天主教长青家园

Isidore de Loor; Brother of the Will of God

Memorial

 6 October

Profile

Oldest of three children born to a pious farm family, and loved working the fields. Passionist lay brother, entering the congregation in 1906, and making his vows on 13 September 1908, taking the name Isidore of Saint Joseph. Known for an intense prayer life, simplicity, charity. Lost his right eye to cancer in 1911, and suffered through cancer during his few remaining years.

Born

13 April 1881 at Vrasene, diocese of Gent-Gand, Flanders, Belgium

 Died

6 October 1916 of cancer and pleurisy

Beatified

30 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

 pending

Daniel Brottier

Memorial

28 February

Profile

 Ordained in 1899. Taught at the college of Pontlevoy. Entered the Congregation of the Holy Ghost at Orly in 1902. Missionary to Saint-Louis, Senegal in 1903. His health suffered, and he returned to France in 1911. At the request of Bishop Jalabert, he conducted a fund-raising campaign to build a cathedral in Dakar, Senegal; he promoted the structure as a way to honour Africans who had died for France, French who had died for Africa. The cathedral was consecrated on 2 February 1936, just a few weeks before his death. Chaplain in the French army in World War I. Cited six times for bravery, awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour; he attributed his survival on the front lines to the intercession of Saint Therese of Lisieux, and built a chapel for her at Auteuil when she was canonized. After the war he administered the Orphan Apprentices of Auteuil. Honoured in his life and today as a man who put the family of God above considerations of nationality or race.

Born

 7 September 1876 at La Ferté-Saint-Cyr, diocese of Blois, France

 Died

28 February 1936 of natural causes at Paris, France of natural causes; 15,000 Parisiens turned out to honour him, and Cardinal Verdier preached his funeral homily

Venerated

 13 January 1983 by Pope John Paul II

 Beatified

 25 November 1984 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Canonized

 pending

BRIEUC Also known as Briocus; Brioc; Bru

Memorial

 1 May

Profile

 Born and raised a pagan, but converted as a young adult. Educated in France by Saint Germanus of Auxerre. Preached in Cardigan. Founded two abbeys in Brittany. Bishop in upper Brittany. Venerated in Cornwall. Many churches in England and Scotland are dedicated to him.

Born

c.420 at Dyfed, Cardiganshire

Died

c.510 at Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux, France of natural causes; relics in the abbey of Saint Sergius, Angers, and in the Cathedral of Saint Brieuc

Canonized

 Pre-Congregation

Patronage

purse makers

 Representation

 alms-box; purse

BRUNO of Quefort Also known as Boniface; Brun; Second Apostle of the Prussians

Memorial

19 June; 15 October

Profile

 Great-uncle of Saint Bruno of Wurzburg. Benedictine Camaldolese monk. In 996 he accompanied Emperor Otto III to Rome, where he met Saint Adalbert. Spiritual student of Saint Romuald. Wrote a biography of Saint Adalbert, and of the martyred monks known as The Five Polish Brothers. Archbishop of to the Slavs in Mersburg in 1004. Evangelized Hungarians, Petsbenges, Prussians and Russians. Martyr. He is listed with two feast days because he was known in some areas by his given name (Bruno), and in some by his cloistered name (Boniface).

Born

 c.970 at Quefort as Bruno

Died

martyred by pagan Prussians in 1009; relics in Poland

Patronage

Prussia

Representation crossing a red-hot furnace; blessing the chalice of the Mass with his hands cut off

ALDA Also known as Aldobrandesca; Aude; Blanca; Bruna

Memorial

26 April

Profile

 Married lay woman. Widow. Tertiary of the Holy Humility of Mary. She devoted her life to personal penance and charity to the poor, was given to religious ecstasies, and received visions. Greatly honored in Siena.

Born

 1249 at Siena, Italy

 Died

1309

BRUNO

 Memorial

 2 February

Profile

 Duke. Leader of the army that became the Martyrs of Ebsdorf.

