Subj : =?UTF-8?Q?April_24th_=E2=80=93_Saint_Ivo_of_Huntingdonshire?= To : All From : rich Date : Mon Apr 23 2018 10:12:44 From: rich April 24th =E2=80=93 Saint Ivo of Huntingdonshire THE town of Saint Ives in Huntingdonshire recalls the memory of a saint who was=E2=80=94supposing indeed that he ever existed=E2=80=94quite a= different person from the St Ia who accounts for the Saint Ives in west Cornwall. All that we can be reasonably sure of is that in accord with some supposed dream or vision (though the vision may well have been invented afterwards) certain bones and episcopal insignia were dug up at Slepe, close to the abbey of Ramsey, about the year 1001 and were enshrined in the abbey church. In the vision St. Ivo had disclosed his name and history. He was a Persian and a bishop, who had, with three companions, run away from the comfort and honour he enjoyed in his own country and eventually found his way to England. There he had settled in the wild fen country, and after being mocked at first for his barbarous speech, had been left alone to live or die unnoticed. After the bones had been removed from the spot where they had lain hidden, a spring appeared at which many miracles were reported. William of Malmesbury tells us that he had been an eye-witness of the remarkable cure of a man suffering from dropsy. This story became well known after the Norman conquest, but no satisfactory evidence is producible and the whole thing is very suspicious. Since before 1281 this Ivo has been regarded as the patron of Saint lye, near Liskeard in east Cornwall, probably taking the place of some local patron. Saint Ives in Hampshire is not a saint'= s name, says Ekwall, but probably a derivative of Old English ifig, ivy. An abbot of Ramsey, Withman, having gone as a pilgrim to Jerusalem in 1021 heard so much of the fame of St Ivo in the East that on his return he wrote a life of him. This was reproduced in more polished style by Goscelin when at Canterbury, and from an imperfect copy his account has been printed in the Acta Sanctorum, June, vol. ii. See DCB,, vol. iii, p. 324; G. H. Doble, St. Yvo (1935); and remarks in Analecta Bollandiana, vol. liv (1936), p. 202. Reflection: =E2=80=9CGod often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.=E2=80=9D Bible Quote: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you who by the power of God are safeguarded through faith to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the final time." [1 Peter 1:3-5] <><><><> The power of prayer =E2=80=9CPrayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine never exhausted, a sky unobstructed by clouds, a haven unruffled by storm. It is the root, the fountain, and the mother of a thousand blessings. It exceeds a monarch's power. ..I speak not of the praye= r which is cold and feeble and devoid of zeal. I speak of that which proceeds from a mind outstretched, the child of a contrite spirit, the offspring of a soul converted -=E2=80=93 this is the prayer which mounts to heaven. The power of prayer has subdued the strength of fire, bridled the rage of lions, silenced anarchy, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, enlarged the gates of heaven, relieved diseases, averted frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of the thunderbolt. In sum prayer has power to destroy whatever is at enmity with the good.=E2=80=9D --St. John Chrysostom --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .