The Skating Saint

Did you know there’s a patron saint of ice skating? Saint Lydwina, born in 1380 in the Netherlands, was paralyzed in an ice skating mishap as a child and spent most of the rest of her life in prayer, gaining fame as a healer. Because of the nature of her injury – she only broke a rib while skating but became almost fully paralyzed over time – some believe she may have been one of the firs...

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