Indaba yesaka likaSaint Francis alikhonjiswa yingelosi nesinkwa somlingo
Il isikhwama seSan Francesco, eyayiqukethe isinkwa esingcwele, ingenye yezinsalela eziye zavusa ilukuluku elikhulu eminyakeni yamuva nje. Iqembu lososayensi kubonakala sengathi ekugcineni liyixazulule imfihlakalo eye yamzungeza iminyaka engu-800 kusukela ashona, linikeza ukwaziswa okungokwesayensi.
USanta Francis wase-Assisi, umsunguli wohlelo lukaFrancisca, waziwa ngokuzinikela kwakhe eVangelini nobumpofu bevangeli. Kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe, wayehlale enakekela abaswele futhi ezama ukubasiza. Ukufunda nge-ubumpofu obukhulu kanye nendlala eyayikhungethe imiphakathi eminingi, wanquma ukucela uNkulunkulu uphawu oluphathekayo ukuze abonise uthando lwakhe nokuzimisela kwakhe ukusiza.
Kuthiwa ngobunye ubusuku, ethandaza esontweni lika I-San Pietro e-Rivo Torto, uSaint Francis waba nombono. Embonweni, a angelo wamkhombisa isaka elikhulu elinesinkwa. Ingelosi yatshela uSt. Francis ukuthi lokho isinkwa sasingcwele nokuthi kufanele abelane ngayo nalabo abaswele kakhulu.
UFrancis oNgcwele wathathwa ngumbono futhi waqonda ukuthi leso sinkwa sasiyisinkwa isipho saphezulu. Wabonga uNkulunkulu ngomusa wakhe futhi wanquma ukulandela umyalo wengelosi encwadini.
Ngokusho kwenganekwane, isaka lesinkwa lavela embundwini wezindela e 1224, ethunyelwe nguSaint Francis ebonga ingelosi ukuba iphakele izindela ebunzimeni ngenxa yokuba khona kweqhwa nezimpisi. Kumakholwa, kuyisimangaliso esifana nesikaSan Gennaro.
Imfihlakalo yesaka likaSaint Francis yembulwa
Ucwaningo ngensalela kaSaint Francis lwenziwa kusetshenziswa ukuhlaziya I-radiocarbon C-14. Kutholwe imikhondo i-ergosterol, kusukela kudala 1732, unyaka lapho izinsalela zensalela zavalwa khona ukuze zivikeleke ekugugeni nasekudabukeni kwesikhathi. Le mikhondo iphakamisa ukuthintana ne- iphoyinti.
Ososayensi beInyuvesi yaseNingizimu Denmark, nakuba engaphenyi ukuthi isikhwama sifike kanjani phambi kwe Isigodlo sezindela saseFolloni, ziqinisekise ukuthi amadethi nezinto zihambisana nalokho okushiwo inganekwane.