and pyrotechnicians: St Barbara, in some lists:
those at risk of sudden death
[This gets a bit away from coiling, so at Mods
discretion...
And i suggest ending it here.]
...
> Just for the heck of it, I googled the good Saint,
> and found good info in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_of_Formia
> from which I took this--
>> He "may have become the patron of sailors
>> because he is said to have continued preaching
>> even after a thunderbolt struck the ground
>> beside him.
>> This prompted sailors, who were in danger
>> from sudden storms and lightning, to claim
>> his prayers. The electrical discharges
>> at the mastheads of ships were read as a sign
>> of his protection and came to be called
>> "Saint Elmo's Fire".[5][6]"
> Quite a guy. Worthy of the veneration of TCers,
> or at least we may quaff a flagon in his name
> from time to time.
St Barbara is patron of ...those occupations
in danger of sudden death...
>Barbara - architects, builders and miners, artillerymen,
> foundry workers, firework makers, Mathematicians,
> geoscientist, stonemasons,
> servicemen of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saints_of_occupations_and_activities
Which omits electricians..., with EEs associated,
as noted with St Elmo.
Another list has St Lucy for the Electricians...
best
dwp
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