Since I started posting these, my feed stats tracker has not hit zero. In fact, it’s been up to unheard of levels — 20! So a big thank you to all the bots out there reading this blog, since I’m pretty sure no real people do. My finals are done but I’m a little burned out (ha) so more facts for the time being, anyway.
- There are 500 Catholic publications in the U.S. with 27,500,000 subscribers.
- St. Peter the Apostle, the first Pope, was a married man. Only two other Popes in the history of the Church are known definitely to have been married, St. Hormesdas and Adrian II.
- In Extreme Unction, all five senses are annoinnted [sic] because of the sins committed through them.
- St. Matthew is represented by a human head in religious paintings because his gospel begins with Our Lord’s human ancestry.
- St. John is represented as an eagle in religious art because his opening words in the gospel are so majestic they soar into the heavens.
- Father Martin Grajales was the first American parish priest, having been assigned to St. Augustine’s parish, Florida, in 1565.
- St. Catherine of Siena was the 25th child of her parents. During her life she was visited by the Blessed Mother and her Divine Son appearing together.
- St. John-Mary Vianney, a Frenchman, is the patron saint of parish priests.
I continue to be amused by the variety of facts in this book. Number seven makes me wonder what constitutes a “fact”; surely this is two? Also: “Hormesdas”. That is all.
