November
3rd
This Day, the Third Day of
November
Saint Martin de Porres, religious
of the Order of Preachers, who, born of a Spanish man and
a black woman, already from boyhood, although passing through
hardships arising from the condition of being the illegitimate
and mixed-race son, learned the art of medicine, which afterwards,
having become a religious, he generously practiced at Lima
in Peru for the poor, and, given to fasting, penance, and
prayer, he led a harsh and humble life, radiant with charity.
2.
At Caesarea in Cappadocia, the holy martyrs Germanus,
Theophilus, and Cyril.
3.
At Agrigento in Sicily, Saint Libertinus, bishop and
martyr.
4.
In the district of Laureacum in Narbonese Gaul, Saint
Papulus, who is venerated as a martyr.
5.
At Viterbo in Tuscany, the holy martyrs Valentine, priest,
and Hilary, deacon.
6.
In Brittany, Saint Guenael, held to have been
abbot of Landévennec.
7.
At Rome, the commemoration of Saint Silvia, mother
of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, whom the Pontiff himself
wrote had attained the summit of prayer and penance and
had been to others a most high example.
8.
In the monastery of Hornbach near Strasbourg in Burgundy,
the deposition of Saint Pirmin, bishop and abbot
of Reichenau, who evangelized the Alemanni and the Bavarians,
founded many monasteries, and composed for his disciples
a book on catechizing the unlearned.
9.
In the monastery of Antidion in Bithynia, Saint Joannicius,
monk, who, after more than twenty years in military
service, having left the army, led a solitary life in the
various passes of Olympus, being accustomed to accompany
prayer with these words: “My hope is God, my refuge is Christ,
my protector is the Holy Spirit.”
10.
At Alem in Flanders, the deposition of Saint Odrada,
virgin.
11.
At Urgell in Catalonia of Spain, Saint Ermengaud, bishop,
among the illustrious prelates who took care to restore
the Church in the lands freed from the yoke of the Moors,
who himself, putting forth his own hands and toil in rebuilding
a bridge, having fallen down, with his skull shattered among
the stones, he died.
12.
Among the Marsi in the Abruzzi, Saint Berard, bishop,
who excelled in rooting out simony, restoring the discipline
of the clergy, and sustaining and protecting the poor.
13.
At Cudot in the district of Sens
in Gaul, blessed Alpais, virgin, who, as a young
girl grievously stricken and abandoned by her own, lived
enclosed in a cell until old age.
14. Near the monastery
of Fischingen among the Swiss, Saint Ida, recluse.
15.
At Rimini on the Flaminian coast, blessed Simon Ballachi,
religious of the Order of Preachers, who chose a life
wholly devoted to the service of the brethren, to penance,
and to prayer.
16.
At Milan in Lombardy, the birthday of Saint Charles Borromeo,
bishop, whose memory is celebrated tomorrow.
17.
At the fortress of Xã Đoài in Tonkin [Vietnam],
Saint Peter Francis Néron, priest of the Paris Society
of Foreign Missions and martyr, who, under the emperor
Tự Đức, was kept for three months thrust into a most narrow
cage and, having been cruelly beaten with rods, abstained
from all food for three weeks, and at length, his head having
been cut off, consummated his martyrdom.
November
4th
This Day, the Fourth Day of
November
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop,
who, having been enrolled among the cardinals by his uncle
Pope Pius IV and elected Bishop of Milan, was in that see
a true shepherd, attentive to the needs of the Church of
his time: to form the clergy he gathered synods and established
seminaries; to foster Christian morals he visited the whole
flock many times and decreed many things for the salvation
of souls. He departed for his heavenly homeland on
the day before this day.
2.
At Bologna in Emilia, the holy
martyrs Vitalis and Agricola, of whom, as Saint Ambrose
relates, the former was once the servant of the other, then
his companion and fellow in martyrdom: for this one endured
every kind of torture in such manner that there was no place
on his body without a wound; but the other, not terrified
by the punishment of his servant, being affixed to a cross,
imitated his martyrdom.
3.
At Myra in Lycia, the holy martyrs Nicander, bishop,
and Hermes, priest.
4.
Commemoration of Saint Pierius, priest of Alexandria,
who, illustrious in philosophical teachings but more distinguished
for integrity of life and voluntary poverty, while Theonas
was governing the Church of Alexandria, taught the people
the divine Scriptures thoroughly, and after the persecution
rested in peace at Rome.
5.
At Rodez in Aquitaine, Saint Amantius, bishop, who is believed
to have been the first prelate of this city.
6.
At Maastricht in Brabant of Austrasia, Saint Perpetuus,
bishop.
7.
At Trier in Austrasia, Saint Modesta, abbess, who,
consecrated to God from her very infancy, presided worthily
over the flock of nuns of the monastery of Oeren in the
same city, and was united in the highest intimacy in God
with Saint Gertrude of Nivelles.
8.
At Székesfehérvár in Pannonia, Saint Emeric, or Henry,
son of Saint Stephen, King of the Hungarians, who was overtaken
by an untimely death.
9.
At Padua in Venetia, blessed Helen Enselmini, virgin
of the Order of Poor Clares, who bore many pains and even
the loss of speech with wondrous patience.
10.
At Cerfroid in the territory of Meaux in France, Saint
Felix of Valois, who, after he had led a solitary life
for a long time, is held to have been the companion of Saint
John of Matha in founding the Order of the Most Holy
Trinity for the Redemption of Captives.
11.
In the convent of the Scots at Nantes in France, blessed
Frances d’Amboise, who, Duchess of Brittany, first founded
at Vannes in France a convent of Carmelite nuns, into which,
having been widowed, she withdrew as a handmaid of Christ.
November
5th
This Day, the Fifth Day of
November
1.
At Caesarea in Palestine, Saint Domninus, martyr,
who, a young physician, at the beginning of the persecution
of Emperor Diocletian, was condemned to the mines and banished
to Phoenicia, where he endured cruel hardships; and, because
he had firmly kept his confession, in the fifth year of
the persecution, by order of the governor Urban, was commanded
to be consigned to the fire.
2.
In the same place, the commemoration of the holy martyrs
Theotimus, Philotheus, and Timothy, who, being young
men, were assigned to the circus games for the amusement
of the people, and of Saint Auxentius, an old man,
who was handed over to the beasts.
3.
In Apulia, Saint Mark, bishop of Aeca.
4.
At Trier in Rhenish Austrasia, Saint Fibicius, bishop.
5.
In Brittany, Saint Guethnoc, who is held in honor
as the brother of the saints Winwaloeus and Jacut.
6.
In the monastery of Chelles near Meaux in Gallia Lugdunensis,
Saint Bertilla, first abbess.
7.
At Béziers in Gallia Narbonensis, Saint Gerald, bishop,
a man of wondrous uprightness and simplicity, who, though
unwillingly taken from being a canon regular to the episcopate,
in his dignity was all the more committed to humility.
8.
At Constantinople, blessed Gomidas Keumurgian (Cosmas
of Carbonianus), priest and martyr, who, a head of
a family, born and ordained in the Church of the Armenians,
for the Catholic faith professed by the Council of Chalcedon,
which he firmly held and spread, suffered many things, and
finally, while reciting the Nicene Creed, fell by beheading.
9.
Near the river Hưng Yên in Tonkin, Saint Dominic Mậu,
priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr,
who, in the persecution of Emperor Tự Đức, publicly carrying
the Rosary and exhorting Christians to the profession of
faith, was led to the punishment of beheading, with hands
joined as if at the altar, for Christ.
10.
At Parma in Italy, blessed Guido Maria Conforti, bishop,
who, a good shepherd, always watched for the defense of
the Church and the faith of the people, and, moved by zeal
for the evangelization of peoples, founded the Pious
Society of Saint Francis Xavier.
11.
At Madrid in Spain, blessed John Antony Burró Mas, religious
of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, killed
in the persecution against the Church because of his evangelical
profession.
12.
In the place called El Saler near Valencia likewise
in Spain, blessed Mary of Mount Carmel Viel Ferrando,
virgin and martyr, who in the same time of persecution
fought an outstanding contest for Christ.
13.
In the town of Hof in Germany, blessed Bernard Lichtenberg,
priest and martyr, who, when the dignity of God and
of men was being violated, publicly prayed for the Jews
who were inhumanly harassed and detained; for which reason
he himself was arrested and sent to the concentration camp
of Dachau, and on the way, overwhelmed by hardships, yet
fearless in Christ, died.
14.
In the concentration camp of the city of Abé in the Siberian
province of Russia, blessed Gregory Lakota, bishop
of Przemyśl and martyr, who, when his homeland was
oppressed by persecutors of the faith, overcame the torments
of the body with a fearless death for Christ.
November
6rth
This Day, the Sixth Day of
November
1.
At Thinis in Numidia, Saint Felix, martyr, of whom
Saint Augustine is thought to speak to the people, saying:
“Truly happy both in name and in crown. For he confessed,
he was delayed to the torments; on the following day his
lifeless body was found in prison.”
2.
Commemoration of Saint Paul, bishop of Constantinople
and martyr, who was often driven out by the Arians
because he had kept the Nicene faith, and more than once
restored to his office; at length, banished by Emperor Constantius
to Cucusus, a small town of Cappadocia, there, by the treachery
of the Arians, he is said to have been cruelly strangled.
3.
At Rennes in Brittany, Saint Melanius, bishop, who,
in the place “Placy” on the river Vicennonia, where he had
himself built a church with his own hands and gathered monks
for the service of God, departed to the Lord.
4.
In the monastery of Llanilltud Fawr in Wales, called
by his name, Saint Illtud, abbot, who founded the
same monastery, in which, by the fame of his holiness and
exceptional learning, he gathered many disciples.
5.
At Noblat near Limoges in Aquitaine, Saint Leonard, hermit.
6.
At Jerusalem, the holy martyrs Callinicus, Himerius,
Theodorus, Stephen, Peter, Paul, another Theodorus, John,
another John, and one of unknown name, who, soldiers,
when the city of Gaza was taken by the Saracens, were seized
by the enemy, but, encouraged by Saint Sophronius the bishop,
confessed Christ; therefore, having been beheaded, they
received martyrdom.
7.
At Barcelona in Spain, Saint Severus, bishop, who
is said to have received the crown of martyrdom.
8.
Among the Swiss in Burgundy, Saint Protasius, who
is venerated as bishop of Lausanne.
9.
In the district of Thérouanne in Austrasia, Saint Winnoc,
abbot, who, of Breton stock, was received among the
monks of Sithiu by Saint Bertin, and afterward founded the
monastery of Wormhout, over which he presided in holiness,
working much with his own hands.
10.
At Apt in Provence in Gallia, Saint Stephen, bishop,
renowned for gentleness, who undertook two pilgrimages to
Jerusalem and restored the cathedral church.
