Saints the Dead Revolutionaries would have liked to replace today included:
January 19
St. Pontianus
St. Fillan
St. Henry of Sweden
St. Henry of Uppsala
St. Arcontius
St. Arsenius
St. Bassian
St. Branwallader
St. Wulfstan
St. Canute IV
St. Catellus
St. Contentius
St. Firminus
St. Germanicus
St. Henry of Uppsala
St. Remigius
Bl. Nathalan
St. Messalina
St. Paul, Gerontius and Companions
St. Pontian
St. Absadah
The suggested Revolution-friendly replacement was mercure, mercury.
So please try to feel mercurial today.
Put on your best Mercutio suit or skirt.
Here are some surprising facts about St. Fillan from Wiki:
St. Fillan
Feastday: January 19
Fillan, son of Feriach and St. Kentigerna, was also known as Foelan. He became a monk in his youth and accompanied his mother from Ireland to Scotland where he lived as a hermit near St. Andrew's monastery for many years, and then was elected abbot. He later resigned and resumed his eremitical life at Glendochart, Pertchire, where he built a church and was reknowned for his miracles. Various legends attribute the most extravagant miracles to him, such as the one in which his prayers caused a wolf that had killed the ox he was using to drag materials to the church he was building, to take the ox's place. Fillan died on January 19. His feast day is January 19.
Do you know about the wolf of Gubbio?
That's a good one too. Schuyler mentioned that in one of his lunatick series of poems.
Here is some info about St. Fillan's Cave. You can visit it.
History
7th century St Fillan lived in the cave?
12th century monastery built on the hill above the cave.
18th century used by smugglers.
19th century used as a rubbish dump.
1935 cleared and re-dedicated.
2000 cave was refurbished with a new gate, handrails, paving and lighting.
Description
Legend tells, St Fillan's Cave was the cell of the 7th century saint, St Fillan. It also tells, that he wrote his sermons in the complete darkness of the cave while his arm emitted a luminous glow to enable him to see. St Fillan was an early Christian missionary from Ireland, and his bell and crozier are still preserved in the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The Abbot of Inchaffray carried relics of St Fillan into the Battle of Bannockburn. That is the reason why the Scots attributed their victory to the support of St Fillan. Many miracles of healing were attributed to the saint and to Holy Wells associated with him.
The common belief that St Fillan was a hermit who lived in this cave permanently is unlikely to be true. Like many of his fellow missionaries he most likely has led a peripatetic life, moved from one small community to another, and stayed wherever there was shelter. He most likely used the cave, as it is an ideal cover for an occasional stopover. But the cave is too damp and cool, to live here for a longer period.
The cave gave the village Pittenweem its name: it is Pictish, pit meaning place and weem meaning a cave, so Pittenweem means Place of the Cave.
St Fillan's Cave is a natural sea cave, formed by the waves in a soft yellow sandstone. There are some speleothems in the rear of the cave which suggests that there is some lime in the surrounding rock. In the 7th century, when St Fillan arrived here, the cave was only accessible by boat. The harbour as it is today, was built much later.
Today an iron gate in the sandstone cliff protects the cavern. Behind the gate, the path goes down a steep slope to the inner part of the cave. The cave is shaped like a Y. The left passage leads to the small well, said to be one of the Holy Wells of St Fillan. This part of the cave seems to be mostly in its natural state. The right passage leads to a heavyly altered chamber with an altar, which is used as a church. Steps in the rock lead to the underground passage to the Prior of Pittenweem gardens above the cave.
In the 12th century Augustinian monks built a monastery on the hill above the cave. They included the cave into their monastery, most likely they secured the entrance and then made the passage to the Priory garden above. Probably they used the cave as storage room, the goods arrived at the harbour and were brought into the cave. The cool cave was a natural refrigerator for food, and the staircase allowed them to get what they needed without leaving their grounds. The cave was maintained by the monks until the Reformation. In the following years the caves were used for several profane purposes.
