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Today, 31 October, is the feast of ... * Quintinus or Quentin, martyr (?) - after many tortures inflicted at Amiens, he escaped with the help of an angel; recaptured, he was beheaded, at which a dove was seen to fly from his neck into the heavens * Foillan, abbot (c. 655) - founded monastery at Nivelles, and evangelized the people of Brabant - killed, with companions, by outlaws in a forest; body not found for more than two months * Wolfgang, bishop of Regensburg (994) - retained many monastic habits even after he became a bishop; educated the young Henry, who became emperor and eventually a canonized saint; he himself was canonized in 1052 * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%