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Today (13. January) is the feast day of:
Agrecius (d. c. 329) Agrecius was a bishop of Trier; we know that he
attended the council of Arles in 314. Legend adds that A. was
patriarch of Antioch before being appointed bishop of Trier at the
request of Empress Helena, and that he converted much of the area
around his city. His legend supplies an explanation of how the robe
of Christ got to Trier: Helena is supposed to have sent it to A.,
along with the knife used at the Last Supper, a nail of the
crucifixion, and the bodies of Martha and Lazarus.
Hilary of Poitiers (d. c. 368) Hilary was of noble family, born in
Poitiers (Gaul). He converted to Christianity in adulthood, and his
wife was still alive when he was elected bishop of Poitiers in c.
350. H. soon got involved in the Arian controversy, and was soon
exiled to Phrygia---but he did such a good job refuting the Arian
bishops at a council of Seleucia in 359 that they asked the emperor
to send H. back to Gaul. He was a prolific writer, and was declared
a doctor of the church in 1851. Although H. is celebrated today, he
probably died on November 1.
Kentigern (d. 603) Kentigern was a British man who became a hermit
and then monk and then missionary to the Scots. He served as bishop
of Strathclyde and is regarded as apostle of NW England and SW
Scotland.
Berno (d. 927) Berno was the son of a wealthy Burgundian family. He
became a monk and in time abbot of Baume. B. reformed Baume, and
went on to be founding abbot of Gigny. Then, not resting on his
laurels, he worked with Duke William of Aquitaine to found Cluny, and
served as its first abbot.
Godfrey of Cappenberg (d. 1127) Godfrey was a count in Westphalia.
He became a friend of Norbert of Xanten, and made his castle into a
Premonstratensian monastery. G. himself became a monk (along with
his brother); his wife and two sisters became nuns.
Ivetta of Huy (d. 1228) Ivetta was married off at age 13, but was
widowed when 18. She refused to remarry, caring for lepers while
raising her children. When the children had grown up she became a
recluse and was famous as a visionary.
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