Forse
Aimone Tapparelli, Scuola toscana, santi e beati domenicani, 1760-1765 ca. Santa
Maria del Sasso (Bibbiena)
Tableau toscan d'un dominicain, peut-être Aymon Taparelli, Sanctuaire de Sainte-Marie-de-Sasso (it), Bibbiena.
Bienheureux Aymon
Taparelli
Dominicain (+ 1495)
ou Aimon Taparelli.
Dominicain prédicateur à la cour du bienheureux Amédée, duc de
de Savoie et inquisiteur pour la Lombardie, mort quasi centenaire.
À Savigliano dans le Piémont, en 1495, le bienheureux Aymon Taparelli, prêtre
de l'Ordre des Prêcheurs, défenseur inlassable de la vérité.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/12149/Bienheureux-Aymon-Taparelli.html
Also
known as
Aimon
Aimone
Haymo
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August on some calendars
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August on some calendars
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Profile
Born to the Italian nobility,
the family of the Counts of Lagnasco.
Aimo felt a call to religious
life in his youth,
and soon as he was able, joined the Dominican in Savigliano, Italy. Studied and
then taught at
the University of Turin, Italy. Priest.
Noted, well-travelled preacher. Chaplain to Duke Amadeus
of Savoy. Inquisitor-general for Lombardy and
Liguria.
Born
1395 at Savigliano, Piedmont, Italy
15
August 1495 of
natural causes
relics transferred
to Saint Dominic’s Church in Turin, Italy in
the early 20th
century
1856 by Pope Blessed Pius
IX (cultus
confirmed)
O God,
to serve you is to reign. By the prayers of Blessed Aimo
whom you made a mighty champion of the faith may we serve you by promoting
peace and unity in the Church and
come to enjoy the everlasting kingdom. We ask this through our Lord Jesus
Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. – General Calendar of the Order
of Preachers
Almighty and most
merciful God, to serve whom is to reign, grant, through the merits and
intercession of Blessed Aimo, Thy Confessor, whom Thou didst make a famous
champion of the Faith, that, keeping Thy commandments faithfully on earth, we
may deserve to enjoy Thy eternal kingdom with him in heaven. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen. – Office Book of Dominican Sisters
Additional
Information
Saints
and Saintly Dominicans, by Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie
Cormier, O.P.
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
Short
Lives of the Dominican Saints
Stars
in Saint Dominic’s Crown, by Father Thomas
Austin Dyson
books
Dictionary
of Saints, by John Delaney
Our
Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
images
sitios
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Martirologio
Romano, 2001 edición
fonti
in italiano
Readings
To serve God is
to reign. – Blessed Aimo
Our salvation consists
solely in serving God.
All else is deceit. – Blessed Aimo
MLA
Citation
“Blessed Aimo Taparelli“. CatholicSaints.Info.
25 June 2022. Web. 22 March 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-aimo-taparelli/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-aimo-taparelli/
Blessed Aimo Taparelli, OP (AC)
Born in Savigliano,
Piedmont, Italy, c. 1395; died 1495; cultus confirmed in 1856. Aimo was one of
the few inquisitors in the Piedmont who lived to die in peace at about 100
years of age. One of his first tasks on assuming the office was to give
honorable burial to two of his predecessors, who had been martyred. Why is it
that we only seem to think of the cruelties of the Inquisition, but rarely of
the wrongs of the opposing forces? Could it be that we assume that
representatives of the holy Catholic Church will always act like angels?
In any case, Aimo, scion
of the counts of Lagnasco, became a Dominican in his hometown at an early age.
He was a good student and made such rapid strides in his studies that he was
asked to teach at the University of Turin. Much of his life was spent preaching
and teaching.
He served for a time as
confessor at the court of Blessed Amadeus of Savoy, but did not like that life.
So, he was offered the even less attractive position of inquisitor-general of
Lombardy and Liguria when he was 71 years old. He replaced Blessed Bartholomew
Cerverio, who had just been martyred.
It had taken all the
strength of the young and vigorous, 46-year- old Bartholomew to hold such a
position; therefore, Aimo went to the Piedmont with considerable misgivings.
