Saint of the Day: St. Walburga, 710-779; sister of St. Willibald and Winebald; became a nun, and was sent to Germany to assist St. Boniface; later became abbess of the double monastery at Heidenheim founded by her brother Winebald; after Winebald's death, she served as superior of both the men and women until her death
Memorial of St. Polycarp, 69-155, bishop and martyr; disciple of St. John the Apostle, friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch; martyred in the Smyrna stadium at the age of 86
Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; bishop and doctor of the Church; left his teaching duties to devote his life to prayer with the Benedictines; as abbot, he founded five additional hermitages; as cardinal-bishop of Ostia, he fought simony--the buying of church offices--and encouraged priests to live holy lives
Saint of the Day: St. Barbatus of Benevento, 610-682; ordained in Marcona, and sent to Benevento; when the seige of the city by the Byzantine emperor ceased, he was named bishop of Benevento; attended the Council of Constantinople in 680
Saint of the Day: St. Flavian of Constantinople; patriarch of Constantinople beginning in about 446; started the condemnation of Eutyches, who began the heresy of Monophysitism; deposed, exiled, and beaten; mortally wounded, and died 449 A.D.
Optional Memorial of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order; began in 1240; members combined monastic life and active ministry; members of the community came to the United States in 1852
Saint of the Day: St. Onesimus; companion of St. Paul; escaped slave who Paul sent back to his master, Philemon, encouraging the latter to treat him as a brother; also mentioned as the companion of Tychicus, who carried Paul's letter to the Colossians; died about 68 A.D.
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