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those enemies of your faith and of the Christian rehgion fortify the people's minds by your constancy, mindful of my labours and vigils. Restore this body to the common parent of all, and of which it is formed. Bury it in the large church, after a Christian manner, towards the east, within the chapel of St. John, in the Galilee; thus preserving it for a future resurrection. "^ Having spoken these words, he received the sacraments conferred on the dying with great devotion, when his spirit passed away to Heaven. His remains were deposited in the Cathedral of Tarentum, as he had so willed it.
According to Dempster,'" he flourished in the year 361, which that writer supposes to have been the year for his deposition; but, this account deserves not the slightest consideration. It is rather strange, that not only the year for the death of Cathaldus is unknown ;" but, no successful attempt has been even made to determine it, by the many writers who have treated about him. Nor is it known, how long he ruled over the See of Tarentuui,'^ of which he has become thechiefpatron. Hisbodywasbroughttothechurch,whereagreatconcourse of persons assembled, and amongst them were many, suffering from various diseases, from which they were healed, on touching our saint's body, that had been as it were a tabernacle of the Holy Ghost. '^ His funeral solemnities were celebrated with great pomp, and his body was honourably interred. A marble tomb covered the remains, in a sacristy belonging to the large church
; and here, also, might be seen a chapel, constructed at the instance of Pope
Clement VHI. '^ The Second Book of Moroni's biography, containing Thirty- six chapters, is composed altogether of accounts regarding various miracles, wrought through the merits and intercession of Cataldus; and, at various periods, after his death. 's The reader is therefore referred to this portion of his work for particulars, not immediately connected with the lifetime and actionsofoursaint. Wiutliasmoreimmediatereference,totheFindingand Translation of the Relics of St. Cataldus, will be found in that Tract,'^ attri- butedtoBerlengeriusofTarentum. Thefollowingisthesubstanceofthis narrative, and probably the most circumstantial that can be discovered. '^
Drogonus,'^ Archbishop of Tarentum,^? had resolved on taking down his old cathedral church, which was in a ruinous state, in order to erect a
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new and more beautiful edifice. This resolution greatly pleased both clergy and people. The work being commenced, while sinking a foundation, one of the workmen came to a marble sepulchre, which emitted a most fragrant odour. WhenthiscircumstancehadbeenreportedtotheArchbishop,Dro- gonus with his clergy and people hastened to the spot. Having taken a spade or mattock, this tomb was opened. Here were found the relics of our saint, in a state of excellent preservation, his name in Latin letters ^° having been inscribed on a golden cross, which was likewise discovered. A proces- sion being then arranged, lights were brought, with various aromatic spices which were burned. But, that miraculous and fragrant odour, proceeding from tlie relics, was found to surpass the smell of frankinscence. ^' The Archbishop collected these relics, a. d. 1071. *^ The marble tomb was transferred to a conspicuous place, and it was set beneath the high altar of the Cathedral Church, where the remains of Cataldus were deposited. ^3 Many miracles ' were wrought, during the time of and after this Translation. ^5 In the time of Raynaldus,^^ Archbishop of Tarentum, the relics of our saint were kept in the marble tomb under the high altar. When Eugenius HI. was Pope, Roger being King of Sicily, that he might do further honour to the memory of our saint, Gerald,^7 then Archbishop of Tarentum, had a silver shrine prepared, on which were carved images of our Saviour, of the Angels, and of the Twelve Apostles. In this, also, he placed a particle of the wood of the true cross, enclosed within a gold case, and ornamented with gems. Having proclaimed a fast, this Archbishop and his suffragan Bishops, with a great concourse of clergy and laity assisting, opened our saint's sepulchre, under the high altar, on the loth day of May, a. d. 1151. ''^ He afterwards transferred the rehcs of Cataldus to the silver shrine prepared to receive them, whilst the choir sang hymns and spiritual canticles. A great concourse of the faithful was present, on the occasion. At this time, also, numerous miracles were wrought, in favour of those labouring under all sorts of afflictions and infirmities. *^ For
'9 He is classed as the sixteenth Archbishop of Naples, by Ughelli, in " Italia . Sacra" to- mus ix. Tarentina Metropolis, cols. 126, 127.
*° According to Moroni, it was written in full ; although Joannes Juvenis has it " dua- bus litteris Latinis C. T. significantem. "
"' Berlengerius adds: " Ingens oritur gau- dium : osculatur Reliquias : et gratias Deo re- feruntpro taminKstimabilirepertothesauro. "
" This is the date given by Ugheli, and
this year, likewise, the Bishop of Tarentum
was present, at the consecration of the
Casino Church, according to Leo of twenty-tirst Archbishop, from a. d. 1 106 to
Ostia, in " Chronicum Ostiensis," lib. iii. , cap. 30.
