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Today, 13 May, is the feast of ... Glyceria, martyr (177) - Suffered martyrdom at Heraclea. Mucius, martyr (304) - Priest who suffered martyrdom at Constantinople. Servatius, or Servais, bishop of Tongres (384) - Foretold the invasion of Gaul by the Huns. In order to avert this calamity he fasted and prayed and made a pilgrimage to Rome. Nevertheless, 70 years later Atilla overran the country. John the Silent, monk (558) - Got his name from his great love of silence and recollection. Erconwald, bishop of London (686) - Founded a monastery for men at Chertsey in Surrey, and one for women at Barking in Essex. Eurthymius the Englightener, abbot of Iviron (1028) - A teetotaller although he allowed his monks their fair ration of wine. Imelda (1333) - Upon the reception of her first communion at 11 years old, she died from excitement of receiving the host. Julian of Norwich, visionary (1423) - At the beginning of her book, Julian states that before she received what she calls the 'shewings', she had desired three gifts from God - that he would grant her a greater realization of Christ's sufferings, that he would send her a severe illness which would bring her to death's door and detach her from earthly things, and that he would give her the three wounds of 'contrition', of 'kind compassion', and of 'willful longing towards God'. Peter Regalatus, Franciscan (1456) - Introduced rigorous reform into various friaries in Spain. Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%