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Madonna di Porto Salvo / Our Lady of Porto Salvo, Italy (1843), St Thomas of Villanova, St Maurice and Companions and all the Saints for 22 September

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Madonna di Porto Salvo / Our Lady of Porto Salvo, Lampedusa, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy (1843) – 22 September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/22/madonna-di-porto-salvo-our-lady-of-porto-salvo-lampedusa-agrigento-sicily-italy-1843-and-memorials-of-the-saints-22-september/

St Thomas of Villanueva/Villanova OSA (1488-1555) Archbishop, Confessor, Religious Priest of the Order of St Augustine,Writer, Preacher, Teacher, Apostle of Charity, Mystic, Miracle-Worker often called “the Almsgiver” and “the Father of the Poor“, Reformer. Canonised on 1 November 1658 by Pope Alexander VII.
Beloved St Thomas here:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-st-thomas-of-villanova-o-s-a/

St Thomas Villanova Dividing His Clothes
by Mas a child, urillo

St Maurice & Companions:
Martyrs of the Theban Legion: + Martyrs (c 287)
A Roman imperial legion of 6,600 soldiers, all of whom were Christians; they had been recruited from the area around Thebes in Upper Egypt, were led by Saint Maurice and served under Emperor Maximian Herculeus. Around the year 287, Maximian led the army across the Alps to Agaunum, an area in modern Switzerland, in order to suppress a revolt by the Bagandre in Gaul. In connection with battle, the army offered public sacrifices to the Roman gods; the Theban Legion refused to participate. For refusing orders, the Legion was decimated – one tenth of them were executed. When the remainder refused to sacrifice to the gods, they were decimated again. When the survivors still refused to sacrifice, Maximinian ordered them all killed. Martyrs.
https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/22/saints-of-the-day-22-september-st-maurice-and-the-martyrs-of-the-theban-legion-martyrs-c-287/

Bl Alfonso da Cusco
St Basilia
St Digna of Rome
St Emerita of Rome

St Emmeramus(Died c690) Bishop of Regensburg, Martyr , Missionary Born in Poitiers, France and died on 22 September c652 in Feldkirchen near Munich in Bavaria by being murdered. Patronages – of Poitiers in France and of the City and Diocese of Regensburg in Germany.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Ratisbon, in Bavaria, St Emmeramus, Bishop and Martyr, who, to deliver others, endured patiently a most cruel death, for the sake of Our Lord.”
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-st-emmeramus-of-regensburg-bishop-martyr/

St Florentius the Venerable

St Gunthildis (Died c 1057) Laywoman of Suffersheim,  Apostle of the poor, the sick and the needy.
Her Holy Life
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-saint-gunthildis-of-suffersheim-died-c-1057/

St Irais
St Jonas
St Lauto of Coutances
St Lindru of Partois

Blessed Otto O.Cist. (c1111-1158) Bishop of Freising, Cistercian Priest and Abbot Historian, Reformer, Diplomatic Peace-maker, Defender of the Church, Crusader. Born between 1111 and 1114 in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, Austria and died at Morimond, Champagne, France, on 22 September, 1158 at the young age of 47 at the most.
Holy Man of Many Talents St Otto:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-blessed-otto-of-freising-o-cist-c1111-1158-bishop/

St Sadalberga
St Sanctinus (c270-356) Bishop of Verdun and Meaux, Martyr?

St Septimius of Jesi (Died c 307) the first Bishop of Jesi in Italy, Confessor, Martyr., Miracle-worker .
His Lif and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-saint-septimius-of-jesi-died-c-307-bishop-confessor-martyr/

St Sigfrid of Wearmouth
St Silvanus of Levroux
St Symphorian

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Saint of the Day – 21 September – St Eusebius Martyr of Phoenicia.

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Saint of the Day – 21 September – St Eusebius Martyr of Phoenicia. We have no dates for this Saint and little information of any kind, except that which we obtain from the Martyrology and a little from the Bollandists.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Phoenicia, St Eusebius, Martyr, who of his own accord went to the Prefect and declared himself a Christian, was subjected by said Prefect to many torments and finally beheaded.”

According to the Roman Martyrology, in which he is commemorated as above and an Eastern Calendar cited by the Bollandist Stilting, which discusses the same date, Eusebius voluntarily presented himself to the Governor of Phoenicia, who questioned him to ascertain whether he was a following of Christ and a member of His Flock.

Upon his confirmation he was whipped until he bled, salt was placed on his bleeding wounds and numerous torments were inflicted upon him to break his faith but, to no avail.

The Martyr exulted as if it were someone else’s body which was suffering.

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St Matthew – Apostle, Evangelist and Martyr, PENTECOST XV, Beata Vergine del Tresto / The Blessed Virgin of Tresto, Italy (1468) and Memorials of the Saints for 21 September

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St Matthew – Apostle and Evangelist and Martyr
St Matthew!:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/09/21/saint-of-the-day-21-september-the-feast-of-st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist-martyr-and-a-prayer-to-st-matthew-as-your-patron-saint/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/21/feast-of-st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/21/saint-of-the-day-21-september-the-feast-of-st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist-2/
AND:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/saint-of-the-day-21-september-the-feast-of-st-matthew-

Beata Vergine del Tresto / The Blessed Virgin of Tresto, Ospedaletto Euganeo, Italy (1468) – 21September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/21/feast-of-st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist-beata-vergine-del-tresto-the-blessed-virgin-of-tresto-ospedaletto-euganeo-italy-1468-and-memorials-of-the-saints-21-september/

St Eusebius Martyr of Phoenicia

St Iphigenia1st Century) Virgin converted in Ethiopia by St Matthew, the Apostle and Evangelist and sharing his Feast day today.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Ethiopia, St Iphigenia, virgin, who being Baptised and Consecrated to God by the blessed Apostle, St Matthew, ended her holy life in peace.”
Her Life of Grace:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/21/saint-of-the-day-21-september-saint-iphigenia-of-ethiopia-1st-century-virgin-converted-baptised-and-consecrated-to-god-by-st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist/

St Isaac – Bishop and Martyr in Cyprus. Martyr. No further information has survived.
St Jonas the Prophet
St Landelino of Ettenheim

Blessed Mark Scalabrini of Modena OP (c1420-1498) Priest and Friar of the Order of Preachers, Prior, Miracle-worker. Blessed Mark was Beatified on 10 September 1857 by Pope Pius IX.
Blessed Mark’s Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/21/saint-of-the-day-21-september-blessed-mark-scalabrini-of-modena-op-c-1420-1498/

St Maura (c827-850) French Virgin, Apostle of prayer and of the poor and needy, devoted carer of the needs of the Church, acting in the role of a Sacristan, Miracle-worker.
Her Life of Piety and Devotion:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/21/saint-of-the-day-21-september-st-maura-c827-850-virgin/

St Meletius of Cyprus – Bishop and Confessor in Cyprus. Martyr. No further information has survived.

Martyrs of Gaza – 3 Saints: Three brothers, Eusebius, Nestulus and Zeno, who were seized, dragged through the street, beaten and murdered by a pagan mob celebrating the renunciation of Christianity by Julian the Apostate. They were burned to death in 362 on a village garbage heap in Gaza, Palestine.

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Saint of the Day – 20 September – Blessed Thomas Johnson O.Cart. (Died 1537) Priest Martyr

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Saint of the Day – 20 September – Blessed Thomas Johnson O.Cart. (Died 1537) Priest Martyr, English Carthusian Monk of the Charterhouse in London. Unknown birthdate but died by being starved to death at Newgate Prison, London. Blessed Thomas holds the dubious title of being “the last of the Charterhouse Martyrs to die.”

The Carthusian Priest Thomas Johnson, like his fellow Monks at the London Charterhouse, was a victim of Henry VIII’s persecution after the schism from Rome.

In London, Thomas Johnson was involved in the terrible events as we know from the lives of the other Charterhouse Martyrs which saw the Carthusian Monks first arrested on 20 May 1537 and then slowly left to die in freezing conditions, in hunger, in immense suffering and abuse in the infamous, fearsome and horrible Newgate Prison.

Of the ten of his incarcerated brothers, Thomas Johnson was the one who survived the longest; in fact, all the the others, exhausted by privations, died between June and August 1537 i.e. lasting for between weeks to 2 months.

It is speculated that, in addition to probably having a stronger constitution, capable of longer enduring the oppression imposed by the jailers, Thomas Johnson was kept alive longer in the hope of obtaining his acceptance of the Act of Supremacy. However, all was in vain, as the ‘final victim’ ascended to Heaven on 20 September 1537, cexactly 4 months after his arrest, onsumed by hunger and thirst, remaining faithful to the principles of his faith, despite having been severely tested by having outlived his beloved brothers.

All the Carthusian Martyrs were Beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 9 December 1886. Their memory is commemorated in London, each on the day of their death and also together on 4 May as the Carthusian Martyrs of London.