11.
At Dorat in the district of Limoges in Aquitaine, Saint
Theobald, priest, who, a canon regular placed over the
office of the sacred threshold, never went forth from the
ecclesiastical precincts except to sit beside the sick and
to aid their needs.
12.
Near Cologne in Lorraine in Germany, blessed Christina
of Stommeln, virgin, who, sharing in the sufferings
of Christ, wondrously overcame all the temptations of the
world.
November
7th
This Day, the Seventh Day of
November
1. At Padua
in Venetia, Saint Prosdocimus, who is believed to
have been the first bishop of this Church.
2. At Neocaesarea
in Pontus, Saint Athenodorus, bishop, brother of
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, who advanced so much in divine
eloquence that, although young, he was judged worthy to
exercise the episcopal office.
3. At Albia
in Aquitaine, the commemoration of Saint Amaranthus,
martyr.
4. At Melitene
in Armenia, the holy martyrs Hiero and many companions.
5. At Perugia
in Umbria, Saint Herculanus, bishop and martyr, who,
by order of Totila, king of the Goths, was beheaded.
6. At Tours
in Neustria, Saint Baldus, bishop, who in almsgiving
distributed to the poor the gold which his predecessor had
left.
7. In the
place afterward called Congresbury in England, Saint
Congar, abbot, of Breton origin, after whom many villages
and churches boast to be named.
8. At Strasbourg
in Burgundy, the commemoration of Saint Florentius, bishop,
who succeeded Saint Arbogastus.
9. At Echternach
in Austrasia, the deposition of Saint Willibrord,
who, of English birth, was ordained bishop of Utrecht by
Saint Sergius, pope, and preached the Gospel in Frisia and
Denmark, and founded episcopal sees as well as monasteries,
until, worn out by labor and overcome with age, he fell
asleep in the Lord in the monastery he himself had founded.
10. On Mount
Galesius near Ephesus in Asia, Saint Lazarus, stylite,
who lived for many years in various places atop a column,
burdened also with heavy irons and chains, content with
only bread and water, by which most austere manner of life
he drew many of the faithful.
11. At Cologne
in Lorraine in Germany, Saint Engelbert, bishop,
who, for the defense of justice and the liberty of the Church,
was intercepted on the road by assassins and struck down
with many wounds, and died.
12. In the
village of Pofi in Latium, blessed Antony Baldinucci,
priest of the Society of Jesus, who gave himself entirely
to preaching missions to the people.
13. In the
city of Kẻt Chợ in Tonkin, the holy martyrs Hyacinth
Castaneda and Vincent Lê Quang Liêm, priests of the
Order of Preachers, who, under the rule of Trinh Sam, brought
to completion their evangelical labors by the shedding of
their blood.
14. In the
place Zunyi in the province of Guizhou in China,
Saint Peter Wu Guosheng, catechist and martyr, who
was strangled for Christ.
15. At Cremona
in Italy, blessed Vincent Grossi, priest, who, while
carrying out the parish ministry, founded the Institute
of the Daughters of the Oratory.
November
8th
This Day, the Eighth Day of
November
1. Commemoration
of the saints Simpronian, Claudius, Nicostratus, Castorius,
and Simplicius, martyrs, who, as it is related, being
marble workers at Sirmium in Pannonia, when they refused
to carve an image of the god Aesculapius because of the
name of Jesus Christ, were ordered by Emperor Diocletian
to be thrown headlong into the river, and were crowned by
God with the grace of martyrdom; whose veneration at Rome
under the title of the Four Crowned Martyrs has flourished
from ancient times in the basilica on the Caelian Hill.
2.
At Tours in Gallia Lugdunensis, Saint Clarus, priest,
who, a disciple of Saint Martin, established a dwelling
for himself near the bishop’s monastery, where he gathered
many brothers.
3.
At Rome near Saint Peter’s, Saint Deusdedit, pope,
who loved his clergy and people, renowned for simplicity
and wisdom.
4.
At Bremen in Saxony, Saint Willehad, bishop, who,
born in Northumbria and a friend of Alcuin, after Saint
Boniface spread the Gospel in Frisia and Saxony, and, having
been ordained bishop, established the see of Bremen and
governed it wisely.
5.
At Soissons in France, the deposition of Saint Godefroid,
bishop of Amiens, who, formed for the monastic life
from the age of fifteen, endured many hardships in settling
disputes between the lords and the people of the city and
in reforming the morals of clergy and people.
6.
At Cologne in Lorraine in Germany, blessed John Duns
Scotus, priest of the Order of Minors, who, born in
Scotland, taught the disciplines of philosophy and theology
at Canterbury, Oxford, Paris, and finally at Cologne, a
distinguished teacher for the subtlety of his mind and his
marvelous fervor.
7.
At Montegranaro in Piceno in Italy, blessed Mary Crucifixa
(Elizabeth Mary) Satellico, abbess of the Order of Poor
Clares, conspicuous in the contemplation of the mystery
of the Cross and endowed with mystical gifts.
8.
In the city of Nam Định in Tonkin, the holy martyrs
Joseph Nguyễn Đình Nghi, Paul Nguyễn Ngân, Martin Tạ Dừc
Thịnh, priests, and Martin Thọ and John Baptist Cỏn,
farmers, who, under Emperor Thiệu Trị, were beheaded
for the Christian faith.
November
9th
This Day, the Ninth Day of
November
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica,
in honor of Christ the Savior, built by Emperor Constantine
as the seat of the bishops of the Romans, whose anniversary
celebration in the whole Latin Church stands as a sign of
love and unity with the Roman Pontiff.
2.
At Bourges in France, Saint Ursinus, the first
bishop, who announced Christ the Lord to the people
and, for the believers, who were especially from among the
poor, made the house of Leocadius, a senator of Gaul, still
a pagan, into a church.
3.
At Naples in Campania, Saint Agrippinus, one of the earliest
bishops, whom ancient monuments declare to have been
a defender of the city.
4.
At Verdun in Gallia Belgica, Saint Vitonus, bishop.
5.
At Constantinople, Saints Eustolia and Sopatra, virgins
and nuns.
6.
At Lodève in Gallia Narbonensis, Saint George, bishop.
7.
At Signa near Florence in Etruria, blessed Joan, virgin,
who led a solitary life for Christ.
8.
At Ancona in Piceno in Italy, blessed Gabriel Ferretti,
priest of the Order of Minors, who was distinguished
for his care of children and the sick, and for obedience
and regular observance.
9.
At Bologna in Emilia, blessed Louis Morbioli, who,
converted to God from a path of vice, chose the most austere
manner of life in penance and called back the citizens to
piety by word and example.
10.
At Murano in Venetia, blessed Gratia of Cattaro, religious
of the Order of Saint Augustine, who, while in great poverty
and piloting a boat to earn his living, moved by the preaching
of blessed Simon of Camerino, obtained the religious habit
and lived a most devout life.
11.
At Oxford in England, blessed George Napper, priest and
martyr, who worked marvelously both in clandestine ministry
and in prison, that he might win souls for Christ in the
Church, and under King James I, on account of the priesthood,
merited to receive the crown of martyrdom.
12.
At Dijon in France, blessed Elizabeth of the Most Holy
Trinity Catez, virgin of the Order of Discalced Carmelites,
who from childhood strove to seek and contemplate the Trinity
in the depths of her heart, and still young, afflicted with
many sufferings, went “to love, to light, to life,” as she
had wished.
13.
In the town of Borysów in Poland, blessed Henry
Hlebowicz, priest and martyr, who, during wartime, was
killed by bullets in hatred of the faith.
14.
At Rome, blessed Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi, who,
a father of a family, in both public and domestic
duties observed the commands of Christ and proclaimed them
by diligence and uprightness of life.
November
10th
This Day, the Tenth Day of
November
Memorial of Saint Leo the First, pope, Doctor of the Church,
who, born in Etruria, first served diligently as deacon
of the City, then, having been raised to the chair of Peter,
deserved to be called “the Great,” either on account of
having nourished his flock with exquisite and prudent speech,
or for the orthodox doctrine concerning the Incarnation
of God, strongly affirmed through his legates in the Ecumenical
Council of Chalcedon, until he rested in the Lord at Rome,
where on this day he was buried at Saint Peter’s.
2.
In Persia, the passing of Saint Demetrian, bishop
of Antioch, who was deported into exile by King Sapor I.
3.
At Tyana in Cappadocia, Saint Orestes, martyr.
4.
At Ravenna in Flaminia, Saint Probus, bishop, to
whose name Saint Maximian the bishop dedicated the famous
basilica of Classe.
5.
In Persia, the holy martyrs Narses, bishop, a venerable
old man, and Joseph, his disciple, a young man, who,
when they had refused, though commanded by King Sapor II,
to worship the sun, were beheaded with the sword.
6.
At Canterbury in England, Saint Justus, bishop, who,
together with other monks, was sent by Saint Gregory the
Great, pope, to help Saint Augustine in evangelizing England,
and at length received the episcopate of this see.
7. In the village of
Foro in the Subalpine region, Saint Baudolinus, hermit.
8.
At Naples in Campania, Saint Andrew Avellino, priest
of the Congregation of Clerics Regular, celebrated for holiness
and zeal in procuring the salvation of his neighbor, who
took upon himself the difficult vow to make progress daily
in virtue, and, laden with merits, at the feet of the altar
fell asleep in a holy death.
9.
At Barcelona in Spain, blessed Acisclus Pina Piazuelo,
religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr,
who, when the storm of persecution raged, was killed in
hatred of religion.
November
11th
This Day, the Eleventh Day of
November
Memorial of Saint Martin, bishop,
on the day of his burial; who, born in Pannonia of pagan
parents and called to serve under the standards in Gaul,
while still a catechumen, clothed Christ in his own cloak
for [under the guise of] a poor man; after receiving baptism,
he left the army and at Ligugé led a monastic life in a
monastery founded by himself, under the guidance of Saint
Hilary of Poitiers; then, having been ordained to the priesthood
and elected bishop of Tours, showing forth the example of
the good shepherd, he founded other monasteries and parishes
in the villages, instructed the clergy and reconciled them,
evangelized the country folk, until at Candes he departed
to the Lord.
2.
Across Lake Mareotis in Egypt, Saint Menas, martyr.
3.
At Vence in Provence in Gaul, the commemoration of Saint
Veranus, bishop, who, the son of Saint Eucherius, bishop
of Lyon, having been brought up in the monastery of Lérins,
wrote letters to Saint Leo the Great, pope, giving thanks
for the faith in the Word Incarnate expressed in his letter
to Flavian.
4.
In the province of Samnium, the commemoration of Saint
Menas, hermit, whose virtues Pope Saint Gregory the
Great records.
