bank of the river Rhine, Saint Goar, priest, born from Aquitaine, who, with the favor of the bishop of Trier, built a hospice and oratory to receive pilgrims and to attend to the salvation of their souls.

 

8.  In the region of Condat at the Jura in Burgundy, Saint Justus, monk.

 

9.  At London in England, the passion of Saint Thomas More, who is commemorated on the twenty-second day of June together with Saint John Fisher.

 

10.  In the same place, blessed Thomas Alfield, priest and martyr, who at first, under coercion, abjured the Catholic faith, but having been driven into exile, returned to his homeland repentant, and under Queen Elizabeth the First, because he had distributed a certain Apology on behalf of the Catholics, endured the punishment of the gibbet at Tyburn.

 

11.  At anchor in the open sea before Rupifortium on the coast of Gaul, blessed Augustine Joseph (Elisée) Desgardin, monk of the Cistercian Order and martyr, who, in the time of the French upheaval, was taken from the monastery of Sept-Fons out of hatred for religion and, thrown onto a squalid ship, afflicted by disease, died while aiding his fellow sick captives.

 

12.  At Orange likewise in Gaul, blessed Susanna Agatha (Marie Rose) de Laye, virgin of the Order of Saint Benedict and martyr, who, while the French turmoil was raging, was the first of a group of thirty-two religious women from various Orders and convents imprisoned in the same jail to persevere in religious life, and, having been condemned with the others in hatred of the Christian Name in the days following, approached the gallows fearlessly.

 

13.  At the place Shuangzhong near Jixian in the Hebei Province of China, Saint Peter Wang Zuolong, martyr, who, during the persecution of the followers of the “Yihetuan,” having been led into a pagan temple and refusing to abjure the faith of Christ, was hanged on a stake.

 

14.  At Rome, blessed Maria Theresa Ledóchowska, virgin, who devoted herself entirely to Africans oppressed by slavery and founded the Sodality of Saint Peter Claver.

 

15.  At Buenos Aires in Argentina, blessed Nazaria of Saint Teresa March Mesa, virgin, who, born in Spain and having immigrated with her family to Mexico, moved by missionary zeal, devoted herself entirely to evangelizing the poor in various nations of Latin America and founded the Institute of the Missionary Crusaders of the Church.

 

 

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July 7^th

 

This Day, the Seventh Day of July

 

1.  Commemoration of Saint Pantænus of Alexandria, a man apostolic and adorned with all wisdom, whose zeal and love for the word of God is handed down to have been so great, that, enkindled with faith and devotion, he set out to preach the Gospel of Christ to the nations, who are hidden in the remote retreats of the East, and finally, having returned to Alexandria, there, under the emperor Antoninus Caracalla, he rested in peace.

 

2.  At Eboriaci in the district of Meaux in Aquitaine, Saint Ethelburga, abbess of the monastery of Faremoutiers, who, a daughter of the king of the East Angles, gave glory to God by strict bodily abstinence and perpetual virginity.

 

3.  At Winchester in England, Saint Hedda, bishop of the West Saxons, a man distinguished for wisdom, who transferred the body of Saint Birinus from Dorchester to this city and established his own episcopal seat there.

 

4.  At Eichstätt in Franconia, Saint Willibald, bishop, who, having become a monk, journeyed through the holy places and many regions to restore monastic life, and at length assisted Saint Boniface, by whom he was ordained the first bishop of that city, in the work of evangelizing Germany, and converted many peoples to Christ.

 

5.  At Tallaght in Ireland, Saint Mael Ruain, bishop and abbot, who earnestly restored the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy, the veneration of the Saints, and monastic discipline.

 

6.  At Urgell in Catalonia of Spain, Saint Odo, bishop, who, although still a layman, was elected by acclamation of the people and confirmed, defended the lowly, and showed himself kind to all.

 

7.  At Perugia in Umbria, the passing of Blessed Benedict XI, pope, of the Order of Preachers, who, gentle and mild, a peacemaker and lover of peace, in the brief span of his pontificate promoted peace in the Church, the restoration of discipline, and the growth of religion.

 

8.  At Fossano in the Subalpine region, blessed Oddino Barotti, priest, who, a poor parish priest and austere in life, during a raging plague, consumed all his strength day and night for the sick and dying.

 

9.  At Winchester in England, the blessed martyrs Roger Dickinson, priest, and Ralph Milner, a farmer and poor head of a household and unlettered, but firm in faith, who, under Queen Elizabeth I, were captured together and killed by hanging; with them is commemorated Blessed Lawrence Humphrey, who, having embraced the Catholic faith as a young man, died by hanging on an uncertain day at the same place.

 

10.  In the sea strait off Rupifortium in Gaul, blessed John Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin, priest and martyr, who, a canon of Limoges, during the French turmoil was inhumanely detained on a prison-ship for being a priest, where, consumed by disease, he passed to the Lord.

 

11.  Also at Orange in France, blessed Iphigénie of Saint Matthew (Françoise Marie Suzanne) de Gaillard de la Valdène, virgin of the Order of Saint Benedict and martyr during the French upheaval.

 

12.  Near the city of Hengzhou in Hunan Province of China, Saints Antoninus Fantosati, bishop, and Joseph Mary Gambaro, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who, in the persecution by the “Boxers,” as they landed to assist the faithful, were stoned to death.

 

13.  At the city of Weixian in Hebei Province, also in China, Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang, martyr, who, for thirty years prohibited from receiving the Eucharist because he refused to abstain from the use of opium, nevertheless did not cease to beg for a pious end to his life and, when brought to judgment, having professed the faith of Christ with steadfast spirit, attained the eternal banquet.

 

14.  In the village of Hujiacun near Shenxian, also in Hebei, Saint Mary Guo Lizhi, martyr, who, in the same persecution, like a second mother of the Maccabees, strengthened seven of her family, whom she accompanied to their place of execution, in constancy of soul, begging that she be killed afterward; finally, she followed those whom she had sent on ahead to heaven.

 

15.  In the village of Rakunai in New Britain, an island of Melanesia, blessed Peter To Rot, martyr, who, a head of a family and catechist, during the Second World War, was arrested for persevering in his ministry and fulfilled his martyrdom by the injection of a lethal poison.

 

16.  At León in Nicaragua, blessed Mary Romero Meneses, virgin of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, who in the territory of Costa Rica worked kindly for the education of girls, especially the poor and abandoned, and widely spread devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

 

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July 8^th

 

This Day, the Eighth Day of July

 

1.  Commemoration of of Saints Aquila and Prisca, also called Priscilla, a married couple who were helpers of Saint Paul the Apostle. They received the Church into their house as guests, and for Paul’s sake they laid down their necks.

 

2.  At Heraclea in Thrace, Saint Glyceria suffered martyrdom.

 

3.  At Caesarea in Palestine, Saint Procopius, martyr, who, under the emperor Diocletian, was led from the city of Scythopolis to Caesarea and there, at the very first confident confession in his replies, was beheaded by the judge Fabian.

 

4.  At Taormina in Sicily, Saint Pancras, bishop and martyr, who is believed to have been the first to preside over that Church.

 

5.  At Toul in Belgic Gaul, Saint Auspicius, bishop.

 

6.  In the region of Rhenania, Saint Disibod, hermit, who, having gathered some companions, founded a monastery near the bank of the river Navae.

 

7.  At Belesie in Brabant, Saint Landrada, abbess.

 

8.  At Würzburg in Austrasia, Saint Kilian, bishop and martyr, who, originally from Ireland, came to that place to preach the Gospel and, on account of his diligent observance of Christian morals, completed his martyrdom by being murdered.

 

9.  At Constantinople, the passion of the holy monks known as the Abrahamites, who, under the emperor Theophilus, were martyred for their veneration of sacred Images.

 

10.  At Spina Lamberti in Emilia, the passing of Saint Hadrian III, pope, who made every effort to reconcile the Church of Constantinople with the Roman Church; and when he was on a journey to Gaul, he was struck with a grave illness and died in a most holy manner.

 

11.  At Tivoli in Latium, the passing of blessed Eugene III, pope, who was the beloved disciple of Saint Bernard and served as abbot of the monastery of Saints Vincent and Anastasius at Aquae Salviae. Elected to the Roman See, he labored earnestly to defend the Christian people of the City from the snares of the infidels and to restore ecclesiastical discipline for the better.

 

12.  At Shimabara in Japan, blessed Mancio Araki, martyr, who, having received blessed Francis Pacheco, a priest, into his home, was cast into prison, where he died, consumed by tuberculosis.

 

13.  In the city of Iomnienina, in the province of Hebei in China, Saint John Wu Wenyin, martyr, who, being a catechist during the persecution stirred up by the supporters of the “Yihetuan” sect, because he refused to abandon the Christian faith and defect to the pagans, was condemned to death by beheading.

 

 

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July 9^th

 

This Day, the Ninth Day of July

 

Saints Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, Peter Sans i Jordà, bishop, and companions¹, martyrs, who, in various times and places in China, bore vigorous witness to the Gospel of Christ by word and by deed, and, on account of the preaching or confession of the faith, were refreshed by glorious heavenly banquets as victims of persecutions.

 

2.  At Reggio Emilia, blessed Joan Scopelli, virgin of the Order of Carmelites, who founded a monastery from the gifts of her fellow citizens and was able to provide bread to the sisters in the refectory through prayer.

 

3.  At London in England, blessed Adrian Fortescue, martyr, who, a father of a family and a knight, under King Henry the Eighth, was accused by a slanderous charge of treason and, after being twice detained in prison, at last fulfilled his martyrdom by being beheaded.

 

4.  At Brielle on the Meuse among the Dutch, the passion of the holy martyrs Nicholas Pieck, priest, and ten companions of the Order of Friars Minor, and eight others of either the diocesan or religious clergy ², who, for defending the doctrine of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the authority of the Roman Church, endured various insults and tortures from the Calvinists, and finally completed their struggle by being hanged.

 

5.  At Città di Castello in Umbria, Saint Veronica Giuliani, abbess of the Order of the Capuchin Poor Clares, who, endowed with spiritual charisms, shared in the Passion of Christ in body and soul, for which reason she was placed in confinement for fifty days, offering a wondrous example of patience and obedience.

 

6.  At Orange in the region of Provence in France, blessed Mélanie and Mary Anne Magdalen de Guilhermier and Mary Anne Margaret of the Angels de Rocher, virgins of the Order of Saint Ursula and martyrs in the time of the French upheaval.

 

7.  In the city of Qingyan in Guizhou province of China, Saint Joachim He Kaizhi, martyr, a catechist, who was strangled for the faith of Christ.

 

8.  In the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi province likewise in China, the passion of Saints Gregory Grassi and Francis Fogolla, bishops of the Order of Friars Minor, and twenty-four companions ³, martyrs, who were killed in the persecution of the followers of the “Yihetuan” in hatred of the name of Christ.

 

9.  At São Paulo in Brazil, Saint Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (Amabile Visintainer), virgin, who, having migrated from Italy as a young girl, founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in service to the sick and the poor, and, after many trials, served in the greatest humility and constant prayer.

 

10.  At Dachau near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, blessed Fidelis Chijnacki, religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who, taken from Poland under a wicked regime to a detention camp because of his confession of Christ, having been tortured, attained eternal glory.

 

 

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July 10^th

 

This Day, the Tenth Day of July

 

1.  At Rome, the holy martyrs Felix and Philip in the cemetery of Priscilla, Vitalis, Martial, and Alexander in that of the Jordani, Silanus in that of Maximus, and Januarius in that of Praetextatus; whose united commemoration the Roman Church rejoices in, which on one day is glorified by so many triumphs, because it is fortified by manifold intercession with manifold example.

 

2.  On the Via Cornelia, nine miles from the city of Rome, the holy martyrs Rufina and Secunda.

 

3.  In the Sabine region, the holy martyrs Anatolia and Victoria.

 

4.  In Africa, the holy martyrs Januarius and Marinus.

 

5.  At Iconium in Lycaonia, Saint Apollonius Sardis, martyr, who is said to have completed his martyrdom by the cross.

 

6.  At Nicopolis in Armenia, the holy martyrs Leontius, Maurice, Daniel, Anthony, Anicetus, Sisinnius, and others, who were tortured in many ways under Emperor Licinius and the governor Lysias.

