[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov 4

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Subject: [Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov 4


> Day of St. Humbert (Your guess is as good as mine?)

This is what I found on St. Humbert for those who might wanna know.
MagD'Leigha



Humbert of Romans
(DE ROMANIS).

Fifth master general of the Dominican Order, b. at Romans in the Diocese of
Vienne about 1194; d. 14 July, 1277 or 15 January, 1274, at Valence. He is
mentioned as a student at Paris in 1215. In 1224 he entered the Order of St.
Dominic, was professor of theology at the school of his order at Lyons in
1226, and prior at the same place from 1236 to 1239. In 1240 he became
provincial of the Roman, and in 1244 of the French province of Dominicans.
After holding the latter office ten years he was elected master general of
his order at the general chapter held at Budapest in 1254. In 1263 he
voluntarily resigned this office at the general chapter held in London, and
retired to the monastery of Valence where he spent the rest of his life.
During his generalate the liturgy of the Dominican Order received its
permanent form. Humbert's humility did not permit him to accept the
Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which was offered him after he had resigned as
master general. He is the author of various ascetical treatises, some of
which were collected and edited by Berthier: "Opera B. Humberti" (2 vols.,
Paris, 1889). In a treatise entitled: "Liber de tractandis in concilio
Lugdunensi 1274" he severely criticizes the faults of the clergy. Parts of
it were edited by Martène in "Veterum Script. et monument. ecclesiasticorum
et dogmaticorum ampl. collectio" (Paris, 1724-33), VII, 174-98.

MORTIER, Histoire des Maîtres généraux de l'ordre des Frères-Prêcheurs, I
(Paris, 1903-5), 415-664; L'Année Dominicaine, VII (Lyons, 1896), 283-342;
DE WARESQUIL, Le bienhereux Humbert de Romans (Paris, 1901).

MICHAEL OTT
Transcribed by Albert Judy, O.P.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VII
Copyright © 1910 by Robert Appleton Company
Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight
Nihil Obstat, June 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor
Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York







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