Saint Pétronax
Abbé bénédictin au
Mont-Cassin (+ 747)
Né à Brescia (Italie), il
est appelé le "deuxième fondateur de Mont-Cassin". En 717, y faisant
un pélerinage à la demande du pape Grégoire II, il
trouva le monastère en ruines, il restait seulement quelques ermites qui
l'élirent leur supérieur. Grâce à des donations, il restaura le monastère de
saint Benoît et
lui redonna la vigueur d'antan.
Saint Willibald, évêque
d'Eichstatt, et saint Sturm de
Fulda furent moines sous son autorité.
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/1107/Saint-Petronax.html
Saint Petronax of
Monte Cassino
Also
known as
Petronax of Brescia
Second Founder of Monte
Cassino
Profile
Benedictine monk at Brescia, Italy. Abbot.
On assignment from Pope Gregory
II in 717,
he re-built, re-staffed and re-invigorated the monastery at Monte
Cassino, Italy following
the Lombard invasions
that had left the place damaged and deserted. He served as abbot there,
and by the time of his death,
the abandoned structure was a center for learning and holiness again. Spiritual
teacher of Saint Willibald and Saint Sturmius
of Fulda.
Born
c.670 at Brescia, Lombardy,
northern Italy
c.747 of
natural causes
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Petronax of Monte
Cassino, OSB Abbot (AC)
Born at Brescia,
Lombardy, Italy; died c. 747. Just as the English monks suffered the
depredations of marauders from Scandinavia, so the monastery of Monte Cassino
had been grievously ruined when Lombards invaded that part of Italy in 581.
Scarcely a stone stood on another in 717 when Petronax was induced by Pope
Saint Gregory II to make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Benedict and visit
the fallen monastery with the view of restoring cenobitical life at the
monastery.
Petronax found a few
hermits there, who elected him their superior. Other disciples soon gathered
around them. The saint determined to raise Monte Cassino to its old glory.
Generous nobles, especially the duke of Beneventum, and three popes supported
this effort. From Pope Zachary he obtained the rule of the monastery, written
in Saint Benedict's own hand. The pope also gave him the monastery's old
measure for bread and wine. Before Petronax died, Benedict's monastery on Monte
Cassino was reborn, its old vigor restored. Saint Willibald, bishop of
Eichstätt, and Saint Sturmius of Fulda were both monks under Petronax, the
'second founder of Monte Cassino' (Benedictines, Bentley, Coulson, Walsh).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0506.shtml
Saint Petronax of Monte
Cassino
Jul 03, 2015 /
Written by: America
Needs Fatima
Feast May 6
Abbot and rebuilder of
the Abbey of Monte Cassino
Petronax is considered to
be the second founder of the Monastery Abbey of Monte Cassino, initially
established by St. Benedict of Nursia.
A native of Brescia,
Petronax was encouraged by Pope St. Gregory II to make a pilgrimage to the tomb
of St. Benedict in the year 717. There, among the ruins of the old monastery
destroyed by the Lombards in 581, he found a few hermits. These solitaries
elected Petronax superior, and other disciples soon gathered.
With the help of prominent
nobles, especially the Duke of Benevento, and with strong backing from three
popes, Petronax rebuilt Monte Cassino. Under the new abbot’s lengthy and
energetic rule the community thrived once again, regaining its old eminence.
Saints, and prominent men of all kinds, sought the hospitality of the great
Benedictine abbey.
Petronax led the
community until his death about the year 747.
SOURCE : https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Saints-Heroes/st-petronax-of-monte-cassino.html
St. Petronax
Feastday: May 6
Birth: 670
Death: 747
Abbot, called “the Second
Founder of Monte Cassino.” From Brescia, Italy, he joined the Benedictines and
in 717 was asked by Pope St. Gregory H to go to Monte Cassino to examine the
ruins of the famed abbey which
had been badly damaged by the Lombards in 580. After visiting St. Benedict's
tomb, Petronax gathered together the hermits who
occupied the old abbey and
began rebuilding. Elected abbot for
the reflowering abbey, he ruled Monte Cassino for three decades, making it once
more the chief Benedictine institution.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5413
Saint Petronax of Monte
Cassino
Italian
Benedictine
Abbot
Feast Day : 6 May
St. Petronax is another
obscure, but important saint in the history of the Benedictines. He was born
about the year 670 in Brescia, Italy. As is true of many of the saints in the
early centuries, we don't know anything about his birth, family or early life.
