Today, 15 November, is the feast of ...
* Gurias, Samonas and Abibus, martyrs (fourth century)
- the first two were hung up by one hand with weights tied to their
feet, then beheaded; Abibus was burnt to death; all three, martyrs of
Edessa, are 'avengers of unfulfilled contracts'
* Desiderius or Didier, bishop (655)
- elected in 630 to succeed his brother as bishop of Cahors, even
though he was still a layman
* Malo, bishop (seventh century)
- born in south Wales, he was ordained then moved to Brittany; among
many marvels, he once celebrated Easter on the back of a whale
* Fintan of Rheinau (879)
- native of Leinster, enslaved by Vikings and taken to the Orkney
islands; escaped and made pilgrimage to Rome; on his return he stayed
with some hermits in the Black Forest, where he spent the rest of his
life
* Leopold of Austria (1136)
- at the request of his son, Otto of Freising, he founded the abbey
of Heiligenkreuz in the Wienerwald; also founded Klosterneuburg, near
Vienna; refused to be nominated as Emperor
* Albert the Great, bishop and doctor (1280)
- taught Thomas Aquinas at Dominican studium of Cologne; helped the
Franciscan Berthold of Ratisbon to preach the crusade in Germany; in
1278, during a lecture, his memory suddenly failed; he died two years
later, sitting in his chair among his Dominican brothers in Cologne;
patron of students of natural sciences
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Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
3 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
fax: +44.117.929.7850
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