The patron of lost and stolen items has gone missing from a church after a raid by thieves, who also took supermarket vouchers for school computer equipment.
The 2ft high statue of St Anthony of Padua disappeared from All Souls church in Park Road, Peterborough last Friday.
The wooden figure had been in the Roman Catholic church since it was founded in the late 19th century.
Fr David Jennings, parish priest, said: "We have good pictures of the raiders from CCTV cameras in the church."
'Mortified at loss'
The large Italian and Indian communities who use the church both revere the Portuguese saint who was also a preacher and theologian in the 12th century.
He is the patron saint of many causes, but is best known for helping people recover lost or stolen items.
Fr Jennings said: "Our people are mortified at the loss because it has been with the church for so long and is part of our heritage.
"All Souls and Peterborough Cathedral are usually the only churches open in the city throughout the day so we are going to have to increase security.
"The insurance will cover the loss of the statue but we hope the police may be able to trace the thieves and perhaps we can get it back."
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Here people ask some help to São Longuinho (St. Longuiness i guess,the guy who pierce thru Jesus with a spear)
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godeatgod wrote:
Human Bass wrote:
Here people ask some help to São Longuinho (St. Longuiness i guess,the guy who pierce thru Jesus with a spear)
That's kinda weird and sadistic.
he was a roman guy that was just doing his job, normally they brake the legs to make sure that the guy in the cross is really but he considered jesus and used a spear.
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Human Bass wrote:
godeatgod wrote:
Human Bass wrote:
Here people ask some help to São Longuinho (St. Longuiness i guess,the guy who pierce thru Jesus with a spear)
That's kinda weird and sadistic.
he was a roman guy that was just doing his job, normally they brake the legs to make sure that the guy in the cross is really but he considered jesus and used a spear.
1) I thought they did break his legs?
2) The reason they used a spear was not because they were considerate, but because he needed to be dead by sundown in order to not offend the Jews.
I don't see any reason to pray to this guy (well, any guy, for that matter, but you know what I mean).
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Here people ask some help to São Longuinho (St. Longuiness i guess,the guy who pierce thru Jesus with a spear)
That's kinda weird and sadistic.
he was a roman guy that was just doing his job, normally they brake the legs to make sure that the guy in the cross is really but he considered jesus and used a spear.
1) I thought they did break his legs?
2) The reason they used a spear was not because they were considerate, but because he needed to be dead by sundown in order to not offend the Jews.
I don't see any reason to pray to this guy (well, any guy, for that matter, but you know what I mean).
They did not break his legs...as was written in the prophecy of Christ. The man who pierced him with the spear I think was doing it out of compassion...otherwise Jesus would have taken days to die.
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genxgirl wrote:
$úñ_DëV|L wrote:
Human Bass wrote:
godeatgod wrote:
Human Bass wrote:
Here people ask some help to São Longuinho (St. Longuiness i guess,the guy who pierce thru Jesus with a spear)
That's kinda weird and sadistic.
he was a roman guy that was just doing his job, normally they brake the legs to make sure that the guy in the cross is really but he considered jesus and used a spear.
1) I thought they did break his legs?
2) The reason they used a spear was not because they were considerate, but because he needed to be dead by sundown in order to not offend the Jews.
I don't see any reason to pray to this guy (well, any guy, for that matter, but you know what I mean).
They did not break his legs...as was written in the prophecy of Christ. The man who pierced him with the spear I think was doing it out of compassion...otherwise Jesus would have taken days to die.
The Passion: The soldier didn't want to break his legs b/c he was already dead. His commander threw him a spear and told him to "make sure."
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B wrote:
genxgirl wrote:
$úñ_DëV|L wrote:
Human Bass wrote:
godeatgod wrote:
Human Bass wrote:
Here people ask some help to São Longuinho (St. Longuiness i guess,the guy who pierce thru Jesus with a spear)
That's kinda weird and sadistic.
he was a roman guy that was just doing his job, normally they brake the legs to make sure that the guy in the cross is really but he considered jesus and used a spear.
1) I thought they did break his legs?
2) The reason they used a spear was not because they were considerate, but because he needed to be dead by sundown in order to not offend the Jews.
I don't see any reason to pray to this guy (well, any guy, for that matter, but you know what I mean).
They did not break his legs...as was written in the prophecy of Christ. The man who pierced him with the spear I think was doing it out of compassion...otherwise Jesus would have taken days to die.
The Passion: The soldier didn't want to break his legs b/c he was already dead. His commander threw him a spear and told him to "make sure."
Well, maybe I got the legs breaking wrong, but yeah, I'm pretty sure the spear to the side was just to make sure he was dead by sundown.
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they have a saint to recover lost or stolen items?
