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English: AN Irish priest is on his way to being declared a saint after a series of miracle cures.
A campaign which has the backing of a leading bishop - has begun to fast-track Fr Andrew Mullen to sainthood. Devout followers claim to have seen lights coming from his final resting place in Daingean, Co Offaly. Retired priest Fr William Dempsey RIP, who was leading the campaign for canonisation, said: "At least two major miracles have been attributed to him. There is a case where a woman who had TB was cured after visiting the grave another man suffering from mental illness was also made well when he was taken to the cemetery and many who visit get great comfort. Fr Dempsey has published a life of Fr Mullen entitled A Light From The Grave. He was born in 1790 in Daingean and devoted himself to the poor and the sick of Clonmore, Co Offaly. In 1818, he died of typhoid fever and was buried in Clonmore. But five weeks later his body was exhumed by friends and buried in Daingean. The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Dr Jim Moriarty has formally backed the move to have Fr Andrew declared a "holy person" - the first step on the road to sainthood. Irish Mirror Comment: P6 pat.flanagan@irishmirror.ieItaliano: UN prete irlandese sta per essere dichiarato santo dopo una serie di cure miracolose.
Una campagna che ha il sostegno di un importante vescovo - ha iniziato a velocizzare padre Andrew Mullen verso la santità. I devoti seguaci affermano di aver visto le luci provenire dalla sua ultima dimora a Daingean, nella contea di Offaly. Il sacerdote in pensione p. William Dempsey RIP, che guidava la campagna per la canonizzazione, ha detto: "Gli sono stati attribuiti almeno due grandi miracoli. C'è un caso in cui una donna che aveva la tubercolosi è stata curata dopo aver visitato la tomba, anche un altro uomo che soffriva di malattie mentali è stato guarito quando è stato portato al cimitero e molti che visitano ottengono grande conforto. Padre Dempsey ha pubblicato una vita di padre Mullen dal titolo A Light From The Grave. Nacque nel 1790 in Daingean e si dedicò ai poveri e ai malati di Clonmore, Co Offaly. Nel 1818 morì di febbre tifoide e fu sepolto a Clonmore. Ma cinque settimane dopo il suo corpo è stato riesumato dagli amici e sepolto nel Daingean. Il vescovo di Kildare e Leighlin, il dottor Jim Moriarty, ha formalmente appoggiato la decisione di far dichiarare padre Andrew una "persona santa" - il primo passo sulla strada della santità. Commento irlandese allo specchio: P6 pat.flanagan@irishmirror.ie |
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The Irish Times
Nearly 200 years after his death, devotion among local people to a priest from Daingean, Co Offaly, has remained undiminished.
Father Andrew Mullen's grave at Killaderry, near the town, is a place of prayer. To this day people seeking cures for illness spend a night on the tomb of the young priest who died at 28.
Recently, moves to have the priest canonised received a boost with the publication of a book on his life by another local priest, Father William Dempsey.
A Light From The Grave puts forward a case for holiness which will be made to the authorities in Rome.
Father Dempsey, who lives in Daingean and is a native of Ballycommon, tells the story of the life of the young priest who was revered by the people of his area.
Father Mullen's impact was such that following his death and burial in Clonmore, Co Carlow, in 1818, local people from Daingean stole the body and returned it to his home parish.
Upon removing Father Mullen's body five weeks after his death, it emerged that his corpse had not decomposed, and this was taken as a sign he had gone straight to heaven.
However, Father Mullen was unable to rest totally at peace because five weeks later the body of a local Protestant man was buried in the grave above him, which caused great offence to local Catholics.
They dug up the remains of the Protestant man and left his coffin some distance from the grave. The local constabulary put the coffin back in the grave, but it was again dug up and left on the roadside despite the fact there was an armed guard on the grave.
The matter was resolved when the remains were buried in another graveyard.
A Light From The Grave contains claims by a number of people of cures they have received at the grave or by using clay from the grave of Father Mullen.
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