Saturday, 21 September 2024

SAINT DAVID OF CEREDIGION

 

Saint David was a scion

Of the royal house of Ceredigion,

Born at the end of the 5th century.

David founded a monastic community

At the Vale of Roses in Pembrokeshire

Where St David's Cathedral stands

A Welsh Bishop of Menevia

He died on the 1st of March in 588

 

His feast day is March 1st

SAINT PATRICK WAS AN ENGLISHMAN

 

Patrick was an Englishman

Who was captured from his home

And taken as a slave to Ireland

By Irish Pirates when he was 16

After six years of slavery

He escaped and returned home

After becoming a cleric,

He returned to the north

And west of Ireland.

In later life, he was ordained Bishop

 

His feast day is March 17th  

 

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY COMMEMORATES

 

Saint Patrick's Day commemorates

Saint Patrick himself and

The arrival of Christianity in Ireland

With the Feast of Saint Patrick

 

His feast day is March 17th

THE DRAGON OF SILENE

 

A dragon makes its nest

At the freshwater spring

The only water source

For the city of Silene

The Dragon must be lured away

Long enough to collect water

So, they temp it with a sheep

When no sheep can be found,

Then a maiden is sacrificed

The victim chosen by drawing lots

And one day it’s the Princess.

The King begs for her life

But his pleas fall on deaf ears

So, she is offered to the dragon

But George of Lydda appeared

While on his epic travels

And he faces the dragon,

After protecting himself

With the sign of the Cross

Slaying the dragon,

And rescued the princess

Then the citizens of Silene

Abandoned their paganism

And converted to Christianity

 

His feast day is April 23rd

THE APOSTLE OF IRELAND

 

St Patrick was a 5th-century

Romano-British Christian missionary

Born in 385 AD and died in 461 AD

Who became a Bishop in Ireland

Known as the Apostle of Ireland

The first bishop of Armagh,

And Primate of Ireland.

 

His feast day is March 17th

GEORGIOS OF LYDDA

 

Saint George was born

In the town of Lydda in Palestine

Between 275 AD and 285 AD

To a Greek Christian noble family,

He was named Georgios

Meaning “worker of the land”

And served in the Roman Army

Reaching the rank of Tribunus

In the eastern city of Nicomedia

Until Emperor Diocletian

Issued an edict against Christians

Commanding they renounce their faith

Instead, George renounced the edict

Gave his wealth to the poor

And prepared himself for death

As expected, he was sentenced to death

But was tortured on a wheel of swords

Before being decapitated

In front of Nicomedia's city wall

On April 23rd 303 AD

 

His feast day is April 23rd

ACCORDING TO POPE GELASIUS

 

According to Pope Gelasius

George was among the saints

Whose names are rightly

Reverenced among men

But whose actions

Are known only to God

 

His feast day is April 23rd

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