Saint Aventin de Troyes
Ermite (+ v. 538)
Berrichon d'origine, il vint à Troyes attiré par la réputation de saint Loup. Ermite à Verrières, il se consacra à la contemplation et à l'ascèse. Ce qui lui valut une grande réputation de sainteté et les honneurs de voir ses reliques reconnues dans la cathédrale de Troyes jusqu'à la Révolution.
Aventin, originaire de Bourges, vint à Troyes pour devenir le disciple de St Loup. A la mort de ce dernier, il devint cellérier de son successeur, l'évêque Camélien, et fut à l'origine de plusieurs miracles. Il quitta alors l'enceinte de Troyes pour vivre en ermite aux abords de la ville, dans une chaumière située près d'une chapelle déserte. Il mourut en 537, et les miracles continuèrent à se produire sur sa tombe. (Source: site du Vieux Troyes)
"Né dans le centre de la France, il était aumônier de saint Loup, l'évêque de Troyes, jusqu'à ce qu'il se retire pour vivre en ermite dans un endroit baptisé par la suite Saint-Aventin." 10 000 saints, Brepols
À Troyes, vers 537, saint Aventin, prêtre, que l'on tient pour un disciple de
l'évêque saint Loup.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9925/Saint-Aventin-de-Troyes.html
Saint-Aventin
Il y a 180 ans, était
démolie l’église Saint-Aventin. D’après le chanoine-trésorier de la collégiale
de Saint-Urbain, " c’était sans contredit, la plus ancienne,
remontant au VI° siècle ".
Saint Aventin
nait sur la fin du V° siècle, avant le règne de Clovis, 1er roi des
chrétiens. Il entend parler de saint
Loup, évêque de Troyes, de sa science profonde, de son éminente sainteté.
Son ambition est d’être compté au nombre de ses disciples. Le désir d'une vie
parfaite conduisit le jeune Aventin à Troyes.
Saint
Camélien succède sur le trône épiscopal de Troyes, au décès de saint
Loup. Il connut bientôt le mérite et la vertu d'Aventin, le mit au nombre de
ses clercs et le fit économe de ses revenus. Le pieux religieux s'acquitte de
son emploi avec tant de prudence et de sagesse, qu'il nourrissait non seulement
le clergé de la cathédrale qui vivait alors en commun, mais encore les pauvres,
les veuves et les orphelins. " Les actes de la vie rapportent même que
Dieu opéra des miracles pour faire éclater sa fidélité et sa charité, et que
plus il dépensait pour les pauvres et les infirmes, plus les biens croissaient
entre ses mains ".
La réputation de sa
sainteté s'étant répandue, Aventin craignit que le démon ne se glissât dans son
cœur. Il prit la résolution de fuir le monde et de se retirer dans la solitude
pour y vivre sous les yeux de Dieu seul. Il en demanda la permission à
l'évêque, qui d'abord lui refusa pour le retenir auprès de lui, afin d'édifier
son peuple. Aventin, persévérant dans son dessein, réitéra ses demandes,
et obtint enfin la permission qu'il désirait. Il se retira sous les murs de la
ville auprès d'une chapelle déserte ou peu visitée, et y bâtit une chaumière où
il vécut en anachorète. Cette retraite ne fit qu'augmenter sa renommée. Les
hommes qu'il fuyait allaient l'y retrouver pour jouir de sa conversation et
recevoir des instructions sur l'affaire de leur salut. Tant de visites lui
firent connaître qu'il n'avait pas encore rempli son objet et qu'il n'était pas
assez éloigné du commerce du monde. Il choisit une retraite plus éloignée, où
est aujourd'hui la paroisse de Saint-Aventin. Là, il fut appelé aux saints
ordres, l'évêque lui conféra le diaconat et enfin la prêtrise. Ministre fidèle,
il s'adonna à la prière, à l'étude des saintes écritures et à la méditation de
la science des saints. Il montrait la piété la plus profonde dans la
célébration des saints mystères. La plus sévère austérité était son occupation,
la haire était son vêtement, le pain d'orge, les racines et un peu d'eau
étaient toute sa nourriture vers le milieu de la semaine, après 3 jours de
jeûne continuels. Enfin, il n'avait pour lit que des planches couvertes de
peau. Un ours furieux et poussant des cris épouvantables se présenta dans la
chaumière du saint pendant la nuit. Aventin, effrayé, se mit en prière et
s'abandonna aux soins de la Providence. A la pointe du jour il ouvrit sa porte,
et l'ours doux et abattu de langueur, le lécha et lui présenta une de ses
pattes où était enfoncée une épine, comme pour le prier de la lui arracher.
