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The devotion to Santa Marta de Pateros traces its roots to primeval beliefs in a water goddess. [1] Tradition recounts that in the 1800s, Saint Martha (who legendarily subdued the Tarasque), was invoked by the people of Pateros to vanquish a crocodile in the Pateros River that ate their ducks. [2]
Florida's digital newspaper Florida Keys Keynoter: Marathon: McClatchy Company Florida Sentinel Bulletin: Tampa: Florida Star: Jacksonville 1951 Issues for 1956-1968, 2005-2019 https://thefloridastar.com available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library: Florida Sun-Review: Orlando: 1922 Florida Times-Union [10] Jacksonville [1] 1864 Gannett ...
Unterammergau, the site of the 11th-century Chapel of St Leonhard, patron saint of horses, which is the terminus of the annual Leonhardritt and Blessing of the Animals. Blessing of the Animals at Olvera Street, an event from 1930, is held every Sabado de Gloria (Holy Saturday). It is an all-day event with vendors, performers, and a procession ...
Upon learning of the dog's martyrdom, the locals venerated the dog as a saint and visited his shrine of trees when they were in need, especially mothers with sick children. [ 4 ] The local peasants hearing of the dog's noble deed and innocent death, began to visit the place and honor the dog as a martyr in quest of help for their sicknesses and ...
Many legends are told of Saint Colman and of his holy well with its sacred ducks. In former days a large pond supplied from the well, where for ages after St. Colman's death a number of ducks were kept, which were believed to be under the saint's special protection, and on this account were regarded with affection and treated with great tenderness.
A St. Lucie edition was added in 1976. The newspaper returned to daily publication in 1984, when it became a morning paper. [1] The Fort Pierce-based St. Lucie News Tribune dates its origins to 1903 as the result of a 1920 merger of two weekly newspapers (the Fort Pierce News and the St. Lucie County Tribune).
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The St. Augustine Record is a daily morning newspaper published in St. Augustine, Florida. The newspaper was founded in 1894 and is owned by Gannett as of November 2019. During the 1920s the Record Company, as it was then named, published a series of well-regarded Florida county histories.