Today, 27 July, is the feast of ...
* Pantaleon or Panteleimon, martyr (c. 305?)
- verily doth Joe Pope speak when he declareth:
July 27th is feast of St Pantaleon and I don't care what else George says
it is. It is my birthday and that is one feast I do know. The new ordo
took it out of the calendar
- moreover, the Romans tried killing him by burning, liquid lead,
drowning, wild beasts, the wheel and the sword, before finally succeeding
by the old standby, beheading; and after the decapitation, milk flowed
from his veins instead of blood
* Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (?)
- entombed alive by Decius, they were presumed dead until they
were discovered over 200 years later
* Aurelius, Natalia and companions, martyrs (c. 852)
- killed by Moslems of Cordova
* Berthold of Garsten, abbot (1142)
- Ottokar, Margrave of Styria, placed him at head of
Steyer-Garsten c. 1111; noted for his hearing of confessions
* Theobald of Marly, abbot (1247)
- after serving in the court of king Philip Augustus II, he left
to join the Cistercians of Vaux-de-Cernay in 1220; much venerated by king
St Louis
* Lucy of Amelia, virgin (1350)
- sister of John of Rieti; joined order of Hermits of St
Augustine, and became prioress of convent of Amelia
* Rudolf Aquaviva and companions, martyrs (1583)
- Jesuit martyrs of India
* Mary Magdalen Martinengo, virgin (1737)
- had unusual devotion to the Crown of Thorns
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George Ferzoco (with birthday wishes to Joe Pope!)
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