Today, 29 June, is the feast of ...
* Peter (c. 64), apostle - Butler writes: "The passion of St Peter took
place in Rome during the reign of Nero (54-68), but no written account
of it, if there is such a thing, has survived. According to an old but
unverifiable tradition he was confined in the Mamertine prison, where
the church of San Pietro in Carcere now stands."
* Paul (c. 67), apostle - There is a tradition that he was beheaded on
the Ostian Way, at a place called Aquae Salviae, near where the basilica of
St Paul Outside the Walls stands today.
* Cassius, bishop of Narni (538)
- composed his own epitaph in verse
* Salome and Judith (ninth century?)
- supposedly these were English nobles, Judith being
Salome's cousin or niece; Salome was a recluse who was enclosed in the
west end of the double monastery of Ober Altaich in Bavaria, later on
Judith was enclosed in an adjoining cell
* Emma, widow (c. 1045)
- founded a double monastery and the church of Gurk, in
Carinthia
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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