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Saint of the day June 17

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  Saint of the day June 17 SAINT OF THE DAY, June 17, STS. BLAISE AND DIOGEN, MARTYRS ON THE VIA SALARIA ANTICA Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Chinese Martyr. He was arrested in Tonkin and was martyred the following year with three companions. Feastday: June 17 St. Nectan. Hermit and martyr also called Nighton or Nectaran. Possibly a native of Wales or Ireland, he is best known through legends. He lived as a hermit in Devonshire, England, founding churches there and in Cornwall, England. The patron saint of Hartland, Devonshire, he was much venerated during the Middle Ages and his shrine was a popular place for pilgrims until its destruction during the Reformation in the sixteenth century. He was reported beheaded by robbers, and in some traditions was a relative of the chieftain Brychan.    St. Briavel. The patron of a parish in Dean Forest, Gloucestershire, England. St. Herve, 575 A.D. Welsh bard who was is a popular patron in Brittany, France. H...
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St John Regis and St Richard of Chichester

  St John Regis and St Richard of Chichester https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/177
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Gospel in Art: Pray for those who persecute you

  Gospel in Art: Pray for those who persecute you https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55230
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Saint of the day June 16

 Saint of the day June 16 Bl. William Greenwood, 1537 A.D. Carthusian martyr of England. A lay brother in the Carthusian London Charterhouse, he was arrested for opposing the policies of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and starved to death in Newgate Prison with six companions.   Sts. Quiriacus and Julitta, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Quiricus was the three year old son of Julitta, a noble widow of Tarsus. Arrested for being a Christian, Julitta enraged the Roman magistrate by scratching his face. Her punishment before execution was to watch while Quiricus was beaten to death Feastday June 16 St. Curig, 6th century. Welsh bishop in the see of Llanbadarn. Several churches in Wales are dedicated to Curig. St. Cettin, 5th century. Bishop and disciple of St.Patrick also called Cetagh. Cettin was consecrated a bishop to help St. Patrick.    St. Colman McRhoi, 6th century. An abbot and disciple of St. Columba. He founded the monastery of Reachrain, now Lamboy Island, in Du...
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SS Vitus, Modesta and Crecentia

  SS Vitus, Modesta and Crecentia https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/176
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Gospel in Art: An eye for an eye

  Gospel in Art: An eye for an eye https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55222
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Saint of the day June 15

 Saint of the day June 15 Bls. Thomas Green, Thomas Scryven, and Thomas Reding, 1537 A.D. English Carthusian martyrs. Thomas Green studied at St. John's College, Cambridge, entering the London Charterhouse of the Carthusians where he took vows and received ordination. Arrested for opposing King Henry VIII's (r. 1509-1547) claim of spiritual supremacy over the English Church, Thomas was imprisoned with two other Carthusians, the lay brothers Thomas Scryven and Thomas Reding, and four other companions. All were starved to death at Newgate Prison. St. Benildis. Roman Catholic Spanish woman martyr, converted by the heroic death of St. Athanasius. A priest, St. Athanasius, died in the city of Córdoba at the hands of the Moors, the Islamic rulers of that era. Benildis converted during the martyrdom of St. Athanasius and she died at the stake the following day. 853 A.D. Feastday June 15 ST VITUS, MARTYR IN LUCANIA Little is definitively known about St Vitus, apart from the fact of his...
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