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Today (26. October) is the feast day of:
Rusticus of Narbonne (d. c. 461) Rusticus was born somewhere in
southern Gaul, the son of a bishop. He studied in Rome and returned
home intending to be a monk. But in c. 427 he was made bishop of
Narbonne, an unenviable task especially since there was not only a
large contingent of Arians in town but the catholics were deeply
divided. He got so discouraged that Leo the Great had to write to
him on episcopal governance and perseverance. R. eventually
succeeded in building a cathedral and a basilica outside of town.
Beyond that, little is known except that the other bishops of the
region thought highly of him.
Cedd (d. 664) Cedd was brother of St. Chad. After a number of years
at Lindisfarne, Cedd set out to evangelize the Middle Angles, moving
on from there to the East Saxons. He founded several monasteries
(all later destroyed by Vikings)
Eata of Hexham (d. 686) Eata was a Saxon, trained by St. Aidan to
preach in Northumbria. He became abbot of Melrose, then took over at
Lindisfarne after the more adamant Irish monks withdrew in the wake
of the synod of Whitby. In 678 E. became bishop of Bernicia, which
was then subdivided, making him bishop of Lindisfarne (later
transferring to Hexham)
Damian of Finale Borgo (blessed) (d. 1484) Damiano Furcheri was born
near Genoa. He became a Dominican, famous as a preacher in Lombardy
and Liguria. His popular cult was approved in 1848.
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