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Anthony (St.). Patron saint or swineherds, because he always lived in woods and forests.

St. Anthony’s Cross. The taucross, τ called a lace.

St. Anthony’s Fire. Erysipʹelas is so called from the tradition that those who sought the intercession of St. Anthony recovered from the pestilential erysipelas called the sacred fire, which proved extremely fatal in 1089.

St. Anthony’s Pig. A pet pig, the smallest of the whole litter. St. Anthony was originally a swineherd, and, therefore, the patron saint of pigs.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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