 

7.  In Pisidia, the holy martyrs Bianor and Silvanus.

 

8.  At Nantes in Brittany, Saint Pascharius, bishop, who received Saint Hermeland, summoned from the monastery of Fontenelle, with twelve companions, and placed him on the island of Antro to found a monastery.

 

9.  At Tamise in Flanders, Saint Amalberga, upon whom Saint Willibrord placed the veil of sacred virgins.

 

10.  At Perugia in Umbria, Saint Peter Vincioli, priest and abbot, who rebuilt the ancient church of Saint Peter, which had fallen into ruin, and joined a monastery to it, where, amid frequent opposition, but with great patience, he introduced the customs of Cluny.

 

11.  At Odense in Denmark, Saint Canute, martyr, who, as a king inflamed with zeal, expanded divine worship in his kingdom, promoted the state of clerics, and, after founding the churches of Lund and Odense, was at last killed by some rebellious citizens.

 

12.  At Orange in the province of Gaul, blessed Mary Gertrude of Saint Sophia de Ripert d’Alauzin and Agnes of Jesus (Sylvia) de Romillon, virgins of the Order of Saint Ursula and martyrs in the time of the French turmoil.

 

13.  In the city of Đồng Hới in Annam, Saints Anthony Nguyễn Hữu Quỳnh and Peter Nguyễn Khắc Tự, martyrs, catechists, who were strangled for the faith of Christ under Emperor Minh Mạng.

 

14.  At Damascus in Syria, the passion of the blessed martyrs Emmanuel Ruiz, priest, and companions⁴ — seven of the Order of Friars Minor and three lay brothers faithful of the Maronite Church — who, treacherously handed over by a betrayer to enemies, were afflicted with various tortures for the faith and completed their martyrdom with a glorious death.

 

 

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July 11^th

 

This Day, the Eleventh Day of July

 

Memorial of Saint Benedict, abbot, who, born at Norcia in Umbria and educated at Rome, began the eremitic life in the region of Subiaco, gathering many disciples around himself,  then went to Cassino, where he founded a famous monastery and composed a Rule, which spread throughout all regions so effectively that he deserved to be called the patriarch of monks in the West.  He is said to have died on the twenty-first day of March.

 

2.  At Rome, the commemoration of Saint Pius the First, pope, who, brother of Hermas, the author of the work entitled The Shepherd, himself also a good shepherd, kept watch over the Church for fifteen years.

 

3.  At Iconium in Lycaonia, Saint Marcian, martyr, who under the governor Perennius came to the palm through many torments.

 

4.  At Caesarea in Mauretania, Saint Marciana, virgin, who, condemned to the beasts, fulfilled her martyrdom.

 

5.  At Bordeaux in Aquitaine, Saint Leontius, bishop, who shone forth as an honor to the people and city, a cultivator of the temples, a restorer of the font of holy baptism, and a silent giver to the needy.

 

6.  At the river Var in Scotland, Saint Drostan, abbot, who presided over various monasteries and finally led a life of solitude.

 

7.  At Disentis in Upper Raetia, the Saints Placidus, martyr, and Sigisbert, abbot, of whom the former, a companion of Saint Columbanus, founded there the monastery of Saint Martin, in which he crowned his monastic life with martyrdom.

 

8.  In the monastery of Moyenmoutier on Mount Vosges, Saint Hidulf, who, being a chorepiscopus of Trier, withdrew into solitude and, as disciples gathered, founded and ruled a monastery.

 

9.  At Córdoba in the region of Andalusia in Spain, Saint Abundius, priest, [martyr], who, during the persecution of the Moors, when interrogated by a judge and boldly revealed the reason for his faith, was killed, seized by sudden indignation, and exposed to be devoured by dogs and beasts.

 

10.  At Kiev in Russia, Saint Olga, grandmother of Saint Vladimir, who was the first of the Rurikids to receive baptism, along with the name Helena, and prepared the way to Christ for the whole people of Russia.

 

11.  In the monastery of Grandselve in the region of Toulouse in Gaul, blessed Bertrand, abbot, who, desiring to establish regular discipline, incorporated his monastery into the Cistercian Order.

 

12.  At Viborg in Denmark, Saint Ketill, priest and canon regular, who was especially diligent in the cathedral school and an exemplar of conduct.

 

13.  At Lincoln in England, the commemoration of blessed Thomas Benstead and Thomas Sprott, priests and martyrs, who, under Queen Elizabeth the First, were handed over to death on an uncertain day of this month because of their priesthood.

 

14.  At Orange in the Province of Gaul, the blessed Rosalie-Clotilde of Saint Pelagia Bes, Marie-Élisabeth of Saint Theoctistus Pelissier, Marie-Claire of Saint Martin Blanc, and Marie-Marguerite of Saint Sophia de Barbegie d’Albarède, virgins and martyrs for Christ in the French turmoil.

 

15.  In the village of Liugongyin near Anping in the province of Hebei in China, the holy virgins and martyrs Anna An Xinzhi, Maria An Guozhi, Anna An Jiaozhi, and Maria An Lihua, who, since they could by no means be brought to defect to impiety, were beheaded in the persecution of the “Yihetuan” followers.

 

 

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July 12^th

 

This Day, the Twelfth Day of July

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July 13^th

 

This Day, the Thirteenth Day of July

 

Saint Henry, who, as Roman Emperor, together with his wife Saint Cunegonde, devoted effort to the reform of the life of the Church and the spread of the Christian faith throughout all Europe; and, moved by missionary zeal, he established several episcopal sees and founded monasteries.  He departed from this life on this day at Grona near Göttingen in Franconia.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saint Ezra, priest and scribe, who, in the time of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians, returned from Babylon to Judea, gathered the dispersed people, and with every effort strove to study, fulfill, and teach the law of the Lord in Israel.

 

3.  Commemoration of Saint Silas, who, having been appointed by the Apostles to the Churches of the Gentiles together with Saints Paul and Barnabas, fulfilled the office of preaching with great fervor, full of the grace of God.

 

4.  At Alexandria in Egypt, Saint Serapion, martyr, who under the emperor Septimius Severus and the governor Aquila, attained the crown of martyrdom by fire.

 

5.  On the island of Chios, Saint Myrope, martyr.

 

6.  At Philomelium in Phrygia, the holy martyrs Alexander and thirty soldiers, who are said to have suffered under Magnus, governor of Antioch in Pisidia.

 

7.  At Albi in Aquitaine, the passing of Saint Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, who, glorious in faith and virtues, was driven into exile during the Vandal persecution.

 

8.  In Brittany, Saint Turian, abbot of the monastery of Dol and bishop.

 

9.  At Genoa in Liguria, blessed James of Voragine, bishop, of the Order of Preachers, who, in order to promote Christian life among the people, proposed many examples of virtue in his writings.

 

10.  At Norwich in England, blessed Thomas Tunstal, priest of the Order of Saint Benedict and martyr, who, under King James the First, was condemned to death for having entered England as a priest and was hanged.

 

11.  Off the coast of Gaul near Rupifortium, aboard a filthy prison ship on the sea, the blesseds Louis Armand Joseph Adam, of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor, and Bartholomew Jarrige de la Morélie de Biars, priests and martyrs, who, during the persecution against the Church, were condemned to forced labor in naval chains because of their priesthood, contracted disease, and perished as victims of charity toward their fellow prisoners.

 

12.  At Orange in the Province of Gaul, the blesseds Magdalene of the Mother of God (Elisabeth Verchère) and five companions⁶, virgins and martyrs in the same upheaval.

 

13.  In the city of Chau Doc in Cochinchina, Saint Emmanuel Lê Văn Phụng, martyr, who, a father of a family, although detained in prison, did not cease to exhort his sons and relatives to love their enemies, and at last, by order of Emperor Tự Đức, was killed by beheading.

 

14.  At Budrio in Flaminia, Saint Clelia Barbieri, virgin, who dedicated herself to the spiritual good of young girls and founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Mother of Sorrows to educate the poor and especially the destitute in both human and Christian formation.

 

15.  At Galeazza Pepoli near Bologna in Italy, blessed Ferdinand Mary Baccilieri, priest, who diligently cared for the people entrusted to him and founded the Congregation of the Servants of Mary to assist poor families and especially to educate young girls.

 

16.  In the village of Langziqiao near Hengshui in the province of Hebei in China, Saint Paul Liu Jinde, martyr, who, an elderly man, during the persecution carried out by the followers of the “Yihetuan” remained the only Christian in the village and, holding a rosary and a book of prayers in his hand, went out to meet his persecutors and greeted them in a Christian manner, for which he was immediately killed by them.

 

17.  In the city of Nangong, also in Hebei, Saint Joseph Wang Guiji, martyr, who, in the same persecution, when he had the opportunity to save his life by a minor lie, chose instead a glorious death for Christ.

 

18.  In the city of Angostura in Colombia, blessed Mariano of Jesus Euse Hoyos, priest, who, remarkable for the simplicity and integrity of his life, devoted himself entirely to prayer, study, and the Christian education of children.

 

19.  At San Juan Porto Rico, blessed Charles Emmanuel Rodríguez Santiago, who gave tireless effort to the renewal of the sacred liturgy and the awakening of the faith among the youth.

 

 

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July 14^th

 

This Day, the Fourteenth Day of July

 

Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest, who, born near Theano in the Abruzzi, having from youth followed military service and being inclined to the vices of the world, at last was converted and strove greatly in serving the sick in a hospital of the incurable as if Christ Himself; and, having been raised to the priesthood, he laid the foundations in Rome of the Congregation of Clerics Regular who minister to the sick.

 

2.  At Brescia in Venetia, Saint Optatian, bishop, who subscribed the synodal letters concerning the Catholic faith on the Incarnation, sent by Bishop Eusebius of Milan to Saint Leo the Pope.

 

3.  At Soignies in Austrasian Brabant, Saint Vincent, also called Madelgarus, who, with the consent of his wife, Saint Waltrude, embraced the monastic life and is said to have founded two monasteries.

 

4.  At Deventer in Frisia, Saint Marchelmus, priest and monk, who, of English birth, was from childhood a disciple of Saint Willibrord and a companion in the works undertaken for Christ.

 

5.  At the place called Stary Kynsperk near Eger in Bohemia, blessed Hroznata, martyr, who, after the death of his wife and son, left the duke’s court and entered the Premonstratensian monastery of Tepl, and, while defending its rights, is said to have been captured by robbers and brought to death by hunger.

 

6.  At Verona in Venetia, Saint Toscana, who, her husband having died, gave all her goods to the poor and never ceased caring for the sick in the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

 

7.  At Foligno in Umbria, blessed Angelina of Marsciano, who, as a widow, spent more than fifty years wholly in the service of God and the good of her neighbor and initiated the religious life of cloistered Franciscan Third Order women for the instruction of girls.

 

8.  At Valencia in Spain, blessed Gaspar de Bono, priest of the Order of Minims, who laid aside the arms of an earthly prince for the service of Christ the King and ruled the houses of the Spanish province of the Order with zeal, prudence, and charity.

 

9.  At Lima in Peru, Saint Francis Solano, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who, for the salvation of souls, traveled far and wide through the regions of South America, and by preaching and signs devoted all his efforts to teaching the novelty of Christian life to the indigenous peoples and even to the Spanish colonists.

 

10.  At London in England, blessed Richard Langhorne, martyr, who, a distinguished lawyer, was accused of treason under King Charles II, condemned to death, and gave up his spirit at the gallows of Tyburn.

 

11.  At the place Cerecca-Ghebaba in Ethiopia, blessed Ghebre Michael, priest of the Congregation of the Mission and martyr, who always sought the true faith in study and prayer and at length entered into the unity of the Church, for which he suffered imprisonment, then forced marches with soldiers, his feet weighed down by chains, for thirteen months, until he died, worn out by scourging, thirst, and hunger.

