Today, 4 February, is the feast of ...
* Theophilus the Penitent (?)
- legend has it that after he lost a position in his
diocese, he made a deal with the devil to regain it; after
his return to office, he was overcome with remorse, and
after forty days' penance he was able to confess his sin,
which was pardoned by his bishop and everyone else in the
church
* Phileas, bishop of Thmuis, martyr (304)
- a famous accout of his trial in Alexandria is in the
history of Eusebius
* Isidore of Pelusium, abbot (c. 450)
- some of his letters (approx. 2000 of them) are in
*Patrologia Graeca*, t. 78
* Modan, abbot (c. 550?)
- although he preached in the areas surrounding Stirling
and Falkirk in Scotland, he spent much time in solitude, in
the mountainous area near Dumbarton
* Hrabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz (856)
- after studies at the monastic school of Fulda and then at
Tours (under Alcuin), he returned to Fulda and became
abbot, before his appointment to the Mainz archbishopric in
847
- due to his obedience to the Holy See, he was nicknamed
'the Pope's slave'
* Nicholas Studites, abbot (863)
- banished during the iconoclastic controversies, he
managed to return to his monastery of Studius, but he was
kept their under confinement until his death
* Rembert, archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen (888)
- successor of St Anskar (see yesterday's FEAST post), he
also wrote a *vita* of his predecessor (who said of
Rembert, 'He is more worthy to be archbishop than I am to
be his deacon')
* Andrea Corsini, bishop of Fiesole (1373)
- after a wayward youth, he joined the Carmelite convent of
Florence; he then studied in Paris before joining an uncle,
who was a cardinal in Avignon; when he was elected to the
Fiesole bishopric, he tried to avoid this office by hiding
in the Carthusian convent of Enna (Sicily), but he was
discovered; as bishop, he was renowned for his diplomacy,
charity and asceticism
* Jeanne de France, matron (1505)
- founded the Annonciades de Bourges
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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