Favorite Lesser Known Saints?

[tnavarro61]

how can I forget

[size="5"][b]Saint Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila
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The First and Only Filipino Saint

[OnlySunshine]

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[b]St Elizabeth of the Visitation[/b]--most favorite saint! I love her because of her intense humility and faith.

[b]St. Elizabeth of Hungary[/b]--anytime a noble gives of themselves to the poor, they have my respect. She is so beautiful!

[b]St. Anne and St. Joachim[/b]--parents of Our Lady; very little is known about them, even their names are not agreed upon, but I took Anne as my confirmation saint since their feast day is on my birthday.

[b]St. Mary Magdelene de Pazzi[/b]--even though God gave her mystical visions, she was very humble and considered herself to be the lowest of God's people

[b]St. Gemma Galgani[/b]--she is absolutely charming in every way; I admire her for her life and it reminds me of Our Lady's

[b]St. Teresa of the Andes[/b]--sweet little Carmelite saint

[b]St. Veronica[/b]--the humble woman who wiped the face of Jesus even though the soldiers showed her contempt
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I think I'm going to add:

[b]St. Genevieve[/b]--she was able to cast out demons from the possessed!
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St. Gertrude[/b]--loved the Sacred Heart and wrote about it, she is also the patron saint of nuns
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St. Monica[/b]--she is a very powerful prayer intercessor; I've prayed for her intercession before during temptations and she granted my prayer
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St. Rose of Lima[/b]--I can't believe I forgot her! I love little St. Rose.

[Lisa]

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+JMJ

Saint Vitus--Patron against oversleeping. I have an overwhelming feeling he and I are going to be very good friends soon...
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[TeresaBenedicta]

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I think I'm going to add:

St. Monica--she is a very powerful prayer intercessor; I've prayed for her intercession before during temptations and she granted my prayer

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Is it St. Monica really 'lesser known'? I think she's pretty popular!!

[Lisa]

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St Therese

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who is this? Never heard of her.

[Sarah147]

I'm not hearing much on these boards about Saint Josemaria Escriva. I'm working on reading one of his books, and I've seen some video footage of his talks to crowds on EWTN. He seems to have a very good spirituality for how to live the Faith and become Saints in the ordinary world. I love that.

[OnlySunshine]

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Is it St. Monica really 'lesser known'? I think she's pretty popular!!
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I don't hear that much of her at Church or online, actually. Maybe she's more popular to others?

[Shana]

St. Philomena (does she count as lesser known?)

[OnlySunshine]

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St. Philomena (does she count as lesser known?)
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I would think so since not much is known about her life.