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Today, 14 March, is the feast of ... * Leobinus or Lubin, bishop of Chartres (c. 558) - alternated public life with periods as a hermit; took part in the Fifth Council of Orleans and the Second Council of Paris * Eutychius or Eustathius (741) - martyred at Carrhae in Mesopotamia by Muslims; his relics worked many miracles * Matilda, widow (968) - a noble, she left her inheritance to her sons and retired to her country residence; when her son Otto went to Rome to be crowned emperor, he left the kingdom in her charge; buried in Quedlinburg (any sermons by Jordan of Quedlinburg preached on her feast?) * Jacopo, archbishop of Naples (1308) - a disciple of Giles of Rome, he spent considerable periods in Paris before being named archbishop, first of Benevento, then of Naples * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * George Ferzoco tel ++ 44 (0)116 252 2654 Director of Studies for Italian fax ++ 44 (0)116 252 3633 University of Leicester e-mail [log in to unmask] School of Modern Languages LEICESTER LE1 7RH UNITED KINGDOM %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%