June
3rd
This Day, the Third Day of
June
Memorial
of the Saints Charles Lwanga and twelve companions, who,
born between fourteen and thirty years, either from the
royal court of noble boys or assigned to the guard of King
Mwanga himself, neophytes and vigorously adhering to the
Catholic faith, when they had not wished to yield to the
impure desires of the king, on the hill Namugongo in Uganda
were partly killed by the sword, partly burned by fire.
2. At Carthage, Saint Caecilius, priest, who
led Saint Cyprian to the faith of Christ.
3. At Carcassonne in Narbonese France, Saint Hilary,
who is held to be the first bishop of this city, at which
time the Goths were spreading the Arian heresy in this region.
4. At Tours in Lyon France, Saint Clotilde, Queen,
at whose prayers her husband Clovis, king of the Franks,
received the faith of Christ; she herself, after his death,
withdrew piously to the basilica of Saint Martin, so that
she might no longer be thought a queen, but rather a handmaid
of God.
5. At Meung on the Loire in the territory of Orléans,
likewise of France, Saint Lifard, priest, who there
led a solitary life.
6. At Anagni in Campania, Saint Olivia, Virgin.
7. At Glendalough in Ireland, Saint Coemgen, abbot,
who founded a monastery, in which he is held to have been
the father and leader of many monks.
8. At Clermont in Aquitaine, Saint Genesius, bishop
of Clermont, who was buried at Magnilocus in the church
of the monastery founded by himself with a hospice.
9. At Córdoba in Vandalic Spain, Saint Isaac,
martyr, who, a monk, under the power of the Moors, stirred
not by human but by divine impulse, descending from the
monastery of Tabanus into the forum, approached the judge,
that he might contend with him about the true religion,
for which he was condemned to death by beheading.
10. At Lucca in Etruria, Saint Davinus, who,
Armenian by birth, having sold all goods, was a pilgrim
for Christ and, after he had visited the holy places and
the thresholds of the Apostles, is said to have died, afflicted
by illness.
11. In the village Altkirch in the district of Basel
of the Swiss, Saint Morandus, monk, who, born in
the Rhineland, already a priest, went to Compostela
and, returning from there, was made a monk at Cluny and
founded a monastery, where he completed the course of a
laborious life.
12. At Spello in Umbria, blessed Andrew Caccioli,
who, the first priest numbered among the Friars Minor,
received the habit of the Order from the hands of Saint
Francis and stood by him as he died.
13. In the monastery of Saint Mary of Cadossa in
Lucania, Saint Conus, monk, who, perfected in monastic
conduct and innocence of life, in a short time, with God
protecting, came to the summit of virtues.
14. At York in England, blessed Francis Ingleby,
priest and martyr, who, an alumnus of the English College
at Reims, under Queen Elizabeth the First, on account of
the priesthood exercised in his homeland, was led to the
punishment of the gallows.
15. At Jerez in Vandalic Spain, Saint John Grande,
religious of the Order of Saint John of God, who, distinguished
for charity toward captives, the abandoned, and those rejected
by all, died, having himself been infected, while caring
for those afflicted by plague.
16. At sea near Rochefort in Gallia, blessed Charles
René Callas du Bignon, priest of the Society of Saint
Sulpice and martyr, who, rector of the Minor Seminary
of Bourges, with the French upheaval raging, because of
the priesthood, was confined on a ship of servitude and,
infected by verminous wounds, died.
17. In the city Au Thi in Tonkin, Saint
Peter Dong, martyr, who, a father of a family,
preferred to undergo immense tortures rather than trample
the cross, and, when he had arranged to have inscribed on
his face in place of the words “false religion” those words
“true religion,” was beheaded under the emperor Tự Đức.
18. In the village Bellegra in the Roman countryside,
blessed Didacus (Joseph) Oddi, religious of the Order
of Friars Minor, outstanding in prayer and simplicity of
life.
19. At Rome, blessed John, Pope the Twenty-Third,
who, imbued with singular humanity in life and works, with
the greatest pastoral zeal strove to pour forth the abundance
of Christian charity upon all and to cultivate the fraternal
union of peoples and, especially concerned for the pastoral
effectiveness of the Church of Christ throughout the whole
world, convoked the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council.
June
4th
This Day, the Fourth Day of
June
1. At Sabaria
in Pannonia, the passion of Saint Quirinus, bishop
of Siscia in Illyricum and martyr, who, under the emperor
Galerius, for the faith of Christ, with a millstone tied
to his neck, was hurled into the river.
2. At Constantinople,
Saint Metrophanes, bishop of Byzantium, who consecrated
New Rome to the Lord.
3. At Milevis
in Numidia, the commemoration of Saint Optatus, bishop,
who explained in his writings against the madness of the
Donatists the universality of the Church and the necessary
intimate unity of the faithful in Christ.
4. In Cornwall,
Saint Petroc of Wales, abbot.
5. At Servigliano
in Piceno of Italy, Saint Walter, abbot of the monastery
of this place.
6. On the
island of Sardinia, Saints Nicholas and Trano, hermits.
7. At Sàcceri
in Sardinia, blessed Pacificus Ramati, priest of
the Order of Friars Minor, who, preaching for the defense
of Christians, passed to the Lord.
8. At Agnone
in Abruzzo, Saint Francis Caracciolo, priest, who,
inflamed with wondrous charity toward God and neighbor,
founded the Congregation of Clerics Regular Minor.
9. At Lecce
in Apulia, blessed Philip Smaldone, priest, who,
with fervent zeal, dedicated himself to the care of deaf
and mute poor and to their human and Christian formation,
and founded the Congregation of the Salesian Sisters
of the Sacred Hearts.
10. Near
Munich of Bavaria in Germany, blessed Anthony Zawistowski,
priest, and Stanislaus Starowieyski, martyrs, who, while
war raged, within the detention camps of Dachau endured
cruel torments for Christ and departed from earthly life.
June
5th
This Day, the Fifth Day of
June
Memorial
of Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr.
When he was a monk, named Winfrid, having come from England
to Rome, he was ordained bishop by Pope Saint Gregory II
and, taking the name Boniface, was sent into Germany to
announce the faith of Christ to those peoples. He
gained great multitudes to the Christian religion and governed
the see of Mainz. Finally, at Dokkum among the Frisians,
struck down by the sword by raging pagans, he completed
his martyrdom.
2. In Egypt,
Saints Marcian, Nicander, Apollonius, and companions,
martyrs, who, as is reported, on account of their confession
of the Christian faith, after great tortures, were enclosed
within a wall and exposed to the burning sun, and were destroyed
by heat, thirst, and hunger.
3. At Tyre
in Phoenicia, Saint Dorotheus, bishop, who, while
he was still a priest, suffered many things under the emperor
Diocletian, and, having survived until the time of Julian,
and being in his one hundred and seventh year, is said,
under him, to have honored his venerable old age with
martyrdom in Thrace.
4. At Clermont
in Aquitaine, Saint Illidius, bishop, who, summoned
to Trier by the emperor in order to free his daughter from
an unclean spirit, on his return, passed to the Lord.
5. At Como
in Liguria, Saint Eucychius, bishop, distinguished
for prayer and love of solitude with God.
6. At Dokkum
among the Frisians, the Saints Eoban, bishop, Adelarius,
and nine companions, martyrs, who, with Saint Boniface,
were crowned in that same glorious struggle of his.
7. At Córdoba
in the region of Vandalicia in Spain, blessed Sancius,
martyr, who, a youth, having been taken from the town
of Albi and trained in the royal court, in the persecution
of the Moors did not hesitate to suffer martyrdom for the
faith of Christ.
8. Near Asserico
in the Vestini region, Saint Franco, hermit, who
built a small cell beneath the cliffs in a cave, and there
led a harsh and austere life.
9. At Ciani
near Mileto in Calabria, Saint Peter Spano, hermit,
notable for poverty and compunction.
10. At Hanoi
in Tonkin, Saint Luke Vil Ba Loan, priest and martyr,
who was beheaded for Christ under the emperor Minh Mạng.
11. In the
city of Tang Gia, likewise in Tonkin, the Saints Dominic
Toai and Dominic Huyen, martyrs, who, being fathers
of families and fishermen, under the emperor Tự Đức,
although in prolonged imprisonment and tortured with various
torments, nevertheless with all their spirit encouraged
their fellow prisoners to keep the faith, and at last completed
martyrdom by fire.
June
6rth
This Day, the Sixth Day of
June
Saint Norbert, bishop, who, austere in manner and wholly devoted to
union with God and to the preaching of the Gospel, near
Laon in France established the Order of Canons Regular
of Prémontré, and, having become an outstanding pastor
at Magdeburg in Saxony, reformed Christian life and strove
to spread the faith to neighboring peoples.
2.
At Rome on the Via Aurelia at the second milestone, the
Saints Artemius and Paulina, martyrs.
3.
At Scetis in Egypt, Saint Bessarion, anchorite, who
for love of God lived as a beggar and pilgrim.
4.