Died

martyred in 880 in battle at Ebsdorf

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Bruno

Memorial

6 October

Profile

 Educated in Paris and Rheims, France. Ordained c.1055. Taught theology; one of his students later became Blessed Pope Urban II. Presided over the cathedral school at Rheims from 1057 to 1075. Criticized the worldliness he saw in his fellow clergy. He opposed Manasses, Archbishop of Rheims, because of his laxity and mismanagement. Chancellor of the archdiocese of Rheims. Following a vision he received of a secluded hermitage where he could spend his life becoming closer to God, he retired to a mountain near Chartreuse in Dauphiny in 1084 and founded what became the first house of the Carthusian Order; he and his brothers supported themselves as manuscript copyists. Assistant to Pope Urban II in 1090, and supported his efforts at reform. Retiring from public life, he and his companions built a hermitage at Torre, where, 1095, the monastery of Saint Stephen was built. Bruno combined in the religious life the eremetical and the cenobitic; his learning is apparent from his scriptural commentaries.

Born

 1030 at Cologne, Germany

Died

1101 at Torre, Calabria, Italy of natural causes; buried in the church of Saint Stephen at Torre Canonized 1623

Patronage

 possessed people, Ruthenia

Representation

branch; chalice; cross in hand; death's head; man holding a book and being illuminated by a ray of light; skull; star

Readings Rejoice, my dearest brothers, because you are blessed and because of the bountiful hand of God's grace upon you. Rejoice, because you have escaped the various dangers and shipwrecks of the stormy world. Rejoice because you have reached the quiet and safe anchorage of a secret harbor. Many wish to come into this port, and many make great efforts to do so, yet do not achieve it. Indeed many, after reaching it, have been thrust out, since it was not granted them from above. By your work you show what you love and what you know. When you observe true obedience with prudence and enthusiasm, it is clear that you wisely pick the most delightful and nourishing fruit of divine Scripture. from a letter by Saint Bruno to the Carthusians

BRUNO

Memorial

11 October

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Youngest son of Emperor Henry I and Saint Mathilda. Educated at Utrecht, Netherlands. Courtier to his brother Holy Roman Emperor Otto I Archchancellor to Otto in 951. Archbishop of Cologne. Aministrator of the Duchy of Lorraine. Great supporter of monastic and ecclesiastical institutions. He founded the monastery of Saint Pantaleon at Cologne.

Born

 925

Died

965 at Rheims, France of natural causes; buried at the monastery of Saint Pantaleon at Cologne

Bruna Pellesi

Also known as Maria Rosa of Jesus

Memorial

1 December

 Profile

 Franciscan Missionary of Christ nun.

Born

 11 November 1917 in Morano di Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena, Italy

 Died

1 December 1972 in Sassuolo, Reggio Emilia, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

 1 July 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

29 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Canonized

 pending

BRUNO SSERUNKUUMA

Also known as Bruno Serunkuma

Memorial

 3 June

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 Ndiga clan. Convert, baptized on 18 November 1885. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.

Born

 at Buganda, Uganda

 Died

burned alive on 3 June3 June 1886 at Namugongo, Uganda

Canonized

18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy

BRUNO of Ottobeuren

Memorial

24 December

 Profile

Benedictine lay-brother at Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria (modern Germany).

 Died

c.1050 of natural causes

BRUNO of Quefort Also known as Boniface; Brun; Second Apostle of the Prussians

 

Memorial

19 June; 15 October

 Profile

Great-uncle of Saint Bruno of Wurzburg. Benedictine Camaldolese monk. In 996 he accompanied Emperor Otto III to Rome, where he met Saint Adalbert. Spiritual student of Saint Romuald. Wrote a biography of Saint Adalbert, and of the martyred monks known as

 

The Five Polish Brothers. Archbishop of to the Slavs in Mersburg in 1004. Evangelized Hungarians, Petsbenges, Prussians and Russians. Martyr. He is listed with two feast days because he was known in some areas by his given name (Bruno), and in some by his cloistered name (Boniface).

