Saint Francis of Girolamo (Geronimo) - May 11 On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Francis Jerome (1642-1716). He begged his Jesuit superiors to send him to the foreign missions, but they told …More
Saint Francis of Girolamo (Geronimo) - May 11
On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Francis Jerome (1642-1716). He begged his Jesuit superiors to send him to the foreign missions, but they told him to "concentrate all his zeal and energy on the city and Kingdom of Naples".
He became a renowned preacher, in the church and on the streets, in the city and in the surrounding hamlets. Among those he brought back to the sacraments was Marie Alvira Cassier.
-- Alvira, The Heroine of Vesuvius: A Remarkable Sensation of the Seventeenth Century, Founded on Facts Recorded in the Acts of Canonization of St. Francis of Jerome, by Rev. A. J. O'Reilly, D. D., Sadlier, 1885.
When Alvira was a young girl in Paris, the daughter of a consumptive Catholic mother and a beastly Lutheran father, her brother left home to join the Society of Jesus, keeping it secret from his father who mocked religion.
Alvira's mother died and "was laid in a marble tomb amongst the first occupants of Pére la Chaise . . . not far from the famous tomb of Abelard and Eloise." Alvira's father's bank failed and he ran away, taking his two daughters and a million francs.
The two girls dressed as boys at their father's command, to help him avoid apprehension. In Geneva, Alvira, now known as Charles, became angry because their father spent so much time drinking with his fellow Freemasons. She berated him, and he slapped her. A few days later, the father and the two daughters had to flee again. They went to stay with the unsuspecting Benedictines at Martigny. While strolling in the mountains, Alvira killed her father by pushing him off a cliff.
The two young "men" gambled away the rest of the money and then joined the army at Naples. They were sent with two hundred soldiers to destroy a band of brigands at Vesuvius. The royalists were victorious, but Alvira's sister was killed.
The captain also died, and Alvira/Charles, now the senior officer, directed that the bodies be buried in their clothes. She led the royal troops back to Naples. "With her return to the city the war was ended, and the people were rejoicing in the restoration of peace. The young captain who had returned so victorious from Vesuvius was the lion of the day."
To read the rest of her story, which begins when she meets the famous preacher, St. Francis Jerome, go to page 164. Alvira leaves the army, and with Father Francis's help, receives a captain's pension. She witnesses a miracle by Father Francis and has a vision of her sister's soul being taken from purgatory to heaven. And, at last, a sweet reunion.
For more on St. Francis Jerome, see www.amazon.com/…/ref=sr_1_4 by Joseph N. Tylenda, S.J., Loyola Press, 1998. Search term: Francis Jerome. Page 129.
"Fr. Jerome also visited the sick, day and night. On these visitations he always carried a relic of St. Cyr, the Alexandrian physician martyred in the third century. Contemporaries attest that many a cure happened when Fr. Jerome prayed over the sick and blessed them with the relic, but to divert attention from himself, he always attributed the healings to St. Cyr."
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On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Francis Jerome (1642-1716). He begged his Jesuit superiors to send him to the foreign missions, but they told him to "concentrate all his zeal and energy on the city and Kingdom of Naples".
He became a renowned preacher, in the church and on the streets, in the city and in the surrounding hamlets. Among those he brought back to the sacraments was Marie Alvira Cassier.
-- Alvira, The Heroine of Vesuvius: A Remarkable Sensation of the Seventeenth Century, Founded on Facts Recorded in the Acts of Canonization of St. Francis of Jerome, by Rev. A. J. O'Reilly, D. D., Sadlier, 1885.
When Alvira was a young girl in Paris, the daughter of a consumptive Catholic mother and a beastly Lutheran father, her brother left home to join the Society of Jesus, keeping it secret from his father who mocked religion.
Alvira's mother died and "was laid in a marble tomb amongst the first occupants of Pére la Chaise . . . not far from the famous tomb of Abelard and Eloise." Alvira's father's bank failed and he ran away, taking his two daughters and a million francs.
The two girls dressed as boys at their father's command, to help him avoid apprehension. In Geneva, Alvira, now known as Charles, became angry because their father spent so much time drinking with his fellow Freemasons. She berated him, and he slapped her. A few days later, the father and the two daughters had to flee again. They went to stay with the unsuspecting Benedictines at Martigny. While strolling in the mountains, Alvira killed her father by pushing him off a cliff.
The two young "men" gambled away the rest of the money and then joined the army at Naples. They were sent with two hundred soldiers to destroy a band of brigands at Vesuvius. The royalists were victorious, but Alvira's sister was killed.
The captain also died, and Alvira/Charles, now the senior officer, directed that the bodies be buried in their clothes. She led the royal troops back to Naples. "With her return to the city the war was ended, and the people were rejoicing in the restoration of peace. The young captain who had returned so victorious from Vesuvius was the lion of the day."
To read the rest of her story, which begins when she meets the famous preacher, St. Francis Jerome, go to page 164. Alvira leaves the army, and with Father Francis's help, receives a captain's pension. She witnesses a miracle by Father Francis and has a vision of her sister's soul being taken from purgatory to heaven. And, at last, a sweet reunion.
For more on St. Francis Jerome, see www.amazon.com/…/ref=sr_1_4 by Joseph N. Tylenda, S.J., Loyola Press, 1998. Search term: Francis Jerome. Page 129.
