Today, 22 June, is the feast of ...
* Alban, martyr (?) - protomartyr of the island of Britain; feast kept on
this day throughout England and Wales, except in the diocese of Brentwood
(23 June)
* Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana (c. 414) - Baronius mistakenly transferred
the commemoration, when he revised the martyrology, from this date to 7
January; there, it is written: 'In Dacia of St Nicetas, Bishop, who by his
preaching made nations mild and gentle that before were barbarous and
savage'
* Paulinus, bishop of Nola (431) - studied under Ausonius; of his numerous
writings, only 32 letters, 51 letters and a few fragments have survived
* Eberhard, archbishop of Salzburg (1164) - in the struggle between
Frederick Barbarossa and pope Alexander III, Eberhard was one of a small
number of German dignitaries who refused to recognize the antipope Victor
IV
* Innocent V, pope (1277) - the first Dominican pope; his cult is limited
to the Dominican order
Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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