L'homme de Dieu lui rend ce service, lave la plaie, la frotte avec un peu d'huile
et l'enveloppe d'une petite peau. L'animal devint familier, et, lorsqu'il fut
guéri, il se retira dans les bois. Une autre fois, une biche poursuivie par des
chasseurs, se retira aussi dans la chaumière du saint, qui la mit sous sa
protection et lui sauva la vie. Saint Aventin avait avec lui un religieux qui
le servait "en ses besoins, et apprenait de lui à marcher dans les voies
de la justice". Un jour, ce religieux ayant pêché quelques petits
poissons, les porta à son maître, encore vivants. Le saint les prit et les
rejeta dans l'eau, en disant : "allez, petites créatures, retournez dans
votre élément et y vivez, pour moi, Jésus Christ est mon élément et ma
nourriture, c'est en lui que je veux vivre". Saint Aventin a fait encore
plusieurs autres prodiges : il guérissait les malades par ses prières et il
chassait les démons suivant la parole de
Jésus-Christ.
Le bruit de
ses vertus et de ses dons lui attira une foule de visiteurs.
Il décède le 4
février 537. L’évêque de Troyes, saint Vincent, frappé des miracles qui
s’opèrent sur son tombeau, le fait reconnaître comme saint, et fait ériger
en 540, une église en son honneur. Il va souvent s’agenouiller sur le
tombeau du saint, et demande à être inhumé dans cette église (son tombeau a été
détruit lors de la Révolution de 1789).
En 1219, la châsse de
saint Aventin est ouverte. Le corps est trouvé en bon état.
En 1605, le curé et les
habitants de Creney demandent au Chapitre de Saint-Etienne " une portion
quelconque du saint solitaire sous l’invocation duquel ils ont placé leur
église paroissiale ". Le 7 novembre une côte de saint Aventin est
mise au trésor, et le 29, ils en prennent possession avec transport solennel
dans leur commune.
En 1641, on détache des
restes vénérés, un os de la cuisse " long de 2 palmes (environ
45 cm), pour être donné à sa demande, à la reine de France, pour être placé
dans l’église des Religieuses de Paris ".
En 1725, notre évêque
Bossuet, permet que " l’on tire un os de l’avant-bras, pour mettre
dans la chapelle bâtie à Rome, sur le mont Aventin ". Bossuet en profite
pour prendre pour lui, la clavicule, qu’il remet en 1729 à la paroisse
auboise de Saint-Aventin-sous-Verrières.
En 1760, les chanoines de
la Collégiale Saint-Etienne font faire une nouvelle châsse, pour y placer en
1764 le reste des reliques de saint Aventin " avec plusieurs autres
". Avant de sceller la châsse, on accorde au curé de Saint-Aventin,
" une portion d’une fausse côte et une vertèbre des lombes " du
saint qui fut donnée à l’évêque de Castres, pour son église.
Que sont devenus les
restes précieux de saint Aventin, richement enchâssés dans l’or et la
soie ? Jetés au vent en 1794 par le pouvoir révolutionnaire, et la
châsse broyée sur ordre de la Convention. Il ne reste aujourd’hui que quelques
parcelles de ces reliques.
L’église était d’assez
grande dimension, possédait un orgue, une tour-clocher avec de grosses cloches,
elle était voûtée. Il y avait 4 autels, dédiés à saint Roch, saint Barnabé,
saint Aventin et saint Sébastien.
Lorsque la liberté des
cultes fut proclamée sous Louis XVI, elle servit d’asile à l’église réformée,
mais elle fut fermée pendant la Terreur, puis vendue comme bien national.
Elle servit
successivement de magasin de bois et charbon, et d’atelier de charronage. En
1833, elle est démolie.
L’abbé Fardeau, dernier
curé de Saint-Aventin, est la seconde victime des fureurs révolutionnaires,
après notre maire Claude
Huez.
