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Saint Andrew The Apostle, Blessed John Of Vercelli & Saint Castulus Of Rome Pray For Us 🙏

Saint Andrew The Apostle Also known as • Andrew the Protoclete • Andreas, Endres Profile The first Apostle. Fisherman by trade. Brother of Simon Peter. Follower of John the Baptist. Andrew went through life leading people to Jesus, both before and after the Crucifixion. Missionary in Asia Minor and Greece, and possibly areas in modern Russia and Poland. Martyred on an saltire (x-shaped) cross, he is said to have preached for two days from it. Some peculiar marriage-related superstitions have attached themselves to Saint Andrew's feast day. • An old German tradition says that single women who wish to marry should ask for Saint Andrew's help on the eve of his feast, then sleep naked that night; they will see their future husbands in their dreams. • Another says that young women should note the location of barking dogs on Saint Andrew's Eve: their future husbands will come from that direction. • On the day after Andrew's feast, young people float cups in a tub; if a boy's and a girl's cup drift together and are intercepted by a cup inscribed "priest", it indicates marriage. There are several explanations for why Andrew became the patron of Scotland. • In 345, Emperor Constantine the Great decided to translate Andrew's bones from Patras, Greece to Constantinople. Saint Regulus of Scotland was instructed by an angel to take many of these relics to the far northwest. He was eventally told to stop on the Fife coast of Scotland, where he founded the settlement of Saint Andrew. • In the 7th century, Saint Wilfrid of York brought some of the saint's relics with him after a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy. The Scots king, Angus MacFergus, installed them at Saint Andrew's to enhance the prestige of the new diocese. • When the Pictish King Angus faced a large invading army, he prayed for guidance. A white cloud in the form of a saltire cross floated across the blue sky above him. Angus won a decisive victory, and decreed that Andrew would be the patron saint of his country. Following Robert Bruce's victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, the Declaration of Arbroath officially named Saint Andrew the patron saint of Scotland. The Saltire became the national flag of Scotland in 1385. Born at Bethsaida, Galilee Died • crucified on a saltire (x-shaped) cross in Patras Greece • relics destroyed c.1559 by Protestants Patronage • against convulsions • against fever • against gout • against neck pain • against sore throats • against whooping cough • anglers, fishermen • boatmen, mariners, sailors,watermen • butchers • farm workers • fish dealers, fish mongers • happy marriages • miners • pregnant women • rope makers • sail makers • single lay women • singers • textile workers • unmarried women • water carriers • women who wish to become mothers • Karadordevic dynasty • Knights of the Golden Fleece • Spanish armed forces • University of Patras • Austria • Germany • Greece • Luxembourg • Netherlands • Romania • Russia • Scotland • Spain • Bithynia, Asia Minor • Lower Austria, province of • 5 dioceses • 53 cities Representation • fish • fishing net • man bound to a cross • man preaching from a cross • old man with long white hair and a beard, holding the Gospel in his right hand, and leaning on a transverse cross • preacher holding some fish • Saint Andrew's cross • saltire (x-shaped) cross; some stories say it was may that way, others that it was a Latin cross, but fell over, and his killers just left it propped up on one of the cross-arms Storefront • medals and pendants

Readings
After Andrew had stayed with Jesus and had learned much from him, he did not keep this treasure to himself, but hastened to share it with his brother Peter. Notice what Andrew said to him: "We have found the Messiah, that is to say, the Christ." Notice how his words reveal what he has learned in so short a time. They show the power of the master who has convinced them of this truth. Andrew's words reveal a soul waiting with the utmost longing for the coming of the Messiah, looking forward to his appearing from heaven, rejoicing when he does appear, and hastening to announce to great an event to others. To support one another in the things of the spirit is the true sign of good will between brothers, loving kinship and sincere affection. - from a homily on the Gospel of John by Saint John Chrysostom https://catholicsaints.info/saint-andrew-the-apostle/

