St. Francis Borgia (October 10) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

A meditation for the Feast of St. Francis Borgia, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume V of the Time after Pentecost.Saint Francis Borgia (1510–1572) was a Spanish nobleman who renounced the honors and privileges of worldly life to devote himself entirely to God and the salvation of souls. A great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, he served as Duke of Gandía and held a prominent position at the court of Emperor Charles V. Deeply affected by the death of the Empress Isabella, whose funeral revealed to him the transitory nature of earthly beauty and greatness, Francis resolved t...