Today, 13 April, is the feast of ...
Hermenegild, martyr (585): Gregory the Great attributed the conversion
of the whole of Visigothic Spain to Hermenegild. However, Hermenegild
owed his conversion from Arianism to Catholicism to his wife Ingunda.
Carpus, Papylus and Agathonice, martyrs (170 or 250)
Martius, or Mars, abbot (530): The memory of Martius, abbot of Clermont,
has been preserved by Gregory of Tours whose father had been cured by
him of a fever.
Ida of Boulogne, widow (1113): Ida prayed ardently for the success of
the First Crusade. While she was praying for the safety of her son
Godfrey of Bouillon, it was revealed to her that at that very moment he
was making his victorious entry into Jerusalem.
James of Certaldo, abbot (1292): Camaldolese monk whose devotion so
strongly affected his father that he resigned his property to two other
sons to enter the monastery where James was abbot.
Ida of Louvain, Cistercian nun (1290): Received the stigmata. She was
well know for her ecstasies and miracles. A fragrant perfume was often
perceived by those who came near her. While listening to her sisters
sing the Psalms she was overtaken by God's grace and lifted into the
choir of the Seraphim.
Margaret of Citta-DI-Castello, Dominican tertiary (1320): Educator of
children. Among other things she taught them the psalms which in spite
of her blindness she had learnt by heart. When at prayer she was
frequently raised a foot or more from the ground.
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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