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EMBER Saturday – Fast and Abstinence, Vigil of St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, Notre-Dame-au-Pied-d’Argent / Our Lady with the Silver Foot) (1284), St Eustachius, Wife and Sons – Martyrs (Died c 188) and the Saints for 20 September

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EMBER Saturday – Fast and Abstinence
https://anastpaul.com/2020/12/16/today-is-an-ember-day-did-you-remember/

The Vigil of St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

Notre-Dame-au-Pied-d’Argent / Our Lady with the Silver Foot), Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France (1284) – 20 September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/20/notre-dame-au-pied-dargent-our-lady-with-the-silver-foot-toul-meurthe-et-moselle-lorraine-france-1284-and-memorials-of-the-saints-20-september/

St Eustachius, Wife and Sons – Martyrs (Died c 188) St Eustachius is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers – Patronages – against fire, difficult situations, fire prevention, firefighters, hunters, hunting, huntsmen, Madrid, torture victims, trappers.
The Biography of this family of Martyrs:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/20/saint-of-the-day-20-september-st-eustachius-wife-and-sons-martyrs-died-c-188/

St Pope Agapetus I (c489-536) Bishop of Rome Papal Reign from 13 May 535 – 22 April 536. He might have been related to St Gregory the Great who Reigned from 590 until his death in 604.
This Holy Pope:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/20/saint-of-the-day-20-september-st-pope-agapetus-i-c489-536/


St Candida of Carthage

St Clicerius (Died c438) Bishop and Confessor of Milan.
About this Holy Shepherd:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/20/saint-of-the-day-20-september-saint-clicerius-of-milan-died-c438-bishop-and-confessor/

St Dionysius
St Dorimedonte of Synnada
St Eusebia of Marseilles
St Evilasius of Cyzicum
St Fausta of Cyzicum
St Priscus

St Susanna (Died 362) Virgin, Martyr, Deaconess and Abbess. Susanna spent many years as a ‘Monk and then ‘Abbot’ when she disguised herself as a man called John. After detection, she was rescued by the local Bishop, Ordained as a Deaconess and settled as Abbess in a Convent for women.
Her Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/20/saint-of-the-day-20-september-saint-susanna-of-eleutheropolis-died-362-virgin-martyr/

Blessed Thomas Johnson O.Cart. (Died 1537) Priest Martyr

Martyrs of Constantinople – 3 Saints: A Priest and two Bishops who were imprisoned, tortured and Martyred for the defence of icons in the iconoclast persecutions of Emperor Leo the Isaurian. – Andrea, Asiano and Hypatius. They were Martyred in 735 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) and their bodies were thrown to the dogs.

Martyrs of Pergen – 6 Saints: A group of lay people Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Elagabalus. The names that have come down to us are Dionysius, Dioscorus, Philippa, Privatus, Socrates and Theodore. They were crucified c 220 at Pergen, Pamphylia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).

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Saint of the Day – 19 September – St Eustochius (Died c461) Bishop of Tours

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Saint of the Day – 19 September – St Eustochius (Died c461) Bishop of Tours, a zealous shepherd and defender of the Church and his flock against secular interference, a Reformer of the discipling amongst the Clerics. He formed new Parishes and built new Churches. Born in Auvergne, France and died in c461 in Tours, France. Also known as – Eustachius.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Tours, St Eustochius, Bishop, a man of great virtue.”

A wooden Statue of an unknown French or Flemish Bishop

Eustochius was descended from an illustrious family of Auvergne and, according to St Gregory of Tours, was a man of eminent virtue.

Being raised to the See of Tours after the death of St Brice in 444, Eustochius, at the Council of Angers, strenuously defended the privileges of the Church which were threatened by a law imposed by Emperor Valentinian III.

Eustochius, thereafter, had a principal share in composing the Decrees reached at that Council concerning discipline.

Eustochius also increased the number of Parishes in his Diocess and built in the City of Tours, a Church, wherein he translated the Relics of Saints Gervasius and Protasius which St Martin had received from Rome.

He died in c461 and was buried in the Church built by St Brice over the Tomb of St Martin.

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Ember Friday, Notre-Dame de la Salette / Our Lady of La Salette), France (1846), St Januarius of Naples (Died c 304) and all the Saints for 19 September

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EMBER FRIDAY: FAST & ABSTINENCE – See LAWS governing Days of Abstinence, Penance and Fast showing Pre and post-VaticanII https://anastpaul.com/2020/12/16/today-is-an-ember-day-did-you-remember/

https://youtu.be/CRWNXNhs66k

Notre-Dame de la Salette / Our Lady of La Salette), La Salette-Fallavaux, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (1846) 19 September:
Our Lady appeared to two small children, Melanie Mathieu and Maximin Giraud, on the mountain of La Salette in the French Alps. She was crying and around her neck was a crucifix, with a hammer and pincers on either side – 19 September 1846. Approved by the Diocesan Bishop in 1851.
Read the story here:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/feast-of-our-lady-of-la-salette-19-september/

St Januarius of Naples (Died c 304) Confessor, Bishop, Martyr of the Liquefying Blood
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/saint-of-the-day-19-september-st-januarius

St Emilie de Rodat (1787–1852) Nun and Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family, Mystic. Venerable Pope Pius XII Beatified her on 9 June 1940 and Canonised her on 23 April 1950.
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/19/saint-of-the-day-19-september-saint-emily-de-rodat-1787-1852/

St Alonso de Orozco Mena OSA (1500 – 1591) Augustinian Priest, Preacher, Writer, Apostle of Charity, Spiritual Director, Marian Devotee, Ascetic.
His Loving Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/19/saint-of-the-day-19-september-st-alonsus-de-orozco-mena-o-s-a-1500-1591/

St Arnulph of Gap
Bl Carolus Hyon Song-Mun
St Constantia of Nocera
St Desiderius of Pozzuoli
St Eustochius (Died c461) Bishop of Tours
St Felix of Nocera
St Festus of Pozzuoli

St Goeric (c570-c643) Bishop  of Metz – Goeric is listed as the 30th Bishop of Metz, having governed that See from 625 to 642 or 643.
The Roman Martyrology rads: “In Metz in Austrasia, still in the territory of today’s France, Saint Goeríco or Abo, Bishop, who succeeded Saint Arnulf, whose body was transported with veneration to this City.”
His Life of Service:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/19/saint-of-the-day-19-september-saint-goeric-of-metz-c570-c643-bishop/

St Maria de Cervellón OdeM (1230 – 1290) Virgin, Catalan Superior of Second Order of the Mercedarians in her region. Mystic, graced with the gift of bilocation, Apostle of the poor, the abandoned, the needy. She was the first woman to wear the Habit of the ‘ Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Ransom. She is considered the Founder of the Mercedary Nuns.
Her entry in the Roman Martyrology states: “At Barcelona in Spain, blessed Maria de Cervellione, Virgin of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom. She is commonly called Maria of Help on account of the prompt assistance she renders to those who invoke her.“
Patronages – Mercadarian Nuns and Sisters, Navigators, against shipwreck, Spanish sailors, of the abandoned.
On 13 February1692, Pope Innocent XII gave a favourable judgement and confirmed her immemorial cult;and she was introduced into the Roman Martyrology as a Saint on 8 November 1729. Her body is Incorrupt.
Her Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/19/saint-of-the-day-19-september-st-maria-de-cervellon-odem-1230-1290/
Please watch this video if you are able to spare the time. It is absolutely beautiful.

St Pomposa
St Sequanus
St Sosius of Puzzuoli

St Theodore of Canterbury (c602-690) the 7th Archbishop of Canterbury and the first Archbishop to rule the whole English Church. His body is Incorrupt.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Canterbury, the holy Bishop, Theodore, who was sent to England by Pope Vitalian and was renowned for learning and holiness.”
Wonderful St Theodore:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/19/saint-of-the-day-19-september-st-theodore-of-canterbury-c602-690-the-7th-archbishop-of-canterbury/

St Trophimus of Synnada

Martyrs of Antioch – 3 Saints: Christians imprisoned, tortured and executed in various ways in the persecutions of Emperor Probus; some names have come down to us – Dorymedon, Sabbatius and Trophimus. c 277 at Antioch (in modern Turkey).

Martyrs of Phunon – (4 aints): Four bishops in Egypt who were sentenced to forced labour in a rock quarry and martyred in the persecution of Diocletian. Noted for celebrating Mass in prison. – Elias, Nilus, Patermuzio and Peleus. They were burned to death in 310 at Phunon, near Petra in Palestine.

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Saint of the Day – 18 September – St Eumenius (3rd Century?) Bishop and Confessor

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Saint of the Day – 18 September – St Eumenius (3rd Century?) Bishop and Confessor, Miracle-worker. Also known as – Emenius, Emenes, … of Gortyna, … the Wonder-Worker.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Gortyna, Crete, St Eumenus, Bishop and Confessor.”

Eumenius was the Bishop of Gortyna, the ancient metropolis of Crete, Greece. Although no Vita exists, there is abundant evidence of his cult in the Greek Church and with much information on the Saint’s life.

Eumenius had dedicated himself to a life of prefection from a young age, especially practisng humility, penance and charity toward all. For this reason, he not only distributed his considerable wealth to the poor but also always avoided criticising or listening to criticism of others.

Being elected as the Bishop of Gortyna, Eumenius performed a holy and zealous apostolate and numerous miracles there, for which all sources insist on calling him Eumenius ‘the Wonder-Worker.’

Some of these sources also recount that he went to Rome, where he also performed miracles and was a “bright torch of doctrine” to all. From there, he went to the Thebaid, where he died at a very advanced age on 18 September. The local inhabitants, however, returned his body to the island of Crete, where he was buried in a place called Rado and there too, “from then until today,” the miracles due to his intercession have continued.