Nevertheless, he seems to have been a great success in the difficult office. He
converted many of his listeners by the sincerity and sweetness of his
preaching. His example was a beacon of hope to the Catholics of the area, who
had sometimes been embarrassed by the affluence of Church authorities and the
obvious poverty of the heretics.
One of Aimo's first acts
was to arrange for the relics of Blessed Anthony of Pavoni to be brought home
to Savigliano and interred in the Dominican church there (Benedictines,
Dorcy).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0818.shtml
SOURCE : http://www.willingshepherds.org/Dominican%20Saints%20May.html#Aimo
Saints
and Saintly Dominicans – 21 February
Blessed Aimon, Confessor, O.P.
By his virtues
Blessed Aimon worthily
upheld the nobility of his birth. He was of the family of the Counts of
Lagnasco. He was appointed preacher and counsellor by Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke
of Savoy, a prince so charitable that his states were called the “Paradise of
the poor.” Blessed Aimon was also professor of the University of Turin, but he
preferred to divide his time between missions among the poor country people and
retreats made in the solitude of a mountain. His familiarity with the holy
angels is well known. Once when chanting the Office of Saint Hippolytus (August
12) he intoned the Versicle at Lauds: “Exultabunt,” etc., the angels replied:
“Laetabunter,” etc., to invite him to Heaven. In fact he died on the 15th, the
Feast of the Assumption, after having finished the Office of Mary, whom he had
so loved and caused to be loved during his long life of nearly a century. Even
after his death his hands continued to press the crucifix. It was he who caused
the body of Blessed Antony of Pavonia, O.P.,
to be brought to the Church of Savigliano, on the façade of which he had these
words inscribed: “Serve God and so you will obtain salvation, all else is
nothing but delusion.”
Prayer
Great servant of God,
obtain for me that I may prefer the society of the poor to that of the rich and
great.
Practice
Sleep with your crucifix
in your hands.
– taken from the
book Saints
and Saintly Dominicans, by Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie
Cormier, O.P.
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-and-saintly-dominicans-21-february/
Stars
in Saint Dominic’s Crown – Blessed Aimo Taparelli
Many saints adorned the
church towards the end of the fourteenth and the commencement of the fifteenth
centuries. The church was passing through great trials. Numerous causes had led
to a general relaxation in discipline and morals. The plague which had carried away
so many of the priests of the church had worked no less havoc among the members
of the religious orders. The old laborers were dead, and the few who yet
remained were so discouraged by the difficulties they encountered, that the
sacred fire of fervor and apostolic zeal was smouldering in its ashes. Yet it
was not dead, God did not abandon His church. The Queen of Confessors still
knelt in supplication at the foot of the throne of mercy, and as of old, in
times of need, a crowd of saints began to fill the Christian church. And like
the holy Mother of God, the apostolic Dominic, whose preaching had saved the
church two hundred years before by destroying heresy, rose again in his might,
in the person of his sons, saved the grand order he had founded, and once more
materially aided in saving the church.
Blessed Aimo is little
known at the present day, and the records of his life are but scant. He is like
those little streams which flow on forever, a continual source of sweet verdure
to the land around, but whose name is known to none but to the inhabitants of
the hamlets through which they pass. He is no less a star in Saint Dominic’s
crown, and his heroic sanctity has been proclaimed by the church.
He was a native of
Savigliano, a town of seventeen thousand inhabitants in Piedmont, and was born
in the castle of the Count of Lagnasco. Piety and learning were instilled into
him while yet a boy. Though gifted with an intelligent mind, and possessing a
handsome face he avoided all the snares to vanity. Perceiving the emptiness of
human delights he yearned for the happiness of heaven. Seeing the need of
laborers in Christ’s vineyard, he gave himself to God and the service of His
church by entering the order of Friar Preachers. He received the habit in the
monastery of his native town. From that time he had but one thought, to render
himself worthy of the apostolate by prayer, penance, and study. Piety without
solid learning is insufficient for him who is the guide of souls, while
learning, unless sanctified by prayer and seasoned with penance, is still more
hurtful. So he studied and prayed, and thus he became a saint.
