Casilda of Toledo
Casilda of Toledo (* around 1050, † 1107 ) is a very popular saint in Spain . Your - perhaps legendary - legend goes back to the time just before the reconquest ( reconquista ) Toledo back in 1080th Her feast day is May 9th; their - alleged - relics are venerated in Burgos and Toledo.
Legends
According to the saints ' legends , Casilda was the daughter of the Muslim sultan Al-Mamun of Toledo. She felt sorry for the many Christian prisoners in the city's dungeons; she secretly provided them with bread and comforted them. Thereby she fulfilled two works of mercy - feeding the hungry and visiting prisoners ( Mt 25,34-46 EU ). One day she was stopped and checked by her father's guards - and the loaves that they had brought with them turned into roses.
Another legend has it that she refused to seek treatment from Muslim doctors when she suffered from blood flow . Instead, she left her hometown of Toledo and traveled north to seek help from the healing springs at the shrine of San Vicente near what is now the city of Briviesca . After a successful healing she was baptized in Burgos; after that she lived near the healing springs and was said to be 100 years old.
photos
Santa Casilda as a girl, Francisco de Zurbarán (around 1640)
Santa Casilda, Fray Juan Rizi (around 1660)
Santa Casilda, José Nogales (1892)
Remarks
- ↑ The year of birth and death as well as the name of her father, which is also passed down as Cano , change in the various legends of the saints, the real background of which is often doubted.
literature
- Concha Espina: Casilda de Toledo. Biblioteca nueva, Madrid 1940.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casilda of Toledo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1050 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1107 |