Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Sunday 3 September 2017

Scotland. The Highland Regiments. The Black Watch. "Am Freiceadan Dubh" "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit". "No-One Provokes Me With Impunity".


Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.



The Scottish Highlands.
Illustration: HOW TO SPEND IT


"Melodies from Scotland".
The Ayoub Sisters.
Available on YouTube at


"The Scottish Clearances".
Illustration: PINTEREST


A Regimental Drummer.
The Seaforth Highlanders.
British Army.
Illustration: PINTEREST


Colour-Sergeant Gardner,
42nd Highlanders,
The Black Watch.
Illustration: PINTEREST


Piper David Muir, George Glen, Donald McKenzie and Colour-Sergeant William Gardner,
42nd Royal Highlanders (forebears of The Black Watch), 
Aldershot Garrison, England.
Photo: 1854-1856.
Source: This is photograph Q 71646 from the collections of The Imperial War Museums.
Author: Cundall, Joseph and Howlett, Robert.
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Black Watch.
"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit".
"No-One Provokes Me With Impunity".
Badge and Tartan.
Original page was as follows:
Uploaded by GraemeLeggett on 15 May 2007.
(Wikipedia)


The Black Watch 
Pipe and Drums.
Available on YouTube at

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an Infantry Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Prior to 28 March 2006, The Black Watch was an Infantry Regiment – The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from 1931 to 2006, and The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) from 1881 to 1931. Part of The Scottish Division, it was The Senior Regiment of Highlanders.

The source of The Regiment's name is uncertain. In 1725, following The Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, General George Wade was authorised by King George II to form six "Watch" Companies to patrol The Highlands of Scotland, three from Clan Campbell, one from Clan Fraser, one from Clan Munro and one from Clan Grant.



The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch),
at Fontenoy, 1745.
Signed and dated ' W. Skeoch Cumming/1894'.
Date: 1894.
Author: William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929).
(Wikimedia Commons)

These were to be "employed in disarming The Highlanders, preventing depredations, bringing criminals to justice, and hindering rebels and attainted persons from inhabiting that part of The Kingdom." The force was known in Gaelic as Am Freiceadan Dubh, "The Dark", or "Black, Watch".

The first Battle in which The Black Watch took part was The Battle of Fontenoy, in 1745, where The Regiment distinguished themselves with great bravery.

The Regiment was numbered The 43rd Regiment of Foot, in 1747, changing to The 42nd Regiment of Foot, in 1749. In 1751, The Regiment was titled "42nd (Highland) Regiment" and, in 1758, was permitted the honour to add "Royal" to its title. However, it continued to be known colloquially as "The Black Watch".



Jimmy Doig, Piper of The Angus Black Watch Association,
plays The Pipes at The Old and Saint Andrew's Church,
Montrose, Scotland, on 14 September 2008.
Photo: Frank G. Proctor, Glengate.

In 1881, when The 42nd Regiment of Foot amalgamated with The 73rd Regiment of Foot, the new Regiment was named "The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)". The Regiment adopted The Royal Motto of Scotland's Stewart Monarchs, Nemo me impune lacessit ("No-one provokes me with impunity").

The Black Watch was formed as part of The Childers Reforms, in 1881, when The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with The 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot, to form two Battalions of the newly-named Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). The 42nd Regiment of Foot became the 1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), and the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot became the 2nd Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).



The Black Watch 
Homecoming Parade, 
Dundee, Scotland, 
20 April 2012.
Available on YouTube at

Recipients of The Victoria Cross.

All of The Black Watch Servicemen, listed below, were awarded The Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious Award for Gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth Forces.

