Dear list members,
on re-reading the recent FEAST posts, I notice that the one for 24
December did not make it to the list in one piece, so I am posting it once
more, this time in its entirety.
Best wishes to all,
Carolyn
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Today, 24 December, is the feast of ...
* Forty Virgins, martyrs at Antioch (250)
* Gregory of Spoleto, martyr (303)
- among his many tortures, he was put in an iron pot over a fire, but an
earthquake upset the pot before Gregory was quite cooked; typically, his
torturers got fed up at a certain point, and cut off his head
* Euthymius, martyr at Nicomedia (304)
* Delphinus, confessor (404)
- bishop of Bordeaux, who baptized and taught St Paulinus of Nola
* Tarsilla, virgin (sixth century)
- aunt of St Gregory the Great; after her death, her knees were found to
be as hard as camel hide, due to her continual kneeling in prayer (this,
according to Gregory's testimony)
* Levan, confessor (sixth century)
- a native of Cornwall, he crossed over to Brittany, where he was
consecrated regionary bishop and lived in a cell at Tre'darzec, near
Tre'guier
* Irmina and Adela, virgins (c. 707)
- daughters of Dagobert II, king of the Franks, who lived as virgins after
Irmina's husband-to-be was murdered by one of her servants
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Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol
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