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Grimbal
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A saint woman.
« on: Dec 19th, 2006, 2:49pm » |
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A woman died in a village in Italy, maybe a century ago. She never did anything exceptional in her life. Yet, after her death, she was declared a saint by the whole village.
Why?
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cchris
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #1 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 3:02pm » |
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Was she like Mary at all? Giving birth isn't that exceptional..
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #2 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 3:44pm » |
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People prayed to her, and their prayers were answered.
Though I'm not Catholic, I believe this is the central qualification to be declared a saint.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #3 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 4:36pm » |
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When she died, she fell over on the local village dragon's tail, stunning it so that they could kill it. 
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #4 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 6:27pm » |
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When the village people came to her humble cottage upon discovering of her death, they found a likeness of the face of elvis jesus in the flatbread she had sitting on the counter...
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #5 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 6:42pm » |
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the village hired a new marketing company to improve the image of the village? 
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #6 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 2:17am » |
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No, it was not Mary.
They found nothing unusual in her belongings.
It was not marketing.
BTW, it is supposed to be a true story.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #8 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 4:53am » |
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She died in a an usual way. In fact, the story doesn't say how.
But the location of the village is a bit unusual.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #9 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 6:58am » |
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Was she murdered?
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #10 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 7:19am » |
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She died in a church called 'Banana split'. Her spirit split when she died, so the 'split' part was removed from church's name in her honor. Now the villagers call this church 'Banana'. 
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #11 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 7:30am » |
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Yes! Iceman got it!!!
er... just joking. So, no, sorry.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #12 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 7:33am » |
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Any kind of stigmata involved?
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #14 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 8:47am » |
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No stigmata, and no astigmatism either .
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #15 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 9:05am » |
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Did strangers show up at the town upon her death?
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #16 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 9:10am » |
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No strangers are involved and no aliens either.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #17 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 12:49pm » |
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Was she found dead in an unusual location?
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #18 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 2:21pm » |
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Although she died in a village in Italy, was she Italian?
If not, is her nationality relevant?
Has she been canonised (officially recognised by the Church) as a Saint?
Was the declaration of her Sainthood a result of something that happened after she died?
Did anything during her lifetime contribute to the villagers convictions?
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #19 on: Dec 20th, 2006, 4:35pm » |
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She was declared saint because she never did anything exceptional in her life. This means that she was small, humble servant of god, not eccentric egomaniac, which thinks that she is the center of this world.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #20 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 2:18am » |
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on Dec 20th, 2006, 2:21pm, Sir Col wrote:| Was the declaration of her Sainthood a result of something that happened after she died? |
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Yes.
For all the rest: no / irrelevant.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #21 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 7:13am » |
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A flock of doves came and descended on her grave... or maybe a school of fish--how, I'm not sure
Thus, signifying a visitation of the spirit to take her to the pearly gates--an elite, saintly, dove entourage.
P.S. and to cap it off, this village had never seen a dove in their neck of the woods.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #22 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 7:37am » |
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Hm... it is true, many things could have happened.
Maybe a hint would be useful: Stromboli.
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #23 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 8:35am » |
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Hmmn, did their volcano suddenly become inactive? 
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Re: A saint woman.
« Reply #24 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 8:56am » |
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No. Definitely not.
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