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Today (17. September) is the feast day of:
Lambert (d. c. 705) Lambert was born to a noble family of Maastricht. He
became bishop of Maastricht in 670 after his former mentor, Bishop
Theodard, was murdered. Lambert worked as a missionary, but the political
situation of his diocese did not calm down. He was exiled from 675 to 682
(after a palace coup), but restored when Pepin I became mayor of the
palace. Lambert died violently, probably the victim of a blood feud, but
later hagiographers say he was killed for reproving Pepin's adultery with
his sister-in-law. Lambert was venerated as a martyr.
Columba of Cordoba (d. 853) Columba was a Spanish girl who lived in an
informal nunnery at Tabanos. When the Muslim authorities dispersed the
community, C. went to the magistrate in Cordoba and openly defied him,
proclaiming that Muhammad was a false prophet. She was beheaded and her
body thrown into the Guadalquivir River.
Hildegard (d. 1179) There were attempts to obtain a formal canonization of
Hildegard in the 13th and 14th centuries; they failed, but her name was
added to the Roman martyrology in the 15th century, and her cult in Germany
can be traced back to the 13th century. Hildegard was educated by the
recluse Jutta, became a nun at the age of 15. After 17 years she began to
have visions and her fame rapidly grew. H. became abbess of Diessenberg.
She wrote down her visions, which were approved by both the archbishop of
Mainz and Pope Eugenius III. Her community became so large that it had to
resettle at Rupertsberg (near Bingen), and H. was also called on to reform
and found several other convents. In the meantime, Hildegard reproved and
advised rulers, wrote works of poetry, drama, medicine, and natural
history, as well as commentaries on the gospels and several other religious
works. Oh yes, and she was a musician and artist.
Peter of Arbuez (d. 1478) Peter (Pedro) was an Augustinian canon,
theologian, and canon law expert. He was named inquisitor of Aragon in
1478, but was soon assassinated in his own church in Saragossa.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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