"Fr. Jerome also visited the sick, day and night. On these visitations he always carried a relic of St. Cyr, the Alexandrian physician martyred in the third century. Contemporaries attest that many a cure happened when Fr. Jerome prayed over the sick and blessed them with the relic, but to divert attention from himself, he always attributed the healings to St. Cyr."
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Saint Francis of Girolamo (Geronimo) - May 11
Anastasius of Lérida
Anthimus of Rome
Bassus of Sabina
Bertilla
Criotan of MacReddin
Diego of Saldaña
Estelle of Saintes
Evellius of Pisa
Fabius of Sabina
Francis of Girolamo
Fremund of Dunstable
Gautier di Esterp
Gengulphus of Burgundy
Gjon Koda
Gregory Celli of Verucchio
Gualberto
Ignatius of Laconi
Illuminatus
Illuminatus of San Severino
James Walworth
John Rochester
Maiulo of Hadrumetum
Majolus …More
Anastasius of Lérida
Anthimus of Rome
Bassus of Sabina
Bertilla
Criotan of MacReddin
Diego of Saldaña
Estelle of Saintes
Evellius of Pisa
Fabius of Sabina
Francis of Girolamo
Fremund of Dunstable
Gautier di Esterp
Gengulphus of Burgundy
Gjon Koda
Gregory Celli of Verucchio
Gualberto
Ignatius of Laconi
Illuminatus
Illuminatus of San Severino
James Walworth
John Rochester
Maiulo of Hadrumetum
Majolus of Cluny
Mamertus of Vienne
Matthêô Lê Van Gam
Maximus of Sabina
Mozio of Constantinople
Possessor of Verdun
Principia of Rome
Tudy
Vincent L’Hénoret
Vivaldus
Walbert of Hainault
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Martyrs of Camerino
Martyrs of Carcassona – 14 beati
Martyrs of Osimo
Diocletius
Florentius
Sisinius
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Eudald
Francis Maria of Camporosso
Lua of Killaloe
Maria Magdalena Jahn
Zepherin Namuncurá
Anthimus of Rome
Bassus of Sabina
Bertilla
Criotan of MacReddin
Diego of Saldaña
Estelle of Saintes
Evellius of Pisa
Fabius of Sabina
Francis of Girolamo
Fremund of Dunstable
Gautier di Esterp
Gengulphus of Burgundy
Gjon Koda
Gregory Celli of Verucchio
Gualberto
Ignatius of Laconi
Illuminatus
Illuminatus of San Severino
James Walworth
John Rochester
Maiulo of Hadrumetum
Majolus of Cluny
Mamertus of Vienne
Matthêô Lê Van Gam
Maximus of Sabina
Mozio of Constantinople
Possessor of Verdun
Principia of Rome
Tudy
Vincent L’Hénoret
Vivaldus
Walbert of Hainault
—
Martyrs of Camerino
Martyrs of Carcassona – 14 beati
Martyrs of Osimo
Diocletius
Florentius
Sisinius
—
Eudald
Francis Maria of Camporosso
Lua of Killaloe
Maria Magdalena Jahn
Zepherin Namuncurá
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saint-bassus-of-sabina/
saint-bertilla/
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catholicsaints.info/saint-mattheo-le-van-gam/
catholicsaints.info/saint-maximus-of-sabina/
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catholicsaints.info/saint-mozio-of-constantinople/
catholicsaints.info/saint-possessor-of-verdun/
catholicsaints.info/saint-principia-of-rome/
catholicsaints.info/saint-tudy/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-vincent-lhenoret/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-vivaldus/
catholicsaints.info/saint-walbert-of-hainault/
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Martyrs of Carcassona – 14 catholicsaints.info/blessed/
Martyrs of Osimo
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catholicsaints.info/saint-florentius-of-osimo/
catholicsaints.info/saint-sisinius-of-osimo/
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Estelle
Eudald
Francis Maria of Camporosso
Lua of Killaloe
saint-anthimus-of-rome/
saint-bassus-of-sabina/
saint-bertilla/
saint-criotan-of-macreddin/
blessed-diego-of-saldana/
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catholicsaints.info/saint-fabius-of-sabina/
catholicsaints.info/saint-francis-of-girolamo/
catholicsaints.info/saint-fremund-of-dunstable/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-gautier-di-esterp/
catholicsaints.info/saint-gengulphus-of-burgundy/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-gjon-koda/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-gregory…
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catholicsaints.info/saint-ignatius-of-laconi/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-illuminatus/
catholicsaints.info/saint-illuminat…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-james-walworth/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-john-rochester/
catholicsaints.info/saint-maiulo-of-hadrumetum/
catholicsaints.info/saint-majolus-of-cluny/
catholicsaints.info/saint-mamertus-of-vienne/
catholicsaints.info/saint-mattheo-le-van-gam/
catholicsaints.info/saint-maximus-of-sabina/
catholicsaints.info/saint-mayeul/
catholicsaints.info/saint-mozio-of-constantinople/
catholicsaints.info/saint-possessor-of-verdun/
catholicsaints.info/saint-principia-of-rome/
catholicsaints.info/saint-tudy/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-vincent-lhenoret/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-vivaldus/
catholicsaints.info/saint-walbert-of-hainault/
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Martyrs of Carcassona – 14 catholicsaints.info/blessed/
Martyrs of Osimo
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catholicsaints.info/saint-florentius-of-osimo/
catholicsaints.info/saint-sisinius-of-osimo/
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Estelle
Eudald
Francis Maria of Camporosso
Lua of Killaloe