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Learned ones, I never realized that Zachary and Elizabeth actually had a feastday. Can anyone supply information on their veneration? meg > Today, 5 November, is the feast of ... > * Zachary and Elizabeth (first century) > - parents of John the Baptist, among the protagonists of Luke, ch. 1 > - several Fathers declared Zachary died a martyr; Peter Damian (third > sermon on the birth of Mary) said that to inquire about things the > evangelists chose not to recount about these two shows an improper > and superfluous curiosity > * Galation and Episteme (?) > - the son of Clitophon and Leucippe (!), Galation was so named due to > his milk-white complexion (Galakteon); he eventually married the pagan > Episteme (= Knowledge) and convinced her to live with him in chastity > and to convert to Christianity > - but soon after the conversion, they agreed to live apart in separate > religious communities > - three years later, Galation was arrested, and Episteme rushed to join > him; when her clothes were ripped off her, the 53 officers who were > watching became blind; the two were then beheaded > * Bertilla, virgin (705?) > - born near Soissons, she was appointed the first abbess of Chelles; > later, royal women such as the widows Hereswitha and Bathildis joined > the nunnery under her leadership > * * * * * * * * * > Dr Carolyn Muessig > Department of Theology and Religious Studies > University of Bristol > Bristol BS8 1TB > UK > phone: +44(0)117-928-8168 > fax: +44(0)117-929-7850 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask] Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388 College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033 Charleston, SC 29424-0001 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%