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saints of the day 9. February
Today (9. February) is the feast day of:
Apollonia (d. c. 249) Apollonia was a deaconness of
Alexandria, seized in the Decian persecution. In their efforts
to get her to a more proper understanding of divine forces, the Roman
authorities had her tortured, knocking out all her teeth (which is why
she's the patron saint both of dentists and of those who suffer from
toothache). Finally they built a large fire and threatened to
burn her alive---but she spoiled their sport by jumping into the fire
of her own free will. Augustine says that A didn't usurp
the divine prerogative in what was essentially suicide by saying that
she must have gotten special direction from the Holy Spirit. A
lot of churches in Europe have one of A's teeth.
Teilo (6th cent.) Teilo was a Welsh monk and bishop.
His very late legend tells that he spent time in Brittany with Samson,
but returned to Wales, where he was probably based at Llandeilo Fawr
in Powys. Because of a dispute between three communities over
who should get his body, T's relics miraculously mutiplied into three
complete sets.
Cronan of Roscrea (d. c. 626) Cronan was from central
Ireland. He is credited with founding fifty monasteries (or at
least hermitages).
Marianus Scotus (blessed) (d. c. 1080) Muiredach Mac
Robhartaigh was an Irish peregrinus to the Continent. He was
heading for Rome, but never made it past Regensburg. MS stayed
there for the rest of his life, winning fame as a scribe. Other
Irish monks came along, and in time the first "Scottish"
monastery of Germany was founded.
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