Abafel’ ukholo base-Otranto abanqunywa amakhanda angama-800 bayisibonelo sokholo nesibindi
Namuhla sifuna ukukhuluma nawe ngomlando we-813 abafel 'ukholo ye-Otranto isiqephu esibi nesichitha igazi emlandweni weBandla lamaKrestu. Ngo-1480, idolobha lase-Otranto lahlaselwa ibutho laseTurkey, eliholwa nguGedik Ahmet Pasha, owayezama ukwandisa ukubusa kwakhe phezu kweMedithera.
Naphezu kwe ukumelana kwabantu base-Otranto, ukuvinjezelwa kwathatha izinsuku ezingu-15 futhi ekugcineni idolobha lawela ngaphansi kwebhomu laseTurkey. Okwalandela kwaba yi-a isibhicongo ngaphandle kwesihe: amadoda angaphezu kweshumi nanhlanu abulawa, kuyilapho abesifazane nabantwana bathathwa njengezigqila.
Mhlaka 14 Agasti 1480, Gedik Ahmet Pasha wahola abasindile bangena e Intaba yaseMinerva. Lapha wabacela ukuba balahle ukholo lobuKristu, kodwa lapho bebhekene nokwenqaba kwabo wanquma ukwenza kanjalo banqume amakhanda phambi kwezihlobo zabo. Ngalolo suku babe abangaphezu kuka-800 Otrantin bafela ukholoi. Owokuqala owanqunywa ikhanda kwakungumthungi omdala okuthiwa Antonio Pezzulla, owaziwa ngokuthi u-Il Primaldo. Ngokusho kwenganekwane, isidumbu sakhe esingenakhanda sahlala simile kwaze kwaba sekufeni kokugcina kwabakhileyo base-Otranto.
Ukugcotshwa kwabafel’ ukholo base-Otranto
Naphezu kwesihluku sesiqephu, indaba yabafel 'ukholo base-Otranto iye yaqashelwa njengesibonelo isibindi nokuzinikela. Ngo-1771, UPapa Clement XIV wamemezela ukuthi abantu base-Otranto ababulawa egqumeni laseMinerva babusisiwe futhi inkolo yabo yokuzinikela yakhula ngokushesha. Ngo-2007, UPapa Benedict XVI waqaphela u-Antonio Primaldo kanye nezakhamuzi zakubo njenge abafel’ ukholo futhi wabona nesimangaliso okuthiwa senziwa kubo, ukuphulukiswa kwendela.
Ekugcineni uPapa Francis wenziwe wabangcwele abafel’ ukholo base-Otranto, bebamemezela ngokusemthethweni njengabangcwele. Njalo ngonyaka, ngo-Agasti 13, idolobha lase-Otranto ligubha isibindi nokuzinikela kwamaqhawe alo nabafel' ukholo abangcwele.
Indaba yabafel’ ukholo base-Otranto isikhumbuza ukuthi, ngisho nasezikhathini zamuva nje, iBandla lobuKristu kuye kwadingeka libhekane nalo. ukushushiswa nobudlova egameni lika Fede. Umhlatshelo wabafel 'ukholo base-Otranto futhi kusikhumbuza ukubaluleka hlala uthembekile ezinkolelweni zethu futhi silwele inkululeko yethu engokwenkolo, ngisho nalapho sibhekene nezenzakalo ezimbi kakhulu.