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Today (1. July) is the feast day of:
Julius, Aaron, & companions (d. c. 304) According to legend, this group of
saints were martyred at Caerleon in Wales during Diocletian's reign. They
and St. Alban are the only known Romano-British martyrs.
Shenoute (d. c. 450) Shenoute was a native of Egypt who became a monk at
Sohag in 370. He became abbot with charge over an absolutely enormous
number of monks and nuns. He was extremely strict, beating and imprisoning
his flock for even minor offences. S. apparently introduced the practice
of having new religious sign a written profession, and had an influence on
Benedict of Nursia.
Cewydd (6th cent.) A monastic saint of Anglesey, Wales. Popular belief
attached a weather-prediction power to his feast day: today's weather will
predict weather for the next forty years. Which I hope is good only in
Anglesey; we have a tropical storm going over here in Mississippi.
Carileff (d. c. 536) Carileff was a native of Aquitaine. He was a
companion of St. Avitus of Micy for a time, then became a hermit.
Eventuall he founded a moanstery at Anille in Maine (France), later named
St. Calais after him.
Gall of Clermont (d. 554) The uncle of Gregory of Tours, Gall became a
monk and cantor in the Austrasian palace chapel. In 527 he became bishop
of Clermont-Ferrand.
Simeon Salus ("the Fool") (d. c. 588) Simeon was a native of Emesa (Homs,
Syria). He went away to a monastery on the Jordan for 28 years and on his
return pretended to be a half-wit to avoid praise--thus the nickname.
Juthware (7th cent.) This one is downright weird. There are many legends
of Juthware; one reports that her father beheaded her after finding that
her underwear was damp (!) and assuming that she'd been having sex with
someone. The "truth" (says the legend) was that her evil stepmother had
purposely given J. a cheese poultice to create the effect. J. may have
been a native of Devon, England. Quite properly, her attribute is a
cheese.
Servan (Serf, Sair) (8th cent.?) Servan was a missionary bishop in West
Fife, Scotland. His cult centered at Culross. My annoying new saints'
book says his legends are "contradictory and extravagant" but without any
interesting details.
Arnulf of Mainz (d. 1160) Arnulf became bishop of Mainz in 1153. He was
murdered, and is regarded as a martyr.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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