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Today (9. April) is the feast day of:
Waldetrude (d. c. 688) Waldetrude was one of a large family of
saints, sometimes known collectively as the saints of Maubeuge. She
was the daughter of two saints, one of her sisters was a saint, her
husband was a saint, and so were all four of their children. W.
withdrew from the world (living in a small house in semi-reclusion)
after her last child was born. Herds of visitors seeking spiritual
advice disturbed her, so she founded a convent at Chateaulieu (the
core of what is now the town of Mons).
Casilda (11th cent.?) A rather legendary saint, Casilda was the
daughter of an emir of Toledo, brought up as a Muslim but kind to
Christian prisoners. She fell ill and was cured at a shrine of St.
Vincent. She became a Christian and settled down as a recluse near
the miraculous spring near Burgos that had cured her, where she is
supposed to have lived to the age of 100. Her cult was popular.
Gaucherius (d. 1140) Gaucherius was a Frenchman who got a good
education and then at the age of 18 became a hermit. He gradually
attracted disciples and built both male and female monasteries at
Aureil, giving them Augustine's rule for canons (and canonesses). G.
was canonized in 1194.
Ubald (blessed) (d. 1315) The Florentine Ubald Adimari, like so many
later Italian male saints, had a dissolute youth but got over it when
he heard a sermon by St. Philip Benizi. U. joined the Servite Order,
he became a priest, and was famous for his gentleness. His cult was
approved in 1821.
Thomas of Tolentino (blessed) (d. 1321) Thomas was a Franciscan,
imprisoned for some time because he favored the Spirituals. When he
was released in 1289, he set out to spread Christianity to the world.
He and four brethren evangelized in Armenia, then he moved on to
Persia. Before long, the pope appointed him archbishop and papal
legate for the East, complete with seven Franciscan suffragan
bishops. It's not clear what he did between 1308 and 1320; he may
have been in India and/or China. In 1320, though, he was shipwrecked
in Muslim northern India, and rather rashly attacked Islam and
Muhammad. He and his three companions were tortured and beheaded.
T's cult was approved in 1894.
Antony Pavoni (blessed) (d. 1374) The Piedmontese Antonio Pavoni was
a Dominican who became inquisitor general for Piedmont and Liguria in
1365. He made a lot of enemies among the Waldensians, and finally
some attacked and killed him. His cult was approved in 1856.
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