Albinus |
Bishop Albinus made no secret about his condemnation of these marriages. That did not, of course, endear him to the best families, but he didn't care much about that. When they turned up the heat on him, he called a couple of councils (normally a Pope's privilege, or at least an emperor's, but he was a man of initiative) and got a regional ban on incest in place.
On to the halitosis. Albinus was a great populist, an advocate for the common people against those with privilege and wealth. He was once visiting Etheria, a woman who had been sent to prison by King Childebert, for bad debts. When Etheria flung herself at the Bishop's feet to beg for help, a guard moved to hit her. Albinus breathed into the guard's face and the man dropped dead on the spot. Recognizing that one does not argue with The Breath of Death, the officials promptly released Etheria.
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Finally, he used Diocesan funds to ransom the captives of pirates, which is why his patronage is actually for protection against piracy. In this wicked cool picture, artist Brian Hartley Sago sees Albinus standing guard against Somali pirates.
SO, if I pray to St. Albinus will I have a miracle? I need a miracle for a couple of kids I am fond of.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't pray to saints. It's a little bit confusing with the whole first commandment and all that. The idea is to ask the saints to pray with you. Communion of the saints involves the living and the dead, even the past and the future, if we only knew their names. So just as you might ask me to pray for a couple of kids who might need a miracle, you can ask Albinus to pray for them too. I am sure we both will do so.
ReplyDeleteIt is our understanding that the proper day for this Saint is Feb 29, but celebrated on March 1 in non-leap years.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=389