In due time, from a
scholar he was made master, and employed in teaching in the University of
Turin, an honor and distinction conferred on only the most eminent among the
Dominican professors. He was also an indefatigable preacher, and led many
hardened sinners back to God and penance, and had the great satisfaction of
persuading several heretics to return to God’s holy church.
His reputation for
learning, eloquence, and holiness having become known to Blessed Amadeus, Duke
of Savoy, he invited him to preach at his court, and it is supposed that the
prince confided his conscience to his care, the greatest mark of esteem one
saint can give to another.
Blessed Bartholomew
Cerverius, having fallen a martyr to the rage of the heretics, Blessed Aimo was
chosen to succeed him in the office of commissary of the holy Inquisition, and
was invested with the office of Vicar General of Savigliano, with the duty of
watching over the purity of the faith in Alba, Mondovi, Saluzzo, and the
neighboring country. Soon afterwards he was nominated Inquisitor General in
Upper Lombardy and Liguria, a laborious and difficult office which he kept
until his death. He was frequently elected Prior of Savigliano, and more than
once Vicar Provincial. His personal example and his eloquent exhortations
powerfully contributed to the maintenance of religious discipline. During his
priorate the body of Blessed Antony of Pavia was solemnly translated to
Savigliano. This Dominican martyr met with his death at the hands of the
Vaudois, having attempted to combat their deadly errors in Piedmont.
In the midst of his
multiplied labors he lived in continual recollection and peace of soul. He had
these words, “To serve God is to reign,” continually on his lips. He caused
them to be written on the door of his cell, and on the façade of the monastery
church; and his whole life was one practical application of his favorite motto.
Sometimes he retired into a solitary place on a mountain near Saluzzo, where he
could give himself without hindrance to prayer and contemplation. His
familiarity with the holy angels was known to all. He continually conversed
with them, and once on the feast of Saint Hyppolitus and his fellow martyrs,
when saying the Divine office, he came to these words of the psalms,
“Exultabunt sancti in gloria,” “The saints shall rejoice in glory,” the angels
answered him: “Laetabuntur in cubilibus suis,” “They shall be joyful in their
beds” (Psalm 149:5), from which he knew that his own death was near at hand.
He slept in the Lord two
days afterwards, the Holy Mother of God, whom he had so much loved and served
so faithfully, obtaining for him the grace to die on the feast of her glorious
Assumption into heaven. Embracing the crucifix, which he held tightly in his
hands for a long time after his soul had been reunited to his Creator, he died,
15 August 1495, in his hundredth year.
An immense crowd gathered
round his mortal remains. Everyone desired to obtain some pious relic, and
there was but one opinion about his sanctity, but it was not until the present
century that the formal approbation of the church was asked and obtained for
his public worship.
Prayer
Ant. Blessed is this
saint who trusted in the Lord; he preached the commandments of the Lord, and is
now established upon His holy mountain.
V. Pray for us, O Blessed
Aimo,
R. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Almighty and most
merciful God, to serve whom is to reign, grant through the merits and intercession
of Blessed Aimo, Thy confessor, whom thou madest a famous champion of the
Faith, that, keeping Thy commandments faithfully on earth, we may deserve to
enjoy Thy eternal kingdom with him in heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
MLA
Citation
Father Thomas Austin
Dyson, O.P. “Blessed
Aimo Taparelli”. Stars
in Saint Dominic’s Crown, 1897. CatholicSaints.Info.
25 June 2022. Web. 22 March 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/stars-in-saint-dominics-crown-blessed-aimo-taparelli/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/stars-in-saint-dominics-crown-blessed-aimo-taparelli/
Short Lives of the Dominican Saints
– Blessed Aimo Taparelli, Confessor
(A.D. 1395-1495)
Almo Taparelli was a
member of the illustrious family of the Counts of Lagnasco, and was born at
Savigliano in Piedmont, A.D. 1395. As a youth he was remarkable both for his
great personal beauty and his singular talents; but, in spite of every
advantage which the world could offer, he very early resolved to embrace the
religious life and entered the Dominican Convent of his native place. He was no
less distinguished for his sweetness of disposition, humility, and
mortification than for his earnest application to study. Whilst still young, he
was called upon to teach publicly in the University of Turin, where he gained
universal applause. He found leisure also for preaching, and had the
consolation of bringing a vast number of sinners to repentance and of
reconciling many heretics to the Church. His fame reached the ears of Blessed
Amadeo, Duke of Savoy, who made choice of him to preach at his court and is
said to have sometimes consulted him on the affairs of his conscience.
