Boèce
vers 480-524 6th century Feast day: October 23
The search for truth held fast in the night, and the mind that rises in prayer at the heart of misfortune.
Who was Boèce?
A philosopher and high Roman official, he sought to hand on Greek wisdom to the West. Unjustly accused of treason, imprisoned and awaiting death, he wrote the Consolation of Philosophy, a dialogue in which reason lifts the stricken man toward the light. Executed without renouncing his faith or his search for truth, he was venerated as a martyr at Pavia.
In their own words
Turn away from vice, cultivate virtue, lift up your soul to righteous hopes, offer humble prayers on high.
Nothing is wretched unless you think it so.
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is a greater law unto itself.