1 1 19. See Ughelli's " Italia Sacra," tomus ix. Tarentina Metropolis, cols. 128, 129.
'^ On the deposition of Philip, i;i the year 1 139, Giraldus became the twenty-hfth Arch- bishop of Tarentum, and he lived until A. D.
^3 The Historia of Berlengerius states,
that the holy relics weie then to be seen,
where they had been reverently placed.
Joannes Juvenis has it : "In sacello, quod 1172. See ? 'Z'/i/. , col. 121.
a brachio ipsius Sancti nomen. "—" De An- tiquitate et Varia Tartenlinorum Fortuna," lib. viii. , cap. 3.
°* Among these Berlengerius relates, that the withered arms of a woman were restored, by touching the saint's tomb; that a paralytic of Beneventum was healed, in like manner, while the bells of the church were rung, at the same time, by the hands of Angels ; that a woman who had been deaf and dumb was restored to the use of speech, and to pro-
-' Joannes Juvenis and Bartholomew Moroni have wrongly placed this Transla- tion, at the year 11 50, which was the thir- teenth Indiction. Berlengerius has it: "Est autem gloriosa Transi. itio celebrata anno Dominicce Incarnationis MCLI. , die decimo mensis Maji xiv. , Indictione, ' &c.
^ See Moroni's " Vita_S. Cataldi," lib. i. , cap. xvi.
^° For a more detailed account of the miracles wrouglit, through the intercession
claim the miracle wrought by Cataldus ; and that a youth, deprived of the use of his limbs was healed, at the sepulchre of the holy man, and in the presence of a great number of persons. See the Bollandists' "Acta Sane- torum," tomus ii, Maii x. Historia Inven- tionis et Translationis Auctore Berlengerio Tarentio et forsan aliis. Ex codicibus MSS. , cap. i. , sect, i to 5, pp. 570, 571.
^5 See Moroni's " Vita S. Cataldi," lib. i. , cap. xx.
'* Raynaldus ruled over Tarentum, a< the
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several succeeding ages, those evidences of the Patron's power in Heaven were manifested. 3°
After the lapse of many years, and during the presidency of Roger Capitignonus, the forty-second Archbishop of Tarentum,3' the Finding of the Tongue of St. Cataldus is thus recorded. Having selected some good and respected clerics of the place, these were directed to remove some relics of the holy man from a silver shrine, or casket, shaped like an arm, so that thesemightbeplaced,inamemorialofamorebeautifuldesign. Thepersons employed for this purpose found the tongue of our saint, which had so often celebrated the Divine praises, and preached the word of God to his people. It was then encased, by Archbishop Roger, within a crystal covering ;32 and, that member appeared of full size, having the natural colour it should present, as if just extracted from the saint's mouth. When the people of Tarentum had often experienced the efficacy of their illustrious Patron's intercession, and when devotion towards him had greatly increased ; at a subsequent period, the clergy and senators of that city erected a silver statue to our saint. It ap- peared to be about the natural size, and the figure 33 seemed clothed in an epis- copaldress,withamitreonthehead,andacrozierborneinthehand. 34 This
had been elaborately wrought, and intrinsically it was of great value. It is related, that the skull of Cathaldus had been enclosed in an upper part of the statue, whilst other portions of his relics were similarly covered. Before the breast of this statue to Cathaldus hung that golden cross, which had been found in his tomb, with those words inscribed on it, Cataldvs Rachav. 35
During the reign of Ferdinand,3^ King of Naples, Sicily, Jerusalem, 37 &c. , a prophecy of St. Cataldus, is said to have been miraculously discovered, and in the following manner. A deacon of Tarentum, and who was named Raphael Cucera, standing during prayer, in the choir of the great cathedral, about two or three o'clock at night, on the Sunday before Passion Sunday, a. d. 1492, had a reputed vision of St. Cataldus. At first, the Deacon was greatly terrified, but he heard these words addressed to him : " Often and often have I told you to enter the church of St. Peter, about a stone's cast, beyond the walls of Tarentum, and you have refused to do so : I now tell you once more, go to the Bishop. 38 who, having collected the inhabitants and clergy of the city, shall approach the aforesaid church, in the front of which, on a column,
et Translationis Auctore Berlengerio Taren- tino, et forsan aliis, cap. ii. , iii. , sect. 6 to 36, pp. 571 to 575-
3' His term began A. D. 1334, and it lasted until 1348. Pee Ughelli's "Italia Sacra," tomus ix. Tarentina Metropolis, col. 138, 139.
