Patron Saint of Hookers......
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so cool!!i found this too!
St. Nicholas (yes, of Christmas fame) is the Patron Saint of Prostitutes, and here is the reason:
Legend has it that Saint Nicholas became aware of a desperately poor parishioner having three daughters with no dowry to recommend them for marriage. The father had planned to sell them into prostitution to provide some means of support. By night, Saint Nicholas secretly brought bags of gold on three separate occasions to the man's home. These generous visitations allowed the three daughters to have sufficient means to avoid whoredom and later strike a marriage covenant. On the third visit to deliver the gift, Nicholas was caught in the act of generosity by the grateful father.
St. Nicholas (yes, of Christmas fame) is the Patron Saint of Prostitutes, and here is the reason:
Legend has it that Saint Nicholas became aware of a desperately poor parishioner having three daughters with no dowry to recommend them for marriage. The father had planned to sell them into prostitution to provide some means of support. By night, Saint Nicholas secretly brought bags of gold on three separate occasions to the man's home. These generous visitations allowed the three daughters to have sufficient means to avoid whoredom and later strike a marriage covenant. On the third visit to deliver the gift, Nicholas was caught in the act of generosity by the grateful father.
I heard he put the gold in the stockings they had hanging up to dry by the fire....they would have been long stockings.
Nick was a busy (but kindly) guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
patronage: Children, sailors, fishermen, merchants, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers
elsewhere in wiki:
Nicholas of Myra - sailors, fishermen, merchants, prostitutes, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
patronage: Children, sailors, fishermen, merchants, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers
elsewhere in wiki:
Nicholas of Myra - sailors, fishermen, merchants, prostitutes, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers
