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*** the means or method of martyrdom | *** the means or method of martyrdom | ||
**** such as St. Thomas More, who's symbol, a two-headed axe, is how he was killed | **** such as St. Thomas More, who's symbol, a two-headed axe, is how he was killed | ||
== Patronage of Saints == | |||
* Saints who live or die in a particular way, profession, vocation become associated with that idea | |||
Some odd or fun Patronage of Saints include | |||
=== Saint Drogo === | |||
* Patron Saint of shepherds, orphans, insanity, the sick, hernias, kidney stones, coffee, ugly people | |||
* Feast day is April 16 | |||
=== Saint Peter of Verona === | |||
* hatchets, butcher knives, being assassinated | |||
* thought of as Patron Saint of Having a Bad Day | |||
== Relics of Saints == | == Relics of Saints == | ||