Today, 26 March, is the feast of ...
* Castulus, martyr (286)
- Diocletian's chamberlain, he arranged for services to
take place in the palace itself, under the 'logic' that
nobody would suspect such activity there; after being
tortured, he was buried alive
* Felix, bishop of Trier (c. 400)
- following a dispute with saints Ambrose and pope
Siricius, he resigned his see and retired to a monastery he
had built
* Macartan, or Aedh Mac Cairthinn, bishop (c. 505)
- first bishop of the diocese of Clogher
* Braulio, bishop of Saragossa (651)
- patron of Aragon, friend and disciple of Isidore of
Seville
* Ludger, (809)
- first bishop of Munster, author of a life of St Gregory
of Utrecht
* Basil the Younger (952)
- falsely accused of being a spy, he was cast into the sea,
but was brought safely back to land by dolphins; lived to
be one hundred years old
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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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