USanta Louis waseToulouse, uSanta wosuku lomhlaka 18 Agasti
(9 uFebhuwari 1274-19 Agasti 1297)
Umlando weSt. Louis waseToulouse
Lapho eshona eneminyaka engama-23, uLuigi wayesengumFranciscan, umbhishobhi nosanta!
Abazali bakaLuigi kwakunguCharles II waseNaples noSicily noMaria, indodakazi yeNkosi yaseHungary. ULuigi wayehlobene noSt. Louis IX ohlangothini lukayise no-Elizabeth waseHungary ohlangothini lukanina.
UJouis wakhombisa izibonakaliso zokuqala zokunamathisela emthandazweni nasemisebenzini yomusa wobubele. Ngesikhathi eseyingane wayethatha ukudla enqabeni ukuze ondle abampofu. Lapho eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, uLouis nabafowabo ababili bathathwa yinkosi yenkantolo yase-Aragon njengengxenye yesivumelwano sezepolitiki esihlanganisa ubaba kaLouis. Enkantolo, uLudovico wayefundiswe ozakwabo bakaFrancisan owayenenqubekela phambili enkulu ezifundweni nasempilweni ngokomoya. Njengo-St. Francis wahlakulela uthando olukhethekile kubantu abaphethwe uchoko.
Ngenkathi esathunjiwe, uLouis wanquma ukushiya isikhundla sakhe sobukhosi futhi abe ngumfundisi. Lapho eneminyaka engu-20, wavunyelwa ukuphuma enkantolo yenkosi yase-Aragon. Wasiyeka lesi sikhundla wavuma umfowabo uRobert futhi wagcotshwa waba ngumfundisi ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho wamiswa njengombhishobhi waseToulouse, kodwa upapa wasamukela isicelo sikaLouis sokuba abe ngumFranciscan kuqala.
Umoya waseFranciscan wagcwala eLouis. “UJesu Kristu uyingcebo yami yonke; uyena kuphela ongenele, ”uLouis ubelokhu ephinda njalo. Ngisho njengombhishobhi wayegqoka umkhuba waseFranciscan futhi ngezinye izikhathi wayecela. Uyalele i-friar ukuthi imnikeze ukulungiswa - esidlangalaleni uma kunesidingo - futhi i-friar yenza umsebenzi wayo.
Inkonzo kaLouis edayosese yaseToulouse yabusiswa ngokucebile. Akukho sikhathi lapho ayethathwa njengengcwele. ULouis wabeka eceleni i-75% yemali ayitholayo njengombhishobhi ukondla abampofu futhi anakekele amasonto. Zonke izinsuku wayesondla abantu abampofu abangu-25 etafuleni lakhe.
ULouis wachazwa ngo-1317 nguPapa John XXII, omunye wothisha bakhe bangaphambili. Umkhosi walo wezobuhlakani ungo-Agasti 19.
Ukuzindla
Lapho u-Cardinal Hugolino, uPapa Gregory IX wesikhathi esizayo, ephakamisa uFrancis ukuthi eminye yemiklomelo ingaba ngababhishobhi abahle kakhulu, uFrancis waphikisana nokuthi kungenzeka balahlekelwe ukuthobeka kwabo nokuba lula kwabo uma beqokwa kulezo zikhundla. Lezi zimfanelo ezimbili ziyadingeka kuyo yonke indawo eSontweni futhi uLouis usikhombisa ukuthi bangahlala kanjani ngababhishobhi.