Today, 6 June, is the feast of ...
* Philip the Deacon (first century)
- baptized Simon Magus
* Ceratius or Cerase, bishop of Grenoble (c. 455)
- perhaps also the same person who was the first bishop of Eauze
* Eustorgius II, bishop of Milan (518)
- one of thirty-six archbishops and bishops of this city to be object of
a cult
* Jarlath, bishop of Tuam (c. 550)
- founder of this episcopal seat in Galway
* Gudwal or Gurval or Godwald (sixth century)
- probably one of the earliest missionaries who evangelized Brittany
* Claude, bishop of Besancon (c. 699)
- his cult became widespread in the twelfth century when his body was
found to be incorrupt
* Norbert, archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Canons Regular of
Premontre (1134)
- had a conversion experience similar to that of Saul/Paul
- with Bernard of Clairvaux, he backed Innocent II's claims to the
papacy
* Gerard of Monza (1207)
- once in mid-winter he asked permission to spend the night in prayer in
a church, but the doorkeepers said he could do so only if he would get
them some cherries; he accepted their condition, and the next day
presented them with a bunch of fresh ripe cherries as he left the
church (hence his portrayal as a saint holding cherries in his hand)
* Lorenzo of Villamagna (1535)
- a famous preacher, who would scourge himself severely before
delivering his
sermons
- he too had a 'cherry miracle' very similar to that of Gerard
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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