Il passe le 20 août 1792,
sur le pont du moulin de la Tour. Des femmes au lavoir le reconnaîssent
et font des huées et le signalent comme prêtre à des soldats. Pris au
collet, ils veulent lui faire dire : Vive la Nation ! L’abbé s’y
refuse.
Alors ils l’accablent de
coups, " et l’un d’eux lui tranche la tête, qu’ils placent au bout
d’une pique et parcourent tous les quartiers de la ville avec ce sanglant
trophée de leur barbarie ".
Ses assassins ne furent jamais
recherchés.
C’est ainsi que finirent
les destinées de la paroisse de Saint-Aventin.
SOURCE : https://www.jschweitzer.fr/la-religion/saints-de-l-aube/saint-aventin/
Also
known as
Aventin
Aventine
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Almoner for Saint Lupus
of Troyes and Saint Camelianus
of Troyes; legend says that his wine barrel never ran dry. Hermit in
a place now known as Saint-Aventin, France in
his honour. People and animals sought refuge with him – animals hiding from
hunters, people from their temptations.
Born
c.538 of
natural causes
relics destroyed
during the French
Revolution
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One day, according to his
custom, Aventine quitted his cell and betook himself to a grove overlooking the
vale of Aosta, that he might pray there quietly amidst its mysterious shade. On
his knees, with uplifted eyes and glowing heart, he blessed God whom he
inwardly adored. A very deep silence favoured his recollection, and his happy
soul seemed to be as serene as paradise. Suddenly the silence was broken hy the
plaintive roar of a bear which was laboriously coming down from the mountains.
Aventine saw it, but was not alarmed; he knew that He who watched over Daniel
in the den of lions would also watch over him. It was not the wild animals of
the forest that were to shed his blood – this blood was reserved to gratify the
rage of human persecutors far more savage than they. As if led by an invisible
hand or by some kindly instinct the wounded animal came straight to him as
quietly as a lamb, and lifted its heavy paw in which was a long thorn, and laid
it quite confidingly in the hands of Aventine, as if imploring help.
The servant of God kindly
examined the wound and extracted the cruel thorn, and then the grateful bear
left him after loading him with caresses.
This fact, which we have
taken from the chronicle, is not without a certain authority. There still
exists in a parish of the valley, and not far from the hermitage of Saint
Aventine, another ruin, a precious remnant of the little oratory raised by the
faithful to preserve the memory of this remarkable event. Tradition
persistently reports that it is here that the Saint met the bear. A wood carving
on the reredos of the church of Saint Aventine recalls this circumstance in the
life of the Saint, and the old wood-work showed a similar incident. A bear was
seen standing before the Saint, who was taking the thorn out of its paw with a
pointed instrument. – from “The Little Bollandists” by Monsignor Paul
Guérin, 1882
MLA
Citation
“Saint Aventinus of
Troyes“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 February 2022. Web. 4 February 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aventinus-of-troyes/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aventinus-of-troyes/
St. Aventine of Troyes
Death: ~538
Aventine, of Bourges,
France, was schooled in the spiritual life by
the bishop of
Troyes, Saint Loup. Loup's episcopal successor, Saint Camelianus, selected
Aventine to be Troyes's steward and almoner, in charge of the cathedral's
possessions and the distribution of alms. Having served the Church thus with
humility, purity, and charity, Aventine thereafter obtained permission to
withdraw into the woods to live as a hermit. He had a particular fondness for
animals, never wanting to kill any of the forest creatures except when
necessary. Whenever he found any tiny fish in a pitcher of water drawn from a
nearby brook by a monk who
assisted him, he made a point of placing the fish unharmed back into the
stream. When on one occasion a deer pursued by hunters rushed into the cave
that served as Aventine's hermitage, Aventine protected the frightened animal
by closing the door in order to hide it from the hunters until they had passed.
He habitually fed the small birds of the forest that flocked onto his fingers
as he offered them a handful of crumbs.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5997
Book of
Saints – Aventinus – 4 February
Article
AVENTINUS (Saint)
(February 4) (6th century) Born in one of the Central Provinces of France, he
acted as Almoner to Saint Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, until, moved by a desire of
living a life of greater perfection, he withdrew from the world into a
solitude, and after some time was ordained priest. To the retired spot where he
lived and died (A.D. 538) he has left his name, Saint Aventin.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Aventinus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 5
August 2012.