Francis Edward Henry Farquharson, Indian Mutiny Lucknow, 9 March 1858.
John Simpson, Indian Mutiny Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
Alexander Thompson, Indian Mutiny Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
James Davis, Indian Mutiny Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
Edward Spence, Indian Mutiny Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
William Gardner, Indian Mutiny Bareilly, 5 May 1858.
Walter Cook, Indian Mutiny Sissaya Ghat, 15 January 1859.
Duncan Millar, Indian Mutiny Sissaya Ghat, 15 January 1859.
Samuel McGaw, Ashanti War Amoaful, 31 January 1874.
Thomas Edwards, Egyptian Campaigns Tamaai, 13 March 1884.
John Ripley, First World War Rue du Bois, 9 May 1915.
David Finlay, First World War Rue du Bois, 9 May 1915.
Charles Melvin, First World War Istabulat, 21 April 1917.
Lewis Pugh Evans, First World War Zonnebeke, 4 October 1917.



An 11-foot high bronze statue of a Black Watch Soldier, by William Birnie Rhind,
commemorates over 200 Members of The Black Watch Regiment who were killed or wounded
in The South African War of 1900-1902.
The Black Watch, the oldest Highland Regiment, was formed by General Wade in 1739
to police the Highlands at a time when many of the Clans harboured pro-Jacobite sympathies.
Their name derived from the contrast of their Dark Green Tartan against
the Regular Red Tunics of The British Army.
The unveiling ceremony for the Memorial, planned for 25th May, 1910, was cancelled
because the Nation was still in Official Mourning after the death of King Edward VII.
Date: 9 September 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Kim Traynor.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Notable Members.

Robert Munro, the original Black Watch Commander, Colonel Sir Robert Munro.
Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales, Australia, from 1810 to 1821. An inscription on his tomb in Scotland describes him as "The Father of Australia".
Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae, the last British-born Governor-General of New Zealand.
Alfred Anderson, Scotland's last surviving World War I veteran (died 2005).
James Anton, Late-Quartermaster-Sergeant of 42nd Royal Highlander and author.
Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer.



Jim Baxter.
Scottish footballer.
A former Soldier in The Black Watch.
Illustration: DAILY RECORD

Fergus Bowes-Lyon, older brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Duncan Campbell, Scots nobleman and British Army Officer.
Harold Davis, Scottish former professional football player.
Henry Davie, Liberal Member of Parliament for Haddington.
Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher, social scientist and historian.
Stewart Granger, actor.
J. B. S. Haldane, British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
Christopher Logue, English poet.
Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor.



Fulton Mackay.
Played Prison Officer Mackay
in the TV Programme, "Porridge", to great acclaim.
A former Soldier in The Black Watch.
Illustration: AVELEYMAN.COM

Gillean Robert Maclaine, the 25th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie.
Major Ian Stanhope Murray.
Eric Newby, English travel author.
Simon Ramsay, Conservative politician and Colonial Governor.
Neil Ritchie, British Army Officer during The Second World War.
William Rose, screenwriter.



Portrait of The Viceroy of India,
Field-Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell.
1943.
A former Member of The Black Watch.
Source: IWMCollections IWM Photo No.: TR 841.
Post-Work: User:W.wolny.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Frederick Guthrie Tait, Scottish soldier and amateur golfer.
Rory Stewart, Scottish diplomat, Harvard Professor and Conservative MP.
Arthur Wauchope, British soldier and colonial administrator.
Archibald Wavell, British Field-Marshal during The Second World War.



The Black Watch Pipe and Drums.
Available on YouTube at

The following Text and Illustration are taken from THE BLACK WATCH


THE KIRK OF THE BLACK WATCH.


The Black Watch Chaplain at the Battle of Fontenoy, 1745.
The Kirk of The Black Watch 
was set up in 1954, while The Scottish Regiment was based in Kenya
during the Mau Mau Emergency. 
It is a Mobile Parish, which travels with
The Regiment, wherever it goes in the World.

The Kirk (Church).

The Black Watch has had an ancient tradition of loyalty to The Church. It's first Chaplain, Dr Adam Ferguson, accompanied it in every Battle and led it in Worship, daily, both in Peace and War. However, it was not until 1952 that this was formalised.

