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Today (3. February) is the feast day of:
Blaise of Sebaste (d. c. 316) Blaise, bishop of Sebaste (Armenia) is
specially invoked for diseases of the throat, because according to legend
he saved a boy who was choking on a fishbone. He was martyred in the reign
of Licinius; crusaders popularized his cult in western Europe.
Ia (d. 450?) Ia was from Ireland. She accompanied several missionaries to
Cornwall, where she was martyred. St. Ives in Cornwall was named after
her.
Laurence the Illuminator (d. 576) Laurence was a Syrian who went to Rome
to avoid Monophysite persecution. He founded a monastery near Spoleto,
became bishop in 552, but soon resigned and went on to found the great
monastery of Farfa. L. was famous for healing both spiritual and physical
blindness, which earned him his nickname.
Fillan (d. c. 750) According to legend, Fillan was an Irishman, a son of
St. Kentigern. He became a missionary in the area around St. Fillans (near
Crieff, Scotland).
Ansgar (d. 865) Ansgar was educated at Corbie; he became a monk there and
then at Corvey. From there he went as missionary to Sweden. He became
first archbishop of Hamburg in 832 ( see combined with Bremen in 845 when
vikings destroyed Hamburg). A. spent the rest of hs life as a missionary
in Sweden and Denmark, without much lasting success but a lot of good will;
he is the patron of Denmark.
Liafdag (d. c. 980) Liafdag was from Frisia. He was made missionary
bishop of Ripen (Jutland) in 948 and worked in Denmark and Norway for years
before being martyred by offended listeners.
Odoric Mattiuzzi of Pordenone (blessed) (d. 1331) Odoric became a
Franciscan at Udine. He made an amazing 16-year missionary journey that
took him from Trebizond as far as Beijin and apparently even Tibet. He
returned to Europe to report to the pope, but died at Udine. His cult was
confirmed in 1775.
Simon Fidati of Cascia (blessed) (d. 1348) Simo was an Augustinian friar,
a prominent writer, preacher, and spiritual director in much of central
Italy. His book De Gestis Domini Salvatoris appears to have been an
important source for Martin Luther's theology. His cult was confirmed in
1883.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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