Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 1 November 1917, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

November 4, Sunday. Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost. ~ 5, Monday.—Of the Octave. ~ 6, Tuesday.—Of the Octave. ~ 7, Wednesday.—Of the Octave. ~ 8, Thursday. —Octave of All Saints. ~ 9, Friday. Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. ~ 10, Saturday.—St. Andrew Avellino, Confessor. Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. This church is commonly known as the Basilica of St. John Lateran. It is the Cathedral of Rome, and was the first of the great basilicas consecrated to Divine worship after the accession of Constantine had given peace to the Church. St. Andrew Avellino, Confessor. St, Andrew Avellino was born in 1521 at Castronuovo, a small town in Sicily. His baptismal name was Lancelotto, which out of love for the cross he changed into Andrew when he entered the Order of Theatines, founded by St. Cajetan. From his youth he was a great lover of chastity. At Naples he studied Canon and Civil Law, obtained the degree of Doctor of Laws, and was ordained priest at the age of 26. Later he was made Master of Novices of his Order, and subsequently superior. He was indefatigable in preaching, hearing confessions, and visiting the sick. He died at the age of 88. In 1624, only 16 years after his death, he was beatified by Pope Urban VIII., and in 1712 was canonised by Clement XI. He is venerated as patron by Naples and Sicily, and invoked especially against sudden death.