medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Please!! More odd saints. I am making a list for students.
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:08:23 -0000
Jon Cannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
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> St Uncumber is the patron saint of abused wives; she should also be
>the
> patron of transsexuals. There's a picture of her - sadly sans the
> traditional beard - at
> http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biou1/uncu1.html; but searching
>Google
> Images under her alternative name of Wilgefortis brings up images in
> bewildering variety.
>
> http://www.godchecker.com/ does a mean side-line in the wilder
>realms of
> the Christian saints; as other posters have noted, the saints of
> Britanny, Cornwall, Ireland and Wales in particular seem to have an
> above avergage Oddness Quotient: try Googling 'celtic saints' for
>some
> examples.
>
> Jon
>
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