Today, 18 June, is the feast of ...
* Mark and Marcellian, martyrs (c. 287)
- pierced with lances, their relics were transported to the
catacomb of St Balbina, and eventaully translated to the church of Sts
Cosmas and Damian before reaching their present home, the basilica of St
Praxedes in Rome
* Ephraem, doctor (c. 373)
- a very prolific writer and liturgist, known as 'the harp of the
Holy Spirit'
* Amandus, bishop of Bordeaux (c. 431)
- a lifelong friend of Paulinus of Nola
* Elizabeth of Schonau, virgin (1164)
- among her many visions was one of the martyrdom of St Ursula and
her companions
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George Ferzoco
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