5.
At Amathus on the island of Cyprus, the passing of Saint
John the Almsgiver, bishop of Alexandria, renowned for
his mercy toward the poor, who, filled with charity toward
all, took care to have many churches, hospitals, and orphanages
built, and with the greatest solicitude strove to relieve
all the misery of the city, applying to this very work the
goods of the Church and constantly urging the wealthy to
give alms.
6.
In the monastery of Malonne in Brabant, Saint Bertuin,
who is venerated as bishop and abbot.
7.
At Constantinople, Saint Theodore the Studite, abbot,
who made his monastery a school of the wise, of the saints,
and of martyrs, who fell victim in the persecutions carried
out by the iconoclasts; three times driven into exile, he
held the traditions of the Fathers of the Church in great
honor and wrote celebrated expositions of Christian doctrine
for the explanation of the Catholic faith.
8.
In the monastery of Grottaferrata in the Tusculan district
near Rome, Saint Bartholomew, abbot, who, born in
Calabria, came to Saint Nilus, whose life he soon wrote,
and was present to him, already near death, in founding
the Tusculan monastery under the ascetical discipline of
the Orientals, which he strengthened by his own governance
and made a school of knowledge and art.
9.
At Nagasaki in Japan, Saint Marina of Omura, virgin and
martyr, who, having been thrown into prison, was subjected
in public to the mockery of her chastity and at last was
burned with fire.
10.
In the town of Łaski Piasnica near the city of
Wejherowo in Poland, blessed Alice Kotowska, virgin
of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection of
the Lord and martyr, who, in war, for having steadfastly
kept the faith of Christ, was killed by bullets.
11.
At Sofia in Bulgaria, the passion of blessed Vincent
Eugene Bossilkov, bishop of Nicopolis and martyr,
of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus, who, under
a tyrannical regime, when he refused to separate himself
from communion with Rome, was led to prison and cruelly
mistreated, and under the charge of treason was condemned
to death and killed by bullets.
November
12th
This Day, the Twelfth Day of
November
Memorial of the passion of Saint Josaphat (John) Kuncewicz, bishop
of Polotsk of the Ruthenians and martyr, who, with steadfast
zeal, urged his flock toward Catholic unity, cherished with
pious love the Byzantine-Slavic rite, and at Vitebsk in
Belarus, then under the rule of Poland, was cruelly struck
down by a tumultuous mob opposed to him, and died for the
unity of the Church and the defense of Catholic truth.
2.
At Ancyra in Galatia, Saint Nilus, abbot, who, regarded
as a disciple of Saint John Chrysostom, long presided over
a monastery, spreading ascetical teaching through his writings.
3.
On the island of Lismore in Scotland, Saint Macarius,
bishop, who, of Irish birth, is considered a disciple
of Saint Columba and founder of this Church.
4.
At Vienne in Burgundy, Saint Hesychius, bishop, who,
raised from senatorial rank to the dignity of bishop, had
as sons, born to him previously, Saint Apollinaris, bishop
of the Church of Valence, and Avitus, who succeeded him
in the see of Vienne.
5.
In the woodlands of the Rioja region near Berceo in Spain,
Saint Aemilian, priest, who, after a hermit and clerical
life, at length professed the monastic life, and was renowned
for generosity toward the poor and the spirit of prophecy.
6.
At Cologne in Austrasia, Saint Cunibert, bishop,
who, after barbarian invasions, renewed ecclesiastical life
in the city and throughout the district, and the piety of
the faithful.
7.
At Deventer in Frisia, Saint Lebuin, priest, who,
coming as a monk from England, took care to announce to
the inhabitants of the region the peace and salvation of
Christ.
8.
At Kazimierz on the Vistula River in Poland, the holy
martyrs Benedict, John, Matthew, and Isaac, who, sent
to spread the Christian faith in parts of Poland, were murdered
at night by robbers; with them is also commemorated Christian,
their servant, who was hanged in the courtyard of the
chapel.
9.
At Pisa in Etruria, blessed John Cini, called “of
Peace,” who, from military life, devoted himself to the
service of God in the Third Order of Saint Francis.
10.
At Alcalá in Spain, Saint Didacus, religious of the
Order of Minors, who, both in the Canary Islands and at
Rome in the monastery of Saint Mary in Ara Coeli, was renowned
for humility and charity in caring for the sick.
11.
In the city of Tulimán in Mexico, Saint Margarito
Flores, priest and martyr, who, in the great persecution
against the Church, was arrested because of the priesthood
and killed by bullets, crowned with a noble martyrdom.
12.
In the village of Alcúdia de Carlet in the district
of Valencia in Spain, blessed Joseph Medes Ferris, martyr,
to whom, in the time of persecution against the faith, the
Lord granted the eternal reward for his fearless fidelity.
November
13th
This Day, the Thirteenth Day of
November
1.
At Caesarea in Palestine, the passion of the holy martyrs
Antoninus, Nicephorus, Zebina, Germanus, and Manatha, virgin.
She, under Emperor Galerius Maximian, was beaten with blows
and burned with fire; but they, when with fearless and free
voice they accused the governor Firmilian, who was sacrificing
to the gods, of impiety, were beheaded.
2.
At Aix-en-Provence in Gallia Narbonensis, Saint Mitrius,
who, although of servile condition, in Christ departed from
the world free and a victor in righteousness.
3.
At Tours in Gallia Lugdunensis, Saint Brictius, bishop,
who, a disciple of Saint Martin, succeeded his master and
for forty-seven years was many times afflicted by adversities.
4.
In Africa, the commemoration of the holy Spanish martyrs
Arcadius, Paschasius, Probus, and Eutychius, who, since
they would in no way allow themselves to be turned aside
into the Arian heresy, were first proscribed by Gaiseric,
king of the Vandals, then driven into exile, cruelly tortured
with savage punishments, and finally killed by different
kinds of death. At the same time the constancy
of the little boy Paulillus, brother of Paschasius and Eutychius,
shone forth, who, since he could not be torn away from the
Catholic faith, was for a long time beaten with clubs and
condemned to the lowest servitude.
5.
At Vienne in Gallia Lugdunensis, Saint Leonian, abbot,
who, taken captive there from Pannonia by a hostile people,
first at Autun, and soon after at Vienne, governed in the
most holy manner for more than forty years monks and nuns
6.
At Clermont in Aquitaine, Saint Quinctian, bishop,
who first held the see of Rodez, but driven into exile by
the Goths, was made bishop of Clermont.
7.
At Tifernum Tiberinum in Umbria, the commemoration of
Saints Florentius, bishop, whose truthful teaching and
holiness Pope Saint Gregory the Great bore witness to,
and Amantius, his priest, full of charity toward
the sick and of all virtues.
8.
At Rodez in Aquitaine, Saint Dalmatius, bishop, whose
generosity to the poor Saint Gregory of Tours praises.
9.
In the valley of Susa among the Swiss, Saint Himerius,
hermit, who there preached the Gospel.
10.
At Toledo in Spain, Saint Eugenius, bishop, who labored
for the arranging of the sacred liturgy.
11.
In the district of Cambrai in France, Saint Maxellendis,
virgin and martyr, who, as is related, choosing Christ
as her spouse, when she refused to follow the man to whom
she had been promised by her parents, was struck down by
him with the sword and died.
12.
At Rome, near Saint Peter’s, Saint Nicholas the First,
pope, who, with apostolic vigor, excelled in strengthening
the authority of the Roman Pontiff in the whole Church of
God.
13.
In the monastery of La Réole in Gascony in France, the
passing of Saint Abbo, abbot of Fleury, wonderfully
learned in the divine Scriptures and letters, who, when
he was defending monastic discipline and strongly favoring
peace, was struck down with a spear and died.
14.
At Ivrea in the Subalpine region, the commemoration of
blessed Warmund, bishop, outstanding in living faith,
piety, and humility, who defended the freedom of the Church
from the plots of the powerful, built the cathedral church,
promoted the monastic order, and advanced the episcopal
school.
15.
At Cremona in Lombardy, Saint Homobonus, merchant,
who was renowned for charity toward the poor, for gathering
and educating abandoned children, and for reconciling families.
16.
At Rome, Saint Augustine (Livia) Pietrantoni, virgin
of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity, who devoted
herself in a Christian spirit to caring for those suffering
from tuberculosis in the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, until
she was struck down with a knife by a patient seized with
the fury of homicide and died.
17.
In the village of Simat de Valldigna in the district
of Valencia in Spain, blessed John Gonga Martinez, martyr,
who, when the persecution against the faith raged, poured
out his blood for Christ.
18.
In the village of Portichol de Tavernes near Carcaixent
in the same district of Spain, blessed Mary of the Patronage
of Saint John Giner Gomis, virgin of the Institute of
the Claretian Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and
martyr, who in the same persecution, through the contest
of faith, received eternal life.
19.
At Sofia in Bulgaria, the blessed Peter Vichev, Paul
(Joseph) Dzidzov, and Josaphat (Robert Matthew) Siskov,
priests of the Congregation of the Assumptionists, who,
in a time of a regime hostile to God, falsely accused of
the crime of treason and thrust into prison because they
were Christians, merited to receive, in the struggle of
death, the reward of faithful disciples of Christ.
November
14th
This Day, the Fourteenth Day of
November
1.
At Heraclea in Thrace, Saint Theodotus, martyr.
2.
At Gangra in Paphlagonia, Saint Hypatius, bishop,
who, on the road, was overwhelmed with stones by Novatian
heretics and died a martyr.
3.
At Avignon in Provence, Saint Rufus, who is considered
the first leader of the Christian community of this place.
4.
On the island of Bardsey off the northern coast of
Wales, Saint Dubricius, bishop and abbot.
5.
At Trogir in Dalmatia, Saint John, bishop, who, from
being a hermit in the Camaldolese monastery of Osor, was
ordained to the episcopal office, and successfully defended
the city from destruction by King Coloman.
6.
At Eu in Normandy, the passing of Saint Lawrence O’Toole
(Lorcan Ua Tuathail), bishop of Dublin, who, in the
difficulties of his time, vigorously promoted the regular
discipline of the Church and strove to reconcile concord
between princes; at length, going to meet King Henry of
England, he himself attained the joys of eternal peace.
7.
In the monastery of Saint Mary of Gualdo Mazzocca near Campobasso
in Italy, blessed John of Tufara, hermit.
8.
At Mariëngaarde in Frisia, Saint Siard, abbot of
the Order of Premonstratensians, who was distinguished for
regular observance and generosity toward the poor.
9.
At Algiers in North Africa, Saint Serapion, who was
the first of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
to merit to obtain the palm of martyrdom for the redemption
of faithful captives and the preaching of the Christian
faith.
10.
