#Anterus

[poor-boy-orpheus]

Been reading about popes, as one does. Here's a few things I've learned:

My boy St. Anterus was only pope for 43 days before he kicked it.

The last pope to be born in Africa (St. Gelasius I) was pope way back in 492 CE.

The practice of popes not using their real names when they become pontiff originated from one pope (St. John II) who didn't want to use his birth name (Mercurius) because of its association with a "false" god. The practice wouldn't become mainstream though until Pope Gregory V in 985.

Stephen/Stephanus/Stephen II was named pope and 3 days later he died. It was so short that he didn't even officially take office and most lists don't count him.

Formosus was on trial 7 months after he died. He was being tried for perjury and allegedly ascending to the papacy illegitimately by a later pope, Stephen VI. Formosus was found guilty and sentenced to execution (despite already being dead) and they annulled all of his acts as pope. They buried him in a cheap grave, then dug his body up and threw it in a river where it later washed up on shore. This pissed off everyone else so much that they later had to rebury him with Christian rites and Stephen then got sentenced to prison where he got strangled. The whole thing was so embarrassing that later, Pope Theodore II convened another synod that annulled the synod that annulled Formosus's papacy. Even later than that, Pope John IX held two different synods, both agreeing with Theodore and annulling Stephen's trial -then went further and prohibited all future trials of corpses. AND THEN Pope Sergius III held ANOTHER Synod and overturned the rulings of both Theodore and John, reaffirmed Formosus's conviction, and had a new epitaph inscribed on the tomb of Stephen praising him for his work.

All the stuff above was so embarrassing and so many new popes kept getting elected that nobody respected the papacy for almost a century. The popes became super corrupt and got rules by a small group of aristocrats paying them off. This era becomes known as the "Pornocracy" and "Rule of the Harlots" which just sounds sick as hell (but was actually very bad for everyone).

The first pope to canonize a saint didn't take office until 985 CE (this was Pope John XV and he canonized Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg in 993).

Adrian IV is the only pope to have been English (Anglo-Saxon specifically).

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 1.10 (before 1930)

49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty. 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor. 236 – Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome. 1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans. 1430 – Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world. 1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London. 1776 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense. 1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War. 1812 – The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh. 1861 – American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union. 1863 – The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground. 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. 1901 – New York: Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways. 1916 – World War I: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire's Third Army. 1917 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States. 1920 – League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany. 1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.

[brookston]

Holidays 1.3

Holidays

Bitcoin Day

Chin State Day (Chinland)

Day of Silence

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Humiliation Day

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Loosing (a.k.a. Namsoong; Sikkim, India)

Martyr’s Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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Ministry of Religious Affairs Day (Indonesia)

Nakhatsenendyan Toner begins (Armenia) [Until 1.5]

National Be Yourself Day

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National Do It Now Day

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Nyilo Winter Solstice; Bhutan)

Passport Presentation Day (Russia)

Proof of Keys Day

Remember, You Will Die Day

Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)

Riddle of the Year

Sandstone Day (French Republic)

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Tom Sawyer’s Cat’s Birthday

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Food & Drink Celebrations

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National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

National Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day

1st Wednesday in January

Most Popular Day to Start Looking For a New Job [1st Wednesday]

National CanDo Day [1st Wednesday]

Ski Season begins [1st Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Alaska Statehood Day (#49; 1959)

Queensland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Anterus, Pope (a.k.a. Anteros; Christian; Saint)

August Macke (Artology)

Daniel of Padua (Christian; Saint)

Day of Remembrance for Princess Olga (Slavic)

Feast of Holy Prophet Malachi (400 B.C.E.)

Festival of Pax (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Sleep Day [began yesterday at sundown]

Genevieve (Christian; Saint)

Hakozakigu Tamaseseri (Ceremony of the Red Ball; Japan)

Harryhausen Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Holy Name of Jesus (Christian; Saint)

Inanna’s Day (Pagan)

Jack Levine (Artology)

Jimmy (Muppetism)

J.R.R. Tolkien Day (J-Days)

Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)

Macaroni Art Day (a.k.a. Make Macaroni Pictures Day; Pastafarian)

Orpheus (Positivist; Saint)

Prophet’s Birthday (Sunni Muslims) [12th of Rabi’al-awwal]

Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shinto Shrine; Fukuoka, Japan)

