Today, 24 October, is the feast of ...
* Raphael the Archangel
- Michael and Gabriel are the only other archangels named in the Bible
- although venerated from early times (more in East than West), it
was not until pontificate of Benedict XV that this feast was made
obligatory throughout the west
Last year Bill East added:
Another one, Uriel, is mentioned in the apocryphal books 2 Esdras and
Enoch.
* Felix, bishop of Thibiuca, martyr (303)
- tortured and beheaded for not giving up his books; a great
patron for bibliophiles
* Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople (446)
- disciple of John Chrysostom who became secretary to John's
opponent, Atticus
- quotable quote: 'We do not proclaim a deified man, but we
confess an incarnate God'
* Aretas and the martyrs of Najran, and Elesbaan (523)
- 4000 were martyred in Najran, a Christian stronghold in Yemen
- among these was the wife of the leader Aretas; she repulsed the
lust of the invaders' leader, and had to witness her daughters being
executed before her eyes and then drink their blood before she herself
was beheaded
- Mohammed mentions the massacre in the Koran, and condemns its
perpetrators to Hell
- news of the massacre reached the Aksumite king, Elesbaan, who
restored Najran to Christianity; later, he resigned his throne and lived
as an anchorite
* Senoch, abbot (576)
- contemporary and acquaintance of Gregory of Tours, who
celebrated the abbot's funeral
* Martin or Mark (c. 580)
- Gregory the Great, in the *Dialogues* (iii, 16), calls him Martin;
the Roman martyrology calls him Mark
- was a solitary in Campania; lived for some time fastened to his
cave by a chain
* Maglorius or Magloire or Maelor, bishop of Dol (sixth century)
- born in Glamorgan, son of St Umbrafel; built a monastery on isle
of Sark, where he got rid of a dragon
- feast observed in Rennes diocese, Channel Islands and Portsmouth
* Martin of Vertou, abbot (sixth century)
- at times confused with Martin of Braga; born at Nantes, he
preached in Poitou without much success (he converted only the owners of
the house where he stayed) before retiring to become a successful hermit
then abbot of monastery on the river Sevre
* Evergislus, bishop of Cologne (c. 600)
- succeeded St Severinus as bishop; killed at night in church
while he prayed
* Mansuy, monk of Citeaux (twelfth century)
- according to Rozanne Elder, information on Mansuy is to be
found in the *Vita Prima [sancti Bernardi]* 1.3; *Exordium Magnum*
1.26; and Helinand of Froidmont, *Chronicon* 1.47 (PL 112:1000)
* John Angelo Porro (1506)
- Servite, active with children, poor and unlearned in Milan;
venerated by Servites as their patron of novice masters
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
phone: +44(0)117-928-8168
fax: +44(0)117-929-7850
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