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Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated:
St. Abban
Feastday: March 16
620
Abbot and Irish missionary. An Irish prince, Abban was the son of King Cormac of Leinster. He is listed as the nephew of St. Ibar. Abban founded many churches in the old district of Ui Cennselaigh, in modern County Wexford and Ferns. His main monastery is Magheranoidhe, in Adamstown, Ireland. This monastery's fame is attributed in some records to another Abban, that of New Ross. Abban is also associated with Kill-Abban Abbey in Leinster, serving as abbot there until March 16, 620. He is revered in Adamstown, which was once called Abbanstown.
St. Hilary
Feastday: March 16
284
Martyr with Denis, Felix, Largus, and Tatian. Hilary, also called Dionysius, was the bishop of Aquileia, Italy. Tatian was a deacon and the others laymen. They were beheaded.
St. Aninus
Feastday: March 16
unknown
A hermit of Syria, who was greatly revered for his austerities. He was also venerated for miracles.
St. Abraham Kidunaja
Feastday: March 16
sixth century
Hermit and apostle who faced the pagan priests of Edessa in Mesopotamia. Born in that city, Abraham refused to enter into a marriage arranged by his prosperous parents and went out into the nearby desert to live in a sealed cabin. Food was provided for him through a single opening by disciples, and his influence attracted other hermits to the region. When Abraham's parents died, he gave away his large inheritance. Soon after, he was asked by the bishop of Edessa to start a hermitage at Beth-Kiduna, near the city. The pagans in the region persecuted him after he destroyed their idols, but Abraham won them over and claimed the area for the Church. He then returned to his hermitage, where he is reported to have reached the age of seventy before dying.
St. Dentlin
Feastday: March 16
7th century
Seven-year-old confessor, called also Dentilin or Denain. He was the son of St. Vincent Madelgarus and St. Waldestrudis A church in Cleves, in Germany, was named for him.
St. Eusebia
Feastday: March 16
680
Benedictine abbess, the daughter of Sts. Adalbald and Rictrudis. She was sent as a child to her great grandmother, St. Gertrude, the abbess of Hamage Abbey in France. Her father had been murdered in 652, and her mother had sent her there for safety. She was elected abbess at the age of twelve, and her mother, by then abbess of Merchiennes, brought her and her community into her care. Eusebia and her nuns later returned to Hamage Abbey.
St. Finian Lobhar
Feastday: March 16
560
Irish abbot, a disciple of St. Columba. He was born in Bregia, Leinster, Ireland. Tradition credits him with founding a church at Innisfallen and a monastery there as well. After a stay in Clonmore, Finian Lobhar became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin. He may have returned to Clonmore in his later years and was called Lobhar, “the Leper,” but apparently did not have that disease. He acquired the name when he contracted leprosy from a young boy whom he cured of the disease.
St. Finian Munnu
Feastday: March 16
635
Irish abbot and disciple of St. Columba and St. Seenell, called St. Mundus in Scotland. He stayed in Cluain Inis, in Ireland, for eighteen years and then went to Jona, Scotland. Returning to Ireland, he founded Taghmon in Wexford and became its abbot. Developing Taghmon into a famous monastery, Finian attended the Magh Lene Synod in 630, defending Celtic liturgical practices. In his later years he suffered from a terrible skin disease, possibly a form of leprosy.
Bl. John Amias
Feastday: March 16
1589
Also called John Anne, a martyr in England. He was born and married near Wakefield where he became a cloth dealer. When his wife died, he went to Reims and was ordained a Priest in 1581. Returning to England, he worked until his arrest by English authorities. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, he was beatified in 1929.
Bl. John Cacciafronte
Feastday: March 16
1183
Bishop and martyr. Born John Sordi in Cremona, he entered the Benedictines and became abbot of St. Lawrence in Creinona in 1155. When the papacy entered into its Struggle with Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, John sided with the Holy See and was banished. He retired and became a hermit near Mantua, but in 1174 was elevated to the office of bishop of Mantua after its bishop was deposed. After several years, John resigned in favor of the deposed bishop who desired to come back, and in 1177, John went to Vicenza where he was killed by a disgruntled man.
St. Julian of Anazarbus
Feastday: March 16
302
Martyr praised by St. John Chrysostom when his remains were enshrined in Antioch. He was born in Anazarbus, Cilicia, in modern Turkey, and was arrested as a Christian of senatorial rank. For a year Julian was put on display in cities all over Cilicia. He was then sewn into a sack filled with vipers and scorpions and hurled into the sea.
Bl. Robert Dalby
Feastday: March 16
1589
English martyr. Born at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, he was a Protestant minister before he converted to Catholicism and left England to become a priest. Ordained in 1588 after studies at Douai and Reims, France, he returned home. The next year he was arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York on March 16, with Blessed John Amias. He was beatified 1929.
St. Megingaud
Feastday: March 16
794
Benedictine bishop, also listed as Mengold or Megingoz. He was a Frank who entered Fritzlar Monastery in Germany in 738. After serving as abbot there, Meginggaud succeeded St. Burchard as bishop of Wurzburg, Germany, about 754. In 787 he retired to Neustadt Abbey.
St. Patrick
Feastday: March 16
unknwon
Bishop of Malaga, Spain. His life is relatively obscure, but it is believed that he fled to Auvergne, France, during a persecution, where he died. He is still honored in Spain.
