St. Peter Celestine, Pope (19 May): Butler's Lives of the Saints

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Saint Peter Celestine V is one of the most extraordinary saints in Church history — a hermit monk who became Pope and willingly gave up the throne of Saint Peter out of humility and love for God. In this powerful reading from The Lives of the Saints by Father Alban Butler, discover the inspiring story of a man who fled worldly honors, embraced solitude, practiced severe penance, and sought only union with God. Though raised to the highest office in the Church, Saint Peter Celestine V longed only for silence, prayer, and holiness. His life is a profound lesson on: humility detachment from worldly ambition contemplative prayer solitude and holiness trust in God’s will the dangers of pride and worldly power This Catholic saint biography explores the saint’s austere monastic life, his election to the papacy, his shocking abdication, and his final years of suffering and holiness. May the life of Saint Peter Celestine inspire us to seek God above all earthly honors. 📖 Source: The Lives of the Saints by Father Alban Butler 🎙️ Traditional Catholic audiobook / saint meditation 🙏 Pray for us, Saint Peter Celestine V. 00:00 Introduction 00:17 Birth and Early Piety 01:12 Desire for Solitude and Penance 01:37 Life in the Wilderness 02:11 Trials, Temptations, and Spiritual Warfare 03:10 Founding a Religious Community 04:16 Extreme Austerities and Prayer 05:15 Approval of the Celestine Order 05:40 Chosen Pope After a Long Vacancy 06:46 Crowned Pope Celestine V 07:20 Struggles with the Papacy 08:18 Desire to Abdicate 08:42 The Historic Abdication 09:30 Reactions to His Resignation 10:29 Petrarch Defends Saint Celestine 11:07 Persecution and Imprisonment 12:10 Suffering in Captivity 12:44 Final Illness and Holy Death 13:31 Canonization and Miracles 14:03 Lessons on Holy Solitude 15:44 Signs of a Contemplative Vocation 16:25 Retirement from the World for God https://sensusfidelium.com/the-lives-of-the-fathers-martyrs-and-other-principal-saints/may/st-peter-celestine-pope/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #SaintPeterCelestine #CelestineV #CatholicSaints #LivesOfTheSaints #Catholic #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicChurch #SaintOfTheDay #Christianity #CatholicFaith #Monasticism #CatholicHistory #PopeCelestineV #Humility #Prayer #CatholicTeaching #CatholicYouTube #HermitSaint #CatholicAudiobook #SaintBiography