Iain, can you provide some biographical information of the two saints and
what miracles or other goodly deeds they performed?  If you have already
done so previously, I apologize.

-----Original Message-----
From: Iain Stuart <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: Patron saint (s) of Archaeology


>Thanks to all those who replied. Work in my office was suspended while we
>checked out the Saints page. It seems that the catholic web pages are
either
>.org or .com. No doubt the .com would confirm the many suspicions of
people.
>Why not .gov?
>
>Anyway the conclusion is that St Damasus is real as is the hitherto
>unsuspected St Jerome also claiming to be the Patron Saint of Archaeology.
>Can archaeology have two patron sites (maybe one for Prehistoric and one
for
>Historical?). Which is the more appropriate?
>
>Does the SHA (or for that matter ASHA) have an official view on which is
the
>patron saint of archaeology?
>
>Iain Stuart
>Principal, Archaeology and Heritage Management
>HLA-Envirosciences Pty. Ltd.