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Today, 30 October, is the feast of ... * Serapion, bishop of Antioch (c. 212) - kept busy by condemning heretics and apostates; he at first allowed his flock to read the *Gospel of Peter*, but upon reading it himself he condemned it - no cult in the East, but named in the Roman Martyrology and his feast kept by the Carmelites, who claimed he belonged to their order * Marcellus the Centurion, martyr (298) - one of the pre-Diocletian martyrs; as an interesting discussion on the list last October would conclude, he was one of the 'Early Christian Pacifists' - after a sudden conversion, he declared: 'For it was not right for a Christian man, who serves the Lord Christ, to serve in the armies of the world'; he then was martyred * Asterius, bishop of Amasea (c. 410) - little known about him, but 21 of his homilies are extant * Dorothy of Montau, widow (1394) - widowed at age of 43, spent the next -- and last -- year of her life as a recluse in a cell by the church of the Teutonic Knights at Marienwerder; at that time gained reputation for holiness - her vitae were written in Latin and German; author was her confessor; popularly regarded as patron of Prussia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Carolyn Muessig [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%