Today, 31 August, is the feast of ...
* Deposition of the Holy Belt of the Mother of God - Mary's belt and
dress were kept in her house in Chalkoprateia until Justinian's time, when
they were put in a luxurious case; this relic is now kept in the monastery of
Vatopedi, Mount Athos
* Paulinus, bishop of Trier (358) - educated in Poitiers, as bishop he
was banished into Phrygia, where he died; in 1883 his remains were exhumed,
and found to be wrapped in oriental silks
* Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne (651) - regarded by some as the greatest
apostle of England, he established a monastery on Lindisfarne, under the
Rule of St Columcille; he felt the best way to convert the Northumbrians
was by 'the milk of milder doctrine, until they should be able to digest
more solid food' (Is anyone familiar with the Rule of St Columcille? If
so, are there any editions of this Rule?)
* Raymond Nonnatus, cardinal (1240) - got his name after being taken
from the body of his mother after her death in labour; he is the patron of
midwives
* Laurence Nerucci and companions, martyrs (1420) - Nerucci, along with
three other Servite friars (Augustine Cennini, Bartholomew Donati and
John-Baptist Petrucci), died in the company of 60 others when the
monastery in which they were singing the *Te Deum* was set on fire by
Hussites
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
phone: +44(0)117-928-8168
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