Today, 3 July, is the feast of ...
* Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea (c. 283) - Alexandrian philosopher,
physical scientist and mathematician
* Irenaeus and Mustiola, martyrs (third century?) - Turcius, a Roman
officer, first tortured Irenaeus to death in front of Mustiola, then had
her beaten to death with clubs; martyrdoms took place in Chiusi
* Julius and Aaron, martyrs (304?) - Welshmen who were killed in Caerleon,
Monmouthshire; there are several extant local evidences of a medieval cult
to the two
* Heliodorus, bishop of Altino (c. 400) - earned the wrath of Jerome by
not following him to the East, but the two remained friends and frequent
correspondents
* Anatolius, patriarch of Constantinople (458) - only his public career,
largely dealing with the way he received his see, is known; Baronius
condemned him for ambition and conniving at heresy (but the Bollandists
claim him to be innocent of such charges)
* Leo II, pope (683) - condemned Monthelism, and built the church of St
George in Velabro
* Rumold or Rombaut, martyr (c. 775) - converted the region of Mechelen /
Malines (Belgium)
* Bernardino Realino (1616) - known largely due to miraculous relic of his
blood, that did not coagulate for many years after his death
Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
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