Tenth Day of Christmas (Snow Day)

Twelve Holy Days #9 (Sagittarius, the sacral plexus; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #10 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Valentin de Boulogne (Artology)

William Passavant (Episcopal Church)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [2 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 3 [2 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [1 of 57]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [3 of 30]

Premieres

Ace is Wild or The Flying Casket (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 12; 1960

The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Talk Show; 1989)

Big Fat Quiz of the Year (BBC TV Series; 2011)

Birds of Fire, by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (Album; 1973)

Blossom (TV Series; 1991)

A Creep in the Deep or Will Success Spoil Boris Badenov? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 11; 1960)

Don Pasquale, by Gaetano Donizetti (Opera; 1843)

Don’t Give Up the Sheep (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Forky Asks a Question: What is Cheese (Pixar Cartoon; 2020)

Head Office (Film; 1986)

I’m Walking, recorded by Fats Domino (Song; 1957)

Mayor of Simpleton, by XTC (Song; 1989)

On Being Ill, by Virginia Woolf (Essay; 1930)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series; 1993)

Statistical Thermodynamics, by Erwin Schrödinger (Philosophy Book; 1952)

Sylvia Scarlett (Film; 1936)

Time Cat, by Lloyd Alexander (Novel; 1963)

Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! (Radio Series; 1998)

Today’s Name Days

Genoveva, Odilo (Austria)

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Radmila (Czech Republic)

Enok (Denmark)

Gerhard, Gert, Keerdo, Kert (Estonia)

Elmer, Elmeri, Elmo (Finland)

Geneviève (France)

Genoveva, Irma, Odilo (Germany)

Genovefa(Greece)

Benjámin, Genovéva (Hungary)

Genoveffa (Italy)

Miervaldis, Ringolds (Latvia)

Genovaitė, Vida, Viltautas (Lithuania)

Alf, Alfred (Norway)

Arletta, Dan, Danisz, Danuta, Enoch, Genowefa, Piotr, Włościsława (Poland)

Gordie, Maleahi (Romania)

Ulyana (Russia)

Daniela (Slovakia)

Genoveva (Spain)

Alfred, Alfrida (Sweden)

Gaynor, Geneva, Genevieve, Guenna, Jenifer, Jenna, Jennie, Jennifer, Jenny (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 3 of 2024; 363 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 1 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 22 (Bing-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 22 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 21 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 3 White; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 21 December 2023

Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter

Positivist: 3 Moses (1st Month) [Orpheus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 14 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 13 of 31)

[silvestromedia]

SAINTS JANUARY 03

ST. TELESPHORE, POPE AND MARTYR Telesphore was an anchorite in Egypt and Palestine. He reigned from 125 to 136. He established the Midnight Mass at Christmas with the song of Gloria in excelsis Deo, the celebration of Easter on Sunday, and fixed the Lenten fast. He also worked to counter Gnostic heresy, and died a martyr. Jan 3

ST. ANTERUS, POPE Of Greek origins, Anterus was Pope for only 40 days. He was martyred in 236 under Emperor Maximinus the Thracian for collecting the Acts of the martyrs in the archives of the Church of Rome, so that they would not be dispersed. He was the first Pope to be buried in the catacombs of St. Callixtus. Jan 3

Sts. Zosimus and Athanasius (d.303) + Martyrs in Cilicia (modern Turkey). They were executed during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). According to one account, Zosimus was tortured and Athanasius, a witness, was so moved that he converted to the faith. Both were then tortured but survived and died in peace after being released. They became hermits. Feast day: January 3.

St. Wenog . A Saint of Wales who is mentioned in several liturgical calendars. No other details of his life are extant.

St. Finlugh, 6th century. An Irish abbot, the brother of St. Fintan. He trained in Scotland as a disciple of St. Columba and returned to Ireland to become abbot of a monastery in County Deify.

St. Fintan, 6th century. Abbot, he is Patron of Doon, in Limerick, Ireland. He was a disciple of St. Comgall, and a well in Limerick is revered in his name.

Saint Genevieve Roman Catholic patron saint of Paris Her feast is kept on 3 January.

