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Holy Beans of history, racial healing, and liturgy stuff

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Oct 26, 2021
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Hey everybody,

Today is the feast of St. Bean, and this is The Tuesday Pillar Post.

St. Bean? Who the —St. Bean?!

Actually, it turns out there are two saints Bean. Our friend of the day was the founding bishop of Mortlach in Banff, which is an ancient diocese of Scotland. You could find it somewhere in the Highlands, near where salmon run from the North Se…

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