As you know, most things and people have their saint. It is no different with a great drink which is beer.
He also got his saint. This is Saint Arnold from Soissons.
He lived at the turn of the 11th century. He was a Abbot at the Saint-Medard monastery in Soissons, where he began to brew beer. He encouraged people to eat them instead of water because of their health properties. He claimed that regular consumption of beer promotes health and protects against infectious diseases. The patron of brewers, of course, mentioned the measure ...
With this saint is connected to the application, which states that near the abbey in which he lived, there was a brewery, which one day was destroyed. By the order of the abbot, he was quickly rebuilt and resumed operations, but the beer that was brewed there was of poor quality. The inhabitants of the city went to the Abbot asking for help. After a brief reflection, the latter said that the reason for the bad taste is water, which was taken from a river flowing nearby. St. Arnulf dipped his pastor into it - the symbol of the abbot's power and - the river was cleansed. Interestingly, after the gesture of Abbot Arnulf, the plague of cholera that devastated the area began to subside. It was considered a miracle. The gratitude of the residents of Soissons was enormous.
He was right, during the production of beer, the bacteria are killed so that drinking a golden beverage is safe for health :))) To this day, on August 15, they pray to Saint. Arnold, so that the beer brewed by them was always of the front kind. Today, this Saint Arnold is venerated in the entire brewing world, especially in Belgium, where his monuments and figurines can be found in the local breweries, brewing some of the best beers on our globe.!
I apologize for language mistakes but I do not speak English well and translate uncle Google :)
