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Saint Wilgefortis: bearded woman

Saint Wilgefortis prayed to avoid marriage to a pagan king - and her prayers were answered when she grew a beard! This virgin martyr has natural appeal for LGBT people. Her feast day was July 20 until she was removed from the Vatican calendar in 1969. (...) The name Wilgefortis may come from the Latin “virgo fortis” (strong virgin). In Spanish she is Librada - meaning “liberated” from hardship and/or husbands. She also goes by a bewildering variety of other names. Her alternate English name Uncumber means escaper. In addition, she is known as Liberata, Livrade, Kummernis, Komina, Comera, Cumerana, Ulfe, Ontcommen, Dignefortis, Europia, and Reginfledis.

Legend says that Wilgefortis was the teenage Christian daughter of a king in medieval Portugal. She had taken a vow of chastity, but her father ordered her to marry a pagan king. She resisted the unwelcome marriage by praying to be made repulsive to her fiancé. God answered her prayers when she grew a beard. Unfortunately her father got so angry that he had her crucified and Wilgefortis joined the ranks of virgin martyrs. The church has promoted “virgin martyrs” as examples of chastity and faith, but lesbians and other queer people recognize them as kindred spirits. (...) (daqui)