Today, 2 August, is the feast of ...
* Stephen I, pope (257)
- dealt with controversy regarding baptism administered by
heretics
* Theodota, martyr (304?)
- was burned along with her three sons
* Thomas of Dover (or of Hales) (1295)
- a monk, murdered by French raiders who could not get him to
disclose where the monastery's riches had been hidden; king Richard II
asked pope Urban VI to canonize Thomas, but a process begun in 1382 was
never carried out
* Alphonsus de' Liguori, bishop and doctor (1787)
- founder of the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
George Ferzoco
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|