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Santa Maria della Querce / Our Lady of the Oak, Italy (1417), St Joseph of Cupertino and more Saints for 18 September

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Santa Maria della Querce / Our Lady of the Oak, Lucignano, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy (1417) – Third Sunday of September, 8 August :
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/08/08/santa-maria-della-querce-our-lady-of-the-oak-lucignano-arezzo-tuscany-italy-1417-and-memorials-of-the-saints-8-august/

St Joseph of Cupertino OFM Conv. (1603-1663) Confessor, Religious Priest of the First Order of St Francis and Friar, Mystic, Miracle-worker.
If ever a tiny child began life with nothing in his favour it was Joseph of Cupertino; he had only one hopeful and saving quality—that he knew it. … – Read on and be ashamed, for this is a Saint before the Throne of God!
All about the this holy Flying Saint here: https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/saint-of-the-day-18-september-st-joseph-of-cupertino-o-f-m-conv-1603-1663/

St Ariadne

St Didier (7th Century) Bishop and Martyr of Rennes.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/18/saint-of-the-day-18-september-saint-didier-of-rennes-7th-century-bishop/

St Eumenius (3rd Century) Bishop and Confessor

St Eustorgius (Died c349) The Ninth Bishop of Milan, Confessor, Defender of the Faith. Both St Athanasius and St Ambrose remember Eustorgius of Milan as one of the most steadfast and illustrious opponents of the Arian heresy.
The Roman Martyrology says of him: “At Milan, St Eustorgius, Bishop of that City, highly recommended by blessed Ambrose.”
A Holy Shepherd:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/18/saint-of-the-day-18-september-saint-eustorgius-of-milan-died-c-349/

St Ferreolus the Tribune
St Ferreolus of Limoges
St Hygbald
St Irene of Egypt

St Juan Macias OP (1585-1645) Dominican Lay Friar, Mystic, Apostle of Charity and Prayer, Miracle-Worker.
Loving St Juan:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/18/saint-of-the-day-18-september-st-juan-macias-o-p-1585-1645/

St Lambertus of Freising (c895-957) Bishop

St Methodius of Olympus (Died c311) Confessor, Bishop, Martyr, Ecclesiastical Scholar and Author, renowned Theologian.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “The same da, [as St Joseph of Cupertino] the birthday of St Methodius, Bishop of Olympus in Lycia and afterwards of Tyre. Most renowned for his eloquence and learning. St Jerome says that he won the Crown of Martyrdom at Chalcis in Greece at the end of the last persecution there.”
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/18/saint-of-the-day-18-september-saint-methodius-of-olympus-died-c311-bishop-martyr/

St Oceano of Nicomedia

St Richardis (839-c895) Holy Roman Empress, Benedictine Abbess.
Her Saintly Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/18/saint-of-the-day-18-september-saint-richardis-839-c-895/

St Sophia of Egypt

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EMBER WEDNESDAY, The Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi and the Saints for 17 September

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EMBER WEDNESDAY:  – FAST and ABSTINENCE –https://anastpaul.com/2020/12/16/today-is-an-ember-day-did-you-remember/

The Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/17/feast-of-the-stigmata-of-st-francis-of-assisi-and-memorials-of-the-saints-17-september/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/17/saint-of-the-day-17-september-the-feast-of-the-stigmata-of-st-francis-of-assisi/

St Agathoclia
St Brogan of Ross Tuirc
Blessed Cherubino Testa OSA (1451-1479) Priest, Friar
St Columba of Cordova
St Flocellus

St Francis Mary of Camporosso OFM Cap (1804-1866) Lay Friar of the Friars Minor Capuchin Branch, “Quaestor” or Alms collector, as well as humble services such as Infirmarian, Cook, Gardener, Sacristan, gentle carer of the Poor, the sick, the imprisoned, the needy of all kinds, both spiritual and material. Francesco was gifted with immense graces to touch the hearts of all, both small and great and to listen and advise, often blessed with the gifts of prophecy and mind-reading. Born Giovanni Evangelista Croese on 27 December 1804 at Camporosso, Liguria, Kingdom of Sardinia. Italy and died on 17 September 1866 (aged 61) at Genoa, Italy. P
The Beloved Questor:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/05/11/saint-of-the-day-11-may-st-francesco-maria-da-camporosso-ofm-cap-1804-1866-the-beloved-questor/

Blessed Hildegard Abbess at Bingen OSB (1098-1179). She was Beatified on 26 August 1326 by Pope John XXII. St Hildegard is also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine Abbess, Theologian, Writer, Composer, Philosopher, Poet, Mystic, Visionary, Founder, Scientist, Artist and Polymath.
Amazing Hildegard:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=39136&action=edit

St Justin (Died c259) Priest and Martyr of Rome

St Lambert (c635-c700) Bishop & Martyr, Bishop of Maastricht, Confessor, Missionary.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/17/saint-of-the-day-17-september-st-lambert-c-635-c-700/

St Narcissus of Rome

St Peter Arbues OSA (1442-1485) Spanish Priest Martyr, Canon Regular of the Augustinian Order, learned Professor and Inquisitor. Murdered in the Cathedral of Saragossa for the carrying out the duties of his state. Canonised by Pope Pius IX in 1867.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/17/saint-of-the-day-17-september-saint-peter-arbues-osa-1442-1485-priest-martyr/

St Rodingus (Died c690) Priest and Abbot

St Satyrus of Milan (c335-c378) Confessor, Older brother of St Ambrose (340-397) Father and Doctor and St Marcellina (c330-c398) Consecrated Virgin
Patronages – of Sacristans of the Archdiocese of Milan.
St Satvrus Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/17/saint-of-the-day-17-september-st-satyrus-of-milan-c335-c378-confessor/

St Socrates
St Stephen
St Theodora
St Uni of Bremen

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Saint of the Day – 16 September – St Ludmila (c860-921) Martyr, Widow

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Saint of the Day – 16 September – St Ludmila (c860-921) Martyr, Mother, Widow, apostle of the poor and ill. Ludmila was the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus, who is widely referred to as Good King Wenceslaus. Born in c860 at Mielnik (in modern Poland) and died by strangulation by hired assassins at Tetin, (modern Czech Republic) on 15 September 921 by the orders of her daughter-in-law, due to her influence over Saint Wenceslaus, her Grandson. Patronages – against in-law problems, Catechists, converts, Duchesses, mothers, widows, Bohemia, Czech Republic, the City of Prague, Czech Republic. Also known as – Ludmilla. Saint Ludmila was Canonisd shortly after her death. As part of the process of Canonisation, in 925, St Wenceslaus translated her remains to St George’s Basilica, Prague.

Anyone who has been to Prague will certainly remember, among its countless and breath-taking monuments and statuess, shrines and displays, the enormous Wenceslas Square, strategically located between the Old Town and the New as a symbol of national destiny and Czech identity in modern history.

There, beneath the National Museum, stands the equestrian Monument of the Patron Saint, Saint Wenceslas (c905–935), the propagator of Christianity in Bohemia and murdered as a young man by his diabolical brother, Boleslav. His large Statue is surrounded by the four Bohemian Patron Saints: Adalbert and Agnes behind him, Prokop and, not coincidentally, Ludmila herself.

St Ludmila on the left

She was Wenceslas’ Grandmother, with a name which translates from Slavic means “beloved of the people” and the title, after her death of “mother of the poor” for her charitable works. She was born around 860 in Lusatia, a historical region located in Central Europe and divided today between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Her father, Slavibor, was the Duke of Milsko and Ludmilla married Borisvoj, Duke of Bohemia,in 873, while still a teenager. The two were later Baptized by Saints Cyril and Methodius, Apostles of the Slavs in the 9th Century.

The couple were blessed with three sons and three daughters and were committed to their Christian education and, at the same time, to the spread of Christianity in that region.

Widowed in 894, Ludmila donated all her possessions to the poor and devoted herself to a life of piety, living with her eldest son, Vratislaus. When he died prematurely in 916, the nobles entrusted the Regency of the Duchy to his wife, Drahomira and the education of their firstborn grandson, Wenceslaus, to his Christian Grandmother. Drahomira, still essentially attached to paganism and jealous of her mother-in-law’s influence over the child, forced Ludmila to retreat to Tetin Castle. There, in 920, the poor widow was strangled with the widow’s veil she wore, likely on Drahomira’s orders.

