Bienheureux André Abellon
Frère prêcheur (+ 1450)
Orateur-réformateur dominicain du monastère Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Saint Maximin et peintre de talent, il restaura la discipline régulière dans les couvents où il fut envoyé, montrant de la générosité pour les autres et de l’austérité pour lui-même.
Vénéré à Aix-en-Provence.
"A Aix, le Bienheureux André Abellon vient prêcher en 1415, durant la peste qui ravage le pays." (site internet du diocèse d'Aix et Arles)
Le bienheureux André Abellon est né à Saint-Maximin vers 1375. Prêtre de l’Ordre de Saint Dominique, il fut un ardent et infatigable prédicateur dans toute la Provence.
Maître en théologie, il enseigna ses frères dans de nombreuses maisons de son ordre et travailla activement à la réforme de la vie dominicaine, avant de devenir prieur du couvent royal de Saint-Maximin. Très attaché à tout ce qui touche la splendeur du culte, il fut l’émule du bienheureux Fra Angelico par son art de peindre.
C’est à Aix-en-Provence où il s’était magnifiquement dévoué lors de la peste en 1415 qu’il mourut le 15 mai 1450. (Histoire des saints de Provence - diocèse de Fréjus-Toulon)
Béatifié en 1902.
À Aix-en-Provence, en 1450, le bienheureux André Abellon, prêtre de l’Ordre des Prêcheurs, qui restaura la discipline régulière dans les couvents où il fut envoyé et où il montra de la générosité pour les autres et de l’austérité pour lui-même.
Martyrologe romain
Bienheureux André Abellon, prêtre
Le Bienheureux André Abellon est né à Saint-Maximin
vers 1375. Ayant, jeune, entendu prêcher saint Vincent Ferrier, il entra au
couvent des Frères prêcheurs de sa ville natale. Il fut un ardent et
infatigable prédicateur dans toute la Provence. Maître en théologie, il
enseigna ses frères dans de nombreuses maisons de son Ordre, notamment à
Montpellier, Paris et Avignon. Il travailla activement à la réforme de la vie
dominicaine, restaurant la discipline dans les couvents d’Arles, d’Aix et de
Marseille, avant de devenir prieur du couvent royal de Saint-Maximin. Il
obtenait « plus par sa bonté et par l’exemple de sa vertu que par des
dispositions impatientes ». Très attaché à tout ce qui touche la splendeur
du culte, il fut l’émule du Bienheureux Fra Angelico par son art de peindre et
se servit de l’attrait du beau pour élever les cœurs à l’amour des choses
célestes (il devint célèbre comme illustrateur de livres). A Aix, il se dévoua
magnifiquement auprès des malades lors de la peste de 1415. C’est là qu’il
mourut le 15 mai 1450. Il fut béatifié par Léon XIII en 1902.
Le bienheureux André Abellon
est né à Saint-Maximin vers 1375. Prêtre de l’Ordre de Saint Dominique, il fut
un ardent et infatigable prédicateur dans toute la Provence.
Maître en théologie, il
enseigna ses frères dans de nombreuses maisons de son ordre et travailla
activement à la réforme de la vie dominicaine, avant de devenir prieur du
couvent royal de Saint-Maximin. Très attaché à tout ce qui touche la splendeur
du culte, il fut l’émule du bienheureux Fra Angelico par son art de peindre.
C’est à Aix-en-Provence où il
s’était magnifiquement dévoué lors de la peste en 1415 qu’il mourut le 15 mai
1450.
SOURCE : http://www.diocese-frejus-toulon.com/bienheureux-Andre-Abellon-Saint.html
Prêtre dominicain
(*Saint-Maximin 1375 - † Aix-en-Provence 1450)
Il
restaura la discipline régulière dans les couvents d’Arles, Aix et Marseille,
montrant de la générosité pour les autres et de l’austérité pour lui-même.
