Cleaners' patron saint day, so no street cleaning today

Saint Martin of Porras (image), the Dominican monk who became patron saint of cleaners has his day today and we can't help notice an article in EuropaSur that announces that the streets of San Roque will not be cleaned for that reason. Nor can we can't help wondering whether other towns and villages will be cancelling street cleaning - and then we remember that, as always, religion is more than tinged with politics: San Roque (with its own saint, indeed) is run by the PP and by Mayor Fernando Palma, a staunch Catholic. Not so other municipalities that are either in political or financial chaos and may have not taken into account the celebrations for St Martin of Porras. In fact, several saints have their day each day in the Catholic calendar, though not all are patron saints of anything; today's include Saint Sylvia of Constantinople, St Winfred of Wales, St Sylvia, Mother of St. Gregory Magnus and St, Malachy of Armagh, among others. In Spain it used to be the custom to name a child for the saint of its birth day though it has now come into disuse at least among most of the population. Anyway, we won't be doing much cleaning around here today either.