Today, 28 July, is the feast of ...
* Nazarius and Celsus, martyrs (date unknown)
- earliest Milanese martyrs (I think); translation of relics by
Ambrose was accompanied by many wonders
* Victor I, pope and martyr (c. 199)
- an African, he is said by Jerome to have been the first in Rome
to celebrate liturgy in Latin
* Innocent I, pope (417)
- quotable quote: 'in all matters of faith, bishops throughout
the world should refer to St Peter'
* Samson, bishop of Dol (c. 565)
- born in Wales, known throughout Britanny for his miracles and
missionary journeys (particularly in Cornwall, Scilly Islands and Channel
Islands)
* Botvid (1100)
- Swedish layman, murdered by a Finnish slave he was about to set
free
* Antonio della Chiesa (1459)
- preached an exemplum, stating that a certain usurer, at his
death, lost not only his soul but also his body, which had been carried
off by a troop of diabolic horsemen, so that his relatives had had to bury
an empty coffin
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George Ferzoco
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