St. Christopher.
It's Sunday! Tell us who is your favorite Saint
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 11, 2024 9:07 AM |
St. Anthony-especially when I lose my car keys.
"Please, St Anthony, look around - something's lost and can't be found !"
He never fails me.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 9, 2024 6:03 PM |
I'm not Catholic, but following.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 9, 2024 6:04 PM |
Why, Saint Sebastian, of course. The patron saint of cocksuckers.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 9, 2024 6:07 PM |
Dorcas!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 9, 2024 6:09 PM |
Roger Moore.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 9, 2024 6:09 PM |
Saint West
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 9, 2024 6:13 PM |
St. Elsewhere
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 9, 2024 6:14 PM |
Are these your Confirmation names?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 9, 2024 6:18 PM |
Joan of arc, Francis of Assisi, Joseph, Catherine of Alexandria, Joseph of Cupertino, John the Baptist
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 9, 2024 6:25 PM |
Eva Marie.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 9, 2024 6:28 PM |
Okay, R10 made me 🤣
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 9, 2024 6:30 PM |
[quote]St. Margaret of Scotland is considered the patron saint of fashion because of her role in shaping Scotland's fashion during her 11th century reign. She believed that clothing her people in beautiful fabrics and colors with ornamental details would make them feel like a new race, distinct from other countries. To achieve this, she employed foreign merchants to bring her new fashions and fabrics from around the world, and also encouraged her people to learn how to weave with better materials.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 9, 2024 6:36 PM |
Saint Michael the Archangel
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 9, 2024 6:40 PM |
Saint Michael the Archangel
by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 9, 2024 6:46 PM |
Jill
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 9, 2024 6:47 PM |
Buffy
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 9, 2024 6:50 PM |
Susan Saint James, Buffy Saint Marie, and Eva Marie Saint
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 9, 2024 6:54 PM |
Joan of Arc is pretty badass.
Philip Neri is interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 9, 2024 6:58 PM |
St Jude Thaddaeus, patron saint of hope and lost causes and one of the Twelve Apostles. Also, the saint that Danny Thomas prayed to.
St Theresa of Avila for "Far more tears are shed for answered prayers than unanswered prayers." aka "Be careful what you pray for - you might get it."
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 9, 2024 6:58 PM |
Engelbert
Eunice
Boniface
by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 9, 2024 6:59 PM |
Peter Damian of Ostia—a scholar who obsessed about tableware
by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 9, 2024 7:02 PM |
Saint Dymphna
by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 9, 2024 7:05 PM |
I always liked the prayer to St. Michael. Let's see if I can remember it (I wasn't a Catholic for very long).
St. Michael the Archangel, protect us in battle. Lead us from the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. [bold]Ooops! Going to have to cheat.[/bold]
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
I always liked the vision of evil spirits prowling about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Yee-ha!
by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 9, 2024 7:05 PM |
Santa Claus, of course!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 9, 2024 7:06 PM |
Santa Anita
by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 9, 2024 7:08 PM |
Saint Vitalis
by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 9, 2024 7:09 PM |
St. Pope John XXIII.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 9, 2024 7:18 PM |
St . Vibiana
by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 9, 2024 7:18 PM |
St. Genesius of Rome, patron saint of cinema, theater, actors, and musicians.
St. Clare of Assisi, patron saint of television, television writers/workers, computer screens.
St. Isidore of Seville, patron saint of computers and the internet.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 9, 2024 7:26 PM |
St. Vivian of Vance, patron saint of Datalounge
by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 9, 2024 7:46 PM |
St. Jude - Patrol Saint of desperate cases.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 9, 2024 9:15 PM |
[quote]St. Jude - Patron Saint of desperate cases.
