Årets helgener -- 2019 -- Saints of the year

     Nok engang har jeg forlystet mig med Jennifer Fulwilers helgengenerator. Første helgen var Sankt Ludvig IX af Frankrig (Ludvig den hellige). Han er blandt andet helgen for forældre med store børneflokke - han fik 11 børn. Blandt hans andre patronater er: Mod børns død, knapmagere, korsfarere, bygningsarbejdere, besværlige ægteskaber, frisører og lignende, konger, billedhuggere, fanger, syge, bogbindere og fransiscanertertiarer.
 OK, ham vil jeg gerne lære mere om og af.

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Once again I used Jennifer Fulwiler's  Saints' Names Generator. My first saint was Louis IX of France. He's a saint for a lot of things, among those parents of many children. Although, he had 11 children and I only 6 he sounds like a good man. His other patronages includes:   against the death of children, builders, button makers, construction workers, Crusaders, difficult marriages, distillers, embroiderers, hairdressers, kings, masons, needle workers, parenthood, prisoners, sculptors, sick people, bookbinders, Fransiscan tertiaries, and trimming makers.
He sounds like a saint I'd like to learn more about, and more from.

25. august

      Som nummer to fik jeg den hellige Afra af Augsburg, en af de mange martyrer, man ikke rigtig ved noget om. Hun blev efter sigende omvendt af en biskop, som hun og hendes mor skjulte for Diokletians forfølgelser. Hun blev afsløret og brændt på bålet, da hun nægtede af ofre til guderne.
     Jeg var utilfreds og prøvede igen, det førte til en tom side, hvor der bare stod "prøv igen", og dette nye forsøg førte selvfølgelig igen til Sankt Afra.
     Hun er sammen med Ulrik Augsburgs skytshelgen. Derudover er hun skytshelgen for konvertitter, faldne kvinder og martyrer. 

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 As the second saint I was given Saint Afra of Augsburg. One of those ... according to legend ...
Dissatisfied, I tried again. My second try led to an error page with only the possibility to try again. This led of course to Saint Afra!
She was allegedly converted by a bishop, she and her mother was hiding from Diocletian during the persecutions. After being discovered to be a Christian, and refusing to sacrifice to the gods, she was burned alive.
Her patronage is:  Augsburg in Germany (with Saint Ulrich), converts, martyrs, and penitent women.
I got to live and learn with her in the coming year. 

7. august