Today, 3 July, is the feast of ...
* Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea (c. 283)
- Alexandrian philosopher, physical scientist and mathematician
* Irenaeus and Mustiola, martyrs (third century?)
- Turcius, a Roman officer, first tortured Irenaeus to death in
front of Mustiola, then had her beaten to death with clubs; martyrdoms
took place in Chiusi
* Julius and Aaron, martyrs (304?)
- Welshmen who were killed in Caerleon, Monmouthshire; there are
several extant local evidences of a medieval cult to the two
* Heliodorus, bishop of Altino (c. 400)
- earned the wrath of Jerome by not following him to the East, but
the two remained friends and frequent correspondents
* Anatolius, patriarch of Constantinople (458)
- only his public career, largely dealing with the way he received
his see, is known; Baronius condemned him for ambition and conniving at
heresy (but the Bollandists claim him to be innocent of such charges)
* Leo II, pope (683)
- condemned Monthelism, and built the church of St George in
Velabro
* Rumold or Rombaut, martyr (c. 775)
- converted the region of Mechelen / Malines (Belgium)
* Bernardino Realino (1616)
- known largely due to miraculous relic of his blood, that did not
coagulate for many years after his death
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George Ferzoco
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