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09:23 pm: apparently today is the feast day of some roman catholic saint from palestine, who certainly never killed a dragon.

It is also the International Day of the Book, and Shakespeare's traditional birthday (he would have been 441 today).

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From:katsmeat
Date:April 24th, 2005 06:25 am (UTC)
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According to Wikipedia...

he's also patron saint of Portugal, Georgia (the one in the Caucasus), archers, boy scouts and skin diseases.

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From:abigailb
Date:April 24th, 2005 06:28 am (UTC)
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i was thinking how if we wanted a national day, Bede's day (he died may 25) would be much better.
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From:nvivison
Date:April 24th, 2005 05:07 pm (UTC)
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My personal choice would be St. Cuthbert, but that might have a lot to do with me wanting to spend the day drinking Newcastle Brown Ale and singing traditional north-eastern songs.

I suppose I could do that anyways though, I went to one of his schools.
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From:katsmeat
Date:April 25th, 2005 02:51 am (UTC)
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Didn't he used to be patron saint? I thought St George got the job in the 14th century because some king (possibly Edward III but I couldn't swear to it) wanted somebody who had the image if a butt-kicking warrior.
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