USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 30: indaba kaSant'Egwin

Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 30
(A.d. 720)

Indaba kaSant'Egwin

Uthi awumazi usanta wanamuhla? Kungenzeka ukuthi awukho, ngaphandle kokuthi unolwazi oluthile ngababhishobhi baseBenedictine abasungula izindlu zezindela eNgilandi yangenkathi ephakathi.

Wazalwa ngekhulu lesikhombisa legazi lasebukhosini, u-Egwin wangena esigodlweni sezindela futhi wamukelwa ngentshiseko abasebukhosini, abefundisi nabantu njengombhishobhi waseWorcester, eNgilandi. Njengombhishobhi wayaziwa njengomvikeli wezintandane, umfelwa kanye nejaji elilungile. Ngubani ongabeka iphutha kulokhu?

Nokho, ukuthandwa kwakhe akuzange kuqhubeke phakathi kwabefundisi. Babembheka njengolukhuni ngokweqile, kuyilapho yena enomuzwa wokuthi wayezama nje ukulungisa ukuhlukunyezwa futhi afake imiyalo efanele. Kwavela intukuthelo ebukhali, u-Egwin waya eRoma eyokwethula udaba lwakhe kuPapa uConstantine. Icala elibhekene no-Egwin lihlolwe futhi lachithwa.

Lapho ebuyela eNgilandi, u-Egwin wasungula i-Evesham Abbey, eyaba ngenye yezindlu ezinkulu zamaBenedictine eNgilandi yangenkathi ephakathi. Yanikezelwa kuMary, okwakuthiwa wazise u-Egwin kahle lapho kuzokwakhiwa khona isonto ukumhlonipha.

U-Egwin washona e-abbey ngoDisemba 30, 717. Ngemuva kokungcwatshwa kwakhe kwenziwa izimangaliso eziningi kuye: izimpumputhe zazibona, izithulu zizwa, abagulayo belashwa.

Ukuzindla

Ukulungisa ukuhlukunyezwa nezono akuwona neze umsebenzi olula, ngisho nombhishobhi. U-Egwin wazama ukulungisa nokuqinisa abefundisi besifundabhishobhi sakhe futhi wazitholela ulaka lwabapristi bakhe. Uma sibizelwe ukulungisa othile noma iqembu elithile, hlela iqembu eliphikisayo, kodwa futhi wazi ukuthi kungaba yinto efanele ukuyenza.