Wenceslas, as soon as he came of age and became the Duke himself, had his Grandmother’s Relics, venerated and miracle-working, translated to the Basilica of the Ducal Castle in Prague. Unfortunately, this Basilica was transformed into a museum during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

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Nuestra Señora de las Lajas / Our Lady of the Flagstones, Colombia (1754), Saints Cornelius and Cyprian and the Saints for 16 September

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Nuestra Señora de las Lajas / Our Lady of the Flagstones, Potosí, Caldas, Colombia (1754) – 16 September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/16/nuestra-senora-de-las-lajas-our-lady-of-the-flagstones-potosi-caldas-colombia-1754-and-memorials-of-the-saints-16-september/

St Pope Cornelius (Martyred in 253) the 21st Pope during the persecutions of Papal Ascension:  251 until his death in 253.
St Cyprian of Carthage (190-Martyred in 258) Bishop, Martyr, learned Rhetorician, Teacher, Writer, Theologian
Saints Cyprian and Cornelius:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/saints-of-the-day-16-september-st-pope-cornelius-and-st-cyprian-of-carthage-martyrs/

St Abundantius of Rome
St Abundius of Rome
St Cunibert of Maroilles
St Curcodomus
St Dulcissima of Sutri

St Edith of Wilton (961-984) Virgin, Nun, Princess, Founder of a Church and a Hospital for the poor. Born in 961 at Kensing, Kent, England and died on 15 September 984 aged just 23 years, a date foretold by Saint Dunstan of Canterbury, of natural causes. Edith is one of the most venerated female Saints of England. Her extensive legacy continues to this day – there is a Pilgrimage route, “St Edith’s Way” and annual devotions take place on her Feast day.
An Astounding Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/16/saint-of-the-day-16-september-saint-edith-of-wilton-961-984-virgin-nun-princess/

St Eugenia of Hohenburg (Died c735) Abbess. Born in Alsace in France and died at Hohenburg Abbey on Odilienberg also in Alsace. Eugenia was the second abbess of the Hohenburg Abbey, in Alsace, France,
Her Life of Service:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/16/saint-of-the-day-16-september-saint-eugenia-of-hohenburg-died-c735-abbess/

St Euphemia (c290-c 305) Virgin Martyr
Her Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/16/saint-of-the-day-16-september-saint-euphemia-c-290-c-305-virgen-martyr/

St John of Rome

Blessed Luigi Ludovico Allemandi (c1390-1450) Bishop and Cardinal, called “The Cardinal of Arles.” Blessed Luigi was a Priest driven by immense love for the Holy Mother of God and for the Church. His involvement in various Councils and Papal dissentions, were the result of his great desire to maintain the purity of the Chair of Peter. He was Beatified in 1527 by Pope Clement VII.
His Devoted Life;
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/16/saint-of-the-day-blessed-luigi-ludovico-allemandi-c-1390-1450/

St Lucia and St Geminianus (Died c300) Virgin Martyrs of Rome +
St Ludmila (c860-921) Widow, Martyr of Bohemia
St Marcian the Senator
Bl Martin of Huerta
Bl Michael Himonaya

St Ninian (Died 432) “Apostle to the Southern Picts,” Bishop, Missionary, Monastic Founder, Wonderworker.
His Blessed Life of Love:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/16/saint-of-the-day-16-september-st-ninian-c-360-died-432-apostle-to-the-southern-picts/

Bl Paul Fimonaya
St Priscus of Nocera
St Rogellus of Cordoba
St Sebastiana
St Servus Dei
St Stephen of Perugia

Martyrs of the Via Nomentana: Four Saints: Christian men Martyred together, date unknown – Alexander, Felix, Papias and Victor. They were Martyred on the Via Nomentana outside Rome, Italy.

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Saint of the Day – 15 September – Saint Allbinus (Died c400) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 15 September – Saint Allbinus (Died c400) the 14th Bishop of Lyon and the Founder of the Cathedral of St Stephen in Lyon. Also known as – Alpin, Albin, Aubin, St Albinus.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Lyon, St Allbinus, the Bishop.”

It seems that the name of our Saint today was originally Alpin, altered to Allbinus, by St Bede and the Martyrologies which succeed him.

According to them, Allbinus succeeds St Justus in 390 and was a holy Bishop. He is believed to be the Founder builder of the St Stephen’s Cathedral and its Baptistry, where St Allbinus was duly buried. He died around 400.

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The Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin and The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin, St Nicomedes, Priest and Martyr and the Saints for 15 September

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The Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin and
The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin
About this Sorrowful and Glorious Feast:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/09/15/memorial-of-our-lady-of-sorrows-15-september/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/15/saint-of-the-day-15-september-our-sorrowful-mother-mary-the-seven-sorrows/

St Aichardus
St Albinus (Died c400) Bishop of Lyon
St Aprus of Toul
St Bond of Sens
St Emilas of Cordoba
St Eutropa of Auvergne Holy 5th Century widow in Auvergne, France. No other information has survived.
St Hernan
St Jeremias of Cordoba
St Joseph Abibos

St Leobinus (Died c448) Bishop of Chartres, Abbot, Hermit, Miracle worker – he had the gift of healing, especially of dropsy or edema – born as Lubin at Poitiers, France and died on 14 March c558 of natural causes. Patronages – against dropsy/oedema, against rheumatism, of innkeepers and wine merchants.
His Feast Day is today 15 September. It was moved in around 1969.
Zealous St Leobinus:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/03/14/saint-of-the-day-14-march-saint-leobinus-of-chartres-died-c-558/


St Mamillian of Palermo
St Melitina
St Mirin of Bangor
St Nicetas the Goth

St Nicomedes (Died c71) Priest and Martyr.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Rome, on the Nomentan Way, the birthday of the blessed Nicomedes, Priest and Martyr. As he said to those who would compel him to sacrifice:
“I sacrifice only to the Omnipotent God, who reigns in Heaven.”
He was scourged, for a very long time with leaded whips and thus, went to our Lord.”
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/15/saint-of-the-day-15-september-st-nicomedes-died-c71-priest-and-martyr/

St Porphyrius the Martyr
St Ribert
St Ritbert of Varennes

Blessed Rolando de Medici (c1330-1386) Hermit, Penitent.
His Penitential Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/15/saint-of-the-day-15-september-blessed-rolando-de-medici-c1330-1386-hermit/

Bl Tommasuccio of Foligno
St Valerian of Châlon-sur-Saône
St Valerian of Noviodunum
St Vitus of Bergamo

Martyrs of Adrianopolis – 3 Saints: Three Christian men Martyred together in the persecutions of Maximian – Asclepiodotus, Maximus and Theodore. They were martyred in 310 at Adrianopolis (Adrianople), a location in modern Bulgaria.

Martyrs of Noviodunum – 4 Saints: Three Christian men martyred together, date unknown – Gordian, Macrinus, Stratone and Valerian.
They were martyred in Noviodunum, Lower Moesia (near modern Isaccea, Romania).

Mercedarian Martyrs of Morocco – 6 Beati: A group of six Mercedarians who were captured by Moors near Valencia, Spain and taken to Morocco. Though enslaved, they refused to stop preaching Christianity. Martyrs. – Dionisio, Francis, Ildefonso, James, John and Sancho. They were crucified in 1437 in Morocco.

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Saint of the Day – 14 September – Saint Crescentius c292-c303) Child Martyr of Rome

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Saint of the Day – 14 September – Saint Crescentius c292-c303) Child Martyr of Rome who died under the persecutions of Diocletian. Patronage – of Perugia and Sienna, Italy.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “On the Salarian Road, at Rome, during the pwersecution of Diocletian, St Crescentius, the young son of St Euthymius, who ended his life by the sowrd, under the Judge Turpilius.”

Born in Rome, toward the end of the 3rd Century, into a family where the Gospel was lived daily, even amidst the most ferocious persecutions like that of Diocletian, this boy was born with an auspicious name, a promise of growth not only physical, but above all spiritual and moral.

Crescentius, was the young son of a Roman patrician couple who fled to Perugia in the persecution of Diocletian. here, the father St Euthemius died of natural causes but Crescentius was brought back to Rome to be executed on
the Via Salaria. He was eleven years old. He is sometimes associated with St George because he is shown stepping on the legendary dragon.

He was buried in the Cemetery of Priscilla on the Via Salaria. His place of burial became a focus of pilgrimage and veneration in the Middle Ages. In around 1058, his body was translated from Rome to Siena by Pope Stephen IX at the request of Bishop Antifredus. Other Relics were translated to Tortosa in 1606.

Saint Crescentius, Maestà of Duccio.

The only biographical source concerning Crescentius was derived from the copy of a manuscript dated 1600 and conserved in the Biblioteca Vallicelliana. His Acts were written long after the death of this Saint, probably around 1058, when Crescentius’ body was translated to Siena.
During the Middle Ages, Crescentius was the subject of a popular cult there and he remains an important Patron of the City.

