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October 17th - St. Nothelm, Archbishop Of Canterbury
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October 17th - St. Nothelm, Archbishop Of Canterbury
d. 740
Nothelm, whom St. Bede refers to as “a devout priest of the church of London “, succeeded St. Tatwin in the see of Canterbury in the year 734. Two years later he received the pallium from Pope St. Gregory III. He was consulted by St. Boniface from Germany and furnished him with a copy of the famous letter of instruction from Pope St. Gregory I to St. Augustine of Canterbury about how to deal with the English converts. But St. Nothelm’s name is principally remembered for his part in the composition of St. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History. In the preface thereto, addressed to King Ceolwulf, Bede says that his chief aid and authority for his work had been the learned abbot Albinus at Canterbury, who transmitted to him “either by writing or by word of mouth of the same Nothelm, all that he thought worthy of memory that had been done in the province of Kent, or the adjacent parts, by the disciples of the blessed Pope Gregory, as he had learned them either from written records or the traditions of his ancestors. The said Nothelm afterwards went to Rome and, having with leave of the present Pope Gregory [III] searched into the archives of the holy Roman church, found there some letters of the blessed Pope Gregory and other popes. When he returned home he brought them to me, by the advice of the aforesaid most reverend father Albinus, to be inserted in my history. Thus . . . what was transacted in the church of Canterbury by the disciples of St. Gregory or their successors, and under which kings they happened, has been conveyed to us by Nothelm through the industry of abbot Albinus. They also partly informed me by what bishops and under what kings the provinces of the East and West Saxons, as well as of the East Angles and the Northumbrians, received the faith of Christ.”
Nothelm also wrote some observations on St. Bede’s commentary on the books of Kings in the Bible, to which Bede replied in a personal letter.
The saint is noticed in the Acts Sanctorum, October, vol. viii. We know little more than what Bede has told us: see Plummer’s edition and notes. But since the publication of the work of Dom S. Brechter, The Quellenl zur Angelsacksenmission Gregors des Grossen (1941), the authenticity of the alleged Responsiones of Pope Gregory to Augustine, and Nothelm’s finding of them in the Roman archives, are subject to serious question: cf. Fr P. Grosjean in Analecta Bollandiana, vol. lx (1942), p. 287. Some scholars do not find Dom Brechter’s arguments completely convincing.
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In honor of St. Margaret, her Consecration to the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus:
O most Sweet Jesus, Redeemer of all mankind; behold us
prostrate most humbly before Thy altar. To Thee we belong;
Thine we wish to be; and that we may be united to Thee more
closely, we dedicate ourselves each one of us today to Thy
Most Sacred Heart.
Many have never known Thee; many, despising Thy
commands, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all,
most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be
Thee King, O Lord, not only over the faithful who never have
strayed from Thee, but also over the prodigal children who
have forsaken Thee; and make them return quickly to their
Father's house, lest they perish of misery and hunger. Be
Thee King of those who have been misled by error, or
separated by schism; and call them back to the haven of truth
and the unity of faith, so that there may soon be one fold and
one Shepherd. Grant to Thy Church, O Lord, assurance of
freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all
nations, and grant that, over the whole earth, from pole to
pole, may resound the words: Praise to the Divine Heart,
through which was brought to us salvation. Glory and honor
be to It for ever. Amen.
O Heart of love, I put all my trust in Thee; for I fear all things
from my own weakness, but I hope for all things from Thy
goodness. Amen.
Most sweet Heart of Jesus, grant that peace, the fruit of justice
and charity, may reign throughout the world. Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, protect our families
d. 740
Nothelm, whom St. Bede refers to as “a devout priest of the church of London “, succeeded St. Tatwin in the see of Canterbury in the year 734. Two years later he received the pallium from Pope St. Gregory III. He was consulted by St. Boniface from Germany and furnished him with a copy of the famous letter of instruction from Pope St. Gregory I to St. Augustine of Canterbury about how to deal with the English converts. But St. Nothelm’s name is principally remembered for his part in the composition of St. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History. In the preface thereto, addressed to King Ceolwulf, Bede says that his chief aid and authority for his work had been the learned abbot Albinus at Canterbury, who transmitted to him “either by writing or by word of mouth of the same Nothelm, all that he thought worthy of memory that had been done in the province of Kent, or the adjacent parts, by the disciples of the blessed Pope Gregory, as he had learned them either from written records or the traditions of his ancestors. The said Nothelm afterwards went to Rome and, having with leave of the present Pope Gregory [III] searched into the archives of the holy Roman church, found there some letters of the blessed Pope Gregory and other popes. When he returned home he brought them to me, by the advice of the aforesaid most reverend father Albinus, to be inserted in my history. Thus . . . what was transacted in the church of Canterbury by the disciples of St. Gregory or their successors, and under which kings they happened, has been conveyed to us by Nothelm through the industry of abbot Albinus. They also partly informed me by what bishops and under what kings the provinces of the East and West Saxons, as well as of the East Angles and the Northumbrians, received the faith of Christ.”
Nothelm also wrote some observations on St. Bede’s commentary on the books of Kings in the Bible, to which Bede replied in a personal letter.
The saint is noticed in the Acts Sanctorum, October, vol. viii. We know little more than what Bede has told us: see Plummer’s edition and notes. But since the publication of the work of Dom S. Brechter, The Quellenl zur Angelsacksenmission Gregors des Grossen (1941), the authenticity of the alleged Responsiones of Pope Gregory to Augustine, and Nothelm’s finding of them in the Roman archives, are subject to serious question: cf. Fr P. Grosjean in Analecta Bollandiana, vol. lx (1942), p. 287. Some scholars do not find Dom Brechter’s arguments completely convincing.
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In honor of St. Margaret, her Consecration to the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus:
O most Sweet Jesus, Redeemer of all mankind; behold us
prostrate most humbly before Thy altar. To Thee we belong;
Thine we wish to be; and that we may be united to Thee more
closely, we dedicate ourselves each one of us today to Thy
Most Sacred Heart.
Many have never known Thee; many, despising Thy
commands, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all,
most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be
Thee King, O Lord, not only over the faithful who never have
strayed from Thee, but also over the prodigal children who
have forsaken Thee; and make them return quickly to their
Father's house, lest they perish of misery and hunger. Be
Thee King of those who have been misled by error, or
separated by schism; and call them back to the haven of truth
and the unity of faith, so that there may soon be one fold and
one Shepherd. Grant to Thy Church, O Lord, assurance of
freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all
nations, and grant that, over the whole earth, from pole to
pole, may resound the words: Praise to the Divine Heart,
through which was brought to us salvation. Glory and honor
be to It for ever. Amen.
O Heart of love, I put all my trust in Thee; for I fear all things
from my own weakness, but I hope for all things from Thy
goodness. Amen.
Most sweet Heart of Jesus, grant that peace, the fruit of justice
and charity, may reign throughout the world. Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, protect our families
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