L’impulsion donnée au mouvement de réforme de Raymond de Capoue, qui parut
ralentir avec sa mort, reprit de plus belle sous l’énergique gouvernement du
Maître général Bartolomeo Texier.
André étudia la peinture (il devint célèbre comme illustrateur de livres), et comme tant de ses confrères, se servit de l’attrait du beau pour élever le cœur des fidèles à l’amour des choses célestes. Il enseigna la théologie à Montpellier, Paris et Avignon. Mais il était surtout prédicateur. Il est vénéré à Aix-en-Provence, où il vint prêcher en 1415, durant la peste qui ravageait le pays, et il soigna très activement les malades. Dans les couvents où il agissait, il obtenait « plus par sa bonté et par l’exemple de sa vertu que par des dispositions impatientes ». La prière du jour de sa fête dit qu’il fut choisi par Dieu « pour prêcher l’évangile de la paix et favoriser la vie régulière de l’Ordre. »
André Abellon a été béatifié en 1902 par Léon XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, 1878-1903).
Source principale : docteurangelique.forumactif.com/(« Rév. x gpm »).
Bx André Abellon
Prêtre dominicain
(*Saint-Maximin 1375 - † Aix-en-Provence 1450)
André Abellon entendit prêcher St Vincent Ferrier (1350-1419) et entra
très jeune au couvent Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Saint-Maximin, où il devint
prieur et qu’il réforma.
André étudia la peinture (il devint célèbre comme illustrateur de livres), et comme tant de ses confrères, se servit de l’attrait du beau pour élever le cœur des fidèles à l’amour des choses célestes. Il enseigna la théologie à Montpellier, Paris et Avignon. Mais il était surtout prédicateur. Il est vénéré à Aix-en-Provence, où il vint prêcher en 1415, durant la peste qui ravageait le pays, et il soigna très activement les malades. Dans les couvents où il agissait, il obtenait « plus par sa bonté et par l’exemple de sa vertu que par des dispositions impatientes ». La prière du jour de sa fête dit qu’il fut choisi par Dieu « pour prêcher l’évangile de la paix et favoriser la vie régulière de l’Ordre. »
André Abellon a été béatifié en 1902 par Léon XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, 1878-1903).
Source principale : docteurangelique.forumactif.com/(« Rév. x gpm »).
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Bienheureux André Abellon. Sainte Martha et le dragon
(Tarasque),
circa 1430, Chapelle de Saint Elegius (Saint Eloi), Basilica de Sainte. Marie Magdaleine église
de Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var, France)
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In his youth he got to
listen to the preaching
of Saint
Vincent
Ferrer. Joined the Dominicans
at Saint Maximin monastery.
Priest.
Prior of
Saint Mary Magdalen monastery,
Provence, France,
a noted pilgrimage
site; tradition says it is one of the places where Saint Mary
Magdalen went after the Crucifixion,
and the monastery
laid claim to her relics.
Supported missionaries
and preached
home missions. Noted artist
in his day, especially known for his manuscript illuminations.
Born
- 15 May
1450
at Aix-en-Provence, France
of natural causes
- buried
in the Church of the Magdalen
- his tomb became known as a site of miraculous
cures
- 1902
by Pope
Leo
XIII (cultus
confirmed)
`(…)
God of all truth, you chose
Blessed Andrew to preach the gospel of peace and to promote the regular life.
By the help of his prayers may we devote ourselves to proclaiming the faith and
bearing the yoke of Christ with fidelity. We ask this through our Lord Jesus
Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. – General Calendar of the Order of
Preachers
Blessed Andrew Abellon,
OP (AC)
Born at Saint Maximin, France, in 1375; died at Aix-en-Provence on May 15,
1450; cultus confirmed in 1902. Blessed Andrew was born near the world-famous
shrine of Mary Magdalen. His entire life was centered around the shrine, and it
is greatly due to his efforts that devotion to the great penitential has become
so well established.
As a young man, Andrew may
have heard the stirring sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer, who was at that time
preaching in France. Perhaps the purity and penitential zeal for which this
great preacher was renowned gave the young Andrew the pattern for his own life.
He soon demonstrated his choice of purity and penance by joining the Dominicans
in his home town. After a happy and holy novitiate, he made his profession and
was ordained. In a few years, a preacher and a guide for souls, he turned his
attention to the neglected shrine of Saint Mary Magdalen.
This rugged and penitential
region of France had been honored from the time of the Apostles as the chosen
retreat for Mary Magdalen, who did penance there for the sins of her youth.
From earliest days, it had been a place of pilgrimage, but had no definite
arrangements for the care of pilgrims, nor any way of supplying their spiritual
needs. In Blessed Andrew's time, Dominican fathers from Saint-Maximin had taken
over the spiritual care of the pilgrims as a mission work, but without
financial help, and in the face of great trials.
Seeing the need of a
permanent foundation at the shrine, Andrew set about creating one. He
interested the queen in his project, and obtained enough money from her to
build a monastery, which was a gem of architecture as well as a source of
spiritual power. Andrew had studied art before his entry into the order, and he
used his talents in building, beautifully and permanently, whatever he was
called upon to do.
A lover of great beauty in
the physical order, Andrew was the same in the spiritual. He was famous as a
confessor, and his wise government as prior gave help to the spiritual growth
of the new convent. A practical man as well as deeply spiritual, Andrew established
two mills near the shrine that would provide the people with a means of earning
a living while remaining there. Quite naturally, a priest who interested
himself in the welfare of the people to this extent could hope for great
influence with them, and this he had, both at Saint Maximin and at Aix, where
an altarpiece he painted may still be seen.
After his death, Blessed
Andrew was buried in the Church of the Magdalen. His tomb soon became a place
of pilgrimage; his help especially was sought in the cure of fevers
(Benedictines, Dominicans, Dorcy).
Blessed Andrew Abellon,
C.O.P.
Memorial Day: May 17th
Blessed Andrew was born near the world-famous shrine
of Mary Magdalen. His entire life was centered around the shrine, and it is
greatly due to his efforts that devotion to the great penitential has become so
well established.
As a young man, Andrew may have heard the stirring
sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer, who was at that time preaching in France.
Perhaps the purity and penitential zeal for which this great preacher was
renowned gave the young Andrew the pattern for his own life. He soon
demonstrated his choice of purity and penance by joining the Dominicans in his
home town. After a happy and holy novitiate, he made his profession and was
ordained. In a few years, a preacher and a guide for souls, he turned his
attention to the neglected shrine of Saint Mary Magdalen.
This rugged and penitential region of France had been
honored from the time of the Apostles as the chosen retreat for Mary Magdalen,
who did penance there for the sins of her youth. From earliest days, it had
been a place of pilgrimage, but had no definite arrangements for the care of
pilgrims, nor any way of supplying their spiritual needs. In Blessed Andrew's
time, Dominican fathers from Saint-Maximin had taken over the spiritual care of
the pilgrims as a mission work, but without financial help, and in the face of
great trials.
Seeing the need of a permanent foundation at the
shrine, Andrew set about creating one. He interested the queen in his project,
and obtained enough money from her to build a monastery, which was a gem of
architecture as well as a source of spiritual power. Andrew had studied art
before his entry into the order, and he used his talents in building,
beautifully and permanently, whatever he was called upon to do.
A lover of great beauty in the physical order, Andrew
was the same in the spiritual. He was famous as a confessor, and his wise
government as prior gave help to the spiritual growth of the new convent. A
practical man as well as deeply spiritual, Andrew established two mills near
the shrine that would provide the people with a means of earning a living while
remaining there. Quite naturally, a priest who interested himself in the
welfare of the people to this extent could hope for great influence with them,
and this he had, both at Saint Maximin and at Aix, where an altarpiece he
painted may still be seen.
After his death, Blessed Andrew was buried in the
Church of the Magdalen. His tomb soon became a place of pilgrimage; his help
especially was sought in the cure of fevers (Benedictines, Dominicans, Dorcy).
