Eulalia of Merida, patron of strong-willed children.
Apparently she lived during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian; story is her worried parents took her to their country estate, because asMeg Hunter-Kilmer puts it, “Their concern wasn’t so much that their sweet daughter would be caught by government officials as that their indignant daughter might go out looking for the persecutors to reprimand them.”
Which she eventually did, of course, thereby martyr.
Saint Eligius supposedly was asked to help with a horse that wouldn't let itself be shod. St. Eligius cut off the horse's foreleg, put a shoe on the amputated leg, then re-attached the leg to the horse.
Saints Crispian and Crispin (twin brothers) were thrown in a river with millstones around their necks. They survived, so the emperor Diocletian had them beheaded!
This was a fascinating read! I have no saint stories but I find it so interesting how many saints had some macabre stories attached to them much like Greek gods & heroes (since so much of Greek god worship & myth can be seen in the tradition of early Christian saints)
Eulalia of Merida, patron of strong-willed children.
Apparently she lived during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian; story is her worried parents took her to their country estate, because asMeg Hunter-Kilmer puts it, “Their concern wasn’t so much that their sweet daughter would be caught by government officials as that their indignant daughter might go out looking for the persecutors to reprimand them.”
Which she eventually did, of course, thereby martyr.
😬 Some people just have to look for trouble.
Saint Eligius supposedly was asked to help with a horse that wouldn't let itself be shod. St. Eligius cut off the horse's foreleg, put a shoe on the amputated leg, then re-attached the leg to the horse.
Saints Crispian and Crispin (twin brothers) were thrown in a river with millstones around their necks. They survived, so the emperor Diocletian had them beheaded!
Wow. One, that poor horse. Also, that seems like a lot of trouble to go through just to shoe a horse.
Two, the Romans were so bad at naming their children.
Hey, Crispian and Crispin is better than Pete and Repete; or as an Uncle named his brother's kids, Denise and Denephew...😂
😂 I wouldn’t put it past the Romans.
This was a fascinating read! I have no saint stories but I find it so interesting how many saints had some macabre stories attached to them much like Greek gods & heroes (since so much of Greek god worship & myth can be seen in the tradition of early Christian saints)
Oh wow, I’d never heard of the connection between the Greek god and early saints, that’s interesting.
When I hear ‘saints’ now, my brain goes straight to Silt Verses lol
That story is bonkers! Have you listened to the last one with the motel?
So good
Carpenter doing the guitar bit? I almost died.
Brilliant post. I can't think of any to add off the top of my head but there must be hundreds of these gruesome tales. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you! There are a lot, it was tough to pick.