Saint Didicus (San Diego)
XVIIIth Century, Mexico
Carved wood saint with
original polychrome and gold leaf.
cataloged
relics
Maria Stein Relic Shrine
(Maria Stein, Ohio)
St. John’s, Newfoundland, in the
residence of His Grace Archbishop Skinner, C.J.M.(as
of 1954)
In 1588 Pope Sixtus V elevated the Spanish Franciscan Father Diego de San Nicolás del Puerto to the Roman altar and calendar of saints under the name of Didacus, which was purported to be the latin equivalent of Diego.
images
Murillo. St. Diego Giving Alms
bone relic (page 9)
window, St. Thomas of Canturbury, Woodford Green, Essex, UK:
"Didacus is the patron saint of Franciscan brothers. Born in Spain in 1,400 he lived in the Friary of Aracoeli in Rome. He was renowned for his generosity and incurred the wrath of other members of the community holding this high reputation. On one occasion he was seen carrying a basket of bread from the kitchen to some beggars outside the friary. When questioned by his brothers he said that he had a basket of flowers. When they looked inside they saw - a basket of flowers. Didacus is shown in the window holding a basket of loaves in his left arm."
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"St. Didacus cured
diseases with the oil of a lamp burning before an
image of our lady. One day being destitute of
food in a journey, he prayed to God, and immediately
saw a table spread on the grass, and covered with
refreshments" (Hurd, W. A new universal history of hte religious
rites, ceremonies, and customes, of the whole world,
London: 1814. p. 253)
"He was born in Spain with no
outstanding reputation for learning, but like our
first teachers and leaders unlettered as men count
wisdom, an unschooled person, a humble lay brother in
religious life. [God chose Didacus] to show in him the
abundant riches of his grace to lead many on the way
of salvation by the holiness of his life and by his
example and to prove over and over to a weary old
world almost decrepit with age that God's folly is
wiser than men, and his weakness is more powerful than
men" (Bull of Canonization).
O Almighty and everlasting God,
Who by Thy wonderful providence
dost choose the weak things of the world
to confound the strong:
be pleased to grant unto us Thy humble servants,
that through the kindly prayers of
blessed Didacus, Thy Confessor, we may become
worthy to be raised to
eternal glory in Heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee
in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end. Amen.
Brother Didacus, help us to follow your humble
foot steps. We feed these others with love, and
seek no glory for our service. Grant us the Lord's
help in providing for our earthly comrades, and
join your holy prayers with ours as we raise up
the sick and afflicted to His glory. Bless us in
our efforts to live as a healthy community. Amen
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