Today, 25 May, is the feast of ...
* Urban I, pope and martyr
- although the Roman Martyrology says Urban is buried along the
Via Nomentana, scholars today feel the tomb is really located in the
cemetery of St Callistus, on the Via Appia
* Dionysius, bishop of Milan (c. 360)
- was among those who supported Athanasius when most were against
him; died in Cappadocia, and St Basil arranged for return of his remains
to Milan
* Zenobius, bishop of Florence (c. 390)
- principal patron of Florence; friend of Ambrose of Milan;
resuscitated five dead persons
* Leo or Lye, abbot (c. 550)
- saints Hilary, Martin of Tours and Anastasius of Orleans
appeared to him to announce the date of his death
* Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (709)
- among the first scholar-saints of England; wrote a treatise on
virginity; composed and wrote songs in English (but these are no longer
extant)
* Gennadius, bishop of Astorga (936)
- invoked by Spaniards against fever; renounced bishopric to
return to monastic life
* Gregory VII, pope (1085)
- although the Reform of the late eleventh and early twelfth
centuries takes its name from him, in the realm of canon law it has been
demonstrated that he had almost no effect whatsoever
* Claritus (1348)
- his wife left him to join Augustinian nuns of Florence; he went
there as servant; his shrine would give off an odour whenever one of the
nuns was about to die
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George Ferzoco
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