Ingcwele yosuku lukaFebruwari 19: ibali leSan Corrado da Piacenza

Uzalelwe kusapho oluhloniphekileyo emantla e-Itali, xa umfana uCorrado watshata no-Eufrosina, intombi yendoda enesidima. Ngenye imini, ngelixa wayezingela, wayalela abalindi ukuba batshise amahlahla athile ukukhupha umdlalo. Umlilo usasazeke kumasimi akufutshane nakwihlathi elikhulu. UConrad wabaleka. Umfama omsulwa wavalelwa entolongweni, wathuthunjiswa ukuba avume izono kwaye wagwetyelwa ukufa. UConrad walivuma ityala lakhe, wasindisa ubomi bomntu kwaye wahlawulela ipropathi eyonakeleyo. Ngokukhawuleza emva kwesi siganeko, uConrad kunye nenkosikazi yakhe bavuma ukwahlukana: yena kwi-monasteri ye-Poor Clares kwaye yena kwiqela le-hermits elandela umgaqo we-Third Order. Ukwaziwa kwakhe ngobungcwele, nangona kunjalo, kwasasazeka ngokukhawuleza. Njengoko iindwendwe zakhe ezininzi zazitshabalalisa isithukuthezi sakhe, uCorrado waya kwindawo ethe qelele eSicily apho ahlala khona iminyaka engama-36 njengendawo yokuhlala yedwa, ezithandazela yena kunye nehlabathi liphela. Umthandazo kunye nezohlwayo yayiyimpendulo yakhe kwizilingo ezamhlaselayo. UCorrado wasweleka eguqe phambi komnqamlezo. Wayelungelelaniswa ngo-1625.

Umboniso: UFrancis waseAssisi wayetsalwa kukucamngca nobomi bokushumayela; amaxesha okuthandaza ngamandla ayephembelela ukushumayela kwakhe. Abanye babalandeli bakhe bokuqala, nangona kunjalo, baziva bebizelwe kubomi bokucamngca okukhulu kwaye wabamkela. Nangona iCorrado da Piacenza ingeyonto iqhelekileyo eCaweni, yena nezinye izinto ezicingayo zisikhumbuza ubukhulu bukaThixo kunye novuyo lwezulu.