Today, 10 March, is the feast of ...
* Codratus and companions, martyrs (258?)
- these Corinthian Christians were tortured in a variety of
ways before having their heads chopped off
* the Forty Martyrs of Sebastea (320)
- tortured for their Christianity by being left on a frozen
lake, with fires buring along the shores in an attempt to
lure them to the warmth (and apostasy)
* Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem (c. 335)
- following the orders of Constantine, he built a church on
the spot where the Empress Helen had discovered the site of
Christ's sepulchre
* Simplicius, pope (483)
- remembered mainly for being stuck as pope when the
western empire was crumbling completely
* Kessog, bishop and martyr (sixth century)
- according to one legend, he left his native Ireland and
was martyred; his body, embalmed with sweet herbs, was
brought to Scotland and buried at Luss -- from these herbs,
which germinated and were called in Gaelic 'luss', the
parish afterwards derived its name
- national patron of Scotland before St Andrew was chosen
as such
* Anastasia Patricia, virgin (no date)
- supposedly a beautiful and virtuous maiden, she was
sought for by Justinian upon the death of his wife
Theodora; on hearing of this, she fled into the desert,
dressed as a man and lived as a hermit
* Droctoveus or Drotte (c. 580)
- first abbot of the Parisian abbey now known as St-
Germain-des-Pres
* Attalas (627)
- succeeded St Columban as abbot of Bobbio
* Himelin (c. 750)
- Irish priest, he died at Vissenaeken, near Tirlemont in
Brabant, returning home from a pilgrimage to Rome
* Andrew of Strumi (1097)
- as a young man, he was active among the Milanese
Patarines; later, becoming a Vallombrosan abbot, he acted
as peacemaker between emperor Henry IV and pope Urban II
* John of Vallombrosa (c. 1380)
- imprisoned for the practise of necromancy, he repented,
and obtained permission to live as a hermit; friend of
Catherine of Siena
* Peter Geremia (1452)
- on the eve of taking his degree at the University of
Bologna, he converted to a religious life; becoming a
Dominican, he lived first in Bologna, then in his native
Palermo
* John Ogilivie (1615)
- Scottish Jesuit martyr
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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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