Today, 8 July, is the feast of ...
* Aquila and Prisca (or Priscilla) (first century) - hosted Paul on his
visit to Corinth
* Procopius, martyr (303) - protomartyr of the Diocletian persecution in
Palestine
* Kilian and companions, martyrs (c. 689) - killed by a woman whose
marriage was condemned by Kilian
* Withburga, virgin (c. 743) - when her body was translated in 1106, it
was not corrupted (indeed, her limbs were still flexible)
* Adrian III, pope (885) - died near Modena, where there remains a
liturgical commemoration of him
* Grimbald (903) - a very good singer (in addition to being on good terms
with England's kings Alfred and Edward)
* Sunniva and companions (tenth century?) - after shipwreck on island of
Selje (near Norway), they were trapped in a cave after a landslide
* Raymond of Toulouse (1118) - instrumental in the construction of the
collegiate church of St Sernin
* Eugenius III, pope (1153) - first Cistercian pope; dedicatee of
Bernard's *De consideratione*
* Elizabeth of Portugal, widow (1336) - a good influence on husband, king
Denis of Portugal
Carolyn Muessig
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