Today, 13 November, is the feast of ...
* Arcadius and companions, martyrs (437)
- these were Spanish men who were killed by the Arian Vandals
* Brice, bishop of Tours (444)
- although brought up by St Martin of Tours, he was a very
troublesome young man, claiming his master was insane; eventually he
begged Martin's forgiveness, which was granted with the words, 'If
Christ could tolerate Judas, surely I can put up with Brice'
* Eugenius, archbishop of Toledo (657)
- a monk at Saragossa, he hid in a cemetery to avoid ecclesiastical
promotion, but this was in vain; he was a good musician, who tried to
improve the poor singing he would often hear -- a suitable patron of
medieval music ensembles, perhaps, Tim? :-)
* Maxellendis, virgin and martyr (c. 670)
- she so resisted getting married that her intended, in his anger,
killed her; he went blind immediately, and was cured only during the
translation of his victim's remains about three years later
* Kilian (seventh century)
- native of Ireland, he visited his relative St Fiacre (remember
him?) after a pilgrimage to Rome, and remained in the Artois region
as a preacher
* Nicholas I, pope (867)
- according to the *Liber Pontificalis*, he 'was patient and
temperate, humble and chaste, beautiful in face and graceful in body
... he was devoted to penance and the Holy Mysteries, the friend of
widows and orphans, and the champion of all the people'
* Abbo of Fleury, abbot (1004)
- much in demand as a diplomat, this learned abbot is most remembered
for a collection of canons and a *vita* of St Edmund, king and martyr
* Homobonus (1197)
- son of a merchant in Cremona, he himself became a merchant, making
his holiness all the more remarkable; he was canonized two years
after his death (one of the fastest such events ever); patron of
tailors and clothworkers in Italy, France and Germany
* Stanislaus Kostka (1568)
- a solitary youth who could not bear coarse talk or dancing, he
became a Jesuit; had many fainting fits and visions; canonized in
1726
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George Ferzoco
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