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Today, 21 March, is the feast of ... * Serapion, bishop of Thmuis (c. 370) - nicknamed 'the Scholastic' on account of his learning, he wrote against a range of heretics: Arians, Macedonians, Manicheans * Enda, abbot, and Fanchea, virgin (c. 530) - a miracle-working brother-and-sister act; under Fanchea's guidance, Enda entered a religious life, and ended up becoming one of the fathers of Irish monasticism * Benedict, abbot (c. 547) - yes, this is *the* Benedict, born and raised in the ancient Sabine town of Nursia (Norcia), along with his twin sister, St Scholastica * Santuccia, matron (1305) - founded a community of Benedictine nuns, the Servants of Mary, in her home town of Gubbio * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dr 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%