Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saint Ermintrude of Nard

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 06:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saint Ermintrude of Nard

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No hits from google for "Ermintrude of Nard" and two hits on "Saint Ermintrude" questioning whether such a person exists. Almost certainly a hoax. Sopoforic 01:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete I put the original {{hoax}} tag on the article, giving a chance for the editor to source the claims. No source miraculously appeared. Coren 01:38, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No sources, and nothing to show for the tag. Jmlk17 06:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. There is no place in Tunisia called Nard historically. She is not the "patron saint of feeding the hungry" - there is no such thing in the Roman Catholic Church, although the little-known St. Alvin of the Pyrenees is the patron saint of the hungry. A Tunisian in 270AD would not likely carry a blatantly Saxon name such as Ermintrude. No record of her in John Paul II's online published writings. Nothing at catholic.org's list of saints. The article says she was beatified, but not that she was canonized - canonization is what makes someone recognized as a saint. Sounds like a hoax to me. --Charlene 06:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. This looks like a hoax to me. I particularly enjoyed "The Feast of Saint Ermintrude is on the 30th April. On this day it is traditional to prune your rose bushes.". BTLizard 12:35, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete The same user added it to the April 30 calendar page and someone has already removed it. It's a hoax. JodyB 14:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

• That was me. Cunning hoaxter, isn't he? BTLizard 15:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

• A little too cunning. It was that which brought this to my attention; I have finals this week, so I was looking for a convenient saint to ask for help, and behold I find Saint Ermintrude of Nard. Such a pity. --Sopoforic 15:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Clearly hoaxy, zero sources. Arkyan • ^(talk) 14:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• C'mon, it'all clear.Speedy Delete. This thing is wasting our time. Stammer 16:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as per above, and not an Episcopal Feast, either. Bearian 19:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC) --- I knew this sounded suspiciously cribbed from a real saint, i. e., Saint Zita of Lucca, Italy [1] [2] and especially[3]. Bearian 19:30, 30 April 2007 (UTC) P.S., Nard or Spikenard was the oil that Mary, sister of Lazarus annointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth, see cited articles. Bearian 20:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Fantastic. It's like Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès.Stammer 21:33, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - looks like a hoax to me too. --Haemo 21:35, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Classic. --Infrangible 01:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete It's a hoax.SlideAndSlip 12:06, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.