Saints celebrated on the 12th of June
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| A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) |
We do not know anything about his parents or background. He was able to read and write from a young age, and known for being pious and innocent. Guy (Guido) lived partly on the earnings of his parents' fortune, partly on the labour of his hands. Whatever he had left he gave to the poor for Christ's sake.
When Saint Francis came to Cortona around 1211 and preached, Guy asked him to join his Order. After distributing all his belongings among the poor, the saint led him into the church and gave him the habit in front of all the people. Then they went to a neighbouring place, where they built a small monastery from alms, which received the name Celle (Cellae). At his request, Blessed Guy was given his own cell on a wooden bridge over the stream. The Guardian asked him to study and be ordained a priest, which Guy did. When Saint Francis later came to Cortona again, he recommended Blessed Guy to the inhabitants, who by now frequently preached there. They liked to hear him; for he practiced himself what he preached.
When he once fell seriously ill and was close to death, he allowed himself to be given spring water and blessed it in the name of the Holy Trinity and, after drinking, suddenly recovered. The same miracle was repeated with several sick people who drank from this water. A priest whose right arm and hand were paralyzed was restored to health through the intercession of Blessed Guy, who marked his arm with the Sign of the Cross and said: "May Jesus Christ heal you."
At one time there was a great famine in the country. By a divine miracle, Guy provided flour for a poor woman, and in Cortona he also brought a drowned girl back to life. When he was 60 years old, Saint Francis appeared to him, saying, "The time has come, my son, when you and your brothers will be rewarded for your labours; know, then, that after three days I shall come at the hour of None to bring you, by the grace of God, to Paradise." So it happened. Guy died on June 12 at the monastery near Cortona, according to some in 1250, but according to the Bollandists around 1245.
Blessed Guy is also commemorated on January 12 and May 12.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 545-46)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Guy 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.
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