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We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: Bl. Adalbero of
Liège
(French, bishop in Belgium, d. 1128) St. Almachius [also known as Telemachus]
(hermit, martyred c. 400) Bl. Aloysius Grozde
of Trzisce
[Alojzij, nickname: Lojze] (Slovenian, layman involved in "Catholic
Action," martyred [tortured to death by Communists] at age 19 in 1943
[beatified 2010]) St. Basil of Arles
(French, bishop of Aix, d. 521) St. Beoc of Donegal
(Welsh, abbot in Ireland, c. 6th Century) Bl. Bonanno of Abruzzi
(Italian, Celestine
monk, c. 1320) Bl. Clarus of Vienne
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 660 [beatified 1907]) St. Concordius of
Spoleto
(Roman, subdeacon, tortured [racked] and martyred by beheading c. 175) St. Connat of Kildare
(Irish, abbess, c. 590) St. Cuan (Irish, abbot, 6th Century) Sts. Elvan and Mydwyn (British, 2nd
Century) St. Eugendus of
Condat
(Swiss, abbot, died at about age 60 c. 510) St. Euphrosyne of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, virgin, martyred in 470) St. Fanchea of Rossory
(Irish, abbess, c. 585) St. Felix of Bourges
(French, bishop, c. 580) St. Fulgentius of
Ruspe
[full Latin name: Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius] (Tunisian, town
official, abbot, bishop, theologian, battled Arianism, died at about age 65 in
533) St. Gregory the Elder of
Nazianzos
(Cappadocian [from what is now part of Turkey], official, convert at 49, father
of three saints, bishop succeeded by his more famous son Gregory, died at about
age 98 in 374) Bl. Hugolinus of
Gualdo Cattaneo
[Hugolino] (Italian, hermit, Augustinian prior, d. 1260 [beatified 1919]) St. Joseph Mary Tommasi
of Alicata
[Giuseppe Maria] (Sicilian, Theatine priest, pope's confessor, cardinal,
liturgical expert in eight languages, died at age 63 in 1713 [beatified 1803,
canonized 1986]) St. Justin of Chieti
(Italian, bishop, c. 540) St. Maelrhys of
Bardsey
(French, lived on Welsh island, 6th Century) St. Magnus (early martyr) Bl.
Marian Konopinski
of Kluczewo
(Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 35 in
1943 [beatified 1999]) St. Odilo of Cluny
["Archangel of Monks"] (French, Benedictine abbot for 54 years, instituted All Souls' Day
[11/02], died at about age 86 c. 1049) St. Peter of Atroa
[baptized Theophylact] (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], hermit, abbot,
died at age 59 in 837) Holy Soldiers of Rome (thirty men,
martyred c. 304) Bl. Sigmund Gorazdowski of Sanok [Zygmunt]
(Ukrainian, priest, died at age 74 in 1920 [beatified 2001]) Bl. Valentine Paquay
of Tongres
[Valentin] (Belgian, Franciscan priest of the Order of Friars Minor,
provincial superior, died at age 76 in 1905 [beatified 2003]) St. William of Dijon
[Guglielmo] (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot in France, died at age 68 in
1031) St. Zdislava Berka
of Krizanov
(Moravian [from part of what is now Czech Republic], noblewoman, mother of
four, first Slavic Dominican tertiary, great benefactor of poor,
died at about age 32 in 1252 [beatified 1907, canonized 1995]) St. Basil the Great of
Caesarea
and St. Gregory the Younger of Arianzos (Cappadocian [from
part of what is now Turkey], close friends born in 330, bishops, opponents of
Arian heresy, Fathers and Doctors of the Church) St. Abel (son of Sts. Adam and Eve, shepherd, called innocent and righteous by Jesus [Matthew 23:35], murdered by brother Cain) Sts. Acutus, Artaxus, Eugenda,
Maximinianus, Tabias, Timothy, and Vitus, of Sirmium
(Pannonian [from what is now Hungary], martyred c. 4th Century) St. Adelard of Corbie
(French, Benedictine
abbot in France and Germany, first cousin and advisor of
Charlemagne, died at age 74 in 827 [canonized 1026]) Sts. Argeus, Narcissus, and Marcellinus, of Tomi (brothers,
soldiers, martyred [two beheaded, one drowned] in 320) St. Aspasius of Auch
(French, bishop, c. 560) Bl. Ayrald of
Maurienne
(French, Carthusian
prior, bishop, d. 1146 [beatified 1863]) Bl. Bentivoglio de
Bonis of San Severino
(Italian, disciple of St. Francis of Assisi, died
at age 44 in 1232 [beatified 1852]) St. Blidulf of Bobbio
(Italian, monk, c. 630) St. Caspar del Bufalo
of Rome
[Gaspare] (Italian, priest, founder of (parish) Missionaries of the Most
Precious Blood [CPpS], died at age 51 in 1837 [beatified 1904,
canonized 1954]) Bl. Gerard Cagnoli of Valenzo
[Gerardo] (Italian, nobleman, hermit in Sicily, Franciscan brother, cook, died at about age 75 in
1345 [beatified 1908]) St. Isidore of Antioch
(bishop, martyred c. 4th Century) St. Isidore of Nitria
(Egyptian, bishop, 4th Century) Holy Book Martyrs of Rome (many anonymous
martyrs who refused emperor's order to surrender religious books for burning,
c. 303) Holy Martyrs of Lichfield (British, number
unknown, martyred in 304) St. Macarius the Younger of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, merchant, hermit, priest, c. 401) St. Martinian of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, opposed Nestorianism, c. 435) St. Munchin the Wise of
Limerick
(Irish, bishop? c. 7th Century) [Memorial on Irish "particular calendar" on January 3] St. Seiriol (Welsh, 6th Century) St. Siridion of Antioch
(early bishop) Bl. Stephanie of
Quinzani
[Stefania] (Italian, Dominican tertiary, mystic, stigmatist, died at
age 72 in 1530 [beatified 1740]) St. Vincentian of
Tulle
(French, hermit, c. 730) [From St. Basil the Great:] "There is still time for endurance,
time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise
up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside. For
when you turn away and weep, then you will be saved." "O sinner, be not discouraged, but
have recourse to Mary in all your necessities. Call her to your assistance, for
such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity." "By the command of your only-begotten
Son, we communicate with the memory of your saints ... by whose prayers and
supplications have mercy upon us all, and deliver us for the sake of your holy
name." [Basilian liturgy, 373 A.D., used in some Eastern Church ceremonies] --------------------------------------------------- We
also honor the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: Bl. Alan de Solminihac of
Saint-Aquilin
[Alain] (French, Augustinian
superior, bishop for 23 years, visited all 800 parishes at least nine
times, died at age 66 in 1659 [beatified 1981]) Pope St. Antherus (Greek, elected to
papacy in 235, reigned just 43 days until martyrdom on this day in 236) Sts. Athanasius and Zosimus of
Cilicia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], tortured but survived, hermits, c. 303) St. Bertilia of
Maroeuil
(French, noblewoman, patron of poor and sick, widow, c. 705) St. Blitmund of
Bobbio
(Italian, abbot in France, d. 660) Sts. Cyrinus, Primus, and Theogenes, of
Cyzicus
(soldiers, martyred in Asia Minor in 320) St. Daniel of Padua
(Italian, convert from Judaism, deacon, martyred in 168) Sts. Finlugh of Derry and Fintan of Doon
(Irish, brothers, abbots, 6th Century) Sts. Florentius of Vienne I and II
(French, bishops, one martyred c. 275, the other died c. 374) St. Geneviève of
Paris
(French, shepherdess, virgin, visionary, saved Paris from barbarians, died at
about age 78 c. 500) St. Gordius of Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], centurion, martyred by
beheading in 304) St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
of Kainakary
(Indian, priest and vicar general of Syro-Malabar church, co-founder and first
prior-general of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate,
died at age 65 in 1871 [beatified 1986, canonized 2014]) Sts. Narses and Joseph of
Subagord
(Persian, bishop and disciple, martyred) St. Peter Balsam of
Aulana
(Palestinian, martyred by crucifixion c. 291) St.
Peter Absalon of
Caesarea
(Palestinian, martyred [buried alive] c. 311) Sts. Theopemptus and Theonas of
Nicomedia (from
Asia Minor, bishop and layman, martyred in 284) St. Wenog (Welsh) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
of New York
[nee Bayley]
["Mother Seton"] (American, convert from Episcopalianism, mother of
five, widow, foundress of Daughters of Charity of Saint Joseph, started
U.S. Catholic school system, died at age 46 in 1821 [beatified 1963, first
native-born American to be canonized - 1975]) [On U.S. particular calendar] Sts. Aquilinus, Geminus, Eugene, Marcian,
Quintus, Theodotus, and Tryphon (African, martyred by Arians c. 484) Bl. Christiana of the Cross Menabuoi
of Castello di Santa Croce [baptized Oringa] (Italian, farm girl,
serving maid, Augustinian nun, died at about age 70 in 1310
[beatified 1776]) St. Dafrosa of Rome [also
called Affrosa] (Italian, mother of St. Bibiana, martyred by beheading, 4th
Century) St. Emanuel Gonzalez Garcia of
Seville
[Manuel] ["Bishop of the Abandoned Tabernacle"] (Spanish, bishop,
founder of Congregation of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth,
founder of Disciples of Saint John, and founder of Children of
Reparation, died at age 62 in 1940 [beatified 2001, canonized 2016]) St. Ferreolus of Uzès
(French, bishop, d. 581) St. Genevieve Torres
Morales of Almenara
[Genoveva] (Spanish, orphan at age 8, lost a leg to amputation at age 13,
founded and led Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Holy Angels,
died at age 86 in 1956 [beatified 1995, canonized 2003]) St. Gregory of Langres
(French, civil governor, widower, bishop of Autun, d. 539) Sts. Hermas, Aggaeus, and Caius (martyred
c. 300) St. Libentius of
Hamburg
(German, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 1013) St. Mavilus of Hadrumetum
(African, martyred [flung to ferocious beasts] in 212) Bl. Palumbus of
Subiaco
(Italian, Benedictine
priest, hermit, c. 1070) St. Pharaïldis of
Ghent
(Belgian, abused wife, died at about age 90 c. 740) Sts. Priscus, Priscillianus, and
Benedicta, of
Rome
(Italian, priest, cleric, and laywoman, martyred in 362) St. Rigobert of
Rheims
(French, Benedictine
abbot, archbishop, hermit, c. 745) Bl. Roger of Ellant
(English, Cistercian
abbot in France, d. 1160) St. Stephen du Bourg of Meyria
[Etienne] (French, Carthusian priest, died at about age 88 in 1118) Bl. Thomas Plumtree of Lincolnshire
(English, priest, martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I in 1570 [beatified 1886]) [From St. Elizabeth Ann Seton:] "The first end I propose in our daily
work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner He wills it;
and thirdly to do it because it is His will." --------------------------------------------------- St. John Nepomucene Neumann
of Prachititz
[Jan Nepomuk] (Czech, missionary priest in New York/Maryland/Pennsylvania/Ohio,
Redemptorist, bishop of Philadelphia, author of catechisms, died at age
48 [stroke] in 1860 [beatified 1963, first male American citizen canonized -
1977]) [On U.S. particular calendar] St. Apollinaris (hermitess in Egypt, c.
