Today, 18 August, is the feast of ...
Agapitus, martyr (date unknown): During the reign of Aurelian, Agapitus
was a boy who, when brought before the governor Antiochius, refused to
renounce his faith. He was then scourged, imprisoned and beheaded.
*Florus and Laurus, martyrs, (date unknown): Stone-masons who were
employed to build a pagan temple. After it was finished, they were
converted to Christianity and immediately destroyed the pagan images
that they had created.
*Helen (330): Mother of the emperor Constantine and discoverer of the
holy cross.
*Alipius, bishop of Tagaste (430): Was Augustine's chief assistant in
all his public works.
*Angelo Augustine of Florence, Carmelite (1438): He had great success as
a preacher. In paintings he is represented with garlands coming out of his
mouth and entwining his hearers.
*Beatrice Da Silva, founder of the Conceptionist Nuns (1490): Queen
Isabella gave the castle of Galliana to the first community of this
order. The nuns followed an adaptation of the Cistercian rule.
*Haymo of Savigliano, Dominican (1495): Inquisitor general for Upper
Lombardy and Liguria where the Waldensians flourished.
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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