After the martyrdom of
Blessed Bartholomew of Cerverio, Blessed Aimo was appointed his successor as
Commissary of the Inquisition and shortly afterwards Inquisitor-General in
Upper Lombardy and Liguria, a difficult and laborious office, which he
continued to discharge until his death. He also filled important posts as Prior
of Savigliano and Vicar Provincial, in which capacity he did much for the
promotion of regular discipline.
In the midst of his
manifold labours he preserved great recollection and peace of soul. These words
were ever on his lips, “To serve God is to reign.” He inscribed them on the
walls of his cell and in another form on the front of the Church: “Our
salvation consists solely in serving God. All else is deceit.” Sola salus
servire Deo; sunt cetera fraudes. His whole life was a practical illustration
of this maxim. He was much given to prayer and offered the Holy Sacrifice with
extraordinary devotion. He was wont often to retire to a solitary mountain in
the neighbourhood of Saluzzo, there to devote himself to contemplation and to
keep up the fire of Divine love in his soul. He bore a special devotion to the
Holy Angels, conversing familiarly with them and being often favoured by their
visits. On the Festival of Saint Hippolytus and his Companions, Martyrs, as he
recited in the Office the words, “The Saints shall rejoice in glory,” the
Angels responded, “They shall be joyful in their beds.” This he took to be a
sign of his approaching death, which happened two days later on the Feast of
the Assumption of our Blessed Lady, towards whom he had ever borne a tender
devotion. On the day of his death he recited his office and received the Last
Sacraments. In his agony, the holy old man, who was in his hundredth year,
clasped his crucifix closely to his breast and continued to hold it tightly
long after his spirit had departed. This happened in the year 1495. At the
beginning of the present century the remains of Blessed Aimo were translated to
the Church of Saint Dominic at Turin. He was beatified by Pius IX.
Prayer
O Almighty God, to serve
whom is to reign, grant, through the merits and intercession of Blessed Aimo,
Thy Confessor, whom Thou didst render a signal Feb. 21 champion of the faith,
that, faithfully keeping Thy commandments upon earth, we may deserve to enjoy
Thy eternal kingdom with him in heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
MLA
Citation
A Sister of the
Congregation of Saint Catherine of Siena. “Blessed Margaret of Savoy,
Widow”. Short Lives of the Dominican Saints, 1901. CatholicSaints.Info.
29 April 2010. Web. 22 March 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/short-lives-of-the-dominican-saints-blessed-aimo-taparelli-confessor/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/short-lives-of-the-dominican-saints-blessed-aimo-taparelli-confessor/
AUGUST 18, 2012
Blessed Aimo
Taparelli, C.O.P.
Memorial Day: August 18th
Profile
Aimo was one of the few
inquisitors in the Piedmont who lived to die in peace at about 100 years of
age. One of his first tasks on assuming the office was to give honorable burial
to two of his predecessors, who had been martyred. Why is it that we only seem
to think of the cruelties of the Inquisition, but rarely of the wrongs of the
opposing forces? Could it be that we assume that representatives of the holy
Catholic Church will always act like angels?
In any case, Aimo, scion
of the counts of Lagnasco, became a Dominican in his hometown at an early age.
He was a good student and made such rapid strides in his studies that he was
asked to teach at the University of Turin. Much of his life was spent preaching
and teaching.
He served for a time as
confessor at the court of Blessed Amadeus of Savoy, but did not like that life.
So, he was offered the even less attractive position of inquisitor-general of
Lombardy and Liguria when he was 71 years old. He replaced Blessed Bartholomew
Cerverio, who had just been martyred.
