Zone1 Which patron Saint of Europe do you know?

[Zebra]

Here they are:

Benedict of Nursia
Cyril and Methodius
Bridget of Sweden
Catherine of Siena
Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)

 

[Zebra]

I know all of them

 

[DudleySmith]

No Saint Patrick? There was no formal canonization process in the Catholic church until late, around 1,000 A.D. or so, so I would count Patrick and some others as well. Don't exclude the early ones.

 

[Zebra]

No Saint Patrick? There was no formal canonization process in the Catholic church until late, around 1,000 A.D. or so, so I would count Patrick and some others as well. Don't exclude the early ones.

He is the Patron of IRELAND!
Not of the whole of Europe.

 

[Zebra]

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That is not many

 

[themirrorthief]

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That is not many

the USA is the most important one....has saved europes ass a number of times

 

[DudleySmith]

He is the Patron of IRELAND!
Not of the whole of Europe.

Ah, wasn't aware there were distinctions.

 

[Zebra]

the USA is the most important one....has saved europes ass a number of times

You are quite wrong there.
In the First World War Europe needed no saving.
The Kaiser was no Hitler

 

[themirrorthief]

You are quite wrong there.
In the First World War Europe needed no saving.
The Kaiser was no Hitler

so why did sargent York get all those european medals

 

[Zebra]

And if the defeated Germany had been treated a bit more humane in 1919, then there would have been no Hitler.

 

[Zebra]

Bridget of Sweden

She is one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia, Cyril and Methodius, Catherine of Siena and Edith Stein.

Biography​

Drawing of the tomb of Bridget's parents in Uppsala Cathedral

Saint Bridget in the religious habit and the crown of a Bridgettine nun, in a 1476 breviary of the form of the Divine Office unique to her Order

The most celebrated saint of Sweden was the daughter of the knight Birger Persson[3] of the family of Finsta, governor and lawspeaker of Uppland, and one of the richest landowners of the country, and his wife Ingeborg Bengtsdotter, a member of the so-called Lawspeaker branch of the Folkunga family. Through her mother, Ingeborg, Birgitta was related to the Swedish kings of her era.

She was born in 1303

Bridget of Sweden - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[banana 777]

And if the defeated Germany had been treated a bit more humane in 1919, then there would have been no Hitler.

There would have been no likelihood of Uncle Adolf if the US Jewish banking community and key industrialists had not created and sponsored him and Germany .
DYOFR

 

[Zebra]

Nobody knows any of those Patrons of Europe?
Except me?
I am surprised.

 

[Toro]

It's Europe.

Nobody cares.

 

[Zebra]

Why these two saint brothers are co-patrons of Europe​

 

[Zebra]

It's Europe.

Nobody cares.

Can you speak for All-America?
And are there no Non-Americans in this forum also?
Or do they count as Nobodies?

 

[Zebra]

Saint Benedict of Nursia: The Father of Western Monasticism - Christian Biographies​