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Who is your patron saint? What do you like about him/her? Give a brief or detailed (whichever you want) description of your saint.
 
My patron saint is St. Sebastian. He was a commander in the Roman army who would share the Gospel with fellow soldiers and prisoners. His superiors tod him to stop, but he refused to they tied him to a tree and shot him full of arrows. Because of his athletically strong body (he is the patron of atheletes, more on that later) he survived. After he got healthy again, he preached directly to emperor, who had him beaten to death with clubs.

I chose him for a variety of reasons. I was a semi-big time athlete in my day and he is the patron of athletes. Also, my grandfather was named Sebastian (it’s also my uncle’s middle name). Our whole family (in the US) is buried in St. Sebastian cemetery. It’s a big name in my family because our roots are in a small town Sicily with a huge devotion to St. Sebastian. They have a Basilica named after him there. When the immigrants came to the USA they all settled in the same town and built a replica of the Basilica here–albeit to a smaller scale–also, of course, named after St. Sebastian. It is where my grandfather grew up attending.

In a beautiful twist of Providence, I just moved to the same town and now attend the same church! There’s a huge painting of St. Sebastian getting shot with arrows on the ceiling. There’s a beautiful mosaic and side altar devoted to him too. They also have a separate little shrine with a statute of him. On his Feast day, there’s a huge festival in town with a big procession honoring him.

Here’s some great pictures of the Sicilian festival ours is modeled after (I think the one’s with the babies are great! 😃 ):

sansebastiano.org/english/efest.htm
sansebastiano.org/english/ereportage.htm

An example 🙂

 
I’ve got too many heavenly friends to count, but I’ve really grown to love St Joseph dearly.

Strong, quiet, faithful, humble, obedient to God in very difficult circumstances, patron of workers (I’m trying to learn the art of working hard and cheerfully - both at the same time 😛 ) and immigrants (I work as a migration consultant).

St Joseph, pray for us :crossrc:
 
My patron saint is St. Anthony of Padua. Below I will describe why he is the best saint for me.

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta01011.jpg

St. Anthony of Padua is the best saint for me. Now I will describe why. For one thing, he is patron saint of lost things. I am always losing things so it is wonderful to be able to pray “St. Anthony St. Anthony please come down. Something has been lost and can’t be found.” when I lose something. He is also patron saint of poor people. Well, I am definitely well below the poverty line and am definitely a poor person so that is another reason why he is a good saint for me. He is patron saint of mail and I love getting mail. He is patron saint of animals and I love animals. He is patron saint of pregnant women and I am a strong pro-life advocate so he is an appropriate saint for me there. He is patron saint against sterility which is one thing I am afraid I might suffer from.

St. Anthony of Padua is a doctor of the Church. One legend of him says that the child Christ appeared to him and St. Anthony held the child Christ in his arms. A picture of this is above. This is one of my most beloved stories about him.

More details about St. Anthony of Padua are at the following links:

catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta01.htm

newadvent.org/cathen/01556a.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua

catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=24

americancatholic.org/features/anthony/
 
St. Anthony’s feast was yesterday! 🙂 (he’s a great doctor of the Church).

My priest gave a great homily on his great preaching–in fact, my priest has been to Padua and has seen St. Anthony’s incorrupt tongue! 🙂

St. Anthony of Padua, St. Peter Chrysologus, and St. John Chrysostom are probably the best three preachers in the hisotry of the Church! 🙂
 
My patron saint is Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo!

I picked him because when I read his writings, it’s as if he is speaking from my heart. The things he says in his sermons and Confessions often make me laugh or cry or just make the love of God overflow in my heart.

He was Baptized as an adult also, and in preparation he had to refrain from bathing and wear the same clothes for the entire Lenten season, and fast on bread and water.

He retained his burning passion for his faith to his death (and beyond I’m sure) nearly half a century after his Baptism.

There is more but I won’t ramble.
 
