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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, CA. Muessig wrote: > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 12:04:00 +0000 (GMT) > From: "CA. Muessig" <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FEAST 25 March > > Today, 25 March, is the feast of ... > > * the Annunciation > - also known as Lady Day, the first known commemoration of > this feast is to be found in the statutes of Sonnatius, > bishop of Reims (c. 625) > The pope used to go to S. Maria sopra Minerva for this feast. tom izbicki > > > * Margaret Clitherow, martyr (1586) > - visitors to York can see the house in the Little Shambles > where she lived for some time, and the dormer window at the > Black Swan, which she hired as a mass-house; as discussed a > few months ago, she was pressed to death > See the poem by G.M. Hopkins in her honor. tmi %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%