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Today, 10 April, is the feast of ... Bademus, Abbot (376): One of the victims of the persecution under King Sapor II of Persia. The Martyrs under the Danes (870): In one of their descents upon Anglo-Saxon England, the Danes made their way up the Thames as far as the abbey of Chertsey, where they massacred Beocca the abbot, a priest called Hethor, and a number of monks. Macarius, or Macaire, of Ghent (1012): Popular throughout Flanders where he was regarded as patron against epidemic diseases of all kinds. Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres (1029):Was wont to describe himself as "the very little bishop of a very great church." Paternus of Abdinghof, Monk (1058): The death of Paternus left a deep impression on Peter Damian and Marianus Scotus. On the Friday before Palm Sunday, fires broke out simultaneously in seven parts of town. The monastery of Abdinghof was completely destroyed. But the monks were saved, except Paternus, who refused to break his life-vow of enclosure and as a result perished in the fire. Antony Neyrot, Martyr (1460): Had a most unusual religious career. He was first a Dominican. Then, while sailing to Sicily, he was captured by pirates and carried to Tunis. There he secured his freedom and began to study the Koran and converted to Islam. He also married. He had second thoughts and converted back to Christianity, sending away his wife. He went before the ruler of Tunis in his friar's habit and proclaimed Islam a heresy. Arguments were employed without being able to convert him back to Islam. Eventually he was condemned to death. Mark Fantucci, Franciscan (1479) - Great supporter of the preservation of the Observance as a separate body when it seemed on the point of being compulsorily merged with the Conventual branch. **************** Carolyn Muessig Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1TB UK [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%