ST. JOSEPH MARY TOMASI, THEATINE PRIEST, CARDINAL Born in Licata, in 1649, of the noble Sicilian family of Lampedusa, he renounced his title in favor of his brother and became a Theatine religious. Precursor of the liturgical reform, he was named cardinal by Pope Clement XI in 1712. Pope St. John Paul II proclaimed him a Saint in 1986. Jan 3

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Adalah Desa Gorua menjadi pijakan awal kami melangkah, tempat di mana kami merapal segala doa-doa harapan. Tepatnya pukul 13.00 Wit Tim Monitoring proses COKLIT Bawaslu Halut (Ahmad Idris selaku Kordiv PHAL bersama 2 stafnya) bergerak gesit menyambangi -+ 18 Desa di Kec. Loloda utara.

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Tak ayal, indahnya destinasi plus Sumber daya Pasir Besi yang dimiliki Loloda Utara berbanding terbalik dengan kenyataan yang ada. Masih terisolirnya beberapa desa, sebagai bias dari akses transportasi darat yang belum memadai apalagi jika ditempuh pada saat cuaca hujan sebagaimana perjalanan kami hari ini, maka dapat dipastikan, kantong plastik menjadi sasaran utama menyimpan elemen isi perut. Beruntunglah drive kami memang profesional, ia ahli dalam hal menunggang medan lumpur.

Jarum jam menunjuk pukul 16.45 Wit, tibalah kami dikantor Sekretariat Panwaslu Loloda Utara, kami disambut hangat oleh Ketua dan anggota Panwaslu.

Ini sungguh Riwayat perjalanan dalam periode Coklit yang mengagumkan. Waktu berjalan meninggalkan lelah di setiap tubuh kami..

Esoknya kami bertatap muka langsung dengan beberapa Panwaslu desa dan salah satu anggota PPDP dari Desa Asimiro. Ditengah pertemuan itu, maksud kedatangan kami hari ini, Kata Ahmad Idris, SE selaku Kordiv PHAL adalah melakukan EVALUASI PENGAWASAN COKLIT yang masuk hari ke-12, saya hanya ingin memastikan bahwa dalam pelaksanaan proses coklit itu sudah sesuai ataukah tidak, kita wajib menjamin Hak pilih warga tidak terabaikan pada saat Hari-H tiba, ini adalah bagian dari langkah ikhtiar kami jangan sampai masih terdapat masalah setelah proses coklit ini berakhir. Tegasnya

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[humanhistoricalstories]

January, 10 #onthisday 49 BC. Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. 236.Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome. 1430. Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world. 1475. Stephen III of Moldavia, the great, defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. 1776. American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense. 1861. American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union. 1863. The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground. 1870. John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1901. The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. 1916. World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. #humanhistoricalstories #history #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #todayinhistory #juliuscaesar #popefabian #rome #anterus #philipthegood #dukeofburgundy #moldavia #ottomanempire #battleofvaslui #americanrevolution #thomaspaine #americancivilwar #florida #stephenthegreat #metropolitanrailway #railway #londonunderground #standardoil #johnrockfeller #rockefeller #texasoil #wwi #worldwari #erzurumoffensive https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ3nV55HGcc/?igshid=1qswytsc21wwo

[historical-nonfiction]

The Odd Story of a Pope Chosen by a Dove

Pope Fabian was elected bishop of Rome in 236 under...unusual circumstances. Here is how it went down, according to Eusebius of Caesarea, writing in the 300s:

After the short reign of Pope Anterus, Fabian had come to Rome from the countryside when the new papal election began. "Although present," says Eusebius, Fabian "was in the mind of none." While the names of several illustrious and noble churchmen were being considered over the course of thirteen days, a dove suddenly descended upon the head of Fabian. To the assembled electors, this strange sight recalled the gospel scene of the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at the time of his baptism by John the Baptist. The congregation took this as a sign that he was marked out for this dignity, and Fabian was at once proclaimed bishop by acclamation.

[medical-magpie]

anterus and cerberus? 🤭

So I’m guessing you meant antheros

Antheros: sexuality?

Bisexual

Cerberus: dog or cat person

Cat all the way

[anastpaul]

Saint of the Day - 3 January - Saint Pope Antherus (Died 235) Martyr

Saint of the Day – 3 January – Saint Pope Antherus (Died 235) Martyr

Saint of the Day – 3 January – Saint Pope Antherus (Died 235) Martyr, Bishop of Rome from 21 November 235 to 3 January 236, the date of his Martyrdom which occurred in Rome under Emperor Julius Maximinus. Also known as Anteros, Anterus, Antheros. Anterus was the son of Romulus, born in Petilia Policastro, Calabria, Italy. He is thought to have been of Greek origin and his name may indicate that…

[troybeecham]

The Church remembers St. Fabian of Rome, Bishop and Martyr.

