Today, 3 June, is the feast of ...
* Cecilius (c. 248) - often confused with Cecilianus, who converted St
Cyprian to Christianity
* Pergentinus and Laurentinus, martyrs (251) - patrons of Arezzo
* Lucillian and companions, martyrs (273) - Lucillian had been a pagan
priest who converted in his old age to Christianity; when he and his
companions were imprisoned, they were cared for by a woman named Paula,
who herself was in turn martyred (in some representations, Lucillian and
Paula are portrayed as husband and wife)
* Clotilda, widow (545) - wife of Clovis, king of the Salian Franks;
greatly responsible for his conversion
* Liphardus (or Lifard) and Urbicius, abbots (sixth century) - developed a
monastery now covered by the town of Meung-sur-Loire
* Kevin or Coemgen, abbot of Glendalough (618?) - a principal patron of
Dublin
* Genesius or Genet, bishop of Clermont (c. 660) - accepted and remained
in the bishopric unwillingly
* Isaac of Cordova, martyr (852) - was so proficient in Arabic that he
served the Moors as a notary
* Morand (c. 1115) - fluent in French and in German - through one Lent, he
fasted on only one bunch of grapes; now regarded as patron of vine-growers
* Andrew of Spello (1254) - present at death of Francis of Assisi
* John 'the Sinner' (1600) - a Hospitaller; foretold the destruction of
the Spanish Armada
Carolyn Muessig
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