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> Ever so much nicer than stabbing one's eyes out and falling into a crevice - at Colonna, was it?
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> Julian the Hospitaller (?) Almost certainly mythical, with no country or
> tomb ever attributed to him. Thanks to Jacopo della Voragine, Antoninus of
> Florence, and Gustave Flaubert, however, his tale is widely known. The
> legend reports that Julian, as a young noble, was hunting when a deer told
> him he was destined to kill his father and mother. Julian fled the country
> to avoid his fate, becoming wealthy and marrying in his new land. But J's
> parents came searching for their son; J's dutiful wife gave them her own
> bed to sleep in, since J. wasn't home at the time. So of course J came
> home unexpectedly, and found what he thought was a strange man in bed with
> his wife---and killed both of them. Discovering his error, J. was stricken
> with remorse and went and built a hospital at a river crossing. He became
> a patron saint of hospitals and travellers.
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> Sabinian of Troyes (d. c. 275) Sabinian was a native of Samos, but,
> unhappy with the moral climate at home, went to Gaul. When he was in
> Troyes he converted to Christianity and remained there the rest of his
> life, first assisting the bishop and then taking over when the bishop was
> martyred. S. in turn was martyred under Aurelian, after a successful
> career preaching and baptizing in the upper Seine region.
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> Sabina of Troyes (d. c. 275) The half-sister of Sabinian, legend reports
> that she left home to seek her brother. An angel told her in a dream to go
> to Troyes, but she arrived there only to find that he had already been
> martyred. Sabina found Sabinian's tomb, and died while praying at it.
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> Gildas (d. c. 570) Gildas was a monk of Llaniltud in south Wales. He
> attracted disciples from both Wales and Ireland. But G. went on to become
> a hermit, then ended his life in a monastery he founded in Brittany. He is
> probably best-known today for his De excidio Britanniae, on the evils of
> Britain in his time and the Germanic advances on the island.
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> Aquilinus of Milan (d. c. 650) The Bavarian Aquilinus became a wandering
> preacher to escape high ecclesiastical office. He especially focused his
> efforts against the Arians---a group of whom assassinated him in Milan.
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> Bathild (d. 680) Bathild was an Anglo-Saxon slave who attracted the
> interest of the Frankish King Clovis II and married him in 649. When
> Clovis died, B. acted as regent for her eldest son, and in her spare time
> founded the monasteries of Corbie and Chelles besides promoting the work of
> several religious figures. After a palace coup in 665, she became a nun at
> Chelles, where she was noted for her humility
>
> Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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