450) St. Cera of Kilkeary
(Irish, abbess, 7th Century) St. Charles of Mt. Argus Houben
of Munstergeleen
[Karel] [baptized Johannes Andreas (John Andrew)] (Dutch, Passionist priest in Belgium/England/Ireland,
healer, died at age 71 in 1893 [beatified 1988, canonized 2007]) St.
Charles Marchioni
of Sezze
[Carlo] [baptized Giovanni (John)] (Italian, shepherd, Franciscan brother, cook, porter, gardener,
mystic, died at age 56 in 1670 [beatified 1882, canonized 1959]) [commemorated by some on January 7] St. Convoyon of
Redon
(French, deacon, hermit, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 80 in 868
[canonized 1866]) St. Dorotheus the Younger of
Khiliokomoas
(Armenian, abbot, 11th Century) Holy Martyrs of Egypt (Egyptian, without
number and anonymous, martyred in 303) St. Emiliana of Rome
(Italian, aunt of St. Gregory the Great, abbess, died c.550) St. Gaudentius of
Gnesen
(Czech, Benedictine
monk in Italy, missionary and bishop in Germany, died at about
age 44 c. 1004) St. Gerlach of Valkenberg
(Dutch, soldier, widower, hermit, died at about age 75 c. 1175) Bl. James López Caamaño y García Pérez of Cádiz
[Diego] [baptized/confirmed José Francisco Juan Maria (Joseph Francis John Mary)]
(Spanish, Capuchin
priest, died within a week of his 58th birthday in 1801
[beatified 1894]) St. Lomer of Corbion (French,
hermit, monastic founder, d. 593) Bl. Maria Marcelina Darowska
of Szulaki
[nee Kotowicz]
(Ukrainian, mother of two, widow, co-founded Congregation of the Sisters of
the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, superior for fifty
years, died at age 83 in 1911 [beatified 1996]) Bl. Maria Repetto of Voltaggio
(Italian, member of Daughters of Our Lady of Refuge [Brignolines],
seamstress and embroiderer, died at age 82 in 1890 [beatified 1981]) St. Paula of Tuscany
[Paola] (Italian, Camaldolese nun, peacemaker between cities, died
at about age 50 in 1368) St. Simeon Stylites the Elder of
Cilicia
(Syrian, shepherd, monk, pillar-dwelling hermit for 36 years, died at about age
69 c. 459) St. Syncletica of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, hermitess, died at age 84 c. 400) St. Talida of Antinoë
(Egyptian, nun and abbess for over 80 years, 4th Century) Pope St. Telesphorus (Greek born in Italy,
elected to papacy c. 125, reigned until martyred c. 136) We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. André Bessette of
Saint-Gregoire
[baptized Alfred] (Canadian [Quebecois], Holy Cross brother for 67 years, miracle worker through
intercession of St. Joseph, died at age 91 in 1937 [beatified 1982, canonized 2010]) [On U.S. and Canadian
"particular calendars"] St. Anastasius (Pannonian [from what is
now Hungary], martyred c. 4th Century) St. Diman Dubh of
Connor
(Irish, abbot, bishop, d. 658) St. Edeyrn of Armorica
(French, hermit, 6th Century) St. Eigrad of Glamorgan
(Welsh, 6th Century) St. Erminold of
Prüfening
(German, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1121) Bl. Frederick of
Saint-Vanne
[Frédéric] (French, Benedictine prior, d. 1020) Bl. Gertrude van
Oosten of Delft
[Geertje] (Dutch, serving girl, beguine, mystic, stigmatist, d. 1358) St. Guarinus of Sion
[Guerin] (French, Cistercian abbot in Switzerland, bishop in
France, died at about age 85 in 1150) St. John de Ribera of Seville
[Juan] (Spanish, duke's son, archbishop of Valencia for 42 years, died at about
age 78 in 1611 [beatified 1796, canonized 1959]) St. Macra of Rheims
(French, virgin, tortured and martyred in 287) St. Merinus (Irish, hermit in Wales, 6th
Century) St. Nilammon of Geris
(Egyptian, hermit) St. Owen of Aberdaron
[Hywyn] (Welsh, missionary, c. 516) Bl. Peter Bonilli of San Lorenzo
di Trevi
[Pietro] (Italian, parish priest, founded Religious of the Holy Family of
Spoleto, died at age 94 in 1935 [beatified 1988]) St. Peter of Canterbury
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot in England, c. 608 [canonized 1915]) [commemorated by some
on June 1] St. Raphaela of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Porras
y Ayllón of Pedro Abad
[Rafaela del Sagrado Corazón de Jesus] [baptized
Rafaela Maria] (Spanish, co-foundress and mother general of Handmaids of the
Sacred Heart, died at age 74 in 1925 [beatified 1952, canonized 1977]) Bl.
Rita Beloved of Jesus Lópes
de Almeida of Ribafeita
[Rita Amada de Jesus] ["Apostle of the Rosary"] (Portuguese, resisted
Masonic government's persecution to found and guide Sisters of Jesus, Mary,
and Joseph, helped poor children, died at age 64 in 1913 [beatified 2005]) St. Schottin of Mt.
Mairge
(Irish, hermit, 6th Century) St. Wiltrudis of
Bergen
(Bavarian, duchess, widow, Benedictine abbess, c. 986) St. Raymond of Penyafort
[Ramón de
Peñafort]
(Spanish, nobleman, civil and canon lawyer to age 46, Dominican at 47,
missionary to Moslems, pope's confessor, master general of his Order at 63,
died at about age 99 in 1275 [canonized 1601]) St. Anastasius of Sens
(French, archbishop, d. 977) St. Brannock of
Braunton
(Welsh, abbot, 6th Century) St. Canute Lavard of Roskilde
(Danish, duke, martyred at about age 35 in 1131 [canonized 1169]) St. Clerus of Antioch
(Syrian, deacon, martyred c. 300) Sts. Crispin of
Pavia
[I and II] (Italian, bishops, died c. 250 and c. 450) St. Cronan Beg of
Aendrum
(Irish, bishop, 7th Century) Bl. Edward Waterson of London
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1593
[beatified 1929]) St. Emilian of Saujon
(French, Benedictine
hermit, d. 767) Sts. Felix and Januarius of
Heraclea
(early martyrs) St. Julian of Cagliari
(Sardinian [Italian], martyr) St. Kentigerna of Loch
Lomond
(Irish, widow in Scotland, c. 734) St. Lucian of Antioch
(Syrian, priest, theologian, tortured and martyred [by sword] in 312) Bl. Marie Therese Haze of
Liège
[baptized Jeanne (Joan)] (Belgian, virgin, founded Congregation of the
Daughters of the Cross, died at age 93 in 1876 [beatified 1991]) St. Nicetas of Dacia
(bishop) St. Reinhold of
Cologne
(French, Benedictine
monk, martyred with stonemasons' hammers in 960) St. Theodore (Egyptian, hermit, 4th
Century) St. Tillo of Solignac
(German, hermit, Benedictine abbot in France, d. 702) St. Valentine of
Rhaetia
(missionary bishop, died in Austria c. 470) Bl. Wittikund of
Westphalia
(German, duke, c. 804) St. Abo of Baghdad
(Iraqi, perfumer, convert from Islam, martyred by beheading in Georgia in 786) St. Apollinaris of
Hierapolis
(Phrygian [from what is now part of Turkey], bishop, c. 180) St. Athelm of Canterbury
(British, Benedictine
abbot, archbishop, d. 923) St. Atticus of Constantinople (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop, d. 425) St. Carterius of
Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from what is now part of Turkey], priest, martyred in 304) St. Ergnad of Ulster
(Irish, nun, 5th Century) St. Erhard of Ratisbon
(Irish, missionary bishop in Bavaria, c. 686) St. Eugenian of
Autun
(French, bishop, martyred by Arian heretics in 4th Century) Bl. Eurosia Fabris of Quinto
Vicentino
[nicknames: Rosina, Mamma Rosa] (Italian, farmgirl, dressmaker, wife and mother
of nine [three priests], foster mother of many more, widow, Franciscan tertiary, died at age 65 in 1932
[beatified 2005]) St. Frodobert of
Moutier-la-Celle
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 673) St. Garibaldus of
Ratisbon
(Bavarian, monk, bishop, c. 762) St. Gudula of Brussels
(Belgian, single laywoman of the nobility, d. 712) Sts. Lucian, Maximian, and Julian, of Rome
(Italian, missionaries [priest and disciples] in France, martyred c. 290) St. Maximus of Pavia
(Italian, bishop, d. 511) St. Patiens of Metz
(French, bishop, 2nd Century) St. Pega of Mercia
(British, hermitess, c. 719) St. Severinus of
Noricum
(hermit in Egypt, travelling preacher and healer in central Europe, died in
Austria in 482) St. Severinus of
Septempeda
(Italian, early bishop of Naples) Sts. Theophilus and Helladius (North
African, early deacon and layman, tortured and martyred [in a furnace]) St. Thorfinn of
Trondheim
(Norwegian, bishop of Hamar, d. 1285) Bl. Titus Zeman of Vajnory
(Slovak, Salesian priest, fought Communists for Catholics'
religious rights, martyred [ill treatment in prison] at age 54 in 1969
[beatified 2017]) St. Wulsin of Sherborne
(British, Benedictine
abbot of Westminster, bishop, d. 1005) [From the 2nd-Century bishop, St.
Appolinaris:] "We therefore grossly deceive ourselves
in not allotting more time to the study of divine truths. It is not enough
barely to believe them, and let our thoughts now and then glance upon them.
That knowledge which shows us heaven, will not bring us to the possession of
it, and will deserve punishments, not rewards, if it remain
slight, weak, and superficial. By serious and frequent meditation it must be
concocted, digested, and turned into the nourishment of our affections, before
it can be powerful and operative enough to change them, and produce the
necessary fruit in our lives. For this all the saints affected solitude and
retreats from the noise and hurry of the world, as much as their circumstances
allowed them." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Adrian of Canterbury
(African, Benedictine
abbot in Italy and England, teacher, died at about age 75 in 710
[incorrupt]) Sts. Anthony, Julian, Basilissa,
Anastasius, Celsus, Marcionilla, and seven companions, of
Antioch
(Syrian, priest and laity, martyred c. 304) St. Berhtwald of
Canterbury
(British, Benedictine
abbot, archbishop, d. 731) Bl. Casimir Grelewski of Dwikozy
[Kazimierz] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at
age 37 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) Sts. Epictetus, Jucundus, Secundus,
Vitalis, Felix, and seven companions (African, martyred c. 250) Bl. Pope Gregory X Visconti
of Piacenza
[Gregorio] [baptized Teobaldo (Theobald)] (Italian, deacon in France,
accompanied crusaders to Palestine, elected to papacy in 1271, reigned until
death at about age 61 in 1276 [beatified 1713]) St. Honorius of
Buzancais
(French, livestock dealer, married man, martyred in 1250 [canonized 1444]) Bl. Joseph Pawlowski of Proszowice
[Józef] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age
51 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Marcellinus of
Ancona
(Italian, bishop, c. 566) St. Marciana of
Caesarea
(Mauritanian, virgin, martyred [gored by a bull in amphitheater] c. 303) St. Maurontius of
Anjou
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 700) St. Paschasia of
Dijon
(French, virgin, martyred c. 178) Bl.
