Been trying to work out a connection between Richard iii and 26th March...is there one? This is my little connection, any other connections would be interesting..... connection 1) The 26th March is a feria (Latin for free day) a holy day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged to work, and on which there were no court sessions. A good day to have a day off work next year and celebrate King Richard iii s Dynasty, death and discovery. When Christianity spread, the feriae (feasts) instituted worship by the Church. Connection 2).... ( a YORK connection) and Franciscian connection....... Feast day of St. Ludger........ St. Ludgers parents, Thiadgrim and Liafburg, were wealthy Christian Frisians of noble descent. In 753 Ludger saw the great Apostle of Germany, Saint Boniface, which, together with the subsequent martyrdom of the saint, made a deep impression on him. At his own request he was sent to the Utrecht Cathedral School (Martinsstift), founded by Saint Gregory of Utrecht in 756 or 757, and made good progress. In 767 Gregory, who did not wish to receive episcopal consecration himself, sent Alubert, who had come from England to assist him in his missionary work, to York to be consecrated bishop. Ludger accompanied him to be ordained into the diaconate (as he duly was, by Ethelbert of York) and to study under Alcuin, but after a year he returned to Utrecht. Some time later he was granted an opportunity to continue his studies in the same school, when he developed a friendship with Alcuin which lasted throughout life. These are probably not the reason why the 26th was chosen its only my little connections....please add your own...
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:46:49 +0000
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