Web. 4 February 2024. <http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-aventinus-4-february/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-aventinus-4-february/
Saints
of the Day – Aventinus of Troyes, Hermit
Article
Born in central France;
died 538. Aventinus served as almoner to Saint Lupus, bishop of Troyes, until
he retired to live as a hermit. The site of his hermitage is now called
Saint-Aventin (Benedictines).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
17 January 2022. Web. 4 February 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-aventinus-of-troyes-hermit/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-aventinus-of-troyes-hermit/
Saint of the Day – 4
February – Saint Aventinus of Troyes (Died c538) Priest, Hermit
Posted on February
4, 2023
Saint of the Day – 4
February – Saint Aventinus of Troyes (Died c538) Priest, Almoner and
Administrator of the funds for the See of Troyes, Hermit, Miracle-worker,
gifted with a great affinity with animals, who came to him for help when ill or
hurt. Born in Bourges, France and died in c538 of natural causes. Patronages –
headaches, nervous disorders, of ill animals, of Saint Aventin sous Verrières
and the Town of Creney, France. Also known as – Aventin, Aventine.
In the heart of ancient
Gaul (today’s France), in the second half of the fifth century, Saint Aventinus
was born, probably in Bourges. From the few documents which have come down to
us, we know that his parents belonged to the middle class and were very religious.
According to tradition, Christianity in those lands already spread in the third
century. The sound moral and Christian principles of the parents would form the
basis of his holiness – from an early age, Aventinus was held up as a model.
As a teenager, he began
to wonder about the purpose of his life. He wanted to visit the most famous
holy manof that region, the Bishop St Lupus of Troyes who, in the year 451 had
saved the city from the invasion of Attila the Hun, by offering himself as a
hostage. The elderly prelate was not slow to see sincere Christian virtues in
the young man and desiring to see them brought to fruition for the glory of the
Lord and the Church and so, St Lupo kept him with him as a disciple and
assistant. It was the happy meeting of two true men of God.
Aventinus distinguished
himself by the humility and zeal with which he carried out the work; constant
in the practices of piety, he was growing internally. He had as an example a
Saint who continually turned his attentions to him. The virtue that shone most
in him was charity towards others. Slavery of foreign prisoners of war was
widespread in those days – St Lupus and Aventinus did not remain indifferent to
the children of God who were treated like beasts. They ransomed as many as they
could, collecting alms for this purpose. Given their freedom, they worried
about their spiritual health, often helping them to approach the Sacraments. St
Luuso died in 479 and was succeeded by St Camelianus, who, knowing well the
virtues of Aventinus, made him Steward, with ample power to manage alms.
God only knows how
widespread poverty was and Aventinus’ attention to the poor was never limited
to material aid. He aroused amazement at the miraculous way the Bishop’s
finances could cope with so many expenses, there was something supernatural at
work. Aventinus fame went on spreading but he, keeping faith with his humility
and with the deep regret of the Bishop, decided to retire.
He was welcomed into a
hermitage with the will to sanctify himself by living in solitude. Although he
was not inclined to lead, he was soon elected Superior of the community.
Precious was his example and the retreat became a school of perfection. That
place was later named after him.
While living withdrawn
from the world, he could not help but think about the redemption of slaves.
Among others, news reached him of a certain Fidolus, of rare virtues, perhaps
already a cleric, originally from Auvergne, who had lost his freedom at the
hands of Theodoric I, King of Austrasia. It was about the year 530. Aventinus
ransomed him for twelve gold pieces. Fidolus’ happiness and gratitude was
immense and he decided to join the holy community, which seemed a most natural
development.
Meanwhile, Aventinus’
fame was spreading again among the people who often visited him. The
tranquility of the brothers was compromised and Aventinus decided to leave. It
was Fidolus himself who took over the position of Superior (he died with fame
as a Saint on 16 May 540).
Aventinus withdrew to a
solitary place along the Seine, about seven miles distant from Troyes. He had
only brought with him some bread, legumes, a hoe and some seeds. He did not
want to be a burden to anyone. Finally he had achieved the desired tranquility,
dividing his time between prayer, work and penance. He slept little, wore a
poor and rough dress, ate only three days a week.
