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First tale was St. Colman and didn't seem very cohesive and had a variety of animals plus a fly.
I was very surprised that St Werburge reanimated a goose; she's interesting.
St. Francis' story was about the wolf of Gubbio.
St. Medard, sheltered from the rain by an eagle, but I don't think that an eagle could fly that slow.
St. Canice: a buck holds his book in his antlers, I guess because the book was heavy...sigh
St. Hilda has snakes turned to stone, which is supposed to explain the snake-like shaped rocks that are found there, although wiki says “legend tells of a plague of snakes which Hilda turned to stone, supposedly explaining the presence of ammonite fossils on the shore. It was not unknown for local “artisans” to carve snakes' heads onto ammonites, and sell these “relics” as proof of her miracle.”
St. Keneth (of Wales, so as not to be confused with St. Canice who was also known as St. Kenneth in Scotland) is probably my favorite tale of the collection because it made me think. His disability/deformity is healed by Father David (also a saint), but St. Keneth requests that his “infirmity be restored to him, for it was the source of his blessing.” And then St Keneth limped away.
St. Brendan and the whale.
St. Kevin and the blackbird
St. Jerome and the Lion, felt more like a classic and is one of the stronger stories, he's also a more interesting saint in general.