Friday, March 20, 2009

Lost saints


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A partial list of churches closing in Cleveland:

St. Francis, Myron Ave (preached to birds, fed wolves)
St Philips and St. James, Bosworth Rd (converted Syria, first bishop of Jerusalem, those both lasted, huh)
St. Adalbert, E. 83rd (chopped down the oak trees, got killed)
St. Hedwig, Madison Ave (Lakewood) (either a duchess, or Queen of Poland)
St. Barbara, Denison Ave (original user of the transporter beam)
St. Hyacinth, Francis Ave (patron saint of drowning)
St. Casimir, Sowinski Ave (pawn of royalty, probably gay, died of tuberculosis)
St. Ignatius of Antioch, Lorain Ave (touched by Jesus as a child, eaten by Roman lions)
St. Cecilia, Kinsman (musician, visit her skull in Italy)
St. James, Detroit Ave (Lakewood) (no idea which James, there's like ten of them)
St. Emeric W. 22nd St (prince killed young by a boar, not sure if he was actually religious at all, but people go to his grave to be healed. Or converted?)
St. Paul, E. 40th St (blinded while traveling alone in desert, had "visions")
St. Peter, E.17th St (first pope, heaven's bouncer)
St. Procop, W. 41st ("hermit with a skull and a girdle of leaves")
St. Wendelin, Columbus Rd (my grade school!) (nicer hermit, with book instead of skull)
Blessed Sacrament, Fulton Rd (not a saint, but still a person, trippy)

1 comment:

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