St Crescentiuson South Colonnade at St Peter’s
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and of The FIinding of the TRUE CROSS, Pentecost XIV, Nossa Senhora de Nazaré / Our Lady of Nazareth, Portugal (1182) and Memorials of the Saints – 14 September

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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross:
This feast was observed in Rome before the end of the 7th Century. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross, which had been placed on Mount Calvary by St Helena and not forgetting St Macarius, the Bishop of Jerusalem..
About this great Feast:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-crosstriumph-of-the-holy-cross-14-september/
AND by St Augustine:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/14/feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross-14-september-let-me-not-boast-except-in-the-cross-of-our-lord-jesus-christ/

FEAST OF THE FINDING OF THE TRUE CROSS:
https://anastpaul.com/?s=the+finding+of+the+true+cross
AND:
If you would like to read St Macarius life:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/03/10/saint-of-the-day-10-march-saint-macarius-died-c-335/

PENTECOST XIV

Nossa Senhora de Nazaré / Our Lady of Nazareth, Portugal (1182) -14 September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/14/feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross-nossa-senhora-de-nazare-our-lady-of-nazareth-portugal-1182-and-memorials-of-the-saints-14-september/

St Albert (1149-1215) also known as St Albert of Vercelli – Bishop, of Jerusalem Canon Lawyer, Diplomat and Peacemaker and is regarded as a Co-Founder of the Carmelite Order.
His Fervent Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/14/saint-of-the-day-14-september-st-albert-of-jerusalem-1149-1214/

St Caerealis

St Cormac (c836-908) Bishop of Cashel, King of Munster, Ireland, a great Scholar and Writer. Cormac was probably the first Bishop of Cashel and the compiler of the “Psalter of Cashel” an Irish history. Irish writers have celebrated him for his learning, piety, charity and valour.
His Zealous Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/14/saint-of-the-day-14-september-saint-cormac-of-cashel-c836-908-bishop-king/

St Crescentian of Carthage
St Crescentius (Died c300) Child Martyr of Rome
St Generalis of Carthage
St Giulia Crostarosa
St Jean Gabriel Taurin du Fresse

St Maternus (Died c 325)Bishop, the first Bishop of Cologne and Founder of the Diocese of Tongeren, Germany. In Cologne and in his hometown of Trier, the faithful began to venerate him as a Saint. A popular cult of which the splendid 13th Century stained glass windows in the Cathedral Chapel dedicated to his name, also testify. He was buried in the Cathedral of Cologne but the Cathedral of St Peter in Trier boasts a large Reliquary which became and remains, a pilgrimage site.
His Life of Love:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/14/saint-of-the-day-14-september-saint-maternus-of-cologne-died-c-325/

St Odilard (8th Century) Bishop of Nantes, France.
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/14/saint-of-the-day-14-september-saint-odilard-of-nantes-8th-century-bishop/

St Peter O.Cist (1102-1174) Cistercian Monk, Archbishop of Tarentaise from 1141 until his death, Abbot, Apostle of Charity, Miracle-worker.
There are two Saints named Saint Peter of Tarentaise who lived one Century apart. The Saint we honour today, is the younger Peter, born in France in the early part of the 12th Century. The other Saint Peter if Tarentaise, became Pope Innocent V.
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/14/saint-of-the-day-14-september-saint-peter-of-tarentaise-o-cist-1102-1174/


St Rosula of Carthage
St Sallustia
St Victor of Carthage

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Saint of the Day – 13 September – St Venerius (c560-630) Confessor, Founder Abbot

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Saint of the Day – 13 September – St Venerius (c560-630) Confessor, Founder Abbot of the Monastery on the Island of Tino, near Genoa, Italy, Hermit, Ascetic, spiritual Counsellor, Miricle-worker. Borin in c560 on the Island of Palmaria and died in 630 on Timo Island. Patronages – of the Gulf of La Spezia, of Lighthouse Keepers. Also known as – Venerio.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “St Venerius, Confessor, a man of admirable sancity, who led an eremitical life on the Island of Timo.”

Little is known of Venerius’ early life and family background. However, it is believed that he had a deep faith and piety from a young age. Venerius was drawn to a life of solitude and seclusion, seeking a deeper spiritual union with God. He decided to dedicate his life to prayer and contemplation, ultimately becoming a Hermit on the Island of Tino.

As a Hermit, Venerius lived a life of simplicity and asceticism, distancing himself from worldly distractions and focusing solely on his devotion to God. His exceptional piety and profound spiritual insight attracted disciples who sought his guidance. Thus Venerius was led to establish a Monastic community on the Island.

Under his leadership, the Monastery flourished, attracting many individuals seeking a life of prayer in quiet surroundings. Venerius, as an Abbot, nurtured the spiritual growth of his fellow Monks, instilling in them the values of humility, discipline and dedication to God.

Among the notable aspects of Venerius’ life, is the Lighthouse on the Island of Tino. This Lighthouse which served as a beacon of light and safety for ships navigating the treacherous waters, became a symbol of hope and spiritual guidance. Due to its importance, Venerius’ association with the Lighthouse, led to his Patronage becoming closely tied with Lighthouse Keepers.

Despite living a secluded life, Venerius never failed to extend his support and prayers to those who depended upon him for counsel. Pilgrims from near and far sought his intercession, seeking his spiritual counsel and assistance in their quest for holiness. Known for his deep faith and miraculous abilities, Venerius was credited with numerous cures and graces granted through his intercession.

Saint Venerius departed from this earthly life on 13 September 630, leaving behind a legacy of holiness, wisdom and devotion to God. His sanctity was widely recognised even during his lifetime and after his death, his reputation as a saintly man only grew.

Venerius’ exemplary life and the countless miracles attributed to him, led to his veneration as a Saint by the faithful. His Feast Day is celebrated on 13 September, commemorating the day of his birthday into eternal life.
Saint Venerius is honoured as the Patron Saint of Lighthouse Keepers, who look to him as a heavenly protector and advocate. His dedication to God, his life as a Hermit and Abbot continue to inspire and offer solace to those entrusted with the safety and guidance of seafarers.

To this day, the memory of Saint Venerius lives on, serving as a testament to the power of prayer, the selflessness of a life devoted to God and the immense impact one individual can make in the lives of others.

Even in death, Venerius remains in the hearts of the people of the Gulf of La Spezia, of which he is the Patron, so much so that, when, about a century after his death, these lands and Towns were attacked by Saracen and then Norman ships, the first concern of the inhabitants of Porto Venere (named after our Saint) was to secure the Saint’s venerated remains.

NOTE: The Gulf of La Spezia, is a body of water on the north-western coast of Italy and part of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, specifically of Ligurian Sea.

The Gulf of La Spezia
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Beata Vergine delle Grazie / Blessed Virgin of Grace, Chieri, Torino, Piedmont, Italy (1630) and Memorials of the Saints for 13 September

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Beata Vergine delle Grazie / Blessed Virgin of Grace, Chieri, Torino, Piedmont, Italy (1630) – Second Monday of September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/13/beata-vergine-delle-grazie-blessed-virgin-of-grace-chieri-torino-piedmont-italy-1630-and-memorials-of-the-saints-13-september/

St Aigulf

St Amatus OSB (c560-c 627) Monk, Abbot, Hermit, Penitent, miracle-worker, together with St Romaric, he founded Remiremont Abbey.
Lovely St Amatus:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/13/saint-of-the-day-13-september-saint-amatus-c-560-c-627/

St Barsenorius
St Columbinus of Lure

St Emiliano (Died 374) Bishop of Valence.  The first Bishop of Valence, in France., although certain historians are uncertain of this. We believe that he governed this See from 347 until his death in 374.
Our Saint:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/13/saint-of-the-day-13-september-st-emiliano-of-valence-died-374-bishop/

St Eulogius of Alexandria (Died 608) Bishop and Confessor, Abbot, Defender of the True Faith against the heresy of Monophysitism (the denial of the two natures of Jesus), great friend and correspondent of St Gregory the Great.
Feast day changed after 1969 but today is his Feast.
About this holy Father:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/13/saint-of-the-day-13-june-st-eulogius-of-alexandria-died-c-607-archbishop-confessor/


St Evantius of Autun
St Gordian of Pontus
St Julian of Ankyra
St Litorius (Died 371) Bishop of Tours the 2nd Bishop of Tour, reigning for 34 years from 337 until his death in 371. He built the first Churches and the Basilica of Tours. Born in Tours and died there on 13 September 371 of natural causes.
A Lengthy Career of Love:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/13/saint-of-the-day-13-september-saint-litorius-of-tours-died-371-bishop/


St Macrobius
St Marcellinus of Carthage

St Maurilius (c336-426) Bishop of Angers, Cantor for Saint Ambrose, (Bishop of Milan and Father and Doctor of the Church), Disciple of St Martin of Tours.
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/13/saint-of-the-day-saint-maurilius-of-angers-c-336-426/

St Nectarius of Autun

St Notburga (c1265-1313) Virgin, Laywoman, Servant, Apostle of the poor, Born in c 1265 at Rattenberg, Austria and died on 13 September 1313 at Buch , Austria.
Lovely Saint Notburga:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/13/saint-of-the-day-13-september-saint-notburga-c-1265-1313/

St Philip of Rome
St Venerius (c560-630) Confessor, Abbot at Tino Island

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Saint of the Day – 12 September – Saint Sacerdos/Saint Priest (487-552) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 12 September – Saint Sacerdos/Saint Priest (487-552) Bishop of Lyon – the 27th encumbent of this high Office in Lyon, our Saint Priest (the meaning of Sacerdos) was highly visible at the Councils and in the construction and renovation of Churches, Monasteriest and was highly favoured by the King. In fact, as the Advisor to King Childebert, it is believed that he influenced the King to found a Hospital, between the Saint-Paul Church and the first Pont du Change. Born in 487 in Burgundy, France and died on 11 September 552 in Paris, where he had arrived for a the meeting of a Council. Also known as – Saint Priest, Sardot, Sacerdote, Serdon.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Lyon, the decease of St Sacerdos, Bishop.”

Sacerdos belonged to a noble family of the Kingdom of Burgundy. Tradition tells us he was married and had a son. , Aurelien who became the Sainted Archbishop of Arles. A specific Epitaph also states that he was buried in the tomb alongside his son.

His Episcopate, temporally speaking, was entirely under the reign of Childebert, the 1st King of the Franks, who reigned in Lyon between 534 and 558.

