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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. ************************** 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%