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Today, 17 October, is the feast of ... John the Dwarf (fifth century): Noted for his obedience to the precepts of his masters; known mainly through anecdotes in the *Apophthegmata*; last words: 'I never followed my own will; nor did I ever teach another what I had not first practised myself.' Anstrudis or Austrude, virgin (c. 700): Probably the daughter of St Salaberga, founder of an abbey at Laon; succeeded her mother as abbess. Nothelm, archbishop of Canterbury (740): Was chief aid to Bede in composition of the *Ecclesiastical History*. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%