Pauline Mary Jaricot
of Lyon
[Pauline-Marie] (French, single laywoman, founded Society
for the Propagation of the Faith and
Living Rosary Association, died at
age 62 in 1862 [beatified 2022]) St. Peter of Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from what is now part of Turkey], son of two saints, brother of
St. Basil the Great and other saints, abbot, bishop of Sebastea, fought
Arianism, died at about age 51 c. 391) St. Philip Berruyer of Bourges
[Philippe] (French, archbishop, d. 1260) Bl. Thomas Reggio of Genoa
[Tommaso] (Italian, seminary rector, bishop of Ventimiglia, archbishop of
Genoa, founder of Sisters of St. Martha, built orphanages, sought
justice for laborers, died at age 83 in 1901 [beatified 2000]) Sts. Vitalicus, Revocatus, and Fortunatus,
of
Smyrna
(Greek, bishop and deacons, early martyrs) St. Waningus of
Fécamp
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 686) Pope St. Agatho of
Palermo
(Sicilian, married man, monk, elected to papacy in 678, reigned
until death in 681) Bl. Ann of the Angels Monteagudo
of Arequipa
[Ana de los Angeles] (Peruvian, Dominican prioress, died at about age 83 in 1686
[beatified 1985]) Bl. Benincasa of Cava
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1194 [beatified 1928]) St. Dermot of Inchcleraun
[Diarmuid] (Irish, abbot, 6th Century) St. John Camillus the Good of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, c. 660) Bl. Mamerto of the Ascension Esquiú
Medina of San José de Piedra Blanca [Mamerto de la Ascensión]
(Argentinian, Franciscan priest, schoolteacher, bishop of Córdoba, died
at age 56 in 1883 [beatified 2021]) St. Marcian of Constantinople (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], priest, c. 480) Bl. Mary of Sorrows Rodriguez
Sopeña y Ortega of Vélez Rubio [María Dolores] (Spanish, virgin, founded
catechetical institute, died at age 69 in 1918 [beatified 2003]) Bl. Mary of the Conception de Batz
de Trenquelléon of Feugarolles [Marie de la Conception] [baptized Adèle]
(French, virgin, co-founded Marianist
Sisters, died at age 38 in 1828 [beatified 2018]) St. Nicanor of Jerusalem
(Israelite, one of seven original deacons [Acts 6:5], missionary, martyred on
Cyprus c. 76) St. Peter Orseolo of Rivo Alto
(Italian, Venetian doge, Benedictine monk, hermit, died at about age 58 in
987 [canonized 1731]) St. Petronius of
Avignon
(French, monk, bishop of Die, c. 463) St. Thomian of Armagh
(Irish, archbishop, c. 660) St. William de Donjeon of Nevers
[Guillaume] (French, Cistercian abbot, bishop of Bourges,
miracle-worker, d. 1209 [canonized 1217]) St. Alexander of
Fermo
(Italian, bishop, martyred c. 250) St. Anastasius of
Castel Sant'Elia
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, c. 570) Bl. Ann Mary Janer
Anglarill of Cervera
[Ana María] (Spanish, virgin, founded Sisters
of the Holy Family of Urgell, died at age 84 in 1885 [beatified 2011]) St. Boadin (Irish, Benedictine hermit in France) St. Brandan (Irish, abbot in France) Sts. Ethenea and Fidelmia of
Connaught
(Irish, princesses, disciples of St. Patrick, d. 433) St. Frances de Sales Aviat
of Sezanne
[Françoise de Sales] [baptized Leonie] ["God's Little Instrument"]
(French, co-foundress and superior of Sister Oblates of Saint Francis de
Sales, exiled from France, died in Italy at age 69 in 1914 [beatified 1992,
canonized 2001]) Bl. Francis Rogaczewski of Lipinki
[Franciszek] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Stutthof [Germany]
at age 37 in 1940 [beatified 1999]) St. Honorata of
Pavia
(Italian, nun, c. 500) Pope St. Hyginus (Greek, elected to papacy
in 138, reigned until death [presumably martyred] in
142) St. Leucius of Brindisi
(Egyptian, bishop in Italy, c. 180) St. Palaemon of
Tabennisi
(Egyptian, spiritual father of St. Pachomius among earliest desert hermits, d.
325) Sts. Paldo, Taso, and Tato, of
Benevento
(Italian, biological brothers, Benedictine abbots [succeeding each other], died
c. 720, 729, 739) Sts. Peter, Severus, and Leucius, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, martyred c. 309) St.
Salvius of
Amiens
(French, bishop, c. 625) St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch of
Garissus (Cappadocian
[from what is now part of Turkey], hermit in Palestine, abbot, died at age 105
in 529) St. Vitalis of Gaza
(Egyptian, hermit, missionary to prostitutes of Alexandria, c. 625) Bl. William Carter of London
(English, married layman, printer's apprentice, tortured and martyred [drawn,
hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1584 [beatified 1987]) St. Aelred of Rievaulx
(English, nobleman, Cistercian abbot, spiritual writer, died at about
age 58 in 1167) [On English "particular calendar" for today, but commemorated by some on February 3] St. Anthony Mary Pucci
of Poggione de Vernio
[Antonio Maria] [baptized Eustacchio (Eustace)] ["Il Curatino"]
(Italian, peasant, Servite parish priest, died at age 73 in 1892
[beatified 1952, canonized 1962]) St. Arcadius of
Caesarea
(Mauritanian, tortured and martyred [limbs chopped off] c. 302) St. Benedict Biscop of
Northumbria
(British, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 61 c. 690) St. Bernard Latini of Corleone
[Bernardo] [baptized Filippo (Philip)] (Sicilian, shoemaker, swordsman and
duelist, Capuchin
brother, died at age 61 in 1667 [beatified 1768, canonized 2001])
[commemorated by some on the 19th] St. Caesaria of
Arles
(French, sister of St. Caesarius, abbess, c. 530) Holy Martyrs of Ephesus (from Asia Minor
[now called Turkey], forty-two monks, opposed iconoclasts, martyred c. 762) Holy Marytrs of Iona (Irish, thirty-eight
monks, martyred in 750) St. John of Ravenna
(Italian, bishop, d. 494) St. Margaret Bourgeoys
of Troyes
[Marguerite] (French, teacher, foundress and superior of Congregation of
Notre Dame, died in Canada at age 79 in 1700 [beatified 1950, canonized
1982]) [Memorial on Canadian "particular calendar" today, but commemorated by some on the 19th] St. Martin of León
(Spanish, Augustinian
priest, died at about age 73 in 1203) Bl. Nicholas Bunkerd
Kitbamrung of Sampran
(Thai, priest, martyred at age 48 in 1944 [beatified 2000]) St. Probus of Verona
(Italian, bishop, d. 591) St. Satyrus (Arab, martyred in 267) St. Tatiana (Roman, martyred [thrown to
beasts in amphitheater] c. 230) Sts. Tigirius and Eutropius of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor, priest and lector, tortured, c. 404) St. Victorian of Asan
(Italian, abbot, died in Spain c. 560) Sts. Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulus,
and companions (African, at least forty soldiers, martyred) St. Hilary of Poitiers
["Doctor of the Divinity of Christ"] (French, converted pagan, married
man and father, bishop, theologian, opponent of Arianism, Doctor of the Church,
died at about age 53 in 368) St. Andrew of Trier
(French, bishop, d. 235) St. Berno of Cluny
(French, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 77 in 927) St. Elian (Cornish or Breton, hermit, 6th
Century) St. Elian ap Erbin
(Welsh, 5th Century) Bl. Emil Szramek of Tworkow
(Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 54 in
1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Enogatus of
Aleth
(French, bishop, d. 631) Bl. Francis Mary Greco
of Acri
[Francesco Maria] (Italian, priest, died at age 73 in 1931 [beatified 2016]) St. Glaphyra (slave of emperor's wife,
virgin, c. 324) Bl. Godfrey of Cappenberg
[Gottfried von Cappenberg] (German, count, Norbertine seminarian, died
at about age 29 in 1127) Sts. Gumersindus and Servusdei of
Cordova
(Spanish, parish priest and monk, martyred by Moslems in 850) Sts. Hermylus and Stratonicus of
Singidunum
(Serbian, deacon and servant, martyred by drowning in 315) Bl. Hildemar of
Arrouaise
(German, court chaplain to William the Conqueror, Augustinian hermit in France, martyred c. 1097) Bl. Ida of Argensolles
(French, Cistercian
abbess, d. 1226) Bl. Ivetta of Huy
[Jutta] (Dutch, mother of three, widow at age 18, mystic, nurse of lepers, died
at about age 69 in 1228) St. Kentigern of
Glasgow
["Mungo"] (Scottish, bishop of Strathclyde, died at about age 84 c.
