Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 [quote name='TeresaBenedicta' timestamp='1305071274' post='2239859'] I just got a letter from a friend of mine who is a Poor Clare [/quote] Hooray! How exciting! I did read your post in the other thread. I know the feeling! A Sister friend of mine was given permission to write me after I told her I was discerning! It is a wonderful feeling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Veronica is my confirmation saint Another lesser known saint that I admire is St. Anselm of Bec. I wrote a paper on him in college, and he wrote [i]Cur Deus Homo[/i] which was a dialogue exploring the meaning of the Incarnation. Very interesting guy. Also used the phrase 'faith seeking understanding' to explain his theological speculations. Didn't make such a great bishop, though. As Archbishop of Canterbury, he spent a lot of time in exile, because his king was William Rufus (son of William the Conqueror) and [i]not[/i] a friend of the Church. Speaking of papers I wrote in college, I also wrote about St. Odo of Cluny and his [i]Life[/i] of St. Gerald of Aurillac. He was the second abbot of Cluny, which was a reform of the Benedictines in the tenth century, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) St. Roch, aka San Rocco (in Italian). Ministered to plague victims until he caught it himself, then went off into the woods to die without infecting other people. A dog brought him bread every day, and he - neither Roch nor the dog - never did die of the plague. A holy "boy and his dog" story. Edited May 11, 2011 by Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don John of Austria Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 [quote name='Groo the Wanderer' timestamp='1304865301' post='2238704'] St. Foo - Patron of ninjas [/quote] Kilroy will have to add him to her list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don John of Austria Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Saint Eugene De Mazenod St. Constantine and Blessed Charlemange (everybody knows about them but not that they are a Saint and Blessed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) St. Serapion of Algiers. Born Irish, fought with King Richard the Lionheart in the Crusades, eventually he wound up in Spain serving King Alfonso VIII. While in Spain he met St. Peter Nolasco. In 1222 he joined the The Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. He was martyred after offering himself as a hostage in place of a Christian captive. Edited May 11, 2011 by Maximilianus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 St Dymphna Does St. Columba count?? St Margaret of Scotland. St. Genesius I seriously like them all. I have trouble picking my favorite lesser known ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Blessed Charles de Foucauld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InPersonaChriste Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Well with phatmass these saints aren't going to be lesser-known for long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 [quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1305109328' post='2240007'] St Dymphna Does St. Columba count?? St Margaret of Scotland. St. Genesius I seriously like them all. I have trouble picking my favorite lesser known ones. [/quote] I have an aunt named Dymphna. And how could I forget the saint my mother was named for? St. Camillus de Lilles, patron saint of gamblers. He was one of those led-a-degenerate-life-and-then-had-a-conversion saints . Military man turned hospital worker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Blessed Chiara Badano, a young girl who died at 18 or 19 of bone cancer and refused chemo in order to unite herself to the suffering Christ. She was part of the Focolare movement. Google her, she's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSister2009 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I believe I saw a St. Jessica at one point. There isn't much information on her but I am quite fond of the name because I do have a cousin named Jessica and then there is my dear friend Sr. Jessica as well. So there will be another St. Jessica in Heaven someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Saint Rafael Arnaiz Baron - her mom was born in th Philippines! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Arn%C3%A1iz_Bar%C3%B3n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 St. Expeditus!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW COULD I FORGET?!!!!!!!!!!!! Aww, I wish LC was here. She'd totally get excited about St. Expeditus with me!!!!!!! He is totally St. Anthony's back-up man. And he does [i]wonders[/i]. Patron saint of expedient causes, you see. He's not very well known, so the few of us that have a devotion to him get all of his attention. Great man, that Expeditus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 +JMJ Saint Vitus--Patron against oversleeping. I have an overwhelming feeling he and I are going to be very good friends soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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