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> From: CA Muessig [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Today, 24 June, is the feast of ... > > * the birthday of John the Baptist - it's a holiday in Quebec; salut la > bas! > > In relation to the feast Butler writes: > St Augustine remarking that the Church celebrates the festivals of > saints on the day of their death, which in the true estimate of things > is their great birthday, their birthday of eternal life, adds that the > birthday of St John the Baptist forms an exception because he was > sanctified in his mother's womb, so that he came into the world > sinless. > Is it known when this feast was first celebrated or established? And was it intentionally linked to the solstice? Francine Nicholson %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%