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> Today, 1 August, is the feast of ...
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> * the holy Machabees, martyrs (168 a.C.) - only widespread feast in the
> West of Old Testament saints (notable exceptions: the Carmelites
> celebrate Elias and Eliseus)
Can anyone tell me if a day was set aside either in the East or the West for
commemoration of the Three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace (Bk of Daniel)? There
was an excellent paper at the Pilgrimage conference in Cork last week dealing
with their frequent appearance in Irish iconography from the ninth century
onwards after an apparent general hiatus in the West which contrasted with
widespread Continental deployment of the motif in Late Antique contexts.
Graham Jones
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