At 14:14 15/12/98 -0000, you wrote:
>* Spiridion, confessor (350)
> - a Cypriot shepherd, he became bishop; famed for his knowledge of the
>Bible despite his lack of education, at the Council of Nicaea he
>supposedly converted a philosopher
Patron saint of Corfu, where his uncorrupt body is kept. Almost all the men
of Corfu are called Spiros after him. The body is kept in a glass-topped
coffin, which stands usually in the horizontal position. However, on his
several feast days it is carried around vertically in procession; and
friends, I know: I've taken part in that procession.
The Supple Doctor.
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