September
3rd
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.
September
4th
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.
September
5th
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.
September
6th
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.
September
7th
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.
September
8th
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.
September
9th
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.
September
10th
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.
September
11th
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.
September
12th
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.
September
13th
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.
September
14th
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.
September
15th
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.
September
16th
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.
September
17th
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.
September
18th
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.
September
19th
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.
September
20th
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.
September
21st
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.
September
22nd
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.
September
23rd
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.
September
24th
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.
September
25th
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.
September
26th
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.
September
27th
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.
September 28th
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.
September 29th
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.
September 30th
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.