Ora pro nobis.

Pope St. Fabian (c. AD 200 – 20 January 250) was the Bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 to his death in AD 250. Fabian’s feast day is commemorated on January 20, the same as Saint Sebastian, in whose church his sepulcher lies in Rome.

According to the Liber Pontificalis, Fabian was a noble Roman by birth, and his father’s name was Fabius. Nothing more is known about his background. The legend concerning the circumstances of his election is preserved by the fourth-century writer Eusebius of Caesarea (Church History, VI. 29). After the short reign of Pope Anterus, Fabian had come to Rome from the countryside when the new papal election began. “Although present,” says Eusebius, Fabian “was in the mind of none.” While the names of several illustrious and noble churchmen were being considered over the course of thirteen days, a dove suddenly descended upon the head of Fabian. To the assembled electors, this strange sight recalled the gospel scene of the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at the time of his baptism by John the Baptist. The congregation took this as a sign that he was marked out for this dignity, and Fabian was at once proclaimed bishop by acclamation.

During Fabian’s reign of 14 years, there was a lull in the storm of persecution which had resulted in the exile of both Anterus’ predecessor Pontian and the antipope (and later saint) Hippolytus. Fabian had enough influence at court to effect the return of the bodies of both of these martyrs from Sardinia, where they had died at hard labor in the mines. The report that he baptized the emperor Philip the Arab and his son, however, is probably a legend, although he did seem to enjoy some connections at court, since the bodies of Pontian and Hippolytus could not have been exhumed without the emperor’s approval. According to the sixth-century historian Gregory of Tours, Fabian sent out the “apostles to the Gauls” to Christianise Gaul in AD 245. Fabian sent seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatianus of Tours to Tours, Trophimus of Arles to Arles, Paul of Narbonne to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Saint Martial to Limoges.

He also condemned Privatus, the originator of a new heresy in Africa. The Liber Pontificalis says that Fabian divided the Christian communities of Rome into seven districts, each supervised by a deacon. Eusebius (VI §43) adds that he appointed seven subdeacons to help collect the acta of the martyrs—the reports of the court proceedings on the occasion of their trials. There is also a tradition that he instituted the four minor clerical orders: porter, lector, exorcist, and acolyte. However most scholars believe these offices evolved gradually and were formally instituted at a later date. His deeds are thus described in the Liber Pontificalis: “He divided the regiones into deaconships and made seven sub-deaconships which seven secretaries oversaw, so that they brought together the deeds of the martyrs faithfully made whole, and he brought forth many works in the cemeteries.”

The Liberian Catalogue of the popes also reports that Fabian initiated considerable work on the catacombs, where honored Christians were buried, and where he also caused the body of Pope Pontian to be entombed at the catacomb of Saint Callixtus. With the advent of Emperor Decius, the Roman government’s tolerant policy toward Christianity temporarily ended. Decius ordered leading Christians to demonstrate their loyalty to Rome by offering incense to the cult images of deities which represented the Roman state. This was unacceptable to many Christians, who, while no longer holding most of the laws of the Old Testament to apply to them, took the commandment against idolatry with deadly seriousness. Fabian was thus one of the earliest victims of Decius, dying as a martyr on AD 20 January 250, at the beginning of the Decian persecution, probably in prison rather than by execution. Fabian was buried in the catacomb of Callixtus in Rome. The Greek inscription on his tomb has survived, and bears the words: Fabian, Bishop, Martyr. His remains were later reinterred at San Sebastiano fuori le mura by Pope Clement XI where the Albani Chapel is dedicated in his honour.

