Today, 30 July, is the feast of ...
* Abdon and Sennen, martyrs (303?) - Persians, brought to Rome, where
they spat upon the images of the gods
* Julitta, widow and martyr (c. 303) - native of Caesarea, commemorated
in a sermon by Basil the Great
* Mannes (c. 1230) - brother of st Dominic; in 1234, supposedly urged
the people of Calaruega to build a chapel in honour of his recently
canonized brother
* Archangelo of Calatafimi (1460) - Sicilian hermit, who following a
decree by pope Martin V joined the Franciscans
* John Soreth (1471) - Carmelite, Parisian doctor, prior general of the
order; responsible for several communities of beguines joining the order
in the Low Countries
* Simon of Lipnicza (1482) - as a young graduate, he was convinced he
should join the Franciscans by John of Capistrano
* Peter of Mogliano (1490) - his hagiographer was a woman, Baptista
Varani, daughter of Duke of Camerino
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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