Today's Carpe Diem Snapshot: It was a gray, blustery day in Rome today, perfect for a catnap. The cat caught napping here is Minerva, the young mother of eleven grown kittens, three of whom are still residents at the Villa Magnolia. Everyday Minerva slinks off to a quiet spot where she can take a long, undisturbed cat nap. After eleven offspring in two years, I'd say she's earned it!
Liturgical: Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Sanctoral: St. Apollonia, Alexandria +249 Patron saint of those suffering from toothaches; St. Marun, Syria +433 Founded several monasteries in Syria and a spiritual and liturgical tradition that became the Maronite rite of the Catholic Church. Patron saint of Lebanon. 2011- statue of St. Marun placed in a niche on the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica.
Human: 474- Zeno is crowned co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. During his reign, the last emperor of the West, Romulus Augustus, is deposed by the German warlord Odoacer, and his imperial regalia sent to Zeno, who was then forced to recognize Odoacer as the de facto ruler of the Italian peninsula.
Natural: National Chocolate Day (in India); Carnevale sweets weekend in Italy.
Quote: "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love." -St. Teresa of Calcutta
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