From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

March 13th - Saint Ansovinus of Camerino
Also known as Ansovino, Ansuinus, Answin, Oswin

St. Ansovinus was born at Camerino in Umbria, but no details of his
early life have been preserved. After his ordination to the priesthood
he retired into a solitary spot at Castel-Raimondo, near Torcello,
where he soon acquired a reputation for sanctity and miracles. It was
even believed that when he came to church he crossed the river on his
cloak which he cast into the water, and that, when the rays of the sun
dazzled him as he was offering the holy sacrifice, he hung the linen purificator in the air and it shaded his eyes. The Emperor Louis the
Pious when in Italy chose him as his confessor, and ratified his
election to the see of Camerino. The saint, however, had no wish to
accept the dignity, and when he did consent it was with the proviso
that he should not be expected to provide soldiers for the imperial
army. Although such military service was usual in feudal and
semi-feudal states, he considered it unsuitable and contrary to the
law of the Church.

Ansovinus proved himself a wise and prudent pastor. Not only was he
liberal to the poor, but in seasons of dearth he husbanded all the
resources at his command with such sagacity that he was able to
relieve the sufferings of the needy. Indeed, it was said that when he
had entirely emptied a granary, it was supernaturally refilled. The
saint had the gift of healing and was instrumental in curing many sick
persons. He was in Rome when he was seized with a form of fever which
he and those about him recognized as likely to prove fatal. In spite
of the protests of his friends he insisted upon returning home to die
amongst his own people. They carried the sick man out to his horse,
and when the animal saw him that strange instinct which dumb creatures
often possess impelled him to kneel down to enable his master to
mount. Ansovinus reached Camerino and was able to give a last blessing
and to receive the viaticum before he quietly expired.

A singular miracle with which he is credited is worth relating, if
only to account for the attribute commonly connected with St.
Ansovinus. He was on his way to Rome to be consecrated when he and his
friends arrived at Narni, where they stayed for refreshment. They
called for wine, and the innkeeper brought some. Ansovinus, detecting
that it had been watered, remonstrated with the man, who answered
rudely that they could take it or leave it--it was all they would get.
The saint then asked for cups, but the innkeeper said that he only
provided wine and that visitors were expected to bring their own
drinking-cups. So St. Ansovinus took off his cape and told the host to
pour the wine into the hood. He did so, under protest, and the hood
retained the wine, whilst the water with which it had been mixed ran
away.

The life printed in the Acta Sanctorum, March, vol. ii, which purports
to have been written by a certain Eginus not less than a century after
the death of the saint, is a wordy and unconvincing document
consisting mainly of miracles. But the cultus of St. Ansovinus is
recognized, and his name is entered in the Roman Martyrology. See also
M. Santoni, Culto di Sant' Ansovino (1883).


Saint Quote:
Nothing is anything more to me; everything is nothing to me, but
Jesus: neither things nor persons, neither ideas nor emotions, neither
honor nor sufferings. Jesus is for me honor, delight, heart and soul.
-- Saint Bernadette of Lourdes

Bible Quote:
Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that
sent me. 17 If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He
that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh
the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice
in him. (John 7:16-18) DRB


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From The Passion And Death Of Jesus Christ, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:

My sweet Lord, if others banish Thee, I will not banish Thee. there
was once an unhappy time when I ungratefully banished Thee from my
soul; but now I set a greater value on being united with Thee than on
the possession of all the kingdoms of the earth. Oh my God, who shall
ever be able again to separate me from Thy love?
Amen.
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