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Today, 18 November, is the feast of ... * Dedication of the Basilicas of St Peter and of St Paul - St Peter's basilica, as we see it today, was consecrated by Urban VIII on 18 November 1626; the new basilica of St Paul-outside-the-walls, built after the primitive one was destroyed by fire, was consecrated by Pius IX on 10 December 1854, but the annual commemoration was appointed for 18 November * Romanus of Antioch, martyr (304) - they tried to burn him, but a sudden storm put out the fire; they ripped his tongue out of his mouth, but he still spoke; they finally strangled him to death * Barula (304) - a boy of seven, he confessed one God at the urging of Romanus; he was then scourged and beheaded * Mawes or Maudez, abbot (sixth century?) - an Irishman who went to Brittany, his cult was one of the most widespread in Brittany * Odo of Cluny, abbot (942) - when the abbey of Cluny was founded, its first abbot (St Berno) appointed Odo to run the monastery school; Odo succeeded Berno as abbot, and was noted for his stern rule and discipline (at least once, monks threatened to kill him); wrote a life of Gerald of Aurillac, moral essays, poems and works on music * * * * * * * * * * George Ferzoco %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%