Feast Day

Today is the feast day of St. Giles, the patron saint of breastfeeding. Apparently he (yes, he) lived a life of such austerity God sent a hind to suckle him so he wouldn’t starve to death.

The legendary founders of Rome nursed from a wolf. The Catholic saint got a deer.

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2 Responses to “Feast Day”

Pann
September 1st, 2008 12:16
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Ah, those wacky catholic holidays!

Actually, it would be a neat thing to do a line up of religious nods to breastfeeding.
Patron Saint of Breastfeeding
September 1st, 2008 17:05
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[...] learned at The Twinkies today that Saint Giles is the patron saint of breastfeeding, and that September 1 is the feast day [...]