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Sainte Runica (or Ste. Runce)
from "Brief Lives of Minor Saints" by Menteur Dévot
"When she was a girl, Runica (or Runce) of Knokke (in modern Belgium) was a great sinner. Almost everyone heard about her immoral behaviour and her alluring charms. She encouraged many people into sin and was generally without morals. When the men of Knokke went on a crusade to the Holy Land, Runica went too, to comfort the men far from home.
But when they came to Jerusalem, she went with the rest to church. Inside was the True Cross. She tried to enter but could not. Some unseen force held her as if she were chained. Suddenly, she knew how wicked she was. She spent the rest of her life outside the church, wearing a sign which advertised that she was a great sinner. She survived by bathing the feet of weary pilgrims in fine unguents for a small fee.
She is, accordingly, the patron saint of advertising and podiatry. Her Feast Day is April 1st." |
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