On Thu, 5 Sep 1996 George Ferzoco wrote:
> Today, 4 September, is the feast of ...
>
[snip]
> * Ultan, bishop (657)
> - while feeding children with his right hand, he put Nordic
> invaders to flight with his left hand; an early Irish writer said of him:
> 'Had it been the right hand that noble Ultan raised against them, no
> foreigner would ever have come into the land of Erin'
>
> * Ida of Herzfeld, widow (825)
> - to remind herself of her all-too-human destiny, she had a stone
> coffin made for herself, which she would fill daily with food before
> distributing it to the poor
>
> * Rose of Viterbo, virgin (1252?)
> - a visionary child saint, who preached in the streets at age 12;
> canonized in 1457; her body is carried in procession through the
> streets of Viterbo on this day
>
Thanks, George. You really have come up with the goods this time! 4
September is both my wedding anniversary and my little son's birthday
(he's one year old). If he preaches in the streets, no-one
understands a word he says. :-)* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mark Harris
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"The reason of a thing is not to bee inquired after till you are
sure the thing it selfe bee soe. Wee comonly are att *What's
the reason of it?* before wee are sure of the thing."
John Selden (1584-1654), _Table Talk_
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