Saint Catherine's Day egg, sugar, lard or butter, and Caraway seeds. The custom of lighting a revolving pyrotechnic display (a 'Catherine Wheel firework') to celebrate the saint's feast day is assisted by the ready supply of such fireworks during the month of November, due to the secular celebration of Guy Fawkes Night earlier in the month. St. Catherine's taffy is a candy made by French Canadian girls to honor St. Catherine, the patron saint of unmarried women on her feast day. St. Catherine's Day is sometimes known in among French-Canadians as "taffy day," a day when marriage-age girls would make taffy for eligible
Annunciation with St John the Baptist and St Andrew Annunciation with St John the Baptist and St Andrew Annunciation with St John the Baptist and St Andrew is a c.1485 oil on panel painting by Filippino Lippi. An early work by the artist, it shows an Annunciation scene between John the Baptist (left, patron saint of Florence) and Andrew (right, with his diagonal cross). In the background is a view of Florence, meaning it may have been commissioned for an individual or institution in the city - the view includes Santa Maria del Fiore, Giotto's Campanile, the Bargello and the Badia. It is influenced by several other artists, including