Today, 1 July, is the feast of ...
* the Precious Blood - an office 'of the Blood of Christ' was conceded
to the archdiocese of Valencia in 1582; two years ago, Charles Merrill
asked:
"Was the office of the Precious Blood conceded to the Archdiocese of
Valencia because the Holy Grail is in the Valencia Cathedral?"
Can anyone answer this interesting question?
* Shenute, abbot (c. 466) - quick-tempered and violent abbot of
Dair-al-Abaid, near Atripe in the Thebaid
* Theodoric or Thierry, abbot (533) - cured king Theodoric I of
ophthalmia; founded community at Mont d'Or, near Reims
* Carilefus or Calais, abbot (c. 540) - with St Avitus he founded a
community in the Maine, around which grew the town of Saint-Calais (not
to be confused with the port of Calais, across the English Channel from
Dover)
* Gall, bishop of Clermont (551) - a great singer, who served as cantor
in the chapel of king Theodoric
* Eparchius or Cybard (581) - Gregory of Tours attests to a large cult
of this saint
* Simeon Salus (sixth century) - deemed by many to be a fool (Greek
'salos' = 'mad'); lived in the desert near the Dead Sea for almost
thirty years
* Serf or Servanus, bishop (sixth century?) - patron and apostle of the
Orkney Islands; one legend has it that he was a son of the king of the
Picts, who gave up his right to the throne and then studied
at Alexandria, was made patriarch of Jerusalem and eventually pope
before resigning in order to preach to the Scots
* Canada (1867) :-)
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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