Almighty God, who gave to your servant Fabian boldness to confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.3

Holidays

Bitcoin Day

Chin State Day (Chinland)

Day of Silence

Drinking Straw Day

Gensh-Sai (Japan)

Humiliation Day

International Mind-Body Wellness Day

J.R.R. Tolkien Day

Loosing (a.k.a. Namsoong; Sikkim, India)

Martyr’s Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Memento Mori Day (a.k.a. "Remember You Die" Day)

Ministry of Religious Affairs Day (Indonesia)

Nakhatsenendyan Toner begins (Armenia) [Until 1.5]

National Be Yourself Day

National Crypto Currency Day

National Do It Now Day

National Florence Pugh Day

National Write to Congress Day

Nyilo Winter Solstice; Bhutan)

Passport Presentation Day (Russia)

Proof of Keys Day

Remember, You Will Die Day

Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)

Riddle of the Year

Sandstone Day (French Republic)

Shigoto-hajime (1st Day of Work; Japan)

Snappy Comeback Day

Snow Day

Tom Sawyer’s Cat’s Birthday

Women Rock! Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Anchovy Day

Cherry-Filled Chocolate Day

Fruitcake Toss Day

National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

National Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day

1st Wednesday in January

Most Popular Day to Start Looking For a New Job [1st Wednesday]

National CanDo Day [1st Wednesday]

Ski Season begins [1st Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Alaska Statehood Day (#49; 1959)

Queensland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Anterus, Pope (a.k.a. Anteros; Christian; Saint)

August Macke (Artology)

Daniel of Padua (Christian; Saint)

Day of Remembrance for Princess Olga (Slavic)

Feast of Holy Prophet Malachi (400 B.C.E.)

Festival of Pax (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Sleep Day [began yesterday at sundown]

Genevieve (Christian; Saint)

Hakozakigu Tamaseseri (Ceremony of the Red Ball; Japan)

Harryhausen Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Holy Name of Jesus (Christian; Saint)

Inanna’s Day (Pagan)

Jack Levine (Artology)

Jimmy (Muppetism)

J.R.R. Tolkien Day (J-Days)

Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)

Macaroni Art Day (a.k.a. Make Macaroni Pictures Day; Pastafarian)

Orpheus (Positivist; Saint)

Prophet’s Birthday (Sunni Muslims) [12th of Rabi’al-awwal]

Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shinto Shrine; Fukuoka, Japan)

Tenth Day of Christmas (Snow Day)

Twelve Holy Days #9 (Sagittarius, the sacral plexus; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #10 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Valentin de Boulogne (Artology)

William Passavant (Episcopal Church)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [2 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 3 [2 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [1 of 57]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [3 of 30]

Premieres

Ace is Wild or The Flying Casket (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 12; 1960

The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Talk Show; 1989)

Big Fat Quiz of the Year (BBC TV Series; 2011)

Birds of Fire, by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (Album; 1973)

Blossom (TV Series; 1991)

A Creep in the Deep or Will Success Spoil Boris Badenov? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 11; 1960)

Don Pasquale, by Gaetano Donizetti (Opera; 1843)

Don’t Give Up the Sheep (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Forky Asks a Question: What is Cheese (Pixar Cartoon; 2020)

Head Office (Film; 1986)

I’m Walking, recorded by Fats Domino (Song; 1957)

Mayor of Simpleton, by XTC (Song; 1989)

On Being Ill, by Virginia Woolf (Essay; 1930)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series; 1993)

Statistical Thermodynamics, by Erwin Schrödinger (Philosophy Book; 1952)

Sylvia Scarlett (Film; 1936)

Time Cat, by Lloyd Alexander (Novel; 1963)

Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! (Radio Series; 1998)

Today’s Name Days

Genoveva, Odilo (Austria)

Cvijeta, Danijel, Genoveva, Mladenka (Croatia)

Radmila (Czech Republic)

Enok (Denmark)

Gerhard, Gert, Keerdo, Kert (Estonia)

Elmer, Elmeri, Elmo (Finland)

Geneviève (France)

Genoveva, Irma, Odilo (Germany)

Genovefa(Greece)

Benjámin, Genovéva (Hungary)

Genoveffa (Italy)

Miervaldis, Ringolds (Latvia)

Genovaitė, Vida, Viltautas (Lithuania)

Alf, Alfred (Norway)

Arletta, Dan, Danisz, Danuta, Enoch, Genowefa, Piotr, Włościsława (Poland)

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[silvestromedia]

SAINTS JANUARY 03

St. Wenog . A Saint of Wales who is mentioned in several liturgical calendars. No other details of his life are extant. St. Finlugh, 6th century. An Irish abbot, the brother of St. Fintan. He trained in Scotland as a disciple of St. Columba and returned to Ireland to become abbot of a monastery in County Deify.

