WOMEN SAINTS AND MARTYRS SEPT. 05 - SEPT. 11
September 5
St. Obdulia, Virgin, She was venerated at Toledo, Spain. Her remains are enshrined in Toledo, but details of her life are not extant.
September 7
St. Regina. Martyr. She was an actual martyr at Autun, France. The daughter of a pagan, Clement, and tortured and beheaded during the second century when she refused to marry the proconsul Olybrius. Feast day is Sept 7th.
St. Grimonia. Grimonia was the daughter of a pagan Irish chief, and that when she was twelve years old; she was converted to Christianity and made a vow of perpetual virginity. Her father, in defiance of or not understanding such a vow, wished her to marry, and when she refused, shut her up. Grimonia escaped and fled to France, where she became a solitary in the forest of Thierache in Picardy. Here the contemplation of the beauty of created things would often bring her to the state of ecstasy. After a prolonged search, the messengers of her father traced her to her retreat, where they before her the alternatives of return in a forced marriage or death. Grimonia remained firm and so she was beheaded on April 20th in an unknown year. A chapel was built over her grave which became famous for miracles, and around it, grew up a town called from its origin, LaChapelle. On September 7, 1231, her relics, together with those of Saint Proba (Preuve), another Irish woman, who is supposed to have suffered with Grimonia, were enshrined at Les Quielles. The facts about St. Grimonia are hard to come by; she may have been a solitary who lost her life in defending her chastity.
St. Carissima, 5th century. Nun at Viants, France. She was born at Albi and became a hermitess and then a religious. Carissima is venerated in Albi.
St. Madalberta. Benedictine abbess, the daughter of Sts. Vincent Madelgarus and Waldetrudis. St Aldegund was her superior and aunt who founded. Maubeuge, where Madalberta took the veil. She became abbess in 697. Her sister was St. Aldetrudis.
September 8
St. Adela, 1071 A.D. Benedictine noblewoman. Adela was the wife of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders. When the count died, she entered the Benedictines, receiving the habit from Pope Alexander II. Retiring to the Benedictine convent near Ypres, Adela served as a nun until her death.
St. Louis of Omura, 1628 A.D. Martyr of Japan. She was Japanese who was arrested for being a Christian. Louise was martyred at Omura, Japan.
September 9
St. Wulfhilda, 1000 A.D. Benedictine abbess. Probably a member of the Anglo-Saxon nobility, she was much sought after by King Edgar (r. 957-975) for her hand in marriage while a novice at Wilton Abbey. She refused his proposal and finally won his permission to become a nun. She eventually became abbess of the convents of Barking and Ilorton, serving from 993 as abbess of both houses.
St. Osmanna, 650 A.D. Benedictine nun, also called Argariarga; she was originally from Ireland but journeyed to Brittany where she lived as a hermitess.
September 10
Bl. Agnes Takea, 1622 A.D. Martyr of Japan. She was the wife of Blessed Cosmas Takea. They were martyred with Blessed Charles Spinola by beheading at Nagasaki. Agnes was beatified in 1867.
Bl. Agnes Tsao-Kouy, 1622 A.D. Martyr of China. Agnes was a widow when she faced persecution for being a missionary catechist. She was executed by being placed in a cage at Sy-Lin-Hien. She was beatified in 1900.
St. Candida the Younger, 586 A.D. Miracle worker who was a model wife and mother of Naples, Italy. The Roman Martyrology states that she was famed for her miracles.
Bl. Lucy de Freitas, 1622 A.D. Martyr of Japan. Native Japanese, she was the widow of Philip de Freitas. Lucy, a Franciscan tertiary, was arrested for sheltering Blessed Richard of St. Anne, a Franciscan priest. Although advanced in age, Lucy defended the faith before the authorities and was burned to death for it at Nagasaki, Japan, on September 10. She was beatified in 1867.
Bls. Mary Tokuan and Mary Choun, 1619 A.D. Martyrs of Japan. They were slain with their husbands for refusing to give up the Christian faith.
Bl. Mary Tanaura, 1622 A.D. Martyr of Japan with Mary Tanaka and Magdalen Sanga. Mary and her companions were beheaded at Nagasaki. Mary Tanaka was married to Blessed Paul Tanaka. Magdalen Sanga was the wife of Blessed Anthony Sanga. They were beatified in 1867.
St. Menodora, 306 A.D. Martyr with her sisters, Metrodora and Nymphodora. They were orphans of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, who were denounced as Christians and taken before the local Roman governor, named Fronto. They refused to worship the pagan gods, and Menodora was beaten to death, as was Nymphodora. Metrodora was tortured, burned, and beheaded.
September 11
St. Theodora, 491 A.D. Egyptian penitent. She was a maiden of Alexandria, Egypt, who fell into a life of sin, repented, and spent her remaining days in virtual anonymity as a hermit in the Thebaid, in the southern region of Egypt, atoning through abstinence and mortifications. The fact that she was a woman was not discovered until she died.
Sts. Felix and Regula, 3rd century. Martyred sister and brother who fled to Switzerland during the persecution conducted by co-Emperor Maximian. They were captured and martyred near Zurich.
