Today, 13 May, is the feast of ...
Glyceria, martyr (177) - Suffered martyrdom at Heraclea.
Mucius, martyr (304) - Priest who suffered martyrdom at
Constantinople.
Servatius, or Servais, bishop of Tongres (384) - Foretold
the invasion of Gaul by the Huns. In order to avert this
calamity he fasted and prayed and made a pilgrimage to
Rome. Nevertheless, 70 years later Atilla overran the
country.
John the Silent, monk (558) - Got his name from his great
love of silence and recollection.
Erconwald, bishop of London (686) - Founded a monastery for
men at Chertsey in Surrey, and one for women at Barking in
Essex.
Eurthymius the Englightener, abbot of Iviron (1028) - A
teetotaller although he allowed his monks their fair ration
of wine.
Imelda (1333) - Upon the reception of her first communion
at 11 years old, she died from excitement of receiving the
host.
Julian of Norwich, visionary (1423) - At the beginning of
her book, Julian states that before she received what she
calls the 'shewings', she had desired three gifts from God
- that he would grant her a greater realization of Christ's
sufferings, that he would send her a severe illness which
would bring her to death's door and detach her from earthly
things, and that he would give her the three wounds of
'contrition', of 'kind compassion', and of 'willful longing
towards God'. (All sorts of confusion about the date of the
Julian's shewings. The Catholic Encyclopedia says either the 8th or 14th
of May, while many other sources say 13th May.)
Peter Regalatus, Franciscan (1456) - Introduced rigorous
reform into various friaries in Spain.
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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