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Anthony
Anthony (St.). Patron saint of swineherds, because he always
lived in woods and forests.
St. Anthony's Cross.
The taucross, T, called a lace.
St. Anthony's Fire.
Erysipelas 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.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 
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