| 29 June |
• yesterday • tomorrow |
| Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles |
• Apostle Paul
• Apostle to the Gentiles
• Paul of Tarsus
• Saul of Tarsus
• 25 January (celebration of his conversion)
• 16 February (Saint Paul Shipwrecked)
• 29 June (celebration of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as co-founders of the Church)
Jewish Talmudic student. Pharisee. Tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of Saint Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus, Syria, to arrest another group of faithful, he was knocked to the ground, struck blind by a heavenly light, and given the message that in persecuting Christians, he was persecuting Christ. The experience had a profound spiritual effect on him, causing his conversion to Christianity. He was baptized, changed his name to Paul to reflect his new persona, and began travelling, preaching and teaching. His letters to the churches he help found form a large percentage of the New Testament. Knew and worked with many of the earliest saints and fathers of the Church. Martyr.
c.3 at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey) as Saul
beheaded c.65 at Rome, Italy
• against hailstorms
• against snake bites
• against snakes
• Catholic Action
• Cursillo movement
• lay people
• authors, writers
• evangelists
• journalists, reporters
• missionary bishops
• musicians
• newspaper editorial staff
• public relations personnel and work
• publishers
• rope braiders and makers
• saddle makers; saddlers
• tent makers
• Malta
• Bath Abbey, England
• 16 dioceses
• 28 cities
• book
• sword
• man holding a sword and a book
• man with three springs of water nearby
• thin-faced elderly man with a high forehead, receding hairline and long pointed beard
I assure you, brothers, the gospel I proclaimed to you is no mere human invention. I did not receive it from any man, not was I schooled in it. It came by revelation from Jesus Christ. You have heard, I know, the story of my former way of life in Judaism. You know that I went to extremes in persecuting the Church of God, and tried to destroy it. But the time came when he who had set me apart before I was born and called me by his favour chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might spread among the Gentiles the good tidings concerning him. Immediately, without seeking human advisers or even going to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, I went off to Arabia; later I returned to Damascus. Three years after that I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, with whom I stayed fifteen days. I did not meet any other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord. The communities of Christ in Judea had no idea what I looked like; they had only heard that "he who was formerly persecuting us is now preaching the faith he tried to destroy," and they gave glory to God on my account. - from a letter from Saint Paul the Apostle to the Christians in Galatia
I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of the hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. - Saint Paul in his second letter to Saint Timothy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-paul-the-apostle/
• Cephas
• First Pope
• Keipha
• Kepha
• Pre-eminent Apostle
• Prince of the Apostles
• Shimon Bar-Yonah
• Shimon Ben-Yonah
• Simeon
• Simon
• Simon bar Jonah
• Simon ben Jonah
• Simon Peter
• 29 June (feast of Peter and Paul as founders of the Church)
• 22 February (feast of the Chair of Peter, emblematic of the world unity of the Church)
• 1 August (Saint Peter in Chains)
• 18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul)
Professional fisherman. Brother of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the man who led him to Christ. Apostle. Renamed "Peter" (rock) by Jesus to indicate that Peter would be the rock-like foundation on which the Church would be built. Bishop. First Pope. Miracle worker.
