Today, 18 August, is the feast of ...
Agapitus, martyr (date unknown): During the reign of Aurelian, Agapitus
was a boy who, when brought before the governor Antiochius, refused to
renounce his faith. He was then scourged, imprisoned and beheaded.
Florus and Laurus, martyrs, (date unknown): Stone-masons who were employed
to build a pagan temple. After it was finished, they were converted to
Christianity and immediately destroyed the pagan images that they had
created.
Helen (330): Mother of the emperor Constantine and discoverer of the holy
cross.
Alipius, bishop of Tagaste (430): Was Augustine's chief assistant in all
his public works.
Angelo Augustine of Florence, Carmelite (1438): He had great success as a
preacher. In paintings he is represented with garlands coming out of his
mouth and entwining his hearers.
Beatrice Da Silva, founder of the Conceptionist Nuns (1490): Queen
Isabella gave the castle of Galliana to the first community of this order.
The nuns followed an adaptation of the Cistercian rule.
Haymo of Savigliano, Dominican: Inquisitor general for Upper Lombardy and
Liguria where the Waldensians flourished.
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Carolyn Muessig
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