Which saint is the one to call on when you've lost your keys? Which hairdresser was beautified? What might the Fourteen Holy Helpers do for you, and why are so many beers named after monasteries? On the other side of the coin, who makes it on to...

A delicious collection of the very best wit, satire & humorous literary quotations about the church, its clergy, the people who put up with them - and vice versa. Spanning the centuries from Chaucer to the present day, it is a glorious send up...