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Today, 4 August, is the feast of ... * Ia and companions, martyrs (c. 360) - shortest-named saint?; Ia and companions were cruelly tortured in Persia * Molua or Lughaidh, abbot (608) - when he died, the birds wept * Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers (1221) - canonized in 1234 by his friend Gregory IX, who said he no less doubted Dominic's sanctity than that of Peter and Paul Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%