Venerated on this day on the occasion her death in 1433, aged 52 after a life of suffering progressively worsening ailments due to an accident as an adolescent, the sainted Dutch mystic (see below) is celebrated as the patron protector of those stricken with chronic pain and disability, her hometown near Rotterdam and of ice-skaters and roller-skaters, which seems a bit of a painful reminder. Cultivating a reputation as a healer, and judging from the symptoms recorded in her hagiographies perhaps the first documented case of multiple sclerosis—though such diagnoses are problematic, she is said to have fasted and foregone sleep throughout the decades and her cultus grew popular following her death thanks to the writings of Thomas ร Kempis who epitomised her piety from Keulen.
synchronoptica
one year ago: an AI writes fortune cookies plus assorted links worth revisiting
two years ago: solar new year
three years ago: sequencing the human genome, more links to enjoy plus an outstanding landing page, business
four years ago: a medieval UFO encounter, an unhinged press briefing, a cosmopolitan coffee break, a museum at the Volkswagen factory, safe social distancing plus more accidental art
five years ago: an AI authored country and western song, the N'ko script, designer Verner Panton plus Easter fountains
