4/5 Many Martyrs

There are a lot of saints we can remember today. Most do not have much of a hagiography. There were abbots, bishops, lay people, a teacher, one step-mother. And one man who wound up being the patron saint of motherhood and childbirth. Weird. 

Most of the saints don't even have names, particularly the martyrs. There were the five Martyrs of Lesbos, "a large group of Christians" martyred in North-West Africa, and the 120 Martyrs of Seleucia. Absolutely no names. Yet, traditions tells us to remember them. They are important to who we are today. That's why we remember.

Of the few saints on for today only a few have much of a story to tell. One was cured of terrible headaches, one was ousted as abbot for his austerity, and one was probably crazy. One predicted their own death, but I can predict mine too. I will die. There, it's been predicted. Write it in my hagiography. 

This lack of stories set me to wondering though, not about the pious saints of old but about you and me. If you were to somehow make it to sainthood, what would your hagiography say? Go ahead and use the language of hagiography, use symbols, stories, color. Think about the message of your life and tell it in fantastical terms. How would you be remembered a thousand years on? What will those future saints think when they read your story? How will they be inspired?