Today, 28 August, is the feast of ...
* Hermes, martyr (second century?) - martyred in Rome, with widely
diffused cult throughout early medieval Europe (and even today in Renaix,
Flanders)
* Julian of Brioude, martyr (third century?) - also known as Julian of
Auvergne, he was a soldier-martyr; Gregory of Tours relates miracles
wrought by his intercession
* Alexander, John III, and Paul IV, patriarchs of Constantinople (340,
577, 784)
* Moses the Black (c. 405) - converted from being a thieving slave and
brigand after hiding from the authorities by mixing with some desert
hermits in Egypt
* Augustine, bishop of Hippo, doctor (430) - Latin Father of the Church
par excellence
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Carolyn Muessig
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