 

12.  In the city of Nangong in the Hebei province of China, Saint John Wang Guixin, martyr, who, in the persecution of the “Yihetuan” followers, preferred to die for Christ rather than be defiled even by a slight lie.

 

 

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July 15^th

 

This Day, the FifteenthDay of July

 

Memorial of the death of Saint Bonaventure, bishop of Albano and Doctor of the Church, most celebrated for his teaching, holiness of life, and outstanding service rendered to the Church.  He wisely governed the Order of Friars Minor, of which he was minister general, in the spirit of Saint Francis. In many writings he joined the highest learning with the ardor of piety. While he was offering excellent help in the affairs of the Second Ecumenical Council of Lyon, he deserved to attain the blessed vision of God.

 

2.  At Portus Romanus, the holy martyrs Eutropius, Zosimus, and Bonosa.

 

3.  At Carthage, on the road called after the Scillitan Martyrs, in the basilica of Faustus, the death of Saint Felix, bishop of Thibiuca and martyr, who, when ordered by the curator Magnilianus to hand over the books of Scripture to the fire, replied that it was better for him to be burned by fire than to give up the divine Scriptures; therefore, he was sentenced to death by the sword under the proconsul Anulinus.

 

4.  In the same place, the commemoration of the holy Catulinus, deacon and martyr, whose praises Saint Augustine delivered in a sermon to the people, and of the other martyrs who rest in the basilica of Faustus.

 

5.  At Alexandria in Egypt, the holy martyrs Philip and ten children.

 

6.  On the island of Tenedos in the Hellespont, Saint Abudemius, martyr.

 

7.  At Nisibis in Mesopotamia, Saint James, the first bishop of that city, who took part in the Council of Nicaea and ruled, nourished, and defended his flock in peace against the onslaught of the enemies of the faith.

 

8.  At Ruremonde on the Meuse in Austrasian Brabant, Saint Plechelm, bishop, who, born in Northumbria, proclaimed the riches of Christ to many.

 

9.  At Ansbach in Franconia, Saint Gumbert, abbot, who founded this monastery on his own estate.

 

10.  In Thessaly, the passing of Saint Joseph, bishop of Thessalonica, who, brother of Saint Theodore the Studite, first a monk, composed many hymns, and later, scarcely promoted to the episcopate, suffered much and grievously for ecclesiastical discipline and the defense of holy Images, and, exiled to Thessaly, died of hunger.

 

11.  At Naples in Campania, Saint Athanasius, bishop, who, having suffered much from his impious nephew Sergius and being expelled from his see, finally, worn out by hardships, departed to heaven at Veroli in the Hernici.

 

12.  At Kyiv in Russia, Saint Vladimir, prince, who received baptism under the name Basil and spent his efforts spreading the Orthodox faith among the peoples subject to him.

 

13.  At Ratzeburg in Holstein of Germany, Saint Ansuerus, abbot and martyr, who, with twenty-eight monks, was stoned by the Wends who rose up against the preachers of the Christian faith.

 

14.  At Västerås in Sweden, Saint David, bishop, who, an Englishman by nation, a monk of Cluny, went to convert the Swedes to Christ and rested piously as an old man in the monastery he had founded.

 

15.  At Breslau in Silesia, blessed Ceslaus, priest, one of the first brothers of the Order of Preachers, who worked for the Kingdom of God in Silesia and other regions of Poland.

 

16.  In the town of Mont Cenis in the Subalpine region, blessed Bernard, who, a marquess of Baden, while journeying to the East to defend Christian peoples after the capture of Constantinople by the enemies, was overtaken by death.

 

17.  The passion of the blessed martyrs Ignatius de Azevedo, priest, and thirty-eight companions of the Society of Jesus ⁷, who, while seeking to go on missions to Brazil, were attacked by a pirate ship on the vessel named “Saint James” and, out of hatred for the Catholic religion, were pierced with sword and lance.

 

18.  At Campi Salentina in Apulia, Saint Pompilius Maria Pirrotti, priest of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools, distinguished for the austerity of his life.

 

19.  On a prison ship anchored off Rupifortium on the coast of Gaul, blessed Michael Bernard Marchand, priest and martyr, who, during the French upheaval, was transferred from Rouen into vile naval captivity because of his priesthood and died after being afflicted with disease.

 

20.  At the city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, Saint Peter Nguyen Ba Tuan, priest and martyr, who, imprisoned for Christ, died of hunger under Emperor Minh Mạng.

 

21.  At Paris in Gaul, blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey, virgin, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny for the care of the sick and the Christian education of girls, and extended it in the mission lands.

 

22.  In the province of Mỹ Tho in Cochinchina, Saint Andrew Nguyễn Kim Thông Nam (Nam Thuông), martyr, who, a catechist, was sentenced to exile by Emperor Tự Đức after imprisonment, and, bound in chains and crushed under a beam, completed his martyrdom on the road.

 

23.  In the town of Bielsk Podlaski in Poland, blessed Antoni Beszta-Borowski, priest and martyr, who, while war was raging, was seized by enemies of the faith and killed by bullets for Christ.

 

 

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July 16^th

 

This Day, the Sixteenth Day of July

 

Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, on which Elijah the prophet once brought back the people of Israel to the worship of the living God, and afterwards certain hermits, seeking solitude, withdrew, and finally founded an Order to lead a contemplative life under the patronage of the holy Mother of God.

 

2.  At Anastasiópolis in Galatia, Saint Antiochus, martyr, the brother of Saint Platon.

 

3.  At Sebaste in Armenia, Saint Athenogenes, chorepiscopus and martyr, who left to his disciples a hymn proclaiming the divinity of the Holy Spirit, and was handed over to the fire for Christ.

 

4.  At Caesarea, an island in the British Sea, Saint Helier, hermit, who is said to have suffered martyrdom at the hands of pirates.

 

5.  At Maastricht in Austrasian Brabant, Saints Monulph and Gondulph, bishops.

 

6.  At Saintes in Hainaut, the holy martyrs Reinildis, virgin, Grimoald, and Gondulph, who are said to have been killed by robbers.

 

7.  At Córdoba in the region of Andalusia in Spain, Saint Sisenandus, deacon and martyr, who was slain by the Moors for the faith of Christ.

 

8.  In the monastery at Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria, blessed Irmengard, abbess, who from tender youth, forsaking the splendor of the royal court, sought to serve God, and gave to the Lamb many virgin companions.

 

9.  The passion of blessed Simon da Costa, religious of the Society of Jesus and last of a band of martyrs exterminated out of hatred for the Church on the ship called Saint James on the day before this.

 

10.  At Viana do Castelo, in the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Portugal, blessed Bartholomew of the Martyrs Fernandes, bishop of Braga, who, remarkable for the integrity of his life, strove with great pastoral charity in the needs of his flock, and enriched many writings with sound doctrine.

 

11.  At Warwick in England, the blessed John Sugar, priest, and Robert Grissold, martyrs, who under King James the First were condemned; the former because he had entered England as a priest, the latter because he assisted him, and through severe sufferings attained the palm of martyrdom.

 

12.  In the town of Cunhaú near Natal in Brazil, blessed Andrew de Soveral, priest of the Society of Jesus, and Dominic Carvalho, martyrs, who, while the Mass was being celebrated, were treacherously shut in the church with a group of the faithful by soldiers and cruelly killed.

 

13.  On a prison ship anchored before Rupifortium on the coast of Gaul, blessed Nicholas Savouret, of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and Claude Beguignot, of the Carthusian Order, priests and martyrs, who, during the French Revolution, were detained in vile captivity out of hatred for the priesthood, and fell ill and died.

 

14.  Likewise at Orange in France, blessed Anne-Marie of Jesus (Marie Rose) de Gordon and six companions ⁸, virgins and martyrs, who, because they refused to renounce religious life during the same persecution, were condemned to death and joyfully received the palm of martyrdom.

 

15.  In the village of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in Normandy, Gaul, Saint Mary Magdalene Postel, virgin, who, in that same time of upheaval, offered every assistance to the sick and the faithful when priests had been expelled, and, once peace was restored, founded and governed the Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy for the Christian instruction of poor girls.

 

16.  In the place Lijiapo near Qinghe in the province of Hebei in China, the holy martyrs Lang Yangzhi, a catechumen, and Paul Lang Fu, her son, who, during the persecution carried out by the supporters of the “Yihetuan” movement, when the mother had professed herself to be a Christian, suffered martyrdom for Christ in their home destroyed by fire.

 

17.  In the village Zhangjiaji near Ningjin, likewise in Hebei, Saint Teresa Zhang Hezhi, martyr, who, during the same persecution, when she had been dragged to the pagoda of the pagans and refused to offer reverence to the local deities, was pierced with a spear together with her two sons.

 

 

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July 17^th

 

This Day, the Seventeenth Day of July

 

1.   At Carthage, the birthday of the holy Scillitan martyrs, namely Speratus, Nartzalus, Cittinus, Veturius, Felix, Aquilinus, Laetantius, Januaria, Generosa, Vestia, Donata, and Secunda, who, by order of the proconsul Saturninus, after their first confession of Christ were thrown into prison, and on the following day, having been fixed to wood, when at last they had firmly confessed that they were Christians and had refused divine honor to the emperor, were condemned to death, and, at the place of execution, with knees bent in unanimity and giving thanks to Christ, were beheaded with the sword.

 

2.  At Amastris in Paphlagonia, Saint Hyacinth, martyr.

 

3.  At Seville in the province of Baetica in Spain, the holy virgins Justa and Rufina, who, having been arrested by the governor Diogenianus, were cruelly harassed with torments, then afflicted by imprisonment, starvation, and various tortures; at last, Justa gave up her spirit in custody, while Rufina, in confessing the Lord, had her neck broken

 

4.  At Milan in Liguria, Saint Marcellina, virgin, sister of Saint Ambrose the bishop, who at Rome in the basilica of Saint Peter on the Epiphany of the Lord received the veil of consecration from Pope Liberius.

 

5.  At Rome in the church located on the Aventine hill, under the name of Alexis is celebrated the man of God, who, as tradition recounts, left behind a wealthy household to become poor. and remaining unknown, begged alms.

 

6.  At Auxerre in Gaul of Lugdunum, Saint Theodosius, bishop.

 

7.  At Pavia in Liguria, Saint Ennodius, bishop, who adorned the memories and temples of the saints with hymns and was a generous dispenser of wealth.

 

8.  At Tournai near Antwerp in southern Brabant, Saint Fredegand, who is said to have come as a monk from Ireland, a companion in pilgrimage and missionary labor of Saint Foillan and others.

 

9.  In the monastery of Winchcombe in Mercia of England, Saint Kenelm, who, a prince of the Mercians, is considered a martyr.

 

10.  At Rome near Saint Peter’s, Saint Leo the Fourth, pope, defender of the City and promoter of the primacy of Peter.

 

11.  At Stockerau in the countryside of Vienna of Bavaria, Saint Colman, an Irishman by nation, who, a pilgrim for the name of God while journeying to the Holy Land, was considered a spy by the enemy, and, being hanged from a tree, reached the heavenly Jerusalem.

 

12.  At Nitra on the river Váh near the Carpathian mountains, Saints Zoerard, also called Andrew, and Benedict, hermits, who came from Poland at the request of King Saint Stephen into Hungary and lived a most austere life in the wilderness of Mount Zobor.

 

13.  At Kraków in Poland, Saint Hedwig, who, born queen in Hungary, received the kingdom of Poland and married Jagiełło, the great duke of Lithuania, called Ladislaus in baptism with whom she sowed the Catholic faith in Lithuania.

 

14.  At Paris in Gaul, of blessed Teresa of Saint Augustine (Marie-Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine) and fifteen companions ⁹, virgins of the Carmel of Compiègne and martyrs, who, during the French upheaval, faithfully observing monastic discipline, were condemned to death, and before the scaffold renewed the promises of baptismal faith and religious vows.

