#Saint Conrad of Piacenza

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SAINT OF THE DAY (February 19)

Conrad was born into a noble family in northern Italy. He married the daughter of a nobleman, Euphrosyne.

One day, while he was hunting, Conrad ordered his attendants to make a fire.

The wind carried the flames, which set fire to nearby fields, forests, towns and villages. Upon seeing this, Conrad ran away in fear.

Because he ran, an innocent man was convicted for spreading the fire and was condemned to death as punishment.

Upon hearing of this, Conrad stepped forth to accept the blame, saving the innocent man's life.

He paid for the damaged property. He and his wife gave everything they owned to the poor in recompense.

Conrad then left to join a group of Franciscan hermits, and his wife joined the Poor Clares.

Word eventually spread of Conrad's holiness, piety, and gift of healing.

When many visitors began to destroy his life of silence and solitude, he moved to Sicily where he lived and prayed as a hermit for 36 years.

Legends say that when the Bishop of Syracuse visited him, the bishop asked Conrad if he had any food to offer guests.

Conrad went to his cell and returned with newly made cakes, which the bishop accepted as a miracle.

Conrad visited the bishop later to make a general confession to him.

As he arrived, Conrad was surrounded by fluttering birds.

Conrad died kneeling before a crucifix.

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Saint Conrad of Piacenza 1290-1351 Feast Day: February 19 Patronage: Noto, Sicily, hermits, against hernias

Saint Conrad of Piacenza was born and married into nobility. He was the cause of a terrible forest fire that destroyed farms and fields, while on a hunt to flush out game. An innocent man was accused and condemned to death for this accident. St. Conrad overcame his cowardness and confessed and paid for the damages. Afterward, he and his wife agreed to enter religious life, he as a hermit and she as a Poor Clare. Once when he visited a bishop to make a general confession, he was surrounded by fluttering birds who escorted him home. He lived as a hermit for 36 years and his body was found incorrupt in1485. {website}

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Henry Fielding (Writerism)

Lentil Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Lucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou; Christian)

Martyr’s Day (Ethiopia)

Mesrop (Christian; Saint)

Narconcon Day (Scientology)

Pisces Zodiac Sign begins (Astrology)

Señor Wenches Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)

Victor the Rattlesnake (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 8 of 60)

Premieres

Ain’t Nature Grand! (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)

All Fowled Up (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Battling Bosko (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

The Big Game Haunt, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Big Little Lies (TV Series; 2017)

Blithe Spirit (Film; 2021)

Bucks for Boris or Rocky Pays the Piper (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 100; 1961)

Cleaning House, featuring The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1938)

Cockatoos for Two (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1947)

Crashing (TV Series; 2017)

Don Quichotte, by Jules Massenet (Opera; 1910)

Don’t Worry About Me, by Joey Ramone (Album; 2002)

The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley (Book; 1954)

EastEnders (UK Soap Opera; 1985)

Elizabeth (Film; 1999)

Face Value, by Phil Collins (Album; 1981)

The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan (Feminist Critique; 1963)

Flying Bullets or A Cartridge in a Pear Tree (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 206; 1963)

Get a Job, by The Miracles (Song; 1958)

Hello Aloha (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

The Hooper-Bloob Highway (DePatie-Freleng Dr. Seuss Animated TV Special; 1975)

In the Still of the Nite, recorded by The Five Satins (Song; 1956)

Jungle Jitters (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius, by George Orwell (Essay; 1941)

Little Girls Blue (Adult Film; 1979)

Losing My Religion, by R.E.M. (Song; 1991)

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (TV Series; 1985)

The Mummy Strikes (Fleischer Cartoon; 1943) [#14]

Nomadland (Film; 2021)

Office Space (Film; 1999)

October Sky (Film; 1999)

Organ Grinder’s Swing (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)

Peter the Pirate (Silent Film; 1925)

Pluto and the Armadillo (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

The Rat Pack Attacks or Sharrup You Mouse (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 99; 1961)

Red Rackham’s Treasure, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1944) [Tintin #12]

Rushmore (Film; 1999)

Seeing’ Red, White ’N’ Blue (Famous/Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1943)

Shutter Island (Film; 2010)

The Solid Tin Coyote (WB LT Cartoon; 1966)

The Sound of Silence, recorded by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1964)

Story of Civilization, by Will Durant (Eleven Volume History; 1975)

The Tale of a Shirt (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Teardrops on My Guitar, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2007)

Too Much Too Moon or What Makes Lunar Tick? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 205; 1963)

The Toy Shoppe (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

Today’s Name Days

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Blago, Konrad, Rajko, Ratko (Croatia)

