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[1] [6] [9] She is the patron saint of Bohemia, of difficult marriages, and of those who are ridiculed for their piety. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Her feast day is 1 January, [ 9 ] however as of 2019, the Order of Preachers celebrates her feast day on 4 January instead.
Eulalia (c. 289 – February 12, 303), co-patron saint of Barcelona, was a 13-year-old Roman Christian virgin who was martyred in Barcelona during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian (the Sequence of Saint Eulalia mentions his co-emperor the "pagan king" Maximian).
Wilgefortis (Portuguese: Vilgeforte) is a female folk saint whose legend arose in the 14th century, [4] and whose distinguishing feature is a large beard. According to the legend of her life, set in Portugal and Galicia, she was a teenage noblewoman who had been promised in marriage by her father to a Moorish king. To thwart the unwanted ...
The Patron Saint of Liars is a 1992 novel, written by Ann Patchett. This is the first novel published by Patchett, and it was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. [ 1 ] Patchett completed the manuscript for The Patron Saint of Liars during a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [ 2 ]
Monica (c. 332 – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo.She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of ...
Divorced people, difficult marriages, victims of abuse; adultery; unfaithfulness, widows; Hospice Movement Fabiola ( Italian : Santa Fabiola , also known as Fabiola of Rome ) [ 1 ] was a physician and Roman matron of rank of the company of noble Roman women who, under the influence of the Church Father Jerome , gave up all earthly pleasures and ...
As marriage and family are often regarded as basis of society, a story of adultery often shows the conflict between social pressure and individual struggle for happiness. According to the American author Tom Perrotta, the novel of adultery is one of the leading 19th century literary traditions in Europe and in the United States.
Tamanend ("the Affable"; [3] c. 1625 – c. 1701), historically also known as Taminent, [4] Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, [5] was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan [6] of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding [7] [8] peace treaty with William Penn.