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stitchwhichLucius, Montanus, and companions (d. 259) This is a group of seven African martyrs, several of whom had been clerics under Cyprian (who had been executed the year before). A revolt broke out and the Roman governor blamed it on the Christians. They were arrested as convenient scapegoats, imprisoned for a time, and finally decapitated. Of interest is their acta: they themselves wrote the first part, telling of their imprisonment, and a witness concluded with an account of their martyrdom.
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Praetextatus (d. 586)(or Prix) became bishop of Rouen in 549 and held the office 35 years. He got involved in Merovingian power politics, especially falling foul of Fredegunde, whose sins he had publically denounced. She engineered his condemnation by the council of Paris in 577 and exile on a small island for six years - but he was restored in 584, being permitted to return by King Guntram of Burgundy. An assassin sent by Fredegunde stabbed him to death in his own church on Easter Sunday (he was stabbed in the armpit while saying Matins.)
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Robert of Arbrissel (blessed) (d. 1117) Robert was born at Arbrissel, a Breton and the son of a priest. He succeeded his father as the village priest, then studied at Paris and became archpriest of Rennes in c1089. In 1095, however, he was so unpopular because of his reforming efforts that he had to flee Brittany and became a hermit in the Craon Forest and founded the monastery of La Roe. In 1095 Urban II heard him preach at Angers and, it is said, commanded him to devote himself to preaching. He proved to be a charismatic wandering preacher, attracting so many female followers that his chastity was called into question because of his practise of laying down to sleep (chastely) with any and all of his followers. Perhaps as a response, Robert founded the double monastery of Fontevrault and formed his followers into a Benedictine community.
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Praetextatus (d. 586)(or Prix) became bishop of Rouen in 549 and held the office 35 years. He got involved in Merovingian power politics, especially falling foul of Fredegunde, whose sins he had publically denounced. She engineered his condemnation by the council of Paris in 577 and exile on a small island for six years - but he was restored in 584, being permitted to return by King Guntram of Burgundy. An assassin sent by Fredegunde stabbed him to death in his own church on Easter Sunday (he was stabbed in the armpit while saying Matins.)
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Robert of Arbrissel (blessed) (d. 1117) Robert was born at Arbrissel, a Breton and the son of a priest. He succeeded his father as the village priest, then studied at Paris and became archpriest of Rennes in c1089. In 1095, however, he was so unpopular because of his reforming efforts that he had to flee Brittany and became a hermit in the Craon Forest and founded the monastery of La Roe. In 1095 Urban II heard him preach at Angers and, it is said, commanded him to devote himself to preaching. He proved to be a charismatic wandering preacher, attracting so many female followers that his chastity was called into question because of his practise of laying down to sleep (chastely) with any and all of his followers. Perhaps as a response, Robert founded the double monastery of Fontevrault and formed his followers into a Benedictine community.
