Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Saints be praised!

Yep, it's that time of year again: time to remember Saint Paul of Cyprus, martyred by the Emperor Constantine V during the iconoclast persecution.

I'm still at sea as to the green-beer-and-shamrocks part of the commemoration, but saints can inspire all sorts of weird traditions.

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