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On Monday, July 18, 2011, at 7:00 pm, Terri Morgan sent:
> Maternus of Milan (d. early 4th century) is the traditional seventh
> bishop of Milan, succeeding Mirocles (who participated in councils in
> 313 and 314) and preceding Protasius (who participated in the council
> of Serdica/Sardica in 343/44). His legendary Vita departs from this
> chronology and places his pontificate during the Diocletianic
> persecution; it also ascribes to him the translation from Lodi of the
> Milanese martyrs Felix and Nabor and the erection of their memorial
> basilica in Milan (in which Maternus was buried). In the fifth-century
> mosaics of Milan's San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro (now part of the Basilica
> di Sant'Ambrogio) he comes between the representations of Felix and Nabor.
And here's an expandable view of that portrait:
http://tinyurl.com/5spnu3
> Simon of Lipnicza (d. 1482) As a young man Simon left his native
> Lipnicza Murowana in Lesser Poland for Kraków, where in 1454 he
> entered the Jagiellonian academy. St. John of Capistrano had preached
> in the city in the previous year and had founded there a convent
> dedicated to the newly canonized St. Bernardino of Siena, the
> proselytizing of whose friars is credited with an important role in
> Simon's decision to enter the Franciscan order in 1457 along with ten
> of his fellow students. Ordained priest in about 1460, he developed
> his talents as a preacher and in 1463 became the first member of his
> order to preach at Kraków's Wawel Cathedral.
>
> In 1472 he was one of the Polish Franciscans who took part in St.
> Bernardino's translation to what is now the Basilica di San Bernardino
> at L'Aquila in today's Abruzzo. In 1478 he was again in Italy,
> participating in a general chapter at Pavia and then visiting Rome
> prior to undertaking a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He died while
> ministering to the very ill during a major outbreak of plague at
> Kraków. His cult was immediate. He was beatified in 1685.
Citing only the year of Simon's beatification may give an erroneous impression of his current sanctoral status in the Roman church. As noted in his "saints of the day" notices for the years 2007 through 2009, Simon was canonized in 2007.
Best,
John Dillon
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