Saint Denise (other)
Saint Denise (Dionysia, Dionisia, Denyse) may refer to: *Saints Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise, martyred at Lampsacus (3rd century) *Saints Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus, martyred in Africa (5th century) *Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz, Philippine religious figure, Servant of God "Servant of God" is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint. Terminology The expression "servant of God" appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in th ...

Peter, Andrew, Paul, And Denise
Saints Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise (Dionisia, Dionysia) are venerated as martyrs by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. They were killed in the 3rd century at Lampsacus, Mysia (in present-day Turkey) on the Hellespont. Martyrdom According to tradition, Denise was martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Emperor Decius, along with three men named Andrew, Paul, and Nichomachus.Félix Amat, ''Tratado de la Iglesia de Jesucristo'' (Madrid: S.N., 1806), Lib. IV, Cap. II. Nichomachus, "presumptuous and over-confident", denied that he was a Christian after he was tortured and was asked to perform a sacrifice to the Roman gods. However, as he was about to perform this task, he suffered a convulsion and fell dead. Andrew and Paul refused to apostatize and were tortured on the rack and then imprisoned. Denise was a sixteen-year-old Christian girl who vocalized her unhappiness regarding Nichomachus' apostasy. She was brought before the proconsul Optimus, and re ...
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Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, And Servus
Denise (Dionysia, Dionisia), Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus are venerated as martyrs by the Catholic Church. They were killed in the late 5th century during the persecution of Trinitarian Christians in Proconsular Africa by the Arian Vandals, according to Victor of Vita. These martyrs were killed during the reign of Arian king Hunneric. According to Victor, Denise was a beautiful and widowed noblewoman, who was killed during this persecution. Denise's son Majoricus was killed during the same persecution, as well as Denise's sister Dativa. Denise was brutally whipped by the authorities. and then died at the stake with her little child, Majoricus, and her sister Dativa. Also killed were Leontia, daughter of Bishop Germanus of Perada (Paradana); a doctor named Emilius or Emelius ("Emilianus" according to Usuard), brother-in-law of Dativa; Tertius, a monk of Byzacena; and Boniface, surnamed Sibidense, who has been identified as Boniface, bisho ...
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Dionisia De Santa María Mitas Talangpaz
Mother Dionisia Talangpaz (1691–1732), is a Filipino Roman Catholic figure. Along with her sister Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz, she founded the "''Beaterio de San Sebastián de Calumpang''" (now the Congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters), in 1719. The Augustinian Recollect Sisters is the second-oldest native Filipino congregation for women religious founded in the Philippines, after the Religious of the Virgin Mary, established by Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo. hi Beaterio de San Sebastián Two blood sisters, Mother Dionicia Mitas Talangpaz de Santa Maria (1691–1732) and Mother Cecilia Rosa Talangpaz de Jesus (1693–1731), of Calumpit, Bulacan, founded the second enduring beaterio for native women in 1719. Their surname, "talangpaz," means "rock, or boulder" and it evokes the religious house they built on rock. Now called the Congregation of the Augustinian Recollects Sisters, it is the oldest beaterio or noncontemplative religious community ...
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