Author Topic: Who are your Favorite Saints (Read 2456 times)

Lover of Truth · « **on:** May 23, 2014, 08:43:59 AM »

Mine are as follows:

1. Saint John the Baptist

2. Saint Joseph

3. Saint John the Evangelist

4. Saint John Vianney

5. Saint Pius V

6. Saint Thomas Aquinas

7. Saint Gregory the Great

8. Saint Robert Bellarmine

9. Saint Athanasius

10. Saint Joan of Arc

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Anyone more devoted to a Saint other than Our Lady?

Lover of Truth · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2014, 08:55:26 AM »

If I had to round it out to 20 it would be as follows:

11. Saint Peter

12. Saint Paul

13. Saint Thaddeus

14. Saint Anastasia

15. Saint Jerome

16. Saint Hillary

17. Saint Augustine

18. Saint Benedict

19. Saint Scholastica

20. Saint Dominic

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Now if it had to be my top 30 I would continue thusly (thusly is a word that means something like "as follows" or something related to "thus"):

21. Saint Catherine of Sienna

22. Saint Francis of Assisi

23. Saint Clare

24. Saint Briget of Sweden

25. Saint John Fisher

26. Saint Thomas More

27. The 14 Holy Helpers

28. Saint Damasus

29. Saint Gregory X

30. My Most Holy Guardian Angel (He is almost in a special category and I don't really like putting a number on him.

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Dare I:

31. Saint Pius X

shin · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2014, 09:44:22 AM »

1. St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

2. St. John of the Cross

3. St. John the Apostle

4. St. Philomena

5. St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney

6. St. Maximos the Confessor

7. St. Thalassios the Libyan

8. St. Joseph

9. St. Anthony of Padua

10. St. Christopher

11. St. Michael

12. St. Raphael

13. St. Mark the Ascetic

14. St. Poemen

15. St. Moses the Black

16. St. John Cassian

17. St. John Climacus

18. Pope St. Pius X

19. Pope St. Gregory the Great

20. St. Bridget of Sweden

The Fourteen Holy Helpers are wonderful!

I really can't make a list without leaving out some. . .

I don't really think in terms of favorites but.. the above are some saints I think of particularly..

soulguard · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2014, 10:09:20 AM »

1. St Thérése of Lisieux
2. St Benedict
3. St Michael the Arch angel
4. St Gabriel
5. St Raphael
6. St Columbanus
7. St Anselm of Canterbury
8. Padre Pio
9. St Catherine of Sienna
10. St Theresa of Avila
11. St. Augustine
12. St Dominic
13. St. Thomas Aquinas
14. St. James
15. The desert fathers and hermit monks
16. The martyrs of unjust persecutions
17. Ecclesiasticus
18. St David who wrote the psalms

I cant think of anymore that I make use of frequently. This list is in no particular order.

MariaCatherine · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2014, 10:27:36 AM »

St. Joseph, and, roughly in chronological order:

St. Joachim, St. Anne, St. Zacharia, St. Elizabeth, St. John the Baptist, St. Peter, St. James (who wrote about the sins of the tongue), St. John the Evangelist, St. Paul, all the Apostles, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Martha, St. Lazarus, St. Dismas, Sts. Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia, St. Philomena, St. Monica, St. Augustine, St. Patrick, St. Simeon Stylites, St. Gregory the Great, St. Dymphna, St. Bruno, St. Rosalia, Bl. Herman, St. Agnes, St. Lucia, St. Dominic, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Louis IX, Bl. Margaret Castello, Bl. Angelico, St. Joan of Arc, St. Pius V, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Margaret Clitherow, St. John de Brebeuf, St. Isaac Jogues, St. Renee Goupil, St. Anthony Daniel, St. Charles Daniel, St. Gabriel Lalemont, St. Noel Chabanel, St. John de Lalonde, St. Louis Marie de Montfort, St. Francis de Sales, St. Catherine Laboure, St. Bernadette, St. Maria Goretti, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, St. Pius X, St. Francis Cabrini, Bl. Francisco of Fatima, Bl. Jacinta of Fatima, Bl. Miguel Pro, St. Pio.