Today, 27 March, is the feast of ...
* John of Egypt (394)
- perhaps the most famous desert hermit (except St Antony),
he was known for his great humility: at the command of his
spiritual father, for an entire year he daily watered a dry
stick as though it had been a live plant
* John Damascene (c. 749)
- like his father before him, he served as Vizier to the
Caliph in Damascus; however, he left his riches to the poor
and made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, eventually settling in
the laura of St Sabas; known for his theological treatises
(and his eloquence, earning him the nickname
'Chrysorrhoes', or 'Golden Stream'), he was declared Doctor
by pope Leo XIII
* William Tempier, bishop of Poitiers (1197)
- a great opponent of simony; his tomb behind the high
altar of the church of St Cyprian in Poitiers became a
place of pilgrimage and miraculous healings
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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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