Today, 9 November, is the feast of ...
* Dedication of St John Lateran
- actually the church is the 'Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour',
but has taken on the name of John the Baptist from the dedication of
its baptistery, and from the fact it was served by monks from an
adjoining monastery of John the Baptist and John the Divine
* Theodore Tiro, martyr (306?)
- the preservation of Pontus from attacks of the Scythians was
attributed to him
* Benignus or Benen, bishop (467)
- a boy converted by St Patrick in Meath; while Patrick slept, the boy
would scatter flowers on him
- known for his good singing, he was nicknamed 'Patrick's psalmodist'
- he evangelized Clare and Kerry
* Vitonus or Vanne, bishop of Verdun (c. 525)
- named as bishop after Clovis took the city; his episcopate lasted over
25 years, during which he completely converted the remaining pagans of
the diocese
- a major Benedictine congregation bore his name
Last year Sarah Salih provided the following info:
I visited King's Lynn yesterday, and discovered that Margery Kempe is
honoured as a "minor commemoration" on 9th November. I'm not sure of
the precise degree of condescension implied by that.
Anna Sander added:
Margery was on the list of saints (& co.) commemorated at York Minster
for November 9th, too. There are no annotations such as 'minor
commemoration' on said list, so no immediately observable
differentiations between the degrees of commemorability of those on it.
Sarah and Anna, I wonder what David Knowles would have made of this
since he described Margery Kempe as a person who was 'improperly' or
'accidentally' classed among the English Mystics?
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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