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1. Miss Cellania
   July 7th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

   To link two post on this page together, here’s the Patron Saint of Bacon.
   http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2008/05/the_patron_sain.html

2. CheeseDuck
   July 7th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

   Hail Expeditus!

3. cooties
   July 7th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

   Would he be ‘Expeditus the Expeditious’?

   Perhaps one day the Catholic church will get around to proclaiming a feast day in his honour.

4. aristan
   July 7th, 2008 at 3:21 pm

   My last name is Mungo & my heritage is Scottish, so I personally think St Mungo is the coolest on the list. I mean, how many saints are the patrons saint of people accused of breaking commandments? (He’s the patron of those who have been accused of Adultery. That’s where the ring in the fish comes in. He proved she was faithful.)

   The Coat of Arms of Glasgow is interesting because It has a saying by him on the bottom that has been edited to be secular. The original was “Lord, let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word,” but it’s been edited down to simply “Let Glasgow Flourish”.

   When Harry Potter first introduced St Mungo’s, I got so many phone calls on the release date letting me know that “I” was in the new book. I’ve been thinking of getting a St Mungo’s (HP Version) tattoo.

5. aristan
   July 7th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

   And to add to my post - St Mungo is the patron saint of salmon because Glasgow was a salmon fishing village before he built his Monastery there.

6. raoul
   July 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

   pirate attacks are alive and well thank you. aarrrrgh.

7. The Manticore
   July 7th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

   So if salmon want a good spawn where they don’t get eaten by bears, they pray to Saint Mungo?

8. sd
   July 7th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

   i saw that painting of apollonia at the louvre, it was gorgeous and ive remembered her ever since!

9. the lord
   July 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

   fu*k u saints lol

10. Polx
    July 7th, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    I was born and raised in Glasgow so from an early age was very familiar with the coat of arms and less so with the legends, which have never made any sense.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow#Heraldry

    the coat of arms rerads like a testament to failure.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glasgow_Coat_of_Arms.png

    Here is the bird that never flew
    Here is the tree that never grew
    Here is the bell that never rang
    Here is the fish that never swam

    Mungo was meant to have brought a wee bird back from the dead, some old nonsense about usign a tree to make a fire not go out and somehow this was the tree not growing…creative accountancy if nothing else.
    The bell I don’t understand at all, as it was meant to be from rome…but was mute.
    And the fish who retrieved the ring of some queen accused of putting it about a bity.

    Now the repeated stuff about how each never did what it was meant to has always struck me as guff, as in most instances they did, and the rest it didn’t seem to matter.

    I like it all though as it says something about the deliberately contrary nature of a lot of Glaswegians.

    my dear green place indeed.

11. Alex
    July 7th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    I invoke Expeditus daily, but for some unknown reason, procrastination wins out in the end …

12. RM
    July 7th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    Albinus is currently unemployed.

13. gonzilla
    July 7th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    All this time I thought Apollonia was a made name by Prince (he does go by Prince again, right?).

14. Moon
    July 7th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    Right. Saints. As I understand it, you can talk to the Big Cheese directly. You don’t need any middleman. It’s also my understanding that Big Cheese knows all, without you having to do anything. So why even bother?

15. clairmonde
    July 8th, 2008 at 4:40 am

    Saint Clare - the Patron Saint of Television - is my personal fav.

16. GoodBuddy
    July 8th, 2008 at 5:54 am

    Vitus - Patron Saint of dance.

17. Art Waite
    July 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am

    St. Leonard - patron saint of target and defensive shooters.

18. Hiram
    July 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    St. George the patron saint of Freemasonry? I’ve been a member of the Craft for more than 20 years and its the first I’ve heard of it.
    Masonic Lodges (at least those in the United States) are “dedicated to the Holy Saints John - John the Baptist and John the Evangalist.

19. Worrymon
    July 8th, 2008 at 11:44 am

    Saint Nicholas (yes, Santa) is, in addition to being the patron saint for children, sailors, prisoners and the City of Amsterdam is also the patron saint of prostitutes.

20. Carl
    July 9th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    Moon - aahhhh one of the many differences between Catholicism and the entirety of the rest of Christianity (Protestants)!

21. Leon
    July 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    St. Dismas is the patron saint of thieves.

22. chumpman
    August 1st, 2008 at 9:47 am

    The names are funny enough. How about St Columba? Heard of him?

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