Today, 2 February, is the feast of ...
* the Purification of Mary
- also known as Candlemas, the earliest description of this
feast (of which I am aware) is by Etheria, who described it
as a part of her record of her pilgrimage to Jerusalem from
northwestern Spain
* Adalbald of Ostrevant, martyr (652)
- murdered by some of his wife's relatives; father of four
saints (Mauront, Eusebia, Clotsindis and Adalsindis)
* the Martyrs of Ebsdorf (880)
- among the dead were bishops Theodoric of Minden and
Marquard of Hildesheim
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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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