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Today, 11 September, is the feast of ... * Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs (date unknown) - brothers whose tombs were discovered in the 1840s in the cemetery of Basilla on the Old Salarian Way * Theodora of Alexandria (no date) - after falling into sin, she repented and lived disguised as a man among the desert monks of the Thebaid * Paphnutius, bishop (c. 350?) - a supporter of St Athanasius, he survived many years after suffering the torture of having his right eye removed and his left leg made lame * Patiens, bishop of Lyon (c. 480) - patiently worked as a model bishop: 'holy, active, ascetic and merciful' * Deiniol, bishop (c. 584?) - known as the 'Daniel of the Bangors', he was buried at Ynys Ynlli * Peter of Chavanon (1080) - as a priest, he longed for a less active life; when he was 'persecuted by the attentions of a woman who was attracted to him', he founded and built a monastery for canons regular; buried at Pebrac * Louis of Thuringia (1227) - husband of St Elizabeth of Hungary, when he was dying of malaria, he saw his room filled with doves, and his last words were 'I must fly away with these white doves' * Bonaventure of Barcelona (1684) - a Franciscan lay-brother, with many ecstasies; built several retreat houses in Rome for members of his order (this alone was sufficient for beatification :-) ) * * * * * * * * George Ferzoco %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%