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Today, 15 October, is the feast of ... * Leonard of Vandoeuvre, abbot (c. 570) - introduced monasticism to the valley of the Sarthe; after initial hesitation, King Clotaire became a patron of Leonard's abbey * Thecla of Kitzingen, virgin (c. 790) - one of the nuns sent by Tetta, abbess of Wimborne, into Germany to help the mission of Boniface * Euthymius the Younger, abbot (898) - at age 18, flat left his wife and child for a 'laura' on Mount Olympus in Bithynia, under direction of St Joannicius - moving to Mt Athos, had an ascetic battle with another hermit; the other hermit lost, having remained in his cell for only one year while E. remained within his cell for three years - moving to east of Salonika, he founded monasteries for men and women before dying ************************* Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%