Today, 4 January, is the feast of ...
* Gregory, bishop of Langres (539)
- great-grandfather of Gregory of Tours; buried in Dijon,
at shrine of apostle of Burgundy, St Benignus
* Pharaildis, virgin (c. 740)
- a very popular saint in Flanders, she performed many
miracles after the death of her husband (with whom she had
lived chastely)
- often portrayed with a goose, bread or a cat: the goose
because she once raised a cooked goose from the dead
(complete with feathers); the bread because she turned some
bread hidden by a miserly woman into stone; and the cat?
anyone know?
* Rigobert, archbishop of Rheims (c. 745)
- bore patiently political and personal problems created by
Charles Martel
* Roger of Ellant (1160)
- an Englishman, he entered the Cistercian monastery of
Lorroy in Berry before founding a new monastery at Ellant;
noted for his poverty, exactness in carrying out the rule,
and dedication to the sick and poor
* Oringa, virgin (1310)
- a Tuscan, who lived with other women under the Rule of St
Augustine; many of her miracles deal with nature (e.g. she
crossed the Arno without getting wet) and animals (e.g. the
cows she tended always obeyed her command to remain still
while she retired to pray)
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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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