603) [Memorial on Scottish "particular calendar"] St. Leontius of
Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from what is now part of Turkey], bishop, d. 337) St. Potitus of Naples
(Italian, boy, martyr) Holy Soldiers Martyred at Rome (forty men,
d. 262) Bl. Stephen of Liège
[Etienne] (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1061) Bl. Veronica of
Binasco
(Italian, peasant farmer, mystic, Augustinian nun, visionary, beggar of alms, died
at about age 51 in 1497 [beatified 1517]) St. Viventius of
Samaria
(Palestinian, priest, hermit, c. 400) Bl. Amadeus of Clermont
(French, nobleman, Cistercian monk, c. 1150) St. Datius of Milan
(Italian, bishop, d. 552) St. Euphrasius (African, bishop) St. Felix of Nola
(Italian, priest, tortured, helped by an angel to escape, d. 260) St. Felix of Rome
(Italian, priest) Sts. Isaias, Sabas, and thirty-six
companions, of
Mt. Sinai
(monks, martyred by pagan Arabs in 309) St. Lazarus Pillai of Kanyakumari
[Christian name in Tamil: Devasahayam] [pre-Christian name: Nilakandan] (Asian
Indian, layman of Nair caste, palace official, convert from Hinduism, tortured
for three years, martyred by Hindu king at age 39 in 1752 [beatified 2012, canonized 2022]) St. Macrina the Elder of
Neocaesarea
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], widow, mother of one saint and
grandmother of four [including St. Basil the Great], c. 340) Bl. Odo of Novara
(Italian, Carthusian
prior in Croatia, chaplain to convent in Italy, died at about age
95 in 1200 [beatified 1859]) [commemorated by his order on October 13] Bl. Odoric Mattiuzzi of Villanova
[Odorico] [also known as Odoric of Pordenone] (Italian, Franciscan hermit, missionary [in China, Tibet,
Indonesia, Ceylon, Iraq], died at about age 46 in 1331 [beatified 1775]) Bl. Peter Donders of Tilburg
[Pietje] (Dutch, missionary priest in South America, joined Redemptorists
at age 57, died in Surinam at age 77 in 1887 [beatified 1982]) Holy Martyrs of Raithu (Egyptian, hermits,
martyred c. 510) Bl. Roger of Todi
[Ruggiero] (Italian, Franciscan priest, spiritual director of a Poor Clare convent, d. 1237) Sts. Simeon Barsabbae, Shahdost,
Barbashmin, and sixteen companions, of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
(Persian, three bishops and others, tortured and martyred between 341 and 346) St. Alexander of
Gomon
(abbot, c. 440) St. Arnold Janssen of Goch
(German, priest, teacher, convent chaplain, journal editor, founder of
missionary Society of the Divine Word [SVD], founder of Holy Spirit
Missionary Sisters, co-founder of contemplative Sister Servants of the
Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration ["Pink Sisters"], died
at about age 71 in 1909 [beatified 1975, canonized 2003]) St. Blaithmaic of Iona (Irish,
abbot, missionary in Britain, martyred in 823) St. Bonet of Auvergne
(French, king's chancellor, bishop of Clermont, Benedictine monk after retirement, died at about
age 87 c. 710) Sts. Britta and Maura (martyred in 4th
Century) St. Ceolwulf of
Lindisfarne
(Northumbrian [British], king, abdicated to become Benedictine monk, c. 764) St. Emebert of Cambrai
(Belgian, bishop, brother of two saints, c. 710) St. Ephysius of
Sardinia
(Italian, martyred c. 303) St. Francis Fernández de Capillas of
Baquerín de Campos
[Francisco] ["Proto-martyr of China"] (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Philippines,
first Christian martyr in China, tortured and martyred [beheaded] at age 41 in
1648 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000]) Sts. Gwrnerth and Llewellyn (Welsh, monks,
6th Century) St. Isidore of Alexandria
(Egyptian, priest, persecuted by Arians, d. 404) St. Ita of
Limerick
[baptized Deirdre] (Irish, nun, c. 570) [On Irish "particular calendar"] St. Jeffrey of Peronne [Geoffroi]
(French, Cistercian
prior, d. 1147) St. John Calybites of
Constantinople
["kalabytes" means "hut-dweller"] (from Asia Minor [now
called Turkey], hermit, c. 450) St. Lleudadd of
Bardsey
(Welsh, abbot, 6th Century) St. Macarius the Elder of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, cattle herder, hermit priest, died at about age 90 c. 390) St. Malard of Chartres
(French, bishop, c. 650) Sts. Maurus and Placid of Rome
(Italian, disciples of St. Benedict of Nursia, Benedictine abbot and monk, 6th Century) St. Maximus of Nola
(Italian, bishop, c. 250) St. Paul of Thebes
(Egyptian, desert hermit, died at about age 111 in 342) Bl. Peter of Castelnau
[Pierre] (French, Cistercian priest, papal legate, inquisitor of
Albigensians, martyred [lanced] by heretic in 1208) St. Sawl (Welsh, chieftain, 6th Century) St. Secundina of Rome
(Italian, virgin, martyred c. 250) St. Tarsicia of
Rodez
(French, hermitess, c. 600) Bl. Valentine Palencia
Marquina
and Companions (Spanish, five men [one priest, four laymen], martyred during
Civil War in 1937 [beatified 2016]) -----
Bl. Donato Rodríguez
García of Santa Olalla de Valdivielso (layman, died at age 25) ----- Bl. Emil Huidobro Corrales of Villaescusa del Butrón [Emilio] (layman, died at age 19) -----
Bl. Herman García
y García of Villanueva de Argaño [Germán] (layman, died at age
24) -----
Bl. Valentine Palencia
Marquina of Burgos
[Valentin] (priest, died at age 65) -----
Bl. Zachary Cuesta
Campo of Villasidro
[Zacarías] (layman, died at age 20) [From St. Macarius the Elder:] "Receive from the hand of God poverty
as cheerfully as riches, hunger and want as plenty, and you will conquer the
devil and subdue all your passions." --------------------------------------------------- Sts. Berard of Carbio,
Peter, Otto, Accursius, and Adjutus ["First Franciscan Martyrs"]
(Italian, Franciscan, three priests and two brothers, missionaries sent
by St. Francis to evangelize Spain/Portugal/North Africa, tortured and martyred
by Moslems in Morocco in 1220 [canonized 1481]) Bl. Conrad of Mondsee
(German, Benedictine
abbot, martyred at about age 45 in Austria in 1145) St. Dunchaid O'Braoin
of Clonmacnoise
(Irish, hermit, abbot, d. 988) St. Ferreolus of
Grenoble
(French, bishop, martyred c. 670 [beatified 1907]) St. Fulgentius of
Ecija
(Spanish, bishop, brother of three saints, c. 633) St. Fursa of Lagny
[also called "Fursey"] (Irish, Benedictine
abbot in France, visionary, died at about age 81 c. 648
[incorruptible]) [On Irish "particular calendar"] Sts.
Fusca and Maura of
Ravenna
(Italian, young girl and her nurse, martyred in 250) Bl. Gonzalo Pereira of Amarante
[Gonçalo] (Portuguese, Dominican priest, hermit, died at about age 71
in 1259 [beatified 1560]) St. Henry of Cocket Island [or Coquet] [Henrik]
(Danish, Benedictine
hermit, died on an English islet in 1127) St. Honoratus of
Trier
(French, abbot, archbishop of Arles, d. 429) St. Honoratus of
Fondi
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, 6th Century) St. James of Tarentaise
["Apostle of Savoy"] (French, monk, missionary, bishop, c. 429) Bl. Jane of Bagno
[Giovanna] (Italian, Camaldolese nun, d. 1105 [beatified 1823]) Bl. Joan Mary Condesa
Lluch of Valencia
[Juana María] (Spanish, founded Congregation of the Handmaids of Mary
Immaculate, died at age 53 in 1916 [beatified 2003]) Bl. Joseph Tovini of Cividate
Camuno
[Giuseppe] (Italian, married man, father of ten, local politician, Franciscan tertiary, died at about age 66 in 1897
[beatified 1998]) St. Joseph Vaz of Benaulim
["Apostle of Sri Lanka"] (Asian Indian, priest, missionary to Ceylon
[now called Sri Lanka], died at age 59 in 1711 [beatified 1995, canonized 2015]) St. Liberata of
Pavia
(Italian, nun, 5th Century) Bl. Louis Anthony Ormières
of Quillan
[Louis-Antoine] (French, diocesan priest, founded Sisters of the Guardian Angel, died in Spain at age 80 in 1890 [beatified 2017]) Pope St. Marcellus I of Rome
(Italian, elected to papacy in 308, reigned until
death in 309) St. Melas of Rhinocolura
(Egyptian, bishop, tortured by Arian heretics, c. 385) St. Priscilla of Rome
(Italian, widow, provided lodgings to Pope St. Peter, 1st Century) St. Tatian of Opitergium
(Italian, bishop, d. 650) St. Triverius of
Neustria
(French, hermit, c. 550) St. Valerius of
Sorrento
(Italian, hermit, bishop, c. 453) St. Anthony the Abbot of
Koman
(Egyptian, desert hermit from age 35, spiritual father of many, sometimes
called founder of Christian monasticism, died at age 104 in 356) Sts. Anthony, Merulus, and John, of Rome
(Italian, Benedictine
monks, martyred c. 590) Sts. Genulfus of
Cahors
and Genitus of
Celle-sur-Naton
(French, early hermits or monks) Bl. Joseph of Freising
(Bavarian, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 764) St. Julian Sabas the Elder of Mt.
Sinai
(Mesopotamian [from what is now part of Iraq], hermit, d. 377) St. Mildgytha of
Mercia
(British, princess, Benedictine abbess, daughter of one saint and
sister of two, d. 676) St. Nennius of Clonard
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) St. Pior (Egyptian, hermit, disciple of
St. Anthony, c. 395) St. Richimir (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 715) St. Sabinus of Piacenza
(Italian, papal legate, bishop, d. 420) Sts. Speusippus, Eleusippus, Meleusippus,
and Leonilla, of
Cappadocia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], family members, martyred in 175) St. Sulpicius of
Berry
[Sulpice] [nicknames: "le Debonnaire" and "le Pieux" (the
Pious)] (French, army chaplain, bishop of Bourges, d. 647) Bl.
