Junh 25-acem Sogglem Santam

Junho 25, 2021

O Caminho dos Santos: Os Santos e festas da Dia 25 de Junho

Boa festa da Nossa Senhora do Monte Gridolfo e de Santos Eurosia, Paolo, Solomao I & III, Tecla e Gilhermo! Happy feast of Our Lady of Monte Gridolfo and Saints Princess Eurosia, Paul Justiniani, Kings Solomon 1 & 3 of Brittany, Tecla of Maurienne, and William of Vercelli!

✓ Apparition of Our Lady of Montegridolfo, June 25, 1548. 

In Vienna in Austria, in the suburb called Döbling or Doebling is a painting of Our Lady enshrined in a side altar of the Carmelite Monastery Chapel, usually called 1. Our Lady of Mercy, by Austrians, 2. Our Lady of Grace, by Italians, 3. Our Lady of the Bowed Head; 4. I prefer Our Lady of Montegridolfo in Rimini, or 5. Our Lady of Döbling (Doebling) in Vienna, 

«The Doebling Carmelite Monastery, or  Karmelitenkloster Döbling, is a monastery belonging to the Teresian Carmelites, a reformed branch of the Carmelites that arose out of the reform of the Carmelite Order by two Spanish saints, St Teresa of Ávila and St John of the Cross; the Teresian Carmelites thus belong to the Discalced Carmelites (Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum). The monastery stands next to a Catholic church in the suburb of Unterdöbling in the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling. The most important side altar is called the Altar of Mercy, Mary with bowed head. The altar was made in 1904 by the Marmorindustrie Kiefer AG company from Oberalm using Untersberg marble in accordance with a design by Richard Jordan. The depiction of Mary is to be found on a niche altar reminiscent of Romanesque designs. It is flanked by two angels shown in relief and bears the inscription Ave Maria, gratia plena. The history of the depiction itself is explained on an arch over the altar. The depiction of Mary is an oil painting 45 x 60 cm in size. It is the work of an unknown master of the Italian school of the 15th or 16th century. It shows Mary with her head slightly bowed. A crown was added in 1931. According to legend, the depiction was found by a Fr Dominic covered in dust in an old building near the first Carmelite monastery in the Roman neighborhood of Trastevere. It was restored and made its way to the court in Munich, before being moved to Vienna. It was revered by female Carmelites belonging to the Ordo Carmelitarum, and Ferdinand II is supposed to have prayed before it during the Battle of White Mountain in 1620. Ferdinand II later ascribed the Catholic army's victory to Mary's help. During World War I, the picture was carried in great processions through the streets of Vienna to St Stephen's Cathedral, where thousands prayed before it for peace. Even Franz Joseph I believed Mary's help could be achieved via this picture and had it brought to the Schönbrunn Palace so that he too could pray for peace before it.»

Another Narrative: 

«Among the many miraculous images of the Mother of God through which she deigns to grant her favours, there is one in the monastery church of the Carmelites in Vienna, entitled the Mother of Grace, or Our Lady of Grace, also known also as Our Lady of the Bowed Head. In 1610 a Carmelite, Dominic of Jesus-Mary, found among the votaries of an old altar in the monastery church of Our Lady of the Steps (Maria della Scala) in Rome and oil painting of the Mother of God, dusty and somewhat torn, which grieved him. Taking it into his hands, he shook the dust off it, and kneeling down venerated it with great devotion. He had the picture renovated and placed it on the shelf in his cell, where he made it the object of his love and supplications in favour of those who came to him in their necessities and afflictions. One night while he was praying fervently before the picture, he noticed that some dust had settled on it. Having nothing but his course woolen handkerchief he dusted it with that and apologized, "O pure and holiest Virgin, nothing in the whole world is worthy of touching your holy face but since I have nothing but this coarse handkerchief, deign to accept my good will." To his great surprise, the face of the Mother of God appeared to take on life and smiling sweetly at him, she bowed her head, which thereafter remained inclined. Fearing that he was under an illusion, Dominic became troubled but Mary assured him that his requests would be heard: he could ask of her with full confidence any favour he might desire. He fell upon his knees and offered himself entirely to the service of Jesus and Mary and asked for the deliverance of one of is benefactor’s souls in purgatory. Mary told him to offer several Masses and other good works; a short time after when he was again praying before the image, Mary appeared to him bearing the soul of his benefactor to Heaven.   Dominic begged that all who venerated Mary in this image of Our Lady of Grace might obtain all they requested. In reply Our Lady gave him this assurance: "All those who devoutly venerate me in this picture and take refuge to me will have their request granted and I will obtain for them many graces; but especially will I hear their prayers for the relief and deliverance of the souls in purgatory." Dominic soon after placed the image into the church of Maria Della Scala so that more devotees of Mary could venerate it. Many wonderful favours were obtained by those who honoured and invoked Mary here.   Reproductions were made of Our Lady of Grace and sent to different parts of the world. After the death of Dominic the original painting was lent to Prince Maximilian of Bavaria. He gave it to the discalced Carmelites in Munich in 1631; they gave it to Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria and his wife Eleanore. After Ferdinand's death, Eleanore entered the Carmelite convent in Vienna and took the picture with her. During the succeeding years the image was transferred to various places. Today it is in the monastery church in Döbling or Doebling (not "Doabling") in Vienna. On 27 September 1931, it was solemnly crowned by Pope Pius XI – its 300th anniversary of arrival in Vienna.

