Now THAT'S more like it ...

Just how many Italian saints' days are there? When I lived over there it seemed like about seven per week.

Well, that's 'over THERE' ... 'over HERE' there's only about 3 - 4 a week ...

Seriously, the three biggest Italian Feast Days that I know of are St. Joseph, San Gennaro, and "Our Lady of Mt. Carmel" ... now that is not to say there aren't many others celebrated over here, especially in towns or cities where Italians from a certain area of Italy have settled, and may have a devotion to a particular Saint ...

Just a FRIENDLY REMINDER!!! I LOVE ALL my Irish Peeps, BUT, Yes, Saint Patrick was Italian by heritage. His parents, Calphurnius and Conchessa, were ROMAN (ITALIAN) citizens living in Britain, most likely Scotland. Calpurnius, Patrick's father, was a high ROMAN diplomat living in England, but a ROMAN citizen. His area was captured at one point by the Irish and he was forced into slavery. At 21 years old, he escaped slavery. He make it back to Rome to find that most of the Roman empire had been lost. After some time he felt that God was calling him back to Ireland. He spent 10 years in France studying religion when the Pope (Celestine) made him a Bishop. He later became known as the patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated every March 17.

Great!!

Next year I will be eating Corned Beef Parmigiano.

Jerryghr

I don't know what sounds worse - corned beef parmigiano or meatballs and cabbage ...

We listened to John Conlee tunes last night. What a great voice and artist.

Love that song "I Don't Remember Lovin' You"

I used to do a lot of his songs. Still do several.

I'd NEVER do Conlee songs (UGH!), but would pay dearly to hear Don do them, because he's my HERO!


Russ