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Today (29. May) is the feast day of:
Conon (d. 275) Conon and his twelve-year-old son were martyred in Ikonion
(Konya, Turkey) in Aurelian's persecution. Both were roasted to death over
a fire.
Sisinius, Martyrius, and Alexander (d. 397) Bishop Ambrose of Milan sent
these three clerics to Bishop Vigilius of Trient to help with the
missionizing of the isolated valleys of the diocese. After years of
successful missionary work, the three were killed by pagans in Sanzeno. In
1472 a wooden chest with the ashes of the three saints was rediscovered in
the old church of Sanzeno, whereupon the prince-bishop built the current
basilica of SS Sisinio, Martirio e Alessandro, encouraging what became a
popular pilgrimage. (By the way, pursuant of a thread some time ago, this
church was given the title basilica in 1973.)
Theodosia of Constantinople (d. 726) Theodosia was beheaded on this day in
726 in Constantinople after she protested the removal of an icon of Christ
from a gateway. Her relics were later moved to a church named after her in
Constantinople, and Theodosia was long venerated.
Bona of Pisa (d. 1207) Not formally canonized. Bona was born in Pisa in
1156. She entered the Augustinian order, which seems to have left her the
freedom to undertake several painful pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Rome,
and Santiago de Compostela. She is credited with the gifts of prophecy and
miracles.
Guillaume Arnauld (blessed) (d. 1242) Guillaume was born in Montpellier
(France) in c. 1200. He became a Dominican, and from 1234 was active as
inquisitor in the region of Toulouse. He and several companions were
"martyred" by Albigensians in Avignonet near Toulouse. Guillaume was
beatified in 1866. So was his companion, the Franciscan Stephen of
Narbonne, who is also commemorated today.
Pietro Petroni (blessed) (d. 1361) Pietro was born in Siena in 1311 and at
the age of 17 entered the Carthusian order. To avoid being forced to
become a priest, he cut off his left forefinger. Pietro's penitential
practices and good deeds were as famous as his unusual charisma. He is
supposed to have converted Boccaccio.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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