Today, 19 March, is the feast of ...
* Joseph (first century)
- earliest note of this feast is in an eighth-century martyrology from
Rheinau
- venerated in connection with prayers offered for the grace of a
happy death
* John of Panaca, abbot (sixth century)
- moved from his native Syria to Umbria, where he lived as a hermit,
before founding a monastic community which he led
* Landoald and his companions (c. 668)
- selected by pope St Martin I to assist St Amand's missionary work in
the Low Countries
* Alcmund, martyr (c. 800)
- a Northumbrian noble, many miracles were worked at his tomb at
Lilleshall; churches dedicated to him in Shropshire and Derbyshire
* Andrea de' Gallerani (1251)
- a distinguished soldier for Siena against Orvieto, he converted to a
religious life, founding the Society of Mercy (whose members wore a
cloak bearing a cross and the letter 'M') and a hospital
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Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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