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Add June sanctoral content: 6 saints
Continues the full-year sanctoral import: St. Angela Merici, St. Francis
Caracciolo, St. Boniface of Mainz (Bishop and Martyr, Apostle of Germany --
distinct from the earlier, unrelated St. Boniface Martyr already on May 14),
St. Norbert, St. Margaret of Scotland, and St. Aloysius Gonzaga.

Two of the new fixed dates (June 1, June 4) fall on dates used by two
day-label tests pinned to specific Trinity Sunday years; moved those to
years/dates free of the new entries, with explanatory comments.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-17 16:23:05 -04:00

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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Norbert, Bishop and Confessor
# (June 6). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-06.txt,
# English/Sancti/06-06.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-norbert
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Norbértus, nobilíssimis paréntibus natus, adoléscens liberálibus disciplínis
erudítus, in ipsa póstea imperatóris aula, spretis mundi illécebris,
ecclesiásticæ milítiæ adscríbi vóluit. Sacris initiátus, rejéctis móllibus ac
spléndidis véstibus, pellícea melóte indútus, prædicatióni verbi Dei se totum
dedit. Abdicátis ecclesiásticis provéntibus satis amplis, et património in
páuperes erogáto, semel in die sub vésperam solo cibo quadragesimáli utens,
nudísque pédibus et lácera veste sub brumáli rigóre incédens, miræ
austeritátis vitam est aggréssus. Potens ígitur ópere et sermóne, innúmeros
hæréticos ad fidem, peccatóres ad pœniténtiam, dissidéntes ad pacem et
concórdiam revocávit.
Cum Laudúni esset, ab epíscopo rogátus ne a sua diœcési discéderet, desértum
in ea locum, qui Præmonstrátus dicebátur, sibi delégit; ibíque, trédecim
sóciis aggregátis, Præmonstraténsem órdinem instítuit, divínitus accépta per
visum régula a sancto Augustíno. Cum vero ejus fama sanctitátis in dies magis
augerétur, ac plúrimi ad eum quotídie discípuli convenírent, idem ordo ab
Honório secúndo aliísque summis Pontifícibus confirmátus, ac plúribus ab eo
monastériis ædificátis, mirífice propagátus est.
Antvérpiam accersítus, in ea urbe Tanchelíni nefáriam hæresim profligávit.
Prophético spíritu et miráculis cláruit. Archiepíscopus tandem (licet
relúctans) Magdeburgénsis creátus, ecclesiásticam disciplínam, præsértim
cælibátum, constánter propugnávit. Rhemis in concílio Innocéntium secúndum
egrégie adjúvit, et Romam cum áliis epíscopis proféctus, schisma Petri Leónis
compréssit. Postrémo vir Dei, méritis et Spíritu Sancto plenus, Magdebúrgi
obdormívit in Dómino, anno salútis millésimo centésimo trigésimo quarto, die
sexta Júnii.
en: >-
Norbert, born in the year 1080 of parents of the highest rank, thoroughly
educated in his youth in worldly knowledge, and a member of the Imperial
court, turned his back upon the glory of the world, and chose rather to enlist
himself as a soldier of the Church. Being ordained Priest, he laid aside all
soft and showy raiment, clad himself in a coat of skins, and made the
preaching of the Word of God the one object of his life. He had the right to
rich revenues of the Church but these he renounced, and to an ample fortune
from his father; but this he gave to the poor. He ate only once a day, and that
in the evening, and then his meal was of the fare of Lent. His life was one of
singular hardness, and he was used even in the depth of winter to go out with
bare feet and ragged garments. Hence came that mighty power of his words and
deeds, whereby he was enabled to turn countless heretics to the true faith,
sinners to repentance, and enemies to peace and brotherly love.
Being one while at Laon, the Bishop besought him not to leave his diocese, and
he therefore made choice of a wilderness at the place called Prémontré,
whither he withdrew himself with thirteen disciples, and thus founded the
Order of the Praemonstratensian Canons, whereof he, by the will of God,
received the Rule, in a vision, from St. Augustine. When, however, the fame of
his holy life became every day more and more noised abroad, and great numbers
sought to become his disciples, and the Order had been approved by Honorius
II, and other Popes, many more monasteries were built by him, and the
Institute wonderfully extended.
Being called to Antwerpen, he there gave the death-blow to the shameful heresy
of Tanchelm. He was remarkable for the spirit of prophecy and for the gift of
miracles. He was created (albeit he would rather not have had it so)
Archbishop of Magdeburg, and as such he was a strong upholder of the discipline
of the Church, especially contending against the marriage of the clergy. At a
Council held at Reims he was a great help to Innocent II, and went with some
Other Bishops to Rome, where they stamped out the schism of Peter Leoni. It was
at last at Magdeburg that this man of God, full of good works and of the Holy
Ghost, fell asleep in the Lord, on the 6th day of June, in the year of
salvation 1134.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }