On Fri, 19 Apr 1996 13:05:26 +0100 (BST) CA. Muessig wrote:
> From: CA. Muessig <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 13:05:26 +0100 (BST)
> Subject: FEAST 19 APRIL
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Today, 19 April, is the feast of ...
>
> Expeditus, martyr (no date): It is thought that this saint never existed.
> However, the stories of how his cult came into existence are more
> interesting than his alleged life. The best story is that the origin of
> this devotion started in the early part of this century when a
> packing-case containing a *corpo santo* was sent from the catacombs of
> Rome to a community of nuns in Paris. The date of its dispatch was
> indicated next to the word "spedito" (Italian for "sent"), but the
> recipients mistook this for the name of the martyr and set to work in
> "great haste" to propagate his cult.
>
>For similar 'manufactured' saints cf. St Aldate's Church at Oxford ( = Old Gate];
St Amphibalus ( = 'a cloak) - and perhaps there are folks lurking in obscure corners of the microchip
who know others? Bill.
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