Today, 19 July, is the feast of ...
* Justa and Rufina, virgins and martyrs (287?) - early acts seem to
speak of 'Justus', not 'Justa'; they got in trouble for smashing an
idol, and not making amends to the local prefect
* Macrina the Younger, virgin (379) - eldest child of St Basil the Elder
and St Emmelia, sister of saints Basil the Great, Peter of Sebastea, and
Gregory of Nyssa
* Arsenius the Great (c. 450) - a failed tutor of Arcadius and Honorius,
the sons of emperor Theodosius the Great; when he retired to the
monastic life, his brethren would tease him by calling him 'Father of
the Emperors'
* Symmachus, pope (514) - a Sardinian, he had to deal with another rival
pope, Laurence; king Theodoric ruled that Symmachus was the legitimate
pope, since he was elected first and by a greater number
* Ambrose Autpert (778?) - once a tutor of Charlemagne, his treatise on
the conflict between the virtues and vices were attributed to several
others, including Ambrose of Milan, Augustine, Isidore of Seville and
pope Leo IX
A few years ago Tom Izbicki kindly informed us that Ambrose treatise
could be found in the following edition:
The De conflictu vitiorum atque virtutum appears in Ambrosii Autperti
opera, Corpus Christianorum continuatio medievalis, vol. 27.
* Stilla, virgin (c. 1140) - built a church near Abenberg in honour of
saint Peter, where she died; her brothers wanted to bury her at
Heilsbronn, but the horses drawing her coffin would not go in that
direction, turning stubbornly to the church she had built
* Vincent de Paul, founder of Congregation of the Mission and the
Sisters of Charity (1660) - after an incredibly active life, he died
seated in a chair
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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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