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Pauline-Marie Jericot
Born to an aristocratic family. A pious child, at age 17 Pauline adopted a life of extreme asceticism. On 25 December 1816 she made a private vow of perpetual virginity. She organized a group of pious servant girls who prayed to alleviate the sins committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus; they were known as the Réparatrices du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus-Christ. At Saint-Vallier she worked to bring a number of working girls to a more pious life. These girls and the Réparatrices began collecting pennies from any who would give them, and recruited others to do the same. Collected penny by penny, with the help of bishop Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg, Pauline used the money to found the missionary Society of the Propagation of the Faith on 3 May 1822. She founded the Association of the Living Rosary in 1826 which involved a method of distributed praying of the rosary. Pauline received a cure of a heart condition through the intercession of Saint Philomena, developed a strong devotion to her, and spread devotion to her throughout France.
22 July 1799 at Lyon, France
9 January 1862 at Lyon, France of natural causes
• 22 May 2022 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in Lyon, France
• the beatification miracle the return to normal neurological function of a small girl after she went into a coma and received brain damage due to lack of oxygen from choking on food
poor people; against impoverishment or poverty
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-pauline-marie-jaricot/
Adrien, Hadrian
In the mid 640's, his family fled to Naples, Italy ahead of Arab invasion. Benedictine monk when quite young. Abbot of Hiridanum, Isle of Nisida, Bay of Naples. Aquainted with Emperor Constans II, who later introduced him to Pope Saint Vitalian. Advisor to Vitalian.
Twice offered the Archbishopric of Canterbury, England; he declined, citing unworthiness. When Saint Theodore of Tarsus was sent instead, Adrian went as his assistant with special support to aid the monastic movement in the region. Detained in France due to suspicions of espionage for the emperor. Arrived in England in 669. Abbot of Saint Peter's, a monastery founded by Augustine of Canterbury.
Adrian and Theodore were highly successful missionaries in largely pagan England. In addition, Adrian was a great teacher of languages, mathematics, poetry, astronomy, and Bible study. Under his leadership, the School of Canterbury became the center of English learning. Worked to unify the customs of the English with the Church, and to promote Roman customs.
c.635 in Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa as Hadrian
• 9 January 710 of natural causes at Canterbury, England, and buried there
• his tomb became a site of miracles
• body found incorrupt in 1091
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-adrian-of-canterbury/
• Alix of Mattaincourt
• Alix Le Clercq
• Alice le Clerc
• Alessia le Clerc
• Maria Teresa of Jesus
• Marie-Thérèse of Jesus
Born to a wealthy family, Alix grew up loving dance and music and parties and was known as a silly and frivolous girl. At age 21, however, she had a conversion experience, and became a spiritual student of Saint Peter Fourier. She was devoted to the education of girls, and in 1598 co-founded the Congregation of Our Lady, Canonesses of Saint Augustine to teach poor children; at one point the Congregation had 60 houses, survived the excesses of the French Revolution, and today runs schools in ten countries in Europe and South America.
2 February 1576 in Remiremont, Vosges, France
• 9 January 1622 in the Congregation convent at Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France of natural causes
• buried in the convent cemetery in a lead coffin, but site of the grave was lost when the convent was destroyed during the French Revolution
• coffin re-discovered in 1950
• relics enshrined in the chapel of the Notre Dame School in Nancy, France in 1960
• relics enshrined in a chapel in the cathedral of Nancy on 14 October 2007
4 May 1947 by Pope Pius XII
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-alix-le-clerc/
Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno
The Black Nazarene is a blackened, life-sized wooden icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross. It was constructed in Mexico in the early 17th century by an Aztec carpenter. Spanish Augustinian Recollect friar missionaries to Manila, Philippines originally brought the icon to Manila in 1606. The transport ship caught fire, burning the icon, but the locals kept the charred statue. Miracles, especially healings, have been reported in its presence. The church in which it stood burned down around it in 1791 and 1929, was destroyed by earthquakes in 1645 and 1863, and was damaged during bombing in 1945. It used to be carried through the streets every January, and Christians would rub cloths on it to make healing relics, but centuries of this treatment have left the statue in bad shape, and since 1998 a replica is paraded at the feast day celebrations. In 1650, Pope Innocent X issued a papal bull which canonically established the Cofradia de Jesús Nazareno to encourage devotion; in the 19th century Pope Pius VII granted indulgences to those who piously pray before the image.