It had taken all the
strength of the young and vigorous, 46-year- old Bartholomew to hold such a
position; therefore, Aimo went to the Piedmont with considerable misgivings.
Nevertheless, he seems to have been a great success in the difficult office. He
converted many of his listeners by the sincerity and sweetness of his
preaching. His example was a beacon of hope to the Catholics of the area, who
had sometimes been embarrassed by the affluence of Church authorities and the
obvious poverty of the heretics.
One of Aimo’s first acts
was to arrange for the relics of Blessed Anthony of Pavoni to be brought home
to Savigliano and interred in the Dominican church there.
Born: in Savigliano,
Piedmont, Italy, c. 1395
Died: 1495
Beatified: cultus
confirmed in 1856 by Pope Pius IX
SOURCE : https://orderofpreachersindependent.org/2012/08/18/blessed-aimo-taparelli-c-o-p/
DOMINICAN OP, SAINT OF THE DAY
Saint of the Day – 15
August – Blessed Aimo Taparelli OP (c 1395-1495)
Posted on August
15, 2022
Saint of the Day – 15
August – Blessed Aimo Taparelli OP (c 1395-1495) Priest and Friar of the Order
of Preachers, widower and father, Reformer., spiritual writer. He served as an
Inquisitor-General for his order in the Lombard and Liguria regions of Italy
and became a travelling preacher in northern Italian Cities. Born in c 1395 at
Savigliano, Piedmont, Italy and died on 15 August 1495 (aged 100 years) at
Savigliano, Piedmont of natural causes. Also known as – Aimone Taparelli,
Haymo Taparelli, Elmo. Additional Memorial – 17 August, in Savigliano of
which Town Aimo is the Patron. His name means “defends the house with the sword.”
Aimo was Beatified on 29 May 1856 by Pope Pius IX.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Savigliano in
Piedmont, Blessed Aimone Taparelli, Priest of the Order of Preachers, tireless
defender of the truth.”
Aimo was born around 1395 in Savigliano to nobles who
were the Counts of Lagnasco. The Tapparelli, one of the oldest
families of Savigliano, boasted illustrious Ecclesiastics over the centuries.
Aimo first pursued a
career in law and was married and a father. But soon became a widower, mourning
both the death of his wife and his children. Aimo felt the call to the
religious life instead.
He felt the call to the
religious life and to this end he studied at Turin, graduating in Theology and
Sacred Scripture. Embracing complete self-denial, he entered the Order of
Preachers at Savigliano in 1441 at the San Domenico Convent.
From his earliest years,
he engaged in an intense apostolate. He was a worthy son of St Dominic, for the
effectiveness of his sermons and for the austerity of his life. When the clear
fame of his virtues reached the Savoy Court, Duke Amedeo IX wanted him to be
his Chaplain and Confessor. He
was then appointed Professor at the University of Turin (lecturer in Theology).
He returned to Savigliano and was appointed as the
Inquisitor-General for his Order in the Lombard and Ligurian regions. He
was appointed as such to replace the murdered Fr Bartolomeo Cerveri. He carried
out this delicate task with care and tireless preservation of the Catholic
faith, strengthened by the example of his previous confreres in this role, who
had suffered martyrdom in carrying out this mission. In the case of Blessed
Antonio Pavoni (1325-1374), he personally organised his honourable burial .
In 1468 he became
Superior of his Convent and then Prior of it in 1483. He was confirmed twice as
the Inquisitor-General in 1483 and in 1489 and finally, Aimo was appointed as
the Provincial Vicar. As he defended the values of Catholicism, his zeal in
restoring and confirming discipline within the Order was equal, so much so that
he is remembered among the most ardent reformers of the fifteenth century.
However, he also loved
solitude and when he could, he retired to a small hermitage in Verzuolo, where
there was a Chapel dedicated to St Cristina, 5 kilometers from his Convent.
Aimo composed various
religious writings and promoted the cult of the Mother of God, towards whom,he
always nourished deep devotion.