At Grenoble in Burgundy, Saint Ceratius, bishop,
who gave thanks to Pope Saint Leo the Great for the letters
written to Flavian, and kept his flock unharmed from heresy.
5.
At Milan in Liguria, Saint Eustorgius the Second, bishop,
who, renowned for piety, justice, and the virtues of a shepherd,
built a notable baptistery.
6.
In Ireland, Saint Jarlath, bishop.
7.
On Mount Jura, Saint Claudius, who is believed to
have been bishop and abbot of the monastery of Condat.
8.
In the region of Bologna in Emilia, the passing of Saint
Alexander, bishop of Fiesole, who, returning from the
city of Pavia, where he had recovered the goods of his Church
from usurpers before the king of the Lombards, was thrown
into a river by them and drowned.
9.
At Constantinople, Saint Hilarion, priest and hegumen
of the monastery called Dalmatian, who suffered imprisonment,
scourging, and exile unyieldingly for the veneration of
sacred Images.
10.
In the Orkney Islands facing Scotland, Saint Colman,
bishop.
11.
In the monastery of Cava in Campania, blessed Falcon,
abbot.
12.
At Clermont in Aquitaine, Saint Gilbert, abbot of
the Premonstratensian Order, who, first a hermit, later
built the monastery and hospital of Neufontaines.
13.
At Udine in Venetia, blessed Bertrand, bishop of
Aquileia and martyr, who diligently provided for
the formation of the clergy, fed the poor at his own expense
in a time of famine, vigorously defended the rights of his
Church, and, at ninety years of age, died from wounds inflicted
by assassins.
14.
At Ortona in Abruzzo, blessed Lawrence of Villamagna
of Masculis, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, illustrious
for his preaching of the word of God.
15.
At London in England, blessed William Greenwood, martyr,
of the Carthusian house of that city, who, because of his
tenacious loyalty to the Church under King Henry the Eighth,
completed martyrdom, worn out by the filth of prison, hunger,
and disease.
16.
At the city of Saint-Chamond in the region of Lyon in France,
Saint Marcellin Champagnat, priest of the Society
of Mary, who founded the Institute of the Little Brothers
of Mary for the Christian education of boys.
17.
In the city of Luong My in Tonkin, the holy martyrs Peter
Dung and Peter Thuan, fishermen, and Vincent Dung, farmer,
who, having steadfastly refused to trample the cross, were
condemned to fire under the emperor Tự Đức.
18.
At Mexico City, the passing of blessed Raphael Guízar
Valencia, bishop of Veracruz in Mexico, who, during
a time of persecution, exercised his episcopal ministry
energetically either in exile or in secret.
19.
At Sachsenhausen in Germany, blessed Innocent Guz, priest
of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and martyr,
who, of Polish origin, in his homeland invaded by followers
of contrary opinions and religions, was detained by the
guards of the detention camps and was murdered for the faith
of Christ.
June
7th
This Day, the Seventh Day of
June
1. In Ireland,
Saint Colman, bishop and abbot of the monastery of
Dromore, founded by himself, who labored wonderfully for
Christ in the region of Down.
2. At Córdoba
in the region of Vandalicia of Spain, the holy martyrs
Peter, priest, Wallabonsus, deacon, Sabinian, Wistremund,
Habentius, and Jeremias, monks, who were slaughtered
for Christ in the persecution of the Moors.
3. At New
Minster in Northumbria of England, Saint Robert, abbot,
of the Cistercian Order, who, devoted to poverty and prayer,
founded this monastery with twelve monks, from which in
a short time three bands of monks issued forth.
4. At Antwerp
in Brabant, blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew, virgin
of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, who, disciple and
secretary of Saint Teresa of Jesus and endowed with mystical
gifts, spread and continually renewed the Order in France.
5. At Piacenza
in Emilia, the passing of Saint Anthony Mary Gianelli,
bishop of Bobbio, who founded the Congregation of
the Daughters of Mary Most Holy of the Garden and shone
with zeal and renowned example in caring for the poor and
the salvation of souls, and in promoting the holiness of
the clergy.
6. At Paris
in France, blessed Mary Theresa of Soubiran La Louvière,
virgin, who, for the greater glory of God, founded
the Society of Mary Helper, from which having been
expelled, she lived the rest of her life in the utmost humility.
June
8th
This Day, the Eighth Day of
June
1. At Aix-en-Provence
in France, Saint Maximin, to whom the beginnings
of the Christian faith in this city are ascribed.
2. At Rouen
likewise in France, Saint Gildard, bishop.
3. At Soissons
likewise in France, Saint Medard, bishop of the Vermandois,
who, after the destruction of this city, transferred his
see to the town of Noyon, from which he devoted all his
care to converting the people from pagan superstitions to
the doctrine of Christ.
4. At Fano
in Piceno of Italy, Saint Fortunatus, bishop, who
was constant in redeeming captives.
5. At Metz
in Austrasia, Saint Clodulph, bishop, son of Saint
Arnulf and counselor to the king.
6. At York
in England, Saint William Fitzherbert, bishop, who,
a kind and gentle man, having been unjustly deposed from
his see, took refuge among the monks of Winchester, and,
having been restored to his see, forgave his enemies and
reconciled peace among the citizens.
7. At London
likewise in England, blessed John Davy, deacon, of
the Carthusian house of this city and martyr, who,
under King Henry the Eighth, because of his fidelity to
the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, was cruelly tormented
in prison and there died, consumed by hunger.
8. At Ambiatibe
in Madagascar, blessed Jacques Berthieu, priest of
the Society of Jesus and martyr, who strove earnestly
for the Gospel in both peace and war, and, having been expelled
from the missions three times, was finally tried with kicks
out of hatred for the faith, and, though called many times
in vain to apostatize, was put to death.
9. At Porto
in Portugal, blessed Mary of the Divine Heart of Jesus
Droste zu Vischering, virgin, of the Congregation of
the Sisters of Charity of the Good Shepherd, who wonderfully
promoted devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
10. In the
village of Kuzhikkattussery in Kerala, India, blessed
Mary Theresa Chiramel Mankidiyan, virgin, who, through
her eremitical life and outstanding austerity of penance,
sought Christ in the poorest and most abandoned of all,
and founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy
Family.
11. At Cagliari
in Sardinia, blessed Nicholas of Gesturi (John) Medda,
religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who,
always ready to help the needy, constantly inspired many
by his example of virtue and kindness in charity toward
the poor.
June
9th
This Day, the Ninth Day of
June
Saint
Ephraem, deacon and Doctor of the Church,
who first exercised in Nisibis, his homeland, the office
of preaching and handing on sacred doctrine; then, when
the Persians had invaded Nisibis, he fled with his disciples
to Edessa in Osrhoene, where he laid the foundations of
a theological school, fulfilling his ministry by words and
writings, and so outstanding in austerity of life and doctrine
that, on account of the exquisite hymns he composed, he
merited to be called the “Lyre of the Holy Spirit.”
2. On the
Via Nomentana at the Arenae, at the fifteenth milestone
from the city of Rome, the Saints Primus and Felician,
martyrs.
3. At Nicaea in
Bithynia, Saint Diomedes, martyr.
4. At Vernemetum
in the district of Agen in Aquitaine, Saint Vincent,
martyr, who, while the inhabitants were celebrating
a festival in honor of the sun, is said to have completed
the contest for the name of Christ.
5. At Syracuse
in Sicily, Saint Maximian, bishop, whom Pope Saint
Gregory the Great often mentions.
6. On the
island of Iona in Scotland, Saint Columba, or Colum Cille,
priest and abbot, who, born in Ireland and trained in
monastic precepts, there and later in Iona founded monasteries
distinguished for the discipline of life and the cultivation
of letters, until, worn out by old age, awaiting the final
day, he rested in the Lord before the altar.
7. At Andria
in Apulia, Saint Richard, bishop, English by nation
and renowned in virtue, who devoutly received the relics
of Saints Erasmus and Pontian.
8. At London
in England, blessed Robert Salt, martyr, monk of
the Carthusian house of this city, who, because of his fidelity
to the Church against King Henry the Eighth, was held in
the prison of Newgate, and died of hunger.
9. At Reritiba
in Brazil, blessed Joseph Anchieta, priest of the
Society of Jesus, who, born in the Canary Islands, throughout
nearly the entire course of his life devoted himself zealously
and fruitfully to missionary works in Brazil.
10. Off the
seacoast before Rochefort in France, blessed Joseph Imbert,
priest and martyr, who, formerly of the Society of Jesus,
in the time of the French upheaval, made Apostolic Vicar
of Moulins by Pope Pius the Sixth, was cast into a prison
ship out of hatred for the Church, where, infected by deadly
contagion, he died.
11. At Rome,
blessed Anna Maria Taigi, mother of a family, who,
oppressed by a violent husband, remained devoted to his
care and to the education of their seven children, never
neglecting spiritual and material concern for the poor and
the sick.
June
10th
This Day, the Tenth Day of
June
1. At Auxerre
in Lyonnaise France, Saint Censurius, bishop.
