Today, 21 April, is the feast of ...
Simeon Barsabae, bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and his companions, martyrs
(341): The entry for these martyrs has the honour - at least according to
Butler's *Lives* - of being the longest individual notice which occurs in
the Roman Martyrology .
Anastasius I, patriarch of Antioch (599): Anastasius was banished from his
see for twenty-three years for opposing erroneous teachings that were
supported by Justinian I and Justin II. He was restored by the Emperor
Maurice at the urging of Anastasius's friend, Pope Gregory I.
Beuno, abbot (640): His most famous miracle is that after praying for the
beheaded St Winifred - her head had been cut off by Caradoc - Winifred was
restored to her former whole self.
Malrubius or Maelrubha, abbot (722)
Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury and doctor of the Church (1109): In
Dante's *Paradiso* he is placed among the spirits of light and power in
the sphere of the sun, next to St John Chrysostom.
Carolyn Muessig
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