Today, 11 August, is the feast of ...
* Tiburtius and Susanna, martyrs (third century?)
- Tiburtius walked over hot coals to prove the power of his faith,
but this was treated as a magic stunt, and he was beheaded; so to was
Susanna, on a separate occasion
* Alexander the Charcoal-Burner, bishop of Comana, martyr (275?)
- patron of charcoal-burners
* Equitius, abbot (c. 560)
- described in some detail by Gregory the Great; buried in church
of St Laurence in L'Aquila
* Blaan or Blane, bishop (c. 590?)
- when the church lights went out during night office, he sturck a
fire from his own fingernails
* Attracta or Araght, virgin (sixth century?)
- patron of diocese of Achonry
* Lelia, virgin (sixth century?)
- commemorated in diocese of Limerick
* Gaugericus or Gery, bishop of Cambrai (c. 625)
- founded monastery of St Medard at Cambrai
* Gerard of Gallinaro and companions (date unknown)
- English pilgrims to shrine of St Michael at Monte Gargano
* Peter Favre (1546)
- senior of the first companions of Ignatius Loyola
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George Ferzoco
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