Today, 26 July, is the feast of ...
* Anne, matron (first century B.C.E.?)
- grandmother of Jesus, mother of Mary; her tale is recounted in
the protoevangelium of James (note the similarity to that of Anne, the
mother of Samuel, in I Kings, ch. 1)
* Simeon the Armenian (1016)
- travelled to Jerusalem, Rome, Compostela and Tours before
settling in a Cluniac monastery in Lombardy
* William Ward, martyr (1641)
- of his 33-year priestly mission in England, about 20 years were
spent in prison
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George Ferzoco
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