The San Fermin Festival and the Running of the Bulls

The San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, has been celebrated for centuries. The festival honors San Fermin. The festival itself is exciting, however, the focal point of the festival is the running of the bulls.
San Fermin was the son of a local patriarch of Pamplona in the third century A.D. (www.therunningofthebulls.net). One day a French bishop named Saturnino came to preach to the local heathens of Pamplona. His preaching affected San Fermin so much that San Fermin traveled to Toulouse, France to study and become a bishop. …