2023-08-07 14:05:00
Thousands of faithful entered the Sanctuary of San Cayetanoin the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Liniers, to pay homage, ask and thank “patron of bread and work“. As every year, from Sunday followingnoon the devotees celebrated the vigil with fireworks and a music festival.
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The mass of the previous day was held at 6:00 p.m. and was presided over by Monsignor Gustavo Oscar Carrararecently appointed as Vicar General of Buenos Aires by the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Ignacio Garcia Cuerva. “This Shrine is going to become this Monday the heart of a people that asks for peace and work, It will be a sounding board for the whole country.“, he said at the beginning of his homily.
the faithful of San Cayetano came to Liniers from different parts of the country and camped in the vicinity of the Sanctuary of San Cayetano, located in Cuzco 150. With ears of wheat and photographs, the faithful paraded between the fences to receive the priest’s blessing and contemplate the image of the saint. “It’s my second year here, It’s sad not having a job or being able to bring food to your loved ones, I hope that this year I’ll be given“, told Télam a woman named Maria Eugenia, 36, who traveled from San Miguel with her little daughter.
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Around 8:00 p.m., the police band sang the Argentine National Anthem and then it was time for the musical ensembles, among which stood out the tranqera, Home of Christ y Umachaqui.
Today, starting at 11, the Central Mass will take place, which will be presided over by garcia cave. Before, the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) It will carry out the blessing of tools and offerings from its different branches at the intersection of Cuzco and Rivadavia streets.
The origin of the devotion to San Cayetano, the patron saint of bread and work
San Cayetano He is one of the most popular saints in Argentina. His story, unknown to many, dates back to the 15th century Italy.
Cajetan de Thiene was born on October 1, 1480. There is no consensus on what his hometown was. Some authors affirm that he was born in Vicenza, a town in the lordship of Venice, and others in Gaeta. It happens that his name Cayetanomeans “coming from Caieta“, as the city was called in Roman times. Son of a noble family, his father was Count Gasparo of Thiene, who died when he was just 12 years old. He grew up with his mother, the countess Maria Da Portowho would later become a Dominican tertiary.
He received his doctorate in Law and Theology from the University of Padua and at the age of 30 settled in Roma, where he was part of the court of Pope Julius II. After six years he left court life and founded the “Oratory of Divine Love”. At 35 he was ordained as a priest. One of his most recognized works was the founding of the Hospital of the Incurables, un hospital para enfermos incurables.
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In his first years as a priest, he decided to abandon all the financial benefits he had for coming from a wealthy family. The Church recognizes him miracles to St. Cayetano. One of the first would have happened when he visited a hospital in Venice and met a young woman whose leg was regarding to be amputated. He reached over, kissed her leg, and made the sign of the cross for her. The next day, the woman was cured.
However, they are also attributed miracles following deathwhich happened on August 7, 1547. The story tells that in the midst of the economic crisis of 1930, a priest advised his faithful to pray to the saint for bread and work and that their economic situation soon improved.
He was beatified on October 8, 1629 by Pope Urban VIII and canonized on April 12, 1671 by Pope Clement X.
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