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BL. THEOBALD, BISHOP OF VERONA - 19 NOVEMBER

 

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BLESSED THEOBALD, BISHOP OF VERONA

The Bollandists* list a bishop of Verona by this name (Sept. VII, 378) among those omitted from their main entries; they note that he died on September 27, 1331. Yet he is indeed venerated as Blessed, at least within the Augustinian Order. He was born in Verona in 1242. The names of his parents are unknown, but they provided for his upbringing and education so thoroughly that one might have wondered whether his piety or his learning was the greater. The promising young man sought and found admission and a role among the Augustinian Hermits at the Church of St Euphemia. He preached what he had acquired in his solitary cell - through fervent prayer and rigorous penance - with such captivating eloquence that he was called to the episcopal office. Among his pastoral virtues, prudence, zeal, piety, and a love of peace - the latter shining especially brightly at the assembly in Bologna in 1309 - stand out in particular. He was responsible for the founding of the monastery and church of St Lucia and oversaw the rebuilding of the Church of St Euphemia, demonstrating such zeal that he personally assisted with the construction work. He did not live to see its completion; God called him to eternity when he was nearly ninety years old.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 450)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

May the intercession of Saint Theobald commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. 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.

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




















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