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Today, 19 December, is the feast of ... * Nemesion, martyr at Alexandria (c. 250) * Prothasia, martyr (c. 287) - lived as a virgin near Senlis * Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs (c. 303) - died in Nicaea * Meuris and Thea (c. 305) - martyrs in Gaza (although Thea survived the tortures and died later) * Gregory, bishop of Auxerre (c. 530) * Samthana (eighth century) - abbess of Clonebrone in Longford * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%