In 1495 at almost 100
years old, Aimo predicted his death. A pious legend tells that the Angels
warned him that it would take place on the Feast of the glorious Assumption of
the Virgin. In bed, reciting the Office, he pressed the Crucifix to his heart
and, having received the Sacraments, he expired saying “To serve God is to
reign.”
The Friars in choir, read
the introit of the solemn Mass. With difficulty they removed the Crucifix from
his hands while a crowd had already gathered at the Convent.
Aimo was buried in the
choir, in a new tomb, where the faithful, who soon wanted his relics, could go
to pray. Some brought wax tablets as ex-votos. Two extraordinary miracles are
well remembered – the healing of a woman’s mother from cancer and the
conception of a child, in old age, of a couple believed to be sterile. They
were from the Genola family and the newborn, who was given the name Aimo, would
become an illustrious scholar.
At the beginning of the
19th century his remains were brought to St Domenic Church in Turin. Pope Pius IX, on 29 May 1856, approved the cult,
setting its memorial of the Blessed Aimo for 17 August, which date is still
honoured in Savigliano.
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Beato Aimone
Taparelli Sacerdote domenicano
Savigliano, Cuneo, 1398 -
5 agosto 1495
Nel giorno della
solennità dell'Assunzione della beata Vergine Maria, la Chiesa ricorda, tra gli
altri, anche il beato Aimone Taparelli. Taparelli, dei conti di Lagnasco,
nacque a Savigliano, in Piemonte, nel 1398. Entrò nell'ordine dei Predicatori
all'età di 50 anni, dopo la morte della moglie e dei figli. Fu docente
all'Università di Torino, confessore di Amedeo IX duca di Savoia, inquisitore
per la Lombardia superiore e la Liguria, priore del convento di Savigliano e
vicario provinciale dell'ordine. Morì nel 1495 nel giorno dell'Assunta, come lui
stesso aveva predetto. Dai primi dell'Ottocento i suoi resti riposano nella
chiesa di San Domenico a Torino. Pio IX ne ha approvato il culto nel
1856. (Avvenire)
Etimologia: Aimone =
difende la casa con la spada, dal sassone
Martirologio
Romano: A Savigliano in Piemonte, beato Aimone Taparelli, sacerdote
dell’Ordine dei Predicatori, instancabile difensore della verità.
I Tapparelli, una delle
famiglie più antiche di Savigliano, vantarono nei secoli ecclesiastici
illustri. Nel secolo XVI il vescovo Gianmaria, nel secolo XVII un gesuita,
Cesare Michele, che visse e morì santamente in America. Fra tutti spicca Aimone
che nacque nel 1398, nel ramo dei Conti di Lagnasco. La sua lunga vita si
sarebbe divisa esattamente a metà: a cinquant’anni la morte seminò il lutto
nella sua casa e, vedovo, pianse anche la morte dei figli. Una fede profonda
gli fu di conforto tanto che decise di abbracciare la vita religiosa entrando
nell’Ordine dei Predicatori. Aveva già una formazione umanistica, si licenziò
quindi in Teologia e in Sacra Scrittura. Fin dai primi anni s’impegnò in un
intenso apostolato: fu degno figlio di san Domenico, per l’efficacia del
sermoneggiare e per l’austerità della vita. Quando la chiara fama delle sue
virtù arrivò alla corte sabauda, il Duca B. Amedeo IX lo volle suo predicatore
e per un certo periodo confessore. Fu quindi nominato professore all’Università
di Torino (lettore in Teologia). Tornò a Savigliano quando fu trucidato dagli
eretici il B. Bartolomeo Cerveri (1466), succedendogli l’anno seguente
nell’ufficio di inquisitore con patente del padre Antonio Ferreri inquisitore
generale. Padre Aimone svolse il suo delicato ministero sul Marchesato di
Saluzzo, le diocesi di Alba e Mondovì, Cherasco, Savigliano, la Liguria
superiore e parte della Lombardia. Fu infaticabile nel preservare la fede
cattolica, fortificato dall’esempio dei confratelli che per svolgere tale
missione subirono il martirio. Nel caso del B. Antonio Pavoni dovette
personalmente provvedere alla sua onorevole sepoltura.
