Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 19 Jul 1999 11:50:24 +0100 (BST)587_US-ASCII Today, 17 July, is the feast of ...
* Speratus and companions, the Scillitan martyrs (180) - described in the earliest 'acta' from Africa
* Marcellina, virgin (c. 398) - sister of St Ambrose, who dedicated his treatise on virginity to her
* Alexis (fifth century) - said to have lived in Edessa as a beggar, who revealed on his deathbed that he was really a Roman noble; known as 'the Man of God', his cult was widespread; a notable example of someone who, having married, parted from his wife without having consummated the marriage [...]52_19Jul199911:50:24+0100(BST)[log in to unmask] |