franciscanheart Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 So there's the obvious: Saints Francis and Clare (Pray for us!) I also really love [url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02648c.htm"]Saint Bonaventure[/url]. A brief bit from the New Advent article linked above: [quote] Bonaventure enjoyed especial veneration even during his lifetime because of his stainless character and of the miracles attributed to him. It was Alexander of Hales who said that Bonaventure seemed to have escaped the curse of Adam's sin. And the story of St. Thomas visiting Bonaventure's cell while the latter was writing the life of St. Francis and finding him in an ecstasy is well known. "Let us leave a saint to work for a saint", said the Angelic Doctor as he withdrew. When, in 1434, Bonaventure's remains were translated to the new church erected at Lyons in honour of St. Francis, his head was found in a perfect state of preservation, the tongue being as red as in life. This miracle not only moved the people of Lyons to choose Bonaventure as their special patron, but also gave a great impetus to the process of his canonization. Dante, writing long before, had given expression to the popular mind by placing Bonaventure among the saints in his "Paradiso", and no canonization was ever more ardently or universally desired than that of Bonaventure. That its inception was so long delayed was mainly due to the deplorable dissensions within the order after Bonaventure's death. Finally on 14 April, 1482, Bonaventure was enrolled in the catalogue of the saints by Sixtus IV. In 1562 Bonaventure's shrine was plundered by the Huguenots and the urn containing his body was burned in the public square. His head was preserved through the heroism of the superior, who hid it at the cost of his life but it disappeared during the French Revolution and every effort to discover it has been in vain. Bonaventure was inscribed among the principal Doctors of the Church by Sixtus V, 14 March, 1557. His feast is celebrated 14 July. [/quote] Saint Bonaventure, pray for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Oooo, I have quite a few: St. Francis of Assisi (of course!) St. Clare of Assisi St. Padre Pio [url="http://www.paxetbonum.net/saints/november.html#17"]St. Elizabeth of Hungary[/url] (I think she is my absolute favorite) [url="http://www.paxetbonum.net/saints/january.html#7"]Bl. Angela of Foligno[/url] [url="http://www.paxetbonum.net/saints/may.html#16"]St. Margaret of Cortona[/url] [url="http://www.paxetbonum.net/saints/july.html#15"]St. Bonaventure[/url] [url="http://www.paxetbonum.net/saints/july.html#10"]St. Veronica Giuliani[/url] [url="http://www.paxetbonum.net/saints/august.html#14"]St. Maximilian Kolbe[/url] [url="http://www.paxetbonum.net/saints/november.html#19"]St. Agnes of Assisi[/url] St. Jean Vianney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Mater Mis already stole mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 [quote name='Maximilianus' timestamp='1309382626' post='2260427'] Mater Mis already stole mine. [/quote] I'm guessing yours would be St. Kolbe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 [quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1309382686' post='2260428'] I'm guessing yours would be St. Kolbe. [/quote] Wrong! its ...oh wait. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/echo4lima/stmaxfinalwhite.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 There are Franciscan saints??? Wow who knew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 [quote name='vee8' timestamp='1309383346' post='2260439'] There are Franciscan saints??? Wow who knew [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretTeresa Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My patron is St Clare!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeteorShower Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Saint Francis Saint Clare Siant Anthony of Padua Saint Bernadine of Siena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Francesco Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 St. Colette of Corbie - reformer, hence the Poor Clare Colettines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare~Therese Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I think two of my favorites out of many are St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Anthony of Padua. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='Clare~Therese' timestamp='1309409169' post='2260665'] I think two of my favorites out of many are St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Anthony of Padua. [/quote] Yes, yes! Love those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 St. Anthony of Padua St. Clare of Assisi (after whom our first daughter, God willing we have one in the future, will be named) Ven. Margaret Sinclair (Sr. Mary Francis of the Five Wounds) ... amazing "modern" Scottish Saint, I love her like a Sister! and my confirmation Saint, St. Rose of Viterbo! Among others ... they're each just incredible and amazing and amesome in their own right! I LOVE Franciscan Saints! It was very cool to be with an Order that followed the Rule of St. Francis ... lots and lots of Feast Days!!! AAAH and Padre Pio, of course!!! He's one of "My Five" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSister2009 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 St. Francis (Still working on his book) St. Clare, St. Anthony, St. Maximilian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarisStella Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='CherieMadame' timestamp='1309440517' post='2260760'] and my confirmation Saint, St. Rose of Viterbo! Among others ... they're each just incredible and amazing and amesome in their own right! [/quote] Yes!! I love her, she was just incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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