# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Antoninus, Bishop and Confessor
# (May 10). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/05-10.txt,
# English/Sancti/05-10.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
# continuous vita. No Lectio7-9 in his own file (his `[Rule]` is `vide
# C4`) -- defers to the Common of a Confessor Bishop's own Nocturn 3,
# not transcribed here.
id: st-antoninus
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Antoninus, Florentiæ honestis parentibus natus, ab ipsa jam pueritia egregium
        futuræ sanctitatis specimen exhibuit. Annum agens sextum decimum, religionem
        Prædicatorum amplexus, cœpit exinde maximis clarere virtutibus. Otio perpetuum
        bellum indixit. Post nocturnum brevem somnum primus matutinis precibus aderat;
        quibus persolutis, reliquum tempus noctis orationibus, aut certe lectioni, et
        scriptioni librorum tribuebat; et si quando importunior fessis membris somnus
        obreperet, ad parietem paululum declinato capite, ac tantisper discusso somno mox
        sacras vigilias avidius repetebat.


        Disciplinæ regularis sui ipsius severissimus exactor, carnes, nisi in gravi
        ægritudine, numquam edit. Humi, aut in nudo tabulato cubabat. Cilicio semper
        usus, et interdum zona ferrea ad vivam cutem incinctus, virginitatem integerrime
        semper coluit. In explicandis consiliis tantæ dexteritatis fuit, ut communi
        elogio Antoninus consiliorum diceretur. Adeo autem in eo humilitas enituit, ut
        étiam cœnobiis, ac provinciis præfectus abjectissima monasterii officia
        demississime obiret. Ab Eugenio quarto Florentinus archiepiscopus renuntiatus,
        ægerrime tandem nec nisi apostolicis minis perterrefactus ut episcopatum
        acciperet, acquievit.


        In eo munere vix dici potest, quantum prudentia, pietate, caritate, mansuetudine,
        et sacerdotali zelo excelluerit. Illud mirandum, tantum ingenio valuisse, ut
        omnes ferme scientias per se nullo adhibito præceptore, absolutissime didicerit.
        Tandem post multos labores, multis étiam editis insignis doctrinæ libris, sacra
        Eucharistia et Unctione percepta, complexus Crucifixi imaginem, mortem lætus
        aspexit sexto Nonas Maji, anno millesimo quadringentesimo quinquagesimo nono.
        Miraculis vivens et post mortem conspicuus, Sanctorum numero adscriptus est ab
        Hadriano sexto, anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo tertio.
      en: >-
        Antonine was born of respectable parents at Florence, and the holiness of his
        after life was foreshadowed in him even as a little child. When he was sixteen
        years of age he entered the Order of Friars Preachers, and from that time forth
        he was a burning and a shining light to all the godly. He proclaimed a truceless
        war against idleness; after a short night's rest, he was the first to come to the
        service of Mattins; when they were over he spent the rest of the night in prayer,
        or at least in reading, or writing out books, or if sleep altogether overcame his
        weary body, he would rest against the wall with his head bowed down, and then
        shake off slumber again, and set himself anew with fresh eagerness to his sacred
        watch.


        He required of himself the most unflinching observance of the Rule of his Order,
        and never ate meat unless he were grievously ill. He slept upon the ground or
        upon bare boards. He always wore haircloth, and sometimes an iron girdle which
        bit into his naked skin. His virginity he kept ever undimmed by the least breath
        or shadow. He was so skilful in giving advice that he gained the common nickname
        of "Counsel Antonine." At the same time so beautifully brilliant was his
        lowliness, that even when he was at the head of houses and provinces of his
        Order, he most cheerfully undertook all the meanest services of the houses where
        he was. Eugenius IV. appointed him Archbishop of Florence, and he took it so ill,
        that it was only when awed by the threats of the Apostolic See that he obeyed,
        and accepted the dignity.


        As Archbishop it can hardly be told how noble he was, in wisdom, in godliness, in
        love, in meekness, in Priestly zeal. It was wonderful to see how thoroughly he
        taught himself nearly all the sciences, without the help of a master. At last,
        after much work, and publishing many valuable books on Doctrine, he received the
        Holy Eucharist and was anointed, and then, clasping the image of his crucified
        Saviour to his heart, joyfully welcomed death, on the 2nd day of May, in the year
        1459. He was remarkable for the working of miracles, both during his life and
        after his death, and Adrian VI. enrolled his name among those of the Saints, in
        the year 1523.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
