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From Acta sanctorum:
Jan. II
Main volume text
XXIX. IANVARII.
DE S. PETRO NOLASCO FVNDATORE ORDINIS S. MARIÆ DE MERCEDE REDEMPTIONIS
CAPTIVORVM, IN HISPANIA.
VITA Auctore Francisco Zumel.
CAPVT VI. Viri sancti ex Ordine Mercedis.
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CAPVT VI.
/Viri sancti ex Ordine Mercedis./
*[23]* *Post* hunc sanctissimum virum, idem institutum Redemptionis D.
Mariæ de Mercede, & redemptionis captiuorum mirabile opus sequutus est
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B. Raymundus Nonnat, [Varij sancti viri ex hoc ordine;] ex prouincia
Cathaloniæ oriundus & ibi ortus. Hic antequam religionis B. Mariæ de
Mercede togam indueret, infans in præludiis bonorum operum seipsum
strenue exercens, epulis carnis explosis, & deuictis appetitionibus, [S.
Raymu-dus Nonnatus,] quæ infantes solent a primis incunabulis incitare,
non semel aut bis, sed pluries in hebdomada ieiunabat, & noctu atque diu
cum Deo loquebatur, precibus & orationibus ad eum fusis. Hic antequam
nasceretur ex communi naturæ lege, vt solent alij ex materno vtero &
muliebri procedere & nasci, emortua ipsius matre, cum ipse adhuc in
vtero matris iam mortuæ permaneret & latitaret inclusus, dissecto matris
ventre atque vtero, foras egressus est, & in hanc lucem prodiit.
Quocirca *Non-natvs* vocatus fuit & appellatus, cum vere non eo naturæ
partu prodierit ex vtero sicut alij, naturæ, inquam, legibus solitis. Et
idcirco semper a pueritia id cognomen accepit, vt vocaretur Raymundus
Nonnatus. Claruit hic sanctissimus Raymundus Nonnatus, vita & gestis,
ita vt in admiratione fuerit in prouincia Cathaloniæ: cuius rei
testimonium extat hodierna die, nam & ipsius corpus & sepulchrum magna
veneratione colitur, & ad eum confluit ingens hominum turba & fidelium,
& miraculis coruscat. Et hunc habuit alumnum vigilantissimus ille primus
ordinis Frater & Magister Petrus Nolasco. Cuius etiam in loquendo
sermones, præsertim cum barbaris & infidelibus, adeo efficaces erant, &
ex Dei beneficio diuini, vt plerosque interdum eoru- ad fidem
pertraxerit. Et idcirco legimus Mauros & Saracenos sæpius voluisse eum
morti tradere. vnde incastratura linguæ ligatus fuit ab impiis fidei
Christi inimicis, ne ipsius sermonibus ex iisdem infidelibus plures
alios ad fidem Christi inuitaret. Et hic sane B. Raymundus Nonnatus
socius fuit sanctissimi Serapionis Martyris.
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Diana Wright wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> This is somewhat off the topic of this list, because so many of you
> are medievalists, perhaps you can direct me: I would like to find out
> anything I can about premature medieval babies. Do you know of any
> sources that mention a premature birth & an infant who survives?
>
> DW
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