Today is the Feast of St. Sixtus. That is he pictured above! And if you think the name Sixtus is cool you should see it in Latin. He was an early pope who was martyred and his name appears in the Roman Canon heard in the Tridentine Mass I attend and it appears as Xysti.
Xystus!
In the objective case, is my guess. It has been a while since my high school Latin classes.
With the "X" version I have no problem but when I see it "Sixtus" with an "S," I am sorry, all I can think of is Sixtus Beckmesser from Wagner's "Die Meistersinger."
May we present a very cool clip featuring Sir Thomas Allen? He follows in the footsteps of great comic Sixtus Beckmessers including, I am proud to say, Erich Kunz. And our Walther von Stolzing, Ben Heppner, follows in the footsteps of great big Walther von Stolzings.
I love when Sachs is singing his song about Eve in Paradise, and Walther whispers to Eva: "Why is your name in his song?"
And she says: "I've heard it before. It's not about me."
Hahahaa.
And later the idea of Eve in Paradise will work its way into Walther's Prize Song.
Anyway. I hope St. Sixtus had a sense of humor and does not mind this. The fact that his name appears on a fine Trappist ale...
.... suggests that he can take a joke.
Take it, Sir Thomas:
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