 

15.  In the village of Zhujiaxiezhuang near Shenxian in the province of Hebei in China, Saint Peter Liu Ziyu, martyr, who, during the persecution waged by followers of the “Yihetuan” sect, contrary to the efforts of his friends remained firm in the Christian faith before the mandarin, and for that reason was pierced by the sword.

 

16.  At Prešov in Slovakia, blessed Paul (Peter) Gojdič, bishop and martyr, who, a pastor in the territory of Prešov, during a regime hostile to God was thrown into prison and suffered such hardships that, grievously tormented, faithfully accepting the words of Christ, by a valiant confession passed into glorious life.

 

 

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July 18^th

 

This Day, the Eighteenth Day of July

 

1.  On the Via Tiburtina, at the ninth milestone from the city of Rome, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Symphorosa and her seven sons, Crescens, Julian, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justinus, Stacteus, and Eugenius,who completed their martyrdom by different kinds of death, made brothers in Christ.

 

2.  At Milan in Liguria, Saint Maternus, bishop, who, when the Church had been restored to liberty, transferred with honor the bodies of the martyrs Nabor and Felix from Laud Pompey to his own city.

 

3.  At Durostorum in Moesia, Saint Emilian, martyr, who, scorning the edicts of Julian the Apostate and the threats of his deputy Catulinus, overthrew the altar of idols and prevented the sacrifice, and, being thrown into a furnace, received the palm of martyrdom.

 

4.  At Brescia in Venetia, Saint Philastrius, bishop, whose life and death were praised by Saint Gaudentius, his successor.

 

5.  At Foro Popilii in Emilia, Saint Ruffillus, bishop, who is believed to have been the first to govern this Church and to have brought the entire rural people to Christ.

 

6.  At Metz in Austrasia, Saint Arnulf, bishop, who was a counselor of Dagobert, king of Austrasia, and, having laid down his office, led the life of a hermit on Mount Vosges.

 

7.  At Constantinople, Saint Theodosia, a nun, who, for her defense of the ancient Image of Christ which the emperor Leo the Isaurian had ordered to be taken down from the Bronze Gate of the imperial palace, suffered martyrdom.

 

8.  At Utrecht, in Geldria Austrasiae, Saint Frederick, bishop, who, noted for his study of the Sacred Scriptures, devoted care and labor to the evangelization of the Frisians.

 

9.  At Segni in Latium, Saint Bruno, bishop, who did and suffered many things for the reform of the Church; for this reason, he was forced to leave his see, found refuge on Monte Cassino, and for a time served as abbot of the monastery.

 

10.  At Kraków in Poland, the commemoration of blessed Simon of Lipnica, priest of the Order of Minors, who, outstanding in preaching and devotion to the Name of Jesus, moved by charity, met death while caring for those dying in the plague.

 

11.  At anchor off the coast of Rupifortium in Gaul, blessed John the Baptist of Brussels, priest of Limoges and martyr, who, during the French Revolution, worn out by hunger and pestilential disease in the squalor of a prison ship, died.

 

12.  In the city of Nam Định in Tonkin, Saint Dominic Nicholas Đinh Dat, martyr, who, though a soldier, was forced to deny the Christian faith, and after severe tortures trampled the cross; but immediately repenting of what he had done, paid the price of his apostasy and wrote to the emperor Minh Mạng to be judged again as a Christian; at last, he was strangled and died.

 

13.  In the village of Krystonopil in Ukraine, blessed Tarsykia (Olha) Matskiv, virgin of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate and martyr, who, in time of war, for defending the faith before persecutors, attained a double crown: of virginity and of martyrdom.

 

 

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July 19^th

 

This Day, the Nineteenth  Day of July

 

1.  Commemoration of Saint Epaphras, who labored much for the Gospel at Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis, and is called by blessed Paul the Apostle his dearest fellow servant, fellow prisoner, and faithful minister of Christ.

 

2.  At Merus in Phrygia, the holy martyrs Macedonius, Theodulus, and Tatian, who, under the emperor Julian the Apostate, by the governor Almachius, after other torments, were placed upon iron grates heated by fire, and rejoicing, completed their martyrdom.

 

3.  In the monastery of Annesis by the river Iris in Pontus, Saint Macrina, virgin, sister of Saints Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebaste, who, educated in the Sacred Scriptures, devoted herself to the solitary life, a wondrous example of the desire for God and of withdrawal from the vanity of the world.

 

4.  At Constantinople, Saint Dii, surnamed the Wonderworker, archimandrite, who, born in Antioch, was ordained priest in this city and founded a monastery under the Rule of the Acoemeti.

 

5.  At Rome near Saint Peter’s, Saint Symmachus, pope, who, long harassed by the faction of schismatics, at last, as a confessor of the faith, rested in peace.

 

6.  At Cordoba in the region of Vandalicia in Spain, Saint Aurea, virgin, sister of the holy martyrs Adolphus and John, who, during the persecution of the Moors, was brought before the judge and fell by fear, but soon repenting of her deed, in a renewed struggle, overcame the enemy by the shedding of her blood.

 

7.  At Utrecht in Lotharingian Gelderland, Saint Bernold, or Bernulph, bishop, who freed churches and monasteries from the power of the mighty, founded many churches, and fostered Cluniac customs in the monasteries.

 

8.  In the monastery of Marienberg in Franconia, blessed Stilla, consecrated virgin, who was buried in the church which she had founded.

 

9.  At Foligno in Umbria, blessed Peter Crisci, who, having given all his possessions to the poor, devoted himself to the service of the cathedral church, and chose to dwell in the bell tower, humble and exceedingly penitent.

 

10.  At Chester in England, Saint John Plessington, priest and martyr, who, having been made a priest at Segovia and returned to England, for this reason under King Charles the Second was condemned to the torments of hanging.

 

11.  In the village of Lujiazhuang near Yingxian in the province of Hebei in China, Saint John Baptist Zhou Wurui, martyr, who, though still a youth, openly professed himself a Christian before the followers of the “Yihetuan”, and for this reason had parts of his body mutilated and was beheaded.

 

12.  In the town of Liucun near the city of Renqin, also in Hebei, the holy martyrs Elizabeth Qin Bianzhi and her son Simon Qin Chunfu, aged fourteen years, who, in the same persecution, strong in faith, overcame all the cruelty of their enemies.

 

13.  In the town of Borowikowszczyzna in Poland, blessed Achilleus Puchała and Hermann Stępień, priests from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and martyrs, who, when their homeland of Poland was violated by foreign military power, were killed in hatred of the faith.

 

 

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July 20^th

 

This Day, the Twentieth Day of July

 

Saint Apollinaris, bishop, who, announcing to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, as a good shepherd went before his flock, and is said to have adorned the Church of Classe near Ravenna in Flaminia with the famous honor of martyrdom; but on the twenty-third day of July he passed over to the eternal banquet.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saint Elijah the Tishbite, who, prophet of the Lord in the days of Ahab and Ahaziah, kings of Israel, vindicated with such strength of soul the rights of the one God against an unfaithful people, that he foreshadowed not only John the Baptist but even Christ himself; he left behind no written oracles, but his memory is faithfully preserved, especially on Mount Carmel.

 

3.  Commemoration of blessed Joseph, who was called Barsabbas and surnamed Justus, a disciple of the Lord, whom the apostles appointed together with blessed Matthias to take the place of Judas the traitor in the apostolic ministry; but when the lot fell upon Matthias, he nevertheless fulfilled the office of preaching and holiness.

 

4.  At Antioch in Pisidia, Saint Marina, or Margaret, who is said to have consecrated her body to Christ by virginity and martyrdom.

 

5.  In Ethiopia, Saint Frumentius, bishop, who, first captured there, was later ordained bishop by Saint Athanasius, and spread the Gospel in that region.

 

6.  At Carthage, Saint Aurelius, bishop, who, a most steadfast pillar of the Church, strengthened the faithful against the customs of the pagans and moved the episcopal seat from the place of the idol of the goddess Celestis.

 

7.  In the countryside of Bologna in Gaul, Saint Vulmar, priest, who, drawn from humble shepherding to studies and having attained the priesthood, sought the solitude of the desert according to the custom of the ancient Fathers; then at Hautmont in Hainaut in the forest of his homeland, he founded a double monastery, one for men, the other for virgins.

 

8.  At Corduba in the region of Vandalic Spain, Saint Paul, deacon and martyr, who, instructed by the example and word of Saint Sisenandus, did not fear to rebuke the Moorish princes and magistrates for the vanity of their worship, and, confessing Christ the true God, was put to death.

 

9.  At Hildesheim in Saxony in Germany, blessed Bernard, bishop, who governed his Church in peace for twenty-three years, although blind.

 

10.  At Seoul in Korea, the holy martyrs Magdalene Yi Yŏng-hŭi, Terésiæ Yi Mae-im, Marthæ Kim Sŏng-im, Lúciæ Kim, Rosæ Kim, Anna Kim Chang-gŭm, and Mariæ Wŏn Kwi-im, virgins, and John the Baptist Yi Kwang-nyol.

 

11.  In the city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, Saint Joseph Maria Diaz Sanjurjo, bishop of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who, in the persecution raging under Emperor Tự Đức, was condemned to death by beheading out of hatred for the faith.

 

12.  In the village of Zhoujiahe near the city of Yingxian in Hebei province of China, the passion of Saints Leo Ignatius Mangin and Paul Denn, priests of the Society of Jesus, who, while fervently encouraging the faithful in church during the persecution carried out by followers of the “Yingxian” sect, were pierced before the altar by the invading enemies. With them fell Saint Mary Zhou Wuzhi, who sought to protect Saint Leo with her body as he offered the sacred rites and, struck by wounds, died.

 

13.  In the village of Lujiazhuang near Yingxian, likewise in Hebei, Saint Peter Zhou Rixin, martyr, who, during the same persecution, when the magistrate insisted, refused to renounce God the Creator of the world, and for that reason was beheaded.

 

14.  In the town of Daliucun near Wuyi, likewise in the same province, Saint Mary Fu Guilin, teacher, who, in the same persecution, was handed over to the enemies of the Gospel and beheaded, invoking Christ the Savior.

 

15.  In the village of Wuqiao Zhaojia, likewise in Hebei, commemoration of Saints Mary Zhao Guozhi and her daughters Rosa Zhao and Mary Zhao, who, during the same persecution, in order not to be violated, threw themselves into a well; but after being pulled out, fulfilled their martyrdom.

 

16.  In the town of Dechao, likewise in Hebei, commemoration of Saint Xi Guizi, martyr, who, though still a catechumen, when a crowd arose, declared himself to be a Christian, and, torn with wounds, was baptized in his own blood.

 

17.  At Madrid in Spain, blesseds Rita of the Sorrowful Virgin of the Heart of Jesus Pujalte y Sánchez and Francisca of the Heart of Jesus Aldea y Araujo, virgins of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and martyrs, who, during the religious persecution raging in the civil war, were taken from the church of the school by enemies of the Church.

 

 

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July 21^st

 

This Day, the Twenty-first Day of July

 

Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and Doctor of the Church, who, enrolled among the Capuchin Friars Minor, carried out the duty of preaching tirelessly in the regions of Europe, both for the defense of the Church against unbelievers, and in reconciling princes, and in the governance of his Order, fulfilling all duties with simplicity and humility.  On the twenty-second day of July, he died at Lisbon in Portugal.

 

2.  At Marseilles in the province of Gaul, Saint Victor, martyr.

 

3.  At Emesa in Syria, Saint Simeon, surnamed the Fool, who, moved by the divine Spirit, desired to be held as a fool for Christ and contemptible among men.  Likewise, the commemoration of Saint John, hermit, who was for nearly thirty years the companion of Saint Simeon in holy pilgrimage and in the desert near the Lake Asphaltites.

 

4.  At Rome, the commemoration of Saint Praxedes, in whose name a church dedicated to God is located on the Esquiline.

 

5.  At Strasbourg in Burgundy, Saint Arbogast, bishop.

 

6.  In the open sea before Rupifortium off the coast of Gaul, in the squalor of a ship held at anchor, Blessed Gabriel Pergaud, priest and martyr, who, a canon regular of Beaulieu in the district of Saint-Brieuc, was expelled from the abbey because of his priesthood during the time of the French upheaval, and having been handed over into captivity, was struck by disease and crowned with martyrdom.

