medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, January 15, 2007, at 1:00 pm, Marjorie Greene wrote:
>
> >Is Maurus the patron saint of lifeguards?
>
> Even sleepwalkers have a patron (Dymphna) but lifeguards are left to
> fend
> for themselves. Considering the huge array of
> ailments/occupations/hobbies/etc/etc provided with a patron, it's
> amazing
> that there seems to be no patron of lifeguards. Swimmers have one (I
> forget
> who it is) but no saint is there for those who guard them.
> MG
Patron saint of swimmers: Adjutor of Vernon (there may of course be others).
See:
http://giverny.org/vernon/stadjgb.htm
Best,
John Dillon
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