Chapter 164 191. Padre Ineiazio

Priest Ignazio [1] is a secular priest, he has to go out every day to alms for the monastery.He likes to go where the poor live, because what the poor give him is from the heart.He never asked for alms from a notary named Franzino, who he thought was a wicked man who lived by extracting the blood and sweat of the poor. One day, Priest Ignazio deliberately avoided the home of the notary Francino while taking alms, which offended him.Notary Francino went to the monastery to find the abbot, and complained that Padre Ignazio had been rude to him. "Father, do I seem to you an insignificant person?"

The dean quickly persuaded him to appease his anger and agreed to criticize Priest Ineiazio.The notary left contentedly. When Priest Ignazio returned to the monastery, the abbot said to him: "How can you underestimate Notary Francino? Tomorrow you go to his house and take whatever he gives you." Priest Ignazio was silent and nodded. The next morning he arrived at the notary's house, and the notary Francino filled his bag with various offerings.Priest Ignazio put the heavy backpack on his back, turned around and went back to the monastery.As soon as he took a step, a drop of blood dripped from the bag, followed by another drop, so that the blood dripped into a string.The people on the street saw blood flowing out of his backpack, and exclaimed: "Today is the carnivorous festival of the priests of Ineiazio! Now, the priests can feast on their mouths!" Inea Priest Zio said nothing, just walked with his head bowed.A trail of blood was left behind him.

When they returned to the monastery, the monks saw blood dripping from his knapsack and said, "Brother Ignazio, you brought us meat today! It was just slaughtered!" They opened the knapsack and looked inside. There was no meat at all. "Then where did the blood come from?" "Don't be afraid," said Padre Ineiazio, "the blood is indeed from my knapsack, for what the notary Francino gave me was the blood of the poor he squeezed, not his own. labor income." From that time on, Padre Ignazio never went to the notary Francino for alms. (Campidano region)

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ [1] That is, the founder of the Society of Jesus, the Spaniard Ineiazio de Loyola.