On Thu, 4 Jul 1996 12:30:27 +0100 (BST) GP. Ferzoco wrote:
> From: GP. Ferzoco <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 12:30:27 +0100 (BST)
> Subject: FEAST 3 July
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> 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
>
> * * * * * * * * * *
> George Ferzoco
It is however mainly the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle. Bill.
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