Saint Solicitous

"Saint Solicitous" (German: Die heilige Frau Kümmernis), also translated "Saint Kummernis", was included in the first edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is no longer included in the book since the second edition. It seems to be based on the legend of Saint Wilgefortis.

Synopsis

Once upon a time, a princess was very devoted to her religion and vowed to God that she would remain a virgin and never marry anyone. Her father was opposed that. Then she praye wishing for a beard to grow on her face. Her prayer was answered, but the King decided to crucify her. She became a saint and people placed her statue in a church.

One day, a poor musician knelt down to pray in front of the statue. The Saint was very happy and she gave him a golden boot. The musician happily brought the boot home.

Later, however, a notice came out that one side of the golden boots had been missing. They found it on the musician and arrested him. The musician begged them to bring him to the church. As they arrived as the church, the Saint dropped the other side of the golden boot and showed his innocence. The musician was set free. The name of the saint was Solicitous.