Interim Saints - May 14th
PONTIUS, martyr (A.D. 257)
. . . he was arrested by the governor, Claudius, who exposed him to
bears in the amphitheatre, but the bears hugged to death two
"venatores," men armed with whips and goads who tried to urge them
against the martyr, and then lay down on the sand in the sunshine,
without attempting to injure him. Seeing this, the governor ordered
him to be decapitated, and his order was promptly executed.
BONIFACE, martyr (A.D. 290)
Boniface was a debauched, drunken fellow . . . Then feeling the
pricking of his conscience, and an earnest resolve to submit to any
torment to redeem the past, he delivered himself up tot he governor,
and declared himself to be a Christian. He was tortured in the most
excruciating manner, and then decaptiated when more dead than alive,
and so received the baptism of blood.
PACHOMIUS, abbot (A.D. 349)
S. Pachomius was gifted with great discretion in ruling his monks. A
monk had platted two mats one day instead of one, and that others might
admire his industry, he hung up his palm-mats before his dorr in the
sight of the community. "Take the mats to the refectory and into the
church," said Pachomius, "and then none can possibly fail to see how
industrious you have been." Then the monk was ashamed, and saw that he
had given way to vanity.
CARTHAGH, or MOCHUDA, bishop of Lismore (A.D. 637)
S. Carthagh of Lismore is sometime called S. Carthagh the Younger, to
distinguish him from his master, S. Carthagh the Elder. In all
probability it is a mistake to call him Carthagh, for his baptismal
name seems to have been Chudd (Cuddy), and S. Carthagh, his master,
called him Mochuda, or My Cuddy, and as he was often termed S.
Carthagh's Mochuda, to describe him as a disciple of that saint, this
led to his being supposed to have borne the same name as his master . .
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Confused?
PASCHAL I, pope (A.D. 824)
It is not very clear what claims S. Paschal has to his place among the
Saints, as little is known of him that gives token of his having been
at all eminent in sanctity . . .
HALLVARD, martyr (A.D. 1043)
S. Hallvard, a son of Torney, sister of Olaf the Fat, king of Norway,
was a youth of blithe countenance, pure morals, and honourable conduct.
[A woman, heavily pregnant, appealed to him for help as she was being
pursued by some men accusing her of theft.] Then Hallvard, standing in
the stern of the boat said, "I believe that she is guiltless, but
guilty or not guilty, she is no condition to be hunted and ill-treated.
I will pay you the value of what you allege she stole." But one of
the men suddenly drew a bow, and shot, and the arrow entered Hallvard's
heart and he sank down in the boat dead.
Oriens.
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