Thursday, September 26, 2002

The Unmercenaries

. . . .is the name given to Sts. Cosmas and Damian in the Eastern Churches.
They were doctors who didn't charge for their services. A precis of their lives
is given here and here .
Their feast in the Gaeta region of Italy is celebrated with a procession, not
to say a parade. You can hear the band playing their hymn here .

In the old Roman calendar today was the feast of the North American proto-martyrs,
Sts. Isaac Jogues and his companions. In the new calendar the
feast will be coming up in about a month so as to coincide more nearly with the actual date of death of St. Isaac.

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