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January 31 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
January 30 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 1 All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 13 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For January 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 18. Saints * Martyr Tryphaena of Cyzicus (1st century)January 31 / February 13 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 31 Ιανουαρίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias, at |
Methone (Messenia)
Methone (, ''Methṓnē'') or Mothone (, ''Mothṓnē'') was a town in the southwestern corner of ancient Messenia. It was an important place in ancient times on account of its excellent harbour and salubrious situation. It is situated at the extreme point of a rocky ridge, which runs into the sea, opposite the island Sapientza, one of the group called in ancient times Oenussae. Off the outer end of the town, is the little insulated rock which Pausanias calls Mothon, and which he describes as forming at once a narrow entrance and a shelter to the harbour of his time: in the 19th century, when visited by William Martin Leake, it was occupied by a tower and lantern, which is connected by a bridge with the fortification of modern Methoni. A mole branched from it, which ran parallel to the eastern wall of the town, and forms a harbour for small vessels, which to Leake seems to be exactly in the position of the ancient port, the entrance into which was probably where the bridge now sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomposa Abbey
Pomposa Abbey is a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine monastery in the ''Italian commune, comune'' of Codigoro on the Adriatic coast near Ferrara, Italy. It was one of the most important monasteries in the northern Italy and is famous for the Carolingian manuscripts preserved in its rich library, one of the wealthiest of Carolingian repositories, and for the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque buildings. History The earliest report of a Benedictine abbey at this site dates from 874, by which time Pomposa was already a center of sophisticated Carolingian art The settlement was probably founded two centuries earlier, following the devastation of Classe, ancient port of Ravenna, Classe, the port of Ravenna (574). It was established during the Lombards, Lombard epoch of northern Italy by monks of the Irish missionary, Columbanus. A letter of c. 1093 mentions classical texts acquired or copied for the library by the abbot Girolamo alludes to Horace (''Carmen Saeculare'', ''Satires (Hora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna). It borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance), Switzerland (Grisons and Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol (state), Tyrol, to the east. The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have List of cities and towns in Austria, larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria where the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian dialects, Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialects, Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Of Saint Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall () is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. It became an independent principality between 9th and 13th centuries, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The library of the Abbey is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world. The city of St. Gallen originated as an adjoining settlement of the abbey. The abbey was secularized around 1800, and in 1848 its former church became St. Gallen Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Saint Gallen. Since 1983 the abbey precinct has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History Foundation Around 612 Gallus, according to tradition an Irish monk and disciple and companion of Saint Columbanus, established a hermitage on the site that would become the monastery. He lived in his cell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulphia
Ulphia (also Ulphe, Olfe, Wulfe, Wolfia, or Wulfia and other variants; d. 8th century AD) of Amiens is a Christian saint, venerated particularly at Amiens. Her feast day is January 31. Legend Ulphia was said to be a young girl living on the banks of the Noye, who was determined not to marry, despite having a number of suitors. She would feign madness in an effort to discourage them. At the age of twenty-five she received the veil from the Bishop of Amiens. She then retired to live as a hermit near what would become Saint-Acheul, near Amiens in the Kingdom of the Franks. Friendship with St Domitius There she met the elderly hermit Domitius. Baring-Gould said he was a canon of Amiens; Laurentius Surius says that Domitius was not a priest, but a deacon. He would stop at the door of her hut and they would walk to Matins together. No where was the grass so fine as where Ulphia of Picardy walked on her way to church. She looked after the aged hermit, and he provided spiritual gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Troyes
The Diocese of Troyes (Latin: ''Dioecesis Trecensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Troyes'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Troyes, France. The diocese now comprises the ''département'' of Aube. Erected in the 4th century, the diocese is currently a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims. It was re-established in 1802 as a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Paris, when it comprised the ''départements'' of Aube and Yonne and its bishop had the titles of Troyes, Auxerre, and Châlons-sur-Marne. In 1822, the See of Châlons was created and the Bishop of Troyes lost that title. When Sens was made an archdiocese, the episcopal title of Auxerre went to it and Troyes lost also the ''département'' of Yonne, which became the Archdiocese of Sens. The Diocese of Troyes covers, besides the ancient diocesan limits, 116 parishes of the ancient Diocese of Langres and 20 belonging to the ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilgils
Wilgils of Ripon, also known as Wilgisl and Hilgis, was a seventh century saint and hermit of Anglo-Saxon England, who was the father of St Willibrord. His feast day is 31 January. Life He is known mainly from the ''Life of St Willibrord'' by Alcuin, but is also mentioned by Secgan and Bede. Alcuin says he was a churl or "a non-servile peasant", and calls him a Saxon of Northumbria which was predominantly Angle at the time. St Willibrord, born c 658 AD, the Apostle to Frisia and patron saint of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, was his son. Alcuin also writes that Wilgils was ''paterfamilias'' of Alcuin's own family and that he (Alcuin) had inherited Wilgils' oratory and church by inheritance,Paul Dräger (ed.), Alkuin, ''Vita sancti Willibrordi; Das Leben des heiligen Willibrord'' (Trier: Kliomedia, 2008). indicating a close familial relationship. Wilgisl was also distantly related to Beornred, the abbot of Echternach and Bishop of Sens. Wilgils entrusted his son to the chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coldingham Priory
Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham in 1098, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior of Coldingham is on record by the year 1147, although it is likely that the foundation was much earlier. The earlier monastery at Coldingham was founded by St Æbbe sometime c. AD 640. Although the monastery was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, some remains of the priory exist, the choir of which forms the present parish church of Coldingham and is serviced by the Church of Scotland. Early Middle Ages St Æbbe the Elder Early life Æbbe was born c. AD 615 into both royal houses of Northumbria, the daughter of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia, (the first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ferns
Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of Roman civilization * Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter written by Paul, found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible * Ar-Rum (), the 30th sura of the Quran. Roman or Romans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Romans (band), a Japanese pop group * ''Roman'' (album), by Sound Horizon, 2006 * ''Roman'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2011 *" Roman (My Dear Boy)", a 2004 single by Morning Musume Film and television * Film Roman, an American animation studio * ''Roman'' (film), a 2006 American suspense-horror film * ''Romans'' (2013 film), an Indian Malayalam comedy film * ''Romans'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''The Romans'' (''Doctor Who''), a serial in British TV series People * Roman (given name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Roman (sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máedóc Of Ferns
Saint Máedóc of Ferns (; 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan (; ; and '), Saint MadocSaint Máedóc of Ferns ationalchurchestrust.org or Saint Mogue (), was an Irish saint who was the first in and the founder of thirty churches. His birth name was Áed, the name of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