And soiled glass coffee tables
by Anonymous | reply 35 | June 9, 2024 9:18 PM |
St. Anthony - I pray to him when I’ve lost something and he always comes through
St. Francis of Assisi - he loved animals
St. Blaise - patron saint of ailments of the throat
by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 9, 2024 10:20 PM |
For DLers:
[quote] ST. DROGO: St. Drogo was so afflicted by a mystery ailment that made him physically repulsive that he’s now considered the patron saint of unattractive people. Entirely unrelatedly, he’s also the patron saint of coffeehouses.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 9, 2024 11:04 PM |
[quote]Bartenders – St. Amand of Maastricht
[quote]St. Amand was bishop of Maastricht (modern-day Belgium) but felt called to carry the Gospel to the regions of France and Germany where it was unknown. By chance, those regions, as we know, became prime producers of beer and wine. Tavern keepers (aka bartenders) then took St. Amand as their patron because of his dedication to the faith in those regions.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 9, 2024 11:06 PM |
St. Matthias, for being the Cindy Birdsong of the Apostles.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 9, 2024 11:24 PM |
St. Martin de Porres. Another animal lover but less famous than St. Francis of Assisi.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 9, 2024 11:24 PM |
Tony, Tony look around, something is lost and must be found!
by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 9, 2024 11:31 PM |
My parish was American Martyrs…only much later did I learn the truth of these saints.
Spoiler alert: they were French-Canadien, and not very nice to the First Nations.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 9, 2024 11:50 PM |
I'm not Catholic, but i always liked the idea of the saint of lost causes, whoever that is (if there is such a saint).
by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 10, 2024 12:05 AM |
[quote] St Jude Thaddaeus, patron saint of hope and lost causes and one of the Twelve Apostles. Also, the saint that Danny Thomas prayed to.
R19 Why did a successful person like Danny Thomas pray to the saint of lost causes? Did it have anything to do with Marlo, his “Little Miss Know-It-All?”
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 10, 2024 12:06 AM |
St. Lucy, who had her eyes ripped out. The images of her with them on a platter haunted my childhood.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 10, 2024 12:18 AM |
R45 He was working but not getting much work in Detroit. He prayed to St Jude and promised to build a shrine to him, got work, and moved to Chicago. He prayed some more, got more work, went to Hollywood for "Make Room for Daddy" and when the money started rolling in, remembered his promise and built St Jude's Hospital with the seed money coming from Arab-Americans and Thomas' performances. St Jude's, btw, was the first integrated hospital in the South. In 1962.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 10, 2024 12:41 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 10, 2024 1:39 AM |
[quote]I'm not Catholic, but i always liked the idea of the saint of lost causes, whoever that is (if there is such a saint).
Besides St. Jude, there's St. Rita of Cascia.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 10, 2024 2:31 AM |
[quote]St Frances of course
Oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 10, 2024 2:35 AM |
[quote]Saint Agatha had her tits ripped off.
Patron saint of FTM post-ops.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | June 10, 2024 2:35 AM |
Francis
He believed that nature itself was the mirror of God. He called all creatures his "brothers" and "sisters", and even preached to the birds and supposedly persuaded a wolf in Gubbio to stop attacking some locals if they agreed to feed the wolf. His deep sense of brotherhood under God embraced others, and he declared that "he considered himself no friend of Christ if he did not cherish those for whom Christ died”
by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 10, 2024 2:40 AM |
Another vote for Saint Michael.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | June 10, 2024 2:44 AM |
Felicity and Perpetua. The names always made me giggle during Litany of the Saints.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | June 10, 2024 2:48 AM |
My personal favorite Saint is my maternal grandma - she always said “you just have to love everybody” and actually meant it.
Her favorite Saint was Anthony - so him by proxy.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | June 10, 2024 3:07 AM |
St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Father of the Jesuits.
Patron Saint of the Basque provinces of Spain.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | June 10, 2024 3:08 AM |
Agatha was a pushy virgin.