2. At Paris
in Neustria, Saint Landericus, bishop, who is said
to have sold sacred vessels to aid the poor during a time
of famine and to have rebuilt a hospital next to the cathedral
church.
3. At Rochester
in England, Saint Ithamar, bishop, who, the first
of the people of Kent to be called to the episcopal order,
shone forth by the dignity of his life and by his learning.
4. At Dobrowa
in Poland, the natal day of Saint Bogumil, bishop
of Gniezno, who, having abdicated his see, led a hermit’s
life there, worn out by austerities.
5. At Bologna
in Emilia, blessed Diana d’Andalò, virgin, who, having
removed all obstacles posed by her family, vowed the purpose
of a cloistered life in the hands of Saint Dominic himself,
and entered the monastery of Saint Agnes, founded by her.
6. At Treviso
in Venetia, blessed Henry of Balsano, who, a woodworker
and illiterate, gave all things to the poor, and although
weakened in strength, would still beg a meager alms which
he would share with the beggars.
7. At Buda
in Hungary, the passing of blessed John Dominici, bishop
of Ragusa, who, after the Black Plague, restored regular
observance in the convents of the Order of Preachers in
Italy, and was sent to Bohemia and Hungary to oppose the
preaching of John Hus; there he died.
8. At London
in England, the blessed martyrs Thomas Green, priest,
and Walter Pierson, monk of the Carthusian house of
that city, who, because they opposed King Henry the Eighth
claiming supreme authority in ecclesiastical matters, were
shut up in a filthy prison and, afflicted by hunger and
disease, died gloriously.
9. At Turin
in Italy, blessed Marcantonio Durando, priest of
the Congregation of the Mission, who founded the Congregation
of the Sisters of Jesus the Nazarene for the care of
the sick and abandoned youth.
10. In the
town of Moerzeke-lez-Termonde near Ghent in Belgium,
blessed Edward Poppe, priest, who, in the straits of
his time, by his writings and preaching promoted Christian
formation and devotion to the Eucharist throughout Flanders.
June
11th
This Day, the Eleventh Day of
June
Memorial
of Saint Barnabas, Apostle,
who, a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and faith, numbered
among the first faithful in Jerusalem, preached the Gospel
at Antioch and introduced Saul of Tarsus, scarcely converted,
into the number of the brethren, and accompanied him on
his first journey to evangelize Asia; he also participated
in the Council of Jerusalem and, having returned to the
island of Cyprus, his homeland, spread the Gospel.
2. At Naples
in Campania, Saint Maximus, bishop, who, on account
of the Nicene faith, was driven into exile by the emperor
Constantius and there, consumed by hardships, died as a
confessor of the faith.
3. At Bremen
in Saxony, Saint Rimbert, bishop of Hamburg and likewise
of Bremen, who, a faithful disciple and successor of Saint
Ansgar, extended his ministry to the borders of Denmark
and Sweden and, at the time of the Norman invasions, took
care to ransom Christian captives.
4. At Mainz
in Franconia of Germany, blessed Bardon, bishop,
who, first abbot of Hersfeld, having been elevated to the
episcopal order, cared excellently for the Church with tireless
pastoral concern.
5. In the
monastery of Camera near Brussels in Brabant, Saint Aleydis,
virgin of the Cistercian Order, who, at twenty-two years
of age, afflicted with leprosy, was forced to live a recluse
life, and in the final years of her life, having also lost
her sight, not even one member of her body remained healthy
except her tongue for singing the praises of God.
6. At Treviso
in Venetia, Saint Parisio, priest of the Camaldolese
Order, who aided nuns for seventy-seven years with salutary
counsels in spiritual matters, and died in the one hundred
and eighth year of life.
7. At Gniezno
in Poland, blessed Jolenta, abbess, who, after the
death of her husband Boleslaus the Pious, duke, renounced
earthly riches and professed the monastic life with her
daughter in the Order of Saint Clare.
8. At Saluzzo
in the Subalpine region, blessed Stephen Bandelli, priest
of the Order of Preachers, outstanding in preaching and
constant in hearing confessions.
9. At Salamanca
in Spain, Saint John of Saint Facundus González de Castrillo,
priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, who
restored concord among citizens stirred by bloody factions
through private conversations and the holiness of his life.
10. At Tortosa
in Spain, Saint Rosa Francisca María of the Sorrows (María
Rosa) Molas Vallvé, virgin, who transformed a sodality
of pious women into the Congregation of the Sisters of
Our Lady of Consolation, dedicated to the service of
the afflicted.
11. At Rome,
Saint Paula Frassinetti, virgin, who, having overcome
many difficulties at the beginning, founded the Congregation
of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy to instruct girls in
Christian doctrine, and with strong spirit and great harmony
of gentleness and zeal, she steadfastly pursued her work.
12. At Ragusa
in Sicily, blessed Maria Schininà, virgin, who chose
to live humbly and simply to care for the sick, the abandoned,
and the poor, and established the Sisters of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, so that they might provide help to every
kind of misery.
13. In the
village of Kara-Kenpru near Amida in Turkey, blessed
Ignatius Maloyan, bishop of the Armenians of Mardin
and martyr in the genocide of Christians of that
region, carried out by persecutors of the faith, who, because
he refused to embrace a foreign religion, having fed the
captives with the consecrated bread for spiritual nourishment,
pierced with innumerable bullets together with the Christian
faithful, by the shedding of blood attained the reward of
perpetual peace.
June
12th
This Day, the Twelfth Day of
June
1. At Loreto on the Via Aurelia at the twelfth milestone from
the City, Saint Basilides, martyr.
2. In Egypt, Saint Onuphrius, anchorite, who in the
vast desert spent sixty years living a religious life.
3. At Rome, near Saint Peter’s, Saint Leo the Third, pope,
who bestowed the crown of the Roman Empire on Charles the
Great, king of the Franks, and gave the utmost effort to
defending the right faith and the divine dignity of the
Son of God.
4. At Utrecht in Gelderland of Lotharingia, Saint Odulph,
priest, who evangelized the Frisians.
5. In Sweden, Saint Eskil, bishop and martyr, who,
English by birth, was ordained bishop by Saint Sigfrid his
teacher, and devoted himself intensely with many labors
for Christ among the pagans in the province of Södermanland,
by whom, indeed, he was stoned.
6. At Cortona in Etruria, blessed Guido, priest, who,
a disciple of Saint Francis, led a life of fasting, poverty,
and humility.
7. Near Ocre in Abruzzo, blessed Placidus, abbot, who
first, as a hermit in a cave, then in the monastery of the
Holy Spirit, gathered disciples.
8. At Città di Castello in Umbria, blessed Florida (Lucretia
Helena) Cevoli, virgin of the Order of Poor Clares,
who, although afflicted in body with wounds, fulfilled the
duties entrusted to her with diligence and cheerfulness.
9. At Verona in Venetia, Saint Gaspar Bertoni, priest,
who founded the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata of
Our Lord Jesus Christ, whose members were to be missionaries
at the service of bishops.
10. At Capranica in the countryside of Viterbo near Rome,
blessed Laurence Mary of Saint Francis Xavier Salvi,
priest of the Congregation of the Passion, who spread
devotion toward the infant Jesus.
11. At Riobamba in Ecuador, blessed Mercedes Mary of Jesus
Molina, virgin, who founded a religious community whose
mission was to receive and educate orphaned and poor girls
and to rescue women fallen into vice and to strengthen them
in a new life of grace.
12. At Ragusa in Sicily of Italy, blessed Maria Candida
of the Eucharist Barba, virgin of the Order of Discalced
Carmelites, who showed supreme consecration of life and
observance of the rule, and gave great care to the building
of new monasteries.
June
13th
This Day, the Thirteenth Day of
June
Memorial of Saint Anthony, priest and Doctor of the Church,
who, Portuguese by country, already a Canon Regular, entered
the newly founded Order of Friars Minor, in order to devote
himself to spreading the faith among the peoples of Africa;
but fulfilling the office of preaching in Italy and France
with great fruit, he drew many to the true doctrine; and
he wrote sermons filled with doctrine and sweetness, and
by the command of Saint Francis he taught theology to the
brothers, until at Padua he passed to the Lord.
2.
On the Via
Ardeatina at the seventh
milestone from the city of Rome, Saint Felicula, martyr.
3.
At Alexandria in Egypt, blessed Achilleus, bishop,
who was distinguished in learning, faith, conduct, and morals.
4.
At Leucosia in Cyprus, Saint Triphyllius, bishop,
who vigorously defended the Nicene orthodox faith, a most
eloquent orator of his age and a wondrous expositor of the
Song of Songs, as Saint Jerome relates.
5.
In Abruzzo, Saint Cetheus (also called Peregrinus), bishop
of Amiternum, who, when the Lombards were overrunning the
region, falsely accused of betraying the city, was condemned
to death and drowned in a river.
6.
At Alexandria in Egypt, Saint Eulogius, bishop, celebrated
for his doctrine, to whom Saint Gregory the Great, Pope,
sent many letters, writing of him: “He is by no means far
from me, who is one with me.”
