Who Was St. Croix And St. Elmo ????

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» PupPup - St.Elmo, Patron Saint of Sailors

St. Elmo was a bishop in Italy under the Emperor Diocletian.

Having fled persecution to become a hermit on Mount Lebanan he was captured and martyred, his intenstines drawn out by an instrument called a windlass.

The instruments similarity to a capstan is the reason sailors invoke him as their patron saint.

He is also known as Erasmus. His feast day is June 2, he died in Italy in c.300.

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Sheila Coyle
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