Today, 15 June, is the feast of ...
* Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia, martyrs (c. 300?) - Vitus came to be
known as protector of epileptics as well as those suffering from the
nervous ailment called St Vitus's Dance
* Hesychius, martyr (302?) - martyr of Durostorum in Moesia (present-day
Silistria in Bulgaria)
* Tatian Dulas, martyr (c. 310?) - after his martyrdom, his body was
thrown into a ditch, where it was discovered by a shepherd's dog, thus
coming to the attention of the Christians of the place (Cilicia) who came
and buried it properly
* Orsiesius, abbot (c. 380) - trained with special care by Pachomius; as
abbot, he was so strict that opposition mounted to the point where he had
to resign
* Landelinus, abbot (c. 686) - founder of Lobbes and Crespin
* Edburga of Winchester, virgin (960) - while the other nuns of her abbey
slept, she would silently remove their shoes, clean them and replace them
beside their beds
* Bardo, archbishop of Mainz (1053) - although very austere, he had a
collection of rare birds, many of which he had tamed and had taught to
feed from his hand
* Aleydis or Alice, virgin (1250) - died of leprosy while in the care of
Cistercian nuns of Bois de la Cambre (near Brussels)
* Jolenta of Hungary, widow (1299) - as wife of duke Boleslaus of Halich,
she made various religious foundations
Carolyn Muessig
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