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Okay I had a hard time wording this one.

Virtually every Saint I know was monk, nun or clergy member. In other words they weren’t parents and never had children.

The ones that weren’t religious (that is monks, nuns, priest ect for any Non-Catholic reading this) seem to always by virgins like Joan of Arc or such. Well that or Angels lol 😉

Now aside from St. Joseph and the Apostles. Where there any saints that actually had families?
 
Oh, good question! I don’t know the answer, but I would like to hear.
 
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton had 5 kids.

St. Monica, mom of St. Augustine.

St. Helena, mom of Constantine.

Those are the first 3 that come to mind. —KCT
 
Some more. . .
Most of the saints in heaven were married during their lives on earth; most of the canonized saints were not. But of the married saints we have St. Joseph and Mary the Blessed Mother. Sts. Peter, Monica, Frances of Rome, Margaret of Scotland, Perpetua and Felicity, Bridget of Sweden, Elizabeth of Hungary, Elizabeth of Portugal and Elizabeth Ann Seton were married, as were St. Thomas More, St. Stephen of Hungary, St. Henry and St. Edward the Confessor.
 
To clearify.

I’m looking for those that DID NOT eventually become religious, or where alive at the time of the Apostles. And as I said I’m not counting the Blessed Mother or St. Joseph due to the marriage never being consummated.

Or eventually bound themselves to an off to remain chastity even though they where married St. Henry.

In short. Did anyone, after the time of the Apostles, make it to Sainthood that we know of. Without having to abstain totally and utterly from sex even with there own spouse?
 
I can assure you that St. Thomas More was not only married, but had children. And since he died in 1533. . that was quite a while after the apostles!
 
Thank you!

I was starting to wonder if I’m screwed as I don’t think God would want me in a religious order and well let’s say I really wanna find my vocation with a young lovely Catholic lass and ahem do my part to shore up the dwindling numbers… 😊
 
There is a whole book called Married Saints there is another about lay Saints–those who never took a religious vow even though they may not have been married (children, etc).

There is certainly precidence for being married, having children and still becoming a cannonized Saint. Of course, as someone else mentioned, most of heaven is populated with saints who were married–we just don’t know their names at this time!
 
St. Rita was once married with 2 children.
St. Rita is very special saint.
 
StephanieC said:
St. Gianna Beretta Molla, wife, physician & mother.

Blessed(s) Zelie and Louis Martin, parents of St. Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower). Not yet saints, but…
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water said:
St. Rita was once married with 2 children.
St. Rita is very special saint.
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These are the ones that I was thinking of. I think we also used to have the book about the married Saints. However, I think it was loaned long ago and found a new home. 😊
 
A few others come to mind - Sts Joachim and Anne (parents of Mary) and Zacary and Elizabeth (parents of John the Baptist)

And what about Old Testament saints? Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob obviously were all married. Kings David and Solomon. The prophet Hosea famously so (well, his wife was infamous anyway)
 
Though I cannot name married saints;

I just wanted to add that I am of the opinion that there are many more than we are made aware. It is just harder to recognize because their mission is a bit different, in that they help keep the Faith going in a more quiet manner than say, a St. Padre Pio.

This doesn’t make the mission less important, maybe more important, and in many ways I always imagined being a saintly parent is tougher than being a saintly hermit.

I think we’ll be surprised when the Lord calls us home, and we see how many unknown saints, who were regular joes and marys, there have been.
 
Don’t forget St. Gianna Mola, an Italian woman doctor of the 20th Century, recently canonized. She died because she gave birth to her 4th baby, refusing to abort it to save her life.
 
There are over 250 lay Saints (or Lay Saints to be) in the following books all by Joan Carroll Cruz
Secular Saints
Saintly Men of Modern Times
Saintly Women of Modern Times
Saintly Youth of Modern Times

I’m sure there are more, but I am familiar with these.
Happy reading, they reverted me 😃
 
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