Memorial of St. Jerome, priest and doctor of the church. Rather vulgar fellow.
"Parce mihi Domine, quia Dalmatia sum" -- "Forgive me, Lord, I'm from this kind of place." (Dalmatia, technically.) A surprisingly common prayer in this part of the world. Borderlands, and the proximate strangers. The mimetic competition to exceed in virtue is good, but it soon turns to violence, and the violence becomes habitual.