medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Does a 17th century saint dealing with VERY local disasters count? St. Marguerite Bourgeoys' portrait, flung into the fire, saved at least one convent of the Congregation de Notre Dame from destruction. Bernadette Filotas On 8-Mar-10, at 1:50 PM, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote: > Greetings, > Can any hagiographers on the list give me an example or two of saints > who (at least according to their vitae!) actively > protect their churches, monasteries, or dioceses? I want something a > bit more local than the Virgin Mary's tunic (?) protecting > Byzantium - preferably major disaster to someone who dared to steal > the saintīs property, however defined (with precise references, > please!) > Meg ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html