Today, 21 July, is the feast of ...
* Praxedes, virgin (date unknown) - she frequently hid Christians in her
Roman house; after her own martyrdom, her own relics were eventually
translated to a church built on the site of her house
* Victor of Marseilles, martyr (290?) - while in prison waiting for his
own martyrdom, the soldiers guarding Victor if he would baptize them; when
he agreed, the soldiers led him to the sea-shore, where the baptism took
place; after this, they went back to the prison; and eventually, Victor
and the newly baptized soldiers were all killed
* Arbogast, bishop of Strasbourg (sixth century) - when king Dagobert's
son was seemingly killed in a hunting accident, the hermit Arbogast
restored him; after this, the king made the hermit a bishop
* Oddino Barrotti da Fossano (1400) - a rarity: a parish priest with an
enduring reputation for sanctity
* Angelina da Marsciano, widow (1435) - founded sixteen communities of the
third order regular of saint Francis
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Carolyn Muessig
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