Today, 24 June, is the feast of ...
* the birthday of John the Baptist - it's a holiday in Quebec; salut la
bas!
* martyrs under Nero (64) - scapegoats for the great fire of Rome
* Simplicius, bishop of Autun (fourth or fifth century) - after his
election to the episcopate, Simplicius and his wife, to prove themselves
to the public, voluntarily submitted to an ordeal by fire
* Bartholomew of Farne (1193) - spent 42 years on this island off the
Northumbrian coast
Carolyn Muessig
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