The 1952 General Assembly of The Church of Scotland authorised the formation of Kirk Sessions in Scottish units of Her Majesty's Forces. However, because of The First Battalion's Active Service in Korea and Kenya, it was not until 17 January 1954 that the first "Elders" in The Kirk Session were ordained in Saint Andrew's Church, Nairobi, Kenya. The Reverend Tom Nicol was the first Moderator. From that year, successive Moderators and Elders have carried on their work in every place where The First Battalion has Served.

Successive Chaplains (to The Battalion), who were at the same time Moderators of the Session, have commented on the value of the Session in supporting and encouraging them in their work. This
active nucleus of a Church in The Battalion is enhanced by the special Black Watch flavour of the Church building, whether it is a Church, a converted Barrack Room, a hut or a tent. Rather like The Ark of the Covenant, everywhere the Battalion has moved, a unique and distinctive Kirk of The Black Watch has been established.

Each year in January, the origins are commemorated on Kirk Session Sunday, conveniently close on the calendar to The Sergeants' Mess Burns Night. In addition, there have been more formal celebrations at the 25th and 50th Anniversaries, both in Saint John's Kirk in Perth. The Kirk Session is part of the Presbytery of Perth. While the Session has never been within the Bounds of the Presbytery, it is entitled to send a representative Elder to the Presbytery.

This Tradition has continued with the formation of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.


Many Regiments have their own Prayer, called a "Collect". The Collect of The Black Watch is said during Services involving The Black Watch Regimental family.


The Regimental Collect.

O God, whose strength setteth fast the Mountains,
Lord of The Hills, to whom we lift our eyes:
grant us Grace that we, of The Black Watch,
once chosen to Watch the Mountains of an Earthly
Kingdom, may stand fast in The Faith and be strong,
until we come to the Heavenly Kingdom of Him,
Who has bidden us Watch and Pray.
Thy Son, our Saviour and Lord.
Amen




The Seaforth Highlanders.
Sentry in "Review Order" and Officer in "Drill Order".
1910.
By H.Payne.
Illustration: PINTEREST


"The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)".
90th Regiment of Foot,
Crimea,
1853-1856.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Recruiting Poster for The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Date: 1914.
Source: This is photograph Art.IWM PST 12148 from the collections of The Imperial War Museums.
Author: Curr, Thomas (artist); McLagan and Cumming, Edinburgh (printer);
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (publisher/sponsor)
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Gordon Highlanders.
"Dipping The Flag".
Illustration: VINTAGE POSTCARDS


The Seaforth Highlanders.
Recruiting Poster on display in The Scottish National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle.
Date: 23 December 2011.
Source; Own work.
Author: Kim Traynor.
(Wikimedia Commons)


New Colours.
The Queen's Colour.
6 July 2001.
The Highlanders 
(Seaforth and Camerons) and (Queen's Own).
This bears the combined selected Battle Honours awarded to
The Seaforth Highlanders, The Gordon Highlanders and The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
in The Great War and The Second World War.


New Colours.
The Regimental Colour.
6 July 2001.
The Highlanders Badge surrounded by the Title:
“The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons, and Camerons)” appears in the centre.
Around this is a Wreath of Roses, Thistles and Shamrocks.
Beneath it is the Cypher and Coronet of His Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The combined Battle Honours won by:
The Seaforth Highlanders, The Gordon Highlanders, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders and The Queen’s Own Highlanders, both before and after The World Wars, are emblazoned on a Laurel Wreath.
The following Badges also appear:
The Cypher of Queen Victoria within The Garter. In 1921 His Majesty King George V,
Colonel-in-Chief, graciously approved The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders to adopt the Cypher of Queen Victoria with The Garter as an additional Badge on The Regimental Colour;
The Cypher of The Duke of York. The distinction of bearing the Cypher and Coronet of
His Royal Highness, The Duke of York and Albany was granted to
The 72nd Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders in 1824;
The Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt”. Granted to The 79th Highlanders and The 92nd Highlanders for the outstanding part they played in defeating the French in Egypt in 1801;
The Elephant, superscribed “Assaye”. An honour granted to The 78th Highlanders
for the distinguished part they played in The Battle of Assaye in 1803;
The Tiger, superscribed “India”. Bestowed on The 75th Highlanders in 1807
as an honourable and lasting testimony of their distinguished service in India.
Illustration: DIGGER HISTORY


