Month March 2021

Saint John Cassian the Roman – February 29

      The Monk John Cassian the Roman, as to the place of birth and the language in which he wrote – belonged to the West, but the spiritual native-land of the saint was always the Orthodox East. John accepted monasticism at…

Saint Herefrith of Lindisfarne – February 27

source: hefenfelth.wordpress.com Some of the most important additions to Bede’s Prose Life of Cuthbert came from Herefrith, a former abbot of Lindisfarne. I think its worth exploring what Bede tells us about Herefrith in  the Life of Cuthbert and what we can deduce. When…

Saint Milburga Abbess of Wenlock Priory

Saint Mildburh (alternatively Milburga or Milburgh) (+23 February 727) was the abbess of Wenlock Priory. Her feast day is 23 February. Mildburh was a daughter of Merewalh, King of the Mercian sub-kingdom of Magonsaete, and Domne Eafe. She was the older sister of Saint Mildrith and Saint Mildgytha. The three sisters have been likened to the…

St. Telesphorus Pope of Rome

Pope Telesphorus was the bishop of Rome from c. 126 to his death c. 137, during the reigns of Roman Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was of Greek ancestry and born in Terranova da Sibari, Calabria, Italy. He is also a martyr according to the ancient testimony of St. Irenaeus. Telesphorus is traditionally considered…