Today, 12 June, is the feast of ...
* Basilides and companions, martyrs (third century?) - it seems that the
stories of these martyrs were somehow brought together from several
different sources; Basilides was buried by the fourth milestone of the Via
Aurelia
* Antonina, martyr (304?) - her tortures are quite differently described
in various accounts; claimed as patron or native of Bithynia, Galicia and
Aegean island of Cea
* Onophrius (400?) - a hermit of the Egyptian desert - is this the saint
whose hair was so long that he didn't need to wear clothes?
* Ternan, bishop (fifth or sixth century) - one of the earliest bishops of
the Picts; Aberdeen Breviary states he was a native of the Mearns, and was
baptized by St Palladius
* Peter of Mount Athos (eighth century?) - Peter lived on the slopes of
this mountain long before there were any monasteries; a vision of the
Virgin Mary led him to live there as a hermit
* Leo III, pope (816) - in 799 he survived an attack of in which
conspirators tried to cut out his tongue - crowned Charlemagne on 25
December 800 (Can anyone tell me where I can find the depiction of Leo
III and Charlemagne happily sitting next to one another with their arms
around each other's shoulders. I have seen this illustration in the past,
but I have been unable to locate it recently. Thanks!)
* Odulf (c. 855) - missionary of Friesland
* Eskil, bishop and martyr (c. 1080) - after breaking up a pagan feast,
the pagans up and killed him; buried in town named after him, Eskilstuna
* Stephen Bandelli (1450) - in 1487, the image of this one-time professor
at Pavia and renowned preacher was seen in the sky over the town where he
had died, Saluzzo
* John of Sahagun (1479) - supposedly poisoned by a woman whose affair
with a local dignitary of Salamanca was broken up by John
Carolyn Muessig
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