Born: 1375 at Saint Maximin, Provence, France
Died: May 15, 1450 at Aix-en-Provence, France of
natural causes; buried in the Church of the Magdalen; his tomb became known as
a site of miraculous cures.
Beatified:1902 (cultus confirmed) by
Pope Leo XIII
Patronage: against fever
Prayers/Commemorations
First Vespers:
Ant. Strengthen by holy intercession, O Andrew, confessor of the Lord,
those here present, have we who are burdened with the weight of our offenses
may be relieved by the glory of thy blessedness, and may by thy guidance attain
eternal rewards.
V. Pray for us, Blessed Andrew.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Lauds:
Ant. Well done, good and faithful servant, because Thou hast been
faithful in a few things, I will set thee over many, sayeth the Lord.
V. The just man shall blossom like the lily.
R. And shall flourish forever before the Lord.
Second Vespers:
Ant. I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock..
V. Pray for us. Blessed Andrew.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Prayer:
Let us Pray: O God, who didst enable
Blessed Andrew, Thy Confessor, to preach the gospel of peace by word and deed,
make us, we beseech Thee through his intercession, to receive Thy law with a
perfect heart and fulfill it by holy deeds. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pascal Times
First Vespers:
Ant. Come, O daughters of Jerusalem, and behold a Martyr with a
crown wherewith the Lord crowned him on the day of solemnity and rejoicing,
alleluia, alleluia
V. Pray for us, Blessed Andrew alleluia
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ, alleluia.
Lauds:
Ant. Perpetual light will shine upon Thy Saints, O Lord, alleluia, and
an eternity of ages, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
V. The just man shall blossom like the lily, alleluia.
R. And shall flourish forever before the Lord, alleluia
Second Vespers:
Ant. In the city of the Lord the music of the Saints incessantly
resounds: there the angels and archangels sing a canticle before the throne of
God, alleluia.
V. Pray for us, Blessed Andrew, alleluia
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. alleluia
Prayer:
Let us Pray: O God, who didst enable
Blessed Andrew, Thy Confessor, to preach the gospel of peace by word and deed,
make us, we beseech Thee through his intercession, to receive Thy law with a
perfect heart and fulfill it by holy deeds. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer
God of
all truth, you chose Blessed Andrew to preach the gospel of peace and to
promote the regular life. By the help of his prayers may we devote ourselves to
proclaiming the faith and bearing the yoke of Christ with fidelity. We ask this
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Order of
Preachers
SOURCE : http://www.willingshepherds.org/Dominican%20Saints%20May.html#Andrew
Abellon
Blessed Andrew Abellon, C.O.P.
Blessed Andrew was born near the
world-famous shrine of Mary Magdalen. His entire life was centered around the
shrine, and it is greatly due to his efforts that devotion to the great
penitential has become so well established.
As a young man, Andrew may have heard the stirring sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer, who was at that time preaching in France. Perhaps the purity and penitential zeal for which this great preacher was renowned gave the young Andrew the pattern for his own life. He soon demonstrated his choice of purity and penance by joining the Dominicans in his home town. After a happy and holy novitiate, he made his profession and was ordained. In a few years, a preacher and a guide for souls, he turned his attention to the neglected shrine of Saint Mary Magdalen.
This rugged and penitential region of France had been honored from the time of the Apostles as the chosen retreat for Mary Magdalen, who did penance there for the sins of her youth. From earliest days, it had been a place of pilgrimage, but had no definite arrangements for the care of pilgrims, nor any way of supplying their spiritual needs. In Blessed Andrew’s time, Dominican fathers from Saint-Maximin had taken over the spiritual care of the pilgrims as a mission work, but without financial help, and in the face of great trials.
Seeing the need of a permanent foundation at the shrine, Andrew set about creating one. He interested the queen in his project, and obtained enough money from her to build a monastery, which was a gem of architecture as well as a source of spiritual power. Andrew had studied art before his entry into the order, and he used his talents in building, beautifully and permanently, whatever he was called upon to do.
