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Today (6. October) is the feast day of:
Sagaris (d. 175) Sagaris was bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia. He was held
in the highest regard; Bishop Polycrates of Ephesus named him "star of
Asia." He was martyred in 175, but a legend reports that Sagaris was a
disciple of St. Paul.
Foy (Fides) of Conques (d. c. 290/300) According to her largely legendary
passio, the twelve-year-old Foy died as a martyr at Agen (SW France). She
is supposed to have been roasted on a grill and then beheaded. With her
died the hermit (perhaps bishop) Caprasius. The cult spread early; already
in the fifth century there was a church at her burial place. In the ninth
century, though, Foy's relics were stolen and taken to Conques---which as a
result became a major pilgrimage site.
Pardulf (d. 737) Pardulf was born near Limoges in c. 658. For several
decades he was abbot of the monastery of Gueret, and won great regard on
account of his unusually strict penitential practices and gift of miracles.
He is supposed to have remained alone in his monastery during the great
Saracen raid of 732 and to have saved the place through his prayer.
Adalbero of Wurzburg (d. 1090) Adalbero became bishop of Wurzburg in 1045.
In the Investiture Contest he sided with the pope, which limited his
freedom to move around his own diocese and led to numerous acts against
him. In 1088 Adalbero abdicated, retiring to his family castle. Despite
these interruptions, Adalbero is credited as builder of Wurzburg cathedral
and two other churches. A strong cult developed at Adalbero's tomb in
Lambach. He was canonized in 1883.
Bruno of Chartreuse (of Cologne) (d. 1101) Bruno is the founder of the
Carthusian order. He was born in c. 1030 in Cologne, studied at the
cathedral school of Rheims, and eventually became scolasticus there. After
25 years of teaching, though, Bruno gave up his offices and left Cologne
(after his expected election as bishop fell through because the king
presented his own candidate). Bruno's former teacher, Bishop Hugh of
Grenoble, gave Bruno a piece of land---Cartusia---where Bruno settled with
six companions. This grew into an order only under the fifth prior,
Guigo, but Bruno is credited as the order's spiritual founder. Bruno
himself was summoned to Rome in 1089 to act as advisor to Urban II (a
former student). After two years, Bruno left this work and founded two
more Carthusian houses in Calabria.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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