The Highland Light Infantry.
Grave of Corporal Primrose,
The Highland Light Infantry,
Gaza War Cemetery.
Date: 19 November 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Riyaah.
(Wikimedia Commons)


An early photo, taken at Scutari, of Officers and Men 
of The 93rd Highland Regiment (Sutherland Highlanders) 
shortly before their engagement in The Crimean War, 1854.
Date: 13 May 2007 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons 
Author: The original uploader was EHayter at English Wikipedia
(Wikimedia Commons)

SOLDIERS OF SCOTLAND.
WE SALUTE YOU.
"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit".
"No-One Provokes Me With Impunity".


"Melodies from Scotland".
The Ayoub Sisters.
Available on YouTube at

Saturday 2 September 2017

Saint Stephen. King And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 2 September.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Stephen.
   King and Confessor.
   Feast Day 2 September.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.




English: Saint Matthias Church, Budapest, Hungary.
[Editor: The first Church on the site was founded by Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, in 1015]
Magyar: Mátyás-templom és a Szentháromság tér.
Photo: 27 January 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Thaler Tamas.
(Wikimedia Commons)




English: Coat-of-Arms of Hungary.
Magyar: Magyarország címere.
English: “Per pale, the first barry of eight Gules and Argent, the second Gules, on a mount Vert a crown Or, issuant therefrom a double crossArgent. In crest the Holy Crown of Hungary.”
Magyar: A Magyar Köztársaság címere hegyes talpú, hasított pajzs. Első mezeje vörössel és ezüsttel hétszer vágott. Második, vörös mezejében zöld hármas halomnak arany koronás kiemelkedő középső részén ezüst kettős kereszt. A pajzson a magyar Szent Korona nyugszik.
Blazon Reference:
Date: 1 January 2009.
Source: Own work.
Artist: Thommy.
(Wikimedia Commons)




The Hungarian National Anthem.
Available on YouTube at




Magyar: Nemzeti dal, a Magyar 
Szent István magyar király templom,
Chicago, Illinois, Egyesült Államok.
English: National Song of Hungary, 
Saint Stephen, King of Hungary Church,
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Available on YouTube at

A descendant of those proud and terrible invaders, The Huns, Stephen was chosen by God to win over his subjects to Christ and His Vicar.

He was given the Baptismal name of Stephen, in consequence of his mother having a vision of the Martyr, Saint Stephen, who foretold her that he would convert Hungary, whose first King he became when the Pope had raised the Country into a Kingdom.



English: Saint Matthias Church, Budapest, Hungary.
Magyar: Mátyás-templom.
Photo: 12 November 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Thaler Tamas
(Wikimedia Commons)

Having married the sister of the Emperor, Saint Henry, he surrounded himself, to govern his Kingdom, with men of tried Holiness and Prudence. He passed entire nights in the contemplation of Heavenly things (Introit), practised the greatest austerities, and, seconded by the Queen, his pious spouse, gave abundant alms (Epistle) to widows and Churches.



English: Budapest, Hungary, 
and the River Danube.
Saint Matthias Church can be seen on the sky-line.
Magyar: Magyar: Pestről nézve.
Photo: 12 November 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Thaler Tamas.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The greatness of his zeal, for the propagation of The Faith, justly won for him the Title of Apostolic King or of Apostle of Hungary, and deservedly obtained for him from The Holy See the privilege, transmitted to his successors, to have The Cross borne before him.