Quiapo, Philippines
https://catholicsaints.info/black-nazarene/
• Waningus of Ham
• Vaneng, Waneng, Wanging, Waning, Wanning
• 31 January (Normandy, France)
• 15 February (Rouen, France)
• 23 September (translation of relics)
Frankish nobleman, living a worldly and dissolute life in the court of King Clotaire III of Neustria. Father of Saint Desiderius of Fontenelle. One night he had a dream in which Saint Eulalia of Barcelona, to whom he had a devotion, told him of the difficulties the rich had entering Heaven. He gave up the life of a courtier to become a Benedictine monk. Abbot. Assisted Saint Wandrille in founding Fontenelle abbey. Responsible for establishing Holy Trinity Church and Convent at Fécamp, France. Sheltered Saint Leodegarius when he was on the run from Ebroin.
Rouen, France
• c.688 of natural causes
• relics transferred to Ham, Picardy (in modern France) to save them from invading pagan Normans
• some relics transferred to Hallon, France on 23 September 1696
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-waningus-of-fecamp/
Joseph Pawlowski
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
Priest in the diocese of Kielce, Poland, and rector of its seminary. Arrested by the Gestapo on 10 February 1941 and deported to the Dachau concentration camp as part of the Nazi persecution of Christians. Martyr.
12 August 1890 in Proszowice, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
hanged on 9 January 1942 in the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II
We must accept this, this is our Golgotha. - Blessed Józef, speaking to a fellow prisoner who was about to give up in despair
He kept the attitude of inner trust until the end. Until the end, his interests corresponded to the dignity of a priest and educator of priests. - Archbishop Kazimierz Majdanski writing about Blessed Józef
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-jozef-pawlowski/
• Giulia della Rena da Certaldo
• Julia della Rena
Born to an impoverished noble family. Worked as a domestic servant in her youth in the Timolfi household at Florence, Italy. She became an Augustinian tertiary at age 19. Florence was in turmoil in those years, and Julia returned to the quiet of Certaldo, Tuscany. There she rescued a child from a burning building, which brought her unwanted fame. She retired to lived nearly 30 years as an anchoress in a cell built onto the church of Saint Michael and Saint James at Certaldo.
1319 at Certaldo, Italy
9 January 1367 of natural causes
1819 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)
• woman wearing a black habit and white veil, and rescuing a child from a burning bed
• woman giving flowers to children in winter
• woman rescuing a drowning horseman
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-julia-of-certaldo/
Casimiro Grelewski
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
Brother of Blessed Stefan Grelewski. Parish priest, teacher and prefect of schools in the diocese of Radom, Poland. Arrested by the Gestapo on 24 January 1941 and deported to the Dachau concentration camp as part of the Nazi persecution of Christians. He was murdered by a guard who was angry because Father Kazimierz would not stop forgiving those who beat him. Martyr.
20 January 1907 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
hanged on 9 January 1942 in the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Love God! - Blessed Kazimierz last words, shouted from the gallows to the people who were hanging him
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-kazimierz-grelewski/
• Honorius of Buzançay
• Honorius of Thénezay
• Honoratus, Honore, Onorato
Wealthy layman cattle merchant noted for his love of life and his charity. When he returned from a trip, he found his servants had robbed him. As he was explaining the sinfulness of this action, they killed him. Because he was killed while reproving sinners for their crimes, he is considered a martyr. Never considered a saint in life, there were many miracles associated with his tomb, and a popular devotion soon developed.
at Buzançais, Berry, France
murdered in 1250 at Parthenay, Poitou, France
1444 by Pope Eugene IV (cultus confirmed)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-honorius-of-buzancais/
Beorhtweald, Berctuald, Bercthwald, Beretuald, Berhtwald, Berthwald, Bertwald, Brihtwald
Educated at Canterbury, England. Benedictine monk and then abbot of Reculver Abbey, Kent, England. Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey. Archbishop of Canterbury from 692 until his death nearly 40 years later. Correspondent of with Saint Boniface, Saint Aldhelm, and Saint Wilfrid of York. Assisted at the Synod of Nidd.
Anglo-Saxon
• 731 of natural causes
• Saint Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, England
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-brithwald-of-canterbury/
Young Christian girl who was beaten, tortured and handed over to gladiators as a sex toy during the persecutions of Diocletian; she brought one of the gladiators to Christianity. Accused of vandalizing an idol of the goddess Diana, she was thrown to wild animals in the arena. Martyr.