Born

c.970 at Quefort as Bruno

 

Died

martyred by pagan Prussians in 1009; relics in Poland

Patronage

Prussia

Representation

 crossing a red-hot furnace; blessing the chalice of the Mass with his hands cut off

Bruno of Segni

Memorial

18 July

Profile

 Italian nobility. Studied theology at the Benedictine monastery of Saint Pepetuus at Asti, and at Bologna. Benedictine. Ordained in 1079, and assigned to a parish at Siena, Italy. Noted for defending orthodox Church wisdom, his knowledge of Scripture, and his teachings on the Blessed Sacrament. Counselor to four popes. Ordained bishop of Segni, Italy in 1080 by Pope Gregory VII. Fought simony and lay investiture. In 1095 he retired to a monastic life at Monte Cassino. Elected abbot in 1107. Following a chastisement of the pope for shirking his duty to others, he was soon ordered back to his diocese, a vocation he fulfilled until his death. Vatican librarian. Cardinal legate, though he declined the cardinalate.

Born

1049 at Solero, Piedmont, Italy

 Died

 1123 of natural causes

Canonized

 5 September 1183 by Pope Lucius III Patronage Segni, Italy

BRUNO of Wurzburg

 Memorial 17 May (formerly 27 May)

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 Son of Duke Conrad of Carinthia and the Baroness Matilda. Nephew of Pope Gregory V. Cousin to emperor Conrad II, and later a counselor to him. Great-nephew of Saint Bruno of Quefort. Younger than average when ordained. Bishop of Würzburg, Germany in 1033. Built the Cathedral of Saint Killian from his personal funds, and several parish churches in his diocese. Noted scholar and author, his best known work being a commentary on the Psalms. Peacemaker who ended the siege of Milan. Joined emperor Henry III on campaign against the Hungarians.

 Died

26 May 1045 in Persenbeug (Bosenburg) (in modern Austria) when a building collapsed

GUDULE Also known as Ergoule; Goedele; Goule; Gudula of Brussels; Gudula

Memorial

 8 January; 19 January in the diocese of Ham and Moorzeele

 Profile

 Daughter of Count Witger and Saint Amalburga, great-niece of Emperor Pepin, sister of Saint Pharaildis. Sister of Saint Reinelda and Saint Emebertus. Niece and student of Saint Gertrude of Nivelle, who trained her in the religious life. Pious and devoted, she lived for her prayers and time in church. During her early morning visits to the church in Moorsel, the devil extinguished her candle, which would miraculously re-ignite. The flower called tremella deliquescens, bears fruit in the beginning of January; it's known as "Sinte Goulds lampken" (Saint Gudula's lantern) because not even the winter can extinguish it. Born 7th century at Brabant, Belgium Died 712 at Hamme, Brabant, Belgium of natural causes; buried in front of the church door in her hometown of Hamme; relics translated to Moorsel, then in 978 to Saint Gery's in Brussels, in 1047 to the large collegiate church of Saint Michel (later Sainte Gudule); on 6 June 1579 the Calvinists destroyed her shrine, and scattered the relics

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Patronage

Brussels, Belgium; single laywomen

 Representation

 woman with lantern which the devil tries to blow out, sometimes with a bellows; holding a torch; holding a candle in her right hand, a lamp in her left, which a demon is trying to extinguish

CHRISTINA of Stommeln Also known as Christina Bruzo; Christina Bruso

Memorial

6 November

Profile

 Subject to a number of peculiar incidents recorded by a Friar Preacher. Given to ecstasies. Extensive correspondent.

Born

 1242 at Stommeln, duchy of Juilliers (modern Germany)

Died

1312 in an almshouse in Cologne (modern Germany)

Beatified

1908 (cultus confirmed)

CHRISTINA of Stommeln Also known as Christina Bruzo; Christina Bruso

Memorial

 6 November

Profile

 Subject to a number of peculiar incidents recorded by a Friar Preacher. Given to ecstasies. Extensive correspondent.

Born

1242 at Stommeln, duchy of Juilliers (modern Germany)

Died

1312 in an almshouse in Cologne (modern Germany)

Beatified

1908 (cultus confirmed)

BRENACH Also known as Brynach

Memorial

7 April

Profile

Contemporary of Saint Patrick. Missionary to Wales. Converted a large part of Wales, including Brecan, ruler of South Wales who then founded many churches throughout the region. Born Irish

 Canonized

 Pre-Congregation