Joseph Calasanz

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Religious and Church art on Ebay; Fine Religious antique, coming from Europe; Religious and churchart Eindhoven, The Netherlands eBay Policy prohibits the sale of human remains and requires a disclosure of what the Relics are: These Relics are a piece of hair of the Saint and/or a piece of cloth worn by the Saint, both of which are allowed by eBay Policy. They are sacred and devotional Relics of the Church. If you have any further specific questions regarding these Holy Relics, please email me. This is a message for the Ebayemploye's who are suffering on a selective indignation disease, this is NOT A HUMAN BODY PART!!! Joseph Calasanz This is a old reliquary with relic from Joseph of Calasanz.Diameter is 1.1 inch. Relic, waxseal and thread correct in place. Shipping with registered priority is 10$. I want to thank the writer of patron Saints index. Joseph Calasanz Also known as Joseph Calasanctius; Joseph of Our Lady; Joseph Calsanza Memorial 25 August; formerly 27 August Profile Youngest of five children born to Don Pedro Calasanz and Donna Maria Gastonia. His mother and a brother died while he was still in school. Studied at Estadilla, at the University of Lereda, at Valencia, and at Alcala de Henares. Obtained degrees in canon law and theology His father wanted the boy to become a soldier, to marry, and to continue the family. However, a near fatal illness in 1582caused him to seriously examine his life, and he realized a call to the religious life. Ordained on 17 December 1583. Parish priest at Albarracin. Secretary and confessor to his bishop, synodal examiner, and procurator. Revived religious zeal among the laity, discipline among the clergy in a section of the Pyrenees. Both his bishop and his father died in 1587. Vicar-general of Trempe, Spain. Following a vision, he gave away much of his inheritance, renounced most of the rest, and travelled to Rome in 1592. Worked in the household of Cardinal Ascanio Colonna as thelogical advisor for the cardinal, tutor to the cardinals nephew. Worked with plague victims in 1595. Member of the Confraternity for Christian Doctrine . Tried to get poor children, many of them orphans and/or homeless, into school. The teachers, already poorly paid, refused to work with the new students without a raise; in November 1597, Joseph and two fellow priests opened a small, free school for poor children. Pope Clement VIII, and later Pope Paul V, contributed toward their work. He was soon supervising several teachers and hundreds of students. In 1602 they moved to larger quarters, and reorganized the teaching priests into a community. In 1612 they moved to the Torres palace to have even more room. In 1621 the community was recognized as a religious order called Le Sciole Pie ( Religious Schools ), also known as the Piarists , or Scolopii or Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum or Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ; Joseph acted as superior of the Order . The community encountered many obstacles - Joseph's friendship with the astronomer Galileo Galilei caused a stir with some Church officials. Some of the ruling class objected that to educate the poor would cause social unrest. Other Orders that worked with the poor were afraid they would be absorbed by the Piarists . But they group continued to have papal support, and continued to do good work. In his old age, Joseph suffered through seeing his Order torn apart. He was accused of incompetence by Father Mario Sozzi, who was chosen as new superior of the Order . Sozzi died in 1643, and was replaced by Father Cherubini; he pursued the same course as Sozzi, and nearly destroyed the Order . A papal commission charged with examining the Order acquitted Joseph of all accusations, and in 1645, returned him to superior of the Order , but internal dissent continued, and in 1646 Pope Innocent X dissolved the Order , placing the priests under control of their local bishops. The Piarists were reorganized in 1656, eight years after... read more

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