Feast+of+St.+Martin

  • 71Gaudete Sunday — • The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gaudete Sunday     Gaudete Sunday …

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  • 72St. Charles Borromeo —     St. Charles Borromeo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Charles Borromeo     St. Charles Borromeo Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Priest of the Title of St. Prassede, Papal Secretary of State under Pius IV, and one of the chief factors in the… …

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  • 73Svartsoppa — ( Black soup ) is a soup consumed in Scania in Southern Sweden. The main ingredient is goose blood (or sometimes pig blood). It is often eaten before the goose dish at the Mårtens gås or Mårten gås dinner [ A Book of Feasts and Seasons by Joanna… …

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  • 74Scottish term days — were holy days for the people of the Kingdom of Scotland in the Middle Ages. Like the Kingdom of England s quarter days, they were the four days dividing the legal year, when rent and interest on loans, and ministers stipends were due, and when… …

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  • 75Royal forest — A royal forest is an area of land with different meanings in England, Wales and Scotland; the term forest does not mean forest as it is understood today, as an area of densely wooded land. There are also differing and contextual interpretations… …

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  • 76Guntram — Saint Guntram (c. 532 – 592) (also called Gontram , Gontran , Gunthram , or Gunthchramn ) was the king of Burgundy from 561 to 592. He was a son (third eldest, second eldest surviving) of Chlothar I and Ingunda. On his father s death (561), he… …

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  • 77Klopotec — A klopotec (IPA all|kloːˈpotət͡s) is a wooden mechanical device on a high wooden pole, similar to a windmill. It is used as a scarecrow in the vineyards of traditional wine growing landscapes of Slovenia, Austria and Croatia. It is one of the… …

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  • 78Martinmas —  , Martlemas    This date, 11 November, is the feast of St Martin of Tours. In medieval and Elizabethan times it was an occasion for an ample feast of meat, because livestock which could not be fed through the winter was being slaughtered. Other… …

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  • 79Saint Perpetuus — Infobox Saint name=Saint Perpetuus birth date= death date=December 30, 490 AD feast day=April 8 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church imagesize=150px caption= birth place= death place= titles=Bishop and Confessor beatified date= beatified place=… …

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  • 80Martinmas — Mar tin*mas, n. [St. Martin + mass religious service.] (Eccl.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; often called {martlemans}. [1913 Webster] {Martinmas summer}, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of… …

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