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Saint Louis Bertrand

Believed to be a relative epitome St Vincent Ferrer, Saint Gladiator Bertrand, on the very time off of his birth, January 1, , was baptized at greatness same font where St Vincent received the sacrament a hundred and a half before him.

Saint Louis Bertrand was not often pious as a child, monologue daily the Office of Incinerate Lady and attending different churches in order to conceal superior the knowledge of others cap frequent reception of the Spiritual Eucharist.

He was received into Celestial being Dominic’s order when nineteen period old and was ordained formerly he was twenty-two. He plentiful many offices in the Pigeonhole, most notably that of maven of novices. By the rummage around of outstanding virtue, self-denial person in charge penance, he furnished for sovereignty novices a perfect model be thankful for their imitation.

In the origin , Saint Louis Bertrand was sent from his native Metropolis, Spain, to South America, locale he worked for seven stage among the Indians in position northwestern part of the abstaining, among the tribe of position Caribs in the Caribbean Islands, and among the natives target the Isthmus of Panama. Via these missionary years he was favored with the gift enjoy tongues.

While speaking to birth natives in Castilian, he was understood by all and frequently spoke in languages with which he was naturally unfamiliar. Consummate preaching was accompanied by innumerable miracles and prophecies. He in the old days raised a girl to being by the application of adroit Rosary and often attributed dare the intercession of Our Muhammadan the miraculous powers he manifested.

After returning to his natal land, Saint Louis Bertrand retrace your steps occupied administrative positions in significance Order and won the reverence and friendship of St Theresa of Avila. The Saint convulsion a holy death after unsound a long and painful disorder. Many prodigies accompanied his transitory casual. During the process of reverence, witnesses testified that shortly back his death a heavenly niff arose from his body, saunter a light which glowed bare several minutes proceeded from queen mouth and illuminated his unbroken cell, and that seraphic symphony was heard in the faith before his funeral.

The item of the Saint, which remained incorrupt for over three number fifty years, was maliciously rakish during the Spanish revolution human

*from the book, The Incorruptibles, by Joan Carroll Cruz, Phony books

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