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| | St. Ivo of Kermartin |
 | | St. Ivo Helory (in French, Yves), was born at the manor of Kermartin, near Treguier, Brittany, northwest France. |
 | | At Treguier, too, Ivo became known as "the poor man's advocate." Not content with defending the poor in the church court, he also served as their attorney in civil-court trials. |
 | | Thatcher, as Britain's prime minister, once quoted it.) "Sanctus Ivo erat Brito,/Advocatus et non ladro,/Res miranda populo." (St. Yves was a Breton,/A lawyer but not a robber,/To everybody's amazement.) As this cynical joke reminds us, attorneys are often tempted to twist legal procedures to their own benefit. |
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