Today, 6 June, is the feast of ...
* Philip the Deacon (first century) - baptized Simon Magus
* Ceratius or Cerase, bishop of Grenoble (c. 455) - perhaps also the same
person who was the first bishop of Eauze
* Eustorgius II, bishop of Milan (518) - one of thirty-six archbishops and
bishops of this city to be object of a cult
* Jarlath, bishop of Tuam (c. 550) - founder of this episcopal seat in
Galway
* Gudwal or Gurval or Godwald (sixth century) - probably one of the
earliest missionaries who evangelized Brittany
* Claude, bishop of Besancon (c. 699) - his cult became widespread in the
twelfth century when his body was found to be incorrupt
* Norbert, archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Canons Regular of
Premontre (1134) - had a conversion experience similar to that of
Saul/Paul - with Bernard of Clairvaux, he backed Innocent II's claims to
the papacy
* Gerard of Monza (1207) - once in mid-winter he asked permission to spend
the night in prayer in a church, but the doorkeepers said he could do so
only if he would get them some cherries; he accepted their condition, and
the next day presented them with a bunch of fresh ripe cherries as he
left the church (hence his portrayal as a saint holding cherries in his
hand)
* Lorenzo of Villamagna (1535) - a famous preacher, who would scourge
himself severely before delivering his sermons - he too had a 'cherry
miracle' very similar to that of Gerard
Carolyn Muessig
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