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Today (7. June) is the feast day of:
Paul I of Constantinople (d. 350 or 351) Paul
was patriarch of Constantinople during a period
of Arian ascendancy. He was deposed and
banished, taking refuge in Trier. He was
reinstated thanks to popular demonstrations, the
western emperor's insistence, and letters from
the pope, but had to deal with a rival Arian
bishop and open street violence. P. was exiled a
second time, after a popular mob protected him
from imperial vengeance by murdering the imperial
official sent to drive him from town. He made it
back to town again (it's sort of like the song
"The Cat came Back"), but was exiled yet again,
regarded as such a threat that he was taken to
Mesopotamia. . . then Syria. . . then Armenia.
In the last place he was dungeoned and starved
for six days, but didn't die fast enough, so he
was strangled.
Meriodoc (6th cent.?) Legend tells that Meriasek
was a son of the duke of Brittany. He became a
priest and went to Cornwall, where he produced a
miraculous spring. His name, though, is Welsh,
so he may have been from Wales instead.
Colman of Dromore (6th cent.) This Colman (of
the 300 Irish saints of that name) was, according
to his legend, a member of the royal lineage of
Cashel. He became a disciple of St. Ailbhe of
Emly and went on to found his own monastery. He
is honored as first bishop of Dromore.
Willibald (d. 786) The brother of SS. Winnibald
and Walburga, and a close relative of St.
Boniface, Willibald was a rare eighth-century
pilgrim to Jerusalem, and author of a major
account of the venture (the Hodoeporicon). On his
return to the west, W. spent some years at Monte
Cassino, then joined Boniface's missionary
ventures in Germany. He evangelized the
Franconians and in 742 became bishop of Eichstätt.
Gottschalk (d. 1066) Gottschalk was a Wendish
prince, raised as a Christian. He fought in the
service of Cnut of Denmark, returning home to
help protect the archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen
against Liutizi raiders. He was killed in an
anti-Christian (and anti-German) revolt led by
his brother-in-law.
Robert of Newminster (d. 1159) Robert was a
native of Yorkshire who became a monk. He went
off as one of the original colony of monks at
Fountains Abbey. From there, he was sent as
founding abbot of Newminster, and founded three
other Cistercian houses from there.
--
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
Associate Professor & Chair
History Department
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr. #5047
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
(601) 266-5844
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