Today, 19 July, is the feast of ...
* Justa and Rufina, virgins and martyrs (287?)
- early acts seem to speak of 'Justus', not 'Justa'; they got in
trouble for smashing an idol, and not making amends to the local prefect
* Macrina the Younger, virgin (379)
- eldest child of St Basil the Elder and St Emmelia, sister of
saints Basil the Great, Peter of Sebastea, and Gregory of Nyssa
* Arsenius the Great (c. 450)
- a failed tutor of Arcadius and Honorius, the sons of emperor
Theodosius the Great; when he retired to the monastic life, his brethren
would tease him by calling him 'Father of the Emperors'
* Symmachus, pope (514)
- a Sardinian, he had to deal with another rival pope, Laurence;
king Theodoric ruled that Symmachus was the legitimate pope, since he was
elected first and by a greater number
* Ambrose Autpert (778?)
- once a tutor of Charlemagne, his treatise on the conflict
between the virtues and vices were attributed to several others, including
Ambrose of Milan, Augustine, Isidore of Seville and pope Leo IX
* Stilla, virgin (c. 1140)
- built a church near Abenberg in honour of saint Peter, where she
died; her brothers wanted to bury her at Heilsbronn, but the horses
drawing her coffin would not go in that direction, turning stubbornly to
the church she had built
* Vincent de Paul, founder of Congregation of the Mission and the Sisters
of Charity (1660)
- after an incredibly active life, he died seated in a chair
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George Ferzoco
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