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Today, 15 November, is the feast of ... * Gurias, Samonas and Abibus, martyrs (fourth century) - the first two were hung up by one hand with weights tied to their feet, then beheaded; Abibus was burnt to death; all three, martyrs of Edessa, are 'avengers of unfulfilled contracts' * Desiderius or Didier, bishop (655) - elected in 630 to succeed his brother as bishop of Cahors, even though he was still a layman * Malo, bishop (seventh century) - born in south Wales, he was ordained then moved to Brittany; among many marvels, he once celebrated Easter on the back of a whale * Fintan of Rheinau (879) - native of Leinster, enslaved by Vikings and taken to the Orkney islands; escaped and made pilgrimage to Rome; on his return he stayed with some hermits in the Black Forest, where he spent the rest of his life * Leopold of Austria (1136) - at the request of his son, Otto of Freising, he founded the abbey of Heiligenkreuz in the Wienerwald; also founded Klosterneuburg, near Vienna; refused to be nominated as Emperor * Albert the Great, bishop and doctor (1280) - taught Thomas Aquinas at Dominican studium of Cologne; helped the Franciscan Berthold of Ratisbon to preach the crusade in Germany; in 1278, during a lecture, his memory suddenly failed; he died two years later, sitting in his chair among his Dominican brothers in Cologne; patron of students of natural sciences * * * * * * * * * * Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%