3=* According to Joannes Juvenis, " De edited by Dugald Stewart, vol. i. London,
of St. Cataldus, the reader is referred to the To him then succeeded the Emperor Charles Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , V. , of Austria. "His father, Philip the Maii X. De Sancto Cataldo Episcopo Handsome, Archduke of Austria, was the Tarentino in Italia. Historia Inventionis
Antiquitate et VariaTarentinorumFortuna," lib. viii. , cap. 3.
33 It is said to have presented the figure of a Bishop, as if preparing to celebrate Mass.
1845, ^^o-
3? The Bollandists intimate, that during
his reign, the prefixed words of the prophecy, " Domino nostro D. Ferdinando," were forged.
38 j^e appears to have been Baptista Car- dinal Ursinus, who ruled over this See, from
3-* Joannes Juvenis adds : nis ad incudem extensis. "
"argenteis lami-
35 See Bartholomew Moroni's "Vita S. Cataldi," lib. i. , cap. xxii.
3* This was Ferdinand II. , called the Catholic King, who was inaugurated as King of Sicily, A. D. 1473, and who died A. D. 1 516.
a. d. I491 to 1498. Prelate in succession. Sacra," tomus ix.
He was the sixty-fourth See Ughelli's "Italia Tarentina Metropolis,
son of the Emperor Maximilian, and of Mary, the only child of Charles the Bold, the last prince of the house of Burgundy. His mother, Joanna, was the second daughter of Ferdinand, King of Aragon, and of Isabella, Queen of Castile. "—"History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. ," Book i. , p. 67. See the works of William Robertson, D. D. ,
col. 144.
39 The Bollandists present a rough dia-
gram of this lead cross, with the following inscription : " Aperiatis hie : invenietis librum, in quo C. T. D. et statim mittatur Regi. "
niam nota erunt nimis oppropria eorum super terram. Tu morte tua, quae cito aderit, liberaberis, ne videas tuoium ruina. -; : piK- videbis tamen, et sollicitus vi\es : prre do- lore, ira et timore, repente morieiis : et dua- bus regni successionibus, una ex te deserta, altera ex aliorum nobiliori, et potentiori successione erit. Regnum olim tuum inva-
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he shall find a boy's image admirably painted, and that figure shall point with his hand and two fingers towards a place, where a certain prophetic judgment shall be discovered ; this I pronounced while living, and I buried it under the feet of that same image, which I caused to be painted. In that place, you shall first find a lead cross on which carved letters are inscribed ;39 afterwards, you shall bring to light a book of lead, under the same cross, and covered with bands of lead, on it are marked certain inscribed letters/" Let that closed book be brought to the king, and let him observe what is contained in it ; otherwise, woe to his kingdom, for it shall suffer great injury, pestilence, faming, and war, waged by infidels. And, if he believe not the prediction, do you Raphael approach him, and relate to him this vision manifested to you. " Saying these words, the apparition vanished from his sight. This prediction is said to have come to light, the eighth year of Pope Innocent VIII. , which
corresponds with a. d. 1492 ;t' although Anthonius Carracciolus 4^ has its dis- covery, at A. D. 1494,43 as likewise Alexander ab Alexandre. Accordingly, the Bishop, with a great attendance of clergy and people, went in procession to the spot indicated, and there found the book inscribed on leaden tablets, and which was kept apparently, under a lock and key. ^^ It is probable, that this prophecy,'*5 referring to the state of the Neapolitan kingdom, to the times
204
*° The BoUandists give a diagram, nearly
square, supposed to represent this Book,
while on its cover apparently was the follow-
ing inscription : " Cataldus Rachau Archiep.
Tarentinus. Hunc nonaperiat nisi Rex cum dent ; et, ut leones, cum magno appaiatu uno solo sibi fideli : et statim mittatur depopulabuntur. Ante eos labentur homines,
Regi. i.
"
4' According to an anonymous writer of
Annals.
'^ He published an account of this pro-
phecy, at Naples, in 1626.
<3 Writing under this year, he states :
" Isto anno fuit repertus Tarenti liber S. Cathdi, consistens in tribus laminis plum- beis, videlicet duabus extremis semiscriptis, et media scripta ex utroque latere ; qui prre- sentatus fuit Domino Regi loquens de dicti Regis repentina morte : et sic fuit repente mortuus.
