21 x 21 Crossword: “The Poverello”
1. Saintly Benedictine nun who helped St. Boniface, her relative, evangelize the Germans
6. My, in Milan?
10. Shave lotion brand
14. St. John of ___, confessor (d.1213, f.2-8)
19. ___ room, place to pray
20. Town of St. Angelo, priest (d.1739, f.10-30)
21. Mmes. of Madrid?
22. St. Peter of Mt, ___, hermit (d.734, f.6-12)
23. Beloved saint whose feast is October 4, and who is this puzzle's theme
26. Where Jesus slept in Mark 4:38
27. A as in Austria?
28. Reformation battle cry word
29. Suckling spot
30. City near Padua
31. “Is not ___ like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus?" (Is 10:9)
33. St. Vincent ___, patron of builders (d.1419, f.4-5)
35. "We Three Kings" refrain beginning
36. Agnostic Philosopher ___ Weil, who had a mystical experience at San Damiano where she first prayed (d.1943)
39. Gives
41. "___, Lord?" Last Supper question (Mat 26:22, DR)
43. Absalom's army commander (2 Sam 17:25)
44. Devout
45. Realm of king Jobab (Jos 11:1)
47. Gangster gun
50. What 23 across called Sol
52. Buenos ___, see of Cardinal Bergoglio
53. Father of King Ahab
54. Hebrew letter
55. Book after Mal
56. Church choir section
57. Where David went to get the ark (2 Sam 6:2)
58. Parable subjects of comparison
60. Cleric assigned to a cathedral
61. What the disciples called Jesus at the Last Supper
62. "Non Abbiamo ___" (1931 Pius XI encyclical)
65. “Come to me, all you who ___ and are burdened..." (Mat 11:28)
66. Saint known as the Lily of Quito (d.1645, f.5-26)
67. Son of Chislon (Num 34:21)
68. Golden calf maker
69. Wisemen
70. Month after Adar
71. St. Macrina the ___, grandmother of St. Basil (d.340, f.1-14)
72. God causes it to fall on the just and the unjust (Mat 5:45)
73. King of Judah whose "heart was entirely with the Lord" (I Kgs 15:14)
76. MLB in DC
77. Mythical creature
78. Beggars like 23 across and his followers
81. "...as I sing my ___ to the king." (Psalm 45:2)
82. Fabulous fabulist
83. Heals
84. His descendants were temple servants (Ezra 2:50)
85. St. Hildegard of Bingen: Sybil of the ___
87. St. ___, virgin and martyr (d.300, f.7-18)
89. St. Benedict of ___, monastic reformer (d.821, f.2-12)
90. Beginning of an edenic palindrome
92. Sacraments and Deadly Sins, e.g.
94. Place of Paul's shipwreck (Acts 28:1)
96. Baseball's Hershiser
97. Act as shepherd
98. St. Patrick's land
99. Hand signals for the hearing impaired, briefly
102. "Are the consolations of God not enough for you, and speech that ___ gently with you?" (Job 15:11)
104. Feast of the Nativity tradition started by 23 across
108. "Let the Lord ___; he is King of Glory" (Advent response)
109. Destiny
110. Sot
111. Son of Reu (Gen 11:20)
112. Son of Merari (Ex 6:19)
113. Catholics Welborn and Coney Barrett
114. Father of King Josiah (2 Kgs 21:24)
115. See of St. Titus
1. "I am the resurrection and the ___." (Jesus)
2. Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum, on a cross
3. Brother-in-law of Tamar (Gen 38:8)
4. Son of, in Hebrew
5. St. Joan of ___ (d.1431, f.5-30)
6. One who might ask St. Stephen for prayers?
7. 23 across is their patron saint
8. Turkish city called Edessa in the Patristic era
9. His descendants were post exilic temple servants (Neh 7:47)
10. Declare with confidence
11. What 23 across called those in his order
12. "___ and See" (Eucharistic hymn by Bob Hurd)
13. "...so that ___ have done for you, you should also do." (John 13:15)
14. "..a las ___ necesitadas de tu misericordia" (Oracion de Fatima)
15. Bear witness
16. Wounds 23 across bore
17. Saint Salvador of ___, OFM, lay brother and miracle worker (d.1567, f.3-18)
18. Actor Ed ___, who played the lead role in the 2002 film "Papa Giovanni: Joannes XXIII"
24. Patmos, e.g.
25. British guns
31. "The ___ of Discipleship" (Bonhoeffer classic)
32. Father-in-law of Esau (Gen 36:2)
33. Goatlike deity
34. "...its ___ had a bow" (Rev 6:2)
35. Tolkien dwarf (LOTR)
36. St. Stephen of Mar ___ (d.794, f.3-31)
37. Father of Zaccur (Neh 3:2)
38. Where Nabal and Abigail lived
40. Beat badly
42. Book before Wis
44. Home to Goya's "Judith and Holofernes"
46. "East of Eden" twin
48. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" composer
49. It may be fit for a queen
51. Correct, as text
52. Where John was baptizing near Salim (John 3:23)
53. Engedi, e.g.
56. Traditional site of the Transfiguration
57. "...you shall not pick your vineyard ___..." (Lev 19:10)
58. Bubbly drinks
59. Late cardinal Edward ___ of New York
60. Concerned one
61. "___ Nobis" (1889 Leo XIII encyclical)
62. Saintly Bishop of Meissen, Germany, patron of fishermen (d.1106, f.6-16)
63. Homeric epic
64. What 23 across fondly called the end of humn life
65. "Woman" to whom 23 across devoted himself?
66. Those a-milking, in a song
68. "Litteris ___" (1830 Pius VIII encyclical)
69. Where 23 across heard Christ say "Rebuild my church"
71. Facilitates
72. Catholic Italian Baroque artist Guido ___ (d.1642)
73. Wife of Tobit
74. Catholic baseball legend Musial
75. 1975 Wimbledon champ
77. D.C. V.I.P.
78. Gibson and Blanc, for two
79. Sanctimonious, hypocritical talk
80. Laodicea locale
82. "...you will ___ at their faces with your bow." (Ps 21:13)
83. Obeys
86. "Egyptian ___" (Pss 113-118)
88. Says, "I do not know the man!", e.g.
89. Catholic actor Baldwin
90. Data transfer device
91. The Colosseum, e.g.
93. Stop on the Exodus route (Ex 13:20)
95. What Nero accused the Christians of
98. Tall Canaanites (Deut 2:10)
99. City north of Mt. Carmel
100. "During the day its gates will never be ___, and there will be no night there." (Rev 21:25)
101. "Tolle ___" (Command to Augustine)
103. Ed ___, Augustine Inst. apologist
104. Alexian Bros., initially
105. Bygone airline
106. Religious Sisters of Charity, initially
107. "Lo, How a Rose ___ Blooming"