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In a message dated 99-08-11 12:00:06 EDT, you write: << Tiburtius and Susanna, martyrs (third century?) - Tiburtius walked over hot coals to prove the power of his faith, but this was treated as a magic stunt, and he was beheaded; so to was Susanna, on a separate occasion * Alexander the Charcoal-Burner, bishop of Comana, martyr (275?) - patron of charcoal-burners * Equitius, abbot (c. 560) - described in some detail by Gregory the Great; buried in church of St Laurence in L'Aquila * Blaan or Blane, bishop (c. 590?) - when the church lights went out during night office, he struck a fire from his own fingernails Let's see a grilled saint, firewalkers, a charcoal burner, another saint (under an obvious pseudonym) buried in the church of the grilled saint and finally St. Fire-from -the-fingertips. Is there a pattern here or am I imagining things? mark %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%