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georgiaboy
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Just curious, RA & Firenze.
Does any other disease (STD or other) have a patron saint?? Seems weird to me.
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Ariel
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quote: Originally posted by georgiaboy: Does any other disease (STD or other) have a patron saint??
Oh dear yes, lots. It was something of an industry in the Middle Ages - no point in having saints if they didn't do something useful for you.
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Penny S
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I'm just catching up on the BBC programme on the Plantagenets, in which the presenter has just told me that Henry III was devoted to Edward the Confessor, the only English king to be canonised.
Does this mean that all those others are irregular saints?
And Brenda, did you notice
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Heavenly Anarchist
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quote: Originally posted by Penny S: I'm just catching up on the BBC programme on the Plantagenets, in which the presenter has just told me that Henry III was devoted to Edward the Confessor, the only English king to be canonised.
[/QUOTE] I love BBC history programmes and Bartlett is a favourite. He's written some excellent, if slightly weighty, books on Norman history too (his Norman series was lurking around on iPlayer last week). I've just browsed his page on Amazon and am very tempted by his book on saints and worshippers.
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Robert Armin
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Ariel and Brenda Clough - neither list mentions George and syphilis. Has the BBC got it wrong, or is my memory going?
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Firenze
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quote: Originally posted by Robert Armin: Ariel and Brenda Clough - neither list mentions George and syphilis. Has the BBC got it wrong, or is my memory going?
There's probably a saint for memory loss. St Thingie.
But George is on on the heavenly team for syphilis.
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Ariel
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I don't think there is a specific saint who deals with memory as such, but you could try St Anthony for restoring lost things, or St Dymphna who deals with mental afflictions.
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Brenda Clough
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I was particularly struck by St. Expeditus, invoked against procrastination.
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Sandemaniac
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...or not, as the case may be.
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