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Guinefort's story is a variation on the well-travelled "faithful hound" motif, similar to the Welsh story of the dog Gelert. In one of the earliest versions of the story, described by Dominican friar Stephen of Bourbon in 1250, Guinefort the greyhound belonged to a knight who lived in a castle near Lyon. [4]
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"Episode 67: Holy Greyhound! St. Guinefort, the Greyhound Saint" (Podcast). About Greyhounds. August 18, 2018. Celebrate St. Guinefort the greyhound saint on August 22. I admire the straight forward way in which you avoid the issue. That you and I disagree is no surprise. 7&6=thirteen 12:39, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Jean-Claude Schmitt in 2009. Jean-Claude Schmitt (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ klod ʃmit]; born 4 March 1946 in Colmar) is a prominent French medievalist, the former student of Jacques Le Goff, associated with the work of the Annales School.
Saint Guinefort was the name given to a dog who received local veneration as a folk saint at a French shrine from the 13th to the 20th centuries. [13] A black and white dog is sometimes used as an informal symbol of the Dominican Order of friars, religious sisters and nuns.
Guinefort, the holy greyhound, feast day traditionally. [58] Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960) Queenship of Mary; August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
A blue female greyhound. Males are usually 71 to 76 centimetres (28 to 30 in) tall at the withers, and weigh on average 27 to 40 kilograms (60 to 88 lb).Females tend to be smaller, with shoulder heights ranging from 66 to 71 centimetres (26 to 28 in) and weights from 25 to 34 kilograms (55 to 75 lb), although weights can be above and below these average weights. [1]
Saint Roch's dog is sometimes conflated with the folk saint Saint Guinefort, the holy greyhound. [25] Croatian celebrations around the saint are depicted in Miroslav Krleža's 1932 novel The Return of Philip Latinowicz.