Favourite Patron Saints
- ISBN-10
- 1437979432
- ISBN-13
- 9781437979435
- Series
- Favourite Patron Saints
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-01
- Author
- Paul Burns
Description
Many saints, through the circumstances of their lives or from stories attached to them after their death, have become patrons (protectors). The associations are sometimes logical (Mother Xavier Cabrini and emigrants) and sometimes odd (St. Frances of Rome and motorists) but always interesting. Patron saints 'protect' countries, cities, trades, various groups and classes of persons. They are also invoked against ills, so St. Stephen, the first martyr, stoned to death, is invoked against headaches. The saints presented here are chosen for good reasons stemming from lives of heroic virtue and considerable achievement. This is a book about real people, heroes and heroines of twenty centuries. The illus. draw on traditional images and emblems.