At Jerusalem, Saints Nicholas Tavelic, Deodatus Aribert,
Stephen of Cuneo, and Peter of Narbonne, priests of
the Order of Minors and martyrs, who, openly preaching
the Christian religion before the Saracens in the public
forum and steadfastly confessing Christ the Son of God,
were burned with fire.
11.
At Caccamo in Sicily, blessed John Liccio, priest
of the Order of Preachers, who, remarkable for tireless
charity toward his neighbor, for spreading the prayer of
the Rosary, and for zeal in regular discipline, rested in
the Lord at the age of one hundred and eleven years.
12.
At the fortress of Bình Định in Cochin-China [Vietnam],
Saint Stephen Theodore Cuenot, bishop of the Paris
Society of Missions to Foreign Lands and martyr,
who, after twenty-five years spent in apostolic labors,
during the raging persecution of Christians by Emperor Tự
Đức, was thrown into the elephant stable, and, worn out
by hardships, died.
November
15th
This Day, the FifteenthDay of
November
Saint Albert, called “the Great,” bishop and Doctor of the Church,
who, at Paris, having entered the Order of Preachers, taught
philosophical and divine doctrines by word and by writings;
master of Saint Thomas Aquinas, wonderfully uniting the
wisdom of the saints with human and natural knowledge; afterward,
unwillingly he received the see of Regensburg, striving
constantly to establish peace among peoples, but after a
year he preferred the poverty of the Order to every honor,
and at Cologne in Lorraine in Germany he peacefully fell
asleep.
2.
At Hippo Regius in Numidia, the twenty holy martyrs,
whose faith and victory Saint Augustine celebrated; of
these only the names of Fidentian, bishop, Valerian, and
Victoria are recorded.
3.
At Edessa in Osrhoene, the holy martyrs Gurias, ascetic,
and Samonas, who, under Emperor Diocletian, after long
and severe torments, were condemned to death by the Mysian
governor and beheaded with the sword.
4.
At Nola in Campania, Saint Felix, whose pastoral
care and honor adorn this city.
5.
In Brittany, Saint Malo, or Machutus, bishop of Aleth,
who was born in Wales and is said to have died among the
Santones.
6.
At Cahors in Aquitaine, Saint Desiderius, bishop,
who built many churches and monasteries, as well as public
buildings for the common good, and did not neglect to prepare
souls for the heavenly Bridegroom as the true temple of
Christ.
7.
On Mount Irschenberg in Bavaria, the holy martyrs Marinus,
bishop, and Anianus.
8.
Near Rouen in Neustria, Saint Sidonius, abbot, who,
born in Ireland, led the monastic life first at Jumièges,
then on the island of Noirmoutier under the governance of
Saint Philibert, and finally in the monastery he himself
founded.
9.
At Rheinau among the Swiss, Saint Fintan, who, born
in Ireland, lived for a long time in a monastery and longer
still enclosed in a cell near the church, for the love of
God.
10.
In the monastery of Klosterneuburg in Austria, the deposition
of Saint Leopold, margrave of that land, who, still
living, was adorned with the surname “the Pious,” a promoter
of peace, and a friend to the poor and to the clergy.
11.
At Reading in England, the blessed martyrs Hugh Faringdon,
or Cook, abbot of the Order of Saint Benedict, John
Eynon, and John Rugg, priests, who steadfastly resisted
King Henry VIII when he claimed for himself the primacy
of the Church; for which reason, accused of treason, they
were hanged and quartered in front of the monastery.
12.
Likewise at Glastonbury in England, the blessed martyrs
Richard Whiting, abbot, Roger James, and John Thorne, priests
of the Order of Saint Benedict, who, falsely accused of
treason or sacrilege, under the same king were led to the
same punishments.
13.
At Ferrara in Emilia, blessed Lucy Broccadelli, religious,
who, both in marriage and in the monastery of the Third
Order of Saint Dominic, patiently bore many sufferings and
vexations.
14.
At Nagasaki in Japan, blessed Caius of Korea, martyr,
who, a catechist, was consigned to the fire for his
confession of Christ.
15.
In the place called Caaró in Paraguay, the holy martyrs
Roque González and Alfonso Rodríguez, priests of the
Society of Jesus, who won to Christ abandoned indigenous
peoples by founding villages called “reductions,” in which
arts and social life were freely joined with Christian conduct;
for this reason, by a man addicted to magical arts, they
were deceitfully killed.
16.
At Rome, Saint Joseph Pignatelli, priest of the Society
of Jesus, who labored greatly for the restoration of that
Order when it was almost extinct, and, outstanding in charity,
humility, and integrity of life, was always intent upon
the greater glory of God.
17.
In the place of Mengo in Uganda, Saint Joseph Mkasa Balikuddembe,
martyr, who, prefect of the royal court, after receiving
baptism, won many youths to Christ and protected the pages
of the court from the vices of King Mwanga; for this reason,
at the age of twenty-five, he was ordered by the enraged
king to be beheaded, the first victim of his persecution.
18.
At Savona in Liguria in Italy, blessed Mary of the Passion
(Hélène de Chappotin de Neuville), virgin, who, captivated
in the depths of her heart by the humility and simplicity
of Saint Francis, founded the Franciscan Missionaries
of Mary, continually caring for the condition of women
in the lands of mission.
19.
At Wadowice in Poland, Saint Raphael of Saint Joseph
(Joseph) Kalinowski, priest, who, when the people rose
up against the oppressor, was captured by the enemy in war
and deported to Siberia, where he endured many hardships;
finally restored to freedom, he entered the Order of Discalced
Carmelites, which he greatly promoted.
November
16th
This Day, the Sixteenth Day of
November
Saint Margaret, who, born in Hungary and married to King Malcolm
III of Scotland, bore eight children, and was greatly concerned
for the good of the kingdom and of the Church, joining prayer
and fasting to generosity toward the poor, thus giving an
example of the best of wives, mothers, and queens.
Saint Gertrude, called “the Great,” virgin,
who, from childhood devoted with the greatest fervor and
energy to solitude and the study of letters, having been
wholly turned toward God, entered the Cistercian monastery
of Helfta near Eisleben in Saxony, Germany, where in a wondrous
manner she hastened along the way of perfection, devoting
herself to prayers and to the contemplation of Christ crucified.
Her passing occurred on the day after this day.
3.
At Capua in Campania, Saints Augustine and Felicitas,
martyrs, who are said to have suffered under Emperor
Decius.
4.
At Déols in the territory of Bourges in France, the commemoration
of Saints Leocadius and Lusorius, of whom the former,
a senator of Gaul still a pagan, welcomed the first heralds
of the Christian faith among the Bituriges and made his
house in this village into a church; the latter, his son,
is said to have departed from the world clothed in the white
garments of a neophyte.
5.
Likewise at Lyon in France, Saint Eucherius, who,
from senatorial rank, together with his family, first withdrew
to the neighboring island of Lérins to live an ascetic life;
then, having been elected bishop of Lyon, wrote very
many accounts of the passions of the holy martyrs.
6.
Among the Swiss, Saint Othmar, abbot, who, at the
site of the cell founded by Saint Gall, established a small
hospital for lepers and a monastery under the observance
of the Rule of Saint Benedict; on account of defending its
rights, he was soon deported by neighboring powers into
exile on an island of the Rhine, where he died.
7.
In the monastery of Cava in Campania, blessed Simeon,
abbot.
8. At Provins, a town
of Sens in France, the passing of Saint Edmund Rich,
bishop of Canterbury, who, having been afflicted with
exile for the defense of the Church, died while living a
holy life among the Cistercian monks at Pontigny.
9.
At Assisi in Umbria, at Saint Damian’s, Saint Agnes,
virgin, who, following her sister Saint Clare in the
flower of youth, under the guidance of Saint Francis embraced
poverty with her whole heart.
10.
At York in England, blessed Edward Osbaldeston, priest
and martyr, of Lancashire, alumnus of the English College
at Reims, who, under Queen Elizabeth I, was condemned to
death for his priestly office, and underwent martyrdom by
being hanged, drawn, and quartered.
November
17th
This Day, the Seventeenth Day of
November
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,
who, while still a young girl, was married to Louis, Count
of Thuringia, to whom she bore three children; having become
a widow, after having bravely endured great hardships, and
already long intent on the meditation of heavenly things,
she withdrew to the hospital in Marburg, Germany, which
she had founded, embracing poverty and devoting herself
to the care of the sick and the poor until her very last
breath, died in the twenty-fifth year of her age.
2.
At Neocaesarea in Pontus, Saint Gregory, bishop,
who, as a young man, embraced the Christian faith, and,
having advanced both in human and divine knowledge, was
ordained bishop, renowned for his teaching, virtues, and
apostolic labors, and, on account of the many signs wrought
by him, was called Thaumaturgus [Wonder-worker].
3.
At Caesarea in Palestine, the holy martyrs Alphaeus and
Zacchaeus, who, in the first year of the persecution
by the emperor Diocletian, when they had firmly confessed
that God alone and Christ Jesus was king, after many torments,
underwent the sentence of death.
4.
At Cordova in Hispania Baetica, Saint Acisclus, martyr.
5.
At Orléans in Gallia Lugdunensis, Saint Aignan, bishop,
who, trusting in God alone, whose help he frequently obtained
by prayers and tears, delivered his city from a siege by
the Huns.
6.
At Vienne in Burgundy, Saint Namatius, bishop, who
both discharged civil duties rightly and held and adorned
the episcopal see.
7.
At Tours in Neustria, Saint Gregory, bishop, who
succeeded Saint Euphronius in this see and composed the
history of the Franks in truthful and simple style.
8.
At Whitby in Northumbria, Saint Hilda, abbess, who
received the faith and sacraments of Christ, and, placed
in charge of a monastery, so greatly applied herself to
the instruction of monks and nuns in the regular life, to
the preservation of peace and charity, to labor, and to
the reading of the divine Scriptures, that she was considered
to have accomplished heavenly works upon earth.
9.
At Ramosch in Rhaetia, Saint Florinus, priest, devoted
with fidelity to the care of his parish.
10.
At Constantinople, Saint Lazarus, monk, who, born
in Armenia, was distinguished for his art as a painter of
sacred images; when he refused to destroy his works, he
was, by order of the iconoclast emperor Theophilus, cruelly
tortured; soon afterward, however, the controversy concerning
the proper veneration of icons being settled, he was sent
by the emperor Michael III to Rome to strengthen the concord
and unity of the whole Church.
11.
At Nocera in Sicily, Saint Hugh, abbot, who, sent
by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, established the Cistercian
Order there and in Calabria.
12.
At Lincoln in England, Saint Hugh, bishop, who, having
been called from being a Carthusian monk to this episcopal
see, gave outstanding service both in defending the liberties
of the Church and in rescuing Jews from the hands of their
enemies.
