Today, 9 February, is the feast of ...
* Apollonia, virgin and martyr (249)
- ever wonder who that saint is who stands there so
fetchingly, holding a huge pair of pincers with a big molar
tooth in it? Apollonia, that's who (and you'll never guess
how they tortured her)
- patron of dentists (this is not a joke)
* Nicephorus, martyr (no date)
- a friend of his was about to be martyred, when he saved
his life by apostasy; Nicephorus was so distraught at this
loss of faith that he insisted that the executioner kill
him instead
* Cyril of Alexandria (444)
- archbishop and doctor of the Church, nicknamed the
'Doctor of the Incarnation' -- he said that by holy
communion, people are made concorporeal with Christ; upon
becoming bishop, he destroyed the Novatian heresy in his
see, then banished Jews from his city
* Sabinus, bishop of Canosa (c. 566)
- friend of St Benedict, and visionary (he saw St Nicholas
in a vision, after visiting his tomb in Myra)
* Teilo, bishop (sixth century)
- widespread cult in southern Wales
* Ansbert, bishop of Rouen (c. 695)
- confessor to king Theodoric III, but banished by Pepin,
mayor of the palace, following a false accusation
* Alto, abbot (c. 760)
- this Irishman, after living as a hermit in Germany,
founded a monastery at a place that became known as ...
Altomunster (Bavaria)
* Marianus Scotus (1088)
- another Irishman who lived as a monk in Germany (in this
case, Regensburg)
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Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
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