Today, 15 June, is the feast of ...
* Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia, martyrs (c. 300?)
- Vitus came to be known as protector of epileptics as well as
those suffering from the nervous ailment called St Vitus's Dance
* Hesychius, martyr (302?)
- martyr of Durostorum in Moesia (present-day Silistria in
Bulgaria)
* Tatian Dulas, martyr (c. 310?)
- after his martyrdom, his body was thrown into a ditch, where it
was discovered by a shepherd's dog, thus coming to the attention of the
Christians of the place (Cilicia) who came and buried it properly
* Orsiesius, abbot (c. 380)
- trained with special care by Pachomius; as abbot, he was so
strict that opposition mounted to the point where he had to resign
* Landelinus, abbot (c. 686)
- founder of Lobbes and Crespin
* Edburga of Winchester, virgin (960)
- while the other nuns of her abbey slept, she would silently
remove their shoes, clean them and replace them beside their beds
* Bardo, archbishop of Mainz (1053)
- although very austere, he had a collection of rare birds, many
of which he had tamed and had taught to feed from his hand
* Aleydis or Alice, virgin (1250)
- died of leprosy while in the care of Cistercian nuns of Bois de
la Cambre (near Brussels)
* Jolenta of Hungary, widow (1299)
- as wife of duke Boleslaus of Halich, she made various religious
foundations
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George Ferzoco
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