Today, 19 July, is the feast of ...
* Justa and Rufina, virgins and martyrs (287?) - early acts seem to speak
of 'Justus', not 'Justa'; they got in trouble for smashing an idol, and
not making amends to the local prefect
* Macrina the Younger, virgin (379) - eldest child of St Basil the Elder
and St Emmelia, sister of saints Basil the Great, Peter of Sebastea, and
Gregory of Nyssa
* Arsenius the Great (c. 450) - a failed tutor of Arcadius and Honorius,
the sons of emperor Theodosius the Great; when he retired to the monastic
life, his brethren would tease him by calling him 'Father of the Emperors'
* Symmachus, pope (514) - a Sardinian, he had to deal with another rival
pope, Laurence; king Theodoric ruled that Symmachus was the legitimate
pope, since he was elected first and by a greater number
* Ambrose Autpert (778?) - once a tutor of Charlemagne, his treatise on
the conflict between the virtues and vices were attributed to several
others, including Ambrose of Milan, Augustine, Isidore of Seville and pope
Leo IX
Last Tom Izbicki kindly informed us that Ambrose treatise could be found
in the following edition:
The De conflictu vitiorum atque virtutum appears in Ambrosii Autperti
opera, Corpus Christianorum continuatio medievalis, vol. 27.
* Stilla, virgin (c. 1140) - built a church near Abenberg in honour of
saint Peter, where she died; her brothers wanted to bury her at
Heilsbronn, but the horses drawing her coffin would not go in that
direction, turning stubbornly to the church she had built
* Vincent de Paul, founder of Congregation of the Mission and the Sisters
of Charity (1660) - after an incredibly active life, he died seated in a
chair
Carolyn Muessig
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