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today (11 February) is also the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.
This recalls the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to
Bernadette, which occurred on 11 February 1858. In 1907 Pius X
extended the observance of this feast to the entire Church.
Quoting Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Today (11. February) is the feast day of:
>
> Saturninus and companions (d. 304) Saturninus was a priest of
> Abitina (Africa), arrested with 49 of his congregation. They were
> taken to Carthage and all soon died, some from torture, some from
> wretched prison conditions.
>
> Lucius (d. 350) A martyr to Arian persecution, Lucius was bishop of
> Adrianople. He was driven into exile twice by the Arian
> authorities,
> then was arrested with some of his followers. The followers were
> beheaded; L. was imprisoned and died of ill treatment.
>
> Severinus (d. 507) The church of St-Severin in Paris is named after
> this saint. Severinus was born in Burgundian territory. He became
> a
> monk at a young age and was known for healing miracles---including
> curing Clovis of a disease that the physicians hadn't been able to
> cure.
>
> Caedmon (d. c. 680) Caedmon was a laborer at the monastery of
> Whitby. A vision bestowed on him the ability to compose religious
> poetry. He was the first Anglo-Saxon writer of religious poetry;
> unfortunately, only one of his hymns survives.
>
> Gregory II (d. 731) Gregory was a native Roman, elected pope in
> 715.
> He was vigorous in his efforts to rebuild Rome's walls, restore
> churches and monasteries, and to improve clerical discipline. He
> blessed missionaries to German lands, including Corbinian and
> Boniface.
>
> Benedict of Aniane (d. 821) The "other" great monastic Benedict
> (originally named something else that I can't think of right now), B
> of Aniane had a deep impact on western monasticism because he was
> the
> pet abbot of Emperor Louis the Pious. B. of A. is credited as the
> moving spirit behind Louis' sweeping monastic reforms, in which he
> sought to impose the Benedictine Rule throughout the Carolingian
> Empire.
>
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