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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