Terrence Olivelli
of Como
[Teresio] (Italian, university graduate in law, volunteer fighter in Spanish
Civil War, soldier during World War II, journalist and member of Italian
Resistance movement to Fascism and Naziism, martyred [kicked and beaten in
Hersbruck, Germany] at age 29 in 1945 [beatified 2018]) Sts. Archelais, Thecla, and Susanna, of
Romagna (Italian,
virgins, tortured and martyred by beheading in 293) Bl. Beatrice of Este
(Italian, niece of another Bl. Beatrice of Este,
foundress of a convent, died at about age 32 in 1262 [beatified 1774]) Bl. Christine Ciccarelli
of Luco
[Cristina] [baptized Matthia] (Italian, prioress of Augustinian hermits, healer, visionary, died at
age 61 in 1543 [beatified 1841]) St. Day (Cornish? abbot) St. Deicolus of
Leinster
(Irish, hermit, abbot in France, died at about age 95 c. 625) St. Diarmis (Irish, abbot, 6th Century) Sts. Faustina and Liberata of Como
(Italian, biological sisters, foundresses of a convent, d. 580) St. Fazzio of Verona
(Italian, goldsmith, founder of charitable society, died at about age 82 in
1272) St. James Hilary Barbel
Cosán of Enviny
[Jaime Hilario] [baptized Manuel (Emmanuel)] (Spanish, member of Brothers of
the Christian Schools [LaSalle Brothers] teacher, catechist, went
deaf, gardener, martyred at age 39 by firing squad in 1937 [beatified 1990,
canonized 1999]) St. Leobard of Tours
(French, hermit, d. 593) St. Margaret of
Budapest
[Margit] (Hungarian, princess, in Dominican convent from age 3, nun,
mystic, miracle worker, died at about age 27 in 1270 [beatified 1789, canonized
1943]) [commemorated by some on January 26] Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce
of Torriglia
[baptized Maria Giovanna (Mary Joan)] (Italian, Augustinian nun, died at about age 66 in 1947
[beatified 1997]) Sts. Moseus and Ammonius (soldiers,
martyred in Bithynia [part of what is now Turkey] by burning in 250) Sts. Paul, Recombus, Theonas, Papias, and
thirty-two companions (Egyptian, noblemen, missionaries, martyred by
burning/beheading/crucifixion) St. Prisca of Rome
(Italian, virgin, early martyr) Blessed Marytrs of Quiché (Spanish [3] and
Guatemalan [7] ... three missionary priests and seven laymen ... martyred
(shot) during a civil war in Guatemala between 1980 and 1992 [beatified 2021])
[The martyrs' names follow:] --
[Priests of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart:] -----
Bl. Faustino Villanueva
Villanueva of Yesa
(Spanish, died at age 49) -----
Bl. John Alphonse Fernández
of Cuérigo
[Juan Alonso] (Spanish, died at age 47) -----
Bl. Joseph Mary Gran
Cirera of Barcelona
[José María] (Spanish, died at age 34) --
[Laymen:] -----
Bl. Dominic del
Barrio Batz of Ilom
[Domingo] (Guatemalan, died at age 29) -----
Bl. John Barrera
Méndez of El Tablón
[Juan] (Guatemalan, child, died at age 12) -----
Bl. Michael Tiu
Imul of La Montaña
[Miguel] (Guatemalan, died at age 50) -----
Bl. Nicholas Tum Castro
Quiatan of Cholá
[Nicolás] (Guatemalan, died at about age 35) -----
Bl. Kings Us Hernández
of Macalajau
[Reyes] (Guatemalan, died at about age 41) -----
Bl. Rosalio Benito Ixchop
of La Puerta
(Guatemalan, died at age 67) -----
Bl. Thomas Ramírez
Caba of Chajul
[Tomás] (Guatemalan, married man, died at age 45) Bl. Regina Protmann of
Braniewo
(Polish/German, founded Congregation of the Sisters of St. Catherine,
died at about age 60 in 1613 [beatified 1999]) St. Ulfrid [or Wolfred] (British,
missionary in Germany and Sweden, martyred by pagans in 1029) St. Volusian of
Tours
(French, bishop, d. 496) [From Bl. James Hilary Barbel
Cosán,
one of over 95 LaSalle Brothers
murdered during the Spanish Civil War:] God be blessed! I'll pray for all of you in
heaven. What more could I desire than to die for no other crime but that of
being a religious and for having made my contribution to the Christian
education of children? Dear father and
family, I have been judged and condemned to death. I accept the sentence with
joy. --------------------------------------------------- St. Albert of Cashel
(British, 7th Century) Bl. Andrew Grego of Peschiera
[Andrea] (Italian, Dominican friar, missionary, miracle worker,
died at about age 85 in 1485 [beatified 1820]) Bl. Anthony Fatati of Ancona [Antonio]
(Italian, bishop, d. 1484) St. Arcontius of
Viviers
(French, bishop, martyred c. 9th Century) St. Arsenius of
Constantinople
(Turkish, convert from Judaism, bishop of Corfu, died in Greece in about 959) St. Bassian of Lodi
(Sicilian, bishop, d. 413) Bl. Beatrice of Lens
[Beatrix]
(French, Cistercian
nun, c. 1216) St. Blaithmaic of Iona
(Irish, abbot, martyred [hacked to pieces] by pagan Danes in England c. 823) St. Branwallader of Jersey (Irish or Welsh, monk, bishop, 6th
Century?) King St. Canute IV [Knud] (Danish,
monarch, supporter of missionaries to the Danes, died at about age 46 in 1086
[canonized 1101]) St. Catellus of
Castellamare
(Italian, bishop, 9th Century) St. Contestus of
Bayeux
(French, bishop, c. 510) St. Fillan of Pittenweem
(Irish, monk, hermit, abbot, c. 777) St. Firminus of
Gabales
(French, bishop) St. Germanicus of
Smyrna
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], youth, martyred [thrown to beasts] in
156) St. Henry of Uppsala
(English, missionary in Scandinavia, bishop, martyred [by axe] in Finland c.
1156 [canonized 1158]) Bl. Joseph Nascimbeni of Torri di
Benaco
[Giuseppe] (Italian, parish priest, founded Little Sisters of the Holy
Family, died at age 70 in 1922 [beatified 1988]) St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
of Korczyna
[Józef] (Polish, bishop of Przemysl, died at age 82 in 1924 [beatified 1991,
canonized 2003]) [commemorated by some on March 28] St. Lomer of Corbion
(French, shepherd, hermit, abbot, d. 593) Bl. Marcellus Spinola
y Maestre of Madrid
[Marcelo] (Spanish, cardinal archbishop of Seville, died at age 71 in 1906
[beatified 1987]) Sts. Marius, Martha, Abachum, and Audifax
(Persian, parents and two children, tortured and martyred [father and sons
beheaded, mother drowned] on pilgrimage in Rome c. 270) St. Nathalan of
Aberdeen
(Scottish, bishop of Tullicht, d. 678) Sts. Paul, Gerontius, Januarius,
Saturninus, Successus, Julius, Catus, Pia, and Germana (North African, martyred
in 2nd Century) St. Pontian of Spoleto
(Italian, martyred in 169) St. Remigius of
Rouen
(French, archbishop, c. 772) St. Thomas Placidi of Cori
[Tommaso] [baptized Francesco Antonio (Francis Anthony)] (Italian, shepherd, Franciscan priest,
died at age 73 in 1729 [beatified 1786, canonized 1999]) [commemorated by some on January 11]
St. Wulstan of Worcester
(English, Benedictine prior,
bishop for 32 years, died at about age 86 in 1095 [canonized 1203]) [On English "particular calendar"] Pope St. Fabian (Italian, layman elected
to papacy in 236, reigned until martyrdom [by
beheading?] in 250) St. Sebastian of
Narbonne
(Roman born in France, soldier, martyred [beaten by clubs] in Rome c. 290) Bl. Angel Paoli of Argigliano
[Angelo] [baptized Francesco (Francis)] ["Father Charity"] (Italian, Carmelite priest, died at age 77 in 1720 [beatified
2010]) Bl. Basil Anthony Mary Moreau
of Laigné-en-Belin
[Basil-Antoine-Marie] (French, Sulpician priest, seminary professor, preacher of
missions, founded Congregation of Holy
Cross [for men] and Marianites of
Holy Cross [for women], died at age 73 in 1873 [beatified 2007]) Bl. Benedict Ricasoli
of Coltiboni
[Benedetto] (Italian, Benedictine monk, hermit, died at about age 67 in
1107 [beatified 1907]) Bl. Cyprian Tansi of Igboezum
[pre-Christian name: Iwemma-duegbunam ("Let human malice not kill
me")] [baptized Michael Iwene] (Nigerian, teacher, parish priest, later a
member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance [Trappists]
in England, died at age 60 in 1964 [beatified 1998]) [One of his parishioners
became Cardinal Francis Arinze.] Bl. Daniel of Cambron
(French, Cistercian
abbot, d. 1232) Bl. Desiderius of
Thérouanne
[Didier] (French, bishop, d. 1194) St. Eustochia Calafato-Colonna
of Santissima Annunziata
[baptized Smerelda (Emerald)] (Sicilian, noblewoman, Poor Clare abbess, born on Good Friday, died at age 56
in 1491 [incorrupt] [beatified 1782, canonized 1988]) [commemorated by some on January 19]
St. Euthymius the Great of
Melitine
(Armenian, hermit, abbot, patriarch (bishop) of Jerusalem, battled
Monophysitism, died at about age 94 in Palestine in 473) St. Fechin of Fobhar
(Irish, abbot, c. 665) Bl. John Baptist
Triquerie
of Laval
[Jean-Baptiste] (French, Franciscan
priest, martyred at about age 65 by revolutionaries in 1794 [beatified 1955])
St. Mary Christine of the Immaculate
Conception Brando
of Naples
[Maria Cristina dell'Immacolata Concezione] [baptized Adelaida] (Italian,
virgin, founded Congregation of Sisters, Expiatory Victims of Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament, died at age 49 in 1906 [beatified 2003, canonized 2015]) St. Maurus of Rome
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, bishop of Cesena, d. 946) St. Molagga of Fermoy
(Irish, abbot, c. 664) St. Neophytus of
Nicaea
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], adolescent, martyred in 310) Bl. Özséb of Esztergom
(Hungarian, nobleman, diocesan priest, hermit after retirement, founded Order of St. Paul the Hermit (Hermits of the
Holy Cross), died at about age 70 in 1270 [beatified 2009]) St. Wulsi [also known as Wulfsi] (English,
hermit, 11th Century) St. Wulstan of Icentum [also
known as Wolstan and Wulfstan] (English, monk-priest, bishop of Worcester, died
at about age 86 in 1095 [canonized 1203]) St. Agnes of Rome
(Italian, adolescent virgin, tortured and martyred in 254 or 304) Bl. Anthony Swiadek of Pobiedziska
[Antoni] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age
35 in 1945 [beatified 1999]) St. Brigid of Kilbride
(Irish, virgin, 6th Century) Bl. Edward Stransham of Oxford (English,
priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1586
[beatified 1929]) St. Epiphanius of
Pavia
(Italian, bishop, champion of the poor, miracle worker, died at about age 57 in
496) Sts. Fructuosus, Augurius, and Eulogius, of
Tarragona
(Spanish, bishop and deacons, martyred by burning in 259) Bl. Josepha Mary of St. Agnes Albiñana
of Beniganim
[Josefa María de Santa Inés] [baptized Inés (Agnes)] (Spanish, discalced Augustinian hermitess,
died at about age 70 in 1696 [beatified 1888]) St. Lawdog (Welsh, 6th Century) St. Maccallin of
Waulsort
(Irish, Benedictine
hermit, abbot, d. 978) St. Meinrad of Einsiedeln
(German, Benedictine
hermit, died in Switzerland in 861) Bl. Nicholas Woodfen
of Leominster
[alias Wheeler]
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I at
about age 36 in 1586 [beatified 1987]) St. Patroclus of
Troyes
(French, martyred by beheading c. 279) St. Publius (Maltese, prominent man known
to St. Paul [Acts 28:7-10], bishop, martyred c. 112) [Memorial on Maltese "particular calendar" for January 22] Bl. Thomas Green of Oxford
[alias Reynolds]
(English, diocesan priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Charles I