c.1 in Bethsaida as Simon
• martyred c.64 in Rome, Italy
• crucified head downward because he claimed he was not worthy to die in the same manner as Christ
rock
• Universal Church
• against fever
• against foot problems
• against frenzy
• bakers
• bridge builders
• butchers
• clock makers
• cobblers, shoe makers
• fishermen
• harvesters
• locksmiths
• longevity
• net makers
• papacy
• popes
• ship builders, shipwrights
• stone masons
• watch makers
• Isle of Guernsey
• Exeter College, Oxford, England
• 17 dioceses
• 46 cities
• 3 abbeys
• book
• cock or rooster
• reversed cross
• keys of Heaven
• keys
• pallium
• papal vestments
• Apostle holding a book
• Apostle holding a scroll
• cornerstone
• bald man, often with a fringe of hair on the sides and a tuft on top
• man crucified head downwards
• man holding a key or keys
• pope and bearing keys and a double-barred cross
Out of the whole world one man, Peter, is chosen to preside at the of all nations and to be set over all the apostles and all the fathers of the church. Though there are in God's people many bishops and many shepherds, Peter is thus appointed to rule in his own person those whom Christ also rules as the original ruler. Beloved, how great and wonderful is this sharing in his power that God in his goodness has given to this man. Whatever Christ has willed to be shared in common by Peter and the other leaders of the Church, it is only through Peter that he has given to others what he has not refused to bestow on them. Jesus said: "Upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." On this strong foundation, he says, I will build an everlasting temple. The great height of my Church, which is to penetrate the heavens, shall rise on the firm foundation of this faith. Blessed Peter is therefore told: "To you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound also in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed also in heaven." - from a sermon by Pope Saint Leo the Great
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-peter-the-apostle/
Emma, Gemma
27 June in German-speaking areas
Born to the nobility, and a relative of emperor Saint Henry II; Countess of Zeltschach. Educated at the court of Henry II where she was a lady-in-waiting to Saint Cunegundes.
Married to Blessed William of Sann in the diocese of Gurk, Austria; it was arranged marriage, but a very happy one. Mother of two, Wilhelm and Hartvig, both of whom were murdered by the miners they were supervising when they planned to execute one of the workers. The parents turned to prayer as a way to deal with their grief. Blessed William died returning from pilgrimage to Rome, Italy.
Widowed and childless, Hemma withdrew from society, spending her life and fortune in charity and to found Benedictine houses including the double-monastery of Gurk Abbey in Carinthia, Austria in 1043. where she retired; may have become a nun, but records are unclear.
c.980 in Friesach, Kärnten, Austria
• 29 June 1045 in Gurk, Kärnten, Austria of natural causes
• re-interred in 1174 in the crypt of Gurk Cathedral
21 November 1287 by Pope Honorius IV
5 January 1938 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)
• Carinthia, Austria
• diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt, Austria
• against eye problems
• from disease
• for a happy birth
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-hemma-of-gurk/
The son of Antonio and Concetta Braghó Mottola; his mother committed suicide in 1913 when the Francesco was only 12. He studied in Tropea and Catanzaro, Italy, and was ordained a priest of the diocese of Tropea, Italy on 5 April 1924; as a seminarian, he was known for devotion to Mary under her title Madonna di Romania, and for his frequent sessions of Eucharistic Adoration. Member of Catholic Action. Rector of the seminary of Tropea from 1929 to 1942 where he also served as teacher and preacher. Founded the Secular Institute of the Oblates of the Sacred Heart in 1930. Canon of the cathedral of Tropea in 1931. Founded the Casa della Carità (House of Charity) in Tropea. Partially paralyzed in 1942, Father Francesco gave up his work at the seminary and devoted his remaining 27 years to organizing small groups and helping them serve those in need.
3 January 1901 in Tropea, Vibo Valentia, Italy
29 June 1969 in Tropea, Vibo Valentia, Italy of natural causes
• 10 October 2021 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of the Maria Santissima di Romania, Tropea, Italy, presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-francesco-mottola/
One of the first Cistercian monks. Friend of Saint Stephen Harding, Saint Robert of Molesme, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Founded the monastery of La Ferte in Burgundy, France in 1113, served as its first prior and third abbot. Founded the monastery in Tiglieto, Italy in 1120, the first Cistercian house outside France. Founded the monastery of Lucedio, Italy in 1124. Archbishop of Tarentaise, France in 1124, the first Cistercian to become a bishop. Even as bishop, Pierre continued to live the simple life of a Cistercian monk, adding all the prayers and fasts of the Order to that of his diocesan calendar. Part of the Council of Étampes in 1130 in which he declared allegience to Pope Innocent II, rejecting anti-pope Kletus II. Founded the Cistercian house in the Tami valley on the Italy/Switzerland border in 1132.
latter 11th century France
• 1140 of natural causes
• buried in the cathedral of Moûtiers, France
• relics re-entombed in 1636
• relics scattered and destroyed during the French Revolution
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-pierre-of-tarentaise-the-elder/
Mother of Saint Mark the Evangelist. Mentioned in Acts 12:12 when a meeting of the Church was held at her home.
