Jan. 17 is the day of San Antonio Abad, the patron of the lower Catalans and pigs; then quadrupeds are blessed. Muleteers and asses perform the tres Tours, a procession 3 times round his church: observe their costume and the huge tortells, a sort of loaf which is hung to their saddles. »

17 January Los PP. de las Escuelas Pias celebran la fiesta de san Antonio Abad, santo tutelar de su iglesia, con oficio solemne, música y sermon, y por la tarde el rosario, concluyendo la funcion con los gozos del santo. Por la mañana hay bendicion de animales, por consiguiente la concurrencia en las inmediaciones de la iglesia [...] »

With the life of San Carlo our host had lent another volume from his stores, perhaps from our curiosity concerning his native saint, thinking us on the road to conversion, and that it was right to light our way by a few miracles more. The volume proved one of the renowned “Golden Legends of Saints,” [...] »