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Saint Lucy, the patron saint of the blind
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009Lucy means light. Saint Lucy, also known as Saint Lucia or Saint Lukia is the patron saint of the blind. Born to rich and noble parents in Syracuse, Sicily, in the year 283 AD she lost her Roman father in infancy. She was raised by her Greek mother, Eutychia, who instilled in her the sense of sharing with the poor.1 Lucy grew up to be a devout ...
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Saint Blase, patron saint of otorhinolaryngology
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2001Otorhinolaryngology is one of the few medical specialities which has a patron saint, Saint Blase (born 317-AD). He was a Doctor and Bishop in Sebaste, Armenia, and he suffered martyrdom under the rule of the Roman Emperor Licinio (Iliria 250 AD - Tsalonica 325 AD). He was acknowledged as having the ability to protect people against throat infections,
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Saint Bernadette, the Saint of Lourdes
International Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2013Bernadette Soubirous, January 7, 1844, to April 16, 1879. Canonized December 8, 1933. An esophageal biopsy showing columnar lined Barrett’s mucosa. The tiny fragment of residual squamous epithelium in this biopsy brings to mind an image of St Bernadette praying.
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Saint Cadoc, Saint Docco and Saint Oudoceus
The Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture, 2019St Docco appears in early Irish sources where we might expect Cadoc, whose cult therefore may be suspected to have displaced his. The hypothesis is advanced that St Docco was the dominant cult-figure of South East Wales before Cadoc, as the patron of an episcopal establishment more, or less, directly associated with Llandough, near the sub-Roman fort ...
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Revue Internationale d'Onomastique, 1952
L. C. Saint-Jores, Saint-Denis. In: Revue Internationale d'Onomastique, 4e année N°3, Septembre 1952. p. 218.
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L. C. Saint-Jores, Saint-Denis. In: Revue Internationale d'Onomastique, 4e année N°3, Septembre 1952. p. 218.
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1998
There are nearly 300 saints whose names are associated with diseases or the cure of the sick and this relationship has come about either by some miracle attributed to them or by some aspect of their martyrdom. Some diseases have a number of saints as patrons and some saints have many different patronages.
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There are nearly 300 saints whose names are associated with diseases or the cure of the sick and this relationship has come about either by some miracle attributed to them or by some aspect of their martyrdom. Some diseases have a number of saints as patrons and some saints have many different patronages.
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Journal of Religion and Health, 1976
The Irish Saint Dympna, a distant and misty figure, with her martyrdom inspired a millenary tradition of family and community care for the mentally ill at Geel, in Belgium. She is the Catholic patron of the mentally afflicted.The French Saint Vincent de Paul, a powerful leader, took care of the insane and the poor in gentle ways; worked for reforms in ...
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The Irish Saint Dympna, a distant and misty figure, with her martyrdom inspired a millenary tradition of family and community care for the mentally ill at Geel, in Belgium. She is the Catholic patron of the mentally afflicted.The French Saint Vincent de Paul, a powerful leader, took care of the insane and the poor in gentle ways; worked for reforms in ...
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