Today, 20 August, is the feast of ...
Amadour, hermit (no date): The first hermit of Gaul.
Oswin, king and martyr (651): Bede writes of Oswin: "King Oswin was a
man of handsome appearance and lofty stature, pleasant in speech and
courteous in manner. He was generous to high and low alike, and soon won the
affection of everyone by his regal qualities of mind and body, so
that nobles came from almost every province to enter his service. But
among his other especial endowments of virtue and moderation the
greatest was what one may describe as the singular blessing of humility."
(*Ecclesiastical History*, book 3, Ch. 14)
Philibert, abbot (685): Son of the bishop of Aire, Philibaud. Clovis II
gave Philibert land in the forest of Jumieges where he founded a
monastery in 654. He also built a monastery for women at Pavilly.
Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot (1153):Butler writes: "His personal
attractiveness and wit, his affability and sweetness of temper, endeared
him to everybody" (tell that to Abelard). (*The Catholic Encyclopedia*
gives 21 August as the feast day, whose right the *Encylopedia* or
Butler?)
Two years ago Rozann Elder responded with the following:
Bernard of Clairvaux, 20 August.
`Very shortly before the third hour' on Thursday, 20 August, he died. --
not even in the middle of the night, allowing the 21st to be considered.
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
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