Sept. 26, Bl. Delphina of Glandeves , Virgin of the third Order. Blessed Delphina was born in 1284 in Provence. She was given in marriage to Elzear, Count of Sabran, a virtuous young man. The night of …More
Sept. 26, Bl. Delphina of Glandeves , Virgin of the third Order.
Blessed Delphina was born in 1284 in Provence. She was given in marriage to Elzear, Count of Sabran, a virtuous young man. The night of their marriage, she told her husband that she had made a vow of perpetual virginity. They both lived in great holiness, and to find greater strength against the world and temptations of the flesh, they entered the Third Order. By their example they contributed to the revival of faith in their district. After the holy death of her husband in 1323, Delphina embraced a life of absolute poverty, living by alms alone. She died in the midst of great suffering and infirmities on November 26, 1358, in the town of Apt, where the body of St. Elzear was buried. Urban V approved the popular cultus of this virgin who lived in voluntary poverty. – (from) The Franciscan Supplement.
Blessed Delphina was born in 1284 in Provence. She was given in marriage to Elzear, Count of Sabran, a virtuous young man. The night of their marriage, she told her husband that she had made a vow of perpetual virginity. They both lived in great holiness, and to find greater strength against the world and temptations of the flesh, they entered the Third Order. By their example they contributed to the revival of faith in their district. After the holy death of her husband in 1323, Delphina embraced a life of absolute poverty, living by alms alone. She died in the midst of great suffering and infirmities on November 26, 1358, in the town of Apt, where the body of St. Elzear was buried. Urban V approved the popular cultus of this virgin who lived in voluntary poverty. – (from) The Franciscan Supplement.