At 10:08 19/04/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Today, 19 April, is the feast of ...
>
>Expeditus, martyr (no date): It is thought that this saint never
>existed.
>
>Last year Bill East addded:
>
>There are several other non-existent saints whose name derives from
>a linguistic misunderstanding. St Amphibalus - the word means a cloak;
>and St Aldate - simply the Old Gate, near which, in Oxford, stands the
>Church of St Aldate's.
>
Saint Torquatus is -if I am not wrong- another instance of
non-existent saint. Professor Ladislao Castro (Universidad de Vigo, Spain)
has done some research on this saint. Sorry, I cannot provide you with a
full reference, but if someone is interested I can give his address.
Carlos
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