Tuesday, October 11, 2011

St Canice day and Columbas Day - an interesting connection

The Cathedral where my cousin Melo was buried is called St Canice. It is tiny as cathedrals go and in the heart of the remote Irish country-side. On the way back I cadged a lift to Dublin with a couple of friends and we got to wondering who St Canice was. None of us knew so I decided to find out. 
I discovered this article this evening on Wikipedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03250a.htm
It turns out that he is commemorated on the 11th October, today. 
Interesting considering it is also Columbas Day in the US. 
The investigation will continue...

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