Today, 15 February, is the feast of ...
* Faustinus and Jovita, martyrs (?)
- noble brothers of Brescia, they were arrested and taken
first to Milan, then to Rome and Naples before being
returned to Brescia, where they were beheaded
- it is recorded that during their journey they baptized
42,118 people at a place called Lubras, 22,600 at the
Milvian bridge, 73,200 in Rome, and 53,210 in Naples (not
bad)
* Agape, virgin and martyr (?)
- a patron of Terni, who supposedly died around the time
that bishop Valentine was also killed
* Walfrid, abbot (c. 765)
- founded a monastery on Monte Verde, between Volterra and
Piombino
* Tanco or Tatto, bishop of Verden, martyr (808)
- an abbot of Amalbarich, he became bishop, and sought
martyrdom by preaching about people's vices; he received
what he sought
* Sigfrid, bishop of Vaxjo (c. 1045)
- despite conflicting *vitae*, he is regarded as the
apostle of Sweden (right, Jonas?)
* Jordan of Saxony (1237)
- after teaching a disciple of Dominic, he himself became a
Dominican, and eventually became master general, and wrote
a *vita* of Dominic
* Angelo da Borgo San Sepolcro (c. 1306)
- an Augustinian hermit, he founded several Augustinian
houses in England before returning to his native Umbria
- once, a man raised his arm to strike Angelo, but his arm
was instantly paralyzed, and was returned to normal only by
the prayers of Angelo
* Julia of Certaldo, virgin (1367)
- a servant girl, she became an Augustinian tertiary, and
lived for nearly thirty years in a cell beside the sacristy
of the church of Saints Michael and James
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Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
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