Archive for January, 2019
St. William Berruyer
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon of Soissons, his maternal uncle. From his early childhood Saint William learned to despise the folly and emptiness of the world, to abhor its pleasures, and to tremble at its dangers. His only delight was in […]
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Bl. Alix le Clerc
Born: 2 February 1576 Remiremont, Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire Died: 9 January 1622 (aged 45) Nancy, Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church (Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Congregation of Our Lady) Beatified: 4 May 1947, Vatican City, by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Cathedral of Our Lady, Nancy, […]
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St. Julian and St. Basilissa
Saint Julian and Saint Basilissa, though married, lived by mutual consent in perpetual chastity. They sanctified themselves by the most perfect exercises of an ascetic life, and employed their revenues in relieving the poor and the sick. For this purpose they converted their house into a kind of hospital, in which they sheltered up to […]
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St. Adrian of Canterbury
Born: c.635 in Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa as Hadrian Died: 9 January 710 of natural causes at Canterbury, England, and buried there, his tomb became a site of miracles, body found incorrupt in 1091 An African by birth, then a monk and an abbot in Italy, and finally chosen to accompany the Greek monk Theodore […]
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St. Severinus of Noricum
Born: c. 410 Southern Italy or Africa, Western Roman Empire Died: 8 January 482 Favianae, Noricum, Kingdom of Odoacer (today by Mautern an der Donau) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Abbey of San Severino, Naples, Italy Feast: 8 January Patronage Noricum (modern Austria); San Severo, Italy; Striano, Italy Severinus of […]
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Daily Reflection 13.01.2019
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Bl. Eurosia Fabris
Born: 27 September 1866 Quinto Vicentino, near Vicenza, Italy Died: 8 January 1932 (aged 65) Marola, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 6 November 2005, Vicenza, Italy by Pope Benedict XVI Feast: 8 January Patronage: Catechists, Families Blessed Eurosia Fabris (September 27, 1866 – January 8, 1932), also known as Mamma Rosa, was best […]
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St. Apollinaris of Hierapolis
Little is known of his early life. Apollinaris was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, in Asia Minor. Eusebius, Jerome, Theodoret, and others spoke of him in the highest terms and furnished us with the few facts that are known about him. Apollinaris became famous for his polemical treatises against the heretics of his time, showing […]
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St. Lucian the Syrian
Saint Lucian was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth, he distributed to the poor all his worldly goods, of which he had inherited an abundant share, and withdrew to Edessa, to live near a holy man named Macarius, who imbued his mind with a knowledge of Holy Scripture and […]
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Bl. Matthew of Agrigento
Born: 1377 on the Via Arco di San Francesco di Paola in Rabbato, Agrigento, Italy Died: 7 January 1450 in the Franciscan monastery of Santa Maria di Gesù, Palermo, Sicily (in modern Italy) of natural causes Buried: at the Santa Maria di Gesù monastery, miracles reported at the grave Beatified: 21 February 1767 by Pope Clement […]
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