September 3^rd

 

This Day, the Third Day of September

Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church, who, having embraced monastic life, served as legate in Constantinople, and, finally elected on this day to the Roman See, cared for both earthly affairs and sacred matters as the servant of the servants of God.  He showed himself to be a true shepherd in governing affairs, in providing every assistance to the poor, in fostering monastic life, and in confirming or spreading the faith everywhere, on account of which he also wrote outstandingly on moral and pastoral matters.  He died on the twelfth day of March.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saint Phoebe, servant of the Lord among the faithful at Cenchreae, who assisted the blessed Apostle Paul and many others, as he himself testifies in the letter to the Romans.

 

3.  At Nicomedia in Bithynia, Saint Basilissa, virgin and martyr.

 

4.  At Córdoba in Baetica, Spain, Saint Sandalus, martyr.

 

5.  At Toul in Belgic France, Saint Mansuetus, first bishop of this city.

 

6.  On Mount Titano near Rimini in Flaminia, Saint Marinus, deacon and hermit, who is believed to have led a still-pagan people to the light of the Gospel and the freedom of Christ.

 

7.  In Ireland, Saint Macanisius, bishop.

 

8.  At Milan in Lombardy, Saint Auxanus, bishop.

 

9.  At Caudium in Campania, Saint Vitalian, bishop.

 

10.  In the monastery of Stavelot in Brabant, Saint Remaclus, bishop and abbot, who, after living at the monastery of Solignac, founded the twin monasteries of Stavelot and Malmedy in the solitude of the Ardennes forest.

 

11.  On the island of Lérins in Provence, Saint Aigulphus, abbot, and his fellow monks, who are thought to have suffered martyrdom at the hands of invading Saracens.

 

12.  At Séez in Neustria, Saint Chrodogang, bishop and martyr.

 

13.  In the region of Asti, in the Camonica Valley of Lombardy, blessed Gualterus, bishop of Brescia, of the Order of Preachers, who prudently labored for the peace of the Church and the state during the time of Emperor Frederick II, and suffered exile.

 

14.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed Bartholomew Gutiérrez, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, and five companions, martyrs ⁴, who, out of hatred for the Christian faith, were first immersed in boiling sulfurous waters and then consigned to fire.

 

15.  At Piacenza in Emilia, blessed Brigida Morello of Jesus, who, having become a widow, consecrated herself to the Lord in penance, devoted herself with all zeal to works of charity, and founded the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate for the Christian formation of young girls.

 

16.  At Paris in France, the passion of the blessed martyrs André Abel Alricy, priest, and seventy-one companions,⁵ most of whom were priests, who, after having confessed the faith on the previous day, were confined in the Seminary of Saint Firmin as in a prison, and were slaughtered out of hatred for the Church.

 

17.  In the same place, on the same day and year, the blessed martyrs Jean-Baptiste Bottex, Michel-Marie-François de la Gardette, and François Hyacinthe le Livec de Trésurin, who perished for Christ in the same time of persecution in the prison called “La Force.”

 

18.  At Seoul in Korea, the passion of Saints John Pak Hu-jae and five female companions, ⁶ martyrs, who, during a fierce persecution, were led before a tribunal for their being Christians, endured cruel tortures for the faith, and were put to death by beheading.

 

 

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September 4^th

 

This Day, the Fourth Day of September

1.  Commemoration of Saint Moses, the prophet, whom God chose to free the people oppressed in Egypt and to lead them into the land of promise; to whom also on Mount Sinai He revealed Himself, saying: “I am who am,” and proposed the law that would govern the life of the chosen people.  That servant of God died, full of days, on Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, before the land of promise.

 

2.  At Chalon in the region of Lyon in France France, Saint Marcellus, martyr.

 

3.  At Rome, in the cemetery of Maximus on the Via Salaria, the burial of Saint Boniface the First, pope, who resolved many controversies concerning ecclesiastical discipline.

 

4.  At Chartres in Neustria, Saint Caletricus, bishop.

 

5.  At Hersfeld in Saxony, Saint Ida, widow of Duke Ecbert, distinguished for charity toward the poor and perseverance in prayer.

 

6.  At Mende in Aquitaine, Saint Fredaldus, bishop and martyr.

 

7.  At Cologne in Lotharingia, Saint Irmgard, who, countess of Süchteln, devoted her goods to the founding of churches.

 

8.  At Palermo in Sicily, Saint Rosalia, virgin, who is believed to have led a solitary life on Mount Pellegrino.

 

9.  At Carmagnola in the sub-Alpine region, blessed Catherine Mattei, virgin, sister of the Penitents of Saint Dominic, who endured chronic illness, the slanders of men, and all temptations with wondrous charity and abundance of virtues.

 

10.  In the sea strait at anchor before Rochefort in France, blessed Scipio Hieronymus Brigeat de Lambert, priest and martyr, who, a canon of Avranches, during the persecution in the time of the French turmoil, was cruelly cast onto a galley ship because of his priesthood and died from hunger.

 

11.  In the town of Sillery in the province of Quebec, Canada, blessed Mary of Saint Cecilia Roman (Dina) Bélanger, virgin, of the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, who, trusting in God alone, bore the severity of grave illness for many years.

 

12.  In the town of Oropesa near Castile on the coast of Spain, blessed Joseph Pascual Carda Saporta, priest of the Society of Diocesan Worker Priests and martyr, who, during the persecution against the Church, was led to glorious martyrdom in hatred of religion.

 

13.  In the village of Teulada near Alicante, also in Spain, blessed Francis Sendra Ivars, priest and martyr, who in the same persecution against the faith suffered martyrdom.

 

14.  Near the village of Genovés in the region of Valencia, also in Spain, blessed Bernard (Joseph) Bieda Grau, religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who in the same period fought nobly for Christ.

 

 

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September 5^th

 

This Day, the Fifth Day of September

1.  At Portus Romanus, the holy martyrs Acontius, Nonnus, Herculanus, and Taurinus.

 

2.  At Capua in Campania, Saint Quintus, martyr.

 

3.  At Nicomedia in Bithynia, the holy martyrs Urbanus, Theodorus, Menedemus, and companions, both clerics and laymen, who, under the emperor Valens, were placed onto a ship and ordered to be burned at sea for the Catholic faith.

 

4.  In the region of Thérouanne in Flanders, Saint Bertin, abbot of Sithiu, who was buried in the monastery which he had founded together with Saint Mummolinus and which was named after him.

 

5.  At Tortona in Liguria, Saint Alpertus, who is considered the founder and first abbot of the monastery of Butrium.

 

6.  In Dalmatia, blessed John Bonus of Siponto, abbot, who rebuilt the monastery of Saint Michael on the Dalmatian coast, in view of Mount Gargano.

 

7.  At Ripon in England, blessed William Browne, martyr, who, under King James the First, was condemned to death for having led others to embrace the Catholic faith, and was hanged and cruelly dismembered.

 

8.  On a filthy ship bound at anchor in the sea off Rochefort in France, blessed Florentius Dumontet de Cardaillac, priest and martyr, who, during the time of the French turmoil, was condemned because of the priesthood, and completed his martyrdom as a victim to disease through his charity and zeal in serving his sick fellow captives.

 

9.  In the city of Ninh Tai in Tonkin, the holy martyrs Peter Nguyễn Van Tự, priest of the Order of Preachers, and Joseph Hoang Luong Canh, physician, who were beheaded in hatred of the Christian name.

 

10.  At Calcutta in India, blessed Teresa (Agnes) Gonxha Bojaxhiu, virgin, who, born in Epirus, quenched the thirst of Christ abandoned on the cross with extraordinary charity toward her most impoverished brothers, and founded the Congregations of the Missionaries of Charity for the full service of the sick and the abandoned.

 

 

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September 6^th

 

This Day, the Sixth Day of September

1.  Commemoration of Saint Zechariah, prophet, who foretold that the people would return from exile to the land of promise, and brought to them the message of the peaceful king; a message that Christ the Lord wondrously fulfilled by His triumphal entry into the Holy City, Jerusalem.

 

2.  Likewise, the commemoration of Saint Onesiphorus, who often refreshed the blessed Apostle Paul at Ephesus and was not ashamed of his chain, but, having journeyed to Rome, diligently sought him, and found him.

 

3.  Commemoration of Saints Donatian, Praesidius, Mansuetus, Germanus, and Fusculus, bishops in Africa, who, in the Vandal persecution by order of Huneric the Arian king, were most cruelly beaten with clubs and subjected to exile for their defense of Catholic truth; along with them also was Laetus, bishop of Neptis in Byzacena, a vigorous and most learned man, who, after long squalor in prison, was consumed by fire.

 

4.  At Spoleto in Umbria, Saint Eleutherius, abbot, whose simplicity and compunction of heart Pope Saint Gregory the Great praises.

 

5.  At Laon in France, Saint Cagnoald, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Columbanus and his sole companion in the desert near Bregenz.

 

6.  On the coast of Cumbria in the region of England, in a town later named after her, Saint Bega, virgin and nun.

 

7.  In the monastery of Fussen in Bavaria, Saint Magnus, abbot.

 

8.  In the Cistercian monastery of Le Bosquet near Orange in Provence of France, the commemoration of blessed Bertrand of Garrigues, priest, who, being among the first disciples of Saint Dominic, always strove to conform himself to the example of his master.

 

9.  In the village of Gata de Gorgos in the region of Lucentum in Spain, blessed Diego Llorca Llopis, priest and martyr, who, in the persecution against the Church, was crowned on account of his witness to Christ.

 

10.  In the village of Carcaixent in the region of Valencia, likewise in Spain, blessed Pascual Torres Lloret, martyr, who, a father of a family, bearing the cross of Christ, deserved to attain the heavenly reward.

 

11.  At Warsaw in Poland, blessed Michał Czartoryski, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who, when Poland was invaded by the enemies of God, was slain by bullets in a parish of the place for the faith which he never renounced.

 

 

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September 7^th

 

This Day, the Seventh Day of September

1.  At Alise near the Aedui in France, Saint Regina, martyr.

 

2.  At Pompeiopolis in Cilicia, Saint Sozon, martyr.

 

3.  At Benevento in Campania, the holy martyrs Festus, deacon, and Desiderius, lector.

 

4.  At Orléans in Lyon France, Saint Evurtius, bishop.

 

5.  At Aosta in the Graian Alps, Saint Grat, bishop.

 

6.  At Bar-sur-Aube in the region of Troyes in France, the holy martyrs Memorius and companions, who are believed to have been killed by Attila, king of the Huns.

 

7.  At Châlons in Lyon France, Saint Alpinus, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Lupus of Troyes.

 

8.  In the village of Nogent in the territory of Paris, also in France, Saint Clodoald, priest, who, born of royal lineage and taken in by his grandmother Saint Clotilda after his father and brothers were killed, rejected an earthly kingdom and became a cleric.

 

9.  At Albi in Aquitaine, Saint Carissima, virgin and recluse.

 

10.  At Maubeuge in Hainaut, Austrasia, Saint Madelbertha, abbess, who succeeded her sister Saint Adeltrudis.

 

11.  In Flanders of Austrasia, the commemoration of Saint Hilduard, bishop.

 

12.  At Toul in Lotharingia, Saint Gauzelin, bishop, who fostered monastic discipline.

 

13.  At Gubbio in Umbria, Saint John of Lodi, bishop, who was a companion of Saint Peter Damian on legations.

 

14.  At Die in the region of the Vocontii in France, Saint Stephen of Châtillon, bishop, who, taken from the solitude of Portes, but diminishing nothing of the Carthusian austerity, served this Church with utmost zeal.

 

15.  At Košice in the Carpathian Mountains, the holy martyrs Mark Križin, priest of Esztergom, Stephen Pongrácz and Melchior Grodziecki, priests of the Society of Jesus, who could not be compelled to renounce the Catholic faith by hunger, torture, or the agony of fire.

 

16.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Thomas Tsuji, priest of the Society of Jesus, Louis Maki and his son John, who were condemned to fire out of hatred for the Christian faith.

 

17.  At London in England, the blessed martyrs Randolph Corby, of the Society of Jesus, and John Duckett, priests, who, under King Charles I, were condemned to death for having entered England as priests and attained the heavenly palm at Tyburn by the noose.

