Solemnities, Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials, and Traditional Dates of Commemoration
- Simeon, bishop and martyr
- Leo and Paregorius, martyrs
- Flavian, bishop and martyr
- Helladius, bishop
- Colman of Lindisfarne, bishop
- Angilbert, abbot
- Theotonius, abbot
- John of Fiesole
St. Colman of Lindisfarne (d. ca. 676 A.D.) was bishop-abbot of the great monastery of Lindisfarne. He played a key role in 664 A.D. to resolve the differences between the Roman and Celtic practices regarding the dating of Easter and other observances, and the relationship of local churches to the see of Rome. He defended the Celtic ecclesiastical practices against St. Wilfrid and St. Agilbert. When the King ruled in favor of St. Wilfrid, St. Colman resigned from his episcopate and returned to a monastery he founded on the Isle of Inishbofin off the coast of Connacht, where they continued their practice of the Celtic rites. When dissension broke out between the Irish and the English monks, he founded another monastery at Mayo and was abbot of both monasteries.
St. Theotonius (1086-1166 A.D.) was the abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Portugal. Born in Spain, he was the nephew of a Bishop of Coimbra in Portugal and was ordained a priest. He was diligent in his duties and gained a reputation for his sanctity. When repeatedly urged to accept a position as bishop, he refused to do so. After two pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Theotonius decided to enter a monastery, becoming one of the original members of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine. St. Theotonius lived the last thirty years of his life in the Monastery of the Holy Cross before dying at the age of eighty.
Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [February 18]
- Leo the Great, Pope of Rome
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