Jeanne d'Arc (Historiated initial depicting Joan of Arc from Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490, poss. 15th cent)
Jeanne d’Arc (Historiated initial depicting Joan of Arc from Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490, poss. 15th cent)
“Si je n’y suis [en la grâce de Dieu], Dieu m’y mette; et, si j’y suis, Dieu m’y tienne! Je serais le plus dolente de monde si je savais ne pas être en la grâce de Dieu”
— Jeanne d’Arc

Today’s Feast Days

11 October

Alessandro Sauli
(1534–1592)
Bishop, Priest
Canice
(c. 525–c. 599)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Missionary
Gummarus van Lier
(717–774)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Hermit
John XXIII
(1881–1963)
Pope
Maria Soledad Torres Acosta
(1826–1887)
Founder, Nun
Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia
(c. 285)
Martyrs, Missionaries
Theophanes the Branded
(775–845)
Hymnographer, Metropolitan, Monk

And then he gave a very long sigh and said, “I wish Pooh were here. It’s so much more friendly with two.”

A.A. Milne (1882–1956)

English author

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)