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The Feast Day of St. Denis of Paris (9 October) celebrates a 3rd century bishop and martyr who is remembered in legend for picking his head up after his decapitation and then preaching a sermon.

+ Includes a feast day recipe for St. Denis Tartlets

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The Feast Day of St. Gregory the Illuminator celebrates the the founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He converted Armenia from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the early fourth century (traditionally dated to 301), making Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion. Gregory suffered torture and imprisonment in a pit before being called upon to heal the King from a sickness. After he succeeded, the nation converted.

+ includes a feast day recipe for Harissa (Armenian Wheat and Chicken Porridge)

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The Feast Day of St. Quadratus of Athens (21 September) celebrates a 2nd century Christian apologist traditionally regarded as a disciple of the original 12 Apostles and one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus Christ. He is best known for presenting the Gospel to Emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd century, for providing the earliest written defense of Christianity, and as an early Bishop of Athens, succeeding Saint Publius.

He is a patron saint of apologists.

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The Feast Day of St. Cloud (7 September) celebrates the 6th century Frankish prince who renounced his position of power for a monastic life, marked by quiet and holiness.

+ Included herein is a feast day recipe for Kalbscoteletten à la Saint Cloud (Veal Cutlets St. Cloud)

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The Feast Day of Saint Pope Gregory I (3 September) celebrates the late 6th and early 7th century pope who is usually given the epithet “Gregory the Great.”

His papacy saw a great expansion of Church authority in the midst of Western Rome’s collapse, Gothic tribal invasions, and plague. He countered the Arian and Donatist heresies, was a prolific and influential writer, and is considered to be one of the four Latin Church Fathers.

+ Includes a traditional Armenian feast day recipe: The Gregorian Cocktail. It consists of a mixture of vegetables and sauces.

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The Feast Day of St. Joseph of Arimathea (31 August) celebrates the 1st century Jewish Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. He is identified in the Gospel accounts as a wealthy disciple of Jesus and as a member of the Sanhedrin.

He is the subject of numerous stories and legends, which developed in particular during the Middle Ages. He is also the patron saint of undertakers and funeral directors.

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Dusty Feasts: Saint Augustine of Hippo (28 August) was a 4th and 5th century theologian and philosopher. He is generally regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the history of the Western world, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period.

He is the namesake and patron of numerous locations. He is also a patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, philosophers, and sore eyes.

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Dusty Feasts: Saint Rose of Lima (23 August) celebrates the first canonized saint of the Americas. She was a a 16th and 17th century Spanish member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts.

Included is a feast day recipe for Mazamorra Morada (Sweet Peruvian Purple Corn Pudding)

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The Feast of Saint Stephen I (16 August), a 10th and 11th century Hungarian King, wo is remembered for the establishment of the Christian Kingdom of Hungary and the conversion of the Magyar people to Christianity. He is also remembered for creating a stable political structure and promoting national unity, which laid the foundation for Hungary’s development as a nation.

He is a patron saint of Hungary, kings, masons, stonecutters, stonemason, bricklayers, and as a protector against child death.

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The Feast Day of Saint Maximilian Kolbe (14 August) celebrates the 19th and 20th century Polish friar, priest, saint, and martyr.

He is best remembered for volunteering to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. Prior to his death, he had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw, operating an amateur-radio station (SP3RN), and founding or running several other organizations and publications.

He is a patron saint of prisoners, drug addicts, families, journalists, amateur radio operators, the pro-life movement, and people with eating disorders.