Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Didacus.
Confessor.
Feast Day 13 November.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
English: Didacus of Alcalá
Español: San Diego de Alcalá obra de
Francisco de Zurbarán pintada, entre 1651 y 1653, al óleo sobre lienzo.
Date: 1651-1653.
Collection: Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain.
This File: 10 August 2015.
User: Raimundo Pastor
(Wikimedia Commons)
Born in Spain about 1400, Saint Didacus gave up all he possessed (Gospel, Communion) and entered, as a Lay-Brother, The Franciscan Monastery at Arrizafa. He devoted himself especially in contemplation, and was favoured by God by such wonderful light that he spoke of Heavenly things in an almost Divine way.
His ardent desire for Martyrdom, while he was in the Canary Isles, was partly satisfied by all manner of tribulations (Epistle). He returned to Rome in the year of The Jubilee, under the Pontificate of Pope Nicholas V, and was put in charge of The Sick at the Convent of Ara Cæli.
He practised so much Charity that, in spite of the scarcity which desolated the City, those who were committed to his care never wanted the necessities of life. The Passion of Jesus was the ordinary subject of his Meditations and Prayers.
Feeling that his end was near, and clothed only in an old torn Habit, with his eyes fixed on The Cross, he uttered the words of the Sacred Hymn: "Wood and Nails, full of sweetness, ye bear the sweetest of loads; how great your glory, since you have been judged worthy to bear The King of Heaven."
He piously gave up his Soul to God at Alcala de Henares in 1463,
Mass: Justus.
San Diego Pro-Cathedral,
Silay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Previously called Saint Didacus Parish Church.
Photo: 9 September 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ninya Regalado
(Wikimedia Commons)
San Diego Pro-Cathedral
(formerly known as Saint Didacus Parish Church)
Photo: 19 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: ClaireMRA
(Wikimedia Commons)
San Diego Pro-Cathedral, formerly known as San Diego Parish Church, or Saint Didacus Parish Church, before its declaration as a Pro-Cathedral in 1994, is an Early-20th-Century Church in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
It is the only Pro-Cathedral in the Country, and is unique in Negros Occidental for being the only Church in the Province featuring a Cupola, or Dome.
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