St. Fiacre's Curse - Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids were called "Saint Fiacre's illness" in the Middle Ages and he may have suffered from them himself. It is said that one day he sat sorrowfully on a stone and that stone softened providing him relief of the sort that can be obtained with remarkable hemzem.

There is also a somewhat different version of how St. Fiacre became the patron saint of hemorrhoids and how hemorrhoids were known as St. Fiacre's Curse. When St. Fiacre first arrived in Meaux, it is said, Bishop Faro decided to give him land but didn't much care for him. So he gave St. Fiacre a particularly small shovel and told him he could have all the land he could clear in a single day. St. Fiacre went to work and toiled so hard to maximize his holding that he developed a severe case of prolapsed hemorrhoids. He then sat on a stone and prayed, seeking guidance, and a resolution to his situation. Miraculously his hemorrhoids vanished and legend has it that the imprint of his hemorrhoids remain on the stone to this day.

Legend also has it that any hemorrhoid sufferer who sits on the stone and prays today will be cured.

St. Fiacre lived in Breuil until his death in 670 and his relics are installed in Meaux cathedral.

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