Today, 18 July, is the feast of ...
* Symphorosa and her seven sons, martyrs (date unknown)
- the Roman emperor Hadrian was told by an oracle that his new
palace in Tivoli would endure only if these local people would sacrifice
to the gods; when they refused, they were killed in succession, each in a
different manner
* Pambo (c. 390)
- one of the founders of the Nitrian group of monasteries in the
Egyptian desert; he died while weaving a basket, which was taken away as a
relic -- does anyone know if this still exists, and where?
* Philastrius, bishop of Brescia (before 397)
- wrote a catalogue of 128 heresies
* Arnulf or Arnoul, bishop of Metz (c. 643)
- his descendants included the kings of France
* Frederick, bishop of Utrecht, martyr (838)
- after celebrating mass, he was killed by two assassins,
supposedly sent by empress Judith
* Bruno, bishop of Segni (1123)
- prolific scriptural commentator; maintained that sacraments
administered by bishops or priests who had been guilty of simony were
invalid
* Camillus de Lellis, founder of Ministers of the Sick (1614)
- born at Bocchianico, of a mother who was almost sixty; converted
after living as a gambler
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George Ferzoco
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