S. Aelred, much against his inclination, was made abbot of a new monastery of his order, founded by William, Earl of Lincoln, at Revesby, in Lincolnshire, in 1142, and after, in 1143, of Rievaulx, where he governed three hundred monks. Describing their life, he says that they drank nothing but water, ate little, laboured hard, slept little, and on hard boards; never spoke, except to their superiors on necessary occasions; and loved prayer.
S. Odilo, Jan. 1, p. [20].
[January 13.]
The Octave of the Epiphany.
S. Potitus, M., a.d. 166.
SS. Hermylus and Stratonicus, MM., at Belgrade, a.d. 315.
S. Glaphyra, V., at Amasia, circ. a.d. 324.
S. Agricius, B. of Trèves, circ. a.d. 335.
S. Hilary, B. of Poictiers, a.d. 368.
S. Virentius, P., in Burgundy, a.d. 400.
S. Kentigern, B. of Glasgow, a.d. 601.
B. Berno, Ab. of Cluny, a.d. 920.
S. Heldemar, H., in Artois, a.d. 1097.
B. Gotfried, of Kappenberg, a.d. 1127.
B. Jutta, W. and Recluse, at Huy, in Belgium, a.d. 1228.
B. Veronica, V. at Milan, a.d. 1497.