Zacharias the leper
A leper like his Woman and his children. They are driven out of their home by the inhabitants. Taking refuge in the caves of Shiloh, near Jerusalem, the two children, then the Woman die, leaving Zacharias alone.[1]
"I was awaiting death, and I would not even have had a grave dug by the hands of men... I was already almost Confessiongle when one day the Nazarene passed by. From my tombWater I cried: "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" A beggar, who had not fear to bring me his bread, had told me that he had been healed of his blindness by calling the Nazarene with that cry."[2]
Apostolic Journey
Still a leper, Jesus offers him to choose between the forgiveness of sins or the healing of the leprosy:"The forgiveness of God, Lord, to be less desolate."[3]
His name
Zacharias, Zekarya in Hebrew, means "God has remembered" - Historical reference: the contemporary prophet Haggai who, like him, urges the reconstruction of the Temple.
Where is he mentioned in the work?
EMV 199
EMV 417