13.
At Kraków in Poland, blessed Salome, who, Queen of
Halicz, after the death of her husband King Coloman, professed
the Rule of the Poor Clares and fulfilled with holiness
the office of abbess in the monastery founded by
herself.
14.
At Helfta near Eisleben in Saxony, the birthday of Saint
Gertrude, virgin, whose memorial is given on the preceding
day.
15.
At Asunción in Paraguay, Saint John del Castillo, priest
of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, in a village
called a “reduction,” founded that same year by Saint Roch
Gonzalez and committed to his care, by order of a man addicted
to magical arts, was subjected to cruel torments and pelted
with stones, and died for Christ. *
16.
At Nagasaki in Japan, the holy martyrs Jordan (Hyacinth)
Ansalone and Thomas Hioji Rokuzayemon Nishi, priests
of the Order of Preachers, of whom the former first labored
much for the Gospel in the Philippine Islands and then in
Japan, the latter in the island of Formosa and, in his final
years, in his own country, where in the region of Nagasaki
he was diligent in propagating the faith, until both, with
unconquered spirit, under the supreme leader Tokugawa Iemitsu,
were tortured for seven days in the gallows and pit, and
died.
17.
On the reefs of the bridge at Rochefort in France, blessed
Loup-Sebastien Hunot, priest of Sens and martyr,
who, in the time of the French upheaval, on account of the
priesthood, was confined in a plague-ship anchored in the
open sea, and, enduring all the hardships of captivity,
was finally overcome by fever and completed his martyrdom.
18.
In the city of Kapayivka in the district of Kiev,
Ukraine, blessed Josaphat Kocylovskyj, bishop of
Przemyśl and martyr, who, when the rule of his homeland
was hostile toward God, gave up his soul as a faithful disciple
of Christ.
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*
These three Jesuit missionaries, Saints Roque
González Alfonso Rodríguez, and Juan del Castillo, priests
of the Society of Jesus, killed within two days of each
other, are honored together as the Protomartyrs of the Río
de la Plata Region, having suffered in one and the same
persecution instigated by resistance to the Christian faith
and adherence to pagan magical practices. [Ed.]
November
18th
This Day, the Eighteenth Day of
November
Dedication
of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles,
of which the former, built by the Emperor Constantine on
the Vatican Hill over the tomb of Saint Peter, having collapsed
through age, was restored in a larger form, and on this
same recurring day was again consecrated; but the latter,
on the Ostian Way, built by the Emperors Theodosius and
Valentinian, afterwards consumed by a wretched fire and
entirely rebuilt, was dedicated on the tenth day of December.
By their common commemoration, the brotherhood of the Apostles
and the unity of the Church are in some way signified.
2.
At Antioch in Syria, Saint Romanus, martyr, who,
a deacon of the Church of Caesarea, when in the persecution
of the Emperor Diocletian he saw Christians obeying the
norms of the decrees and hastening to the images of idols,
and had called them with a free voice to resist, after dreadful
tortures and the cutting out of his tongue, was strangled
in prison with a rope, and was crowned with a celebrated
martyrdom.
3.
At Columbarium in the district of Bourges in Aquitaine,
Saint Patroclus, priest, who was a hermit and missionary.
4.
In Brittany, Saint Maudetus, abbot, who led a monastic
life on a deserted island and, as a master of spiritual
life, gathered many saints into the number of his disciples.
5.
At Coutances in Neustria, Saint Romacharius, bishop.
6.
In the Velay district of Aquitaine, Saint Theofredus,
abbot and martyr.
7.
At Tours in Neustria, the passing of Saint Odo, abbot
of Cluny, who restored monastic observance according to
the Rule of Saint Benedict and the discipline of Saint Benedict
of Aniane.
8.
At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Leonard Kimura,
religious of the Society of Jesus, Andrew Murayama
Tokuan, Cosmas Takeya, John Yoshida Shoun, and Dominic Jorge,
who were burned with fire for the name of Christ.
9.
In the city of Saint Charles in Missouri in the United States
of America, Saint Philippine Duchesne, virgin of
the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who, born in France,
when trouble was raging in her homeland, gathered a religious
community, and, crossing into America, founded many schools.
10.
At Ferentino near Frosinone in Italy, blessed Grimoald
of the Purification (Ferdinand) Santamaria, religious
of the Congregation of the Passion, who, while with fervor
and joy he was preparing himself for the priesthood, was
seized with illness and piously died.
11.
In the village of Wał-Ruda in Poland, blessed
Caroline Kózka, virgin and martyr, who, while war was
raging, when she wished to defend her chastity from a soldier,
struck with a sword while still a youth, died for Christ.
12.
At Madrid in Spain, the blessed Mary of Refuge (Mary
Gabriela) Hinojosa y Naveros and five companions,1
virgins of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
and martyrs, who, when persecution was raging, enclosed
in a monastery, but deceitfully seized by soldiers, pierced
with bullets, migrated to Christ their Spouse.
November
19th
This Day, the Nineteenth Day of
November
1.
Commemoration of Saint Abdias, prophet, who, after
the exile of the people of Israel, announced the wrath of
the Lord against the hostile nations.
2.
At Caesarea in Cappadocia, Saint Maximus, chorepiscopus
and martyr.
3.
In the village of Brennac near Vienne in Lugdunensian Gaul,
Saints Severinus, Exsuperius, and Felician, martyrs.
4. At Antioch in Syria,
Saint Barlaam, martyr, who, a rustic and unlearned
man, but fortified with the wisdom of Christ, when fire
with incense had been placed in his hand, resisted with
unconquered constancy of faith, and, by reason of the ferocity
of the tyrant, attained to the palm [of martyrdom].
5.
At Heraclea in Thrace, the holy women, virgins and widows,
numbering forty, martyrs.
6.
In the Vellaiacum district of Aquitaine, Saint Eudo,
abbot.
7.
On Mount Mercury in Calabria, Saint Simon, hermit.
8.
In the monastery of Helfta in Saxony, Saint Mechtildis,
virgin, who was a woman of exquisite learning and humility,
and was endowed with the heavenly gift of mystical contemplation.
9.
At Mantua in Lombardy, blessed James Benfatti, bishop,
of the Order of Preachers, who, after settling dissensions
in the city, relieved the people afflicted by plague and
famine.
10.
In the village of Garray in the district of Valencia in
Spain, the blessed martyrs Eliseo García, religious
of the Salesian Society, and Alexander Planas Sauri,
who, in the time of persecution against the faith, were
deemed worthy to be associated with the saving contest of
Christ.
November
20th
This Day, the Twentieth Day of
November
1.
At Antioch in Syria, Saint Basil, martyr.
2.
In the city of Astigi in Baetica, Spain, Saint Crispin,
bishop and martyr.
3.
At Durostorum in Moesia, Saint Dasius, martyr.
4.
At Augusta Taurinorum in Liguria, Saints Octavius, Solutor,
and Adventor, martyrs.
5.
At Vercelli likewise in Liguria, Saint Theonestus, martyr,
in whose honor Saint Eusebius the bishop built a basilica.
6.
At Benevento in Campania,
Saint Doro, bishop.
7.
At Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, Saint Silvester, bishop,
who, in the forty-second year of his priesthood, full of
days and virtues, departed to the Lord.
8.
At Mount Jura in the territory of Lyon, Saint Hippolytus,
abbot and bishop.
9.
At Constantinople, Saint Gregory of Decapolis, monk,
who first professed the monastic life and later the eremitical
life; then, becoming a pilgrim, he remained for a long time
at Thessalonica, and finally at Constantinople, where, fighting
bravely for the defense of the sacred Images, he gave back
his soul to God.
10.
In England, Saint Edmund, martyr, who, king
of the East Angles, captured in battle against pagan
invaders, was crowned with martyrdom for the faith of Christ.
11.
At Hildesheim in Saxony, Germany, Saint Bernward, bishop,
who defended his flock from incursions, restored the discipline
of the clergy by many synods, and fostered the monastic
life.
12.
In Calabria, Saint Cyprian, abbot of Calamizzi, who
faithfully observed the precepts and examples of the Eastern
[monastic] institutes, severe with himself, but generous
to the poor, and a good counselor to all.
13.
At Hanoi in Tonkin [Vietnam], Saint Francis Xavièr Cấn,
martyr, who, a catechist, under the emperor Minh Mang, was
strangled and beheaded for the faith.
14.
At Veroli in Latium, Italy, blessed Maria Fortunata (Anna
Felice) Viti, of the Order of Saint Benedict, who for
nearly the whole course of her life took care of the vestment
room, intent with all her heart on observing only the precepts
of the Rule.
15.
Near Valencia in Spain, the blessed Angela of Saint Joseph
(Francisca) Lloret Martí and fourteen companions,2
virgins and martyrs, of whom one was superior general
and the rest religious of the Congregation of the Doctrine
of the Christian, who, during the persecution against the
Church raging in the civil war, suffered for the faith of
Christ.
16.
In the village of Picadero de Paterna likewise in the district
of Valencia in Spain, blessed Maria of the Miracles Ortells
Gimeno, virgin of the Order of Poor Clares Capuchins
and martyr, in the same period crowned for the witness of
Christ.
November
21st
This Day, the Twenty-first Day of
November
Memorial of the Presentation of the blessed Virgin Mary.
On the day after the dedication of the Basilica of Saint
Mary the New, built near the wall of the Temple at Jerusalem,
is celebrated that dedication which the future Mother of
God made of herself to God from her infancy, moved by the
Holy Spirit, with whose grace she had been filled in her
Immaculate Conception.
2.
Commemoration of Saint Rufus, whom blessed Paul the
Apostle, writing to the Romans, says was chosen by the Lord.
3.
At Poreč in Istria, Saint Maurus, bishop and martyr.
4.
At Caesarea in Palestine, Saint Agapius, martyr,
who, already more than once tortured, but always deferring
to greater contests, during the games in the amphitheater
before Maximin himself, was given over to be devoured by
a bear, and, while he was still breathing, on the following
day, with stones tied to his feet, was plunged into the
sea.
5.
At Rome, near Saint Peter’s, Saint Gelasius the First,
pope, who, remarkable for doctrine and holiness, lest
the imperial authority harm the unity of the Church, was
the first to set forth clearly the distinct properties and
mutual liberty of the two powers; moved with the greatest
charity and by the needs of the poor, in order to help the
needy, he died in extreme poverty.
6.
At Cresson in Umbria, Saint Maurus, bishop.
7.
At Rome, blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd (Franciszka)
Siedliska, virgin, who, having departed from Poland
on account of the difficulties of the state, founded
the Institute of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
for the care of her country’s emigrants.
