Today, 11 December, is the feast of ...
* Damasus, pope (384)
- his epitaph, in the cemetery of St Callistus, reads: I,
Damasus, wished to be buried here, but I feared to offend
the ashes of these holy ones
* Barsabas, martyr (?)
- an abbot, he was beheaded in Persia, along with his
twelve monks
* Fuscian, Victoricus, and Gentian, martyrs (?)
- Roman missionaries in Gaul, the first two were seen to
walk away from the site of their execution, carrying their
heads in their hands
* Daniel the Stylite (493)
- one of the greatest pillar-saints, he was buried at the
foot of the pillar he had lived upon for 33 years
* Pietro Pettinaio, or Pietro Tecelano (1289)
- a comb-maker by trade, he joined the third order of St
Francis; so noted for the efficacy of his prayers that
people believe him to be the Pier Pettinagno who Dante
refers to in *Purgatorio* 13, 128
* Franco da Grotti (1291)
- lived a debauched life in Siena, but converted by a
vision when he was 65 years old; became a Carmelite lay-
brother
* Ugolino Magalotti (1373)
- a Franciscan tertiary and hermit
* Girolamo Ranuzzi (1455)
- Servite priest, who after education in Bologna spent much
time in and around Urbino, where he was known to Federico
da Montefeltro, the duke of Urbino
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
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