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	Running of the Bulls :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Saint Fermin was the patron saint of the diocese of Pamplona as well as the joint patron saint of Pamplona.
		Fermin was the son of Senator Firmus, the governor of Pamplona in the 3rd century.
		Saint Fermin is the patron saint of the Guilds of Cobblers, Winemakers, and Bakers.
	www.freewebs.com /cbielecki/history.htm (268 words)

	Saint Fermin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baroque-era depiction of Saint Fermin (left) and Saint Francis Xavier, principal co-patrons of the Kingdom of Navarre.
		Fermin is the co-patron of Pamplona, where his feast, the 'San Fermin', is forever associated with the Encierro or 'Running of the Bulls' made famous by Ernest Hemingway.
		Fermin is said to have been the son of a Roman of senatorial rank in Pamplona in the 3rd century, who was converted to Christianity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Fermin (456 words)

	V Centenary Francis Xavier
		On July 11th 1624 the Court of Navarre agreed to declare the recently proclaimed saint, Francis of Javier, Patron Saint of the Kingdom, and decided to organise religious celebrations each year in his honour.
		Navarre therefore decided to make Francis Xavier its patron saint before he was actually canonized as a saint on 12th March 1622, together with St Teresa of Jesus, Ignatius Loyola, St Isidore the Labourer and St Philip Romolo Neri ("the Apostle of Rome").
		Pamplona City Council considered the decision that Francis Xavier should replace the Kingdom's existing Patron Saint, St. Fermin (the city's first bishop) to be inappropriate and the situation provoked such serious clashes that Pope Alexander VI was forced to intervene.
	www.javier2006.com /en/navarra_y_javier/patrono.php (217 words)

	San Fermín
		The festival of San Fermin is deeply rooted celebration held annually from 6 June to 14 June in the city of Pamplona in north-eastern Spain.
		The festival's origins are not clear: it is thought to have originated as a commemoration of the death of Saint Fermin[?], who was martyred by being dragged through the streets of Pamplona by bulls.
		There are 13th century and 14th century texts referring to the event: up to the 15th century, the festival was held in October but was moved to July to avoid unpredictable weather.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/en/Encierro.html (648 words)

	SANFERMIN.COM
		In spite of this, both in Amiens and in Pamplona, the devotion to the saint is maintained by the citizens of both towns.
		This man sent Fermin to Tolosa to receive an education and he asked the local archbishop of that place to ordain him in order to make him a missionary of the Christian faith to convert the pagans.
		For the people of Pamplona at that time, the idea that they had a saint who it seemed had once been a bishop from their town, was something to be valued.
	www.sanfermin.com /2004/desarev_new.php?id=8&lang=eng (1178 words)

	St. Thomas the Apostle - Organ
		The organ at Saint Thomas is one of southern California's premier concert organs.
		The Saint Thomas Organ was built from 1988 to 1990 by master organ builder Weston Harris, of West Hollywood, and Thomas J. McDonough, of Point Fermin.
		The organ of Saint Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church is dedicated to the glory and worship of God, continuing the Anglican tradition of musical excellence, and enriching those who enter these walls.
	www.saintthomashollywood.org /stthomas/page.php?ref=Organ&ts_hld=parish (1173 words)

	San Fermín - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is known locally as Sanfermines and is held in honor of Saint Fermin, the patron saint of Pamplona and Navarre as a whole.
		At Pamplona, Saint Fermin – who was actually martyred at Amiens – is now sometimes said to have met his end by being dragged through the streets of Pamplona by bulls, a fate also attributed to his mentor, Saint Saturnin of Toulouse.
		The biggest day is 7 July, when thousands of people accompany the effigy of Saint Fermin along the streets of Pamplona, along with dancers and street entertainers, such as carnival giants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Fermin (1250 words)

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		Some important monuments are saint cernin and saint nicolas two gotic churches of the city.
		You can visit the barroc town hall, the saint lorenzo's church where you can find saint fermin's chapel, the citadel one of the biggest of Europe and the goverment palacem, the museum of Navarra and the cathedral museum.
		Saint Sepulcher church that was began in the XII century and it was finished at the XVI.
	library.thinkquest.org /26919/data/eng/artenava.htm (566 words)

	Festivals of Western Europe: Festivals: 10. Festivals of Spain
		On Saint Joseph's Eve, Valencia's young girls from sixteen to twenty years old, carry through the streets the image of the Virgen de los Desamparados, Virgin of the Forsaken, patroness of the city.
		Saint Joseph, patron of carpenters is honored on an immense scale as the effigies of animals, gods, and human beings are silhouetted in changing, flashing color against the midnight sky.
		The remains of the saint were carried in solemn procession to the village where the king lay.
	www.sacred-texts.com /etc/fwe/fwe12.htm (6790 words)