Sacerdos did not participate in the Council of Orléans in 541 but presided over the Council held on 28 October 540, in the same City. The 24 Canos of that Council addressed various topics, including the condemnation of Monophysitism and Nestorianism; the limitation of the use of excommunication; the requirement of the master’s consent for the Ordination of a slave and the care of prisoners and lepers. This Ccouncil also ratified, with a specific and detailed Canon, the foundation of the hospice erected by the King in Lyon.

During his Episcopate, the construction of the Church of Saint Paul and that of Saint Eulalia, originally connected to a Monastery of Nuns, which later became the Church of Saint George. Toward the end of hisreign, he ordered major renovations to be carried out at the Monastery of Saint Peter.

St Sacerdos Statue in the Church which he built, St Paul’s

A detailed account by St Gregory of Tours of his death in Paris has survived. Sacerdos was in Paris to participate in the Council convened by the King after the deposition of Bishop Saffaracus of Paris. St Gregory tells us that the King, having a special affection for Bishop Sacerdote, who had fallen ill in Paris, visited him during his illness. At that meeting, the Bishop requested the King to appoint his nephew, Nicetius (sT),as his successor to govern the Diocese of Lyon.

Sacerdote died at the age of 65, on 11 September 552.
His body was transported to Lyon and buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles, a Church which, in later centuries, would be named after Saint Nicetius, our Saint’s son.

Numerous miracles flourished at his Tomb. An Epitaph on Saint Sacerdos remains, known from a 1308 transcription, carved in the Crypt of Saint Nicetius and rediscovered in 1883.

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Saint of the Day – 11 September – St Patiens (Died c491) Bishop of Lyon

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Saint of the Day – 11 September – St Patiens (Died c491) Bishop of Lyon, a most zealous and devoted shepherd of his flock for around 40 years and at the same time, the lover and caregiver of the needy and poor regardless of where they lived and to which Diocese they belonged – as we should, he did not ask whether they were pagans or Christians. Also known as – Patrient, Patient, Patriens, Paziente.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Lyon, the decease of St Patiens, Bishop.”

In the official chronology, Patiens is listed in20th place. He succeeds Saint Eucherius and precedes Saint Lupicinus.

The name of Saint Patiens is recorded in the oldest Episcopal records, contained in a Litergical Gospel book from the mid-9th Century. The catalogue was compiled around 799-814 duringthe reign of Bishop Leidradus and is based on the original of the Lyonnais Church.

The name of Saint Patiens is also mentioned in a second Episcopal catalogue, reported by Hugues of Flavigny in his Chronica Universalis.

Patriens governed the Diocese for forty years, between 451 and 491. Considering this lengthy period of service, we know very little about his personal history.

But it was Bishop Patiens who commissioned St Constantius of Lyon to write theVita of St Germanud (Life of Germanus). Patiens also built a new Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen. Later, in the 7th Century, a baptistery dedicated to Saint John was constructed as an accessory to the Church. This later became the site of the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon.

Patient, moved by great charity to help the people oppresssd by hunger, distributed free grain from the stores located in his See. He is also membered as a Bishop who devoted himself to a continuous apostolate, caring for his flock especially for the needy. He was deeply committed to the conversion of heretics.

His contemporary, the remarkable St Sidonius Apollinaris (c 30 – 489), admired Patiens and said that, despite the austerity of his life, he made himself “all things to all men.” He played his part zealously in repressing the heresies of his time but is especially remembered for his great dedication to the poor, not only of his own Diocese but of other parts of Gaul. He devoted all his resources to their relief. During a famine, he arrived in Lyon with wheat, to feed the entire population.

Lyon Cathedral
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Nuestra Señora de la Leche / Our Lady of La Leche, USA , 16th Century, St Protus and St Hyacinth (Died c257) Brother Martyrs and the Saints for 11 September

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Nuestra Señora de la Leche y Buen Parto / Our Lady of La Leche, St Augustine, Florida, USA , 16th Century – First Saturday after The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/11/nuestra-senora-de-la-leche-y-buen-parto-our-lady-of-la-leche-st-augustine-florida-usa-16th-century-and-memorials-of-the-saints-11-september/

St Protus and St Hyacinth (Died c257) Brother Martyrs Brother Martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian (257–259), they served as household Officials to St Eugenia.
The Roman Martyrology states today: “At Rome, in the Cemetery of Basilla, on the old Salarian Way, the birthday of the Holy Martyrs, Protus and Hyacinth, brothers and eunuchs in the service of the blessed Eugenia, who were arrested in the time of the Emperor Gallienus, on the charge of being Christians and urged to offer sacrifice to the gods. But as they refused, both were most severely scourged and finally, beheaded.”
Their Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/11/saint-s-of-the-day-11-september-st-protus-and-st-hyacinth-died-c257-brother-martyrs/

St Adelphus of Remiremont
St Almirus
Bl Baldassarre Velasquez

Blessed Bonaventure of Barcelona OFM (1620-1684) Franciscan Friar, Reformer, Papal Adviser, Founder of Retreat houses.
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/11/saint-of-the-day-11-september-blessed-bonaventure-of-barcelona-ofm-1620-1684/

Blessed Carlo (Charles) Spinola SJ (1564-1622) Priest, Martyr, Missionary to Japan. Beatified on 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/11/saint-of-the-day-11-september-blessed-charles-spinola-sj-1564-1622/

St Deiniol of Bangor
St Didymus of Laodicea
St Diodorus of Laodicea
Bl Dominic Dillon

St Elijah Speleota OSBM (863-960) Basilian Monk and Hermit. Born as Elia Bozzetta in 863 in Reggio Calabria, Italy and died on 11 September 960 at the Aulon Monastery in Calabria, Italy of natural causes.
St Elijah’s Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/11/saint-of-the-day-11-september-saint-elijah-speleota-osbm-863-960/

St Emilian (Died 6th Century) Bishop of Vercelli
Much conusion exists of this Saint’s name and his administratiion of the Diocese of Vercelli, taking the changes made by VII, the Saint below maybe the same holy man.
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/05/17/saint-of-the-day-17-may-saint-emiliano-i-of-vercelli-died-506-bishop/

St Essuperanzio of Zurich
St Felix of Zurich
Bl Franciscus Takeya
Bl François Mayaudon
Bl Gaspar Koteda
St Gusmeo of Gravedona sul Lario
St Leudinus of Toul
St Matthew of Gravedona sul Lario
St Paphnutius of Thebes
St Patiens (Died c491) Bishop of Lyon
Bl Peter Taaffe
Bl Petrus Kawano
St Regula of Zurich
St Sperandea

St Theodora the Penitent (Died 491) Abbess (Abbot as Theodore) Penitent, Recluse.
For the Love of God:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/11/saint-of-the-day-11-september-saint-theodora-the-penitent-died-491-abbot-penitent-recluse/

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Saint of the Day – 10 September – St Theodard (c618-670) Bishop and Martyr

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Saint of the Day – 10 September – St Theodard (c618-670) Bishop and Martyr of Maastricht, formerly the Abbot of of the Double Monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, Defender and protector of his flock and the Church. Born in c618 in Speyer, Germany and died by being mrdered in Rülzheim, Germany, while journeying to obtain protestion of his Diocese from the plunderings of Frankish nobles. Patronage – of drovers, cattle dealers and the City of Maastricht. Also known as – Theodard of Maastricht, Theodard of Tongres, Teodard, Teodardo…Diethardt or Dodart.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Liege, in Belgium, St Theodard, Bishop and Martyr, who laid down his life for his flock and after his death, was renowned for the gift of miracles.”

Theodard was born around 618 in the area of Speyer in Germany. He is thought to have been a disciple of St Remaclus , the Abbot, at the Monastery of Stavelot in Belgium. When St Remaclus became Bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht in around 653, Theodard succeeded him as the Abbot of the Double Monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy. When Remaclus retired to Stavelot in 663, Theodard again succeeded him and became the Bishop of Maastricht.

His biographers describe him as a cheerful and likeable man who performed his role as the Bishop, with great energy and pastoral care. As Bishop, he built and restored Churches, founded Monasteries, promoted evangelisation, charityand the care of the poor, the ill, orphans and widows.

He was murdered, in around 670, while on a journey through the forests of Bienwald south of Speyer, close to the Village of Rülzheim, on his way to seek justice from Childeric II of Austrasia in a legal dispute against Frankish nobles plundering the property of his Diocese. It is generally suspected that the murder was carried out on behalf of the nobles.

At first buried at the scene in Rülzheim, his body was later translated to Liege by his nephew and successor, St Lambert of Maastricht.

Because he was murdered on his way to defend the rights of the Church, he was honoured as a Martyr. A Chapel was built at his place of death and original burial in Rülzheim, called the ‘Dieterskirchel.’ The place became an important pilgrimage site and is one of the oldest in the Diocese of Speyer. Baronius added his name to the Roman Martyrology when it was revised in the late 1500s. Theodard is venerated as the Patron Saint of Drovers, cattle dealers and the City of Maastrict.

The Dieterskirchel Chapel, below, was built on the eastern edge of the vast forest south of the Town of Rülzheim and attracted pilgrimages and processions from Rülzheim, Rheinzabern and elsewhere. St Anselm (1033-1109) mentions a Church built in honour of St Theodard. A larger Church replaced it the 14th Century but was demolished in the 19th Century. The current Chapel, built in 1957, replaced its predecessor.

