Regarding the feast of Cyriacus alias Judas Quiriacus, 4 May. His relics,
or the relics of *A* Cyriacus whose feast was observed on 4 May, came to
rest at Provins in Champagne, where the great fair coincided in the 12th
and 13th centuries with the feast and was consequently sometimes known as
the Fair of St-Cyriaque. (I think I'm right here; it was certainly one of
the Champagne fairs, and I'm pretty sure it was Provins.) Likewise the
other Champagne fairs came to coincide with the feasts of local patrons
or, in one case, a feast that was of dynastic significance to the counts
of Champagne. If I were feeling more energetic this morning (which I'm
not) I would dig out the seminar paper I did on this years ago, but I
would doubtless have to invoke St Jude to find it.
Regards to all,
JCP
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