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From Thomas Renna:
>>And our favorite Italian saint, Verdiana (1182-1242), Franciscan
>>Tertiary, who visited Francis in 1221. She made a pilgrimage to
>Santiago
>>de Compostella, and returned to Castelfiorentino, where she was a
>>recluse for the rest of her life. I believe there is a modern critical
>>edition of her vita, but perhaps someone on the list can supply it. I
>>connect her with the Vallombrosanians, but someone correct me.
>>Thomas Renna
>>Saginaw Valley State University
>>
>>
>>
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>>Today (1. February) is the feast day of:
>>
>>Pionius and companions (d. 250) The subjects of a still-extant
>>eyewitness
>>account, Pionius and his fifteen companions were martyrs of the Decian
>>persecution. Pionius was a priest of Smyrna (Asia Minor); he and his
>>congregation were arrested while celebrating the anniversary of St.
>>Polycarp's martyrdom---and interesting early case of the cult of
>martyrs
>>in
>>action. They were burned to death after being tortured.
>>
>>Brigid of Kildare (d. c. 525) One of the great saints of Ireland,
>>Brigid
>>is for the most part the stuff of legend rather than history; one
>>current
>>school of belief is that she never existed at all and is just a
>>christianized Celtic goddess. Legend says that B. was born near
>>Dundalk,
>>became a nun (the bishop "accidentally" reading the service for
>>consecrating a bishop over her, a story that accounts for the special
>>honors paid abbesses of Kildare until the 12th century), and founded
>>Kildare, the first nunnery in Ireland.
>>
>>Sigebert III of Austrasia (d. 656) The Frankish Sigebert became king
>of
>>Austrasia at age three. He wasn't a good warrior and seems to have
>been
>>a
>>pretty rotten king, but founded several religious houses and won a
>>reputation for good morals before his death at age 25.
>>
>>Brigid of Fiesole (9th cent.) A rather dubious legend tells that
>Brigid
>>was a sister of St. Andrew the Scot. She became a hermit near
>>Florence---but was still able to go to her faraway brother's deathbed,
>>thanks to some accommodating angels.
>>
>>Clarus of Seligenstadt (d. c. 1048) Clarus was a monk of Seligenstadt
>>near
>>Mainz. He became a hermit for 30 years, known for his asceticism, and
>>his
>>constant motto of "Christ, and him crucified."
>>
>>John de Craticula (d. 1163) John "of the grating" (de Craticula) was
>>from
>>Chatillon (Brittany). According to tradition, he was an Augustinian
>>canon
>>in Blois and friend of Bernard of Clairvaux. He became bishop of
>Aleth,
>>transferring the see to Saint-Malo, at the same time serving as abbot
>of
>>Guingamp. His nickname comes from the metal railings that were placed
>>around his shrine.
>>
>>Reginald of St. Gilles (blessed) (d. 1220) REginald taught canon law
>at
>>the university of Paris and then headed the collegiate church of St.
>>Agnan
>>in Orleans. But he met St. Dominic, joined the Order of Preachers, and
>>played an important role establishing the Dominicans in Bologna and
>>Paris.
>>His cult was formally confirmed in 1885.
>>
>>Ela Longsword (blessed) (d. 1261) Ela was a widowed countess of
>>Salisbury
>>who became a disciple of St. Edmund Rich. She founded a Carthusian
>>monastery at Hinton, and also an Augustinian nunnery at Lacock,
>becoming
>>abbess of the latter.
>>
>>Anthony Manzoni (blessed) (d. 1267) Anthony, born in Padua in c. 1237,
>>won
>>the nickname "the pilgrim." He was the son of a wealthy family who
>gave
>>his whole inheritance to the poor and spent the rest of his short life
>>on
>>pilgrimages between Loreto, Rome, Compostela, and the Holy Land.
>>
>>Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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