Today, 23 July, is the feast of ...
* Apollinaris, bishop of Ravenna, martyr (date unknown) - only known
martyr of Ravenna
* The Three Wise Men (first century) - for any questions about their
cult, just ask fellow medieval-religion member Francesco Scorza
Barcellona!
* Liborius, bishop of Le Mans (fourth century) - he is invoked against
'gravel and allied complaints', apparently following pope Clement XI's
devotion to him
* John Cassian, abbot (c. 433) - he opens his work, *Institutes of the
Monastic Life*, with this declaration: 'I shall make no attempt to
relate anecdotes of miracles and prodigies. For although I have heard of
many unbelievable marvels from my elders and have seen some with my own
eyes, I have wholly omitted them because they contribute nothing but
astonishment to the instruction of the reader in the perfect life.'
Cassian may have been a great abbot, but he would have been a poor
listowner.
* Romula and companions, virgins (sixth century) - as Romula died,
angelic music was heard, becoming faint as her soul was being taken away
* Anna or Susanna, virgin (c. 918) - when her tomb -- the site of many
miraculous cures -- was opened, her body was found undecayed and
smelling sweet
* Giovanna da Orvieto, virgin (1306) - a Dominican, known for her many
ecstasies and strange miracles; in one, she confessed to her spiritual
director in Orvieto when in fact he was lying dead in Bologna
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Carolyn Muessig
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