Today, 10 June, is the feast of ...
* Getulius and companions, martyrs (c. 120) - Getulius was a soldier
before resigning and heading for the Sabine hills near Tivoli (an astute
man!); he, along with some other ex-soldiers and Christians, was
martyred on the Via Salaria
* Ithamar, bishop of Rochester (c. 656) - first Englishman to occupy an
English bishopric
* Landericus or Landry, bishop of Paris (c. 660) - to him is attributed
the foundation of the city's first real hospital, near Notre-Dame,
dedicated to St Christopher; this later grew to be the Hotel-Dieu
* Olive of Palermo, virgin and martyr (ninth century?) - a
thirteen-year-old maiden, she was captured by Saracens who took her to
Tunis, where she lived in a cave outside the city; when it was
discovered that she was curing people and converting them to
Christianity, she was tortured and beheaded (at which time her soul, in
the form of a dove, was seen to soar upward)
* Margaret of Scotland, matron (1093) - supposedly altered the behaviour
of husband, king Malcolm, so that he became a most virtuous king; it was
written of her: 'there was a gravity in her very joy, and something
stately in her anger'
Graham Jones wrote:
...and a mother of saints, (King) David of Scotland and Matilda, first
wife of Henry I of England. Matilda's combination of beauty, wisdom and
good deeds was celebrated in her day and even in the sixteenth century
she was still venerated as 'Maud Good Queen'.
* Bogumilus, archbishop of Gniezno (1182) - twin brother of Boguphalus,
nephew of local archbishop John; after five years as archbishop, he left
to join the Camaldolese monks living at Uniow
* Henry of Treviso (1315) - after his death, 276 miracles were recorded
by local notaries
* Bonaventure of Peraga, cardinal (1386) - held chair of theology at
Bologna; was member of Augustinian Order of Hermits (the first of his
order to be named cardinal)
* Giovanni Dominici, archbishop of Ragusa, cardinal (1419) - vita
written by St Antoninus; encouraged pope Gregory XII to resign as means
of ending the schism
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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