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>>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. And let us not forget St Op, patron saint of crossroads; nor the holy St Igmata. Bill. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%