Re: [tied] Re: personal names

Very good timing on his behalf (getting baptised just before he died) - so rather than burning for eternity in hell, he acts as an intermediary with God? I wonder what he's responsible for? Perhaps he's the saint of genocides - which probably means he's very busy.

I must remember to go and pray at his 'tomb' next time I'm in Rome.

Guto

 Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

Well, Caedwalla died only ten days or so after being baptised in Rome, a repentant sinner, an probably did not manage to kill anyone betweenwhiles. I've no idea what he was sainted for -- except being a VIP -- but they buried him at St. Peter's.

 

Piotr

 

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From: guto rhys

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Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:38 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: personal names

Killing oponents(in fact or fiction), especially infidels, seems not to deter people from worshipping saints. You only need to see the iconography of Santiago Matamoros in Spanish churches - reminicent of Egyptian or Persian kings trampling their enemies.

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