Today, 18 November, is the feast of ...
* Dedication of the Basilicas of St Peter and of St Paul
- St Peter's basilica, as we see it today, was consecrated
by Urban VIII on 18 November 1626; the new basilica of St
Paul-outside-the-walls, built after the primitive one was
destroyed by fire, was consecrated by Pius IX on 10
December 1854, but the annual commemoration was appointed
for 18 November
* Romanus of Antioch, martyr (304)
- they tried to burn him, but a sudden storm put out the
fire; they ripped his tongue out of his mouth, but he still
spoke; they finally strangled him to death
* Barula (304)
- a boy of seven, he confessed one God at the urging of
Romanus; he was then scourged and beheaded
* Mawes or Maudez, abbot (sixth century?)
- an Irishman who went to Brittany, his cult was one of the
most widespread in Brittany
* Odo of Cluny, abbot (942)
- when the abbey of Cluny was founded, its first abbot (St
Berno) appointed Odo to run the monastery school; Odo
succeeded Berno as abbot, and was noted for his stern rule
and discipline (at least once, monks threatened to kill
him); wrote a life of Gerald of Aurillac, moral essays,
poems and works on music
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George Ferzoco
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