天主教长青家园

MARIA CANDIDA of the Eucharist

Also known as Maria Barba; Maria Candida dell'Eucharistia Profile Daughter of Pietro Barba, an appelate court judge. Raised in Palermo, Sicily. She made her first Communion at age 10, and had an intense devotion to the Eucharist from a very early age. At fifteen she felt a call to religious life, but her family, though pious, opposed her vocation. She was 35 when she was able to follow the call, and she entered the Discalced Teresian Carmel at Ragusa, Italy on 25 September 1919, taking the name Maria Candida of the Eucharist. Eucharistic devotion dominated her spiritual life, and she would spend hours before the Host. Prioress of her house from 1924 to 1947. Greatly expanded the Carmel in Sicily, and promoted devotion to Saint Teresa of Jesus and her Rule within her Order. Wrote a small book titled "The Eucharist," a description of her experiences and theological meditations on them. Born 16 January 1884 in Catazaro, Italy as Maria Barba Died 12 June 1949 of natural causes Venerated 18 December 2000 by Pope John Paul II Beatified 21 March 2004 by Pope John Paul II Canonized pending

Barbara

Memorial 4 December; removed from revised Roman calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969 Profile Beautiful maiden imprisoned in a high tower by her father Dioscorus for disobedience. While there, she was tutored by philosphers, orators and poets. From them she learned to think, and decided that polytheism was nonsense. With the help of Origen and Valentinian, she converted to Christianity. Her father denounced her to the local authorities for her faith, and they ordered him to kill her. She escaped, but he caught her, dragged her home by her hair, tortured her, and killed her. He was immediately struck by lightning, or according to some sources, fire from heaven. Her imprisonment led to her association with towers, then the construction and maintenance of them, then to their military uses. The lightning that avenged her murder led to asking her protection against fire and lightning, and her patronage of firefighters, etc. Her association with things military and with death that falls from the sky led to her patronage of all things related to artillery, and her image graced powder magazines and arsenals for years. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. While there were undoubtedly beautiful converts named Barbara, this saint is legend, and her cultus developed when pious fiction was mistaken for history. Died beheaded by her father c.235 at Nicomedia during the persecution of Maximinus of Thrace; relics at Burano, Italy, and Kiev, Russia Name Meaning stranger Patronage against death by artillery; against explosions; against fire; against impenitence; against lightning; against mine collapse; against storms; ammunition magazines; ammunition workers; architects; armourers; artillery; artillerymen; boatmen; bomb technicians; brass workers; brewers; builders; carpenters; Colleferro, Italy; construction workers; dying people; explosives workers; fire; fire prevention; firefighters; fireworks; fireworks manufacturers; fortifications; founders; geologists; gravediggers; gunners; hatmakers; hatters; lightning; mariners; martyrs; masons; mathematicians; military engineers; milliners; miners; Montecatini Terme, Italy; ordnance workers; prisoners; safety from storms; sailors; saltpetre workers; Santa Barbara, California; smelters; stone masons; stonecutters; storms; sudden death; Syria; tilers; Toa Alto, Puerto Rico; warehouses; watermen Representation cannon; chalice; host; princess in a tower with either the palm of martyrdom or chalice of happy death; woman holding a tower or feather; woman trampling a Saracen; palm of martyrdom; tower

Marianne Cope

Also known as Barbara Koob; Maria Anna Barbara Cope; Mother Marianne Memorial 9 August Profile Born to a poor working class family, one of eight children. Came to the United States when her parents emigrated in 1840, and she grew up in the Utica, New York area. Left school after the eight grade to work in a factory for nine years and help raise her younger siblings. Joined the Sisters of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York in 1862, taking the name Sister Marianne, and making her vows in 1863. Teacher. Superior of a convent. Member of the council that governed her community. Supervisor of Saint Joseph's Hospital in 1870; it was the only hospital in Syracuse, and cared for the sick regardless of race or religion, a rarity in the day. Directress of novices. Provincial Superior of her community in 1877. In November 1883 she and six of her sister Franciscans went to Honolulu, Hawaii to care for lepers. Mother Marianne had planned to stay a few weeks, help establish the facilities, and then return to Syracuse; she spent 35 years there and only returned when her remains were moved in 2005 as part of her beatification preparations. They completely revamped the conditions of the patients, vastly improving their housing and care. In 1885 she founded a home for the daughters of patients who lived in the colony. In November 1888 she and two sisters founded a home and school for girls on Molokai. In 1895 she took over the boy's home that had been founded by Blessed Damien de Veuster. In her later years she was confined to a wheelchair due to chronic kidney disease. Born 23 January 1838 in Heppenheim, grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany as Barbara Koob Died 9 August 1918 at Kalaupapa, Maui County, Hawaii, United States of a heart attack Venerated 19 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II Beatified 14 May 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Canonized pending

