St. Drogo

Okay, so I'll admit that I chose today's Saint simply because of his unusual name - the next Catholic couple who announces to you that they are expecting, suggest that they name their precious bundle of joy after St. Drogo.

Saint Drogo of Sebourg, also known as Dreux, Drugo and Druron, is a Flemish saint born in 1105. His mother died when he was born and he held himself responsible. Later in his life, he went to extreme penances, perhaps to relieve his guilt. His father died when he was a teenager. He subsequently rid himself of all his property and became a penitential pilgrim, traveling to Rome several times. During one of his pilgrimages, he was stricken with an unsightly bodily affliction and became so deformed that he frightened people.

In spite of this, Drogo was considered to be a very holy man (he reportedly was able to bilocate - witnesses claimed seeing him working in the fields and going to Mass simultaneously. I have a holy envy of this spiritual gift). Because of his frightening appearance, a cell was built for him adjacent to the local church. Drogo lived in the cell for the next 40 years. His only human contact was through a small window through which he received the eucharist and his food (he survived on barley, water and the Holy Eucharist).

St. Drogo is the patron saint of unattractive people (and many other things as well). His feast day is April 16.