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A Saints and Landscape Calendar 2012 |
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A Saints and Landscape Calendar 2012 |
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One month per page
Facing illustration page
Space to write appointments by day
The feast day of a saint recognised in Britain, one per day
Size, 30cm by 30cm; 100 gram glossed paper, hard cover
Modern dates are in green, saint’s days in black and important saint’s days in the farming year in red.
Medieval people were aware of the names of the months and used them occasionally, but they usually marked time using saints’ days. Saints were holy people who usually but not always had been martyred. They were canonised (made saints) by the Pope following proven miracles associated with their memory or shrine. By the 14th century there were a huge number of saints many of which were only known locally. Clerks used a look up list to get the right day, but ordinary people were aware of the more common ones because they used them all the time to divide the farming and legal year. Churches were dedicated to a particular saint and many held relics. Most people would have been on a pilgrimage to pray at a shrine holding relics, for a cure or some great favour. Saints days were fundamental to everyone’s life until the Reformation began the slow process of eradication.
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