Lidwina was born in Holland in 1380, the daughter of a nobleman and a peasant woman. At an early age she’d already decided to join a convent and lead a holy life, which like I keep saying on this blog, wasn’t such a terrible choice when your options are a) spend all day praying or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Roman Catholicism’
St. Lidwina of Schiedam
Posted in Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, tagged Catholicism, maidens, martyrs, medieval saints, Roman Catholicism, saints on July 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
St. Alexis of Rome
Posted in Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, tagged ascetic saints, douchebags in the name of God, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Roman saints on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a fun author factoid: my parents almost named me Alexis, but for the character of the same name in Dynasty, which was super popular around the time I was born. (Video hint: it gets great around 1:50. Alexis Carrington Colby, in case you are my age or younger, is in the white pantsuit-thing.) I [...]
Friday Obscure Saint Blogging: St. Wilgefortis
Posted in History, Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, tagged debunked saints, maidens, Roman Catholicism on March 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
And now for a fun and exciting weekly feature of the Illegiterati: Friday Obscure Saint Blogging. Every Friday, I’ll pick an obscure saint, usually from either Roman Catholicism or some sort of Christian Orthodoxy, and write about them. First up is St. Wilgefortis. I can’t tell when she lived, but her cult came about sometime [...]
