Oct 2, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
After returning briefly to his homeland to recover, teach and settle unfinished matters, Ignatius travels to Venice to rejoin his companions. When war prevents them from sailing to Jerusalem, they…
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Jack BentzHostWith that done, he mounted the pony the companions had brought him and set out alone homewards.
Along the way, he felt much better.
When he arrived in the province, he left the highway and took the mountain road, which was more secluded.
Having moved along a bit, he saw two armed men who were approaching him.
That road is somewhat notorious for assassins.
A little after they had passed him, they turned about and came toward him in great haste, and he was a little afraid.
All the same, he spoke to them and learned that they were servants of his brother, who had sent them to meet him.
So they went ahead, and he went the same way.
Just before he got to the place, he came upon the above-mentioned men who were approaching him, and they were very insistent about taking him to his brother's house, but they could not constrain him.
So he went to the hospice, and later, at a convenient hour, went to seek alms in the locality.
In this hospice, he began to speak with many who came to visit him of the things of God, by whose grace much fruit was derived.
As soon as he arrived, he decided to teach Christian doctrine every day to children, but his brother strongly objected to this, saying no one would come.
He replied that one would be enough, but after he began to do it, many came continually to hear him, and even his brother.
Besides Christian doctrine, he also preached on Sundays and feasts with profit and help to the souls who came many miles to hear him.
He also made an attempt to eliminate some abuses, and with God's help, some were set right.
For example, he persuaded the one administering justice to have gambling banned under sanction.
There was also another abuse there.
Namely, the girls in that region always go about with head uncovered and do not cover it until they are married.
But there are many who have become concubines of priests and other men and are faithful to them as though they were their wives.
This is so common that the concubines are not at all ashamed to say that they have covered their heads for so-and-so and are acknowledged as such.
Much evil results from this custom.
The pilgrim persuaded the governor to make a law that all those who covered the head for anyone and were not the wives should be legally punished, and so this abuse began to be corrected.
But though he had felt well at the beginning, he later fell seriously ill.
With that done, he mounted the pony the companions had brought him and set out alone homewards.
Along the way, he felt much better.
When he arrived in the province, he left the highway and took the mountain road, which was more secluded.
Having moved along a bit, he saw two armed men who were approaching him.
That road is somewhat notorious for assassins.
A little after they had passed him, they turned about and came toward him in great haste, and he was a little afraid.
All the same, he spoke to them and learned that they were servants of his brother, who had sent them to meet him.
So they went ahead, and he went the same way.
Just before he got to the place, he came upon the above-mentioned men who were approaching him, and they were very insistent about taking him to his brother's house, but they could not constrain him.
So he went to the hospice, and later, at a convenient hour, went to seek alms in the locality.
In this hospice, he began to speak with many who came to visit him of the things of God, by whose grace much fruit was derived.
As soon as he arrived, he decided to teach Christian doctrine every day to children, but his brother strongly objected to this, saying no one would come.
He replied that one would be enough, but after he began to do it, many came continually to hear him, and even his brother.
Besides Christian doctrine, he also preached on Sundays and feasts with profit and help to the souls who came many miles to hear him.
He also made an attempt to eliminate some abuses, and with God's help, some were set right.
For example, he persuaded the one administering justice to have gambling banned under sanction.
There was also another abuse there.
Namely, the girls in that region always go about with head uncovered and do not cover it until they are married.
But there are many who have become concubines of priests and other men and are faithful to them as though they were their wives.
This is so common that the concubines are not at all ashamed to say that they have covered their heads for so-and-so and are acknowledged as such.
Much evil results from this custom.
The pilgrim persuaded the governor to make a law that all those who covered the head for anyone and were not the wives should be legally punished, and so this abuse began to be corrected.
But though he had felt well at the beginning, he later fell seriously ill.
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