medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:47:55 EDT
> From: Ann Ball <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Rock Collecting Bishop
> Just ran across a photo of a carving obviously outside a church of a male
> saint with bishop's mitre and he is holding three large rocks in his cloak (he
> has lifted the cloak up to carry them) and it looks like a fourth rock sits on
> his shoulder. By any chance does anyone recognize this?
> Ann
Picking this up rather belatedly, it occurs to me that this gentleman would
make an excellent patron saint for geologists. Lugging the rocks about in
his cloak like that sounds dismally familiar-- I expect it was raining, too.
Do geologists have another patron?
Pat (a palaeontologist by trade)
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