In the 18th century the cave was used by smugglers, but once Excise men confiscated the goods in the cave. They took the goods to a house in Marygate. The smugglers tried to regain their goods, entered the house and attacked the Excise men. But they were arrested, tried and sentenced to death.
Many local people were upset at the unjust severity of the punishment. So they accompanied the transport to Edinburgh for execution. Before the execution, the crowd became restive and the officer in charge panicked and ordered his soldiers to fire on the crowd. The following riots, commemorated in the Grass Market in Edinburgh, are known as the Porteous riots, after the hapless officer who ordered the shooting. The condemned men escaped during the riots.
Later the cave was used as a rubbish dump, but in 1935 the Rector Canon de Voil and his father dug out the rubbish and built a shrine in the cave. The altar was consecrated by the Bishop of St Andrews. Since then the cave is used for occasional religious services by nearby St John's Episcopal Church and other pilgrimages from all over Scotland. Every year on Holy Saturday night an ecumenical Easter service takes place, to commemorate the burial of Christ in a similar rock-hewn sepulchre in Jerusalem. The cave is owned by the Bishop Lowe Trust and is entrusted to St John's Scottish Episcopal Church in Pittenweem.
And here are some odd facts about mercury...
Facts about the Definition of the Element Mercury
The Element Mercury is defined as...
A silvery-white poisonous metallic element, liquid at room temperature and used in thermometers, barometers, vapor lamps, and batteries and in the preparation of chemical pesticides.
Interesting Facts about the Origin and Meaning of the element name Mercury
What are the origins of the word Mercury ?
It was named after the Roman god Mercury. Its symbol (Hg) comes from hydrargyrum from the Greek word hydrargyros meaning 'water' and 'silver'.
Facts about the Classification of the Element Mercury
Mercury is classified as a "Transition Metal" which are located in Groups 3 - 12 of the Periodic Table. An Element classified as a Transition Metals is ductile, malleable, and able to conduct electricity and heat.
Brief Facts about the Discovery and History of the Element Mercury
Known to the ancient Egyptians.
Occurrence of the element Mercury in the Atmosphere
Found as a native metal (rare)
Found in cinnabar, corderoite & livingstonite
Approx 50% comes from Spain and Italy
Common Uses of Mercury
Thermometers
Barometers
Fluorescent lamps
Batteries
Chemical pesticides
The Properties of the Element Mercury
Name of Element : Mercury
Symbol of Element : Hg
Atomic Number of Mercury : 80
Atomic Mass: 200.59 amu
Melting Point: -38.87 °C - 234.28 °K
Boiling Point: 356.58 °C - 629.73 °K
Number of Protons/Electrons in Mercury : 80
Number of Neutrons in Mercury : 121
Crystal Structure: Rhombohedral
Density @ 293 K: 0.53 g/cm3
Color of Mercury : silvery-white
The element Mercury and the Periodic Table
Find out more facts about Mercury on the Periodic Table which arranges every chemical element according to its atomic number, as based on the periodic law, so that chemical elements with similar properties are in the same column. Our Periodic Table is simple to use - just click on the symbol for Mercury for additional facts and info and for an instant comparison of the Atomic Weight, Melting Point, Boiling Point and Mass - G/cc of Mercury with any other element. An invaluable source for more interesting facts and information about the Mercury element and as a Chemistry reference guide.
Facts and Info about the element Argon - IUPAC and the Modern Standardised Periodic Table
The Standardised Periodic Table in use today was agreed by the International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry, IUPAC, in 1985 which includes the Mercury element. The famous Russian Scientist, Dimitri Mendeleev, perceived the correct classification method of "the periodic table" for the 65 elements which were known in his time. The Standardised Periodic Table now recognises more periods and elements than Dimitri Mendeleev knew in his day but still all fitting into his concept of the "Periodic Table" in which Mercury is just one element that can be found.
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