ISan Romualdo, iNgcwele yemini kaJuni 19

(c. 950-19 Juni, 1027)

Imbali yeSan Romualdo 

Embindini wobutsha obuchithekileyo, uRomuald wabona utata wakhe ebulele isalamane sakhe kwi-duel kwipropathi. Ethukile, wabalekela kwindlu yoonongendi kufutshane neRavenna. Emva kweminyaka emithathu, ezinye zeemonki zamfumana engonwabanga kwaye zamenza lula.

URomuald uchithe iminyaka engama-30 ezayo ejikeleza e-Italiya, esungula iimonki kunye nehermitages. Wayenqwenela ukunikela ngobomi bakhe kuKristu efela ukholo kwaye wafumana imvume kapopu yokushumayela iVangeli eHungary. Kodwa wabethwa sesi sifo kanye ukufika kwaso, kwaye esi sifo sabuya qho xa sizama ukuqhubeka.

Ngexesha elinye lobomi bakhe, uRomuald weva ukoma ngokomoya. Ngenye imini xa wayethandaza iNdumiso 31 ("Ndiza kukunika ukuqonda kwaye ndikufundise"), wanikwa ukukhanya okungaqhelekanga kunye nomoya ongazange umshiye.

Kwindawo elandelayo yoonongendi apho ahlala khona, uRomuald watyholwa ngolwaphulo-mthetho oluhlekisayo ngumntu osisidwangube oselula awayemngxolisile ngobomi obungcolileyo. Okothusayo kukuba, iimonki ezikunye naye zazikholelwa kwisityholo. Wanikwa isohlwayo esiqatha, esalelwa ukunikela ngobunzima kwaye wagxothwa, isigwebo esingekho sikweni awasokola kuso cwaka iinyanga ezintandathu.

Eyona idumileyo yoonongendi eyasekwa nguRomuald yayiyeyeCamaldoli eTuscany. Nantsi ke yaqala i-Order ye-Camaldolese Benedictines, ngokudibanisa ubomi be-monastic kunye ne-hermetic. Kubomi obulandelayo, utata kaRomuald waba yimonki, waqina, wagcinwa ethembekile kukhuthazo lonyana wakhe.

Ukucingisisa

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