Didn't know this - There IS a St. Corona (no shit, really)

[packman]

In Germany’s Aachen Cathedral, the relics of a particularly timely-sounding saint have emerged. The Christian martyr’s name? Remarkably, Saint Corona.

...“Corona” means “crown” in Latin, and all coronaviruses — not just the novel strain that causes COVID-19 — take their name from the crown-like spikes that surround each particle. It’s not surprising that in recent weeks, Saint Corona has, no pun intended, gone viral. And on social networks and the media alike, she has also been lauded as the patroness of plagues and epidemics, an attribution that is likely untrue.

There is, in fact, a Saint Corona, who may have been killed as a teenager by the Romans in Syria for professing Christianity. But Candida Moss, a professor of theology at the University of Birmingham, told the National Catholic Reporter that she had never before been associated with epidemics. Those praying to Saint Corona should turn to Saint Edmund instead, patron of infectious diseases, Moss tweeted

https://hyperallergic.com/549630/saint-corona/

[malaise]

1. Someone should ask him why the folks at Lourdes

shut down the entire place - my mother went to her grave believing that water was holy and could cure anything (except her atheist daughter)

[WePurrsevere]

2. Well, she may not be the patron saint of infectious diseases but...

she's currently the patron saint of treasure hunters so asking her to help find an effective vaccine and treatment wouldn't be a stretch.

The sentence after what's quoted above makes sense to me as a non-Catholic:

Still, some argue saints often acquire their patronage by accident or due to public consensus, making Saint Corona’s newly-minted title just as valid as any other.

As I mentioned, I'm not Catholic, but figure prayers can't really hurt as long as they're not forced on non-believers and you still put/allow fact based actions towards a needed solution.

[burrowowl]

3. Pretty reliquary