Svatý Josef z Leonessy - Saint Joseph of Leonessa (Brno, CZ) - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

[CZ]

Svatý Josef z Leonessy se narodil 8. ledna 1556 v Leonesse v Itálii. Vstoupil do rádu kapucínu, kde žil ve velmi prísné kajícnosti. Byl vyslán na misie do Carihradu, kde se snažil povzbuzovat a osvobozovat bezbranné otroky. Byl uveznen a mucen. Podle legendy byl zachránen andelem. Zemrel v Amatrice 4. února 1612. Svatorecen byl 29. cervna 1746 papežem Benediktem XIV. Jeho památku slavíme 4. února.

[EN]

Saint Joseph of Leonessa, O.F.M. Cap., (Italian: Giuseppe da Leonessa) (1556 – February 4, 1612) is a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born Eufranio Desiderio at Leonessa, a small town then in Umbria, now in the Lazio. It is said that from his infancy he showed a remarkably religious bent of mind; he used to erect little altars and spend much time in prayer before them, and often he would gather his companions and induce them to pray with him. Whilst yet a boy he used to take the discipline on Fridays in company with the Confraternity of the Holy Savior. He was educated by his uncle, who had planned a suitable marriage for him, but in his sixteenth year he fell sick of a fever, and upon his recovery, without consulting his guardian, he joined the Capuchin reform of the Franciscan Order. He made his novitiate at the friary of the Carcerelle near Assisi. As a friar he was remarkable for his great abstinence. "Brother Ass", he would say to his body, "there is no need to feed thee as a noble horse would be fed: thou must be content to be a poor ass." In 1599, the year before the Jubilee year, he fasted the whole year by way of preparation for gaining the indulgence.