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“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!” Hillaire Belloc

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Feast Day of St. Louis, August 25




Cities do not have feast days. St. Louis IX became the king of France when he was 12 years old and remained king until his death 56 years later. St. Louis fought in the 7th and 8th Crusades against the Catholic-mudering Methodists. At least I think they were Methodists. I could be wrong. Anyway, he was captured in Egypt during the 7th Crusade and was ransomed for 400,000 livres tournois - at a time when France's annual revenue was only 250,000 livres tournois. They had to take out a loan from the Knights Templar.

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