Name your top three favorite saints!

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St Roch (or Rocco or Roque) is still very popular on continental Europe.

I suspect “Rocky” as a name comes from it, though this has probably been forgotten.
 
Another favourite is St Hubertus. His father was a Duke of Aquitaine and he was expected to succeed. He was sent to the Frankish court at Metz to get experience and got involved in politics there. He married and had a son but his wife died in childbirth.
Grief stricken he abandoned God and spent his time out hunting. On Good Friday he had a mystical experience in which Christ sooke to him through the mouth of a stag.
He went to Bishop Lambert of Maastricht whi was converting the remaining heathen in the low countries with the aid of English missionaries and also denouncing immorality at the Frankish Court especially Pepin’s relationship with his mistress (their grandson was Charlemagne). When Pepin had Lambert murdered, Hubertus succeeded him. His brother Odo therefore became Duke of Aquitaine and defeated the Ummayyid Moslems in 721.
There is good evidence that Hubertus actually did establish the rules governing hunting, and is therefore the patron saint of hunting.
Personally he inspires me as someone who overcomes his personal trauma, places his passions at the service of God and lives a rich and interesting life as a consequence.
 
@Maximian Yea! Two terrific medieval saints relevant for our time. I took the time to read about the life of St. Hubertus and also found it very interesting. Political intrigue and upheaval, religious persecutions, personal tragedy with loss of faith, spiritual conversion after listening to the voice of God which caused him to turn his life around. Human nature doesn’t change much millennium from millennium. I’ve been enlightened, uplifted and entertained so thank you for mentioning this saint. As I read about his ethical hunting and conservation rules I could hear echoes of both my father’s and my husband’s voice on this matter. That it was spoken to him through the stag as the voice of God makes it more compelling. If God can speak through a burning bush, I have no doubt that He could use another of His creations. An amusing side note is that the German liqueur Jaggermeister meaning Master Hunter has on its bottle an image of that stag with the cross between it’s antlers.
 
By the way have you heard of St Corona? I hadn’t until I saw this. She was martyred by the horrible Marcus Aurelius whose writings have become so popular:

“In Anzù, Northern Italy, the hotbed of the coronavirus in Europe, is a basilica where the relics of Saint Victor and Saint Corona are being preserved since the 9th century.

Saint Corona was only fifteen when she professed her Christian Faith during the persecution of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius around 165.

Corona was arrested and tied by her feet to the tops of two palm trees which were bent to the ground. When the palms were let loose she was torn apart. According to the Roman Martyrology, this happened in Syria.

Saint Corona is especially venerated in Austria and Bavaria as the Patron Saint against epidemics.

Her feast day is May 14.”
 
I have never heard of her, but I’ll have to look into her. Thanks for telling me about her!!! 🙂
 
St. Benedict Joseph Labre
St. Brigid of Ireland
St. Dymphna

Experienced my first miracle with St. Benedict Joseph Labre.
Converted thanks to St. Brigid.
Pray regularly to St Dymphna for my schizophrenia.
 
I’m glad you had good experiences with those saints. 🙂 I’ve never heard of the first one. Who is he?
 
Lol sorry meant to share a better link thank that one. He was a homeless and had trouble fitting in. He finally found his calling traveling from holy place to holy place. His story always struck a chord with me.
 
@Maximian I’ve only come across her name recently digging deeper into the saints and especially with corona virus being in the news. But I didn’t delve into her life’s story. Utterly chilling and brutal. Nuns used to relate stories of the martyrs to us and my thought as a child was yes but that was then. Little did I realize that I would be living through such persecutions of Christians. Let us pray for St. Corona, St Hubertus, St. Roch to intercede on our behalf that God will deliver us from this pandemic and protect Christians living in fear of persecution.
 
Agreed! It really seems like St Anthony loves to help with even the little details…he’s never failed me when it comes to finding a parking spot in the crowded Queens, NY streets, lol!! Our God is so generous 😊
 
Welcome @Eri76 to CAF. I’m a fairly newbie here myself. My new on line parish to hear The Sunday Mass is the Passionists broadcast for Jamaica Queens. I feel at home in that little chapel and love to see the children from local Catholic schools. It puts a smile on my face to know that they are the future of our Catholic faith. I appreciate the connection with the Passionists production that first aired on TV Christmas day in 1970 to serve the needs of the elderly and shut-ins of the tri-state area.
 
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