Blessed John Of Vercelli

Also known as John Garbella Profile Studied at the University of Paris. Doctor of civil and canon law. Taught law at Paris and Vercelli, Italy. Helped found a university in Vercelli. Dominican Friar, joining in Vercelli, and receiving the habit from Blessed Jordan of Saxony, whose preaching had brought him to the Order. Transferred to Bologna, Italy to study the history and theology of the Order and for the priesthood. Ordained in 1229. Noted preacher in Bologna. John returned to Vercelli in 1232 to establish a Dominican priory, and to serve as its superior. Peacemaker between Venice and other Papal States. Prior of the Dominican house in Bologna, and spiritual director to its nuns. Dominican Provincial of Lombardy in 1257. Fought heresies in northern Italy. Friend of King Saint Louis IX, and often consulted Saint Thomas Aquinas on theological matters. Master-general of the Dominicans from 1264 to 1283. Insured uniform liturgical celebration throughout the Order. Served at the papal court of Pope Clement IV. Considered for the papacy after the death of Clement; when he learned of this, he fled the city. Pope Gregory X was elected instead. Papal legate. Peacemaker between Venice and Genoa. Peacemaker between France and Castile. Commissioned by the pope to draw up the schema for the Second Council of Lyons, and actively participated in the Council. In 1274 he founded what eventually became the Holy Name Society (Confraternity of the Most Holy Name of God and Jesus). Appointed archbishop of Jerusalem in 1278, but begged to be released from the responsibility, citing advanced age, ill health, and the need for strong, vital leadership in the war-ravaged region. Tradition says that during the translation of the relics of Saint Dominic de Guzman 1267, when the body was exposed to view, the head was seen to turn towards Blessed John. Embarrassed, John moved to another part of the church, giving his place to a cardinal. The head of Saint Dominic was seen by all to turn again toward John. Born 1205 at Mosso Santa Maria, Italy as John Garbella Died • 30 November 1283 at Montpelier, France of natural causes • buried at the Dominican convent at Montpelier • his tomb was desecrated by Calvinists in 1562, and his body disappeared Beatified 1903 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed) Patronage Holy Name Society

Readings
God of power and mercy, you made Blessed John an outstanding promoter of the order of Preachers. By his remarkable zeal, his wonderful prudence and his courage, and with the help of his prayers may your family always and everywhere be governed by beneficial rule. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Order of Preachers Watch the little things. He who grows careless in little things, little by little falls. He who does not push himself to make progress, goes backward. - Blessed John, writing to his priests Desirous of protecting the honor of God, of obeying this apostolic command, and of promoting in our neighbor an increase in devotion, we beseech you to stir up your zeal to the end that you personally see to it that this request of the Holy Father receives full compliance by having your subjects preach with convincing arguments and with scrupulous diligence the need for reverencing the Holy Name. - Blessed John, writing on the creation of the Holy Name Society https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-john-of-vercelli/

Saint Castulus Of Rome

Also known as • Castulus of Moosburg • Castolo, Castulo, Catulus, Kastl, Kastulis, Kastulus
Profile
Married to Saint Irene of Rome. Military officer in the imperial palace in Rome during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. A quiet Christian, he was denounced to authorities for sheltering fellow Christians; arrested, tortured and martyred. Died • buried alive in 288 on the Via Labicana outside Rome, Italy • a cemetery named for him developed on the land • a church dedicated to him was built in the 7th century on the site of his execution • relics transferred to a Benedictine monastery in Moosburg an der Isar, Germany c.768 • relics transferred to Landshut, Germany in 1604 Patronage • against blood poisoning • against drowning • against erysipelas • against fever • against horse theft • against lightning • against storms • against wildfire • cowherds • farmers • shepherds • Hallertau, Germany • Moosburg an der Isar, Germany Representation spade a reference to being buried alive; it and his feast day in early spring led to his association with farmers and then shepherds https://catholicsaints.info/saint-castulus-of-rome/
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