Today, 26 November, is the feast of ...
* Peter, bishop of Alexandria, martyr (311)
- as his prison was surrounded by Christians protesting his
innocence, Peter, knowing he would surely be executed,
convinced the guards to make a hole in the prison wall in
the night during a storm, so that no one would see or hear
him being taken away to the place where he was executed
* Siricius, pope (399)
- condemned the monk Jovinian and the bishop of Sardinia
Bonosus as heretics, as they denied the perpetual virginity
of Mary and the merit of virginity
* Basolus or Basle (c. 620)
- a soldier-turned-solitary, he is one of several saints
who performed a miracle wherein a hunted beast took refuge
with the holy person, so that the noble hunter, in awe, let
the beast live and gave the hermit some land
* Conrad, bishop of Constance (975)
- represented with a chalice and spider: while he
celebrated mass one Easter, a large and supposedly
poisonous spider dropped into the chalice; out of devotion
and respect for the mysteries, he deliberately swallowed
the spider, and 'miraculously' lived
- canonized in 1123
* Nikon 'Metanoeite' (998)
- a missionary to Crete, he began all his sermons with the
word 'Metanoeite' (= repent!)
* Pontius of Faucigny, abbot (1178)
- a Savoyard noble, he became a canon regular and founded a
religious house at Sixt
* Silvestro Gozzolini, abbot (1267)
- founder of Benedictine congregation that was to bear his
name ('Silvestrine')
* Giacomo Benefatti, bishop of Mantova (1338)
- his body was found to be incorrupt in 1483 and in 1604
(I wonder if anyone has checked lately?)
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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