November
22nd
This Day, the Twenty-second Day of
November
Memorial of Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyr,
who is said to have attained that twofold palm at Rome in
the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way for the love
of Christ, and whose name from ancient times has been given
to the title-church in Trastevere.
2.
Commemoration of Saint Philemon of Colossae,
in whose love for Christ Jesus blessed Paul the Apostle
rejoiced, and who is venerated together with Saint Apphia,
his wife.
3.
At Arbela in Persia, Saint Ananias, martyr, who,
in the time of the persecution of King Shapur the Second,
by order of Ardisag the high magus, was arrested and beaten
with cudgels with such great severity three times that the
executioners, thinking him already dead, left him lying
in the street; but on the following night he was carried
by Christians to his own home, where he breathed his last.
4.
At Milan in Liguria, Saint Benignus, bishop, who,
in the great turmoil of invasions, governed with the greatest
constancy and piety the Church committed to him.
5.
At Autun in Lugdunensian Gaul, Saint Pragmatius, bishop.
6.
By the river Zihun near the city of Marash
in Cilicia, the blessed Salvator Lilli, priest of
the Order of Friars Minor, John son of Balzi, and six
other companions of Armenian race,3 martyrs,
who, commanded by Ottoman soldiers to deny Christ, when
they refused to betray their faith, were pierced with lances
and departed to the eternal kingdom.
7.
In the village of Triora in Liguria in the region of Italy,
blessed Thomas Reggio, bishop of Genoa, who, joining
to austerity of life a marvelous gentleness of manner, brought
about civil concord and in every way assisted the poor,
chiefly taking care for the relief of human distress.
8.
In the city of Teocaltiche in Mexico, Saint Peter
Esqueda Ramírez, priest and martyr, who, in the Mexican
persecution, was thrown into prison on account of the priesthood,
and was at last slain by bullets.
9.
In the city of Paterna in the district of Valencia
in Spain, the blessed Elías (Julián) Torrijo Sánchez
and Bertrán (Francisco) Lahoz Moliner, religious of
the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and
martyrs, who, supported by the example of Christ, in the
religious persecution merited to obtain the eternal reward
promised to those who persevere.
November
23rd
This Day, the Twenty-third Day of
November
Saint
Clement the First, pope, martyr,
who, the third after blessed Peter the Apostle, governed
the Roman Church and wrote to the Corinthians a remarkable
letter for the strengthening of peace and concord among
them. On this day the deposition of his body is celebrated
at Rome.
Saint
Columban, abbot,
who, an Irishman by birth, becoming a pilgrim for Christ
to teach the peoples of Gaul in the Gospel, founded Luxeuil
along with many other monasteries, which he himself governed
with strict discipline; then, forced into exile, he crossed
the Alps and founded the monastery of Bobbio in Liguria,
celebrated for discipline and studies, where, having greatly
merited of the Church, he died in peace, and on this day
his body was laid to rest.
3. At Rome
in the cemetery of Maximus on the New Salarian Way, Saint
Felicity, martyr.
4. At Chiusi
in Etruria, Saint Mustiola, martyr.
5. At Cyzicus
in the Hellespont, Saint Sisinnius, bishop and martyr,
who, in the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, after
many torments, is said to have been slain by the sword.
6. At Metz
in Gallia Belgica, the commemoration of Saint Clement,
who is held to have been the first bishop of that
city.
7. At Mérida
in Lusitania, Saint Lucretia, martyr.
8. At Iconium
in Lycaonia, Saint Amphilochius, bishop, who, the
companion in the desert of Saints Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus,
and colleague in the episcopate, renowned for holiness and
teaching, endured many struggles for the Catholic faith.
9. At Paris
in Lugdunensian Gaul, Saint Severin, who, enclosed
in a cell, devoted himself to divine contemplation.
10. At Agrigento
in Sicily, Saint Gregory, bishop, who is said to
have explained the sacred books so as to open what was hidden
to the unlearned.
11. At Sint-Truiden
in Brabant of Austrasia, Saint Trudo, priest, who
gave his goods to the Church of Metz, rebuilt there a monastery,
and gathered disciples.
12.
At Alba Pompeia in the Subalpine region, blessed Margaret
of Savoy, who, becoming a widow, gave herself to God
in the monastery of nuns of the Order of Preachers, which
she herself had founded.
13. At Seoul
in Korea, Saint Cecilia Yu So-sa, martyr, who, a
widow, stripped of her goods for the faith and cast
into prison, was interrogated twelve times under questioning
and so afflicted with the punishment of beatings that, nearly
eighty years old, she died in prison.
14. In the
village of Guadalupe in the territory of Zacatecas in Mexico,
blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, priest of the Society
of Jesus and martyr, who, during the persecution
against the Church, condemned to death without trial as
an accomplice in a crime, fulfilled the martyrdom which
was his burning desire.
15. At Madrid
in Spain, blessed Maria Cecilia (Maria Felicidad) Cendoya
y Araquistain, virgin of the Order of the Visitation
of Holy Mary and martyr, who, in the great persecution,
when her sisters had been arrested, voluntarily surrendered
herself the same night to the soldiers, and together with
her companions confirmed the witness of the faith by the
supreme sacrifice.
November
24th
This Day, the Twenty-fourth Day of
November
Memorial of Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc, priest, and companions,4
martyrs. By a common celebration, one hundred and seventeen
martyrs are honored in the regions of Tonkin, Annam,
and Cochin China [Vietnam] in Asia, among whom were eight
bishops, very many priests, and a vast multitude of lay
Christian faithful of both sexes and of every condition
and age, all of whom preferred to suffer exiles, prisons,
tortures, and finally the most extreme punishments rather
than to trample on the cross and fall away from the Christian
faith.
2.
At Aquileia in Venetia, the commemoration of Saint Chrysogonus,
martyr, who at Rome is celebrated on the anniversary
day of the dedication of the church with the title of his
name.
3.
At Amelia in Umbria, Saint Firmina, martyr.
4.
At Milan in Liguria, Saint Protasius, bishop, who
defended the cause of Saint Athanasius before the emperor
Constans and sat in the Council of Sardica.
5.
At Blaye in the territory of Bordeaux in Aquitaine, Saint
Romanus, priest.
6.
At Cloyne in Ireland, Saint Colman, bishop of Cloyne.
7.
In the territory of Auvergne in Aquitaine, Saint Portianus,
abbot, who, a slave in youth, sought refuge and liberty
at a monastery, where, having become a monk, and later abbot,
he died in old age, worn out by fastings.
8.
At Córdoba in the region of Andalusia in Spain, Saints
Flora and Mary, virgins and martyrs, who, in the persecution
by the Moors, were cast into prison together with Saint
Eulogius, and then slain by the sword.
9.
At Reims in France, the passion of Saint Albert of Leuven,
bishop of Liège and martyr, who, on account of
defenĐing the Church, was sent into exile, and there, in
the same year in which he was ordained, was also killed.
10.
In the monastery of Cava in Campania, blessed Balsamus,
abbot, who, amid troubles and conflicts—
11.
In the city of Đồng Hới in Annam [Vietnam], the
holy martyrs Peter Dumoulin-Borie, bishop of the Paris
Foreign Mission Society, and Peter Võ Đăng Khoa and Vincent
Nguyễn Thế Diểm, priests, the first of whom was beheaded,
and the others strangled, by order of the emperor Minh Mạng.
12.
At Milan in Italy, blessed Maria Anna Sala, virgin
of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Marcellina,
who devoted herself wholly to the education of girls, as
a teacher of learning supported by faith and piety.
13.
In the village of Picadero de Paterna in the district
of Valencia in Spain, the blessed Niceta of Saint Prudence
Plaja Xifra and companions,5
virgins of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of
Charity and martyrs, who, bearing bright lamps, were
deemed worthy to enter with Christ the Bridegroom into the
eternal banquet.
November
25th
This Day, the Twenty-fifth Day of
November
Saint
Catherine, who is said to have been a virgin
of Alexandria
and a martyr,
filled not less with sharpness of intellect and wisdom than
with strength of spirit. Her body is venerated with pious
devotion in the celebrated monastery on Mount Sinai.
2. At Caesarea
in Cappadocia, Saint Mercury, martyr.
3. At Rome,
the commemoration of Saint Moses, priest and martyr,
who, after Saint Fabian the pope had been killed under the
emperor Decius, together with the college of presbyters
took care of the brethren in the Church; he judged that
peace should be granted to the lapsed, the weak, and those
at the point of death, and, having been kept for a long
time in prison, often consoled them through the letters
of Saint Cyprian of Carthage, and was crowned with an extraordinary
and admirable martyrdom.
4. At Alexandria
in Egypt, Saint Peter, bishop and martyr, who, adorned
with every virtue, was suddenly, by order of the emperor
Galerius Maximian, beheaded, and became the last victim
of the great persecution and the seal of the martyrs.
With him are commemorated three Egyptian bishops, namely
Hesychius, Pachomius, and Theodorus, with many others,
who likewise at Alexandria, in the same persecution, suffered,
and were carried to heaven by the cruel sword.
5. In Numidia,
Saint Marculus, bishop, who, as it is said, in the
time of the emperor Constans, was hurled from a rock by
a certain Macarius and died as a martyr.
6. In the
territory of Agen in Aquitaine, Saint Maurinus, martyr,
who, devoted to preaching the Gospel to the rural people,
is said to have been slain by pagans.
7. In the
district of Valencia in Gaul, blessed Beatrice of Ornacieux,
virgin of the Carthusian Order, who, distinguished by
her love of the Cross, lived and died in extreme poverty
in the monastery of Eymeu, which she had founded.
8. At Reute
in Swabia, blessed Elizabeth Achler, called “the Good,”
virgin, who, living as if enclosed in the Third Order
Regular of Saint Francis, wonderfully practiced humility,
poverty, and bodily affliction.
9. At Seoul
in Korea, Saint Peter Yi Ho-yang, martyr, who,
a catechist, together with his sister Saint
Agatha Yi So-sa, having been captured by soldiers, and
remaining firm in the confession of the faith, after his
bones had been broken three times, was held in prison for
four years, where he was the first to die of the glorious
band of martyrs of this nation.
10. In the
village of Puebla de Hijar near Teruel in Spain, blessed
Hyacinth Serrano López, priest of the Order of Preachers
and martyr, who, in the persecution against the Church,
was pierced with bullets. With him is commemorated
blessed James Meseguer Burillo, martyr, priest of
the same Order, who at Barcelona, on an unknown day, accomplished
an outstanding contest for Christ.
November
26th
This Day, the Twenty-sixth Day of
November
1.
At Rome in the cemetery of Priscilla on the New Salarian
Way, Saint Siricius, pope, whom Saint Ambrose rightly
praises as a true teacher, inasmuch as, bearing the burdens
of all the bishops, he taught them the precepts of the Fathers,
which he also confirmed with apostolic authority.
