Saint
John Chrysostom
Feastday
September 13
St.
John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came
into the world of Christian parents, about the year 344, in the city of
Antioch. His mother, at the age of 20, was a model of virtue. He studied
rhetoric under Libanius, a pagan, the most famous orator of the age. In
374, he began to lead the life of an anchorite in the mountains near
Antioch, but in 386 the poor state of his health forced him to return to
Antioch, where he was ordained a priest.
In
398, he was elevated to the See of Constantinople and became one of the
greatest lights of the Church. But he had enemies in high places and some
were ecclesiastics, not the least being Theophilus, Patriarch of
Alexandria, who repented of this before he died. His most powerful enemy,
however, was the empress Eudoxia, who was offended by the apostolic
freedom of his discourses. Several accusations were brought against him in
a pseudo-council, and he was sent into exile.
In
the midst of his sufferings, like the apostle, St. Paul, whom he so
greatly admired, he found the greatest peace and happiness. He had the
consolation of knowing that the Pope remained his friend, and did for him
what lay in his power. His enemies were not satisfied with the sufferings
he had already endured, and they banished him still further, to Pythius,
at the very extremity of the Empire. He died on his way there on September
14, 407.
(Source: Catholic Online)
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