Today, 6 September, is the feast of ...
* Donatian, Laetus and others, bishops and martyrs (c. 484)
- victims of the Arian king of the Vandals, Huneric
* Eleutherius, abbot (sixth century)
- lived for many years in Gregory the Great's monastery at Rome
(see *Dialogues*, bk 3, ch. 33)
* Chainoaldus or Cagnou or Cagnoald, bishop of Laon (c. 633)
- accompanied St Columban on his travels; was present at the
Council of Reims in 630
* Bega or Bee, virgin (seventh century)
- the promontory in Northumbria on which she lived is known as St
Bee's Head
* Bertrand de Garrigues (c. 1230)
- one of the earliest followers of Dominic; prior provincial of
Provence; when asked why he rarely celebrated requiem masses, he replied:
'we are certain of the salvation of the holy souls, but of the end of
ourselves and other sinners we are not certain'; according to Bernard Gui,
he was 'the very image of the blessed Dominic'
* Peregrine of Falerone (1240)
- quit being a student at Bologna and joined Francis of Assisi as
a lay brother
* Liberato da Loro (1258?)
- not much known of him; supposedly a Franciscan, he apparently
lived as a contemplative and a hermit
* Sante da Monte Fabri (1390)
- celebrated by Franciscans along with Peregrine and Liberato, he
became a lay brother after having killed a man
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George Ferzoco
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