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Today, 29 October, is the feast of ... * Anastasius of Suppentonia (c. 570) - abbot whose life and miracles are described in Gregory the Great's *Dialogues* * Colman of Kilmacduagh (632) - of royal blood, he founded a monastery where he lived on weeds and water before becoming first bishop of Kilmacduagh * Anna the Young (ninth century) - in order to live the religious life she desired, she disguised herself as a man named Euphemianus and lived among monks for several years; then lived with two eunuch monks for a few years before ending her days in Constantinople * Laudoveva (?) - supposedly a Frankish queen; buried in church of St Frambaud in Senlis until the French Revolution * Remi of Lyon (875) - served as chaplain to emperor Lothar II * Aethelnoth of Canterbury (1038) - baptized by St Dunstan; had great influence on king Canute; supposedly wrote a work on the Virgin Mary, but no trace of this exists * Allucio di Campugliano (1134) - founded hospitals in Tuscany; in one of them, he invited men to live there who had left behind 'pro Dei praedia vel uxores atque filios' * Pierre le Borgne (1186) - abbot of Clairvaux, who supposedly wept so much over his sins that he lost sight in one eye * Ida of Leau (thirteenth century) - became nun of Ramiege after schooling with beguines; known for her passion for copying and correcting liturgical books; lived for some time with mystics Beatrice of Nazareth and Ida of Nivelles * Benvenuta Boiani (1292) - joined Dominican third order, where after five years of paralysis she vowed to make pilgrimage to St Dominic's tomb in Bologna if she were able; after miraculous cure, she fulfilled her vow * * * * * * * * * * Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%