 

7.  Near Yanzibian close to Yangpingguan in China, Saint Alberic Crescitelli, priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions and martyr, who, in the persecution of the followers of the “Yihetuan” was struck almost to death with great violence, and on the following day, with his feet bound, was dragged along a road paved with flint to the river, where he was cut to pieces and at last beheaded, and was crowned with martyrdom.

 

8.  On the way toward Daining, near the city of Yomenienina in the province of Hebei, likewise in China, the passion of Saint Joseph Wang Yumei, martyr in the same persecution.

 

 

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July 22^nd

 

This Day, the Twenty-second Day of July

 

Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene, who, having been freed by the Lord from seven demons and made his disciple, followed him even to Mount Calvary, and, early on the morning of Easter, was the first to merit seeing the Savior risen from the dead and to bring the message of the Resurrection to the other disciples.

 

2.  At Ancyra in Galatia, Saint Plato, martyr.

 

3.  In Africa, the holy martyrs of Massilia, on whose natal day Saint Augustine gave a sermon.

 

4.  At Antioch in Syria, Saint Cyril, bishop, who, under the emperor Diocletian, suffered prison and exile.

 

5.  At the fortress of Suani in the Caucasus Mountains, Saint Anastasius, monk, who, as a disciple of Saint Maximus the Confessor, endured prison and hardships with him for the orthodox faith, and having traveled to this fortress, died there, or perhaps along the very way.

 

6.  In the monastery of Fontenelle in Neustria, Saint Wandregisil, abbot, who, having left the court of King Dagobert, lived a monastic life in various places and, having been ordained to the priesthood by Saint Audenus, bishop of Rouen, founded and governed a monastery in the forest of Jumièges.

 

7.  At Menat in the territory of Auvergne in Gaul, Saint Meneleus, abbot.

 

8. At Pavia in Lombardy, Saint Jerome, bishop.

 

9. At Lodi Vecchio, likewise in Lombardy, Saint Gualterius, founder of the House of the Hospital of Mercy.

 

10. At Venice, blessed Augustine Fangi of Bugella, priest of the Order of Preachers, who bestowed many benefits at Soncino, Vigevano, and Venice.

 

11.  At Lisbon in Portugal, the heavenly birthday of Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, whose memorial is celebrated on the previous day of this date.

 

12.  At Cardiff in Wales, the holy martyrs Philip Evans, of the Society of Jesus, and John Lloyd, priests, who, because their priesthood was revealed in their homeland, were hanged together under King Charles the Second.

 

13. On a filthy prison ship anchored off the coast of Rupifortium in Gaul, blessed James Lombardie, priest of Limoges and martyr, who, during the great persecution against the Church, was inhumanely detained because of his priesthood and died consumed by an incurable illness.

 

14.  In the place Majiazhuang near Daining in the province of Hebei in China, the holy martyrs Anna Wang, virgin, Lucia Wang Wangzhi, and her son Andrew Wang Tianqing, who were killed for the name of Christ during the persecution waged by followers of the “Yihetuan” sect.

 

15.  Near Daining at the city of Iomnienina, likewise in Hebei, Saint Mary Wang Lizhi, martyr, who in the same persecution, when certain pagans wished to spare her by denying she was a Christian, openly declared herself a servant of Jesus Christ and was immediately killed.

 

 

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July 23^rd

 

This Day, the Twenty-third Day of July

 

Saint Bridget, religious, who, given in marriage in Sweden to Ulf the lawgiver, most devoutly raised the eight children she bore, and stirred her husband himself to piety by words and example.  After his death, she journeyed to many sacred places, and, leaving writings concerning the reform of the head and members of the Mystical Church and laying the foundations of the Order of the Most Holy Savior, she departed to heaven at Rome.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saint Ezekiel, prophet, who, the son of Buzi the priest, in the time of the exile in the land of the Chaldeans, was marked by a vision of the glory of the Lord and appointed as a watchman over the house of Israel.  He denounced the unfaithfulness of the chosen people, foresaw that the holy city Jerusalem would be cast into ruins and the people sent into exile; he himself, placed in the midst of the captives, nourished their hope and prophesied that their dry bones would rise to life.

 

3.  At Classe near Ravenna in Flaminia, the commemoration of Saint Apollinaris, bishop, whose memory is celebrated on the twentieth of July.

 

4.  At Bizerte in Tunisia, Saint Severus, martyr, who, in the times of Diocletian and Maximian, having won the palm of martyrdom, is believed to have converted to the faith Saint Memnon the centurion and to have followed him in his agony.

 

5.  At Marseille in the Province of Gaul, Saint John Cassian, priest, who founded two monasteries, one for men and the other for women, and, experienced through long use in monastic matters, wrote On the Institutes of the Cenobites and Conferences of the Fathers for the edification of monks.

 

6.  At Cimiez also in the Province, Saint Valerian, bishop, who, taken from the monastery of Lérins to the episcopate, set forth to the people and monks the examples of the saints.

 

7.  At Orvieto in Tuscany, blessed Joan, virgin, a Sister of the Penitents of Saint Dominic, distinguished for charity and patience.

 

8.  In the city of Manzanares in New Castile in the region of Spain, the blessed martyrs Nicephorus of Jesus and Mary (Vincent) Diez Tejerina, priest, and five companions ¹⁰ of the Congregation of the Passion, who, in the time of persecution, remaining faithful to their religious vocation, were rewarded with the crown by lead bullets.

 

9.  In the place called Carabanchel Bajo near Madrid, also in Spain, in the same persecution, the blessed martyrs German of Jesus and Mary (Emmanuel) Perez Gimenez, priest, and eight companions ¹¹, religious of the same Congregation of the Passion, who completed their struggle for Christ as victors.

 

10.  At Toledo also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Peter Ruiz de los Paños and Joseph Sala Pico, priests of the Institute of Diocesan Laborer Priests, who fell in the same persecution.

 

11.  At Dachau near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, blessed Christinus Gondek, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who, taken from Poland, under a regime hostile to human dignity and religion, was forced into a detention camp for the faith of Christ and, worn out by torture, obtained a glorious crown.

 

12.  At Prešov in Slovakia, blessed Basil Hopko, auxiliary bishop of Prešov and martyr, who, at a time of government hostile to the faith of Christ and the Church, ministered to the faithful of the Byzantine Rite, was cast into prison, and suffered cruelties and a long and grave illness unto death, attaining the palm of victory.

 

 

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July 24^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-fourth Day of July

 

Saint Sharbel (Joseph) Makhlouf, priest of the Order of Lebanese Maronites, who, a devoted seeker of strict solitude and deeper perfection, withdrew from the monastery of Annaya in Lebanon into the hermitage, where with utmost austerity of life, through fasting and prayers, day and night, he served God.  On the twenty-fourth of December, he rested in the Lord.

 

2.  At Bolsena in Tuscany, Saint Christina, virgin and martyr.

 

3.  At Amiternum in the Sabine region along the Via Salaria, Saint Victorinus, martyr.

 

4.  At Tauriana in Calabria, Saint Fantinus the Elder, surnamed the Wonderworker.

 

5.  In the Thebaid, Saint Euphrasia, virgin, who, born of a senatorial family, chose to lead an eremitic life in the desert, humble, poor, and obedient.

 

6.  At Ardmore in Munster, a province of Ireland, Saint Declan, who is venerated as the first bishop of that Church.

 

7.  In the region of Albi in Aquitaine, Saint Sigolena, religious.

 

In Russia, the holy martyrs Boris and Gleb, who, princes of the Ruthenians and sons of Saint Vladimir, preferred to accept death rather than resist by force their brother Sviatopolk.  Boris obtained the palm of martyrdom at the river Alta near Pereyaslav, and Gleb shortly thereafter in the Dnieper River near Smolensk.

 

9.  Near Rieti in the Sabine region, Saint Baldwin, abbot, a disciple of Saint Bernard in the monastery of Clairvaux, who was sent by him to that city to found and govern the monastery of Saint Matthew near the lake.

 

10.  At Saint-Trond in Brabant, blessed Christina, surnamed the Astonishing, virgin, because in her, though afflicted in body and rapt in spirit, the Lord worked wondrously.

 

11. At Stary Sącz near Tarnów in Poland, Saint Kinga, or Cunegunda, daughter of the King of Hungary, who, given in marriage to Duke Boleslaus, preserved with him virginity unblemished and, after his death, professed the Rule of Saint Clare in a monastery she herself had founded.

 

12.  At Ferrara in Emilia, blessed John Tavelli of Tossignano, bishop, of the Order of Jesuates.

 

13.  At Cologne in Lotharingia, the translation of the Three Magi, who, wise men from the East, bearing gifts, came to Bethlehem to contemplate in the child the mystery of the Only Begotten’s majesty.

 

14.  At L’Aquila in the Vestini region, blessed Anthony Torriani, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, a healer of both bodies and souls.

 

15.  At Orbe in Savoy, blessed Louise, religious, daughter of blessed Amadeus, duke, who was married to Prince Hugh of Chalon and, after his death, professed in humility and fidelity the Rule of Saint Clare under the reform of Saint Colette.

 

16.  At Derby in England, the blessed martyrs Nicholas Garlick, Robert Ludlam, and Richard Simpson, priests, who, after many labors and persecutions, condemned to death under Queen Elizabeth I because of the priesthood, came by the gallows to the joys of heaven.

 

17.  At Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England, blessed Joseph Lambton, priest and martyr, who, at twenty-four years of age, in the same persecution, was dismembered alive under cruel torments because of the priesthood.

 

18.  At Durham in England, Saint John Boste, priest and martyr, who, under the same queen, martyred for the priesthood, did not cease to strengthen his companions even before the judge.

 

19.  In the city of Nam Định in Tonkin, Saint Joseph Fernandez, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, beheaded for Christ under the emperor Minh Mạng.

 

20.  At Naples in Campania, blessed Modestinus of Jesus and Mary (Dominic) Mazzarello, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who, a helper to all kinds of poor and afflicted, died after contracting cholera while assisting the dying during a plague.

 

21.  At Guadalajara in Spain, the blessed martyrs Maria of the Pillar of Saint Francis Borgia (Jacoba) Martinez Garcia, Teresa of the Child Jesus (Eusebia) Garcia Garcia, and Maria Angela of Saint Joseph (Marciana) Voltierra Tordesillas, virgins of the Discalced Carmelite Order, who, rejoicing and acclaiming Christ their Spouse, were crowned with martyrdom during a time of persecution.

 

22.  At Barcelona, also in Spain, blessed Maria of Mercy Prat, virgin of the Society of Saint Teresa of Jesus and martyr, who, during the same period, though a religious, completed her passion.

 

23.  Likewise at Barcelona, blessed Xavier Bordas Piferrer, religious of the Salesian Society and martyr, who bore witness to the example of Christ the Teacher through his martyrdom.

 

 

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July 25^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-fifth Day of July

 

Feast of Saint James, Apostle, who, the son of Zebedee and brother of the blessed John the Evangelist, was a witness with Peter and John of the Lord’s Transfiguration and His agony.  Near the feast of Easter, he was beheaded by Herod Agrippa, and he was the first of the Apostles to receive the crown of martyrdom.

 

2.  In Lycia, Saint Christopher, martyr.

 

3.  At Barcelona in Tarraconensian Spain, Saint Cucuphas, martyr, who, during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian, struck with the sword, victoriously departed to heaven.

 

4.  At Caesarea in Palestine, the holy martyrs Valentina, Thea, and Paul, during the persecution of Emperor Maximian under the governor Firmilian. Valentina, a virgin, after she had kicked over the altar erected to idols, was subjected to dreadful torments and, together with the virgin Thea, was cast into fire and ran to the Bridegroom.  Paul, condemned to death, after obtaining a brief space to pray, prayed to God with his whole heart for the salvation of all; his head having been cut off, he received the crown of martyrdom.

