Today, 11 July, is the feast of ...
* Pius I, pope and martyr (c. 155) - battled many heresies, often with
the help of Justin Martyr; converted the Baths of Novatus into a place
for worship
* Drostan, abbot of Deer (c. 610) - left the abbacy and became a hermit
in Angus
* John, bishop of Bergamo (c. 690) - some sources (e.g. Baronius) claim
he was killed by Arians
* Hidulf, bishop (c. 707) - left bishopric of Trier for the life of a
hermit; c. 676 he built the monastery of Moyenmoutier
* Olga, widow (969) - popularly regarded as the first person to be
baptized in Russia
* Adrian Fortescue, martyr (1539) - a cousin of Anne Boleyn, he was
charged with treason by Henry VIII; beatified in 1895
* Oliver Plunkett, martyr (1681) - the last martyr of Tyburn, and the
first Irish martyr to be beatified; most of his remains are enshrined in
the church of Downside Abbey, near Bath; his head is in St Peter's
church at Drogheda
A few years ago, Roseanne Elder informed us of the following:
11 July is also one of the feasts of Saint Benedict, and in post-Vatican
times the main feast on the Roman calendar. Originally, this marked the
translation of his relics (if in fact the really left Monte Cassino) to
Fleury (Saint Benoit sur Loire).
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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