OTHER SAINTS - 9 MARCH

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH 

Saints celebrated on the 9th of March

OTHER SAINTLY PEOPLE REMEMBERED ON MARCH 9

OBSCURE SAINTS

ST BRIGA - 9 MARCH

Saint Briga (Brigida), commemorated on March 9, was a virgin, the daughter of a Congallus, who is called a 'Mother of the Handmaids of Christ' in the province of Leinster (Lagenia).

HELIAS - 9 MARCH

Helias was a nephew and disciple of the Basilian abbot St Vitalis, who is venerated in Armento and Rapolla in the Neapolitan province of Basilicata. In the life story of St Vitalis it says that Helias was sent from Sicily to his holy uncle Vitalis came and helped him when he died in 994. There Helias is described as a "cautious and modest man, who was not inferior to his teacher in holiness and good works". Later he established a monastery at Torre (Turris) in Basilicata, where he gathered many brothers around him. After 30 years, following a nocturnal apparition of St Vitus, they raised his relics. His body had originally been buried in Guardia by Bishop Torre. On that occasion, the animals pulling the hearse had suddenly stood still and could not be moved any further by any effort. In the Sicilian Martyrology he is called "Blessed".

CLARETTA - 9 MARCH

Claretta, (March 9), was a Virgin of the Augustinian Order at Monte Falcone in Umbria, whose relics were excavated in 1602 and exposed for public veneration.

TOSSANUS - 9 MARCH

Tossanus [Tossan], commemorated on March 9, occurs in Irish calendars with the addition: Droma Luidchin or Druim Ladghein. 

SILLENUS - 9 MARCH

Sillenus [Sillen], commemorated on March 9, who is otherwise unknown, is, according to the hagiographer Colganus, venerated on the this day.

DIMA - 9 MARCH

Dima, another of the Irish saints, commemorated on March 9, occurs in Tamlact's Irish Martyrology.

MELLA - 9 MARCH

Mella (March 9), occurs in Tamlact's Irish Martyrology (Kelly edition) on this day without any further details. 

KENNETH - 9 MARCH

Kennethus [Kenneth] was a Bishop of Glentaner (Glentanira) in the county of Aberdeen in Scotland. Nothing else is known of him, and even his existence is not 100% certain. 

GUARDIANUS - 8 MARCH/9 MARCH

The Bollandists [hagiographers], on March 8, have a Guardianus among the "passed over" on March 8 and March 9 each. The first was martyred by the Calvinists at Chateau-Villain (Castrum Villanum) in France. The other (commemorated on March 9) was killed for the faith by the Turks on the island of Minorca. With both, "Guardianus" appears in the source as if this was their actual name, but the hagiographer Hueber is not sure about this. In his records they were not called by the name "Guardian", but instead it is specified that they were guardians, i.e. superintendents (guards, guards, from Guardia, Warda = guard), whose names are not known. 

SIMON - 9 MARCH

Simon (Simonetus) (March 9), from the Hermit Order of St Augustine, surnamed Camerino, was an excellent preacher of the divine word and founder of the Congregation of Monte-Ortone. He died on March 9, 1478. Writers of his order give him the title "Blessed".

GADDANA - 9 MARCH

Gaddana was a pious settler whose story is described by Palladius. He lived in extreme austerity in Palestine and gathered around him a number of like-minded people. Over these he presided as abbot. Peter de Natalibus, Bishop of Jesolo, styles him a "saint." His name is also included in an Anglican martyrology. In pictures one sees an assassin whom the Jews hired against him, who lies at his feet, disarmed by the power of the divine word.

MARIA DE BOSUYT - 9 MARCH

Maria (March 9), surnamed de Bosuyt, was the thirteenth abbess of the Cistercian monastery Maegden-Dael (vallis virginum, monasterium Linstense) is mentioned in the records with the addition: "that she flew up to heaven" (ad coelos evolavit) in 1461 or 1462. However, she does not enjoy ecclesiastical veneration

JOANNA OF ST BERNHARD, VIRGIN - 9 MARCH

Joanna of St Bernhard was an Ursuline nun at Rennes in France (Brittany). Humble her conduct, she was just as generous in enduring the trials that God sent her. She held the post of Superior for eighteen years, to everyone's satisfaction; many other offices had also been transferred to her. She was admirably economical in the use of food, drink, and rest. She died on her knees - because she said she wanted to receive the judgment of God in this position - about the year 1663.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)

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