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   Edward I. At a time, when the crusading efforts of all the rest of   
   Christendom, hardly sufficed to maintain a foothold on the coast of   
   the Holy Land,  Ferdinand inflicted on medieval Islam its greatest   
   defeat up until that time.   
      
   King Saint Ferdinand had been known as “the Saint” during his   
   lifetime, so it should come as no surprise that immediately after his   
   death, his subjects unanimously awarded him a place in celestial   
   glory. St Ferdinand soon became the object of public veneration and   
   many miracles were recorded and that same year Pope Innocent IV   
   declared that King Saint Fernando of Castile enjoyed the reputation of   
   “having always followed the path of obedience to the Divine precepts,   
   and that he greatly contributed to the spreading of the worship of the   
   Holy Name of Jesus.”   
      
   By the time of his death in 1252, Ferdinand III had delivered to his   
   son and heir, Alfonso X, a massively expanded kingdom. The boundaries   
   of the new Castilian state established by Ferdinand III would remain   
   nearly unchanged until the late 15th century. His biographer, Sister   
   María del Carmen Fernández de Castro Cabeza, A.C.J., asserts that, on   
   his deathbed, Ferdinand said to his son “you will be rich in land and   
   in many good vassals, more than any other king in Christendom.”   
   Ferdinand was buried in the Cathedral of Seville by his son, Alfonso   
   X. His tomb is inscribed in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Latin and   
   an early version of Castilian.   
      
   The body of St Ferdinand is incorrupt and he can still be seen in the   
   Cathedral of Seville, for he rests now enclosed in a marvellous gold   
   and crystal casket worthy of the Castilian king. King Saint Ferdinand   
   is the only king whose earthly crown has never been taken away, for   
   his golden crown still encircles his head as he reclines beneath the   
   statue of the Virgin of the Kings, awaiting the day of resurrection.   
      
   St Ferdinand was Beatified on 31 May 1655 by Pope Alexander VII and   
   Canonised in 1671 by Pope Clement X.   
      
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   Saint Quote:   
   Greed will demand of you labor, danger, hardships, and troubles, and   
   you will readily agree to its demands. And for what purpose? So you   
   can have what will fill up your purse but empty out your peace of   
   mind!.   
   --St Augustine   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and   
   cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink.  He   
   that believeth in me, as the scripture saith: Out of his belly shall   
   flow rivers of living water.  Now this he said of the Spirit which   
   they should receive who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not   
   given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.  [John 7:37-39]  DRB   
      
      
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   A prayer to Saint Michael, for aid against the spiritual enemies of God:   
      
   Glorious St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, who standest always   
   ready to give assistance to the people of God; who didst fight with the   
   dragon, the old serpent, and didst cast him out of heaven, and now   
   valiantly defendest the Church of God that the gates of hell may never   
   prevail against her, I earnestly entreat thee to assist me also, in the   
   painful and dangerous conflict which I have to sustain against the same   
   formidable foe.   
      
   Be with me, O mighty Prince! that I may courageously fight and   
   wholly vanquish that proud spirit, whom thou hast by the Divine Power, so   
   gloriously overthrown, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ, has, in   
   our nature, so completely overcome; to the end that having triumphed over   
   the enemy of my salvation, I may with thee and the holy angels, praise the   
   clemency of God who, having refused mercy to the rebellious angels after   
   their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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