Blessed Andrew Dotti
Commemorated on 3 September
Born to a noble family. Military commander.Joined the Servite Order in 1278.Worked with Saint Philip Benizi. Priest.Held several offices in the Order.Noted preacher known for his personal penances.Visionary and miracle worker.Late in life he retired to Montevecchio to spend his final days in prayer and solitude.
Born: 1256 at Borgo San Sepolcro, Italy Died: 31 August 1315 at Borgo San Sepolcro, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 1806 ( cultus confirmed)
Blessed Brigida of Jesus
(also known as Birgitta Morello;Brigida Morello)
Commemorated on 3 September
Foundress of the Institute of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate.
Born: 17 June 1610 in San Michele di Pagana di Rapallo, Genoa, Italy as Brigada Morello Died: 3 September 1679 in Piacenza, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 15 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy Canonised: Pre-Congregation
Saint Gregory the Great
(also known as Gregory I;Gregory Dialogos;Father of the Fathers)
Commemorated on 3 September
Son of a wealthy Roman senator and Saint SilviaNephew of Saint Emiliana and Saint Tarsilla.Great-grandson of Pope Saint Felix III.Educated by the finest teachers in Rome.Prefect of Rome for a year, then he sold his possessions, turned his home into a Benedictine monastery, and used his money to build six monasteries in Sicily and one in Rome. Benedictine monk.Upon seeing English children being sold in the Roman Forum, he became a missionary to England.Elected 64th Pope by unanimous acclamation on 3 September 590, the first monk to be chosen.Sent Saint Augustine of Canterbury and a company of monks to evangelize England, and other missionaries to France, Spain, and Africa.Collected the melodies and plain chant so associated with him that they are now known as Gregorian Chants.One of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church.Wrote seminal works on the Mass and Office.
Born: c. 540 at Rome, Italy Died: 12 March 604 at Rome, Italy
Blessed Gabriel of Saint Magdalen
Commemorated on 3 September
Franciscan lay brother.Assigned to Manila, Philippines in 1612 where he studied medicine.Beginning in 1622, he spent a decade ministering to the sick in Japan in a time when Christianity was outlawed. Imprisoned and martyred.
Born: at Fonseca, New Castile, Spain Died: burned alive in 1632 at Nagasaki, Japan Beatified: 1867 Canonised: pending
Blessed Guala
Commemorated on 3 September
One of the first disciples in Italy of Saint Dominic de Guzman.First Dominican prior of Brescia and Bologna. Bishop of Brescia in 1228.Due to civil unrest, he resigned the see in 1242 and retired to the Vallumbrosans of San Sepolcro d Astino.
Died: 1244 at San Sepolcro d Astino of natural causes Beatified: 1866 ( cultus confirmed)
Saint Gabriel Gowdel
Commemorated on 3 May; 22 September (translation of relics)
Son of Peter and Anastasia Gowdel who were pious Orthodox Christians.Gabriel noted for his piety and prayer from a very early age.Murder victim, and considered a martyr.His attacker buried the body in a wooded area near the village where stray dogs guarded it until it was discovered by the villagers nine days after the crime; the body was incorrupt.During an epidemic in 1720, children were buried near him, their families considering the ground around a martyr to be especially hallowed.His body was accidentally exhumed, and found to still be incorrupt.There were many miraculous cures after the incident, and the end of an epidemic followed soon after.
Born: 22 March 1684 at Zwierki Died: murdered on 11 April 1690;body transferred to the church at Zwierki;the church burned in 1746 - Gabriel s hand was burned, but healed; relics translated to Saint Nicola s Cathedral, Bialystok in 1922
Saint Hereswitha
Commemorated on 3 September
Princess.Sister of Saint Hilda of Whitby. Mother ofSaint Sexburga,Saint Withburga, andSaint Ethelburga. Widow.When her children were grown, she became a nun at Chelles, France.
