Feast Day
2 saints in our library are celebrated on July 15.
1221 — 1274
A Franciscan theologian often compared to Aquinas for his intellect, but with a greater emphasis on the will and love. He served as Minister General of the Franciscans, steering the order through bitter internal disputes over poverty. His 'Journey of the Mind into God' is a classic of mystical theology.
c. 800 AD — July 2, 863 AD
Swithun of Winchester walked his diocese on foot and dined with the poor rather than the nobles of Wessex — a 9th-century bishop whose humility attracted little notice in his lifetime. His fame came a century after his death: when his relics were moved to a grander shrine in 971, miracles erupted, his cult swept England, and his feast day became the most famous weather omen in English folklore.