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BL. BERNARDINUS FELTRIENSIS - 28 SEPTEMBER

 

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BL. BERNARDINUS FELTRIENSIS 

Blessed Bernardinus Feltriensis, (September 28) - also called "the little one" (Parvulus, Parvulinus) because of his small stature - was born in 1439 to noble parents in the city of Feltre (Feltria), which was part of the Republic of Venice. This is the reason for the surname Feltriensis, to distinguish him from St Bernardine of Siena. 

He had five brothers and four sisters, and in holy Baptism received the name Martin. Given the success of his studies, he seemed destined for an honourable position in the world. But then a sermon by St Jacobus from Piceno, which Bernardinus happened to listen to in Padua where he studied law, tore him completely from the world and made him decide to join the Order of St Francis. 

His example drew one of his brothers and three of his sisters to the same way of life. Blessed Bernardinus, however, could not bring himself to proclaiming the word of God publicly until his conscience made him change his mind. 

Soon the blessed religious was doing miraculous things through his sermons; he appeared before Pope Innocent VIII and the Cardinals; the greatest cities in Italy wanted to hear him, and his pious eloquence was admired everywhere. 

Inflamed with holy love for his neighbour, he spared no effort to free his fellow citizens from the hands of the usurers, who at that time dragged entire families into ruin, and proved his aptitude as a provincial superior. 

He finally died in Pavia on September 28, 1494, at the age of 56. The Order has since obtained permission to celebrate his memory with an office and a special antiphon on the day of his death. 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 📷 A page featuring Bernardinus' entry from the Acta Sanctorum)



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