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Optional Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Saint Anthony of Padua

Also known as

• Antonio da Padova
• Evangelical Doctor

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Anthony's wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan. Priest.

When the remains of Saint Berard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony was moved to leave his order, enter the Friars Minor, and go to Morocco to evangelize. Shipwrecked at Sicily, he joined some other brothers who were going to the church in Portiuncula. Lived in a cave at San Paolo leaving only to attend Mass and sweep the nearby monastery. One day when a scheduled speaker failed to appear, the brothers pressed him into speaking. He impressed them so that he was thereafter constantly travelling, evangelizing, preaching, and teaching theology through Italy and France.

A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues; legend says that even the fish loved to listen. Miracle worker. One of the most beloved of saints, his images and statues are found everywhere - though none of them portray him as a heavy-set man, which some reports claim he was. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946.

One source of the well-known patronage for the recovery of lost objects comes from a legend that, long after Anthony's death, his old prayer book was kept as a treasured relic, and one day it disappeared. People prayed for help in finding the lost item, a novice found it and returned it; he later admitted that he had "borrowed" the book and returned it after receiving a vision of an angry Anthony.

Born

1195 at Lisbon, Portugal

Died

• 13 June 1231 of natural causes
• buried on the Tuesday following his death in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Padua, Italy
• legend says that all the sick who visited his new grave were healed

Canonized

30 May 1232 by Pope Gregory IX at Spoleto, Italy

Patronage

• against barrenness or sterility
• against shipwreck
• against starvation; starving people
• American Indians
• amputees
• animals, both wild and domestic
• asses
• boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen
• elderly people
• expectant mothers, pregnant women
• for faith in the Blessed Sacrament
• fishermen
• for harvests
• horses
• lost articles, seekers of lost articles
• mail
• oppressed people
• paupers, poor people
• swineherds
• travel hostesses
• travellers
• Brazil
• Portugal
• Tigua Indians
• 4 dioceses, 17 cities

Representation

• Infant Jesus (referring to his vision)
• book
• bread
• Christ-child in his arms
• Christ-child on a book
• fire in his hand
• fire on his breast
• Franciscan habit
• kneeling mule
• lily

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Readings

The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when they might wish to do so. Yet they are always ready to exchange the quiet of contemplation for the works of mercy as soon as they perceive intheir heart the invitation of Christ. - Saint Anthony of Padua

Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak. We are full of words but empty of actions, and therefore are cursed by the Lord, since he himself cursed the fig tree when he found no fruit but only leaves. It is useless for a man to flaunt his knowledge of the law if he undermines its teaching by his actions.

But the apostles "spoke as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech." Happy the man whose words issue from the Holy Spirit and not from himself!

We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfillment, insofar as he infuses us with his grace, by using our bodily senses in a perfect manner by keeping the commandments. Likewise we shall request that we may be filled with a keen sense of sorrow and with fiery tongues for confessing the faith so our deserved reward may be to stand in the blazing splendor of the saints and to look upon the triune God. - from a sermon by Saint Anthony of Padua

Not without a long procession does the devil wish the sinner to be carried to his grave, and therefore he arranges the file after the usual maimer: Ambition carries the cross, Detraction the incense, Oppression the holy - or rather the cursed - water, Hypocrisy bears the lights. There are two chanters: one is the Fallacious Confidence of living a long time, and he sings, Requiem aeternam - you still have abundant time; the other is Presumption as to the Divine Mercy, and he sings, In Paradisnm le ducant angeli. Pride celebrates the office. Then follow Vain-Glory on the right, Envy on the left, and, walking after, Anger, Impatience, Insolence, Blasphemy, Contumely, Arrogance, Lasciviousness, Gluttony, Idle Talk, Boasting, Injury, Curiosity, and Uneasiness. Lo! what a crowd in the conscience following him who is dead in trespasses and sin. - from a sermon by Saint Anthony of Padua

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anthony-of-padua/

Blessed Marianna Biernacka

Also known as

Marianna Czokala

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

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Lifelong lay woman in the diocese of Lomza, Poland. She had little education; she may have been able to read a little, but she could not write. Raised in the Orthodox church, she converted to Catholicism at age 17. Married to Ludwik Biernacki, a farmer, at age 20. Mother of six, only two of whom survived infancy, her daughter Leokadia, and her son Stanislaw. Widowed, she moved in with Stanislaw and helped raise her grandchildren, in part by setting an example of personal piety.