	Santificarnos: What Is The Relationship Between Saint Fermin And The Running Of The Bulls In Pamplona?
		Often when Spain and Summer is mentioned, people respond with phrases that reflect visions of sangria, flamenco and the running of the bulls in Pamplona during the San Fermin festivities.
		Nobody seems to ask, "Who was Saint Fermin?" nor for that matter what is the connection to the running of the bulls - and even more importantly, "Is this a religious celebration?".
		Saint Fermin is one of many locally venerated Catholic saints.
	www.santificarnos.com /2006/09/what-is-relationship-between-saint.html (753 words)

	San Fermin Patron Saint
		Thousands of people dressed in immaculate white clothes accompany the image of the Saint, which is paraded through the streets of the Casco Antigo(the old quarter) by the civil and church authorities of the city.
		San Fermin was the son of a Roman Senator Firmus that rules in Pamplona in the 3rd century.
		The Fiesta of San Fermin is to honor Pamplona's Patron Saint.
	www.bullrunners.co.uk /patron.htm (286 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		September 25 - On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France.
		The Augusti and the Caesars are united for the first time to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of the accession of Diocletian.
		March 4 - Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=303 (153 words)

	Navarra: The "Sanfermines". The Procession of San Fermín
		His son Fermín was named bishop at a very young age and in turn evangelized Gaul until he was imprisoned in Amiens and beheaded on the twentyfifth of September.
		The celebrations in his honour used to take place on the tenth of October when his arrival in Amiens was commemorated, but as early as 1591 the celebration was transferred to the seventh of July, a much more suitable time for the festival than unpredictable Autumn.
		The image carried through the streets of the three old districts which made up medieval Pamplona, Navarrería, the borough of San Cernin and the village of San Nicolás, is a silver-plated wooden sculpture from the end of the XVth century with a locket, also in silver, open in the chest.
	www.navarra.com /english/sanfermin/procesion.htm (320 words)

	July 7 Saints of the Day
		San Fermin was the son of a Roman Senator Firmus that rules in Pamplona in the 3rd century.
		The Fiesta of San Fermin is to honor Pamplona's Patron Saint.
		The Running of the Bulls was not the reason for the original fiesta but something that became part of the fiesta.
	religion-cults.com /saints/july7.htm (227 words)

	SANFERMIN.TV - Toda la información sobre los sanfermines, el encierro, los toros y Navarra
		Basically, it consists of running in front of the bulls for a short distant through the narrow streets of the old part of the city from the corrals of Santo Domingo to the Plaza de Toros where, in the afternoon they will be killed in the bullring.
		The dangerous journey which is celebrated every morning from the 7th to the 14th of July begins at 8 am although those who wish to run must enter before 7:30.
		A few minutes before it begins, the runners plead to San Fermin and sing the song of the saint three times before a statuette of the saint adorned with the red kerchief of the peñas in the Cuesta de Santo Domingo.
	www.sanfermin.tv /eng/encierro_hoy.asp?tema=14 (478 words)

	The Running of the Bulls and the Fiesta of San Fermin in Pamplona -theRunningoftheBullsInfo.com
		1) San Fermin religious celebrations honoring San Fermin were held on October 10th 2) Trade fairs, the Feria del Toro, and bullfights which took place in July since the 14th century.
		Or the "Encierro" as it is known in Spain, was born out of a necessity to transfer the bulls from outside the town to the bullring.
		At 7:55am, the runners some 70 meters beyond the bulls corrals, sing to a statue of San Fermin in a niche, asking him to protect them.
	members.aol.com /pamplonaweb/sanfermin101.htm (972 words)

	303 - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		September 25 - On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France.
		The Augusti and the Caesars are united for the first time to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of the accession of Diocletian.
		April 23 - Saint George, soldier of the Roman Empire and later Christian martyr.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=303 (161 words)

	Running of the Bulls Tours History
		This Saint, famous patron of the Corridas de San Fermin, (Bull Fights of San Fermin) was born in Pamplona.
		The origin of the San Fermin fiesta is not quite clear There are chronicles from the XIII and XIV centuries which already mention the Sanfermines which, up to the XVI century, were held in October to coincide with Saint's festival but were later moved to July because of the unpredictable weather of the former month.
		According to many historians, the Sanfermines were formed from three separate fiestas: those of a religious nature in honor of San Fermín and which have taken place since time immemorial, the commercial fiestas organized since the XIV century and the taurine (bull fight) festivals which were centered around the bullfights, also since the XIV century.
	www.comtours.com /bulls/history.html (1574 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Running With Scissors
		The running of the bulls is part of the Fiesta de San Fermin (Festival of Saint Fermin), which is held this time each year in honour of Pamplona's first bishop.
		Which leads me to wonder: who the heck is Saint Fermin, and would he be flattered by something involving a bunch of inebriated people and panicky, ticked-off animals
		Saint Fermin doesn't appear to have had much to do with bulls, although he may have eaten one or two.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2816002 (1075 words)

