Archive for January, 2024
St. Gordius of Cappadocia
Died: beheaded in 304 Also known as Gordius of Caesarea, Gordius the Centurian Additional Memorial 2 March (Syrian Orthodox) Soldier in Caesarea, Cappadocia. Convert to Christianity. Dismissed from the army as his religion made his loyalties questionable to the authorities. Lived as a desert hermit. During the persecutions of Diocletian, he turned himself over to […]
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St. Fintan of Doon
Born: Irish Died 6th century in Ireland of natural causes Patronage: Doon, Ireland Also known as Fiontan, Fintanus Son of Pipan and Aes; brother of Saint Finlugh. Spiritual student of Saint Comgall at Bangor Abbey. Abbot at Doon, Limerick, Ireland. A holy well dedicated to him is still venerated at Doon. Many miracle stories were […]
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St. Finlugh of Derry
Born: Irish Died: 6th century in Ireland of natural causes Also known as Finlag, Finlug, Fionnlugh, Finlogh, Finloghait, Finlay Son of Pipan and Aes; brother of Saint Fintan of Doon. Spiritual student of Saint Columba of Iona in Scotland. Abbot in a Columban monastery in County Derry, Ireland.
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St. Daniel of Padua
Died: nailed to a table to die of shock and blood loss in 168 at Padua, Italy, relics re-discovered c.1000 and found incorrupt, relics solemnly enshrined on 3 January 1064 Patronage: lost articles, prisoners, women whose husbands are at war, Padua, Italy Jewish convert. Deacon to Saint Prosdocimus of Padua, and assisted in his missionary […]
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St. Bertille of Thuringia
Died: c.660 of natural causes Also known as Bertilia Born a princess. Married to Saint Walbert of Hainault. Mother of Saint Waltrude and Saint Aldegundis.
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St. Bertilia of Mareuil
Born: Belgium Died: 687 in Mareuil, Belgium of natural causes, buried in the church of Saint-Amand in Mareuil, re-interred in 1081, relics enshrined on 8 October 1288 Also known as Bertilia of Marolles Additional Memorial 8 October (translation of relics) Born to the Frankish nobility, the daughter of Ricomer and Gertrude. Noted in her youth […]
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Pope St. Antherus
Born: Petilia Policastro, Italy Papal Ascension: 21 November 235 Died: martyred 3 January 236, buried in the catacombs at the Cemetery of Saint Callistus, Rome, the first pope buried in the papal crypt, relics re-discovered in 1854 Also known as Anteros, Anterus, Antheros Additional Memorial 5 August (Orthodox) Son of Romulus. His family seems to […]
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Bl. William Vives
Died: early 15 century of natural causes, buried at the monastery at Barcelona, Spain. Mercedarian friar at Barcelona, Spain. Prior of his house. At one point he became involved in political maneuvers involving both Church and State authorities; it led to civil protection and benefits to the convent. Wrote biographies of Saint Peter Nolasco and […]
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St. Viance of Anjou
Born: Anjou (in modern France) Died: c.673 of natural causes Also known as Viance of Aquitaine, Vincentian Born to a family of serfs, Viance was orphaned at the age of ten. He was befriend by the son of the duke of Aquitaine, and studied with him at the church school at Cahors, but the duke […]
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St. Seraphim of Sarov
Born: 1759 at Kursk, Russia as Prokhor Moshnin Died: 2 January 1833 at the monsatery at Sarov, Russia of natural causes Canonized: 1903 by the Russian Orthodox Church Also known as Prokhor Moshnin Additional Memorial 19 July (translation of relics) Son of a builder, he had a middle-class upbringing. Monk at Sarov in 1777, taking […]
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