Angry Snape / St. Hedwig/St. Severus

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 83100

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mary Jo Neyer" <maryjo at n...> 
wrote:
 
> 
> St. Hedwig  
> 
> Today, Oct. 16, St. Hedwig is remembered in Catholic churches. She 
was born in Bavaria around the year 1174. She married a prince of 
Silesia and they had 7 children. She led a most devoted life, looking 
after the poor and the sick, and founding hospitals for them. When 
her husband died, she entered the monastery of Trebnitz and died 
there in 1243Quote taken from the MAGNIFICAT prayer magazine.
> 
> I thought, given the prominence of Hedwig the owl, people might 
enjoy hearing about St. Hedwig.


Mel adds, OT quickly:
You missed Oct 15, The Feast day of St. Severus.
Severus was born in Gaul. He worked as a missionary with St. Germanus 
of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes and went to England with them in 429 
to combat Pelagianism there. He also worked along the lower Moselle 
river area in Germany and was named Bishop of Treves in Gaul in 446, 
a position he held until his death. His feast day is October 15.