Ibhiyozelwa ngoAprili 27
I-Saint Pollio ingcwele ethandwayo kwisithethe samaKatolika, kwaye ukuncenga kwakhe kucelwa kwiimfuno ezahlukeneyo. Udla ngokucelwa uncedo lokufumana umsebenzi, ukuphucula imali, okanye ukoyisa iingxaki ekhaya. Uyacelwa ukuba akhusele abantwana kwaye akhokele abancinci, kwaye uthathwa njengokhusela oomama abangenamaqabane.
Ibhayiloji kunye nobomi beSaint Pollio
USanta Pollio wazalelwa eYiputa kwinkulungwane yesithathu. Wayengunyana womfundisi ongumhedeni uTeófilo kunye nebhinqa elingumKristu uEustoquia. Nangona uTheophilus wazama ukukhokela unyana wakhe kude nenkolo yobuKristu, uPollio wahlala eqinile elukholweni lwakhe waza wabhaptizwa nguSaint Anthony the Abbot.
Emva kokuba ebhaptiziwe, uSaint Pollio washiya iYiputa waya ePalestina, apho wayehlala njenge-hermit entlango iminyaka eliqela. Ngenkulungwane yesine, wafudukela eYerusalem, apho wayehlala njengemonki kwiMonastery yaseSaint Sabas.
Embindini wenkulungwane yesine, iSaint Pollio yamiselwa njengomfundisi yaza yaqalisa ukushumayela ngokuchasene nobuhedeni nobuArian. Ukushumayela kwakhe kwabacaphukisa abahedeni nabaqhekeki base-Arian, ngoko batshutshiswa ngabo. Ngesinye isihlandlo, wade waxulutywa ngamatye engekho zingqondweni.
Ngonyaka wama-362, iSaint Pollio yabanjwa kunye nezinye iimonki zasiwa phambi kukaJulian uMwexuki, owayefuna ukubanyanzela ukuba balahle ukholo lwabo lobuKristu. Noko ke, ukuthuthunjiswa kwakungenakubophula. Ekugqibeleni, uJulian wabagwebela ukufa waza wayalela ukuba banqunyulwe iintloko.
Umthandazo kuSaint Pollio
Umthandazo oya eSan Antonio de Padua yenye yezona zidumileyo, kuba uthathwa njengengcwele yemimangaliso. Lo mthandazo uneenguqulelo ezininzi, kodwa eyona nto yaziwa kakhulu yile ilandelayo:
USanta Anthony, uSanta Anthony, ndincede kwintlungu yam.
Ungandilahli kula maxesha anzima.
Ndincede undihlangule ebubini.
Amen.
isivakalisi sesibini
Owu uPollio ongcwele,
ukuba ubuyindoda yokholo nomthandazo,
siyakucela ukuba usibongoze phambi koThixo
kubo bonke ababandezelekileyo kweli hlabathi.
Sifuna ukuba usincede soyise iingxaki zethu,
ukoyisa iingxaki zethu, nokuthembela kuThixo.
Owu uPollio ongcwele,
izinto ezibalulekileyo ozenzileyo
- washumayela iVangeli izihlandlo ezininzi
– wanceda ekufumaneni iBandla laseRoma
- wayengomnye woobhishophu bokuqala baseRoma
- wabhala iincwadi ezininzi zenkolo kunye namanqaku
- wayengomnye wabakhuthazi abaphambili be-Counter-Reformation
– bathathe inxaxheba ngokukhutheleyo kwiBhunga laseTrent
– yagqalwa njengengcwele yiCawa yamaKatolika ngowe-1622