> Some more remarks on St Walstan of Bawburgh: he is the patron saint of
> farm labourers and livestock, specialising in those who have lost their
genitals ;
> Sarah Salih
'Have we ever heard the like?' as John Bale wrote (or in words like it) in his
version of the legend.
Two questions:
Of Julia, what's the context for the Wul(f)stan association with lost genitals,
and is it possible one legend might have contaminated the other?
Of list members generally:
Who are the other Priapic saints? [Priapus as impotence-healer, I mean ;-) ]
Graham Jones
Leicester
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