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St. Eusebia, 731 A.D. Benedictine abbess, slain with her community by the Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Forty nuns died with Eusebia.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
St. Eusebia-Benedictine abbess
St. Eusebia, 731 A.D. Benedictine abbess, slain with her community by the Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Forty nuns died with Eusebia.
St. Eusebia-Benedictine abbess
St. Eusebia, 731 A.D. Benedictine abbess, slain with her community by the Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Forty nuns died with Eusebia.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
St. Columba Martyr of Cordoba-September 17
Saint. Columba, 853 A.D. A Spanish virgin and martyr of Cordoba. She served as a nun at Tabanos until the Moorish persecution started in 852. Going to Cordoba, she refused to deny the faith and was beheaded.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Tale of Two Cities
Mecca, Makkah, Saudi Arabia (Latitude: 21° 25' 32 N, Longitude: 39° 50' 16 E)
Location of Vatican City, Vatican City (Latitude: 41° 53' 60 N, Longitude: 12° 26' 60 E)
Location of Vatican City, Vatican City (Latitude: 41° 53' 60 N, Longitude: 12° 26' 60 E)
Monday, September 06, 2010
The difference between Catholics and Muslims
Catholics want all the poelpe in the world to follow Jesus and love God with all their might and their neighbor as themselves, and pray for those that don't. The Muslims want everyone to follow Mohammed, his Koran and damn anyone who doesn't
Saturday, September 04, 2010
CATHOLIC MARTYRS AT HANDS OF MUSLIMS-SEPTEMBER
St. Sandila Feastday: September 3
A Spanish martyr. He was put to death at Cordoba by the Islamic Moors for being a conspicuous Christian. 855 A.D.
St. Frugentius Feastday: September 3
Benedictine martyr of Fleury, France, killed with St. Aigulphus, the abbot of Lerins, off the coast of Cannes. They were martyred on the island of Capria near Corsica, after being cruelly tortured, by the Moors. 675 A.D.
Sts. John of Perugia & Peter of Sassoferrato Feastday: September 3
Franciscan martyrs. They were sent by St. Francis of Assisi in 1216 to preach among the Moors of Spain and worked in Tervel and Valencia until seized by Muslims and beheaded. 1231 A.D.
St. Cosmas Feastday: September 10
A bishop and martyr, born in Palermo, on Sicily. He was named bishop of Aphrodisia, ordained by Pope Eugene III. When the Saracens captured his see, Cosmas was seized and died as a result of harsh abuse. 1160 A.D. His cult was approved by Pope Leo XIII.
Sts. Emilas & Jeremiah Feastday: September 15
Spanish martyrs of Cordoba, Spain, by Caliph Abd-al-Rahman II . Emilas was a deacon. The young men were beheaded. 852 A.D.
St. Rogellus Feastday: September 16
Martyr with his disciple, Servus Dei. He was a monk in Spain who was put to death at Cordoba by the Moors for publicly attacking the Muslim faith. His young disciple suffered with him. 852 A.D.
St. Columba Feastday: September 17
A Spanish virgin and martyr of Cordoba. She served as a nun at Tabanos until the Moorish persecution started in 852. Going to Cordoba, she refused to deny the faith and was beheaded. 853 A.D.
St. Peter Arbues Feastday: September 17
Augustinian inquisitor. 1442-1485 A.D. He was born in Aragon, Spain, and became a master of Canon Law at the University of Bologna before becoming an Augustinian canon at Saragossa in 1478. In 1484 he received appointment as Inquisitor of Aragon and soon earned the enmity of the Marranos, Jews who had been forcibly converted to Catholicism. Peter was murdered by a group of Marranos in the cathedral of Saragossa. His name has been associated with acts of wanton cruelty and inhumanity in the fulfillment of his office as Inquisitor, although these have never been substantiated.
St. Pomposa Feastday: September 19
Martyred nun. She was a nun in a convent near Cordoba who was beheaded by the Moorish rulers of the city. Pomposa refused to deny the faith and was slain by the Muslims. 835 A.D.
