Feast day of St Peter the Apostle and St Paul the Apostle

(Yellow rattle, Rhinanthus galli, is today's plant, dedicated to St Peter; also a local holiday in Rome, of which they are patron saints)

The joint feast of Saints Peter and Paul seems always to have been kept at Rome on June 29, and might go back at least to the time of Constantine (b. 274). In 9th century England, the Christian feasts were confined to Christmas, Epiphany, three days of Easter, Assumption, Saints Peter and Paul, St Gregory, and All Saints ...