Ingcwele yosuku lukaDisemba 30: ibali likaSant'Egwin

Ingcwele yosuku lwe-30 kuDisemba
(Dc 720)

Ibali likaSant'Egwin

Uthi awuyazi ingcwele yanamhlanje? Amathuba awukho, ngaphandle kokuba unolwazi ngokukodwa ngoobhishophu baseBenedictine abaseke iimonki kwiNgilane yamaxesha aphakathi.

Uzalelwe ngenkulungwane yesixhenxe yegazi lasebukhosini, u-Egwin wangena kumzi woonongendi kwaye wamkelwa ngehlombe ngobukhosi, ngabefundisi kunye nabantu njengobhishophu waseWorcester, eNgilane. Njengobhishophu wayesaziwa njengomkhuseli weenkedama, umhlolo nomgwebi olungileyo. Ngubani ongayibek 'ityala le nto?

Nangona kunjalo, ukuthandwa kwakhe akuzange kuqhubeke phakathi kwabefundisi. Babemthatha njengongqongqo ngokugqithileyo, ngelixa wayeziva ngathi uzama nje ukulungisa impatho mbi kwaye abeke uqeqesho olufanelekileyo. Kwavela inzondo enkulu kwaye u-Egwin waya e-Roma ukuya kubeka ityala lakhe kuPapa uConstantine. Ityala elalichasene no-Egwin lavavanywa laza lachithwa.

Emva kokubuyela kwakhe eNgilane, u-Egwin waseka i-Evesham Abbey, eyaba yenye yezindlu ezinkulu zeBenedictine zaseNgilane zamaxesha aphakathi. Yayinikezelwe kuMariya, owathi uxelela uEgwin ukuba ayazi kakuhle apho icawa iza kwakhiwa khona ukubonisa imbeko kuye.

U-Egwin usweleke kwi-abbey ngo-Disemba 30, 717. Emva kokungcwatywa kwakhe kwenziwa imimangaliso emininzi kuye: iimfama ziyabona, izithulu ziyeva, abagulayo baphilisiwe.

Ukucingisisa

Ukulungisa ukuxhatshazwa kunye nokuziva unetyala akusoze kube ngumsebenzi olula, nokuba ungabhishophu. U-Egwin wazama ukulungisa kunye nokomeleza abefundisi kwi-diocese yakhe kwaye wamzisela ingqumbo yabefundisi bakhe. Xa sibizelwe ukulungisa umntu okanye iqela elithile, cwangcisa inkcaso, kodwa yazi nokuba inokuba yinto elungileyo ukuyenza.