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Regarding Romanus; according to the late Carolingian Life of Blessed Maurus
(who, along with the younger Placid, was the first named disciple of
Benedict in Pope Gregory I's Life of the patriarch). Maurus was sent by
Benedict to found the first "Benedictine" monastery in France (Glanfeuil).
On the way, he was welcomed by Romanus into his monastery at Fontrouge.
However, Romanus was not privy to Maurus's vision of the death and ascent of
Benedict during that weekend (Holy Week). The suggestion is that the story
shows the passing of monastic leadership to Maurus and the end of the age of
monastic founders and patriarchs with the death of Romanus shortly
thereafter.
JBW
John B. Wickstrom
Kalamazoo College
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Today (22. May) is the feast day of:
Julia of Corsica (5th cent.) The patron saint of Corsica, Julia is a
figure of legend. The story is that she was a noble Carthaginian,
sold as a slave when Genseric captured Carthage in 439. While being
taken to Gaul, her ship stopped at Cape Corso on Corsica. Everybody
else on the ship went to participate in a non-Christian ceremony, but
J. refused. This angered the governor, who had J. tortured and
crucified.
Quiteria (5th cent.) According to legend, Quiteria was the daughter
of a Galician prince; she fled to escape her father's demand that she
marry. Dad hunted her down and had her beheaded at Aire (Gascony).
Romanus (d. c. 550) Romanus was a monk near Subiaco. He encouraged
St. Benedict, including supplying him with food during the three
years that B. lived as a hermit. Legend tells that R. left Italy and
founded the monastery of Fontrouge near Auxerre.
Humility (d. 1310) Originally named Rosana, St. Humility was the
daughter of a wealthy family of Faenza. She was married to a
nobleman and had two children who both died in infancy. Both husband
and wife then entered the religious life. H. started as a nun and
soon became a recluse. After 12 years of reclusive life, the abbot
general of the Vallombrosans convinced her to become founding abbess
of Santa Maria Novella at Malta, the first Vallombrosan community for
nuns, and later a second house at Florence.
Rita of Cascia (d. 1457) Rita had eighteen years of unhappy marriage
before her husband was killed in a brawl; when her two sons also
died, she tried three times to enter the Augustinian convent at
Cascia---but was refused because their rule only allowed them to take
virgins. R. was so persistent, though, that they finally let her
become a nun there. She was famous for her ascetic practices and
visions. R. was canonized in 1900; she is venerated as the patron
saint of desperate causes.
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