St. Fintan, 6th century. Abbot, he is Patron of Doon, in Limerick, Ireland. He was a disciple of St. Comgall, and a well in Limerick is revered in his name.

Saint Genevieve Roman Catholic patron saint of Paris Her feast is kept on 3 January.

Sts. Zosimus and Athanasius (d.303) + Martyrs in Cilicia (modern Turkey). They were executed during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). According to one account, Zosimus was tortured and Athanasius, a witness, was so moved that he converted to the faith. Both were then tortured but survived and died in peace after being released. They became hermits. Feast day: January 3.

ST. JOSEPH MARY TOMASI, THEATINE PRIEST, CARDINAL Born in Licata, in 1649, of the noble Sicilian family of Lampedusa, he renounced his title in favor of his brother and became a Theatine religious. Precursor of the liturgical reform, he was named cardinal by Pope Clement XI in 1712. Pope St. John Paul II proclaimed him a Saint in 1986. Jan 3

ST. TELESPHORE, POPE AD MARTYR Telesphore was an anchorite in Egypt and Palestine. He reigned from 125 to 136. He established the Midnight Mass at Christmas with the song of Gloria in excelsis Deo, the celebration of Easter on Sunday, and fixed the Lenten fast. He also worked to counter Gnostic heresy, and died a martyr. Jan 3

ST. ANTERUS, POPE Of Greek origins, Anterus was Pope for only 40 days. He was martyred in 236 under Emperor Maximinus the Thracian for collecting the Acts of the martyrs in the archives of the Church of Rome, so that they would not be dispersed. He was the first Pope to be buried in the catacombs of St. Callixtus. Jan 3

[thelivesofthesaints]

January 20 - St. Fabian - 250 A.D

He succeeded St. Anterus in the pontificate, in the year 236. Eusebius relates, 367 that in an assembly of the people and clergy, held for the election of a pastor in his room, a dove, unexpectedly appearing, settled, to the great surprise of all present, on the head of St. Fabian; and that this miraculous sign united the votes of the clergy and people in promoting him, though not thought of before, as being a layman and a stranger. He governed the church sixteen years, sent St. Dionysius and other preachers into Gaul, and condemned Privatus, a broacher of a new heresy in Africa, as appears from St. Cyprian. 368 St. Fabian died a glorious martyr in the persecution of Decius, in 250, as St. Cyprian and St. Jerom witness. The former, writing to his successor, St. Cornelius, calls him an incomparable man; and says, that the glory of his death had answered the purity and holiness of his life. 369 The saints made God, and the accomplishment of his holy will, the great object of all their petitions in their prayers, and their only aim in all their actions. “God,” says St. Austin, 370 “in his promises to hear our prayers, is desirous to bestow himself upon us; if you find any thing better than him, ask it, but if you ask any thing beneath him, you put an affront upon him, and hurt yourself by preferring to him a creature which he framed: pray in the spirit and sentiment of love, in which the royal prophet said to him, ‘Thou, O Lord, art my portion.’ 371 Let others choose to themselves portions among creatures, for my part, Thou art my portion, Thee alone have I chosen for my whole inheritance.”

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, April 8

GILES: ....Look, it's--it's classic battle strategy to throw one's opponent off his game. He--He--He's just trying to provoke you--uh--to taunt you, to--to goad you into--uh--some mishap of some sort. XANDER: The (sing-song) nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah approach to battle? GILES: Yes, Xander, once more you've managed to boil a complex thought down to its simplest possible form. Read more at: http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=8333

~~Passion~~

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[anastpaul]

Saint of the Day – 20 January – St Pope Fabian (c 200 – c 250) Martyr, Peacemaker, Evangeliser, Confessor, Administrator and Reformer, Apostle of Charity – the Bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 to his death in 250, succeeding Anterus.   He is famous for the miraculous nature of his election, in which a dove is said to have descended on his head to mark him as the Holy Spirit’s unexpected choice to become the next pope.   He was succeeded by Cornelius. 

According to the Liber Pontificalis, Fabian was a noble Roman by birth and his father’s name was Fabius.   Nothing more is known about his background.   The legend concerning the circumstances of his election is preserved by the fourth-century writer Eusebius of Caesarea (Church History, VI. 29).

