Legends of the Improbable Saints!

Legends of the Improbable Saints is an interesting and funny book, profiling martyrs and miracle-workers, monks and mystics, all respectfully introduced by the author with affectionate illustrations, to prompt us to reflect on faith and devotion.

Saints profiled include:

• St Edith of Wilton (who beat up the Devil)
• St Eutychius of Phrygia (who fell asleep, dropped from a window ledge while listening to a sermon of the Apostle Paul, then was raised from the dead.
• St Sigfrid (Sweden’s patron saint, who was actually born in Northumberland).
• St Hildegung (the patron saint of trousers?!)
• St Brychan (a 5th century Welsh king)

Find 180 more astonishing stories of Christian saints in this wise and witty read.

About the Author

Rev. Richard Coles is a retired Church of England priest, who co-founded the 80s pop group The Communards. He recently was one of the six presenters of the wonderful BBC program Winter Walks in Yorkshire.

He also writes novels (his most recent Murder Before Evensong has been turned into a major TV series).