A few years passed but even here he could not escape the admiration of the people, while not even the Bishop St Camelianus had forgotten about him. The latter, who also knew well of his knowledge of the Psalms and Sacred Scripture, conferred upon him Sacred Orders. The maturity of the years was crowned by the Priesthood. He lived peacefully the last period of his life celebrating Mass near his hut, for the benefit of the locals.
Demanding with himself, he looked to the needs of his neighbour with his big
heart, also curing those who were sick. His charity became legendary and it is
said that even a bear knocked on his door one night. He lay down on the ground
and held out a paw in which a thorn was stuck. The hermit assisted him by
releasing the thorn and bandaging his wound.
He fell asleep in the
peace of the Lord on 4 February of the year 538. Acclaimed Saint and Patron of
those places he had lived, a few years later Bishop Vincent had a Church built
in his honour, where he placed his precious Relics and in which he then wanted
to be buried. Chapels and Churches were erected in his honour, even outside
France. From time immemorial he has been particularly invoked against headaches
and nervous diseases. Today, near Troyes, a Town has his name (Saint Aventin
sous Verrières) and Creney venerates him as Patron.
St Aventinus, Hermit and
Priest, is not to be confused with the Aventinus, the Saint Bishop of Chartres,
who died in 520, also venerated on today, 4 February.
PRAYER
Among the many graces
which the Lord grants through your intercession,
glorious Saint Aventinus,
frequent are the cures from headaches
and other nervous diseases,
of which you have been a singular protector
since time immemorial.
With all humility and trust
I resort to your patronage
and I ask you to obtain
from the Supreme Giver of all good,
health of mind and body
so that I may serve God with greater fervour
and attend to the duties of my state.
I ask you, not only for freedom from headaches
but also for the grace
to live as a studious emulator of your examples,
that I may one day attain eternal happiness,
where faith guides me
and hope invites me.
Amen
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Sant' Aventino di
Troyes
m. 4 febbraio 538
Nasce in Gallia, nella
seconda metà del V secolo, a Bourges. Grazie all'educazione cristiana ricevuta,
fin da giovane Aventino viene additato come modello. Da adolescente fa visita
al vescovo san Lupo di Troyes che nell'anno 451 ha salvato la città
dall'invasione di Attila offrendosi come ostaggio. Il presule lo tiene con sé
come collaboratore. Insieme i due santi riscattano quanti più prigionieri
stranieri di guerra possono, prendendosi cura di questi uomini resi schiavi.
Lupo muore nel 479 e gli succede san Cameliano, che nomina Aventino economo.
Questi però decide di ritirarsi a vita eremitica. Sebbene non sia incline alle
cariche di comando, dopo poco tempo viene eletto superiore della comunità dove
è stato accolto. La sua fama, però, va nuovamente diffondendosi tra la gente
che spesso lo visita. Decide così di ritirarsi in un luogo solitario lungo la
Senna, a sette miglia da Troyes. È il vescovo Cameliano a conferirgli gli
ordini sacri. Vive l'ultimo periodo della vita celebrando la Messa nei pressi
della sua capanna, per gli abitanti del posto. Muore nel 538. (Avvenire)
Martirologio
Romano: A Troyes nella Gallia lugdunense, ora in Francia, sant’Aventino,
che si ritiene sia stato al servizio del vescovo san Lupo
Nel cuore dell’antica Gallia (l’odierna Francia), nella seconda metà del V secolo, nacque sant'Aventino, probabilmente a Bourges. Dai pochi documenti a noi pervenuti sappiamo che i genitori appartenevano a un ceto sociale medio ed erano molto religiosi. Secondo la tradizione il cristianesimo in quelle terre si diffuse già nel III secolo. I sani principi morali e cristiani dei genitori costituiranno la base della sua santità: fin da giovane era additato come modello.