Patrik (Czech Republic)

Patrik (Denmark)

Ülla, Ülle, Ülli, Ülve, Ülvi (Estonia)

Eija (Finland)

Gabin (France)

Hedwig, Irma, Irmgard (Germany)

Filothei (Greece)

Zsuzsanna (Hungary)

Corrado, Mansueto, Publio, Tullio (Italy)

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Moon: 80%: Waxing Gibbous

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Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 11 of 15]

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Week: 3rd Week of February

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Saint of the day For Saturday 19th of February, 2022

Saint of the day For Saturday 19th of February, 2022

St of the day: Feb 19St Conrad of Piacenza Born to the nobility. Married to Euphrosyne, the daughter of a nobleman; the two led a pious life. One day while hunting, Conrad ordered attendants to set fire to some brush in order to flush out the game. A strong wind carried the flames to nearby fields, forests, towns and villages, and Conrad fled in panic. An innocent peasant was imprisoned,…

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Saint of the Day - 19 February - St Conrad of Piacenza TOSF (c 1290-1351)

Saint of the Day – 19 February – St Conrad of Piacenza TOSF (c 1290-1351)

Saint of the Day – 19 February – St Conrad of Piacenza TOSF (c 1290-1351) Hermit, Pilgrim and Penitent, Member of the Third Order of St Francis, born Corrado Confalonieri in c 1290 at Piacenza, Italy and died on 19 February 1351 at Noto, Sicily of natural causes while kneeling before a crucifix.   Patronages – cure of hernias, Calendasco and Noto.   His body is incorrupt.

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The Saint of the day for February 19 is Saint Conrad of Piacenza

Hermit

(† 1351)

Saint Conrad was living peacefully as a nobleman of Piacenza. He had married when quite young and led a virtuous and God-fearing life. One day, when engaged in his usual pastime of hunting, he ordered his attendants to set fire to some brushwood where game had taken refuge. The prevailing wind caused the flames to spread rapidly, and the surrounding fields and forest were soon in a state of conflagration. A mendicant who happened to be found near the place where the fire had originated was accused of being the author; he was imprisoned, tried and condemned to death. As the poor man was being led to execution, Conrad, stricken with remorse, declared the man innocent and confessed his own guilt openly. In order to repair the damage of which he had been the cause, as he then volunteered to do, he was obliged to sell all his possessions. He repaid his neighbors for all the losses they had suffered, then retired to a distant region where he took the Third Order habit of Saint Francis, while his wife entered the Order of Poor Clares.

After visiting the holy places in Rome, he went to Sicily and dwelt for forty years in strict penance, sleeping on the bare ground with a stone for pillow, and with dry bread and raw herbs for food. God rewarded his great virtue by the gift of prophecy and the grace of miracles. He died while praying on his knees in 1351, surrounded by a bright light, in the presence of his confessor, who was unaware for some time of his death because of his position. He is invoked especially for the cure of hernias.

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SAINT OF THE DAY (February 19)

Conrad was born into a noble family in northern Italy. He married the daughter of a nobleman named Euphrosyne.

One day, while he was hunting, Conrad ordered his attendants to make a fire. The wind carried the flames, which set fire to nearby fields, forests, towns, and villages.

Upon seeing this, Conrad ran away in fear.

Because he ran, an innocent man was convicted for spreading the fire and was condemned to death as punishment.

Upon hearing this, Conrad stepped forth to accept the blame, saving the innocent man's life.

He paid for the damaged property and he and his wife gave everything they owned to the poor in recompense.

Conrad then left to join a group of Franciscan hermits, and his wife joined the Poor Clares.

Word eventually spread of Conrad's holiness, piety and gift of healing.

When many visitors began to destroy his life of silence and solitude, he moved to Sicily where he lived and prayed as a hermit for 36 years.

Legends say that when the Bishop of Syracuse visited him, the bishop asked Conrad if he had any food to offer guests.

Conrad went to his cell and returned with newly-made cakes, which the bishop accepted as a miracle.

Conrad visited the bishop later to make a general confession to him. As he arrived, Conrad was surrounded by fluttering birds.

Conrad died kneeling before a crucifix.

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Saint Conrad of Piacenza

1290-1351

Feast Day: February 19

Patronage: Noto, Sicily, hermits, against hernias

Saint Conrad of Piacenza was born and married into nobility. He was the cause of a terrible forest fire that destroyed farms and fields, while on a hunt to flush out game. An innocent man was accused and condemned to death for this accident. St. Conrad overcame his cowardice and confessed and paid for the damages. Afterward, he and his wife agreed to enter religious life, he as a hermit and she as a Poor Clare. Once when he visited a bishop to make a general confession, he was surrounded by fluttering birds who escorted him home. He lived as a hermit for 36 years and his body was found incorrupt in 1485.

