Acta Sanctorum (Aprilis t. 3)
| Authors | Sollerio, Joanne Bapt., S.J. Pinio, Joanne, S.J. Cupero, Guilielmo, S.J. Boschio, Petro, S.J. |
| Tags | saints, Christian saints, Dominicans -- Biography, Catherine of Siena Saint 1347 – 1380, St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) |
| Publisher | Apud Victorem Palmé, Bibliopolam |
| Published | 03 gen 1866 |
| Date | 03 mag 2019 |
| Languages | lat, grc |
| Identifiers | lcn: BX 4658.A2 v.12, uri: http://acta.chadwyck.com/ |
| Formats | DJVU |
Description
from PDF p. 355 Companion to St. Catherine, Bl. Raymond Legenda maior is in:
- Raymond of Capua, Vita S. Catharina Senensis, Acta Sanctorum , III Aprilis, Dies 30 (Antwerp, 1675), cols 853A–959B
cols. 861 ff. of this ed. (DjVu pp. 907 ff.)
Her vow of virginity:
beatissima ac sacratissima Virgo, quæ prima inter mulieres Domino virginitatem perpetuo devovens consecrasti, a quo gratiose facta es mater unigeniti Filii ejus; tuam ineffabilem pietatem exoro, ut meis meritis non attentis, nec exiguitate mea considerata, digneris mihi tantam gratiam facere, quod in sponsum mihi des illum, quem totis animæ meæ visceribus concupisco, super sacratissimum filium tuum, unicum Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum : et ego promitto ei et tibi, quod numquam alium sponsum admittam, virginitatemque meam juxta meum modulum servaro ei perpetuo illibatam.
One of my favorite parts: Bl. Raymond of Capua, Legenda maior, III.1.334.937C-D:
Summus autem Pontifex [Gregorius XI] ea visa gavisus est, voluitque coram Cardinalibus, qui tunc aderant, quod verbum faceret exhortationis, potissime propter schisma, quod tunc incipiebat.
| The Supreme Pontiff [Gregory XI] was clearly delighted to see her again and asked her to say a few words of encouragement to the Cardinals, especially with regard to the Schism, which had then just begun.
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Quod et perfecte fecit, animando unumquemque eorum ad fortem constantiam verbis et sententiis plurimis, ac ostendendo divinam providentiam semper adesse cuilibet, sed potissime cum sancta Ecclesia patitur: et concludendo, quod propter inchoatum schisma in nullo trepidare deberent, sed agere quæ Dei sunt, et nullum timere. | [She] urged them with many arguments, which she expressed most felicitously, to be strong in constancy. She showed that divine providence is always with us, above all when the Church has to suffer, and ended by telling them not to be afraid of the schism that had just begun and to do the things of God and to fear no one.
[dixit Pontifex:] hæc muliercula nos confundit. Mulierculam autem voco, non in contemptum ejus sed in expressionem sexus feminei, naturaliter fragilis, et ad nostram instructionem. | [The Pope said:] A mere woman puts us to shame. I call her a ‘mere woman’, not out of disrespect, but with reference to her sex, which in itself is weak, and also for our own instruction.
St. Peter Martyr, O.P., on PDF pp. 732 ff. (Commentarius Prævius; Vita scripta per Thomam de Lentino, O.P., coævum)