 

18.  On a prison ship off Rochefort in France, the blessed martyrs Claude Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux and François d’Oudinot de la Boissière, priests, who, during the upheaval in France, were arrested for being priests and condemned to the naval hulks, and, afflicted with grave illness due to hunger, died for Christ.

 

19.  On Woodlark Island in Oceania, blessed Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi, priest of the Milan Institute for Foreign Missions and martyr, who, after two years of missionary labor, already exhausted by fevers and sores, was struck down with an axe out of hatred for the faith.

 

20.  At Parma in Emilia, Italy, blessed Eugenia Picco, virgin of the Congregation of the Little Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, who, wholly devoted to the will of God.  “… promoted the dignity of women and provided for the spiritual formation and liberal education of religious women. …” [Note: nothing can be found to corroborate this claim, although it is clearly stated in the 2004 Roman Martyrology. It appears to have no historical or biographical basis. Ed.]

 

21.  In the town of Gandía in the region of Valencia, Spain, blessed Ascensión of Saint Joseph Calasanz Lloret Marco, virgin of the Institute of Carmelite Sisters of Charity and martyr, who, during a persecution, completed her struggle for the faith.

 

 

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September 8^th

 

This Day, the Eighth Day of September

Feast of the Nativity of the blessed Virgin Mary, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Judah, of the lineage of King David, from whom was born the Son of God, made man by the Holy Spirit, so that He might free men from the ancient slavery of sin.

 

2.  At Rome, the commemoration of Saint Hadrian, martyr, who suffered at Nicomedia in Bithynia, and in whose honor Pope Honorius I converted the Roman Senate house into a church.

 

3.  At Alexandria in Egypt, the holy martyrs Faustus, Dius, and Ammonius, priests, who, in the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, received the crown of martyrdom together with Saint Peter the bishop.

 

4.  In the city of Bagrevand in Greater Armenia, Saint Isaac, bishop, who, to foster the Christian life of the people, translated the Sacred Scripture and the Liturgy into the Armenian language; he adhered to the faith confirmed at the Council of Ephesus, but was soon expelled from his see and died in exile.

 

5.  At Rome, near Saint Peter’s, the burial of Pope Saint Sergius I, of Syrian lineage, who dedicated great effort to the evangelization of the Saxons and Frisians and resolved many controversies and disputes, choosing death rather than agreement with errors.

 

6.  At Freising in Bavaria, Saint Corbinian, who, having been ordained bishop and sent to preach the Gospel in Bavaria, bore abundant fruit.

 

7.  At Pébrac, in the territory of Le Puy-en-Velay in France, Saint Peter of Chavanon, priest, who, aspiring to a more perfect life, withdrew into that solitude where he rebuilt a monastery of Canons Regular, and was also appointed its prior.

 

8.  At Pesaro in Picenum, Italy, blessed Seraphina Sforza, who, having experienced many adversities in married life, after becoming a widow, spent the remainder of her life in deep humility under the Rule of Saint Clare.

 

9.  At Valencia in Spain, Saint Thomas of Villanova, bishop, who, a hermit under the Rule of Saint Augustine, when he accepted the office of bishop out of obedience, excelled among other pastoral virtues with such burning love for the poor that he gave away everything to the needy, not even keeping a bed for himself.

 

10.  At Durham in England, of the blessed martyrs Thomas Palaser, priest, John Norton, and John Talbot, who, under Queen Elizabeth the First, were condemned to death — the first because he had returned to England as a priest, the others, because they had given him assistance — and endured the torments of the gallows

 

11.  At Cartagena in Colombia, the heavenly birthday of Saint Peter Claver, priest, whose memorial is celebrated tomorrow.

 

12.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Anthony of Saint Bonaventure, of the Order of Friars Minor, Dominic Castellet, of the Order of Preachers, priests, and twenty companions,⁷ seven of whom were martyrs, others being laypersons and several children, all of whom suffered martyrdom for Christ either by sword or by fire.

 

13.  At Marseille in France, the passing of blessed Frédéric Ozanam, a man renowned for his learning and piety, who defended and spread the truths of the faith through his distinguished teaching, offered tireless charity to the poor in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and, as an exemplary father of a family, made his household into a domestic church.

 

14.  At Almería, on the Andalusian coast in Spain, the blessed martyrs Joseph Crecilius (Boniface) Rodríguez González, Theodemir Joachim (Adrian) Sainz Sainz, and Eventius Richard (Eusebius Alphonsus) Urjurra, Brothers of the Christian Schools, who, during the civil war, attained the palm of martyrdom due to religious persecution.

 

15.  In the village of Alcoy near Alicante, also in Spain, blessed Marino Blanes Giner, martyr, a father of a family, who during the same persecution received death from men but eternal life from God.

 

16.  In the city of Paterna, in the region of Valencia, also in Spain, blessed Ismael Escrihuela Esteve, martyr, a father of a family, who became a sharer in the victory of Christ through martyrdom.

 

17.  At Villarreal, in the region of Castellón, also in Spain, blessed Paschal Fortuño Almela, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who was crowned for his witness to Christ.

 

18.  In the city of Burjasot near Valencia, also in Spain, the blessed virgins and martyrs Josefa of Saint John of God Ruano García and María of Sorrows of Saint Eulalia Puig Bonany, of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly, who in the same persecution for the faith received the crown of glory through the shedding of their blood.

 

19.  Near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, in the detention camp of Dachau, blessed Adam Bargielski, priest and martyr, who during the war voluntarily surrendered himself to the enemies of the faith in place of his pastor, and, after enduring severe suffering in prison, passed undefeated into eternal glory.

 

20.  At the place of Groß-Rosen in Germany, blessed Ladislaus Błądziński, priest of the Congregation of Saint Michael and martyr, who, in the same time of trial, was deported from his native Poland by enemies of the Church to the stone quarries and was killed there.

 

 

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September 9^th

 

This Day, the Ninth Day of September

Saint Peter Claver, priest of the Society of Jesus, who, at Cartagena in Colombia, for more than forty years with marvelous self-denial and outstanding charity labored on behalf of black people who had been taken into slavery; about three hundred thousand of them he regenerated in Christ by baptism with his own hand.

 

2.  At Rome in the cemetery at the Two Laurels on the Labican Way, Saint Gorgonius, martyr.

 

3.  In the Sabine region, at the thirtieth milestone from the City of Rome, Saint Hyacinth, martyr.

 

4.  In the monastery of Clonmacnoise on the bank of the River Shannon in Ireland, Saint Ciaran, priest and abbot, founder of the same monastery.

 

5.  In Castile, a region of Spain, blessed Mary de la Cabeza, or “of the Head,” who, the wife of Saint Isidore the Farmer, led a humble and laborious eremitical life.

 

6.  At a monastery in Germany, blessed Mary Euthymia (Emma) Offing, virgin of the Congregation of the Sisters of Compassion, who, with outstanding piety, kindness, and self-forgetfulness, served God among the sick.

 

7.  At York in England, blessed George Douglas, priest and martyr, who, of Scottish origin, having been a schoolmaster, became a priest in Paris; under Queen Elizabeth I, because he had persuaded others to embrace the Catholic faith, he passed over into heaven victorious through the torments of the gibbet.

 

8.  In the town of Gramat in the region of Cahors in France, blessed Peter Bonhomme, priest, who zealously devoted himself to missions among the people and to the evangelization of rural areas, and founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Calvary, to which he entrusted the care of youth, the sick, and the poor in need.

 

9.  At Port Louis on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, blessed James Désiré Laval, priest, who, after spending some years in the medical profession, became a missionary in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and led black people, recently freed from slavery, to the freedom of the children of God.

 

10.  At Flaviobriga in the Basque region of Spain, blessed Francis Garate Aranguren, religious of the Society of Jesus, who fulfilled the office of doorkeeper for forty-two years with Christian humility.

 

 

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September 10^th

 

This Day, the Tenth Day of September

1.  At Alexandria in Egypt, Saint Nemesius, martyr, who, first having been falsely accused before the judge as a thief and acquitted of that crime, was soon after, in the persecution of the Emperor Decius, accused before the judge Aemilian by name of the Christian religion; tortured with doubled punishments, he was ordered to be burned with thieves, bearing the likeness of the Savior, who bore the cross together with thieves.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saints Nemesian and companions Felix, Lucius, another Felix, Litteus, Polianus, Victor, Jader, and Dativus, who, bishops, priests, and deacons, in Africa under the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus, as the fury of persecution rose up, were first gravely beaten with rods for Christ, then bound with chains and assigned to dig in the mines, with Saint Cyprian encouraging them in letters that they might firmly endure their chains and preserve the Lord’s commandments.

 

3.  At Constantinople, Saint Pulcheria, who defended and promoted the true faith.

 

4.  At Novara in Liguria, Saint Agabius, bishop.

 

5.  At Albi in Aquitaine, Saint Salvius, bishop, who, taken from the cloister, was unwillingly ordained to this see; when the plague grew severe, as a good shepherd he never wished to depart from the city.

 

6.  Near Speyer in Rhenish Austrasia, the passion of Saint Theodard, bishop of Tongeren and martyr, who was killed on a journey to King Childeric.

 

7.  At Avranches in Neustria, Saint Autbert, bishop, through whose effort the cult of Saint Michael the Archangel flourished on Mont Tombe.

 

8.  In the monastery of Lucedio near Vercelli in the Subalpine region, blessed Oglerius, abbot from the Cistercian Order.

 

9.  At Tolentino in Picenum of Italy, Saint Nicholas, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, who, given to very strict abstinence and constant in prayer, severe with himself but gentle toward others, often took upon himself the penance of others.

 

10.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Sebastian Kimura, of the Society of Jesus, Francis Morales, of the Order of Preachers, priests, and fifty companions, ⁸ eight of them priests, religious, married people, young persons, catechists, widows, and children, who, before a large crowd on a hill, died for Christ under most cruel torments.

 

11.  At London in England, Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow, priest of the Order of Saint Benedict and martyr, who, for twenty-four years in the region of Lancashire strengthened Catholics in faith and piety, and, having been arrested while preaching on the day of the Lord’s Pasch, under King Charles the First, after imprisonment, was condemned to death for his priesthood and hanged on the gallows at Tyburn.

 

12.  On the rafts of the pontoon before Rochefort in France, blessed James Gagnot, priest of the Carmelite Order and martyr, who, during the French upheaval, was inhumanely cast into a filthy ship on account of his priesthood; sustaining his fellow prisoners in sickness, he was consumed by decay of the flesh.

 

 

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September 11^th

 

This Day, the Eleventh Day of September

1.  At Rome in the cemetery of Basilla on the Old Salarian Way, the burial of the holy martyrs Protus and Hyacinth, whose tombs, hidden underground, Pope Saint Damasus restored and adorned with verses. In the same place, nearly fifteen centuries later, the intact tomb and cremated body of Saint Hyacinth was again discovered.

 

2.  At Zurich among the Swiss, the holy martyrs Felix and Regula.

 

3.  Commemoration of Saint Paphnutius, bishop in Egypt, who was one of those confessors of the faith who, under the Emperor Galerius Maximinus, with the right eye gouged out and the left hamstring cut, were condemned to the mines; afterward, he took part in the Council of Nicaea and strove vigorously against the Arians for the Catholic faith.

 

4.  At Lyon in France, Saint Patient, bishop, who, moved by charity, distributed freely a great quantity of grain to cities along the Rhône and Saône rivers, in order to assist peoples oppressed by famine, and devoted himself extensively to apostolic work for the conversion of heretics and care of the poor.

 

5.  At Paris in France, the passing of Saint Sacerdos, bishop of Lyon, who lived in the love and fear of God and, when he had come to this city for a council, died there.

 

6.  On the island of Bardsey off the northern coast of Wales, Saint Daniel (Deiniol Wyn), bishop and abbot of Bangor.

 

7.  In the monastery of Luxeuil in Burgundy, the passing of Saint Adelphius, abbot of the monastery of Remiremont, who atoned for a brief disagreement by shedding many tears.

 

8.  At Toul in Austrasia, Saint Leudinus, also called Bodo, bishop, who, first having been married, later embraced monastic life, his wife Odilia at the same time having taken the same decision.