ROMAN MARTYROLOGY

• The Holy Martyrs of Rome, Saints Lucia also called Luceias, virgin and martyr, with twenty-two Companions under Probus.

• St Adalbert, confessor, Northumbrian prince, disciple and collaborator of St Willibrord particularly in the region of Egmont or Egmond in West Frisia now Holland.

• St Antidius, martyr, bishop of Besançon, in France, who was killed by the Vandals for the faith of Christ.

• St Febronia, virgin, martyr at Sibapolis in Syria, under the governor Lysimachus, in the persecution of Diocletian, she was scourged and racked for defending her faith and her chastity, then torn with iron combs and exposed to fire. Finally, having her teeth plucked out and her breasts cut off, she was condemned to capital punishment, and went to her spouse adorned with her sufferings as with so many jewels.

• St Gallicanus, ex-consul and martyr, who had been honored with a triumph, and was held in affection by the emperor Constantine. Converted by Saints John and Paul, he withdrew to Ostia with St Hilarinus, and devoted himself  entirely to the duties of hospitality and to the service of the sick. The report of such an event spread through the whole world, and from all sides many persons came to see a man who had been a senator and consul, washing the feet of the poor, preparing their table, serving them, carefully waiting on the infirm, and performing other works of mercy. Driven from this place by Julian the Apostate, he repaired to Alexandria, where, for refusing to sacrifice to idols, at the command of the judge Raucianus, he was put to the sword, and thus became a martyr of Christ.

• St Maximus, confessor, first bishop of Turin, most celebrated for his learning and sanctity.

• St Prosperus Tiro, bishop of Riez in  Aquitania, distinguished by his erudition and piety. As a layman, he evangelized Provence against the Pelagians. Secretary to Pope St Leo the Great in 440. He valiantly combated the Pelagians in defense of the Catholic faith.

• St Sosipater, at Beraea, disciple of the  Apostle St Paul.

• St William of Vercelli or of Monte Vergine, confessor, in the territory of Guletto near Nusco, founder of the hermits of Mount Vergine, also called the Williamites.

OTHER SOURCES

• The Holy Martyrs of Nam Dinh Saints Dominic Henares de Zafra Cubero, Spanish missionary, bishop of Phunhay in Vietnam, and Francis Do Minh Chieu, martyrs, not yet canonized by a Catholic Pope. 

• St Ailell MacSeigen, Irish saint.

• St Amand, founder-abbot of Saint-Amand de Coly monastery, diocese of Limoges, France.

• St Burchard, Benedictine monk at the monastery of St Michael in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. First abbot of the monastery of Mallersdorf in Bavaria in 1109.

• St Celidonius, first bishop of Beaançon. 

• St Cuneberga, virgin, martyr at Gloucester, also called Cyneburgh, Kyneburga, Kenburg, Keneburga, Kenneburga, she was of a royal race among the ancient Saxons, and a royal marriage was arranged for her. To escape from this earthly tie, she fled to Gloucester, where she was unknown. She there engaged herself as servant to a baker, who soon adopted her as his own daughter. His wife, however, was jealous of her influence. One day, in his absence, she murdered the holy virgin and threw her into a well, afterwards called by her name. When the master came home, he called Kyneburga, who answered from the well. The body was taken up and reverently buried; after a time a church was built over her grave, and miracles attested her holiness. Her relics were  translated by Archbishop Courtenay and Bishop Henry Wakefield of Worcester on  April 10, 1390. 

• St Eleonora or Ella of England, I have not been able to find any information.

• Princess St Eurosia of Bohemia, martyred by Muslim infidels near Jaca in Spain. 

• St Fulgentius of Lara, Mercedarian. 

• St Gallicanus, bishop of Embrun, France. 

• St Guy Maramaldi, Dominican. 

• St Henry Zdick, Bohemian prince; son of King Wratislas I. Bishop of Olmutz (in the modern Czech Republic) in 1126. During a pilgrimage to Palestine in 1137, he joined the Premonstratensian order at Jerusalem. On his return home, he introduced the order in several places in his diocese, and found them an abbey at Strahov in modern Prague.

