Today, 24 October, is the feast of ...
* Raphael the Archangel
- Michael and Gabriel are the only other archangels named in the Bible
- although venerated from early times (more in East than West), it
was not until pontificate of Benedict XV that this feast was made
obligatory throughout the west
* Felix, bishop of Thibiuca, martyr (303)
- tortured and beheaded for not giving up his books; a great
patron for bibliophiles
* Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople (446)
- disciple of John Chrysostom who became secretary to John's
opponent, Atticus
- quotable quote: 'We do not proclaim a deified man, but we
confess an incarnate God'
* Aretas and the martyrs of Najran, and Elesbaan (523)
- 4000 were martyred in Najran, a Christian stronghold in Yemen
- among these was the wife of the leader Aretas; she repulsed the
lust of the invaders' leader, and had to witness her daughters being
executed before her eyes and then drink their blood before she herself was
beheaded
- Mohammed mentions the massacre in the Koran, and condemns its
perpetrators to Hell
- news of the massacre reached the Aksumite king, Elesbaan, who
restored Najran to Christianity; later, he resigned his throne and lived
as an anchorite
* Senoch, abbot (576)
- contemporary and acquaintance of Gregory of Tours, who
celebrated the abbot's funeral
* Martin or Mark (c. 580)
- Gregory the Great, in the *Dialogues* (iii, 16), calls him Martin;
the Roman martyrology calls him Mark
- was a solitary in Campania; lived for some time fastened to his
cave by a chain
* Maglorius or Magloire or Maelor, bishop of Dol (sixth century)
- born in Glamorgan, son of St Umbrafel; built a monastery on isle
of Sark, where he got rid of a dragon
- feast observed in Rennes diocese, Channel Islands and Portsmouth
* Martin of Vertou, abbot (sixth century)
- at times confused with Martin of Braga; born at Nantes, he
preached in Poitou without much success (he converted only the owners of
the house where he stayed) before retiring to become a successful hermit
then abbot of monastery on the river Sevre
* Evergislus, bishop of Cologne (c. 600)
- succeeded St Severinus as bishop; killed at night in church
while he prayed
* Mansuy, monk of Citeaux (twelfth century)
- according to Rozanne Elder, information on Mansuy is to be
found in the *Vita Prima [sancti Bernardi]* 1.3; *Exordium Magnum*
1.26; and Helinand of Froidmont, *Chronicon* 1.47 (PL 112:1000)
* John Angelo Porro (1506)
- Servite, active with children, poor and unlearned in Milan;
venerated by Servites as their patron of novice masters
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Carolyn Muessig
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