Today, 27 June, is the feast of ...
* Zoilus and companions, martyrs (304?) - died at Cordova; bodies
discovered during reign of king Reccared
* Samson of Constantinople (fifth century) - a physician and priest, he
founded a hospital for the sick poor of Constantinople
* John of Chinon (sixth century) - a hermit whose fame spread to St
Radegund, who sent a messanger to John to ask for advice, prayers and
hair-shirt
* George Mtasmindeli, abbot (1066) - doctor of the Georgian Church; wrote
treatises *The Months* and *The Fasts*
* Ladislaus, king of Hungary (1095) - a model of chivalry; buried in Nagy
Varad, in the city and cathedral he had founded
* Benvenuto of Gubbio (1232) - a soldier who joined the circle of Francis
and modelled his life on that of the Poverello
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