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Beata Vergine Maria della Vita / Our Lady of Life (1289) , St Nicholas of Tolentino and the Saints for 10 September

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Beata Vergine Maria della Vita / Our Lady of Life (1289) 10 September:
Patronage – hospitals in the Diocese of Bologna, Italy.
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/10/beata-vergine-maria-della-vita-our-lady-of-life-1289-and-memorials-of-the-saints-10-september/

St Nicholas of Tolentino OSA (1245-1305) Confessor, known as the Patron of Holy Souls, Priest, Augustinian Friar Monk, Mystic. Patronages – animals, babies (reported to have raised more than 100 children from the dead), sailors, dying people, sick animals, the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Tolentino, in the March of Ancona, the departure from this life of St Nicholas, Confessor of the Order of Augustinians.”
A Most Efficacious Intercessor:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/10/saint-of-the-day-10-september-st-nicholas-of-tolentino-patron-of-holy-
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/10/saint-of-the-day-10-september-saint-nicholas-of-tolentino-osa-1245-1305-

St Agapius of Novara
St Alexius Sanbashi Saburo

St Ambrose Edward Barlow OSB (1585-1641) Priest, Martyr.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/10/saint-of-the-day-10-september-saint-ambrose-edward-barlow-osb-1585-1641-martyr/

St Autbert of Avranches
St Barypsabas
St Candida the Younger
St Clement of Sardis
St Finnian of Moville
St Frithestan
Bl Jacques Gagnot

Blessed Oglerio O.Cist (c1136-1214) Cistercian Abbot, Mediator and peace-maker, Reformer, Penitent, Writer.
His Blessed Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/10/saint-of-the-day-blessed-oglerio-o-cist-c-1136-1214/

St Peter Martinez (Died c1000) Archbishop of Antealares at Compostela, Priest, Monk, Abbot, leader of the Spanish Reconquista.
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/10/saint-of-the-day-10-september-saint-peter-martinez-died-c1000-archbishop/

St Pulcheria (399-453) Virgin Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople, Widow, (remaining chaste during her marriage), Defender of the Faith against heresy, Apostle of the poor.
Her Courageous Story:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/10/saint-of-the-day-10-september-saint-pulcheria-399-453/

St Salvius of Albi
St Sosthenes of Chalcedon
St Theodard (c618-670) Bishop and Martyr of Maastricht
St Victor of Chalcedon

Martyrs of Bithynia – 3 Sister Saints: Three young Christian sisters Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximian and governor Fronto: Menodora, Metrodora, Nymphodora. They were Martyred in 306 in Bithynia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).

Martyrs of Japan – 205 Beati: A unified feast to memorialise 205 Missionaries and native Japanese known to have been murdered for their Faith between 1617 and 1637.

Martyrs of Sigum – 8 Saints: A group of Nicomedian Martyrs, condemned for their faith to be worked to death in the marble quarries of Sigum. There were Priests, Bishops and Laity in the group but only a few names have come down to us: Dativus, Felix, Jader, Litteus, Lucius, Nemesian, Polyanus, Victor. They were worked to death c 257 in Sigum.

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Saint of the Day – 9 September – Saint Omer (c595-670) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 9 September – Saint Omer (c595-670) Bishop, a most zealous shepherd, founder of Monasteries and Churches, renowned scholar of Sacred Scripture, powerful preacher and evangeliser, converting his entire region to Christ. Born in France in c595 in near Constance and died in 670 in Thérouanne i France. Patronages – Luxeuil-les-Bains, Saint-Omer, Thérouanne. Also known as – Audomaro, Audomarus.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In the territory of Thérouanne St Omer, Bishop.”

Omer was born of a distinguished noble family of Coutances, then under the Frankish realm of Neustria, towards the close of the 6th or the beginning of the 7th Century. His parents paid great attention to his education, in particular, they strove to inspire him with a love for God and for virtue.

Upon the death of his mother Omer entered the Monastery of Luxeuil in the Diocese of Besançon and persuaded his father to accompany him. They sold their worldly goods and distributed the proceeds among the poor. The father and son made their religious profession together.

Under the direction of St Eustachius, Omer studied the Scriptures, in which he acquired remathe Abbot, rkable proficiency. The humility, obedience, mildness and devotion, together with the admirable purity of intention which shone forth in every action of Saint Omer, distinguished him even among his saintly brethren.

When, in 639, King Dagobert requested the appointment of a new Bishop for the important City of Thérouanne, the capital of the ancient territory of the Morini in Neustria, he was appointed and Consecrated.

The greater number of the inhabitants of the region were still pagans and even the few Christians, through a scarcity of Priests, had lapsed. The holy Bishop applied himself to his task with such efficacious zeal that, in a short time, his Diocese became one of the most flourishing in France. Even a pagan overlord, who had persecuted the Christians could not resist his exhortations and after his Baptism gave large grants to the Church. On one of those properties, Bishop Omer built a Monastery in honour of the Blessed Virgin.

In 654, Bishop Omer founded the Abbey of Saint Peter (now the Abbey of Saint Bertin) in Sithiu, soon to rival the old Monastery of Luxeuil for the number of learned and zealous men educated there. Several years later, Omer erected the Church of Our Lady of Sithiu, with a small Monastery adjoining it which he granted to the administration and care of the Monks of Saint Bertin.

The exact date of his death is unknown but he is believed to have died in 670. The place of his burial is uncertain but he was probably laid to rest in the Church of Our Lady which is now the Cathedral of Saint Omer, where there is a 13th Century Cenotaph dedicated to him and where his Feast is celebrated today, 9 September.

The ruins of St Omer’s Abbey
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Santa María la Antigua / St Mary the Ancient, Panama, 16th Century, St Gorgonius (Died c303) Martyr, St Peter Claver SJ (1581-1654) Confessor and all the Saints for 9 September

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Santa María la Antigua / St Mary the Ancient, Panama City, Panama , 16th Century, Patron of the Republic of Panama – 9 September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/09/santa-maria-la-antigua-st-mary-the-ancient-panama-city-panama-16th-century-and-memorials-of-the-saints-9-september/

St Peter Claver SJ (1581-1654) Confessor, Priest of the Society of Jesus, Missionary, Confessor, Patron of the missions to African peoples and Human Rights Defender, Apostle of Charity. Also known as “The Apostle of Cartagena” and “The Slave of the Slaves.”
Wonderful St Peter:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/09/saint-of-the-day-9-september-st-peter-claver-s-j/

St Gorgonius of Nicomedia (Died c303) Martyr, Confessor, Soldier, Imperial Court Official and companions, St Dorotheus. After many horrific tortures these two were finally strangled to death in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey).
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Nicomedia, the holy Martyrs, Gorgontius, Dorotheus and others. The greatest honours had been conferred on them by the Emperor Diocletian but, as they detested the cruelty which he exercised against the Christians, they were, by his orders, suspended in his presence and lacerated with whips; then their skin being torn from their bodies and vinegar and salt poured over them, they were burned on a gridiron and finally, strangled. After some time, the body of the blessed Gorgonius was brought to Rome and deposited on the Latin Way. Thence, it was transferred to the Basilica of St Peter and later some Relics went to France.”
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/09/saint-of-the-day-9-september-st-gorgonius-of-nicomedia-died-c303-confessor-martyr/

St Alexander of Sabine
St Basura of Masil
St Bettelin
St Dorotheus of Nicomedia (Died c303) Martyr, Soldier
St Gorgonio of Rome
St Gorgonius of Nicomedia (Died c303) Martyr, Soldier
St Isaac the Great
St Joseph of Volokolamsk (c1439-1515) Abbot, Founder

St Kieran the Younger (c516-c550) Abbot, One of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. St Kieran, like so many Saints, had a supernatural affinity with animals – there are many legends related to this.
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/09/saint-of-the-day-9-september-saint-kieran-the-younger-c-516-c-550/

Bl Maria Eutimia Uffing
Bl Mary de la Cabeza
St Omer (c595-670) Bishop
St Osmanna
St Rufinian

St Peter of Nicomedia (Died c303) Martyr, Soldier

St Severian
St Straton
St Tiburtius

St Valentinian (c480-548) Bishop of Chur in Switzerland, known as a man of bountiful generosity and care of the needy and of refugees.
His Loving Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/09/saint-of-the-day-9-september-saint-valentinian-of-chur-c480-548-bishop/

St Wulfhilda

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Saint of the Day – 8 September – BlessedAlanus de Rupe OP (c1428-1475) Priest, “Apostle of the Holy Rosary” T

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Saint of the Day – 8 September – BlessedAlanus de Rupe OP (c1428-1475) Priest and friar of the Order of Preachers, “Apostle of the Holy Rosary” Theologian, Professor, renowned Preacher, Missionary and Mystic. Born in c1428 in Sizun, Brittany, France and died on 8 September in 1475, in Zwolle, Netherlands. Patronage – of Zwolle, Netherlands. Also known as – Alain de la Roche, Alan de Rupe, Alan de la Roche, Alan the Breton, Alano de la Roca, Alanus Rupe

Some writers claim him as a native of Germany, others of Belgium but his disciple, Fr Cornelius Sneek OP (1455–1534), says he was born in Brittany. He is especially notable for his contributions to devotion to the Holy Rosary. According to tradition, the devotion to the Holy Rosary had been neglected and forgotten in most of Europe in the centuries after Saint Dominic established it and Alan is credited with re-establishing, increasing and spreading this most loved of all our devotions.

