What was or will be your confirmation saint?

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I picked Mary. The Virgin Mary. I thought you couldn’t but they said you could.

She has helped me and talked to me via locution which is cool. And I only felt Jesus presence once when I was going to do something bad he stopped me sort of 😦

Other than that, I am glad that I picked her.
 
I was going to start a thread about this… As I have a question about this very subject.

My first name and middle name are both Christian/saint names, I mean my legal name by law on birth certificate, however I want to pick a different saint, will this be okay or do I have to pick one from my actual name?

The name I want to pick as my confirmation saint is Pius.
 
Pick your name. Mine is St. Joseph, which was not part of my given name.
 
I was Confirmed as an adult Easter 2012. I was not given the option by my instructors or priest to pick a Confirmation Saint name. I’ve always been sad about that, but I’ve tried to embrace St Joseph (one of my given names is Joseph) since then as my patron. I was not at the time particularly devoted to the Saints, so I’m not sure whom I would have picked at the time if given the option. If I was getting Confirmed tomorrow and had to pick a name, I would probably pick St Benedict of Nursia.
 
Mine was Saint Sebastian.

I thumbed through a website of Catholic saints and ran across his story. He’s depicted as being tied to the tree and shot full of arrows. He’s also one of the only saints that I know of who was actually martyred…twice.

For the record, my wife’s saint is St. Clare.
 
I believe picking a confirmation saint is something peculiar to Roman Catholicism. Eastern Catholics are chrismated at baptism, usually as infants. They are encouraged to be given saint names at that time. The Eastern Orthodox are the same, however, they do place a significance on the saint whose day you were born on. My RC grandfather named all his 12 children by the saint whose day they were born. My mom said it was easy to remember birthdays that way. And to die on your birthday was seen as your patron saint calling you home. So maybe at one time Roman Catholics also placed a significance on your birth day saint. Just a thought.

If you are picking a saint name, I would get to know them first. What is your baptismal name? Look up the saint on the day you were born. I was given two saint names, one at baptism and another my legal name. When I read about the saint under my legal name, I found that we had a strong connection.
 
I think it is also somewhat a cultural thing. I previously worked as a bilingual secretary at a parish with a growing Hispanic community. I ended up having to explain to a great many parents why their kids in religious education classes were being asked to choose a saint for Confirmation. I don’t think it was a lack of catechesis…I just think that it is not widely done in Mexico.

I chose St. Joan of Arc, as she has always been an inspiration to me ever since I was about 10 years old, having many qualities that I admire and wish to develop in my own life.
 
Mine was St. Mark, though I really didn’t know what I was doing when I picked him. I simply St. Mark because I thought his name sounded cool and he wrote one of the Gospels.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have most likely picked differently. Perhaps I would have chosen St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Maximilian Kobe, or St. Francis. But I do know that if I need to pick a saint’s name today based on everything I know, I would pick Pope St. John Paul II.
 
St. John, at the request of my mother.

My mother would have named me John, but I had a cousin in the family already named that.
 
I went with St. Vitus. Thumbed through a book and saw he was the patron saint of comedians.
 
phil19034 said:
Mine was St. Mark, though I really didn’t know what I was doing when I picked him. I simply St. Mark because I thought his name sounded cool and he wrote one of the Gospels.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have most likely picked differently. Perhaps I would have chosen St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Maximilian Kobe, or St. Francis. But I do know that if I need to pick a saint’s name today based on everything I know, I would pick Pope St. John Paul II.
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Very similar for me. I was confirmed at age 12, and I chose St. Mark too, as much for the Gospel Evangelist as for my good friend and classmate named Mark.

If I had it to do over, I would likely pick St. Benedict or St. Romuald, but of course St. Mark is still also a very good patron.
 
This was 40 years ago (or more) for me, I picked Ann not sure what my reasoning was. When my child was going through confirmation in 7th grade and needed to decide on a saint name, I encouraged her to read about several and see who “spoke” to her. She finally decided on St. Francis of Assisi, because of his history and also because her beloved, and deceased grandfather was named Francis. And, yes females can chose male confirmation names!
 
JanetF said:
This was 40 years ago (or more) for me, I picked Ann not sure what my reasoning was. When my child was going through confirmation in 7th grade and needed to decide on a saint name, I encouraged her to read about several and see who “spoke” to her. She finally decided on St. Francis of Assisi, because of his history and also because her beloved, and deceased grandfather was named Francis. And, yes females can chose male confirmation names!
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And there are males who choose Mary for their Confirmation names and even priests / religious brothers who take on the name Mary after the vows. I’m also aware of a parents who have given sons the middle name Mary.

Also the name Mario comes from Mary too 🙂

God Bless
 
I chose Sean - I was told this was the Irish form for John, the Bishop didn’t balk when he pronounced it, tho I’ve never seen a saint sean!
 
Our catechism teacher, a nun, though I don’t recall her name, gave each of us a page listing the Saints. One page of women Saints was given to the girls and one page of men Saints was given to the boys. I picked Ethelreda. In the past few years, EWTN showed a film of her life. I missed it, I am watching for it to be shown again. Wishing you blessings on your Confirmation and a firm desire to glorify God with your life.
 
It was not a part of our culture at the time and place of my Confirmation to choose a Confirmation name/saint. I wanted to choose the name Teresa (Avila) but I felt I could not. Coincidence that I am now a Lay Carmelite???
 
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