A lover of great beauty in the physical order, Andrew was the same in the spiritual. He was famous as a confessor, and his wise government as prior gave help to the spiritual growth of the new convent. A practical man as well as deeply spiritual, Andrew established two mills near the shrine that would provide the people with a means of earning a living while remaining there. Quite naturally, a priest who interested himself in the welfare of the people to this extent could hope for great influence with them, and this he had, both at Saint Maximin and at Aix, where an altarpiece he painted may still be seen.
After his death, Blessed Andrew was buried in the Church of the Magdalen. His tomb soon became a place of pilgrimage; his help especially was sought in the cure of fevers.
Born: 1375 at Saint Maximin, Provence, France
Died: May 15, 1450 at Aix-en-Provence, France of natural causes; buried in the Church of the Magdalen; his tomb became known as a site of miraculous cures.
Beatified:1902 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Leo XIII
Patronage: against fever
Autore: Franco Mariani
Blessed Andrew Abellon, C.O.P.
Memorial Day: May 17th
As a young man, Andrew may have heard the stirring sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer, who was at that time preaching in France. Perhaps the purity and penitential zeal for which this great preacher was renowned gave the young Andrew the pattern for his own life. He soon demonstrated his choice of purity and penance by joining the Dominicans in his home town. After a happy and holy novitiate, he made his profession and was ordained. In a few years, a preacher and a guide for souls, he turned his attention to the neglected shrine of Saint Mary Magdalen.
This rugged and penitential region of France had been honored from the time of the Apostles as the chosen retreat for Mary Magdalen, who did penance there for the sins of her youth. From earliest days, it had been a place of pilgrimage, but had no definite arrangements for the care of pilgrims, nor any way of supplying their spiritual needs. In Blessed Andrew’s time, Dominican fathers from Saint-Maximin had taken over the spiritual care of the pilgrims as a mission work, but without financial help, and in the face of great trials.
Seeing the need of a permanent foundation at the shrine, Andrew set about creating one. He interested the queen in his project, and obtained enough money from her to build a monastery, which was a gem of architecture as well as a source of spiritual power. Andrew had studied art before his entry into the order, and he used his talents in building, beautifully and permanently, whatever he was called upon to do.
A lover of great beauty in the physical order, Andrew was the same in the spiritual. He was famous as a confessor, and his wise government as prior gave help to the spiritual growth of the new convent. A practical man as well as deeply spiritual, Andrew established two mills near the shrine that would provide the people with a means of earning a living while remaining there. Quite naturally, a priest who interested himself in the welfare of the people to this extent could hope for great influence with them, and this he had, both at Saint Maximin and at Aix, where an altarpiece he painted may still be seen.
After his death, Blessed Andrew was buried in the Church of the Magdalen. His tomb soon became a place of pilgrimage; his help especially was sought in the cure of fevers.
Born: 1375 at Saint Maximin, Provence, France
Died: May 15, 1450 at Aix-en-Provence, France of natural causes; buried in the Church of the Magdalen; his tomb became known as a site of miraculous cures.
Beatified:1902 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Leo XIII
Patronage: against fever
15 MAY 2010. In addition to Blessed Giles, today we
also celebrate the feast day (optional memorial) of Blessed Andrew Abellon, a
friar and priest.
Blessed Andrew was born in A.D. 1375 at Saint Maximin, France. As a youth,
Andrew listened to the preaching of Saint Vincent Ferrer at the Saitn Maximin
monastery.
Blessed Andrew received the Dominican habit at the priory of St. Mary Magdalene. He was noted for his teaching and his preaching throughout Provence, and for his zeal in restoring regular observance. In addition, Blessed Andrew was also a noted artist, especially known for manuscript illustrations, and contributed to the artistic beauty of many of the Dominican churches of southern France.
