Today, 30 October, is the feast of ...
* Serapion, bishop of Antioch (c. 212)
- kept busy by condemning heretics and apostates; he at first allowed
his flock to read the *Gospel of Peter*, but upon reading it himself he
condemned it
- no cult in the East, but named in the Roman Martyrology and his feast
kept by the Carmelites, who claimed he belonged to their order
* Marcellus the Centurion, martyr (298)
- one of the pre-Diocletian martyrs; as an interesting discussion on the
list two years ago would conclude, he was one of the 'Early
Christian Pacifists'
- after a sudden conversion, he declared: 'For it was not right for a
Christian man, who serves the Lord Christ, to serve in the armies of the
world'; he then was martyred
* Asterius, bishop of Amasea (c. 410) - little known about him, but 21
of his homilies are extant
* Dorothy of Montau, widow (1394)
- widowed at age of 43, spent the next -- and last -- year of her life
as a recluse in a cell by the church of the Teutonic Knights at
Marienwerder; at that time gained reputation for holiness
- her vitae were written in Latin and German; author was her confessor;
popularly regarded as patron of Prussia
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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