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Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated:
St. Abban
Feastday: March 16
620
Abbot and Irish missionary. An Irish prince, Abban was the son of King Cormac of Leinster. He is listed as the nephew of St. Ibar. Abban founded many churches in the old district of Ui Cennselaigh, in modern County Wexford and Ferns. His main monastery is Magheranoidhe, in Adamstown, Ireland. This monastery's fame is attributed in some records to another Abban, that of New Ross. Abban is also associated with Kill-Abban Abbey in Leinster, serving as abbot there until March 16, 620. He is revered in Adamstown, which was once called Abbanstown.
St. Hilary
Feastday: March 16
284
Martyr with Denis, Felix, Largus, and Tatian. Hilary, also called Dionysius, was the bishop of Aquileia, Italy. Tatian was a deacon and the others laymen. They were beheaded.
St. Aninus
Feastday: March 16
unknown
A hermit of Syria, who was greatly revered for his austerities. He was also venerated for miracles.
St. Abraham Kidunaja
Feastday: March 16
sixth century
Hermit and apostle who faced the pagan priests of Edessa in Mesopotamia. Born in that city, Abraham refused to enter into a marriage arranged by his prosperous parents and went out into the nearby desert to live in a sealed cabin. Food was provided for him through a single opening by disciples, and his influence attracted other hermits to the region. When Abraham's parents died, he gave away his large inheritance. Soon after, he was asked by the bishop of Edessa to start a hermitage at Beth-Kiduna, near the city. The pagans in the region persecuted him after he destroyed their idols, but Abraham won them over and claimed the area for the Church. He then returned to his hermitage, where he is reported to have reached the age of seventy before dying.
St. Dentlin
Feastday: March 16
7th century
Seven-year-old confessor, called also Dentilin or Denain. He was the son of St. Vincent Madelgarus and St. Waldestrudis A church in Cleves, in Germany, was named for him.
St. Eusebia
Feastday: March 16
680
Benedictine abbess, the daughter of Sts. Adalbald and Rictrudis. She was sent as a child to her great grandmother, St. Gertrude, the abbess of Hamage Abbey in France. Her father had been murdered in 652, and her mother had sent her there for safety. She was elected abbess at the age of twelve, and her mother, by then abbess of Merchiennes, brought her and her community into her care. Eusebia and her nuns later returned to Hamage Abbey.
St. Finian Lobhar
Feastday: March 16
560
Irish abbot, a disciple of St. Columba. He was born in Bregia, Leinster, Ireland. Tradition credits him with founding a church at Innisfallen and a monastery there as well. After a stay in Clonmore, Finian Lobhar became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin. He may have returned to Clonmore in his later years and was called Lobhar, “the Leper,” but apparently did not have that disease. He acquired the name when he contracted leprosy from a young boy whom he cured of the disease.
St. Finian Munnu
Feastday: March 16
635
Irish abbot and disciple of St. Columba and St. Seenell, called St. Mundus in Scotland. He stayed in Cluain Inis, in Ireland, for eighteen years and then went to Jona, Scotland. Returning to Ireland, he founded Taghmon in Wexford and became its abbot. Developing Taghmon into a famous monastery, Finian attended the Magh Lene Synod in 630, defending Celtic liturgical practices. In his later years he suffered from a terrible skin disease, possibly a form of leprosy.
Bl. John Amias
Feastday: March 16
1589
Also called John Anne, a martyr in England. He was born and married near Wakefield where he became a cloth dealer. When his wife died, he went to Reims and was ordained a Priest in 1581. Returning to England, he worked until his arrest by English authorities. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, he was beatified in 1929.
Bl. John Cacciafronte
Feastday: March 16
1183
Bishop and martyr. Born John Sordi in Cremona, he entered the Benedictines and became abbot of St. Lawrence in Creinona in 1155. When the papacy entered into its Struggle with Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, John sided with the Holy See and was banished. He retired and became a hermit near Mantua, but in 1174 was elevated to the office of bishop of Mantua after its bishop was deposed. After several years, John resigned in favor of the deposed bishop who desired to come back, and in 1177, John went to Vicenza where he was killed by a disgruntled man.
St. Julian of Anazarbus
Feastday: March 16
302
Martyr praised by St. John Chrysostom when his remains were enshrined in Antioch. He was born in Anazarbus, Cilicia, in modern Turkey, and was arrested as a Christian of senatorial rank. For a year Julian was put on display in cities all over Cilicia. He was then sewn into a sack filled with vipers and scorpions and hurled into the sea.
Bl. Robert Dalby
Feastday: March 16
1589
English martyr. Born at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, he was a Protestant minister before he converted to Catholicism and left England to become a priest. Ordained in 1588 after studies at Douai and Reims, France, he returned home. The next year he was arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York on March 16, with Blessed John Amias. He was beatified 1929.
St. Megingaud
Feastday: March 16
794
Benedictine bishop, also listed as Mengold or Megingoz. He was a Frank who entered Fritzlar Monastery in Germany in 738. After serving as abbot there, Meginggaud succeeded St. Burchard as bishop of Wurzburg, Germany, about 754. In 787 he retired to Neustadt Abbey.
St. Patrick
Feastday: March 16
unknwon
Bishop of Malaga, Spain. His life is relatively obscure, but it is believed that he fled to Auvergne, France, during a persecution, where he died. He is still honored in Spain.
Scriptural Readings:
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First Reading - Jon 3:1-10
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying:2 Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.3 And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey.4 And Jonas began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried, and said: Yet forty days, and Ninive shall be destroyed.5 And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least.6 And the word came to the king of Ninive; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen nor sheep, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water.8 And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.9 Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?10 And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not
Psalm - Ps 50:3-4,12-13,18-19
3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.13 Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.19 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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