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Today, 22 June, is the feast of ... * Alban, martyr (?) - protomartyr of the island of Britain; feast kept on this day throughout England and Wales, except in the diocese of Brentwood (23 June) * Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana (c. 414) - Baronius mistakenly transferred the commemoration, when he revised the martyrology, from this date to 7 January; there, it is written: 'In Dacia of St Nicetas, Bishop, who by his preaching made nations mild and gentle that before were barbarous and savage' * Paulinus, bishop of Nola (431) - studied under Ausonius; of his numerous writings, only 32 letters, 51 letters and a few fragments have survived * Eberhard, archbishop of Salzburg (1164) - in the struggle between Frederick Barbarossa and pope Alexander III, Eberhard was one of a small number of German dignitaries who refused to recognize the antipope Victor IV * Innocent V, pope (1277) - the first Dominican pope; his cult is limited to the Dominican order ****************** 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%