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Dear Cecilia,
what a wonderful idea, and you must let us know if the film
ever gets made. Perpetua would be a good one for killing by
animals. Saints who have institutions such as monastic
houses to look after tend to be quite stroppy on behalf of
their places: see Edmund, for example, all Christian
forebearance in life and much more aggressive afterwards.
Sarah
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:06:00 -0700 Cecilia Gaposchkin
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> Dear all,
>
> I have two questions for a british screen-writing cousin of mine who is
> working on a teenage horror film (yes) that revolves around the motif of
> martyrdom (its a very clever plot, actually).
>
> Most specifically, can anyone think of a female martyr saint who was
> killed my animals. I suppose being killed in the arena is sufficient. It
> would be good if she had a name the translated easily into the modern
> idiom.
>
> Second, I've promised my cousin that there was a grand tradition of
> vengeful saints (you get the premise of the horror film...), and I can
> think of a few off the top of my head but they seem not quite right. Can
> anyone think of good examples of a vengeful martyr-saint who wrought
> revenge, especially on someone who desecrated the church/relics/lands/etc.
> of the saint.
>
> I know this is specific. I can't imagine examples don't exist.
>
> Many thanks and great appreciation will follow any and all help. I am
> about to go trolling through Butler...
>
> Cecilia Gaposchkin -- historian and occassional film consultant... (joke)
>
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