Skip to main content

BL. AUGUSTINUS NOVELLUS, RELIGIOUS - 19 MAY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY

Saints celebrated on the 19th of May

BLESSED AUGUSTINUS NOVELLUS, RELIGIOUS

A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's
Saints' books,
"Stammenbuch..." (1693)

Blessed Augustinus Novellus' name in the world had been Matteo de' Termini. This Prior General of the Augustinian Order of Hermits was descended from the noble family Thermes (Termini) of Sicily. 

At Bologna, where he had settled to study, he had obtained his doctorate in law and held the office of privy councilor and chief judge/chief minister (Præfectus Curiæ) at the court of King Manfred.

After Charles of Anjou's victory over Manfred, he fled to Sicily and entered the Order of Saint Augustine with the name of Augustinus Novellus, because, in his humility, he considered himself the holy father Augustine's mere newcomer.

Well versed in legal scholarship, he conducted the paperwork and the legal affairs of his convent. 

After having lived at the Rosia monastery in Sicily for some time, his order general Clement of Osimo sent him to Rome, where he was kindly received by Pope Nicholas IV and made penitentiarius of the papal court by him. After the death of the general in 1298, Augustinus was elected in his place; this choice was confirmed by Boniface VIII.

Meanwhile, Augustinus built the Hermitage of Saint Leonhard in the vicinity of Siena. Two years later, he withdrew into this lonely spot and lived in quiet seclusion until he died on May 19, 1309. Clement XIII confirmed his veneration in 1759. The Roman Martyrology for the Augustinian Order* lists his his festival on April 28.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 355)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Augustinus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.








Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WELCOME

  Please pick your saints: January - Saints by date  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    11    12    13    14    15    16    17   18    19    20    21    22    23    24    25    26    27    28    29    30    31   February - Saints by date  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    11    12    13    14    15    16    17 18    19    20    21    22    23    24    25    26    27    28    29 ...
Post a Comment
Read more

FATIMA APPARITION - 13 AUGUST

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 13th of August Marian Feast Days WELCOME! FATIMA APPARITION - AUGUST 13 The Fatima Children “BUT IN THE END MY IMMACULATE HEART WILL TRIUMPH.” But in the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me; it will be converted, and a certain period of peace will be granted to the world. THE AUGUST 13 EVENTS On August 13, the children were in jail at Ourem. The civil administrator threatened to boil them in oil if they did not tell the Lady’s secret. Though badly frightened, they could not think of disobeying our Lady. In disgust, the administrator finally freed them. A large number of people, not knowing that the children had been kidnapped, went to the Cova for the scheduled appearance of the Lady. At noon, there was a loud clap of thunder. Then, according to an eyewitness: “Right after the thunder came a flash, and immediately we all noticed a little cloud, very white, beautiful and bright,...
Post a Comment
Read more

BL. LUKE KIRBY, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 30 MAY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED LUKE KIRBY, PRIEST AND MARTYR 16th century houses, painted by Auguste Mayer He was born in the bishopric of Durham, according to Raissius ; others say at Richmond, in Yorkshire. He was master of arts in one of our universities; but going abroad to Douay, in Flanders, was received into the English college there, 1576, and made priest in 1577; and the year following sent upon the mission. Where he had not been long before he again went abroad, and travelled to Rome, partly for devotion, and partly for further improvement in learning. Here he remained in the English college till 1580, when he returned into England, and was not long after apprehended: for I find by a printed diary of things transacted in the Tower of London from 1580 till 1585, that on the 5th of December, 1580, Luke Kirby, Thomas Cottam , and other priests, were brought to the Tower from other prisons; and that these two, on the 10th...
Post a Comment
Read more