Today, 29 July, is the feast of ...
* Martha, virgin (first century)
- according to Provencal legend, she accompanied Mary Magdalen to
the south of France, and evangelized Tarascon, where her relics were
invented in 1187
* Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice, martyrs (304?)
- a newborn baby accused the murderer of Beatrice of the crime,
and three hours later he died a horrible death (and all who were present
decided to convert to Christianity)
* Felix 'II' (365)
- since 1947, the *Annuario Pontificio*, in its list of popes, has
noted 'Felix II as an antipope
* Lupus or Loup, bishop of Troyes (478)
- accompanied Germain d'Auxerre into Britain to combat the
Pelagians; taken hostage by Attila
* Olaf of Norway, martyr (1030)
- spring that gushed from his grave cured people miraculously; the
site is known as the Feginsbrekka, or 'hill of joy'
* Urban II, pope (1099)
- dare I ask Michael Hynes what he thinks of the cult of Urban?
* Guillaume Pinchon, bishop of Saint-Brieuc (1234)
- canonized in 1247; at translation of his relics the following
year, his body was found to be incorrupt
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George Ferzoco
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