Saints be praised
Paging through Patron Saints: A Feast of Holy Cards (Abrams, 159 pages, $24.95), I was looking for a saint whose feast day is today. I'm sure there is one, but the closest I could come to in the book was St. Januarius, Patron Saint of Volcanic Eruptions, whose feast day was yesterday. Residents of Naples, Italy, where a vial of his blood is preserved, invoke the saint when nearby Mt. Vesuvius threatens to erupt...
