The Catholic Friar Who Saved Christendom from Islam and Gave Us Cappuccino

National Catholic Register ^ | 14 August 2019 | Solene Tadie

[Cronos]

His name is most closely associated with the famous Battle of Vienna (1683) during which he greatly contributed to repel the Ottomans who aspired to conquer Europe.

Indeed, the Capuchin friar Marco d’Aviano – born Carlo Domenico Cristofori (1631-1699) – is the charismatic figure who helped Pope Innocent XI recreate the Holy League of Christian nations to oppose the Ottoman Empire’s quick expansion in Europe over the preceding months. During a Mass celebrated in the encampment on the Mount Kahlenberg on the eve of the decisive battle of Sept. 12, 1683, he galvanized the Christian soldiers through a fiery homily, urging them to defend their Christian brothers and their faith against the invaders.

The battle ended with the overwhelming victory of the Holy League and the withdrawal of the Turkish army. ...

The historical record is more solid regarding the origin of croissant. It is related that shortly before the Sept. 12 battle, some bakers, while making bread overnight with the last bit of flour they had left, heard Turkish sappers digging tunnels below. They were able to raise the alarm on time and prevent the attack.

In gratitude for their contribution, imperial authorities allowed the bakers to immortalize the victory by making croissants (“kipferln” in German) in a half-moon shape – the symbol of the defeated Ottoman invaders.

In an interview released on the occasion of Marco d’Aviano’s beatification in 2003, the then-prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, suggested that cappuccino was created as a tribute to the Capuchin thaumaturge, to accompany the newly created croissant.

[Cronos]

Note - the Holy Roman Empire started in either 800 or 973 and died out in 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon.

[Cronos]

[I want the USA back]

He needs to come back and save Catholicism from the pope.

[Bayard]

He’d get sent to be reeducated by his Bishop in on a retreat house somewhere, or be “credibly” accused based on some repressed memory of an event that happened early in seminary.

Basically its nearly impossible to be a public figure in the world today. “All clergymen are molesters” is now the normal narrative. Just like all white men are racists.