January 19th: St.
Brevalaer ('Raven Prince')
Brevalaer was, according to tradition, a companion
of Seni (or Sezni) who came from
Ireland to Brittany in the 6th century, and
founded a hermitage in Gwiseni in Finistere.
He gave his name to
Loc-Brevalaire in Finistere, and Saint-Broladre in Ille-et-Vilaine,
and
may have been a bishop of Dol-de-Bretagne.
He is represented in
the parish church of Kerlouan with mitre and crozier; also at
Loc-
Brevalaire he has mitre and crozier, but with the addition of a
dog and a ferocious beast
that he has tamed at his feet.
His relics
were removed from Brittany, at the request of the Saxon king
Athelstan, to the
abbey of Milton, Dorset.
He is sometimes confused
with St. Brendan.
May
the lore of your mighty struggles against terrifying giants &
trolls
inspire
us with the strength to
fight the monsters of our own time:
homophobia,
racism, sexism, and all other intolerance & hate
May the example of your honesty and your challenge to Odin himself
May the example of your honesty and your challenge to Odin himself
give
us the courage to speak out against fundamentalism & prejudice
in
all the religions of the world, including our own.
(A
Prayer to Thor, by Karl Seigfried)
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