Today, 28 May, is the feast of ...
* Senator, bishop of Milan (475) - was among the envoys sent by Leo I to
Constantinople to urge emperor Theodosius II to call a general council;
this eventually took place at Chalcedon under the emperor Marcian
* Justus, bishop of Urgel (c. 550) - first bishop of this Spanish
diocese; his brothers were also bishops (Justinian, Valencia; Nebridius,
Egara; Elpidius, Huesca)
* Germanus or Germain, bishop of Paris (576) - as bishop, he dedicated a
church founded by king Childebert in honour of the Holy Cross and St
Vincent; after Germain's death, it was renamed Saint-Germain-des-Pres
* Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury (c. 605) - head of group sent by
pope Gregory I to evangelize Anglo-Saxon England - feast celebrated in
England and Wales on 26 May, the date of his death [according to Butler
and the Catholic Encylopedia Augustine's feast day in the Roman Calendar
is kept on the 28 May; but in the proper of the English office it occurs
two days earlier, the true anniversary of his death] *But see
yesterday's listing where he is also noted.
* William of Gellone (812) - a favourite of Charlemagne, he was held to
be an ideal Christian knight (cf. *La prise d'Orange* and *Aliscans*),
but he left the royal court to become a monk
* Bernard of Montjoux (1081?) - because of hospices he founded in the
Alps, a canine species was named after him (NOT after Bernard of
Clairvaux)
* Ignatius, bishop of Rostov (1288) - deposed from office for a time due
to false accusations
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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