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October 29 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
October 28 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 30 All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 11 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For October 29th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 16. Saints * ''Virgin Martyr Anastasia the Roman'' (258)October 29/November 11 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 29 Οκτωβρίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). ''(see also: |
Jacques Sirmond
Jacques Sirmond (12 or 22 October 1559 – 7 October 1651) was a French scholar and Jesuit. Simond was born at Riom, Auvergne. He was educated at the Jesuit College of Billom; having been a novice at Verdun and then at Pont-Mousson, he entered into the order on 26 July 1576. After having taught rhetoric at Paris he resided for a long time in Rome as secretary to Claudio Acquaviva (1590–1608). In 1637 he was confessor to Louis XIII. Works He brought out many editions of Latin and Byzantine chroniclers of the Middle Ages: * Ennodius and Flodoard (1611) *Sidonius Apollinaris (1614) *the life of St Leo IX by the archdeacon Wibert (1615) * Marcellinus and Idatius (1619) *Anastasius the Librarian (1620) *Eusebius of Caesarea (1643) *Hincmar (1645) * Theodulf of Orléans (1646) * Hrabanus Maurus (1647) * Rufinus and Loup de Ferrières (1650) *his edition of the capitularies of Charles the Bald (''Karoli Calvi et successorum aliquot Franciae regum capitula'', 1623) *edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colman Mac Duagh
Saint Colman mac Duagh (c. 560 – 29 October 632) was born at Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland, the son of the Irish chieftain Duac (and thus, in Irish, ''mac Duach''). He initially lived as a recluse, living in prayer and prolonged fastings, first on Inismore, then in a cave at the Burren in County Clare. With his relative, King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (d. 663) of Connacht he founded the monastery of Kilmacduagh, ("the church of the son of Duac"), and governed it as abbot-bishop. He has been confused with Saint Colman of Templeshanbo (d. 595) who was from Connacht and lived somewhat earlier. Early life St Colman was reportedly the son of Queen Rhinagh and her husband the chieftain Duac, born in Kiltartan, now County Galway. Priesthood He was educated at Saint Enda's monastery on Inishmore/''Árainn'', the largest of the Aran Islands and lived there as a hermit. He built a church, ''Teampuill Mor Mhic Duagh'', and a small oratory, ''Teampuill beg Mhic Duagh'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermelinde
Saint Ermelinde (born c. 546 in Lovenjoel, died 594 in Meldert, Hoegaarden), is a Pagus of Brabant, Brabant Saint of the 6th century. Her feast day is October 29. Life Her parents, Ermeonoldo and Armensinda, were rich chatelains related to the Pippinids. They wanted her to marry, but she refused. Ermelinde "...cut off her hair in order to dissuade her parents from pushing her into an unwanted marriage contract". They permitted her to follow her vocation and gave her a little land. She spread her charity to the poor and lived as a hermit in a forested area, probably around Beauvechain. Liturgical Press, 2007, p. 182 Attending church at ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theuderius
Saint Theuderius (or Theuderis, Theudar, Theodore, Cherf, Chef, french: Theudère de Vienne; died ) was a Christian monk, abbot and hermit. His feast day is 29 October. Life Saint Theuderius was born in the 6th century in Arcisse, near the modern commune of Saint-Chef, in Dauphiné, France. He wanted to enter Lérins Abbey on the French Riviera as a monk but Saint Caesarius of Arles ordained him as a priest. He returned to Vienne where a group of disciples gathered round him, and he established at least one monastery for them. He spent the last twelve years of his life in a walled up cell in the Church of Saint Lawrence, Vienne, where he died around 575. He was known as a miracle worker. Legacy Saint Theudère is celebrated in the Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne on 29 October. The commune of Saint-Chef was called Saint-Theudère by the church of Vienne in the earliest days of Christianity. The village may be called Saint-Chef today because of a tradition that the head (''caput'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany and Luxembourg,Says J.M. (2010) La Moselle, une rivière européenne. Eds. Serpenoise. the city forms a central place of the European Greater Region and the SaarLorLux euroregion. Metz has a rich 3,000-year history,Bour R. (2007) Histoire de Metz, nouvelle édition. Eds. Serpenoise. having variously been a Celtic ''oppidum'', an important Gallo-Roman city,Vigneron B. (1986) Metz antique: Divodurum Mediomatricorum. Eds. Maisonneuve. the Merovingian capital of Austrasia,Huguenin A. (2011) Histoire du royaume mérovingien d'Austrasie. Eds. des Paraiges. pp. 134,275 the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty,Settipani C. (1989) Les ancêtres de Charlemagne. Ed. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Baring-Gould
Sabine Baring-Gould ( ; 28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Sing Lullaby", and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English. Origins Sabine Baring-Gould was born in the parish of St Sidwells, St Sidwell, Exeter, on 28 January 1834. He was the eldest son and heir of Edward Baring-Gould (1804–1872), lord of the manor of Lew Trenchard, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon, formerly a lieutenant in the Madras Army#Madras Light Cavalry, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen Breviary
The ''Aberdeen Breviary'' ( la, Breviarium Aberdonense) is a 16th-century Scotland, Scottish Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, Catholic breviary. It was the first full-length book to be printed in Edinburgh, and in Scotland. Origin The creation of the Aberdeen Breviary can be seen as one of the features of the growing Scottish nationalism and identity of the early sixteenth century. In 1507, James IV of Scotland, King James IV, realizing that the existing Sarum Rite, Sarum Breviary, or Rite, was England, English in origin, desired the printing of a Scottish version. Since Scotland had no printing press at that time, booksellers Walter Chepman and Androw Myllar of Edinburgh were commissioned to “bring home a printing press” primarily for that purpose. To create the breviary itself, James sought out William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen, who had received the king's permission to establish the University of Aberdeen twelve years before. To help him with the undertaking, Elphins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galloway
Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or inhabitant of Galloway is called a Gallovidian. The place name Galloway is derived from the Gaelic ' ("amongst the '"). The , literally meaning "Stranger-'"; the specific identity of whom the term was applied to is unknown, but the predominant view is that it referred to an ethnic and/or cultural identity such as the Strathclyde Britons or another related but distinct population. A popular theory is that it refers to a population of mixed Scandinavian and Gaelic ethnicity that may have inhabited Galloway in the Middle Ages. Galloway is bounded by sea to the west and south, the Galloway Hills to the north, and the River Nith to the east; the border between Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire is marked by the River Cree. The definition has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkinner
Kirkinner ( gd, Cille Chainneir, IPA: kʰʲiʎəˈxaɲɪɾʲ is a village in the Machars, in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. About southwest of Wigtown, it is bounded on the east by the bay of Wigtown, along which it extends for about three miles, and on the north by the river Bladnoch."Kirkinner" Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 22 September 2013. History 
There is a "Hill fort, Ring Hill", North Balfern, near Orchardtown Bay.
Doon Hill fort (which is not a dun), Capenoch Croft, west of Barnbarroch, occupies a rocky knoll from which the ground fall ...
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