Today, 17 September, is the feast of...
Socrates and Stephen, martyrs (?): Butler writes: "Nothing whatever is
known of these martyrs and they are only of interest because the Roman
Martyrology, following the Martyrology of Jerome, says that their passion
took place in Britain."
Satyrus (379): Eulogized by his younger brother, Ambrose of Milan
Lambert, bishop of Maastricht, martyr (705): Killed by a gang led by a
certain Dodo.
Columba, virgin and martyr (853): Native of Cordoba, killed by Moslems.
Hildegard of Bingen, abbess of Rupertsberg (1179): AKA in her own day as
the Sibyl of the Rhine.
The Impression of the Stigmata upon St Francis (1224): With the exception
of Francis, I cannot think of any other male stigmatic from the Middle
Ages. Are there any others?
Peter Arbues, inquisitor and martyr (1485): His zeal made him many enemies.
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Carolyn Muessig
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