4« Such is the account given by Alexander ab Alexandro, in his work, "Genialiuin Die- rum," lib. iii. , cap. 15.
et mLi;nia cadent. Vincent in albis : rubri et nigii cessalnmt colores. Inferi ad superos, et superi ad inferos, descendent, et mirabitur muiulus revolutiones cum ca;lo. Nee prce- sens dies erit prseterito similis. Nulla fides ; simultates, fictiones, machinationes, defec- tiones, planetus, lamentationes, mendacium, rapince undique regnabunt. Dies aderunt tribulationis, in quibus altiora anhelantes, in profundum cadent : et dissolventur fxdera, et gaudentiores tristal)untur. Occitlens com- movebitur : et occidet : Oriens ob. >curabi- tur, et timebit valde. Vailet homines leve priiicipium et horrendus finis : ex modica fiainma ingentes ignes, ex arido fomento nu- triti, longiores eiunt. P'cederibus, et anr. is perturbabitur nmndi nobdior pars ; et de summis principatihus contendetur, et eiit multorum destructio ; quoniam iratus est Deus. Ante faciem ejus peicutient se priores, et de regno in regnum commovebun- tur. Et terra, uti mare, a ventis fluctuabit submergentur multi qucerentcs portum, et nun invenient ; quoniam a recto itinere de-
•s The following are its words, which are
rather dubious and difficult in translation :
" Tu ex riesperia venisti, unde pestis bis
mortifera ob infidelitatem, et mon>tia quse-
dam, interquam tui commemorabuntur.
Damna tamen lecompensahunt duo potentes
conjuges regnantes. V'cetibi Christiana re-
ligio : incredulos et hypocritas apertos, et
occultos habebit spoiisa Christi ; quoniam viaveiunt. Invcniat quendam tuus fune
sponsus sjionsce irascetur. Cai)ita eorum in- sensata erunt ; et occuli eorum tenebuntur, ne videant. Sensualitas, ambitio, et cupidi- tas regnandi prrcvalebunt. Sed dicent Beati pauciora pcissidantcs. Oricntur prx- lia : Insurgent I'harisa:i contra Samaritanos ; et erunt ingentes Christianorum strages : quo-
vexatum, cujus aucupio et occulto consilio dcponit sua, et omnia donabit, diiigens qua; cunque in meliorem viam : Et regnabit ex hoc usque in nomen generationem. Ser- pentes multi venena effundeiit ; sed deficiet ex illis caput ; et ilulciore efticientur venena ex percussionibus. Potentes ex adversitati-
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of Ferdinand, called of Arragon,'*^ and first King of Naples,-*' as, also, to the French Invasion, was a forgery,i8 made up on the occasion of passing events, and to serve some peculiar interestJ^ However, it must be observed, that Alexander ab Alexandro declares, the prophecies therein declared were ful- filled, in a remarkable manner, by events which followed. 5° A prophecy of this saint, and said to have been composed by him, is introduced by Moroni, towards thecloseofCathaldus'Life. WhenastudentatNaples,thatwritersawsucha document in the possession of Adrian William Spataphori, a learned antiqua- rian. The same document was found by a Friar, in the Aracseli Library, at Rome, and thence it was sent to him for insertion is his Life of our saint. 5' In the year 1600, John de Castro, s^ a noble Spaniard, who had been Arch- bishop of Tarentum, added another cross to the silver statue of Cataldus, much larger in size, than that one formerly placed upon the figure. This cross wasmadeofgold,likewise,ornamentedwithemeralds,andit wasexquisitely wrought. S3
Manytowns and parishes in Italy are called after St. Cataldus. 54 At Venice, in Umbria, and Sicily, he was venerated. At Coralti in Apulia, permission was given to the Minorite Fathers in 1506, to build a church, in honour of Blessed Cataldus, so that a plague which broke out might cease. ss In the Island of Malta, and near its chief city, there was a crypt and ceme- tery, dedicated to St. CatalduSjS^ in the middle of the seventeenth century. There, also, was a small church dedicated to him, and it was frequented by a great number of devoted clients, because of the graces they received, through
bus minores coram Deo in facies cadent, et humiliabuntur. Et bonorum supplicationibus placabitur Omnipotens et Orientalis rabies
;
magno apparatu petetur. Bonum ex malo nascetur ingens ; quoniam apparebit Ange- lus cumgladio, et magna minabitur. Insur- gent multi et potentissimi ; et renovabitur mundus. Erit homo super mensam plum- beam comedens in una de quatuor civitati- bus, qui omnibus istis remedium affert. " Moroni's " Vita S. Cataldi," lib. i. , cap. xvii. , xviii.
