Today, 31 May, is the feast of ...
* Petronilla, virgin and martyr (251?)
- according to the Roman Martyrology: 'At Rome, [the commemoration
of] St Petronilla, Virgin, daughter of the blessed Apostle Peter ...';
daughter of the apostle Peter??
* Cantius, Cantianus and Cantianella, martyrs (304?)
- more 'joke' names?; beheaded while trying to escape from their
persecutors
* Mechtildis of Edelstetten, virgin (1160)
- at age five, placed by her parents in double monastery they had
founded on their own estate at Diessen, on the Ammersee in Bavaria; noted
for her ecstasies and healings
- this is not Mechtildis of Hackeborn, younger sister of Gertrude
of Helfta
* James the Venetian (1314)
- a Dominican noted for his good works as prior at Forli', Faenza,
San Severino and Ravenna; within a year of his death, a confraternity was
formed in Forli' to promote his veneration
* Angela Merici, virgin (1540)
- founded the Company of St Ursula; canonized in 1807
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George Ferzoco
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