[rollei_list] Re: OT St Patricks day
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:16:58 -0400
My source for this is the Chatholic encylopedia, among other sources, and
refers to him being instrumental in defining March 17th as St Patricks day
while he was a member of a Roman Breviary reform commission
"Each year Wadding kept the Feast of St. Patrick with great solemnity at St.
Isidore's; and it is due to his influence, as member of the commission for the
reform of the Breviary, that the festival of Ireland's Apostle was inserted on
17 March in the calendar of the Universal Church."
I've found this statement in a number of other secondary sources.
My interest in Wadding was raised when I went to the National Gallery in Dublin
for lunch (Its my tuesday tradition this year) and came across a portrait of
him looking wise and gaunt and old. It identified him as the founder of the
Irish college in Rome, and it was while chasing up this reference that I found
the reference to St Patrick.
My understanding from some of the other sources, was that there was a move to
reform the liturgical calendar, reducing the number of saints days being
actively observed, and that Luke was responsible for retaining St Patrich on
the 17th March.
When I moved on to read up on breviary's, hoping to find a clear reference to
the great reform of 16**, I however found that the history of the breviary is a
lot more diverse and localized than this account would imply.
Enjoy what's left of the day
All the best
Laurence Cuffe
On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 10:34PM, "Marc James Small"
<marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>At 07:07 PM 3/16/2010, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
> >
> >Tomorrow will be St Patrick's day, and I wish all of you the better
> >of it.
> >We might on the occasion remember a Fr Luke Wadding, born in
> >Waterford, 16th October 1588, without whom we might not have the
> >occasion for celebrating. Fr Luke Wadding was in Rome setting up the
> >Irish College, San Isadore's, when he got involved in the reform of
> >the liturgical calendar and ended up pushing for St patrick to be
> >included as a full card carrying member of the sainthood. It is
> >thanks to him that St Patricks day was promoted and celebrated and
> >remains an occasion for remembering what it means to be Irish.
> >He was also involved in getting the Irish brigades back to Ireland
> >for the war of 1641 fighting for the confederacy.
> >Have a happy St Patricks day folks,
> >all the best,
>
>Most interesting, Lawrence!
>
>The Church of England and Church of Ireland both
>included St Patrick on their liturgical calendars
>from at least 800 AD. Perhaps the Roman
>Catholics took him off after the Reformation? He
>is included, for instance, in the 1562 Prayer Book of Elizabeth I.
>
>St Patrick was applauded by the Protestants as a "British" saint.
>
>Have a grand day, for the all of it!
>
>Marc
>
>
>msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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