Today, 10 December, is the feast of ...
* Miltiades or Melchiades, pope and martyr (314)
- during his reign, toleration was granted to Christians by
Constantine; labelled a martyr due to his sufferings during
the persecution of Maximian
* Mennas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus, martyrs (?)
- Mennas, an orator, gave a four-hour speech to a court
that ended up ordering his eyes and tongue should be
removed, and his feet flayed; however, the next day, these
injuries were completely healed, but this did not prevent
him, his subordinate Eugraphys and his judge Hermogenes
(converted by the spectacle) from being beheaded
* Eulalia of Merida, virgin and martyr (304?)
- most celebrated virgin martyr of Spain; there is a sermon
by Augustine for her feast
* Gregory III, pope (741)
- sent the pallium to St Boniface in Germany, before also
sending him St Willibald
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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