Birthdays and the Calendar of Saints
Inspire · Provencal History & Traditions · Rebecca WhitlockeContributor Blog Post by Access Riviera:
Becks recently celebrated her birthday – Happy belated to @AccessRiviera! She also shares some great information on the Calendar of Saints…
Today is my birthday (Becks, not Access Riviera’s), hooray to me! Today I share my birthday – 27 January – with Saint Angèle……..WHO is Saint Angèle??!! Saint Angèle de Mérici was born in Desonzano on Lake Garda and was the founder of the company of Saint Ursula in Brescia …Continue reading here for more information on the calendar of the saints, and for more about Saint Angèle.
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