St. Expeditus
A correspondent asks us to furnish some regarding St. Expedilus or Expedit'. From 'three articles iv the ' ' Civilta Cattolica ' (Rome) in December, 1005, and February, 1900, we extract the following brief particulars : In the Martyrology of St. Jerome it is staled tha~l St. Expedit received the crown of -martyrdom at MiliLene, in Armenia, along with several' others. No particulars oj. his life are available. He is one of the, patrons of the ' diocese of Arcireale (Italy). There is a .record of a church erected to the honor of God, under the invocation of St., , Expedit, in the diocese of Perigueux (France) as far back as 1554. A curious oil-painting of the saint, dating from 1759, is in the possession of the Franciscan Fathers at Munich (Bavaria). It represents him pointing to- a clock bearing tne word ' Hodie" (To-day), and slaying with a sword a raven which appeals to croak, ' Cras, eras ' (To-n.iorrow, to-morrow). Which is meant to indicate : 1 Don't put off a good work till to-morrow, as. the Evil One would wish you to do ; what .you do, do it today '> " The saint was taken as a patron of merchants and travellers. . •
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 39, 26 September 1907, Page 13
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210St. Expeditus New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 39, 26 September 1907, Page 13
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