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Aachen Cathedral has a shrine to St. Corona, claiming she's the patron saint of epidemics.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...f-st-corona-patron-of-epidemics-idUSKBN21C2PM
Thing is... far as I can see, she's not. Gambling and treasurehunting is her field of expertise.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1968
St. Edmund gets the pandemic gig.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3049
Suspect the cathedral's hoping to draw in the visitors (and money) by being flexible with their theology...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...f-st-corona-patron-of-epidemics-idUSKBN21C2PM
Thing is... far as I can see, she's not. Gambling and treasurehunting is her field of expertise.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1968
St. Edmund gets the pandemic gig.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3049
Suspect the cathedral's hoping to draw in the visitors (and money) by being flexible with their theology...