It seems the patron saint of genital diseases was recently auctioned. Or rather his head was, the rest of his body is elsewhere, and given what he was patron of, some parts further south don't bear thinking about anyway.
The gentleman in question is St Vitalis of Assisi. I'm going to assume he's no relation to Francis.
Who knew there was a patron saint for the clap?
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I'm assuming he wasn't actually for these diseases . . . unless he was also the patron saint of questionable vengeance?
I wonder if he was so inflicted or if he cured people who were? And so a morning of research begins.
He doesn't look at all well to me, Sarah...
That is.... beyond creepy. *shudders*
I was surprised at this one too, but I just did some digging on Catholic Saints--I knew the list was long, but I really had no idea how many saints there are. It doesn't surprise me they've got a saint for VD's!
I bet there's a bidding war between frat houses going on RIGHT NOW.
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