Alanus entered the Dominican Order in 1459 at age thirty-one. While pursuing his studies at Saint Jacques, in Paris, he distinguished himself in philosophy and theology.

From 1459 to 1475 he taught almost uninterruptedly at Paris, Lille, Douay, Ghent and Rostock in Germany, where, in 1473, he was made Master of Sacred Theology. During his sixteen years of teaching, he became a most renowned preacher.

He was indefatigable in what he regarded as his special mission, the preaching, spreading and re-establishment of the Holy Rosary which he did with tremendous success throughout northern France, Flanders and the Netherlands. In around 1470, A;amus established a Confraternity of the Psalter of the Glorious Virgin Mary which was instrumental in disseminating the Holy Rosary throughout Europe.

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Alanus published nothing during his lifetime,but immediately after his death, the brethren of his Province were commanded to collect his writings for publication. In 1859, a list of his writings was compiled.

“It was Blessed Alanus de Rupr, one of the first disciples of Saint Dominic, who co-ordinated the Rosary and enriched it by adding meditations, as well as the life of Jesus and Mary. He called it the Holy Rosary because it resembled a bouquet of roses placed at the feet of the Virgin.” (website of the Diocese of Meaux).

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The Nativity of the Most Blessed and Ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Marian Feast Days around the world, St Adrian, Martyr and the Saints for 8 September

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The Nativity of the Most Blessed and Ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of God – 8 September:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/08/feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-8-september/

Nuestra Senora de la Virgen de la Caridad / Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Cuba (1612)- 8 September:
The Story:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/08/feast-of-our-lady-of-charity-of-el-cobre-cuba-8-september/

Nuestra Senora de la Covadonga, also named “La Santina” / Our Lady of Covadonga (720) – 8 September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/08/feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-marian-feasts-in-cuba-spain-india-andora-and-memorials-of-the-saints-8-september/

Nuestra Senora de la Meritxell / Our Lady of Meritxell (12th Century) – 8 September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/08/feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-marian-feasts-in-cuba-spain-india-andora-and-memorials-of-the-saints-8-september/

St Adrian (Died 306) Confessor, Lay Martyr, Royal Court Guard in Roman Imperial Court at Nicomedia in Asia-Minor during the time of Emperor Maximian in the early 4th Century. Patronages – against the plague/epidemics, against epilepsy, arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers.
The Roman Martyrology reads this day: “At Nicomedia, St Adrian, with twenty three other Martyrs, who ended their Martyrdom on the 4th day of March by having their limbs crushed, after enduring many torments, under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. Their remains were carried to Byzantium by the Christians and buried with due honours. Afterwards, the body of St Adrian was taken to Rome on this day, on which his festival is celebrated.”
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/08/saint-of-the-day-8-september-st-adrian-died-306-confessor-martyr/

BlessedAlanus de Rupe OP (c1428-1475) Priest, “Apostle of the Holy Rosary”

St Corbinian (c670–c 730) First Bishop of Freising and Founder of the Diocese, Hermit, Missionary, Confessor.
His Zealous Life
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/08/saint-of-the-day-8-september-saint-corbinian-c-670-c-730/

St Disibod of Disenberg
St Isaac the Great
St Kingsmark
St Peter of Chavanon

Blessed Seraphina Sforza OSC (c1424-1478) Abbess of the Order of St Clare, Widow. Her body is Incorrupt.
Her Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/08/saint-of-the-day-8-september-blessed-seraphina-sforza-osc-c1424-1478-abbess-widow/

St Pope Sergius I (c650–701) Papal Ascension 15 December 687. B
About St Sergius:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/08/saint-of-the-day-8-september-saint-pope-sergius-i-c%e2%80%89650-701/

St Timothy of Antioch

Martyrs of Alexandria – 5 Saints: A group of Christians Martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian – Ammon, Dio, Faustus, Neoterius and Theophilus. Martyred in Alexandria, Egypt.

Martyrs of Japan – (21 Beati: A group of 21 Missionaries and Converts, who were executed together for their faith. They were: Antonio of Saint Bonaventure, Antonio of Saint Dominic, Dominicus Nihachi, Dominicus of Saint Francis, Dominicus Tomach, Francisco Castellet Vinale, Franciscus Nihachi, Ioannes Imamura, Ioannes Tomachi, Laurentius Yamada, Leo Aibara, Lucia Ludovica, Ludovicus Nihachi, Matthaeus Alvarez Anji, Michaël Tomachi, Michaël Yamada Kasahashi, Paulus Aibara Sandayu, Paulus Tomachi, Romanus Aibar, Thomas of Saint Hyacinth, Thomas Tomachi
Died on 8 September 1628 in Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified on 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius XI.

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Saint of the Day – 7 September – St Euvertius (Died c340) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 7 September – St Euvertius (Died c340) Bishop of Orleans . Also known as – Eu

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Orleans, in France, the departure from this life of the holy Bishop, Euvortius, who was first a Sub-Deacon of the Roman Church and afterwards through the Divine favour, was designated as the Bishop of that City, by a dove.”

Euvertius was the 4th Bishop of Orléans, predecessor to Saint Anianus (died 388), according to the Episcopal records in the collection of Saint Albinus of Angers.

Long ignored except in the Episcopal lists, Euvertius suddenly rose to prominence in the 9th Century when, to enhance the prestige of the Church of the Holy Cross in Orléans, his Vita was composed, according to which, he was the builder of this Church under the reign of Constantine.

In Orleans, his Feast Day is celebrated today on 7 September, the date on which he is remembered in the Roman Martyrology.

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Pentecost XIII, St Cloud and the Saints for 7 September

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PENTECOST XIII

St Cloud (522-c 560) Priest, Hermit, Confessor and Abbot, apostle of the poor and ill.   
Holy St Cloud:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/07/saint-of-the-day-7-september-st-cloud/

St Alcmund of Hexham
Bl Alexander of Milan
St Augustalus
St Balin
St Carissima of Albi
St Chiaffredo of Saluzzo
Bl Claude-Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux
St Desiderio of Benevento
St Dinooth
Bl Eugenia Picco
St Eupsychius of Caesarea
St Eustace of Beauvais
St Euvertius (Died c340) Bishop of Orleans
St Faciolus
St Festo of Benevento
Bl François d’Oudinot de la Boissière
St Giovanni of Lodi
St Goscelinus of Toul
St Gratus of Aosta
St Grimonia of Picardy
St Hiduard
Bl John Duckett
Bl John Maki
Bl John of Nicomedia
Bl Ludovicus Maki Soetsu

St Madalberta of Mauberge (Died c706) Abbess. Born into the Merovingian Dynasty in Franc/Belgium in the 7th Century she died in c706 at Mauberge Abbey in Hainaut, in northern France. Madalberta was the daughter of Saint Vincent of Soignies and Saint Waltrude. She had the happiness of being educated in the Monastery of Mauberge by their Aunt, Saint Aldegonde, with her sister Aldetrudis.
Her Loving Life of Devotion:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/07/saint-of-the-day-7-september-saint-madalberta-of-mauberge-died-c706-abbess/

Bl Maria of Bourbon

Blessed Marko Križevcanin (c1588-1619) Priest Martyr, Missionary, Professor of Theology. At the time of his Martyrdom he was 31 years old.
Shortly after the Martyrdom, Cardinal Pázmány began the canonical process in view of Beatification, which would take place on 15 January 1905 in Rome by St Pius X.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/07/saint-of-the-day-7-september-blessed-marko-krizevcanin-c1588-1619-priest-martyr/

St Melichar Grodecký
St Memorius of Troyes
St Pamphilus of Capua
Bl Ralph Corby

St Regina (3rd Century) Virgin Martyr
Her Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/07/saint-of-the-day-7-september-saint-regina-3rd-century-virgin-martyr/

St Sozonte

Blessed Thomas Tsuji SJ (1570-1627) Priest of the Society of Jesus, Martyr.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/07/saint-of-the-day-7-september-blessed-thomas-tsuji-sj-1570-1627-martyr/

St Tilbert of Hexham

Martyrs of Noli: Four Saints: Christians who became soldiers and were martyred together for their faith. A late legend makes them member of the Theban Legend who escaped their mass martyrdom but that’s doubtful – Paragorius, Partenopeus, Parteus and Severinus. They were born in Noli, Italy and martyred in Corsica, France. Attribute – soldiers with a banner of NoliM

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Saint of the Day – 6 September – St Gondulphus (Died 823) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 6 September – St Gondulphus (Died 823) Bishop of Metz from 816 until his death. Also known as – Gundulfus, Gondulf, Gondon.

As the Bishop, Gondulphus succeeded Angilram, who caused Paul the Deacon to write the ‘Liber de piscopis Mettensibus’ and who probably died in 791.

At the death of Angilram, our Saint, Gondulphus (ow whom we know little more than this) was chosen as his replacement in the See of Metz. The date of the Consecration of Bishop Gondulphus must be set down as probably 28 December 816. The old Episcopal catalogue of the Metz’ Church informs us that Gondulphus occupied the See for six years, eight months and seven days and that he died on the 6th of September in the year 823.

He was buried in the Monastery of Gorze, where his Relics are still honoured on 6 September.