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Today, 29 August, is the feast of ... * Beheading of John the Baptist (c. 30) - the martyrology of Jerome twins this feast with that of Eliseus, following the belief that both men were buried at Sebaste (near Jerusalem) * Sabina, martyr (date unknown) - according to the sixth century passio, she was a widow who was converted to Christianity by her Syrian servant Serapia * Medericus or Merry, abbot (c. 700) - twice left the monastery to live as a hermit * Richard Herst, martyr (1628) - helped the nervous hangman fix the rope * * * * * * * * * * * * * George Ferzoco %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%