Today, 11 June, is the feast of ...
* Barnabas, apostle (first century)
- the *Acts of Barnabas* detail his martyrdom in Cyprus and the
miracles that took place at his tomb
* Felix and Fortunatus, martyrs (296?)
- the Romans tried to burn them with boiling oil, but this did not
work, so they had no choice but to behead them
QUESTION: Many of these martyrs withstand many attempts to kill them, but
the coup de grace is usually beheading. Anyone know of times when
beheading did not work either?
* Parisio (1267)
- likely a native of Treviso, he received Camaldolese habit at age
twelve; he served as spiritual director of the nuns of St Christina for 77
years
AND, we break with FEASTly tradition here, and note something Annalisa
Bracciotti wrote to me yesterday:
11 June 1959, nascita di Otfried Lieberknecht, vir doctissimus.
E' un santo laico, patrono delle bibliografie...
Happy birthday, Otfried; may you long remain near the 'mezzo del cammin di
nostra vita'.
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George Ferzoco
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