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SUMMARY:Saint Conrad of Piacenza
DESCRIPTION:Saint Conrad of Piacenza\nSaint of the Day for February 19\n(c. 1290 – February 19\, 1351)\nSaint Conrad of Piacenza’s Story\nBorn of a noble family in northern Italy\, Conrad as a young man married Euphrosyne\, daughter of a nobleman. \nOne day while hunting he ordered attendants to set fire to some brush in order to flush out the game. The fire spread to nearby fields and to a large forest. Conrad fled. An innocent peasant was imprisoned\, tortured to confess\, and condemned to death. Conrad confessed his guilt\, saved the man’s life\, and paid for the damaged property. \nSoon after this event\, Conrad and his wife agreed to separate: she to a Poor Clare monastery and he to a group of hermits following the Third Order Rule. His reputation for holiness\, however\, spread quickly. Since his many visitors destroyed his solitude\, Conrad went to a more remote spot in Sicily where he lived 36 years as a hermit\, praying for himself and for the rest of the world. \nPrayer and penance were his answer to the temptations that beset him. Conrad died kneeling before a crucifix. He was canonized in 1625. \n\nReflection\nFrancis of Assisi was drawn both to contemplation and to a life of preaching; periods of intense prayer nourished his preaching. Some of his early followers\, however\, felt called to a life of greater contemplation\, and he accepted that. Though Conrad of Piacenza is not the norm in the Church\, he and other contemplatives remind us of the greatness of God and of the joys of heaven.
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