He built a large Basilica in honour of Mary, whom he proclaimed Patroness of Hungary. "His zeal in propagating and strengthening The Faith in his Kingdom earned for him the glory of a Heavenly Crown" (Postcommunion).

He died in 1038 on "The Day of The Great Lady", as The Feast of The Assumption was called by the Hungarians, in virtue of an edict of the Holy King.

Mass: Os justi.



English: Interior of Saint Matthias Church, 
Budapest, Hungary.
Magyar: Mátyás-templom.
Photo: 23 June 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Thaler Tamas.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Friday 1 September 2017

The Holy Twelve Brothers. Martyrs. Feast Day, Today, 1 September.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

The Holy Twelve Brothers.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 1 September.

Simple.

Red Vestments.




Feast of The Holy Twelve Brothers.
Kyrie eleison. Christie. Caelorum Rex.
Schola Hungarica · Janka Szendrei · László Dobszay.
Available on YouTube at




Feast of The Holy Twelve Brothers.
Offertorium: Circuierunt sancti.
Schola Hungarica · Janka Szendrei · László Dobszay.
Available on YouTube at

Africans by birth, these Saints were Martyred in various places in the 3rd-Century A.D., under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian.

Mass: Clamavérunt justi.


The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Beneventan Chant is a Liturgical Plainchant repertory of The Roman Catholic Church, used primarily in the orbit of the Southern Italian Ecclesiastical centres of Benevento and Monte Cassino. It is distinct from Gregorian Chant and related to Ambrosian Chant.

It was officially supplanted by the Gregorian Chant of The Roman Rite in the 11th-Century, although a few Beneventan Chants of local interest remained in use.

During the Lombard occupation of the 7th-Century A.D. and 8th-Century A.D., a distinctive Liturgical Rite and Plainchant Tradition developed in Benevento. It included Feasts of special local importance, such as The Holy Twelve Brothers of Benevento.

At the time, it was called Cantus Ambrosianus (Ambrosian Chant), although it is a separate Plainchant Tradition from The Chant of Milan, which we call Ambrosian Chant. The common use of the name Cantus Ambrosianus, the common influence of The Lombards in both Benevento and Milan, and musical similarities between the two Liturgies and Chant Traditions, suggest a Lombard influence in the origins of Beneventan Chant.

Saint Giles. Abbot. Feast Day 1 September.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Giles.
Abbot.
Feast Day 1 September.

Simple.


White Vestments.




English: Stained-Glass Window depicting Saint Giles.
Parish Church of Notre-Dame-des-Marais,
La Ferte-Bernard, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France.
Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche Notre-Dame-des-Marais in La Ferté-Bernard
im Département Sarthe (Pays de la Loire/Frankreich), Bleiglasfenster (baie 10),
mit Fragmenten aus dem späten 15., dem 16. und dem frühen 17. Jahrhundert;
Darstellung: Szenen aus dem Leben Jesu und Marias; Ausschnitt: Hl. Ägidius
Photo: 15 August 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: GFreihalter.
(Wikimedia Commons)




English: Stained-Glass Window depicting "Saint Giles and The Hind".
Church of Saint Giles, Marsaneix, Dordogne, France.
Français: Vitrail représentant Saint-Gilles,
église Saint-Gilles, Marsaneix, Dordogne, France.
Photo: 3 November 2008.
Source: Own worrk.
Author: Père Igor
(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Giles, born in Athens, distributed all his patrimony to The Poor and followed Jesus (Gospel). Several Miracles having made him celebrated, he fled to Provence, France, to escape away from honours. He lived in Prayer and Meditation (Introit) in the depths of a vast forest, with no other food but roots and the milk of a tame Hind.

One day, when pursued by the hounds of the Visigoth King, Wamba, The Hind fled to the grotto of the Saint, who, while trying to protect her, had his hand pierced by an arrow. The King, on his arrival, urgently begged the Saint to consent to the building of a Monastery on the spot.