After the short reign of Pope Anterus, Fabian had come to Rome from the countryside when the new papal election began.   “Although present,” says Eusebius, Fabian “was in the mind of none.”   While the names of several illustrious and noble churchmen were being considered over the course of thirteen days, a dove suddenly descended upon the head of Fabian.   To the assembled electors, this strange sight recalled the gospel scene of the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at the time of his baptism by John the Baptist.   The congregation took this as a sign that he was marked out for this dignity and Fabian was at once proclaimed bishop by acclamation.

During Fabian’s reign of 14 years, there was a lull in the storm of persecution which had resulted in the exile of both Anterus’ predecessor Pontian and the antipope (and later saint) Hippolytus.   Fabian had enough influence at court to effect the return of the bodies of both of these martyrs from Sardinia, where they had died at hard labour in the mines.   The report that he baptised the emperor Philip the Arab and his son, however, is probably a legend, although he did seem to enjoy some connections at court, since the bodies of Pontian and Hippolytus could not have been exhumed without the emperor’s approval.

According to the sixth-century historian Gregory of Tours, Fabian sent out the “apostles to the Gauls” to Christianise Gaul in A.D. 245.   Fabian sent seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel.  He also condemned Privatus, the originator of a new heresy in Africa.

The Liber Pontificalis says that Fabian divided the Christian communities of Rome into seven districts, each supervised by a deacon.   Eusebius (VI §43) adds that he appointed seven subdeacons to help collect the acta of the martyrs—the reports of the court proceedings on the occasion of their trials.   There is also a tradition that he instituted the four minor clerical orders – porter, lector, exorcist and acolyte.

His deeds are thus described in the Liber Pontificalis: “He divided the regiones into deaconships and made seven sub-deaconships which seven secretaries oversaw, so that they brought together the deeds of the martyrs faithfully made whole and he brought forth many works in the cemeteries.”

The Liberian Catalogue of the popes also reports that Fabian initiated considerable work on the catacombs, where honoured Christians were buried and where he also caused the body of Pope Pontian to be entombed at the catacomb of Saint Callixtus.

With the advent of Emperor Decius, the Roman government’s tolerant policy toward Christianity temporarily ended.   Decius ordered leading Christians to demonstrate their loyalty to Rome by offering incense to the cult images of deities which represented the Roman state.   This was unacceptable to many Christians, who, while no longer holding most of the laws of the Old Testament to apply to them, took the commandment against idolatry with deadly seriousness.   Fabian was thus one of the earliest victims of Decius, dying as a martyr on 20 January 250, at the beginning of the Decian persecution, probably in prison rather than by execution.

Fabian was buried in the catacomb of Callixtus in Rome.   The Greek inscription on his tomb has survived, and bears the words: Fabian, Bishop, Martyr.

His remains were later re-interred at San Sebastian’s Outside the Walls, (appropriately, for these two Martyrs share today as their Memorial) by Pope Clement XI where the Albani Chapel is dedicated in his honour.

[suwanbuwan]

The Hidden Lab

Suwan lifted a book titled “Advanced Aetherology” from the tall bookshelves of the Occult Curioso. There was a soft clicking sound and then a small door appeared and opened behind the bookshelves.

Suwan walked down a long narrow corridor. The stone walls had Concealment and Protective Wards written on them. The hallway led to a dimly lit Laboratory. There were glass tubes and jars of different shapes set in a row on mounted shelves. Each tube had handwritten labels that read: Ichor of Rysswilf, Dust of Lady Black, Avis Wing of Zeviagoth, Wraith Cloth of Anterus; Alpha Hair of The Heirs.

To the left of the shelves were large murals with Geometric Array Diagrams and Conjurer Glyphs tacked on the walls. Stacks of rolled up scrolls filled with notes were organized neatly in woven baskets under the mounted shelves. Some of the scrolls had labels that read: Crystal Tombstones, The Yacht, The Circle of Anterus, Aetherial Sea Tower, Joining Rituals. Suwan grabbed an unsealed scroll labeled; Astral Agents Estate Map.

Suwan took a Card from his jacket and laid it on the Agency Map. The Card spun around floating in the air and glowed with Celestial Aether. Using a magnifying glass and a quill Suwan made tick marks on several different points on the Estate Map.

After a bell Suwan closed his eyes and reached out to Sergei with his mind. “”Sergei I have located the structural weak points of the Agency Estate. Expect a delivery in two bells. Please forward the information to Gideon and let Director Sarij know…””

-FIN-

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