Today, 23 June, is the feast of ...
* Agrippina, virgin and martyr (262?)
- invoked against evil spirits, leprosy and thunderstorms
* Etheldreda or Audrey, abbess of Ely, widow (679)\
- the word *tawdry*, a corruption of *Saint Audrey*, was
originally applied to the cheap necklaces and other trinkets sold at St
Audrey's great annual fair
* Lietbertus or Libert, bishop of Cambrai (1076)
- to console himself after an unsuccessful attempt at travelling
to Jerusalem, he built a monastery and church in Cambrai, dedicating them
to the Holy Sepulchre
* Peter of Jully (1136)
- was chaplain to a convent which had as its prioress St Bernard's
sister, Humbelina
* Lanfranc, bishop of Pavia (1194)
- this is NOT Lanfranc of Canterbury, who was born in Pavia; THIS
Lanfranc had ceaseless disputes with local authorities, and had to take
refuge at least once in a nearby Vallombrosan monastery (San Sepolcro)
* Marie d'Oignies (1213)
- her *vita* was written by Jacques de Vitry, who had been her
confessor and disciple
* Thomas Corsini (1345)
- joined the Servites after he had repeated visions of Mary,
inviting him to fight under her banner
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George Ferzoco
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