- I read that people generally choose a Patron Saint based on a hobby or profession. This would not be the case for me. Is that…abnormal?
There are no rules for choosing a patron saint. People choose any saint that appeals to them. Sometimes they will pick a saint related to their job, or their hobby, or their nationality etc. But often people will say the saint chose them, because they just happened to read or see something about that saint or have the saint come into their mind, somewhat randomly. I know one man who has a devotion to St. Martin de Porres because when he was a young teen, he became seriously ill and his mother happened to find a relic of St. Martin de Porres on the trolley car and took it as a sign that she should pray to St. Martin to help her son recover. He got well and has felt close to St. Martin de Porres ever since.
From the way you are going on about St. Lucy, I’m getting a feeling that maybe “she chose you”.
It is also not uncommon for a person to have multiple patron saints. For example, one will be their “Confirmation saint” whose name they take at Confirmation (I think this is what you’re talking about in (2)) and others will just be other saints they feel close to for some reason.
- I am a male. If I do convert, wouldn’t I be taking a female Saint’s name? Is that allowed?
Many priests are fine with someone choosing a confirmation saint of the opposite gender. There are a handful of priests who have said no, but they seem like the exception rather than the rule. Regarding taking a female name, you’d probably be advised to take the male variant of it, such as Lucian, the same way a girl who wanted St. John or St. George might be told to take the female name Joan or Georgina.
- I read she is the Patron of the blind. Since I am not blind, does she really fit for me?
Again, you don’t have to choose a saint based on what they are patron of. To give an example, St. Therese of Lisieux, who is one of the most popular saints for the last century and whose statue is found in almost every church in USA, is a patron of missionaries, florists, gardeners, HIV/ AIDS and tuberculosis victims, but she has probably hundreds of thousands of devotees who don’t fall in any of those categories. With respect to blindness, it doesn’t have to be physical. St. Lucy could very well be guiding you out of spiritual blindness.
Where could I find stories of other Saints that could possibly be my Patron? I really was touched by her story and how it relates to my life, so I’d want something similar I think.
If you just want to read about saints, a good place to start is with the Saint of the Day on Catholic Culture website. Here for example is their page on St. John of the Cross whose feast day was yesterday.
