Today, 31 May, is the feast of ...
* Petronilla, virgin and martyr (251?) - according to the Roman
Martyrology: 'At Rome, [the commemoration of] St Petronilla, Virgin,
daughter of the blessed Apostle Peter ...'; 'daughter of the apostle
Peter'?????!!!!!
* Cantius, Cantianus and Cantianella, martyrs (304?) - beheaded while
trying to escape from their persecutors
* Mechtildis of Edelstetten, virgin (1160) - at age five, placed by her
parents in double monastery they had founded on their own estate at
Diessen, on the Ammersee in Bavaria; noted for her ecstasies and
healings
- this is not Mechtildis of Hackeborn, younger sister of Gertrude of
Helfta
* James the Venetian (1314) - a Dominican noted for his good works as
prior at Forli', Faenza, San Severino and Ravenna; within a year of his
death, a confraternity was formed in Forli' to promote his veneration
* Angela Merici, virgin (1540) - founded the Company of St Ursula;
canonized in 1807
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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