dedicated to Saints 



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This festival was instituted in memory of S. John's 

 miraculous deliverance from the furnace of boiling 

 oil prepared for his destruction by the orders of 

 Domitian, which he was thrown into, but escaped 

 from unhurt. 



May 19. — S. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. 

 Monk's-hood. Aconitum Napellus, 

 S. Dunstan was born at Glastonbury, of which 

 monastery he became Abbot ; and died Archbishop 

 of Canterbury in 998. 

 May 26. — S. Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury. 

 Rhododendron. Rhodode^idron ponticum. 

 The Canterbury bell is also said to be dedicated 

 to S. Augustine, but without any show of reason. 



S. Augustine was consecrated Bishop of the 

 English," and fixed his see at Canterbury. He 

 died in 604; after having laid a firm foundation upon 

 which to build the jurisdiction of the see of Rome 

 over this country. 

 May 27. — Ven. Bede, Presbyter. Yellow Bachelor's 

 Buttons. Ra7iU7iculus acris planus. 



