Saint Anthony

In the middle of Edinburgh is a bit of countryside called The Queens park.  It has a hill called Arthur's seat  - which was a volcano
What I never knew, until this week, was that it also has a picturesque ruined chapel called St Anthony's Chapel - next door to St Anthony's well.
Apparently there is more than one St Anthony.
There is the well known St Anthony - good for finding things.
There is also a St Anthony who is good for skin complaints.
In long ago times, people with skin problems would flock to St Anthony's well to take the water and pray in the chapel.
Now - the water in the well is piped away and it is covered with a huge boulder (carried down to Edinburgh from the far North by a glacier after the ice-age).
The ruined chapel is sometimes used as a romantic backdrop for wedding photos.
St Anthony was born in 250 AD in Egypt  He gave away all his worldly goods and lived a  hermit's life in the desert. He was a very holy man. He asked that the site of his burial be unmarked but it was discovered and his relics were later thought to cure certain  painful skin diseases such as ergotism, erysipelas and shingles.
Erysipelas became known as St Anthony's fire
The Knights Hospitallers of St Anthony, were an organisation that cared for the sick all across Europe. In the 15th century they had a skin hospital in Leith (Edinburgh)
Saint Anthony is also the patron Saint of pigs, butchers and bacon!
http://web.undiscoveredscotland.com/edinburgh/stanthonys/