at about age 80 in 1642 [beatified 1929]) St. Vimin of Holywood
(Scottish, bishop, 6th Century) St. Vincent of Zaragoza
(Spanish, deacon, tortured and martyred in 304) St. Blaesilla of Rome
(Italian, widow, disciple of St. Jerome, died at about age 20 in 383) St. Brithwold of
Sarum
(British, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Ramsbury for fifty years, d. 1045) St. Dominic of Sora
[Domenico] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 80 in 1031) Sts. Francis Gil de
Federich of Tortosa
[Francisco] and Matthew Alphonse Leciniana of Navas del Rey [Mateo
Alonso] (Spanish, Dominican priests, missionaries in Philippines,
martyred [both at about age 42] by beheading in Vietnam in 1744 and 1745
[beatified 1906, canonized 1988]) St. Gaudentius of
Novara
(Italian, bishop, c. 418) Bl. Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann
of Dunakiliti
[László] (Hungarian, layman, husband and father, died at about age 60 in
Austria in 1931 [beatified 2003]) Bl. Laura Vicuña of Santiago
(Chilean, virgin, died in Argentina at age 12 [illness and abuse] in 1904 [beatified
1988]) St. Valerius of
Zaragoza
(Spanish, bishop, d. 315) St. Vincent Pallotti of Rome
[Vincenzo] (Italian, priest, teacher, exorcist, healer, founder of Society
of Catholic Apostolate [Pallottines], died at age 54 in 1850
[beatified 1950, canonized 1963]) St. Vincent of Digne
(African, bishop in France, d. 380) Sts. Vincent, Orontius, and Victor, of
Cimiez
(French, two brothers and companion, preachers, martyred in 305) Bl. Walter of Himmerode
[Gautier] (Belgian, crusading knight, Cistercian priest, d. 1222) Bl. William Joseph Chaminade
of Perigeux
[Guillaume-Joseph] (French, 14th of 15 children, priest, university teacher,
chaplain, co-founder of Daughters of
Mary Immaculate and Society of Mary [Marianists], died at age
88 in 1850 [beatified 2000]) Bl. William Patenson of Durham
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1592
[beatified 1929]) [A
motto of St. Vincent Pallotti:] Not the goods of the world, but God. Not riches, but God. Not honors, but God. Not distinction, but God. Not dignities, but God. Not advancement, but God. God always and in
everything. [In
the United States of America, January 22, as the anniversary of the disastrous
"Roe v. Wade" Supreme Court decision decriminalizing abortion, is
"a day of penance [violet vestments] for violations to the dignity of the
human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full
restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life" (quoting the
GIRM).] --------------------------------------------------- Sts. Agathangelus of Rome and
Clement of
Ancyra
(Italian and Galatian [from what is now part of Turkey], deacon and bishop,
martyred c. 309) St. Amasius of Teano
(Greek, bishop in Italy, d. 356) St. Asclas of Antinoe
(Egyptian, martyred by drowning c. 287) Bl. Benedetta Bianchi
Porro of Dovadola
(Italian, laywoman, died at age 27 in 1964 [beatified 2019]) Bl. Bernard of Lyonnais
(French, nobleman, army officer of Charlemagne, Benedictine abbot, archbishop of Vienne, died at
about age 63 in 842 [beatified 1907]) Bl. Bernard of Lippe
[Bernhard] (German, Cistercian abbot, bishop of Semgallen, d. 1217) St. Colman of Lismore
(Irish, bishop, c. 702) St. Emerentiana of Rome
(Italian, catechumen who received "baptism of blood," foster-sister
of St. Agnes, virgin, martyred by stoning [for praying at Agnes's tomb] c. 304) St. Eusebius of
Mount Coryphe
(Syrian, hermit, 4th Century) St. Ildephonsus of
Toledo
(Spanish, nobleman, abbot, archbishop, Marian writer, died at about age 60 in
667) St. John the Almsgiver of
Arnathus
(Cypriot, patriarch [bishop] of Alexandria, died at about age 66 c. 619) St. Lufthildis of
Cologne
(German, hermitess, c. 850) St. Maimbod (Irish, pilgrim, missionary,
died in France c. 880) St. Marianne Cope of
Heppenheim
[baptized Barbara, surname originally spelled "Koob"] (German,
immigrant in childhood, naturalized American, factory worker, member and
provincial superior of the Sisters of Saint Francis in New York, served
lepers on Hawaiian island of Molokai for 35 years [2 years with St. Damien],
died at age 80 in 1918 [beatified 2005, canonized 2012]) [commemorated by some on January 22] St. Martyrius of
Valeria
(Italian, hermit, martyred in 6th Century) St. Mary of Jesus Santocanale
of Palermo
[Maria di Gesù] [baptized Carolina] (Italian, virgin, founded Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes,
died at age 70 in 1923 [beatified 2016, canonized 2022]) Bl. Nicholas Gross
of Niederwenigern-an-der-Ruhr [Nikolaus] (German, layman, father, union
activist, opponent of Nazis, martyred by hanging at age 46 in 1945 [beatified
2001]) St. Ormond of Mairé
(French, abbot, 6th Century) St. Parmenas (Israelite? one of the seven
original deacons [Acts 6:5], martyred in Macedonia c. 98) Sts. Severian and Aquila (African,
possibly husband and wife, early martyrs) St. Francis de Sales of Thorens
[François] (French, lawyer, spiritual director, missionary to Protestants,
bishop of Geneva in Switzerland, prolific and outstanding writer of treatises
and letters, co-founder of Order of the
Visitation, Doctor of the Church, died at age 55 in 1622 [incorrupt]
[beatified 1662, canonized 1665]) Sts. Babylas, Urban, Prilidian, and
Epolonius, of
Antioch
(Syrian, patriarch [bishop] and disciples, martyred c. 260) St. Bertrand of
Saint-Quentin
(French, missionary, Benedictine abbot, 7th Century) St. Cadoc (Scottish, bishop, martyred c.
580) Bl. Cajetana Tolomeo
of Catanzaro Sala [Gaetana] ["Nuccia" (Little One)] (Italian, virgin, suffered a
progressive and deforming paralysis, spiritual advisor, died at age 60 in 1997
[beatified 2021]) St. Exuperantius of
Cingoli
(African, bishop in Italy, 5th Century) Sts. Felician of
Foligno
and Messalina (Italian, bishop and virgin, tortured and martyred [Felician at
age 94] in 254) Bl.
Felix O'Dullany of
Jerpoint (Irish, Cistercian monk, bishop of Ossory, d. 1202) St. Guasacht of
Granard
(Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, 4th Century) St. Macedonius Kritophagos
["kritophagos" means barley-eater] (Syrian, hermit, lived 40 years on
barley and water, c. 430) Bl. Marcolino Amanni
of Forli
(Italian, Dominican
friar for 70 years, mystic, died at about age 80 in 1397
[beatified 1750]) Sts. Mardonius, Musonius, Eugene, and
Metellus (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred by burning c. 305) Bl. Marie Poussepin of
Dourdan
(French, Dominican
nun, died at age 90 in 1744 [beatified 1994]) Blessed Martyrs of Podlasie [also called
"Martyrs of Pratulin"] (Polish, 13 laymen, Byzantine Catholics who
resisted forced conversion to Russian Orthodoxy, martyred [shot] by Russian
soldiers in 1874 [beatified 1996]) Bl. Steven Grelewski of Dwikozy
[Stefan] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age
41 in 1941 [beatified 1999]) St. Suranus of Sora
(Italian, abbot, c. 580) Sts. Thyrsus and Projectus (early martyrs) Bl. William Ireland of Lincolnshire
[alias Iremonger] and Bl. John Grove (Irish and English, Jesuit priest
[about age 42] and his servant, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1679
[beatified 1929]) St. Xenia the Merciful and two companions
(martyred in 450) St. Zama of Bologna
(Italian, bishop, c. 268) [Snippets from the writings and letters of
St. Francis de
Sales:] "Do not look forward to what may
happen tomorrow. The same Everlasting Father, who takes care of you today, will
take care of you tomorrow. He will either shield you from suffering, or give
you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all anxious
thoughts and imaginations." "Nothing makes us so prosperous in
this world as to give alms." "Let us run to Mary, and, as her
little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence. " "Oh, what remorse we shall feel at
the end of our lives, when we look back upon the great number of instructions
and examples afforded by God and the Saints for our perfection, and so
carelessly received by us! If this end were to come to you today, how would you
be pleased with the life you have led this year?" "We must fear God out of love, not
love Him out of fear." "In the royal galley of divine Love,
there is no galley slave: all rowers are volunteers." "There are many who say to the Lord,
'I give myself wholly to Thee, without any reserve,' but there are few who
embrace the practice of this abandonment, which consists in receiving with a
certain indifference every sort of event, as it happens in conformity with
Divine Providence, as well afflictions as consolations, contempt and reproaches
as honor and glory." "Our business is to love what God
would have done. He wills our vocation as it is. Let us love that and not
trifle away our time hankering after other people's vocations." "The highest degree of meekness
consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those
who are not to our taste, and who show themselves unfriendly, ungrateful, and
troublesome to us." "To be pleased at correction and
reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults
for which he is corrected and reproved. And, therefore, it is a great sign of
advancement in perfection. "Do not lose courage in considering
your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them." "Consider all the past as nothing,
and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God." --------------------------------------------------- St. Ananias of Damascus
(Syrian, healed blindness of Saul of Tarsus and baptized him [Acts 9:10-19],
martyred in 1st Century) St. Apollo of Heliopolis
(Egyptian, hermit, abbot, c. 395) St. Artemas of Pozzuoli
(Italian, early martyr) St. Bretannion of Tomi
(bishop in Eastern Europe, c. 380) Sts. Donatus, Sabinus, and Agape (early
martyrs) St. Dwynwen of Anglesey
(Welsh, princess, nun, c. 460) Bl. Emmanuel Domingo
y Sol of Tortosa
[Manuel] (Spanish, parish priest, founded Congregation of Diocesan Workers
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 72 in 1909 [beatified 1987]) St. Eochod of Galloway
(Irish, missionary in Britain, d. 597) Bl. Francis Zirano of Sassari
[Francesco] (Italian, Franciscan priest in Algeria, martyred [flayed] by
Moslems at about age 38 in 1603 [beatified 2014]) St. Joel of Pulsano
[Gioele] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1185) Sts. Juventinus and Maximinus of
Antioch
(soldiers, martyred in Syria in 363) St. Poppo of Stavelot
(Belgian, soldier, Benedictine abbot in France, emperor's advisor,
died at about age 69 in 1048) Sts. Praejectus of
Clermont
and Amarinus of
Volvic
(French ... bishop and Benedictine abbot ... martyred by stabbing in 676) St. Publius of Zeugma
(Roman? hermit, abbot in Syria, c. 380) St. Racho of Autun
(French, bishop, c. 660) Bl. Teresa Michel of Spinetta
Marengo
[baptized Maria Antonia, nee Grillo Chavez]
(Italian, widow, founded Daughters of Providence, died at age 88 in 1944
[beatified 1998]) Sts. Timothy and Titus (disciples of St.
