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MAUNDY Thursday in HOLY WEEK – FAST, The OFFICE of TENEBRAE, Nossa Senhora da Arrábida / Our Lady of Arrábida, Portugal (16th Century), St Pope Anicetus Martyr and the Saints for 17 April

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MAUNDY Thursday in HOLY WEEK – FAST

The OFFICE of TENEBRAE
The Office of Tenebrae
The public singing of part of the Divine Office, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings in Holy Week, anticipating Matins and Lauds of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
This custom goes back centuries and acquired the name because of the mourning ritual surrounding the ceremony which includes a triangular candlabra bearing fifteen candles. These are extinguishedt one by one until, after the last candle is extinguished, a prayer is said in darkness, one candle is lit and the assembly dispersed in silence.

Nossa Senhora da Arrábida / Our Lady of Arrábida, Portugal (16th Century) – 17 April:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/17/nossa-senhora-da-arrabida-our-lady-of-arrabida-portugal-16th-century-and-memorials-of-the-saints-17-april/

St Pope Anicetus (Died 168) 12th Bishop of Rome and Martyr Papacy 157-168.
This wonderful Pope
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/17/saint-of-the-day-17-april-saint-pope-anicetus-i-died-168-martyr/

Bl essed Andrés Hibernón Real OFM (1534-1602) Religious Friar, Apostle of the Holy Eucharist, the Blessed Virgin and the Holy Rosary, Apostle of the poor. He predicted the date of his death four years before the fact, which was 18 April 1602 in Gandia, Valencia, Spain of natural causes immediately after having prayed a rosary. He was Beatified on 22 May 1791 by Pope Pius VI. His body is incorrupt.
A Life of Love:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/saint-of-the-day-17-april-blessed-andres-hibernon-real-o-f-m-1534-1602/

St Agia of Hainault
St Anthia of Illyria
St Athanasia of Aegina
St Bitheus
St Calocerus of Brescia
St Cogitosus
St Corebus

St Donan of Eigg (Died 617) Priest and Martyr, Monk, Missionary
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/04/17/saint-of-the-day-17-april-saint-donan-of-eigg-died-617-priest-and-martyr/

St Eleuterius of Illyria
St Elpidius of Melitene
St Eusebius of Fano
St Galdinus of Milan
St Gebuinus of Lyons
St Genocus
St Hermogenes of Melitene
St Innocent of Tortona Bishop and Confessor
Bl Idesbald of Dunes
Blessed James of Cerqueto OSA (1285-1366)

St Landericus (c637-c730) Bishop, Abbot
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/04/17/saint-of-the-day-17-april-st-landericus-c637-c720-bishop-abbot/


St Laserian of Leighlin

Blessed Mariana of Jesus OdeM (c1565-1624) “The Lily of Madrid” Tertiary Sister of the Mercadarian Order (the Servants of Mary) Mystic and Ecstatic, graced with Visions of Our Lord and His Mother and granted the ability, by her intercession, to be responsible for many miracles, Spiritual Director and Apostle of the poor and the sick. In addition, Mariana was known to bilocate and levitate during her ecstasies.
Patronages – of Madrid, Mercedarian Tertiaries Mercedarian Lay Fraternities and Apostolates.
Her body is Incorrupt.
“The Lily of Madrid”:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/04/17/saint-of-the-day-17-april-blessed-mariana-of-jesus-odemc1565-1624-the-lily-of-madrid/

St Pantagathus of Vienne Bishop
St Perfecto of Córdoba
St Pusicio

St Robert de Turlande/Chaise-Dieu OSB (c1000-1067) Priest, professed religious of the Order of St Benedict, Monk, Abbot, Apostle of Charity, Marian devotee. He was of noble stock, was related to Saint Gerald of Aurillac (c855–c909) and was a descendant of St Caesarius of Arles (470-543). He is best known for the establishment of the Benedictine Convent of La Chaise-Dieu (‘Home of God’) and for his total commitment to the poor. He became a spiritual inspiration for Pope Clement VI (1291–1352) – whose own origin,s in the religious life were based at that Convent – and it was Pope Clement who confirmed the Canonisation of the Benedictine Abbot on 19 September 1351 in Avignon.
His Devoted Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/04/17/saint-of-the-day-17-april-st-robert-de-chaise-dieu-osb-c-1000-1067/

St Stephen Harding O.Cist. (1050-1104) Abbot and Co-Founder of the Cistercian Order
About St Stephen:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/saint-of-the-day-17-april-st-stephen-harding/

St Ursmar of Lobbes
St Wando (c665-756) Abbot of Fontenelle

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“Spy” Wednesday in HOLY WEEK, The Office of Tenebrae, Nostra Signora delle Vittorie / Our Lady of Victories in the Church of St Mark, Vienna (1683), St Benedict Joseph Labre and the Saints for 16 April

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“Spy” Wednesday in HOLY WEEK

The Office of Tenebrae
The public singing of part of the Divine Office, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings in Holy Week, anticipating Matins and Lauds of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
This custom goes back centuries and acquired the name because of the mourning ritual surrounding the ceremony which includes a triangular candlabra bearing fifteen candles. These are extinguishedt one by one until, after the last candle is extinguished, a prayer is said in darkness, one candle is lit and the assembly dispersed in silence.

