Abangcwele uLouis Martin kunye noZélie Guérin, oyiNgcwele womhla we-25 Septemba

(22 Agasti 1823 - 29 Julayi 1894; 23 Disemba 1831 - 28 Agasti 1877)

Ibali labaNgcwele bakaLouis Martin kunye noZélie Guérin
Uzalelwe kusapho lomkhosi eBordeaux, uLouis waqeqeshelwa ukuba ngumenzi weewotshi. Umnqweno wakhe wokungena kwindawo yonqulo uhlala ungonelisekanga kuba wayengasazi isiLatin. Ukufudukela eNormandy, wadibana nomzobi wezakhono, uZélie Guérin, owayedanile kwimizamo yakhe yokungena kubomi benkolo. Batshata ngo-1858 kwaye ngaphezulu kweminyaka babusiswa ngabantwana abasithoba, nangona amakhwenkwe amabini kunye namantombazana amabini asweleka ebusaneni.

ULouis wayeqhuba ishishini leelace elaliqhubeka noZélie ekhaya ngelixa ekhulisa abantwana. Usweleke ngomhlaza wamabele ngo-1877.

ULouis emva koko wasusa usapho waya eLisieux ukuze babe kufutshane nomntakwabo kunye nodade wabo, ababencedisa kwimfundo yamantombazana akhe amahlanu asaphilayo. Impilo yakhe yaqala ukonakala emva kokuba intombi yakhe eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala yangena kwikhaya loonongendi laseMount Carmel eLisieux ngo-1888. ULouis wasweleka ngo-1894, kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa emva kokungeniswa kwisibhedlele.

Indlu eyenziwe nguLouis noZélie yondla ubungcwele babo bonke abantwana babo, kodwa ngaphezulu kwabo bonke abona bancinci babo, abaziwa kuthi njengoSanta Teresa woMntwana uYesu. ULouis noZélie babethweswa isidima ngo-2008 baza bamiselwa njengompostile uPapa Francis nge-18 ka-Okthobha ka-2015.

Ukucingisisa
Ebomini, uLouis noZelia balwazi uvuyo olukhulu kunye neentlungu ezingathethekiyo. Bakholelwa ngokuqinileyo ukuba uThixo ubenabo kuwo wonke umceli mngeni obuboniswe bubomi bomtshato, ukuba ngumzali nemisebenzi yabo.