At some time in his
younger years, he came to know Pope Gregory II, who encouraged him to make a
pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Benedict of Nursia at Monte Cassino. In 581,
the Lombards had destroyed the monastery, which St. Benedict had built. In 718
Petronax found Benedict's tomb among the rubble of the monastery ruins.
Petronax also found a few
solitaries living among the ruins. In the 8th century, the solitary life was a
very common form of religious life in which one totally dedicated himself or
herself to God through prayer and manual labor. Petronax decided to join the
solitaries and because of his holiness of life, he was elected their superior.
Many disciples soon
joined him and with the assistance of several noblemen, they were able to
rebuild the monastery of Monte Cassino. Tradition tells us that Pope Gregory
gave him an autographed copy of the Rule written by St. Benedict.
St. Willibald, the bishop
of Eichstätt is believed to have spent ten years at Monte Cassino under
Petronax direction. Many other well known saints and nobleman are said to have
spent time within the walls of this famous newly restored monastery.
Petronax spent the remainder
of his life as abbot of Monte Cassino and is believed to have died of advanced
age on May 6, 750. While we don't know many facts about his life, he must have
been an impressive man to obtain the assistance of three popes and many noble
families to rebuild this now famous monastery. He also must have been a very
holy man to attract so many to the monastic life.
SOURCE : https://saintscatholic.blogspot.com/2014/05/st-petronax-of-monte-cassino.html
Den hellige Petronax av
Monte Cassino (av Brescia) (~670 - 750 (747?))
Minnedag:
6. mai
Den hellige Petronax ble
født i Brescia i Nord-Italia ca 670. I 717 kom han til Monte Cassino på en
valfart til den hellige Benedikts grav,
muligens etter tilskyndelse fra pave Gregor II.
Klosteret Monte Cassino ble grunnlagt av den hellige Benedikt av Nursia i 529.
Men i 581 ble klosteret ødelagt av langobardene så det nesten ikke var sten
igjen på sten, og lå nå i ruiner i nesten 140 år. Men i klosterruinen bodde det
en liten gruppe eremitter. Petronax bestemte seg for å gjenreise klosteret til
sin tidligere glans. Etter hvert sluttet flere seg til, og de valgte Petronax
til sin abbed.
Med økonomisk og moralsk
støtte fra pave Gregor II og hans etterfølgere Gregor III og Zacharias,
begynte munkene å bygge det enorme klosteret opp igjen. Blant munkene fantes
flere menn som skulle komme til å spille en stor rolle i Kirkens historie og
som ble tatt opp i helgenkalenderen. Det var blant andre den hellige Willibald, den
første biskop av Eichstätt i Bayern, Karloman, bror av kong Pipin den Lille,
og Sturmius,
den første abbeden i klosteret Fulda.
Etter den materielle
gjenoppbyggingen var det klart for den åndelige. For å gjenopplive den hellige
Benedikts ånd ga pave Zacharias i 742 til Petronax originalen til Benedikts
regel, skrevet av St. Benedikt selv, som snart skulle bli rettesnor for nesten
alle klostre i Europa. Hertugen av Benevento ville sikre munkenes verdslige
behov, så han ga tilstrekkelig med jord til å forsørge alle i klosteret.
Den hellige Petronax,
Monte Cassinos andre grunnlegger, døde den 7. mai 750 (747?). Hans grav gikk
tapt under en av de senere ødeleggelsene av klosteret. Den siste, nesten totale
ødeleggelsen, skjedde under Den andre Verdenskrig, da tyskerne brukte klosteret
som festning, og de allierte bombet det sønder og sammen. Det er senere
gjenoppbygd, som etter hver ødeleggelse i klosterets nesten 1500-årige
historie.
Petronax har minnedag 6.
mai.
Kilder:
Engelhart, Bentley, Schauber/Schindler, Butler, Attwater/Cumming -
Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Sist oppdatert: 2000-02-01 21:34
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/petronax