^* Although we read in Alexander ab Alexandro, lib. iii. , cap. 15, " Cum florente fortuna Ferdinandi Primi Regis Aragonii Urbs Neapolitana," &c. , yet, Colgan re- marks, that this prophecy appears referable to Ferdinand the first King of Naples, bearing this name, but, he was not the first King of Aragon.
47 Ferdinand, son of Alphonsus, King of Arragon, who died A. D. 1494, was the first King of Naples, bearing such name, and the second King of Arragon known by this name, as will be found, on referring to histo- ries of those respective countries. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," viii. Martii, n. 17, p. 556.
^^ A printed Tract, on the Finding of this Prophecy, has stated, however, that it came to light anno 1362. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibernice," viii. Martii, n. 16, P- 556.
^9 Dr. Richard R. Madden, when alluding to St. Cataldus, says, " Enquiries into this subject have led the author to the acquisi- tion of information of a very singular nature, respecting the alleged fabrications of metallic
plates with an inscription, in apparently an- cient characters, purporting to be prophe- cies of St. Cathaldus, which had been ful- filled after his death. "—"Shrines and Sepulchres of the Old and New World," vol. ii,, chap, v. , pp. 154, 155. In a note to this passage, the author promised this infor- mation in his Appendix, under the heading " Pretended Prophecies of St. Cathaldus. " Yet, we search there in vain for this matter, which the author seems to have overlooked.
5° In his work, " Genialium Dierum," lib. iii. , cap. 15.
5' ItwasextractedfromtheworkofPetrus Galatinus, " De Ecclesia destituta," lib. viii. , cap. i.
5^ He was elected the seventy-fifth bishop over this See, on the 20th of March, A. D. 1600. " Sedit plus minus annis tribus,"&c. —Ughelli's "Italia Sacra," tomus ix. Tarentina Metropolis, col. 147.
53 See Moroni's " Vita S. Cataldi," lib. i. , cap. xxii.
54 According to Joannes Juvenis, " De Antiquitate et Varia Tarentinorum For- tuna," lib. viii. , cap. 3.
55 See " Malta Antica Illustrata co' Monu- menti, e coll' Istoria," dal Prelato Onorafo Bres, &c. , lib. vi. , cap. xvi. , pp. 447, 448. Roma, 1816, 4to.
5^ This is stated, by Joannes F'ranciscus de Abela, Vicecancellarius, in a work " De- scriptio InsulcE Melitne," lib. i,, Notitia iv. De Coemeteriis. He states, that it was "prope cryptam S. Pauli et contigua cryptae a S. Maria de spe noncupatae," &c. —See p. 47. This work was issued, at Malta, A. D. 1647.
57 See Les Petits Bollandists, "Vies des Saints,"&c. ,tomev. , xe. jourdeMai,n. 2. p. 425.
cap. i. , p. 8. ^^See"HistoricCatholicseIbemiseCom-
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. x. , p. 48. '^Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
5* The Decree is dated thus: "Datum
Romse in palatio Apostolico, in loco 124, 125.
nostrse solita: residentise v. Nonas Julii MDLXXX.
59 This is thought, by some writers, to have been the aniversary for his death. However, we can find no mention of his name, in the ancient Irish calendars, at that date, nor even at the 8th of May.
*" See Rev. Dr. Kelly's "Calendar of Irish Saints," &c. , pp. xvii. , xviii.
*' At the loth of May we read Tarentum S. Cataldi Episcopi, miraculis clari. " —" Martyrologium Romanum," p. 210. Edition of Baronius.
'' In "Natales Sanctorum Canonicorum. "
*^ See "Vita S. CatalJi," lib. i. , cap. xxi.
** "Cujus Nalalis Dies celebratur 8 Id. Mail. Inventio 6 Id. ejusdem. "—Ughelli's " Italia Sacra," tomus ix. Tarentina Metro- polis, col. 121.
*5 See " Apologia pro Hibernia," cap. ii. , p. 15. Also, cap. iv. , p. 37.
**Sec "DeScriptoribus Ilibernix," lib. i. ,
*' In a note, Dr. Todd here says, "The paragraph within brackets is in the more recent hand. Letha is the Irish name for Italy. "
'" It is thus entered, in the " Menologium Scoticum :" "Tarenti inventio pretiosi corporis Cataldi Episcopi. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 199.
'' In his Note (h) to the Roman Martyr- ology, p. 211.
'= . see '• Britannia Sancta," parti. . May x. , pp. 285, 2S6.
" See " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. v. , May x.