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I've been accused of every death except the
casualty list of the World War. To be discontented with the divine discontent,
and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first
upgrowth of all virtue. In spite
of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I
simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of
confusion, misery and death. Parents can only give good
advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a
person's character lies in their own hands. James WL Park, former execution officer, San Quentin, California Source A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar
Evers' blood. |
Some Time in
New York City, 1972 |
June 12
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St Onuphrius of
Egypt
(Humphrey; Onofre;
Onofrio; Onophry; Onouphrius; Onuphrius of Egypt; Onuphrius the Great)
Humphrey
Bogart, Hubert H Humphrey and
Barry Humphries – all have a name derived from
this hermit saint. Onuphrius was a hermit
monk who lived in a cave near
Thebes in
Egypt and wore only a loincloth of
leaves, subsisting merely on dates.
Onuphrius died c.
400. At his death, an abbot named Paphnutius buried him in a hole in the
mountainside, and the site immediately disappeared, as if to tell the
abbot that Onuphrius was not to remain there.
Traditionally, Greeks do not harvest today
because the saint, who they nickname Rufnis, will eat anything they
harvest. Girls in Catalonia traditionally pray to St Onuphrius to help
them find a rich husband. Their prayer goes:
Glorios sant Onofre [Glorious St Onuphrios]
Deu-me un casador [Give me a husband]
Amb un bon cofre [With a chest full of money]
In art, Onuphrius is portrayed an old hermit dressed only in long hair and his loincloth of leaves. Sometimes he may be shown as an angel brings him the Eucharist or bread, or else with a crown at his feet. Alternatively, Onuphrius is depicted being buried by two lions (this is a confusion with the story of St Paul the Hermit told in St Jerome's The Life of Antony).
Onuphrius is the patron of weavers, probably because "he was dressed only in his own abundant hair and a loin-cloth of leaves", as one writer puts it.
St Michael's day for the Nile, Egypt
The Christians of Egypt
placed their life-giving river, the Nile, under the archangel St Michael's
protection. They adopted the feast as kept by the Greeks and kept it on
November 12. On the twelfth of each month they celebrate a special
commemoration of St Michael, but on June 12, when the river starts to
rise, they keep as a holiday of obligation the feast of St Michael "for
the rising of the Nile": euche eis ten symmetron anabasin ton
potamion hydaton.
Feast day of Mut, ancient Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, Mut ('mother') is the patron goddess of Thebes; she was associated with vultures and in art is represented as one. With Amun, she was the mother of Chons (Khonsu), the moon god. She was associated with Sekhmet. Food offerings to all the Gods (the Netjeru) were given on this day in honour of Mut.
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Dipolia or
Bouphonia, ancient Greece, honours Zeus Polieus 'The murder of the ox'
"According
to tradition the (bouphonia) sacrifice was instituted to
procure a cessation of drought and dearth which had afflicted the
land. The ritual was as follows. Barley mixed with wheat, or cakes
made of them, were laid upon the bronze altar of Zeus
Polieus on the Acropolis. Oxen were driven round the altar, and
the ox which went up to the altar and ate the offering on it was
sacrificed. The axe and knife with which the beast was slain had
been previously wetted with water brought by maidens called
'water-carriers.' The weapons were then sharpened and handed to
the butchers, one of whom felled the ox with the axe and another cut
its throat with the knife. As soon as he had felled the ox, the
former threw the axe from him and fled; and the man who cut the
beast's throat apparently imitated his example. Meantime the ox was
skinned and all present partook of its flesh. Then the hide was
stuffed with straw and sewed up; next the stuffed animal was set on
its feet and yoked to a plough as if it were ploughing. A trial then
took place in an ancient law-court presided over by the King (as he
was called) to determine who had murdered the ox. The maidens who
had brought the water accused the men who had sharpened the axe and
knife; the men who had sharpened the axe and knife blamed the men
who had handed these implements to the butchers; the men who had
handed the implements to the butchers blamed the butchers; and the
butchers laid the blame on the axe and knife, which were accordingly
found guilty, condemned, and cast into the sea."
Festival of Vestalia,
in honour of Vesta, goddess of fire and hearth, Roman Empire (Jun 7 - 15) Eve of St
Anthony, Portugal On the third day of the Greek lunar month of Skirophorion, about the time the crescent moon would have been first visible, Athenian women celebrated a mysterious ritual. Parke comments "the ritual linked Athena and her servants on the Acropolis with Aphrodite whose sanctuary lay immediately below the cliffs." Parke, Festivals of the Athenians Source Feast day of Ss Basilides, Quirinus, or Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius, martyrs Feast day of St Eskill, of Sweden, bishop and martyr Feast day of St Gaspar Bertoni Feast day of St Gerebald Feast day of St Geslar Feast day of St John of Sahagun Feast day of St Leo III Feast day of St Marinus Feast day of St Mercedes Maria of Jesus Feast day of St Odulph Feast day of St Olympius Feast day of St Peter of Mount Athos Feast day of St Placid Feast day of St John of
Sahagun, confessor Feast day of St Ternan, Bishop of the Picts, confessor Feast day of St ZimiusSecond Saturday in June, Trooping of the Colour (military celebration of the monarch's official birthday) London, United Kingdom Shirane Takogassen, or Kite-fighting Event, at Shirane, Niigata Prefecture, Japan (June 5 - 12) Dia dos Namorados, Brazil"Boyfriend's/Girlfriend's Day" is celebrated today, Brazil's version of St Valentine's Day. On this day, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives, exchange gifts (lingerie, chocolates, and more), cards and usually a flower bouquet. Araw ng Kalayaan (Independence Day, 1898), Philippines Russia Day (Independence Day, 1990), Russian Federation
On which day of the week were you born? Find out here 1819 Charles Kingsley, English clergyman and author (The Water Babies; Westward Ho!) He was born in Devon, the son of a vicar, and educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. A number of his works are available for free download from Project Gutenberg. 1827 Johanna Spyri (d. 1901), author 1875 Sam De Grasse (d. 1953), actor 1890 Egon Schiele (d. 1918), painter and graphic artist 1892 Djuna Barnes (d. 1982), author 1897 Anthony Eden (d. 1977), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1903 Emmett Hardy (d. 1925), jazz musician 1914 John Seymour (d. September 14, 2004), influential figure in the self-sufficiency movement, author of The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency 1915 David Rockefeller, American
tycoon and philanthropist 1916 Irwin Allen (d. November 2, 1991), American TV/movie producer, movie director (aka 'The Master of Disaster'); Earthquake; Poseidon Adventure; Towering Inferno; Airport; The Swarm; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; Lost in Space; Time Tunnel; Land of the Giants; Alice in Wonderland 1916 Ivan Tors (d. 1983), movie producer 1918 Samuel Z Arkoff (d. 2001), movie producer 1920 Dave
Berg (d. 2002), cartoonist for Mad Magazine 1921 (Some sources say 1919) Vera Ralston, actress 1921 James Houston, artist
1924
George HW Bush, 41st President of the United
States
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1928 Vic
Damone, American singer (The Street Where You Live) 1929 Anne Frank (d. March, 1945), Dutch Jewish girl who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II 1929 Brigid Brophy, British writer 1930 Otto Schenk, actor and director 1930 Jim
Nabors, American actor
and singer, played the title role in 1960s TV series, Gomer Pyle 1932 Rona
Jaffe, novelist 1935 Christoph Meckel, writer 1941 Chick Corea, progressive jazz
musician
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