Tag: Canterbury
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Love on Saint Valentine’s Day
Known as the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers, Saint Valentine still plays an important role in our lives today. Since the Middle Ages, St Valentine’s Day has been known as the date when birds start to pair and mate! This is due to the ‘Fools Spring’ in the middle of the month, when…
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St Gregory the Great
Our next Saint is St Gregory whose death we commemorate on 12th March each year. The Second Vatican Council revised the General Roman Calendar in 1969, moving his Feast Day to 3rd September, which was the day of his consecration in 590AD, as of course 12th March falls during Lent. Pope Gregory 1, also known…