Let us continue our educational endeavor without malice. Seeking for the truth does not and will not cause harm or injury to the greater public, but may bring a little discomfort to the person who is trying to conceal and continue to tell the tall tale. Asking nicely or rudely to stop the quest will never waiver and change the desire to search for it for I cannot in my conscience allow the future generations subsist in faith without having the choice and the privilege of knowing the obvious truth. Let us not be hypocrite and too scholarly, we should all speak in behalf of our sources and our sources must be legitimate, and accepted worldwide. Let us cover not your faith nor mine nor the bible nor your religious affiliation, let us merely discuss the oversights in the story written by our local historian about our Patron Saint Sr. San Guillermo.
First Paradox: The
Naming of our Patron Saint:
It is said that little is known about the early life of our St. William.
Further the writer said that some sources point him out as St. William of Maleval, but his choice is St. William of Gellone also known as St. William of Aquitaine.
Most if not all books I came across with has one reliable source of their pieces that is the Acta Sanctorum in latin, the best compendium of Acta in English is the Lives of the Saints first published in London in 1756 by Rev. Fr. Alban Butler. Below are the life story of St. William of Maleval and St. William of Gellone taken from the book Lives of the Saints. Compare both stories and tell me whose early life falls to the category of “little is known”, having no known place of birth, no known date of birth, and no known parentage, in other words no known origin.
Note: From Catholic Encyclopedia St. William of Gellone was born on 755 AD, France.
Second Paradox: The First Interpolation:
St. William of Gellone is said to have gone to pilgrimage in 1130 AD per advised of Pope Eugenius III. A friend Bernard of Clairvaux helped Him reconcile with the Church after He was excommunicated for supporting Anti Pope Anacletus against the rightful authority of Pope Innocent II in the same year 1130 AD.
The above story is taken from the life story of William X, also Duke of Aquitaine, but is not a Saint; he joined the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1137, but died during the trip. Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_X,_Duke_of_Aquitaine.
3rd Paradox: The Second Interpolation:
It is stipulated that “He was later received back into the Church and begged the pardon of the newly elected Pope Eugenius III who sent him to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.”
Check the life story of William of Maleval/Hermit, it was he who was encouraged by Pope Eugenius III to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land which he did in 1145.
4th Paradox: Characters from Different Eras: The Impossible Communing:
Facts: Dates of their Birth and Death: The Era of their Existence:
St. William of Gellone: _____(8th-9th Centuries)
Born: 755
Died: May 28, 812
Feast Day: May 28
Antipope Anacletus: _______(11th-12th Centuries)
Born: 1090
Died: January 25, 1138
Pope Innocent II: __________(11th-12th Centuries)
Born: ---
Died: September 23,
1143
Pope Eugenius III: _________(11th-12th Centuries)
Born: 1080
Died: July 8, 1153
St. Bernard of Clairvaux: ____(11th-12th Centuries)
Born: 1090
Died: August 20, 1153
William of Maleval/Hermit: ____(11th-12th Centuries)
Born: Unknown
Died: February 10,
1157
Feast Day: February 10
St. William of Gellone could not have defended the antipope Anacletus against the rightful authority of Pope Innocent II in 1130. St. Bernard of Clairvaux could not have helped St. William of Gellone to reunite himself with the Church, much more; Pope Eugenius III could not have convinced St. William of Gellone to do pilgrimage in Jerusalem for the forgiveness of his sins.
The two Popes, Bernard of Clairvaux who later became a Saint mentioned in the story including the Antipope Anacletus are more than three (3) centuries younger than St. William of Gellone, meaning more than three hundred (300) years younger. They were not born yet during the time of St. William of Gellone.
How can they commune with William of Gellone?
William of Gellone Duke of Aquitaine was Canonized a Saint by Pope Alexander II in 1066 and therefore was already a Saint during the era of Antipope Anacletus, Pope Innocent II, Pope Eugenius III, Bernard of Clairvaux, William of Maleval, and William X, also Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, and Count of Poitou from 1126 to 1137.
Saint William of Gellone who was born in 755 AD (8th Century) was 325 years older than Pope Eugenius III who was born in 1080 AD (11th Century). Pope Eugenius III was the youngest among the individuals mentioned in the story. All others were living during the time period, except for William of Gellone who was already with our Almighty God and a Saint.
5th Paradox: Feast Day of our Sr. San Guillermo: Feast Day is the Day of their Death:
A saint’s feast day can be the day of their actual death or a day assigned by the Church. The Church only assigns a day when the day of death is unknown.
St. William of Gellone William
of Maleval/Hermit
Born: 755 Born: Unknown
Died: May
28, 812 Died: February 10, 1157
Feast Day: May 28 Feast Day:
February 10
From above data whose Feast Day is celebrated every 10th of February?
6th Paradox: Our Patron Saint’s Epithet: Excerpt from the Book "Balaanong Bahandi"
“The Church of Saint William the Hermit in Catmon, Cebu was built in November 2, 1835 by the Augustinian-Recollects after Catmon became an independent parish from Danao. The site where the church stands was the third and final place chosen by its founder, the first one of which was in Catmondaan (Old Catmon) and the second one in Sitio Manobo, Barangay Maca-as. The walls were completed by Father Manuel Gimenez in 1868; the facade and belfry by Father Ramon Miramon in 1875; and the tile roof and altars by Father Francisco Bergasa in 1879.”
