Category: Saint Anthony the Abbot

Bootlegger’s and Saint Anthony

Bootlegger’s and Saint Anthony? Please explain. Well, today is National Bootlegger’s Day and the Feast of Saint Anthony. Just who is Saint Anthony? That might be the better question.

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The Feast of Saint Anthony and Hot Buttered Rum

January 17th is the Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot and the blessing of domestic animals. Saint Anthony the Abbot was a hermit-saint in the fourth century who died in the deserts of Egypt.

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