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I (Oriens) thought this message, from the Cistercian Studies list, might be of interest to the brethren and sustren: Forwarded Message: From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 08:54:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: 4 October To: CISTERCIAN STUDIES LIST <[log in to unmask]> Hodie celebramus festam sancti Francisci, confessoris, fratris minoris Mariam, abbatissam de Carriso Cisterzienser Chronik 24:15 Heri praetermissimus Irmengard, benefactorem Baindtis (qui?) Cisterzienser Chronik 39:363 Cras commemorabimus vitam Therese Demargne, monialem monasterii de La Fille Dieu (1914) On the Coptic calendar, today is the 24 Thout in the year 1713 and the commenoration of St Gregory the ascetic and St Quadratus, one of the 72 disciples, a noble Athenian tortured, stoned, and burned (like many Coptic saints, who refused to succumb to one form of execution and insisted on sampling several before finally dying; on this see, D. N. Bell's introduction to Mena of Nikious: THe Life of Isaac of Alexandria and the Martyrdom of Saint Macrobius! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%