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Statues of Saint Severinus and Saint Severus (right), carried during a procession at San Severo.

• ...that according to his hagiography, Saint Severus of Naples (pictured) temporarily brought a man back from death in order to testify on the size of his debt and save his widow from slavery?
• ...that at the Council of Acre in 1148, the decision was made to attack Damascus, leading to the failure of the Second Crusade?
• ...that the concentration ability of Augustine Fangi reportedly allowed him to undergo an operation without anesthetic and feel nothing?