Rusuccuru, Mauritania
gored by a bull and mauled by a leopard in the amphitheater of Caesarea, Mauritania c.303
cure of wounds
• woman gored by a bull
• woman carrying a palm of martyrdom while a leopard and bull stand nearby
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marciana/
Marcellin, Marcellino
Born to the nobility. Bishop of Ancona, Italy c.550. Mentioned in the writings of Saint Gregory the Great.
in Ancona, Italy
c.566 of natural causes
against fire (he stopped a raging fire by waving his prayer book at it; the book survived a fire with only slight damage; afterwards, people who held it while praying were often healed)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marcellinus-of-ancona/
• Theresia Kim
• Teresa Gim
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Married lay women in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Widow. Imprisoned, beaten, tortured and executed for being a Christian. Martyr.
1797 in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
9 January 1840 in Seoul Prison, South Korea
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-teresa-kim/
One of the first Premonstratensian canons, joining at the Prémontré monastery at Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France in 1120. First prior of the monastery at Floreffe, Vallonia (in modern Belgium) in 1122 where he served the rest of his life. Richard was a pious man, known for his charity to the poor and his love of spreading the faith.
latter 11th century France
1129 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-richard-of-floreffe/
Premonstratensian canon. Prior of the Premonstratensian monastery in Schäftlarn, Bavaria (in modern Germany) in 1153. He was known as a humble and modest man who took generous care of his fellow canons and the faithful pilgrims who passed through the city.
c.1100 in Germany
9 January 1160 in Schäftlarn, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-eberhard-of-schaftlarn/
• Anthony of Teramo
• Anthony of Ancona
• Antoine...
Priest. Archpriest of Ancona, Italy. Vicar-general of Siena, Italy. Canon of the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Bishop of Teramo, Italy. Bishop of Ancona.
c.1410 in Ancona, Italy
9 January 1484 of natural causes
by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-antony-fatati/
Francis
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.
1773 in Deoksan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
9 January 1800 in Haemi, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
15 August 2014 by Pope Francis
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-franciscus-yi-bo-hyeon/
Martin
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Layman martyr in the apostolic vicariate of Korea.
1737 in Deoksan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
9 January 1800 in Haemi, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
15 August 2014 by Pope Francis
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-martinus-in-eon-min/
20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Young single lay woman martyred in the persecutions in Korea.
1824 in Seoul, South Korea
9 January 1840 in Seoul Prison, South Korea
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-agatha-yi/
• Ephrathus the Wonder Worker
• Ephrathus of Mount Olympus
• Ephrathus of Abgaro
Monk. Abbot of the Abgaro monastery on Mount Olympus, Bithynia (in modern Turkey).
9th century
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ephrathus-the-thaumaturgist/
Paschasie
Consecrated virgin (an early type of nun). Spiritual student of Saint Benigne and and helped in his missionary work. Martyr. Saint Gregory of Tours mentions her.
c.178 in the area of modern Dijon, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-paschasia-of-dijon/
Maurentius, Maurontius, Mauruntius, Mavrontus
Benedictine monk. Abbot. Founder of Saint-Florentle-Vieil abbey, Anjou, France.
c.695 at St-Florent-le-Vieil, Angers, France of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-maurontus/
Pagan soldier in the 12th imperial Roman legion assigned to Armenia in the 3rd century. Friend of Saint Nearchus who brought him to the faith. Ordered to offer a sacrifice of incense to the emperor as a god, Polyeucte refused. Martyr.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-polyeucte/
Christian soldier in the 12th imperial Roman legion assigned to Armenia in the 3rd century. Friend of Saint Polyeucte. Ordered to offer a sacrifice of incense to the emperor as a god, Nearchus refused. Martyr.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-nearchus/
Philip of Bourges
Nephew of Saint William of Bourges. Archbishop of Bourges, France.
1260 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-philip-berruyer/
Hermit. Monk. Abbot of the monastery of Saint Andrew in Scotland.
c.710 in Scotland of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-felanus-of-saint-andrew/
Eustrate, Eustrazio
Abbot of the Abgar Abby on Mount Olympus in Bithynia (modern Turkey).
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eustratius-of-olympus/
Deacon. Martyr.
at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fortunatus-of-smyrna/
Deacon. Martyr.
at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-revocatus-of-smyrna/
Bishop. Martyr.
at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-vitalicus-of-smyrna/
A group of 21 Christians murdered together for their faith in the persecutions of Decius. The only details to survive are 14 of their names - Artaxes, Epictetus, Felicitas, Felix, Fortunatus, Jucundus, Pictus, Quietus, Quinctus, Rusticus, Secundus, Sillus, Vincent and Vitalis.
African
c.250
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-africa-9-january/
A group of Christians martyred together during the persecutions of Diocletian - Anastasius, Anthony, Basilissa, Celsus, Julian and Marcionilla.
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-antioch-9-january/
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