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St. Expeditus - saint or joke?
In yesterday's (April 15th) Wall Street Journal, on the front page no less, there was an article about how jobless Brazilians needing fast action are asking
St. Expeditus to help them quickly, of course. Is this 'patron saint of urgent causes' really a
legitimate saint, or is the whole thing a huge joke?
A look at:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/print news.php?saint id=347
...doesn't really answer the question. If anything, it makes the issue all the more tantalising by referring, at the end of its comments, to St. Expeditus as being depicted as "a saint to be invoked against procrastination".
The etymology of 'expedite' appears to trace back to Latin 'expedire' meaning 'to free the feet', so is that where this 'saint', if he ever existed, got his name from?
Christopher
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St. Expeditus to help them quickly, of course. Is this 'patron saint of urgent causes' really a
legitimate saint, or is the whole thing a huge joke?
A look at:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/print news.php?saint id=347
...doesn't really answer the question. If anything, it makes the issue all the more tantalising by referring, at the end of its comments, to St. Expeditus as being depicted as "a saint to be invoked against procrastination".
The etymology of 'expedite' appears to trace back to Latin 'expedire' meaning 'to free the feet', so is that where this 'saint', if he ever existed, got his name from?
Christopher
My e-mail address is not 'munged' in any way and is fully replyable!
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[nq:1]In yesterday's (April 15th) Wall Street Journal, on the front page no less, there was an article about how jobless ... at the end of its comments, to St. [/nq] The whole last sentence makes clear they consider it a joke; they're just saying it first showed up too early to be explained by a particular story.
- [nq:1]In yesterday's (April 15th) Wall Street Journal, on the front page no less, there was an article about how jobless ...
- at the end of its comments, to St.
- [/nq] The whole last sentence makes clear they consider it a joke; they're just saying it first showed up too early to be explained by a particular story.
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[nq:1]In yesterday's (April 15th) Wall Street Journal, on the front page no less, there was an article about how jobless ... at the end of its comments, to St. Expeditus as being depicted as "a saint to be invoked against procrastination".[/nq]
The whole last sentence makes clear they consider it a joke; they're just saying it first showed up too early to be explained by a particular story.
The whole last sentence makes clear they consider it a joke; they're just saying it first showed up too early to be explained by a particular story.
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[nq:1]In yesterday's (April 15th) Wall Street Journal, on the front page no less, there was an article about how jobless ... course. Is this 'patron saint of urgent causes' really a legitimate saint, or is the whole thing a huge joke?[/nq]
There really is a St. Expeditus, of doubtful historicity but popular since the Middle Ages, somewhat to the Church's embarrassment. One of the more extensiv
There really is a St. Expeditus, of doubtful historicity but popular since the Middle Ages, somewhat to the Church's embarrassment. One of the more extensiv
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[nq:1]In yesterday's (April 15th) Wall Street Journal, on the front page no less, there was an article about how jobless ... course. Is this 'patron saint of urgent causes' really a legitimate saint, or is the whole thing a huge joke?[/nq]
He is the brother of St Salarius,
to be venerated near the end of the month,
Jan
He is the brother of St Salarius,
to be venerated near the end of the month,
Jan
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[nq:2]In yesterday's (April 15th) Wall Street Journal, on the front ... legitimate saint, or is the whole thing a huge joke?[/nq]
[nq:1]He is the brother of St Salarius, to be venerated near the end of the month, Jan[/nq]
Do you, by any chance, pray to St. Hilarius?
Juergen
[nq:1]He is the brother of St Salarius, to be venerated near the end of the month, Jan[/nq]
Do you, by any chance, pray to St. Hilarius?
Juergen
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[nq:2]He is the brother of St Salarius, to be venerated near the end of the month, Jan[/nq]
[nq:1]Do you, by any chance, pray to St. Hilarius?[/nq]
Which one? There a lot of them,
with between them a hundred churches and chapels.
Not too surprisingly:
Hilarius was a commenly occuring Roman name,
Jan
[nq:1]Do you, by any chance, pray to St. Hilarius?[/nq]
Which one? There a lot of them,
with between them a hundred churches and chapels.
Not too surprisingly:
Hilarius was a commenly occuring Roman name,
Jan
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