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  • Saint Clement’s Day

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    Sue Duckworth
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    23rd November is known as Saint Clement’s Day but in the Middle Ages was also considered to be the beginning of Winter. Saint Clement was the fourth Christian Pope who lived from 53 to 117 AD. After being banished to the Crimea, he converted heathens to Christianity and built 75 churches. Emperor Trajan then had…

  • St Gregory the Great

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    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…