St. Obdulia, Virgin, She was venerated at Toledo, Spain. Her remains are enshrined in Toledo, but details of her life are not extant.
September 7
St. Regina. Martyr. She was an actual martyr at Autun, France. The daughter of a pagan, Clement, and tortured and beheaded during the second century when she refused to marry the proconsul Olybrius. Feast day is Sept 7th.
St. Grimonia. Grimonia was the daughter of a pagan Irish chief, and that when she was twelve years old; she was converted to Christianity and made a vow of perpetual virginity. Her father, in defiance of or not understanding such a vow, wished her to marry, and when she refused, shut her up. Grimonia escaped and fled to France, where she became a solitary in the forest of Thierache in Picardy. Here the contemplation of the beauty of created things would often bring her to the state of ecstasy. After a prolonged search, the messengers of her father traced her to her retreat, where they before her the alternatives of return in a forced marriage or death. Grimonia remained firm and so she was beheaded on April 20th in an unknown year. A chapel was built over her grave which became famous for miracles, and around it, grew up a town called from its origin, LaChapelle. On September 7, 1231, her relics, together with those of Saint Proba (Preuve), another Irish woman, who is supposed to have suffered with Grimonia, were enshrined at Les Quielles. The facts about St. Grimonia are hard to come by; she may have been a solitary who lost her life in defending her chastity.
St. Carissima, 5th century. Nun at Viants, France. She was born at Albi and became a hermitess and then a religious. Carissima is venerated in Albi.
St. Madalberta. Benedictine abbess, the daughter of Sts. Vincent Madelgarus and Waldetrudis. St Aldegund was her superior and aunt who founded. Maubeuge, where Madalberta took the veil. She became abbess in 697. Her sister was St. Aldetrudis.
September 8
St. Adela, 1071 A.D. Benedictine noblewoman. Adela was the wife of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders. When the count died, she entered the Benedictines, receiving the habit from Pope Alexander II. Retiring to the Benedictine convent near Ypres, Adela served as a nun until her death.
St. Louis of Omura, 1628 A.D. Martyr of Japan. She was Japanese who was arrested for being a Christian. Louise was martyred at Omura, Japan.
September 9
St. Wulfhilda, 1000 A.D. Benedictine abbess. Probably a member of the Anglo-Saxon nobility, she was much sought after by King Edgar (r. 957-975) for her hand in marriage while a novice at Wilton Abbey. She refused his proposal and finally won his permission to become a nun. She eventually became abbess of the convents of Barking and Ilorton, serving from 993 as abbess of both houses.
St. Osmanna, 650 A.D. Benedictine nun, also called Argariarga; she was originally from Ireland but journeyed to Brittany where she lived as a hermitess.
September 10
Bl. Agnes Takea, 1622 A.D. Martyr of Japan. She was the wife of Blessed Cosmas Takea. They were martyred with Blessed Charles Spinola by beheading at Nagasaki. Agnes was beatified in 1867.
Bl. Agnes Tsao-Kouy, 1622 A.D. Martyr of China. Agnes was a widow when she faced persecution for being a missionary catechist. She was executed by being placed in a cage at Sy-Lin-Hien. She was beatified in 1900.
St. Candida the Younger, 586 A.D. Miracle worker who was a model wife and mother of Naples, Italy. The Roman Martyrology states that she was famed for her miracles.
Bl. Lucy de Freitas, 1622 A.D. Martyr of Japan. Native Japanese, she was the widow of Philip de Freitas. Lucy, a Franciscan tertiary, was arrested for sheltering Blessed Richard of St. Anne, a Franciscan priest. Although advanced in age, Lucy defended the faith before the authorities and was burned to death for it at Nagasaki, Japan, on September 10. She was beatified in 1867.
Bls. Mary Tokuan and Mary Choun, 1619 A.D. Martyrs of Japan. They were slain with their husbands for refusing to give up the Christian faith.
Bl. Mary Tanaura, 1622 A.D. Martyr of Japan with Mary Tanaka and Magdalen Sanga. Mary and her companions were beheaded at Nagasaki. Mary Tanaka was married to Blessed Paul Tanaka. Magdalen Sanga was the wife of Blessed Anthony Sanga. They were beatified in 1867.
St. Menodora, 306 A.D. Martyr with her sisters, Metrodora and Nymphodora. They were orphans of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, who were denounced as Christians and taken before the local Roman governor, named Fronto. They refused to worship the pagan gods, and Menodora was beaten to death, as was Nymphodora. Metrodora was tortured, burned, and beheaded.
September 11
St. Theodora, 491 A.D. Egyptian penitent. She was a maiden of Alexandria, Egypt, who fell into a life of sin, repented, and spent her remaining days in virtual anonymity as a hermit in the Thebaid, in the southern region of Egypt, atoning through abstinence and mortifications. The fact that she was a woman was not discovered until she died.
Sts. Felix and Regula, 3rd century. Martyred sister and brother who fled to Switzerland during the persecution conducted by co-Emperor Maximian. They were captured and martyred near Zurich.
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