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Today, 24 November, is the feast of ... * Chrysogonus, martyr (c. 304?) - named in canon of the Roman Mass, this Roman official became spiritual father of St Anastasia; may have been martyred in Aquileia * Colman of Cloyne, bishop (sixth century) - poet and royal bard, he was converted in his late 40s by St Brendan; taught the boy Columba to read * Flora and Mary, virgins and martyrs (851) - Flora was daughter of a Muslim father, but raised secretly in the Christian faith of her mother; Mary was sister of a deacon; they were beheaded together; their intercession was credited for the release of St Eulogius and other Christians from prison * John of the Cross (1591) - born near Avila, he considered joining the Carthusians but was led by St Teresa to become a Carmelite; eventually he founded the Institute of Discalced (Bare-Footed) Carmelites, approved in 1580 by pope Gregory XIII; author of outstanding works on mystical theology and prayer, declared Doctor in 1926 * * * * * * * * George Ferzoco %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%