Today, 21 September, is the feast of...
Matthew, apostle and evangelist (first century): Four French
churches possess his head.
Laudus (Lo), bishop and confessor (568)
Maura of Troyes, virgin (c. 850): Bishop Prudentius, her
hagiographer, ascribed his own conversion to her influence. Every
Wednesday and Friday she fasted allowing herself only bread and water.
She often walked barefoot to the monastery of Mantenay, which was two
leagues away, to open up the secrets of her soul to the abbot of that
monastery.
Michael of Chernigov and Theodore, martyrs (1246): Among most
popular of Russian martyrs during the Tartar invasions.
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
phone: +44(0)117-928-8168
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