Born: at Northumbria, England Died: c. 690 Canonised: Pre-Congregation
Blessed Herman of Heidelberg
Commemorated on 3 September
Brother of Blessed Otto of Heidelberg. Benedictine monk at Niederaltaich, Bavaria in 1320.Exercised his vocation from a hermit s cell in the monastery.
Died: c.1326
Blessed Jerome of the Cross de Torres
(also known as Jerome of the Cross;Jerome de Torres;Jerome de Torres of the Cross)
Commemorated on 3 September
Educated at Arima. Franciscan tertiary. Ordained at Manila, Philippines.Parish priest in Japan from 1628. Arrested for his faith in 1631. Martyr.
Born: Japanese Died: burned to death in 1632 at Nagasaki, Japan Beatified: 1867 Canonised: pending
Blessed John of Perugia
Commemorated on 3 September
Franciscan friar.In 1216, he andBlessed Peter of Sassoferratowere sent by Saint Francis of Assisi to preach to the Spanish Moors in and around Teruel and Valencia. Martyr.
Died: beheaded in 1231 in Valencia Beatified: 11 September 1704 by Pope Clement XI ( cultus confirmed); 1783 ( cultus confirmed)
Saint Marinus
(also known as Marino;Marinao;Marinus of San Marino;Marinus the Dalmatian;Marinus of Dalmatia)
Commemorated on 3 September
Stonemason who worked at Monte Titano in modern San Marino. Layman preacher who converted many, and minstered to Christians who had been sentenced to quarry work as punishment for their faith. Deacon, ordained by Saint Gaudentius. Bishop of Rimini.Though he belonged to no order that required it, he was a confirmed, life-long bachelor.Falsely accused by an insane woman of Rimini of being her estranged husband, he fled to a cave on Monte Titano, and lived there as a hermit.The small country of San Marino is named for him.
Born: 5th century Albe, Dalmatia Died: of natural causes; relics in the Basilica of Saint Marinus
Saint Natalis
Commemorated on 3 September
Priest at Casale, in Piedmont.
Born: in Benevento, Italy Died: 6th century of natural causes Canonised: Pre-Congregation
Blessed Peter of Sassoferrato
Commemorated on 3 September
Franciscan friar.In 1216, he and Blessed John of Perugiawere sent by Saint Francis of Assisi to preach to the Spanish Moors in and around Teruel and Valencia. Martyr.
Died: beheaded in 1231 in Valencia Beatified: 11 September 1704 by Pope Clement XI ( cultus confirmed); 1783 ( cultus confirmed)
Saint Regulus of Rheims
(also known as Reol of Rheims;Rieul of Rheims)
Commemorated on 3 September
Benedictine monk at Rebais.Spiritual student of Saint Philibert. Archbishop of Rheims, France.Founded Orbais abbey in 680.
Born: unknown Died: 698 of natural causes Canonised: Pre-Congregation
Saint Remaclus
(also known as Rimagilus)
Commemorated on 3 September
Grew up in and around the royal court of Aquitaine.Studied under Saint Sulpicius of Bourges. Benedictine monk in 625. Priest.First abbot at Solignac, appointed by Saint Eligius. Abbot of the monastery at Cugnon, duchy of Luxembourg.Advisor to King Sigebert III.Convinced the king to found the double abbey of Stavelot, Belgium, and Malmedy, Ardennes, France, in 648; Remaclus served as its first abbot. Missionary bishop of Maastricht, Netherlands in 652- 663, a diocese frequently out of touch with the Church and known to murder its bishops.Worked to spread monasticism in the region.Friend and co-worker with Saint Hadelin.Spiritual teacher of Saint Trond, Saint Babolen, Saint Theodard, and Saint Lambert.Eventually retired to the abbey at Stavelot.
Born: early 7th century Aquitaine, France Died: c. 673 at Stablo, Belgium of natural causes Canonised: Pre-Congregation