Today, 21 June, is the feast of ...
* Eusebius, bishop of Samosata (c. 379)
- seems he should be a martyr, as he died after an Arian woman,
standing on a roof, threw a tile down onto his head; he died several days
later from the wounds
* Alban or Albinus of Mainz, martyr (fifth century)
- one of the cephalophoric saints, who carried their heads in
their hands following decapitation
* Meen or Mewan, abbot (sixth century?)
- a healer of various skin diseases ('the agony of psoriasis'!)
* Engelmund (c. 720)
- most famous assistant of St Willibrord in evangelizing the
Netherlands
* Leutfridus or Leufroy, abbot (738)
- he loved poverty so much that he once refused Christian burial
to a monk who had died with money in his possession
* Ralph or Raoul, archbishop of Bourges (866)
- many Western governments take note: Ralph referred to those who
interfered with the finances of hospitals as 'murderers of the poor'
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George Ferzoco
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