 

5.  At Nicomedia in Bithynia, the passing of Saint Olympias, widow, who, widowed while still young, spent the rest of her life in Constantinople most devoutly among consecrated women, aiding the poor and remaining most faithful even in exile to Saint John Chrysostom.

 

6.  At Trier in Rhenish Austrasia, Saint Magneric, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Nicetius, his faithful companion in exile and zealous successor in pastoral care.

 

7.  In the same place, the holy presbyters Beatus and Bantus, who lived as hermits during the time of Saint Magneric.

 

8.  At Metz in Belgic Gaul, Saint Glodesinda, abbess.

 

9.  At Córdoba in Andalusia in the region of Spain, Saint Theodemir, a monk of Carmona and martyr, who, still young, suffered during the persecution by the Moors.

 

10.  At Angers in Gaul, blessed John Soreth, priest of the Carmelite Order, whom he led to a stricter observance and enriched with communities of nuns.

 

11.  At Camerino in Picenum in Italy, blessed Peter of Molliano Corradini, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, famous for evangelical preaching, examples of virtue, and the fame of miracles.

 

12.  At Salsette in India, the blessed martyrs Rudolph Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, Anthony Francisco, priests, and Francis Aranha, religious, of the Society of Jesus, who were killed by unbelievers for having exalted the cross.

 

13.  At Bovino in Apulia, blessed Anthony Lucci, bishop, of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor, who was renowned for his singular learning and was so generous in aiding the poor that he did not even attend to his own needs.

 

14.  On a ship at anchor off the coast of Rupifortium in Gaul, blessed Michael Louis Brulard, priest of the Discalced Carmelite Order and martyr, who, during the French Revolution, was inhumanely confined because of the priesthood and, consumed by disease, perished.

 

15.  At Madrid in Spain, blessed Maria of Mount Carmel Salles y Barangueras, virgin, who founded the Congregation of Sisters of the Immaculate Conception to educate devout and cultured women.

 

16.  At Urda in the province of Toledo in Spain, the blessed martyrs Peter of the Heart, priest, Felix of the Five Wounds Ugalde Irurzun, and Benedict of the Virgin “of the Vineyard” Solano Ruiz, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, who, during a great persecution, were slain by gunfire for the Christian faith and crowned with the palm of martyrdom.

 

17.  Near Talavera de la Reina in the Toledo region of Spain, the blessed martyrs Frederick (Charles) Rubio Álvarez, priest, Primo Martínez de San Vicente Castillo, Hieronymus Ochoa Urdangarin, and John of the Cross (Eligius) Delgado Pastor, religious of the Order of Saint John of God, who in the same persecution promptly obtained a glorious crown.

 

18.  At Monzón near Huesca in Aragon in the region of Spain, blessed Denis Pamplona, priest of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools and martyr, killed in hatred of the faith in the same period.

 

19.  In the town of Motril near Granada on the coast of Spain, the blessed martyrs Deogratias Palacios, León Inchausti, Joseph Rada, Julian Moreno, priests, and Joseph Richard Diez, religious, who, serving Christ in the Order of Augustinian Recollects, were suddenly captured by a mob in the same persecution and immediately shot dead on the road.

 

20.  In the detention camp of Działdowo in Poland, blessed Maria Teresa Kowalska, virgin of the Capuchin Poor Clares and martyr, who, during the occupation of Poland in war, was imprisoned for keeping the faith and died, upheld by the faith of Christ, on her final day.

 

 

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July 26^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-sixth Day of July

 

Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, whose names have been preserved by the ancient traditions of Christians.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saint Erastus, who, as the treasurer of the city of Corinth, ministered to the blessed Apostle Paul.

 

3.  In the monastery of Saint Benedict at the Po [River] in the region of Mantua, Saint Simeon, monk and hermit.

 

4.  At Auch in Aquitaine, Saint Austindus, bishop, by whose work the cathedral church was built, the morals of the people refined, and the house of God restored.

 

5.  At Verona in Venetia, blesseds Evangelista and Peregrinus, priests.

 

6.  At Sassoferrato in Piceno, Italy, blessed Hugh of the Acts, monk of the Silvestrine Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict.

 

7.  At San Septempeda also in Piceno, blessed Camilla Gentili, martyr, who was killed by her impious husband.

 

8.  In the village of Gateshead near Newcastle upon the River Tyne in England, blessed John Ingram, priest and martyr, who, English by birth, was ordained in the Lateran Basilica and ministered in Scotland until, having crossed into England for the priesthood, he perished by the penalty of hanging under Queen Elizabeth I.

 

9.  At Darlington also in England, blessed George Swallowell, martyr, who, in the same year, having been reconciled to the Catholic Church, was condemned to death and, though overwhelmed with great fear and cruelly tormented by his enemies, bravely accepted the most severe torments for Christ.

 

10.  At Lancaster likewise in England, blesseds Edward Thwing, of the Order of Preachers, and Robert Nutter, priests and martyrs, who, after many labors accomplished in the vineyard of the Lord, condemned under Queen Elizabeth I because of the priesthood, fulfilled a glorious martyrdom.

 

11.  At London also in England, blessed William Webster, priest and martyr, who, after ministering for more than twenty years in various prisons, was arrested under King Charles I by order of Parliament because he was a priest and completed his martyrdom at the gallows of Tyburn.

 

12.  In the village of Phú Yên in Annam, blessed Andrew, martyr, who, being a catechist, was impiously captured by soldiers during a persecution against the Christian faith, and poured out his blood for Christ — the first-fruit of the Church in that land.

 

13.  At sea, off the coast of Rupifortium, bound to an anchored prison ship, blesseds Marcellus Gaucher Labigne de Reignefort, of the Society of Missionaries, and Peter Joseph Le Groing de La Romagère, priests and martyrs, the former from the region of Limoges and the latter from Bourges, who, during the French upheaval, given over to inhuman custody out of hatred for religion, died from starvation and disease.

 

14.  At Orange also in Gaul, blessed Mary Margaret of Saint Augustine Bonnet and four companions, virgins ¹² of the Order of Saint Ursula, who, in the same storm of persecution, underwent martyrdom.

 

15.  At Lovere in Lombardy, Saint Bartholomea Capitanio, virgin, who, together with Saint Vincentia Gerosa, founded the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Mary Infant, and, afflicted with tuberculosis, but rather consumed by charity, died at the age of twenty-seven.

 

16.  In the village of Motril near Granada on the coast of Spain, blesseds Vincent Pinilla, of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, and Emmanuel Martín Sierra, priests and martyrs, who, the day after the martyrdom of five of their companions, were dragged from the church and shot through with bullets.

 

17.  In the concentration camp of Dachau near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, blessed Titus Brandsma, priest of the Carmelite Order and martyr, a Dutchman by birth, who, for the defense of the Church and the dignity of man, bore all kinds of evils and persecutions with a calm spirit, giving an extraordinary example of charity both to his fellow prisoners and even to his executioners.

 

18.  At Valletta on the island of Malta, blessed George Preca, priest, who, lovingly devoted to the task of catechetical instruction for children, founded the Society of Christian Doctrine to give witness to the word of God among the people.

 

 

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July 27^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-seventh Day of July

 

1.  Commemoration of the Seven Holy Sleepers of Ephesus, who, as it is told, having completed martyrdom, rest in peace, awaiting the day of resurrection.

 

2.  At Nicomedia in Bithynia, Saint Pantaleon, or Pantaleimon, martyr, who is honored in the East, a physician who practiced his art without any fee.

 

3.  At Salins-les-Bains on Mount Jura in Gaul, Saint Desideratus, who is believed to have been bishop of Besançon.

 

4.  At Rome, in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Via Salaria, Pope Saint Celestine I, who, zealous in defending the faith of the Church and in expanding its boundaries, first established the episcopacy in Britain and Ireland and, through his support, the Council of Ephesus proclaimed the blessed Mary as the Mother of God.

 

5.  Near Antioch in Syria, Saint Simeon, monk, who lived for many years standing upon a column, whence he received the name Stylite; his life and conduct were wondrous.

 

6.  At Loches on the Indre River, in the district of Tours in Gaul, Saint Ursus, abbot, father of many monasteries, famous for admirable abstinence and other virtues.

 

7.  At Ravenna in Flaminia, Saint Ecclesius, bishop, who, companion of Pope Saint John I in enduring the atrocities of King Theodoric, stood firm and led his Church to new splendor.

 

8.  In Béarn, a region near the Pyrenees in Gascony, Gaul, Saint Galactorius, who is honored as bishop of Lescar and martyr.

 

9.  At Mantinea near Claudiopolis in Honoriade, Saint Anthusa, virgin, a nun, who under Emperor Constantine Copronymus was scourged and exiled for venerating sacred Images; at length she was recalled to her homeland and died in peace.

 

10.  At Córdoba in Andalusia, a province of Spain, the holy martyrs George, deacon, and Syrian, monk, Aurelius and Sabigotha, husband and wife, and Felix and Liliosa, also husband and wife, who, during the persecution of the Moors, seized with desire for testimony and the faith of Christ, never ceased praising Christ in prison and were finally beheaded.

 

11.  At Ohrid in Illyricum, Saint Clement, bishop of Velitsa, outstanding in education and knowledge of sacred letters, who brought the light of the faith to the people of Bulgaria.  Along with him are commemorated Saint Bishops Gorazd, Nahum, Sabas, and Angelarius, who continued the work of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Bulgaria.

 

12.  In the monastery of Garsten in Styria, blessed Berthold, abbot, to whom penitents seeking counsel or those asking for help had easy access.

 

13.  At Piacenza in Emilia, blessed Raymond Palmerio, a father of a family, who, bereft of wife and children, founded a hospice for receiving the poor.

 

14.  At Faenza also in Emilia, blessed Nevolone, renowned for sacred pilgrimages, austerity of life, and hermit-like observance.

 

15.  At Amelia in Umbria, blessed Lucia Bufalari, virgin, sister of blessed John of Rieti, of the Oblates of the Order of Saint Augustine, known for her penances and zeal for souls.

 

16.  At Stafford in England, blessed Robert Sutton, priest and martyr, who was hanged under Queen Elizabeth I because of the priesthood.

 

17.  At Beaumaris in Wales, blessed William Davies, priest and martyr, who, in the same persecution, for the priesthood alone, while praying for those present, suffered the same punishment.

 

18.  At Brescia in Lombardy, blessed Maria Magdalena Martinengo, abbess of the Capuchin Poor Clares, notable for her abstinences.

 

19.  In the town of Ollería in the district of Valencia, Spain, blessed Joachim Vilanova Camallonga, priest and martyr, who in a time of persecution against the Christian faith obtained glory.

 

20.  In the village of Llisa near Barcelona, likewise in Spain, blessed Modest Vegas Vegas, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and martyr, who, during the same persecution raging against the faith, poured out his blood for Christ.

 

21.  At Barcelona, likewise in Spain, blesseds Philip Hernández Martínez, Zachary Abadía Buesa, and James Ortiz Alzueta, religious of the Salesian Society and martyrs, who suffered martyrdom during the same persecution.

 

22.  In the camp at Oświęcim or Auschwitz near Kraków in Poland, blessed Maria Clementina of Jesus Crucified Staszewska, virgin of the Order of Saint Ursula and martyr, who, during the war, imprisoned in the dreadful extermination camp because of her faith, succumbed, crushed by torments.

 

 

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July 28^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-eighth Day of July

 

1.  Commemoration of Saints Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas the proselyte of Antioch, who were among the seven whom the multitude of disciples, full of the Spirit and wisdom, chose, and upon whom the Apostles laid hands, so that they might serve in the ministry to the needy.

 

2.  At Rome, Saint Victor I, Pope, an African, who decreed that the holy Pasch should be celebrated by all the Churches on the Sunday following the Jewish Passover.

 

3.  Commemoration of many martyrs, who in the Thebaid of Egypt suffered during the persecution under Emperors Decius and Valerian; while Christians desired to be struck down by the sword for the name of Christ, their cunning enemies, seeking slow torments leading to death, preferred to destroy their souls rather than their bodies.

