Today, 17 October, is the feast of ...
John the Dwarf (fifth century): Noted for his obedience to the precepts
of his masters; known mainly through anecdotes in the *Apophthegmata*;
last words: 'I never followed my own will; nor did I ever teach another
what I had not first practised myself.'
Anstrudis or Austrude, virgin (c. 700): Probably the daughter of St
Salaberga, founder of an abbey at Laon; succeeded her mother as abbess.
Nothelm, archbishop of Canterbury (740): Was chief aid to Bede in
composition of the *Ecclesiastical History*.
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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