7.
Near Limoges in Aquitaine, Saint Psalmodius, hermit.
8.
In the borders of Lyons in France, Saint Ragnebert, martyr,
who, born of noble stock and adorned with noble virtues,
was so hated by Ebroin, master of the palace, that he was
afflicted with exile and finally with death.
9.
In the valley of Arbas in the Pyrenees mountains, Saint
Aventinus, hermit and martyr, who is said to have been
killed by the Moors.
10.
At Córdoba in the region of Andalusia, Spain, Saint Fandilas,
priest, monk [and martyr], who, in the persecution by
the Moors under the reign of Muhammad I, was beheaded for
the faith of Christ.
11.
In the monastery of Clairvaux in Burgundy, blessed Gerard,
monk, brother of Saint Bernard, who, though unlearned
in letters, nevertheless had great discernment and perception
in spiritual matters.
12.
Near Huu in Annam, Saints Augustine Phan Viet Huy and
Nicholas Bui Viet The, martyrs, who, having been struck
with fear, trampled the cross, but, desiring to atone for
the punishment of their sin, immediately sought from the
emperor Minh Mạng to be judged again as Christians; therefore,
they were cut alive on a ship and attained the heavenly
joys.
13.
In the town of Naumowicze near Grodno in Poland, blessed
Maria Anna Biernacka, mother of a family and martyr,
who, during the occupation regime in wartime, freely offered
herself in place of her pregnant daughter-in-law to the
soldiers, and being pierced immediately with bullets, received
the glorious palm of martyrdom.
June
14th
This Day, the Fourteenth Day of
June
1. At Samaria
or Sebaste in Palestine, the commemoration of Saint Elisha,
who, a disciple of Elijah, was a prophet in Israel during
the time of King Joram until the days of Joash; and although
he left behind no oracles, nevertheless, by performing miracles
for strangers, he announced salvation to come for all men.
2. At Aquileia
in Venetia, Saint Pratus, martyr.
3. Near Soissons
in Belgic France, the Saints Valerius and Rufinus, martyrs.
4. At Naples
in Campania, Saint Fortunatus, bishop.
5. At Vienne
in Burgundy, Saint Etherius, bishop.
6. At Constantinople,
Saint Methodius, bishop, who, while he was a monk,
went to Rome to Pope Paschal I in defense of sacred Images,
and, having been raised to the episcopate, solemnly celebrated
the triumph of the orthodox faith.
7. At Córdoba
in the region of Andalusia in Spain, the holy martyrs
Anastasius, priest, Felix, monk, and Digna, virgin,
who all died together on the same day. Anastasius,
having professed the Christian faith before the Moorish
officials, was immediately killed by the sword; and with
him Felix, a Getulian by nation, who had lived the Catholic
faith and monastic life through Asturias; and Digna, a young
maiden, who had strongly rebuked the judge for their condemnation,
was immediately beheaded.
June
15th
This Day, the FifteenthDay of
June
1. The commemoration
of Saint Amos, prophet, whom, a herdsman of Tekoa and
a dresser of sycamores, the Lord sent to the children of
Israel, that he might vindicate His justice and holiness
against their transgressions.
2. At Dorostorum
in Moesia, Saint Hesychius, who, a soldier,
was arrested with blessed Julius and, after him, under the
governor Maximus, was crowned with martyrdom.
3. In Lucania,
Saint Vitus, martyr.
4. At Clermont
in Aquitaine, Saint Abraham, monk, who, born on the
bank of the river Euphrates, went into Egypt to visit the
hermits, but, apprehended by pagans, was held in chains
for five years; afterward, he came into France to the Arverni,
where he withdrew into the monastery of Saint Cyricus and
died full of days.
5. At Crespin
in Hainaut, Saint Landelin, abbot, who, converted
from banditry to the practice of virtues by Saint Autbert,
bishop, founded the monastery of Lobbes and afterward went
to Crespin, where he departed from life.
6. At Séez
in Neustria, Saint Lothair, bishop, who, having laid
down his office, is said to have met a solitary death.
7. At Córdoba
in the region of Andalusia in Spain, Saint Benildis,
martyr, who, already advanced in age, died in the persecution
by the Moors.
8. On Mount
Joux in the Valais, Saint Bernard of Menthon, priest,
who, canon and archdeacon of Aosta, lived for many years
among the highest Alpine passes, and there he built a very
renowned monastery and established hospices for travelers
on two mountains, which are still celebrated under his name.
9. At Ratzeburg
in Holstein, Germany, Saint Isfrid, bishop, who,
maintaining the customs of the Premonstratensian Canons,
devoted himself to the evangelization of the Wends.
10. At London
in England, blessed Thomas Scryven, martyr, monk
of the Carthusian house of that city, who, under King Henry
VIII, kept the faith of the Church, and for that reason,
consumed by hunger in prison, received the crown of martyrdom.
11. Likewise
at York in England, the blessed martyrs Peter Snow, priest,
and Ralph Grimston, who, under Queen Elizabeth I, were
condemned to death, one because he was a priest, the other
because he had tried to rescue him from his captors and
suffered the punishment of the gibbet.
12. At Pibrac
in the region of Toulouse in France, Saint Germana, virgin,
who, born of unknown parents and from childhood subjected
to a servile life and infirmities, endured all kinds of
hardships with strong spirit and cheerful face, until in
the twenty-second year of her age she peacefully passed
away.
13. At Bergamo
in Italy, blessed Aloysius Mary Palazzolo, priest,
who founded the Congregations of the Little Sisters of
the Poor and of the Brothers of the Holy Family.
14. In the
village of Qianshengzhuang near the city of Liushuitao
in Hebei Province of China, Saint Barbara Cui
Lianzhi, martyr, who, after her son had already been
killed, while seeking safety by flight at night, was captured
by the enemies of the Christians and, most cruelly tortured,
died.
June
16th
This Day, the Sixteenth Day of
June
1. In the
regions of Asia, the commemoration of the Saints Quiricus
and Julitta, martyrs.
2. At Vesontio
in France of Lyon, the Saints Ferreolus and Ferrutius,
martyrs.
3. At Nantes
likewise in Lyon, Saint Similianus, bishop, whom
Saint Gregory of Tours praises as a great confessor.
4. At Amathus
in Cyprus, Saint Tychon, bishop, in the time of the
Emperor Theodosius the Younger.
5. At Mainz
in Belgic France, the Saints Aureus, bishop, Justina,
his sister, and fellow martyrs, who, while they were
celebrating the Eucharist, are said to have been slain by
pagan Huns.
6. At Lyon
in France, the deposition of Saint Aurelian, bishop
of Arles, who, named as vicar in France by Pope Vigilius,
erected two monasteries in his city, one for men and one
for women, giving to them a rule of their own.
7. At Carrara
in Etruria, the passing of Saint Ceccardus, bishop
of Luni and Sarzana, who, near the marble quarries, having
been unjustly slain by certain marble workers, is considered
a martyr.
8. At Meissen
in Saxony, Saint Benno, bishop, who, since he wished
to preserve the unity of the Church and fidelity to the
Roman Pontiff, was cast out from his see and endured exile.
9. In the
monastery of Cistercian nuns at Aywières in Brabant,
Saint Lutgardis, virgin, remarkable for her devotion
to the Sacred Heart of the Lord.
10. At London
in England, blessed Thomas Reding, martyr, monk of
the Charterhouse of that city, who, under King Henry the
Eighth, firmly adhered to the unity of the Church, and therefore,
confined immobile in bonds in the filth of prison, wasted
away by hunger and disease, died.
11.
At anchor in the sea before the port of Rochefort in France,
blessed Anthony Constantius Auriel, priest and martyr,
who, a parochial vicar of Cahors, during the times of the
French upheaval, on account of the priesthood, having been
confined in a filthy ship, soon afflicted with disease,
gave up his spirit while helping fellow captives.
12. In the
city of Lang Co in Tonkin, the holy martyrs Dominic Nguyễn,
a physician, Dominic Nhi, Dominic Mao, Vincent and Andrew
Tuong, farmers, who, having been arrested together for
the Christian faith and tortured with many torments in prison,
were finally beheaded under the emperor Tự Đức.
13. In the
district of Ingenbohl near Schwyz in Switzerland, blessed
Mary Theresa (Anna Maria Catharina) Scherer, virgin,
who governed the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross as
their first superior.
June
17th
This Day, the Seventeenth Day of
June
1. At Rome,
on the Old Salarian Way at the Seven Palumbas, the Saints
Blastus and Diogenes, martyrs.
2. At Apollonia
in Macedonia, the Saints Isaurus, Innocentius, Felix,
Hermias, Peregrinus, and Basilius, martyrs.
3. At Durostorum
in Moesia, the holy martyrs Nicander and Marcian,
who, soldiers, rejecting the donative and firmly
refusing to sacrifice to the gods, were condemned to death
by beheading by the governor Maximus in the persecution
of the emperor Diocletian.
