Today, 12 February, is the feast of ...
* Marina, virgin (no date)
- a transvestite monk, who remained silent when a woman
accused 'him' of fathering her child; 'he' raised the
child, and was only discovered to be a woman after her
death
* Julian the Hospitaller (no date)
- after accidentally killing his mother and father, he made
penance by constructing (with his wife) a hospital; popular
cult in the Low Countries and northern France
* Meletius, archbishop of Antioch (381)
- due to controversies with the Arians, on several
occasions he was banished, only to return to his see each
time
* Ethelwald, bishop of Lindisfarne (c. 740)
- an assistant of St Cuthbert, he was still alive when
praised by Bede for his worthiness
* Antony Kauleas, patriarch of Constantinople (901)
- one of several patriarchs who struggled with the
Iconoclasts, he was noted for his penance and prayers
* Ludan (1202?)
- after bells sounded miraculously near Strasbourg, people
found the body of someone who had just died; in his wallet,
they found a note that said, 'My name is Luda: I am the son
of the noble Scottish prince Hiltebold. For the honour of
God I have become a pilgrim.' This was enough for him to be
deemed a saint
* Seven Founders of the Servite Order (thirteenth century)
- after seven young Florentines -- Buonfiglio Monaldo,
Alessio Falconieri, Benedetto dell'Antella, Bartolomeo
Amidei, Ricovero Uguccione, Gerardino Sostegni, and
Giovanni Buonagiunta -- joined the local Confraternity of
the Blessed Virgin (whose members were known as 'laudesi',
or praisers), they became friends and retired to a
hermitage; with some pressure from bishops and with the
help of a vision on 13 April 1240, they decided to organize
themselves and follow the Rule of St Augustine
* Thomas Hemerford and companions, martyrs (1584)
- Thomas was hanged, drawn and quartered along with James
Fenn, John Nutter, John Munden and George Haydock
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
phone: +44(0)117-928-8168
fax: +44(0)117-929-7850
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