Today, 21 July, is the feast of ...
* Praxedes, virgin (date unknown)
- she frequently hid Christians in her Roman house; after her own
martyrdom, her own relics were eventually translated to a church built on
the site of her house
* Victor of Marseilles, martyr (290?)
- while in prison waiting for his own martyrdom, the soldiers
guarding Victor if he would baptize them; when he agreed, the soldiers led
him to the sea-shore, where the baptism took place; after this, they went
back to the prison; and eventually, Victor and the newly baptized soldiers
were all killed
* Arbogast, bishop of Strasbourg (sixth century)
- when king Dagobert's son was seemingly killed in a hunting
accident, the hermit Arbogast restored him; after this, the king made the
hermit a bishop
* Oddino Barrotti da Fossano (1400)
- a rarity: a parish priest with an enduring reputation for
sanctity
* Angelina da Marsciano, widow (1435)
- founded sixteen communities of the third order regular of saint
Francis
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George Ferzoco
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