Wasn't Felicitas delisted along with Christopher.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | June 10, 2024 3:09 AM |
St. Jude is the true Patron Saint of Lost Causes.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | June 10, 2024 3:22 AM |
Saint Agatha of Sicily has a great story. She was tortured by pagans, including having her breasts torn off, to get her to renounce her Christianity. She never gave in, and became a martyr/saint. Today, when her feast day is celebrated in Catania, one of the local delicacies is a pastry (Minne di Sant’Agata) shaped to resemble her sliced off breasts. lol. No shit.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | June 10, 2024 3:49 AM |
Sergius and Bacchus, patron saints of gay men looking for that special man to spend the rest of their lives with.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | June 10, 2024 6:38 AM |
Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers, who was de-sainted.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | June 10, 2024 7:16 AM |
St. Benedict, the founder of Western monasticism.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 10, 2024 7:47 AM |
R63 What is "desainted"?
by Anonymous | reply 65 | June 10, 2024 11:26 AM |
R65, Pope Paul VI dropped St, Christopher's feast day from the Catholic Church's liturgical calendar because of insufficient evidence that he ever existed.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | June 10, 2024 11:49 AM |
Saint-Saëns
by Anonymous | reply 67 | June 10, 2024 12:42 PM |
Saint Barnabas
by Anonymous | reply 68 | June 10, 2024 1:13 PM |
R66 Is he a saint now? Do all saints get a day?
by Anonymous | reply 69 | June 10, 2024 1:14 PM |
[quote][R63] What is "desainted"?
Triggered.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | June 10, 2024 2:37 PM |
[quote][[R63]] What is "desainted"?
Surprise anal from Ron DeSantis
by Anonymous | reply 71 | June 10, 2024 2:37 PM |
St. Sebastian and St. Lawrence, because:
As R3 noted, Sebastian is the patron saint of gay men. And for both because I'm into BDSM. Sebastian...ahunky military man tied up! And Lawrence bound to a grill! Woof, What martyrdom for both!
Best scene about favorite saints: was from "Agnes of God," when Ann Bancroft an Jane Fonda discussed their views of various saints.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | June 10, 2024 3:14 PM |
St Malachy. His predictions are interesting. He predicted Pope Francis would be our last Pope. The Church of course doesn't say much. But some Catholics - mostly Irish believe his predictions. At least he made it interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | June 10, 2024 3:54 PM |
I didn't grow up Catholic, but I used to go to mass with a friend and I always liked the *idea* of the Saints: it was like God's first line Call Center when things were going to shit "Can't find something? Hit #1 for Saint Antony; Lost Cause, Hit#2 for Saint Jude; etc." My Methodist upbringing didn't allow for the idea that there was any other option than appealing directly to The Big Guy
by Anonymous | reply 74 | June 10, 2024 4:29 PM |
Methodists believe enough in Saints to name hospitals after them. St Luke seems to be the patron saint of Protestant hospitals.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | June 10, 2024 5:42 PM |
Christopher is not a saint anymore. He was watching over bachelors, truck drivers, sailors, travelers, surfers, epileptics, and gardeners, who are now on their own.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 10, 2024 6:10 PM |
They all have back-up saints. Duh.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | June 10, 2024 7:56 PM |
When I visited Paris for the first time, one of the things I wanted to explore was the legend of St. Denis. I'd imagined him walking down from Montmartre many times, carrying his severed head.
My favorite painting of a saint is in the Andre Meyer Gallery at the Metropolitan in New York. St. Joan is depicted at the time of her calling, and the shades of Sts. Michael, Margaret, and Catherine appear faintly in the background. As Joan gazes into the distance, the sacrifices of pain, sorrow, and the bravery of her vocation are clear in the artist's depiction of the voices. The work has inspired me to take the time to listen to my conscience many times.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 10, 2024 9:11 PM |
[quote] St Jude Thaddaeus, patron saint of hope and lost causes and one of the Twelve Apostles.
The Vatican agrees that this also makes St. Jude the patron saint of DataLounge.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | June 10, 2024 9:27 PM |
Saint Bonaventure. If you know, you know!
by Anonymous | reply 80 | June 10, 2024 9:32 PM |
Santa Fe
by Anonymous | reply 82 | June 10, 2024 10:04 PM |
[quote] Saint Agatha of Sicily has a great story. She was tortured by pagans, including having her breasts torn off, to get her to renounce her Christianity.
R60 On DL, that should have read, “Picture it: Sicily 250 AD. Saint Agatha was tortured by pagans…”
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 11, 2024 9:07 AM |