4. At Vesontio
in France of Lyons, Saint Antidius, bishop and martyr,
who is said to have received the capital sentence under
Crocus, king of the Vandals.
5. In Bithynia,
Saint Hypatius, hegumen of the monastery of the Rufiniani,
who by his austere life and strict fasts taught his disciples
obedience to the perfect monastic way of life, and to seculars
the fear of God.
6. In Brittany,
Saint Herveus, hermit, who, as it is said, deprived
of the light of the sun from birth, nevertheless sweetly
sang the joys of paradise.
7. At Orléans
in France, Saint Avitus, abbot.
8. At Pisa
in Etruria, Saint Rainerius, poor and pilgrim for
Christ.
9. At Lorvão
in Lusitania, Saint Teresa, who, queen of
León and mother of three children, after the death
of her husband, led the regular life in a monastery founded
by herself, under the Cistercian rule.
10. At Venice,
blessed Peter Gambacorta, founder of the Order
of Hermits of Saint Jerome, whose first religious were
bandits converted by him.
11. At Naples
in Campania, blessed Paul Burali, of the Order of
Clerics Regular of the Theatines, first bishop of
Piacenza, then of Naples, who devoted himself to restoring
ecclesiastical discipline and strengthening in faith the
flock entrusted to him.
12. On the
coast of France, in a ship at anchor before Rochefort, blessed Philip Papon,
priest of the Diocese of Autun and martyr, who,
as pastor, during the French upheaval, was cast into the
shame of captivity on account of the priesthood, and, after
he had absolved a dying fellow prisoner, himself died.
13. At the
place Qua Linh in Tonkin, Saint Peter Da, martyr,
who, a woodworker and sacristan, though tortured
with many and cruel torments, remained firm in the profession
of faith, and at last, thrown into the flames, died under
the emperor Tự Đức.
June
18th
This Day, the Eighteenth Day of
June
1. At Rome,
in the cemetery of Balbina on the Ardeatine Way, Saints
Marcus and Marcellianus, martyrs in the persecution
of the emperor Diocletian, whom the same suffering made
brothers.
2. At Tripoli
in Phoenicia, Saint Leontius, a soldier, who, having
endured harsh torments in prison, came to the crown of martyrdom.
3. In Africa,
Saints Cyriacus and Paula, martyrs.
4. At Bordeaux
in Aquitaine, Saint Amandus, bishop, who instructed
and baptized Saint Paulinus of Nola in the doctrine of truth,
often praised by him.
5. On Mount
Cronius near the Baths of Selinunte in western Sicily,
Saint Calogerus, hermit.
6. At Schönau
in the Rhineland of Germany, Saint Elizabeth, virgin,
renowned for observance of monastic life.
7. At Mantua
in Lombardy, blessed Hosanna Andreasi, virgin, who,
having been clothed with the habit of the Sisters of the
Penance of Saint Dominic, joined the contemplation of divine
things with secular activities and care for good works with
marvelous wisdom.
8. At Padua
in Venetia, Saint Gregory Barbarigo, bishop, who
established a seminary for clerics, taught boys catechism
in their own language, held a synod and meetings with the
clergy, opened very many schools, was generous to all, but
strict with himself.
June
19th
This Day, the Nineteenth Day of
June
Saint
Romuald, anchorite and father of the Camaldolese monks,
who, originating from Ravenna, desiring the hermit life
and discipline, journeyed through Italy for many years,
rebuilding small monasteries and promoting the evangelical
life among monks everywhere with tireless effort, until
he happily completed his labors in the monastery of Val
di Castro in Picenum of Italy.
2. At Milan
in Liguria, the commemoration of Saints Gervasius and
Protasius, martyrs, whose bodies Saint Ambrose found
and transferred on this day with solemn procession into
the new basilica rebuilt by him.
3. On Mount
Vosges in Burgundy of Austrasia, Saint Deodatus, bishop
of Nevers, who is said to have founded a monastery in the
place later named after him.
4. In the
monastery of Fiscamno in Neustria, Saint Childomarca,
abbess, who kindly received and cared for Saint Leodegar,
mutilated by Ebroin.
5. At Zaragoza
in Spain, Saint Lambert, martyr.
6. At Caltagirone
in Sicily, the translation of blessed Gerlandus,
who, a knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem,
dedicated himself with generous spirit to widows and children
deprived of parents.
7. At Florence
in Etruria, Saint Juliana Falconieri, virgin, who
founded the Sisters of the Order of the Servants of Mary,
called “Mantellate” because of their religious habit.
8. At Pesaro
in Picenum of Italy, blessed Michelina, widow, who
gave all her goods to the poor and, having been clothed
with the habit of the Third Order of Saint Francis, lived
a humble life and one disciplined with correction, begging
for bread.
9. At London
in England, blessed Martyrs Sebastian Newdigate, Humphrey
Middlemore, and William Exmew, priests of the Charterhouse
of that same city, who, under King Henry the Eighth, having
been confined in prison because they had firmly persevered
as faithful to the Church of Christ, stood bound to pillars
with iron manacles for seventeen days, and afterward completed
their martyrdom by the punishment of hanging at Tyburn.
10. In the
same place, blessed Thomas Woodhouse, priest of the
Society of Jesus and martyr, who, ordained priest
under Queen Mary the Catholic, then in the persecution under
Queen Elizabeth the First, was detained for more than twelve
years because of the faith, gave vigorous effort to reconciling
captives with the Catholic Church, until he was crowned
with martyrdom at Tyburn on the gallows.
11. In the
village of Wuyi near Science City in the Hebei Province
of China, Saints Remigius Isoré and Modest Andlauer,
priests of the Society of Jesus and martyrs, who, during
the persecution carried out by followers of the “Yihetuan”
faction, were killed while praying before the altar.
June
20th
This Day, the Twentieth Day of
June
1. Commemoration
of Saint Methodius, bishop of Olympus and martyr,
who composed books in a clear and well-ordered style of
speech and, at the end of the persecution of the emperor
Diocletian, was crowned with martyrdom.
2. In the
region of Laon in Neustria, Saint Goban, priest,
who, born in Ireland and made a disciple of Saint Fursa
in England, for the love of Christ departed for France and
led a hermit life in the forests.
3. In the
monastery of Saint James at Foggia in Apulia, Saint John
of Matera, abbot, who, distinguished among the people
for austerity and preaching, established in the region of
Gargano the Pulsano Congregation under the observance of
the Rule of Saint Benedict.
4. In the
monastery of Medingen in Bavaria, blessed Margaret Ebner,
virgin of the Order of Preachers, who, enduring many
afflictions for Christ, led a life beneficial for her own
salvation, admirable to all and pleasing to God, and wrote
many things concerning the mystical life.
5. At Dublin
in Ireland, the passion of blessed Dermot O’Hurley, bishop
and martyr, who, a layman skilled in law, by the will
of Pope Gregory XIII was made bishop of Cashel, and under
Queen Elizabeth I, after being interrogated and tortured
for many months, steadfastly rejected calumnies, and before
the gallows set up at Hoggen Green declared that he would
die for the Catholic faith and the episcopal office.
6. In the
same place, the commemoration of blessed Margaret Ball,
martyr, who, having become a widow, received into her
home several sought-after priests and, being denounced by
her own son, was ordered to be arrested and, after various
kinds of mistreatment, died in prison at over seventy years
of age, on an unknown day.
7. At Nagasaki
in Japan, blessed Martyrs Francis Pacheco, priest, and
eight companions, of the Society of Jesus, who were
condemned to the fire out of hatred for the faith.
8. At London
in England, blessed Martyrs Thomas Whitbread and companions
William Harcourt, John Fenwick, John Gavan, and Anthony
Turner, priests of the Society of Jesus, who, falsely
accused of conspiracy against the life of King Charles II,
completed martyrdom at Tyburn for the kingdom of heaven.
June
21st
This Day, the Twenty-first Day of
June
Memorial
of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious,
who, born of the stock of princes and most illustrious in
innocence of life, having handed over his hereditary principality
to his brother, joined the Society of Jesus in Rome, but,
with his strength broken by attending to those afflicted
with a pestilential disease, met death while still a youth.
2. At Grel
in Brittany Minor, Saint Mevennus, abbot, who, originally
from Wales, withdrew into the forest of inland Armorica
and founded a monastery.
3. In the
region of Évreux in Neustria, Saint Leutfrid, abbot,
who founded the monastery of the Holy Cross, over which
he presided for about forty-eight years.
4. At Bourges
in Aquitaine, Saint Ralph, bishop, who, concerned
for the priestly life, took care to gather with the priests
of the Church entrusted to him, {reading} chapters from
the sayings of the Holy Fathers and the canons for pastoral
use.
5. At Huesca
in Aragon, Saint Raymond, who, having become bishop
of Roda and Barbastro from a Canon Regular, never wished
to defeat the enemies of the Christian name by military
force, for which reason he was expelled from his see for
three years.
6. At Orvieto
in Tuscany, blessed Thomas, religious of the Order
of the Servants of Mary.