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Holidays 2.19

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Mexico)

Best Friends Day (SpongeBob Squarepants)

Brâncuși Day (Romania)

Chief Leschi Day (Washington)

Coast Guard Reserves Day

Confession Day

Copernicus Day

Cracker Jack Prize Day

A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation (California)

Feminine Mystique Day

Flag Day (Turkmenistan)

International Day Against Homophobia in Football

International MRKH Awareness Day

International PechaKucha Day

International Tug-of-War Day

Iwo Jima Day

Knights of Pythias Day

National Airboat Day

National Arabian Horse Day

National Boston Terrier Day

National Hickey Day

National Lash Day

National Longevity Day (UK)

National Soldier Day (Mexico)

National Vet Girls Rock Day (a.k.a. Vet Girls Rise Day)

Photoshop Day

Prajatantra Diwas (National Democracy Day; Nepal)

Prevent Plagiarism Day

Quaid Day (Pakistan)

Rubber Chicken Day

Skate Shop Day

Solar System Day

Straw Wrapper Appreciation Day

Temporary Insanity Day

University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day (UK)

Vassil Levski Day (Bulgaria)

World Marine Mammal Protection Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cherry Coke Day

National Chocolate Mint Day

World Eat For Good Day

3rd Sunday in February

Anthesteria begins (3 Day Festival of flowers, feast of the dead and drinking festival) [3rd Sunday]

Biezputras Diena (Porridge Day; Ancient Latvia) [Sunday before Feb 23 or Feb 4]

Engineers Week begins (Sunday of Last Full Week]

Poverty Sunday [3rd Sunday]

Independence Days

Aarianian Union of North America (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Barbatus of Benevento (Christian; Saint)

Birthday of Minerva (Ancient Rome)

Boniface of Brussels (Christian; Saint)

Chaoflux (Discordian)

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)

Conrad of Piacenza (Christian; Saint)

Ennius (Positivist; Saint)

Feast of Pusiuraura (God of the Dart Game; Melanesia)

Lentil Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Lucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou; Christian)

Narconcon Day (Scientology)

Señor Wenches Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)

Victor the Rattlesnake (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 8 of 60)

Premieres

Big Little Lies (TV Series; 2017)

Crashing (TV Series; 2017)

Don’t Worry About Me, by Joey Ramone (Album; 2002)

The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley (Book; 1954)

EastEnders (UK Soap Opera; 1985)

Elizabeth (Film; 1999)

Face Value, by Phil Collins (Album; 1981)

Get a Job, by The Miracles (Song; 1958)

Hello Aloha (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

In the Still of the Nite, recorded by The Five Satins (Song; 1956)

Losing My Religion, by R.E.M. (Song; 1991)

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (TV Series; 1985)

Nomadland (Film; 2021)

Office Space (Film; 1999)

October Sky (Film; 1999)

Pluto and the Armadillo (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

Rushmore (Film; 1999)

The Sound of Silence, recorded by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1964)

Today’s Name Days

Hadwig, Irma, Irmgard (Austria)

Blago, Konrad, Rajko, Ratko (Croatia)

Patrik (Czech Republic)

Patrik (Denmark)

Ülla, Ülle, Ülli, Ülve, Ülvi (Estonia)

Eija (Finland)

Gabin (France)

Hedwig, Irma, Irmgard (Germany)

Filothei (Greece)

Zsuzsanna (Hungary)

Corrado, Mansueto, Publio, Tullio (Italy)

Zane, Zuzanna, Zuze (Latvia)

Konradas, Nida, Šarūnas, Zuzana (Lithuania)

Ella, Elna (Norway)

Arnold, Arnolf, Bądzisława, Gabin, Henryk, Konrad, Konrada, Leoncjusz, Manswet, Marceli (Poland)

Apfia, Arhip, Filimon (Romania)

Maria (Russia)

Vlasta (Slovakia)

Álvaro, Gabino (Spain)

Ella, Gabriella (Sweden)

Leo, Lev, Levko (Ukraine)

Conrad, Conradine, Cortez, Curt, Curtis, Konrad, Kurt, Kurtis (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 50 of 2023; 315 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 7 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 29 (Wu-Shen)

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

Hebrew: 28 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 28 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 20 Xin; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 5 February 2023

Moon: 0%: New Moon

Positivist: 22 Homer (2nd Month) [Ennius]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 61 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 30 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Nuin (Ash) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 2 of 13]

