Today, 10 November, is the feast of ...
* Theoctista, virgin (?)
- her vita is based on the last days of Mary of Egypt, and supposedly
took place in the early tenth century
- after kidnapping by Arabs, she lived on island of Paros
- after her death, a friend cut off her hand to take away as a relic,
but a storm prevented him from leaving the island until he returned the
hand to the rest of Theoctista's body; it grew again on to the wrist
* Trypho, Respicius and Nympha, martyrs (?)
- their relics were preserved in Rome's hospital of the Holy Ghost in
Sassia
* Aedh Mac Bricc, bishop (589)
- after a miraculous birth, he worked with his father's pigs until
meeting saints Brendan of Birr and Canice, then Illathan
- worked many extravagant miracles, including transporting himself
through the air
* Justus, archbishop of Canterbury (c. 627)
- accompanied Augustine of Canterbury in England; first bishop of
Rochester; before his death he consecrated St Paulinus
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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