Divenuto adolescente cominciò ad interrogarsi sullo scopo della sua vita. Volle far visita al personaggio religioso più noto di quella regione, il vescovo S. Lupo di Troyes che nell'anno 451 aveva salvato la città dall’invasione di Attila offrendosi come ostaggio. L’anziano prelato non tardò a scorgere nel giovane sincere virtù cristiane, da far fruttare a gloria del Signore e della Chiesa e lo tenne con sé come collaboratore. Fu l'incontro felice di due veri uomini di Dio. Aventino si distinse per l'umiltà e lo zelo con cui eseguiva il lavoro; costante nelle pratiche di pietà, andava crescendo interiormente. Aveva come esempio un santo che di continuo rivolgeva a lui le sue attenzioni. La virtù che in lui rifulse maggiormente fu la carità verso il prossimo. A quei tempi era diffusa la schiavitù dei prigionieri stranieri di guerra: Lupo e Aventino non rimasero indifferenti davanti ai figli di Dio che venivano trattati come bestie. Ne riscattarono più che poterono, raccogliendo a tale scopo le elemosine. Resa loro la libertà si preoccupavano della loro salute spirituale, facendoli sovente avvicinare ai sacramenti. S. Lupo morì nel 479 e gli successe S. Cameliano, il quale, conoscendo bene le virtù di Aventino, lo fece economo, con ampia facoltà di gestire le elemosine. Dio solo sa quanto diffusa fosse la miseria e le attenzioni di Aventino per i poveri non si limitarono mai ai soccorsi materiali. Destava stupore come le finanze del vescovo potessero far fronte a tante spese, vi era del prodigioso. La fama di Aventino andò diffondendosi, anche con attestati di pubblica riconoscenza, ma egli, tenendo fede alla propria umiltà, col vivo rammarico del vescovo, decise di ritirarsi.
Venne accolto in un romitorio con la volontà di santificarsi vivendo in solitudine. Sebbene non fosse incline alle cariche di comando, dopo poco tempo fu eletto superiore della comunità. Prezioso era il suo esempio e il ritiro divenne una scuola di perfezione. Quel luogo fu chiamato in seguito Isola di S. Aventino. Pur vivendo ritirato dal mondo non poté fare a meno di pensare alla redenzione degli schiavi. Tra gli altri gli giunse notizia di un certo Fidolo, dalle rare virtù, forse già chierico, originario dell’Alvernia, che aveva persa la sua libertà per mano di Teodorico I, Re dell’Austrasia. Era circa l’anno 530. Lo riscattò per dodici monete d’oro. Somma fu la felicità di Fidolo e sembrò quasi naturale la sua decisione di unirsi alla santa comunità. La fama di Aventino intanto andava nuovamente diffondendosi tra la gente che spesso lo visitava. La tranquillità dei confratelli era compromessa e Aventino decise di allontanarsi. Sarà proprio Fidolo a subentrare nella carica di superiore (morì con fama di santo il 16 maggio del 540).
Aventino si ritirò in un luogo solitario lungo la Senna, lontano circa sette miglia da Troyes. Aveva portato con sé solo del pane, dei legumi, una zappa e qualche semente. Non voleva essere di peso a nessuno. Finalmente aveva raggiunto la tranquillità desiderata, dividendo il suo tempo tra preghiera, lavoro e penitenze. Dormiva poco, indossava una povera e rude veste, si cibava solo tre giorni alla settimana. Passò qualche anno ma anche qui non sfuggì all’ammirazione del popolo mentre non si era dimenticato di lui neppure il vescovo S. Cameliano. Questi, che ben sapeva anche della sua conoscenza dei Salmi e della Sacra Scrittura, gli conferì gli ordini sacri. La maturità degli anni veniva coronata dal sacerdozio. Visse serenamente l'ultimo periodo della vita celebrando la Messa nei pressi della sua capanna, a vantaggio degli abitanti del posto. Esigente con se stesso guardava alle necessità del prossimo con il suo grande cuore, operando anche la guarigione di alcuni malati. La sua carità divenne leggendaria e si racconta che anche un orso, una notte, bussò alla sua porta. Coricatosi a terra gli porse una zampa in cui era conficcata una spina. L’eremita lo curò fasciandogli la ferita.
Si addormentò nella pace del Signore il 4 febbraio dell'anno 538.
Acclamato santo e patrono di quei luoghi, qualche anno dopo il vescovo Vincenzo fece costruire una chiesa ove ripose le preziose reliquie e in cui volle poi essere sepolto. Furono erette in suo onore cappelle e chiese, pure fuori dalla Francia. Da tempo immemorabile è particolarmente invocato contro i mali di capo e per le malattie nervose. Oggi nei pressi di Troyes una cittadina ha il suo nome (Saint Aventin sous Verrières) e Creney lo venera Patrono.
