Today, 26 February, is the feast of ...
* Nestor, bishop of Magydus, martyr (251)
- remained in his office during the persecution of Decius,
even though he knew it would lead to his own death
* Alexander, bishop of Alexandria (328)
- he tried to deal with the heretical teachings of a local
priest, named Arius, by banishing him and his followers to
Illyricum
* Porphyry, bishop of Gaza (420)
- after living in a cave for several years, he was elected
bishop without his knowledge or consent, but accepted the
news; devoted his efforts to converting the entire
population to his faith
* Victor the Hermit (c. 610)
- lived as a solitary at Arcis, near Plancy-sur-Aube; his
remains were translated to the Benedictine monastery of
Montieramey, whose monks requested Bernard of Clairvaux to
write an office in his honour
* Leo of Saint-Bertin, abbot (1163)
- reaching Jerusalem during the Second Crusade, he returned
with the alleged relic of drops of Christ's blood,
collected by Joseph of Arimathea when he prepared the body
for entombment
* Isabel of France, virgin (1270)
- sister of St Louis, she fasted three times a week; she
founded a Franciscan convent, the Monastery of the Humility
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with the help and advice of her
brother as well as St Bonaventure
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Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
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