Portal:Saints/Did you know/June 2007

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...that Saint Gorgonia reportedly cured herself of a life-threatening illness by anointing herself with elements of the Eucharist mixed with her own tears?
...that Wiborada, a spiritual mentor of Ulrich of Augsburg, was the first female saint to be canonized by the Vatican?
...that Beatus of Lungern, a first century Christian missionary to Switzerland, is often depicted as a monk fighting a dragon?
...that Anthelm of Belley left his post as bishop of Belley in protest to the lifting of the excommunication of a count who had held one priest captive and murdered a second?
...that Anthony of Kiev left his Kiev Monastery of the Caves when it gained 12 members because he felt it was too crowded?