Dalmazio Moner (1291 - 24 September 1341) was a Spanish

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and a professed member of the

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from

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. Moner lived a humble life of solitude at his

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in Girona and later lived a period in

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in a cave before being summoned back to Girona where he later died. His beatification received formal ratification from Pope Innocent XIII on 13 August 1721 after the latter confirmed the late friar's local 'cultus' - or popular devotion.

Life

Dalmazio Moner was born in 1291 in

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- under Aragonese monarchical rule - to

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nobles. He studied in both his hometown of

and in

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. He became a professed member of the

in Girona at the age of fifteen in 1306 and was later

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to the priesthood at some point. Moner never wore a habit that was not in tatters and he picked up items of clothing from his fellow friars that were worn out and wore them as both a humble act of poorness and a penitential act. The friar never consumed fish or eggs and he instead lived on a diet of unseasoned vegetables and hard bread though he added a few ashes to such meals during each

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. He also slept on bare earth and he often visited a local church to reflect and take an occasional nap in which he rested his head on the altar step. On one occasion a novice tempted to leave the order received a visit from Moner who convinced him otherwise and saw the novice remain in the order and on another occasion refused to help a mother heal her child of a serious sight disease after he said the disease would save him from serious sin and that God would decide the right time for the child to be healed. Moner did not speak to women much though when he did he turned his back to them and spoke over his shoulder. He refused all administrative offices offered to him. He was also commissioned to found a

in Castellón de Ampurias and after its construction returned to Girona in 1331. Sometime in the last four decades of his life he relocated to southern

and lived in

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in the cave that was said to be the place where

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once lived in and he ventured there as part of a pilgrimage. He left the cave just to attend choir sessions and to attend

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. In 1334 he began his life of solitude in the cave and then in 1337 he returned to Girona after being summoned where he spent the remainder of his life in his convent. He died on 24 September 1341 and his remains were interred in Girona.

Beatification

Moner's beatification received official approval from Pope Innocent XIII on 13 August 1721 after the pontiff ratified a decree that confirmed the late friar's local 'cultus' - otherwise known as popular and enduring veneration to him.

References

External links

The Order of Preachers, Independent
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