Saint of the day July 18
St. Edburga of Bicester, 7th century. Nun at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, the daughter of Penda , the pagan king of Mercia. Her shrine is at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, but her relics, originally at Bicester, were taken to Flanders, Belgium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadburh_of_Bicester
St. Theneva, 7th century. Also called Thenova, the patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland, with her son St. Kentigern.
http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/19054
St. Minnborinus, 986 A.D. Benedictine abbot. He was born in Ireland and became abbot of St. Martin Monastery in Cologne, Germany, in 974. There he promoted monastic reform and scholarly pursuits.
http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/07/saint-minnborinus-abbot-of-cologne-july.html
St. Theodosia of Constantinople, Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr at the monastery of St. Anastasia. She led a group of nuns in defense of the icon of Christ which hung over the main door of the community when soldiers were sent to enforce the decrees of the Iconoclast emperors Leo Ill the Isaurian and Constantine V. Theodosia and twelve other nuns were arrested and tortured; Theodosia died of her grievous injuries while in prison. Feastday: July 18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosia_of_Constantinople
St. Marina, Roman Catholic Martyr of Orense, in Spanish Galicia, Spain.Marina and her sisters were baptized by the bishop of Braga Saint Ovidius (Ovid, Ovidio) and brought up in the Christian faith. When they were twenty, they were accused of being Christians and brought before their father the governor. He recognized them as his own daughters, and asked them to renounce their faith, promising them luxuries. The sisters refused and were imprisoned. They managed to escape and were ultimately martyred for their faith. A spring of water gushed out of the spot where they were beheaded; the spot was called Aguas Santas ("Holy Waters"). Feastday July 18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_of_Aguas_Santas
ST. BRUNO OF SEGNI, BISHOP,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_(bishop_of_Segni)
ST. AEMILIANUS, MARTYR OF MESIA
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Saint_Aemilianus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadburh_of_Bicester
St. Theneva, 7th century. Also called Thenova, the patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland, with her son St. Kentigern.
http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/19054
St. Minnborinus, 986 A.D. Benedictine abbot. He was born in Ireland and became abbot of St. Martin Monastery in Cologne, Germany, in 974. There he promoted monastic reform and scholarly pursuits.
http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/07/saint-minnborinus-abbot-of-cologne-july.html
St. Theodosia of Constantinople, Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr at the monastery of St. Anastasia. She led a group of nuns in defense of the icon of Christ which hung over the main door of the community when soldiers were sent to enforce the decrees of the Iconoclast emperors Leo Ill the Isaurian and Constantine V. Theodosia and twelve other nuns were arrested and tortured; Theodosia died of her grievous injuries while in prison. Feastday: July 18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosia_of_Constantinople
St. Marina, Roman Catholic Martyr of Orense, in Spanish Galicia, Spain.Marina and her sisters were baptized by the bishop of Braga Saint Ovidius (Ovid, Ovidio) and brought up in the Christian faith. When they were twenty, they were accused of being Christians and brought before their father the governor. He recognized them as his own daughters, and asked them to renounce their faith, promising them luxuries. The sisters refused and were imprisoned. They managed to escape and were ultimately martyred for their faith. A spring of water gushed out of the spot where they were beheaded; the spot was called Aguas Santas ("Holy Waters"). Feastday July 18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_of_Aguas_Santas
ST. BRUNO OF SEGNI, BISHOP,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_(bishop_of_Segni)
ST. AEMILIANUS, MARTYR OF MESIA
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Saint_Aemilianus
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