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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7848935, member: 89314&quot;]I am afraid this is not a beautiful coin but it depicts a new saint</p><p><br /></p><p>ST. JULIAN</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy PAPAL STATES - MACERATA&nbsp; Pope Gregory XIII&nbsp;&nbsp; Quattrino&nbsp; n.d. (1572-85)</p><p><br /></p><p>According to a book by Giacomo da Varazze, a 13th cent. Dominican priest, on the night Julian was born, his father, a nobleman, saw pagan witches secretly lay a curse on the boy that would make him kill both his parents. When Julian learned this at 10, he left his parents and settled in Galicia. 20 years later his parents went to visit him. Julian was out hunting but his wife welcomed them and put them up in their bedroom. An enemy told Julian his wife was sleeping with another man. He returned and slew the two people in the bed, who turned out to be his parents.&nbsp; After seeking redemption in Rome, Julian built 7 hospitals and 25 almshouses and the poor started flowing to him. Julian the Hospitaller is the patron saint of hunters, innkeepers and boatmen.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1351431[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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