tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post4359799831852334949..comments2023-10-10T12:33:43.016-04:00Comments on A Bad Case of the Dates: St. ElsewhereJMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18362998962851574254noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-67096655130970441962019-01-09T22:20:25.314-05:002019-01-09T22:20:25.314-05:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billfrith says that ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billfrith says that the Oxford Dictionary of Saints lists 6 March as the feast of Billfrith and Baldred, but I haven’t actually gotten to a copy of the Oxford Dictionary to verify that. “Bilfred” and “Bilfrid” are presumably alternate spellings of “Billfrith” (Anglo-Saxon Bilfrið). Marnen Laibow-Koserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025800959226949679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-18257508869683857912017-03-08T12:44:02.433-05:002017-03-08T12:44:02.433-05:00We use that site every day in my office to determi...We use that site every day in my office to determine what we should do for fun that day... we never actually *do* anything fun from it, but we do check it every day. Except the various national ice cream days. We totally participate in those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-72433739784728032522017-03-08T10:02:22.316-05:002017-03-08T10:02:22.316-05:00I found this on Catholic.org through a google sear...I found this on Catholic.org through a google search (link following) http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1791 <br /><br />.....My first thought was that 'Cassie' got to that website like how people edit Wikipedia. Former Catholic school girl-myself.DearyFernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339479997840712692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-44381823117460524772017-03-07T10:28:03.592-05:002017-03-07T10:28:03.592-05:00A feast is a feast.May the 4th is a big deal in my...A feast is a feast.May the 4th is a big deal in my home.But we all can't remember every special day so here's a site with calendars to help you stay on top of things.Tomorrow is national proofreading day so Arch will be in heaven<br /><br /> remember.http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/calendar-at-a-glance/MelSleepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330909273946812673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-51883711828978672912017-03-07T10:10:14.941-05:002017-03-07T10:10:14.941-05:00As a nice little Jewish girl, I totally don't ...As a nice little Jewish girl, I totally don't understand this whole feast thing. Do people actually keep track of them? Why? Is it just an excuse to eat? Because that I would totally understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-27715030051423672322017-03-07T09:02:11.026-05:002017-03-07T09:02:11.026-05:00I googled - first entry: Benedictine hermit, the ...I googled - first entry: Benedictine hermit, the silversmith who bound the Lindisfarne Gospels. He was a hermit in Lindisfarne, England, off the coast of Northumbria, in northern England, where he aided Bishop Eaddfrid in preparing the binding of that masterpiece. He used gold, silver, and gems to bind the famous copy of the Gospels of St. Cuthbert. His relics were enshrined in Durham, England, in the eleventh centuryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693388725687271057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-62178510126983346072017-03-07T07:28:18.369-05:002017-03-07T07:28:18.369-05:00We acknowledge your reference appropriately.We acknowledge your reference <a href="http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tumblr_m1vqj3qqpx1rsui0uo2_250.gif" rel="nofollow">appropriately.</a>The Architecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380470624299599025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-48426892010623570392017-03-06T20:47:49.441-05:002017-03-06T20:47:49.441-05:00Ok, why has no one acknowledged my amazing referen...Ok, why has no one acknowledged my amazing reference to "I'm blue," the hit song from the 90s-00s?? I assure you people, I am hilarious. Step it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100705093341214580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-9573790442165769492017-03-06T14:51:47.756-05:002017-03-06T14:51:47.756-05:00Architect for the win! NO! Megan for the win. She&...Architect for the win! NO! Megan for the win. She's the one who made proper research!0Ben Lapointehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153824813531877997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-85978141893664072832017-03-06T13:45:08.823-05:002017-03-06T13:45:08.823-05:00I lost it when the hot dog showed up.I lost it when the hot dog showed up.ladydyanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08851750115839939912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-52343271203212874382017-03-06T11:30:32.843-05:002017-03-06T11:30:32.843-05:00Briana,I was typing my comment while you posted ab...Briana,I was typing my comment while you posted about about St.Bernard.I am safe!I'm wearing blue and I had blueberry waffles and blueberry herbal