BISCIARAH ABULCHER, CONFESSOR

BISCIARAH ABULCHER, CONFESSOR - 30 APRIL

BISCIARAH ABULCHER, CONFESSOR

Bisciarah Abulcher, the son of Bisciarah, was an Egyptian who was brought back from the Coptic faith to the Catholic Church - most probably by the Jesuit P. Sicard.

He was born in Sethfeh, a market town in Upper Egypt, towards the end of 1714. His baptismal name is actually Abulcher, i.e. Father of Good; Bisciarah means Annunciation.

His pious parents raised him to love God. Bisciarah Abulcher grew up to be good in everything and deserves the title of Egyptian Saint Aloysius or Stanislaus Kostka.

When he reached young adulthood, he came to Rome to study, where he distinguished himself above all others by his saintly life. The author of his life writes:

"His classmates have testified to me that the mere sight of him awakened in their hearts a certain feeling of remorse and pain and a devout fervour to follow his example." The Lord called him home in on April 30, 1738 at the age of 24. (Life of the Egyptian youth Abulcher Bisciarah by P. Ant. Bresciani S. J. Translated from Italian by Dr. Aeg. Dietl, Regensburg 1852*).

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p.487)

*A source used by the authors

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

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