Officially (meaning I took her name at Confirmation):

St. Cecilia, patroness of music/musicians. I invoke her intercession every time I cant a Mass, and at other times as well. She’s a very powerful intercessor and prayer partner.

Unofficially:

St. Albert the Great, patron of scientists. I figure I can use the help. :o

St. Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist), as she also suffered infertility.
 
Pope St. Pius X - Defender of the faith, promoted daily communion, and focused on the youth of the Church by lowering the age of the First Communion.

What’s there not to like?
 
Mine is St. Francis ----- De Sales :extrahappy: :extrahappy: He wrote the Catholic Controversy, which is a great work defending the faith. It converted 72,000 calvanists! He is also a doctor of the Church!

Oh yeah - he’s also one of the saints revered by the Institute of Christ the King 😃

(Mind you, I don’t dislike St. Francis of Assissi…)

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Well, my mother wanted my middle name to be Daniel, so I was Baptized and Confirmed with that name. She always told me that I was named after St. Daniel whose name belongs to the Book of Daniel, however he is not actualy a Saint 🤷

There are several St. Daniels, but none of them are too well-known. So I picked the Curé d’Ars, St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney, as I can identify with him in some ways and I love his work and teachings. He is the Patron of Parish Priests.

St. Jean Vianney’s childhood was during the French Revolution, so he was forced to learn and practice the Catholic faith in secret to avoid the Revolutionary authorities. He had difficulties in his education, especialy in his Latin studies, and struggled through seminary. He became the priest of the village of Ars, where the influence of the Revolution had resulted in religious ignorance and a lack of faith. St. Jean’s deep devotion to the Eucharist, his commitment to hearing confessions for most of the day, and his powerful sermons helped bring Catholicism back to Ars and the whole region. Soon the village became a destination of pilgrimages. Many miracles took place during his life and after his death in 1859. He was beatified by Pope St. Pius X in 1905 and canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1926. His body was not corrupted by death and can still be seen today.
 
St. Peter the Apostle. He has 2 letters in the Bible, plus he received the Keys from Jesus. Yeah, my patron saint rocks!😃
 
For my Confirmation back in march I took the name Blessed Damien of Molokai.
He’s my role model. I want ot be a missionary doctor because of him. I think what he did for the lepers of Molokai is just wonderful He sacrificed his life to give them dignity. I hope when I’m a doctor I can be half the person he was.
 
Since my baptismal name is Rita, Saint Rita is my patron saint. I took the trouble of reading up on her. She is the Patron saint of impossible cases, of abuse cases, against lonliness, against sterility, forgotten causes, impossible causes, sick people, widows,. She was blessed with the stigmata, a thorn from His crown pierced her forehead, she suffered a lot from this wound. It is said when you pray to her, a sign that she has heard your prayer, is that a rose appears at some point during the day, not magically, but most naturally. For example, i had been praying hard on behalf of my nephew, the prayer was answered, and on the same day a friend gave me, most surprisingly, for no reason at all a single rose.
 
My patron Saint would have to be Teresa of Avila (took her name for confirmation, too). Witty, sometimes moody and sometimes tactful, she won the respect of both men and women.

She preambled a few of her passages with (I’m poorly paraphrasing here), “Although I am but a poor and unlearned woman…” which could almost be considered tongue-in-cheek. Much of her writing is symbolic, but oftentimes you dont’ have to dig too deep to understand her meanings.

Teresa was the victim of gossip and cause for scandal both in her community and to the general public. But she soldiered on.

She had no reservation in joking with Our Lord. “On one occasion Teresa complained to God. He replied, “That is how I always treat my friends.” St Teresa replied, “That must be why you have so few friends!”

Teresa lived in a time of odd syncretism - having a Jewish past, in an until-recently Muslim country, and defending the Faith through the counter-reformation, made her one heck of a driving force regrding getting back to the fundamentals of the Faith.

Sorry, I could go on and on. She’s my gal.
 
St. Paul. He was a terrible sinner who repented and lived a pious life, spreading the Gospel with his intellect. I hope to be like him.
 
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