English: Parish Church of Saint Giles, 
Dietfurt, Bavaria, Germany.
Deutsch: Stadtpfarrkirche St. Ägidius (Dietfurt a. d. Altmühl)
Date: 11 September 2008 (original upload date).
Source: Own work.
Author: A. Reinsch (Unteroktav).
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Holy Hermit undertook its governance and, like Moses among The People of God (Epistle), he became The Chief and Law-Giver of a numerous Monastic family which followed his leadership, his Doctrine, and his Counsels (Communion). This happened in 673 A.D.

The Abbey of Saint Giles, a marvel of architecture, became one of the most frequented resorts of Pilgrims in The Middles Ages, and a Town arose there. The Counts of Toulouse regarded it as an honour to bear this Saint's name.

The ancient Missals place him among "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints". He was invoked in France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and England, where 146 Churches were built in his honour. Saint Giles died about 721 A.D. His tomb was discovered in 1865.

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: The Twelve Brothers. Martyrs.




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Thursday 31 August 2017

Saint Raymund Nonnatus. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 31 August.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.


Saint Raymund Nonnatus.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 31 August.

Double.

White Vestments.




English: Saint Raymund Nonnatus being fed by Angels.
Español: San Ramón Nonato alimentado por los ángeles.
Русский: Св. Раймунд, питаемый ангелами.
Date: 1630.
Source: [1]
Author: Follower Of Eugenio Cajes.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church Solemnised, on 23 January and 31 January, The Feasts of Saint Raymund of Pennafort and Saint Peter Nolasco, who Founded The Order of Our Lady of Ransom. The Church honours, today, Saint Raymund Nonnatus, who was one of its glories. On 24 September, she will Celebrate The Apparition of Mary, herself, who was the Foundress of this Religious family.

Saint Raymund Nonnatus had never known his mother, of whom he was prematurely deprived by death. He implored The Virgin to adopt him as her son.

Mary, herself, one day revealed to him that, to please her, he was to devote himself to the ransoming of captives (Collect). He immediately renounced worldly riches, and, determined only to use them to help his neighbour (Epistle), he enrolled himself in The Order of Our Lady of Ransom and was sent to Africa with the mission to ransom Christians who had fallen into the hands of Mohammedans.

He delivered a great many and gave himself up as a hostage, so as not to expose those who remained behind unransomed. His mouth was closed with a padlock which cruelly pierced his lips, and he was thrown into a narrow cell. He died in 1240.

Mass: Os justi.



English: Christ rewards Saint Raymund Nonnatus.
Español: Cristo premiando a San Ramón Nonato.
Date: 1673.
Author: Diego González de la Vega.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Raymund Nonnatus, O. de M. (Catalan: Sant Ramon Nonat, Spanish: San Ramón Nonato, French: Saint Raymond Nonnat, Maltese: San Rajmondo Nonnato), (1204 – 31 August 1240) is a Saint from Catalonia, Spain. His nickname (Latin: Nonnatus, "not born") refers to his birth by Caesarean section, his mother having died while giving birth to him.

Raymund is the Patron Saint of childbirth, midwives, children, pregnant women, and Priests defending The Confidentiality of Confession.

The Towns of Saint-Raymond, Quebec, Canada, San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina, and São Raimundo Nonato, Brazil, are named after him. A Shrine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Raymundianus) in Brazil, are Dedicated to him.

In The United States, the Parish of Saint Raymond, in the New York City Borough of The Bronx, Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus, in Joliet, Illinois. and Saint Raymond Catholic Community, in Downey, California, are under his Patronage. There is also a Parish Dedicated to him in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico.


The Cathedral of Saint Raymund Nonnatus is The Seat of The Catholic Diocese of Joliet,
Illinois, United States of America.
Photo: 29 July 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Farragutful.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Due to the story of his own birth, Raymund quickly became widely invoked by women facing childbirth. This can be seen in the large number of Santos, depicting him, found in the Colonies of The Spanish Empire.

