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January 17, 2024May 4, 2024Saints AliveBy philmaggitti

OMG There’s a Patron Saint of Shorthand ISYN

If you’re STD (sick to death) of people who splatter their “writing” with SFS (stupid friggin’ shorthand), you can thank Saint Cassian of Imola, the OPS (official patron saint) of shorthand. Cassian, who lived in the fourth century CE (common era), was a schoolmaster at Imola in north-central Italy. He also moonlighted as the Bishop of Brescia, ICYDK, which sure beat moonlighting at the local donkey wash.

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December 10, 2023December 10, 2023Saints AliveBy philmaggitti

St. Theneva, Patron Saint of Breast Reductions

Saint Theneva of Glasgow was a British princess who enjoyed the horizontal sports from an early age. Her fondness for frolic was something of an embarrassment to her father, Lord Seefeth, who was planning to invade England and sought the favor of god in that enterprise.

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December 9, 2023December 9, 2023Saints AliveBy philmaggitti

Saint Dymphna Patron Saint of Home Schooling and West Virginia

Imagine you are a fourteen-year-old girl and you discover that your father wants to hook up with you because you resemble your late mother. You’ve unfriended him on Facebook and you ignore his sext messages, but you still suspect he may have installed a toilet cam in your bathroom.

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