Then Peter recovered his senses and said, "Now I know for certain that [the] Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people had been expecting." When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is called Mark, where there were many people gathered in prayer. - Acts 12:12
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mary-the-mother-of-john-mark/
Baolu
Married layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Father of Saint Ioannes Baptista Wu Mantang; uncle of Saint Paulus Wu Wanshu. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.
c.1838 in Xihetou, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
29 June 1900 in Xiaoluyi, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-paulus-wu-anju/
Ruohan
Young layman of the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China; son of Saint Paulus Wu Anju. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.
c.1883 in Xihetou, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
29 June 1900 in Xiaoluyi, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ioannes-baptista-wu-mantang/
Delian
Married lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China; mother of Saint Maria Du Tianshi. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.
c.1858 in Shenzhou, Hebei, China
buried alive 29 June 1900 in Du, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-magdalena-du-fengju/
English princess. Aunt of Saint Judith of Niederaltaich. Anchoress at Ober Altaich, Bavaria (in modern Germany). The two figure in several legends in the Middle Ages; the tales were often simple retelling of old stories with the two holy women taking the place of the original characters.
9th century of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-salome-of-niederaltaich/
Mali
Lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China; daughter of Saint Magdalena Du Fengju. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.
c.1881 in Du, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
buried alive 29 June 1900 in Du, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-maria-du-tianshi/
Baolu
Young layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China; nephew of Saint Paulus Wu Anju. Martyred in the Boxer Rebellion.
c.1884 in Xihetou, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
29 June 1900 in Xiaoluyi, Shenzhou, Hebei, China
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-paulus-wu-wanshu/
Judda, Jutta
English princess. Niece of Saint Salome of Niederaltaich. Anchoress at Ober Altaich, Bavaria (in modern Germany). The two figure in several legends in the Middle Ages; the tales were often simple retelling of old stories with the two holy women taking the place of the original characters.
9th century of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-judith-of-niederaltaich/
Bishop of Narni, Italy. Known to have given away all his possessions and wealth to the poor. Made a yearly pilgrimage to Rome, Italy to celebrate Mass on the feast of Saint Peter and Paul as founders of the Church.
• 29 June 558 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the cathedral of Narni, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cassius-of-narni/
Siro
Parish priest. Bishop of Genoa, Italy.
• c.380 of natural causes
• buried in the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles
Genoa, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-syrus-of-genoa/
Son of Arawn ab Cynfarch Gul, prince of the Yscotlont region of northern Wales, and Nyfain; grandson of Saint Brychan of Brycheiniog. A church in Llangiwg, Glamorganshire, Wales is dedicated to him. The only detail of his life to survive is that he was a bard.
6th century Welsh
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ciwg-ap-arawn/
27 June in German-speaking areas
Count of Sann. Married to Blessed Hemma of Gurk. Died while returning home from pilgrimage.
c.1015 in a barn in Gräbern, Carinthia, Austria of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-william-of-sann/
Hudd, Juliot, Juliana, Llud
Born a princess, the daughter of Saint Brychan of Brycheiniog. A parish church in Luxulyan, Cornwall, England is dedicated to her.
464
killed in a robbery in latter 5th-century
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ilud-ferch-brychan/
Sister of Saint Augustine of Sens and Saint Sanctian of Sens. During the persecution of Christians in Spain by Aurelian, she fled to Sens, Gaul (in modern France), which was no friendlier. Martyr.
Spain
273 in Sens, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-benedicta-of-sens/
Soldier. Martyr.
scourged to death in 274 in Bourges, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anastasius-of-bourges/
Martyr.
beheaded in 274 in Bourges, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marcellus-of-bourges/
Coecha
Sixth-century abbess of Ross-Benchuir, Ireland.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cocha/
• Our Lady of Linares
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