17 May 2011

Some other guys

Rico says that, in his usual befuddled state, he thought this was St. Patrick's Day, merely because it's the 17th.
True, but his Day is in March, not May...
Consulting a Church website (the authorizing agency for these things), it turns out that the Catholic saint for today is a whole bunch of guys Rico knows nothing (and cares less) about, but provides these details (purely in the interests of history) from the saint site:
St. Adrio (Martyr of Alexandria, Egypt, with Basilla and Victor. No details of their suffering are extant.)
St. Thethmar (1152 AD, Premonstratensian canon and missionary. He labored to convert the Wends, a tribe in modern Germany. A co-worker of St. Vicelinus, Thethmar is also called Theodemar in some accounts.)
St. Cathan (6th or 7th century, Bishop of the isle of Bute, in Scotland, called Kil-Cathan in his honor. A tomb bearing his name was found near Londonderry, Ireland, but Scottish scholars claim his remains are at Kil-Cathan.
St. Heradius (303 AD, Martyr with Aquilinus, Paul, and two companions. They were put to death at Nyon on Lake Geneva, Switzerland.)
St. Madern (Hermit of Cornish descent, also called Maden and Madron. Nothing is known of his life, but he was of Cornish descent and connected with Brittany, France. Numerous churches in England bear his name, and the reputed site of his hermitage, St. Madern’s Well, is still popular.)
St. Maiduif (Irish abbot and founder of Malmesbury Abbey in England. He trained St. Aldhelm there.)
St. Restituta (255 AD, a virgin martyr. A maiden in Africa, she was put to death during the Roman persecutions at Carthage. Her date of death has been set at 255, which would mean she was martyred under Emperor Valerian; there is a possibility that she was executed at a later date, under Emperor Diocletian. Her relics are in Naples, Italy.)
St. Paschal Baylon (1540-1592 AD, a Franciscan lay brother and mystic. Born to a peasant family at Torre Hermosa, in Aragon, on Whitsunday, he was christened Pascua in honor of the feast. According to accounts of his early life, Paschal labored as a shepherd for his father, performed miracles, and was distinguished for his austerity. He also taught himself to read. Receiving a vision which told him to enter a nearby Franciscan community, he became a Franciscan lay brother of the Alcantrine reform in 1564, and spent most of his life as a humble doorkeeper. He practiced rigorous asceticism and displayed a deep love for the Blessed Sacrament, so much so that, while on a mission to France, he defended the doctrine of the Real Presence against a Calvinist preacher and in the face of threats from other irate Calvinists. Paschal died at a friary in Villareal, and was canonized in 1690. In 1897 Pope Leo XIII declared him patron of all eucharistic confratemities and congresses. Since 1969, his veneration has been limited to local calendars.)
Rico says it's a bummer about 'no details of their suffering'...

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