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It was just an idle query, but I see that in fact googling "St. Urho"
(apparently the accepted spelling) leads to the impression that this is a
lighthearted tradition among Finnish immigrants to America. Still, happy
St. Urho's day to all.
Sean
At 08:28 AM 3/18/2005 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Try plugging "Saint Erho" and "St. Erho" into an internet search
>>engine. There are very few hits, in a very weird dialect. The
>>whole business of "St. Erho's Day" seems to be a complicated gag.
>
>Phyllis
>
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>>Hello,
>>
>>I have never heard from St. Erho, living surrounded by
>>the LUTHERAN culture of Finland most of my life.
>>
>>Greetings from York, -Tom
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Sean Field <[log in to unmask]>
>>Date: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:53 pm
>>Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 18. March
>>
>>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>>> Growing up in Michigan's upper peninsula, an area with a large
>>> Scandinavianpopulation, I remember that Finnish kids would insist
>>> that March 18 (the
>>> day after St. Patrick's) was St. Erho's day. Erho, according to them,
>>> drove all the grasshoppers out of Finland. Though they seemed to
>>> take it
>>> seriously, I always assumed it was an old joke whose humor had
>>> been lost on
>>> my fine Finnish friends. Perhaps the learned members of this list
>>> couldtell me whether St. Erho's day is a widespread phenomenon?
>>>
>>> Sean Field
>>>
>>>
>>> At 04:42 PM 3/17/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>>> culture>
>>> >Today (18. March) is the feast day of:
>>> >
>>> >Alexander of Jerusalem (d. 251) Alexander was a Cappadocian and
>>> >became a bishop there after study in Alexandria. A. was imprisoned
>>> >during Severus' persecution; when he was released he went to
>>> >Jerusalem, and became coadjutor in 212---the first known case of such
>>> >a thing. A. was censured for giving refuge to Origen and ordaining
>>> >him. But he seems to have redeemed himself by dying in prison during
>>> >Decius' persecution.
>>> >
>>> >Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386) Cyril became patriarch of Jerusalem in
>>> >c. 349, and spent most of his life bouncing back and forth between
>>> >episcopacy and exile, thanks to the ongoing Arian controversy. He
>>> >was a firm opponent of Arianism. C. was declared a doctor of the
>>> >church in 1882.
>>> >
>>> >Frigidian (d. c. 588) Frigidian (or Frediano) was an Irishman,
>>> >according to tradition the son of one of Ireland's many kings. He
>>> >went on pilgrimage to Italy, and once there became a hermit near
>>> >Lucca. In time F. became bishop of Lucca. After the Lombard
>>> >invasion, F. rebuilt the cathedral and did a good job helping the
>>> >needy. Tradition says he formed his clergy into a community and
>>> >lived with them.
>>> >
>>> >Edward the Martyr (d. 978) Edward was the son of Edgar the Peaceable
>>> >of England and Ethelfleda; he became king in 975 at the age of about
>>> >12. His evil stepmother appears to have arranged E's murder three
>>> >years later, which benefited *her* son Aethelred (the Unready). E's
>>> >claim to saintliness is based on his close alliance with the
>>> >reforming faction of the English church.
>>> >
>>> >Anselm of Lucca (d. 1086) Anselm's uncle, Pope Alexander II (also
>>> >named Anselm of Lucca, just to be confusing), named A. bishop of
>>> >Lucca in 1071. Sent off to Emperor Henry IV to be invested, Anselm
>>> >at first refused, then accepted, then went and became a Cluniac monk
>>> >instead of going home to his see. Recalled by Gregory VII, A. soon
>>> >became a leader of the reform party. He was driven from Lucca, but
>>> >spent the rest of his life in papal service.
>>> >
>>> >Salvator of Horta (d. 1567) Salvator was orphaned as a child. He
>>> >became a shoemaker in Barcelona and at the age of 20 joined the
>>> >Observant Franciscans, serving the community as a cook. S. was
>>> >renowned for his ascetic practices and healing miracles. S. was
>>> >canonized in 1938.
>>> >
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