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Oh, yes, the 18th is also listed as the feast of Prisca in a couple of my
sources. I confess that I didn't include her because the write-up in
Farmer's Oxford Dictionary of Saints made her sound very boring. He
reports that Prisca was a noble Roman woman, and a Roman church on the
Aventine has been named after her since at least the fourth century. But
no historical facts at all are known of her. 10th-century Acts say she was
a martyr. From the 9th century she was also identified with the Priscilla
from the book of Acts. I confess I found her disappointing, so she didn't
make the cut. (I also confess that I like my saints as spectacular as
possible.)
Phyllis
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>Please, dear Phyllis, would you explain me why saint Prisca is not on your
>list while her feast is the 18th in a lot of calendars???
>thanks, PN
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>Today (18. January) is the feast day of:
>
>Deicolus (d. c. 625) Deicolus was the elder brother of St. Gall, and one
>of Columbanus' companions when he went to Francia in 576. Too old to
>travel with Columbanus when he was exiled from Luxeuil, D. stayed behind
>and became a hermit His hermitage became the core of the city of Lure.
>
>Ulfrid (d. 1028) Ulfrid (or Wulfrid) was an English missionary to Sweden.
>He enjoyed considerable success until he annoyed a crowd by taking an axe
>to a statue of Thor. The crowd lynched U. and threw his body into a marsh.
>
>Margareta of Hungary (d. 1270) M. was a daughter of King Bela IV of
>Hungary. In accordance with a vow he had made, her father turned her over
>to a Dominican convent at the age of 3-1/2. From the age of twelve on, M.
>lived at the newly founded Dominican convent in Budapest on what is now
>known as "Margareta's Island." She took a vow of virginity and, even
>though her father obtained a papal dispensation, refused to break it to
>marry. She was noted for her severe penitential practices, and was
>beatified only six years after her death. M. was declared a saint in 1934.
>
>Fazzio of Verona (d. 1272) Fazzio was a goldsmith. In Cremona he founded
>the Order of the Holy Spirit, a charitable society.
>
>Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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