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April 16 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
April 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 17 All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 29'' by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For April 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''April 3''. Saints * Martyrs Leonidas of Nea Epidavros, and those with him (250 or 258):April 16 / April 29 Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). Συναξαριστής. 16 Απριλίου '' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). :* Charissa, Nika (''Niki''), Galina, Callista (''Calisa, Calida''), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene, of Corinth. * Hieromartyrs Felix, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engratia
Saint Engratia ( pt, Santa Engrácia, es, Santa Engracia) is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 303 AD. She should not be confused with the 8th-century Spanish martyr of the same name. History Although her martyrdom is traditionally placed around 303 during the Diocletianic Persecution, more recently it is considered probable that she died during the persecution of Valerian (254-260). Legend Engratia was a native of Braga who had been promised in marriage to a nobleman of Roussillon. He sent as her escort to Gaul her uncle Lupercius (sometimes identified with the Luperculus who was a bishop of Eauze) and a suite of sixteen noblemen and a servant named Julie or Julia. Upon reaching Zaragoza, they learned of the persecution of Christians there by the governor Dacian, who reigned in the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian. She attempted to dissuade him from his persecution, but was whipped and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fructuosus Of Braga
Fructuosus of Braga was the Bishop of Dumio and Archbishop of Braga, a great founder of monasteries, who died on 16 April 665. He was the son of a Visigothic ''dux'' in the region of Bierzo and at a young age accompanied his father on official trips over his estates. After a period spent as a hermit, he established a monastery at Complutum and became its first abbot. Life After the death of his parents, Fructuosus first sought instruction from the Bishop of Palencia before retiring as a hermit to a desert in Galicia. Many pupils gathered around him, and thus originated the monastery of Complutum in the El Bierzo region, over which he himself at first presided, later, he appointed an abbot and again retired into the desert. In the course of time, he founded nine other monasteries, including one for women under the abbess Benedicta. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Avranches
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)''; French: ''Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutance in the commune of Coutances in France. The diocese is suffragan of the Archbishop of Rouen and comprises the entire department of Manche. It was enlarged in 1802 by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and of two archdeaconries from the Diocese of Bayeux. Since 1854 its bishops have held the title of Bishop of Coutances (–Avranches). The Bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Channel Islands, mostly in Alderney where the Bishop also held partial authority over the Leader of Alderney, until the Reformation, despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204. The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569 when Queen Elizabeth I demanded that the Bishops hand the island over to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Pair
Saint-Pair is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liébana
Liébana is a ''comarca'' of Cantabria (Spain). It covers 575 square kilometres and is located in the far southwest of Cantabria, bordering Asturias, León and Palencia. It is made up of the municipalities of: Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño, Cillorigo de Liébana, Pesaguero, Potes, Tresviso and Vega de Liébana. Geography Liébana is a closed mountainous ''comarca'', constituted by four valleys (Valdebaró, Cereceda, Valdeprao and Cillorigo) that connect in Potes, the centre of the ''comarca''. Its main rivers are the Deva, the Quiviesa and the Buyón. The steep-sided uplands are formed of Carboniferous limestone affected by karstic processes. Shale and sandstone can be found in the bottom of the valleys. The considerable deepness of the valleys, with big differences in altitude and steep slopes creates a great wide variety of environments which allow for a multitude of vegetable species: beeches, holm oaks, cork oaks and other types of oaks (''Quercus robur, Quercus Pyrenaica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turibius Of Liébana
Turibius of Liébana ('' fl.'' '), also known as Turbius the Monk (''Turibius Monachus'', ''Toribio el Monje''), was an early Benedictine monk. He was born probably in Turieno and spent most of his life in the region of Liébana. He received a letter full of praise from Bishop Montanus of Toledo in 527.Jorge Loring"El “Lignum Crucis” de Santo Toribio de Liébana" who cites Pedro Álvarez, ''El Monasterio de Santo Toribio de Liébana y el Lignum Crucis'' (1995, ). In his preaching he condemned as heresy the Priscillianism still rampant in Spain. Around the middle of the century he and five companions took up the Benedictine habit and founded the monastery of Liébana, either the second or third oldest Benedictine establishment in Spain, dedicating it to Martin of Tours. Turibius of Liébana has been conflated with Turibius of Astorga (died 460), also a saint, whose bones came to rest in the monastery the former Turibius had founded and where he also was buried. According to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Astorga
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga ( la, Asturicensis) is a diocese whose seat is in the city of Astorga, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain."Diocese of Astorga" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Astorga" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The diocese is a part of the |
Turibius Of Astorga
Saint Turibius of Astorga ( es, Santo Toribio de Astorga; '' fl.'' 446, died 460) was an archdeacon of Tui and an early Bishop of Astorga. Turibius was a zealous maintainer of ecclesiastical discipline, and defender of the Nicene Christianity against the Galician heresy of Priscillianism, for which he received a supportive letter from Leo the Great, which still survives. Turibius held a local synod in 446. After his death at Astorga in 460 he was revered as a saint. According to tradition, his relics, along with a piece of the ''lignum crucis'' he had brought from Jerusalem, were transferred to the Monastery of Liébana around the middle of the eighth century. His feast day is April 16 in the Roman Catholic Church. He is usually portrayed with a mitre and is not to be confused with Turibius of Liébana Turibius of Liébana (''fl.'' '), also known as Turbius the Monk (''Turibius Monachus'', ''Toribio el Monje''), was an early Benedictine monk. He was born probably in Turieno a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 3 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
November 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), November 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), November 4 All fixed Synaxarium, commemorations below celebrated on November 16 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Julian Calendar, Old Calendar. For November 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), October 21. Saints * Martyrs Dassios, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodoti, by the sword. Συναξαριστής. 3 Νοεμβρίου'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).November 16 / November 3 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyrs Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nicto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudentius
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens () was a Roman citizen, Roman Christianity, Christian poet, born in the Roman Empire, Roman province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Spain) in 348.H. J. Rose, ''A Handbook of Classical Literature'' (1967) p. 508 He probably died in the Iberian Peninsula some time after 405, possibly around 413. The place of his birth is uncertain, but it may have been Caesaraugusta (Saragossa), Tarraco (Tarragona), or Calagurris (Calahorra). Life Prudentius practiced law with some success, and was twice provincial governor, perhaps in his native country, before the emperor Theodosius I summoned him to court. Towards the end of his life (possibly around 392) Prudentius retired from public life to become an ascetic, fasting until evening and abstaining entirely from animal food; and writing poems, hymns, and controversial works in defence of Christianity. Prudentius later collected the Christian poems written during this period and added a preface, which he himself dated 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