Because of his limited historical importance, however, since the reforms of The Church Calendar in 1969, The Liturgical Commemoration of Raymund's Feast Day is no longer included among those to be necessarily observed wherever The Roman Rite is Celebrated. But, since he is included in The Roman Martyrology for 31 August, Mass and The Liturgy of The Hours may be recited in his honour on that day, as in the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar, which is observed by some Traditionalist Catholics.

One particular ritual is centered around the padlock that is part of his Martyrdom. Locks are placed at his Altar to stop gossip, rumours, false testimonies and bad talk. They are also used to keep secrets, stop cursing or lying and to guard Priests defending The Confidentiality of Confession.

Some Traditions on Saint Bartholomew's Day.



Saint Bartholomew.
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.

 24 August was The Feast of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle - "Bartlemas", or, "Bartlemytide", if you prefer. Although not very much is known about the Apostle, in Mediaeval England his Feast Day was the occasion for various Summertime Festivities, most famously London's Bartholomew Fair.

For me, Bartholomew's Feast Day calls to mind the Anglo-Saxon Saint, Guthlac, who, fleeing the career of a soldier for the life of a Hermit [Editor: How many times have we heard this ? A Soldier see through the irrelevance of killing and Nationalism, and discovers God and The True Faith], arrived at his new home in the wild Lincolnshire Fens on Saint Bartholomew's Day, 699 A.D.

Thereafter, Guthlac had a special Devotion to Saint Bartholomew, who aided him in his struggle against the demons of his lonely Hermitage. In The Guthlac Roll, a series of illustrations of Guthlac's Life, produced at the end of the 12th-Century, and now in The British Library (Harley Roll Y.6), Saint Bartholomew is shown appearing to Guthlac in company with an Angel.


Saint Bartholomew's Chapel, Sandwich, Kent, England.
Text and Illustrations, unless stated otherwise, from: A CLERK OF OXFORD

At Sandwich, in Kent, England, there is a small Chapel Dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, and they keep their Patronal Feast Day by giving out much safer things than knives; buns and biscuits. The Tradition is that after a Service in the Chapel, in honour of Saint Bartholomew, children run around the Church (outside, one lap) and are given a currant bun for their efforts, while the adults are given a biscuit stamped with the seal of the hospital.

They call this The Bartlemas 'Bun Run', and it takes place on Saint Bartholomew's Day, unless that day falls on a week-end - as this year - in which case it takes place on the Monday or the Friday. I went on Friday, and it was a delightful occasion. As the chances of most of my Readers ever being in Sandwich on Bartlemas Day seem remote, I thought I'd share some photographs of the event with you.


The children gathered outside the Chapel to run. 
That's the Mayor in front of them.
The Mayor of Sandwich always wears a Black Robe, in mourning for one of his predecessors who was killed in an attack on the town by the French in 1457.
(You think I'm making this stuff up, don't you ?)
BUT NO. READ HERE.

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at, A CLERK OF OXFORD

Wednesday 30 August 2017

Saint Felix And Saint Adauctus. Martyrs. Feast Day, Today, 30 August.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Saints Felix And Adauctus. 
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 30 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.


The Glorification of Saint Felix and Saint Adauctus.
Source: Image from English Wikipedia.
This File: 22 September 2006.
User: ChickenFalls.
(Wikimedia Commons)

"At Rome," says The Roman Martyrology, "on The Ostian Way, the passion of Blessed Felix, Priest, under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. After being tortured on the rack and condemned to death, while he was led to the place of execution, he met a Christian, who publicly confessed his Faith and was beheaded with him. The Faithful, ignorant of his name, called him Adauctus, which means "Added", because he shared the triumph of Saint Felix (303 A.D.).

Mass: Sapiéntiam.
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