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Thread #52074   Message #795710
Posted By: Mrrzy
02-Oct-02 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Which Apostle was Beheaded & Why
Subject: RE: BS: Which Apostle was Beheaded & Why
Interesting. When traveling through Europe it was a kind of family quiz game, recognizing the saints by the symbol of their martyrdom - Barbara would have little towers on her dress, or Catherine would have a wheel, or Agatha would have her breasts on a platter, or Lucy ditto her eyes, and so on. The only other thing is the "only when I laugh" bit in which Sebastian is always depicted full of arrows, although he survived that particular assault to die later. How, I don't recall...