STEPHEN (Mercuelio-Zabalza) da Adoain. - Born at Adoain (Navarre) on 11 Oct. 1808, died at Sanlucar de Barrameda on 7 Oct. 1880.
Having entered the Capuchins at Cintruénigo on 28 Nov. 1828 and been ordained a priest on 22 Dec. 1832, he was sent in 1842 as a missionary to Venezuela; in 1853 he moved on to Cuba; in 1856 to Guatemala; in 1872 to the United States, and in 1874 he returned to Spain.
In the course of his missionary activity he set many Christian families in order, civilized very many savages, and established religious associations in more than 200 parishes. In Central America he pacified insurrections and revolutions. He attended the plague-stricken many times. He founded various convents and retreat houses, and this in the midst of persecutions, trials, imprisonments, exiles, and grave illnesses, displaying a prodigious constancy. Having returned to Spain in 1874, he traveled through Andalusia and Navarre to great acclaim, causing the Christian life to flourish everywhere, convincing more by his conduct than by his powerful voice. He worked for the Capuchin restoration in Spain, as provincial commissioner of Andalusia and vice-commissary general of the Capuchins in Spain, and he prepared the reunion of the Spanish Capuchins with the rest of the Order.
The cause of beatification was introduced on 27 March 1936.
Bibliography3 worksAnal. Ord. Cap., 52 (1936), pp. 114; 57 (1941), pp. 35-36; Gumersindo de Estella, Historia y impresas apostólicas del Siervo de Dios p. Este
BIBL.: Anal. Ord. Cap., 52 (1936), pp. 114; 57 (1941), pp. 35-36; Gumersindo de Estella, Historia y impresas apostólicas del Siervo de Dios p. Esteban de Adoain, Pamplona 1944.
Felice da Mareto. “Stefano (Mercuello-Zabalza) da Adoain.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 1304–1305. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/stefano-mercuello-zabalza-da-adoain.
MLA
Felice da Mareto. “Stefano (Mercuello-Zabalza) da Adoain.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1304–1305. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/stefano-mercuello-zabalza-da-adoain.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec11_stefano_mercuello_zabalza_da_a,
author = {Felice da Mareto},
title = {Stefano (Mercuello-Zabalza) da Adoain},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {1304--1305},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/stefano-mercuello-zabalza-da-adoain}
}
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