BS: Today's Saints

Subject: RE: BS: Today's Saints
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Dec 09 - 02:24 PM

Too bad. If he were a full-blown saint, he could be the patron saint of campers.

Subject: RE: BS: Today's Saints
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Dec 09 - 02:10 PM

Today's saints are:

    * St. Abbo
    * St. Agricola
    * St. Attalia
    * St. Birinus
    * St. Cassian
    * Bl. Edward Coleman
    * St. Eloque
    * St. Ethernan
    * St. Lucius
    * St. Mirocles

And the biggie is Francis Xavier.

Edward Coleman is only a Blessed; he was framed in the Titus Oates business a few years back.

Subject: RE: BS: Today's Saints
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 02 Dec 09 - 05:45 PM

Don't they call it the Mardis Gras?

Subject: RE: BS: Today's Saints
From: Paul Burke
Date: 02 Dec 09 - 04:10 PM

When's the feast of St. Misbehavin'?

Subject: RE: BS: Today's Saints
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 02 Dec 09 - 10:49 AM

Saint Bono of Dublin and Saint Sting of Newcastle, joint patron Saints of ' Pretentious Twats.'

Dave H

Subject: RE: BS: Today's Saints
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 02 Dec 09 - 10:12 AM

Well, at 11-0, the Saints are a helluva lot better football team than they've ever been before.

Subject: BS: Today's Saints
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Dec 09 - 09:03 AM

Today is the feast day of these saints:

    * St. Chromatius
    * St. Eusebius
    * St. Evasius
    * St. Lupus of Verona
    * St. Pontian

But the Big Saint Of The Day is Bibiana. Here's a bit on how she met her fate:

...Apronianus [the Wicked Roman Governor], seeing that hunger and want had no effect...reserved [Bibiana] for greater sufferings. She was placed in the hands of a wicked woman called Rufina, who in vain endeavored to seduce her. She used blows as well as persuasion, but the Christian virgin remained faithful.

Enraged at the constancy of this saintly virgin, Apronianus ordered her to be tied to a pillar and beaten with scourges, laden with lead plummets, until she expired. The saint endured the torments with joy, and died under the blows inflicted by the hands of the executioner.

We should all endeavor to emulate her. I think she's the patron saint of masochists.