Come difese i valori del
cattolicesimo, pari fu il suo zelo nel ricondurre e confermare la disciplina in
seno all’Ordine, tanto da essere ricordato tra i più ardenti riformatori del XV
secolo. Amava però anche la solitudine e quando poteva si ritirava in un piccolo
eremo a Verzuolo, dov’era una cappella dedicata a santa Cristina (a 860 metri
di altitudine, a 5 chilometri da Saluzzo). Aimone compose vari scritti a
carattere religioso e promosse il culto alla Madonna, verso cui nutrì sempre
profonda devozione. Fu più volte Priore del Convento di Savigliano e Vicario
Provinciale. Nel 1475 accolse nell’Ordine Peronino Sereno (m. 1524), futuro
celebre cronista saluzzese e domenicano.
Quasi centenario, nel 1495, Aimone predisse la sua morte. Una pia leggenda narra che gli angeli lo avvisarono che sarebbe avvenuta per la solennità della gloriosa Assunzione della Vergine. A letto, recitando l’Ufficio, strinse al cuore il Crocifisso e, ricevuti i sacramenti, spirò pronunciando “Servire Deo regnare est”. I frati in coro leggevano l’introito della messa solenne. Con stento gli tolsero dalle mani il crocifisso mentre già una folla si era radunata presso il convento. Fu sepolto nel coro, in un sepolcro nuovo, dove i fedeli, che presto vollero sue reliquie, potevano recarsi a pregare. Alcuni portarono tavolette di cera quali ex voto. Di due miracoli straordinari è rimasta memoria: la guarigione da cancro alla mamella di una donna e il concepimento di un bambino, in tarda età, di una coppia creduta sterile. Erano della Casata dei Genola e il neonato, cui fu dato il nome Aimone, diverrà un illustre studioso. Fin dalle prime raffigurazioni Aimone Taparelli venne effigiato con i raggi da beato. Al principio del XIX° secolo i suoi resti furono portati a San Domenico di Torino. Il beato Pio IX, il 29 maggio 1856, ne approvò il culto fissandone la memoria al 17 agosto.
Autore: Daniele Bolognini
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90794
Beato Aimone Taparelli
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sacerdote (1398-1495) – memoria facoltativa 12 agosto
Il beato Aimone, dei Conti di Lagnasco, mise a
servizio dell’ideale domenicano la sua esistenza quasi secolare. Dapprima
s’interessò di giurisprudenza, poi, morti la moglie ed i figli, entrò
nell’Ordine all’età di cinquant’anni, nel convento di Savigliano.
La difesa della fede fu il solo movente che lo guidò
nelle diverse mansioni.
Aveva già una formazione umanistica, si licenziò
quindi in Teologia e in Sacra Scrittura. Fin dai primi anni s’impegnò in un
intenso apostolato: fu degno figlio di san Domenico, per l’efficacia del
sermoneggiare e per l’austerità della vita. Quando la chiara fama delle sue
virtù arrivò alla corte sabauda, il Duca B. Amedeo IX lo volle suo predicatore
e per un certo periodo confessore. Fu quindi nominato professore all’Università
di Torino (lettore in Teologia). Tornò a Savigliano quando fu trucidato dagli
eretici il B. Bartolomeo Cerveri (1466), succedendogli l’anno seguente
nell’ufficio di inquisitore con patente del padre Antonio Ferreri inquisitore
generale. Padre Aimone svolse il suo delicato ministero sul Marchesato di
Saluzzo, le diocesi di Alba e Mondovì, Cherasco, Savigliano, la Liguria
superiore e parte della Lombardia. Fu infaticabile nel preservare la fede
cattolica, fortificato dall’esempio dei confratelli che per svolgere tale
missione subirono il martirio. Nel caso del B. Antonio Pavoni dovette
personalmente provvedere alla sua onorevole sepoltura.