2.
At Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia, Saint Alypius, deacon
and stylite, who died nearly a hundred years old.
3.
At Constance in Swabia of Germany, Saint Conrad, bishop,
who, an excellent shepherd of his flock, generously provided
from his own means for the Church and for the poor.
4.
At Lacedaemon in the Peloponnesus, Saint Nikon, monk,
who, after living the cenobitic and eremitical life in Asia,
devoted himself, after the island of Crete was freed from
the yoke of the Saracens, to restoring Christians to their
morals with evangelical zeal; then, traveling through Greece
preaching penance, he died in the Spartan monastery which
he had founded.
5.
In a forest near Fratta in the territory of Rovigo in Venetia,
the passion of Saint Bellinus, bishop of Padua
and martyr, who, an extraordinary defender of the Church,
cruelly set upon by assassins, fell after receiving many
wounds.
6.
In the monastery of Canons Regular of Sées in Savoy,
blessed Pontius of Faucigny, who, formerly abbot
of Abondance, having laid down the office, wished to die
as a simple religious.
7.
At Fabriano in Piceno of Italy, Saint Sylvester Gozzolini,
abbot, who, when before the open tomb of a friend who
had died shortly before, he understood all the vanity of
the world, withdrew into the desert, and, having changed
his dwelling places various times to be more hidden from
men, finally in the wilderness near Montefano laid the foundations
of the Congregation of the Sylvestrines, under the
Rule of Saint Benedict.
8.
At Apt in Provence, blessed Delphina, wife of Saint
Elzear of Sabran, with whom she had vowed that they would
both remain chaste, and after whose death she remained in
poverty and prayer.
9.
At York in England, the blessed martyrs Hugh Taylor,
priest, and Marmaduke Bowes, the former, a young man,
because he had gone to England as a priest, the latter,
an old man, because he had assisted the same priest, under
Queen Elizabeth the First were given over to the punishment
of the gallows.
10.
At Bisignano in Calabria, Saint Humilis (Luke Anthony)
Pirozzo, religious of the Order of Friars Minor, renowned
for the spirit of prophecy and for the frequency of ecstasies.
11.
At Rome in the convent of Saint Bonaventure on the Palatine,
Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, priest of the Order
of Friars Minor, who, filled with zeal for souls, devoted
nearly his whole life to preaching, to publishing pious
books, and to visiting more than three hundred missions
in the City, in the island of Corsica, and throughout northern
Italy.
12.
In the city of Nam Định in Tonkin [Vietnam], the holy
martyrs Thomas Đinh Viết Dụ and Dominic Nguyễn Văn (Đoàn)
Xuyên, priests of the Order of Preachers, who, by decree
of the emperor Minh Mang, were beheaded together.
13.
At Bassano near Vicenza in Italy, blessed Caietana Sterni,
religious, who, left a widow while still young, gave
herself entirely to the service of the poor and founded
the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Will,
to minister to the poor and the sick.
14.
At Rome, blessed James Alberione, priest, who, greatly
concerned for evangelization, strove with every effort and
endeavor to direct the instruments of social communication
to the good of human society and to make them means that
would more effectively proclaim the truth of Christ; for
this reason, he founded the Congregation of the Priests
of the Society of Saint Paul the Apostle.
November
27th
This Day, the Twenty-seventh Day of
November
1.
By the River Cea in Galicia, the holy martyrs Facundus
and Primitivus.
2.
At Grumento in Lucania, Saint Lavarius, martyr.
3.
At Aquileia in Venetia, Saint Valerian, bishop, who
defended the orthodox faith in Illyricum against the Arians
and gathered clergy and laity to live a common life.
4.
In Persia, Saint James, surnamed “the Dismembered,” martyr,
who, in the time of the emperor Theodosius the Younger,
having denied Christ in service to King Yazdegerd, was bitterly
rebuked by his mother and wife; whereupon he returned to
himself and fearlessly confessed himself to be a Christian
before Vararanes, son and successor of Yazdegerd. Therefore,
by order of the angry king, sentence of death having been
passed upon him, he was commanded to be cut limb from limb
and beheaded.
5.
At Riez in Provence, Saint Maximus, after Saint Honoratus
the father of the monastery of Lérins, and soon after bishop
of the Church of Riez.
6.
In the district of Blois in Gaul, Saint Eusicius, hermit,
who built for himself a little cell at the foot of Mount
Cari.
7.
At Carpentras in Provence, Saint Siffred, bishop.
8.
At Noyon in Gaul, Saint Achar, bishop, who, from
being a monk of Luxeuil, having been elected to the Church
of Noyon and Tournai, devoted himself to the evangelization
of the peoples of the northern regions.
9.
At Mainz in Rhenish Austrasia, Saint Bilhildis, virgin,
who built a monastery in which she piously died.
10.
In Scotland, Saint Fergus, bishop, who is said to
have exercised his office among the Picts.
11.
At Salzburg in Bavaria, Saint Virgilius, bishop,
a man of great learning, Irish by nation, who, with the
favor of King Pepin, was placed over the Church of Salzburg;
there he built a cathedral church in honor of Saint Rupert
and worked successfully to spread the faith among the Carantanians.
12.
At Belle-Île on the coast of Gaul in the district of Nantes
in Brittany, Saint Gulstan, monk, who, as a youth
having escaped from the hands of pirates and been received
by Saint Felix, then a hermit in the monastery of Rhuys,
though illiterate, became renowned for reciting the psalter
by heart and for aiding sailors.
13.
At L’Aquila in the Abruzzi of Italy, blessed Bernardine
of Fossa (John) Amici, priest of the Order of Minors,
who spread the Catholic faith through many provinces of
Italy.
14.
At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed Thomas Koteda Kiuni
and ten companions, martyrs, who, out of hatred for
the faith, by order of the governor Gonzuku, were beheaded.
15.
In the internment camp of Dachau near Munich in Bavaria,
Germany, blessed Bronislaw Kostkowski, martyr, who,
during the military occupation of Poland, afflicted with
terrible torments in prison, attained the palm of martyrdom.
November 28th
This Day, the Twenty-eighth Day of
November
1.
At Sebaste in Armenia, Saint Irenarchus, martyr,
who, being an executioner of punishment, was converted to
Christ by the constancy of Christian women, and is said
to have been beheaded under the emperor Diocletian and the
governor Maximus.
2.
In Africa, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Papinian
of Vita and Mansuetus of Urusi, bishops, who, in the
time of the Vandal persecution, under King Genseric the
Arian, for the defense of the Catholic faith, having been
burned over their whole body with heated plates of iron,
completed their glorious contest. At which time also
other holy bishops — namely Urban of Girba, Crescens
of Byzacena, Habetdeus of Teudalis, Eustratius of Sufetula,
Cresconius of Oea, Vicis of Sabratha, Felix of Hadrumetum,
and afterwards, under Hunneric, son of Genseric, Hortulanus
of Bennefa and Florentian of Midila — having been sent
into exile, fulfilled the course of their life in the confession
of the faith.
3.
At Constantinople, Saint Stephen the Younger, monk and
martyr, who, under the emperor Constantine Copronymus,
for the veneration of holy Images, having been tortured
with various punishments, confirmed the Catholic truth by
the shedding of his blood.
4. Near Rossano in
Calabria, Saint Theodora, abbess, disciple of Saint
Nilus the Younger and teacher of the monastic life.
5.
At Naples in Campania, the deposition of Saint James
of the Marches (James of Piceno), priest of the Order
of Minors, renowned for his preaching and austerity of life.
6.
At York in England, blessed James Thomson, priest and
martyr, who, under Queen Elizabeth the First, condemned
to death because he had reconciled very many to the Catholic
Church, was handed over to the punishment of the gallows.
7.
In the district of Khám Đường in Annam [Vietnam],
Saint Andrew Trấn Văn Trông, martyr, who, because
he refused to trample on the cross, after prison and cruel
tortures, was beheaded under the emperor Minh Mạng.
8.
In the place Paracuellos del Jarama near Madrid in
Spain, the blessed John of Jesus (Mariano) Adradas Gonzalo,
priest, and fourteen companions,7
martyrs, who, religious of the Order of Saint John of
God, in the time of persecution were crowned with illustrious
passion.
9.
In the village of Picadero de Paterna in the district
of Valencia likewise in Spain, blessed Aloysius Campos
Górriz, martyr, who, in the same religious persecution,
crowned with glorious death a life joyfully devoted to works
of apostolate and charity.
November 29th
This Day, the Twenty-ninth Day of
November
1.
At Rome, in the cemetery of Thrason on the New Salarian
Way, Saint Saturninus of Carthage, martyr, who, according
to Pope Saint Damasus, under the emperor Decius was placed
on the rack in his native land for the sake of Christ, and
then sent into exile to Rome. There, after enduring and
overcoming further cruel torments, he converted the tyrant
Gratian to the faith, and, having been beheaded, received
the crown of martyrdom.
2.
At Toulouse in Narbonnensian Gaul, the commemoration
of Saint Saturninus, bishop and martyr, who, as it is
said, in the time of the same Decius, was seized by pagans
in the Capitol of this city and thrown from the top of the
citadel down the steps, so that, with his head dashed and
his whole body torn, he gave back his soul to Christ.
3.
At Ancyra in Galatia, Saint Philomenus, martyr, who,
in the persecution of the emperor Aurelian, under the governor
Felix, having been thrown into the fire, and then with his
hands, feet, and head fixed with nails, is said to have
completed his martyrdom.
4.
At Todi in Umbria, Saint Illuminata, virgin.
5.
At Batnae likewise in Osrhoene, Saint James, bishop
of Sarug, who, by sermons, homilies, and verses, enlightened
this Church with the purest faith, and is venerated among
the Syrians with Saint Ephrem as a doctor and pillar of
the Church.
6.
At Deventer in Frisia, the translation of Saint Radbod,
bishop of Utrecht, who, a learned and prudent shepherd,
died while visiting the countryside.
7.
At York in England, blessed Edward Burden, priest and
martyr, who, having completed his studies at the English
College at Reims and having been ordained priest, returned
to the dominions of Queen Elizabeth the First, and on the
gallows before a raging crowd completed his passion.
8.
In the same place, eight years later, the blessed martyrs
George Errington, William Gibson, and William Knight,
who, because they had defended priests proscribed for that
very fact, were given over to martyrdom after various tortures.
9.
In Aceh on the island of Sumatra, the blessed martyrs
Denis of the Nativity (Peter Berthelot), priest, and Redemptus
of the Cross (Thomas Rodriguez), religious, of the Order
of Discalced Carmelites, who, first reduced to slavery by
the Muslims, were at length on the seashore killed with
arrows and the sword.
