Rosary Question

[Annie12]

I was wondering if it is possible to be a saint without saying the rosary? My answer to this question would be yes but it would be harder. Am I correct here??? I am just curious

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Why would you not want to pray the Rosary - just wondering? It is such a beautiful way to give oneself over to prayer.

But to answer your question, there were saints before the Rosary became a popular form of prayer, so I would assume that the answer is yes. If you read the origin of the Rosary below, you will see that even the earliest dates are from the 3rd century - so let's face it - none of the Apostles or early martyrs used it! But St Dominic is the one most people attribute its use to and it wasn't really established until the 16th century.

[quote] from Wikipedia

There are differing views on the [b]history of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary"]rosary[/url][/b]. The exact origin of the Rosary as a prayer is less than clear and subject to debate among scholars.
Prayer beads may have their origins in the Eastern religions in India in the 3rd century BC. The use of knotted [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_rope"]prayer ropes[/url] in Christianity goes back to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Fathers"]Desert Fathers[/url] in the 3rd and early 4th centuries. These counting devices were used for prayers such as the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_prayer"]Jesus prayer[/url] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_monasticism"]Christian monasticism[/url]. The period after the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Ephesus"]First Council of Ephesus[/url] in 431 witnessed a gradual growth in the use of Marian prayers during the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages"]Middle Ages[/url].
According to some Catholic traditions, the Rosary was given to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Dominic"]Saint Dominic[/url] in a vision of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary"]Blessed Virgin Mary[/url] and it was then promoted by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanus_de_Rupe"]Alanus de Rupe[/url]. However, not all Catholics agree with that tradition. Some historians see a more gradual development for the Rosary in that the repetition of Marian prayers which form the basis of the Rosary needed counting devices which resulted in the modern form of the Rosary prayed on beads.
The practice of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary_devotions_and_spirituality"]meditation[/url] during the praying of the Hail Marys is attributed to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_of_Prussia"]Dominic of Prussia[/url], a 15th [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthusian"]Carthusian[/url] monk, who called it "Life of Jesus Rosary". The Christian victory at the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto_(1571)"]Battle of Lepanto[/url] in 1571 was attributed to the praying of the Rosary by masses of Europeans based on the request of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_V"]Pope Pius V[/url] and eventually resulted in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary"]Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary[/url]. In 1569, the papal bull [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consueverunt_Romani_Pontifices"]Consueverunt Romani Pontifices[/url] established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church. From the 16th to the early 20th century, the structure of the rosary remained essentially unchanged. [/quote]