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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I would have been Veronica, as in Veronica Giuliani (sp?). I really don't think the saint's day has anything at all to do with choice of name. Ancestors seem to be more important in that area.Corrections welcome.MG Marjorie Greene http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/ --- On Tue, 11/29/11, Revd Gordon Plumb <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Revd Gordon Plumb <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day: November 29 To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 2:43 PM medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Had my parents looked to the day my birth I would have been baptised Barnabas - as it is my father chose Gordon because Gordon Richards, the famous jockey, won a big race that day! Gordon Plumb Question: is it common to choose a saint from the ones celebrated on a person’s natal day? Not being either Catholic or Orthodox, I wondered if my parents would have looked over all of today’s saints and chosen one for me because of the date, rather than for the saint’s attributes or some other criteria (forgive the incoherence, I’m still waiting for cold meds to unscramble my brains). Terri Morgan -- ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html