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Today, 2 August, is the feast of ... * Stephen I, pope (257) - dealt with controversy regarding baptism administered by heretics * Theodota, martyr (304?) - was burned along with her three sons * Thomas of Dover (or of Hales) (1295) - a monk, murdered by French raiders who could not get him to disclose where the monastery's riches had been hidden; king Richard II asked pope Urban VI to canonize Thomas, but a process begun in 1382 was never carried out ****************** 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%