Monday, July 18, 2011

4 THINGS I’M 72.8% SURE YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PATRON SAINT OF MAD DOGS


#1: The proper name of this uber-religious guy is Saint Hubert of Liege.


#2: Hubert’s road to sainthood started when he saw a crucifix appear on the antlers of the deer he was hunting and his wife dying soon after.



#3: Since Hubert was formally an expert hunter he concentrated his patronage against rabies and bad behavior in canines, primarily hunting dogs.


#4: Hubert  was born in 656 A.D. and died on May 30th 727 A.D.

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26 comments:

  1. dang there is a saint for everything isnt there? lol.

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  2. I won't even remember this tomorrow. I'm awesome like that.

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  3. Don't think I've ever heard of this one. Says his wife died giving birth to their son.

    PS: Thanks, again!

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  4. LOL. How completely random.

    You should do some random facts about sex-related objects. (Yes, I'm hypersexual and horny but if you do, God will smile upon you.)

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  5. Had never heard of him but had seen images of the deer with the cross on it.

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  6. First, I didn't know there *was* a patron saint of mad dogs. Second, for living in that age, he was OLD when he died! LOL

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  7. No i didn't know any of that xD

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  8. Mad dogs have a patron saint?
    You've got to be kidding me.

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  9. Never heard of this one and I went to Catholic School and everything. But hey, I was named after Saint Barbara and then they decided she wasn't worthy of being a saint anymore and de-sainted her. True story. And why I'm not Catholic anymore either!! Bunch of story telling.

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  10. You're right, I didn't know that. Or that this guy existed actually for that matter.

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  11. I hope he only hunted rabid dogs! It sounds like that was the case. Imagine becoming a saint for doing that!

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  12. Wow, I can just imagine doing good in the world, then dying and being named the patron saint of rabied dogs. Weird!

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  13. Who's the patron saint for patron saints? Has to be Henry Rollins I think.

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  14. I acutally didn't know these facts!

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  15. It's like they are a giant clan of specialist wizards! LOL, excellent blog btw, +followed, respect, you know? http://cryptozen.blogspot.com

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  16. A saint for killing dogs? ;)

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  17. that was five things I didn't know - false advertising. in addition to the four things I didn't - I didn't know the Saint either!

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  18. The above post was intended to be posted from this link.

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  19. Oy....you find some of the strangest things!

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