Originally published at Lughnasa 1998. Henbane, whose botanical name is Hyoscyamus niger, is a member of the Solanaceae order of plants which includes such innocuous members as the humble potato and tomato but also highly poisonous and notorious ones such as belladonna, mandrake and the daturas.
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. English: The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-BarthÃ©lemy in French) was a wave of Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots (French Protestants).
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during His visit at the Patriarchal Monastery (October 27, 2009). Miracles During the Life of St. Irene. A group of wicked men were jealous of a certain relative of St. Irene who was a high ranking nobleman, and was from a proud and glorious family.