writing St Bernard out of the picture

Father Z links to an article about a new Swiss tunnel that was dedicated with the help of Satanists.

But apparantly the officials didn't read the entier legend:

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The legend of this particular bridge states that the Reuss was so difficult to ford that a Swissherds man wished the devil would make a bridge. The Devil appeared, but required that the soul of the first to cross would be given to him. The mountaineer agreed, but drove a goat across ahead of him, fooling his adversary. Angered by this sham, the devil fetched a rock with the intention of smashing the bridge, but an old woman drew a cross on the rock so the devil could not lift it anymore. (italics mine) The rock is still there and, in 1977, 300,000 Swiss francs were spent to move the 220 ton rock by 127 m in order to make room for the new Gotthard road tunnel.

and for all you non history buffs, St Bernard built his monastery near the top of a pass in the Alps in order to help travelers.