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> What--if any--significance was/is attached to the feasts that fall on
> one's birthday?
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> I'm an RP (RP = Recovering Protestant), so I never learned these things. :)
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> Beth Crachiolo
> University of Iowa
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Well, as a cradle Catholic, I can suggest one significance. When I was
preparing for Confirmation, in I think grade 7 (ie, at 12 years old), I
had to pick a name for myself, to add to those I received at baptism. My
teacher suggested that those of us who lacked imagination could take the
name of a saint who shared our birthdays. As a result, I am named after
that well-known shrinking violet, St Catherine of Siena :-)
Regards, Elaine
Elaine M. Kelly
Department of English
University of Bristol
England
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