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Today, 15 April, is the feast of ... Basilissa and Anastasia, martyrs (65): Basilissa and Anastasia were noble Roman matrons who were converted to Christianity by Peter and Paul. After the martyrdom of the apostles, the two women removed the bodies of Peter and Paul and had them buried honourably. As a result of this action, Basilissa and Anastasia in turn were martyred. Padarn or Patern, bishop of Ceredigion (5th-6th century): The existing life of Padarn was written about the year 1120 and is a fusion of the earlier legends of two separate people, Paternus, an abbot-bishop in Wales, and another Paternus, a fifth-century bishop at Vannes in Brittany. Ruadan of Lothra, abbot (584): Is reckoned as one of the twelve apostles of Ireland. Hunna or Huva, matron (679): Noble woman from Strasbourg. Because she undertook to do the washing for her needy neighbours, she was nicknamed by her contemporaries "The Holy Washerwoman." *************** Carolyn Muessig Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1TB UK [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%