medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
St Uncumber is the patron saint of abused wives; she should also be the
patron of transsexuals. There's a picture of her - sadly sans the
traditional beard - at
http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biou1/uncu1.html; but searching Google
Images under her alternative name of Wilgefortis brings up images in
bewildering variety.
http://www.godchecker.com/ does a mean side-line in the wilder realms of
the Christian saints; as other posters have noted, the saints of
Britanny, Cornwall, Ireland and Wales in particular seem to have an
above avergage Oddness Quotient: try Googling 'celtic saints' for some
examples.
Jon
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