On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, CA Muessig wrote:
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:13:10 +0000 (BST)
> From: CA Muessig <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: FEAST 8 November
>
> Today, 8 November, is the feast of ...
>
> * The Four Crowned Ones, martyrs (306?)
> - the original legend tells of five martyrs from Pannonia, but the
> better known one narrates the martyrdom of four Romans
> - one legend says the four were stone-masons; they have been adopted as
> patrons of such craftsmen (including English Freemasons, whose journal
> is entitled *Ars Quatuor Coronatorum*)
> - church where they are buried is one of the titular churches of the
> cardinal-priests of Rome
>
This church has both an intriguing chapel with frescos of the legend of
Pope St. Syvester I & a beautiful cloister, entrance to which can be
obtained by ringing a doorbell.
tom izbicki
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