Paul of Tarsus) [commemorated in Australia on January 23] -----
St. Timothy of
Ephesus
(Lycaonian [from what is now part of Turkey], assistant and spiritual
"son" of St. Paul, bishop, martyred by stoning in 97)
St. Alberic of
Cîteaux
[Aubrey] (French, hermit, Benedictine prior, co-founder and first abbot of
Cistercian order, c. 1108) [commemorated by some on August 26] St. Alphonsus of
Astorga
(Spanish, bishop, Benedictine monk, 9th Century) St. Ansurius of
Orense
(Spanish, bishop, Benedictine monk, d. 925) St. Athanasius of
Sorrento
(Italian, bishop) St. Augustine Erlandsson
of Nidaros
[Eystein] (Norwegian, king's chaplain, archbishop, died at about age 67 in
1188) Bl. Boleslawa Maria Lament
of Lowicz
(Polish, virgin, founded Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy
Family, died at age 83 in 1946 [beatified 1991]) St. Conan of Iona
(Scottish or Irish, bishop of Isle of Man, c. 648) Bl. Gabriel Mary Allegra
of San Giovanni la Punta
[Gabriele Maria] [baptized/confirmed Giovanni Stefano (John Stephen)] (Italian,
Franciscan missionary priest in China, scripture scholar
[first ever to translate entire Bible into Chinese], retreat master, died at
age 68 in 1976 [beatified 2012]) Bl. Michael Kozal of Ligota
[Michal] (Polish, auxiliary bishop, arrested by Nazis, martyred [ill treatment]
at Dachau camp in Germany at age 49 in 1943 [beatified 1987]) St. Paula of Rome
(Italian, noblewoman, mother of five (two saints), widow, disciple of St.
Jerome, died at about age 56 in Bethlehem in 404) St. Theofrid of
Corbie
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 690) St. Theogenes and 36 companions, of
Hippona
(African, bishop and flock, martyred in 258) St. Tortgith of
Barking
(British, Benedictine
nun, visionary, c. 700) St. Angela de' Merici of Desenzano
(Italian, orphan, Franciscan tertiary, visionary, foundress of Institute
of St. Ursula [Ursuline Sisters], died at age 65 in 1540 [incorrupt]
[beatified 1768, canonized 1807]) St. Candida of Bañoles
(Spanish, widow, c. 798) Sts. Datius, Julian, Vincent, and 27
companions (African, martyred by Arians in 5th or 6th Century) St. Devota of Macinaggio
(Corsican, virgin, martyred [racked to death] c. 303) St. Emerius of Bañoles
(Spanish, Benedictine
abbot, 8th Century) Bl. Gamelbert of
Michaelsbuch
(Bavarian, shepherd, parish priest for fifty years, died at about age 80 c. 800
[beatified 1909]) Bl.
George Matulaitis [or Matulewicz] of
Lugin
[Jerzy (Polish), Jurgis (Lithuanian)] (Lithuanian, orphaned peasant, priest in
Poland, teacher in Russia, renewed Marian Order, founded Congregation
of Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, founded Sisters Servants of
Jesus in the Eucharist, archbishop in Lithuania, died at age 55 in 1927
[beatified 1987]) St. Gilduin of Dol
(French, priest, died at about age 25 in 1077) St. Henry de Osso y Cervello of
Vinebre
[Enrique] (Spanish, priest, teacher, founder of Institute of Josephine
Sisters, founder of Missionary Congregation of St. Teresa [Teresians],
died at age 55 in 1896 [beatified 1979, canonized 1993]) Bl. John of Warneton
[Jean] (French, bishop of Therouanne, d. 1130) Bl. John Schiavo of Sant'Urbano
de Montecchio Maggiore
[João] (Italian, priest of the Congregation
of Saint Joseph, died in Brazil at age 63 in 1967 [beatified 2017]) St. Julian of Sora
(Dalmatian [from part of what is now Croatia], martyred by beheading in Italy
c. 150) St. Julian of Rome
(Italian, nobleman, bishop of Le Mans in France, hermit, martyred in 3rd
Century) St. Lupus of Châlons
(French, bishop, c. 610) Bl. Marius of Bodon
(French, abbot, c. 555) Bl. Michael Pini of Florence
[Michele] (Italian, Medici courtier, Camaldolese priest, hermit, prophet, died at about
age 77 in 1522) St. Natalis of Ulster
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) Bl. Paul Joseph Nardini
of Germersheim
[Paul Josef] (German, diocesan priest, founded Congregation of the
Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family [Mallersdorfers], died
[pneumonia] at age 40 in 1862 [beatified 2006]) St. Reatrus and companions (African, early
martyrs) St. Theodoric of
Orléans
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 1022) Pope St. Vitalian of
Segni
(Italian, elected to papacy in 657, reigned until
death in 672) [From St. Angela:] "If any person,
because of his state in life, cannot do without wealth and position, let him at
least keep his heart empty of the love of them." --------------------------------------------------- St. Thomas Aquinas of Roccasecca
[Tommaso d'Aquino]
["The Dumb Ox," "The Angelic Doctor"] (Italian, Dominican priest,
philosopher, theologian, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 48 in 1274) Bl. Amadeus of Chattes
[Amédée] (French, son of Bl. Amadeus of Clermont, Cistercian abbot, bishop of Lausanne, died at about
age 49 in 1159 [beatified 1903]) St. Antimus of Brantôme
(French, Benedictine
abbot, 8th Century) Bl. Anthony Migliorati of Amandola
[Antonio] (Italian, Augustinian hermit, died at about age 95 in 1450
[beatified 1759]) Bl. Bartholomew Aiutamicristo of Pisa
[Bartolomeo] (Italian, Camaldolese brother, constantly prayed "Help
me, o Christ" [Aiuta mi, Cristo], hermit, d. 1224 [beatified 1857]) St. Cannera of Inis Cathaig
(Irish, hermitess, c. 530) Bl. Charlemagne (French, first Holy Roman
emperor, died at age 71 in 814) St. Flavian of Civita Vecchia
(Italian, public official, martyred c. 304) Bl. Giles of Lorenzana
[Egidio] (Italian, farmhand, Franciscan brother, hermit, died at about age 75
in 1518 [beatified 1880]) St. Glastian of
Kinglassie
(Scottish, bishop of Fife, d. 830) St. James the Anchorite (Palestinian,
hermit, lived in a sepulchre, 6th Century) Bl. James the Almsgiver of
Citta delle Pieve
[Giacomo] (Italian, priest, ran hospital, d. 1304 [beatified 1806]) Sts. Jerome Lu
Ting-Mei of
Mo-Kou
and Laurence Wang Bing of
Gui-Yang
(Chinese, catechists, tortured and martyred [beheaded] at ages 47 and 56 in
1858 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000]) St. John of Réomé
(French, hermit, abbot, died at about age 113 c. 544) St. John the Sage of
Malmesbury
(English, 11th Century) St. Joseph Freinademetz of Pedraces
["Joseph of Shantung"] (Austrian, priest, missionary of the Society
of the Divine Word in China, died at age 55 in
1908 [beatified 1975, canonized 2003]) St. Julian of Burgos
(Spanish, bishop of Cuenca, died at about age 81 in 1208) Bl. Julian Maunoir of
Saint-Georges-de-Reitembault [Julien] ["Apostle to
Brittany"] (French, Jesuit priest, home missioner, died at age 76
in 1683 [beatified 1951]) Sts. Leonidas and companions (Egyptian,
martyred in 304) Bl. Mary of Pisa
[Maria] [baptized Caterina (Catherine), nee Mancini]
(Italian, noblewoman, widowed [as Maria Bonacini] at
age 16, remarried, widowed [as Maria Spezzalaste] at
age 24, mother of seven [six of whom died in childhood], Dominican tertiary, prioress, died at about age
75 in 1431 [beatified 1855]) Bl. Moses Tovini of Cividate
Camuno
[Mosè] (Italian, diocesan priest, seminary professor, avid teacher of
catechism, died at age 52 in 1930 [beatified 2006]) Bl. Odo of Beauvais
(French, soldier, Benedictine abbot, bishop, died at about age 79 in
880) St. Palladius of
Antioch
(Syrian, hermit, c. 390) St. Paulinus of
Cividale
(Italian, farmer, bishop of Aquileia, theologian, died at about age 77 in 804) St. Peter Nolasco of
Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles
[Pierre] (French, nobleman, co-founder of Order of Our Lady of Mercy [Mercedarians],
died at age 76 in 1258 [canonized 1628]) Bl. Peter Thomas of Breil
[Pierre] (French, diplomat, Carmelite
priest, bishop in Italy, archbishop of Candia in Crete, Latin Patriarch
[archbishop] of Constantinople, worked for Christian unity, died on Cyprus at
about age 60 in 1366 [beatified 1608]) St. Richard of Vaucelles
(English, Cistercian
abbot in France, d. 1169) Bl. Richard the Sacristan of
Dundrennan
(English, Cistercian
monk, c. 1142) Sts. Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus, of
Apollonia
(Phrygian [from what is now part of Turkey], martyred in 251) [From St. Thomas Aquinas:] "Believing is an act of the intellect
assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through
grace." "Most loving Lord, grant me a
steadfast heart which no unworthy desire may drag downwards; an unconquered
heart which no hardship may wear out; an upright heart which no worthless
purpose may ensnare. Impart to me also, O God, the understanding to know you,
the diligence to seek you, a way of life to please you, and a faithfulness that
may embrace you, through Jesus Christ, my Lord.
Amen." "Hence we must say that for the
knowledge of any truth whatsoever man needs divine help, that the intellect may
be moved by God to its act. But he does
not need a new light added to his natural light, in order to know the truth in
all things, but only in some that surpasses his natural knowledge." --------------------------------------------------- St. Aquilinus of
Milan
(Bavarian, itinerant preacher, martyred by an Arian's sword in Italy in 650) St. Blath of Kildare
(Irish, nun, cook, d. 523) Bl. Bronislaw Markiewicz
of Pruchnik
(Polish, diocesan parish priest, Salesian, served hundreds of orphans,
died [tuberculosis] at age 69 in 1912 [beatified 2005]) St. Caesarius of
Angoulême
(French, deacon, 1st Century) Bl.
Charles of
Sayn
(Belgian, soldier, Cistercian abbot, d. 1212) St. Constantius and companions, of
Perugia
(Italian, bishop and flock, martyred in 170) St. Dallan Forghaill of Connaught
(Irish, nobleman, bard, d. 598) St. Gildas the Wise of
Rhuys
(British, nobleman, historian, hermit, abbot, died in France at about age 54 c.
570) Sts. Papias and Maurus of Rome
(Italian, soldiers, martyred c. 303) St. Sabinian of
Troyes
(Greek, missionary, martyred by beheading in France c. 275) Sts. Sarbellius and Barbea of
Edessa
(Mesopotamian, converted pagan priest and his sister, tortured and martyred in
101) St. Sulpicius of Rome
(Italian, widower, bishop of Bourges in France, d. 591) St. Triphina of
Brittany
(French, widow, 6th Century) St. Valerius of
Trier
(French, bishop, c. 320) Bl. Villana of Botti
(Italian, wife, Dominican tertiary, visionary, died at about age
28 in 1361 [beatified 1824]) St. Voloc (Irish, missionary bishop in
Scotland, c. 724) St. Adelelmus of
Laudun
(French, manservant, soldier, Benedictine abbot, c. 1100) St. Agrippinus of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, bishop, c. 180) St. Aldegundis of
Maubeuge
(French, daughter of two saints, sister of another, Benedictine abbess, died at about age 50 in 684) St. Alexander (elderly man, martyred by
crucifixion in 3rd Century) Bl. Amnichad of
Fulda
(Irish or Scottish, Benedictine monk in Germany, hermit, d. 1043) St. Armentarius of
Antibes
(French, bishop, c. 450) St. Armentarius of
Pavia
(Italian, bishop, c. 711) St. Barses of Edessa (Syrian,
bishop, died in Egypt c. 379) St. Barsimaeus of
Edessa
(Syrian, bishop, martyred c. 114) St. Bathildis of
Chelles
(British, queen of France, mother of three kings, widow, Benedictine, d.