7. At London
in England, Saint John Rigby, martyr, who, under
Queen Elizabeth I, having been seized at London and condemned
to death because he had reconciled himself to the Catholic
Church, was hanged at Southwark and, while still living,
was disemboweled.
8. On a ship
anchored off Rochefort in France, blessed James Morelle
Dupas, priest and martyr, who, condemned to imprisonment
because he had exercised parish ministry in the region of
Poitiers during the time of French upheaval, strict with
himself but gentle toward others, died consumed by starvation.
9. In the
region of Zapotlanejo in Mexico, Saint Joseph Isabel
Flores, priest and martyr in the time of the great persecution.
June
22nd
This Day, the Twenty-second Day of
June
Saint
Paulinus, bishop,
who, having received baptism at Bordeaux and relinquished
the consulship, from being most noble and wealthy became
poor and humble for Christ; and, having gone to Nola in
Campania to the tomb of Saint Felix the priest, so that
he might follow closely the example of his life, led an
ascetical way of life with his wife and companions; but,
having become bishop, distinguished for learning and holiness,
he assisted pilgrims and diligently supported the poor.
Saints
John Fisher, bishop, and Thomas More, martyrs,
who, when they resisted King Henry the Eighth regarding
the controversy of repudiating his marriage and the primacy
of the Roman Pontiff, were cast into the Tower of London
in England. John Fisher, bishop of Rochester, a man
most distinguished for learning and uprightness of life,
was beheaded on this day by the order of the king himself
before the prison; but Thomas More, an upright father of
a family and president of the council of the nation’s governors,
was, on the sixth of July, joined in martyrdom with the
venerable bishop because of his fidelity maintained toward
the Catholic Church.
3. At Rome,
the commemoration of Saint Flavius Clemens, martyr,
who by the emperor Domitian, with whom he had held the consulship,
was killed under the pretext of being a “denier of the gods,”
but really on account of his faith of Christ.
4. At Verulamium
in Britain, Saint Alban, martyr, who, as it is told,
not yet baptized, for a cleric guest whom he had received
into his home and from whom he had been imbued with the
teachings of the Christian faith, handed himself over, having
exchanged clothing; for which reason, after beatings and
harsh torments, he was beheaded.
5. At Legion
in Brittany Minor, Saints Julius and Aaron, martyrs,
who suffered after Saint Alban in the persecution of the
emperor Diocletian; at that time. In the same place,
very many others, tortured with various torments and savagely
torn apart, after completing their struggle, reached
the joys of the heavenly city.
6. At Doliche
in Syria, Saint Eusebius, bishop of Samosata, who,
in the time of the emperor Constantius, an Arian, under
a military disguise secretly visited the Churches of God
so that he might strengthen them in the Catholic faith;
then, under the emperor Valens, was exiled to Thrace, but
with peace restored to the Church, was recalled from exile
during the reign of Theodosius; at last, when again visiting
the Churches, he died a martyr, his head broken by
a tile hurled down upon him from above by an Arian woman.
7. Commemoration
of Saint Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana in Dacia, whom
Saint Paulinus of Nola praises in verse, because he taught
the Gospel to barbarians made tame and led them into the
folds of peace, and those, once unskilled and robbers, learned
to proclaim Christ with a Roman heart.
8. At Rome
in the Lateran, blessed Pope Innocent V, who, of
the Order of Preachers, taught sacred theology in Paris
and, having been unwillingly made bishop of the see of Lyon,
directed the Ecumenical Council for the union of the separated
Latins and Greeks together with Saint Bonaventure; then,
having been raised to the chair of Peter, he fulfilled the
office of Pontiff for a very short time, [briefly presented,]
rather than [long-]given to the Roman Church.
June
23rd
This Day, the Twenty-third Day of
June
1. Commemoration
of many holy martyrs of Nicomedia, who, in the time
of the emperor Diocletian, while hiding in mountains and
caves, endured martyrdom for the name of Christ with calm
spirit.
2. In the
monastery of Ely in eastern England, Saint Etheldreda,
abbess, who, the daughter of a king and herself queen
of Northumbria, having twice set aside marriage, received
the veil of the nuns from Saint Bishop Wilfrid in the monastery
founded by herself, and presided as mother over many virgins
by her example and exhortations.
3. At Darioerigum
in Brittany, Saint Bilius, bishop and martyr, who
is said to have been killed by the Normans as they were
devastating the city.
4. At Pavia
in Lombardy, blessed Lanfranc, bishop, who, a man
of peace, suffered much for the fostering of peace and harmony
in the city.
5. At Onhaye
in Hainaut, Saint Walher, priest, who, while crossing
the Meuse River, is said to have been killed by his nephew,
a priest whose conduct he was reproving, while still bearing
the tonsure of Remigius.
6. At Oignies
also in Hainaut, blessed Mary, who, endowed with
mystical gifts, lived as a recluse in a cell with her husband’s
consent, and created and organized the institute of the
“Beguines.”
7. In the
hermitage of Vallismans in Picenum in Italy, blessed
Peter Jacob of Pesaro, priest of the Order of Hermits
of Saint Augustine.
8. At London
in England, Saint Thomas Garnet, priest of the Society
of Jesus and martyr, who, ordained in the English
College at Valladolid and having returned to England, was
imprisoned twice and, under King James the First, suffered
the gallows at Tyburn.
9. At Turin
in Italy, Saint Joseph Cafasso, priest, who devoted
himself to increasing piety and learning among seminarians,
and to reconciling to God those wretched persons detained
in prisons or even condemned to death.
10. At Alatri
in Latium of Italy, blessed Maria Raffaella (Sanctina)
Cimatti, virgin, of the Sisters of Mercy for the sick,
who lived a hidden and humble life, devoting her work especially
to the sick and the poor with constant care and heartfelt
charity.
June
24th
This Day, the Twenty-fourth Day of
June
Solemnity
of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist,
the Forerunner of the Lord, who, already in his mother’s
womb, was filled with the Holy Spirit and leapt with joy
at the coming of human salvation; and whose very Birth prophesied
the Lord Christ; and such grace shone in him, that the Lord
Himself said concerning him: “Among those born of women,
there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist.”
2. At Rome
at the place called “the Seven Doves” on the Old Salarian
Way, the holy martyrs John and Festus.
3. At Autun
in France of Lyon, Saint Simplicius, who, of noble
and devout lineage, living in utmost chastity with a most
honorable wife, was chosen to the episcopate.
4. In the
village of Créteil in the territory of Paris, the passion
of Saints Agoard and Aglibert, and many others, martyrs.
5. At Mechelen
in Brabant, Saint Rumbold, who is venerated as a
hermit and martyr.
6. At Lobbes
in Austrasia, Saint Theodulf, bishop and abbot.
7. At Nantes
in Brittany, Saint Gobard, bishop and martyr, who,
while celebrating the solemn rites of Mass with the people
in the cathedral church, as he was chanting “Sursum corda,”
was pierced with arrows by impious Normans and died with
many of the faithful.
8. At Vestervig
in Denmark, Saint Theodgar, priest, who, as a missionary
in that region, built the first wooden church.
9. In the
province of Sichuan in China, Saint Joseph Yuan Zaide,
priest and martyr, who was strangled out of hatred for
the Christian faith.
10. At Guadalajara
in Mexico, blessed María of Guadalupe (Anastasia) García
Zavala, virgin, who actively assisted in the foundation
of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Saint Margaret
Mary and of the Poor, and zealously carried out works
of charity among the poor and the sick.
June
25th
This Day, the Twenty-fifth Day of
June
1.
At Augusta Taurinorum in Liguria, Saint Maximus,
the first bishop of that see, who called crowds of
pagans to the faith of Christ with fatherly eloquence and
directed them toward the reward of salvation with heavenly
teaching.
2.
The commemoration of Saint Prosper of Aquitaine,
who, trained in philosophy and letters, lived with his wife
a life of integrity and modesty, and, having become a monk
at Marseilles, vigorously defended the doctrine of Saint
Augustine concerning the grace of God and the gift of perseverance
against the Pelagians, and at Rome fulfilled the role of
writer for Saint Leo the Great, pope.
3.
At Reggio Emilia, Saint Prosper, bishop.
4.
At Maurienne in Savoy, Saint Tigris, virgin, who
promoted with great zeal the veneration of Saint John the
Baptist in that place.
5.
At Rossmarkre in Scotland, Saint Moluoc, also called
Luan, bishop.
6.
At Iaca in Tarraconensian Spain, Saint Eurosia, virgin
and martyr.
7.
At Egmond in Frisia, Saint Adalbert, deacon and abbot,
who assisted Saint Willibrord in evangelical zeal.
8.
In Brittany, Saint Solomon, martyr, who, while he
ruled as king, established episcopal sees, enlarged
monasteries, and upheld justice with fairness; but after
relinquishing the kingdom, he was attacked in a church by
his adversaries and killed.
9.
At Goleto near Nusco in Campania, Saint William, abbot,
who, having become a pilgrim and poor man for the love of
Christ from the city of Vercelli, at the prompting of Saint
John of Matera founded the monastery of Montevergine and
gathered companions to himself, whom he instructed with
his lofty spiritual teaching, and he founded many hermitages
both of monks and of nuns in the southern regions of Italy.
