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[17] The custom of blessing bread and distributing it amongst the faithful, prevails still in the French Church, as may be seen at any festival in a church of importance. The blessed bread is not to be confounded with the Holy Eucharist. It is taken about the church in baskets, and is a sort of sweet-cake. This is a relic of the ancient Love Feasts or Agapæ.
[January 4.]
Octave of the Holy Innocents.
S. Titus, B. and Ap. of Crete, circ. a.d. 105.
SS. Aquilinus, Geminus, Eugenius, and Others, Martyrs in Africa.
S. Dafrosa, W. C., at Rome, a.d. 361.
S. Rumon, B. C., at Tavistock, in Devonshire.
S. Gregory, B. of Langres, in France, circ. a.d. 541.
S. Pharaildis, V., in Brabant, about a.d. 745.
S. Rigobert, B. of Rheims, a.d. 749.
S. Libentius, Abp. of Bremen, a.d. 1013.
B. Angela, of Foligni, in Umbria, a.d. 1309.