Today, 15 December, is the feast of ...
* Irenaeus, Antonius, and others, martyrs (257)
- martyred in Rome
* Christiana (third century)
- often called 'apostle of the Iberians'
* Valerian, confessor (457)
- bishop of Abbenza in Africa during the reign of Vandal King Genseric,
he was driven from his home at age of eighty, and died of exposure and
neglect on the streets of his city
* Maximinus, abbot of Miscy (sixth century)
* Adalbert II, bishop of Metz (1005)
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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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