 

9.  In the monastery of Aulinas in Calabria, Saint Elias, surnamed the Cave-Dweller, renowned for the eremitical and cenobitic life.

 

10.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Gaspar Koteda, catechist, Francis Takeya and Peter Shichiemon, boys, who, after their fathers had suffered martyrdom the day before, underwent the same punishment of beheading in the same place, with equal steadfastness, for Christ.

 

11.  At Rome, blessed Bonaventure of Barcelona (Michael) Gran, brother of the Order of Friars Minor, who, in his zeal for regular observance, established houses for sacred retreats in many places of the Roman territory, always showing the greatest austerity of life and charity toward the poor.

 

12.  Off the coast of Rochefort in France, on a ship moored at anchor, blessed Francis Mayaudon, priest and martyr, who, during the French upheaval, was arrested on the prison-ship because of his priesthood and at length was consumed by the wasting of the flesh.

 

13.  In the city of Wuchang in the province of Hubei in China, Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, priest of the Congregation of the Mission and martyr, who, to preach the Gospel, took on the appearance according to the customs of the place; but when the persecution arose, afflicted by various torments in prolonged imprisonment, at last was hung upon a cross and strangled with a cord.

 

14.  At Barcelona in Spain, blessed Peter of Alcántara (Lawrence) Villanueva Larrayoz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who, during the persecution against the faith, obtained martyrdom because he was a religious.

 

15.  In the village of Genovés in the region of Valencia, likewise in Spain, blessed Joseph Mary Segura Penadés, priest and martyr, who in the same persecution shed his blood for Christ.

 

 

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September 12^th

 

This Day, the Twelfth Day of September

Feast of the Most Holy Name of the blessed Virgin Mary, on which day the ineffable love of the Mother of God toward her most holy Offspring is recalled and, before the eyes of the faithful, is set forth the image of the Mother of the Redeemer to be devoutly invoked.

 

2.  In Bithynia, Saint Autonomus, bishop and martyr.

 

3.  At Alexandria in Egypt, the holy martyrs Cronides, Leontius, and Serapion, who, under the emperor Maximinus, are said to have been drowned in the sea for confessing the name of Christ.

 

4.  At Emly in the province of Munster in Ireland, Saint Ailbe, bishop, who, as a pilgrim, preached the Gospel to many.

 

5.  At Anderlecht in Brabant, Saint Guy, who at first served at the Church of Saint Mary of Laken, and then, conspicuous for his generosity toward the poor, for seven years made pilgrimage to holy places and, having returned at length to his homeland, piously died.

 

6.  At Omura in Japan, the blessed Apollinaris Franco, of the Order of Friars Minor, and Thomas Zumárraga, of the Order of Preachers, priests, and four companions, martyrs, who, out of hatred for the Christian faith, were thrown into prison and afterward burned in fire.

 

7.  In the strait of the sea at Rochefort in France, blessed Peter Sulpicius Christopher Faverge, a Brother of the Christian Schools and martyr, who, during the French turmoil, was imprisoned because he was a religious, and devoted all his care to his fellow prisoners, until, consumed by contagion, he piously died.

 

8.  At Seoul in Korea, Saint Francis Ch’oe Kyong-hwan, martyr, who, a catechist, brought before the prefect, refused to deny the Christian faith and, detained in prison, never ceased from prayer and handing on the catechesis, and through the tortures of torment attained martyrdom.

 

 

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September 13^th

 

This Day, the Thirteenth Day of September

Memorial of Saint John, bishop of Constantinople and Doctor of the Church, who, of Antiochene birth, having been initiated into the priesthood, earned the surname Chrysostom from his golden eloquence; having been elected to that see, he showed himself an excellent shepherd and teacher of the faith, but, cast into exile by his enemies, when he was being recalled from there by decree of Pope Saint Innocent I, he endured many hardships on the journey at the hands of the soldiers guarding him, and gave back his soul to God on the fourteenth day of September, at Comana in Pontus.

 

2.  At Ancyra in Galatia, Saint Julian, priest and martyr, under the emperor Licinius.

 

3.  At Jerusalem, the dedication of the basilicas which, upon Mount Calvary and the Lord’s sepulcher, the emperor Constantine devoutly ordered to be rebuilt.

 

4.  At Tours in the region of Lyon in France, Saint Litorius, bishop, who was the first to rebuild a church within the city walls, although Christians had already been present there before.

 

5.  At Yzeures-sur-Creuse (ancient Juliacum) in Valentia, in the region of Lyon in France, Saint Aemilian, who is venerated as the first bishop of this city.

 

6.  At Carthage, Saint Marcellinus, martyr, who, a tribune and associate of Saints Augustine and Jerome, was, out of envy by the tyranny of Heracleianus, innocently slain by the Donatist heretics for the defense of the Catholic faith.

 

7.  At Angers in the region of Lyon in France, Saint Maurilius, bishop, who, born at Milan, visited Saint Martin of Tours, by whom he was ordained a priest and made provost of the church of Calonnia; later made bishop, he took care to root out the superstitions of the pagan rustics.

 

8.  Among the Vosges in Neustria, Saint Amatus, priest and abbot, renowned for austerity, fasting, and love of solitude, who rightly governed the monastery of Habend, which he had founded with Saint Romaric.

 

9.  On the island of Tyro Maiore in the Gulf of La Spezia in Liguria, Saint Venerius, hermit.

 

10.  At Breuil in the region of Amiens in France, the passing of Saint Amatus, bishop of Sion among the Swiss, who, having been driven into exile by order of King Theodoric III, died there.

 

11.  At Toledo in Spain, blessed Mary of Jesus Lopez de Rivas, virgin of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, who, both in soul and in body, shared in the sufferings of the Lord’s Passion, always humble and enduring all things.

 

12.  In the strait of Rochefort off the coast of France, on a filthy boat moored with anchors, blessed Claude Dumonet, priest and martyr, who, a Master of Arts, during the storms of persecution was thrown into a low ship, and, his feet bound with chains, consumed by fever, died for Christ.

 

13.  At Almería in the region of Andalusia in Spain, blessed Aurelio Maria (Benvenuto) Villalón Acebrón, Brother of the Christian Schools and martyr, who was killed out of hatred for the Church.

 

 

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September 14^th

 

This Day, the Fourteenth Day of September

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which, on the day following the dedication of the Basilica of the Resurrection built over the tomb of Christ, is exalted and honored as the trophy and sign of His Paschal victory, destined to appear in the sky, already proclaiming to all the second coming of Him.

 

2.  At Rome on the Appian Way in the crypt of Lucina in the cemetery of Callistus, the deposition of Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr, who firmly resisted the schism of Novatian, received many of the lapsed back into the communion of the Church with great charity; finally, having been exiled to Centumcellae by the emperor Gallus, he suffered, as Saint Cyprian says, whatever it was possible for him to suffer.  His memorial is celebrated the day after tomorrow.

 

3.  At Carthage, the passion of Saint Cyprian, bishop, most renowned for holiness and teaching, who, in the most disastrous times, governed the Church most excellently, strengthened the confessors of the faith in their trials, and, under the emperors Valerian and Gallienus, after a harsh exile, was ordered by the proconsul, before a very large crowd, to be struck by the sword and thus fulfilled martyrdom.  His memorial is celebrated the day after tomorrow.

 

4.  At Cologne in Germany, Saint Maternus, bishop, who led the inhabitants of Tongeren, Cologne, and Trier to the faith of Christ.

 

5.  At Comana in Pontus, the birth into heaven of Saint John Chrysostom, bishop, whose memorial was recalled yesterday.

 

6.  In the monastery of Bellevaux in the region of Besançon in France, the passing of Saint Peter, bishop, who, from being a Cistercian abbot, governed with fervent zeal the see of Tarentaise, to which he had been elevated, earnestly promoting peace among peoples.

 

7.  At Ptolemais in Palestine, Saint Albert, bishop, who, having been transferred from the Church of Vercelli to that of Jerusalem, gave a rule to the hermits of Mount Carmel and, while celebrating the feast of the Holy Cross, was slain by the sword by a wicked man whom he had rebuked.

 

8.  In the village of Eben in Tyrol, blessed Notburga, virgin, who, intent on her domestic duties, served Christ in the poor, offering to farmers an example of holiness.

 

9.  At sea off Rochefort near the coast of France, blessed Claude Laplace, priest and martyr, who, during the French turmoil, was thrown onto a ship moored at anchor because of his priesthood, and, consumed by severe disease, fulfilled his martyrdom.

 

10.  In the city of Chengdu in the province of Sichuan in China, Saint Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, bishop and martyr, who completed in martyrdom the active ministry to which he had dedicated forty years, by [being] beheaded.

 

 

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September 15^th

 

This Day, the FifteenthDay of September

Memorial of the blessed Virgin Mary of Sorrows, who, standing beside the cross of Jesus, was most intimately and faithfully associated with the saving Passion of her Son and became the new Eve, so that, just as the disobedience of the first woman brought about death, so too her wondrous obedience would bring about life.

 

2.  At Rome, Saint Nicomedes, martyr, whose body was laid to rest in the cemetery on the Via Nomentana, which Pope Boniface V honored with a sepulchral basilica.

 

3.  At Tournus on the River Saône in the region of Lyon in France, Saint Valerian, martyr.

 

4.  At Tomi in Scythia, the holy martyrs Stratonis, Valerius, Macrobius, and Gordian, who are said to have suffered under the emperor Licinius.

 

5.  On the banks of the Danube, Saint Nicetas the Goth, martyr, who by order of the Arian king Athanaric was commanded to be burned to death because of the Catholic faith.

 

6.  At Lyon in France, Saint Alpinus, bishop, who succeeded Saint Justus.

 

7.  At Toul near Nancy, also in the region of Lyon in France, Saint Aper, bishop.

 

8.  In the monastery of Jumièges in Neustria, Saint Aichadus, abbot, who, a disciple of Saint Philibert, was placed in charge there by him.

 

9.  At Córdoba in the region of Andalusia in Spain, the holy martyrs Emilas, deacon, and Jeremiah, who, during the persecution of the Moors, after a long affliction in prison, at last fulfilled their martyrdom by the beheading of their necks for Christ.

 

10.  At Busseto in the territory of Fidenza in Emilia, blessed Roland de’ Medici, hermit, who lived in harsh and solitary places of the Alps with the greatest abstinence, conversing only with God.

 

11.  At Genoa in Liguria, Saint Catherine Fieschi, widow, notable for her contempt of the world, frequent fasts, love of God, and charity toward the poor and the sick.

 

12.  In the city of Hirado in Japan, blessed Camillus Costanzo, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, having been ordered by the supreme leader Hidetada to be burned alive, did not cease to preach Christ even on the pyre.

 

13.  At the place called Santo Domingo Xagada in Mexico, the blessed John the Baptist and Hyacinth of the Angels, catechists and martyrs, who, because they refused to venerate idols in place of Christ, were cruelly beaten, imitating the Passion of Christ, and earned eternal reward.

 

14.  At Vienna in Austria, blessed Anthony Mary Schwartz, priest, who, for the pastoral care of apprentices and young workers, and to defend their rights, founded the Congregation for Christian Workers of Saint Joseph Calasanz.

 

15.  In the village of Llosa de Ranes in the region of Valencia in Spain, blessed Paschal Penadés Jornet, priest and martyr, who, during a time of persecution, through earthly struggle attained the fullness of eternal salvation.

 

16.  Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, blessed Ladislaus Miegon, priest and martyr, who, taken from Poland under a regime hostile to God and humanity, was detained in the concentration camp of Dachau and, because of his faith, through torment attained the glorious crown.

 

17.  At Naples in Italy, blessed Paul Manna, priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, who, having left the missionary work in Burma due to poor health, worked greatly for the cause of evangelization and devoted himself with utmost zeal to the preaching of the word of God and the promotion of Christian unity.

 

 

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September 16^th

 

This Day, the Sixteenth Day of September

Memorial of Saints Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs, whose burial and passion are commemorated on the fourteenth of September; but whom on this day, as witnesses to the love of unfailing truth in a time of trouble before the Church of God and the world, the Christian world with one voice praises.

 

2.  At Chalcedon in Bithynia, Saint Euphemia, virgin and martyr, who, under Emperor Diocletian and Proconsul Priscus, after enduring many torments for Christ, was led through the contest of her struggle to the crown of glory.

