{"id":392,"date":"2008-06-17T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/06\/sweet-saintly-nomenclature-sainthood-preview.html"},"modified":"2008-06-17T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T13:39:00","slug":"sweet-saintly-nomenclature-sainthood-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/06\/sweet-saintly-nomenclature-sainthood-preview.html","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Saintly Nomenclature! (Sainthood Preview)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just uploading a little bonus content<\/span> from Pocket Guide to Sainthood, <\/span>because I’ve just learned that users of the Internets prefer short paragraphs, bold type, lots of links, and lists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lots and lots of lists.<\/p>\n

So this comes from Ch. 6, the part of the book that has lists. You will love it, apparently.<\/p>\n

Five Combinations of Saints\u2019 Names With the Word \u201cSweet,\u201d Which Make Useful Expressions of Dismay, Surprise, or Anger (with appropriate uses as suggested by the saint\u2019s life):<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Sweet Anthony of Saxony! <\/span>(to be uttered when being slain by a pagan chieftain<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. Sweet Kundegunda!<\/span> (to be shouted upon finding out your young daughter is being forced to marry an important man<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. Sweet Stephen of Mar-Saba! <\/span>(to be exclaimed should a bright light emanate from your body during a celebration of the Eucharist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

4. Sweet Wiro the Bishop!<\/span> (to be declared when given a tract of land by a barefoot prince<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5. Sweet Sassy Zita!<\/span> (to be spoken when given a laborious amount of work to do<\/a>)<\/p>\n

———–<\/p>\n

Other Sainthood Previews:<\/span>
Carmelites<\/a>
Anchorites<\/a>
Relics That Ooze Oil<\/a>
St. Patrick<\/a>
Saints with Ironic Patronages<\/a>
Saints with Ridiculously Dull Names<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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