Saint of the day and Feast days - Part 2

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Saint Severian
Martyr.
Severian was an Armenian senator in Sebaste, North Africa, during the persecution of Licinius Licinianus. He witnessed the martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and was moved to proclaim his devotion to the Christian Faith. He was subsequently condemned and tortured to death by having iron rakes dragged across his body in 320.
Saint Severian
Pray for us!

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September 10
Today we remember
Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Benito
Among many other Saints and Blesseds

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Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Benito
Martyr.
Alfonso, also known as Alfonsus Navarrete and Alphonso Navarrete, was born on 21 September 1571 in Valladolid, Spain. He joined the Dominicans, became a priest and was sent as a missionary to the Philippines . In 1611, he was sent to Japan. He was named vicar provincial of the Dominican missions in Japan. He was successful in converting the local population at Nagasaki. Alfonso founded confraternities to help the poor and rescue abandoned babies and was known for his preaching. Caught in the Japanese persecutions of the Church, Alphonso was arrested at Omura while ministering to persecuted Christians there. He was arrested together with Blessed Ferdinand Ayala, an Augustinian monk. They were beheaded on 1 June 1617 with a Japanese catechist.
He was beatified on 7 May 1867 by Blessed Pope Pius IX.
Blessed Alfonso Navarrete-Benito
Pray for us!

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September 11
Today we remember
Saint Sperandea
Among many other Saints

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Saint Sperandea
Benedictine Abbess.
She is also known as Sperandia. Reportedly related to Saint Ubaldus Baldassini, Sperandea joined the Benedictines at Cingoli, Ancona. She later became abbess. According to SQPN, Sperandia was a mystic who received visions. One of the visions told her to dress in a tanned pigskin with the bristles against her skin, and to use a chain for a belt.
She died in 1276
She is the patron saint of Cingoli, Italy
Saint Sperandea,
Pray for us!

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September 12
Today is the Memorial of
Saint Autonomus
And The Most Holy Name of Mary.
Among many other Saints

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Saint Autonomus
Bishop.
Martyr.
Autonomus was an Italian Bishop. He fled to Bithynia, present day Turkey to escape the persecution of Diocletian. There, he worked tirelessly and converted many to the faith, until he was arrested by the Roman authorities in 300 and martyred for his faith.
Saint Autonomus,
Pray for us!

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Bl. Alphonso, pray for us!
St. Sperandea, pray for us!
St. Autonous, pray for us!
St. Severian, and all ye holy Marytrs of Sebaste, pray for us!

May God rest the holy souls.
May good mortification be practiced all the more throughout Holy Church.
May the blood of the martyrs restore Christendom, and convert the nations, especially those in whom Christ has been most rejected. Amen, amen.

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It's interesting hearing about places in the past, that no longer are quite what they used to be, or that are quite far off, or whose names have disappeared from common us. Bithynia, Sebaste..

O Mary, may your name ever be upon our lips. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.

Blessed be the name of Jesus, blessed be the name of Mary, blessed be the name of Joseph. . .
Our Father, hallowed be thy name!

Let us always keep what is holy, holy, and reject the terrible treatment of those to whom everything is profane, casual, and to be taken lightly!

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September 13
Today we remember
Saint Amatus
Among many other Saints

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Saint Amatus.
Amatus, who is also called Aime, Amad, Amat and Ame, was born into a noble family in 567 at Grenoble, France and taken to Saint Maurice abbey in Switzerland as a child. He lived there for thirty years. He became a Benedictine monk and lived as a hermit.
In 614, Amatus went to to Luxueil Monastery where he converted a Merovingian noble named Romaric to the Faith.
Romaric founded a double monastery in 620 at a place called Habendum (later renamed Remiremont). Amatus became its first abbot, spending the last years of his life there. He died in 630 at the monastery.
Saint Amatus
Pray for us!

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There's nothing like hermitage!

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September 14
Today is the Memorial of
Saint Notburga
Among many other Saints

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Saint Notburga
Patroness of poor peasants.
Notburga was born in 1265 at Rattenberg in the Tyrol, Austria. She was the daughter of poor peasants. At eighteen, she became a servant, specifically, a kitchen maid, in the household of Count Henry of Rattenberg. When Notburga repeatedly gave food to the poor, she was dismissed by Ottilia, the lady of the house. She went to work as servant to a humble farmer. Meanwhile, Henry started to experience a run of misfortunes and setbacks which he believed was a consequence of his wife’s dismissal of Notburga. When Ottilia died, Henry remarried and thereafter, wasted no time in rehiring Notburga. She spent the rest of her life as his housekeeper. She was famous for her miracles and concern for the poor.
She died on 16 September 1313.
Saint Notburga
Pray for us!

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To be truly rich one must give!

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September 15

Today is the Memorial of
Saint Leobinus of Chartres
Among many other saints.