Elisabeth of Hungary
And I shall call you fishermen of Saints: curious to find how many Kings and Queens raised to Sainthood I stumbled into a couple of apronfuls
In England and France only. Back to Hungary. The Lord gave a miraculous helping hand to this Queen with the family she married into. Humble and generous she met with their hostility and the bread she carried in her apron was often transformed into roses before the eyes that had caught her sneaking out could see.
Womb, I nearly wrote. That was another Queen and another Bread.
Fredianus
Really, we should be all waiting for Father Fredianus – ‘the man who came from the cold’ – but alas little was he known in the Northern countries which he left to flood – one of the many Irish – the city of Florence. We have to thank him if once our city was spared from a flood. Reason of the travel? ‘Meeting’ another of our locals: San Miniato.
Fredianus stopped the rushing waters with the flood of his words. Makes you wonder how really very few clearly spoken out lines can possibly build a better barrier to the many dangerous streams of the contemporary relativistic society.
Faustus
Travelling martyr, he was exilded with his Bishop, Peter and Paul and his life was ended on Diocletianus orders (beheading).
How many Bishops self exiled in their palaces by the secularist societal pressure and press?
Edmund king of the Anglians
My kingdom for a horse. Richard III that’s how much he was ready to pay for a horse. Is a penny too little a reward for a king who gave his life when threatened by the Danes about aburing his faith? In the Kingdom.
Rufus
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-santa-maria-in-trastevere
Wherever you go, next time you send a postcard pray to Saint Rufus. ;) Roman courier, he is depicted in one of the paintings being converted with Saint Anastasia by Crisogonus.
May the fragments of your trips and travels bring you a full faith
Cecilia of Rome
Woman. Martyr. Virgin.
Have a feeling not enough harping on has been made through the centuries on male clergy celibacy. Its meaning.
Colombano from Bobbio
Born in 542 is the patron saint of motorbikers. Maybe because with quick from above thinking side tricked the devil on a number of occasions? He was also responsible for instituting private vs public confession.
Finally, brethren, be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of his power. 11 Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. 13 Therefore take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice, 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace: 16 In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one. 17 And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God). Eph 6 10-17
Prosperus
When under attack from the barbarians called for thick fog to descend on the city of Reggio Emilia.
May his intercession help Bishops worldwise lift the fog blinding ‘Catholic’ politicians in charge of the Catholic citizens.
Caterina d’Alessandria
Accomplished philosopher and theologician she died on a torture wheel and her body was transported on Mount Sinai by an angel.
How many theologicians nowdays try to humanly agree force spin the pope on the theology wheel in their direction – angels keeping it turned in God’s one.
BellinoBishop. Rebuilt the cathedral destroyed by the earthquake, assigned priests to the various chapels of the city, dealt with the misdealings of the local politicians…all in all the average episcopal life events.
Virgilius of Salzburg
Literally buried in historical memory. Interest in his life was resurrected upon finding his body buried in the very cathedral he had built.
Giacomo della Marca
Page 368 Luisa Zerbini Il grande libro dei santi – for his enticing saintly CV.
Illuminata
Another virgin converted and promised in marriage to a prefect. Also her parents later on converted to Christianity.
Andrew
Net and cross – the symbols of his apostolic mission and martyrdom. Check out your home Bibles for episodes of his life with Jesus.
Eligious from Noyon
Not how you should treat a lady. Grabbing her by the nose with some thongs. But alas that was the devil in disguise. Patron saint of goldsmiths. Shall we add modern day piercings?
Bibiana
Legend? See last line of the next entry. Patroness of mentally ill people. Her life is said to be possibly a legend.
Frances Xavier
From his rich evangelical missionary travels only one observation: when in China he was challenged by locals saying that only Chinese wisdom could have produced Christianity. Therefore how could it be something good?
500 or so years later China produces copy cat clergy and rubber stamps Bishops…
Barbara
Courageous and faithful woman suffered martyrdom at the hands of her own father too. Patron Saint, amongst others, of firefighters, soldiers and all called to deal with explosives, it probably rings appropriate to extend the protection to all those clergy facing explosive pastoral issues.
Saba
Lavra (Narrow path) – the monastic community he founded in Palestine where both solitude and community life could be experienced. He chose the life of the anacoreta yet solved conflicts between prominent political figures of his times and kept heresies at bay.
Nicholas of Bari
The sea faring saint
Ambrose
A stinging conundrum for the contemporary canonist: buzzing bees acclaimed the newly born as Bishop prior the celebration of his Baptism.
Macarius of Alexandria
III century. The devil and beaurocracy: Christians who accepted to venerate the pagan gods were given a certificate (libello) that graced them in front of the guards saving them from martyrdom. God only knows Who really sat in their hearts.
San Siro
The Bp of Milan kicks for the primacy of his diocesis…
Pope. Excommunicated Donatus proponent of the rigorism heresy: to minister or not to minister the Sacraments to those who had committed grave sins? That was the question also in the 400 century.
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