Today, 30 January, is the feast of ...
* Martina, virgin and martyr (?)
- while being martyred, from her wounds there issued milk, not blood
* Barsimaeus, bishop of Edessa (c. 110?)
- third bishop of Edessa from St Jude, he was martyred under Trajan
* Bathildis, widow (680)
- brought to France from England as a slave, she attracted the
attention of king Clovis II and in 649 they were married; after
husband's death, she retired to the abbey of Chelles, where she died
* Aldegundis, virgin (684)
- daughter of Saints Walbert and Bertilia, she lived in a hermitage
which eventually developed into the monastery of Mauberge; she died
of breast cancer
* Adelelmus or Aleaume, abbot (c. 1100)
- became a monk upon return to France from a pilgrimage to Rome;
attracted attention of the royal family of Castile, who built him a
monastery near Burgos
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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
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