Today, 24 May, is the feast of ...
* Donatian and Rogation, martyrs (289 or 304) - natives of Nantes, where
they are popularly known as 'les enfants nantais'
* Vincent of Lerins, priest of the monastery of Lerins, (c. 445) - known
for his *Commonitorium* against heresies, he has at times been credited
with authorship of the Athanasian Creed
* Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury (1089) - received no public cultus,
but frequently called 'beatus'; born in Pavia, he was educated in law
and dialetics; he first taught in Italy and then became an itinerant
teacher in France and established the school of Avranches; he became a
monk and prior of Bec-Helloin; he became archbishop of Canterbury in
1070; in his treatise *De corpore et sanguine Domini* he wrote against
Berenger of Tours' eucharistic doctrine.
* David I of Scotland (1153) - born about 1080, the youngest of six sons
of Scottish king Malcolm Canmore and queen, St Margaret; became king in
1124; Aelred of Rievaulx, who as a young man served as master of David's
household, wrote his *vita*, in which David is criticized for failure to
control savagery of Scottish troops at the Battle of the Standard
* Nicetas of Pereaslav, martyr (1186) - converted from collecting taxes
to wearing metal shirts and living on a pillar; his metal shirt became
so worn it resembled silver, and robbers, trying to take this 'silver',
killed him
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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