Saint / folklore
Blessed Egideo
A holy figure whose preserved body is venerated at the church of San Pasquale in Naples.
In the book
The incorrupt body Lewis views in its two-hundred-year-old glass case — serene ‘to the point of indifference’ — locally famous as the protector of pregnant women, and two miracles short of full sainthood.
Appears in 1 diary entry.
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December 9 1943A Sunday spent observing the palazzo neighborhood's blend of aristocratic grandeur and thriving working-class street life.
incorrupt body at San Pasquale church, protector of pregnant women
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