Gregory Luigi Barbarigo was born in Venice in 1625
to the Venetian Senator Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo and his wife
Lucrezia Leoni. After serving as a diplomat, Gregory was ordained a
priest in 1655 and became a prelate to Pope Alexander VII. In 1567 he
became Bishop of Bergamo and in 1660 he became a Cardinal. In 1664 he
became Bishop of Padua and took Saint Charles Borromeo as his model.
He died in 1697, was beatified by Pope Clement XIII in 1761 and was
canonised by Pope John XXIII in 1960.
Also on this day according to the ROMAN
MARTYROLOGY:
At Rome, during the persecution of Diocletian, the
birthday of 262 holy martyrs who were put to death for the faith of
Christ and buried on the old Via Salaria, at the foot of Cucumer
hill.
At Terracina, St. Montanus, a soldier, who
received the crown of martyrdom after suffering many torments in the
time of the emperor Hadrian and the ex-consul Leontius.
At Venafro, the holy martyrs Meander and Marcian
who were beheaded in the persecution of Maximian.
At Chalcedon, the holy martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and
Ismael, who the king of Persia sent as ambassadors to Julian the
Apostate to treat of peace. Having firmly refused to worship idols as
they had been commanded by the emperor, they were put to the sword.
At Apollonia, in Macedonia, the holy martyrs
Isaurus, deacon, Innocent, Felix, Jeremiah and Peregrinus, natives of
Athens, who were tortured in different manners by the tribune
Tripontius, and finally decapitated.
At Amelia in Umbria, the bishop St. Himerius,
whose body was translated to Cremona.
In the territory of Bourges, St. Gundulphus,
bishop.
At Orleans, St. Avitus, priest and confessor.
In Phrygia, St. Hypatius, confessor. Also St.
Bessarion, anchorite.
At Pisa in Tuscany, St. Rainerius, confessor.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