St. Eusebia Feastday: September 20
Benedictine abbess, slain with her community by the Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Forty nuns died with Eusebia. 731 A.D.
St. Andrew and Companions Feastday: September 23
Martyred by the Saracens. Andrew, with John, Peter, and Anthony, were deported from Sicily to Africa by the Saracens, who occupied that land at the time. In Africa, they were tortured brutally and martyred for defending the faith. 900 A.D.
Feast of Our Lady of Ransom 24 September.
A double major, commemorates the foundation of the Mercedarians. On 10 August, 1223, the Mercedarian Order was legally constituted at Barcelona by King James of Aragon and was approved by Gregory IX on 17 January, 1235. The Mercedarians celebrated their institution on the Sunday nearest to 1 Aug. (on which date in the year 1233 the Blessed Virgin was believed to have shown St. Peter Nolasco the white habit of the order), and this custom was approved by the Congregation of Rites on 4 April, 1615 (Anal. Juris Pont., VII, 136). But the calendar of the Spanish Mercedarians of 1644 has it on 1 Aug., double. Proper lessons were approved on 30 April, 1616. The feast was granted to Spain (Sunday nearest to 1 Aug.) on 15 Feb., 1680; to France, 4 Dec., 1690. On 22 Feb., 1696, it was extended to the entire Latin Church, and the date changed to 24 September. The Mercedarians keep this feast as a double of the first class, with a vigil, privileged octave, and proper Office under the title: "Solemnitas Descensionis B. Mariæ V. de Mercede". Our Lady of Ransom is the principal patron of Barcelona; the proper Office was extended to Barcelona (1868) and to all Spain (second class, 1883). Sicily, which had suffered so much from the Saracens, took up the old date of the feast (Sunday nearest to 1 Aug.) by permission of the Congregation of Rites, 31 Aug., 1805 (double major), Apparition of Our Lady to St. Peter Nolasco in the choir of Barcelona, on the Sunday after 24 Sept. In England the devotion to Our Lady of Ransom was revived in modern times to obtain the rescue of England as Our Lady's Dowry.
St. Albert of Jerusalem Feastday: September 25
Patriarch of Jerusalem and patron of the Carmelite Order. He was an outstanding ecclesiastical figure in the era in which the Holy See faced opposition from Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Serving as a mediator in the dispute between the emperor and Pope Clement III, Albert was made an imperial prince, a sign of favor from Barbarossa. Albert was born in Parma, Italy, about 1149, probably to a noble family. He became a canon at the Holy Cross Abbey in Mortoba. In 1184 he was appointed as the bishop of Bobbio, Italy, and soon after he was named to the see of Vercelli. It was during this period of service as the bishop of Vereelli that he served as mediator between the pope and emperor. In 1205, Albert was appointed the patriarch of Jerusalem, a post established in 1099 when Jerusalem became a Latin kingdom in the control of Christian crusaders. Jerusalem, however, was no longer in Christian hands, as the Saracens recaptured the city in 1187. The Christians needed a patriarch, but the position was open not only to persecution but to martyrdom at the hands of the Muslims. Albert accepted and he proved himself not only diplomatic but winning in his ways. The Muslims of the area respected him for his sanctity and his intelligence.
Because of the Muslim presence in Jerusalem, Albert took up residence in Acre (now called Akko), a northern port. There he became involved in a concern that assured his place in religious history. Overlooking the city and bay of Acre is the holy mountain called Carmel. At the time, a group of holy hermits lived on Mount Carmel in separate caves and cells. Albert was approached by St. Brocard, who was the prior or superior of the group of hermits. In 1209, the hermits asked Albert to draw up a rule of life for them, a rule that would constitute the beginning of the Carmelite Order. Albert's rule regulating the monastic life of these men included severe fasts, a perpetual abstinence from meat, silence, and seclusions. Pope Innocent IV mitigated the rule in 1254, allowing that it was too rigorous. Albert mediated the dispute among various groups in Palestine and conducted Church affairs. He was called to the general council of the Lateran in 1215 but was assassinated before leaving Palestine. A madman that he had discharged from a local hospital stabbed him during the procession on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. 1215 A.D.
