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Today, 8 April, is the feast of ... Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth (180) - Although Dionysius appears to have died in peace, the Greeks venerate him as a martyr because he suffered much for his faith. Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours (494) - During the thirty years of his episcopal rule, Perpetuus worked hard to spread Christianity, to enforce discipline and to regulate the fasts and festivals to be in his see. His death is said to have been hastened by grief of the invasion of the Goths and the spread of Arianism. Walter of Pontoise, Abbot (1095): King Philip compelled Walter to become the first abbot of a new monastery near Pontoise. Although, in accordance with the custom of the time, he received his investiture from the sovereign, the abbot placed his hand not under but over that of the king, and said: "It is from God, not from your Majesty, that I accept the charge of this church." Clement of Osimo, Prior General of the Augustinian Hermits (1291) - Was confessor to Cardinal Benedict Gaetani, afterwards Pope Boniface VIII. **************** 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%