I-Saint Louis IX yase-France, iNgcwele yemini ngomhla wama-25 ku-Agasti
(25 April 1214 – 25 Agasti 1270)
Ibali likaSaint Louis waseFransi
Ekubekweni kwakhe etroneni njengoKumkani waseFransi, uLouis IX wenza isifungo sokuziphatha njengomthanjiswa kaThixo, njengoyise wabantu bakhe nenkosi yenkosi yoKumkani woXolo. Ngokucacileyo nabanye ookumkani babekwenzile okufanayo. ULouis wahlukile kuba yena wayitolika imisebenzi yakhe yasebukhosini ngokholo. Emva kogonyamelo lwezikumkani ezibini zangaphambili, wazisa uxolo nobulungisa.
ULouis “wawuthabatha umnqamlezo” kumkhosi womnqamlezo xa wayeneminyaka engama-30 ubudala. Umkhosi wakhe wamthabatha uDamietta eYiputa kodwa kungekudala emva koko, waba buthathaka ngenxa yesifo segazi kwaye ngaphandle kwenkxaso, warhangqwa waza wabanjwa. ULouis wafumana ukukhululwa komkhosi ngokulahla isixeko saseDamietta kunye nokuhlawula intlawulelo. Wahlala eSiriya iminyaka emine.
Louis ufanelwe yimbeko ngokwandisa ubulungisa kulawulo lwasekuhlaleni. Imithetho yakhe kumagosa asebukhosini yaba yeyokuqala kuthotho lwemithetho yohlaziyo. Watshintsha ityala ngedabi wafaka uhlobo lovavanyo lwengqina waza wakhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwamaxwebhu abhaliweyo enkundleni.
ULouis wayesoloko ebahlonela oopopu, kodwa wayekhusela izilangazelelo zasebukhosini nxamnye noopopu yaye wala ukusivuma isigwebo sika-Innocent IV nxamnye noMlawuli uFrederick II.
ULouis wayezinikele kubantu bakhe, eseka izibhedlele, etyelela abagulayo kwaye, njengomxhasi wakhe uFrancis, wayebakhathalele abantu abaneqhenqa. Ungomnye wabaxhasi beSecular Franciscan Order. ULouis wadibanisa iFransi - iinkosi kunye nabemi, abalimi, ababingeleli kunye namaqhawe - ngamandla obuntu bakhe kunye nobungcwele. Kangangeminyaka emininzi uhlanga lwaluseluxolweni.
Yonke imihla, uLouis wayeba neendwendwe ezikhethekileyo ezili-13 phakathi kwamahlwempu ukuze atye kunye naye, kwaye inani elikhulu lamahlwempu lalifumana izidlo kufutshane nebhotwe lakhe. Ebudeni beAdvent neLent, wonke umntu okhoyo wayephakelwa isidlo, yaye uLouis wayedla ngokuziphakela ngokwakhe. Wayegcina uludwe lwabantu abasweleyo, awayesoloko ebahlangula, kuwo onke amaphondo olawulo lwakhe.
Ephazanyiswe kukuqhubela phambili kwamaSilamsi eSyria, wakhokela enye i-crusade ngo-1267, eneminyaka engama-41 ubudala. Imfazwe yakhe yathunyelwa eTunis ngenxa yomntakwabo. Umkhosi wapheliswa sisifo kwisithuba senyanga, kwaye uLouis wafela kwilizwe lasemzini eneminyaka engama-56. Wangcwaliswa kwiminyaka engama-27 kamva.
Ukucingisisa
ULouis wayenentliziyo eqinileyo, enengqondo eqinileyo. Ilizwi lakhe lalithembekile, yaye inkalipho yakhe ngesenzo yayibalasele. Eyona nto yayiphawuleka kakhulu yayikukuhlonela kwakhe wonk’ ubani awayeqhubana naye, ngokukodwa “abantu abathobekileyo beNkosi.” Ukuze anyamekele abantu bakhe wakha iicathedrals, iicawe, amathala eencwadi, izibhedlele kunye namakhaya eenkedama. Wayeqhubana neenkosana ngokunyaniseka nangobulungisa. Wayenethemba lokuphathwa ngokulinganayo yikumkani yookumkani, awanikela kuyo ubomi bakhe, intsapho yakhe kunye nelizwe lakhe.