Today, 9 March, is the feast of ...
* Pacian, bishop of Barcelona (c. 390)
- in reply to Novatian critics, he replied: 'Christianus
mihi nomen, Catholicus vero cognomen'
* Gregory, bishop of Nyssa (c. 395)
- brother of Basil the Great, he received the title 'Father
of the Fathers' at the Second Council of Nicaea
* Bosa (705)
- bishop of York, master of St Acca
* Francesca Romana (1440)
- born in the Trastevere, she eventually founded the
Oblates of Tor dei Specchi; married to Lorenzo Ponziani in
1396, she spent much time in prayer, and was guided by the
maxim, 'A wife is bound to leave her devotions at the altar
and to find God in her household work'
* Catherine of Bologna (1463)
- of noble family, she was a Franciscan tertiary who became
an abbess; imbued with spirit of prophecy and miracles, she
also painted -- she is patron saint of painters
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Director of Studies for Italian fax ++ 44 (0)116 252 3633
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School of Modern Languages
LEICESTER LE1 7RH UNITED KINGDOM
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