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13 December – Saint Lucy

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martryology Sanctorale Catholicum Dictionary of Saintly Women Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Character Calendar Pictorial Lives of the Saints Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the ShrinesContinue reading “13 December – Saint Lucy”

13 December – Saint Judoc

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Medieval Hagiography BHL “But he was quit, by God and by Seint Joce!”Line 483 in the Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale from TheContinue reading “13 December – Saint Judoc”

Music of Advent, Day 15, Third Sunday – Handel’s Messiah, Part I, Scenes 1 & 2

Saving Scenes 3 and 4 until Christmas. Wikipedia Entry Hymns and Carols of Christmas Recording (through 20:48) Libretto Scene 1 includes verses from Psalm 40, also the source for the earlier German Hymn, “Tröstet, tröstet meine Lieben” (Comfort, Comfort Ye My People) – English Translation at Hymns and Carols of Christmas; Background and EnglishContinue reading “Music of Advent, Day 15, Third Sunday – Handel’s Messiah, Part I, Scenes 1 & 2”