Saint Turibius of Mogroveio - March 23
Also known as
Turibius of Lima
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Toribio Alfonso..
Turribius Alphonsus…
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Memorial
23 March
formerly 27 April
19 February (Ambrosian Rite)
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Born to the nobility. Lawyer. Professor of law at Salamanca, Spain. Ordained in 1578 at age 40. Judge of the Court of the Inquisition at Granada, Spain. Archbishop of Lima, Peru on 15 May 1579. Founded the first seminary in the Western hemisphere. Fought for the rights of the natives against the Spanish masters. Organized councils and synods in the New World.
Born
1538 at Mayorga de Campos, Leon, Spain
Died
23 May 1606 at Santa, Peru of natural causes
Beatified
2 July 1679 by Pope Innocent XI
Canonized
10 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII
Patronage
Latin American bishops
missionary bishops
native rights
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Peru
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in Peru
Lima, archdiocese of
Lima, city o
Turibius of Mogroveio (Optional Memorial)
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Annunciata Asteria Cocchetti
Benedict of Campagna
Crescentius of Carthage
Edmund Sykes
Ethelwald of Farne
Felix the Martyr
Felix of Monte Cassino
Fergus of Duleek
Fidelis the Martyr
Frumentius of Hadrumetum
Gwinear
Joseph Oriol
Julian the Confessor
Liberatus of Carthage
Maidoc of Fiddown
Mária Magdolina Bódi
Metod Dominik Trcka
Nicon of Sicily
Ottone Frangipane
Peter Higgins
Pietro of Gubbio
Rafqa
Theodolus of Antioch
Victorian of Hadrumetum
Walter of Pontnoise
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Daughters of Feradhach
Martyrs of Caesarea – 5 saints
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Bernardino of Apricena
Eusebius I of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
Eusebius II of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
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Other Saints of the Day:
Álvaro del Portillo Díez de Sollano
Annunciata Asteria Cocchetti
Benedict of Campagna
Crescentius of Carthage
Ethelwald of Farne
Felix the Martyr
Felix of Monte Cassino
Fidelis the Martyr
Frumentius of Hadrumetum
Gwinear
Joseph Oriol
Julian the Confessor
Liberatus of Carthage
Maidoc of Fiddown
Metod Dominik Trcka
Nicon of Sicily
Ottone Frangipane
Peter Higgins
Rafqa
Sibyllina Biscossi
Theodolus of Antioch
Turibius of Mogroveio
Victorian of Hadrumetum
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Martyrs of Caesarea - 5 saints
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2 more comments from Irapuato
Heiliger Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo
auch: von Lima
Gedenktag katholisch: 23. März
nicht gebotener Gedenktag
in Mailand: 19. Februar
im Bistum León, im Bistum Santander und im Erzbistum Valladolid: 27. April
Name bedeutet: T.: der wie ein Stier Lebendige (spanisch)
A: der edle Bereite (romanisch - althochdt.)
Erzbischof von Lima
* 18. November 1538 in Mayorga bei León in Spanien
† 23. März 1606 in Saña in Peru
Toribio Alfonso de Mongrovejo
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo war Sohn einer vornehmen christlichen Familie. Er studierte bürgerliches und Kirchenrecht in Valladolid und Salamanca und wurde von König Philipp II. 1574 zum Präsidenten der Inquisition in Granada ernannt. 1578 wurde er - noch ohne Priester zu sein - zum Erzbischof von Lima ernannt, 1580 empfing er die Weihen und trat sein Amt an. Er reformierte in seiner Amtszeit das geistliche und das bürgerliche Leben in Peru und widmete sich besonders der Mission unter den Indianern.
Das Provinzialkonzil in Lima 1582 / 83 fasste Beschlüsse zur Christianisierung der Völker in Südamerika und zur Erarbeitung von Katechismen. Weitere Konzilien berief Toribio 1591 und 1601 ein, dazu 13 SynodenSynode (altgriech. für Zusammenkunft) bezeichnet eine Versammlung in kirchlichen Angelegenheiten. In der alten Kirche wurden "Konzil" und "Synode" synonym gebraucht. In der römisch-katholischen Kirche sind Synoden Bischofsversammlungen zu bestimmten Themen, aber mit geringerem Rang als Konzile. In evangelischen Kirchen werden nur die altkirchlichen Versammlungen als Konzile, die neuzeitlichen Versammlungen als Synode bezeichnet.. 1591 gründete er das - heute nach ihm benannte - Priesterseminar in Lima. Toribio verstand sich in erster Linie als Missionar der Indios, oft brachte er Übergriffe der spanischen Siedler oder Behörden zur Anzeige; 17 der 25 Jahre als Bischof verbrachte er auf oft beschwerlichen Reisen. Er war einer der bedeutendsten Kirchenführer in Amerika überhaupt, Organisator der katholischen Kirche in Peru, er ließ Kirchen, Schulen, Klöster und Einrichtungen zur Hilfe für Kranke, Bedürftige und Jugendliche errichten. Er starb während einer Reise in ein entlegenes Indianerdorf.
Kanonisation: Die Heiligsprechung erfolgte 1726. 1983 erklärte Papst Johannes Paul II. Toribio Alfonso de Mongrovejo zum Patron der lateinamerikanischen Bischöfe.
Patron von Peru und Lima; der lateinamerikanischen Bischöfe
Catholic Encyclopedia
www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienT/Toribio_Alfonso…
March 23 St. Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538-1606)
Together with Rose of Lima, Turibius is the first known saint of the New World, serving the Lord in Peru, South America, for 26 years.
Born in Spain and educated for the law, he became so brilliant a scholar that he was made professor of law at the University of Salamanca and eventually became chief judge of the Inquisition at Granada. He succeeded too well. But he was not sharp enough a lawyer to prevent a surprising sequence of events.
When the archdiocese of Lima in Peru required a new leader, Turibius was chosen to fill the post: He was the one person with the strength of character and holiness of spirit to heal the scandals that had infected that area.
He cited all the canons that forbade giving laymen ecclesiastical dignities, but he was overruled. He was ordained priest and bishop and sent to Peru, where he found colonialism at its worst. The Spanish conquerors were guilty of every sort of oppression of the native population. Abuses among the clergy were flagrant, and he devoted his energies (and suffering) to this area first.
He began the long and arduous visitation of an immense archdiocese, studying the language, staying two or three days in each place, often with neither bed nor food. He confessed every morning to his chaplain, and celebrated Mass with intense fervor. Among those to whom he gave the Sacrament of Confirmation was St. Rose of Lima, and possibly St. Martin de Porres (November 3). After 1590 he had the help of another great missionary, St. Francis Solanus.
His people, though very poor, were sensitive, dreading to accept public charity from others. Turibius solved the problem by helping them anonymously.
Stories:
When Turibius undertook the reform of the clergy as well as unjust officials, he naturally suffered opposition. Some tried, in human fashion, to explain God's law in such a way as to sanction their accustomed way of life. answered them in the words of Tertullian, "Christ said, 'I am the truth'; he did not say, 'I am the custom.'"
Comment:
The Lord indeed writes straight with crooked lines. Against his will, and from the unlikely springboard of an Inquisition tribunal, this man became the Christlike shepherd of a poor and oppressed people. God gave him the gift of loving others as they needed it.
Related St. Anthony Messenger article(s)
Turibius of Mogrovejo: Bishop of Peru Reformed and Evagelized, by Judy Ball
www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/Saint.aspx