San onofre
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With only 36 hours in Lisbon, there was little time to explore Portugal's capital. I wanted to visit the city's most well-known art museum. So, when I asked a cab driver to take me to the Museum of Fine Art, I was taken to the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. (Roughly translated as the "National Museum of Ancient Art," the term "ancient" in Portuguese does not have exactly the same meaning in English, which would imply anything from pre-historic to, perhaps, the birth of Christ.)
The Museum's collection represents works from the Middle Ages to the mid-nineteenth century. While it is not the only museum of fine art or necessarily the best, it was where I was taken. And, I am forever grateful to the cabbie who took me there.
Not surprisingly, the preponderance of the collection corresponds to the period when Portugal was among the world's superpowers. It is dominated by masters from the fifteen to seventeenth centuries, when Portugal was made rich discovering and trading with much of the world.
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History of San Onofre
The Thirties
Sometime during the mid-’30s, rumors began buzzing of a “fish camp,” with incredible surf, located on a beach in an obscure; desolate place called San Onofre.
As surfing’s popularity had increased at spots like Long Beach flood control, Corona Del Mar and Palos Verdes’ Bluff Cove, so had the idea of searching for new breaks. In those days, riding 11-14 foot planks and paddleboards at a dumping beachbreak like Hermosa was a challenging feat. So when word got back to the surfers at Corona Del Mar and Palos Verdes, about a gently sloping, long-peeling wave with size and consistency, they were immediately intrigued. Depending where you lived in SoCal, the drive averaged one to three hours, down the two-lane coast highway to get to ‘Nofre. It was an inland cruise by way of San Juan Capistrano through the citrus groves from which Orange County got its name– there was no highway along the Laguna coast at the time.
The chaparral-covered valleys and canyons surrounding San Onofre’s beach were owned by the Santa Margarita Ranch, which dates bac
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Saint Onofrio of Panaia
Biography
Saint Onofrio of Panaia, also known as Onofrio Catanzaro, Onofrio the Hermit, or Onofre, was a revered Catholic saint who lived a life dedicated to prayer, solitude, and spiritual discipline. He is particularly venerated in Calabria, Italy, where he spent most of his life as a hermit in the forests of Panaia. Onofrio was born in the town of Catanzaro in Calabria, around the end of the 10th century. From a young age, he exhibited a deep interest in spirituality and a strong desire to follow a life of holiness. As a young man, he was drawn to the principles of the Basilian Rule, which emphasized a monastic way of life based on the teachings of Saint Basil the Great. Yearning for a life of solitude, Onofrio left his family and possessions behind and retreated to the dense forests of Panaia, located in the southern part of Calabria. There, he established himself as a hermit and dedicated his days to prayer, meditation, and self-mortification. Despite the harsh conditions and rigorous ascetic practices he undertook, Onofrio's piety and wisdom at
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