Today, 28 October, is the feast of ...
* Simon and Jude (or Thaddeus), apostles (first century)
- Simon: no description of him in Bible apart from his name,
Zelotes (referring to his zeal for the Jewish law before his
conversion); Menology of Basil says he died peacefully in Edessa, but in
Roman liturgy he joined Jude in Persia, where both were martyred (hence
their shared feast in the west)
- Jude: a question he posed to Jesus at the Last Supper is
recorded (John 14); name of an epistle bears his name; Bernard of
Clairvaux carried a relic of his; patron of lost causes (and lost cats)
* Anastasia and Cyril, martyrs (?)
- according to the Roman Martyrology, the virgin Anastasia was
taken to a prefect, tortured with fire and scourges, had her breasts cut
off, her nails torn out, her teeth broken, her hands and feet cut off
before being beheaded; Cyril was killed for having brought water to the
tortured virgin
- their Greek passio says she was a consecrated virgin, taken
before the prefect and stripped naked, after which she was tortured as
per
above
* Fidelis of Como, martyr (303?)
- having visited imprisoned Christians in Milan, he fled with five
of them (along with two soldiers) toward the Alps; all but Fidelis were
caught near Como, but he got as far as the other side of the lake before
being chased down, scourged and beheaded
- object of an ancient cult at Como
* Salvius or Saire (sixth century)
- a hermit in the forest of Bray in Normandy; no vita exists, only
breviary lessons
* Faro, bishop of Meaux (c. 672)
- brother of St Chainoaldus of Laon and of St Burgundofara, first
abbess of Faremoutier; after some time of marriage, he and wife entered
religious life; became chancellor under Dagobert I
- an early Romance work is known as the *Cantilene de St Faron*
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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