Today, 14 May, is the feast of ...
Pontus, martyr (third century) - Had the good fortune to
live on the French Riviera near Nice. Had the bad fortune
to become a Christian during the reign of the Emperor
Valerian.
Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (306) - Chief steward of the
beautiful Algae. He travelled from Rome to the Holy Land to
fetch some relics of martyrs for Algae. However, during his
journey he suffered martyrdom and his body was brought back
to Algae as a relic.
Carthage, Carthach, or Mochuda, bishop (637) - Around 595
Carthach founded a monastery in which he gradually
assembled 800 monks. He drew up a rule in the form of
metrical poem which can be found in the *Irish
Ecclesiastical Record*, the ser., vol. xxvii (1910), pp.
495-517.
Erembert, bishop of Toulouse (672) - On a visit to his home
near Poissy in the department of Seine-et-Oise, a terrible
fire broke out in town. Erembert postrated himself in
prayer in the church of St Saturninus and then emerged
holding his pastoral cross erect. Immediately the wind
veered, the flames died how, and the people flocked to the
church praising God.
Giles of Portugal, Dominican (1265) - On his way to Paris
to study medicine he fell in with a bad crowd in Toledo.
There he studied alchemy, physics and the black arts. After
7 years he had a change of heart. He destroyed all his
magical books and potions and became a Dominican friar.
Petronilla of Moncel, Poor Clare (1355) - First abbess of
the convent Le Moncel in Oise founded by Philip the Fair.
Carolyn Muessig
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