the saints and all the martyrs

heaven and Jesus and the saints and all the martyrs

Saint Benedict seems cool. left Rome to be a wandering hermit, ended up living in a cave for 3 years like some Tibetan monk. he became a local legend and was asked to take over for the recently deceased abbot of a nearby monastery. he instituted the "Rule of Saint Benedict" which became the standard rule-set for Xtian monasteries and was strict (it was said he knew when people broke the rules even when far from the monastery and he would call bad behavior out on his return) and punitive enough to make him plenty of enemies, who repeatedly tried to poison him, occasions of which there are all these miracles attached. he blessed a poisoned cup and it shattered. he blessed a piece of poisoned bread and a raven came and took it away. when he got tired of this he left his post to go back to living in a cave.

his story is a lot longer and seems pretty cool. i wonder if anyone has written a story about him that doesn't just focus on his monastery rules.

The monks of Ely were notorious saint stealers, but they were also responsible for a saint-jacking when they stole the body of St Eadnoth when it was en route to Ramsey in 1016. Is anyone aware of any other saint-jackings where relics have been intercepted and stolen en route? pic.twitter.com/A7BuyYlIsx

— Dr Francis Young (@DrFrancisYoung) June 12, 2019

ain't nothing but goddamned lowdown saint-jackers!

ST Elizabeth of Aragon’s 700 year old hand has never decomposed apparently, nuff power of rejuvenation + oil of ulay-iation.