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Holidays 2.19

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Mexico)

Best Friends Day (SpongeBob Squarepants)

Brâncuși Day (Romania)

Chief Leschi Day (Washington)

Coast Guard Reserves Day

Confession Day

Copernicus Day

Cracker Jack Prize Day

A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation (California)

Feminine Mystique Day

Flag Day (Turkmenistan)

International Day Against Homophobia in Football

International MRKH Awareness Day

International PechaKucha Day

International Tug-of-War Day

Iwo Jima Day

Knights of Pythias Day

National Airboat Day

National Arabian Horse Day

National Boston Terrier Day

National Hickey Day

National Lash Day

National Longevity Day (UK)

National Soldier Day (Mexico)

National Vet Girls Rock Day (a.k.a. Vet Girls Rise Day)

Photoshop Day

Prajatantra Diwas (National Democracy Day; Nepal)

Prevent Plagiarism Day

Quaid Day (Pakistan)

Rubber Chicken Day

Skate Shop Day

Solar System Day

Straw Wrapper Appreciation Day

Temporary Insanity Day

University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day (UK)

Vassil Levski Day (Bulgaria)

World Marine Mammal Protection Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cherry Coke Day

National Chocolate Mint Day

World Eat For Good Day

3rd Sunday in February

Anthesteria begins (3 Day Festival of flowers, feast of the dead and drinking festival) [3rd Sunday]

Biezputras Diena (Porridge Day; Ancient Latvia) [Sunday before Feb 23 or Feb 4]

Engineers Week begins (Sunday of Last Full Week]

Poverty Sunday [3rd Sunday]

Independence Days

Aarianian Union of North America (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Barbatus of Benevento (Christian; Saint)

Birthday of Minerva (Ancient Rome)

Boniface of Brussels (Christian; Saint)

Chaoflux (Discordian)

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)

Conrad of Piacenza (Christian; Saint)

Ennius (Positivist; Saint)

Feast of Pusiuraura (God of the Dart Game; Melanesia)

Lentil Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Lucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou; Christian)

Narconcon Day (Scientology)

Señor Wenches Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)

Victor the Rattlesnake (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 8 of 60)

Premieres

Big Little Lies (TV Series; 2017)

Crashing (TV Series; 2017)

Don’t Worry About Me, by Joey Ramone (Album; 2002)

The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley (Book; 1954)

EastEnders (UK Soap Opera; 1985)

Elizabeth (Film; 1999)

Face Value, by Phil Collins (Album; 1981)

Get a Job, by The Miracles (Song; 1958)

Hello Aloha (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

In the Still of the Nite, recorded by The Five Satins (Song; 1956)

Losing My Religion, by R.E.M. (Song; 1991)

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (TV Series; 1985)

Nomadland (Film; 2021)

Office Space (Film; 1999)

October Sky (Film; 1999)

Pluto and the Armadillo (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

Rushmore (Film; 1999)

The Sound of Silence, recorded by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1964)

Today’s Name Days

Hadwig, Irma, Irmgard (Austria)

Blago, Konrad, Rajko, Ratko (Croatia)

Patrik (Czech Republic)

Patrik (Denmark)

Ülla, Ülle, Ülli, Ülve, Ülvi (Estonia)

Eija (Finland)

Gabin (France)

Hedwig, Irma, Irmgard (Germany)

Filothei (Greece)

Zsuzsanna (Hungary)

Corrado, Mansueto, Publio, Tullio (Italy)

Zane, Zuzanna, Zuze (Latvia)

Konradas, Nida, Šarūnas, Zuzana (Lithuania)

Ella, Elna (Norway)

Arnold, Arnolf, Bądzisława, Gabin, Henryk, Konrad, Konrada, Leoncjusz, Manswet, Marceli (Poland)

Apfia, Arhip, Filimon (Romania)

Maria (Russia)

Vlasta (Slovakia)

Álvaro, Gabino (Spain)

Ella, Gabriella (Sweden)

Leo, Lev, Levko (Ukraine)

Conrad, Conradine, Cortez, Curt, Curtis, Konrad, Kurt, Kurtis (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 50 of 2023; 315 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 7 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 29 (Wu-Shen)

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

Hebrew: 28 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 28 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 20 Xin; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 5 February 2023

Moon: 0%: New Moon

Positivist: 22 Homer (2nd Month) [Ennius]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 61 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 30 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Nuin (Ash) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 2 of 13]

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Saint of the Day - St. Conrad of Piacenza, Daily Saint, February 19

Saint of the Day – St. Conrad of Piacenza, Daily Saint, February 19