September 11:virgo

Birthday flower: the narcissus

Roman times was executed martyr, st Kim, a flower

Since ancient times, the Christian saint and specific flowers have links together the habits, this followed in the church when honor saints, often caused by altar ornament with blooming flowers!In medieval Catholic monasteries, is like a garden center, planting a variety of flowers.Over time, the church will be 366 days of saint respectively and different flowers together, form the so-called flower calendar.At that time most of the monastery is located in the southern region, and southern Europe belongs to the Mediterranean climate, very suitable for planting flowers and plants.The lilies of the colchicine, was chosen to sacrifice to the Roman era was put to death early martyr - st Kim, a.When his tomb was found in 1845, tombstone wrote a famous word and death year, in the tomb and left the carbonization of bones.

saysMedicine:

Colchicine used to treat gout, rheumatism, very effective.But a lot of intake endangers life!This is called "a good medicine tastes bitter" probably a word the representation of the flowers!Therefore, colchicum means "medicine".Born blessed this flower, very gung noise, that has clearly is telling the truth, but others don't want to hear.Because people sometimes avoid the bitter thing, no matter how good it is good medicine, so "speak" the three elements must grasp the time, place, object does not say the wrong thing!

Birthstone: sapphire

Ruby and sapphire are a good partner.These two gems of original rock is steel jade, depending on the combination of the original stone contains trace elements, and has a different color.

Only called ruby red, other colors are collectively referred to as the sapphire.If the stone is yellow, it is called a topaz, green is called turquoise.Ordinary what we call a sapphire "refers to a special sapphire.Sapphire, the top is the color like cornflower Kashmir sapphire.

The legend of sapphire

Present a serene sky blue sapphire, and the sky is belong to the dwelling place of god, so people believe that this kind of gem, god will grant should be smart, so it became the symbol of thinking and Christian will Moses the ten commandments on the gem.Christian legend the only god, will take off, himself a throne of sapphire into chaos of the universe, and created the world.Later, god will sapphire is divided into two, the commandment written on it.Moses saw after these words, rewrite the ten commandments.Therefore, headed by the Pope, the archbishop of the clergy, mystics, etc., until today is still very precious sapphire.