Almost seasonal...Guess the Saint

[colliemommie]

I was just reminded of the best costume party I ever attended: the Come as Your Favorite Saint Halloween/All Saints' Day party. Invented (of course) by a bunch of religion majors with too much time and access to Fox's Book of Martyrs.


Can You Guess the Saint?

1.) Man wearing a sweatshirt with a big number 1 and rocks glued all over.

2.) Woman with a toy boat who drank a lot of beer.

3.) Man with an oven rack stuck to his front.

4.) Woman with an apron full of hamburger buns.

5.) Man with a fishbowl (including fish) that he talked to. He also has a large assortment of keys and eyeglasses.

6.) Man with two candles and a packet of Halls lozenges.

7.) Man who painted the lower part of his face gold.




Extra Credit: How did St. Sebastian die?

Comments

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Let's see. #1 is St. Stephen Protomartyr. #3 is St. Lawrence. #6... I ought to know that one. St. Bleys? Something like that. And St. Sebastian, IIRC, was shot full of arrows. No clue on the others.

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

#1 is St. Stephen Protomartyr
Correct. First martyr, stoned to death.

#3 is St. Lawrence
Right again. Martyrdom by grilling.

#6... I ought to know that one. St. Bleys?
Generally spelt Blaise, but correct. Patron saint of throat, his emblem is two crossed candles.

And St. Sebastian, IIRC, was shot full of arrows
Well, yes, but in a Monty-Python-flavored turn of events, he got better. One of those ubiquitous Roman matron Christian converts got to him and nursed him back to health. So no extra credit points.

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

#5 looks like St. Peter to me... I feel as though I ought to recognise the woman with the hamburger buns, though.

Catherine

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

#5 is acutally St. Anthony of Padua. Patron saint of lost things (hence the glasses and keys). Apparently one time he got so tired of people not listening to him, he went and preached to the fishes instead.

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Ah - should have recognised him, now I think of it.