 

3.  On Mount Soracte along the Flaminian Way in Latium, the holy martyrs Abundius and companions.

 

4.  At Rome on the Nomentan Way at Caprea, in the greater cemetery, the holy martyrs Victor, Felix, Alexander, and Papias.

 

5.  At Nuceria of the Pagans in Campania, Saint Priscus, bishop and martyr, whom Saint Paulinus of Nola praised in metrical verse.

 

6.  At Candida Casa in Scotland, the commemoration of Saint Ninian, bishop, who, born of British stock, led the Picts to the truth of the faith and established an episcopal see there.

 

7.  At Córdoba in the region of Andalusia in Spain, the holy martyrs Rogellus, an aged monk, and Servideus (‘Abdallah), a youth, who, being from the East, boldly preached Christ before the Saracen people and, being condemned to death, suffered without sorrow, their hands and feet cut off, and finally beheaded, they collapsed.

 

8.  At Prague in Bohemia, Saint Ludmilla, martyr, a duchess of Bohemia, who was entrusted with the education of her grandson, Saint Wenceslaus, into whose soul she sought to instill the love of Christ, and who, through the conspiracy of her daughter-in-law Drahomira and pagan nobles, was strangled.

 

9.  At Wilton in England, Saint Edith, virgin, daughter of the king of the English, who, dedicated to God from her earliest years in a monastery, ignored rather than renounced this world.

 

10.  At Monte Cassino, the passing of blessed Pope Victor III, who wisely governed the celebrated monastery for thirty years and enriched it greatly, and afterward was entrusted with the governance of the Roman Church.

 

11.  At Savigny in Normandy, France, Saint Vitalis, abbot, who, having laid aside secular offices, embraced a stricter observance of religious life in deserted places and gathered many into the monasteries he founded.

 

12.  In the monastery of Huerta in Castile, Spain, the passing of Saint Martin, surnamed “the Priest,” who, having been a Cistercian abbot, was ordained bishop of Sigüenza, where he directed all his efforts to reforming the clergy, and afterward withdrew again into the same monastery.

 

13.  At Salles in the region of Provence in France, the passing of blessed Louis Aleman, bishop of Arles, who chose a life of outstanding piety and penance.

 

14.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Dominic Shobioye, Michael Timonoya, and his son Paul, who were beheaded for the faith.

 

15.  At Lima in Peru, Saint John Macias, religious of the Order of Preachers, who for a long time performed humble duties, diligently cared for the poor and the sick, and constantly prayed the Rosary for the souls of the departed.

 

16.  At Sai-Nam-Hte in Korea, the passion of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr, who, having devoted himself for two years with great zeal to the priestly ministry, was beheaded and suffered a glorious martyrdom; his memory is recalled on the twentieth of September.

 

17.  At the town of Odena in the region of Barcelona in Spain, blessed Ignatius Casanovas, priest of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools and martyr, who was killed for Christ during the time of persecution.

 

18.  In the town of Turís in the region of Valencia, also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Laurian (Salvador) Ferrer Cardet, priest, Benedict (Manuel) Ferrer Jordá, and Bernardino (Paul) Martínez Robles, religious of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Capuchin branch of the blessed Virgin of Sorrows, who, during the same persecution, were killed by men, but were raised by God to the heavenly kingdom.

 

 

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September 17^th

 

This Day, the Seventeenth Day of September

Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church, of the Society of Jesus, who brilliantly engaged the theological controversies of his time with a distinct and subtle manner of argumentation; appointed a cardinal, he dedicated himself greatly to pastoral ministry in the Church of Capua, and finally at Rome undertook many labors for the defense of the Apostolic See and the doctrine of the faith.

 

2.  At Milan in Liguria, the burial of Saint Satyrus, whose outstanding merits are commemorated by his brother, Saint Ambrose. Not yet initiated into the mysteries of Christ, when he suffered shipwreck, he did not fear death, but, lest he depart from life lacking the mysteries, having been saved from the waves, he sought out the Church of God; he was joined to his brother Ambrose by deep and mutual affection, and was buried by him beside the holy martyr Victor.

 

3.  At Liège in Austrasia, the passion of Saint Lambert, bishop of Maastricht and martyr, who, having been exiled, withdrew to the monastery of Stavelot; later, his see having been restored, he fulfilled his pastoral office with distinction and, though innocent, was killed by the envious.

 

4.  In the forest of the Argonne by the river Meuse in Austrasia, Saint Rodingus, abbot, who founded the monastery of Beaulieu and governed it devoutly.

 

5.  At Córdoba in the region of Vandalic Spain, Saint Columba, virgin and martyr, who, during the persecution by the Moors, voluntarily professed her faith before the judge and the assembly of governors, and was immediately beheaded by the sword in front of the palace gates.

 

6.  At Mélin within the borders of Anjou in France, Saint Reginald, hermit, who withdrew to the forest of Craon to fulfill more perfectly the precepts of the Lord.

 

7.  In the monastery of Mount Saint Rupert near Bingen in Hesse, Saint Hildegard, virgin, who, skilled in natural science, medicine, and musical art, devoutly expressed and described in writings what she had experienced through mystical contemplation.

 

8.  At Avigliana in the territory of Turin in the Subalpine region, blessed Cherubino Testa, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, very devoted to the Lord’s Passion.

 

9.  At Zaragoza in Aragon, Spain, Saint Peter of Arbués, priest and martyr, a canon regular of the Order of Saint Augustine, who labored against superstitions and heresies in the kingdom of Aragon and was struck down before the altar of the cathedral church by some of the accused.

 

10.  At Huế in Annam (Vietnam), Saint Emmanuel Nguyễn Văn Triệu, priest and martyr, under the rule of lord Cảnh Thịnh.

 

11.  At Genoa in Liguria, Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso, religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, remarkable for his charity toward the poor, who, during a plague, offered himself as a victim for the salvation of others and was himself stricken with the disease.

 

12.  At Kraków in Poland, blessed Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, bishop of Warsaw, who, amid great misfortunes, worked for the liberty and renewal of the Church and founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary for the needs of the people.

 

13.  In the village of Castillo de Villamalefa near Castellón in Spain, blessed Juan Ventura Solsona, priest and martyr, who, during a fierce persecution, unwavering in the constancy of faith, passed on to heavenly glory.

 

14.  Also at Madrid in Spain, blessed Timoteo Valero Pérez, priest of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Capuchins of the Sorrowful blessed Virgin and martyr, who, in the same period, fought an excellent contest for Christ.

 

15.  In the forest of Palmiry near Warsaw in Poland, blessed Zygmunt Sajna, priest and martyr, who, during the war, because he had not at all renounced faith in God before a hostile foreign regime, was pierced through with bullets.

 

 

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September 18^th

 

This Day, the Eighteenth Day of September

1.  At Nicomedia in Bithynia, Saint Oceanus, martyr.

 

2.  At Prymnessus in Phrygia, Saint Ariadne, martyr.

 

3.  In a district of France of Vienne, Saint Ferreolus, martyr, who, as it is reported, since he held the office of tribune, refused to arrest Christians at the time of the persecution; for which reason, having been arrested by order of the governor, he was most cruelly beaten and thrust into prison; whence having escaped, but again captured by pursuers, he received the palm of martyrdom by beheading.

 

4.  At Milan in Liguria, Saint Eustorgius, bishop, whose confession of the true faith against the error of the Arians is praised by Saint Athanasius.

 

5.  At Avranches on the coast of Lesser Britain, Saint Senarius, bishop.

 

6.  At Limoges in Aquitaine, Saint Ferreolus, bishop, who delivered Marcus, chancellor of King Childebert, whom the people of the city wished to kill, from imminent danger.

 

7.  At Gortyna on the island of Crete, Saint Eumenius, bishop.

 

8.  At Andlau in Alsace, Lorraine, Saint Richardis, who, being queen, despising the earthly kingdom, served God in the monastery founded by herself.

 

9.  At Osimo in Piceno of Italy, Saint Joseph of Cupertino, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, notable before God for poverty, humility, and charity toward the poor amid the difficult circumstances of life.

 

10.  In the city of Nam Định in Tonkin, Saint Dominic Trạch, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who under the emperor Minh Mạng chose rather to die than to trample on the cross, and completed his martyrdom by beheading.

 

11.  In the village of Paimol near the mission of Kalongo in Uganda, blessed David Okelo and Gildo Irwa, catechists and martyrs, who, since they freely labored to hand on the Gospel to their people, were pierced with lances by local pagans and manifested the power of Christ in fearless martyrdom.

 

12.  At Ciudad Real in Spain, blessed Charles Eraña Guruceta, religious of the Society of Mary and martyr, who, while violence against priests and religious was raging, was seized by militiamen and killed without trial by bullets.

 

13.  Near the city of Gandía in the Valencian region likewise in Spain, blessed Ferdinand García Sendra and Joseph García Mas, priests and martyrs, who in the time of the same persecution confirmed their faithfulness to the Lord by their blood.

 

14.  At Montserrat in the same region of Spain, the blessed martyrs Ambrose (Salvador) Chuliá Ferrandis and Valentine (Vincent) Jaunzarás Gómez, priests, and Francis (Justus) Lerma Martínez, Richard (Joseph) López Mora, and Modest (Vincent) Gay Zarzo, religious of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Capuchin Fathers of the blessed Virgin of Sorrows, who in the same period were crowned [with martyrdom] for their witness to Christ.

 

15.  In the internment camp of Dachau near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, blessed Joseph Kut, priest and martyr, who, of Polish origin, during the raging war was confined because of the faith in cruel imprisonment and, afflicted by dreadful tortures, passed to the Lord.

 

 

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September 19^th

 

This Day, the Nineteenth  Day of September

Saint Januarius, bishop of Benevento and martyr, who, at the time of the persecutions against the faith, suffered for Christ at Puteoli near Naples in Campania.

 

2.  At Synnada in Phrygia, Saint Trophimus, martyr.

 

3.  In Palestine, the holy martyrs Peleus and Nilus, bishops in Egypt, Elia the priest, and Patermuthius, who, at the time of the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, along with many clerics, were burned with fire for Christ.

 

4.  At Tours in the region of Lyon in France, Saint Eustochius, bishop, who, from a senatorial order, a holy and religious man, succeeded Saint Brictius.

 

5.  In the monastery of Sistarcium near Langres likewise in France, Saint Sequanus, priest and abbot.

 

6.  In the territory of Bourges in Aquitaine, Saint Marianus, hermit, whose food was wild fruits and honey, found by chance.

 

7.  At Metz in Austrasia, Saint Goeric, also called Abbo, bishop, who succeeded Saint Arnulf and reverently transferred his body to this city.

 

8.  At Canterbury in England, Saint Theodore, bishop, who, a monk of Tarsus, was raised to the episcopate by Saint Pope Vitalian and sent to England when nearly seventy years old, and with steadfast spirit governed the Church entrusted to him.

 

9.  At Cordoba in Andalusia, in the region of Spain, Saint Pomposa, virgin and martyr, who, during the persecution of the Moors, when she had heard of the martyrdom of Saint Columba, secretly went out from the monastery of Peñamelaria and, at Cordoba, having fearlessly confessed Christ before the judge, was immediately beheaded by the sword before the palace gates and attained the palm [of martyrdom].

 

10.  At Freising in Bavaria, Saint Lambert, bishop.

 

11.  At Bonivicina near Cosenza in Calabria, Saint Cyriacus, abbot.

 

12.  At Gap in the Province of France, Saint Arnulf, bishop, who endured many things for the restoration of the right form of life of the Church.

 

13.  At Barcelona in Catalonia in the region of Spain, Saint Mary of Cervelló, virgin of the Order of the blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, who, because of the help given to those who invoked her, was popularly called Mary of Help.

 

14.  At Madrid in Spain, Saint Alphonsus of Orozco, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, who, appointed to preaching at the royal court, showed himself austere and humble.

 

15.  At Seoul in Korea, the passion of Saint Charles Hyon Song-mun, martyr, who, as a catechist, in order to bring missionaries into his country, undertook long and difficult journeys; finally, having been handed over to prison with other Christians, never ceased to exhort his companions, and was beheaded for Christ.

