I've somehow gotten into the hagiography of the Catholic church lately, so I thought a brief quiz might be nice. I'll post the answers on Wednesday. (Some of these folks are better known for other patronages....)

1. Patron saint of hanged people, he was killed in Austria. Feast day is October 13.

2. Patron saint of mine collapse and hat makers, she was martyred by her father, Dioscorus.

3. Patron saint of grocers and cops, his feast day is September 29.

4. Patron saint of haymakers, he was martyred with his brother, Gervase. His day is June 19.

5. Patron saint of hogs and swine, a hermit and a friend of St. Athanasius, he lived in the Egyptian desert, sometimes in a tomb. Feast is January 17.

6. Patron saint of hospital public relations, the feast of this prolific writer is June 29.

7. He was stricked with an illness that made him physically repulsive, so he was made the patron saint of unattractive people. April 6.

8. May 30, patron saint of French and American soldiers, and well thought of by Mark Twain and George B. Shaw.

9. This relative of Alfred the Great has his feast day on July 31 and is the patron saint of fish.

10. Honored on September 1, this Irish hermit never allowed women to enter the enclosure of his French hermitage -- he's the patron saint of venereal disease.