Zone1 about Patron Saints in general

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There are Patron Saints for many topics.
For Cities, persons, and professions.

Do you know some?

 

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three examples .....

Florian for the fire fighters
Nicholas for the sailors
Urban for the wine growers

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

three examples .....

Florian for the fire fighters
Nicholas for the sailors
Urban for the wine growers

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St. Lawrence is the Patron of Chefs and Comedians.

St Lawrence: The Christian martyr who died telling a joke

Today is the feast day of St Lawrence (225-258), one of the earliest Christian martyrs and one of the few who died telling a joke.

www.christiantoday.com

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[irosie91]

three examples .....

Florian for the fire fighters
Nicholas for the sailors
Urban for the wine growers

monks and nuns of cyberspace?

 

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St. Lawrence is the Patron of Chefs and Comedians.

St Lawrence: The Christian martyr who died telling a joke

Today is the feast day of St Lawrence (225-258), one of the earliest Christian martyrs and one of the few who died telling a joke.

www.christiantoday.com

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St. Lawrence is the Patron of Chefs and Comedians.

St Lawrence: The Christian martyr who died telling a joke

Today is the feast day of St Lawrence (225-258), one of the earliest Christian martyrs and one of the few who died telling a joke.

www.christiantoday.com

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yes, I remember!
He is Sankt Lorenz in German.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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St Rose of Lima, Patroness of fine needlework, as she helped her family make a living by making fine embroidery and lace. Also, Patroness of gardeners, who had an uncanny knack for growing large crops of beautiful flowers, the sale of which also contributed much to her family's coffers. She also grew and harvested medicinal herbs and treated ill minority slaves.

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[Zebra]

@ cities

Nicholas for New York
Marc for Venice

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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St. Padre Pio, the Flying Monk. In WWII, he appeared in the sky and stopped allied bombers from bombing Italian villages. He carried the wounds of Christ (Stigmata), was known to hear Confessions for as much as 18 hours a day, and is known for his amazing devotion to the Blessed Virgin, praying as many as 50 Rosaries a day.

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Berlin has many patron saints.
so I name just one ..... Bernhard Lichtenberg

he died in 1943 .... as a martyr ... he resisted the Nazi rule

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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St. Kevin of Ireland. It's said that he was outside praying one day, arms outstretched in the posture of prayer, when a bird landed in his hand and laid an egg. He supposedly help that posture until the egg hatched and the hatchling flew away.

That's patience!

Or stubbornness.

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St. Kevin of Ireland. It's said that he was outside praying one day, arms outstretched in the posture of prayer, when a bird landed in his hand and laid an egg. He supposedly help that posture until the egg hatched and the hatchling flew away.

That's patience!

Or stubbornness.

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Kevin has become a popular name in Germany ... because of a film

 

[ReinyDays]

The only Saints I know of are from New Orleans ...

 

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three examples .....

Florian for the fire fighters
Nicholas for the sailors
Urban for the wine growers

And the Greek god Crepitus for the politicians.

 

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St Rose of Lima, Patroness of fine needlework, as she helped her family make a living by making fine embroidery and lace. Also, Patroness of gardeners, who had an uncanny knack for growing large crops of beautiful flowers, the sale of which also contributed much to her family's coffers. She also grew and harvested medicinal herbs and treated ill minority slaves.

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Patroness of gardeners ... good to know!

 

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St. Padre Pio, the Flying Monk. In WWII, he appeared in the sky and stopped allied bombers from bombing Italian villages. He carried the wounds of Christ (Stigmata), was known to hear Confessions for as much as 18 hours a day, and is known for his amazing devotion to the Blessed Virgin, praying as many as 50 Rosaries a day.

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sightings in the sky have a long tradition

 

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St. Kevin of Ireland. It's said that he was outside praying one day, arms outstretched in the posture of prayer, when a bird landed in his hand and laid an egg. He supposedly help that posture until the egg hatched and the hatchling flew away.

That's patience!

Or stubbornness.

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was that in Glendalough?

i was there once

 

[TheInfiniteSadness]

monks and nuns of cyberspace?

You're close. On September 7th Carlo Acutis will be canonized and become St. Carlo I assume. They are calling him the patron saint of The Internet.

"Carlo Acutis has been popularly called “the patron saint of the Internet” because of his interest in computers and because he built a website that documented miracles related to the Eucharist. Born in 1991, he was also dubbed “the first millennial saint” once his cause for sainthood was under way."

St. Carlo Acutis | Miracle, Death, Canonization, Patron Saint Of, & Roman Catholicism | Britannica

St. Carlo Acutis was an English-born Italian computer programmer who was beatified (the second of three stages in the process of canonization) by the Roman Catholic Church in 2020. His interest in using digital communication to teach others led to Acutis being popularly dubbed ‘the patron saint...

www.britannica.com

 

[irosie91]

You're close. On September 7th Carlo Acutis will be canonized and become St. Carlo I assume. They are calling him the patron saint of The Internet.

"Carlo Acutis has been popularly called “the patron saint of the Internet” because of his interest in computers and because he built a website that documented miracles related to the Eucharist. Born in 1991, he was also dubbed “the first millennial saint” once his cause for sainthood was under way."

St. Carlo Acutis | Miracle, Death, Canonization, Patron Saint Of, & Roman Catholicism | Britannica

St. Carlo Acutis was an English-born Italian computer programmer who was beatified (the second of three stages in the process of canonization) by the Roman Catholic Church in 2020. His interest in using digital communication to teach others led to Acutis being popularly dubbed ‘the patron saint...

www.britannica.com

when will SAINT ACUTIS medals become available?

 

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Saint Christopher still is patron of all travellers!

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Berlin has many patron saints.
so I name just one ..... Bernhard Lichtenberg

he died in 1943 .... as a martyr ... he resisted the Nazi rule

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St. Maximilian Kolbe who, in a concentration camp, sacrificed himself in place of a father of many children.

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