Septimus (was: Persons who should be on Chocolate Frog Cards

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Caius Marcius"
> <coriolan at w...> wrote:
> 
> > Another Chocolate Frog Card should go to the Roman Emperor 
Septimius 
> > Severus (146 – 211 AD – reigned as Emperor from 193-211). (snip)
> 
> > spent a year beating back his rival claimants Pescennius Niger 
> > and Clodius Albinus Pescennius Black and Clodius White!

I think another good one would be St. Kentigern AKA St. Mungo 
himself!  St. Kentigern is the patron saint of the city of Glasgow 
and four things having to do with his legends appear on the the arms 
for the city, which are mentioned in a rhyme taught to children of 
Glasgow:

It is the bird that never flew
It is the tree that never grew
It is the bell that never rang
It is the fish that never swam.

The bird is a pet robin that St. Mungo brought back to life (a 
Healer!); the tree is a frozen hazel tree that he mircaculously 
caused to catch fire to replenish a holy fire he accidentally let go 
out (which sounds like the first gift Hagrid and Madame Maxime took 
to the giants); the bell is just something he brought back from Rome 
after a pilgrimage; and the fish is the really interesting one, with 
the longest story.

A local queen had given the ring her husband gave her to a courtier 
(just flirting with him).  The husband saw the courtier with it and 
when the man fell asleep, the king took the ring and threw it in the 
River Clyde (Glasgow is divided by the Clyde).  The king demanded 
the queen produce the ring to prove she was faithful to him, but she 
couldn't, so she turned to St. Mungo.  He sent a monk to fish in the 
Clyde near where the courtier had been asleep and the monk caught a 
fish (supposed to be a salmon).  Some versions of the story say St. 
Mungo took the ring from the fish's mouth, others say he cut it open 
and removed it, but in any case it was restored to the queen who was 
able to give it to the king and save her reputation.

I doubt that a wizarding hospital would be named after St. Mungo if 
he hadn't been a wizard. ;)  I also like that his nickname is Gaelic 
for 'dear one' and that the little rhyme about the things on 
Glasgow's city arms sounds rather like an incantation.

--Barb

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