Angeliken

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Order emblem (1901) of the Angelics

The angelics or angel sisters ( lat: Sancti Pauli Sorores Angelicae , abbreviation : ASP) are a women's order affiliated to the Barnabites in the Roman Catholic Church . Pope Paul III (1534–1549) granted the religious order its approval in 1535. The nuns live according to the Augustine rules and are mainly devoted to the education of " fallen girls and women ".

Naming

Carl Julius Weber (1767–1832) wrote in his work about "monasticism":

"Called the nuns, angelics or English ladies, who should always think of angelic purity - not of the English - with this name ..."

- Carl Julius Weber

Hence, and from the derivation of the name Angelica (Angelicae = "the angelic ones"), they were also known as "angel sisters".

Countess Luise Torelli of Guastalla

history

The founder of the Barnabite order, Saint Antonio Maria Zaccaria , was the founding initiator of the female branch of the Barnabites. In 1530 he was able to encourage Countess Luise Torelli von Guastalla to found a female order. The angelics had initially set themselves the task of accompanying the friars of the Barnabites on their missions . With the papal bull Debitum pastoralen of January 15, 1535, Pope Paul III. the papal approbation . They lived according to the rules of St. Augustine and practiced the religious customs of the Dominican Sisters . Their task was to lead an angelic life.

Sant'Eufemia church in Milan

Countess Torelli founded the Convent for the Conversion of St. Paul in Milan , near the Sant'Eufemia Church . She made it possible for several noble women - the later Guastallines - to be educated and trained in the monastery and assured them a trousseau for marriage . On August 6, 1545, the official name of the order “Angeliken” was recognized, and Karl Borromeo was considered to be a great patron . In 1551 the order of women was forbidden to live in the Barnabite mission stations and they had to retire to the cloister . This led to the separation with Countess Torelli, who left the Milan monastery in 1552. Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585) ordered in 1572 that the angelics should act as a contemplative order. The new statutes of the order were drawn up by Karl Borromeo and approved on May 12, 1625 by Pope Urban VII (1623–1644).

The Convent of the Conversion of St. Paul in Milan was closed in 1785 on the orders of Emperor Joseph II . During the reign of Napoleon in 1810 all institutions of the order were closed. The last religious sister of the Angeliken died in 1846. In 1879, Father Pio Mauri CRSP tried to rebuild the female order. In 1882 Pope Leo XIII. (1878–1903) his approval, in 1919 Pope Benedict XV confirmed . (1914–1922) the religious order. The new beginning took place in the old Milanese monastery and the monasteries in Fivizzano and Arienzo .

Order emblem and motto

The emblem symbolizes the institution of the Holy Eucharist with the cross, the host and the chalice . The letters PA indicate the (St. Paul the Apostle) Apostle Paul. The lily stands for purity and chastity and the crown of thorns is reminiscent of the motto “We, on the other hand, proclaim Christ as crucified” ( 1 Cor. 1.23  EU ).

New beginning

A new era began with Venerable Mother Johanna Maria Flora Bracaval (1861–1935). In a very short time, homes and educational institutions were set up in Albania , Belgium , Brazil , Chile , the Philippines , Kosovo , Portugal , Republic of the Congo , Spain and the United States . In the late 20th century the angelics joined the religious orders of the “Zaccaria family”, to which the Barnabites, angelics and lay people of St. Paul belong.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monkery or historical representation of the monastery world and its spirit, Stuttgart, Hallberger'sche Verlagshandlung, 1836 (books.google.de) Carl Julius Weber's stmmliche Werke - Karl Julius Weber - Google Books , accessed January 17, 2013
  2. ↑ Angel Sisters . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 5, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig / Vienna 1906, p.  792 .
  3. ↑ Patron Saints Index: Venerable Flora Bracaval ( Memento of November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  4. ^ Zaccarian Family Angelic Sisters of St. Paul