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Perhaps the stoning of Stephen.This was the day I left Santiago after walking to Finisterre and catching a bus back. I went to my favourite watering-hole, the Cafetería Paradiso, 29 Rúa do Vilar. I took a photo of the calendar. Now I'd like to know what's going on. Who is having rocks thrown at him? It could be St Stephen, but his day is 26 December.
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I've tried googling the various saints listed below the picture, but nothing seemed to match up. The Thirty Martyrs of Messina have been suggested, but there's only one man being stoned (rocked?). Were the Thirty Martyrs stoned?
Plácido is not listed as a martyr on the calendar, but his name is there as a monk. I found his name listed when I googled Eutiquio (Eutychius). But he was killed by pirates, as you said, with 36 others (seven named and "30 others" – Wiki), so it seems a bit unlikely that the artist would show only one man being stoned. I don't know what pirates have looked like at various times through history, but the gentlemen holding the rocks don't look particularly piratical to me. Stoning doesn't seem to be a very piratical form of execution, either. Drowning would seem more likely.They look like pirates. My guess is that it's the graphic artist's interpretation of the martyrdom of San Placido. There is very little knowledge about the actual events on Sicily at the time. Some pretty gruesome paintings have been produced since then.
They raided Sicily, according to the various stories. They are also described as invaders in some short descriptions. And I don't assume that the artist who illustrated this calendar had an in-depth knowledge of scholarly research about the centuries around the year 500 or of martyrology. I corrected my earlier message and added a second link to the Placidos. They remind me of the various Jameses as they, too, often got and still get mixed up in popular religious belief.Stoning doesn't seem to be a very piratical form of execution, either
I think there is cycle C as well....In the Catholic church (and some Protestant faiths), the daily readings are the same all over the world. They are on three year cycles, then start over again. (Sunday readings are on a three-year cycle). So what was read on Oct. 5, 2014, was not read in 2015, but returned again in 2016.
Do you mean a two-year cycle, or the readings of October 5 returned in 2017? But would a Sunday reading always be a Sunday reading, i.e. October 5 2014 was the first Sunday in October, so would the same readings be made on Sunday, 2nd October 2016, or Sunday, 1st October 2017?In the Catholic church (and some Protestant faiths), the daily readings are the same all over the world. They are on three year cycles, then start over again. (Sunday readings are on a three-year cycle). So what was read on Oct. 5, 2014, was not read in 2015, but returned again in 2016.
Do you mean a two-year cycle, or the readings of October 5 returned in 2017? But would a Sunday reading always be a Sunday reading, i.e. October 5 2014 was the first Sunday in October, so would the same readings be made on Sunday, 2nd October 2016, or Sunday, 1st October 2017?
Sorry, I didn't connect that the post says "Sunday, Oct. 5". I just read "weekdays" in the post. You are correct. For Sundays, yes, Cycles A, B, C. On weekdays, only two cycles, I and II. @Raggy's post above goes into more detail, for those interestedI think there is cycle C as well....
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