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Nov.ioj S.Andrew Avellino. 237
easier. One day he was on his way to visit Prince Stilianni
on a hired horse. Something startled the animal, and he
shied and threw Avellino on the pavement. The saint's
foot was entangled in the stirrup, and he would have been
infallibly injured had not two bystanders rushed to his
assistance, caught the horse by the head, disengaged Avel-
lino's foot, and remounted him in his saddle. In falling,
Andrew had invoked S. Dominic and S. Thomas Aquinas,
and he was pleased to fancy that the two passers-by in the
street who had rushed to his aid were not simple Neapolitan
contadini, or citizens, but the august saints themselves, who
had precipitated themselves from Paradise to assist him
the moment the horse shied.
At the age of eighty-eight he fell ill, and became delirious.
He thought he saw devils crowding round him, and he
rushed into bed to escape their claws. One red-hot devil,
oxidizing all over in bright sparks, caused him special alarm,
and he shrieked for divine help. As this burning devil was
making at him his guardian angel quietly slipped behind
the demon, caught him with a snap-collar, and drew him
backwards out at the door, howling, smoking, and exhaling
a sulphurous odour. Andrew Avellino died, or at all events
his pulse stopped, on November 10th, 1608. Crowds came
to see him, his hair and beard were cut off and distributed
as relics. The bier on which he was to be carried proved
"miraculously" too short, though a tall man had been
carried to burial on it a few days before. He was placed in
the church and remained unburied for an unusual length of
time. His cheeks did not lose their colour, nor did his
limbs lose their flexibility; his eyelids were lifted, and his
eyes appeared as bright as when he was alive. Blood and
matter exuded from some sores he had on his head and
loins, and three bottlesful of this precious secretion were
collected. At last he was buried in a vault behind the
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000279 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | -ft Nov.ioj S.Andrew Avellino. 237 easier. One day he was on his way to visit Prince Stilianni on a hired horse. Something startled the animal, and he shied and threw Avellino on the pavement. The saint's foot was entangled in the stirrup, and he would have been infallibly injured had not two bystanders rushed to his assistance, caught the horse by the head, disengaged Avel- lino's foot, and remounted him in his saddle. In falling, Andrew had invoked S. Dominic and S. Thomas Aquinas, and he was pleased to fancy that the two passers-by in the street who had rushed to his aid were not simple Neapolitan contadini, or citizens, but the august saints themselves, who had precipitated themselves from Paradise to assist him the moment the horse shied. At the age of eighty-eight he fell ill, and became delirious. He thought he saw devils crowding round him, and he rushed into bed to escape their claws. One red-hot devil, oxidizing all over in bright sparks, caused him special alarm, and he shrieked for divine help. As this burning devil was making at him his guardian angel quietly slipped behind the demon, caught him with a snap-collar, and drew him backwards out at the door, howling, smoking, and exhaling a sulphurous odour. Andrew Avellino died, or at all events his pulse stopped, on November 10th, 1608. Crowds came to see him, his hair and beard were cut off and distributed as relics. The bier on which he was to be carried proved "miraculously" too short, though a tall man had been carried to burial on it a few days before. He was placed in the church and remained unburied for an unusual length of time. His cheeks did not lose their colour, nor did his limbs lose their flexibility; his eyelids were lifted, and his eyes appeared as bright as when he was alive. Blood and matter exuded from some sores he had on his head and loins, and three bottlesful of this precious secretion were collected. At last he was buried in a vault behind the -ft |
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