 

16.  At Villefranche in the region of Rodez in France, Saint Mary William Emilia de Rodat, virgin, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family for the instruction of girls and relief of the needy.

 

17.  At the place Ciempozuelos near Madrid in Spain, blessed Hyacinth Hoyuelos Gonzalez, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who, during the devastation of the persecution against the Church, completed a glorious martyrdom by confessing Christ.

 

18.  At the village of Benifaió in the region of Valencia also in Spain, blessed Francisca Cualladó Baixauli, virgin and martyr, who in the same persecution against the faith poured out her blood for Christ.

 

19.  At Madrid likewise in Spain, the blessed Mary of Jesus de la Iglesia y de Varo, Mary of Sorrows, and Consolata Aguiar-Mella y Diaz, virgins of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools and martyrs, who were crowned on account of their witness to Christ.

 

 

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September 20^th

 

This Day, the Twentieth Day of September

Memorial of the holy martyrs Andrew Kim Tae-gon, priest, Paul Chong Ha-sang, and their companions,¹⁰ martyrs in Korea, ten of whom are commemorated on this day in a common celebration; however, all one hundred and three martyrs are also venerated, who in Korea bore fearless witness to the Christian faith, which had first been fervently introduced into this kingdom by certain laypeople, then nourished and strengthened through the preaching of missionaries and the celebration of the sacraments.  All these athletes of Christ—three of them bishops, eight priests, and the rest laypeople, whether married or not, old men, young men, and children—suffered execution and with their precious blood consecrated the beginnings of the Church in Korea.

 

2.  At Synnada in Phrygia, Saint Dorymedon, martyr.

 

3.  At Rome, the commemoration of Saint Eustace, martyr, whose name is honored in an ancient diaconia of the city.

 

4.  At Constantinople, the holy martyrs Hypatius and Asias, bishops, and Andrew, priest, who, because of their veneration of sacred Images, under the emperor Leo the Isaurian, after harsh and grievous tortures, were thrown to be eaten by dogs.

 

5.  At the town of Arco in the region of Trentino, blessed Adelprectus, bishop, who, a vigorous protector of the poor and of orphans and a defender of the freedom of the Church, was drawn into an ambush by enemies and cruelly struck down and died.

 

6.  At London in England, blessed Thomas Johnson, priest of the Carthusian monastery of this city and martyr, who, under King Henry the Eighth, for maintaining fidelity to the Church, imprisoned in Newgate with some of his fellow brothers, perished from hunger and disease.

 

7.  At Cordoba in Spain, blessed Francis of Posadas, priest of the Order of Preachers, who, distinguished for his penance, humility, and charity, preached Christ in that region for forty years.

 

8.  At the fortress of Sơn-Tây in Tonkin, Saint John Charles Cornay, priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and martyr, who, on account of his confession of the Christian faith, after cruel tortures, was dismembered by order of Emperor Minh Mạng and finally beheaded.

 

9.  At Seoul in Korea, the holy martyrs Lawrence Han I-hyong, catechist, and six companions,¹¹ who in various prisons were strangled by the noose and underwent martyrdom for Christ.  Their memory is celebrated today together with the other martyrs of these regions.

 

10.  At Puebla in Mexico, blessed Joseph Mary de Yermo y Parres, priest, who founded the Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Poor to help the abandoned in the needs of both soul and body.

 

 

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September 21^st

 

This Day, the Twenty-first Day of September

Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, who, called Levi, was summoned by Jesus to follow him, left behind his office as publican or tax collector, and, having been chosen among the Apostles, composed the Gospel in which Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham, is especially proclaimed to have fulfilled the Old Testament.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saint Jonah, prophet, son of Amathi, whose name entitles a book of the Old Testament, and whose famous emergence from the belly of the sea monster is recounted in the very Gospel as a sign of the Lord’s Resurrection.

 

3.  In Greece, the commemoration of Saint Quadratus, disciple of the Apostles, who, as is reported, during the persecution of the emperor Hadrian, when the Church had been scattered by terror, gathered it together by his faith and zeal, and presented to that same emperor a book in defense of the Christian religion marked by apostolic doctrine.

 

4.  At Rome on the Old Salarian Way, Saint Pamphilus, martyr.

 

5.  At Baccanas on the Cassian Way, at the twentieth milestone from the city of Rome, Saint Alexander, martyr.

 

6.  At Gaza in Palestine, the holy martyrs Eusebius, Nestabus, and Zeno, brothers, who, in the time of the emperor Julian the Apostate, were seized and killed by a mob of pagans.  Saint Nestor also suffered with them, who, having received wounds, completed his martyrdom a little later.

 

7.  At Apta Iulia in Provence, Saint Castor, bishop, who, desiring that the monastic life be explained to the brethren in a newly established monastery, asked Saint John Cassian to transmit the excellent conferences of the Egyptian ascetics.

 

8.  In the monastery of Llantwit Major (Lancarvan) in southern Wales, Saint Cadoc, abbot, in whose name also several monasteries were founded in Cornwall and Brittany.

 

9.  In the monastery of Ettenheimmünster in the region of Baden, Saint Landelin, monk, born in Ireland.

 

10.  At Tronchiennes in Flanders of Austrasia, Saint Gerulph, martyr, a young man.

 

11.  At Troyes on the Seine in France, Saint Maura, virgin, constant in works of piety and charity.

 

12.  At Pesaro in Picenum of Italy, blessed Mark of Modena Scalabrini, priest of the Order of Preachers, who was able to lead many who had gone astray back to the way of righteousness.

 

13.  At the fortress of Quảng-Trị in Vietnam, the holy martyrs Francis Jaccard, priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and Thomas Trấn Văn Thiện, who, under the emperor Minh Mạng, endured prison and beatings for Christ and were finally strangled by the noose.

 

14.  At Sai-Nam-Hte in Korea, the passion of the holy martyrs Lawrence Imbert, bishop, and Peter Maubant and James Chastan, priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who, to preserve the lives of Christians, surrendered themselves to the officers and were slain by the sword.

 

15.  In the village of Benisoda in the region of Valencia in Spain, the blessed martyrs Vincent Galbis Girones, a father of a family, and Emmanuel Torre Garcia, who, conformed to the Passion of Christ, imitated him whom they worshipped in the triumph of martyrdom.

 

 

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September 22^nd

 

This Day, the Twenty-second Day of September

1.  At Rome, in the cemetery of Commodilla on the Ostian Way, the commemoration of Saint Emerita, martyr.

 

2.  At Agaunum in the region of Valais among the Helvetians, the holy martyrs Maurice, Exsuperius, and Candidus, soldiers, who, as Saint Eucherius of Lyon relates, together with companions of the same Theban Legion and Victor the veteran, were slain for Christ under the emperor Maximian, and by their glorious passion enlightened the Church.

 

3.  At Rome on the Old Salarian Way, the burial of Saint Basilia, martyr, under the emperors Diocletian and Maximian.

 

4.  In the village of Lurais in the territory of Bourges in Aquitaine, Saint Silvanus, hermit.

 

5.  On Mount Glonne at the Loire River in the region of Poitiers in France, Saint Florentius, priest.

 

6.  In the territory of Coutances in France, Saint Laudus, also called Lauto, bishop.

 

7.  At Laon in Neustria, Saint Salaberga, abbess, whom, being blind, Saint Columbanus is said to have healed and directed toward the service of God.

 

8.  At Regensburg in Bavaria, Saint Emmeram, bishop, who was killed for the faith of Christ.

 

9.  In the Cistercian monastery of Morimond in France, the passing of blessed Otto, bishop of Freising, who died in the monastic habit which he had never laid aside during his episcopacy.

 

10.  At Turin in the Subalpine region, Saint Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio) Belvisotti, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, devoted to hearing the confessions of penitents and assisting the sick.

 

11.  At sea off the coast of Rochefort in France, blessed Joseph Marchandon, priest and martyr, who, during the turmoil of the French Revolution, was cast into a diseased prison ship because of his priesthood and, consumed by hunger and illness, departed to the Father.

 

12.  At Seoul in Korea, the passion of Saints Paul Chong Ha-sang and Augustine Yu Chin-gil, martyrs, of whom the former led the first Christian community for twenty years during a time of persecution, and the latter wrote letters to Pope Gregory XVI asking him to send priests to Korea; both catechists, after cruel tortures, were beheaded for the faith.

 

13.  At Montserrat in Spain, blessed Charles Navarro, priest of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools and martyr, who, during the persecution against religious, was crowned with illustrious martyrdom.

 

14.  In the same place, blessed Germán Gozalvo Andreu, priest and martyr, who, in the same persecution, was crowned for his witness to Christ.

 

15.  At Alzira in the region of Valencia also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Vincent Pelufo Corts, priest, and Josephine Moscardó Montalvá, virgin, who, during the same persecution against the faith, merited to bear the palm of victory before almighty God.

 

16.  In the village of Bolbaite also in the region of Valencia, blessed Vincent Sicluna Hernández, priest and martyr, killed in the same period.

 

17.  In the village of Corbera near Valencia also in Spain, blessed Mary of the Purification Vidal Pastor, virgin and martyr, who merited to enter the eternal wedding feast with Christ her Spouse.

 

 

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September 23^rd

 

This Day, the Twenty-third Day of September

Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Francesco Forgione), priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who in the friary of the small town At San Giovanni Rotondo in Apulia, devoted himself intensely to the spiritual direction of the faithful and the reconciliation of penitents, with such provident care for the needy and the poor that, conformed truly to the crucified Christ, he completed his earthly pilgrimage on this day.

 

2.  Commemoration of Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of blessed John the Baptist, the Precursor of the Lord.  Elizabeth, when she received Mary her kinswoman into her house, was filled with the Holy Spirit and greeted the Mother of the Lord as blessed among women.  Zechariah, a priest, filled with the prophetic spirit, praised God the Redeemer at the birth of his son and proclaimed the nearness of Christ's coming, the rising from on high.

 

3.  At Rome, commemoration of Saint Linus, Pope, to whom, as Saint Irenaeus recounts, the blessed Apostles entrusted the care of the episcopate of the Church in the City, and whom blessed Paul the Apostle mentions as his companion.

 

4.  At Miseno in Campania, Saint Sosius, deacon and martyr, who, as Pope Saint Symmachus recounts, desiring to deliver his bishop from death, suffered execution with him and attained equal glory at the same cost.

 

5.  At Ancona in Picenum of Italy, commemoration of Saint Constantius, a church sacristan, more notable for his humility than for the grace of miracles.

 

6.  On the island of Iona in Scotland, Saint Adamnan, priest and abbot, a man excellently instructed in the knowledge of the Scriptures and most devoted to unity and peace, who persuaded many both in Scotland and in Ireland by his preaching to adopt the Roman custom for the celebration of Easter.

 

7.  In Africa, the holy martyrs Andrew, John, Peter, and Anthony, who, having been captured at Syracuse, were taken away by the Moors and subjected to torments.

 

8.  At Venice, blessed Peter Acotanto, monk, who humbly refused the office of abbot and preferred to live a recluse life in the cloister.

 

9.  At Bologna in Emilia, blessed Elena Duglioli Dall’Olio, who, after living in remarkable concord with her husband, led an exemplary life after becoming a widow.

 

10.  At Tlaxcala in Mexico, the blessed martyrs Cristóbal, Antonio, and Juan, who, during the first evangelization of the Americas, joyfully adhered to the Christian faith, for which they were put to death by their fellow citizens.

 

11.  At Marieville in the province of Quebec, Canada, blessed Marie-Émilie Tavernier, religious, who, after the death of her husband and sons, devoted herself to the care of the poor and founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence for the service of orphans, the elderly, and the mentally ill.

 

12.  At Kingston-on-Thames in England, blessed William Way, priest and martyr, who, under Queen Elizabeth I, was condemned to death for having entered England as a priest and was hanged.

 

13.  At Benissa in the province of Valencia in Spain, blessed Vicente Ballester Far, priest and martyr, who, during the time of persecution, fought a noble battle for Christ.

 

14.  At Benicalap in the same province of Spain, the blessed martyrs Sofía Ximénez Ximénez, mother of a family; María of the Purification of Saint Joseph Ximénez; and María Josefa del Río Mesa, virgins of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, who were led through the contest of martyrdom to abundant glory.

 

15.  At Krakow in Poland, blessed Bernardyna Jablonska, virgin, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Poor, who was always attentive to the poor and the sick.

 

16.  At Warsaw also in Poland, blessed Józef Stanek, priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate and martyr, who, during wartime, was hanged by persecutors of the faith and fulfilled his martyrdom through the torment of the gallows.

 

 

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September 24^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-fourth Day of September

1.  At Milan in Transpadane, Saint Anatolius, who is believed to have been the first bishop of this city.

 

2.  At Saulieu in the region of Autun in Farnce, the holy martyrs Andochius, Thyrsus, and Felix.

 

3.  At Clermont in Aquitaine, Saint Rusticus, bishop, who, already a presbyter in the same city, received the honor of the episcopate, with the rejoicing of the people.

 

4.  At Lyon in Farnce, Saint Lupus, bishop, who had formerly lived as a hermit.

 

5.  At Marseille in Provence, Saint Isarnus, abbot, who, austere toward himself but gentle and peaceable toward others, renewed the regular life in the monastery of Saint Victor.

 

6.  In Pannonia, Saint Gerard Sagredo, bishop of the see of Csanád and martyr, who was the teacher of the young prince Saint Emeric, son of King Saint Stephen, and during a revolt of pagan Hungarians near the river Danube was beaten to death with stones.

 

7.  At Girona in Catalonia of Spain, blessed Dalmatius Moner, priest of the Order of Preachers, remarkable for his love of solitude and silence.

 

8.  At York in England, the blessed martyrs William Spenser, priest, and Robert Hardesty, who, under Queen Elizabeth I, were condemned to death; the former because he was a priest, the latter because he received him into his house, and were hanged.

 

9.  At Nagasaki in Japan, Saint Anthony Gonzalez, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who, sent to Japan with five companions and shortly afterward detained in chains, was twice tortured by water and, seized by fever, preceded the others in death under the supreme ruler Tokugawa Yemitsu.

 

10.  At San Severino in Piceno of Italy, Saint Pacificus of San Severino, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, outstanding for his penances, his love of solitude, and his prayer before the Most Blessed Sacrament.

 

11.  At Maribor in Slovenia, blessed Anthony Martin Slomsek, bishop, who took great care for the Christian life of families and the formation of the clergy, and strove with all his strength for the unity of the Church.

 

12.  At Rome, blessed Columba (Joanna) Gabriel, abbess, who presided over the monastery of Lviv but, unjustly slandered, went to Rome, where, living in poverty and joy, she founded the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Charity, as well as the social work called the House of the Family, for poor working girls or those far from their families.

 

13.  In the village of Abalat de la Ribera in the region of Valencia in Spain, blessed Joseph Raymond Paschal Ferrer Botella, priest and martyr, who suffered martyrdom during the persecution against the faith.

 

14.  In the village of Rotgla y Corbera in the same region of Spain, blessed Joseph Mary Ferrandiz Hernandez, priest and martyr, who, in the time of the same persecution, completed the struggle for the faith.

 

15.  In the town of Olleria, also in the region of Valencia, blessed Incarnation Gil Valls, virgin and martyr, who, bearing a shining lamp, fearlessly went forth to meet Christ the Bridegroom.

 

16.  At Alzira in the same region of Spain, blessed Joseph Raymond Ferragud Girbes, martyr, a father of a family, who fell as a victim of the persecutors of the faith for Christ.

 

 

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September 25^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-fifth Day of September

1.  Commemoration of Saint Cleopas, disciple of the Lord, whose heart burned while he was journeying with another disciple and Christ appeared to them on the evening of Easter, opening the Scriptures to them along the way, and who recognized the Savior in the breaking of the bread at the village of Emmaus.

 

2.  At Amiens in Belgic France, Saint Firmin, who is honored as bishop and martyr.

 

3.  At Damascus in Syria, the holy martyrs Paul and Tatia, husband and wife, and their sons Sabinian, Maximus, Rufus, and Eugenius, who, accused of the Christian religion, were tortured by beatings and other torments and gave back their souls to God.

 

4.  At Chartres in the region of Lyon in France, Saint Solemnis, bishop.

 

5.  At Soissons in Belgic France, Saint Principius, bishop, brother of Saint Remigius.

 

6.  At Cork in Munster of Ireland, Saint Finbarr, bishop.

 

7.  At Auxerre in Neustria, Saint Aunacharius, bishop, during whose tenure the document called the Hieronymian Martyrology was completed.

 

8.  At Cusance in the region of Besançon in Neustria, Saint Ermenfrid, abbot.

 

9.  In the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in the region of Moscow in Russia, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, who at first lived as a hermit in wild forests, then embraced the cenobitic life and, having been elected abbot, propagated it; a gentle man, counselor of princes, and consoler of the faithful.

 

10.  In the Alpujarras Mountains near Granada in the region of Andalusia in Spain, blessed Mark Criado, priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives and martyr, killed by the Moors.

 

11.  In the town of Carrión de Calatrava near Ciudad Real, also in Spain, the blessed martyrs John Peter (Joseph) Bengoa Aranguren, priest, and Paul Mary (Peter) Leoz y Portillo, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, and Jesus Hita Miranda, religious of the Society of Mary, who, during a raging persecution, out of hatred for the Church were killed by gunfire by militiamen.

 

 

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September 26^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-sixth Day of September

Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs, who are said to have practiced medicine at Cyrrhus in Euphratensis without accepting any payment, and many were healed by their free treatments.

 

2.  The commemoration of Saint Gideon, of the tribe of Manasseh, who was a judge in Israel and, having received from the Lord the sign of dew descending on the fleece, in the strength of God destroyed the altar of Baal and delivered the people of Israel from the hand of their enemies.

 

3.  At Albano in Latium, Saint Senator, martyr.

 

4.  At Bologna in Emilia, the commemoration of Saint Eusebius, bishop, who, together with Saint Ambrose, contended for the Catholic faith against the Arians and devoted great effort to the promotion of virginity among young women.

 

5.  At Gaeta in Latium, Saint Stephen of Rossano, monk, companion of Saint Nilus the Younger.

 

6.  In the countryside of Tusculum near Rome, Saint Nilus the Younger, abbot, who, of Greek origin, sought the habit of holy living and, devoted to abstinence, humility, and pilgrimage, was renowned for the gift of prophecy and the teaching of wisdom. Following the norms of the Eastern Fathers, he founded the celebrated monastery of Cryptae Ferratae, where, in his nineties, he gave his spirit to God in the oratory.

 

7.  At Salerno in Campania, blessed Lucia of Calata Jero, virgin of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis.

 

8.  At Seoul in Korea, the passion of Saints Sebastian Nam I-gwan and nine companions, twelve martyrs,¹² who were beheaded for the Christian faith after terrible tortures. Also commemorated are the holy martyrs Lucia Kim, Catherine Yi, a widow, and her daughter, Magdalena Cho, a virgin, who died in prison at an unknown date this month, having suffered for Christ.

 

9.  At Lyon in France, Saint Thérèse (Marie-Victorie) Couderc, virgin, who, not without great tribulation but with a serene spirit, founded the Society of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle at the village of La Louvesc, near the tomb of Saint John Francis Regis.

 

10.  At the village of Gars near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, blessed Gaspar Stanggassinger, priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, who, devoted to the education of youth, offered them a joyful example of charity and continual prayer.

 

11.  At the city of Los Reyes in Peru, blessed Aloysius Tezza, priest of the Order of Clerics Regular Ministers to the Sick, who, to serve God among the sick, founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Camillus and wisely directed it toward many works of charity.

 

12.  At Valencia in Spain, blessed Mary of Refuge (Teresa) Rosat Balasch and Mary of Calvary (Josepha) Romero Clariana, virgins of the Congregation of Christian Doctrine and martyrs, who, during a time of persecution, were cast into prison for their fidelity to Christ the Bridegroom and were at last put to death.

 

13.  In the same place, blessed Raphael Pardo Molina, religious of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who perished during the persecution against the faith. With him is also commemorated blessed Joseph Mary Vidal Seguí, priest of the same Order and martyr, who, for his tireless testimony of faith, was received into glory in Christ at Barcelona.

 

14.  At the village of Puerto de Canals in the Valencian region of Spain, blessed Crescentia Valls Espí, virgin and martyr, who suffered martyrdom during the persecution against the faith.

 

15.  At the village of Benifairó de la Valldigna in the same region of Spain, blessed Mary of Oblivion Noguera Albelda, virgin and martyr, who, at the time of the same persecution, completed her martyrdom for the faith.

 

16.  At the village of Gilet also in the Valencian region, blessed Bonaventure (Julius) Esteve Flors, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who, in the same period, went to the Lord by the hands of the enemies of the faith.

 

17.  At the village of Benifallim in the Lucentine region of Spain, blessed Mary Jorda Botella, virgin and martyr, who fought a noble contest for Christ.

 

18.  At Madrid in Spain, blessed Leo (Emmanuel) Legua Martí, priest of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Capuchin Sisters of the Sorrowful Virgin Mary, and martyr, who, at the same time of persecution, obtained the glorious crown.

 

 

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September 27^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-seventh Day of September

Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, priest, who, full of priestly spirit, devoted himself to the poor in Paris in France, and in the face of anyone suffering, recognized the countenance of his Lord; to restore the model of the early Church, to form the clergy in holiness, and to assist the poor, he founded the Congregation of the Mission, and, with the cooperation of Saint Louise de Marillac, also the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity.

 

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

 

3.  At Sedunum fortress among the Aedui in France, Saint Florentinus, who is said to have been wounded by the sword of the Vandals together with Saint Hilary.

 

4.  In the monastery of Liessies in Hainaut of Austrasia, Saint Hiltrude, virgin, who, hidden away with her brother Abbot Gunthard, lived a most devout life.

 

5.  At Córdoba in the region of Vandalic Spain, the holy martyrs Adolphus and John, who, being brothers, were crowned with martyrdom for Christ during the persecution of the Moors in the time of King ‘Abd ar-Rahman II.

 

6.  At Fara near Cingoli in Picenum of Italy, Saint Bonfilius, formerly bishop of Foligno, who, after spending ten years in the Holy Land, returned to Italy to become a monk in the monastery of Storace, where he had earlier served as abbot, and at last died in solitude.

 

7.  At Paris in France, Saint Elzéar of Sabran, who, as Count of Ariano, preserved virginity with blessed Delphina his wife and all virtues, and died still in the bloom of youth.

 

8.  At Pistoia in Etruria, blessed Laurence of Ripafratta, priest of the Order of Preachers, who faithfully observed the regular life for sixty years and was devoted to hearing the confessions of sinners.

 

9.  On a filthy ship chained at anchor near Rochefort on the coast of France, blessed John Baptist Laborier du Vivier, deacon and martyr, who, during the persecution of the Church, was condemned to harsh captivity because of his clerical state, and worn out by serious illness, passed away.

 

10.  At Sagunto in Spain, the blessed martyrs Joseph Fenollosa Alcayna, priest, and Fidel (Marian) Climent Sánchez, religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who, while the persecution against the faith was raging, shed their blood for Christ.

 

11.  In the village of Gilet in the Valencian region of Spain likewise, the blessed martyrs Francisca Xavier (Maria) Fenollosa Alcayna, religious of the Third Order of the Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, and Herminia Martínez Amigó, a mother of a family, who, in the same period, confirmed their fidelity to the Lord with their blood.

 

 

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September 28^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-eighth Day of September

Saint Wenceslaus, martyr, who, as duke of the Bohemians, instructed in divine and human wisdom by his grandmother Saint Ludmila, was austere with himself, peaceful in governing the kingdom, and merciful toward the poor.  He redeemed in groups the pagan slaves of Prague so that they might be baptized.  After enduring many hardships in ruling his subjects and forming them in the faith, he was betrayed by his brother Boleslaus and killed by assassins in the church at Stará Boleslav in Bohemia.

Saints Lawrence of Manila Ruiz and fifteen companions, martyrs, who, some priests, some religious, and others laymen, after spreading the Christian faith through the Philippine, Formosan, and Japanese islands, were, by decree of the supreme ruler Tokugawa Iemitsu, martyred on different days in Nagasaki in Japan for the love of Christ, but are commemorated together in a single celebration.

 

3.  At Calydon in Pisidia, the holy brothers Alpheus, Alexander, and Zosimus, martyrs.

 

4.  At the Old Laura near Bethlehem in Palestine, Saint Chariton, abbot, who, assiduous in prayer and fasting, founded several lauras in the desert.

 

5.  At Bologna in Emilia, Saint Zama, who is held to be the first bishop of that city.

 

6.  At Toulouse in Aquitaine, Saint Exuperius, bishop, who dedicated a basilica in honor of Saint Saturninus and, when barbarians invaded, proved himself a vigorous defender of his city. Saint Jerome reports how sparing he was toward himself, yet how generous he was toward others.

 

7.  At Bethlehem of Judea, the commemoration of Saint Eustochium, virgin, who, with her mother Saint Paula, set out from the city of Rome to the Lord’s manger so as not to lack the guidance of her teacher Saint Jerome, and there, shining with outstanding merits, departed to the Lord.

 

8.  At Geneva among the Helvetians, Saint Salonius, bishop, who first lived a monastic life on the island of Lérins and then, having become a bishop, upheld the doctrine of Pope Saint Leo the Great and explained the Sacred Scriptures mystically.

 

9.  At Riez in the region of Provence in France, Saint Faustus, bishop, formerly abbot of Lérins, who wrote against the Arians concerning the Word of God made flesh and about the Holy Spirit, consubstantial with the Father and coeternal with the Son, and was afflicted with exile by King Euric.

 

10.  At Lyon in France, Saint Annemund, bishop and martyr.

 

11.  At Salzburg in Bavaria, the Saints Chuniald and Gislar, priests, who assisted Saint Rupert the bishop.

 

12.  At Mainz in Rhenish Austrasia, Saint Leoba, virgin, who was called by Saint Boniface, her relative, from England to Germany, and was appointed over the monastery at Tauber, where she guided the handmaids of God along the path of perfection by word and example.

 

13.  At Pavia in Lombardy, blessed Bernardine of Feltre (Martini) Tomitano, priest of the Order of Minors, who bore good fruit everywhere in his preaching ministry, established the so-called Mounts of Piety against usury, and, as a man of peace, was summoned by Pope Sixtus IV to settle civil disputes.

 

14.  At Madrid in Spain, Saint Simon de Rojas, priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, who, assigned to the household of the Queen of Spain, never accepted a carriage or reward, but in the midst of royal splendor always showed himself humble, poor, merciful to the unfortunate, and ardently devoted to God.

 

15.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs John Shozaburo, catechist, Mancio Ichizayemon, Michael Taiemon Kinoshi, Lawrence Hachizo, Peter Terai Kuhioye, and Thomas Terai Kahioye, who were beheaded for Christ.

 

16.  At the town of Sant Feliu de Codines in the region of Catalonia in Spain, blessed Francis Xavier Ponsa Casallarch, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who, during a time of persecution, attained the glorious palm for Christ and the Church.

 

17.  At the town of Benillup in the district of Lucentum, also in Spain, blessed Amalia Abad Casasempere, martyr, a mother of a family, who, during a persecution against the faith, was crowned for the testimony of Christ.

 

18.  At Valencia, likewise in Spain, blessed Joseph Tarrats Comaposada, religious of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, in the same persecution, was heard in Christ into glory.

 

19.  In the city of Karadzar near Karaganda in Kazakhstan, blessed Nykyta Budka, bishop, who, being the first to exercise the episcopal office in Canada among the Catholic faithful of the Byzantine Rite, was deported to a detention camp during a regime hostile to God, where, persevering in faith, he endured all adversity with fortitude of soul unto death for the love of Christ.

 

 

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September 29^th

 

This Day, the Twenty-ninth Day of September

Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels.  On the day of the dedication of the basilica under the title of Saint Michael at the sixth milestone on the Salarian Way from the City, long ago rebuilt, the three Archangels are celebrated together, whose distinct missions are revealed by Sacred Scripture, and who serve God day and night and, beholding His face, unceasingly glorify Him.

 

2.  At Perinthus or Heraclea in Thrace, Saint Eutychius, bishop and martyr.

 

3.  At Valarshapat in Armenia, the holy martyrs Rhipsime, Gaiana, and their companions.

 

4.  At Auxerre in Lugdunensian France, Saint Fraternus, bishop.

 

5.  In Palestine, Saint Cyriacus, anchoret, who for nearly ninety years lived a most austere life in caves, an exemplar of anchorites and a defender of the truth of the faith against the errors of the Origenists.

 

6.  At Mettlach on the River Saar in Rhenania, the deposition of Saint Liutwin, bishop of Trier, who was the founder of the monastery of that place and died at Reims.

 

7.  On the island of Reichenau in Lake Zurich among the Swiss, Saint Adelric, priest and hermit.

 

8.  In Brittany, Saint Maurice, first abbot of Langonnet and then of the monastery of Carnoët of the Cistercian Order, which he himself founded, where he rested in peace, renowned for signs of holiness.

 

9.  In the Cistercian monastery of Longpont in France, blessed John of Montmirail, who from a most distinguished knight became a humble monk.

 

10.  At Dariorigum, on the coast of Brittany, blessed Charles of Blois, a pious, gentle, and humble man, who, although he preferred to be counted among the Friars Minor, was compelled to claim the principality in order to recover it from an adversary. As Duke of Brittany, he bore long misfortunes with constancy, endured prolonged imprisonment, and was slain in battle near Auray.

 

11.  At Rome, blessed Nicholas of Forca Palena, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Jerome, who founded the monastery of Saint Onuphrius on the Janiculum Hill, where he rested in the Lord at the age of one hundred.

 

12.  At Lviv in Poland, Saint John of Dukla, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who, living a hidden and ascetic life according to the customs of the Observants, gave himself with fervent zeal to the pastoral care of souls and fostered the unity of Christians.

 

13.  At Nagasaki in Japan, the passion of Saints Michael de Aozaraza, William Courtet, and Vincent Shiwozuka, priests of the Order of Preachers, and of Lazarus of Kyoto and Lawrence Ruiz of Manila, a father of a family, martyrs, who, having been held in prison for over a year for the name of Christ, endured the punishment of the cross and were then beheaded.  Their commemoration, along with that of their companions, was held on the previous day.

 

14.  At the village of Ossernenon in Canadian territory, the passion of Saint René Goupil, martyr, a physician and companion of Saint Isaac Jogues, who was killed with a blow of a tomahawk by a native.

 

15.  At the village of Gilet near Valencia in Spain, blessed James Mestre Iborra, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who, during the raging persecution against the faith, poured out his blood for Christ.

 

16.  Also at Valencia in Spain, the blessed martyrs Paul Bori Puig, priest, and Vincent Sales Genovés, religious, of the Society of Jesus, who carried out a noble contest for Christ.

 

17.  At the village of Picadero de Paterna in the region of Valencia, likewise in Spain, blessed Darius Hernández Morató, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who in the same persecution yielded his soul to God.

 

18.  At Lleida, also in Spain, blessed Francis de Paula Castelló i Aleu, martyr, who, condemned in the same religious persecution, did not hesitate, with calm spirit and great firmness, to face death for Christ.

 

 

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September 30^th

 

This Day, the Thirtieth Day of September

Memorial of Saint Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church, who, born in Dalmatia, in Rome acquired an outstanding education in all branches of learning and there was baptized.  Then, captivated by the virtue of the contemplative life and embracing an ascetical way of life, he departed for the East and was ordained a priest.  Having returned to Rome, he served as secretary to Pope Damasus, but later, having settled in Bethlehem of Judaea, he withdrew to a monastic life and became a distinguished teacher in translating and interpreting the Sacred Scriptures.  In a remarkable way, he took part in many of the Church’s needs; at length, when he had lived on into old age, he passed away in peace.

 

2.  At Piacenza in Emilia, Saint Antoninus, martyr.

 

3.  At Solothurn among the Swiss, the holy martyrs Ursus and Victor, who are said to have belonged to the Theban Legion.

 

4.  In Armenia, Saint Gregory, surnamed the Illuminator, bishop, who, after great labors, withdrew into a cave near the confluence of the branches of the Euphrates and there passed away in peace, considered the apostle of the Armenians.

 

5.  At Marseille in the Province of France, Saint Eusebia, virgin, who from youth to old age faithfully served God.

 

6.  At Canterbury in Kent of England, Saint Honorius, bishop, who, a Roman monk, was sent by Saint Gregory the Great as a companion of Saint Augustine to evangelize England, and who eventually succeeded him in his see.

 

7.  At Rome, Saint Simon, monk, who, once Count of Crépy in France, renouncing his fatherland, marriage, and all things, chose the monastic life, and later a hermit’s life in the Jura mountains; often requested, however, to serve as a legate to reconcile peace among princes, he died in the City and was buried at Saint Peter’s.

 

8.  At Nusco in Hirpinia, Saint Amatus, bishop.

 

9.  At Die among the Vocontii in France, Saint Ismidon, bishop, who, burning with love for the holy places, piously made pilgrimage to Jerusalem twice.

 

10.  At Pesaro in Piceno of Italy, blessed Felicia Meda, abbess of the Order of Poor Clares.

 

11.  At Rome, Saint Francis Borgia, priest, who, after the death of his wife, by whom he had eight children, entered the Society of Jesus, and, having renounced worldly life and refused Church dignities, was elected Superior General, and became notable for the austerity of his life and for prayer.

 

12.  On the coast of France before the sea strait of Rochefort, blessed John Nicholas Cordier, priest and martyr, who, after the Society of Jesus was suppressed, carried out priestly ministry in the district of Verdun, until, during the violence of the French upheaval, he was cast into a ship anchored in the sea and, weakened by severe hunger, perished because he was a priest.

 

13.  In the village of Lanzo near Turin in Italy, blessed Frederick Albert, priest, who, as a parish priest, in order to aid the poor in every way, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul of the Immaculate Conception.

 

14.  At Lisieux also in France, the heavenly birth of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, whose memorial is celebrated tomorrow.

 

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^1. Whose names are: Blessed Processus (Joachim) Ruiz Cascales, Euthymius (Nicholas) Aramendia Garcia, Canutus (Joseph) Franco Gomez, Dositheus (William) Rubio Alonso, Caesarius (Marian) Niño Perez, Benjamin (Alexander) Cobos Celada, Carmelus (Isidore) Gil Arano, Cosmas (Simon) Brun Arara, Crecilius (Henry) Lopez Lopez, Rufinus (Crescentius) Lasheras Aizcorbe, and Faustinus (Anthony) Villanueva Igual, religious.

