Today, 16 June, is the feast of ...
* Ferreolus and Ferrutio, martyrs (c. 212?)
- together they evangelized Besancon and surrounding area
* Cyricus and Julitta, martyrs (304?)
- the *Acts of Cyricus and Julitta* were proscribed in the decree of Pseudo-Gelasius
regarding books which ought not to be received
* Tychon, bishop of Amathus (fifth century?)
- patron of Cypriot vine-growers
* Aurelian, bishop of Arles (551)
- grave was discovered in Lyon in 1308
* Benno, bishop of Meissen (c. 1106)
- while walking one day, he was bothered by the croaking of nearby frogs, and
ordered them to be quiet; when they obeyed, Benno felt remorse, and told them to
sing on, and give glory to God in their own manner
* Guido da Cortona (c. 1245)
- was told of the hour of his death in a vision, by Francis of Assisi
* Lutgardis, virgin (1246)
- she was so vehement in prayer that she burst a blood vessel; in a vision, it was
revealed to her that this flow of blood was an equivalent to martyrdom
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