Today, 22 May, is the feast of ...
* Castus and Aemilius, martyrs (250) - according to Butler, Augustine
preached a sermon on their feast, and said that 'they fell like St Peter,
through presuming too much on their own strength'; this sounds like
a condemnation rather than praise
* Quiteria, virgin and martyr (fifth century?) - invoked against the bite
of mad dogs; depicted with a dog on a leash
* Romanus (c. 550) - as an old monk, helped initiate the young Benedict to
the solitary life
* Julia, martyr (sixth century?) - supposedly martyred in Corsica by
Saracen pirates, but a legend says she was a slave of a pagan merchant who
visited the governor of Corsica; this governor tried to get her to convert
from Christianity, and crucified her when she refused
* Aigulf or Ayoul, bishop of Bourges (836) - became bishop after having
lived as a hermit; when he felt his death approaching, he returned to his
old hermitage, where he died
* Umilta da Faenza, widow (1310) - a preaching nun; dictated treatises in
Latin, a language she never studied. Catherine Mooney, Virginia
Commonwealth University, is a leading expert on Umilta. Unfortunately she
is not on this list. So is there anyone on the list who can enlighten
us about Umilta?
* Rita of Cascia, widow (1457) - her body has remained incorrupt
Carolyn Muessig
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