Stephen of Cúneo

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Stephan von Cúneo (also: Stefano de Cuneo ) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and was born in Cuneo . A date of birth is not known († November 14, 1391 in Jerusalem ). He joined the Franciscan Order in the Province of Genoa at a young age , was a priest of the Franciscan Order and a missionary . He dedicated his pastoral work particularly to missionary work and conversion to Christianity .

Life

Little is known about the life of Stephen of Cúneo either. He was a master of theology and was therefore able to teach theology as a student in Pavia . He was a lecturer in theology in Bologna for four years and then devoted himself to the apostolate in Corsica .

Stephen of Cúneo, along with others, was persuaded by Nikola Tavelić to preach to the Muslims , although such an attempt at conversion to the Christian faith at that time in the Holy Land was threatened with death.

Nikola Tavelić appeared before the Qādī of Jerusalem on November 11, 1391 with the consent of the Guardian Gerard Chalvet, together with his Franciscan confreres Deodatus von Ruticinium , Peter von Narbonne and Stephan von Cuneo , with the intention of obtaining permission to enter the Omar Mosque or to preach in the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Their request is said to have outraged the people, and they were beaten by the crowd, then arrested and thrown into dungeon and then sentenced to death . On November 14, 1391, they were martyred in Jerusalem by beheading with the sword . They were torn to pieces and burned in front of the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem.

St. Stephen of Cuneo and his companions were beatified in 1889 and finally on June 21, 1970 by Pope Paul VI. canonized. The canonization was delayed. a. because it was not clear whether the martyrdom was valid, since the martyrs themselves caused it through their actions.

The Four Martyrs Day is celebrated on November 14th.

literature

  • Antonio Crnica: Historico-iuridica dilucidatio. Vitae, martyrii et gloriae beati Nicolai Tavelic . Dissertation Gregorianae, Rome 1958.
  • Dominik Mandić: Documenta martyrii beati Tavelic . Dissertation Gregorianae, Rome 1958.
  • Vera Schauber, Hanns Michael Schindler: saints and namesake in the course of the year . Pattloch, Augsburg 2001, ISBN 3-629-01642-1 , p. 587.
  • Josef Gelmi u. a .: Lexicon of names and saints . Edition Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-63-5 , p. 609.
  • Ordo Fratrum Minorum : Franciscan Proprium. The celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours . Herder, Freiburg / B. 1987, pp. 372-375.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried Egger (OFM), St. Nikolaus Tavelic , In the Land of the Lord, Franziskanische Zeitschrift für das Heilige Land, 2017, Issue 2, p. 72.
  2. ↑ Gottfried Egger (OFM), St. Nikolaus Tavelic , In the Land of the Lord, Franciscan Journal for the Holy Land, 2017, issue 2, p. 70.
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of saints , keyword: Stephan von Cúneo.
  4. ↑ Heiligenlexikon , keyword: date of canonizations.
  5. ↑ Gottfried Egger (OFM), St. Nikolaus Tavelic , In the Land of the Lord, Franciscan Journal for the Holy Land, 2017, Issue 2, p. 74.
personal data
SURNAME Stephen of Cúneo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stefano de Cuneo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Franciscan; Roman Catholic saint
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuneo
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1391
Place of death Jerusalem