THOMAS J. CRAUGHWELL is the author of a dozen books, including Saints for Every Occasion, Do Blue Bedsheets Bring Babies?: The Truth Behind Old Wives Tales, and three volumes of urban legends. He writes a monthly column on patron saints for Catholic diocesan newspapers. Craughwell has written about saints for The Wall Street Journal, St. Anthony Messenger, and Catholic Digest, and has discussed them on CNN and EWTN. He lives in Bethel, Connecticut.
Introduction, | ix | ||
St. Matthew, Extortionist, | 1 | (3) | |
St. Dismas, Thief, | 4 | (6) | |
St. Callixtus, Embezzler, | 10 | (8) | |
St. Hippolytus, Antipope, | 18 | (6) | |
St. Christopher, Servant of the Devil, | 24 | (6) | |
St. Pelagia, Promiscuous Actress, | 30 | (6) | |
St. Genesius, Scoffer, | 36 | (4) | |
St. Moses the Ethiopian, Cutthroat and Gang Leader, | 40 | (5) | |
St. Fabiola, Bigamist, | 45 | (4) | |
St. Augustine, Heretic and Playboy, | 49 | (8) | |
St. Alipius, Obsessed with Blood Sports, | 57 | (5) | |
St. Patrick, Worshipper of False Gods, | 62 | (7) | |
St. Mary of Egypt, Seductress, | 69 | (6) | |
St. Columba, Warmonger, | 75 | (7) | |
St. Olga, Mass Murderer, | 82 | (7) | |
St. Vladimir, Fratricide, Rapist, and Practitioner of Human Sacrifice, | 89 | (6) | |
St. Olaf, Viking, | 95 | (8) | |
St. Thomas Becket, Hedonist, | 103 | (14) | |
St. Francis of Assisi, Wastrel, | 117 | (9) | |
Blessed Giles of Portugal, Satanist, | 126 | (3) | |
St. Margaret of Cortona, Rich Man's Mistress, | 129 | (6) | |
Blessed Angela of Foligno, Gossip and Hedonist, | 135 | (6) | |
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Egotist, | 141 | (8) | |
St. John of God, Gambler and Drunkard, | 149 | (7) | |
St. Camillus de Lellis, Cardsharp and Con Man, | 156 | (7) | |
St. Philip Howard, Cynic and Negligent Husband, | 163 | (9) | |
St. Peter Claver, Dithering Novice, | 172 | (8) | |
Venerable Matt Talbot, Chronic Alcoholic, | 180 | (7) | |
Bibliography, | 187 |
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