U-Elizabeth Okulu wasePortugal, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwango-4 kaJulayi
(1271-Julayi 4, 1336)
Ibali likaSanta Elizabeth wasePortugal
U-Elizabeth uhlala eboniswa kwilokhwe yasebukhosini nehobe okanye isebe lomnquma. Ekuzalweni kwakhe ngo-1271, utata wakhe uPedro III, inkosi yexesha elizayo yaseAragon, waxolelaniswa noyise uGiacomo, inkosi eyayilawula. Oku kwangqineka kusisiqalo sezinto ezizayo. Ngaphantsi kweempembelelo ezilungileyo ezazijikeleze iminyaka yakhe yobudala, wakhawuleza wafunda ukuzibamba kwaye wafumana ukuthanda izinto zokomoya.
Ngethamsanqa elungiselelwe, uElizabeth wakwazi ukuhlangabezana nomceli mngeni xa wayeneminyaka eli-12, watshata noDenis, inkosi yasePortugal. Wakwazi ukumisela ngokwakhe umzekelo wobomi obuthandekayo ekukhuleni kothando lukaThixo, kungekuphela nje ngokuhlonela kwakhe uThixo, kubandakanya noMthendeleko wemihla ngemihla, kodwa nangokusebenzisa uthando, enkosi kulo. Uyakwazi ukwenza abahlobo kwaye uncede abahambi, abasemzini, abagulayo, amahlwempu - ngegama, bonke abo banesidingo baye baqwalaselwa. Kwangaxeshanye, wayezinikele emyenini wakhe, onganyanisekanga kuye yayilihlazo ebukumkanini.
UDenis naye wayexhomekeke kwimigudu yakhe yoxolo. U-Elisabethe kudala wafuna uxolo ngaye noThixo, kwaye ekugqibeleni wavuzwa xa wanikela ngobomi bakhe besono. Wayezama kaninzi wenza uxolo phakathi kokumkani nonyana wabo u-Alfonso owayenemvukelo, awayecinga ukuba uzele ukuthanda abantwana benkosi. Usebenze njengoxolo kumzabalazo phakathi kukaFerdinand, uKumkani waseAragon, kunye nomzala wakhe uJames, ababebanga isithsaba. Kwaye ekugqibeleni wasuka eCoimbra, apho wayethathe umhlala phantsi njenge-Franciscan tertiary kwi-Poor Clares monastery emva kokubhubha komyeni wakhe, uElizabeth wemka kwaye wakwazi ukufezekisa uxolo oluhlala luhleli phakathi konyana wakhe u-Alfonso, ngoku ongukumkani wasePortugal, kunye nomkhwenyana wakhe, yeCastile.
Ukucingisisa
Umsebenzi wokukhuthaza uxolo uyinto ngaphandle kokuzama ukuzola nokuzola. Kuthatha ingqondo ecacileyo, umoya ozinzileyo kunye nomphefumlo onesibindi ukungenelela phakathi kwabantu abaneemvakalelo ezivuselelekileyo kangangokuba bakulungele ukutshabalalisana. Oku kuyinyani ngakumbi kumfazi ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yeshumi elinesine. Kodwa uElizabeth wayenothando olunzulu nolunyanisekileyo nolwazelelelo eluntwini, ukungabikho kwenkxalabo ngaye kunye nokuthembela kuThixo.