MIGUEL MARTINEZ, RELIGIOUS

MIGUEL MARTINEZ, RELIGIOUS - 4 JULY

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SERVANT OF GOD MIGUEL MARTINEZ, RELIGIOUS

Miguel Martinez (Michael), a "Servant of God", was born of poor parents at Cadix in A.D. 1556. It was in this city that he entered the Order of Saint Dominic.

Unable to preach because of a speech defect, he sought to win souls to the Lord by hearing confessions and by serving the sick. The sacrifice which he showed in this, and the mortifications and austerities which he undertook for his penitents, are incredible. For this, God blessed him with the gift of miracles. Through his prayers he kept several dying alive or rather called them back to life.

Even when Miguel was ill, he did not give up his strict lifestyle. When he had died on July 4, 1621, at the words of the Psalm: "Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit," the bell of the monastery began to ring of its own accord, and the bells of the whole city chimed in. At his funeral, which was attended by a great crowd, many miraculous healings took place. (March. IV. 24-28).

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 452)

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