#otd remember Alphonsus Rodriquez. A wool merchant from #Segovia who by the age of 40yrs had lost his business, wife and 3 children. He joined the #Jesuits as a lay brother and was posted to their newly founded college in #Mallorca. Here he served as the door porter until... t.co/z06FsYd3OE
...his death 46yrs later. Believing that each knock on the door could be from Christ he carried out his duties humbly, assiduously and accompanied by much devotion. He became especially known for the advice, consolation and alms he could offer the poor, sick and troubled.
#otd 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh, aged 65yrs, beheaded at Old Palace Yard, #Westminster. Soldier, explorer, coloniser, statesman and playwright. He had been found guilty in 1603 of involvement in The Main Plot to replace James I with Lady Arbella Stuart. t.co/QrIuWJqr2X