680) Sts. Felician, Philippian, and 124 companions
(African, early martyrs) Bl. Haberilla of
Mehrerau
(Swiss, nun, c. 1100) St. Hippolytus of
Antioch
(Syrian, martyred c. 250) St. Hyacinth Mariscotti
of Vignorello
[Giacinta] [baptized Clarice] (Italian, noblewoman, Franciscan sister, died at about age 55 in 1640
[beatified 1726, canonized 1807]) St. Martina of Rome
(Italian, virgin, martyred in 228) Bl. Mary Bolognesi of Bosaro
[Maria] (Italian, illegitimate and impoverished child, laywoman devoted to service of poor and sick, mystic, died at age 55 in 1980 [beatified 2013]) St. Mucian Mary Wiaux
of Mellet
[Mutien-Marie] [baptized Louis] ["The Praying Brother"] (Belgian,
member of Christian Brothers, elementary school teacher, died at age 75
in 1917 [beatified 1977, canonized 1989]) St. Savina of Milan
(Italian, matron, d. 311) Bl. Sebastian Valfrè
of Verduno
[Sebastiano] (Italian, Oratorian priest, spiritual director, died at
age 80 in 1710 [beatified 1834]) Bl. Sigmund Pisarski of Krasnystaw
[Zygmunt] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Gdeszyn [Poland] at
age 40 in 1943 [beatified 1999]) St. Tudy (Welsh, virgin, 5th Century) St. John Bosco of Becchi
[Giovanni Melchiore (John Melchior)] [often called "Don Bosco"]
(Italian, priest, teacher of boys, founder of Society of Salesians,
founder of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, died at age 72 in
1888 [beatified 1929, canonized 1934]) St. Aidan of Connaught
(Irish, bishop of Ferns, miracle worker, died at about age 81 in 632) [On Irish "particular calendar" on January 30] St. Athanasius of
Catania
(Sicilian, Basilian
monk in Greece, bishop of Modon, c. 885) St. Bobinus of Aquitaine
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Troyes, c. 766) Bl. Candelaria of St. Joseph Paz Castillo
Ramírez of Altagracia de Orituco [Candelaria de San José]
[baptized Susana] (Venezuelan, foundress of Third
Order of Regular Carmelites [now called Venezuelan
Carmelite Sisters], cared for the sick, died at age 76 in 1940 [beatified 2008]) Sts. Cyrus and John of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, physicians, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 303) St. Eusebius of
Saint Gall
(Irish, Benedictine
monk in Switzerland, hermit, martyred by a farmer's scythe in
884) St. Francis Xavier Bianchi
of Arpino
[Francesco Saverio] (Italian, Barnabite priest, college president, miracle
worker, died at age 71 in 1815 [beatified 1893, canonized 1951]) St. Geminian of
Modena
(Italian, bishop, d. 348) Bl. John Angelus of
Venice
[Giovanni] (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 1050) St. Julius of Novara
(Italian, priest, c. 390) Bl. Louis Talamoni of Monza
[Luigi] (Italian, diocesan priest, founded Congregation of the Merciful Sisters
of St. Gerard [Misericordines], died at age 77 in 1926 [beatified
2004]) Bl. Louise Albertoni of Rome
[Luisa] (Italian, mother of three, widow, Franciscan tertiary, died at about age 59 in 1533
[beatified 1671]) St. Madoes (Scottish?) St. Marcella of Rome
(Italian, noblewoman, widow, disciple of St. Jerome, died at about age 85 in
410) St. Martin Manuel of
Auranca
(Portuguese, priest, martyred by Moslems in Spain in 1156) Bl. Mary Christine Caroline Josephine
Cajetana Elise of
Cagliari
[Maria Cristina Carolina Giuseppina Gaetana Elisa] [also known as Maria Cristina di Savoia] (Sardinian/Austrian, renowned for virtues, married king of the Two Sicilies, died at age 23 [just after childbirth] in 1836 [beatified 2014]) St. Metranus of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, martyred c. 250) St. Nicetas of Kiev
(Ukrainian, monk, bishop of Novgorod, d. 1107) Bl. Paula Costa of Brescia
[Paola] [nee Gambara]
(Italian, married woman, Franciscan tertiary, died at age 51 in 1515
[beatified 1845]) Sts. Saturninus, Thyrsus, and Victor, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, martyred c. 250) Sts. Tarcisius, Zoticus, Cyriacus, and
companions, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, early martyrs) St. Tryphaena of
Cyzicus
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], married woman, tortured and martyred
[gored by savage bull]) St. Ulphia of Amiens (French, hermitess, nun, d. 995?) [From St. John Bosco to
his youthful companions:] "Fly from bad companions as from the
bite of a poisonous snake. If you keep good companions, I can assure you that
you will one day rejoice with the blessed in Heaven; whereas if you keep with
those who are bad, you will become bad yourself, and you will be in danger of
losing your soul." "Enjoy yourself as much as you like
-- if only you keep from sin." "Do you want our Lord to give you
many graces? Visit him often. Do you want him to give you few graces? Visit him
seldom. Visits to the Blessed Sacrament are powerful and indispensable means of
overcoming the attacks of the devil. Make frequent visits to Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament and the devil will be powerless against you." [From St. John Bosco to
his fellow Salesians:] "See that no one finds you motivated
by impetuosity or willfulness. It is difficult to keep calm when administering
punishment, but this must be done if we are to keep ourselves from showing off
our authority or spilling out our anger. Let us regard those boys over whom we
have some authority as our own sons. Let us place ourselves in their service.
Let us be ashamed to assume an attitude of superiority. Let us not rule over
them except for the purpose of serving them better. This was the method that
Jesus used with the apostles. He put up with their ignorance and roughness and
even their infidelity. He treated sinners with a kindness and affection that
caused some to be shocked, others to be scandalized and still others to hope
for God's mercy. And so he bade us to be gentle and humble of heart." --------------------------------------------
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On January 1, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Solemnity
of Mary, the Mother of God. It is also the Church's yearly World Day of
Peace.
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On
January 2, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
----- St. Basil ["Father of Eastern Monasticism"] (son of two saints
and brother of four, metropolitan [archbishop], writer of great monastic rule
of the East, died at about age 50 in 379)
----- St. Gregory [also called "Gregory Nazianzen" and "Gregory
the Theologian"] (son of two saints and brother of two, bishop of
Nazianzos, theologian, died at about age 61 in 389)
On
January 3, we members of the Catholic Church family pay honor to the Holy
Name of Jesus.
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On
January 4, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Angela of
Foligno
(Italian, widow, Franciscan tertiary, mystic, died at age 60 in
1309 [beatified 1693, canonized 2013]) [commemorated by some on January 7]
On
January 5, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
Bl. Alacrinus of
Casamari
[Alacrino] (Italian, Cistercian
prior, papal legate, d. 1216)
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On
January 6, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Solemnity
of the Epiphany of the Lord Jesus. (The feast is transferred to the Sunday
between January 2 and 8 in some countries, including the United States.)
Holy Martyrs of Africa (of uncertain
number and anonymous, martyred by burning c. 210)
[Christians celebrate this or
another day in January as a commemoration of the Magi, traditionally known as
Sts. Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar.]
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On
January 7, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Aldric of Le
Mans
(German, bishop in France, d. 856)
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On
January 8, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
On
January 9, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 10, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 11, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 12, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 13, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Agrecius of
Trier
(French, bishop, c. 333)
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On
January 14, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 15, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
On
January 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
[About the First Franciscan Martyrs ...
They were scourged until their ribs were visible.
Then they had boiled oil and vinegar poured into the wounds.
Then their bodies were rolled on sharp stones and pottery fragments.
Then their heads were split in two by a sword.
Their relics were ransomed and are now in the Monastery of the Holy Cross in
Coimbra, Portugal.]
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On
January 17, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
Sts. Achillas and Amoes
["Flowers of the Desert"] (Egyptian, hermits, 4th Century)
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On
January 18, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
On
January 19, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 20, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
On
January 21, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Alban Roe of Bury
Saint Edmunds
[baptized Bartholomew] (English, Benedictine priest, martyred [drawn, hanged,
quartered] under Charles I at about age 62 in 1642 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])
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On
January 22, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Anastasius [pre-Christian name:
Magundat] (Persian, soldier, monk, martyred by strangling in 628)
On
January 23, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 24, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Artemius of
Clermont
(Roman? bishop in France, c. 400)
----- Bl. Anicletus Hryciuk
of Zaczopki
[Anicet] (unmarried layman, died at about age 18)
----- Bl. Bartholomew Osypiuk
of Bohukaly
[Bartlomiej] (married man, father of two, died at age 30)
----- Bl. Constantine Bojko
of Derlo
[Konstanty] (married man, died at age 48)
----- Bl. Constantine Lukaszuk
of Zaczopki
[Konstanty] (married man, died at age 45)
----- Bl. Daniel Karmasz
of Legi
(married man, died at age 47)
----- Bl. Ignatius Franczuk
of Derlo
[Ignacy] (married man, father of seven, died at about age 49)
----- Bl. John Andrzejuk
of Drelów
[Jan] (married man, died at age 25)
----- Bl. Luke Bojko
of Zaczopki
[Lukasz] (unmarried layman, died at age 21)
----- Bl. Maxim Hawryluk
of Bohukaly
[Maksym] (married man, died at age 33)
----- Bl. Michael Wawryszuk
of Derlo
[Michal] (married man, died at about age 20)
----- Bl. Onufry Wasyluk
of Zaczopki
(died at about age 20)
----- Bl. Philip Geryluk
of Zaczopki
[Filip] (married man, father, died at age 43)
----- Bl. Vincent Lewoniuk
of Krzyczew
[Wincenty] (married man, died at age 24)
On
January 25, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Feast of the
Conversion of St. Paul. We also honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 26, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
----- St. Titus of
Gortyna
(Cretan, disciple and secretary of St. Paul, bishop, c. 96)
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On
January 27, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
St. Avitus (African, bishop in
Canary Islands, martyred)
On
January 28, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
Holy Martyrs of Alexandria
(Egyptian, members of flock of St. Athanasius, martyred by Arian heretics in
356)
On
January 29, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 30, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
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On
January 31, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Adamnan of
Coldingham
(Irish, Benedictine monk, c. 680
[beatified 1898])
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