Sant’Aventino, eremita e sacerdote, non è da confondere con l’omonimo santo
vescovo di Chartres, morto nel 520, venerato anch’esso il 4 febbraio.
PREGHIERA
Fra le molte grazie che il Signore concede a intercessione vostra,
glorioso sant’Aventino,
frequenti sono le guarigioni dai mali di capo e da altri morbi nervosi,
di cui da tempo immemorabile siete singolare protettore.
Con tutta umiltà e fiducia io ricorro al vostro patrocinio
e vi prego d’ottenermi dal Supremo Dator d’ogni bene la salute di mente
e di corpo affinché possa con maggior fervore servire Dio
e attendere ai doveri del mio stato.
Vi domando non solo la liberazione dai mali di capo
ma anche la grazia di vivere emulatore studioso dei vostri esempi
affinché possa un dì pervenire all’eterna felicità,
ove la fede mi guida, la speranza m’invita
e regna eternamente la carità.
Amen .
Autore: Daniele Bolognini
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92200
L'église Saint-Aventin de Creney-près-Troyes, monument de culte classé par arrêté du 6 mai 1907.
(https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00078094)
Den hellige Aventinus av
Troyes ( -~538)
Minnedag: 4.
februar
Den hellige Aventinus
(fr: Aventin) eller Avertinus (fr: Avertin) ble født i andre halvdel av
400-tallet i Bourges i Midt-Frankrike. Han fikk en god kristen utdannelse og
dro til Troyes, tiltrukket av ryet til den hellige biskop Lupus av Troyes,
som i 451 hadde reddet byen fra hunerne under Attila ved å tilby seg som
gissel. Han ble Lupus' almissegiver, og sammen kjøpte de fri så mange slaver og
krigsfanger de kunne.
Da Lupus døde i 479,
gjorde hans etterfølger Camelianus Aventinus til økonom. Men senere trakk han
seg tilbake og begynte et liv som eremitt i Verrières. Der viet han seg til
kontemplasjon og askese. Biskop Camelianus viet Aventinus til prest, og på
slutten av sitt liv feiret han messe for befolkningen i området.
Han døde en 4. februar
rundt 538. Stedet han slo seg ned på, heter i dag Saint-Aventin. Hans relikvier
var i katedralen i Troyes frem til Den franske revolusjon. Hans minnedag er
dødsdagen 4. februar.
Kilder:
Benedictines, Bunson, KIR, Patron Saints SQPN, Infocatho, santiebeati.it -
Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Opprettet: 2000-02-04 19:37 - Sist oppdatert: 2006-08-07 21:26
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/atroyes
L'église
Saint-Aventin-de-Troyes de Trichey
Aventinus van St-Aventin bij
Troyes, Frankrijk; kluizenaar & abt; † 537 of 540.
Feest 4 februari.
Zijn ouders waren eenvoudige mensen uit de stad Bourges. Aanvankelijk stond hij 'als vrijgevige econoom van het bisdom' in dienst van de heilige bisschoppen Lupus († 479; feest 29 juli)en Camelianus van Troyes († 525; feest 28 juli).
Om zich nog meer aan God toe te wijden bouwde hij eerst een kluizenaarswoninkje aan de buitenkant tegen de stadswal. Enige tijd later trok hij zich nog meer terug in de bossen langs het beekje de Verrières.
Hij is één van de heiligen aan wie het wonder wordt toegeschreven dat zijn
tonnetje wijn nooit opraakte.
Mensen en dieren zochten bij hem hun toevlucht: de mensen om verlost te worden
van de duivel die het op hen gemunt had; de dieren van de mensen die jacht op
hen maakten! Zo bood hij onderdak aan een opgejaagd hert en genas hij de poot
van een gewonde beer.
[365p:18; Dries van den Akker s.j./2008.01.07]
© A. van den Akker
s.j.
SOURCE : https://heiligen-3s.nl/heiligen/02/04/02-04-0540-aventin.php
Voir aussi : http://orthodoxievco.net/ecrits/vies/synaxair/fevrier/aventin2.pdf
