Saint question?

[Chuck1]

Hi I was wondering what’s the difference between a patron saint and a regular saint ?
Thanks

 

[zab]

Hi I was wondering what’s the difference between a patron saint and a regular saint ?
Thanks

A patron saint is a saint designated as a patron for a person or church etc. For example if your name is Charles, your patron saint is St. Charles. If your parish Church is St. Therese of Lisieux, The parish patron saint is St. Therese and so forth.

 

[NewsTheMan]

Hi I was wondering what’s the difference between a patron saint and a regular saint ?
Thanks

Nothing. A Saint is a Saint. A Patron saint is just a saint that is invoked for a particular cause or group hence the word “Patron” i.e. it is good and proper to invoke them first and foremost for a specific cause. It doesn’t mean anything deeper - which is to say, it doesn’t make them any better or special than saints with no patronage. Some of the designations are rather arbitrary; some are based on the life of the saint, related events in his/her life, etc.

 

[Marsha_Adams]

Think back to the old days, when rich and powerful men would be “patrons” of the arts. They would feed, clothe, house, and give an allowance to some artist or composer or musician so that he could persue his art without starving to death or dying of exposure.

The artist’s patron would provide for him. Anybody with sufficient funds could be a patron.

Our patron saint provides for us. Any saint can be a patron.

 

[codefro]

Hopefully this doesn’t Segway too far from the OP, but when a person dies, what leads others to begin asking for their intercessions before they are beatified? Do people just feel the spiritual link that they feel the person is in heaven already and can speak to our Lord on our behalf already? Or are people not to
Pray to souls who are not yet recognized, and the soul must present his or herself to tell the church of his/ her entrance into heaven?