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Today (7. November) is the feast day of:
Prosdocimus (1st cent.?) According to legend, Prosdocimus was a disciple
of Peter, sent by the apostle as missionary to northern Italy. He is
regarded as the first bishop of Padua. His cult is only evident in Padua
from the ninth century on.
Matrona of Constantinople (d. c. 520/525) Matrona is supposed to have
discovered the head of John the Baptist in Emesa, where according to legend
she fled from her husband. Later she was an abbess in Constantinople,
living to the age of 100.
Herculanus (d. 549 or 547) Herculanus was bishop of Perugia. According to
his vita he was beheaded by order of the Goth Totila.
Willibrord (d. 739) Willibrord was born in Northumbria in 658, and became
a monk at Ripon. In 690, however, he got permission from the pope and from
Pepin the Middle to become a missionary to the Frisians. In 695 Pope
Sergius I made Willibrord archbishop to the Frisians (W. based his see on
Utrecht). In 698 he was given the monastery of Echternach, which became
centerpoint of the Frisian mission.
Lazaros Stylites (d. c. 1050) Lazaros was a great pillar-sitting saint of
the eleventh century. First he lived in the monastery of St. Sabas in
Palestine, then in c. 1006 climbed his first pillar (near Ephesus). After
standing on it for seven years, he went to Mt. Galesion north of
Ephesus---where there were other stylites (both male and female). There he
settled on a pillar for 41 years. Over the years, three monasteries for
men and one for women grew up around him.
Engelbert I of Cologne (d. 1225) A rare medieval martyr, Engelbert was a
member of the high nobility who rose to high ecclesiastical office. He
became provost of Cologne cathedral at the age of 14. Since he didn't
support the papal side in the controversy between Philip of Swabia and Otto
IV for the crown of Germany he was excommunicated and deposed. After
reconciliation, though, emperor and pope named Engelbert archbishop of
Cologne in 1216. He worked to restore his war-torn diocese, winning in the
process the hatred of many nobles and part of his own family. As a result,
he was ambushed and died of injuries. At his burial, the papal legate
declared Engelbert to be a martyr.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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