When the Nazis and Soviets divided Poland between them in World War II, Marianne's town came under German control. When local resistance groups did anything to fight back against occupying forces, the Nazis would have reprisal executions, rounding up random citizens and killing them as a warning to the resistence. On 1 June 1943 the Nazis arrested Marianna's son Stanislaw and his wife Anna, who was pregnant, and put them in the group to be murdered. Marianna pleaded to take the girl's place, and Anna was freed; Marianna asked to take one thing with her - a rosary. The mother and son were briefly imprisoned and then executed. Martyr.

Born

1888 in Lipsk, Podlaskie, Poland as Marianna Czokala

Died

shot by firing squad on 13 June 1943 in Naumovichi (a.k.a. Naumowicze), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts', Belarus

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-marianna-biernacka/

Saint Tryphillius of Leucosia

Also known as

Triphyllius, Trifilio, Trifillo

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Educated in Constantinople. Worked as a lawyer. Convert to Christianity. Spritiual student of Saint Spyridon of Cyprus. Bishop of Leucosia (modern Nicosia), Cyprus. Supported Saint Athanasius of Alexandria in his opposition to Arianism; Saint Athanasius praised Tryphillius for his adherence to orthodox Christianity, so the Arians turned their attacks against him. He lived with no pomp or splendor, and preached every day. Saint Jerome considered him one of the most eloquent Church figures of his day, and he was particularly noted for his commentary on the Song of Songs.

Born

Rome, Italy

Died

370 of natural causes

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-tryphillius-of-leucosia/

Saint Victorinus of Assisi

Also known as

Vittorino

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Chosen bishop of Assisi, Italy by Pope Fabian in the mid-3rd-century. Martyred with several companions outside of Assisi during the persecutions of emperor Gordian III.

Born

Assyria

Died

• beheaded in the 3rd century beside a bridge over the River Tescio outside Assisi, Italy; the bridge is now known as the Ponte San Vittorino in his honour
• the Monastero di San Vittorino was built over the site of the execution, and his relics were enshrined in it
• relics later enshrined under the high altar in the Abbazia di San Pietro
• relics, consisting of bones and blood-soaked linen, enshrined in a side altar in 1642
• relics enshrined behind a grating at the high altar in 1954

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-victorinus-of-assisi/

Saint Aventino of Arbusto

Also known as

• Aventino of Larboust
• Aventine of...

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Hermit in the Arbusto Valley of the Pyrenees region of France. He spent most of his time in prayer, but would sometimes come down to the villages to preach. Martyred by Moors for preaching Christianity.

Died

• early 9th century in the Arbusto Valley of the Pyrenees region of France
• body hidden by his killers
• relics miraculously discovered in the 12th century and in enshrined in a local church

Patronage

against birth complications (his own birth involved great difficulties)

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aventino-of-arbusto/

Saint Augustinô Phan Viet Huy

Also known as

• Augustine Huy Viet Phan
• Augustine of Huy

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. Soldier. Worked to help the foreign missionaries. Worked, tortured and died with Saint Nicolas The. Martyr.

Born

c.1795 in Ha Linh, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

sawn in half on 12 June 1839 in Thua Thiên, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-augustino-phan-viet-huy/

Blessed Anthony of Ilbenstadt

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Anthony heard Saint Norbert of Xanten preach in Nivelles, Belgium c.1120, and was so impressed that he gave away everything to become Saint Norbert‘s 3rd spiritual student. Studied with Blessed Hugh of Fosse and Blessed Evermod of Ratzeburg. One of the first Premonstratensian monks. Canon of the motherhouse in Premontres, Laon, France. Prior of the Ilbenstadt monastery in Wetterau, diocese of Mainz, Germany.

