He is too late in time for medieval studies (+1556). Yet perhaps Ignatius
Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, would yet be worthy of mention on his feast
day? After all, from his disciples eventually come les Bollandistes.
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From: CA Muessig <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 9:28 AM
Subject: FEAST 31 July 1999
> Today, 31 July, is the feast of ...
>
> * Neot (ninth century) - a monk of Glastonbury who became a hermit in
> Cornwall, his advice was greatly valued by King Alfred - in fact, it is
> in the *Chronicle of the Sanctuary of St Neot* that one finds the story
> of Alfred and the burnt cakes (famous throughout England: the story,
> not the cakes)
>
> * Helen of Skovde, widow (c. 1160) - Swedish noble, murdered upon her
> return from a pilgrimage to Rome
>
> * Giovanni Colombini (1367) - one of the early 'Gesuati'
>
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