	Best Festivals in Europe - Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain
		The Running of the Bulls is by far the most well known episode of the longer Festival of San Fermín, celebrated in the city of Pamplona, Spain annually from July 6th to July 14th.
		This festival, commemorating the patron saint of Pamplona with wild carnivals, festive costumes, and drunken revelry (can someone say sangria?) is of deep-seated cultural value, with its origins dating back centuries.
		The largest day of the celebration is July 7th, when a procession bearing an effigy of Saint Fermín marches through the city, departing from the City Hall and ending at the cathedral.
	onesummerineurope.com /running-of-the-bulls.php (292 words)

	Newsletter Nº 11 - July 2006
		The origins of the festivities of “Saint Fermín” go back to the Middle Age and they are related to three celebrations: the religious actions to honour San Fermín, intensified since the 12th century, the commercial fairs and the bullfights, which are already documented in the 14th century.
		His son Fermín was christened by Saint Saturnine in the place that is nowadays known as the “little well of Saint Cernin” and ordained as a priest in Toulouse (France).
		According to tradition, Saint Fermín was the very first bishop of Pamplona event though the cult is not recorded until the 12th century, imported from Amiens, where he had been present in the litanies since the 8th century.
	www.laslilasschool.com /newsletter/news11/news11en.htm (3679 words)

	OFF TO THE RACES / Pamplona's Festival of Saint Fermin is a nonstop, nine-day party
		It was five days into the nine-day Fiestas of San Fermin, which begin July 6 every year and feature around-the-clock revelry, bullfights in the afternoon and the infamous running of the bulls every morning.
		Fermin grew up to become a preacher and was beheaded for proselytizing in Amiens, France.
		The half-mile route begins on a ramping stretch of cobblestone called Santo Domingo, where runners pray to San Fermin and wag rolled-up tabloids at his statue in a niche in the wall.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/16/TR91959.DTL&type=printable (2130 words)

	ATH 175 Peoples of the World
		The fiesta of San Fermin, held in Pamplona, Spain, is a celebration of religion and culture.
		The fiesta of San Fermin is important to local culture, economy, and religion, it is a right of intensification and thus reinforces local religion and in this case, the economy and culture as well.
		The figure of San Fermin, as shown in the Artifact section below, is paraded around along with the Comparsa's and other various acts which head to the church.
	www.units.muohio.edu /ath175/student/LITCHFMR (982 words)

	San Fermín Guide
		Nearly 400 years ago, in 1591, the authorities of the city decided to change the dates due to the bad weather that used to be in October.
		Although, funny enough, he's neither the Patron Saint of the city (that honour goes to San Saturnino), nor the patron saint of the Region (that honour goes to another local boy - St. Francis Xavier)
		It’s a bit ironic really that, with the curriculum that he’s got, this saint should be the excuse for the annual Baccal that has become so famous round the world.
	www.sanfermin.com /guia/in_sanfermin.shtml (545 words)

	Running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
		The singing of the prayer to Saint Fermin, the all night partying, and the thrill of being pursued through the streets of Pamplona by an animal which, if your luck has gone bad, could maim or even kill you.
		Here, the runners who are bunched together, sing to the saint: "We ask San Fermin, as our Patron, to guide us through the Bull Run and give us his blessing," to ask his protection just before the bulls are let loose from the pen.
		At 7:55 the first prayer to Saint Fermin went up from the crowd of runners, then another at 7:57 and finally the third and last at 7:59.
	www.lostgeneration.com /article2.htm (1485 words)

	Digital Journal
		The bullfighting tradition is an important part of the Saint Fermin festival, the patron saint of the northern city of Pamplona.
		The fiesta draws hundreds of thousands of outsiders to a week-long July extravaganza of drinking, music and fireworks, which features the hair-raising spectacle of young men defying death by running alongside fierce fighting bulls in the narrow streets of the old city centre.
		The residents of Alcudia, which celebrate their patron Saint James in July, recently told the daily El Pais that fiestas are not the same with crowds of tourists, highrise hotels blocking the sea views and souvenir shops lining the streets.
	www.digitaljournal.com /print/article/34658 (599 words)

	San Fermin - Pamplona
		It is the most popular and most famous of all Spanish fiestas and is known throughout the world and visited each year by thousands of foreign tourists.
		The festival of San Fermin was originally held in September but was transferred to July in 1591 due to the unpredictable nature of the autumn weather.
		Bull running seems to date back to the 14 th century and there is a tradition of it all over Spain where numerous towns and villages practice the ritual in the festivals.
	www.babylon-idiomas.com /eng/htm/resources-san-fermin.htm (664 words)

	Saint Joseph Catholic Church - Mission San Jose
		At the Ohlone Indian village of Oroysom, Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen founded this fourteenth of twenty-one franciscan missions June 11, 1797.
		Saint Augustine, writing in the IV century, said: “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song.” The word comes from the Hebrew 'Hallelujah' and means 'Praise the Lord.’
		Today, Saint Joseph Catholic Community Old Mission San Jose is an active and faith filled parish.
	www.saintjosephmsj.org /index.html (273 words)

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