Today, 16 January, is the feast of ...
* Marcellus I, pope and martyr (309)
- within a year of his election to the papacy, he was forced to flee
by people upset by his strict enforcement of the canons of penance
* Priscilla, matron (c. 98)
- founded the oldest known catacombs
* Honoratus, bishop of Arles (429)
- in 1391 his body was translated from Arles to Lerins, site of the
renowned monastery founded by him
* Fursey, abbot (c. 648)
- during his many visions, he would appear to be dead, and his
brethren would prepare for his funeral; among his visions, he would
often see angels debating with devils in order to rescue souls after
death
* Ferreolus, bishop of Grenoble, martyr (c. 670)
- because of his resistance to the mayor of the palace, he was driven
from his see and eventually put to death
* Henry of Cocket (1127)
- born in Denmark, he settled as a hermit on the little island of
Cocket, off the coast of Northumbria; there, he would eat once daily
a meal consisting of bread and water
* Berard, Peter, Odo, Accursio and Adjutus, martyrs (1202)
- Francis of Assisi sent them to convert the Muslims of Morrocco;
there, the sultan took his scimitar and split open their heads
* Gonsalo or Gundisalvus of Amarante (1259?)
- in charge of some people building his hermitage, he ran out of food
and drink until he hit a rock with his stick, at which time fine wine
spurted out; at his call, fish lept out of the river, vying to be the
ones taken and eaten
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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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