Born

c.1100 in Nivelles, Brabant (in modern Belgium)

Died

15 January c.1149 of natural causes

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-anthony-of-ilbenstadt/

Saint Eulogius of Alexandria

Also known as

Eulogio

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Monk as a young man. Well educated in the literature and science of his day, was a Biblical scholar, and studied the writings of the great pastors. Opposed the Eutychian and Monophysite heresies. Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt in 579, serving for 28 years. His correspondence with Saint Gregory the Great has survived.

Born

Syrian

Died

c.607 of natural causes

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eulogius-of-alexandria/

Saint Nicolas Bùi Ðuc The

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). During the persecutions of emperor Minh Mang, Nicolas was ordered to stomp on a cross to show his contempt for Christianity; he refused. Martyr.

Born

c.1792 in Kiên Trung, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

12 June 1839 in Thua Thiên, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-nicolas-bui-duc-the/

Blessed Alfonso Gomez de Encinas

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Joined the Mercedarians in Valladolis, Spain. Studied at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Priest. Vicar of the Mercedarian College in Salamanca in 1600. Travelled to Mexico in 1609 to serve as a preacher, missionary and secretary to Venerable Antonio de Mendoza. Missionary on the isle of Puma, Ecuador. Captured and murdered by heretic Dutch pirates. Martyr.

Born

1565 in Cuellar, Segovia, Spain

Died

gutted 13 June 1624 on Puma Island, Ecuador

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-alfonso-gomez-de-encinas/

Blessed Servatius Scharff

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Joined the Premonstratensians at age 20. Canon of the Premonstratensian Steingadan monastery in Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria, Germany. Priest. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. When Protestant Swedes invaded Bavaria during the Thirty Years War, Servatius took to the road, preaching in town after town, celebrating the Sacraments, and exhorting people not to abandon Catholicism.

Born

13 June 1603 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

Died

13 June 1670 of natural causes

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-servatius-scharff/

Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux

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Brother of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Soldier. When wounded in combat at the siege of Grancy, Gerard resolved to become a monk. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Citeaux. Worked with Saint Bernard at Clairvaux, and became his closest confidant. Cellarer.

Died

1138 of natural causes

Representation

Cistercian monk with a wound in his side

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-gerard-of-clairvaux/

Saint Aquilina of Syria

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Arrested at age 12 for her faith during the persecutions of Diocletian. When she clung to her faith, the magistrate Volusian ordered the child beaten and beheaded. Martyr. Saint Joseph the Hymnographer composed an Office in her honour.

Born

3rd century Biblus, Phoenicia

Died

beheaded

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https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aquilina/

Blessed Achilleo of Alexandria

Also known as

Achilla

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Priest, ordained in the late 3rd century. Director of the famous school in Alexandria, Egypt. Bishop of Alexandria in 311. Though he only led his see for a few months, he was known for preaching and writing against Arianism.

Died

13 June 312 of natural causes

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-achilleo-of-alexandria/

Saint Peregrinus of Amiterno

Also known as

Ceteo, Ceteus, Cetheus, Cetteo, Cetteus, Pellegrino, Pelligrinus

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Bishop of Amiterno (modern San Vittorino, Italy). Murdered by Arian Lombards for asking for mercy for a condemned prisoner. Martyr.

Died

drowned in the River Aterno in the Abruzzo region of Italy c.597

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-peregrinus-of-amiterno/

Saint Felicula of Rome

Also known as

Felicola

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A sanctified virgin who was imprisoned and martyred in the persecution of Domitian.

Died

• left for a fortnight in prison without food or drink, then thrown into a ditch to die, late 1st century in Rome, Italy
• her body was recovered for burial by Saint Nicomedes

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-felicula-of-rome/

Saint Fandilas of Penamelaria

Also known as

• Fandilas of Cordova
• Fandila...

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Monk at Cordova, Spain. Priest. Abbot of the monastery of Peñamelaria near Cordova. Martyred by order of the Moorish emir.

Born

in Andalusia, Spain

Died

beheaded in 853 at Cordova, Spain

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fandilas-of-penamelaria/

Saint Wilicarius of Vienne

Also known as

Wilicaire

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Bishop of Vienne, France. Went into exile to Rome, Italy, c.752 due to Frankish persecution. Retired from his see to spend his remaining years as a prayerful monk in the monastery of Saint Mauritius.