Bl. Mark Criado Feastday: September 25
Trinitarian martyr. He was born in Andujar, Spain, in 1522, and joined the Trinitarians in 1536 . Mark was martyred by the Moors in Almeria.
Sts. Adolphus and John Feastday: September 27
Martyrs of Spain, brothers. Both men were residents of Seville, the sons of an Islamic father and a Christian mother. Caught in the persecutions conducted by the Caliph of Córdoba, Abdal-Rahman II, Adolphus and John were martyred in Córdoba. 850 A.D.
A Spanish martyr. He was put to death at Cordoba by the Islamic Moors for being a conspicuous Christian. 855 A.D.
St. Frugentius Feastday: September 3
Benedictine martyr of Fleury, France, killed with St. Aigulphus, the abbot of Lerins, off the coast of Cannes. They were martyred on the island of Capria near Corsica, after being cruelly tortured, by the Moors. 675 A.D.
Sts. John of Perugia & Peter of Sassoferrato Feastday: September 3
Franciscan martyrs. They were sent by St. Francis of Assisi in 1216 to preach among the Moors of Spain and worked in Tervel and Valencia until seized by Muslims and beheaded. 1231 A.D.
St. Cosmas Feastday: September 10
A bishop and martyr, born in Palermo, on Sicily. He was named bishop of Aphrodisia, ordained by Pope Eugene III. When the Saracens captured his see, Cosmas was seized and died as a result of harsh abuse. 1160 A.D. His cult was approved by Pope Leo XIII.
Sts. Emilas & Jeremiah Feastday: September 15
Spanish martyrs of Cordoba, Spain, by Caliph Abd-al-Rahman II . Emilas was a deacon. The young men were beheaded. 852 A.D.
St. Rogellus Feastday: September 16
Martyr with his disciple, Servus Dei. He was a monk in Spain who was put to death at Cordoba by the Moors for publicly attacking the Muslim faith. His young disciple suffered with him. 852 A.D.
St. Columba Feastday: September 17
A Spanish virgin and martyr of Cordoba. She served as a nun at Tabanos until the Moorish persecution started in 852. Going to Cordoba, she refused to deny the faith and was beheaded. 853 A.D.
St. Peter Arbues Feastday: September 17
Augustinian inquisitor. 1442-1485 A.D. He was born in Aragon, Spain, and became a master of Canon Law at the University of Bologna before becoming an Augustinian canon at Saragossa in 1478. In 1484 he received appointment as Inquisitor of Aragon and soon earned the enmity of the Marranos, Jews who had been forcibly converted to Catholicism. Peter was murdered by a group of Marranos in the cathedral of Saragossa. His name has been associated with acts of wanton cruelty and inhumanity in the fulfillment of his office as Inquisitor, although these have never been substantiated.
St. Pomposa Feastday: September 19
Martyred nun. She was a nun in a convent near Cordoba who was beheaded by the Moorish rulers of the city. Pomposa refused to deny the faith and was slain by the Muslims. 835 A.D.
St. Eusebia Feastday: September 20
Benedictine abbess, slain with her community by the Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Forty nuns died with Eusebia. 731 A.D.
St. Andrew and Companions Feastday: September 23
Martyred by the Saracens. Andrew, with John, Peter, and Anthony, were deported from Sicily to Africa by the Saracens, who occupied that land at the time. In Africa, they were tortured brutally and martyred for defending the faith. 900 A.D.
Feast of Our Lady of Ransom 24 September.
