Ubusisiwe uRaymond Lull Saint wosuku ngoJuni 26

(1235 ca. - 28 Juni 1315)

Indaba kaBusisiwe uRaymond Lull
URaymond wasebenza konke impilo yakhe ukukhuthaza ukuthula futhi washona eyisithunywa sevangeli eNyakatho Afrika.

URaymond wazalelwa ePalma esiqhingini saseMajorca oLwandle iMedithera. Wathola isikhundla enkantolo yenkosi lapho. Ngolunye usuku intshumayelo yamkhuthaza ukuthi anikele impilo yakhe ukuze asebenzele ukuguqulwa kwamaSulumane eNyakatho Afrika. Waba iSecurity Franciscan futhi wasungula ikolishi lapho izithunywa zevangeli zazingafunda isi-Arabhu ezazizodinga ohambweni. Lapho esethathe wedwa, wachitha iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye njengombukiso. Ngaleso sikhathi wabhala kulo lonke igatsha lolwazi, umsebenzi owamtholela isihloko esithi "Udokotela Okhanyisiwe".

URaymond wabe esethatha uhambo oluningi kulo lonke elaseYurophu eyothakazela opapa, amakhosi nezikhulu ekwakheni amakolishi akhethekile ukulungiselela izithunywa zevangeli ezizayo. Yawuthola umgomo wawo ngonyaka we-1311, lapho uMkhandlu waseVienne uyalela ukwakhiwa kwezihlalo zesiHeberu, isi-Arabhu nezamaKhalde emanyuvesi aseBologna, e-Oxford, eParis naseSalamanca. Lapho eneminyaka engama-79, uRaymond waya eNyakatho Afrika ngo-1314 ukuze ayoba isithunywa sevangeli ngokwakhe. Isixuku samaSulumane athukuthele samkhanda ngamatshe edolobheni laseBougie. Abathengisi beGenese bambuyisela eMallorca, lapho afela khona. URaymond washaywa ngonyaka we-1514. Idili lakhe lokwenza iziqu lingomhlaka 30 kuJuni.

Ukuzindla
URaymond wasebenza iningi lempilo yakhe ukusiza ekusakazeni ivangeli. Ukunganakwa kwabanye abaholi bobuKhrestu kanye nokuphikiswa okwenziwe eNyakatho Afrika akuzange kumphambukise enhlosweni yakhe. Ngemuva kweminyaka engamakhulu amathathu, umsebenzi kaRaymond waqala ukuthonya abaseMelika. Lapho abaseSpain beqala ukusakaza ivangeli ku-New World, bamisa amakolishi ezithunywa zevangeli ukusiza lomsebenzi. ISan Junípero Serra yayingeyekholeji efanayo.