GREGORY BARBARIGO

Also known as Gregory Bardardico; Gregorio Barbarigo; Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo Memorial 17 June Profile Son of a Venetian senator. Educated at the University of Padua. Civil and canon lawyer. Worked on the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years' War on 24 October 1648; one of his co-workers was archbishop Fabio Chigi, the future Pope Alexander VII. Ordained on 21 December 1655. Domestic prelate to Pope Alexander VII. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace. Bishop of Bergamo, Italy on 9 July 1657. Created cardinal on 5 April 1660. Bishop of Padua, Italy on 24 March 1664. Part of the conclave of 1667 that chose Pope Clement IX Part of the conclave of 1676 that chose Blessed Pope Innocent XI. Supervised Catholic teaching in Rome for three years. Part of the conclave of 1689 that chose Pope Alexander VIII. Part of the conclave of 1691 that chose Pope Innocent XII. Noted as a distinguished churchman and leading citizen whose charities were on a princely scale. Worked for unity of the Latin and Orthodox Churches. Born 16 September 1625 at Venice, Italy as Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo Died 18 June 1697 at Padua, Italy of natural causes; buried in the cathedral of Padua Beatified 6 July 1771 by Pope Clement XIV Canonized 26 May 1960 by Blessed Pope John XXIII

RAYMOND of Barbastro Also known as Ramon II Memorial 21 June Profile Augustinian canon regular at Pamiers. Bishop of Barbastro, Aragon, Spain in 1104. Born in Durban, France Died 1126 of natural causes Patronage city of Barbastro Spain, diocese of Barbastro Spain

BARBASYMAS Memorial 14 January Profile Bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon in 342. Arrested and tortured with sixteen priests in the persecutions of King Shapur II; the names of his companions has not come down to us. He was offered a cup filled with gold coins if he would worship the Persian god; he declined. Martyred with the sixteen priests. Died beheaded in 346 in Persia Canonized Pre-Congregation

BARBATIAN of Ravenna Memorial 31 December Profile Fifth century priest at Antioch (in modern Turkey). While in Rome on a mission he was befriended by Empress Placidia Augusta who built a monastery for him at nearby Ravenna. He worked there are superior, and as a counselor to the throne. Canonized Pre-Congregation

BARBATUS of Benevento Also known as Barbas of Benevento Memorial 19 February Profile Priest at an early age. Fiery preacher whose flock turned on him because of his zeal; he finally resigned his parish and returned home. There he fought against a resurgent paganism involving the worship of a golden viper and animal skin hung in a tree. For unrelated reasons, the army of Emperor Constans, besieged Benevento; the locals soon listened to the preacher, renounced their errors, and stopped their idolatrous practices. Barbatus assured them that the siege would end; it did. The saint cut down the tree with his own hand, and melted down the golden viper to make a chalice for the altar. Bishop on 10 March 663. Eradicated superstition in the state. Assisted in a council called by Pope Agatho at Rome in 680. Attended the Sixth General Council held at Constantinople against the Monothelites in 681. Born c.610 at Benevento, Italy Died 29 February 682 at Benevento, Italy Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage Benevento Italy

BARBEA Memorial 29 January Profile Sister of Saint Sarbelius. Convert. Tortured with red-hot irons, and martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Trajan. Died martyred in 101 at Edessa, Mesopotamia Canonized Pre-Congregation

Jaime Hilario Barbal

Also known as Manuel Barbal Cosan; Jakob Hilarius Memorial 18 January Profile Raised in a pious and hardworking family near the Pyrenees mountains. Entered the seminary at age 12, but when his hearing began to fail in his teens, he was sent home. Joined the Brothers of the Christian Schools at age 19, entering the noviate on 24 February 1917 at Irun, Spain, taking the name Jaime Hilario. Exceptional teacher and catechist, he believed strongly in the value of universal education, especially for the poor. However, his hearing problems grew worse, and in the early 1930s, he was forced to retire from teaching, and began work in the garden at the LaSalle house at San Jose, Tarragona, Spain. Imprisoned in July 1936 at Mollerosa, Spain when the Spanish Civil War broke out and religious were swept from the street. Transferred to Tarragona in December, then confined on a prison ship with some other religious. Convicted on 15 January 1937 of being a Christian brother. Two rounds of volley fire from a firing squad did not kill him, possibly because some of soldiers intentionally shot wide; their commander then murdered Jaime with five shots at close range. First of the 97 LaSalle Brothers killed in Catalunia, Spain during the Spanish Civil War to be recognized as a martyr. Born 2 January 1898 at Enviny, Lerida, diocese of La Seu d'Urgell, northern Spain as Manuel Barbal Cosan Died shot to death on 18 January 1937 at the Mount of Olives cemetery near Tarragona, Spain Beatified 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy Canonized 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Dominic Barberi