10.
At the Charterhouse of Reposoir in Savoy, blessed John,
surnamed “the Spaniard,” monk, who composed constitutions
for the nuns of the Carthusian Order.
11.
At Marienwerder in Polish Prussia, blessed Dorothy of
Montau, who, as a widow, enclosed herself in a cell
near the cathedral church and gave herself entirely to constant
prayer and penance.
12.
At Valle Guidonis in France, blessed Mary Lhuillier,
virgin and martyr, who, having been received among the
Sisters of Mercy, remained steadfastly faithful to her religious
vows and to the Church during the French upheaval, and died
by beheading.
13.
In the city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, Saints Dominic Henares,
bishop of the Order of Preachers, and Francis Do
Minh Chieu, martyrs, of whom the former propagated the
Christian faith for forty-nine years, and the latter, a
catechist, diligently worked with him; both were beheaded
together under Emperor Minh Mạng for Christ.
June
26th
This Day, the Twenty-sixth Day of
June
1. At Rome,
the commemoration of Saints John and Paul, to whose
name a basilica was dedicated on the Caelian Hill at the
slope of Scaurus, in the title of the senator Pammachius.
2. At Trent
in Venetia, Saint Vigilius, bishop, who, having received
distinguished instruction and pastoral training from Saint
Ambrose of Milan, attempted to strengthen the work of evangelization
in his territory and to root out completely the remains
of idolatry, and is said to have fulfilled martyrdom
for the name of Christ, struck by savage men.
3. At Nola
in Campania, Saint Deodatus, bishop, who succeeded
Saint Paulinus.
4. In the
district of Poitiers in Aquitaine, Saint Maxentius, abbot,
distinguished in virtues.
5. At Thessalonica
in Macedonia, Saint David, hermit, who lived shut
up in a small cell outside the city walls for nearly eighty
years.
6. At Valence
in Austrasia, Saints Salvius, bishop, and his disciple,
who came from the territory of Auvergne into this region
and suffered martyrdom under Winegard, the lord of
the place.
7. At Córdoba
in the region of Vandalic Spain, Saint Pelagius, martyr,
who, being thirteen years old, for the faith of Christ and
preserved chastity against the effeminate blandishments
of the Moorish king ʿAbd ar-Rahman III, by his order was
torn limb by limb with iron pincers and gloriously completed
his martyrdom.
8. At Gubbio
in Umbria, Saint Ralph, bishop, who applied himself
to the word of preaching and lavishly distributed to the
poor whatever he could secretly take from his own household.
9. At Belley
in Savoy, Saint Anthelm, bishop, who, as a monk of
the Grande Chartreuse, restored the monastery which had
been destroyed by a great fall of snow; made prior, he convoked
the general chapter, and when raised to the episcopal seat,
he labored with tireless zeal and unshakable firmness to
correct the morals of the clergy and the nobles.
10. On a
barge moored before the port of Rochefortin France, blessed
Raymond Petiniaud de Jourgnac, priest and martyr, who,
an archdeacon of Limoges, during the time of the French
turmoil was detained in inhumane conditions because of the
priesthood and completed his martyrdom wasted away by sores
and lice.
11. At Cambrai
in France, the blessed virgins and martyrs Magdalene
Fontaine, Frances Lanel, Theresa Fantou, and Jeanne Gerard,
who, Daughters of Charity, condemned to death by beheading
out of hatred for the Church during the time of the French
upheaval, were crowned with mockery and led to execution
with the Rosary.
12. At Treviso
in Italy, blessed Andrew Hyacinth Longhin, bishop,
who during the storms of war vigorously aided the needs
of refugees and captives and in the hardships of his time
defended with remarkable solicitude the rights of workers,
farmers, and all the poor of society.
13. In the
village of Qianshengzhuang near the city of Liushuitao
in the Hebei Province of China, Saint Joseph Ma
Taishun, martyr, who, a physician and catechist,
although during the persecution carried out by supporters
of the “Yihetuan” sect the rest of his family defected from
the faith, preferred to bear witness to Christ with his
blood.
14. In the
village of Jalisco of the Guadalajara territory in Mexico,
Saint Joseph Mary Robles, priest and martyr, who,
during the persecution against the Church in the time of
the Mexican turmoil, was hanged from a tree and died.
15. In the
forest of Birok near the city of Stradch in the district
of Lviv in Ukraine, blessed Nicholas Konrad, priest,
and Vladimir Pryjma, who, at a time of regimes hostile
to God, through fearless death proclaimed the hope of the
Resurrection of Christ.
16. In the
village of Sykhiv likewise in the district of Lviv, blessed
Andrew Iscak, priest and martyr, who in the same period
was killed by bullets for the faith of Christ.
17. At Rome,
Saint Joseph Mary Escriva de Balaguer, priest, who
founded Opus Dei and the Priestly Society of the Holy
Cross.
June
27th
This Day, the Twenty-seventh Day of
June
Saint
Cyril, bishop and doctor of the Church,
who, having been elected to the Alexandrian see in Egypt,
with singular zeal for the integrity of the Catholic faith,
in the Council of Ephesus expounded the dogmas concerning
the one and the same person in Christ and concerning the
divine maternity of the Virgin Mary.
2. At Carthage,
Saint Guddenes, martyr, who, by order of the proconsul
Rufinus, was four times at different intervals tortured
by the rack and by laceration with claws, and long afflicted
also by the filth of prison, was finally struck down by
the sword.
3. At Córdoba
in Baetica, Spain, Saint Zoilus, martyr.
4. At Constantinople,
Saint Samson, priest, receiver of the poor, who is
said to have established a hospital at the urging of the
emperor Justinian, whom he had healed from illness.
5. At the
fortress Chinon in the district of Tours in France, Saint
John, priest, who, of Breton race, keeping himself from
the sight of men for the love of God, had a tiny Oratory
cell before the village church.
6. At Milan
in Lombardy, Saint Arialdus, deacon and martyr, who
strongly opposed the depraved customs of simoniacal and
corrupt clergy, and because of his zeal for the house of
God, was killed with atrocious torments by two clerics.
7. At Corneto
near Bovino in Apulia, blessed Benvenutus of Gubbio,
religious of the Order of Friars Minor, who conformed
himself to the life of Christ the poor man by humble service
to the sick.
8. In the
city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, Saint Thomas Toan, martyr,
who, as a catechist and caretaker of the Trung Linh
Mission, suffered new and most savage torments in prison
for Christ under the emperor Minh Mạng, and there died,
worn out by hunger and thirst.
9. In the
district of Fribourg in Switzerland, blessed Margaret
Bays, virgin, who, practicing the craft of dressmaking
within her family, devoted herself entirely to various services
to her neighbor, never neglecting prayer.
10. At Moulins
in France, blessed Ludovica Thérèse Montaignac de Chauvance,
virgin, who founded the Pious Union of the Oblate
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
June 28th
This Day, the Twenty-eighth Day of
June
Memorial
of Saint Irenaeus, bishop,
who, as Saint Jerome writes, was from childhood a disciple
of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna and faithfully preserved the
memory of Apostolic times. Already a presbyter of
Lyon, he succeeded Saint Pothinus as bishop, and it is said
that he was also crowned with glorious
martyrdom.
He wrote much about Apostolic Tradition and also published
outstanding books against heresies in defense of the Catholic
faith.
2. At Alexandria
in Egypt, under the emperor Septimius Severus, the holy
martyrs Plutarch, Serenus, Heraclides the catechumen, Heron
the neophyte, another Serenus, Herais the catechumen, Potamiana,
and Marcella her mother, who were all illustrious disciples
of Origen; some confessed Christ by the sword, others by
fire. Among them especially stood out the virgin Potamiana,
who first preserved innumerable struggles for her virginity
and, at last, endured unheard-of torments for the faith
and was consumed by fire together with her mother.
3. At Rome,
Saint Paul I, pope, who was gentle and very merciful,
and would go about silently at night among the cells of
the poor and the sick, providing them with food. A
defender of the orthodox faith, he wrote to the emperors
Constantine and Leo, urging that sacred Images be restored
to their former state of veneration. A zealous promoter
of the cult of the saints, he removed the bodies of the
martyrs from ruined cemeteries and, with hymns and chants,
placed them within the city among the titular churches and
monasteries, striving to honor them.
4. At Córdoba
in the region of Andalusia in Spain, Saint Argimirus,
martyr, a monk, who in the persecution by the
Moors, when Muhammad II was reigning, though already advanced
in age and ordered by a judge to deny Christ, remained steadfast
in confessing the faith; placed alive on the rack and pierced
with a sword, he was martyred.
5. At Hasungen
in Hesse, Saint Heimerad, priest and hermit, who,
having been cast out from his monastery and held in contempt
and mocked by many, nevertheless journeyed far and wide
for Christ.