Blessed Andrew died at Aix-en-Provence on 15 May 1450. After his death, Blessed Andrew's body was buried in the Church of the Magdalen and his tomb soon became a place of pilgrimage. His intercession was especially sought for the cure of fever. Blessed Andrew was beatified in A.D. 1902.
Prayer
God of all truth,
you chose Blessed Andrew to preach the gospel of peace
and to promote the regular life.
By the help of his prayers
may we devote ourselves to proclaiming the faith
and bearing the yoke of Christ with fidelity.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Blessed Andrew received the Dominican habit at the priory of St. Mary Magdalene. He was noted for his teaching and his preaching throughout Provence, and for his zeal in restoring regular observance. In addition, Blessed Andrew was also a noted artist, especially known for manuscript illustrations, and contributed to the artistic beauty of many of the Dominican churches of southern France.
Blessed Andrew died at Aix-en-Provence on 15 May 1450. After his death, Blessed Andrew's body was buried in the Church of the Magdalen and his tomb soon became a place of pilgrimage. His intercession was especially sought for the cure of fever. Blessed Andrew was beatified in A.D. 1902.
Prayer
God of all truth,
you chose Blessed Andrew to preach the gospel of peace
and to promote the regular life.
By the help of his prayers
may we devote ourselves to proclaiming the faith
and bearing the yoke of Christ with fidelity.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
La basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, achevée en 1532
Beato Andrea Abellon
Domenicano
Saint Maximin, 1335/75 - Aix, 1450
Nativo di
s. Massimino in Provenza, entrò giovanissimo nel locale convento di s.
Massimino dedicato a s. Maria Maddalena. Maestro di teologia e attivo
predicatore, promosse energicamente la disciplina regolare. Diede gloria a Dio,
non solo con un fecondo ministero apostolico, ma anche con un raro talento per
la pittura. Morì ad Aix dove si era recato per assistere gli appestati.
Andrea
Abellon nacque a Saint Maxim, in Francia nel 1375. Giovanissimo entrò tra i
Domenicani di quella città, i quali custodivano le reliquie di S. Maria
Maddalena. Da vero figlio del Padre Domenico congiunse la santità alla dottrina
e fu predicatore ascoltatissimo. In questo sacro ministero, tutto proprio
dell’Ordine, fu instancabile, riposandosi solo con la morte. Fu Professore di
Teologia a Montpellier, Parigi e Avignone. Fu anche provetto nell’arte della
pittura, e come tanti altri suoi confratelli, si servì delle attrattive del
bello per innalzare il cuore dei fedeli all’amore delle cose celesti. L’impulso dato al movimento di riforma dal Beato Raimondo da Capua, e
che parve rallentare con la sua morte, riprese nuovo vigore sotto l’energico
governo del Maestro Generale Bartolomeo Texier. Tra i generosi che lo
coadiuvarono e lavorarono seguendo le sue direttive va annoverato Andrea
Abellon che svolse l’opera restauratrice nella Provincia di Provenza, con
risultati consolantissimi. Egli riuscì a stabilire la riforma nei conventi di Arles, Aix e
Marsiglia. Ma, più che con le parole, egli trascinò con la forza irresistibile
dell’esempio. Nonostante le fatiche del ministero fu fedelissimo ai digiuni e
alle altre opere di penitenza prescritte dalle leggi dell’Ordine, a cui
aggiunse molte altre austerità. Questa eroica mortificazione dette ali al suo
spirito per sollevarsi nei cieli di quella contemplazione che fu la sorgente
feconda di ogni sua attività. Morì ad Aix, il 15 maggio 1450, dove si era
recato per confortare gli abitanti afflitti dalla peste. E’ sepolto nella
chiesa conventuale di Saint Maximin, davanti all’altare maggiore, dove ancor
oggi i fedeli non cessano di recarsi a venerarlo e pregarlo. Papa Leone XIII il
19 agosto 1902 ha confermato il suo culto.
Autore: Franco Mariani