Also known as Dominic of the Mother of God; Apostle to England Memorial 27 August Profile Born to a poor farm family, orphaned by age eight, and raised by an aunt and uncle on a farm in Merlano. An uneducated shepherd boy, he spent his time with the flocks in prayer. Met many Passionist priests exiled from France during the repressions of Napoleon. During prayers with them he received a divine message that he would work in northern Europe and England. One day in 1814, just before he entered into an arranged marriage, he slipped away from his family and joined the Passionists, taking the name Dominic of the Mother of God. Though he had no education, Dominic proved to be an excellent student, quick to grasp philosophy and theology. Ordained in Rome on 1 March 1821. Teacher and spiritual director, writer on theology and homiletics. One of his works was based on the idea of bringing modern science to philosphical studies; condemned in its day, it's now seen as preparing the way for some of the reforms of Pope Leo XIII. Feeling always drawn to England, he worked to learn English, and met with any English visitors to Rome that he could find. Delegate to the general chapter of his Order in 1833. With Father Peter Magagnotto, Father Seraphim Giammaria, and Brother Crispin Cotta, he established the first Passionist presence at Ere, Belgium in 1840, the first Passionist monastery outside Italy. Dominic, however, continued to press the need for work in England, and he was finally assigned to work there, establishing the first residence during Holy Week of 1842. Tireless preacher and home missioner, working for the return of anti-Catholic England to unity with Rome. Received many to the faith including John Henry Cardinal Newman's conversion to Catholicism and Father George Spencer's entrance to the Passionists; both their Causes for beatification are being investigated. Born 22 June 1792 at Viterbo, Italy Died 3pm 27 August 1849 at Reading, Berkshire, England of a heart attack; buried in the Passionist church in Saint Helen's, Lancashire, England Name Meaning belonging to God Venerated 16 May 1937 Beatified 27 October 1963 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy Canonized pending

CLELIA BARBIERI

Also known as Cloelia Barbieri Memorial 13 July Profile From her earliest life, she paid no attention to this world, focused solely on the spiritual life. Founded the Congregation of Minims of the Sorrowful Mother who concentrate on ministering in hospitals and elementary schools to the sick, the aged, the lonely, and a prayer ministry for the poor. Since her death, her voice has been heard in the houses of her order, accompanying her sisters in song. Born 13 February 1847 at Bundrie di San Giovanni, Persiceto, Italy Died 13 July 1870 at Bologna, Italy of tuberculosis Beatified 2 October 1968 by Pope Paul VI Canonized 9 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II Patronage people ridiculed for their piety

Eulalia of Barcelona Also known as Auzalie of Barcelona; Eulalie of Barcelona; Occille of Barcelona; Olacie of Barcelona; Olaille of Barcelona; Olaire of Barcelona Memorial 12 February Profile Sanctified virgin. Martyred at age 13 or 14 in the persecutions of Diocletian. Often confused with Saint Eulalia of Merida. Several villages in Guienne and Languedoc are named for her. Born c.290 in Spain Died martyred 12 February 304 at Barcelona, Spain; interred in the church of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona; relics translated to the Barcelona cathedral on 23 November 874 Name Meaning victory (gaelic); fair shout (greek) Canonized 633 Patronage against drought; Barcelona, Spain; cathedral of Barcelona; boatmen; mariners; safe sailing; safe seafaring; sailors; watermen Representation young woman with a palm and cross in her hand

Eulalia of Barcelona Also known as Auzalie of Barcelona; Eulalie of Barcelona; Occille of Barcelona; Olacie of Barcelona; Olaille of Barcelona; Olaire of Barcelona Memorial 12 February Profile Sanctified virgin. Martyred at age 13 or 14 in the persecutions of Diocletian. Often confused with Saint Eulalia of Merida. Several villages in Guienne and Languedoc are named for her. Born c.290 in Spain Died martyred 12 February 304 at Barcelona, Spain; interred in the church of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona; relics translated to the Barcelona cathedral on 23 November 874 Name Meaning victory (gaelic); fair shout (greek) Canonized 633 Patronage against drought; Barcelona, Spain; cathedral of Barcelona; boatmen; mariners; safe sailing; safe seafaring; sailors; watermen Representation young woman with a palm and cross in her hand

PACIAN of Barcelona Also known as Pacianus Memorial 9 March Profile Married and a father; his son Dexter was high chamberlain to Emperor Theodosius. Bishop of Barcelona. Wrote on ecclesiastical discipline. Saint Jerome wrote about him, praising his eloquence, learning, chastity, and holiness of life. Pacian wrote, "My name is Christian, my surname is Catholic." Died c.390 at Barcelona, Spain of natural causes Canonized Pre-Congregation