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Today, 23 July, is the feast of ... * Apollinaris, bishop of Ravenna, martyr (date unknown) - only known martyr of Ravenna * The Three Wise Men (first century) - for any questions about their cult, just ask fellow medieval-religion member Francesco Scorza Barcellona! * Liborius, bishop of Le Mans (fourth century) - he is invoked against 'gravel and allied complaints', apparently following pope Clement XI's devotion to him * John Cassian, abbot (c. 433) - he opens his work, *Institutes of the Monastic Life*, with this declaration: 'I shall make no attempt to relate anecdotes of miracles and prodigies. For although I have heard of many unbelievable marvels from my elders and have seen some with my own eyes, I have wholly omitted them because they contribute nothing but astonishment to the instruction of the reader in the perfect life.' Cassian may have been a great abbot, but he would have been a poor listowner. * Romula and companions, virgins (sixth century) - as Romula died, angelic music was heard, becoming faint as her soul was being taken away * Anna or Susanna, virgin (c. 918) - when her tomb -- the site of many miraculous cures -- was opened, her body was found undecayed and smelling sweet * Giovanna da Orvieto, virgin (1306) - a Dominican, known for her many ecstasies and strange miracles; in one, she confessed to her spiritual director in Orvieto when in fact he was lying dead in Bologna Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%