• St Ingena Ninguir, or the daughter of Mionghar, Irish saint.

• St John of Spain, Carthusian monk at Montreuil, France. Transferred to the Grande Chartreuse under St Anthelm of Belley. Founder and first prior of the charterhouse of Reposoir near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Drew up the first constitutions for the Carthusian nuns.

• St Lawrence of the Resurrection, today is not his Dies Natalis, so must be a Translation. 

• Translation of St Mildburh or Milburga or Milburgh, abbess of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England. See Appendices.

• St Moloc, bishop, at Murlach in Scotland, collaborator of St Boniface of Ross. 

• St Molonachus, a disciple of St Brendan, became bishop of Lismore in Argyle Scotland. 

• St Paul Justiniani, reformer of the Camaldolese, founded the reformed branch of Monte Corona. 

• St Sincheall the Younger, of Killeigh in Ireland.

• King St Solomon I of Brittany, Martyr, husband of St Gwen and father of Saints Cuby and Cadfan. He was murdered by heathen malcontents among his subjects. 

• King St Solomon III or Selyf of Brittany, Martyr, several centuries after the death of Solomon I of Brittany, this saint was born to be king of Brittany during a brutal time. He was a warrior against the Franks, Norsemen, and his own rebellious subjects, which has made him a hero among the Bretons. During his early years he committed many crimes, but later did penance for them. When he was assassinated, his people immediately acclaimed him a martyr.

• St Tecla Tigride of Maurienne, hermitess, she was miraculously given a thumb of St John the Baptist after 3 years of praying constantly for a relic. 

OREMUS

Holy Mary, Mother of God, and our Mother, and all you Saints, Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, Sisters, Popes, Archbishops, Bishops, Hermits, Monks, Martyrs, Virgins, Champions and Heroes of Jesus Christ, whose feasts is today, named and unnamed, we pray to you for your intercession and guidance, lead us away from error and evil and into the Grace and Love of God, that with your assistance, we may join you in Eternity with the Living God, we make this prayer through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Who Lives and Reigns, in the Unity of the Godhead, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

Lúcío Mascarenhas.

APPENDIX

Mildburh was a daughter of Merewalh, King of the Mercian sub-kingdom of Magonsaete, and Domne Eafe. She was the older sister of Saint Mildrith and Saint Mildgytha. The three sisters have been likened to the three theological virtues: Milburh to faith, Mildgytha to hope, and Mildrith to charity. Mildburh was sought in marriage by a neighboring prince, who resolved to have her for his wife, even at the cost of violence. Mildburh's escape took her across a river. The prince, in hot pursuit, was forced to desist when the river miraculously became so swollen that he was unable to ford. Mildburh entered the Benedictine monastery of Wenlock, Shropshire (now known as Much Wenlock). The nunnery was founded with endowments by her father and her uncle, Wulfhere of Mercia, under the direction of a French Abbess, Liobinde of Chelles. Milburga eventually succeeded her in this office, and was installed as abbess by St Theodore. Educated in France, Mildburh was noted for her humility, and, according to popular stories, was endowed with the gift of healing and restored sight to the blind. She organised the evangelisation and pastoral care of south Shropshire. She is said to have had a mysterious power over birds; they would avoid damaging the local crops when she asked them to. She was also associated with miracles, such as the creation of a spring and the miraculous growth of barley. One story relates that one morning she overslept and woke to find the sun shining on her. Her veil slipped but instead of falling to the ground was suspended on a sunbeam until she collected it. She died on February 23, 727. Her feast day is thus February 23. Her tomb was long venerated until her abbey was destroyed by invading Danes. After the Norman Conquest Cluniac monks built a monastery on the site – the ruins at Much Wenlock are those of the later house. The Cluniac monks arrived at Wenlock from France, and on discovering what they believed to be the bones of Mildburh, began, in 1101, a process of establishing her relics as a pilgrimage destination for lepers. This was unpopular with the local English people, but successfully attracted people from France and Wales. It also encouraged a spate of written accounts of her life and miracles. A document entitled Miracula Inventionis Beatae Mylburge Virginis was produced at about this time, and possibly soon afterwards the well-known hagiographer Goscelin wrote his Vita Mildburga into which he incorporated a pre-existing account called 'Mildburh's Testimony', which purports to be a first-person account of her life. She is named in some of the genealogies of the Kentish Royal Legend, which appear to draw on Anglo Saxon material, but have no surviving manuscript copies that pre-date the 11th century. She is also one of the 89 saints listed with their locations in the 11th-century text written in Old English, known as the Secgan, or On the Resting-Places of the Saints.