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Today (30. November) is the feast day of:
Andrew (1st cent.) Andrew was the first-called of the twelve
apostles, the brother of Simon Peter. After Pentecost, legend tells
that A. preached in Scythia and Greece; a more dubious tradition
makes him the founder of the church in Byzantium (thus conferring
patriarchate status on Constantinople). A very old tradition tells
that A. was crucified at Patras on an X-shaped cross. Andrew is the
patron saint of Russia (a false legend tells that he preached there)
and of Scotland (where legend tells that A's relics were brought in
the 4th century).
Sapor and Isaac (d. 339) Sapor and Isaac were Persian bishops,
arrested with a number of other Christians in the persecution ordered
by Shah Sapur II. They refused to convert to Zoroastrianism and were
killed in various ghastly ways.
Constantius (d. c. 418) Constantius was a Roman priest, a vigorous
opponent of Pelagianism. A group of Pelagians murdered him.
Trojan (Troyen ) (d. 533) Trojan was the son of a Jewish father and
an Arabic (?) mother; he himself was an adult convert to
Christianity. He became a disciple of St. Vivian and a priest, later
serving as bishop of Saintes.
Andrew of Antioch (d. 1348) Andrew was an Augustinian canon at the
church of the Holy Sepulcher. He was sent to Europe to collect
money, and deeply impressed people with his holiness. A. died at
Annecy (Savoy).
A modern beatus: Ludwik Gietyngier (d. 1941) Ludwik was an opponent
of the Nazis, and died in the concentration camp of Dachau. He was
beatified in 1999 as one of th 108 Polish martyrs.
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