A double major, commemorates the foundation of the Mercedarians. On 10 August, 1223, the Mercedarian Order was legally constituted at Barcelona by King James of Aragon and was approved by Gregory IX on 17 January, 1235. The Mercedarians celebrated their institution on the Sunday nearest to 1 Aug. (on which date in the year 1233 the Blessed Virgin was believed to have shown St. Peter Nolasco the white habit of the order), and this custom was approved by the Congregation of Rites on 4 April, 1615 (Anal. Juris Pont., VII, 136). But the calendar of the Spanish Mercedarians of 1644 has it on 1 Aug., double. Proper lessons were approved on 30 April, 1616. The feast was granted to Spain (Sunday nearest to 1 Aug.) on 15 Feb., 1680; to France, 4 Dec., 1690. On 22 Feb., 1696, it was extended to the entire Latin Church, and the date changed to 24 September. The Mercedarians keep this feast as a double of the first class, with a vigil, privileged octave, and proper Office under the title: "Solemnitas Descensionis B. Mariæ V. de Mercede". Our Lady of Ransom is the principal patron of Barcelona; the proper Office was extended to Barcelona (1868) and to all Spain (second class, 1883). Sicily, which had suffered so much from the Saracens, took up the old date of the feast (Sunday nearest to 1 Aug.) by permission of the Congregation of Rites, 31 Aug., 1805 (double major), Apparition of Our Lady to St. Peter Nolasco in the choir of Barcelona, on the Sunday after 24 Sept. In England the devotion to Our Lady of Ransom was revived in modern times to obtain the rescue of England as Our Lady's Dowry.
St. Albert of Jerusalem Feastday: September 25
Patriarch of Jerusalem and patron of the Carmelite Order. He was an outstanding ecclesiastical figure in the era in which the Holy See faced opposition from Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Serving as a mediator in the dispute between the emperor and Pope Clement III, Albert was made an imperial prince, a sign of favor from Barbarossa. Albert was born in Parma, Italy, about 1149, probably to a noble family. He became a canon at the Holy Cross Abbey in Mortoba. In 1184 he was appointed as the bishop of Bobbio, Italy, and soon after he was named to the see of Vercelli. It was during this period of service as the bishop of Vereelli that he served as mediator between the pope and emperor. In 1205, Albert was appointed the patriarch of Jerusalem, a post established in 1099 when Jerusalem became a Latin kingdom in the control of Christian crusaders. Jerusalem, however, was no longer in Christian hands, as the Saracens recaptured the city in 1187. The Christians needed a patriarch, but the position was open not only to persecution but to martyrdom at the hands of the Muslims. Albert accepted and he proved himself not only diplomatic but winning in his ways. The Muslims of the area respected him for his sanctity and his intelligence.
Because of the Muslim presence in Jerusalem, Albert took up residence in Acre (now called Akko), a northern port. There he became involved in a concern that assured his place in religious history. Overlooking the city and bay of Acre is the holy mountain called Carmel. At the time, a group of holy hermits lived on Mount Carmel in separate caves and cells. Albert was approached by St. Brocard, who was the prior or superior of the group of hermits. In 1209, the hermits asked Albert to draw up a rule of life for them, a rule that would constitute the beginning of the Carmelite Order. Albert's rule regulating the monastic life of these men included severe fasts, a perpetual abstinence from meat, silence, and seclusions. Pope Innocent IV mitigated the rule in 1254, allowing that it was too rigorous. Albert mediated the dispute among various groups in Palestine and conducted Church affairs. He was called to the general council of the Lateran in 1215 but was assassinated before leaving Palestine. A madman that he had discharged from a local hospital stabbed him during the procession on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. 1215 A.D.
Bl. Mark Criado Feastday: September 25
Trinitarian martyr. He was born in Andujar, Spain, in 1522, and joined the Trinitarians in 1536 . Mark was martyred by the Moors in Almeria.
Sts. Adolphus and John Feastday: September 27
Martyrs of Spain, brothers. Both men were residents of Seville, the sons of an Islamic father and a Christian mother. Caught in the persecutions conducted by the Caliph of Córdoba, Abdal-Rahman II, Adolphus and John were martyred in Córdoba. 850 A.D.
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