tea for breakfast so I am safe from his doggy wrath!MelSleepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330909273946812673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-16978244278586623442017-03-06T11:26:40.638-05:002017-03-06T11:26:40.638-05:00Thank you Megan.If not for you I would of googled ...Thank you Megan.If not for you I would of googled the shit out of this subject to try to find the answer.I too went to Catholic school.When a Saint doesn't even register as many search hits as a St.Bernard then that means they are most likely not a saint.Weird fact-I am wearing a blue sweater today without even knowing it was a thing today.MelSleepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330909273946812673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-28446521646046525672017-03-06T11:21:58.815-05:002017-03-06T11:21:58.815-05:00Maybe Bilford is actually a St. Bernard and she ju...Maybe Bilford is actually a St. Bernard and she just wasn't clear enough. Every March 6th, he rises from his doggy grave and demands the sacrifice of anyone not wearing blue. I heard a guy was so terrified of this ghostly dog that he got a blue house with blue windows and even found a girlfriend, and she is SO blue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100705093341214580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-85428974367596014762017-03-06T09:16:48.694-05:002017-03-06T09:16:48.694-05:00See, this is why saints are so confusing. If anyo...See, this is why saints are so confusing. If anyone had done any real research at all (Megan excluded, because damn that was impressive), they would know that <a href="https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/the-weekends-on-the-horizon-now-we-just-dgaf-25.gif?w=450" rel="nofollow">Saint Bilfred was the patron saint of bad asses.</a>The Architecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380470624299599025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-23566489714358281942017-03-06T09:13:52.431-05:002017-03-06T09:13:52.431-05:00 *claps enthusiastically* *claps enthusiastically* Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137019202329436322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-7964840279544642872017-03-06T08:23:03.834-05:002017-03-06T08:23:03.834-05:00This is the sort of detective work into the lives ...This is the sort of detective work into the lives of saints that my nun teachers would have appreciated. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-60625257340059493932017-03-06T07:02:39.230-05:002017-03-06T07:02:39.230-05:00As a former Catholic school girl (NOT a Catholic t...As a former Catholic school girl (NOT a Catholic though!), I have heard of almost every saint. If he is actually a saint, he is not the Saint of bookbinding, and blue doesn't enter into the equation. There are several patron saints of bookbinding- St. Columba, St. John, St. Bart, and St. Chris. I also googled St. Bilfred, and I came up with only four answers, two of them references from the same book, one a non existent St. Bilfred College (clearly a Facebook account mistake, as there is a St. Wilfred College), and a strange fan fiction type blog. Which means there is only one source for St. Bilfred, and it is not clear in the text of this book if in fact March 6th is his day, it only says that March 6th is St. Balther's day: <br />"St. Balther H. c. 750 (Mar. 6). Said to have lived as a solitary on the Bass Rock. He is said to<br />be identical with St. Baldred, q.v. His relics, together with those of St. Bilfred, were translated,<br /> in 1104, to the shrine of the Venerable Bede. Eng. and Scot. Marts., M. Westminster, Turgot<br />of Durham, etc. college"<br />I would say that a solitary source from the 1890s claiming his existence only in passing mention about another saint, is strong evidence to suggest he is not much of a saint at all. A search for Bilfred on Catholic.org's saints search engine returns no results, but suggests St. Wilfred. So I think this one author perhaps made a typo, and meant St. Wilfred, and nobody bothered to correct it because it is a rare and unimportant book. Bilfred doesn't even sound like a name, it sounds like two names together- like Ben and Wilfred. So yeah, either this girl just made it up on the spot to get out of the date, or she has read this obscure book (and misunderstood its contents), which means she is super religious and not very intelligent. <br />Anyway, if anyone else's research returned more results, I would be very interested in them- this is so random and fascinating to me, and maybe I am wrong and he totally is a saint....Megan https://www.blogger.com/profile/17649374434392093001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-75219945493732731012017-03-06T06:00:20.836-05:002017-03-06T06:00:20.836-05:00I just googled St. Bilfred to see if he’s the patr...I just googled St. Bilfred to see if he’s the patron saint of anything like, say, getting out of dates. It doesn’t list anything, but it turns out he was real and his feast day is today. Nice work holding this one, JMG. Now I have to change into something blue.Mike!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16738480377282573829noreply@blogger.com