Today, 5 September, is the feast of ...
* Bertinus, abbot (c. 700)
- as abbot of Sithiu, this monastery gained a reputation as great
as that of Luxeuil
* Raymund Lull, martyr (1316)
- commemorated by the Franciscans, he had an incredibly
action-packed and long life; aka The Father of Catalan Literature
* Gentilis, martyr (1340)
- strangely, we know that he was a martyr but don't know how or
where he was martyred
* Lorenzo Giustiniani, patriarch of Venice (1455)
- widely renowned for his holiness, he wrote several ascetical
treatises; his nephew was his hagiographer; canonized in 1690
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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