Yves is the patron saint of judges, notaries and lawyers. (Bet you didn't know there was a patron saint for them, too.) It was a popular belief that lawyers were askfises - cowards who did nothing during wartime. From this developed the remark "When St. George goes on horseback, St. Yves goes on foot." St. Yves day is May 19th.

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