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it is also the translation of St. Magnus of Orkney > Today, 13 December, is the feast of ... > * Antiochus, martyr (c. 121) > - martyred on island of Solta > * Lucy, virgin and martyr (303) > - refusing marriage to a suitor, she was sentenced to be placed in a > brothel, but the governor's guards were unable to move her there; she > was then ordered to be burned, but the flames had no effect; finally, > her throat was slit > - along the way, her eyes were gauged out, but these were miraculously > restored; often portrayed in art as holding a dish or shell bearing two > eyeballs > * Eustratius, Orestes, and others, martyrs (303) > - Eustratius was an Armenian, burned to death in a furnace; killed with > him in the furnace were his servant Eugenius, two friends (Mardarius and > Auxentius) who had pleaded for his life, and Orestes, a soldier who was > converted by the courage of Eustratius, and roasted to death on a grill > * Abra, confessor (400) > - daughter of well-known bishop and saint, Hilary of Poitiers (but born > before he became bishop) > * Aubert, confessor (c. 668) > - bishop of Cambrai, he is believed to have converted a group of lay > people to the monastic life and to have performed many miracles > * Judoc or Josse (c. 668) > - son of king Juthael of Amorica (Brittany), ordained c. 636 at Ponthieu > and after a pilgrimage to Rome, became a hermit at Runiacum (later named > Saint-Josse) > * Odile, virgin (eighth century) > - born blind, she received sight at age twelve when baptized by St > Erhardt of Regensburg; patron of Alsace and of the blind, her shrine > (near Strasbourg) remains a major pilgrimage centre > * Elizabeth Rose, virgin (1130) > - died at Villechausson, near Courtenay > * * * * * * * * * * * * * > 0Dr Carolyn Muessig > Department of Theology and Religious Studies > University of Bristol > Bristol BS8 1TB > UK > phone: +44(0)117-928-8168 > fax: +44(0)117-929-7850 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask] Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388 College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033 Charleston, SC 29424-0001 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%