The book is an update to the 1886 publication Breve Reseña de lo que fue y de lo que es la Diocesis de Cebu en las Islas Filipinas (A Brief Account of What is and What was the Diocese of Cebu in the Philippine Islands) by Felipe Redondo, secretary to the Bishop Benito Romero de Madridejos. Redondo’s work is the most important source for those studying the history of the Diocese of Cebu during the Spanish Colonial period."
Our Patron Saint’s Epithet is “The Hermit” and neither “Of Gellone” nor “Of Aquitaine”.
7th Paradox: St. William Parishes in the Philippines: A Spanish Era Faith Inspired by the Augustinian Recollects
So
far I recorded nine (9) SAINT WILLIAM Parishes in the Philippines. Eight (8) of
which are dedicated to St. William the Hermit (of Maleval), one (1) is named
after St. William of Gellone which I truly believe is inadvertent in nature
maybe out of confusion, haste research, and lack of references.
Of all Saint William Churches in the Philippines, only Catmon Parish Church is dedicated to a different Patron Saint. The Story in the Jubilee Book was written by someone who doesn’t want to be identified for obvious reason, not sure of his piece. The writer is a ghost, the story is a sham, and our Patron Saint is muddled up. If this is not hypocrisy, I don’t know what is.
The following are the St. William the Hermit / of Maleval Parishes in the Philippines, Feast Day is observed every 10th of February:
1. Saint William's Cathedral, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.
2.
Saint William's Parish, Talisay, Batangas, Philippines.
3.
Cathedral of Saint William the Hermit, San Fernando, La Union.
4.
Saint William's Parish, Passi City, Iloilo, Philippines.
5.
San Guillermo Paris, Buting, Pasig City
6.
San Guillermo Parish, Iponan, 9000 Cagayan de Oro City.
7.
San Guillermo de Aquitania, Dalaguete, Cebu
8.
San Guillermo Parish Church, Catmon, Cebu
9. San Guillermo Parish Bacolor Pampanga
8th Paradox: One Parish Church One Patron Saint: Sr. San Guillermo: Catmon Parish San Guillermo has Three Epithets: Which Epithet is which?
One Epithet “De Catmon” describes Him as San Guillermo of our Parish; the two other Epithets describe Him as two different San Guillermos from different time periods.
Which One Was Revered And Inspired The Augustinian Recollects To Build The Catmon Parish Church In 1835?
The Stone Carving which says San Guillermo De Catmon, The book Balaanong Bahandi which says San Guillermo el Ermitanyo, or The Fiesta Souvenir Program which says San Guillermo De Aquitania (referring to De Gellone)?
Sa binisaya pa si San Guillermo sa Catmon ba, o’ si San Guillermo nga Ermitanyo ba, o’ si San Guillermo nga taga-Aquitania ba? Kinsa man kaha ang gisimba ug ang gipasidunggan sa gitukod nga simbahan sa mga Agustinos niadtong tuig 1835?
There maybe nothing wrong renaming our Church from San Guillermo el Ermitanyo to San Guillermo De Catmon, and currently, to San Guillermo De Aquitania. Both De Catmon and De Aquitania are hollow names, meaning, they are empty names and cannot logically stand on their own. You cannot find San Guillermo De Catmon in any history book nor can you find San Guillermo De Aquitania without association to a real person.
Dalaguete also renamed their Church, from San Guillermo el Ermitanyo to San Guillermo De Dalaguete, then to San Guillermo De Aquitania, but their Patron Saint is still San Guillermo el Ermitanyo, the saint revered by the Augustinian recollects who built their church. They believe that the saint is from Aquitania a soldier turned hermit in a cave in the valley of Maleval. They associate their San Guillermo De Aquitania Parish Church to San Guillermo el Ermitanyo their Patron Saint.
Catmon mimicking Dalaguete also renamed our Church, from San Guillermo el Ermitanyo to San Guillermo De Catmon, then to San Guillermo De Aquitania. The only difference is our San Guillermo De Aquitania is associated to a different Saint San Guillermo De Gellone as Patron Saint based on the Fiesta Souvenir Book written by our local historian with no name. Of 9 san Guillermo Parishes in the Philippines only Catmon Parish is having a different saint all the rest are under the patronage of San Guillermo el Ermitanyo. Why is that? Why don’t we mimick Dalaguete also by telling the truth that our Patron Saint is not De Gellone but De Maleval or The Hermit as always been.
To Err Is Human, To Right A Wrong Is a Moral Obligation, Forgiveness Is Divine Awaiting Your End. Whoever authored the life story of San Guillermo De Aquitania written in the Catmon Fiesta Souvenir Book, please have the courage to accept the mistake and be in harmony with the Christian faith.
By acknowledging the mistake, all nine San Guillermo Parishes in the Philippines will be under the Patronage of San Guillermo Ermitanyo the only soldier turned Hermit in a cave in the valley of Maleval in the 11th to 12th centuries. He is an Augustinian Saint revered by the Augustinian Recollects who built our Churh in Catmon.
Nine (9) San Guillermo Parish Churches in the Philippines with varied Epithet were built by the Augustinian Recollects around the country during the Spanish occupation all are dedicated to San GUILLERMO el ERMITANYO.
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