Today, 12 September, is the feast of ... * Ailbhe, bishop (c. 526?) - he was abandoned at birth and raised by a she-wolf; when he became bishop, he saved this she-wolf who was being chased by hounds, and from then on he fed her at his own table * Eanswida, virgin (c. 640) - daughter of St Ethelbert, the first Christian king among the English; she died on 31 August, but this is the feast of the translation of her relics in c. 1140 * Guy d'Anderlecht (c. 1012) - a simple lay person, he lived a simple life as sacristan of the church of Our Lady at Laeken (near Brussels) before making pilgrimages to Rome and Jerusalem; a popular patron of people who work with horses * Name of Mary (fifteenth century?) - following Bernardino of Siena's preaching on the name of Jesus, this devotion seems to have been born; first known feast was in Cuenca (Spain) in 1513 * Victoria Fornari-Strata, widow (1617) - founded the Blue Nuns of Genoa (not responsible for any eponymous cheap wines) * * * * * * * * * * George Ferzoco %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%