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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (30. August) is the feast day of: Felix and "Adauctus" (d. c. 304) Felix was a Roman priest, tortured and executed during the Great Persecution. On the way to execution, F. so impressed a Christian bystander that he publicly proclaimed his faith and was taken along and beheaded too. The second man's name is unknown, so he was called Adauctus---"the added one." Pammachius (d. 410) Pammachius was a Roman senator, friend of Jerome, and son-in-law of St. Paula. P. devoted his life to study and charity; among other works he built a hospice for pilgrims (the first in the west). Rumon (aka Ruan, Ruadan, Ronan) (6th cent.) A hopelessly obscure saint, probably an Irish missionary. A large number of churches in Devon and Cornwall were named after him. He may be the same person as St. Ronan, venerated in Brittany (on June 1). Fantinus (10th cent.) Fantinus was a Basilian monk, abbot of St. Mercury in Calabria. One day he left the monastery and started wandering around the countryside preaching imminent destruction. Sure enough, invading Muslims destroyed his monastery. F. went on to a number of sites in the eastern Mediterranean, finally dying in Salonika famous as a miracle-worker. A modern saint: Margaret Ward (d. 1588) A very rare English female martyr, Margaret Ward was a gentlewoman in London. She and her Irish servant were arrested for helping a Catholic priest escape from prison. They were offered freedom if they would sue for pardon but they refused and, when they refused to tell where the priest was hiding, were hanged, drawn, and quartered. MW was canonized in 1970. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html