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Traditional Catholic Faith => Funny Stuff for Catholics => Topic started by: poche on February 04, 2020, 11:46:22 PM
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Let's go through the alphabet and see if we can give a name to a saint
To start off let's say St Anne, the mother of the mother of God.
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Let's go through the alphabet and see if we can give a name to a saint
To start off let's say St Anne, the mother of the mother of God.
Open Butler's.
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St Benedict of Nursia
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St Catherine of Alexandria
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St Damien.
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St Edward the Confessor
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St. Francis of Assisi (Oct. 4)
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St. Gabriel of Our Lady Of Sorrows (Feb 27)
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St. Henry Emperor
St. Isidore of Seville
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St. Januarius (Sept 19)
St. Jerome (Sept 30)
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St. Kateri Tekawitha
St. Kevin
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Pope St Leo the Great
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St Mary Magdalene
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St. Norbert of Xanten, founder of the Premonstratensian order (c.1080-1134 AD)
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St Odilo
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St. Patrick
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St Quentin, pray for us.
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St Rocco, pray for us. ( He is often invoked against epidemics.)
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St Stephen pray for us
:pray: :pray: :pray:
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St Turibius pray for us.
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St Ursula Pray for us.
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St Vadim, pray for us
He lived in Persia with seven other monks, his disciples. King Chahpurhr II or Sapor decided to persecute the Christians and they were all arrested, then cruelly tortured. Another Christian prisoner, Prince Nersan, in front of these tortures, preferred apostasy to keep his life. He obtained his freedom on condition of making Vadim disappear. Nersan came to the prison, but trembling with emotion, he could not behead Saint Vadim at once. Then he struck him all over the body, shredding him in an excruciating pain which Saint Vadim endured with patience and seeking to convert Nersan: "Why do you have to be my executioner?"
https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6499/Saint-Vadim.html (https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6499/Saint-Vadim.html)
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St Walburga;
St. Walburga, Virgin (Feast day - February 25) Walburga was born in Devonshire England, around 710. She was the daughter of a West Saxon chieftain and the sister of St. Willibald (https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2145) and Winebald. Walburga was educated at Wimborne Monastery in Dorset, where she became a nun. In 748, she was sent with St. Lioba (https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4290) to Germany (https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=5104) to help St. Boniface (https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1817) in his missionary work. She spent two years at Bishofsheim, after which she became Abbess (https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=18) of the double monastery at Heidenheim founded by her brother Winebald. At the death of Winebald, St. Walburga (https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=209) was appointed Abbess (https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=18) of both monasteries by her brother Willibald, who was then Bishop (https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=1918) of Eichstadt. She remained superior (https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=11156) of both men and women until her death in 779. She was buried first at Heidenheim, but later her body was interred next to that of her brother, St. Winebald, at Eichstadt. at a small church called Holy Cross around which a group of canonesses were gathered.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=209 (https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=209)
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St. Xantippa & Polyxena Pray for us.
St. Xystus Pray for us.
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St. Yostima Pray for us.
St. Yrchard Pray for us.
St. Yared Pray for us.
St. Yeshak Pray for us.
St. Ymar Pray for us.
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St. Zachary Pray for us.
St. Zachariah Pray for us.
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St Albert the Great;
The saint and doctor of the Church who would be known as Albertus Magnus was born sometime before the year 1200. He was probably born in Bavaria, a fact we infer because he referred to himself as "Albert of Lauingen," a town which still stands today in southern Germany.
We do not know for sure all the details of his family origins, but we know he was well educated. He attended the University of Padua where he learned about Aristotle and his writings. This instruction in philosophy would become the foundation of his later work.
Sometime around the year 1223 or so, Albert experienced an encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary. This encounter moved him so much that he chose to become a member of the Dominican Order. He thereafter studied theology.
He excelled in his studies and later became a lecturer for the Dominicans at Cologne. He also traveled around the region to lecture gaining regional, then international acclaim.
At the same time he started lecturing, Albert produced "Summa de Bono," after collaboration with Phillip the Chancellor, who was a renown theologian from France.
In 1245, Albert became a master of theology under Gueruc of Saint-Quentin. He was the first German Dominican to achieve the title. He later went on to teach theology at the University of Paris, and became the Chair of Theology at the College of St. James. One of his students was the famous Thomas Aquinas who would also become a doctor of the Church and a saint.
Albert was very interested in Aristotle, and he made commentary on nearly all of Aristotle's works. He also studied the teachings of several Muslim scholars. At this time, the Islamic world led Europe in terms of scholarship, science, and medicine.
In 1254, Albert became the provincial of the Dominican Order. By all accounts, he was a capable and efficient administrator.
Five years later, in 1259, Albert participated in the General Chapter of the Dominicans along with Thomas Aquinas and several other contemporary leaders of the Order. They created a program of study for the Dominican order and developed a curriculum for philosophy. From this course of study would later arise the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, in Rome. Today, the university which is known as the "AngelicuŠ¼," is one of the foremost theological colleges in the world. It is still run by the Dominican order.
In 1260, impressed with his acuŠ¼en, Pope Alexander IV appointed Albert as bishop of Regensburg. Although he was a bishop, Albert refused to ride a horse and went everywhere on foot. This seemingly unusual practice was consistent with the rules of his order. The life of a bishop did not agree with Albert and he resigned from his post in 1263.
In that same year, Pope Urban IV accepted his resignation and reassigned him to preach about the Eighth Crusade to German-speaking people. The crusade was intended to recapture the city of Tunis in North Africa for Christendom, and was a total failure.
In his later years, Albert became renowned as a mediator. He mediated disputes between individuals as well as resolving a dispute between the people of Colonge and their bishop. He also founded Germany's oldest university in that city.
Before his death, he mourned the early passing of his great student, Thomas Aquinas, who would later be recognized as a saint and doctor of the Church. Aquinas died in 1274. Albert spent his last years defending the work of Aquinas which is among the most important work in the Church.
Albert became ill in 1278 and he died on November 15, 1280.
During his life, Albert wrote thirty eight volumes covering topics ranging from philosophy to geography, astronomy, law, friendship and love.
Three years after his death, his grave was opened and his body found to be incorrupt. When his grave was again opened centuries later in 1483, they only found his skeleton. His relics are presently found in the St. Andreas church in Colonge.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=144 (https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=144)