Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Ignatius of Antioch
- John the Dwarf;
- Anstrudis or Anstrude, virgin;
- Nothelm, bishop;
- Seraphino, confessor
Ignatius: (died c. 107 A.D.) under Trajan in Rome's amphitheater; from Syria; Apostolic Father known as the second successor of St. Peter in Antioch; wrote seven letters to local communities on church unity and structure, esp. the monoepiscopacy; first to use the term "Catholic Church" as a collective designation for Christians; mentioned in the Roman Canon.
St. Anstrudis (died ca. 700 A.D.) succeeded her mother as abbess of a Laon abbey. She incurred the enmity of mayor Ebroin because she opposed him when her brother Baldwin was murdered. She was subjected to many harrassments until Bl. Pepin of Landen put her under his protection.
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