But have you ever wondered who St Francis was and why he has been the central image on both your badge and the British Veterinary Nursing Association logo? The short answer is that St Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals, but his life story and the circumstances that led to ...
Terrified, the young scholar yelped out a prayer to St. Anne, the patron saint of miners: “St. Anne! Help me, and I will become a monk.” His fate was sealed. His father had wanted him to be a man of power and influence—a lawyer—but his life had been miraculously spared, and...
As a result, he spent his days shepherding animals while living in a small cell at a church in Sebourg, France. Some believe Drogo suffered a hernia, which is why he's the patron saint of individuals with hernias. Other accounts have Drogo experiencing a body-deforming injury...
As a result, he spent his days shepherding animals while living in a small cell at a church in Sebourg, France. Some believe Drogo suffered a hernia, which is why he's the patron saint of individuals with hernias. Other accounts have Drogo experiencing a body-deforming injury...
St. Patrick’s Day takes place each year on March 17, the traditional religious feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. Thefirst St. Patrick’s Day parade in Americawas in 1762. Now a long, time-honored tradition, the parade in New York City has about 150,000 walking...
Fr. Andrew:[Laughter] Right, when he becomes the patron saint of sarcasm! Fr. Stephen:Yes. And so Jezebel is the queen at that point. So Omri, aswe’ve mentioned before—Omri from the perspective of— If you go by the archaeological record of the Ancient Near East, Omri is the great...
St. Jerome, when he heard the dreadful news from Roman refugees, captured the sense of shock: “It is the end of the world!” he wrote. “Words fail me; sobs prevent me from speaking. The city that once subjugated the world has been subjugated in its turn!” ...
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Nope, he was as meek as a Kerry lamb.St Francis, patron saint of animals, please pray for us.Then we discovered that someone at least is making money out of taxis - the taxi regulator.Yes, the regulator who imposed fare hikes and exorbitant annual fees on hard-pressed cabbies, has a...
The goddess, a patron of “īṃ”, holds a noose, a goad, flowers, and a sugar cane. She is sitting in a yogic posture (āsana) called Ārbhaṭikā, which is interpreted by Rāghavānanda as a sitting āsana, with one thigh placed over the other. The name of this āsana, is...