Come difese i valori del cattolicesimo, pari fu il suo
zelo nel ricondurre e confermare la disciplina in seno all’Ordine, tanto da
essere ricordato tra i più ardenti riformatori del XV secolo. Amava però anche
la solitudine e quando poteva si ritirava in un piccolo eremo a Verzuolo,
dov’era una cappella dedicata a santa Cristina (a 860 metri di altitudine, a 5
chilometri da Saluzzo). Aimone compose vari scritti a carattere religioso e
promosse il culto alla Madonna, verso cui nutrì sempre profonda devozione. Fu
più volte Priore del Convento di Savigliano e Vicario Provinciale.
Quasi centenario, nel 1495, avendo predetto la sua morte
per la solennità dell’Assunzione al cielo della Beata Vergine Maria, volle
ricevere tutti i Sacramenti. Mentre recitava l’Ufficio, stretto al cuore il
Crocifisso, spirò santamente.
Al principio del XIX secolo i suoi resti furono
portati a San Domenico di Torino. Papa Pio IX il 29 maggio 1856 ne ha approvato
il culto.
SOURCE : https://www.amicidomenicani.it/beato-aimone-taparelli/
Beato Aimón Taparelli
Nacido en Piamonte en el
siglo XIV, al quedar viudo y morir también sus hijos, entró en la Orden de
Predicadores, fue confesor del duque Amadeo IX de Saboya
Aimón nació en Savigliano
(Piamonte, Italia) en la familia de los condes de Legnasco en 1398.Se dedicó a
la jurisprudencia y entró en la Orden a los cincuenta años, al morir su esposa
e hijos. Fue profesor de teología, inquisidor «más de la verdad que de la
herejía», sucediendo en el oficio al mártir beato Bartolomé Cerveri, y confesor
y predicador del duque Amadeo IX de Saboya. «El servir a Dios fue su única
salvación y reinado». Murió en Savigliano el 15 de agosto de 1495 y su cuerpo
se venera desde 1858 en la iglesia de Santo Domingo de Turín. Su culto fue
confirmado en 1856.
Del Común de pastores o
de religiosos.
Oración colecta
Oh Dios, servirte a ti es ya reinar:
te pedimos nos concedas,
por intercesión del beato Aimón,
a quien hiciste insigne defensor de la fe,
que, sirviéndote en la Iglesia
en promover su paz y su unidad,
merezcamos gozar con él del reino eterno.
Por nuestro Señor Jesucristo, tu Hijo,
que vive y reina contigo
en la unidad del Espíritu Santo
y es Dios por los siglos de los siglos.
Liturgia de las Horas.
Propio OP.
SOURCE : https://www.dominicos.org/predicacion/evangelio-del-dia/13-8-2022/beato-aimon-taparelli/
Aymón Taparelli. Beato.
(1398-1495).
Martirologio Romano: En
Savigliano en Piamonte, beato Aymón Taparelli, sacerdote de la Orden de
Predicadores, incansable defensor de la verdad.
Nació en Savigliano en el
Piamonte en el seno de la familia de los condes de Lagnasco. Ingresó en los
dominicos, con 50 años, después de la muerte de su mujer y sus hijos. Fue
grande en el aprovechamiento en el saber y todavía más en la virtud. Parecía que
sólo era sensible a las cosas del Cielo. Por su continuo contacto con Dios,
sobresalió en la caridad, sin cansarse nunca.
Fue profesor de la
Universidad de Turín, después predicador y fue nombrado capellán del beato
Amadeo de Saboya. Cuando murió el beato Bartolomé de Cervere, le sucedió como
Inquisidor general de Lombardía Superior y Liguria. Fue un inquisidor más
defensor de la verdad que contra los herejes. Para preservar la fe de la
herejía, que infectaban aquellas regiones, no ahorró fatigas y peligros. Fue
incansable en su celo por reconducir y confirmar la disciplina regular en el
seno de la Orden, tanto que se le considera uno de los más ardientes
reformadores del siglo XV. Fue muchas veces prior del convento de Savigliano y
vicario provincial de su Provincia. Murió centenario, después de predecir su
muerte, recibir todos los sacramentos. Mientras recitaba el “Oficio Divino”,
apretando en su corazón un crucifico expiró santamente. Sus restos se
encuentran en el convento de San Domenico en Turín.
SOURCE : http://hagiopedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/otros-santos-del-dia_15.html
