Subj : December 12th - St. Corentin (Cury) To : All From : rich Date : Fri Dec 11 2020 09:23:20 From: rich December 12th - St. Corentin (Cury) Died c. 490 (though some claim him for the 6th century); a second feast day on May 1 is probably in honour of his translation. There may be some confusion between Corentinus, first bishop of Cornouaille (Quimper), Brittany, and the saintly founder and patron of Cury (Corentin) on Lizard Island of Cornwall (died 401?) whose feast is also today, and whose cultus spread throughout southwestern England and Wales. This second was a hermit at the foot of Mount Menehont in Devonshire, who preached with great success and is said to have died there. They may be two people or one; however, in 1890, a fresco was discovered at Breage (the mother-church of Lizard), which depicts Saint Corentin/Cury in a cope and mitre with the pastoral staff of a bishop. Beside him is a fish, from which he was reputed to have cut and eaten one slice each day, without any diminution in the size of the fish. The complete story of St Corentin's Fish St Corentin was first Bishop of Quimper in Brittany, and lived in a hermit's cell at the top of the mountain of Saint-Come. Near by bubbled a spring which had for its lone inhabitant a fish. How Corentin first discovered the little fish's disposition, as well as his ability to provide him with a daily meal is not told. We are only assured that every day Corentin went to the basin into which the spring flowed, put his hand into the water, drew out of it the fish, sliced from him a cutlet sufficient for his day's food, and then placed him back in the water. As his performance continued for years, the truth is not to be doubted that the fish was daily healed of his wound, and his flesh entirely restored. One day the King came hunting in the vicinity, as was the wont of kings, and, as also seems to have been their habit, he with a single retainer was either lost--or else he strayed or stole away from the rest of his party. On this occasion, the retainer happened to be the King's cook. When both King and cook arrived at Corentin's cell they were hungry, and the hermit was obliged to cut an unusually large slice of his fish to feed his two guests. Even so King Gallo's cook sneered at sight of the slender portion, but he fried it--and as he fried, it increased and increased until it filled the pan, and proved more than sufficient for all three--King, cook, and Saint. When the rest of the party, after a long search for their King, arrived on the spot and were told of the miraculous animal, they trooped to the basin to have a look at him. There he was, frolicking in the water, with not even a scar where he had so lately been wounded. The retinue were greatly interested, and one, bolder than the rest, taking out his hunting knife, and performing the operation which had been described to him, carved a substantial piece out of the back of the fish. All were aghast at what then happened, for the fish, far from taking the performance as a matter of course, wriggled feebly back into the water, lay on his side gasping, and looked as if he were about to die. Corentin was hastily summoned, and when he arrived quickly uttered a prayer, healed his friend, and bade him depart from the basin before any other heedless knave attracted by rumours of the miracle should make further experiments upon him. But Corentin did not subsequently go hungry on this account, for King Gallo, impressed by the occurrence, made him a gift of all the rich forest of Plou-Vaudiern and the hunting-lodge standing in it, which the Saint enjoyed for the rest of his days. The story that unites the two claims that Corentin was a Celtic hermit who retired to the forest of Plomodiern, where he lived in solitude for several years. After the death of Marcellus, who had subscribed to the first council of Tours, and the several other British bishops who migrated to Brittany, new pastors were needed for the British in Armorica who were familiar with the language and customs. Thus, Corentin was recruited and consecrated bishop by Saint Martin of Tours ((f.d. November 11), who had been dead for some time). It is said that Count Grallo I of Cornouaille (died c. 445) gave his palace at Quimper to serve as the home and cathedral of the new bishop. An ancient cross stands near his church. Corentin participated in the council of Angers in 453 and signed the canons under the name Charaton. He was said to have been a friend of Guennole (?). Corentin's relics were translated to Marmoutier at Tours in 878 to protect them from destruction at the hands of the Normans (Attwater 2, Benedictines, Coulson, Encyclopaedia, Farmer, Husenbeth). Saint Quote : But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure. In order to preserve it there is nothing more useful than renouncing your own will and substituting for it the will of the Divine Heart. In this way His will can carry out for us whatever contributes to His glory, and we will be happy to be His subjects and to trust entirely in Him. --Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Bible Quote: =C2 And when he had made, as it were, a scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen, and the money of the changers he poured out, and the tables he overthrew. 16 And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic.=C2 (John 2:15-16) <><><><> Short Prayers Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. My loving Jesus, out of the grateful love I bear Thee and to make reparation for my unfaithfulness to grace, I give Thee my heart, and I consecrate myself wholly to Thee, and with Thy help I purpose never to sin again. Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we, who, glorifying in the most Sacred Heart of Thy Beloved Son, cherish within us the especial benefits of that love, may be equally gladdened both by their action and by their fruit. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .