Today, 8 July, is the feast of ...
* Aquila and Prisca (or Priscilla) (first century)
- hosted Paul on his visit to Corinth
* Procopius, martyr (303)
- protomartyr of the Diocletian persecution in Palestine
* Kilian and companions, martyrs (c. 689)
- killed by a woman whose marriage was condemned by Kilian
* Withburga, virgin (c. 743)
- when her body was translated in 1106, it was not corrupted
(indeed, her limbs were still flexible)
* Adrian III, pope (885)
- died near Modena, where there remains a liturgical commemoration
of him
* Grimbald (903)
- a very good singer (in addition to being on good terms with
England's kings Alfred and Edward)
* Sunniva and companions (tenth century?)
- after shipwreck on island of Selje (near Norway), they were
trapped in a cave after a landslide
* Raymond of Toulouse (1118)
- instrumental in the construction of the collegiate church of St
Sernin
* Eugenius III, pope (1153)
- first Cistercian pope; dedicatee of Bernard's *De
consideratione*
* Elizabeth of Portugal, widow (1336)
- a good influence on husband, king Denis of Portugal
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George Ferzoco
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