^2. Whose names are: Blessed Vincent Abraham, Andrew Angar, John Baptist Claude Aubert, Francis Balmain, John Peter Bangue, Louis Francis Andrew Barret, Joseph Becavin, James Julius Bonnaud, John Anthony Hyacinth Boucharene de Chaumeils, John Francis Bosquet, Claude Cayx, also known as Dumas, John Charton de Millon, Claude Chaudet, Nicholas Clairet, Claude Colin, Francis Dardan, William Anthony Delfaut, Maturinus Victor Deruelle, Gabriel Desprez de Roche, Thomas Nicholas Dubray, Thomas Renatus Dubuisson, Francis Dumasrambaud de Calandelle, Henry Hippolytus Ermes, Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand, James Friteyre-Durve, Claude Francis Gagnieres des Granges, Louis Laurence Francetier, John Goizet, Andrew Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, John Anthony Guilleminet, John Baptist Jannin, John Lacan, Peter Landry, Claude Anthony Ralph de Laporte, Robert Le Bis, Maturinus Nicholas Le Bous de Villeneuve de la Villecrohain, Oliver Lefevre, Charles Francis Legue, James Joseph Lejardinier Deslandes, James John Lemeunier, Vincent Joseph Le Rousseau de Rosencoat, Francis Caesar Londiveau, Louis Longuet, James Francis de Lubersac, Gaspar Claude Maignien, John Philip Marchand, Louis Mauduit, Francis Louis Meallet de Fargues, James Alexander Menuret, John Baptist Nativelle, Renatus Nativelle, Matthias Augustine Nogier, Joseph Thomas Pazery de Thorame, Julius Honoratus Cyprian Pazery de Thorame, Peter Francis Pazery de Thorame, Peter Ploquin, Renatus Nicholas Poret, Julian Poulain-Delaunay, John Robert Queneau, Francis Urban Salins de Niart, John Henry Louis Samson, John Anthony de Savine, John Anthony Barnabas Seguin, John Baptist Mary Tessier, Lupus Thomas, also known as Bonnotte, Francis Vareilhe-Duteil, Peter Louis Joseph Verrier; and Louis Barreau de la Touche, of the Congregation of Saint Maur of the Order of Saint Benedict; John Francis Burte, of the Order of Friars Minor; Apollinaris (John James) Morel, of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; Ambrose Augustine Chevreux and Renatus Julian Massey, of the Order of Saint Benedict; Bernard Francis de Cucsac, James Gabriel Galais, Peter Gauguin, Peter Michael Guerin, James Stephen Philip Hourrier, Henry Augustus Luzeau de la Mulonnière, John Baptist Michael Pontus, Peter Nicholas Psalmon, and Claude Rousseau, of the Society of Saint Sulpice; Charles Jeremiah Bérauld du Pérou, Francis Louis Hébert, and Francis Lefranc, of the Society of Jesus and Mary; Urban Lefevre, of the Paris Society for the Missions to Foreign Nations; Severinus (George) Girauld, of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis — all of them priests; Louis Alexis Matthias Boubert, Stephen Francis Deusdedit de Ravinel, and James Augustine Robert de Lézardières, deacons; Salomon (William Nicholas Louis) Leclercq, a religious of the Christian Schools; Augustus Nézel, a cleric; and Charles Regis Matthew de la Calmette.

^3. Whose names are: Blessed Daniel Louis André des Pommerayes, Louis Remigius Benoist, Louis Renatus Nicholas Benoist, Anthony Charles Octavian du Bouzet, John Andrew Capeau, Armand Chapt de Rastignac, Claude Fontaine, Peter Louis Gervais, Sanctus Hure, John Louis Guyard de Saint-Clair, Alexander Charles Lenfant, Laurence, Louis Le Danois, Thomas John Monsaint, Francis Joseph Pey, John Joseph Rateau, Mark Louis Royer, John Peter Simon, as well as Charles Louis Hurtrel, of the Order of Minims — all of them priests — and Louis Benjamin Hurtrel, a deacon.

^4. Whose names are: Blessed priests Vincent Carvalho and Francis Terrero, of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine; Anthony Ishida, of the Society of Jesus; Jerome Jo; and Gabriel of Magdalene, a religious of the Order of Friars Minor.

^5. Whose names are: Blessed Renatus Mary Andrieux, Peter Paul Balzac, John Francis Mary Benoît, also called Vourlat, Michael Andrew Sylvester Binard, Nicholas Bize, Peter Bonze, Peter Briquet, Peter Brisse, Charles Carnus, Bertrand Anthony de Caupenne, James Dufour, Dionysius Claude Duval, Joseph Falcoz, Gilbert John Fautrel, Philibert Fougère, Peter John Garrigues, Nicholas Gaudreau, Stephen Michael Gillet, George Jerome Giroust, Joseph Mary Gros, Peter Guerin du Rocher, Robert Francis Guerin du Rocher, Ivo Andrew Guillan de Keranrun, Julian Francis Bédouin, Peter Francis Henocq, Eligius Herque, also called du Roule, Peter Louis Jaret, James de la Lande, Giles Louis Symphorian Lanchon, Louis John Matthew Lanier, John Joseph de Laveze-Belay, Michael Leber, Peter Florentius Leclercq, John Charles Legrand, John Peter Le Laisant, Julian Le Laisant, John Lemaitre, John Thomas Leroy, Martin Francis Alexis Loublier, Claude Louis Marmotant de Savigny, Claude Sylvanus Mayneaud de Bizefranc, Henry John Millet, Francis Joseph Monnier, Mary Francis Mouffle, Joseph Louis Oviefre, John Michael Philippot, James Rabe, Peter Robert Regnet, Ivo John Peter Rey de Kervizic, Nicholas Claude Roussel, Peter Saint-James, James Louis Schmid, John Anthony Seconds, Peter James de Turmenies, Renatus Joseph Urvoy, Nicholas Mary Verron, and Charles Victor Veret — all priests.

And also: John Charles Mary Bernard du Cornillet, canon of the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris; John Francis Bonnel de Pradel and Claude Pons, canons of the Abbey of Saint Geneviève in Paris; John Charles Caron, Nicholas Colin, Louis Joseph François, and John Henry Gruyer, of the Congregation of the Mission; Claude Bochat and Eustace Felix, of the Congregation of the Fathers of Christian Doctrine; Cosmas (John Peter) Duval, of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; Peter Claude Pottier, of the Society of Jesus and Mary; and Sebastian Desbrielles, schoolmaster in Paris, Louis Francis Rigot, and John Anthony Joseph de Villette.

^6. Whose names are: Saint Mary Pak Kun-a-gi Hui-sun, sister of Saint Lucy Pak Hui-sun; Barbara Kwon-hui, wife of Saint Augustine Yi Kwang-hem; Barbara Yi Chong-hui; Mary Yi Yon-hui, wife of Saint Damian Nam Myong-hyog; Agnes Kim Hyo-ju.

^7. Whose names are: Blessed Dominic of Nagasaki, a religious of the Order of Friars Minor; Thomas of Saint Hyacinth and Anthony of Saint Dominic, religious of the Order of Preachers; Lucy Ludovica, a widow; John Tomachi and his sons Dominic, Michael, Thomas, and Paul; John Imamura, Paul Sadayu Aybara, Roman Aybara and his son Leo, James Hayashida, Matthew Alvarez, Michael Yamada and his son Lawrence, Louis Higashi and his sons Francis and Dominic.

^8. Whose names are: Blessed Angelus Orsucci, Alphonsus de Mena, Joseph of Saint Hyacinth of Salvanes, and Hyacinth Orfanel, priests of the Order of Preachers; and Dominic of the Rosary and Alexis, religious of the same Order; Richard of Saint Anne and Peter of Ávila, priests of the Order of Friars Minor; and Vincent of Saint Joseph, a religious of the same Order; Charles Spinola, a priest of the Society of Jesus; and Gundisalvus Fusai, Anthony Kiuni, Thomas of the Rosary, Thomas Akahoshi, Peter Sampo, Michael Shumpo, Louis Kawara, and John Chugoku, religious of the same Society; Leo of Satsuma and Lucy de Freitas; Anthony Sanga, a catechist, and Magdalene, his wife; Anthony the Korean, a catechist, and Mary, his wife, with their sons John and Peter; Paul Nagaishi and Theda, husband and wife, with their son Peter; Paul Tanaka and Mary, husband and wife; Dominic Yamada and Clara, husband and wife; Isabella Fernandez, widow of Blessed Dominic Jorge, with their son Ignatius; Mary, widow of Blessed Andrew Tokuan; Agnes, widow of Blessed Cosmas Takeya; Mary, widow of Blessed John Shoun; Dominica Ogata, Mary Tanaura, Apollonia, and Catherine, widows; Dominic Nakano, son of Blessed Matthew Nakano; Bartholomew Kawano Shichiemon; Damian Yamichi Tanda and his son Michael; Thomas Shichiro, Rufus Ishimoto; and Clement (Bosio) Vom and his son Anthony.

^9. Whose names are: Blessed Francis of Saint Bonaventure and Peter of Saint Clare, religious of the Order of Friars Minor; and Dominic Magoshichi and Matthew of Saint Thomas Chiwiato, religious of the Order of Preachers.

^10. Whose names are: Saints Simeon Berneux, Anthony Daveluy, and Lawrence Imbert, bishops; Justus Ranfer de Bretenières, Louis Beaulieu, Peter Henry Dorie, Peter Maubant, James Chastan, Peter Aumaitre, and Martin Lucas Huin, priests; John Yi Yun-il, Andrew Chong Hwa-gyong, Stephen Min Kuk-ka, Paul Ho Hyob, Augustine Pak Chong-won, Peter Hong Pyong-ju, Paul Hong Yong-ju, Joseph Chang Chu-gi, Thomas Son Chason, Luke Hwang Sok-tu, Damian Nam Myong-hyog, Francis Ch’oe Kyong-hwan, Charles Hyon Song-mun, Lawrence Han I-hyong, Peter Nam Kyong-mun, Augustine Yu Chin-gil, Peter Yi Ho-yong, Peter Son Son-ji, Benedicta Hyon Kyong-nyon, Peter Ch’oe Ch’ang-hub, catechist; Agatha Yi, Mary Yi In-dog, Barbara Yi, Mary Won Kwi-im, Teresa Kim Im-i, Columba Kim Hyo-im, Magdalene Cho, Elizabeth Chong Chong-hye, virgins; Teresa Kim, Barbara Kim, Susanna U Sur-im, Agatha Yi Kan-nan, Magdalene Pak Pong-son, Perpetua Hong Kum-ju, Catherine Yi, Cecilia Yu So-sa, Barbara Cho Chung-i, Magdalene Han Yong-i, widows; Magdalene Son So-byog, Agatha Yi Kyong-i, Agatha Kwon Chin-i, John Yi Mun-u, Barbara Ch’oe Yong-i, Peter Yu Chong-nyul, John Baptist Nam Chong-sam, John Baptist Chon Chang-un, Peter Ch’oe Hyong, Mark Chong Ui-bae, Alexis U Se-yong, Anthony Kim Song-u, Protase Chong Kuk-ho, Augustine Yi Kwang-hon, Agatha Kim A-gi, Magdalene Kim O-bi, Barbara Han A-gi, Anna Pak A-gi, Agatha Yi So-sa, Lucy Pak Hui-sun, Peter Kwon Tu-gin, Joseph Chang Song-jib, Magdalene Yi Yong-hui, Teresa Yi Mae-im, Martha Kim Song-im, Lucy Kim, Rose Kim, Anna Kim Chang-gum, John Baptist Yi Kwang-nyol, John Pak Hu-jae, Mary Pak Kun-a-gi Hui-sun, Barbara Kwon-hui, Barbara Yi Chong-hui, Mary Yi Yon-hui, Agnes Kim Hyo-ju, Catherine Chong Ch’or-yom, Joseph Im Ch’i-baeg, Sebastian Nam I-gwan, Ignatius Kim Che-jun, Charles Cho Shin-ch’ol, Julitta Kim, Agatha Chon Kyong-hyob, Magdalene Ho Kye-im, Lucy Kim, Peter Yu Taech’ol, Peter Cho Hwa-so, Peter Yi Myong-so, Bartholomew Chong Mun-ho, Joseph Peter Han Chae-kwon, Peter Chong Won-ji, Joseph Cho Yun-ho, Barbara Ko Sun-i, and Magdalene Yi Yong-dog.

^11. Whose names are: Saints Peter Nam Kyong-mun, catechist; Teresa Kim Im-i, virgin; Susanna U Sur-im and Agatha Yi Kan-nan, widows; Catherine Chong Ch’or-yom and Joseph Im Ch’i-baeg, baptized in prison.

^12. Whose names are: Saints Ignatius Kim Che-jun, Charles Cho Shin-ch’ol, Columba Kim Hyo-im, virgin; Magdalene Pak Pong-son and Perpetua Hong Kum-ju, widows; Julitta Kim, Agatha Chon Kyong-hyob, and Magdalene Ho Kye-im.

^13. Whose names are: Saints Dominic Ibañez de Erquicia, James Kyuhei Gorobioye Tomonaga, Anthony Gonzalez, Michael de Aozaraza, William Courtet, Vincent Shiwozuka, Luke Alphonsus Gorda, Jordan (Hyacinth) Ansalone, and Thomas Hioji Rokuzayemon Nishi, priests of the Order of Preachers; Francis Shoyemon, Michael Kurobioye, and Matthew Kohioye, religious of the same Order; Magdalene of Nagasaki, virgin of the Third Order of Saint Augustine; Marina of Omura, virgin of the Third Order of Preachers; Lazarus of Kyoto, a layman.

 

 

2004 Roman Martyrology by Month

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