Today, 20 August, is the feast of ...
Amadour, hermit (no date): The first hermit of Gaul.
Oswin, king and martyr (651): Bede writes of Oswin: "King Oswin was a man
of handsome appearance and lofty stature, pleasant in speech and courteous
in manner. He was generous to high and low alike, and soon won the
affection of everyone by his regal qualities of mind and body, so that
nobles came from almost every province to enter his service. But among his
other especial endowments of virtue and moderation the greatest was what one
may describe as the singular blessing of humility." (*Ecclesiastical
History*, book 3, Ch. 14)
Philibert, abbot (685): Son of the bishop of Aire, Philibaud. Clovis II
gave Philibert land in the forest of Jumieges where he founded a monastery
in 654. He also built a monastery for women at Pavilly.
Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot (1153):Butler writes: "His personal
attractiveness and wit, his affability and sweetness of temper, endeared
him to everybody" (tell that to Abelard). There is too much to write, what
is your favourite Bernard fact? Please do not include William of
Saint-Thierry's account of Bernard's weak stomach, some people on the list
may have weak stomachs too! (*The Catholic Encyclopedia* gives 21 August as
the feast day, whose right the *Encylopedia* or Butler?)
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