Today, 17 December, is the feast of ...
* Lazarus, confessor (first century)
- known mainly from John 11, 1-44, the story of his resurrection by
Jesus;
he supposedly went on to become the first bishop of Marseilles
* Olympias, widow (c. 410)
- she gave away so much money that John Chrysostom had to order her to
stop
* Begga, widow and abbess (seventh century)
- daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and St Itta, she
eventually married Ansegilius, son of St Arnulf of Metz; she was the
mother of Pepin of Herstal, founder of the Carolingian dynasty
* Florian, Calinicus, and companions, martyrs at Eleutheropolis in
Palestine (eighth century)
* Sturmi, abbot (779)
- 'Apostle of the Saxons', he was the first German to become a
Benedictine; founded the monastery of Fulda
* William Longsword, martyr (943)
- Norman duke, assassinated and venerated in Rouen
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
phone: +44(0)117-928-8168
fax: +44(0)117-929-7850
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