On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, CA Muessig wrote:
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> * Michelina da Pesaro, widow (1356) - converted to a life of poverty by
> a Franciscan tertiary named Syriaca; once, when Michelina failed to
> resist the temptation to eat pork, she beat herself with an iron chain
> until the blood flowed: she exclaimed to herself, 'Do you still want
> pork, Michelina? Do you still want pork?' Not after that, she didn't.
>
The patron-saint of pigs, oink oink. We have officially entered
silly-season! Apologies in advance for being so boarish.
Mike the Swineherd
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