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Today (18. February) is the feast day of:
Simeon (d. c. 107) Simeon appears in Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3.
Tradition makes him first cousin of Jesus. S. succeeded James as
bishop of Jerusalem. Legend further tells that S. received divine
warning that Jerusalem would be destroyed by the Romans and led the
Christian community to safety. *Further* legend tells that he was
arrested during Trajan's persecution of Christians, was tortured, and
then was crucified when he was over the age of 100. He may be the
same person as Simeon the Zealot.
Leo and Paregorius (d. c. 260) A rather legendary pair of martyrs.
Paregorius was martyred (legend says) in Patara (Lycia). Leo, his
close friend, went to visit P's tomb, stopping along the way to
desecrate a temple of Fortuna (in the middle of a festival). He was
tortured and executed.
Flavian (d. 449) Flavian became patriarch of Constantinople in 447.
He immediately got into trouble with the emperor, refusing to make
traditional gifts and condemning a court favorite, Abbot Eutyches, as
a heretic. In 449 at the council of Ephesus the emperor demanded F's
deposition and exile, reinforcing his demands with soldiers and the
Eutychian faction. F. was beaten so viciously during the council
that he died of his injuries three days later. His cause was
vindicated at Chalcedon in 451.
Helladius (d. 633) An official in Visigothic service, Helladius
became a monk and later abbot at Agali (Spain). H. went on to become
bishop of Toledo in 615; tradition says that it is he who convinced
King Sisebut to expel the Jews from Spain.
Colman of Lindisfarne (d. 676) Colman was a native of Connacht who
became a monk at Iona and later third bishop of Lindisfarne. At the
council of Whitby, C. was the chief defender of Celtic practices
against the Roman party. He lost. C. then resigned his bishopric
and, along with a number of both Irish and English monks, returned to
Ireland, where he founded monasteries at Inishbofin and Mayo.
Angilbert (d. 814) A rather unlikely candidate for sainthood,
Angilbert was a courtier under Charlemagne and had an irregular
marriage/extended affair/interesting liaison with Chuck's daughter
Bertha. But eventually Bertha became a nun and A. became a monk at
Centula. He served as abbot, founded a library, and introduced laus
perennis, besides serving as Charlemagne's chaplain and privy
counsellor.
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