Martyrs of Lyon (2nd cent.) Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates Potinus, Blandina and other martyrs of the city of Lyon. Their Passio is attributed to Ireneus, who succeeded Potinus as the ci...

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Thomas Ken (1637-1711) pastor and hymn writer   Today Anglicans commemorate Thomas Ken, a bishop of Bath and Wells and a hymn writer in the Church of England. In an tim...

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Columba of Iona (d. 597) monk   Shortly after midnight on June 9, 597, Columba of Iona, a monk, man of culture and pilgrim for Christ, died in the church of his monaster...

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Jews martyred by the Cossack militia(d. 1648)In 1648, Cossack rebels led by Bogdan Chmielnicki burst into Poland.

Evagrius Ponticus (ca. 345-399) monk In the desert Evagrius worked out a synthesis of theology and practical monasticism that was unique for his time

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Elisha (9th cent. BCE) prophet Today the Orthodox churches commemorate the prophet Elisha, whose story is told in the First and Second Book of Kings.

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Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) witness On June 15, 1941 Evelyn Underhill, whose career as writer, spiritual guide and preacher was among the most fruitful in recent English history, died in London.

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John Tauler (ca. 1300-1361) priest John Tauler, a Dominican and one of the best loved Christian witnesses of the medieval West, died in Strasbourg in 1361.

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Nicola Cabasilas (ca. 1322-ca. 1397) witness Today the Orthodox churches commemorate Nicola Cabasilas, a lay theologian and the author of some of the most important spiritual treatises in Byzantin...

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Samuel of Trent and companions (d. 1475) Jewish martyrs In 1475, the merchant Samuel and about thirty other Jews of Trent, Italy were burned at the stake. Several months earlier they had been accu...

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The birth of John the Baptist prophet Since John was an ascetic who lived in the desert, he quickly became a model for early monasticism

Ecumenical martyrology A pastor of the church of Turin, Italy, Maximus was one of the most celebrated preachers of the Gospel in the patristic era

Mari (1st-2nd cent.) apostle On the second Friday of summer, the Chaldean and Assyrian churches commemorate Mar Mari, an apostle of Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia. Lectionary

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Irenaeus of Lyon (d. 202) pastor and martyr For Irenaeus, Christian faith is faith in a good Father who has not abandoned the men and women he created, but who continues to speak to them and prepar...

Peter and Paul apostles Today the Eastern and Western churches celebrate the solemnity of the holy apostles Peter, a fisherman from Bethsaida in Galilee, and Paul, a native of Tarsus in Cilicia

Moses the Ethiopian (ca. 332-407) monk Moses the Ethiopian, a monk of the desert of Scetis, is commemorated today in the Roman Martyrology and in Byzantine synaxaria. Moses was born in Ethiopia a...

Haik Hovsepian Mehr, Tateos Michaelian and Mehdi Dibaj (d. 1994) martyrs Today several Protestant churches commemorate three pastors who died as martyrs of the religious intolerance that bega...

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Thomas apostle Thomas is also presented as the type of the believer who doubts, and who can only walk towards the fullness of faith by listening to

Andrew of Crete (660-740) pastor and hymn writer In 740 the pastor and hymnographer Andrew of Crete died on the island of Mitylene.