The Feast of St. Bean

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Today is the Feast of St. Bean, (aka Beoan or Beyn,) bishop of Morlach in the mid-1000’s, not to be confused with an Irish St. Bean whose feast is in December.

His picture is on several Catholic saint sites as this. Since almost nothing is known about him, I’m not certain this is his actual picture or that he’d appreciate it. The picture and his name do make him quite memorable though. One site also is running this picture next to one of Mr. Bean.

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I like discovering new saints. I wonder if anybody getting confirmed is going to take the name of St. Bean?

It’s also the feast day on the Tridentine Calendar of Pope St. Evaristus, who was Pope when St. John died at the end of the Apostolic Age.
 
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The look in his eye suggests he was unaware, until this moment, that there was somebody else down there in the wine cellar with him. He thought he had the place to himself, and he’s not happy to have been caught emptying a barrel all by himself.

I just learned on an Anglican website that last Wednesday, October 23, was the feast day of St. James the Just in some Protestant churches. Not, however, in the Catholic Church, which teaches that James the Just and James the Less were one and the same disciple.
 
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I would have thought maybe the patron saint of coffee 🙂

Actually St. Bonaventure is the patron saint of bowel disorders, and I have called upon him more than once.
 
I’m wondering what the keys represent in this depiction. It is interesting food for thought, thanks. Also, I like the new icon of the bear.
 
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I assumed they’re the keys to the wine cellar. He isn’t supposed to be there, maybe he just happened, quite by chance, to notice the keys lying in an unlocked drawer …
 
I keep wondering if Mr. Bean took inspiration from the picture…
 
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