06 Works, Today, February 12th, is Julian the Hospitaller’s Day, With Footnotes – #43

Julian the Hospitaller is a Roman Catholic saint.

According to de Varazze, on the night Julian was born, his father, a man of noble blood, saw pagan witches secretly lay a curse on the boy that would make him kill both his parents. His father wanted to get rid of the child, but his mother did not let himt. When he finally found out the reason for her tears, he swore he “would never commit such a sin” and “with great belief in Christ went off full of courage” as far away from his parents as he could. After fifty days of walking he finally reached Galicia where he married a “good woman”, said to be a wealthy widow…

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