 

4.  At Miletus in Caria, Saint Acacius, martyr, under the emperor Licinius.

 

5.  At Milan in Liguria, Saints Nazarius and Celsus, martyrs, whose bodies were found by Saint Ambrose.

 

6.  At Troyes in Gaul, Saint Camelian, bishop, who was a disciple and successor of Saint Lupus.

 

7.  At Dol in Brittany, Saint Samson, abbot and bishop, who spread the Gospel and monastic discipline, learned in Wales from Saint Illtud the abbot, in Domnonia.

 

8.  In Sweden, Saint Botvid, martyr, a Swede by birth, baptized in England, who gave himself to evangelizing his homeland until he was killed by a man whom he himself had ransomed from slavery.

 

9.  In the city of Nam Định in Tonkin, Saint Melchior Garcia Sampedro, bishop of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who was led into most severe imprisonment for Christ and, by order of the emperor Tự Đức, was beaten to death, his limbs crushed.

 

10.  At Madrid in Spain, Saint Peter Poveda Castroverde, priest and martyr, who founded the Teresian Institute for promoting Christian education and, at the beginning of the persecution against the Church, was killed in hatred of the faith and gave clear witness to God.

 

11.  At Gabas in the region of Zaragoza, likewise in Spain, blesseds Emmanuel Segura, priest, and David Carlos, religious, of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools, martyrs in the same persecution.

 

12.  At Tarragona, likewise in Spain, Saint James Hilary (Emmanuel) Barbal Cosan, religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, martyr, who, during the raging persecution, was condemned to death in hatred of the Church.

 

13.  At Barcelona, likewise in Spain, blesseds Joseph Caselles Moncho and Joseph Castell Camps, priests of the Salesian Society and martyrs, who, during the same persecution against the faith, merited to attain the glory of eternal life through martyrdom.

 

14.  In the city of Bharananganam in Kerala, India, blessed Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna) Muttathupadathu, virgin, who, in order to avoid a forced marriage, thrust her foot into the fire, and, admitted among the Malabar Poor Clares, though almost always ill, offered her life.

 

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July 29^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-ninth Day of July

 

Memorial of Saint Martha, who at Bethany near Jerusalem received the Lord Jesus into her home and, when her brother had died, made confession: “You are the Christ, the Son of God, who has come into the world.”

 

2.  Commemoration of the saints Lazarus, the brother of Saint Martha, whom the Lord wept over when he was dead and raised again, and Mary, his sister, who, while Martha was busy with much service, sat beside the Lord’s feet and listened to his word.

 

3.  At Gangra in Paphlagonia, Saint Callinicus, martyr.

 

4.  At Rome, on the Via Portuensis at the third milestone, in the cemetery named after him, Saint Felix, martyr.

 

5.  In the same place, in the Generosa cemetery, the holy martyrs Simplicius, Faustinus, Viatrix, and Rufus.

 

6.  At Troyes in Gaul of Lugdunum, Saint Lupus, bishop, who went with Saint Germanus of Auxerre to Britain to oppose the Pelagian heresy, defended his city from the fury of Attila by prayer, and, having fulfilled the office of priest for fifty-two years with veneration, rested in peace.

 

7.  At Orléans also in Lugdunensian Gaul, Saint Prosper, bishop.

 

8.  At Nidaros in Norway, Saint Olaf, martyr, who, being king of his people, propagated the Christian faith, which he had come to know in England, in his kingdom by diligently rooting out idolatry; but finally, attacked by enemies, he fell by the sword.

 

9.  At Rome near Saint Peter’s, blessed Urban II, pope, who defended the liberty of the Church against the invasions of laymen, fought against simoniacs and corrupt clerics, and at the Council of Clermont encouraged Christian soldiers, signed with the cross, to liberate their brothers oppressed by unbelievers and the Lord’s tomb.

 

10.  In the town of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany of Gaul, Saint William Pinchon, bishop, who dedicated himself to the rebuilding of the cathedral church, shone with kindness and simplicity, and with fearless strength of soul, suffered severe harassment and exile in defense of the sheep and the rights of the Church.

 

11.  At Omura in Japan, the blessed martyrs Louis Bertrand, a priest of the Order of Preachers, Mancio of the Holy Cross, and Peter of Saint Mary, religious of the same Order, who were thrown into the fire for Christ.

 

12.  In the strait near Rupifortium off the coast of France, blessed Charles Nicholas Anthony Ancel, priest of the Society of Jesus and Mary and martyr, who, during the French upheaval, being detained on a ship of inhuman captivity on account of being a priest, caught a grievous infection and fulfilled martyrdom.

 

13.  In the city of Qingyan in the province of Guizhou in China, the holy martyrs Joseph Zhang Wenlan and Paul Chen Changpin, seminarians, John Baptist Lou Tingyin, administrator of the seminary, and Martha Wang Louzhi, widow, who, held in a hot and damp cage, endured cruel tortures and finally died, beheaded for the faith of Christ.

 

14.  In the town of Esplugues near Barcelona in Spain, blessed John Baptist Egozcuezabal Aldaz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who, in a time of persecution against the faith, was killed out of hatred for the Church.

 

15.  At Calanda near Teruel also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Lucius Martinez Mancebo, priest of the Order of Preachers, and companions¹³—thirteen martyrs—who, strengthened by the power of Christ, perished in the same persecution.

 

16.  At Valencia also in Spain, blessed Joseph de Calasanz Marqués, priest of the Salesian Society and martyr, who in the same persecution shed his blood for Christ.

 

 

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July 30^th

 

This Day, the Thirtieth Day of July

Saint Peter, surnamed Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna and Doctor of the Church, who, having received the surname from the blessed Apostle, fulfilled his office in such a way that he enclosed multitudes into the faith with the net of heavenly teaching and satisfied them with the sweetness of the divine word. His passing at Forum Cornelii in Flaminia occurred on the following day.

 

2.  At Rome, in the cemetery of Pontianus on the Via Portuensis, the holy martyrs Abdon and Sennen.

 

3.  At Caesarea in Cappadocia, Saint Julitta, martyr, who, when she steadfastly refused the judge’s command to offer incense to the idols, was cast into the fire.

 

4.  At Thuburbo Lucernaria in Africa, the holy virgins and martyrs Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda, of whom the first two, in the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, without fear rejected the command of Caesar to sacrifice to idols and, by the sentence of the proconsul Anulinus, together with the girl Secunda, were first handed over to the beasts, then their throats slit with the sword.

 

5.  At Auxerre in Gaul of Lugdunum, Saint Ursus, bishop.

 

6.  At Gistel in Flanders, Saint Godelieve, martyr, who, having been married to the lord of the place, suffered much from her husband and his mother and was at last strangled by two servants.

 

7.  At Caleruega in the region of Castile in Spain, the commemoration of blessed Mannes Guzmán, priest, brother of Saint Dominic, who was a helper in propagating the Order of Preachers and a prudent counselor of nuns.

 

8.  At London in England, the blessed martyrs Edward Powell, Richard Featherstone, and Thomas Abel, priests and doctors of sacred theology, who resisted the divorce proposed by King Henry VIII and steadfastly persevered in fidelity to the Roman Pontiff, for which, after imprisonment in the Tower of the city, they were hanged at the gallows in Smithfield.

 

9.  In the village of Daying near the city of Zaoqiang in Hebei province of China, Saint Joseph Yuan Gengyin, martyr, who, during the persecution of the “Yihetuan,” was killed for the name of Christ while he was a merchant at the local market.

 

10.  At the place Calafell near Tarragona on the coast of Spain, the blessed martyrs Braulio María (Paul) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions ¹⁴ of the Order of Saint John of God, who, captured during the persecution against religious, forgave their enemies and merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom.

 

11.  In the town of Castelserás near Teruel, also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Joseph María Muro Sanmiguel, priest, Joachim Prats Baltueña, religious, of the Order of Preachers, and Zósimo Izquierdo Gil, priest, who, during the same raging persecution against the faith, attained the crown of glory for Christ.

 

12.  At Barcelona, also in Spain, blessed Sergius Cid Pazo, priest of the Salesian Society and martyr, who, during that same persecution, perished because of his fearless testimony of faith.

 

13.  At Padua in Italy, Saint Leopold (Bogdan) of Castelnuovo Mandic, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who burned with zeal for the unity of Christians and dedicated his whole life to the ministry of reconciliation.

 

14.  At Guadalajara in Mexico, blessed María Vincenta of Saint Dorothy Chávez Orozco, virgin, who, as foundress of the Institute of the Servants of the Poor, trusting only in God and Divine Providence, gave witness to gentleness and devoted care for the suffering and the poor.

 

15.  In the same place, blessed María of Jesus Sacramentado Venegas de la Torre, virgin, who for fifty-four years devoted herself to the care of the sick in a small hospital for the poor, where she founded the Congregation of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

 

 

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July 31^st

 

This Day, the Thirty-first Day of July

 

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest, who, born in Spain in the region of the Basques, lived in the royal court and served in the military, until, after suffering a grave wound, he was converted to God.  He completed his theological studies at Paris and gathered his first companions, whom he later established at Rome in the Society of Jesus, where he himself fruitfully exercised ministry both in writing works and in forming disciples, “for the greater glory of God.”

 

2.  At Milan in Transpadane Italy, Saint Calimerius, bishop.

 

3.  At Synnada in Phrygia, the holy martyrs Democritus, Secundus, and Dionysius.

 

4.  At Caesarea in Mauretania, Saint Fabius, martyr, who, when he refused to carry the imperial standards at the provincial assembly, was first thrust into prison and, as he persevered in the confession of Christ, was condemned to death by the judge.

 

5.  At Rome on the Via Latina, Saint Tertullinus, martyr.

 

6.  Near Ravenna in Flaminia, the passing of Saint Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, who twice defended the faith of the Britons against the Pelagian heresy and, having gone to Ravenna to reconcile peace in the region of Armorica, was gloriously received by the Emperors Valentinian and Galla Placidia, and there he ascended to the heavenly kingdom.

 

7.  At Forum Cornelii, also in Flaminia, the passing of Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna, whose memorial is celebrated on the previous day.

 

8.  At Skövde in Sweden, Saint Helena, widow, who, though unjustly slain, is regarded as a martyr.

 

9.  At Acquapendente in Tuscany, the passing of blessed John Colombini, who, once a wealthy cloth merchant, converted to poverty, gathered disciples into the Order of Jesuati, whom he desired to be poor for Christ and spouses of Lady Poverty.

 

10.  At London in England, blessed Everard Hanse, priest and martyr, who, from the day he professed the Catholic faith, faithfully preserved it, spread it among his fellow citizens, and gloriously sealed it with martyrdom at Tyburn under Queen Elizabeth I.

 

11.  At sea near Rupifortium in Gaul, blessed John Francis Jarrige de la Morélie du Breuil, priest and martyr, who, during the fierce persecution against the Church in the time of the French upheaval, confined aboard a filthy prison ship, died of consumption.

 

12.  At Cây Mét near Saigon in Cochin China, the holy martyrs Peter Đoan Công Quỷ, priest, and Emmanuel Phụng, who, after spending about seven months in prison, were beheaded for Christ under the emperor Tự Đức.

 

13.  In the valley of Alighede in Ethiopia, Saint Justin de Jacobis, bishop of the Congregation of the Mission, who, gentle and full of charity, labored in apostolic works and in forming an indigenous clergy, and soon endured hunger, thirst, hardships, and imprisonment.

 

14.  In the city of Granollers near Barcelona in Spain, the blessed martyrs Dionysius Vicente Ramos, priest, and Francis Remón Játiva, religious, of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, who, in the persecution against the faith, followed in the footsteps of Christ through their martyrdom.

 

15.  At Valencia, also in Spain, blessed James Buch Canals, religious of the Salesian Society and martyr, who, in the same persecution, died confessing Christ.

 

16.  Near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, in the detention camp of Dachau, blessed Michael Oziębłowski, priest and martyr, who, having been forcibly deported from his native Poland under a regime hostile to religion, was imprisoned in a foreign camp, where he endured torture and fulfilled his martyrdom.