10.
At Lucera in Apulia, Saint Francis Anthony Fasani, priest
of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor, who, a man of exquisite
learning, greatly supported by zeal for preaching and penance,
cared for the poor and needy so much that he never hesitated
to take off his own garment to clothe a beggar, and offered
Christian help to all.
11.
In the place called El Saler near Valencia in Spain,
blessed Alfred Simon Colomina, priest of the Society
of Jesus and martyr, who, in the persecution against the
Church, confirmed his fidelity to the Lord with his blood.
November 30th
This Day, the Thirtieth Day of
November
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle,
who, born at Bethsaida, the brother of Simon Peter and with
him a fisherman, was the first of the disciples of John
the Baptist to be called by the Lord Jesus at the Jordan.
He followed Him and even brought his brother to Him.
After Pentecost, he is said to have preached the Gospel
in Achaia and at Patras to have been affixed to the cross.
The Church of Constantinople holds him in special honor
as a most eminent patron.
2.
At Milan in Liguria, Saint Mirocles, bishop, whom
Saint Ambrose mentions among his faithful predecessors in
the episcopate.
3.
In Brittany, Saint Tugdual, surnamed Pabu, abbot
and bishop, who founded a monastery in the region of
Trégor.
4.
At Mount Siepi in Etruria, Saint Galganus Guidotti, hermit,
who, after a dissipated youth, converted to God and spent
the rest of his life in voluntary bodily penance.
5.
At Montpellier in Provence of Gaul, blessed John of Vercelli
Garbella, priest, who, as Master General of the Order
of Preachers, earnestly preached reverence for the name
of Jesus.
6.
At Regensburg in Bavaria of Germany, blessed Frederick,
religious of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine,
who, a skilled carpenter, excelled in fervor for prayer,
obedience, and charity.
7.
At St. Stephen-in-the-Fields in England, Saint Cuthbert
Mayne, priest and martyr, who, having embraced the Catholic
faith and been ordained priest, exercised his ministry in
Cornwall until, under Queen Elizabeth the First, he was
condemned to death because he had made Apostolic Letters
public property, and was given over to the punishment of
the gallows — the first of the alumni of the English
College at Douai.
8.
At York likewise in England, blessed Alexander Crow,
priest and martyr, who, from a humble shoemaker became
a priest, and under the same queen, because of the priesthood,
gloriously completed the course of his martyrdom on the
gallows.
9.
In the place Quxian in the province of Sichuan
in China, Saint Thaddeus Liu Ruiting, priest and martyr,
who was strangled out of hatred for the faith.
10.
At Hué in Annam [Vietnam], Saint Joseph Marchand, priest
of the Paris Foreign Mission Society and martyr,
who, under the emperor Minh Mạng, was condemned to the punishment
of one hundred blows.
11.
In the place Paracuellos del Jarama near Madrid in
Spain, the blessed Michael Ruedas Megías and six companions,8
martyrs, religious of the Order of Saint John
of God, outstanding in the confession of Christ, who, renowned
for their confession [of faith], while the persecution was
raging, by the violence of the enemies of the Church departed
to the Lord
12.
Likewise at Valencia in Spain, blessed Joseph Otin Aquile,
priest of the Salesian Society and martyr, who,
in the same time, undefeated in the constancy of faith,
came to the heavenly kingdom.
13.
Near Munich in Bavaria of Germany, in the internment camp
of Dachau, blessed Louis Roch Gientyngier, priest and
martyr, who, during the occupation of Poland in the
war, in crimes perpetrated by the regime hostile to the
faith, afflicted with torments, gave up his spirit.
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1.
Whose names are: Blessed Teresa Mary (Laura) Cavestany y
Anduaga, Joseph Mary (Mary of Carmel) Barrera y Izaguirre,
Mary Agnes (Agnes) Zudaire y Galdeano, Mary Angela (Martina)
Olaizola y Garagarza, Mary Engratia (Joseph Joachim) Lecuona
y Aramburu.
2.
Whose names are: Blessed Mary of Suffrage (Antonia Mary)
Orts Baldo, Mary of Sorrows (Mary of Monte Serrato) Llimona
Planas, Teresa of Saint Joseph (Ascensio) Duart y Roig,
Elizabth Ferrer Sabria, Mary of the Assumption (Josepha)
Mongoche Homs, Mary of the Conception (Emilia) Marti Lacal,
Mary Grace (Paula) of Saint Anthony, Heart of Jesus (Mary
of the Purification) Gomez Vives, Mary of Help (Teresa)
Jimenez Baldovi, Mary of Sorrows (Gertrude) Suris Brusola,
Ignatia of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Josepha) Pascual
Pallardo, Mary of the Rosary (Catherine) Calpe Ibanez, Mary
of Peace (Mary Isabella) Lopez Garcia, Marcella of Saint
Thomas (Aurea) Navarro.
3.
Whose names are: Blessed K’adir, son of Xodian, Cerun, son
of K’uraz, Vardavar, son of Dimbalac, Paul, son of Jeremiah,
David and Theodore, sons of David, brothers.
4.
Whose names are: Saints Clement Ignacio Delgado Cebrián,
Dominic Henares, Jerome Hermosilla, Joseph Mary Díaz Sanjurjo,
Melchior García San Pedro, Peter Dumoulin-Borie, Valentine
Berrio Ochoa, bishops; Augustine Schoeffler, Bernard Víl
Van Duê, Dominic Cilm, Dominic Mâu, Dominic Nguyen Van (Doan)
Xuyen, Dominic Nguyen Van Hinh (Dieu), Dominic Trạch, Dominic
Tuć, Emmanuel Nguyen Van Triêu, Francis Gil de Frederich,
Francis Jaccard, Hyacinth Castañeda, James Dô Mai Nam, John
Charles Cornay, John Dât, John Doan Trinh Hoan, John Louis
Bonnard, John Theophane Vénard, Joseph Dãng Đinh (Nien)
Viên, Joseph Dô Quang Hiên, Joseph Fernandez, Joseph Marchand,
Joseph Nguyen Đinh Nghi, Joseph Tufò, Isidore Gagelin, Lawrence
Nguyen Van Huang, Luke Víl Ba Loan, Martin Tài Ðúc Thịnh,
Matthew Alonso de Leziniana, Paul Lê Bảo Tịnh, Paul Lê-Văn-Lộc,
Paul Nguyen Ngan, Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan, Peter Almato Ribeira,
Peter Doan Cong Quy, Peter Francis Néron, Peter Khanh, Peter
Lê Tuy, Peter Nguyen Ba Tuan, Peter Nguyen Van Luu, Peter
Nguyen Van Ty, Peter Truong Van Thi, Philip Phan Van Minh,
Thomas Đinh Viet Dư, Thomas Khuong, Vincent Dô Yen, Vincent
Lê Quang Liem, Vincent Nguyen The Diêm, priests; Andrew
Nguyen Kim Thong Nam (Nam Thuong), Anthony Nguyen Hữu (Nam)
Quỳnh, Dominic Bui Van Uy, Francis Xavier Cẩn, Francis Xavier
Hà Trọng Mậu, John the Baptist Đinh Van Thanh, Joseph Nguyen
Đinh Uyên, Joseph Nguyen Duy Khang, Joseph Nguyen Van Luu,
Matthew Nguyen Van Phượng, Paul Nguyen Van My, Peter Doan
Van Van, Peter Nguyen Khac Ty, Peter Nguyen Van Hieu, Peter
Truong Van Dưỡng, Peter Víl Van Trụet, Thomas Toan, catechists;
Agnes Lê Thị Thanh (De), Andrew Tuông, Andrew Trần Van Trang,
Anthony Nguyen Dich, Augustine Nguyen Van Mai, Augustine
Phan Viet Huy, Dominic Huyen, Dominic Mạo, Dominic Ngan,
Dominic Nguyen, Dominic Nhi, Dominic Nicholas Đinh Dât,
Dominic Ninh, Dominic Phạm Trọng (An) Kham, Dominic Toài,
Emmanuel Lê Van Phùng, Emmanuel Lê Van Phụng, Francis Dô
Minh Chiêu, Francis Trần Van Trung, John the Baptist Côn,
Joseph Hoang Luong Canh, Joseph Lê Dang Thi, Joseph Phạm
Trọng (Cai) Ta, Joseph Tuan, Joseph Tuệ, Luke (Cai) Thin,
Martin Thọ, Matthew Lê Van Gấm, Michael Hồ Đinh Hy, Michael
Nguyen Huy My, Nicholas Bui Viet Thê, Paul Hinh, Paul Tong
Viêt Bường, Peter Ba, Peter Bong, Peter Dung, Peter Thuan,
Peter Vo Bang Khoa, Simon Phan Bae Hoa, Stephen Nguyen Van
Vinh, Thomas Nguyen Van Đệ, Thomas Trần Van Thiện, Vincent
Duong, Vincent Tuòng.
5.
Whose names are: Paula of Saint Anastasia Isla Alonso, Antonia
of Saint Timothy Gosens Saez de Ibarra, Daria of Saint Sophia
Campillo Paniagua, Erun Đina of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Colino Vega, Consolata of the Most Blessed Sacrament Cuñado
Gonzalez, Conception of Saint Ignatius Odriozola Zabalia,
Feliciana of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Uribe Orbe, Conception
of Saint Magdalene Rodriguez Fernandez, Justa of Mary Immaculate
Maiza Goicoechea, Clara of Our Lady of Hope Ezcurra Urrutia,
and Candida of Our Lady of the Angels Cayuso Gonzalez.
6.
Whose names are: Blessed Bartholomew Seki, Anthony Kimura,
John Iwanaga, Alexius Nakamura, Leo Nakanishi, Michael Takeshita,
Matthias Kozasa, Romanus Matsuoka Miota, Matthias Nakano
Miota, John Motoyama.\
7.
Whose names are: Blessed William (Vincent) Llop Gaya, Clement
Diez Sahagun, Lazarus (John Mary) Mugica Goiburu, Martinian
(Anthony) Melendez Sanchez, Peter Mary Alcalde Negredo,
Julian Plazaola Artola, Hilary (Anthony) Delgado Vilchez,
professed religious; Peter of Alcantara Bernalte Calzado,
John Alcalde y Alcalde, Isidore Martinez Izquierdo, Angel
Sastre Corporales, novices; Joseph Mora Velasco, priest
and postulant; Joseph Ruiz Cuesta, postulant; Edward Baptist
Jimenez.
8.
Whose names are: Blessed Didacus of Cadiz (James) Garcia
Molina, Nicephorus Salvador del Rio, Romanus (Raphael) Touceda
Fernandez, religious; Arthur Donoso Murillo, Jesus Gesta
de Piquer, and Anthony Martinez Gil-Leonis, professed.