Nostra Signora delle Vittorie / Our Lady of Victories in the Church of St Mark, Vienna (1683) – 16 April:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/16/nostra-signora-delle-vittorie-our-lady-of-victories-in-the-church-of-st-mark-vienna-1683-and-memorials-of-the-saints-16-april/

St Benedict Joseph Labre – Known as the Beggar of Perpetual Adoration (1748-1783) Lay Penitent and Pilgrim – he “abandoned his country, his parents and whatever is flattering in the world, to lead a new sort of life, a life most painful, most penitential, not in a wilderness, nor in a cloister but in the midst of the world, devoutly visiting as a pilgrim the famous places of Christian devotion.” Canonised by Pope Leo XIII on 8 December 1881.
Dearest St Benedict Joseph:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/saint-of-the-day-16-april-st-benedict-joseph-labre/

Blessed Arcangelo Canetoli (1460-1513) Priest and Canon of the Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour at Bologna, Mystic gifted with the charism of prophecy and of many visions of the Blessed Virgin, Born in 1460 in Bologna, Italy and died on 16 April 1513 (aged 53) in Gubbio, Italy of natural causes. His body is incorrupt. Arcangelo was Beatified on 2 October 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV.
Holy Arcangelo:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/04/16/saint-of-the-day-16-april-blessed-arcangelo-canetoli-crssb-1460-1513-priest/

St Drogo (1105–1186) Lay Penitent Pilgram, Apostle of prayer and the Holy Eucharist, Anchorite.
His life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/04/16/saint-of-the-day-16-april-saint-drogo-1105-1186/

St Elias

St Fructuosus of Braga (Died 665) Archbishop of Braga, Spain, Hermit, Confessor, Monk, Abbot, a great Founder of Monasteries.
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/04/16/saint-of-the-day-16-april-saint-fructuosus-of-braga-died-665/

St Herveus of Tours

Blessed Joachim Piccolomini of Siena OSM (1258–1305) Tertiary Servite Lay Friar, Apostle of charity of the sick, devotee of the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin.
Blessed Joachim’s Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/16/saint-of-the-day-16-april-blessed-joachim-piccolomini-of-siena-osm-1258-1305/

St Lambert of Saragossa

St Magnus of Orkney (c1075-1115) Layman Martyr, Magnus was the Earl .of Orkney in Scotland and related to the Royal House of Norway, which exercised sovereignty over the Orkney Islands at that time. The story of St Magnus’ life and Martyrdom are well attested.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/04/16/saint-of-the-day-16-april-saint-magnus-of-orkney-c-1075-1115/

St Turibius (c402-c460) Bishop of Astorga in Spain, Hermit, Monk, Defender of the Faith against heresy, in particular, the heresy of Priscilian., Miracle-worker. Born in Astorga, Spain in c402 and died there in c460 of natural causes. Patronages – Diocese of Palencia, Diocese of Santander, Diocese of Astorga, all in Spain.
The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Palencia, St Turibius, the Bishop of Astorga, Spain, who with the aid of Pope St Leo the Great, drove the heresy of Priscilian entirely out of Spain and, went to rest in the Lord with a great renown for miracles.”
Zealous and Miraculous St Turibius:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/04/16/saint-of-the-day-16-april-saint-turibius-of-astorga-c402-c460-bishop/


St Vaise
Blessed William Gnoffi (1256-1317) Hermit

Martyrs of Corinth – 9 Saints: A group of nine Christians who were tortured and Martyred together in the persecutions of Decius. We know little more than three of their names – Callistus, Charisius and Leonide. They were thrown into the sea at Corinth, Greece c250.

Martyrs of Saragossa: Group of 18 Martyrs murdered in 304 in Saragossa, Spain in the persecutions of Diocletian and the prefect Dacean. We know little more than the names – Apodemus, Caecilian, Caius, Crementius, Engratia, Eventius, Felix, Fronto, Gaius, Julia, Lambert, Lupercus, Martial, Optatus, Primitivus, Publius, Quintilian, Saturnius (4 men of this name), Succesus and Urban. Their graves re-discovered in 1389 in the crypt under the Church of San Encrazia in Saragossa.