Today, 21 June, is the feast of ...
* Eusebius, bishop of Samosata (c. 379) - seems he should be a martyr, as
he died after an Arian woman, standing on a roof, threw a tile down onto
his head; he died several days later from the wounds
* Alban or Albinus of Mainz, martyr (fifth century) - one of the
cephalophoric saints, who carried their heads in their hands following
decapitation
* Meen or Mewan, abbot (sixth century?) - a healer of various skin
diseases
* Engelmund (c. 720) - most famous assistant of St Willibrord in
evangelizing the Netherlands
* Leutfridus or Leufroy, abbot (738) - he loved poverty so much that he
once refused Christian burial to a monk who had died with money in his
possession
* Ralph or Raoul, archbishop of Bourges (866) - many Western governments
take note: Ralph referred to those who interfered with the finances of
hospitals as 'murderers of the poor'
Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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