6. At London
in England, Saint John Southworth, priest and martyr,
who, as he exercised the priesthood in England, suffered
imprisonment and exile many times. Finally, under
the regime of Oliver Cromwell, having been condemned to
death, he exclaimed, upon seeing the gallows prepared at
Tyburn, that he regarded the gibbet as the cross of Christ.
7. At Lovere
in Lombardy, Saint Vincenza Gerosa, virgin, who together
with Saint Bartolomea Capitanio founded the Institute
of the Sisters of Charity.
8. In the
village of Wanglajia near Dongguangxian in
the province of Hebei in China, of the holy martyrs
Lucia Wang Cheng, Maria Fan Kun, Qi Yu, and Maria Zheng
Xu, girls who were raised in an orphanage and, during
the persecution of the “Boxers,” with hands joined together,
went joyfully as if to a wedding and died by the sword.
9. At the
place Jieshuiwang near the city of Shenxian in the same
province, of Saint Maria Du Zhaozhi, martyr, the
mother of a priest, who, returning from flight and unwilling
to betray the faith of Christ, calmly submitted her neck
to the axe of the enemies.
10. In the
city of Drohobych in Ukraine, the blessed Severian Baranyk
and Joachim Senkivskyj, priests of the Order of Saint
Josaphat and martyrs, who, in the persecution against
the faith, became partakers of the victory of Christ through
martyrdom.
June 29th
This Day, the Twenty-ninth Day of
June
Solemnity of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
Simon, the son of Jonah and the brother of Andrew, was the
first among the disciples to confess Jesus as the Christ,
the Son of the living God, and by Him was called Peter.
Paul, however, the Apostle of the Gentiles, preached Christ
crucified to both Jews and Greeks. Both in the faith
and love of Jesus Christ announced the Gospel in the city
of Rome and under the emperor Nero suffered martyrdom: the
former, as tradition holds, having been affixed to the cross
with his head turned downward and buried in the Vatican
near the Via Triumphalis; the latter, struck down
with the sword and confessed [Christ] on the Via Ostiensis.
The entire world celebrates their triumph on this day with
equal honor and veneration.
2.
At Genoa in Liguria, Saint Syrus, who is venerated
as a bishop.
3.
At Narni in Umbria, Saint Cassius, bishop, who, as
Saint Gregory the Great relates, offered daily to God sacrifices
of atonement, pouring forth entirely in tears, and gave
away all that he had as alms. Finally, on the natal
day of the Apostles —on which he was accustomed each year
to go to Rome —after having celebrated the solemn Masses
in his own city and administered the Body of the Lord to
all, he passed to the Lord.
4.
At Gurk in Carinthia, Saint Hemma, who, as a countess,
lived forty years in widowhood and gave great wealth to
the poor and to the Church.
5.
In the strait of the sea facing the island of Majorca,
blessed Raymond Lull, religious of the Third Order
of Saint Francis and martyr, who, a man of outstanding
learning and enlightened doctrine, established a fraternal
dialogue with the Saracens for the spreading of the Gospel
of Christ.
6.
In the village Xiaoliyi near Shenxian in the
Hebei Province of China, the holy martyrs Paul
Wu Juan and his son John Baptist Wu Mantang and grandson
Paul Wu Wanshu, who, in the persecution of the followers
of the “Yihetuan,” having confessed themselves to be Christians,
merited to be crowned together with martyrdom.
7.
In the village Dujiadun also near Shenxian, the holy
martyrs Mary Du Tianshi and her daughter Magdalene Du Fengju,
who, in the same persecution, having been taken from the
reed thicket where they had hidden themselves, perished
on account of the Christian name; the latter, still breathing,
was thrown into the grave.
June 30th
This Day, the Thirtieth Day of
June
Holy
protomartyrs of the Holy Roman Church,
who, having been accused of the burning of the City, were
ordered by the most savage emperor Nero to be killed by
various torments; for some, indeed, covered with the skins
of wild beasts, were exposed to the tearing of dogs; others
were fixed to crosses, and others were delivered to fire,
so that, when the day had ended, they might serve as nocturnal
lights. All these were disciples of the Apostles and the
first fruits of the martyrs which the Roman Church sent
to the Lord.
2. At Alexandria
in Egypt, Saint Basilides, who, under the emperor
Septimius Severus, when he had protected the holy virgin
Potamiana — whom he was leading to execution — from the
insolence of shameless men, received the reward of a religious
act; for he himself, converted to Christ by her prayers,
and contending in a brief struggle, was made a glorious
martyr.
3. At Limoges
in Aquitaine, Saint Martial, bishop.
4. At Cenomani
in Neustria, Saint Bertechramnus, bishop, a peaceful
pastor attentive to the poor and to monks.
5. At Salzburg
in Bavaria, Saint Erentrude, first abbess
of the monastery of Nonnberg and niece of Saint Rupert,
whose preaching she aided with prayer and labor.
6. At Salanica
in the territory of Vicenza, of Saint Theobald, priest
and hermit, who, from the counts of French Champagne,
with his friend Walter, preferred pilgrimages for Christ,
poverty, and solitude to honors and riches.
7. At Nitra
near the river Váh among the Carpathian mountains, the
passing of Saint Ladislaus, king of Hungary, who, in
his domain, restored the Christian laws issued by Saint
Stephen, reformed morals, giving examples of virtue himself,
and worked strenuously for the propagation of the Christian
faith in Croatia, which was joined to the Hungarian kingdom,
and founded the episcopal see of Zagreb.
But while he was waging war against the Bohemians, he died,
and his body was later placed at Varad in Transylvania.
8. At Bamberg
in Franconia, Saint Otto, bishop, who evangelized
the Pomeranians with the greatest zeal.
9. At Osnabrück
in Saxony, Saint Adolph, bishop, who adopted Cistercian
customs in the monastery of Altenkamp.
10. At London
in England, blessed Philip Powell, priest of the
Order of Saint Benedict and martyr, who, Welsh by
birth, was captured on a ship under King Charles I because
he was a priest and was heading for England; he was led
to Tyburn to the torture of the gibbet.
11. At Naples
in Campania, blessed Januarius Maria Sarnelli, priest
of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, who actively
devoted himself to assisting every type of unfortunate person.
12. In the
city of Hdi Duding in Tonkin, Saint Vincent Do
Yen, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr,
who, under the emperor Minh Mạng, perished by beheading
out of hatred for the Christian faith.
13. In the
village of Chendun near Jiaobei in the Province
of Hebei in China, the Saints Raymond Li Quanzhen
and Peter Li Quanhui, martyrs, who, as brothers, gave
outstanding witness to Christ during the persecution carried
out by the supporters of the “Yihetuan” sect: for the former,
having been led to a pagan temple, refused to venerate fictitious
gods and, having been beaten, died; and the latter, was
killed with no less cruelty.
14. At Lviv
in Ukraine, the commemoration blessed Zenon Kovalyk,
priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
and martyr, who, in a time of a regime hostile to
God, on an unknown day of this month, merited to receive
the glorious palm.
15. At Winnipeg
in the Province of Manitoba in Canada, blessed Basil
Velyckovskyj, bishop of the Greek Catholic Church of
Ukraine and martyr, who, on account of his clandestine
ministry exercised among the Catholic faithful of the Byzantine
Rite, endured many cruel sufferings from the persecutors
of the faith in his homeland, and, having been united with
the sacrifice of Christ, died in exile.
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1. Their names are: Saint Zacharias, priest; Vetius
Epagathus; Macarius; Asclepiades; Silvius; Primus; Ulpius;
Vitalis; Comminus; October; Philomenus; Geminus; Julia;
Albina; Grata; Aemilia; Potamia; Pompeia; Rodana; Biblis;
Quartia; Materna; Helpis; Sanctus, deacon; Maturus, neophyte;
Attalus the Pergamene; Alexander the Phrygian; Ponticus;
Istus; Aristeus; Cornelius; Zosimus; Titus; Julius; Zoticus;
Apollonius; Geminianus; Julia the second; Ausona; Aemilia
the second; Iamnica; Pompeia the second; Domna; Iusta; Trophima;
Antonia.
2. Their names are: Saints Mbaya Tuzinde; Bruno Seronuma;
Jacob Buzabaliao; Kizito; Ambrose Kibuka; Mgagga; Gyavira;
Achilles Kiwanuka; Adolphus Ludigo Mkasa; Mukasa Kiriwanvu;
Anatolius Kiriggwajjo; Lucas Banabakintu.
3. Their names are: Saints Vintrungus and Walter,
priests; Amund, Sevibald, and Bosa, deacons; Vaccarus, Gundecarus,
Ellurus, and Atevulf, monks.
4. Their names are: blessed Balthasar de Torres and
John Baptist Zola, priests; Peter Rinsei, Vincent Kaun,
John Kisaku, Paul Kinsuke, Michael Tozo, and Gaspar Sadamatsu,
religious.
Omnes
sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis.
(“All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us,”
from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany of
the Saints)
2004 Roman Martyrology by Month
“Scio
opera tua ... quia modicum habes virtutem, et servasti
verbum Meum, nec non negasti Nomen Meum”
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