USanta Bibiana, ongcwele obikezela isimo sezulu
Namuhla sifuna ukukutshela indaba Santa Bibiana, ongcwele owatuswa ikhono lokubikezela isimo sezulu futhi inkumbulo yakhe ihlotshaniswa nesaga ogogo nomkhulu bethu abavame ukuthanda ukusiphinda futhi esifundeka ngokuthi "Uma lina eSanta Bibiana lizokuna izinsuku ezingu-40 nesonto". Impilo yakhe igcwele ubunzima nobuhlungu.
Umfel’ ukholo owazalwa ngo 347 AD. wayeyindodakazi yeqhawe laseRoma futhi eyisikhulu. Abazali bakhe babengamaKristu kanti uBibiana wayeyisisulu sokushushiswa kwamaKristu okwamenyezelwa UJulian Umhlubuki. Umbusi owesabekayo wahlasela umndeni wentombazane encane: okokuqala ngokuphuca i- ubaba ngendima yakhe njengomphathi, ukumdingisela e-Acquapendente kanye efela ukholo. Kwabe sekuyithuba likamama nodadewabo. Lapho umama wanqunywa ikhanda ngenkathi udadewabo, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, wafela esitokisini yendlala. Okuwukuphela kwakhe okwakumelwe asinde kwakunguBibiana osemusha.
Ukubulawa kukaSaint Bibiana
Naphezu kokuboshwa kwakhe nobudala bakhe, ukholo lukaBibiana lwahlala luqinile. Njengoba I-Apronian washintsha isu. Wenza ukuba intombi engumKristu isekelwe umthengisi igama elithi Rufina okwathi, ukuze azame ukumchezukisa, asikisela ukuphila okuntofontofo okwakhiwe ukunethezeka nezinjabulo zezwe. Kodwa ongcwele waphinda wabonisa izimfanelo zakhe ezinhle, waphinda futhi wathi ukwethembeka kuNkulunkulu. Ephuphuthekiswe intukuthelo ngenxa yesimilo salona wesifazane esiqinile nesingenakunyakaziswa, u-Apronian wamenza bopha kukholamu kanye ne-flagelate ngezinduku ezinomthofu. Kwaqala kanjalo-ke usizi ngokwesiko olwathatha izinsuku ezine. Washona Disemba 2 362 kuphela Iminyaka engu-15 ubudala.
USanta Bibiana wangcwatshwa emathuneni ka San Lorenzo eRoma, lapho ahlala khona kwaze kwaba ngu-1624, lapho isidumbu sakhe sithuthelwa khona Isonto laseSanta Bibiana, eyayakhelwe ngokukhethekile ukumhlonipha. Kuthiwa umzimba wakhe ukhipha iphunga elimnandi elithathwa njengophawu lobungcwele bakhe. Kwakungasiphi isizathu ehambisana nesimo sezulu noma kunalokho ukuna, akwaziwa.