Sunday, June 2, 2013

Name That Saint

Born in Antioch.
Bishop of Formiae, Italy.
To avoid persecutions, fled to Mount Lebanon where he was fed by a raven.
Discovered, captured, tortured, and sent to Emperor Diocletian; but he was freed by an angel.
Taken prisoner, again; tortured by having his intestines wound on a spindle and then beheaded.
His cult spread from Italy to German in the 15th Century.
Invoked against intestinal illness and the pains of childbirth.


June 2:  Saint Erasmus of Formiae

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