Saturday, February 15, 2003

The 15th of February

. . . .is the old French feast of St. Georgette. She lived in Auvergne and became a hermit at a young age. The tale of her miraculous funeral is the most well-known. A flight of doves accompanied the procession of her remains to the church. At the church they hid in the roof for the services. They reappeared for the procession to the cemetery, all the while flying above her casket. After her interment, they flew up to heaven and disappeared. It was the opinion of the people at the time that they were angels from heaven sent to accompany her soul on its journey to God. The only mention of her on the web is here. The story related above, though, is found in Engelbert.

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