 

17.  At Kalisz in Poland, blessed Francis Stryjas, martyr, who, during the same time, broken by many torments, gloriously passed to the Lord.

 

18.  At Trnava in Slovakia, blessed Zdenka (Cecilia) Schelingová, virgin of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross and martyr, who, in a most difficult time for the Church in her nation, having suffered greatly in body and spirit for the sake of a priest whom she had helped, finally worn out by illness, shone as an untiring and joyful witness of Christ.

 

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¹ Quorum nomina: sancti episcopi Aloysius Versiglia, Antoninus Fantosati, Franciscus Fogolla, Gabriel Taurinus Dufresse et Gregorius Grassi; presbyteri Cresidius Giacomantonio, Elias Facchini, Ioannes de Triora (Franciscus Maria) Lantrua, Iosephus Maria Gambaro, Theodoricus Balat, ex Ordine Fratrum Minorum; Franciscus Diaz del Rincon, Franciscus Fernandez de Capillas, Franciscus Serrano, Ioachim Royo, Ioannes Alcober, ex Ordine Paedicatorum; Leo Ignatius Mangin, Modestus Andlauer, Paulus Denn, Remigius Isore, e Societate Iesu; Albericus Crescitelli, e Pontificio Instituto pro Missionibus exteris; Augustus Chapdelaine et Ioannes Petrus Neel, e Societate Parisiensi Missionum ad exteras gentes; Callistus Caravario, e Societate Salesiana; Franciscus Regis Clet, e Congregatione Missionis; Paulus Liu Hanzuo et Thaddreus Liu Ruiting; necnon Maria a Pace (Maria Anna) Giuliani, Maria a Sancta Natalia (Ioanna Maria) Kerguin, Maria a Sancto Iusto (Anna Francisca) Moreau, Maria Adolphina (Anna Catharina) Dierk, Maria Amandina (Paulina) Jeuris, Maria Clara (Clelia) Nanetti, Maria Ermellina a lesu (Irma) Grivot, virgines ex lnstituto Franciscalium Missionariarum Marire; losephus Zhang Wenlan et Paulus Chen Changpin, seminarii alumni; loannes Wang Rui, Ioannes Zhang Huan, Ioannes Zhang Jingguang, Patricius Dong Bodi, Philippus Zhang Zhihe, Andreas Bauer, Franciscus Zhang Rong, Matthias Feng De, Petrus Wu Anpeng, Petrus Zhang Banniu, Simon Chen Ximan, Thomas Shen Jihe, religiosi; Hieronymus Lu Tingmei, loachim He Kaizhi, loannes Chen Xianheng, Ioannes Zhang Tianshen, Iosephus Zhang Dapeng, Laurentius Wang Bing, Lucia Yi Zhenmei, Martinus Wu Xuesheng, Petrus Liu Wenyuan, Petrus Wu Guosheng, catechistre; atque Agatha Lin Zhao, Agnes Cao Kuiying, Andreas Wang Tianqing, Anna An Jiaozhi, Anna An Xinzhi, Anna Wang, Barbara Cui Lianzhi, Elisabeth Qin Bianzhi, Iacobus Yan Guodong, Iacobus Zhao Quanxin, loannes Baptista Lou Tingyin, loannes Baptista Wu Mantang, loannes Baptista Zhao Mingxi, loannes Baptista Zhou Wurui, Ioannes Wang Guixin, loannes Wu Wenyin, Josephus Ma Taishun, Josephus Wang Guiji, Josephus Wang Yumei, losephus Yuan Gengyin, Josephus Yuan Zaide, Lang Yangzhi, Laurentius Bai Xiaoman, Lucia Wang Cheng, Lucia Wang Wangzhi, Magdalena Du Fengju, Marcus Ji Tianxiang, Maria An Guozhi, Maria An Lihua, Maria Du Tianshi, Maria Du Zhaozhi, Maria Fan Kun,Maria Fu Guilin, Maria Guo Lizhi, Maria Qi Yu, Maria Wang Lizhi, Maria Zhao Guozhi, Maria Zhao, Maria Zheng Xu, Maria Zhou Wuzhi, Martha Wang Louzhi, Paulus Ke Tingzhu, Paulus Lang Fu, Paulus Liu Jinde, Paulus Wu Juan, Paulus Wu Wanshu, Petrus Li Quanhui, Petrus Liu Ziyu, Petrus Wang Erman, Petrus Wang Zuolong, Petrus Zhao Mingzhen, Petrus Zhou Rixin, Raymundus Li Quanzhen, Rosa Chen Aixie, Rosa Fan Hui, Rosa Zhao, Simon Qin Chunfu, Teresia Chen Jinxie, Teresia Zhang Hezhi, Xi Guizi et Zhang Huailu, laici.

² Quorum nomina: sancti Hieronymus de Weert, Theodoricus van der Eem, Nicasius de Heeze, Willehadus de Dania, Godefridus de Melveren Coart, Antonius de Hoornaert, Antonius de Werta et Franciscus de Rauga, presbyteri ex Ordine Fratrum Minorum, necnon Petrus d'Assche van der Slagmolen et Cornelius de Dorestado, religiosi ex eodem Ordine; Ioannes Lenaerts, canonicus regularis Sancti Augustini; Ioannes Coloniensis, presbyter ex Ordine Praedicatorum; Hadrianus de Hilvarenbeek, Iacobus Lacops, presbyteri ex Ordine Praemonstratensium; Leonardus Vechel, Nicolaus Poppel, Godefridus van Duynen, Andreas Wouters, presbyteri.

³ Quorum nomina: sancti Elias Facchini, Theodoricus Balat, presbyteri, et Andreas Bauer, religiosus, ex Ordine Fratrum Minorum; Maria Ermellina a Iesu (Irma) Grivot, Maria a Pace (Maria Anna) Giuliani, Maria Clara (Clelia) Nanetti, Maria a Sancta Natalia (Ioanna Maria) Kerguin, Maria a Sancto lusto (Anna Francisca) Moreau, Maria Adolphina (Anna Catharina) Dierk, Maria Amandina (Paulina) Jeuris, religiosre ex lnstituto Franciscalium Missionariarum Mariae; et adhuc Ioannes Zhang Huan, Patricius Dong Bodi, Philippus Zhang Zhihe, Ioannes Zhang Jingguang, Ioannes Wang Rui, Thomas Shen Jihe, Simon Chen Ximan, Petrus Wu Anpeng, Franciscus Zhang Rong, Matthias Feng De, Iacobus Yan Guodong, Petrus Zhang Banniu, Iacobus Zhao Quanxin, Petrus Wang Erman.

⁴ Quorum nomina: beati Carmelus Volta, Petrus Soler, Nicolaus Alberca, Engelbertus Kalland, Ascanius Nicanor, presbyteri, atque Franciscus Pinazo et Ioannes Iacobus Fernandez, religiosi, ex Ordine Fratrum Minorum; Franciscus, Mootius et Raphael Massabki, germani.

⁵ Quorum nomina: beati Petrus Arakiyori Chobioye et Susanna, coniuges; Ioannes Tanakaet Catharina, coniuges; Ioannes Nagai Naisen et Monica, coniuges, et filius eorum Ludovicus,puer.

⁶ Quorum nomina: beatae Teresire Henricre ab Annuntiatione Faurie, Annre Andrere aSancto Alexio Minutte, Marire Annre a Sancto Francisco Lambert, Marire Annre a SanctaFrancisca Depeyre et Marire Anastasire a Sancto Gervasio de Roquard.

⁷ Quorum nomina: beati Didacus de Andrade, presbyter; Gundisalvus Henriques, diaconus; Antonius Soares, Benedictus de Castro, Ioannes Fernandes, Emmanuel Alvares, Franciscus Alvares, Ioannes de Mayorga, Stephanus Zuraire, Alphonsus de Baena, Dominicus Fernandes, alter Ioannes Fernandes, Alexius Delgado, Ludovicus Correia, Emmanuel Rodrigues, Simon Lopes, Emmanuel Fernandes, Alvarus Mendes, Petrus Nunes, Ludovicus Rodrigues, Franciscus de Magalhaes, Nicolaus Dinis, Gaspar Alvares, Blasius Ribeiro, Antonius Fernandes, Emmanuel Pacheco, Petrus de Fontoura, Andreas Gon9alves, Maurus Vaz, Didacus Pires, Marcus Caldeira, Antonius Correia, Fernandus Sanchez, Gregorius Escrivano, Franciscus Perez Godoy, Ioannes de Zafra, Ioannes de San Martin, religiosi, et Ioannes, qui adiunctus est.

⁸ Quorum nomina: beatae Maria a Iesu (Margarita Teresia) Charansol, Maria Anna a Sancto Ioachim Beguin-Royal, Maria Anna a Sancto Michaele Doux, Maria Rosa a Sancto Andrea Laye, Dorothea a Corde Mariae et Magdalena a Sanctissimo Sacramento de Justamont.

⁹ Quorum nomina: beatae Maria Anna Francisca a Sancto Ludovico Brideau, Maria Anna a Iesu Crucifixo Piedcourt, Carlotta a Resurrectione (Anna Maria Magdalena) Thouret, Euphrasia ab Immaculata Conceptione (Maria Claudia Cypriana) Brard, Henrica a Iesu (Maria Gabriela) de Croissy, Teresia a Corde Mariae (Maria Anna) Hanisset, Teresia a Sancto Ignatio (Maria Gabriela) Trezelle, Iulia Ludovica a Iesu (Rosa) Chretien de Neufville, Maria Henrica a Providentia (Anna) Pelras, Constantia (Maria Genovefa) Meunier, Maria a Sancto Spiritu (Angelica) Roussel, Maria a Sancta Martha Dufour, Elisabeth Iulia a Sancto Francisco Verolot, Catharina et Teresia Soiron.

¹⁰ Quorum nomina: beati Josephus a Sacris Cordibus Estalayo Garcia, Epiphanius a Sancto Michaele Sierra Conde, Abilius a Cruce Ramos y Ramos, Zacharias a Sanctissimo Sacramento Fernandez Crespo, Fulgentius a Corde Marire Calvo Sanchez, religiosi.

¹¹ Quorum nomina: beati Philippus a Sacro Corde Marire Valcabado Granado, presbyter; Maurilius a Iesu Infante Macho Rodriguez, Iosephus a Iesu et Maria Oses Sainz, Iulius a Sacro Corde Mediavilla Concejero, Josephus Maria a Iesu Moriente Ruiz Martinez, Laurinus a Iesu Crucifixo Proano Cuesta, Anacarius ab Immaculata Benito N ozal, Philippus a Sancto Michaele Ruiz Fraile, religiosi.

¹² Quarum nomina: beat::E Catharina a Iesu (Maria Magdalena) de Jastamont, Anna a Sancto Basilio Cartier, Clara a Sancta Rosalia (Maria Clara) du Bae, Elisabeth Teresia a Corde Iesu Consolin.

¹³ Quorum nomina: Antonius Lopez Couceiro, Felicissimus Diez Gonzalez, Saturius Rey Robles, Thyrsus Manrique Melero, presbyteri, Gumersindus Soto Barros et Lambertus de Navascues y de Juan, religiosi, ex Ordine Pnedicat6rum; atque Emmanuel Albert Gines, presbyter.

¹⁴ Quorum nomina: beati lulianus (Michael) Carrasquer Fos, Eusebius (Antonius) Forcades Ferrate, Constans (Saturninus) Roca Huguet, Benedictus Iosephus Labre (Arsenius) Mafioso Gonzalez, Vincentius de Paul Canelles Vives, religiosi; Thomas U rdanoz Aldaz, Raphael Flamarique Salinas, Antonius Llaurad6 Parisi, Emmanuel Lopez Orbara, Ignatius Tejera Molina, Henricus Beltran Llorca, Dominicus Pitarch Gurrea, Antonius Sanchis Silvestre, Emmanuel Jimenez Salado, novitii.

 

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