Every July 29 is the feast of Saint Lazarus and his sister Saint Martha. It is said that the saint learned so well from the teachings of Christ that she resurrected a dead man. Additionally, she is believed to have trapped a vicious dragon, achieving numerous conversions.
An ancient tradition indicates that Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary arrived in France and preached in various places. Lazarus became the first bishop of Marseille and Mary (apparently Magdalene) went to live in a desert, where The angels ascended and descended daily from heaven..
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In the book Christian Year From Father Jean Croisset, ancient French writer on the lives of saints, it is said that one day, when Saint Martha was preaching in Avignon, a place where centuries later several Popes would live in the 14th century, a man who wanted to listen to her tried to swim across a river. , but he drowned due to the strong current of the water.
They informed Santa Marta of what happened and she asked some fishermen to remove the body of the deceased. She then began to pray and the man came back to life.
The legend of Santa Marta and the dragon
As a result of this, a kind of legend is told. It is said that that miracle caused such a stir among the residents that a group of them asked him to free them from a terrible dragon that tormented them.
The saint, in order for people to believe in the one true God, entered a forest.
There he found the animal, which was eating a person. Santa Marta made the sign of the cross, sprinkled holy water on him and took him tied to the town. The inhabitants killed the dragon and then prostrated themselves at the saint’s feet begging her to never leave them.
Abel Camasca
Journalist graduated from the Communication Sciences degree at the University of Lima. He has been part of the ACI Prensa journalistic team since 2014. Between 2016 and 2022 he was in charge of the production of the television program EWTN Noticias and Más que Noticias, a World Catholic Radio program. He often writes articles about the lives of saints.