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10. Korban Betlam: one of the great Mo­ 17. St. Mheldreda: Abbess of Ely, known hammedan festivals. as St. Audrey. 25. St.Swtthin, A.D. 868. He desired to 18. St. Luke: Evangelist and , one be buried in the open churchyard, and the of the 70, preached in Egypt and Greece, attempt to remove his body to the choir, was hanged at 84. was followed by 40 days' heavy rain, whence 25. St. Crispin: Martyr, patron of the Anglo-Saxon proverb. Shoe-makers, whose trade he practised. 20. St. Margaret: Martyr, A:D. 273, one of 28. St. Simon and St. Jude: and the most popular among the English. . 22. St. . 31. Hallowe'en or All Hallows Eve: A uni­ 25. St. James the Great, broth er of St. John, versal holiday, especially among the Scotch and Martyr, A.D. 43. The first mar­ and Irish. tyr among the Apostles, of , and of , where he is said to NOVEMBER. have preached. 1. All Saints Day: Instituted in 610, in 26. St. Anne, mother of the . memory of all Saints not otherwise com­ memorated. AUGUST. 2. All Souls, hot in the English Calendar 1. Lammas Day, or Loaf Mass Day: when —for souls in Purgatory. first fruits were presented at the altar. 5. Gunpowder Plot, 1605. A great day 1. Transfiguration: Instituted by the Greek among school boys. Church, 700. 6. St. Leonard: P >tron saint of prisoners., 7. Name of . 11. St. Martin: of Tours, A.D. 397, 10. St. Lawrence: Martyr, A.D. 258. patron saint of vintners, &c. Martinmas, 24. St. Bartholomew: Apostle and Martyr, one of the Scotch quarter days. flayed alive in Armenia. 13. St. Britius: Successor of St. Martin. 27. Landing of Caesar in Britain, 65 B. C. 15. St Maehutus: Bishop of St. Malo, who 28. St. Augustine: Bishop of Hippo, one of is said to have performed many . the great Doctors of the Church, A.D. 430. 17. St. Hugh: Bishop of Lincoln, rebuilt 29. St. beheaded. Lincoln Cathedral, A.D. 1200. 20. St. Edmund: King of the East Angles, SEPTEMBER. martyred by the Danes, A.D. 870. 22. St. Cecilia: Patroness of music, Mar­ 1. St. Giles: Patron of cripples, A.D. 725. tyr, A.D. 230. 2. Burning of London, 1666. 23. St. Clemenf.Zrd. Bishop of Some, mar­ 7. St. Enurchus: Bishop of Orleans. He tyr, A.D. 100, author of an read as converted 7000 infidels in 3 days, and fore­ Apostolic in the early ages. told his own death. 25. St. Catherine: Martyred at Alexandria 8. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. by being torn to pieces by whe.-ls. 14. H"ly Cross Day. Duke of Wellington 29. Advent Sunday: Beginning of eccle­ died at Walmer Castle, 1852. siastical year. 17. St. Lambert: Bishop and Martyr, 30. St. Andrew: Apostie and Martyr, pa­ , A.D. 704. tron saint of Scotland, was put to death in 21. St. Mathew: Apostle and Evangelist. Greece, A.D. 70. He preached the in and after- wardsjin Parthia and Ethiopia. 26. St. : Archbishop of Carthage, DECEMBER. Martyr, 25S. Many of his writings are ex­ 6. St. Nicholas: Patron saint of Russia, tant. Bishop of Myra, A.D. 526. 29. St. and All —Michsel. 8. Conception: Instituted A.D 1070. mas Day—one of the four quarter days, and 13. St. Lucy: Virgin and Martyr, Syracuse, Ihe day for eating goose. A.D. 3 5. 30. St. : one of the most learned 21. St. Thomas: Apostle and Martyr. He and voluminous of the early fathers trans­ preached to the Parthians, Medes and Per­ lator of the into the , sians, and was put to death on the Cow- A.D. 420. mandel Coast. 24. Christmas Eve: The yule log is burned, OCTOBER. mistletoe hung, and waifs go thel« rounds. 1. St Remigtus: Archbishop of Rueims, 25. Nativity of Our Lord—Christmas Day— A.D. 545. the greatest noiiday of the year. 4. St. Francis of Assist: E'ounder of the 26. St. Stephen: Proto-martyr, one of the Friar Unions. first Deacons, stoned to death. 6. St. Faith: Virgin and Martyr, Aqui- 27. St. John: Apostle and Evangelist, the taine, France, A.D. 290. beloved , of St. James, 9. St. Denis: T'atron saint of France, youngest of the twelve, died at Ephesus at Bishop of Paris and Martyr, A.D. 272. the age of 100. 13. of King Edward the Con­ 28. Holy Innocents—Childermas Day—In fessor, 1163. memory of the children killed by Herod.

DATES OF SOME FASTS AND FESTIVALS. Cent. 1. Sundays, Easter, . Cent. XI. All that had been Mar­ ' II. Lent, Christmas. tyred. ' III. Ember Days. " XII. Thomas of Canterb, 11,000 Vir­ ' IV. Saints' Days, Annunciation. gins. ' V. Rogation, Circumcision, Advent. " XIII. Epiphany, Circumcision,Concep- ' VI. Felicita, Marscellinus, Pancras. tion, Conversion of St. Paul. ' VII. Nativity B. V. M., All Saints. " XIV. Thomas Aq., Bridget, Corpus ' VIII. Tlie Presentation, Transfigura­ Christi. tion, Boniface. " XVI. VII. Sorrows of Our Lady, ' IX. Easter Monday and Tuesday, and " XIX. of the "Whit Monday and Tuesday. B. V. M. ' X. All Souls, Evens or Vigils. TEAK BOOK ANJD ALMANAC OF CANADA FOB 1874.